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CindyMyLifeIsLit

CindyMyLifeIsLit

Joined May 2017

HS Librarian, lifelong book-addict, -lover, -hoarder, -reader, etc. I'm on GR (www.goodreads.com/user/show/6082517-cindy-newton)
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The Haunted by Bentley Little
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Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
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Les Misrables by Victor Hugo
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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I was looking for one weird word that I had run across in The Mayor of Casterbridge, but ran across this one. This one is definitely not as weird as my original choice, but I like the way it sounds. Thanks for the tag, @CBee !
#WeirdWordWednesday

CBee I like it! I‘ve also always loved the word “meandering” 😊 1d
inthegreensandblues This is one of those words that I read in a book before I ever heard someone say it and I assumed the wrong pronunciation for a while 😂 18h
CindyMyLifeIsLit @inthegreensandblues Me too! I put too much emphasis on the first syllable. 😬 15h
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I think my old age really pays off in these challenges. Having been around forever means I‘ve seen a LOT of movies that were made in the 1900s! 😂 My favorites that I watch EVERY time they come on are: Hocus Pocus (can pretty much recite the lines with the actors! 😂), Moonstruck (“Snap out of it!”), and You‘ve Got Mail (such great writing)! Thanks, @dabbe for this fun challenge! ☺️
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe You have not been around since the early 1900s, right? 😂 Fab score and choices. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜🧡💛 19h
CindyMyLifeIsLit @dabbe I‘m not quite that ancient, but let me put it into context—I read Stephen King books as they were published from the beginning of his career! 😂 14h
dabbe @CindyMyLifeIsLit I'm with you then! We age like a fine wine, right? 🧡💜💛 14h
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Okay, this is super late, but I‘ve never let a little thing like deadlines interfere with my fun! 😄 The three books, The Crucible, Fahrenheit 451, and The Woman in White, are three of my very favorite books. I‘ve also been privileged to teach them, which brings a whole new level of understanding of them. ❤️❤️❤️
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Suet624 I read all three of these books at a young age and I feel like I should reread them now in my old age. 4d
CindyMyLifeIsLit @Suet624 You should! It will probably be a completely different (but even better) experience when your reading is enriched by your increased knowledge and experience. 4d
dabbe L🧡VE these! Which class got to read THE WOMAN IN WHITE? That would have been a fun one to teach. I taught the other two, too, but not that one. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜🩶🧡 4d
Suet624 Yes, I‘m sure I‘d get a lot more out of it 4d
CindyMyLifeIsLit @dabbe Seniors! That book has two of my favorite literary characters—Count Fosco is one of my favorite villains, and the Magnificent Marian is one of my favorite heroines! ❤️ 3d
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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens
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In Chapter 5, we see more of Tom Pinch‘s sweetness and generosity when he meets Pecksniff‘s new pupil—none other than young Martin Chuzzlewit! Tom immediately takes to him and is unperturbed to find himself crowded uncomfortably into the carriage with Martin‘s luggage. My favorite part is Tom‘s visit to the bookstore: “all those rows on rows of volumes, neatly ranged within—what happiness did they suggest!” (78). Tom‘s a reader!!❤️
#WhattheDickens

Cuilin I love Tom Pinch!!!! Such a kind sweet man. 🩷 5d
Sparklemn Tom‘s generous spirit is under appreciated by his employer and pupils, I fear. (edited) 4d
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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens
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Dickens‘ tongue-in-cheek descriptions of the Pecksniff daughters are so droll! “Miss Pecksniff . . . was all girlishness, and playfulness, and wildness, and kittenish buoyancy . . . Moderately buxom was her shape, and quite womanly, too; but sometimes—yes, sometimes—she even wore a pinafore; and how charming that was!” (22-23). This is an eye roll in text form! 😂😂 #WhattheDickens
“It was perfectly charming, and worthy of the Pastoral age, ⬇️

CindyMyLifeIsLit to see how the two Miss Pecksniffs slapped each other after this” (26). So funny! 😂 (edited) 1w
Cuilin They are quite the pair!! 1w
Lcsmcat Dickens always makes me laugh! 1w
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We do not care that it was still August when we put up our Halloween decorations! It‘s never too soon to celebrate all things spooky! No offense, Fall, but we‘re ready for things that go bump in the night!! 🎃👻👺🧛🏻‍♀️🧟‍♀️
#WDNCW #WeDoNotCareWednesday #Halloween!

