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DGRachel

DGRachel

Joined May 2016

LibraryThing member DGRachel

Howler. Passionate dog mom. Opinionated mood reader with eclectic tastes. I‘ll try any genre once. http://tailsfromthedogside.blog
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What the Devil Knows | C.S. Harris
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Harris builds this latest Sebastian St. Cyr mystery around the 1811 Radcliffe Highway Murders. As always, the mystery is well-crafted, the story fast-paced, the writing engaging, and the characters complex. I love all of the recurring characters (yes, even Jarvis, if only because it‘s so much fun to watch him and Sebastian needle each other). Even 16 books into the series, it hasn‘t gotten old or lost any quality.

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10/100 Faves in photo. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the few books assigned in 9th grade that I managed to finish. Rereading Their Eyes Were Watching God taught me that no one reads the same book twice. Our life experiences rewrites how we respond to the text. A Farewell to Arms started my obsession with Hemingway, and it also sparked a running joke Junior year of high school about being blown up while eating cheese. Kids…🤣🤣 #tlt

DGRachel Seriously. My boyfriend at the time even wrote about it in my yearbook and it‘s about the only thing I remember from it. Also, a little peeved that the Faulkner, Greene, and Orwell‘s were not the ones I‘ve read by those authors and I didn‘t count the DNF for Tropic of Cancer, but I didn‘t count the DNF for The Hobbit. I‘ve tried to read it at least 4 times and never made it more than 100 pages. I hate that book. 🤣🤣🤣 2d
dabbe Thanks for sharing all of these! I sometimes wonder where we'd be without our assigned high school reading--for good and bad! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🤗 2d
DGRachel @dabbe Forgot the image! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 2d
DGRachel @dabbe without assigned reading, I‘d have had a higher GPA Freshman year. 🤣🤣 (the assigned books were mostly 🤢). I do hope that prior to the current administration, assigned reading was becoming more diverse. Zora was one of the few non-“dead white man” authors we had to read and I think we only read her because she was considered local. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2d
dabbe @DGRachel There's still many “dead white men“ books on our district's list, but we have thankfully become more diversified over the years. There's still hope! 😍 2d
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I adore Bryant, May, and the entire Peculiar Crimes Unit. The solutions to the cases are not things I could predict, but they are brilliant and clever. I'm not totally sold on the audiobook narration, but this is a case where the story is so good, I can overlook any issues with it.
This is my #bookspin #doublespin for May. 🥳

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1d
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Bailedbailed

I reached 67% and have 3 1/2 hours at 1.5 speed to finish. I‘ve been arguing with myself about bailing all morning, and I surrender. I don‘t know if it‘s the narrator, the translation, or the source material but I dislike the characters, the author seems oddly obsessed with menstruation, and non-white male characters are not written well. I wanted to read this before watching Dept Q, but I think I‘ll skip the TV show as well.

mcctrish This is on my TBR and now I think I will take it off 3d
DGRachel @mcctrish There seems to be a lot of love for the series but @Hooked_on_books has a review here that captures some of the key things that bothered me. I might have been able to power through except I found the story itself and the main detective both tedious. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d
Hooked_on_books Yeah, there are big issues with this one. Bailing was a good move. 3d
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I love the Thursday Murder Club. The characters are wonderfully complex-clever and witty. The mystery is well crafted and I love the way it unravels. It was a delight to read.

emz711 It's so great. Are you ready for the TV show? 4d
DGRachel @emz711 YES! The casting looks PERFECT 🤩 4d
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I think this may be my favorite of the series. There's a whole new depth to Mrs. Haggerty, finally some real honestly between Finlay and Nick, and plenty of shenanigans from everyone, including Finlay's kids. It's filled with lots of laugh-out-loud moments and I enjoyed every minute of it.

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June Moon | Kathleen Souza
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Finished my #bookspin list for June last night. Lots of things I‘m really looking forward to reading and a couple of categories for mood reading. 💖

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
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Just a quick birthday check in on May‘s #bookspin bingo board. I‘m frantically trying to finish four books this week. It‘s not looking good, since this is my busiest week at work, but I‘ll make myself sick trying. 🤣🤣

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking great!! And personally I think squares can be checked off for “in progress“ at the end of the month 😁 4d
DGRachel @TheAromaofBooks I like the way you think!! 4d
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Note to self: do better at checking if a book is a standalone and do not read the description of subsequent books before finishing the first. The Goodreads/Storygraph description of book 2 contains a massive spoiler for the tagged book. 🤬 I mostly enjoyed the mix of likable/unlikeable characters. It‘s slow to unfold, but interesting. There‘s a lot happening but I don‘t want to say more and risk spoilers, except eff that ending.

