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Therewillbebooks
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This week we celebrate the best in the books we read in the past year. It's time for the Book Oscars!! We debate fun categories such as best villain and best scene before announcing the winners for best book, best character, and best author. We love doing this episode!

Also, if you like upcoming book news we have a bit of that in the beginning. Thanks for listening and enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KJ5tQM00jZlX7zqZeVy2Q

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lil1inblue
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I can't possibly pick favorites from this list. So random thoughts, instead:

🩵 Up is my favorite movie ever. It warms my icy heart. I cry 3 times during it to this day.
🩵 Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of my favorite actors. I'm so sad he died so young.
🩵 When Pulp Fiction came out, our local art theatre showed it during their Oscar series, and a bunch of elderly ladies who were regulars walked out in disgust. 🤣🫠

#threelistthursday @dabbe

wanderinglynn Love Up! ❤️ 3w
lil1inblue @wanderinglynn It's just a perfect movie! 😍 3w
wanderinglynn Totally agree. 3w
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dabbe I gulp-sob snot out of my nose every time I watch the opening of UP! 😭 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe Fab score, too! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe Yeah, the opening scene is definitely an ugly cry for me, too. 😭 And the score is because the era covers my high school years, when I had a crush on a boy who wanted to become Stanley Kubrick. 😂 He broke my teenaged heart, but he also introduced me to so many good films! 😉 3w
dabbe @lil1inblue At least one good thing came out of it! 🤗 3w
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DieAReader
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#Wardens2025 #Read2025

Wonderful! I will have to plan an entire day for watching Al‘s 🎥 ‘cause somehow, I‘ve not seen many of them😳

I absolutely love listening to autobiographies/memoirs that are read by the author(s). I‘m always fascinated & intrigued by their life experiences.

MemoirsForMe Agreed! Love when celebs narrate their own books and need to see more Pacino films after this great read. 🙌🏻 1mo
DieAReader @MemoirsForMe 💖🎬So many movies to watch!! 1mo
CoverToCoverGirl I‘m excited for this one, but my library hold is still several weeks away. 1mo
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl I can‘t wait to hear what you think🤓💖 1mo
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MemoirsForMe
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I‘ve always had the hots for Al Pacino, so spending time with him via his memoir was a real treat. ☺️ You get to meet the incorrigible kid, the deeply passionate thespian & the self-reflective guy behind all those iconic movie characters. Al speaks fondly of his boyhood friends, mentors, fellow actors & his many loves who are still friends, and he‘s simply charming and quite funny! I did get to see him in a play on Broadway in ‘77: Ooh la la!

MemoirsForMe Thank you @Sleepswithbooks for the gift of this sexy man‘s memoir. Now I can‘t wait to rewatch his many movies. 🤗❤️ 2mo
AmyG Ha, who didn‘t have a crush on him? 2mo
MemoirsForMe @AmyG 😁😁😁 Glad I‘m in such good company! 2mo
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Mimi28 Hello, I got your awesome package!! My mom took the magazine about General Hospital and loved it so much I don‘t know where it is now. Thank you for the sweet picture of your mother with someone from General Hospital. The book is thoughtful and informative and I loved your letter and the bookmark. You‘re awesome!! 🫶🏽🩷🤗😊😎 2mo
Sleepswithbooks @MemoirsForMe I‘m happy to encourage celebrity lust-fests 💕💕 2mo
dabbe Al, especially in the 70s: 🔥🔥🔥 2mo
MemoirsForMe @Mimi28 Glad you and your mom enjoyed the magazine and goodies! Sending hugs to you both! 🤗❤️ 2mo
MemoirsForMe @dabbe Agreed! ☺️🔥 2mo
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Honeybeebooks
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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This was a delight. Brendan O‘Hea and Dame Judi cover her extensive work in numerous productions of Shakespeare‘s plays. In the audio, Judi recites famous lines from memory and her reminiscences are read by Barbara Flynn. Their discussions reveal a spirited kind woman in love with her craft and the words of the man who pays the rent. I am inspired to watch Judi‘s past performances. 4.5 ⭐️

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Cuilin
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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I‘m just getting around to some thank you notes and wanted to say thank you @dabbe for this lovely holiday gift. I‘ve had it on my TBR and I‘m really looking forward to reading it. I have a whole Shakespeare shelf and this will be a wonderful addition. Thank you so much not just for this perfect gift but also for your friendship. 🤗 PS the candle smells divine.

Andrea313 What a beautiful gift! Popping in to say I hope you love the book- it was my favorite of my last year's reading. You have such a treat in front of you! 3mo
dabbe Yay! I adore my bookmarks and LADY MAC book, too! (I hope I already posted about that! My memory ain't what is used to be! 😂) And what a perfect thought for today's #25Alive ... #friendship 🤗 🩶🖤🩶 3mo
Cuilin @Andrea313 thank you 🙏 😊 3mo
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Cuilin @dabbe yes you posted, I‘m the slow poke here. Absolutely #25Alive #friendship @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🤍❤️ 3mo
dabbe @Cuilin No, you're not. No worries, m'dear. 🩶🖤🩶 3mo
Eggs How lovely 🥰 3mo
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jdiehr
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I can't believe Liesel posed with this book 😄

Very sweet book about the wonderful Betty White.

TheBookHippie Awe. 4mo
Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 4mo
AlaMich She‘s so fluffy! 4mo
AmyG What a lovely “smile”! 4mo
dabbe #lovelyliesel 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
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Ericalambbrown
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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This was a rare book that I visited twice - once to read, another to listen. If you are a fan of Dame Judi Dench or Shakespeare even in the slightest, I recommend this book. Due to her failing eyesight, Dame Judi‘s participation in the audio book was kept to recitation of Shakespeare passages she knows by heart. Barbara Flynn‘s (Cracker, Return to Paradise) interpretation in the audio is superb and her voice bears a startling resemblance. 👇🏻

Ericalambbrown Dame Judi is very frank and her language is colorful, which I personally find delightful! The stories are fun and often heartfelt. I‘m so glad I found out about this book! 4mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa That‘s sound excellent 4mo
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Andrea313
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent | Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea
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I didn't read as much as I'd have liked in 2024 but I'm glad that what I did read was so wonderful. More than half were new-to-me titles, and I also read a boatload of plays and books on Shakespeare - probably inspired by the tagged book, my hands-down favorite of the year. Honorable mentions to the other two pictured, Olga Ravn's fascinating non-linear fever dream and Taylor's walloping gut-punch of a novella. Cheers to a great year, Littens!

BkClubCare If you appreciated Address Unknown, I rec The Safekeep. 4mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Sounds amazing! Stacked 📚 4mo
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Andrea313 @BkClubCare Thank you! I'll check it out. 4mo
Andrea313 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I hope you love it! I really enjoyed the audiobook version, if audiobooks are your jam. 4mo
sarahbarnes I really liked this one by Ravn too. 4mo
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