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Counting the Cost | Jill Duggar

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This book was as transparent as I hoped and I was really into it.

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Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison

Today is my one day off this week, so I slept in, and now I'm enjoying a brunch of oatmeal and coffee, with a book on the side. #sundayvibes #sunday

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Counting the Cost | Jill Duggar

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I am actually so surprised by this book. Jill‘s ghost writer is better than Mariah Carey‘s (and Britney Spears‘). I binged 19 Kids and Counting when I was recovering from my hysterectomy and it seemed obvious at the time that the kids were being exploited but jeez.

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Counting the Cost | Jill Duggar

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Look I love reality tv and I love a good background look into the drama. Better yet that there‘s some intense religious vibes and serious wrongdoing of many kinds here. An excellent recommendation from a friend that I greedily consumed on audio.

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Suet624

Forager: Field Notes on Survival: a Memoir | Michelle Dowd

I keep saying “WHAT?“ as I read this book. Dowd‘s mother is constantly reinforcing the cult‘s theory that men are omnipotent and the author‘s grandfather is the ultimate authority. Women are to be silent and subservient unless they‘re working the crowd that has come to their fundraising events. So many quotable and shocking sentences in this book.

LeahBergen I always find these sort of religious cults utterly fascinating. 😳 2w

Suet624 @LeahBergen it absolutely blows my mind how many people are in groups like this. 2w

marleed This stuff scares me more than any Halloween movie ever could! 2w

Suet624 @marleed I‘m with you. 2w

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Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison

A cover read. 🖤🩷

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Counting the Cost | Jill Duggar

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I‘ve never watched a second of any of the Duggar‘s shows. 19 children just seemed religiously cult-y. So why did I listen to this? Because it‘s what was available to listen to on Libby. 😊 It turned out to be a thoughtful piece on a person who had to work very hard to separate from her father & a media company. Being the first (and maybe only one) in a family to recognize the wrongs inflicted within a family is very tough & I applaud her.

JenniferEgnor I watched Shiny Happy People on Netflix. I knew about the quiver full cult already, but I find these fascinating. It amazes me how these people hate anything sexual but yet are so obsessed with it. And there‘s so much misogyny. I come from a fundamentalist background and being out of it, I can really see the harm that a strict heteronormative teaching causes. 2w

Suet624 @JenniferEgnor so well stated. And so much misogyny! And the emotional lengths this woman had to go to just to wear pants! I had to laugh, but it was super sad too. So messed up. 2w

JenniferEgnor @Suet624 my aunt has refused to wear pants all her life. She said it was ‘my conviction‘. But that‘s horseshit—she was raised in a hostile, misogynist environment that told her not to wear them. Her sisters went on to wear them. But not her. Sad that it still takes up space in her head and she pays the rent. 2w

Suet624 @JenniferEgnor Infuriating and sad. 2w

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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism | Amanda Montell

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Utterly fascinating.

britt_brooke Love her books! Do you listen to her podcast? Sounds Like a Cult. It‘s pretty entertaining! 2w

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Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison

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I got this book for free, in exchange for my honest opinion via NetGalley.
This was my first Rachel Harrison novel, and it certainly won‘t be my last.
I devoured this book. I‘ve read my share of cult style horror, but this is by far the best one…

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britt_brooke

Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking | Leonard Mlodinow

I‘m so sad. Our local B&N just announced it‘s closing April 2 due to the landlord not renewing their lease. Instead, it will become a gym. Word is, B&N is actively looking for a new location. We‘ll see.

#bookhaul #cults

Leftcoastzen Hope the other ones aren‘t too far away. B&N is opening much smaller stores often when closing the big ones . That‘s what happened on the westside of Phoenix area . 2mo

CrowCAH We had one close too. Not sure the exact reason. But the store is still vacant after a year. 2mo

LeafingThroughLife What a bummer. Hope they find a new spot! 2mo

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britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen The closest ones are about an hour away. I‘d love a smaller version locally. Hope that‘s what happens! 2mo

britt_brooke @CrowCAH 😭 2mo

britt_brooke @LeafingThroughLife 🤞🏼🤞🏼 2mo

brittanyreads Two of ours closed and relocated a few months later. They are now both the much smaller, cafe-less, newer versions of B&N. I hope that happens for you, too! 2mo

britt_brooke @brittanyreads I would be totally happy with that! 2mo

vivastory That's terrible! Fingers crossed that they find a new spot!! 2mo

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