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A First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

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#ReadAway2024

Finished this for my #QUABC 40-Book Challenge prompt: “A National Book Award winner.” It was the 2023 Winner for Young People & it was delightful. I think everyone can relate to the trauma/drama of middle school & Sanat captures it in all its glory in his illustrations & text. Set mainly on a life-changing school trip to Europe, I enjoyed reading it while listening to the Spotify “mix tape” playlist he includes the QR code for.💙

DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

suvata I‘m doing that challenge as well. But, I have only completed 15 books so far. The National Book Award winner category is going to be difficult for me. 2w

DebinHawaii @suvata This was a good quick & easy way to knock it out if you haven‘t read it. 2w

suvata @DebinHawaii I‘ll keep that in mind. Thanks. 2w

DieAReader 🥳Great!! 2w

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julieclair

Europe's Top 100 Masterpieces: Art for the Traveler | Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw

#SpringSkies #AboutArt @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I am reading this book as a year-long read, 2 masterpieces per week. I‘m learning so much! Rick Steves writes in a very reader-friendly style, explaining why each piece is important. It‘s like a mini Art History class!

Eggs What a wonderful idea 🖼️ 3w

Desha Love this! 💗 3w

mabell Great idea! 3w

julieclair @Eggs @Desha @mabell Because I‘m reading the book so slowly, I think I‘m retaining more of the info than I would if I read it straight through. This old brain needs time for stuff to sink in, lol. 😂 3w

Eggs @julieclair I hear ya🤪 3w

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DebinHawaii

A First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

#ItTakesAllKinds

I have this #GraphicNovel checked out from the library to fill a “National Book Award Winner” prompt for my #OUABC 40 Book Challenge. It won the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. 🥇📚

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TieDyeDude I loved this! 1mo

Eggs Ahhh looks so good 😊 1mo

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jlhammar

First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

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Sweet and charming middle grade graphic memoir. Santat writes about a life-changing trip to Europe in 1989, just before starting high school. He really manages to capture what being thirteen was like in all its awkward glory.

TieDyeDude So good! 1mo

Caryl I thought this was a wonderful book. I love Dan Santat! 1mo

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peanutnine

Lonely Planet Scotland | Lonely Planet

Camping this weekend and I brought along this little book to get started on planning our honeymoon trip. I'm getting excited! 8 months to go 😄
Hit me with your recs for books set in Scotland to read before our trip or places to see while we're there!
#weekendreading #travelplanning

TheBookHippie How fun! 2mo

Kitta Trainspotting is a fairly obvious suggestion but it‘s a tough read as it‘s in Scot‘s dialect! Ian rankin if you like crime, Iain Banks for speculative fiction, and How to be Both by Ali Smith or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart for literary fiction! I used to live in Scotland and it was amazing. Have a great time! 2mo

Kitta Oh wait How to be both is just by a Scottish author not set in Scotland 😆 2mo

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Kitta Most of Ali Smith‘s books are set in Cambridge, where she lives 2mo

peanutnine @Kitta oooh thank you!!! 2mo

vonnie862 We did Scotland last summer and loved it! How long are you going to be there? 2mo

peanutnine @vonnie862 two weeks! 2mo

vonnie862 @peanutnine that's how long I was there for and did so much. If you're interested in my itinerary, you can email me. My email is my litsy handle plus Gmail dot com. 2mo

peanutnine @vonnie862 that's awesome! Thank you 😊 2mo

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Smrloomis

First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

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Heart warming, filled with great illustrations and an innocent first crush before high school. Really good read that I recommend highly.

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A First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

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Santat‘s National Book Award winning graphic novel about a school trip to Europe when he was in middle school is marvelous in every way—from the delightful art to the heartfelt, poignant detailing of all the awkwardness that comes with being thirteen—and definitely deserving of all the accolades it‘s received. A wonderful story about finding yourself, exploring the world, and discovering your place in it. A fantastic book.

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Kinniska

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube | Patrick Leigh Fermor

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I picked this title up after it was referenced in a couple other travelogues. He goes on foot, has some of the languages and adopts numerous others, and ends up staying on in Central Europe, living there many years after, until the war.

He alternates among easygoing narrative, charming descriptions of the people he encounters, & florid architectural descriptions.
Skim the architecture, but don‘t miss the footnotes! So many unexpected anecdotes.

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TieDyeDude

First Time for Everything | Dan Santat

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A near perfect encapsulation of the joy, awkwardness, naivete, isolation, curiosity, insecurity, friendships, and trials of teen years. The author recounts a life-changing class trip to Europe. His experience really spoke to my inner child; introverted, self-doubting, finding it easier to be alone than potentially end up with my foot in my mouth, and occasionally finding someone who doesn't care about all that. #firstsecondbooks

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