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Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes

My IRL book club pick for February and I couldn't be happier, it's been over 20 years since my last reread.

TiredLibrarian I remember reading this in high school; it was very moving. 1w

MaGoose I read this book eons ago 1w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w

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TheBookgeekFrau @TiredLibrarian @MaGoose @dabbe My 5th read--I just love this book! 1w

Dan12 Hello how you doing 1w

Dan12 @TheBookgeekFrau 1w

TieDyeDude I read this many times in my adolescence. I'm due for a reread soon. 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau Now THAT'S a lotta love! 🩶🩷🩶
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dabbe @TieDyeDude #metoo 1w

Reggie Oof, get a box of tissues handy. I love this book so much. 😭😭😭 7d

Texreader Heartbreaking book!!! I think about somewhat routinely because the theme applies in various life scenarios. 7d

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BC_Dittemore

Everyday Sexism | Laura Bates

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Established before the #metoo movement, Bates‘s Everyday Sexism project gave women a place to voice their issues with predatory behavior. This book is more like a compilation of what she has learned through research, activism, & her own experiences, as well as the experience of other women around the globe through their tweets, quotes, emails, and interviews. It‘s upsetting to hear all the horrible things men do.

Stay safe, Littens

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Chelsea.Poole

Run Towards the Danger | Sarah Polley

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This is the final #AuldLangSpine I‘ll get to this month…an essay collection. I wasn‘t familiar with Sarah Polley (apart from seeing this book pop up on litsy). I learned that she‘s Canadian and was a child actor. Polley has had unfortunate experiences with the industry, including a #metoo situation and trauma on film sets at a young age. She also lost her mom young, became a mother and suffered a concussion. Solid collection though triggering.

monalyisha, Singout

BkClubCare Wasn‘t her young life?!, uh, don‘t know the right word but YOWZA 3w

Reggie She was also in Day of the Dead back in2004 I think. The remake. 3w

Singout I‘m glad you “liked” it, if that‘s the word. I appreciated the diverse issues that were addressed regarding the entertainment industry, as well as the stuff (Sarah Polley is a very big deal, he whose name shall not be spoken was a horrific scandal) that I‘m more familiar with as a Canadian. I live with someone who has a brain injury, so that theme was really meaningful as well. 6d

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dabbe

All Things Bright and Beautiful | James Herriot

#25Alive
#bright
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 3w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩶🩵🩶 3w

AmyG I loved this book….read it as a kid. 3w

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Cathythoughts ❤️ 3w

ChelseaM6010 💜 3w

Eggs Love Herriot 😍 3w

dabbe @AmyG #metoo 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Cathythoughts 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @ChelseaM6010 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Eggs #ditto 🩶🩵🩶 3w

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #2 (1970-2024)

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-2
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!
Tagging those who played last week. 🤗

BkClubCare, peaKnit, DGRachel, iread2much, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, PurpleyPumpkin, azulaco, Texreader, CogsOfEncouragement, BookNAround, Susanita, TheKidUpstairs, TheLudicReader, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, MaleficentBookDragon, SaunteringVaguelyDownwards, JessClark78, Eggs, Bookwormjillk, MonicaLoves2Read, Kerrbearlib, rwmg, Kar2b, vonnie862, Pogue, WorldsOkayestStepMom, TheBookgeekFrau, TheSpineView, LA1, kelli7990, Patchshank, InkedBookworm13, ImperfectCJ, bibliothecarivs, lil1inblue, LiseWorks, willaful, AnishaInkspill

DGRachel I did better this time but still didn‘t beat the average. I got 19. Too many on my favorites list, many that I have tried, failed, and will never try again (not counted) and several I‘d like to read. Fun! 3w

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes 17/100. The Joy Luck Club, Love Medicine, Little Fires Everywhere, Little Women, Housekeeping, and Going After Cacciato all jumped out at me. Some were ‘Did I read this? I don‘t remember‘ (didn‘t count those). 3w

PuddleJumper What's ap literature? 3w

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dabbe @DGRachel Yay to beating your score last week! I hope I do the same. And don't say you “failed“ at reading them. You #hailedthebails! 🤩 I cringed at quite a few of these just by looking at their covers! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I say if you even thought you might have read it, it should count! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @PuddleJumper AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it's usually a senior course in high school where, if a student takes the 4-5 hour literature exam at the end of the year (multiple-choice and 3-4 essays), she/he/they can receive college credit and not have to take English 101 or 102 in college. Also, if a student receives an “A“ in the class, it counts as a 5.0 re: gpa, not a 4.0. 3w

MaleficentBookDragon I hated Ethan Frome soooooooo much!

