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The Witches of Eastwick: A Novel | John Updike

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1. Three meals that scream autumn to me: A. Chili and cornbread. B. Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. C. Sloppy joes.
And for dessert for every meal: pumpkin pie! 😂
2. Tagged and in the pic above.

Consider yourself tagged, and join in the fun! 🧡🖤🧡

IndoorDame Chill just isn‘t the same without cornbread ❤️ 2mo

TheSpineView @IndoorDame I agree! 2mo

TheSpineView All this talk of food is making me hungry. Thanks for playing! 2mo

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dabbe @IndoorDame And honey on the cornbread, please! 🖤🍯🖤 2mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

Lesliereadsalot Had the best grilled cheese yesterday, with carmelized onions and some kind of herbs. 2mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot My stomach is now growling. #grr 🧡🖤🧡 2mo

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Bookwormjillk

The Sign of the Twisted Candles | Carolyn Keene

Not much of a mystery here since we knew who did it all along. Still fun to read about Nancy fighting crimes in between regular meals though. I‘m sure all of the buddy readers will want to join me in discussing George and Bess so I‘ll save that for the 15th ☠️☠️☠️

Librarybelle

dabbe I'm still pissed at George and Bess. #grr 🤩😂😀 6mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe how dare they 🤣🤣🤣 6mo

Librarybelle “…fighting crimes between regular meals…” 😂 6mo

BarkingMadRead George and Bess can go jump in a lake 🙄🙄 6mo

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BarkingMadRead

Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 14: secrets! #josubmittedstoriestothepaper #laurieknowswheremegsgloveis #brookeyoucreeper #iguessitskindofsweet ❓ #joisanauthor #butwhataboutthatglove #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @kspenmoll @cuilin @spellboundreader
@rubyslippersreads @ruthiella 6mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful @thearomaofbooks @dabbe @clare-dragonfly @daena @quietjenn @staycurious @curiouserandcurioser @deblovestoread @graciouswarriorprincess 6mo

Cuilin Having a lark ✅ being wild ❎ runnng down hills also ❎ I also can‘t decide if the thieving of the glove is creepy or not. 6mo

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mcctrish @Cuilin it is kind of or mean, considering they are expected to wear them but the March‘s don‘t have money for new ones very often. I love that Jo is published but I‘m mad about the lack of payment! They don‘t pay newbies or they don‘t pay girls?! (edited) 6mo

dabbe @mcctrish Based on the seediness of the place, I'd say both. #grr 6mo

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish reminds me of today‘s unpaid internships 6mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk exactly 6mo

mcctrish @dabbe #grrrrr 6mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I didn‘t even consider the financial aspect. Yes. 6mo

julieclair I‘m thinking Brooke picked up the glove so he‘d be able to return it to Meg and look like a hero. Which is still kind of creepy. I‘m waiting to see what he does next before I give him a creep-o-meter score. 6mo

mcctrish @julieclair you are right, he wants to be gallant and is just waiting for the opportunity to 6mo

julieclair I‘m so proud of Jo for having the guts to submit her stories to the paper. But I‘m angry that she‘s not being paid anything - not even a tiny amount. Good - but disturbing - comparison to today‘s unpaid internships, @Bookwormjillk . 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Yes, I‘m mad that the newspaper won‘t pay Jo, and she doesn‘t question it or shop her stories around to other papers! 6mo

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 37-38: ok the sleepwalking was freaky #theycouldhavedied #problemsolved #poortess #offtotheoldhomestead #ofcourseherdadisstillusingher #noroomatthehouseforher #sheshouldhavekeptthatmoney #ontheroadagain #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 1y

Bookwormjillk Poor Tess. She totally should have kept that money. And her dad did she actually marry this one. Ugh, he needs a punch in the face. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that is what I was thinking, like her dad is such a fabulous human or something 🙄 1y

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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y

Ruthiella Poor Tess. She has no one in her corner (except us). 1y

dabbe I am 🤮 about Holier-than-thou Angel. #grr And I have a bad feeling that Alec is going to come back into the picture somehow since Angel kept saying “If only he were dead ....“ 1y

Cuilin I just can‘t with Angel. 😣 Did he think about the woman he was with? What condition did he leave her in? I think he will regret this behavior. I agree @dabbe we‘re not done with Alec. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly @dabbe I agree… though I wouldn‘t mind if Alec shows up and immediately dies! 1y

currentlyreadinginCO Can Tess please make a selfish choice at some point! Her parents are the worst & she should have kept that cash! 1y

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly Now there's a death I would love! 1y

Bklover @currentlyreadinginCO I know what you mean! I wish she‘d just take care of herself for once. 1y

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kspenmoll

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country | Amanda Gorman

This is probably old news to many but as I was catching up on insta,I read the above post from Amanda Gorman.Pen America is suing a FL district:
https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-files-lawsuit-against-florida-school-d....

