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DogMomIrene

DogMomIrene

Joined October 2016

🧩INFJ 🤓Geek ☕️Coffee Lover 👩🏻‍💻https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/dogmomirene 👩🏻‍💻https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5123231-irene-mchugh
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Bailedbailed

Listened to 19% of this one. Just do not care to hear a story about any kind of “influencer” doing anything. Just an increasing amount of vapid people doing dumb shit.

I‘ve never read Lisa Unger, so if you‘re a big fan, please drop me some of your top recommendations. I‘d still like to give her a try.

5feet.of.fury I‘ve read 2 of hers but was kind of luke warm on both of them 3d
DogMomIrene @5feet.of.fury That‘s good to know. May try her again… maybe. 2d
AudiobookingWithLeah This one felt like she was trying too hard to be one of the cool kids. I think her older stuff was better. I also DNF'd this one. 4h
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📚👓 This just in… another book for my “Prevent Democracy Dying” shelf. Just 138 pages. Reading next.

Susanita 🤯 1w
Leftcoastzen I saw him interviewed somewhere , was impressed. 1w
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🤬🤬🤬

CatLass007 Agreed. 1w
ImperfectCJ More and more like the Gilded Age these days. This passage reminds me of 1w
Leftcoastzen 😡😡😡😡😡🤬 1w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 1w
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All Better Now | Neal Shusterman
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1. 😂🤣 Sitting up during the day. I‘m less likely to fall asleep if I‘m in my library lounge chair. But I can if I‘m sitting for too long. At night I can only read on my side if I‘m using my Kobo.

@TheSpineView
2. I had a bunch of library holds come in and I‘m bailing on most. More of a wrong book at this time, I think. So I‘m about to start the tagged book🤞🏼

mcctrish Sometimes I get books from the library to see if I will like them and then buy them ( not really cost effective 😆😆) 1w
DogMomIrene @mcctrish 😂🤣😂 I mean, it could be cost effective. I did that with some cookbooks when I switched to Whole Foods plant-based eating. Definitely saved me money…being able to peruse the contents. 1w
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While this is a sad statement about any workplace, I laughed when I read it because my immediate thought was, “yeah, much like Facebook itself.”

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“how things have been going” refers to the sexual harassment and toxic workplace environment that many feel at Facebook. There was even a secret group there. The Feminist Fight Club. In the FFC‘s effort to produce change, these disgusting tech bros would get in the way. If these men were not sexually harassing others, they were turning a blind eye. Collaborators are just as vile as perpetrators.

TheBookHippie I always feel collaborators are often even worse.. ugh. 1w
Amor4Libros I need to read this book, ASAP! 😅 1w
DogMomIrene @Amor4Libros It‘s affirming. All the 🤮 you just had a gut feeling about…especially watching Zuckerberg “testify” to Congress… yeah, those feelings are legit. 1w
Amor4Libros @DogMomIrene I‘m on the (LONG) holds list for the audiobook at the library, so I have to be patient. But it does sound like I will be having the same feelings you are! 1w
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I get that this whole book is the author‘s mea culpa. I don‘t understand why she feels this need to hire someone for her role before she leaves FB. Find another job. Her husband doesn‘t sound like he likes San Francisco, so being black balled by tech bros shouldn‘t be an issue. And who would want to work for these disgusting excuses of humans anyway? Just find another job and leave.

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🤬🤬🤬

mcctrish I thought the US hated China right now? Why would Zuckerberg go against his boy toy trump? 2w
DogMomIrene @mcctrish These events happened during Obama‘s term and the beginning of Trump‘s first regime. 1w
mcctrish Ahhh 1w
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I may need to check out Lean In from my library to truly appreciate how vile a person Sandberg is. Another anecdote has Sheryl insisting the author join her in bed on the private jet back from Davos. Apparently, that‘s a thing with Sheryl and her female employees…treating them like dolls. WTAF?