Ethan Frome

MaleficentBookDragon Better than last week but still not a lot. 21 (lady week 17). 3w

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon You're still in fantastic company; pretty much most of us are between 5-30. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon That book is so flippin' sad! 😭 3w

PuddleJumper @dabbe Ahh, ok we don't have anything like that in the U.K 3w

BkClubCare 35 for me! With one title I am not sure of and a few that I skimmed or only *think* I have read (cough, Great Expectations, cough) 3w

BkClubCare @MaleficentBookDragon - there are some HILARIOUS youtube videos by HS kids mocking that book. 3w

BkClubCare P 3w

dabbe @PuddleJumper I should have explained with the 1st list last week. Sorry about that! 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @BkClubCare #yahooyou! Great Ex: 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

CogsOfEncouragement I checked off 14 again. Four were assigned to me in HS. 3w

LA1 Rank 72 out of 81 with a score of 23 🤷🏼‍♀️ I didn‘t think I would get any but a few is good 😊 3w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement There's quite a few on this list that I'm not even remotely interested in reading! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @LA1 You got more than a few, and you're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

Patchshank Thanks for the tag. I've read 10. There's a few there I own but haven't read like Kafka on the shore and kindred. 3w

BookNAround 44 on this one so fewer than last week. 😉 3w

LiseWorks I only read 14 and only because I had to either for school or it was on my tbr forever 3w

TheLudicReader A whopping 18! 😬 3w

peaKnit Doh! 10! lol 3w

bibliothecarivs Seven for me this time, more than my four from last time. 3w

dabbe @Patchshank I have quite a few, too. Maybe someday, right? 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @BookNAround #yourock! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @LiseWorks I hear ya! #metoo 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @TheLudicReader We're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @peaKnit Dohing is not allowed! 😂 Ya done good are in great company with the rest of us! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @bibliothecarivs Some book covers on this list did not do much to make me want to read them! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

Bookwormjillk 20 for me. Ethan Frome and The Great Gatsby are two favorites I always think though people should wait until they‘re 30 to read them. Grapes of Wrath is another favorite. One of the few assigned readings I finished in school. Even then I loved to #HailTheBail 3w

Texreader Ive only read 9, but can‘t remember all the Shakespeare I‘ve read and I question a few others. The best books from this batch were by women: Frankenstein, Kindred, The Handmaid‘s Tale, and In the Time of the Butterflies. 3w

Texreader @dabbe Oh I was wondering! I‘m too old for all that “Advanced Placement” test stuff! 😉 We had a special English class for a few seniors who wanted advanced reading. And it was great. But that‘s all it was. 3w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Agree 💯. These books I feel are sometimes wasted on the high school kids who need to live more and suffer more to truly appreciate them. #Hailingthebail was a favorite activity of mine, too--plus reading CLIFF'S NOTES! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Texreader Yay for women writers! Curious as to which ones you question, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Texreader Your senior class sounds a lot more fun than the AP one! We once had a class for seniors that was called Senior Contemporary Novels, and it was fabulous. Kids reading books and discussing a la a book-club format. Now, there's no room for exploratory classes like that. A true bummer. 3w

Texreader @dabbe Oh that sounds lovely! 3w

rwmg 28, better than my 21 last week.