Cuilin 🖤🎃 🧙🧡 1w
TheBookHippie Mine are up! 1w
dabbe L🎃VE!!! Keep that spooky vibe going! 🖤🧡🖤 1w
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I really liked this—a LOT more than Gone Girl! Granted, we have dueling psychopaths (sociopaths?), but it still came off more believable than Gone Girl. I could identify with Lily Kintner and understand why she makes the choices she makes. I did not see most of the twists coming and was invested in the story. Highly recommend!

Gissy It has a great twist! 👌I haven‘t read the second part, I don‘t know if it directly related or not. 2w
CindyMyLifeIsLit @Gissy I just found out before I posted yesterday that there‘s a couple of sequels. I‘m definitely checking them out! 2w
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1. I had fun getting my Halloween decorations up (and picking up a few new ones)! Yes, I know it‘s still August—so what?!?
2. My niece had her baby. After three days of labor and some complications, mom and baby are doing fine!
3. I love my husband dearly, but he works from home and we‘re ALWAYS together! I just had 4 days home ALONE!
4. Friday night in my recliner, reading with Schitt‘s Creek playing!
5. I discovered HTeaO!
#5JoysFriday

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This was recommended to me by a member of my Facebook horror group and he was so right! It‘s only the first book in the series but I can tell I‘m going to love it. It‘s a dynamic crime mystery/thriller with a soupçon of the paranormal thrown in. Charlie Parker is a former police detective who has lost his wife and child in a gruesome murder (this is the very beginning, so no spoilers). His quest for justice takes him on a wild, mystifying ride!

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I love how Jonathan Maberry builds complex worlds in his stories that cross over into other series, a la Stephen King. This series pulls in characters from his Rot and Ruin series, as well as his Joe Ledger books. It‘s also clearly the prequel to the Rot and Ruin series, providing the backstory for the genesis of the virus. It‘s unique and science-based, which I like. An action-packed, quasi-plausible zombie apocalypse! What‘s not to like? 🧟‍♀️

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Integrating my former library office pictures into my home. Having artwork that celebrates books and reading all over my house fills me with such joy! ❤️❤️

kspenmoll 💚💙🩵 3w
Ruthiella Nice! 😊 3w
Texreader Wonderful!! 3w
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Victorian Psycho: A Novel | Virginia Feito
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This was . . . different! The name is certainly fitting, because this lady was all kinds of crazy! I listened to the audio and loved how she would just slip some gruesome or outrageous statement into what started out as a normal sentence. I liked the uniqueness of it. I will definitely watch the movie when it comes out.

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I just retired from education, so this is a particularly poignant question for me. I loved the kids—most of them were so sweet and so much fun! I loved being a librarian (unfortunately only two years out of my 18 year career) SO much! It was so much fun! And I loved (and still do) the friendships that I made during those years—such wonderful people! ❤️
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
Susanita Happy retirement! 1mo
dabbe Happy retirement! I can truly believe how much you'll miss it, but you'll find new purpose in this after-school life, too! Thanks for sharing. 🧡🤎💛 4w
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TheLudicReader Happy retirement! 4w
CindyMyLifeIsLit Thanks, @dabbe ! Those elements, along with others, brought me much joy, but they were always inevitably outweighed by the grind of planning and grading. Add to that increasing micromanagement of curriculum and the pivot away from reading whole novels and the disdain for classic lit, and I was done! So far, retirement has been great! 🥳 😴📚😁 4w
dabbe @CindyMyLifeIsLit OMG; agree on EVERYTHING you said! Especially about retirement! 😂😍😂 4w
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One of the best days of the year!! Make sure you spend some time today celebrating! 📚❤️🎉 #NationalBookLoversDay #BookLoversDay