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Here‘s just the beginning. They play Cataan next. Mark was poised to win, but Sarah beats him again. When he gets pissed, Sarah goes through all the strategic moves he could have taken to win the game and then broadens the context to how Mark‘s “winner takes all” attitude creates massive issues at Facebook. No wonder this asshat didn‘t want this book published. Now I want more. Who else who‘s witnessed this crap will be brave enough to speak up?

nanuska_153 To be fair we all get a bit aggressive with Ticket to ride xD I'm such an unfriendly player that when I know I can't win I just build random tracks to stop those who are winning. My mother in law will never forgive me, still brings it up all the time 😂😂 I don't accuse anybody of cheating though! Not sure if that makes me better or worse than Mark... 2w
DogMomIrene @nanuska_153 🤣 You‘re just playing your strategy. Sarah explained earlier in the book that everyone at FB regularly lets Mark win, and Mark doesn‘t realize it. He‘s in an iron dome kind of bubble where no one questions him. Soooo, you‘re definitely better than Mark. 2w
nanuska_153 @DogMomIrene that's such a sad existence...how boring must be to win all the time, and what a small person you must be to enjoy it 2w
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Observations the day after Trump won in 2016. And there‘s so many more that make me 🤮

MemoirsForMe 😡😡😡 2w
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Author comparing Zuckerberg 5 years earlier with no opinions and the priority of signing up more users to the 2016 Zuckerberg who‘s more concerned about writing a good FB post about his employee jailed in Brazil than calling government officials in Brazil to exert some influence in securing that employee‘s release. What an absolute POS.

thegirlwiththelibrarybag And it gets worse… 2w
DogMomIrene @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Ugh…I‘m reading about reactions to Trump‘s 2016 win and it‘s so gross and disturbing. 2w
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April #WrapUp😮‍💨 I‘ve been reading less and less as the year goes on. Distracted, but also finding other comfort activities that require less brain work. I have been logging my daily pages read to try to read every day and I do love the Story Graph‘s line graph.

Jari-chan At least you seem to have enjoyed the books you've read, that's all that matters 🤗 2w
DogMomIrene @Jari-chan That‘s true! I‘m pretty good at picking out books I know I‘ll enjoy. 2w
Jari-chan @DogMomIrene That's great to hear! Keep doing that 😁 2w
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As a 🇨🇦PR, I‘m thrilled with how Canadians voted. Still some close ridings, so Carney might squeak by with a majority government. The chef‘s kiss is that Carleton ON voters rejected Pierre Pollievre, the Maple MAGA candidate, and are sending a Liberal to Parliament.👩🏻‍🍳💋

LiseWorks And yet I'm sad for Pierre, do we want the Bloc to form opposition? Dear Lord! I voted Liberal but still want Conservatives to be opposition not the block eeeck 2w
dabbe ♥️🇨🇦♥️ 2w
DogMomIrene @LiseWorks Wait, I‘m confused. Cons are still sending at least 144 MPs, so as 2nd largest block, wouldn‘t they be opposition? They just need a new leader, or I heard a Con could give their seat to PP. Not sure if that‘s legit, but I thought the Cons would be opposition. 2w
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LiseWorks Well the prime Minister has to decide how many days for a bi election, no opposition from conservative until the leader has a seat. Carney can say 45 days or 235 days. If he says 235 days that's 8 months without conservative as the opposition. So the block will be legal opposition until The conservative leader gets a seat with a bi election. Even though they have 144 seats and the bloc only has 22 2w
DogMomIrene @LiseWorks Interesting plot twist. Thanks for that thorough explanation. I‘ve been learning Canadian history. Most of my government knowledge comes from watching CBC, so I clearly need to do a deep dive into Parliamentary Procedures. 2w
LiseWorks It's confusing, isn't it, all the rules. Most Canadians have no clue 2w
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Poor Mark🤮

🤞🏼for any dish on his Hawaii compound. Really wish someone would do a deep dive on the crap he‘s pulled there. And I‘m talking book or documentary. Given how much land he‘s got, I‘d prefer drone shots for max impact on the rest of us peasants.

AmyG Thoughts and prayers for poor Mark Zukerberg. 2w
DogMomIrene @AmyG 🤣🤣🤣 2w
MemoirsForMe Glad this book is doing so well. Not sure I can get thru it since Zuckerberg disgusts me so much. Ugh… 2w
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe Yeah. I‘ve been distracted with projects, so I haven‘t been reading as much. But I think that works for reading this one slowly. It‘s just one awful attitude after another. 2w
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Bailedbailed

Stopped at 10%. Usually I love Scalzi, but i could not get into this story. Normally I fly through his pages, but I was creeping along with this one. Like reading just a few pages each sitting.