Amiable The ignorance surrounding these book bans is astounding. I don‘t even recognize this country anymore. 2y

britt_brooke These people are so DUMB. I swear. 2y

dabbe A similar article from the NYT states this is THE case to follow in the fight against banning books. All it takes these days is ONE person. This person writes “I don't need“ any professional reviews??? And the answer to Q#2 is incoherent. One of our district school board members said she had NOT read the book in question at one meeting but that she trusted whatever the board decided. #WTF If you don't read it, you don't get a say. Period. #grr 2y

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kspenmoll @Amiable i totally agree with your astonishment & the fact that this country is non recognizable- that is scary in itself. I worry about what kind of world we are leaving to our children & the high schoolers I teach. @dabbe how can you just blindly follow the Board & feel right about not reading the “ evidence” or book? This is nuts, but it does speak to how powerful books are if some parents/school boards do not want their children reading a book 2y

kspenmoll @britt_brooke Yes, yes, yes! It‘s hard to believe. Can‘t imagine your boys without books! (edited) 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Just checking to see if you received your package 📦 🩷 2y

dabbe @kspenmoll It's nuts and terrifying. Of course, the upside is that when a book is banned, that pretty much seals the deal that every kid will want to read it. If I were still teaching, I would just “slip“ a banned books list the students and just say, “🤷‍♀️ why they were banned.“ Easy for me to say when I don't have to face parents anymore. 😃 2y

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IndoorDame

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country | Amanda Gorman

I just saw the most heartfelt message about book bans from Amanda Gorman on her instagram account after her poem was banned in a Florida school district. I was feeling all the emotions I typically feel when I hear a story like this, and then I read the details of the single, parent complaint she shared that led to the ban, and now I‘m livid! How can we live somewhere where this was upheld?????

itsjustme40something The Washington Post analyzed the bans and found that 11 people were responsible for the majority of current bans....if I'm remembering correctly it's like 80something %. 2y

IndoorDame @itsjustme40something wow! Given how many bans and challenges there are right now, that‘s taking on a second job! 2y

Bookwormjillk Oprah Winfrey? What the heck? 2y

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IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk yeah…that was one of the things she said in her comment 😂😅 2y

Bookwormjillk @IndoorDame I feel like that should be an automatic dismissal of a book ban complaint. At least get the author right. 2y

Amiable @Bookwormjillk Exactly! 2y

Amiable I can‘t stand this anymore —how is it that such a small minority of ignorant and bigoted people are allowed to highjack the educational process for the rest of us? 2y

CoverToCoverGirl Very scary … 😲 2y

IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk SO many things about this form should be an automatic dismissal if anyone was taking it seriously. It‘s only half filled out! They must be rubber stamping every complaint they get in that district 2y

IndoorDame @Amiable it wasn‘t that long ago you had to remove your kids to private schools if you wanted to micromanage them to this extent. I wish there was some way to get us back to the (relative) safety of that setup. 2y

britt_brooke The complaint makes zero sense. 2y

dabbe Glad Amanda joined! Same case I posted on from the NYT last week; it seems to be THE case to follow re: book banning. This parent is completely INCOHERENT, and you know they have not even read the book in question. No read = NO OPINION! People in my English department (and our principal) have lost their jobs because of a 1-parent complaint over a different book. Time to start wearing my “I teach banned books“ shirt everywhere I go. #grr 2y

IndoorDame @dabbe it‘s terrible that people are losing their jobs over this issue! And I‘m sorry that includes people you know personally. I missed the Times piece, but I see why this makes an especially good poster piece, and I‘m glad Amanda is speaking out personally as well. I guess I have to hope that major media coverage, and the fundraiser her publisher is running, and your new t shirt campaign will push the needle back in a positive direction. 🤞🏼 2y

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dabbe

So You've Been Publicly Shamed | Jon Ronson

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#DiscussionBook
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Talk about a discussion book: this one caused such an uproar in my district and high school that multiple “discussions“ occurred at board meetings until we now have a literature list that no teacher is allowed to deviate from. Discussions also resulted in my school's principal being fired, two English teachers having letters in their file, and the English chair losing her position. #grr

