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Deblovestoread

Joined September 2016

“I cannot live without books!”
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The tagged is the one I am most likely to get to, not sure about the others.

#ReadYourEBook

@CBee

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#AprilChallengeUpdate

Read #Bookspin & #DoubleSpin

Read 1 #ReadYourEBook

#WickedWords:

The Briar Club: Gambling
King A Life: Singer, Massachusetts
Wild Dark Shore: Fish
The Martha‘s Vineyard Beach and Book Club: Portuguese

#ISpy

April: 5 remaining
March: 4 remaining
February: 2 remaining
January: complete

@TheAromaofBooks @CBee @AsYouWish

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!! 1d
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#AprilWrapUp

Loved Wild Dark Shore and P & P as always. Enjoyed Midnight in Soap Lake and The Briar Club immensely. Learned so much from King.

DNF‘d 3 books

Lesliereadsalot Wild Dark Shore is so good! 2d
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#5JoysFriday #NoPicVersion

1) Sunny and warm enough to have all the windows open.
2) Coffee and stitching with a friend
3) Both kids home for a belated Easter dinner
4) I am not a fan of our chestnut tree except when it‘s in bloom and then as the blooms fall and carpet the grass
5) Pippin

@DebinHawaii

TheBookHippie ♥️ 2d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2d
dabbe 💙💚💙 2d
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#ThreeListThursday

Lots of favorites on this list: Jane Eyre, Watership Down, War & Peace, The Shell Seekers to name a few

Unpopular opinion stinkers: The Alchemist and Captain Corelli‘s Mandolin

@dabbe

Ruthiella I hated The Alchemist (allegory is not for me) and was disappointed by Captain Corelli. 3d
nanuska_153 Interesting, a lot of children and YA literature there 3d
dabbe I tried THE ALCHEMIST and couldn't get into it. All I know about CCM is that it's the book Hugh Grant's reading at the end of NOTTING HILL (with a pregnant Julia Roberts lounging on his lap! 🤣) Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 3d
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willaful Loved The Twyford Code. 4d
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King: A Life | Jonathan Eig
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I read King over three months. It is a deep dive into his life from childhood to his assassination. A man of great passion and conviction who worked tirelessly to end racism, fight poverty and end the war in Vietnam. I knew the highlights but there is so much more here. Let‘s just saying lying and manipulation in government is not a new problem. Our current government would like to erase this history. Let‘s not agree to that.

@Read4life

ncsufoxes I‘ve had King sitting on my nightstand for the last few months. I try to read a few pages slowly. I have a few chunksters that I try to slowly read through a few pages to make progress. 4d
Read4life Great month!! 💙📚💙 3d
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#WondrousWednesday

1) Roses because my grandma wore Tea Rose perfume daily and lilacs because of the large lilac bush by the front door of her house.
2) I was just talking to my dad about this. Rather than a specific memory it was our years in Ephrata. Sledding down suicide hill, riding our bikes all over town, playing out in the dry fields, spending our afternoons at the pool. It was definitely a different time in terms of safety and freedom.

Suet624 Those two scents carry the most meaning for me as well. 5d
Eggs Roses 🌹!! Love your description #2! 4d
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An appropriate meme to go with @TheSpineView ‘s #Two4Tuesday questions. I needed a smile and it always delivers. ❤️📚❤️

dabbe 🤩😍🤣 What else are homes for except for books and pets? 6d
Leftcoastzen Books & pets , same page ! 6d
TheSpineView 🤣🤣🤣 6d
IuliaC 😂😂 5d
MemoirsForMe 😂🙌🏻📚 5d
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#TuesdayTunes

Recent find

https://youtu.be/_q7307IWwr4?si=EeC6j7qo6W_2sj9f

Haunted by Shane MacGowan and Sinead O‘Connor ❤️

@TieDyeDude

Kerrbearlib ♥️♥️♥️ 6d
BarbaraBB Wow 🤩 6d
TieDyeDude Very cool. Those are certainly contrasting vocals! Thanks for sharing. 6d
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#Two4Tuesday

1) I wish I had a dedicated library, but having bookshelves in every room is not a bad thing 😀. My best guess at physical books is ~1200

2) Wild Dark Shore is my favorite book of April.