I wasn‘t looking forward to continuing, and even worse, I started dreading picking up my Kobo. That‘s when I knew to #DNF. Maybe I‘ll try again someday.

TheSpineView That has happened to me before too. 2w
MemoirsForMe After seeing this title, that song will be playing in my head today. 😁🎶 2w
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe 🤣🤣🤣 I had that problem too 2w
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How cute is this? Voting is underway for this Lego Ideas submission. If you visit link below, be sure to look at all photos bc creator included inside scenes too❤️

If you‘d like to see this creation become a buyable set, you need to vote. You need a Lego account. I have one. Lego has great settings to unsubscribe from all emails/notifications so they‘re not at all annoying.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f634ad54-5431-460a-95a2-413b8dbdf716

nanuska_153 This looks amazing, even if you are not a fan as a little house to play ❤️ and I like to think that they wouldn't try to sell it for the exorbitant prices that they sell the LotR sets 3w
DogMomIrene @nanuska_153 Agree. I‘ve bought some sets that I thought were expensive and then saw some of the LotR prices😳🫣😵‍💫 2w
nanuska_153 @DogMomIrene same! I also thought I was buying expensive sets before seeing those prices 😂 I still love the ones that I have, but now they feel both expensive and cheap 🫠 2w
kspenmoll Wow!!‘n 2w
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The “Mteam” (M for management because everything seems to be a shortcut with tech bros) allow Mark to win Settlers of Cataan.

When author asks him if he wants to win this way, his response, “I‘m not winning that way.”

Author adds, “He genuinely doesn‘t see it. Seems perplexed by my outburst.”

🤮

Amiable I‘m on the waitlist at my library for this, but I might have to buy it instead because I‘m impatient! 4w
Bookwormjillk Gross 4w
MommyWantsToReadHerBook Oh my word, how childish - you make me really want to read this! 4w
DogMomIrene @Amiable @Bookwormjillk @MommyWantsToReadHerBook It gets so much worse and I‘m only about 50% through. Not sure if I‘m going to keep taking my time or binge read. 3w
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Quote is from the Prologue, which sets the tone nicely.

On page 70 as I sit down this morning for more. This book already reaffirms my decision to delete FB and Instagram along with a slew of other social media.

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Pickpick

Haymitch‘s backstory gripped me just as hard as when I read Katniss exclaim, “I volunteer as Tribute.” Loved stepping into Panem again. Seeing characters in earlier years and knowing where they end up was bittersweet. Quite a satisfying emotional rollercoaster. If Collins has more of these kinds of backstories in her pocket, I‘m here for them!

JacqMac Right? It was so well done. 1mo
DogMomIrene @JacqMac Yes! I skipped Ballad because so many readers panned it, but this story is exactly what I love about this world. 1mo
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The witchcraft wasn‘t nearly as horrific as the way these pregnant girls were treated. I was getting 🤬 mad a few times listening to how they were dismissed, condescended to, preyed upon, and abused. Solid audiobook narrator. Some of the spell chanting got intense, but I liked listening to the performance. Much more atmospheric than me skimming over or past those parts if I read them on the page.

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1. Yes. I‘ve always been a lover of books and a reader. I don‘t read as fast as I‘d like. With lots of interests, my days also run away from me, and I have to be purposeful with when I read.

2. Griz from the tagged book. May not have had great access to books in that post-apocalyptic world, but Griz read everything they did have or could find.

@TheSpineView And thanks for the tag @Sace

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing ❤️📚 1mo
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Kills Well with Others | Deanna Raybourn
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The gangs back together for another clean up job that has them trotting all over the globe. Some fantastic flashbacks that give even more backstory for the 4 MCs. I wasn‘t laughing out loud with this one as much as I did with the original, but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading every one of their escapades. Seriously wouldn‘t mind reading a third installment.

Amiable My fingers are crossed for a third outing as well! 1mo
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Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney
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Loved how the book started. Intriguing premise. Once author Grady gets to the island, though, the plot introduces these wonky details that descend into a giant convoluted hot mess. Didn‘t really care for any character except the dog Columbo, who thankfully remained unharmed even though Grady really needed to leash him or watch out for him in several precarious situations. Audiobook performance was good.