DGRachel Also, I don‘t know if I‘ll finish the trilogy. The writing is good, the plot is complex, but I am so angry about the ending I could just scream. 5d
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My Next Breath: A Memoir | Jeremy Renner
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This is an #unpopularopinion and I feel terrible about it. Renner‘s accident was horrific and his recovery nothing short of miraculous. This book, however, was so repetitive and Renner‘s insistence that he was responsible for all of the pain, fear, and stress his family experienced witnessing the accident and its aftermath bordered on performative martyrdom. I hope he‘s in therapy for the psychological trauma.

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The Secret Agent | Joseph Conrad
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ABYSMAL. I never thought I‘d be grateful for The Great Gatsby, but at least it enabled me to check one box. Hemingway was another and I‘ve already forgotten the other two. I‘ve owned copies of three of the pictured books (two for 30 years!) and lost all desire to read them. The only one on the list I still want to read is Conrad‘s The Secret Agent. #tlt #threelistthursday You‘re killing me @dabbe 🤣😭🤣

dabbe This list was horrific IMHO. Most of them I was like 😳! Never even heard of most of them. And I agree with your choices as far as they've been on the TBR, but I really don't want to read them, especially THE JUNGLE. Too many other more enjoyable ones out there! We'll have to find some better lists! #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing). 😊 1w
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This is a clever look at Indigenous Turtle Island history told through the lens of Native American and First Nations stand up comedians. It‘s partially a biography of comedians/Indigenous showmen going all the way back to those forced to work traveling Wild West shows in the 1800s to modern day stand up artists, and partially a history of the atrocities committed by the US and Canada (but mostly the US).

mcctrish I got this for Christmas and I need to unearth it 1w
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Ghost Book | Remy Lai
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This was a beautifully illustrated graphic novel that used Chinese folklore to explore themes of grief and belonging.

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Ugh. I‘m not sure how to rate this. It started off fun, definitely some squicky moments, but plenty of laugh out loud moments, too. Davi is a smartass, and her snark is entertaining. But then it just becomes repetitive and I was ready for it be over. I did not realize this was a duology. I am not amused by the ending and honestly, annoyed enough to not read book two.

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I‘ve got to stop doing these. I consider myself well read - I certainly have read a lot in my lifetime, but these lists make me feel ignorant, or that I need to return my English Lit degree back to UCF. 😭😭
Anywho…love Les Mis, Fathers and Sons, Middlemarch, Great Expectations, and Little Women. Dostoyevsky on the other hand can go f*ck himself. 🤣🤣 #tlt #threelistthursday

dabbe I hate to contribute to making you feel this way! 😥 I try to see it more as fun and to add books to the TBR. I'm a retired high school English teacher, and I scored poorly, too--even worse than last week. We are both well read!!! There are just so many DAMN books out there that we'll never beat 'em! You're in excellent company, m'dear. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💚💜 2w
DGRachel @dabbe I always felt bad for my HS English teachers because every year someone would ask what they read for fun and most of them said they didn‘t have the luxury of reading for fun, that they were always (re)reading books they were teaching. As for these quizzes, I just hate doing poorly on anything. 🤣🤣🤣 2w
dabbe @DGRachel I would have LOVED to have had you as a student; you would have been my ace! 🥰 2w
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Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder | Rachel McCarthy James
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This is a fascinating look at the history of the axe as a tool of violence. The scope is huge, covering thousands of years, so there‘s not a ton of depth. That said, as an overview, it‘s interesting and held my attention. The audiobook is well narrated, too.

