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Letters | Henry James

#LitsyLove letters going out keep your eye peeled. @Sleepswithbooks @princess-kings @MemoirsForMe

MemoirsForMe Yay! 🤗💌📬 59m

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OrangeMooseReads

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

I‘ve got 3 days to get a bingo yet lol

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OrangeMooseReads

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

My bingo/I spy card so far.
#ispy

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monalyisha

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer | Kelly Jones

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I (re)read this book for my kids‘ fantasy book club at the library. For some, it was their first experience with an epistolary novel! It‘s a format I adore, so I was honored to introduce them to it. I love that the tale is utterly wacky (invisible, levitating, shape-shifting, bossy chickens!) while also being a gentle exploration of grief (for Sophie‘s abuela, with whom she shared a special closeness, and for her uncle, whom she‘d never met).👇🏻

monalyisha 1/4: It‘s also a story about a whole family finding their way in a new place, wrestling with race and class struggles in an age-appropriate way. These systemic problems are not the focus of the story…and yet, they do not go unmentioned. Sophie deals with grown-up things (like sometimes kids are made to) on her level; the grown-ups deal with grown-up things in the background and have their own hints of story. Expert-level nuance here! 1w

monalyisha 2/4: The villain‘s character falls a little short. Her motivation is explained but it‘s a bit shallow and unmined, especially considering the drastic actions she takes. Sophie‘s dad is still finding his way at the end of the book. I‘d love to have seen the seeds of a clearer and more unique path laid out for him. 1w

monalyisha 3/4: The writing in the section about the cockatrice chicken could have been sharper. It‘s the darkest chunk, in terms of mood, and the writing is murky to match. I‘m not convinced all of the details were necessary, especially given that the writing seems to prove a subconscious desire to obscure them. 1w

monalyisha 4/4: There‘s a second book, which I‘ve never read. Were I the intended audience for the book, I‘d dive right in! Given that I‘m an adult with my own reading needs, I may never get there…but that has nothing to do with the book and everything to do with me! A gem, sparkling brightly with funky chicken charm and practical facts. 1w

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AudiobookingWithLeah

Alphabet A-Z | Walt Disney Productions

My fourth completed letter in my #atozultimatechallenge is Q!

Q~ Title = Quicksilver
Q~ Author = Jesse Q. Sutanto for I'm Not Done With You Yet
Q~ Character = When We Bright and Beautiful
Q~ Item = Where are you, Echo Blue?
Q~QUICKIE = (A Novella between 75 and 125 pages long) In The Tall Trees

link to challenge on Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f958009c-40f5-456a-aef4-4156b6a...

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BethM

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

Can‘t remember the hashtag for this one! @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn #offmyshelf 😀📚👏🏻 6d

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Kristy_K

Dear Sun: The Letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed | Joy Hester, Sunday Reed

#haikuaday
#haikuhive

@dabbe
@TheBookHippie
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@lil1inblue
@debinhawaii
@bellabella
@julieclair
@anncrystal
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@reggie
@Eggs

TheSpineView 🧡🍂💛 2w

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍃💫🍂🐝💝. 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me Autumn is my favorite season also. Love the cool breezes, but have to admit I love the longer days of June. 😊💛 2w

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JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤 I‘m in Florida and I‘m already dreading how hot it‘s going to get this summer 🥵 2w

dabbe May I ask where you live? I'm from hotter-than-hell Phoenix! You captured the piercing hot sun with your words and pic! 💛🐝🖤 2w

Reggie My countdown for the year ends with the summer solstice because that‘s when daylight starts getting shorter and we start sliding towards fall. 2w

Kristy_K @BooksandCoffee4Me If only we could have long days with cool breezes. 2w

Kristy_K @dabbe I live in Southern California, but this picture is actually Oslo (where I‘m traveling now). It was 80-100 degrees the week I left So Cal and I was looking forward to the cold but the sun seems just as hot here and I ended sunburnt lol. I can‘t imagine summers in Phoenix! It‘s bad enough in So Cal lol. 2w

Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 and you have humidity too, right? I‘d never leave the house lol. 2w

Eggs I feel this! Central Texas now: highs each day 98+ 🔥 2w

bellabella It was 94 yesterday with no breeze and humid. It isn't as bad as some of yours, but for me it was awful. 😂 2w

lil1inblue This makes me glad I'm in Michigan. 😅 😉 2w

JenlovesJT47 Yes! I lived in Cali for 2 years for college and it was just as hot there but no humidity. The humidity is the worst here and in Georgia 🥵 2w

dabbe @Kristy_K I lived in San Diego for a few years, and I was amazed at how hot it got! Of course I couldn't afford to live along the beach, so I lived inland, and the desert there is just as hot as Phoenix. How lovely to be in Norway! I visited Bergen back in 1990 (😱) and thought it the most beautiful country I'd ever seen. Enjoy your trip! 💚💜💚 2w

Kristy_K @Eggs It seems too early in the year to be that hot! 2w

Kristy_K @dabbe Thank you! 2w

Kristy_K @bellabella 94 is still awful! 2w

DebinHawaii I‘m already ready for fall & winter! 😅 💛🐝🖤 2w

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Suet624

84 Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff

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It seemed for a time that everyone on Litsy was reading this book. I‘m finally getting to it. Such a sweet read. The NY author begins writing to a bookstore in England in order to find rare secondhand books at a good price. She ends up becoming very fond of the employees, sending them packages of food that are unavailable to them during wartime and staying in touch with the employees and their families for years. It‘s a quick and touching read.

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve seen it and after reading your post, I know I need to read this. 3w

Leftcoastzen An all time favorite! 3w

Suet624 @BooksandCoffee4Me it‘s guaranteed you‘ll like it. 3w

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Suet624 @Leftcoastzen 💕💕 3w

bibliothecarivs Love this one. 3w

Ruthiella This book! ❤️😭 3w

LeahBergen I adore this book (and have read it several times)! 3w

BarbaraJean Ohhhh, this is so good! 💜 3w

CarolynM ❤️❤️ I love all Helene Hanff‘s books. 3w

sarahbarnes This sounds lovely indeed. ♥️ 3w

Suet624 @sarahbarnes as you can see, it‘s a well loved book. 💕💕 3w

BarbaraBB I loved this one too 3w

kspenmoll I loved this as well. 💕 3w

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SanjanaGhosh

Ella Minnow Pea | Mark Dunn

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Such a strange and fun read ✨

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 3w

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