@TheSpineView

peaKnit I enjoyed Wild Dark Shore also, I was surprised a bit as the story unfolded, it was hard to know who was telling the truth. Sign of a good book! 6d
TheSpineView I'm wishing with you! Thanks for playing 6d
Mshookquilts Yes and too many to count. We even have a physical room we refer to as the library because of all the bookshelves. 6d
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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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Voted! The long list is full of fantastic sounding books, so many new to me titles. I can‘t wait to see what we will be reading. Don‘t forget to vote by May 9. Link is on @BarbaraBB #CampLitsy25 post.

BarbaraBB Thanks for sharing and voting for such great books 😘 6d
Caroline2 Great choices. I wanna read all of these! 😂 6d
squirrelbrain Thanks for sharing! Great choices. ❤️ 6d
monalyisha I almost voted for Tilt, too! 5d
Megabooks Great votes!! 5d
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Moods | Yoel Hoffmann
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#MondayMood

Going for magnificent little sunbeam today. Wish me luck 🌞🍀

What‘s your mood today?

Ruthiella Mondays are hard! Magnificent sunbeam is a worthy goal. ☀️ 7d
dabbe 🤩🤣😍 7d
MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7d
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The Book Bin | Corvallis, OR (Bookstore)
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Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. I invite you to share the bookstores in your area. I‘ll be visiting the tagged that is a bit like a mini Powell‘s and Grassroots in Corvallis, Oregon. Let‘s do our part to push back against Amazon‘s greed.

ncsufoxes My local bookstore is the Curious Iguana. I plan on going first thing tomorrow morning. Our local library is also doing a used book sale this weekend too. 1w
MallenNC I‘m hoping to visit 1w
kspenmoll I am going with a friend to Riverbend Bookshop - only have time to hit one store.🙁 1w
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Chrissyreadit @ncsufoxes your in Frederick? i must have known that though… but my memory can be awful! or maybe there is more than one Curious Iguana? 1w
ncsufoxes @Chrissyreadit yes, we are in Frederick. We moved here last August. 1w
ncsufoxes @MallenNC my mom lives down the road from Qual Ridge Books 1w
MallenNC @ncsufoxes It‘s such a great store 1w
Chrissyreadit ah!!! that‘s awesome! I‘m in Frederick often if you ever want to meet for coffee! 1w
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#5JoysFriday

1) I‘ve never watched The Gilmore Girls. Thruthe first 4 episodes…charming
2) I finally went back to the pool yesterday at the Y. Felt fantastic
3) Have to get 30 hours of CE done by end of May, almost halfway done
4) Pippin
5) Flowers and sunshine

Share your joy!

@DebinHawaii

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh I am excited for you for GG! I really is very charming (if you can look past the white privilege) and I love the debates about who Rory should end up with! 1w
dabbe 💙💚💙 1w
TheBookHippie Yay GILMORE GIRLS 🎉 1w
mcctrish Oh welcome to the GG world 1w
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When I first saw the title of this book I stated it can‘t be MY Soap Lake, a tiny town 6 miles from where I lived 1st thru 7th grades, but it is. This book is quirky and suspenseful told thru two timelines. It also sent me down a rabbit hole about its history and its healing waters which I don‘t recall learning about in school. Fun read! 4.25 🌟

Ruthiella What a neat connection! It‘s rare, but occasionally I have also read books set where I grew up and it‘s a trip to recognize streets and landmarks. 1w
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East of Eden | John Steinbeck
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Favorites: Tagged, Charlotte‘s Web, Frankenstein

Tagging anyone who hasn‘t played and would like to.

@dabbe

dabbe 🎯 for your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 1w
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So many of us have read the books, fiction and nonfiction. We feel we understand the horrors of WWII and say “Never Again” passionately. And I think we truly believed that we would never allow it happen again, that no one could ever be that evil in our lifetime. But it is here on full display. It‘s like our President is using Hitler‘s playbook.
Autism registry = disabled first to camps. I beg you to wake up! You, too, will lose everything.

