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Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece | Paul Cartledge

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Every. Single. Time. I have to look up how to pronounce this place. #oy

Here comes Thebes again.
Do you rhyme with bees or teepees?
Once more, I must check.

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JenlovesJT47 I know how that is! #frustrating ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

BkClubCare Yeah? I have always assumed it was one syllable. A word I heard today that I don‘t think I had ever heard outloud (only in print) was “chicanery” 2w

AmyG I thought it was always one syllable too. @dabbe is it one or two? 2w

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lil1inblue I had to google it. ? There's a whole reddit thread about how to pronounce Cebes of Thebes. (I think "Seeb-ease of Theebz" was the consensus for modern pronunciation.) 2w

rwmg Neither - in English it rhymes with dweebs 2w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤔 The ancient city??? The one in Greece or Egypt?? Greek's name for: “Thebes“ - Egyptian's name for: “Waset“ just to add further complexity 🤗🐝💝.

P.S. Greece called both cities Thebes... (edited) 2w

rubyslippersreads I‘ve always pronounced it “Theebz.” 2w

CBee @rubyslippersreads same! 2w

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? 🧡💜💛 2w

dabbe @BkClubCare You are correct! It's THEEBZ phonetically. I always was to say THEE-beez, though. 😂 2w

dabbe @AmyG See? I have people doubting now. Oops. It's THEEBZ, but I want to say THEE-beez. 😂 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue Interesting. I think people just gave up and allow both pronunciations now. The so-called correct way by most snobby dictionary people is THEEBZ. 2w

dabbe @rwmg 😂😂😂 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🧡💜💛 2w

dabbe @rubyslippersreads And you are correct! 🧡💜💛 2w

dabbe @CBee Correct! 🧡💜💛 2w

GingerAntics Oh good, I‘m glad we came to the correct conclusion… or at least that I‘ve been saying it correctly all this time. lol 2w

dabbe @GingerAntics 🧡💜💛 2w

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Roary47

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Hey guys, I cant see pictures right now on Litsy through my phone app. I‘ve tried different internets, moving around the house, turning off my phone, and even deleting my app to upload it again. Still no pictures. 😭 Any other suggestions? I went on my laptop to get things I was tagged in, but won‘t be able to do that as often as I would like. 😰

CuriousG It's not your phone. There is something going on with the app and nobody is able to see pictures. The website originally had the same issue but they fixed it quickly enough most people didn't notice. I have heard they are working on the app though. 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So frustrating!! 2y

dabbe If a person tried to upload a pic through the app, you still can't see it on the web page. It seems like only the web page is working--both for posting and for seeing. #frustrating 2y

julesG Check @TimSpalding for updates 2y

AshRaye I logged into Litsy through my phone's browser and everything loaded. However, when I'm on the app, I still can't see pictures. 2y

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Lauren_reading

Standing His Ground: Greer | Jamie Begley

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Greer was such a jerk for so long that I really struggled with seeing how Holly could even like him...but he grew on me throughout the book. As always I love how all her other characters make appearances. Some seriously sad events though! #thelastriders #romance

CoverToCoverGirl You‘re almost caught up! 😊 Her newest #Predators book has just been released.. we‘ll be doing a buddy read in the next few days.. if you get Crazy Bitch read you could join in if you‘d like. (edited) 7y

Lauren_reading @CoverToCoverGirl sometimes I want to read them all at once and other times I want to spread them out so I don‘t get to the end 😂😂 buddy read sounds fun so I‘ll try to catch up!!! 7y

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ashesofabookdragon

Everless | Sara Holland

so-so

I enjoyed the latter part of the book but the first part made me feel like nothing happened. It was a tease of half information and minimal development. That being said, the last 100 pages were fantastic! I‘d give book two a chance, especially since the plot is so unique. #newreads #yalit #frustrating #popsugar2018

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Jess7

The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas

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Question 2 of 5. I hope everyone is enjoying this book so far! We‘re excited to host the first discussion of our #litsybuddyread. I will be posting questions 2 and 4. Check @MinDea ‘s page for questions 1, 3 and 5. Thanks! Please no spoilers if you have read past chapter 5. #LITSYBUDDYREAD

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AmyG I do agree. At what point does a filmed shooting or social media pressure have an effect on racial bias and he police? I'd like to believe in hope that something makes a difference. 8y

BooksintheDelta Most of the time hashtags create a divide of what "side" the poster is on. Like we can't all be sad someone has died and look for solutions without taking sides. Hashtag #frustrating. 8y

mrp27 This punched me in the gut, I never looked at it that way. Hashtags are great for awareness but these hashtags need to mean something in the end and make a difference so that the lives lost aren't for naught, and so that there is justice and understanding. 8y

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MinDea I think social media is used to bring awareness. Does it bring justice? Sometimes, but not always. 8y

Suelizbeth I thought what she was trying to say is that we need to go beyond hashtags and reach real life solutions. There need to be unbiased investigations and unbiased trials. Also, these hashtag situations shouldn‘t exist in the first place. 8y

ptkpepe98 I live near Charleston, site of two recent infamous shootings: Walter Scott and the Mother Emanuel Church shootings. Justice was swift in the latter case, but the former was only resolved by a federal plea deal based on civil rights violations. The family was satisfied because the guilty admitted responsibility; this was after a 1st trial ended in a hung jury. So justice is hard to get, which is heartbreaking for the families. But # likely help. 8y

ChasingOm I think that hashtags bring awareness, but they also give people an unfounded (IMO) feeling of having DONE something. Hashtags don't create action and actions (protesting, lobbying, running for office on a platform of change) are what can ultimately change things. I see this to a different degree on campaigns (my job) where people think sharing on social media helps a candidate as much as knocking doors & talking to people, but it doesn't. 8y

RebelReader I agree with @ChasingOm in that social media feels like you are doing something, but it certainly has not brought about justice for so many black lives lost. 8y

REPollock Social media amplifies the transformation of people into martyrs via hashtags, but victims' names as shorthand for greater struggles and violence predates the hashtag--Matthew Shepard, Rodney King, Amadou Diallo. Hashtags spread the news faster. Nobody wants to be a hashtag because nobody wants to be a martyr. 8y

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RhubarbandGin

The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown

Now I'm British. We have a proud tradition of innuendo (see the Great British Bake Off for reference). However what's above is not innuendo, it's just lewd and inappropriate.
The completionist in me is battling against the urge to stop reading this, as I'm finding it so frustrating!
#shouldistayorgo #innuenno #frustrating

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thereadingowlvina

By Gaslight | Steven Price

bailed

I #quit this book after reading 20 pages. I was unable to follow the plot. Most of my reading time was spent figuring out if that sentence is a dialogue or not (due to no quotation marks!) It was really #frustrating and I can't imagine reading over 700 pages having to figure that out. Maybe I will try #audiobook for this. #booksiquit #nopunctuation #disappointedread

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reading.in.brussels

One Kiss More | Mandy Baxter

I'm sorry to say this, but the repetitions in this book are driving me crazy!
Yes, I know that his attraction to her is distracting him from his work.
Yes, I know that she won't trust him because of some issues.
But do I have to read about it again and again?!
The interesting storyline is the only thing keeping me from bailing already. Now I can see why I waited so long after the first book to read this one!
#ugh #frustrating #greatstorythough

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