DogMomIrene Given the number of times I‘ve been overly cautious because there might be an axe murderer, I may need to listen to this one! 2w
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I‘ve seen other reviewers say something along the lines of “no matter how horrible you think Facebook is, the reality is worse”. I‘m not shocked by anything here, but I am horrified by the depths of the depravity among the executives. I would have liked was more acknowledgment by Wynn-Williams of her own complicity. There‘s an astonishing lack of self awareness, but I appreciate this whistleblowing memoir. ⬇️

DGRachel I haven‘t been active on Facebook for a while, but I am still active on Instagram and Threads. Deleting all Meta accounts feels a bit like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped, but I also don‘t want to be part of something that generates revenue for these spoiled monsters or actively contributes to the harm Meta willfully, gleefully causes. 2w
CatLass007 The only reason I still keep my Facebook account active is because some of my friends prefer to keep in touch via Messenger. I had an instagram account for about a minute but I just didn‘t want to be bothered. Threads is the one like Twitter, right? I never saw the point. Pinterest is supposed to be a social network and so is Goodreads but I don‘t use either of them for that. I tried BlueSky briefly but I guess I‘m just over all that. (cont)⬇️ 2w
CatLass007 So Litsy is it for me! Great people here, no negativity, a great place for an exchange of ideas… Who could ask for anything more?!! 2w
ImperfectCJ Totally agree about the desire for more acknowledgment of Wynn-Williams's complicity (but I can also see psychological and legal reasons for hedging a bit, even as I don't like it). 2w
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…and that‘s a wrap. Plenty of convenient coincidences, multiple mysteries, a missing treasure, hidden rooms, and danger for Nancy and her pals every other chapter! This one, at least, is not nearly as ridiculous as The Case of the Exploding NASA Oranges (which I humbly suggest should be the new name of the last book 😂). #nancydrewbr
This book is also an absolute gift per my spoiler posts. 🤣🤣🤣

Librarybelle Yay!!! 3w
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TWO #NNK in one book! The Nancy Drew goddesses are smiling on us. 🤕🤣🤣🤕

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Woohoo! We finally get an official #NNK! 😆😆🤕

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I love Lore Olympus so much and this volume is one of my favorites to date. Hades and Persephone are EVERYTHING. 💖💙💖💙

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Another fun set of quick mysteries. Encyclopedia Brown does indeed always get his man, and in this one, he even solves an international mystery! I didn‘t pay close enough attention to solve very many of these, and maybe that made it more fun? I‘m just ready for Charlie‘s collection of teeth to disappear forever. What his mother did with them…🤢 #ebbr

Ruthiella Ah Charlie and his tooth collection. I did remember correctly that it was a running gag. Sorry that it makes you gag! 🤢 3w
Hooked_on_books 🐶💙 3w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w
Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 3w
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Picked up Volume Eight from my local indie today and had to be sure to wear an appropriate shade of nail polish (this is House of Hades by Mooncat). I love Lore Olympus so much. I‘ll be back in a couple of hours with my sure-to-be-gushing review. 💙

dabbe Pretty nails! 💙💙💙 3w
DGRachel @dabbe thank you 🥰 3w
Matilda Obsessed. I inhaled it! 3w
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DGRachel @Matilda I had unexpected company tonight and now it‘s bedtime and I haven‘t even gotten to start it. 😭😭 3w
Matilda @DGRachel the rudest company 😂 3w
ravenlee Nice nails! 3w
DGRachel @ravenlee Thanks! They make me happy. 💙 3w
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#unpopularopinion Oh how I wish the inside of the book was anywhere near as beautiful as the exterior. It has sprayed edges and exquisite end papers. The text? It did not work for me at all. The writing feels choppy and juvenile and I already dislike the MC. 😭

TracyReadsBooks Gorgeous book, bad story…I somehow finished this one though I was generally disappointed by it. 3w
Blh87 Oh, no! I have this book sitting on my shelf and was so looking forward to it! 3w
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I Hate Fairyland #1 | Skottie Young
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Growing up, I never got into comics. Even now, I can‘t follow ones with complicated panels like most of the Marvel or DC comics. I Hate Fairyland is one of the first comics I ever read and I‘m absolutely hooked on it, but I still don‘t go into comic book stores. I feel out of place because I read two or three series and that‘s it. Fortunately, Skottie is giving away copies of his Free Comic Book Day IHF with each order of a creator owned book 😍

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Misunderstandings, misdirection, misinformation, MURDER - all the things I‘ve come to expect from a Finlay Donovan book. They‘re fast, unbelievable, and filled with shenanigans. If you‘re a fan of Janet Evanovitch/Stephanie Plum, you‘ll most likely enjoy this series. I think I liked this one better than the last, but I am tired of the secret keeping from Nick. I‘m ready for that to blow up. 😂 #bookspin for May

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w
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Witch King | Martha Wells
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I love Murderbot, but considering the Litsy rating I was worried about this one. Bri at PRB recommended this on IBD, so I bit the bullet. I loved this. I found myself completely immersed in this world, able to block out the chaos of current events, and I appreciated the escape. I enjoyed the world building via dual timelines. I loved the characters and would read a sequel without hesitation.