Deblovestoread Pic was filched from Jamie Lee Curtis‘ IG feed. I don‘t think she‘ll mind. 2w
IriDas They are definitely following Hitler‘s playbook. Im afraid for my children. 2w
AllDebooks Such a frightening time for so many. Trump et al are causing chaos, fear and we can't let them. 2w
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Blueberry WTH! I hadn't heard. 😲😠 2w
Jari-chan While here in Europe everyone's going crazy because some people dared to call Trump's system fascism 🙄😑 2w
BarbaraBB Wise words and so true. I am astonished about what‘s happening and how fast the 1930s are repeating themselves so fast. I hope the other half of the US will wake up in time to safe your country (and us in Europe) from these mad men. 2w
BarbaraBB @Jari-chan Is that so? I think his regime has been called that much of the time! 2w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 1w
Jari-chan @BarbaraBB At least here in Switzerland it is a big thing and people still refuse to see what's going on. I'm not sure about Germany, but I think it's the same. 1w
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#WeirdWordWednesday

I love all these words.

@CBee

TheBookHippie LOVE!!!! 2w
dabbe 🤩🤣😍 2w
lil1inblue 🤣😍🤩 2w
KadaGul Love it 🤣🤣 2w
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1) Currently 2 cats, Kali & Dahlia, the most neurotic cats I‘ve ever had and our pug, Merry Pippin. Over the years I think we had everything at one time or another except snakes. Hard no from mom on that one. Fish (piranha, fresh and saltwater), rodents (hamsters, gerbils & a guinea pig), a bearded dragon lizard, a bird, turtles, numerous cats & dogs.
2) Both but more fiction

Play @Lesliereadsalot @Meshell1313 @willaful

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs Love the tagged book 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
Lesliereadsalot Thanks for thinking of me. It turns out that I‘m highly allergic to cats and shedding dogs and possibly other animals that I don‘t know about! I do love seeing all the Litsy pets, they always make me smile. And Marcellus the octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures also made me smile. 😊 2w
Meshell1313 Oh fun! Thanks for the tag! 2w
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#TuesdayTunes

Kevin has been popping up on my Instagram a lot lately. It has not been easy to find reasons to smile lately but listening to this does.

https://youtu.be/f74R6BYze4A?si=7cFQW9SccuKe3Irt

Enjoy!

@TieDyeDude

KAO Delightful! Thanks for this! 2w
LeeRHarry This was great - thanks for sharing 😊 2w
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Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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#Two4Tuesday

1) I try to always have ~$50 in cash on me. If I don‘t I always hear my dad‘s voice in my head reminding me I should.
2) I just finished the tagged book again and watched two adaptations… Mrs. Bennett proclaiming how many pounds a year a young man has still rings in my ears as well as Mr. Collins divulging the price of the chimney at Rosing Park. 😬😂

TheSpineView Even the opening of the book brings in the importance people place on money and material goods. 2w
AmyG I always hid a $20….just in case. 2w
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#5JoyFridays

1) An easy new recipe that is a keeper according to my hubby
2) A hubby that is a willing tester for adventures in dining, providing I don‘t get too crazy
3) another tax season done and it was great. A nice amount of hours and stretched my brain a bit
4) a bunch of perfect beautiful spring days and more to come
5) lilacs in full bloom smelling heavenly

Wishing everyone a relaxing, restorative weekend!

@DebinHawaii

TheBookHippie I love lilacs!!! I cannot wait to see flowers again ♥️ 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
Lesliereadsalot Congrats on another tax season in the books! 2w
MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
BkClubCare I love lilacs! 2w
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#moodboardcontest #mbc @dabbe

Currently burning with indignation at RFK‘s latest attack on autism. He‘s full of 💩 and pure evil.

Balancing that with my daily Walken dance to I Want to Break Free

Jonsing for my second cup of coffee but do not want to disturb a sleeping Pippin.

Congratulations on your milestone. I am so glad you are here!