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The Bone Bed | Patricia Cornwell
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Meh. Plot seemed slow. And stretched. Gives off too much “the world revolves around Kay” vibes. And then the character wonders why some people despise her.

Plus the audiobook narrator was not great. She did fine with the voice of Kay, but Lucy sounded like Eyore and I don‘t know what accent she thought she was afflicting Marino with, but it sure wasn‘t a Jersey one, and that‘s a critique from someone who grew up in Jersey.

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☘️💚 Lizzie wishes everyone a belated Happy St. Patrick‘s Day. She was very busy yesterday on her 8th birthday kicking her mommy back into gear. I‘ve been in a funk for a week-ish. Probably watching too much news. I‘m resetting, though, and making sure Lizzie got some agility practice fun on her special day definitely helped.

Photo Cred goes to April, our fabulous Fear-Free Certified Groomer

candc320 Happy belated birthday, Lizzie!! 2mo
TheSpineView Awww... so cute! Happy Birthday Lizzie 🎂 🥳 🎉 2mo
KellyHamHer Omg, so 🥰 2mo
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Mollyanna Happy Birthday Lizzie 🐶🎂🐾 2mo
Jari-chan Happy Birthday Lizzie ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
Susanita So cute! Happy birthday Lizzie! 2mo
Ruthiella Adorable! 🐶❤️🍀 2mo
Deblovestoread The cutest ever! 💚🍀💚 2mo
MemoirsForMe Omg! Lizzie‘s smiling face made my day! Glad you‘re getting out of your funk and away from the news. 🤗 2mo
dabbe #lovelylizzy Lovely seeing your face, too. One day at a time. 💙🩵💙 2mo
BethM Beautiful! 2mo
Ddzmini Cute 🥰 2mo
AnnCrystal Happy Belated Birthday 🥳🎂🐕🐾☘️💝. 2mo
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#ranttime 🤬 but Tim Barker‘s response is priceless!

Husband interrupted my quiet reading time this morning to share this story of dog abuser Kristi Noem visiting this unique library that sits on the Quebec-VT border. What the actual F🤬? I can‘t find any video online, probably because library patrons/employees don‘t default to cell phone recording. I‘m holding out hope that there‘s maybe security video since the library does sit on border🤞🏼

Librarybelle OMG! Ugh! 2mo
Areader2 🤬🤯 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading Disgusting 2mo
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Tamra Asshat. Seriously an embarrassment. 2mo
Susanita @Tamra Asshat is a perfect term. 2mo
marleed This infuriates me. This behavior has become so normalized that it will take generations if ever to recover. 2mo
Balibee146 Disgusting behaviour....from a disgusting individual. Just as well I'm thousands of miles away as I think I would struggle to restrain myself with twerps like this. 2mo
AnnCrystal This is all too crazy 🇨🇦🫂🇺🇸. 2mo
Deblovestoread I am running out of words to express my disgust at ALL OF THIS. Where has all the decency gone? 🤬🤬🤬 2mo
Traci1 Yeah she's an embarrassment. I assume this is the derby line library? I lived there in the mid 2,000s, and that library was so cool. They weren't computerized then and still used the card catalog. Also there was (is?) a theater in the building where the audience sat in the US, and the stage was in Canada. But apparently it's also a great place to make an ass of yourself and a mockery of your country. 🤷‍♀️ 2mo
melissajayne @Traci1 the theatre is still there 2mo
melissajayne Just f-off Kristi 2mo
AmyG She is an attention whore. 2mo
JamieArc I just…don‘t understand why 🤯. As a Michigander, I wish Canada would acquire my state. 2mo
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I love these graphics from TSG. I may try to log daily reading progress for March. The hard part will be remembering 😂

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📚 My March list for #ReadYourEbooks and #ReadYourKobo

@CBee

CBee Looks great! 2mo
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Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 | G Willow Wilson
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Read 3 of my #ReadYourEbooks picks for February. Even if my Ms. Marvel book slot for March isn‘t selected, I suspect I‘ll be continuing with her journey.

