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LiteraryHoarderPenny
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Pickpick

Wonderful!! Needed tissues at the end and that makes it a winner for me!

BarbaraBB I can‘t wait to read this one! 10h
LiteraryHoarderPenny @BarbaraBB I‘m sure you‘ll love it! 😍 3h
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Scochrane26
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This short book taught me so much about our “democracy”. I did find myself losing focus at times & thought it was a little weird in how it was written. Afterward, I realized that‘s because it‘s written from interviews Chomsky did, so that‘s why it‘s more casual in its tone. Enlightening for me though & only about 4 hours in audio format.

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Owls31092
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We‘re reading a surprise second book! As part of grad school, I‘ve been reading The Oxford Handbook of Political Science and have actually found it to be very interesting. I‘ve even been reading a few extra chapters outside the syllabus. I‘ll definitely be reading more of these in the future! #politicalscience #oxfordhandbooks #robertgoodin #oxfordhandbookofpoliticalscience #americanpolitics #internationalpolitics #comparativepolitics #theory

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GatheringBooks
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#JuneSpecials Day 7: My backdrop looks like a #Prairie of sorts - at the foot of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain - sunflowers in the middle of the desert. My review of Maria Ressa‘s outstanding book here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-pdf

ChaoticMissAdventures Gorgeous 😍 1d
BarbaraBB Gorgeous photo and setting 1d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 1d
Eggs Beautiful photo 👏🏻🤗👌🏼 1d
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BkClubCare
The Art of Power | Nancy Pelosi
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Audiobooked and skipped a few chapters; needed a “female leader” for the #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge. #June2025 Book52

ChaoticMissAdventures I hate when people say this but I found her lack of humility throughout this book a bit jarring. I felt throughout she was saying never in her career has she made any mistakes. It is a biography and she can portray herself however she wants but I didn't think it was done with much self reflection. 4d
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - I actually was cognizant of your thoughts on this as I listened. I could agree and yet I also didn‘t get an impression that she was over boastful. And she is right about the current regime wanting to wreck tradition. 4d
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - reading your comment again: “I hate when people say this” What do people say? Do you mean being critical of women being TOO humble or NOT ENOUGH but men don‘t get the same criticism? 4d
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ChaoticMissAdventures @BkClubCare yes, totally, I hate to hear or say that women should be humble, men never get that criticism. I think in general women need to be more loud and proud about their work, but I also think we should own our mistakes. I am glad to hear you don't really agree. I might need to read some of it again. 4d
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - well, just know… I am not a close follower of her at all. I am newer or lapsed follower of congresspeople in specific. So I really came to this wondering why, for example, my father hates-her-with-a-passion. So I was inclined to like her version of things , ifyouknowwhatImean 😏 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @BkClubCare ha! Yes the more certain people hate some politicians the more I like them. My big complaint with her is she needs to pass the torch fully. But that is a bigger general political issue. 4d
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Decalino
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This look at the rise of the Christian Right and its implications for society was an engrossing wake-up call but also a very tough read. In particular, the section on the use of corporal punishment, the infliction of pain upon children in order to compel unquestioning obedience, was searing and grim. Inextricably tied to the issue of women's freedom and children's rights, Christian nationalism is an all too real and terrifying force in America.

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CSeydel
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My June #bookspin picks! I‘ve had the Horowitz on my shelf for, oh, 20, 25 years now. I was quite the little college Republican. I suppose it may seem dated now, but I‘ll give it a try - if I can‘t get into it, then I‘ll make myself let it go. And Horowitz just passed away this year, so it‘s as good a time as any to revisit his writing.

Bag of Bones was my gift in a Halloween swap a couple of years ago and I‘ve somehow not yet read it. Let‘s go!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 6d
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LeslieO
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#ReadingRecap #MayRecap

Bingo! ✅
#BookSpin
#DoubleSpin
#Nonfiction2025
#SeriesLove2025
5⭐️✅✅ (the tagged book and Ordinary Time)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 6d
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LiteraryHoarderPenny
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Loving this so far. All epistolary 🥰

Aims42 Awww, yay! I‘m on a very long waitlist at my library for this book 😩 I‘m kinda thinking I‘ll break down and just buy it, it sounds really good! 7d
LiteraryHoarderPenny @Aims42 I understand 100%! I had to wait a long time for my library to bring it in! I hesitated buying because it‘s a hardcover and just about 280 pages. So I didn‘t want to make that kind of investment. But. I do this all the time - just get fed up waiting and buy it! 🙂 7d
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BarbaraBB I‘ve heard such good things about this book 7d
LiteraryHoarderPenny @BarbaraBB it‘s very good so far! 🥰 5d
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