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I was out running errands and popped into Dollar Tree because I remembered that I needed super glue. I checked the book aisle, saw they restocked, grabbed as *much* as I could carry, ran into a former student and awkwardly chatted while my face was partially obscured by a towering book stack that kept getting heavier, aaand then proceeded to leave the store without super glue. 🤦🏼‍♀️ But look at this awesome stack for $20!!

AmyG Wow! 16h

Bookwormjillk Nice! I loved Flying Solo. 16h

TheBookHippie Me takes grandbaby hippie to dollar store… many dollars later…. We forgot the poster board we went for. Great stack! 16h

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Deblovestoread Fantastic haul! Loved The Dance Tree. 14h

jdiehr Nice! My store is due for a restock. I'm stalking them. There have been no changes in inventory for weeks! 13h

Christine Excellent! I‘ve found some of these there recently too but I‘ve certainly not seen the Linda Holmes! 12h

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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Repost for @Catsandbooks

#RiseUpReads July 2025

The Future is Disabled - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

#RiseUpReads July 2025

The Future is Disabled - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Ooh, can you add me to the tags please? 😊 4d

Catsandbooks @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian absolutely! Added you! ✊🏼🔥❤️ 4d

Caterina Love this book! Looking forward to seeing y'all talk about it. 😊 Also brilliant:

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

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khooliha

The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton

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Got further in this than I have in awhile, but I still cannot engage with trad pub single POV. I'll keep testing it periodically! Sorry, perfectly nice book!

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Where Sleeping Girls Lie | Faridah Abike-Iyimide

I rolled a 9 - the first book of the book spin!

has anyone read this book?

#bipoc #blackauthor #darkacademia #bookspin

PuddleJumper Not read it but seen it recommended a bunch. That die is stunning though 1mo

Zuhkeeyah I haven't read this one but I really liked Ace of Spades which is also by her 1mo

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BarbaraBB

Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan

so-so

Romance, steamy sex; chicklit I‘d have loved in my teens but nowadays not really.

sarahbarnes 😅😅 1mo

Cathythoughts Stop 😂 (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Cathythoughts Such good reviews but what did I expect?!?! 1mo

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Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Yes. About 150

2. This one introduced me to Kennedy Ryan‘s writing and I loved it!

Play? @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB @Sace

BarbaraBB Thanks for the tag 🤍 1mo

Lesliereadsalot Yes thanks. Already played! 1mo

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1mo

Sace Thanks for the tag! 1mo

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Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

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I‘ve had this book on Kindle for months, way back when it was the last book for #EuropaCollective. Finally got around to it! A very interesting story about Belle Greene who became the chief librarian for J.P. Morgan in the early 1900s, all while passing as “white” even though her parents were descended from slaves. It‘s amazing how far we‘ve come from when having a single drop of black blood disqualified someone from so much.

Tamra I think about the Morgan family & Belle and the tragedy of her nephew not infrequently. 1mo

BarbaraBB I‘ll bump it up my TBR. I‘ve got a copy for #EuropaCollective as well. We should bring that reading club to live again! 1mo

Lesliereadsalot You have so much going on already! On one hand, I found every book we read from Europa to be interesting and valuable. On the other hand, I‘m not too good with having to be “responsible” for reading something. If you want to try to bring #EuropaCollective back to life together, I‘ll give it a shot. What do you think @BarbaraBB ??? 1mo

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Lesliereadsalot Yes, very sad and I can‘t stop thinking about it either. @Tamra 1mo

BarbaraBB I‘d like that. We could check out if the former participants are interested and then maybe start again in the fall (after camp)? (edited) 1mo

Tamra @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot yes! I really enjoyed the Europa reads! 😁 1mo

BarbaraBB @Tamra That‘s so good to know! We can revive it! 1mo

Lesliereadsalot OK, I‘m in! Let‘s talk about it after camp. I‘ll work on getting the former participants list together over the summer. 🩷. @BarbaraBB 1mo

BarbaraBB Great ❤️🧡🤍 1mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot @Tamra I wrote a post last month or so about reading a #EuropaCollective in June. I better post it now so people can get the book! 📕 it‘s by the author of The Postcard- written with her sister- about another grandmother

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Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

The JP Morgan library celebrating 100 years and giving due credit to Belle. 😄 Gorgeous collection - hope to see it someday.

https://youtu.be/2hMrbtZQWxo?si=Cg8tVcodd_aRCnA9

LeahBergen The Morgan is absolutely wonderful. I dragged my husband there. 😆 2mo

Tamra @LeahBergen and he‘s better for it! 😂 2mo

TheBookHippie I love it there!! 2mo

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Tamra @TheBookHippie 👏🏾 I can imagine! 2mo

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2mo

Texreader Oh I‘d love to see that!! 2mo

tpixie Great book! Love the photo. Thanks for the link. I hope to visit The Morgan Library & The Frick Mansion someday. I‘ve already been to NYC 3 times though- not since the ‘80‘s though, so I don‘t know if it‘s beat other cities…. 2mo

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