Ruthiella Good to know. I‘ve only read (so far) Murderbot. But I do want to try Wells‘ other books. 4w
peanutnine Loved this one! Great fantasy world. I'm excited for the sequel later this year! 4w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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May‘s #Bookspin bingo board! Based on my May TBR, I don‘t think I‘m going to manage bingo this month, but I should be able to at least get through bookspin and double spin. 🤞🏻

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 1mo
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May #bookspin is the tagged book which cracks me up because Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead was January‘s bookspin. 😂 #doublespin is the next book in the Bryant & May series which I love but forget about. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Pretty bingo board to come later today.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
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April Showers | Jannifer Powelson
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I didn‘t think I‘d actually finished 14 books. This month felt kind of sluggish. I liked almost everything, but didn‘t love anything. Favorite of the month is probably a toss up between Vera Wong‘s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Guy) and A Snake Falls to Earth.

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This was both delightful and disturbing. I enjoyed a lot of it, but some of the experimentation especially head transplants with monkeys and dogs was truly awful. I wish I‘d been able to skip those sections, but that‘s challenging with an audiobook.

Reggie Because of this book I want to be freeze dried and shaken apart to be put in the garden or around a tree. Oooooor this isn‘t in the book but cremated and put into brownies to be given at the funeral. lol 1mo
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Fever Beach: A Novel | Carl Hiaasen
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Hiassen does great “Florida Man” characters and what should feel like over-the-top plot lines. Putting aside the fact that, in the current political climate, the plot is all too believable, I did laugh at and enjoy most it, even as I cringed and despaired for this country. There‘s so much chaos throughout the book, but then it just fizzles. The ending left me dissatisfied, but overall the book is a low pick. It‘s a borrow not buy for me.

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Love That Dog | Sharon Creech
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I‘m not crying, you‘re crying.

I love how Jack comes to understand, write, and appreciate poetry. This is a super quick read, but have tissues handy.

(April Reading Challenge selection from Park Road Books)

TheBookHippie This is in our curriculum. Kids adore it. 1mo
DGRachel @TheBookHippie The dog dies! I can‘t handle dogs dying. 😭😭😭😭 1mo
TheBookHippie @DGRachel I‘m in a title one school with refugees and immigrants, massive trauma and death is normal- and it helps them tell their stories 1mo
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DGRachel @TheBookHippie I love that (having help, not the normalcy of trauma/death, obviously). Clearly, I‘m not the intended audience and that particular topic is something I‘ve been sobbing about out of nowhere for two days. Grief is a funny thing. 1mo
TheBookHippie @DGRachel Grief is a lifetime journey. ♥️ 1mo
RosePressedPages Hate That Cat hits just as hard in the feels ❤️‍🩹 1mo
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The original 1942 version was so much better than the 1970s rewrite, aside from the racism. I am so glad I tracked down a copy. The writing itself was better, and while there was plenty of danger and coincidence, it was much less ridiculous. It was also a bit darker. Nancy, her chums, and her dad all face serious danger. Also, I don‘t recall Bess being called plump even once, and George is the one mocked for her appetite! #NancyDrewBR ⬇️

DGRachel I loved the characters so much more here. Nancy is brilliant, yes, but not so much more so than everyone around her. Bess seems smarter in this book than she‘s given credit for in the rewrites and Carson is less of a carefree father figure and more a man who is truly concerned with his daughter‘s safety. I wish I could get my hands on all of the originals instead of the rewrites without having to spend a small fortune. Seriously so much better! 1mo
DGRachel Also, the fact that Nancy, Bess, and George were constantly referred to as chums was killing me, though. I think the word friends appeared three times in the whole book and was not used to describe them. I kept expecting sharks. 🦈🤣🤣 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Librarybelle This sounds way better than the 1971 version! 1mo
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Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC (Bookstore)
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Mini Independent Bookstore Day haul from my happy place. I had a list of 15 books, but they only had two in stock. I had them order another 4 from my list for me and I grabbed a couple of bookseller recommendations while I was there. I love this place so much.

kspenmoll Great haul! I went to my local Indie bookstore today too. Such fun!!‘ 1mo
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I completed the Greater Charlotte Book crawl today. 22 independent bookstores and hundreds of miles of driving across 7 counties. I may have gone a little overboard and yes, I‘m still heading back to my favorite Indie for Independent Bookstore Day tomorrow. It was fun, but I don‘t think I‘ll do it again.

