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Texreader
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#tlt #threelistthursday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) Ingrid Bergman (isn‘t Casablanca the best??)
2) Maggie Smith (ahhh, Downton Abbey)
3) Elizabeth Taylor (those violet eyes, I loved her in National Velvet; and my grandpa met her when he changed her tire when she had a flat in Marfa, Texas when she was filming Giant. She went on to bigger and better things and Grandpa did, too. He eventually became mayor of Marfa. 😊

TheBookHippie I agree Elizabeth Taylor!!! ♥️♥️ 7mo
Susanita Ingrid Bergman is stunning in Casablanca! 7mo
Leftcoastzen I long to visit Marfa! 7mo
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dabbe 🖤 all 3! How could I forget Bergman in CASABLANCA and GASLIGHT? And how cool is #3? 🤩🤩🤩 Thanks for sharing! 💜🧡💜 7mo
Texreader @Leftcoastzen Let me know if you ever try to go. I can give you loads of ideas. 💚💚💚 7mo
TheSpineView 😘🥰😊 7mo
CarolynM ❤️ Maggie Smith 7mo
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Leftcoastzen
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#AutumnPlease #scarf Ingrid Bergman was just iconic in Casablanca. The scarf with the white coat is stunning. I live in Az. Love scarves but unless I travel to cooler climates in the fall or winter , no cause to wear them.I still have a collection of them though.

Eggs Beautiful 🤍🧣🖤 I have a collection too but it‘s so hot here (TX) 13mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 I have a scarf “collection“, too! 13mo
Leftcoastzen @Eggs @dabbe we are women of a certain age!😁 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 13mo
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NaomiO
The Moroccan Girl | Charles Cumming
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First Novel of the year!

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Hooked_on_books
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Panpan

You read a book written in the 2nd person POV about a woman who travels to Morocco and promptly has her passport and credit cards stolen. You watch her make a series of bizarre and nonsensical choices which you eventually (sort of) come to understand, but the whole thing really doesn‘t work and probably should have been reworked. You wonder if you‘ll ever read the author again (you probably won‘t).

LeahBergen 😆😆 2y
batsy 😁 2y
Aimeesue 😂 2y
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Soubhiville 🤣 2y
AmyG Ha! 2y
BarbaraBB I was disappointed by this one too. 2y
BarbaraBB Your review is hilarious though 🤣 2y
Ruthiella Great review! I still want to try it, however. 😆 2y
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charl08
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But where do movies get it from, do you know?

They get it from real life. The problem is that those sons of bitches who write the stories, they don't tell you where it leads in the end. ... Because if they tell you what comes next, you won't go see their shitty movie.

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charl08
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So we brought him back to the house, where he spent the day sitting in the corner of the two mattresses in the living room awaiting his death in front of the TV. I don't think he could see the screen anymore. It's possible he couldn't tell the difference between the images and the zellige Mouy used to cover the walls. A beautiful zellige, blue with orange, green, and white.

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tokorowilliamwallace

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

Well, nothing exciting here from the books I've started this past week (4). Oh well.

"When I'm finished working, I don't waste any time. [I put my djellaba back on, smooth out its creases, and I wait. For the guy to zip up his fly, smoke a cigarette, and leave, so I can go back to my spot and harpoon another guy.]"

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Pickpick

Narrator‘s sharp, insistent, often hilarious voice carries it: Moroccan sex worker Jmiaa draws a vivid portrait of her Casablanca neighborhood & the women with whom she drinks, gossips, & waits for clients. Life changes when she meets a young filmmaker (the titular “horse‘s mouth”) & is signed for a film role. Resourceful & clever narrator. “Depuis le début je leur dis que j‘ai l‘esprit vif.” A sharp mind and a quick tongue! 2018

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mhillis
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🧡 Current reads: Daughters of the Samurai

🧡 Book you wish more people knew about: Straight from the Horse‘s Mouth

🧡 Last book you added to your TBR: Mrs Pinto Drives to Happiness

#WeekendReads

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BarbaraBB
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I didn‘t enjoy this book at all. Set in #Morocco it is full of prejudices which highly irritates me. And then that storyline, or better, lack of. I think the author made quite a mess of what she was trying to say and I didn‘t get the point. Okay so your passport is stolen, what‘s the big deal? A loss of identity? Get a grip.

#ReadingAfrica2022 🇲🇦 #19822022 #2015 #pop22 #AboutSomeoneLeadingADoubleLife #52BooksIn52weeks #SecondPersonNarrative

BarbaraBB Didn‘t you send me these socks @CarolynM ? As you can see I still wear them 💕 #booknerd 3y
Cinfhen Ouch!!! You were much more honest than I was!!!! I agree, this book didn‘t deliver 3y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Not at all. Such a weak plot. And I saw that sister-thing coming forever. 3y
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TrishB Love your review 😁 3y
Librarybelle Definitely NOT a book on my to read list! 3y
squirrelbrain Such a shame. 😞 But great review! 3y
Cortg Big bummer! 3y
alisiakae That‘s too bad. But I love your socks! 3y
Megabooks Sorry you hated it! 😬👎🏻 3y
Megabooks But I‘ve gotta love a fab pan review!! 3y
BarbaraBB @TrishB @Librarybelle @squirrelbrain I had to make sure you wouldn‘t stack 😂 although I think you liked it Meg, if I remember right? @Megabooks 3y
Megabooks I did in fact really like it the first time I read it 10 years ago, but less so when I read it again a few years ago. I‘m such a sucker for 2nd person though! 3y
readordierachel Amazing socks! Shame about the book 3y
KarenUK I almost want to read it now, to see why you hated it so much! Is that weird! 🤷‍♀️😂 3y
CarolynM I wear mine a lot too, but not at the moment - 35 degrees today🌞 3y
IuliaC I love this photo! 😍 3y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks Second person is good indeed. You might really want to read it @KarenUK , knowing that Meg liked it! 3y
BarbaraBB @CarolynM Wow that is a difference of 65 degrees with the temperature that @Suet624 mentioned today 😱. What is happening to the earth? 3y
CarolynM It's January. We expect temperatures in the 30s😎 3y
BarbaraBB @CarolynM I know but a 65° difference seems so big. 3y
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