amusementparks

My July choice for #ReadOrDonate is Palisades Park, historical fiction about a legendary amusement park near where I grew up in New Jersey. What will everyone else be reading and/or donating?

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AmyG I grew up near there, too…in Bergen County. 2w

Amiable I read this one —I don‘t think I enjoyed it very much. I think I was disappointed because I liked this one so much:

Moloka'i

Read4life @AmyG I grew up in Passaic County. 🤓 2w

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AmyG @Read4Life I was born in Paterson! 2w

TheAromaofBooks I'm going to try and clear out another Nora Roberts backlog

Legacy

Read4life @AmyG me, too!! 2w

AmyG @Read4Life Ha! Barnert Hospital. 2w

julieclair @AmyG @Read4life I was born in Paterson, too! At the old Paterson General, which no longer exists. And I grew up in Bergen County, In Wyckoff. But our church was in Paterson - in the Totowa section. So I kind of grew up in both places, Wyckoff and Paterson. 2w

Read4life @julieclair @AmyG I was born in St. Joseph‘s. I lived in Prospect Park which borders Paterson. 2w

AmyG My parents almost bought a house in Wycoff. I grew up in Fair Lawn. Small world @julieclair @Read4life 2w

julieclair @AmyG My dad's best friend & his family lived in Fair Lawn. He was the superintendent of schools there for many years. @Read4life I lived in Hawthorne, right next to Prospect Park, until I was 4. Small world indeed! Now I'm craving Texas weiners, lol! And Taylor ham. 😘 2w

AmyG @Julieclair Too funny! 2w

gossamerchild I'm still working on Cryptonomicon :-D In my defense, I haven't picked it up in a while. My plan is to get back to it this month. I WILL finish it! 2w

julieclair @Amiable Moloka‘i is on my TBR, but I don‘t own a copy. It‘s interesting that you liked one so much more than the other. I‘m predisposed to like this one because of its link to my childhood. 😉 2w

julieclair @gossamerchild You will finish it for sure. I have faith in you! 2w

Read4life My grandparents lived in Hawthorne in the house my grandfather and great grandfather built. I spent many summer days in the Hawthorne pool!! 2w

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sjc731

Curious Toys | Elizabeth Hand

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Susanita

Roller Coaster | Marla Frazee

My mood is a roller coaster! 🎢

The current regime is a joke. But it‘s not the least bit funny. Except sometimes it is.

It‘s Spring! Time of renewal and new hope! Except…see above.

So…resist, grieve, carry on, and live another day.

Congratulations @dabbe on your achievement! You are one of the reasons I love Litsy!

#mbc
#moodboardcontest

Suet624 I‘m with you. 3mo

dabbe You are one who can definitely see the forest through the trees. 😍 The AI meme ... 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing yourself. 🩵💙🩵 3mo

ncsufoxes Same. I have to laugh or I‘ll cry all the time. I have an Autistic teen & my 2 other kids are neurodivergent, so I‘m exhausted & on high alert to this BS. Also the wife on an oncology research scientist that works as a govt contractor, so hoping daily that he doesn‘t have his funding pulled. And hoping that my oldest can be able to complete his degree in environmental sciences (between the backlash towards academia & the environment, it‘s 😵‍💫) 3mo

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Susanita @dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3mo

Susanita @ncsufoxes He and Oz are terrible people. 3mo

dabbe @Susanita 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @ncsufoxes 💙💚💙 3mo

ncsufoxes @Susanita & add Dr. Amen in there too, who is a vaccine skeptic. I had a friend in San Diego brought her son to one of his clinics & she kept talking about all the supplements that he put her son on (real pseudo science stuff). He‘s added himself to this mess. Except the way he talks make people think he‘s knows what he‘s talking about but he‘s just as bad. 3mo

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Lesliereadsalot

Joyland | Stephen King

1. Puzzle entitled Good Hair. I thought it was beautiful!
2. See the tiny rocket on the left? Daughter sent this image from Cape Canaveral.
3. Anybody catch this viral image of two kids with Obama taking a walk in the background?
4. Wow, my incredible library now has pick up lockers RIGHT NEAR MY HOUSE! I can walk there.
5. Really happy this week to have Litsy in my life.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

kspenmoll Thst puzzle is beautiful! 3mo

AmyG I loved the Obama photo bomb! 3mo

TheBookHippie That puzzle is stunning!!! 3mo

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Lesliereadsalot I just loved it! 🩷🩷 @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie 3mo

Lesliereadsalot It really made me smile! 🩷 @AmyG 3mo

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3mo

Lesliereadsalot 🩷 @dabbe 3mo

Bookwormjillk The photo bomb has been cracking me up. Although peak bloom was absolutely wild this year (nice weather + a weekend) so I'm not surprised they didn't notice him. 3mo

Lesliereadsalot So funny! 🩷 @Bookwormjillk 3mo

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Bookpearl

Closed for the Season | Mary Downing Hahn

A set of creepy books for my class shelves! I‘m filled with new found energy as we make our way to spring break.

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Susanita

Swamplandia! | Karen Russell

As a #longtimefed I served under 7 POTUS. I only voted for 3 of them, but I did my job the same regardless. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution when I first joined the government and every time I moved to another office. My employer was the American people and not POTUS.

Higher level managers and administrators are already political appointees. There‘s no need to root out the “disloyal” employees. The result would be the real “deep state.”

Chelsea.Poole Thank you for sharing. 5mo

Leftcoastzen I worked as a contract worker for NPS & also a NPO connected to a historical park.This is insanity. All workers I knew could have made more money in private sector, service was part of the job that made it more meaningful! 5mo

Leftcoastzen They are not hiring seasonal workers for places like Yosemite & Yellowstone which cannot function w/o them. Did not catch where , was listening to NPR . They didn‘t hire seasonal firefighters so a prescribed burn to protect wild/urban interface is abandoned.It was the only window to do the prescribed burn till next year , obviously raised risk for everyone. 5mo

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Susanita @Leftcoastzen You‘re kind of stealing my thunder for future posts 😉 but that‘s okay! I was pleased (if that‘s the right word under the circumstances) that some of the protests this week happened at NPS sites such as the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. 5mo

Leftcoastzen Yosemite too! It‘s been many years so probably won‘t be stealing too much of your thunder! 😏 6k IRS workers, really?! 5mo

Susanita @Leftcoastzen Laying off IRS workers in the middle of tax season! WTAF! They are the weirdest mix of unspeakably evil and unbelievably stupid. 5mo

Leftcoastzen I hate the thought but starting to think the goal is totally break it , declare martial law . 5mo

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