BookNAround Maybe I‘ll run into you there as I‘m planning on being there tomorrow too. 😁 1mo
DGRachel @BookNAround 🥳🥳 1mo
LeahBergen Awesome! 👏 1mo
dabbe #gobsmacked 😮🤩😍 1mo
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My May #bookspin list is all set to go. I should finish the Greater Charlotte Bookcrawl tomorrow and the number of books I‘ve bought this month is, frankly, obscene. I have given those purchases two spaces on my list. I plan to visit my favorite local indie for Indie Bookstore Day on Saturday, and I know I‘ll buy books there, too, so that day gets a spot on the list. May also begins a book buying ban because my bank account says 😱.

DGRachel (Reader, she will not institute a book buying ban or pause. She‘s not fooling anyone, not even herself.) 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
peanutnine Yes, my bank account cries in April! 📚📚😭 1mo
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I scored a pathetic 15/100 (19 if you count ones I‘ve tried and bailed), which is mind-blowing when I think of the sheer number of books I‘ve read in my lifetime. I‘m always entertained when Flowers in the Attic pops up. I hated Moby Dick and will never forgive my American Lit professor for “inspiring” me to read it on my own. It took me an entire summer. #tlt #threelistthursday

dabbe It's not a pathetic score; you're in grand company with the rest of us! Now if only we'd read more by Pratchett and Wilson! 🤣 RE: Moby, I never got past “Call me Ishmael.“ 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 1mo
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A Snake Falls to Earth | Darcie Little Badger
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Lately, I find myself gravitating towards fantasy stories that are steeped in (or feel like they are steeped in) folklore. This is a perfect example. Both POVs are engaging and I love the way they came together. The dual narrators work well and Darcy Little Badger's writing is a joy to listen to/read.

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I‘m really hoping to finish some more books that are in progress this month, but I won‘t finish anything else on my #bookspin bingo board. So close, and yet…🤷🏻‍♀️

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The “new” version set in Florida was such a mess that I had to hunt down the original. It arrived today and why did no one tell me the originals had end papers?!?!? #nancydrewbr

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Librarybelle Wow!! 1mo
TheKidUpstairs I collect the old yellow covers, and I have a couple of these originals with the blue-ish covers and dust jackets. They are just so beautiful! I love the different end papers! 1mo
TheBookHippie Some are really cool! 1mo
Ruthiella Beautiful!!😍 1mo
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I picked this up for a Decolonize Your Bookshelf challenge. It‘s written by a two-spirit author about a two-spirit child who makes a ribbon skirt to wear to a pow wow. They are nervous about what others will think, but after speaking to the lake spirit and various animal spirits, they decide to do what makes them happy. It‘s a sweet illustrated graphic novel with a great message.

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I‘ve read 38 cover-to-cover. My total is 46 if you count the ones I DNFd, which I am. I‘ve attempted Crime and Punishment and The Hobbit at least 3 times each. I will never finish them. The tagged book is one of my favorites from the list, although I bet it hasn‘t aged well. Several of these I read BECAUSE of The Great American Read, like Bless Me, Ultima, and I bought copies of a few others that I haven‘t gotten to like the Sister Souljah . #tlt

dabbe That is so cool that you've read books because of this show! I have never read THE HUNG FOR RED OCTOBER (though I've seen the movie, which is never as good as the book, right?). Why do you think it hasn't aged well? Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️📚💚 1mo
DGRachel @dabbe Honestly, I haven‘t reread it, but it‘s a Cold War, US vs USSR novel, and well…Let‘s just say I no longer think of America as the “good guys”, so the flag waving patriotism falls flat. It is worth the read for the submarine chase alone, though. That was intense. (edited) 1mo
dabbe @DGRachel It's been a LONG time since I've seen the movie, so I was wondering. Excellent points re: Us vs USSR and us as the so-called “good guys.“ #oytothatvey It's been on my TBR forever, so I'm thinking I should move it up on the list! 🤩 1mo
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1. No. I used to be really good about doing them as soon as my W-2 arrived. Last year, I didn‘t get around to it until 4/11. This year, I did them Sunday night. 🤦🏻‍♀️
2. Heavy

