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Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City | William Graves, Heather A. Smith

I completed the Greater Charlotte Book crawl today. 22 independent bookstores and hundreds of miles of driving across 7 counties. I may have gone a little overboard and yes, I‘m still heading back to my favorite Indie for Independent Bookstore Day tomorrow. It was fun, but I don‘t think I‘ll do it again.

BookNAround Maybe I‘ll run into you there as I‘m planning on being there tomorrow too. 😁 1w

DGRachel @BookNAround 🥳🥳 1w

LeahBergen Awesome! 👏 1w

dabbe #gobsmacked 😮🤩😍 1w

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dabbe

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@TheLudicReader
It FINALLY came! It was sent to EAST Virginia, not West. The people were out of town, just found it, and sent it to me. How lucky/cool is that? I adore the St. John calendar and still want so much to visit there and to meet you. Connor's print totally #gobsmacked me and made me 😭. What. A. Talent. Tell me exactly where that is that he drew! And your novel-letter, well, I can't wait to read it and will reply soon! I ❣️ you, m'dear.

TheBookHippie Oh dear!! 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 2 months later! 😱
P.S. I just sent you an email. 🔥 (edited) 2mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe happens here all the time 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

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AmyG Wow! You are lucky it found it‘s way to you! 2mo

dabbe @AmyG IKR? 😅 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie What are those mailmen up to? 🤣 2mo

TheLudicReader Yikes. Did I misaddress it? So glad it finally arrived! (edited) 2mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Nope. You didn't. We have a new postman, and he's been a bit all over the place. I'm so glad, too! (edited) 2mo

TheLudicReader I forgot to say, the vantage point of Con‘s painting is from my side of the harbour looking across to historic Uptown Saint John. I will show you when you visit! (edited) 2mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Just gorgeous. What a view! You know, I'm turning (gasp) 60 this year and have been sort of thinking of some outrageous trip somewhere ... 🤔🤩🤔 ... 2mo

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Leftcoastzen

Let the Great World Spin: A Novel | Colum McCann

#TLT #ThreeListThursday on Friday
Got the 2nd list done today! 3 is not enough 😄
God Of Small Things
Look Homeward Angel
Let The Great World Spin
The Jungle

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dabbe And I haven't read any of your choices! More to go on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

Leftcoastzen @dabbe I‘m happy ! There are many on those lists I mean to read , I have read Shakespeare but I forgot which ones ! The Jungle radicalized me in 6th grade. Sinclair wanted it to outrage people about treatment of workers . Teddy Roosevelt reacted more to the food safety elements. 3mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #gobsmacked that you read THE JUNGLE in 6th grade. It's on our 12 grade. list. 🤩 3mo

Suet624 God of small things and Let The Great World Spin are two favorites of mine. 3mo

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Pogue

Beowolf | Anonymous

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

dabbe You are an epic lover! 🤩 What choices! Do you prefer BEOWULF in prose or poetry? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

Pogue @dabbe for Beowulf poetry, for Canterbury Tales I prefer it in Middle English. 3mo

dabbe @Pogue Middle English? Consider me #gobsmacked on that one! I prefer the BEOWULF poetry, too. 🤗 3mo

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #1 (1970-2024)
I really needed a list to take me totally away from the crapola of this week in the USA.
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-1
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading or a combo or whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!

DebinHawaii, Maria_Pulver, Kappadeemom, iread2much, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, BookNAround, catiewithac, TheLudicReader, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Sace, Kar2b, BookwormAHN, Sleepswithbooks, WorldsOkayestStepMom, TheBookgeekFrau, jdiehr, TheSpineView, Beatlefan129, ShelleyBooksie, Blerdgal_Fenix, LA1, Patchshank, Cupcake12, cinda.marie, PageShifter, LiseWorks, KadaGul

dabbe I'll post my faves later, but for the record: I've only read 20 from this list. So many ones I still want to read! 🤩 3mo

Texreader That was fun. I‘ve read 11 and probably a few more, but I just can‘t remember. Easily my favorite was Dracula. 3mo

Bookwormjillk I‘ve read 19 I think, but high school was a long time ago so I‘m not 100% which Shakespeare plays I read and which I just saw. Loved Dracula and Cry, The Beloved Country blew me away when I read it in school. 3mo

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thebacklistbook 12. Mostly read for lit classes. 3mo

rwmg 21

I'm guessing this is a school reading list but I don't really know what AP classes are or what to expect from them. 3mo

LiseWorks I read only 8, but that's because I'm a Canadian, and our schools and universities have different books. Like where was most of Shakespeare stuff like Romeo and Juliette. 3mo

bthegood ❤️💙❤️ (edited) 3mo

PurpleyPumpkin I read 16 on this list and have many others on my tbr shelf. Many of these reads were from when I went to university. But I‘d like to get back to some of these. Thanks for posting!👍🏽 3mo

BookNAround I‘ve read 46 but I do have 2 English degrees and did take AP English way back in the day. I have quite a few of the newer (post my long ago schooling) books on my shelves tbr. Also, I have read other books by a bunch of the authors but not necessarily their works on the list. (edited) 3mo