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1. Retirement officially started this week—no more 5 am alarms! ?
2. Also, no professional development, planning, grading, parent calls, state testing, etc. ?
3. My new leisure has allowed me time for my bookish social media, largely abandoned this last school year.
4. My son‘s fiancée said yes to the dress! (This is not her—I can‘t reveal it to the public before she does)!
5. We watched Sinners, an epic vampire movie! ??‍♀️❤️
#5JoysFriday

TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
Chrissyreadit love all of this! Congrats! 1mo
5feet.of.fury I‘ve heard such good things about SINNERS I really need to make time to watch it! 1mo
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MrsMalaprop Congrats on retirement from education! 🎉👏 1mo
Amiable Congratulations on retirement! 1mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @5feet.of.fury It was great! A slow burn—it‘s over two hours long and spends a significant amount of time on setting the stage, but well worth it! 1mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @MrsMalaprop @Amiable Thanks! Still trying to process NOT grading! 😂 1mo
mcctrish Congratulations on retirement 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
Daisey Congrats on retirement! Enjoy those evenings of no grading or prepping! 1mo
Butterfinger Congratulations!!!! 1mo
AnneCecilie Congratulations on retirement 🎉 1mo
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Oh, my gosh! How am I JUST now learning about this?!? I am so in for Chuzzlewit in September! The weird thing is that I have two other groups (one GR, one FB) who are doing that book at that time, as well. Great minds think (and often read) alike! 😁
#WhattheDickens

Lcsmcat I‘m excited for this one too. One of the few I‘ve not already read. 1mo
Cuilin So glad you‘re joining us!!! Welcome. Added to the tag list. (edited) 1mo
Cuilin @Lcsmcat this is a new one for me too. 1mo
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CindyMyLifeIsLit @Lcsmcat I‘m bummed that I missed Nickleby and Dorrit, but I have already read them. This will be my first read for Chuzzlewit, though, so I‘m glad I saw the post in time. 1mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @Cuilin Thank you so much! I‘m excited for the read! 1mo
Lcsmcat @CindyMyLifeIsLit It looks like a first read for a lot of us, which should make it fun! 1mo
Texreader Thrilled to have you!! 1mo
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It‘s hard to just choose three, and I‘ve definitely seen some of my favorites posted by others today. Here are three of the many I love! All three are from texts that I‘ve taught and passionately love! ❤️
#TLT #ThreeLineThursday

dabbe These are FABUL😍US! 🩵💙🩵 1mo
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I chose the word “tintinnabulation.” It was a spelling word I had as a 4th grader and it stuck with me ever since—I don‘t know why! 🤷‍♀️I seriously doubt it was in a 4th grade spelling textbook! 😂
#WeirdWordWednesday

CBee Oh my, in 4th grade??? Wow! I can see why it stuck with you. Thanks for sharing 💚 Would you like me to add you to my tag list? 1mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @CBee Sure, that would be great! ❤️ 1mo
Daisey Great word! 1mo
CBee @CindyMyLifeIsLit will do 😊 1mo
dabbe This word is in one of my favorite Poe poems: “The Bells.“ L😍VE! 🩵💙🩵 1mo
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Dark Hollow | John Connolly
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A friend in my horror books group on Facebook told me about the Charlie Parker series. It‘s not horror, per se, but it certainly is gripping! There‘s a smidge of paranormal but really too little to count. I‘m really enjoying them (this is only my second) and I feel that I‘m pretty picky when it comes to crime thrillers.

