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Hooked_on_books
Small Memories | Jos Saramago
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Pickpick

I‘m not usually a fan of childhood memoir, but I enjoyed this look back at Saramago‘s young years. Around 100 years ago in Portugal is so different from my own experience, and he tells vignettes, giving an overall impression rather than a straightforward recounting. His writing is just so good that I was carried along.

ChaoticMissAdventures I have not read this one but I absolutely love Jose Saramago. Brilliant writer. 2mo
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘ve only read a few of his but definitely want to read more. The first I read from him is Blindness, which blew my socks off. I want to read anything that came out of that brain! 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @Hooked_on_books so good!! I have not read all of his (I think I have 3 to go) but this one is my favorite 2mo
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures One of the few that I‘ve read! It‘s so good! 2mo
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bibliothecarivs
Gunnar's Daughter | Sigrid Undset
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Recent home library acquisition

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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture by Seamus Heaney

2013 review: ★★★★★

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dabbe
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻 5mo
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻💛🙌🏻 5mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
dabbe @Eggs 🙌🏻💛🙌🏻 5mo
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julieclair
White Egrets: Poems | Derek Walcott
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#haikuaday #haikuhive

I love driving into my neighborhood in the evening and seeing these guys. 💟

bellabella So fun! They really are like fluffy cotton balls! 5mo
JenlovesJT47 💛💛💛🐝🐝 5mo
TheSpineView Hoe pretty! 😍😍😍 5mo
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AnnCrystal 🤩 Amazingly Beautiful 👏🏼😍👍🏼🐝💝. 5mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Beautiful! I see them in the water ways in our farmland here, but never in trees. 😮💛 5mo
dabbe I would get in a car wreck because I would be totally #gobsmacked looking at them! 💛🐝🖤 5mo
Reggie Sooo good! 5mo
julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me They spend their days in the waterways here, too. They only come to the trees towards evening. I read online that they like to spend their nights in trees/bushes because they‘re safer from predators if they‘re off the ground. That makes a lot of sense, since our alligators can‘t climb trees. (Although occasionally one does manage to climb up a few steps!) 5mo
julieclair @dabbe I often see people pulled to the side of the road looking at them! 5mo
DebinHawaii Wonderful! 💛🐝🖤I love the cattle egrets here too. I see them on the highway & in the neighborhood. I especially love it when they follow yard guys with leaf blowers single file to pick up insects & things they might stir up. Makes me smile! 5mo
julieclair @DebinHawaii That‘s a hoot about the yard guys! Smart birds! 5mo
lil1inblue What wonderful imagery! 😍 5mo
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Kristy_K
Afterlives | Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Mehso-so

I didn‘t appreciate this as much as I feel I should have. Historical fiction in war (WWI) and post-war Africa. Amazing writing, but not my typical read. Read for my country challenge.

#Tanzania #ReadtheWorld2025

GatheringBooks Oooh! You have a fantastic cover! I have a copy of this one but mine has a more boring cover which I haven‘t even cracked open yet. 5mo
Kristy_K @GatheringBooks I love this cover! Definitely bought b/c of it lol. 5mo
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dabbe
Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral | Gabriela Mistral, Ursula K. Le Guin
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lil1inblue 🩷❤️🧡 5mo
dabbe @lil1inblue 💜💚💜 5mo
TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💚💜 5mo
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bibliothecarivs
Selected Poems 1988-2013 | Seamus Heaney
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Random book from our home library:

📖 Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney

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Jess
Iceland's Bell | Halldor Laxness
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I forgot to post a picture of my #jolabokaflodswap box when I sent this out last week. It traveled up the east coast and should be arriving today. Enjoy!

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TieDyeDude
All the Names | Jos Saramago
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My lunch breaks have been pretty busy recently, and I probably went about 2 weeks without reading at home, so I'm pretty happy with what I still got in last month. Lots of graphic novels during down time at work 😁