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView At least they are done. Thanks for playing 2mo
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Another set of quick mysteries complete with resolutions at the end. It‘s fun to match wits with Encyclopedia Brown. I got about half of these easily, but there were a couple I only half-figured out, and three that stumped me. Definitely haven‘t aged well - the Indian trials were cringey and Charlie‘s teeth collection still makes me queasy. #ebbr

Ruthiella Yes, I thought aspects of this hadn‘t aged well either. 2mo
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That was…a lot. Not the worst of the series, IMO, but definitely jam-packed with not-goodness. 😂 I really wish I could have read the original 1940s plot, because the whole exploding oranges at Kennedy Space Center was just unbearable to this former Central Floridian . We get all of the Drew friends and family for this one, plus the Nickersons have a vacation home near the Cape with a neighboring one for sale for Nancy! Neat! 🙄

DGRachel #nancydrewbr @Librarybelle Also, I think with all of the excitement, we should have gotten at least one #NNK! I feel robbed. 🤣🤣 2mo
Librarybelle I know! Totally robbed! 😂 2mo
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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I usually don‘t add to the long list for Camp Litsy because the books that are chosen are almost always waaaaaay outside my comfort zone, which is part of the fun for me. But, I thought I‘d fully participate this year with a few books I‘m looking forward to (and one I read as an ARC that was one of my absolute favorites last December). So, without further ado…#CampLitsy25

monalyisha Which was your absolute fave? 2mo
DGRachel @monalyisha The Bane Witch. It‘s SO good. I don‘t want to say much about it because I think it‘s one where you really should get to experience how things play out but also I want to say all the things. I need people to discuss this with. 😬 2mo
squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 2mo
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Bookwormjillk I guess I have to add Bane Witch to my summer reading list no matter what based on how much you love it! 2mo
BarbaraBB Me too, very intrigued now by Bane Witch! Thanks for nominating! 2mo
Kristy_K I have an arc of Whack Job! I‘m looking forward to reading it. 2mo
Megabooks I did not realize there was a book about axe murder out. How fascinating! One of my most memorable books years later was the fictionalized Lizzy Borden book. (Because it was good and also because of all the vomiting...) 2mo
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Slaying the Vampire Conqueror | Carissa Broadbent
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This is a low pick for me and that‘s disappointing. I love this series and I‘ve loved all of the other books so far - some of my favorite reads of the past year. This one took forever for the story to gain traction. Most of the first half was a slog. It finally picked up and became more engaging but it‘s all a little too late. I wanted more and I wanted a little less predictability.

robinb It‘s a shame when a series book doesn‘t measure up to its predecessors (and frustrating). Been there, read that. 😂😔 2mo
DGRachel @robinb it‘s technically a standalone set in the same world, and I think part of the problem is that it‘s an older book that‘s just been trad published after originally being self-published. No shade on self-publishing, I just think her writing skill has gotten better. I still have high hopes for Book 4 of the series. 2mo
robinb I haven‘t read her before but recently bought this one. So these two are set in the same world? I also saw where this series is recommended for those who like The Bridge Kingdom series…which would be me. 😊🙋🏻‍♀️ 2mo
DGRachel @robinb Yes. Serpent is book 1 of the first duology. This one is technically book 2.5 if you‘re reading in author‘s order. I loved Serpent and the one that followed. They are the first Romantasy series by any author that I‘ve enjoyed. I will have to check out the Bridge Kingdom series! 2mo
robinb I recommend the Bridge series. I‘ve read the first two and the 5th came out last week so I‘m a bit behind. Great world building. 2mo
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I adore Vera Wong and this cozy mystery series. It makes me yearn to be part of Vera‘s adopted family. She is good-naturedly nosy and manages to fumble her way into trouble and into the solution to the murder. This series is a murdery book hug and I am here for all the hugs. (Also, April‘s #bookspin)

Suet624 What a lovely review. 2mo
AmyG I relly enjoyed the first book. All the feels. 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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The Book of Lilith | Barbara Black Koltuv
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Women have been choosing the bear since the dawn of time…

CSeydel 😆 2mo
TheBookHippie Word. 2mo
lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 2mo
dabbe Pretty nails! 💜 2mo
DGRachel @dabbe Thank you!☺️ 2mo
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