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LibrarianRyan
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#Icantread this because I worry it will be horrible and be a disservice to one of my favorite movies. #septembowie.

TrishB Great pic 👍 7y
Sophoclessweetheart The Dark Crystal is one of my favourite films too and this book does not disappoint. It‘s amazing. I couldn‘t put it down. 💛 7y
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AMVP
How to Read a Book | Mortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van Doren
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#catchingup on #septembowie #day28 - #icantread

This year has been a real dry spell for me where literature is concerned. To make my year-end goal, I'll have to read 2 books a week for 3 months. Not impossible, but certainly intimidating.

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DebinHawaii
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#septembowie #icantread #scarymonstersandsupercreeps😱 I can't read (very much) this week because I've been under a big project deadline & when I stop working I'm tired & fall asleep.😴I've been able to listen to this audio & Jim Jones was a scary monster & super creep. I still have about 4 hours left but I think I'm taking the weekend off from this book-knowing what's about to happen. Hoping to catch myself back up on life & Litsy this weekend.📚

kricheal I need to read this! 7y
britt_brooke This is in my TBR! 7y
KVanRead Read about him in David Talbot‘s book on San Francisco and was shocked by how many well known supporters he initially had, including Reagan and Harvey Milk! 7y
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DebinHawaii @kricheal @britt_brooke It's a bit of a slow start with lots & lots of detail but it's kept my interest--especially the second half. 📚👍 7y
DebinHawaii @KVanRead Yes they are mentioned in the book along with Jane Fonda & her husband at the time Tom Hayden, Jerry Brown, Rosalynn Carter, Walter Mondale... Crazy. I'll check out that book--thanks! 👍📚 7y
Texreader I'm so with you; I've read maybe a total of 20 minutes this week thanks to being overwhelmed at work. Sure hope you can get through it soon so you and Max can get back to reading!! 7y
Cinfhen Great choice!!! Sorry about #workpressure love that you still manage to post the most awesome collages and gorgeous photos 💕💕🙌🏻 7y
DebinHawaii @Texreader Same to you! 💜💜💜 7y
DebinHawaii @Cinfhen Aww thank you! 💜💜💜I try. It's just been a few tiring & mentally draining weeks so I keep falling asleep when I try to read. Hoping to catch up this weekend & although I'm facilitating classes--hope next week is better. 📚😬 7y
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DivineDiana
Zombie | Joyce Carol Oates
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I am a fan of Joyce Carol Oates, but this book was beyond anything that I could stomach. Based on the real serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, It is the only book I DNF. When I saw today's prompt for #septembowie, I decided to use it for both yesterday's and today's prompt. #icantread #scarymonstersandsupercreeps

Scurvygirl This book is insane. She actually has a few books that are quite disturbing, which is what drew me to her as an author. 😬You definitely have to be careful what you read by her, sometimes you might be in for a surprise. 7y
DivineDiana @Scurvygirl Thank you for the warning! I read (edited) 7y
DivineDiana It was powerful! Also read a mystery about the Pine Barrens that she wrote under a pseudonym. 7y
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Owlizabeth Yeah, this is the only JCO that I‘ve bailed on. 7y
DivineDiana @Owlizabeth Glad to know I am not alone. 🙁 7y
Cinfhen I was going to attempt this for #spookyRead but now I'm definitely passing... 7y
DivineDiana @Cinfhen There are lots of spooky reads out there! I wouldn't call this spooky, more like disgusting. 😬 7y
Cinfhen Yikes 😱I can't do gruesome, brutal 7y
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MatchlessMarie
1984 | George Orwell
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#icantread because my media holds are out of control 🤣 But I‘m finally getting my husband into Monk which makes my heart so happy. 😍 #septembowie

Andrea4 I just watched Beatriz at Dinner and was quite surprised! 7y
Caroline2 Mystic Pizza!!!!! ❤️ love that film soooooo much! 😍 7y
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Lizpixie
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#SeptemBowie #day28 #ICantRead 😭😭😭 I have all these amazing books doublestacked in my #MountTBR shelves with more preorders & books coming & I still can't read much until I get my new glasses(hopefully🤞)in another week.Though the huge cobwebby floaters are still there, I have hope they will dissipate on their own so I don't have to have laser surgery on my eyes😱Not being able to read for more than an hour without headaches is killing me!

