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The Art of Racing in the Rain | Garth Stein

#ItTakesAllKinds #WithRain

One of the books challenged in my school district as inappropriate for the high school library due to sexual content 🙄🙄

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Enjoyed this one 🐶💙☔️ 8mo

lil1inblue Seriously??? They'll ban anything these days. 😓 8mo

TheBookgeekFrau @lil1inblue I kid you not. The claim is that it contains sexual content that doesn't contribute to the story. I'm pretty sure the parents challenging this believe their kids still think babies are brought by storks. 8mo

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dabbe Can I roll my 👀 any farther back in my head? This is a lovely book! #argh 8mo

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe The eye rolls are real!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Crazy ass people in the world 8mo

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau As @TheBookHippie would say, #oytothevey 😵‍💫 8mo

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe EXACTLY! 🫣 8mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve heard this one is great! 8mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Omg, it is!! 💞💞 8mo

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dabbe

So You've Been Publicly Shamed | Jon Ronson

#ItTakesAllKinds
#controversial

The principal at my school got fired, our English department chair lost that position, and the two teachers who assigned this book to AP English students got letters in their file ... #controversyoverload.

RebL I read this so long ago that I don‘t remember what in it would cause people to lose their job? My take was that we have to learn anew why we got rid of shaming in the public square. 8mo

dabbe @RebL Ronson included real e-mails that were quite vulgar, racist, sexist, you name it. But he did that to show the unbelievable hate-rage of some people. All the ONE parent who started the whole s(*5-show read were the emails and not the entire book--which is my #1 peeve with anyone who tries to ban a book. You must read the whole darn thing, people! This parent went straight to the media and our school was “publicly shamed“ by the incident. 8mo

RebL 😳😒😤 Not even sure what to say. Also, you probably already thought of the things I would say. 8mo

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DebinHawaii I‘ve not ever read this but it sounds like I should! Stacking.📚 8mo

Amiable This was a great book. It scared the crap out of me in that it really showcased the dangers of using social media. Which is a message high school students (and everyone else) should hear. 8mo

dabbe @RebL I am with you 💯 on what you're not saying. Thanks. 😍 8mo

dabbe @DebinHawaii It was bandaid-off-the-scab riveting. 😘 8mo

dabbe @Amiable #amensoulsista! 🤩😍😃 8mo

CarolynM 😡 Ridiculous! The media should be shamed for their irresponsible behaviour in stirring up controversy. 8mo

dabbe @CarolynM Agree 💯. I guess controversy creates sales in this capitalistic society. #argh 8mo

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MissyD

Untitled | Untitled

#TLT.

1). Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter
2). Captain Hook from Peter Pan
3) darth Vader@

dabbe

dabbe 1. “He who shall not be named.“ 🤩
2. “Smee, where are you?“ #argh
3. “Join the dark side, Luke!“
I think I'll have to rewatch these! Thanks for playing! 🧡💜💛 1y

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Purpleness

A Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon

Missing page! #argh

charl08 Oh no! Is it on google books? 4y

TrishB How annoying! 4y

Purpleness @charl08 No; I just kept going, and I assume I‘ll probably pick up on any key points later. It was just one page, so it‘s not the end of the world. 4y

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Tanisha_A This is super annoying thing 4y

batsy Noo! 4y

Catherine_Willoughby A lot can happening in 3 pages or nothing at all with Outlander lol 4y

limada 😮 4y

Purpleness @Catherine_Willoughby So true! 4y

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emz711

Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel | Eli Brown

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Read this book a few years ago and keep thinking about it so I bought it to reread!
#reread #chef #argh #pirates

And my other purchases with a B&N gift card which are already much loved.

mom2bugnbee Love Flavia! And The Giver! 5y

emz711 @mom2bugnbee yup I've got the whole rainbow 5y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I loved Cinnamon and Gunpowder. 5y

emz711 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego seriously! I keep checking for another book by the same author but nothing! 5y

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Purpleness

A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land | Adam Shoalts

Minor factual inaccuracies like this bother me (Nova Scotia is latin), and kind of make me wonder about the rest of the information in this book, which I was really enjoying. #argh

julesG 🙈🙈🙈🙈 5y

rwmg It does give you pause when authors get things wrong you know about, doesn't it? It makes them less trustworthy in matters you know less about. 5y

TrishB I can‘t carry on with factual books if I spot an inaccuracy. 5y

Sace And not to throw editors under the bus, but....someone dropped the ball. 5y

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Bradleygirl

The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show | Sally Swift, Lynne Rossetto Kasper

Note to self: don't pick cookbooks from the library the week of #Thanksgiving. Just don't. #argh
#cookbooks #nonfiction

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GlassAsDiamonds

Bingo | Jeffrey B. Fuerst

This is NOT going well.... about to force myself to finish Kohinoor in no small part to cross it off and get rid of it (massive William Dalrymple fan usually but I am NOT feeling the love for this book.... but I shall persist!!!).

#tbrbingo #argh

WhatDeeReads

WarpedSweetness I have The Secret Garden on my bingo card too! 7y

WhatDeeReads I want to empower you to DNF if you are not enjoying this book. You can do it! 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @WhatDeeReads can't ... a local friend bought it for me and is *desperate* for me to read it...😭😭😭😭 I'm going to plow through but grouchily. 7y

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GlassAsDiamonds @WarpedSweetness oooohhhh!!!!! Let me know when you start it (I'm supposed to have it finished by months end for a book club but I'm not hopeful!!) 7y

WarpedSweetness @GlassAsDiamonds I will! Uh oh! This month's end?!? 7y

WhatDeeReads @GlassAsDiamonds oh the things one does for one‘s friends. 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @WarpedSweetness yeah... I suspect I'm screwed!!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y

GlassAsDiamonds @WhatDeeReads tell me about it.... 😞😞😞 (just.not.a.pleasant.book 😭😭😭) 7y

WarpedSweetness @GlassAsDiamonds Oh dear! Can you read it in a week?!? Lol It is a good book! 7y

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