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Armadale | Wilkie COLLINS
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We just got home from a five-week road trip in our trailer—our first long trip! Of course, bookstores had to be visited along the way! This is my multi-state haul. It includes books from Vroman‘s in Pasadena, CA, The Last Bookstore in Burbank, CA, Powell‘s in Portland, OR (of course!!), the Smith Family Bookstore in Eugene, OR, and one from Bend but I forgot the name of the store. 😬 I think I showed remarkable restraint for that many stores! 😂

Ruthiella Oh! My friend Greta will be pleased you went to Smith‘s in Eugene! @inlovewithmyshelf 1mo
inlovewithmyshelf Yes! I ❤️ Smith Family Bookstore although the one I always visited was on the U of O campus. Sadly it closed down in October 2019. 😢 1mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @ruthiella @inlovewithmyshelf It was an amazing find! I will definitely be going back—my son lives there and has a coffee shop in Eugene. 1mo
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inlovewithmyshelf That‘s excellent! ☕️📚 If you want to take a mini road trip next time you‘re in Oregon and head to the coast, Robert‘s Bookshop in Lincoln City is one of my favourite places in the world. 1mo
Gissy Nice! 📚📚📚📚❤️😍 1mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Those are some great finds! 1mo
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I‘ve been off of Litsy for awhile (traveling), so this is my first time to see this. @dabbe always has such great challenges! We do not care that the school supplies displays are in full swing in the stores because we have retired!! I never again have to feel that sense of impending doom at the sight of stacks of composition books, notebook paper, and boxes of pencils and Crayola markers! 😁🎉
#WDNCW

Susanita Hooray for retirement! 1mo
Karisa Lucky! 🎉 1mo
Ruthiella Congratulations on your retirement! 🥳 1mo
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AmyG Oh wow! Congrats on your retirement! 1mo
dabbe Yay for retirement! And 🩵🎯🩵 to what you said! 1mo
mcctrish Congratulations on your retirement 🎉🎉 1mo
Lesliereadsalot How great to get there! 🥳🎉🥂 1mo
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Enjoying nature with my book! ❤️📚

dabbe 🩵💚💙 6mo
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Setting up my new reading tracker today. My kids don‘t arrive until next week, so getting ahead of that chaos! ❤️💚

TheBookHippie Oh wow!!!! 9mo
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A challenge after my own heart—or waistline! I have a lot of enthusiasm for my favorite cookies but there are clearly many new types of cookies to explore! Thanks for a tasty and festive challenge, @dabbe ! 🎄🎅🍪

dabbe I feel exactly the same way! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🖤🍪🖤 9mo
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My score shows that I have a lot of Christmas movies to watch! I have two lists:

Movies Not Included
1. Jingle All the Way
2. Four Christmases
3. Fred Claus

My Dark and Very Profane Christmas List 🖤❤️💚
1. The Ref
2. Krampus
3. Bad Santa
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Thanks, @dabbe !

PaperbackPirate I agree, all 3 should be on the list! 9mo
dabbe Love the #darkandveryprofanelist (has to be a hashtag)! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙❄️💙 9mo
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I just finished listening to this and loved it! It‘s a clever, snarky, darkly humorous whodunnit. The audio has multiple narrators (all excellent) and it really brings the podcast element to life. Highly recommend!

KadaGul I have a copy and one ☝️of reads for #AuldLangSpine2025. 9mo
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My favorite holiday reads are:

1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (of course)
2. Nos4A2 by Joe Hill
3. The Cajun Night Before Christmas

Thanks for the tag, @dabbe

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe They're on the spreadsheet! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙❄️💙 9mo
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I finally have time to post again and I‘m catching up on my tags. I clearly haven‘t spent much time watching the older classics! Thanks for not forgetting about me, @dabbe , and keeping me in the loop! ❤️ #TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe Tons of classics on that list, weren't there? Now you can have an even bigger TBW! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙❄️💙 9mo
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The Boy‘s Life is paperback and has an obvious crease on the cover. It‘s in fair to good condition. Betty and The Jane Austen Book Club are both hardbacks in excellent condition.

I‘ll have more tomorrow!
#Book2Book

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Water for Elephants is a hardback library copy in very good condition. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is paperback in excellent condition. #Book2Book

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Both Juliet and The Duchess are paperbacks and in excellent condition. Juliet is a signed copy.

Sorry it has taken me so long to post—it has been a VERY hectic week!