Quite a few I know I've read but remember almost nothing about. 3w

thebacklistbook 11/100 I'm sure I forgot some. 3w

PurpleyPumpkin What a great book list! While I‘m familiar with many of these, I‘ve only read 27 which surprised me. Favourites are The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Women, and Fahrenheit 451. So many more I want to read!📚 3w

tpixie 16/100. Apparently I go for the ‘trash‘ books instead of classics!! 3w

Eggs 🧡🤗 3w

dabbe @Texreader It truly was. 🤩 3w

dabbe @rwmg Our brains can only remember so much when we read a lot of books, right? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @thebacklistbook I'm sure you did! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Love all 3 of your choices! I actually burned a book when I introduced F451 to my students. The kids were like 😳😱😝! It was a book that was already falling apart. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @tpixie No book is trashy! 🤩 Remember, too, that these are books that had to pass the “banned“ criteria... for example, I can guarantee no book by Toni Morrison is on the list, and she ain't trashy at all! You're in good company, m'dear! Most scores were between 5-25. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w

dabbe @Eggs 🩶🩵🩶 3w

tpixie @dabbe 💙🩵💙 3w

azulaco 39/100. Lots of assigned reading from high school and college. A couple that I actually have on Kindle and have never gotten to! 3w

dabbe @azulaco Ya kicked my sorry butt! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2w

iread2much 17 on this one, so a bit better 😅 2w

dabbe @iread2much Yay, you! You're in great company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2w

iread2much @dabbe thank you for the invite 😁 2w

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monalyisha

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances | Neil Gaiman

I cannot tell you how much I loved American Gods & The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I very nearly had my love tattooed on my body (in the form of forget-me-nots done in a chain around my left wrist, like the goddess Easter).

This developing story continues to be so sad, upsetting, & disappointing. While Pavlovich is not the “perfect victim,” I think it‘s undeniable that he has continually & harmfully misused his power.

https://archive.ph/2n1F6

mcipher Agreed, it was horrible to read 1mo

DebinHawaii I am so disappointed. 🤬 1mo

Soscha Men though. This has been a matter of course for years. The #metoo has opened a lot of eyes & sadly scorn from the 🏹 1mo

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Chrissyreadit I just learned about this today- and then just finished reading this article you shared. I‘m horrified to learn about this and still processing the grossness of it and my own divorce from being a fan. 1mo

BethM There‘s been a lot of complicity in covering this up. The internet is rife with stories about women being warned away in the 90s at cons etc. 1mo

monalyisha @Chrissyreadit If you‘re inclined towards nonfic at all, the tagged was an interesting and earnest discussion. I‘m still processing, too! And I‘ve had months at this point. I think you never truly finish when it‘s someone whose work you‘ve really loved.

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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DaveGreen7777 I‘m right there with you. ☹️ Good Omens is one of my favorite novels of all time, and quotes by Gaiman from multiple works have stayed with me for years. I used to cherish his work, but now I never want to hear another word from his deceitful and disgusting mouth! 🤮 I feel so bad for his victims who lived with this pain for years. 1mo

AlaMich His narration of Neverwhere is (was?) my all-time favorite audiobook. But now I think that hearing his voice will just be creepy AF. 😞 (edited) 1mo

Chrissyreadit i‘ve tagged your recommendation. Thank you. This is all very disheartening on so many levels. 1mo

Chrissyreadit @BethM I had no idea of any of this- and am sad it has been known about and hidden away for so long. 1mo

Tamra 😒 1mo

Tamra 😒 not a huge fan, but I loved the screen adaptation of Good Omens. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I worry there will be no real consequences. That he will hide away for a bit, and then put out a book in a couple of years and people will just accept that he is a “bad person“ but they love his talent so much they cannot miss reading his next thing. The article by Vulture was distressing even as someone in the book world who knew he was to be avoided. (edited) 1mo

Clare-Dragonfly Thanks for sharing that link. This is so depressing. Why do so many authors of books that mean so much to me turn out to be awful people? I also had plans for a Neil Gaiman tattoo—glad I hadn‘t done it yet. 1mo

BethM @ChaoticMissAdventures I think you‘re probably spot on. 1mo

BookBr I couldn‘t bring myself to read this article and get all the surely horrific details. I‘m with @Clare-Dragonfly — why are people? It‘s so absolutely wretched, really. 1mo