Kar2b Only 6 for me. I haven‘t read All the Light We Cannot See yet, but I own it, so that‘ll take me to 7. 🤪 3mo

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 😍 3mo

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 3mo

dabbe @Texreader Yes to DRACULA, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Still can't believe I've never read CRY. On the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @thebacklistbook Same here. Or ones I had to teach! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @rwmg AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it is a literature course where if seniors can pass the AP literature exam (where these titles come from), they don't have to take English 101/102 in college. These are titles that the College Board (the ones who created all AP courses) deems are “works of literary merit.“ Obviously, that thought is up for debate. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @LiseWorks Excellent point. Most titles are British and American, which is why those two subjects are taught in a lot of American high school courses. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @bthegood 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin YW! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @BookNAround #yahooyou! I knew you'd score higher than most--and you kicked my sorry English-teacher's ass! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @Kar2b I own it, too, and have yet to read it! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😘 3mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😘 3mo

BkClubCare I checked 31 but not that many were from HS but the past decade plus when I wanted to read more classics 🌟 Always fun to look at book lists 😂 3mo

dabbe @BkClubCare I love book lists! It just makes the ol' TBR grow to infinity and beyond! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

LA1 Thanks for the tag! I‘m ranked #210, having read only 5 of the books. 😊 3mo

dabbe @LA1 I sure found quite a few to add to my TBR; how about you? 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

bibliothecarivs I don't read a lot of fiction so I've only read 4. But Don Quixote, Elmet, and Dancing at Lughnasa are on my to-read list. 3mo

dabbe @bibliothecarivs What type of nonfiction do you like? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

TheLudicReader 17…not a great result. Lots of unfamiliar titles, too. 3mo

peaKnit Oof 9% 3mo

bibliothecarivs @dabbe I'm a nonfiction librarian and have wide interests but I usually read history, biography, autobiography, literary studies, cultural analysis, poetry, religion, nature & travel writing, and books about my favouite music, visual art, and films, with some politics, philosophy, science, and folklore sprinkled in. 3mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader Same here. Mostly American and British authors, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @peaKnit You're in good company! 😂 Any you want to add to your never-ending TBR? 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @bibliothecarivs And I am #gobsmacked! 🤩 I would love to read more nonfiction, especially in history. Do you have anything to recommend for Tudor or 19th century British History or Colonial/Early American history? 3mo

KadaGul Thank you 🫶 for the tag 🏷️. #Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙 3mo

Patchshank Thanks for the tag. I scored an 8 😂 3mo

WorldsOkayestStepMom Thanks for the tag! I have read 14 of them. 3mo

azulaco I scored 33. And actually I‘m embarrassed, because lots of these titles have been on my infinite TBR list for YEARS, so I should have read more of them. I did have a good high school and college education. A lot of the ones I read were assigned in class, or caught my interest after a related class discussion. I must admit that a couple, I‘ve only read excerpts of, so I kind of cheated. 3mo

bibliothecarivs @dabbe yes! The Five by Rubenhold and the English Reformation by Jones. Currently enjoying Tomalin's biography of Thomas Hardy (b. 1840). If you're willing to go a little outside of the Tudor period, Dan Jones's books Summer of Blood and The Plantagenets are excellent. 3mo

bibliothecarivs @dabbe

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

3mo

dabbe @KadaGul YW! 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @Patchshank You're in good company; most of us scored under a 20! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @WorldsOkayestStepMom Yay you! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @azulaco I say if you “dabbled“ in a book, it counts! Most scored under 20, so yahoo you! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

dabbe @bibliothecarivs I will look into all of these! Thank you so much for your help and expertise! 🤗 3mo

dabbe @bibliothecarivs Ooh, I love JtheR stuff! 🤩 3mo

DGRachel I managed a whopping 7. 😂 There were several others that I tried to read and bailed (glaring at Crime & Punishment) and a little sad at the number of authors I‘ve read, but haven‘t read the “right” book. I‘ve read a lot of Dickens and Cormac McCarthy, for instance. 😮‍💨 But also, I have to recommend a different translation of Beowulf. This one is 🤩

Beowulf: A New Translation

3mo

dabbe @DGRachel This survey only went through the letters A-C, so I bet your authors and other titles will be coming! And you're in good company; most of us scored 20 or under this time around. 😂 I'll have to check out your BEOWULF suggestion; thanks! Thanks also for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

DGRachel I truly hated Beowulf in high school, but Headley‘s translation was delightful (if you like modernizations). It literally had me howling with laughter. I highly recommend the audiobook. 3mo

dabbe @DGRachel Now on the TBR! 🤩🩵🤩 3mo

CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve read just 14 on the list. 3mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement You're in good company; most of us scored 20 or lower! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

iread2much Only 6 for me 😅 3mo

dabbe @iread2much We're all in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 3mo

Cheryl_Russell Missed this last week. Just as well, 8/100. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3mo

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes You're in good company; most of us scored 20 or less! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