#Book2Book

TheBookHippie Oh! Both. ♥️ 13mo
julieclair Ooohhh… Juliet, please! 😀 13mo
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Wow! So many iconic songs! My favorites are still from the 70‘s/80s era, but so many legends like Etta James, Marvin Gaye, etc. in the list. Also, I forgot to include “Rocket Man” by Elton John! ❤️ Thanks for the tag, @dabbe !
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🖤🩶 13mo
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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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1. Podcast—I‘m never in favor of anything that requires me to be on camera!
2. I go back to work tomorrow 😭 so my summer is over, but I‘d like to read Fourth Wing in August!
#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Over Fourth Wing. Hope you fo too! 13mo
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I‘m so excited!! Nineteen books ahead of schedule! This has never happened before! This is the first year I have kept track of how many pages I have read every day, and it has really been motivating.

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July was a GREAT reading month! My favorites were:
1. Frankenstein - I‘m embarrassed that it took this long for me to read this classic. Loved it!
2. Demon Copperhead - I love that Kingsolver took the work of one of the OG social justice warriors (Dickens!) to illustrate the societal scourge of opioid addiction. Well done!
3. The Fisherman - this horror novel lived up to every rave review I‘ve ever read for it (and there were a lot)!
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CindyMyLifeIsLit 4. Brimstone - fifth book in the Pendergast series and my fave so far! Significant homage to other classic works that I LOVE!!

The only book I disliked out of all of them was Hello, Beautiful. Sorry, but to me, it was the antithesis of Little Women, not an “homage.”
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TheSpineView Wow! Great job! 13mo
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“And what about the cook, Marco Antonio, a one-legged, no-ear grotesque straight out of Gormenghast” (107). Nothing like reading a book that has lingered forever on your tbr only to have it shame you for ANOTHER book that has been on your tbr way too long! 🤦‍♀️ Okay, okay, I‘ll read Gormenghast next! 😂

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I‘m a day late, but it‘s summer, so it‘s all chill, right? 😁 I‘m trying to stay chill—I go back to work next week! 😫 Anyway, here is my library. I spent weeks last summer organizing it by genre. It‘s alphabetical by author within the genre. I had just gotten to the point where I couldn‘t find stuff! This room is definitely my happy place, and it‘s the only library I have left since my librarian position was cut. 😭
#WondrousWednesday

dabbe Gorgeous! 🤩🤩🤩 13mo
Texreader So impressive!!! 13mo
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Brimstone | Douglas J Preston
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OMG!! Now they‘re reenacting my favorite Poe short story!! IYKYK!! I‘m in English teacher heaven right now! ❤️😂😂

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“Everybody else going through the terror and joy of their first crushes, their first dates, their first kisses while Oscar sat in the back of the class, behind his DM‘s screen, and watched his adolescence stream by. Sucks to be left out of adolescence, sort of like getting locked in the closet on Venus when the sun appears for the first time in a hundred years” (23). A nod to Bradbury!! ❤️❤️

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“High school was . . . for a fat sci-fi-reading nerd like Oscar, a source of endless anguish. For Oscar, high school was the equivalent of a medieval spectacle, like being put in the stocks and forced to endure the peltings and outrages of a mob of deranged half-wits” (19).

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Brimstone | Douglas J Preston
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Now a character has used “Jack Torrence” as an alias! I‘m loving this book! ❤️❤️

BookwormAHN I love these books 💗 14mo
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Brimstone | Douglas J Preston
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I am absolutely loving the Pendergast series! The mix of crime thriller with a supernatural twist is the perfect combination. I‘ve enjoyed the first books, but I‘m super-excited about this one because it gives a nod to one of my favorite literary villains, Count Fosco!! ❤️❤️

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I did marginally better this week, but there were still SO many bands I didn‘t recognize! The funny thing is that most modern music that is forced on me (through commercials and shows/movies), I actually enjoy! Like the 50 times I‘ve watched the video of Tom Holland‘s lip sync performance to Rihanna‘s “Under My Umbrella.” It‘s a good song! 😂 Can‘t wait for the next list! Thanks for the tag, @dabbe ! ❤️
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe That's how I heard of “Under My Umbrella“, too! And I've probably hit 50+ times as well! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤩🤩 14mo
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1. I‘m an English teacher and love wordplay, so I liked the multiple meanings in my Litsy handle. I‘m an upbeat person, so I‘m usually happy; therefore, my life is lit (great). Also, I‘m all about books, both personally and professionally, so my life is lit(erature)! 😁
2. Driving, household tasks, bathing, and exercising.
3. Tagged book. Just finished audio of The Warm Hands of Ghosts.
#WondrousWednesday