MinDea Oh no! I hope the glasses help! 7y
monkeygirlsmama Beautiful stacks! 📚 Sorry about your eyes 👀 though. Hope the glasses 👓 make a big difference. 7y
OSChamberlain Same here! So sorry you have to go through that 😩 7y
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Lizpixie @MinDea @monkeygirlsmama @OSChamberlain thanks guys. The fact that reading is my only outlet & hobby is driving me nuts. I'm not a big tv watcher and my physical limits mean that the things I used to love doing like gardening and shopping are no longer available to divert me is depressing. I'm sooo bored! 7y
MinDea Can you do audiobooks? 7y
Cinfhen I'm so sorry, liz 😥Hope those glasses do the trick! I know for you reading is like breathing ‼️are you doing audio books??? 7y
MinDea What about an ereader? Do you have one? You van do text to speech with most of them now too! 7y
Lizpixie @MinDea @Cinfhen audiobooks are the only thing keeping me sane, I'm so glad I have a huge library of them from 10yrs of audible subscription. My ereader is a Kobo, I don't think it has that option unfortunately.😢 7y
Bookgirl Hope the glasses help!! 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Thank goodness for audiobooks in the interim! Hope your glasses will solve the eye problem. Meanwhile, take it easy, do not put too much pressure to your eyes. 7y
JacqMac I hope the glasses help. Looking at that TBR must be like torture. (edited) 7y
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DGRachel
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#icantread this because I don't read German. (Yet) #septembowie

Marchpane Neverending Story? It's gorgeous 😍 7y
DGRachel @Marchpane Yes! The text is blue and red where my English translation is green and red, but still gorgeous. One of these days my German will be good enough to read, even if I never manage to speak it. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I was trying to explain the plot to some 5th grade students earlier this very day and one said "So it's like Inception but with books? Bookception!" 7y
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Cinfhen Gorgeous cover! Clever student @TobeyTheScavengerMonk 7y
Maike One of my favourite childhood books, I had the same edition 😊 7y
Sarah83 Great Edition. I still have to read it. 😍 7y
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Leftcoastzen
The Vietnam War: An Intimate History | Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
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#Icantread #septembowie I can't read because I keep watching the Ken Burns documentary. This is a photo of medals flung at the Capital by Vietnam Veterans Against the War.Nixon decided it was good idea to fence the vets out of the grounds .So the vets saw fit to fling them ,and on a live mic ,tell people why they were doing it. 🎖

kspenmoll Glued to this the last two weeks as well.harrowing, heartbreaking. 7y
Leftcoastzen @kspenmoll feel exactly the same way. 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Latro in the Mist | Gene Wolfe
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I challenged myself to post an #amazing book I hadn't mentioned before.

Latro is a Roman mercenary who suffered a severe head injury in battle. His memory is wiped clean every time he sleeps so he wears a scroll of papyrus around his neck labeled READ THIS EACH DAY and he makes a record of the day's events, which forms the book.

Also due to the injury he can see the Roman gods and goddesses at work in the world that others cannot. #SeptemBowie

TobeyTheScavengerMonk The baby play mat is there to represent why #ICantRead as much as I could last year! 7y
Mommamanzi lol I was about to say, you're missing something on your mat lol. 7y
Marchpane Um, this book sounds awesome? Thanks! 7y
Cinfhen Baby mat 💕💕💕good reason for reading less 7y
Suet624 Ah, that mat sure is familiar. 7y
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Marchpane
Slump | Dave Jarzyna
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These lyrics - I think we've all been there...

🎶I can't read shit anymore
I just sit back and ignore
'Cause I just can't get it right, can't get it right
I can't read shit, I can't read shit 🎶

Angsty complaint rock for reading slumps 😂

#ICantRead #SeptemBowie

LazyLibrary Ugh, isn't that the worst??? 7y
riversong153 If you like tv, binge a show with a short season. It usually helps me! (edited) 7y
Marchpane @riversong153 that's a great tip! 7y
BarbaraBB Love these lyrics! 7y
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