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The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life | Al Silverman

I might have a meeting that I am absolutely dreading first thing this morning, but my box showed up and I got to unpack it before that, so I‘m actually starting the day off with something that‘s happy and excites me!!
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Ruthiella Yay! Hope the meeting went as well as possible. 😊 2w

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Chrissyreadit

The Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium | Johnson

Does anyone else cancel because they will never read all the botm books on their shelves… then want 5 books the next month?????

AmyG Hahahahaha….I did that last month. 2w

Leftcoastzen Shocking … not !😄 2w

marleed I selected 5 newly published books and wanted even more! I‘m still waiting for the month when I choose to skip! 2w

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BarbaraJean

So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading | Sara Nelson

I'm a Prepared Juggler-Sipper-Hoarder. Sometimes a Snuggler. How about you?

TheBookHippie I do not see book throw 🤣🙃 3w

Read4life It‘s easier for me to say what I‘m not— a Whisperer. All the rest ✅ 🤓 3w

BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie @Read4life Hahaha—yes! Maybe they need to replace “The Whisperer” with “The Thrower” 😆 3w

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Meshell1313 The undead. 🙋🏼‍♀️ it‘s meeeee 3w

RaeLovesToRead I'm a Prepared Juggle-Hoarder 3w

Crazeedi I'm a prepared sipper hoarder!!! 3w

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

Since the beginning of the year I have seen several videos from content creators speaking about how they want to read fewer books this year, Perhaps they feel they are Bibliobibuli. “The sort of people who read too much,“ created in 1957 by H. L. Mencken. To this I say hogwash. Or, if you prefer, codswallop. “language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense“ (Merriam Webster)
@cbee
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vivastory *sidenote (obviously if these creators wish to read less, then that is certainly their choice. It becomes a bit annoying when they start making sweeping generalizations on how reading habits can affect other readers)
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CSeydel That‘s so interesting. I can understand wanting to read fewer books if you want to dig into longer books, or slower reads that take time to digest. I myself don‘t like the competitive aspect of reading a certain number of books per month, because I get too focused on hitting my target book count and I don‘t really absorb what I read. (edited) 1mo

BarbaraBB Great illustration 1mo

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LeahBergen The only time I‘ve thought about actually reading fewer books is when I was previously caught up in my Goodreads count. Not any more! I‘m getting back to my love of big, honking, immersive novels and just allowing myself to READ. 1mo

Cathythoughts Lovely picture ♥️ 1mo

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen That‘s inspiring talk Leah 😘 1mo

batsy That is mind-blowing to me; I've never thought of reading fewer books 🤯 I'm on board with your response 📚📚📚 1mo

quietlycuriouskate I refuse to approach my reading as if it were a feckin' diet! 1mo

Tamra My reading plans are always quite achievable; read what I like, when I like. 😁 1mo

AmyG Ha! Who wants to read LESS? 😳 1mo

CBee @LeahBergen I actually just decreased my GR goal for this exact reason. I was too caught up in that “goal” and it was derailing me from really immersing myself. Which is the point of reading! ♥️ 1mo

MaureenMc @LeahBergen @CBee Yes, wholeheartedly agree! 1mo

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @CBee @MaureenMc 👏👏👏 1mo

Megabooks Thanks for sharing, Scott! I am reading less this year but it‘s a function of writing more. But I‘d never presume to tell anyone else how much or what to read. However, their pronouncements probably boost their engagement. 🙄 1mo

Hooked_on_books How bizarre that someone would want to read less? I have a feeling I read far more books than these people and I certainly don‘t want to read less. 1mo