Sleepswithbooks Only 7 😮 3mo

dabbe @Sleepswithbooks You're with the rest of us, m'dear! Most were between 1-20! I've added quite a few to my TBR. Doesn't mean I'll ever get to them, but still, a girl can dream ... 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🩷🩶 3mo

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Yuki_Onna

Team Sports of the Winter Games | Aaron Derr

Well, I went a little overboard with last week's game 😅
Stopped at 2382 words because time ran out.
So it's 2382 x 10 = 23820 points +5 for post.
🎄🎄🎄
#WinterGames2024 #XmasChaCha @StayCurious

dabbe #gobsmacked #bravo 🤩🤩🤩 5mo

Yuki_Onna @dabbe Give me a wordsearch game like this and I go berserk 😅 (edited) 5mo

dabbe @Yuki_Onna I wish you were on my team! 🤩😂🤩 5mo

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Princess-Kingofkings

The Lincoln Lawyer (Haller 1) | Michael Connelly

Finished Season 3 of The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix and got to the halfway point of this denim rug I began in late August. I realize it wasn‘t reading but I needed to celebrate the success. #LitsyLove friends, these photos of my current hand-twined rug are for you. @LiseWorks @dabbe

dabbe Drop. Dead. Gorgeous. #gobsmacked 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

Lesliereadsalot Just wow! 6mo

LiseWorks My sister is trying to get patterns to do rugs. Where did you get the book for this, or are you using your own imagination? Because that looks good. 6mo

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Princess-Kingofkings @LiseWorks My loom came from LibbyLula on Etsy. She is on YouTube as iamauntmeem. Tagged book has been my favorite resource. This rug isn‘t a pattern other than me trying to change up and use a different Jean strip each time I tie one on.

Twined Rag Rugs: Tradition in the Making

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Princess-Kingofkings @dabbe Thank you so much! 💙 6mo

Princess-Kingofkings @Lesliereadsalot Awe, thank you! 💙 6mo

MemoirsForMe Wow! Impressive! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6mo

Princess-Kingofkings @MemoirsForMe Thank you so much! 💙 6mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!! 😍 6mo

Princess-Kingofkings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you 💙 6mo

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Eggs

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October wrap up: 73 books, 15,169 pages
#Spookoween

YTD wrap up: 721 books, 111,213 pages
#ReadAway2024

YTD wrap up books in series: 130
#SeriesLove2024

DieAReader, Andrew65, TheSpineView, GHABI4ROSES

BookwormAHN Wow 👏🏻 6mo

DieAReader 🔥🤩Amazing! 6mo

dabbe #gobsmacked 🖤🎃🖤 6mo

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AnnCrystal 📚🥳👍💝. 6mo

AnishaInkspill 🏆 🏆 💛 6mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow!! That‘s amazing 🤩 6mo

TheSpineView I almost fainted when I saw your numbers! Just WOW!!!!! 6mo

Eggs @BookwormAHN @DieAReader @dabbe @AnnCrystal @AnishaInkspill @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheSpineView Thanks Y‘all. The stars aligned for me and, of course, audiobooks!!! 😀🫶🏻❤️ 6mo

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dabbe

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Completely and happily #gobsmacked. Thanks, everyone, for putting up with my heated grumpiness. I just stood outside and cried tears of joy. 😅

BarbaraJean I‘m so happy for you!!! 7mo

TEArificbooks Yes it was cooler today here too but too windy to go outside and enjoy it. I did get to wear long sleeves in the morning though 7mo

Leftcoastzen I‘m being a pooper. Going right back up. 7mo

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dabbe 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

dabbe @TEArificbooks It's been perfect this evening. 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen You are NOT a pooper! And you're right; it is going up again ... but not to 100. At least I hope so. Shit. Now I'm a pooper! 💩😂💩 7mo

PaperbackPirate Lol I‘ve been sharing a screenshot of today‘s weather with friends and family too! 🥵 Like wow, did we just survive that?! 7mo

PageShifter Reading this made me smile, thank you for being you. 🫂❤️ 7mo

AnnCrystal 🙏🆒👏🥳👍💝. 7mo

IndoorDame That‘s wonderful! Enjoy 😊🤗❤️ 7mo

JenReadsAlot 🎉😊 7mo

Cuilin Enjoy the reprieve. 7mo

bookandbedandtea How wonderful! 💜 7mo

dabbe @PaperbackPirate Still going up into the 90s again, but I think we're done with the 100s. I hope. How did we survive? I know AC had a lot to do with it! 😂 7mo

dabbe @PageShifter You always made me feel better about being a grump! 🤩😂😘 7mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩😂🤗 7mo

dabbe @IndoorDame Thanks! We are! 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

dabbe @Cuilin That's exactly what it is because it's going up into the 90s again next week. 🔥 But hopefully, no more 100s for a while. 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

dabbe @bookandbedandtea 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

PaperbackPirate LOW 90s! Lol. A walk in the park at this point.😅 Loved the rain this morning and another cloudy day! 7mo

dabbe @PaperbackPirate YES! 🤩😂🤗 7mo

TheLudicReader You must be loving that temp! 6mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader I'll be crying again when it goes back into the 90s this week. 😂 6mo

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