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The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum | Kirsten Weiss

“I‘m happiest when I don‘t indulge in outrage.”

dabbe So hard to do during this political season. 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

Sace @dabbe or when working in a public high school 😂 2mo

dabbe @Sace #amensista! 🧡🖤🧡 2mo

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CoffeeNBooks

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday

As an English and AP Literature teacher, some of these banned books have been part of our curriculum. I love my i read banned books shirt!

I've read all three of these books several times over the years:
📚 The Awakening- this is one of my all-time favorite books!
📚 Of Mice and Men
📚 The Handmaid's Tale

And honorable mentions go to:
📚 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
📚 all of Stephen King's books

@Dabbe

dabbe #amensista! I have a shirt that says \“I teach banned books\“, and I\'d proudly wear it on the first day I\'d introduce a book like HUCK FINN or OF MICE AND MEN. We\'ve got to keep fighting the good fight, right? P.S. Your pic is adorable. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 2mo

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dabbe

The Adventure of the Resident Patient: Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheResidentPatient

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

IndoorDame The 5am thing was especially bizarre 🙄🤔 4mo

dabbe @IndoorDame I know this is fiction, but I thought the same thing! And I wanted to ask him, “Where did you get that so-called fact?“ If only we could talk to the characters! 😂 4mo

IndoorDame @dabbe I know!!! I would be yelling my head off at all my books if the characters could could actually hear me 😂😂😂 4mo

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dabbe @IndoorDame #amensista! 🤩🤩🤩 4mo

Read4life The 5am thing was mine. I actually stopped reading and sat there for a few minutes. Really? 4mo

dabbe @Read4life I did, too! 🤩😂🤗 4mo

Bookwomble You'd be surprised at the things some British police officers are prepared to overlook in the cause of improving case completion rates 🫠 4mo

Librarybelle The 5am thing for sure! 4mo

CogsOfEncouragement Honestly, I figured they had friends in low places who would have kept tabs on him

I don't watch hardly any real crime shows - but my husband and I just watched three. Two recent cases, one in the 1980s and yeah, I believe an investigator would absolutely act like Lanner. Sad but true. 4mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle @IndoorDame @read4life so the 5 AM thing led me down dark rabbit hole. I always thought more suicides would occur during the dark winter/holidays but I was wrong and more occur during the spring on Mondays and Tuesdays. I doubt they kept records of this during Victorian times. (edited) 4mo

Librarybelle @Cuilin That‘s sad but interesting. I would have thought the dark winter and holidays as well. 4mo

Aimeesue I usually just blaze right on by the odd things Victorian police officers think/say, tbh. Criminal investigation as a science was new and pretty iffy at that point. 4mo

dabbe @Bookwomble Possible coercion within a police force? And only British? Shocking! 😱😂😊 4mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement It seems to be only our head detective/main character/hero is the one who truly gets to the bottom of things in any of these stories. 4mo

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dabbe

The Iliad | Robert Fagles

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

1. Translations make all the difference. Robert Fagles' translation of THE ILIAD made me appreciate what I hated in high school.
2. THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: by far my favorite Arthurian story.
3. SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson: to remind me that EVERY story is essentially a hero's journey, and it doesn't have to be “super“ or “epic“. It just has to feel real.
All are welcome to play and tagging as many as I can! 😍

mcctrish, BarkingMadRead, iread2much, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Texreader, Aimeesue, TheLudicReader, julesG, Eggs, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, TheBookgeekFrau, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, CBee, IndoorDame, Enchanted_Bibliophile, bthegood, lil1inblue, KateReadsYA, julieclair, AnnCrystal, WildAlaskaBibliophile

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!😘💜🏷 9mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile Thanks for the tag 😄 9mo

CBee #3 - I agree wholeheartedly! I‘d have to mention the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and of course the Hobbit - heroes come in all sizes ♥️ 9mo

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dabbe @TheSpineView 😘 9mo

dabbe @Enchanted_Bibliophile 😘 9mo

dabbe @CBee Thank goodness! I had a hard choice between RINGS and OAFK. 💚💙💚 9mo

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag @dabbe ☺️👍. 9mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😘 9mo

julieclair Thanks for the tag! I need to step up my hero quest reading game, because the only one I can think of is Harry Potter. But I do have a 3-list Hero Quest TBR: 1. Percy Jackson 2. A Court of Thorns and Roses 3. The Hobbit (hard to believe I have never read this). 9mo

iread2much Thanks for the tag 1. The Redemption of Althalus, 2. Silver on the Road, 3. Tailchaser‘s Song. 😊 9mo

dabbe @julieclair That's kinda why I ask these questions! I'm always looking for new books--even though I have too many on the TBR as it is. I guess you could call it my book quest! 🤩 Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 9mo

dabbe @iread2much I need to read more fantasy! All on the TBR now. Thanks for sharing. The Redemption of Althalus, 9mo

julieclair @dabbe I‘m right there on the book quest with you. There is no such thing as too many books on the TBR! 😉📚📚📚📚📚💙 9mo

dabbe @julieclair #amensista! 🤩😍😃 9mo

iread2much @dabbe my husband and I both love that book, it was one of the books that was featured in our wedding cake 🎂 (it was a stack of books) 9mo

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CatLass007

The Rachel Incident: A novel | Caroline O'Donoghue

bailed

#LitsyToB24 I listened to the audio version and the narrator had a lovely Irish lilt. I think that‘s why I listened for as long as I did. But I felt like I‘d already spent more time than I ought on a book that just didn‘t interest me. I hope other people are getting more from reading this than I could.

Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

AmyG I am reading now and waiting for the damn incident. I almost bailed a few times. 10mo

CatLass007 @AmyG I actually listened to about 75% of the book and I just couldn‘t listen anymore. I can‘t figure out if it‘s because I didn‘t like the story or maybe I‘m just too damn old. 10mo

AmyG I have been feeling a bit too old for this story, too. But I am sticking with it. 10mo

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CatLass007 @AmyG I enjoy reminiscing with friends about college or moving to New York. But I‘m not getting the feeling that she‘s reminiscing so much as dwelling on and regretting. 10mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🖤🩶🖤 10mo

CatLass007 @dabbe I think the first book on which I ever bailed was 11-22-63 when it was first released in 2011. It felt like such a sacrilege. But when I joined Litsy (I think it was in 2017) it was the first time I felt that I‘d been given permission to bail. I realized I was giving myself the gift of time. 10mo

squirrelbrain It‘s great how we all like / dislike different books - I loved this one! 😃 10mo

BarbaraBB I loved this one, but I always encourage bailing when you don‘t 😉 10mo

dabbe @CatLass007 #amensista! 🤩🤗😍 10mo

Megabooks Sorry this didn‘t work for you! 10mo

CatLass007 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain Y‘all do such a great job!! I‘ve tried a lot of new authors because of #LitsyToB24. Some books I‘ve loved, some books I didn‘t. There are authors I know I will add to my favorites list and others I might give a second chance. The great thing about using my Audible credits is that I can return a book within 365 days of purchase and get my credit back. It‘s a win/win. 10mo

BkClubCare @CatLass007 - huh, I have not had any luck getting Audible to accept a return lately. Wonder what I am doing wrong. Sad this one didn‘t work but it‘s great if you could return for another that does work for you. 😊 10mo

CatLass007 @BkClubCare How are you trying to return it? I always have to call customer service. 10mo

BkClubCare @CatLass007 - oh. Haven‘t tried that option. 😂 It used to be a button right next to the title! The last one I tried to send back, I was told the option was no longer available 🤷🏻‍♀️ 10mo

CatLass007 @BkClubCare They must accept returns within 365 days of purchase. That‘s per the lawsuit they lost. I don‘t think that button has been available for quite a while. You definitely should call customer service directly. I don‘t have the number on speed dial but I call it frequently enough to have it saved in my contacts. 888-283-5051. At first they had to accept all returns, both those purchased with “cash” and credits. (cont)⬇️ 10mo

CatLass007 @BkClubCare Now they only have to accept the returns purchased with credits. 10mo

BkClubCare @CatLass007 - great, thank you! 10mo

CatLass007 @BkClubCare You‘re welcome. I hope you get the return made easily. 10mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday
@CBee

“You're a mountweazel!“

“No, you're a mountweazel!“

Note to self: do NOT be a mountweazel! Or be hoodwinked by one. 😃

CBee The “Flags Up!” exhibition though 😂😂😂 11mo

Purpleness 😂 11mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂😍 11mo

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dabbe @Purpleness 🤩😂😍 11mo

Aimeesue 😂😂😂 11mo

Amiable Oh man, I want to be immortalized as a definition in the dictionary! But not as a mountweazel. 😄 11mo

dabbe @Amiable #amensista! 🤩😂😍 11mo

willaful Supposedly Georgette Heyer did this to show Barbara Cartland was ripping her off. 11mo

dabbe @willaful Ooh, interesting! I'll have to read up on that! 🤩😍😃 11mo

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dabbe

Dave Barry's Greatest Hits | Dave Barry

For me, the year cannot truly end without Dave Barry's Year in Review. IMHO, his satire is, as always, spot-on.

If interested, here's a link to read it for free:
https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2023/12/31/dave-barrys-2023-year-...

Ruthiella I‘ll have to check this out. I used to read his column in the newspaper years ago and found him very funny! 😄 11mo

Kimberlone Funny the link you shared is from my local city newspaper! 11mo

AnnR Thanks for the link. ? In summary, as Charlie Brown would say, "Good Grief." ? 11mo

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dabbe @Ruthiella It's the only way I can redo the news from the year! 🤩😍😃 11mo

dabbe @Kimberlone How cool is that? 🖤💙🖤 11mo

dabbe @AnnR #amensista! 🖤💙🖤 11mo

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Deblovestoread

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A friend shared this on FB so I thought I would share here.

Thanks Littens for lovely year of book talk, smiles and kindness. Litsy is the best place for all these things and more. ❄️❤️❄️

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo

dabbe #amensista! 💙❄️💙 11mo

JenReadsAlot ❤️ 11mo

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AnnR 😍🎄👍 11mo

TheBookgeekFrau 💚❤️💚 11mo

Meshell1313 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 11mo

bthegood 💕 💕 11mo

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dabbe

Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight | Emily Brightwell

pick

I've had this on my shelf since 2005. A Victorian holiday mystery: when Sir George Braxton is found face down in a frozen pond with his head bashed in, Inspector Witherspoon is called in to solve the case. Only the help of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, and her staff will allow the inspector to have a peaceful Christmas. A fast and fun read along the lines of a Christie mystery. I may now have to read all of them.
#BookedInTime @Cuilin

Cuilin Sounds great. Hmm, do I stack? 11mo

dabbe @Cuilin Yes! 🤩 11mo

Cuilin @dabbe ✅ 11mo

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dabbe @Cuilin I looked these up. She wrote 41 of these books! Holy guacamole, Batman! 🤩🤣😍 11mo

tpixie @dabbe lol 😂 the fun (& burden) of backlists! Oh, such decisions we Litten‘s have to make!! 11mo

dabbe @tpixie #amensista! 🤩🤣😘 11mo

tpixie @dabbe ⭐️💥⭐️ 11mo

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