Eggs 1. Great descriptors! Thanks for playing 🥳 14mo
kspenmoll Love the meanings behind your handle! 14mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit @kspenmoll Thanks!! 😊 14mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Just as Charles Dickens used his stories to shed light on the societal ills of his time, so Kingsolver uses this revamped tale to emphasize the pervasiveness of the opioid crisis. I feel that it‘s a little like cheating—she never had to work out which characters get together, die, etc. Dickens did that! I loved figuring out each character‘s mirror in David Copperfield, though. It also lacks the humor Dickens weaves throughout. Still loved it!! ❤️

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1. My amazing daughter was here all week for a visit!
2. We had a great time at my sister-in-law‘s lake house.
3. We spent the day Wednesday in Galveston enjoying the beach and some shopping on the Strand.
4. During the aforementioned shopping, I acquired this Scrooge nutcracker!!
5. We were graced with a cold front this week. In Texas. In July. That‘s pretty much as believable as snow at the equator. The highs were 92-93!
#5JoysFriday

dabbe #lovelylist 🩵💙🩵 14mo
kspenmoll Such joys! 💛❤️💛 14mo
TheLudicReader Haha 93 is a cold front? That‘s a dream day for me. 14mo
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CindyMyLifeIsLit @TheLudicReader Dream as in you wish it would get up to 93 or you wish it was only 93? I‘m definitely in the latter camp! Typically, we‘d be hitting 100 or higher every day at this point of the summer! 🥵🔥 14mo
TheLudicReader @CindyMyLifeIsLit dream as in I wish! ☀️☀️☀️ 14mo
DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Great that you got to spend time with your daughter & the Scrooge nutcracker is so cool! 😎 Thanks for sharing & helping spread the joy! 🤗 14mo
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My musical tastes are firmly mired in the 70s and 80s, so pretty much anything from the 90s on is foreign to me, which accounts for my score. There were some great songs on this list, and my favorites are:
1. Rosalita
2. Don‘t Fear the Reaper
3. Freebird (iconic)!
4. Under Pressure (no other band will EVER be like Queen!)
5. Africa

Great list, @dabbe !
#TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe I listed “Under Pressure“, too, and I agree with your taste in music. I think we'll get more as we get closer to #1. Thanks for sharing and playing! 🤩🤩🤩 14mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Enjoying the beach with Demon Copperhead!

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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
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Okay, I‘m in the minority on this one. This one actually made me mad! For one thing, it was all telling, no showing. This is what made me mad: After Rose and Julia have turned their backs on their family for 25 years, after Julia lied to her daughter about her father her whole life, after Rose ignores her granddaughter her whole life, they go home and are welcomed back with open arms. Everyone just lets it go. No apologies, no anger. WTF??? Nope!!

Ruthiella I‘m with you! This one didn‘t work for me either! 1y
JuniperWilde I didn‘t like this one either. I wanted my reading hours back. 1y
CindyMyLifeIsLit @Ruthiella @JuniperWilde I‘m glad to know it wasn‘t just me! I was actually mad that it was billed as an homage to Little Women. This family did NOT resemble the March family!! 😡 1y
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Butcher and Blackbird | Brynne Weaver
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Pickpick

I loved most of it:
1. The premise—serial killers who take out bad guys.
2. Rowan reminded me of Cassidy from Preacher, whom I love!!
3. The weirdest meet-cute EVER!
4. The humor and dialogue worked for me.

Weirdo that I am, I was fine with the eye-gouging and cannibalism, but the sex scenes were TMI! I don‘t think I‘m a puritan—I feel like there are other women who read those passages and said not no, but hell no! Overall, I enjoyed it!

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