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I had the privilege to hear this author talk about her book at the #TexasBookFestival and I immediately had to track it down. It tells the true story of a murder that was the inspiration for Hawthorne‘s The Scarlet Letter and the woman who tried to bring the likely killer to justice. It examines true crime, the victims, their families and the storytellers bringing everything to light. Really good on #audio

Traveling for the holidays? Check out our Litsy Favorite Bookstore list for something in the area to explore! And if you haven‘t added YOUR most beloved bookstore yet, please do! We currently have gems from the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK, but you‘re welcome to add bookstores from anywhere around the world, too!

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Photo: Albertine, French bookstore in NYC!

This is a book that every American should read. It‘s so heartbreaking & infuriating. When one reflects on what was done to the Indigenous people at the start of this country (Ken Burns‘ American Revolution does an amazing job at highlighting so much of early American & Native Americans). It‘s just frustrating to learn how American law & politics still hurt Native communities. How businesses still influence the law & their greed supersedes

Starting the day that President Joe Biden announces he is not running for a second term, VP Kamala Harris takes the reader through probably the most historic presidential campaigns in history.
I listened to it during a particularly rough patch with the current administration so it was a bit like pouring salt in the wound, but it was interesting to learn what it took for Harris & her team to take a campaign from 0 to 100 in no time.

This was written in the book I'm reading now. I have a few books with writing in them indicating they were given as gifts. I find it interesting finding writing and notes in books.

In an early-adopted eccentricity that would for him become a central “law of life,“ he refused to seek an appointment or promotion of any kind. “I suppose I am morbidly sensitive about any reference to my own achievements,“ he admitted. “I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.“

98/100 This took me longer to finish than the average audiobook, not because its not well written, it's just that the book recounts an ugly, brutal part of American history. I've always had a low opinion of Woodrow Wilson, and nothing here changed that. Wilson was a bigot and a hypocrite, who betrayed his so-called progressive idea. While preaching liberty, freedom and Democracy for the rest of the world, his administration was jailing ⬇️

I decided to read more about Morman history after watching “American Primeval”. This book is fairly comprehensive and covers it in some depth.

This is a light pick for me. I enjoyed it but didn‘t love it. I appreciated the early history of how bookstores developed in the U.S. and found the stories of well-known independent bookstores interesting. However, this is an incredibly broad topic, and hearing about a few specific bookstores I know or have visited just made me want to learn of more variety for my list.

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