To join in her giveway see her original post.

mcctrish Everyday some whack job spews some new ‘nonsense‘ that makes you question HOW THE F these people are here! How do they live during this timeline?! 3w
lil1inblue 1. Love the mood board. 2. So agree about RFK. I just want to scream. Also, a hearty FU to that moronic, disgraced “doctor“ that started spreading the vaccine disinformation about autism so many years ago. Oh, and Jenny McCarthy, too.😡 3w
Prairiegirl_reading I have worked with people with disabilities for almost 20 years. My organization supports people to WORK in the community, and they all pay taxes! So I know first hand that what he was saying is patently untrue. Not to mention what he said is so sickening regardless of whether or not a person can work or not. What an absolute asshole. I was just discussing with a colleague what we can do to combat this here in Canada. (edited) 3w
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dabbe What a board! 🤩 LOVE the fascism quote. 🎯! And I don't even know what to say about #wormhead. Even his own Kennedy clan is completely against him. Anyone with a brain that's intact would be! Beyond 😖. Still ... Pippin. #allthegoodfeels

Thanks for sharing yourself, m'dear. 🩵💚💙
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Kristin_Reads Completely agree! 3w
ncsufoxes As a mom of an Autistic teen I‘m disgusted & furious. I‘ve posted on FB several times about his horrible eugenics speech. I keep telling people to push back & don‘t normalize this idea. Autistic people are not a tragedy. They need support & services. They need people to stop stigmatizing their lives. We are not a broken family. We acknowledge there are hard days but people like worm brain make our lives harder. 3w
Amiable Amen about all of this! 3w
TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes the Eugenics of it all😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 the man is evil incarnate. 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish seriously. 2w
ShelleyBooksie Pippin ♡♡ 1w
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#ThreeListThursday

Favorites are the tagged, Lonesome Dove, Dune, P&P, Hunger Games, HP, Jane Eyre, War & Peace and LOTR

I still need to read The Stand and Beloved

@dabbe

dabbe You kicked my butt! I now prioritized DOVE, DUNE, STAND, and BELOVED. P.S. I adored A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 3w
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Nesting | Roisn O'Donnell
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#WondrousWednesday

1) For many this book was nothing new but I recognized that voice in Ciara‘s head and became of that I couldn‘t help but root for her.
2) Meet Cute Diary - way too YA for me; Night & Day - short stories, my nemesis; I also DNF‘d Hester but I might try again. I think it was not the right time for it.

Want to play? @TieDyeDude @WildAlaskaBibliophile @PageShifter

@Eggs

willaful I also DNFd Meet Cute Diary... I found the characters really unpleasant IIRC.

Was that Mrs. Oliphant's Hester?
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Eggs Sounds compelling #1 3w
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Weird and Wonderful Words | Roz Chast, Erin McKean
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Pronounced TUR-Shuh in Irish or TOOR-shuh in Scottish I think many of us are experiencing this in a deep way.

The antidote is to find joy, gratitude, etc.

My daughter sent me this link today and it was the perfect antidote. President Obama telling the story of one woman‘s voice energizing him, a room and a movement. Fire it up! Ready to go!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIfNLskTgQB/?igsh=ZGIxYWg0Nnp6YWc2

#WeirdWordWednesday

@CBee

Deblovestoread Shout out to Edith Childs who was the woman who started it! 3w
TheBookHippie My grandson 11 asked me what to yell so people would yell back - So he hollered at the top of his voice “ TELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE” in a crowd of 3000 plus people the 200 closest to us replied “THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.” A lady who was 92 in a wheelchair later stopped us to say she now had hope, because it was a child‘s voice and adults answered him. Yes I cried. I was a puddle. 3w
Deblovestoread @TheBookHippie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 3w
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BookmarkTavern Oh this is a good word! I‘m saving it immediately. 💖💖💖 3w
Graciouswarriorprincess I saw this and screenshot it. 3w
AmyG So many of us feel this. 3w
CBee I feel this so much. And I remember that part in his book about Edith! Fire it up! Ready to go 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w
CBee @TheBookHippie that is AWESOME 3w
dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵💙🩵 I'm not crying, you're crying! 3w
dabbe What a W🤩WZA word: one that is much needed. 🩵💙🩵 3w
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#Two4Tuesday

1) Ours were filed mid February.
2) Slow

@TheSpineView

TheSpineView February! I'm impressed! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Authorised Version | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Braun, Peter Stimpson, Richard Eckford
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The soundtrack of the tagged play was released in 1970 and my dad bought the album. I was 11. Somewhere in the mid 60‘s my mother became a Seventh Day Adventist and our household drastically changed. Listening to this album constantly was an act of rebellion. She HATED it. This clip popped up on IG yesterday so I thought why not share here. I still know all the words.