SamAnne Wait, what? Good grief. 2y

dabbe @SamAnne Oh, yeah. Here's just one news clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA3XYFRxCbM 2y

Amiable Oh, yes —this book scared the poop out of me! The thought that your entire life and reputation could be destroyed by the time you got off an airplane —yikes! 2y

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SamAnne Oh, so infuriating. We are going to end up with kids completely unprepared for life. 2y

Amiable @SamAnne @dabbe The irony is that this book is about cancel culture—which that parent who didn‘t read the book would know if she had actually read the book. 🙄 And these are AP English students! If your kid can‘t handle college-level material —which may come with more adult conversations, don‘t sign them up for college-level classes. 2y

SamAnne @amiable @dabbe exactly. Oh, the irony. 2y

TheBookgeekFrau I have this on my TBR shelf. I think you just moved it up next in line 😂 2y

Bookwormjillk What? I read this book a few years ago and can‘t remember what the heck would cause such a controversy. 2y

ChelseaM6010 Oh my goodness 🫣🤦‍♀️ so frustrating 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow 😮 2y

dabbe @SamAnne @Amiable @TheBookgeekFrau @Bookwormjillk @ChelseaM6010 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Talk about a book that gets people discussing! 🤣 This is a nationwide issue, and we Littens have to keep fighting the good fight! The ultimate irony is that by taking that book off of our list we ensured that many high school students who would have NEVER read it, now have. #lovethisgroup 💙💚💙 2y

dabbe @Bookwormjillk The author dared to quote verbatim some of the absolutely horrific social media messages sent by some uncivilized people; hence swear words, unflattering references to genitalia, racial slurs, ... unfortunately what we all see/read/hear/feel every day. 2y

Bookwormjillk @dabbe lol as a parent of a high schooler I guarantee these kids probably hear much worse on the bus 2y

Amiable @dabbe The thing that strikes me is how necessary the discussions are that arise from reading this book. People like to talk about their First Amendment rights. But what does that mean in practice? The freedom to say whatever you want doesn‘t mean you are free from the consequences of expressing your words. Students —and adults—need to learn how that works. And this —a book about using social media— is the kind of book that kids can understand. (edited) 2y

Eggs Wow 😯 2y

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TheSpineView

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I have been audio puzzling again. This is the second puzzle that has had a piece missing. This time the puzzle also contained an extra piece but not the one I needed. Sigh...

Does this happen to anyone else? 💙🧩💙📖🎧

Ruthiella That is super frustrating! 🧩😡 2y

dabbe That has happened so much to me that I now do most of my jigsaws on an app. That's the only way I know I'll have every piece. Majorly frustrating! #grr 2y

Cinfhen Such a cool puzzle!!! So sorry that piece is missing!!!!!! 2y

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TheSpineView @Ruthiella Yes! 2y

TheSpineView @dabbe I use the app too. I may have to go to that totally. 2y

TheSpineView @Cinfhen It's a bummer 2y

ravenlee I got a Harry Potter puzzle to do with the kiddo as she was just getting into the HP world. It was a really annoying puzzle, weirdly shaped pieces, can‘t identify edge pieces, and then after struggling through it there was a piece missing! I‘ll never buy that brand again. 2y

mrp27 That stinks! But what a great puzzle. 2y

TheSpineView @ravenlee I get that. 2y

TheSpineView @mrp27 A bummer 2y

Hooked_on_books I‘ve definitely been a victim of the missing piece. I had a dog who loved to eat the pieces that fell on the floor, so that‘s one possibility! 2y

TheSpineView @Hooked_on_books In this case, no doggie snack this time. 😂 2y

eeclayton It happened to my sister. She wrote an email of complaint to the company, and they sent her a new set! 2y

TheSpineView @eeclayton Good idea! 2y

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TheNeverendingTBR

Taken: Inside the Alien-Human Abduction Agenda | Dr. Karla Turner

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This was a banned book before it was reissued, so naturally, I had to get my hands on it as I've always been interested in this topic.

This particular one contains various stories from various women of different backgrounds who have been abductees.

Although somewhat repetitive and lacking a solid recap of these events, alien/UFO enthusiasts won't be disappointed.

If you want to hear what others have experienced, this is a great start.

dabbe 👻 to banned books! #grr 2y

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