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dabbe
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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! ... you, too, @TheSpineView! 😘💚😘)

1. Even if they don't like you or you don't like them, you still have to work together, so find a way! 😃
2. Retired dog mama. 😍
3. I'm happy with #2! I once wanted to be an astronomer until my first astronomy class where the professor said something like: “If you're here to look at the sky, you came to the wrong class. Physics first, people.“ Me: 🤔😳#dropclass😃

TieDyeDude 3. Ha! But sky so pretty! 1mo
dabbe @TieDyeDude Exactly! That's all I wanted to do. Physics? #nothanks 😂 1mo
ravenlee I took an astronomy class in college. The Monday class conflicted with a required rehearsal, so I took the Tuesday class. Friend in M class got to go “oh, stars so pretty!” while I had a Romanian professor teaching astrophysics nobody could understand (accent+material). Half the class dropped the first month, another quarter by midterm. I took it pass/fail and had to call my engineer brother every week to tutor me just so I could make a C to pass. 1mo
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ravenlee And the two courses had the same course number and credit! 1mo
TheSpineView 😘🥰😊 1mo
dabbe @ravenlee Yowza! You're way stronger than me to have gutted it out. I lasted one class period! 🤩😂😍 1mo
ravenlee Thanks, but it was desperation more than dedication. There were very few core courses I could fit into my schedule, and it was too late to find/add something else. 1mo
dabbe @ravenlee You're still a trooper IMHO. 😍 1mo
Eggs Thanks for joining in 🙌🏻🩷👍🏼 1mo
dabbe @Eggs 💚💙💚 1mo
Kitta What a way to dissuade people away from a fascinating topic! Even if it contains a lot of physics I‘d want to encourage people to do it not get them to drop the class. But honestly if presented with the topic that way I‘d probably have dropped it too. Not that I took astronomy, I took only biology courses because I was in the UK and the structure of degrees is different there, but still. Boo to that professor. The sky is so pretty! 1mo
dabbe @Kitta Your words made my day! This prof was known for his rather crusty demeanor, but still! Now I follow the skies whenever and however I want to. 🪐🪐🪐 1mo
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Megabooks
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Panpan

First, thank you #botm for the translation guide because there is a lot of Spanish in this book. Second, the darkness in this book did not work for me. One scene where a character hurt a repeatedly abused child just disgusted me. Not a fan.

Medical bills have mounted for Mario after his daughter‘s cancer diagnosis. When a friend offers him a way to make big money stealing from a drug cartel, he decides to go for it and ends up on a dark path.

Megabooks This is one of my #roll100 books @PuddleJumper ! 13mo
Cathythoughts I won‘t be going near this one 👍🏻 13mo
PuddleJumper Ooft, I'll avoid that then 13mo
Megabooks @Cathythoughts @Cinfhen @PuddleJumper I‘m honestly not sure why I finished. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I probably should‘ve quit after that scene. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 13mo
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Cinfhen
Device Free Weekend | Sean Doolittle
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#PublishesTomorrow #ARC #NetGalley I‘m sorry but at 45% I‘ve had enough 🤪 This book about a tech billionaire who gathers his college friends for a reunion on his private island started out great but this is the year I #HailTheBail and stop wasting my time on books that aren‘t working for me. This became wayyyyy to convoluted and went wayyyyyt off the rails #NoThanks

Centique All hail the bail! It‘s the best way to go 💕 14mo
Cinfhen #PREACH 🙌🏻 @Centique xxxx 14mo
Bookwormjillk I was wondering if this was Sean Doolittle of the Washington Nationals (relief pitcher and bookworm.) Looks like it‘s not so I‘ll skip. 14mo
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Cinfhen @Bookwormjillk that would have been true fan dedication ⚾️😉 14mo
Susanita @Bookwormjillk I‘d read it too if that were the case! Too funny 😂 14mo
Cinfhen I totally believe that @Susanita !!!! 14mo
Bookwormjillk @Susanita go Nats! 14mo
kezzlou85 I need to bail on more if they're not pulling me in. I always feel bad with review ones but life's too short to read books I don't enjoy. 14mo
Cinfhen I also feel bad about bailing on review books but I think bailing can be considered part of the review process 🤣😅😂 14mo
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MsRadioSilence
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Panpan

None of the characters are likable. I want to hit Lynnette with her truck. Hendrix‘s take on the bury your gays trope is infuriating, especially since this was written in 2021. I didn‘t like Riley Sager‘s The Final Girls, but I will say his book was MUCH better than this one. Hendrix needs to stop writing women.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/the-final-girl-support-group.

#gross #nothanks

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FantasyChick
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Pickpick

Happy December and Happy #WinterGames

We are up bright and early and I got my first book of the month down. I would rather pull out my own tooth than join the Elf on a Shelf cult but I do love our low-maintenance, slightly different and proud of it reindeer friend 🥰 The story he comes with is too cute for words.

#HolidayRead : 25pts
#HolidayTradition : 20pts
#WGWordSearch : 30 x 10 = 300pts

#MistletoeManiacs @Clwojick

JackOBotts We prefer the Reindeer in here, as well! AND thank you for the reminder to help our guys arrive! 🤦🏻‍♀️🌲 (edited) 2y
FantasyChick Hahaha @JackOBotts You are welcome! I would have completely forgotten too if it wasn't for the influx of FB posts about those damn elves 🤣 2y
Charityann So cute!😄 2y
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Clwojick This is cute! I‘ve never seen this little guy before. 2y
FantasyChick @Clwojick We got him as a gift last year and it's great! Stupid elf is supposed to watch you and not be touched but this little guy is supposed to become your best Christmas friend for Santa 🥰 All of the fun....none of the craziness or meltdowns from having a fun toy they aren't allowed to have 🤣 2y
Clwojick Wait, what? You‘re not allowed to touch Elf on the Shelf? That seems a little sad…. 2y
FantasyChick @Clwojick That's what I thought!! Why have a toy visit you if you can't play with it? Apparently it loses its magic if you touch it? 🙄 Maybe that's why they do all those strange things at night 🤷‍♀️ Either way, give me a low maintenance, cuddle reindeer any day of the week 🤣 2y
JackOBotts @FantasyChick I‘m with you 100% - between the “demands” on the elf overnight and the like, I was not about it. My mom “gifted” us the elf…it‘s still in the bottom of the Christmas decorations box! #NoThanks 2y
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vlwelser
Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak
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Mehso-so

Done. I have no idea how to rate this. I'm going with neutral.