JacqMac I‘ve been trying to process it for months. This article made it even more fresh and horrible. I don‘t know that I can even express what I feel. But I am getting so tired of being disappointed by people. 1mo

BiblioLitten It is deeply distressing. I cringe to think that his books were always an auto-recommend for me. 1mo

Suet624 I had no idea about any of this until I read the article this morning. It‘s so disturbing. 1mo

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dabbe

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#25Alive
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The last movie I actually saw in a movie theater. 😂

AmyG I don‘t even remember 🤣 Ha…NVM. It was Barbie! (edited) 1mo

Eggs Loved this film! 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cute! 1mo

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dabbe @AmyG Can you believe I have yet to see that one? 🤩 1mo

dabbe @Eggs #metoo 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

AmyG It‘s a fun movie. 1mo

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Gissy

�Feliz A�o Nuevo! (Happy New Year!) | Clara Coleman

For those of you who celebrate this season, Feliz Año Nuevo 2025 (Happy New Year 2025). Wishing you and yours, health, love, harmony, peace, and also…many amazing books 📚 and splendid reading time😃🎉🎊. If you don‘t celebrate it..just relax and have a wonderful reading time🤗

I live in one of the municipalities without electricity since 5:49 am☹️They are working on that but you never know when🤷🏽‍♀️A different celebration and⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) and the generator where I live is having problems😳A celebration with candles and lamps🕯️🔦 2mo

Gissy @AmyG I sent you a #LitsyLove holiday card but it was returned to me☹️ 2mo

Ruthiella Happy New Year! 🍾🥂🥳 2mo

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AmyG @Gissy I am so sorry! My post office is notoriously bad. Every once in a blue moon a letter is returned. 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

AmyG @Gissy Wishing you a Happy New Year! (In spite of the power outage). 2mo

Gissy @AmyG I can try again even when the holidays are gone in USA, we are still celebrating here almost until mid January 😳😂I included something small in the card. I will review the address again that I have from #LitsyLove data. 2mo

Gissy @Ruthiella Thank you🤗 2mo

Deblovestoread Happy New Year! Hope you get your power back soon. 🎉 2mo

DaveGreen7777 Wishing you the best in 2025, Gissy! 2mo

AmyG Thank you. You most likely had the correct address. 2mo

LeahBergen Happy New Year!! 🥳 2mo

dabbe ❣️🥂❣️ 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Happy New Year! 🥂📚 2mo

Gissy @TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Thank you and I hope you both had a wonderful celebration. Here I reading my first 2025 book😃 2mo

Gissy @LeahBergen Thank you! @DaveGreen777 @Deblovestoread @AmyG I hope you also had a wonderful celebration. Wishing you all the best and happy reading 2025📚🤗 2mo

dabbe @Gissy #metoo! 🩵❄️🩵 2mo

BkClubCare Happy New Year 🎆 1mo

Gissy @BkClubCare same to you🥰 1mo

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TheSpineView

The Tree A Day | Amy-Jane Beer

I got this book today to read in 2025 for #Naturalisty @AllDebooks

I looked through the book and it looks packed with information. Looking forward to reading this one.

AllDebooks Me too. I can't stop browsing 💚 2mo

TheSpineView @AllDebooks It will be hard to not read ahead. 2mo

TheBookHippie Mine is out playing in Mail land 😬😵‍💫😅🫠 2mo

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TheSpineView @TheBookHippie Bummer! 2mo

TheBookHippie @TheSpineView I just hope it comes by the first !! 2mo

TheSpineView @TheBookHippie 🤞 2mo

dabbe #metoo 💚💚💚 2mo

TheSpineView @dabbe 😊🌞🤗 2mo

Seabreeze_Reader #metoo (ended up getting the HB copy, instead of Kindle) although I've been restraining myself from peeking inside. 2mo

TheSpineView @Seabreeze_Reader Great willpower! 2mo

Seabreeze_Reader @thespineview I hid it from myself at the back of my bookshelf, lol. Out of sight, out of mind. 😃 2mo

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