@TieDyeDude

Suet624 I‘m with you. I know pretty much every word of this play. 3w
Ruthiella I am an atheist and I love this musical. Particularly the film version with Carl Anderson as Judas. What a performance ! 👏👏👏 3w
quietjenn Such a favorite! 3w
TieDyeDude My mom had the soundtrack on vinyl and CD. We didn't have to rebel to listen to it, but it's awesome that you did 😁 2w
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#MentalHealthMonday

1) The news today was horrific so I bounce between anger and despair. However, I worked today and the sun shone bright and warm so I did have breaks from the doom & gloom.
2) I have never been able to use positive affirmations, just not my thing.

@Kerrbearlib

Blueberry Dang, now I don't want to check the news. ☹️ 3w
TheBookHippie Agree. 3w
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Forecastle Books | Brookings, OR (Bookstore)
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#WeeklyForecast

Lovely to start the week off all caught up on my buddy reads. I have not been interested in picking the Donoghue back up. Will give it to the end of the week. MVBBC is fine. I‘m finding the audio of Afong May confusing so am switching to print. The up next are library books, so deadlines.

Hope everyone has a good reading week.

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Monday, Monday: A Novel | Elizabeth Crook
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Along with Litsy and coffee I also read a newsletter or two that keeps me up to date with the news of the day. The above is from Meidas Touch Network. We have a huge problem when the guy who stacked the Supreme Court in his favor doesn‘t honor their ruling! The other I recommend is Your Local Epidemiologist. I started following her during the pandemic. I encourage you to find a trusted source for public health info.

#MondayMood

Pics from IG

squirrelbrain Love that right-hand picture - I‘m totally using it! 🤣 3w
Ruthiella It‘s a tough call between staying informed and avoiding the news to keep sane. ☹️ 3w
Deblovestoread @Ruthiella There are days when the newsletters go immediately into the trash because that day is not their day. It‘s a balancing act for sure. 3w
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lil1inblue The photo on the left reminds me of my favorite protest sign from the Hands Off rally: “This is my resisting bitch face.“ 🙌 I will also be incorporating the phrase on the right into my regular vocabulary. 😉 3w
Suet624 Today really got to me. The news is awful. 3w
willaful @Ruthiella very much so. 3w
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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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#WeeklyFavorite

I finished 3 great books this week but the tagged gets all the stars. I usually am hopeful that the summer #CampLitsy books are new to me but I think I‘d love this one to win a slot so I can reread it and discuss.

@Read4life

BarbaraBB It seems there‘s no avoiding it this summer. So many nominations for #CampLitsy 3w
Lesliereadsalot Wasn‘t it so good? Still thinking about all the characters even tho I‘m onto my next book. 3w
Read4life This one is on my TBR 💙🐣💙 3w
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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Here we go! Audition by Kate Kitamura was at the top of my list but since @squirrelbrain nominated it I chose Penitence instead. Loving the nominations so far! So happy camp is back!