Aimeesue I confess that I want to read fewer BAD books, but that‘s as far as I‘ll go with that. But I suppose it depends on why someone‘s been keeping count. I can see how it could become a performative thing that doesn‘t really bring the bookjoy, particularly among content creators. 1mo

vivastory @BarbaraBB @cathythoughts Here is a link to more Rick Beerhorst paintings, if interested:
https://lithub.com/im-obsessed-with-rick-beerhorsts-surrealist-odes-to-reading/ 4w

vivastory @CSeydel I can see that. I don't aim for a certain number per month, but if I'm reading a lot & enjoying it then I'm going to keep reading 4w

vivastory @LeahBergen There's nothing quite like getting lost in a 500 page novel 4w

vivastory @batsy 🙌 🤘 4w

vivastory @quietlycuriouskate Lol, right?! There's already enough rules we have to follow in the world. Our reading lives should be the one place for freedom 4w

vivastory @Tamra That's my motto & it has yet to fail me 🙂 4w

vivastory @AmyG Right?! 4w

vivastory @Megabooks I suspect you're right re: engagement I hope your writing is going well! 4w

vivastory @Hooked_on_books I def think you read more than a lot of the big content creators. It just seems like a weird thing to put out into the book community lol Like if you were involved in the movie community would you release a video to tell people to not watch as many movies? It's just strange to me 4w

vivastory @Aimeesue There are some content creators that I genuinely enjoy but there are some that you can tell where it is a performative thing for them. 4w

CSeydel @CBee @LeahBergen Yes, exactly! 4w

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kelli7990

Writing Book Reviews | John Eldridge Drewry

Netgalley just posted this on Instagram. My feedback ratio is still not where I want it to be but that‘s because I‘ve DNF‘d a lot of the ARCs I‘ve had to review. I have 7 Netgalley ARCs left to review in April. I‘m interested to see how many I will finish and how many I‘ll DNF. If I don‘t like one of the books then I‘m not going to finish it or post a review but in order to improve my ratio, I need to finish more books and post reviews for them.

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batsy

Bibliomania: Or Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts ; Illustrated with Cuts | Thomas Frognall Dibdin

A mini #bookhaul from the remainders/discount bookstore. I was super excited to find these as 3 out of 4 were on my wishlist for years.

Clockwise from top L:
1) Stream System - Collected Short Fiction of Gerald Murnane
2) Territory of Light - Yuko Tsushima (I think the cover is pretty but it doesn't show up well in the pic)
3) Looking for Mr Goodbar - Judith Rossner
4) The Fortnight in September - R.C. Sherriff

Tamra The Sherriff is 💙💙 1mo

batsy @Tamra Was so thrilled to find it having seen lots of Litsy love for it 😊 1mo

Ruthiella I loved A Fortnight in September-such a gentle story. I read Mr Goodbar in the last century. Good but disturbing, as I remember. 1mo

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batsy @Ruthiella I've heard that about Mr Goodbar! Apparently it was also made into a movie with Diane Keaton. 1mo

LeahBergen I think you‘ll love A Fortnight. And I read Mr Goodbar back in the last century, too, @Ruthiella 😆 1mo

marleed I loved A Fortnight. In case you aren‘t aware of its origins, I think it enhances the reading experience to know when and how the book was written. 1mo

batsy @LeahBergen Fortnight seems to be quite universally loved 🙂 1mo

batsy @marleed Don't know too much about it, but thanks for the tip. Will look it up before I start reading! 1mo

Cathythoughts Nice haul. I‘m going to look up Territory of Light. ♥️ 1mo

batsy @Cathythoughts Thanks 😘 I've heard lots of good things about Territory, so I'm hoping it is 🤞🏾 1mo

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TheLudicReader

A Reading Diary | Alberto Manguel

#bookhaul from my time in Halifax

AmyG Ooooo…Lolita. Very very good. 1mo

TheLudicReader @AmyG a student wanted to read it and my original copy was ruined, so I had to replace it. 1mo

dabbe A ruined book is a well-read book. 💚💙💚 1mo

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Chelseabillups30

The Book of the Month: Sixty Years of Books in American Life | Al Silverman

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”

~ Edward Newton~

The good news? My BOTM box showed up right on time today and SIX new books this month!!

The box looked opened/damaged when I retrieved it.
First time in 5 years of being a BOTM member that that has happened.

One more silver lining is that none of the books inside the box were actually damaged.

Ready to dive in!

jdiehr I just got my box, too! 1mo

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