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CrowCAH
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Started the #BookClub selection, listening to the #Audiobook old school style with CDs 💿!

Leftcoastzen Love that ! I still have a portable CD player around here somewhere 2mo
slategreyskies Love the CDs! 😍 2mo
AnnCrystal CDs 🤩💝💝💝. (edited) 2mo
CrowCAH @Leftcoastzen @slategreyskies @AnnCrystal it is a fun experience to change out the CDs! ☺️ 2mo
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Itchyfeetreader
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Pickpick

Left my kindle at home so picked this up at the airport and ended up all but finishing same day. I really liked the main character and the premise of the book. I also thought. It shows great writing skill that so much of the novel is ‘tell‘ vs show because Margaret is narrating her family history but it‘s still compelling. Could have done without the forward love story - Margaret and Alice were enough for me

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Bookish_Thoughts
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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Started this doorstop of a book today. Rom Chernow is one of my favorite authors. #MarkTwain #history #biography #RonChernow

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kspenmoll
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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Mark Twain joined The Quaker City, a ship heading for a tour of Europe, the Mediterranean, & the Middle East. His trip was paid for by the Alta California, in exchange for 50 letters. Many of the Quakers on board were “wounded” by his irreverent take on all things religious. #familieswhoreadtogetherstaytogether #familybuddyread

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Amiable
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Mehso-so

I‘ll never understand how it‘s possible to suspend disbelief enough to get on board with the ridiculously compressed timelines in the romance genre: meet/initial dislike/sleep together/fall in love/introduce to mom/misunderstanding/conflict/breakup/heartbreak/resolution of conflict/reconciliation/happily-ever-after…in 2-3 weeks. What saves Emily Henry books from being chucked at the wall is the delightful snarkiness of the main character.

TheBookHippie I agree. And I don‘t like this author at all. I cannot separate her from the writing 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️😩. So I refuse to buy or read her. (edited) 3mo
Amiable @TheBookHippie She‘s one of those authors (another is Taylor Jenkins Reid) that I will only get from the library if I decide to give a book a go. 3mo
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AnneCecilie I think that sometimes you need to know that everything is going to be alright when you start reading/ watching something. I have enjoyed the books that I have read by her. 3mo
Amiable @AnneCecilie It‘s fine to know there‘s a happy ending coming. I just don‘t know why most romance books (or at least the ones I‘ve forced myself to read) cram all of the action and emotion into such unrealistic timelines. 3mo
AnneCecilie I think there‘s a need for instant love, that you meet someone and there‘s something there from the beginning. I guess I just don‘t think too much about the timeframe when I read, no matter the genre (edited) 3mo
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BkClubCare
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Picked up from the library today! (And can I also say how heartwarming it was to see so many kids at the library when it is a rather pretty day in September with SO many choices for a Saturday.)

Big THX to @Nutmegnc for the tiny book / rec. I have more poetry to read after looking up the authors mentioned 💖

I had to go to two libraries for my pickups since I frequent both and can never know which hold comes up when 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😂

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AileenRR
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Pickpick

Felt more like a TJR than an EH book, but maybe that‘s because I‘d just read a TJR before this one. Loved the hero 💕

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JaylinStevens

“Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes.“

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JaylinStevens

There Was a Party for Langston can be used in upper elementary classrooms to explore poetry, jazz, and African American culture. Teachers can discuss rhythm, mood, and celebration in the illustrations, connect the story to Langston Hughes‘s life, and have students create their own poems or art.

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JaylinStevens
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Picturebook (2023): There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey, features vibrant, expressive illustrations that bring the jazz-filled celebration to life. Bright colors and dynamic scenes capture the energy of Langston Hughes‘s world. The text flows with rhythm, and the letters themselves dance across the pages, echoing the jazz and energy of Langston Hughes‘s poetry.