@Megabooks @BarbaraBB

#CampLitsy25

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BarbaraBB Fab choices! I want to read all four of them! 3w
Meshell1313 Ooh good picks!! 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures I am excited to read Tilt! It is set in my hometown. 3w
squirrelbrain Sorry to ruin your list! 🤣 I loved Tilt. 3w
Deblovestoread @squirrelbrain Not ruined! Opened up a slot for another nominee! Can‘t have an exploding TBR without ALL the choices. 🎆📚🎆 3w
AmyG Oooo Tilt. Everyone has such great choices. 3w
GatheringBooks Yay for We Do Not Part! We just discussed this in my book club last week. 💕 3w
Megabooks Penitence is on my TBR as an audiobook. My all-time favorite narrator reads it. Glad you'll be joining us again! 3w
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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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Loved every little thing about this book. The setting, characters, atmosphere, plot, all the things. 5 🌟

BarbaraBB Yes yes yes to all of what you say! 3w
Lesliereadsalot Just starting this one! Go glad you loved it. 3w
Lesliereadsalot Wow! This book is really something. @BarbaraBB 3w
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot I hope you‘ll love it as much! 3w
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#5JoysFriday

1) My new candles from a small Oregon business
2) A sign found on the internet that explains why
3) I was at local protest on the 5th. Was my first, won‘t be my last
4) Loving the art that is included in tagged book
5) Bibimpap! Another first at lunch with a friend. Yummy!

Thanks for the tag! @DebinHawaii

dabbe 💙💚🩵 3w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 3w
TheLudicReader I love that sign! 3w
Jari-chan ✊✊✊ 3w
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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday #Twofer

Thanks for the tag! @dabbe

I forgot to post last week‘s results which was my best one of the bunch in terms of numbers anyway.

Favorites: All 3 LOTR movies, Moonstruck, and Sense and Sensibility

This week‘s faves: Midnight in Paris, The Martian and American Fiction

This has been an a great reminder of so many movies I want to see.

Thanks for the fun, Denise 🩷💚🩷

dabbe TY! Even though you kicked my sorry butt! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3w
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See @TheLudicReader 's original post to see what color reader you are. I'm not mad at my results. It will be fun to see what further recommendations I get.

Thanks for the fun, Christie

Ruthiella I was 30% blue! Green must be nonfiction, because that was my lowest percentage. 😅 3w
MemoirsForMe Looks like I‘m a 70% Yellow reader! 50% Blue. 3w
TheLudicReader I thought it was a cool little quiz! Thanks for sharing your results! 3w
dabbe 💙 3w
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This one kept me guessing and I have thoughts. Can‘t wait to discuss! #Shardlakians 4.5 🌟

@dabbe

dabbe I'm almost done. This is my 2nd read, and I don't remember what happens! 🤣 Can't wait to discuss! 🩵💚💙 4w
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The Briar Club | Kate Quinn
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I really enjoy Kate Quinn books and this is no exception. Set in a Washington DC boarding house during the McCarthy era 7 women, each with their own secrets, bond over weekly dinners. The audio was great but now will borrow from the library to look at the recipes from each character‘s chapter. Pic is from IG of Candlestick salad. 4.5 🌟

Look forward to discussing with #LiteraryCrew

@Librarybelle

Bookwormjillk Um.....that is an interesting dish.

I just started this last night and am liking it so far.
4w
julesG Agree, interesting dish. 4w
tpixie Lol yes! The candlestick dish! 🥸😅😂🤣 4w
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Librarybelle Yeah, interesting dish. 😂 4w
LeahBergen I have this recipe in an old cookbook! 👏👏😆 4w
Bookwomble First course at the banquet for the International Freudian Society's annual convention 😬😒🍆😄 3w
Deblovestoread @Bookwomble 🤣🤣🤣 3w
Bookwormjillk Just got to this chapter. It did not disappoint 😂 3w
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New to me word. Love purple and love the description.

#WeirdWordWednesday

@CBee

TheLudicReader I once had a violet kitchen. 4w
CBee My favorite color as a kid! And I LOVE that poem 😊 4w
Melismatic This is me! 💜 4w
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Deblovestoread
The Language of Flowers | Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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#WondrousWednesday

1) I love all flowers, but today‘s pick is lilacs as I wait for mine to bloom. It amazes me how quickly they grow from the tiniest bud to a stalk of lovely color and scent.
2) My kids are safe and secure, good friends and my snuggle pug, Pippin.