#DecemberChill with @Cinfhen and @BarbaraBB

#BookSpinBingo square 4 (down to 1!)
@TheAromaofBooks

Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 you actually finished it?!??!? I‘m on page 407 and feeling stuck !!!! Congrats 🍾🎈🎉 2y
vlwelser @Cinfhen I mathed it out and just read about 20 pages a day. I'm done now because I'm so over it and not bothering with the poems. 2y
Cinfhen Oh yeah…I noticed those #NoThanks 2y
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merelybookish As a casual observer of this read along, you might be the only one who finishes. You might deserve a 🏆 2y
vlwelser @merelybookish I'm early. They still have a week left. I bet they all slide into home at the last second. 2y
Cathythoughts Neutral ! That‘s an interesting one 😄😂 Well done on finishing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻( I was an early bail 😬) 2y
Hooked_on_books Hey, you finished! Nice job! 🥳 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great working sticking this one out!!! 2y
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TheBookHippie
Whisper Network: A Novel | Chandler Baker
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#BOTMBUDDYREAD #1
Inherent GUILT women carry. Do men as well? Do all women feel this ?

Why do we feel so guilty all the time? |
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/03/why-do-we-feel-so-guilty-all-the-ti...

Why Women Feel Guilty -
@starkraving/why-women-feel-guilty-121f26c5938f" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://medium.com/@starkraving/why-women-feel-guilty-121f26c5938f

Things Women Need To Stop Feeling So Guilty About -
https://www.redbookmag.com/life/g28797689/things-women-should-stop-feeling-guilt...

Librarybelle I think a lot of blame for the guilt women carries comes from society...it doesn‘t help with Eve and the serpent, either. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I carry a lot of guilt... choices I‘ve made, things I could have done better, a sleuth of things... I agree with @Librarybelle a lot of it comes from society.. I don‘t think some men feel an ounce of guilt... 4y
OriginalCyn620 I too agree with @Librarybelle. A lot of our guilty feelings stem from society, and in a lot of cases, from our own friends and family. Maybe there are some men who feel guilt, but it‘s probably not as common. 4y
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JaclynW @Librarybelle @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 Yes! Society! #thankyou #nothanks I can't think of a man that has ever said they suffer from guilt. But maybe there are some. I feel guilty almost every time I sit down to read! I feel like I'm supposed to be doing something "productive." My parents were constantly getting after each other if the other person was relaxing. That just wasn't allowed. So crazy. I find it very difficult to relax. 4y
Hooked_on_books @Librarybelle @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 @JaclynW I agree with all of you about women‘s guilt coming from society. And how we‘re raised, frankly. I do think some men have guilt as well, but I think it‘s different and tends to stem from things like money. Look at the suicides that happen amongst men unable to support their families financially. So, also from society. 4y
JaclynW @Hooked_on_books Yes, it is a bit different but definitely coming from society as well. It's so interesting for me to think about that root cause. Society seems to be the answer for many of these questions. Why is that? How do we make a change in that when it is so engrained? 4y
Hooked_on_books @JaclynW It‘s going to be hard to change and there will be a lot of backlash. Look at the progressiveness of electing Obama and the backlash of Trump and the hateful people who are emboldened by him. It‘s going to be a slow process, but if there is enough push behind it, it can happen. 4y
TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I agree with everything you said. Much work to do but it can be done. 4y
TheBookHippie @OriginalCyn620 I agree family and friends can cause a crap load of guilt as well as society “norms” that are acceptable . 4y
mollyrotondo @Hooked_on_books I know I‘m a week late on this so I‘m sorry! Catching up now. I agree that there are some men who carry guilt and shame because there is a high suicide rate among men. I think financial burdens weigh on men, while our actions or inactions weigh on women. I don‘t know if men feel guilty about their actions like we tend to feel, but they do carry guilt when it comes to “being the man of house.” 4y
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bibliobliss
Beyond Good and Evil | Friedrich Nietzsche
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• Sadly, a #DNF for me. I was in over my head trying to understand what Neitzsche was writing. Shame because I like #philosophy and would like to explore his work. Maybe I'll try another of his or revisit this one in the future, but it's not for me right now •

#bail #DNF #nothanks #nope #nonfiction #essays #philosophy #Existentialism #SerialReader #SerialReaderapp #classics

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arlenefinnigan
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#Foundations #LilithJuly
Wonder how many of you will stack this.....
@KarenUK @Cinfhen

Balibee146 Lol.... I did skim the book blurb here.... That's a hard pass from me.... 🙋🙆 5y
KarenUK 😂😂😂 5y
Cinfhen Ha!! #HardPass even if it was a freebie #NoThanks 5y
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shawnmooney
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. | Martin Ross E Oe Somerville
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Bailedbailed

I read just over half of the stories and while they were extremely well written and rather comical in places, I simply couldn‘t bring myself to finish. Not enough human-character to-human-character dynamics; far too much about hunting and horse-racing and buying horses. Oh my God!

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