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DebinHawaii
Maya Angelou | Lisbeth Kaiser
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#25Alive!

A little #Laughter quote from the amazing Maya Angelou.

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return." ???

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KathyWheeler
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Mehso-so

While I overall liked this, it was a bit too pedantic, and the all female country was a little too perfect. The practice of eugenics that led to their utopia was, although only mentioned once as history, disturbing. The narrator also views attempted rape in a “boys will be boys” manner. I loved that their society included pockets — lots of them— in the women‘s clothing, showing not much has changed since Gilman wrote this.

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KathyWheeler
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Well, it started snowing here, so I‘m inside with Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the lovely cup of tea my husband just made me.

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GatheringBooks
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 2w
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vlwelser
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Pickpick

This was likely groundbreaking in the 70s when it was first published. I appreciate the look at psychiatric facilities at the time and what it's like to have no control over your own destiny. The utopia in the future was meh imo. The time travel thing has never been my jam. Still giving it a pick.

#SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks (still cleaning up Dec. Yikes)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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jenniferw88
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The 2 books from the Waterstone's sale!

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Hello #SheSaid!

If you have finished the book, discuss below, if not, please join when you can!

vlwelser Overall I thought this was an interesting look at female institutionalization. And not having power over your own person. But the time travel/utopia stuff was just sort of meh to me. Though I bet it was scandalous in the 70s. 1mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m still very early in the book… but it is making me want to read Kindred again 😂 1mo
MallenNC I finished! This book was not for me. The present day story was so bleak and unrelenting, and then I wasn‘t sure if the time travel parts were meant to be real or not. Like @vlwelser said, it probably hit readers differently when published. Speculative fiction is not my favorite anyway so others may enjoy it more. 1mo
vlwelser Maybe add Kindred to your voting list? I haven't read it. 1mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s a good time travel, and packs quit a punch. I‘ll add it to the voting. 1mo
MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Kindred is very good! 1mo
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Ericalambbrown
A Spindle Splintered | Alix E. Harrow
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Pickpick

Excellent little novella! I‘ve had it for ever but never got around to it until this week. I love stories that bust up the traditional fairy tale tropes and this one certain does that!

#feminist #lgbtq

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Hello #SheSaid! Sorry for the day late post!

I hope you are all doing well and ready for this holiday season. Please visit the comments as you get caught up with this weeks section.

MallenNC I‘m not quite caught up but I did find the audiobook and I‘ve made a lot of progress. I‘m not really enjoying it! Everything is pretty bleak with the main character but I‘m hoping I understand what the author was going for when I get to the end. 1mo
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vlwelser @MallenNC it is pretty bleak. I'm hoping to find out what the author is up to in this last section. 1mo
MallenNC @vlwelser I think it feels especially bleak bc I‘m reading it among a bunch of holiday stories! 1mo
vlwelser @MallenNC I don't really read holiday stories but it's not doing well against the fairy tales I've been hooked on lately 1mo
MallenNC @vlwelser I don‘t typically but I decided to load up on them this year — some of them are mysteries so that balanced things a little 1mo
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