Want to play? @Lesliereadsalot @Bookwormjillk @Amor4Libros

@Eggs

Eggs I dearly miss lilacs💜 4w
Amiable I love lilacs, too. 4w
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Deblovestoread
Pride and Predujice. | Jane Austen
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#Two4Tuesday

1) Most definitely! Being around books is my favorite place.
2) Tagged

I‘m late to the party so if you want to play consider yourself tagged.

@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 4w
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Deblovestoread
Mozart's Starling | Lyanda Lynn Haupt
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https://youtu.be/b4IXXpTHjok?si=FhUJE58LE7JGXBsD

On Sunday my daughter and I went to the Oregon Symphony. The opening piece was Mozart‘s first symphony written when he was 8! I was probably still making mud pies at 8 😂. The closing piece was his last symphony Jupiter. It‘s been the year of Mozart this season as we also heard Requiem and saw Amadeus.

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️LOVE! 4w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 4w
dabbe ♥️🎶♥️ 4w
MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 4w
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Deblovestoread
I Capture the Castle | Dodie Smith
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Mehso-so

#BookReport

Only 2 finished last week. I read the tagged book after seeing it recommended on a Parnassus Books video. It sounds like it is a much loved coming of age story. I did enjoy it but didn‘t love it.

I also enjoyed the Pride & Prejudice continuation by McLeod.

ChaoticMissAdventures I am reading this because of that video too! I am only a third of the way in and agree with you, it is okay. 4w
monalyisha I‘m part of the “much-love” camp! 4w
ChaoticMissAdventures @monalyisha did you read it as a youngster? I have this theory on books like this. I feel like if I had read this in my teens/20s I would have gotten so much more out of it. 4w
monalyisha Hmm…late 20‘s. I think I was 27. I was thoroughly charmed. I thought it was quirky and cozy, with a strong setting and thoughtful spiritual ruminations. The movie, on the other hand? Blech. 4w
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Deblovestoread
The Briar Club | Kate Quinn
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#WeeklyForecast

I normally do not have this many books going at once and it all looks like a bit much grouped together like this.

April buddy reads: About 1 1/2 hrs left on Briar, close to finding out who‘s dead and why hopefully. Next will finish Heartstone on audio.

Loving Wild Dark Shore. Still making slow progress on King.

NG: Finding it hard to get into the Donoghue and the Book & Beach Club is ok.

dabbe W🤩WZA! 4w
Ruthiella Wow, that is a lot! 😳 4w
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Deblovestoread
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I quite enjoyed this sapphic Pride and Prejudice continuation. With every book that begins in JA‘s world I always look for authors to stay true to the characters I know and love as well staying true to time and place. And McLeod does that while giving me a story of exploring Charlotte‘s awakening to who she is and finding the courage to be herself.

Her post showed up on my IG feed so I commented and she responded. Fun!

#WeeklyFavorite

Deblovestoread Thanks to #NetGalley and Harlequin-Romance for the opportunity to read and review this book. Pub date 4/29/25 1mo
Read4life That is so cool!! 💙🐣💙 1mo
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#5JoysFriday

1) Coffee, Litsy, and Insta in the morning.
2) This morning‘s post from Robert Reich and a small dose of optimism
3) Cory Booker, Susan Crawford and others that are driving the Hope train.
4) Both my kids at the dinner table last night. My favorite joy always!
5) Disney decorations Spring edition

In a world where we are currently inundated with 💩 almost minute by minute this act of reflection and finding joys is necessary! TY to

TheBookHippie I need a flag of that penguin!!! 1mo
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal 5JoysFridays is truly a weekly a remedy 🌞💖. 1mo
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MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻 1mo
dabbe Best coping mechanism there is! 🩵💙🩵 to your joys! 1mo
Lesliereadsalot It‘s wonderful when you love your home, isn‘t it? 🩷 1mo
Bookwormjillk Staying home is the best. 1mo
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#ReadYourEBook

I started the tagged yesterday as it‘s next up on my #NetGalley list. I “enjoyed” her other books and am hopeful about this one. I doubt I will get to #12 as I‘m not feeling it but the top 2 stand a chance.

@CBee

CBee I‘ve heard great things about Ann Cleeves, but haven‘t ever read any of her books 🤷‍♀️ 1mo
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