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InkedBookworm13
The Outsiders | SE Hinton
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#Wondrouswednesday
1. Indoor: Mall Madness. I loved playing it so much.
Outdoor: We used to play a version of the floor is lava and tag at the playground.
2. The Outsiders 📖

@Eggs

Eggs Thanks for the great responses👏🏻👏🏻 3w
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Ruthiella
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#Roll100
#OffMyShelf “Out of your comfort zone”
#14Books14Weeks

A good friend gave me this book, it‘s very much not what I usually read. But I‘m glad I did. There are no easy fixes or answers. Boyle asks only that we have compassion for our fellow humans.

“The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place-with the outcast and those relegated to the margins.”

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
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TracyReadsBooks
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Hanagaki Takemichi is watching the news when he learns his junior high girlfriend—the only girlfriend he‘s ever had died, caught in a gang feud she didn‘t have anything to do with. When he‘s in an accident, he finds himself 12 years in the past with an opportunity to change things & save his girlfriend. Along the way he meets one of the gang leaders, & likes him, & soon finds there are more people he wants to save. An entertaining read.

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Ruthiella
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#whereReyoumonday

Reading very much out of my comfort zone, I‘m in East Los Angeles in the current century with Pastor Gregory Boyle and the congregants and residents of the area in this nonfiction account of Boyle‘s outreach efforts.

BarbaraJean Ohhh, I want to read this! Greg Boyle has been referenced a LOT in my spiritual direction studies this year. 1mo
Ruthiella @BarbaraJean I think you will get a lot out of it given your interests. I appreciate what Boyle is saying a lot about humanity. (edited) 1mo
Deblovestoread Loved this book! 1mo
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Ruthiella @Deblovestoread Glad to hear it! 😃 1mo
Christine I have to get to this one. I‘m just finishing a semester of teaching incarcerated folks, many of whom grew up in SoCal gang life. They are remarkably thoughtful and diligent students. I wish they‘d met Boyle and been offered a different path. 1mo
Ruthiella @Christine That‘s wonderful that you are teaching people who are incarcerated. Education is such a game changer. One of the things Boyle underscores in this book is that it‘s never too late to change one‘s path. 1mo
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TieDyeDude
The Outsiders | SE Hinton
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#bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

We have a couple trips planned for June, so I likely won't read everything I'd like to, but I am excited for V.E. Schwab's new book, as well as S.A. Cosby's.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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ravenlee
The Outsiders | SE Hinton
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Okay, I get it now. I never had anyone assign this, so I just never got around to it. Now I feel all sorts of wrecked. What an incredible piece of writing - and SE Hinton was 15 when she started it?! Okay, brb, need to go track down her other work.

TheBookHippie It is all good. ♥️ 1mo
dabbe Love all of her books. 💜 1mo
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peanutnine
Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds
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#Bibliophile #NewberyWinner
Such a powerful book. I haven't read the graphic novel version yet but it's on my list

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 2mo
Eggs Love Reynolds❣️ 2mo
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TieDyeDude
The Outsiders | SE Hinton
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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ImperfectCJ
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This one is in my ears today, as well as her "Rise Up With Fists!!"

https://open.spotify.com/track/6MKL3Xdcf3qFhTP2KJhcsn?si=BPaIUl5aQ22zdjSQN5epkw

Tagged book because Jenny Lewis was in the movie version.

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

TheKidUpstairs Love this whole album 3mo
ImperfectCJ @TheKidUpstairs I enjoy Joy'All, too, especially Puppy and a Truck 3mo
CarolynM Such a great album. I love Jenny😍 3mo
TieDyeDude Love Jenny! Thanks for sharing 3mo
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SarahBookInterrupted
Lola: A Novel | Melissa Scrivner Love
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This isn‘t a genre I usually read, but I recommend it. It was very fast paced and suspenseful. The leader of a gang is Lola, but everyone thinks it‘s her boyfriend. Until she needs to prove herself to the Cartel and then Lola is thrown into a territory war. The author softens these hard characters and made them well rounded with B storylines. This is a violent book, but there are many themes in this book for a book club, so great pick for that!

SarahBookInterrupted Listen to podcast episode here: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/episodes-podcast/episode/4e864381/lola-episode OR on any major podcast platform (edited) 3mo
Bette I remember reading this and being surprised how much I liked it … cuz gangs. 😳 3mo
SarahBookInterrupted @Bette Me too! There definitely were some brutal parts but the author did a good job at building the lives of the characters beyond the gang culture. (edited) 3mo
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