@CBee

CBee Woo hoo! 2mo
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Favorite book in this series so far. Some emotional punches in this 6th installment that are actually pretty serious in terms of emotional depth, but then slugs start seeping out of Carl, so right back to the humor I‘ve come to love. Will be interesting to see how Dinniman manages the funny versus the serious as the human crawlers continue to dwindle. Carl keeps repeating, “You will not break me” so I think things may get emotionally real.

Bette ❤️ this series so much…it makes me laugh out loud. 🤣 2mo
DogMomIrene @Bette Yes! I‘m holding off on reading book 7. Like I‘m banking guaranteed laughs. 2mo
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Covers many years in 99 pages. Lots of typos, though, which was distracting and annoying. Served its purpose to give me a bird‘s eye overview of Canadian history. Definitely piqued my curiosity about certain events and people for future reading.

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Keeping some picks for older prompts from some Reading Challenges on my #bookspinbingo list for March. As an emotional reader, who knows what I‘ll end up choosing😂

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 | G Willow Wilson
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Loved Ms. Marvel, issues 1-5

I think editor Sana Ananat wrote it best when describing this comic and its readers:

“–it was clear that you guys got it. By now you should have realized that this book isn‘t a marketing ploy, nor does it come with political agendas. It‘s just a story about a young girl maneuvering her way to adulthood, who also happens to reflect the changing face of America.”

👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼

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The Millionaire Next Door | Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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🙄🙄🙄

Might get that feeling? That the rich exploit their employees?

😬😬😬

I wish more companies were like Dr. Bronner‘s. They implement a salary cap. The highest paid employee‘s salary is limited to 5x that of the lowest paid employee. Imagine if all companies adopted this model. What a difference that would make in everyone‘s quality of life.

😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Jari-chan There was a vote in Switzerland a couple of years ago that wanted to do exactly that. Guess how the people voted? 🙄 2mo
DogMomIrene @Jari-chan Yeah, that‘s a downer. It never ceases to amaze me how some people think you have to suppress others to succeed😮‍💨 2mo
Jari-chan @DogMomIrene Same 🥲 sending hugs of you need some🫂 2mo
DogMomIrene @Jari-chan Thank you! Sending hugs right back at you!🤗 2mo
Jari-chan @DogMomIrene Thank you 💖 2mo
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The Millionaire Next Door | Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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Authors list several characteristics of millionaires. I laughed when I read this one. The good old days of pension plans. Even when I was teaching and money was deducted from my paycheck for state pension, I never relied on them managing that money well.

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The Millionaire Next Door | Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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Meh. Most recent research was from mid-90s to early 2000s, so examples are outdated. In 2025 the authors & the millionaires come across to this Gen Xer as out-of-touch Boomers. Basic concept is live below your means. Stealth wealth. Lots of pages on car buying habits and how to raise kids to become wealthy w/o relying on cash infusions from parents. Nothing really new here. Some of the anecdotes were amusing. #ReadYourEbooks

Suet624 Ugh. Sounds awful. 2mo
DogMomIrene @Suet624 Yeah, it was pretty bad. The authors did share the conversations/interactions between an author selling his used Acura & the potential buyers. That was interesting. Some people are really dedicated to the used car buying process. And it was educational to read more about the mindset of some of these millionaires. 2mo
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I just followed Reading Faerie‘s instructions on how to use Calibre + DeDRM plugin to strip my Kindle books of Amazon‘s proprietary DRM & convert them to KePubs, but you can choose other formats too. She even explains how to set the KePub up so your Kobo will give you their cool reading stats. Pretty easy to follow instructions:

https://youtu.be/YcBirwJJycg?si=NALGjwVkYs58y9ws

DogMomIrene 👩🏻‍💻 Her instruction are for downloading to a PC. I‘m on a Mac running Sequoia, so I had to make sure I downloaded the DeDRM_tools_10 plugin version. I accidentally downloaded an earlier version of the plugin and it kept crashing Calibre. 3mo
TheBookHippie Thank you for this! 3mo
DogMomIrene @TheBookHippie You‘re welcome. I watched a few tutorials and I liked her step-by-step approach. 3mo
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TheBookHippie @DogMomIrene it‘s my task tonight and tomorrow!!! This was so much easier to follow than what I found. 3mo
Deblovestoread Working on the downloading part. Appreciate the post on how to transfer. Thanks! 3mo
dabbe I have tried finding the DRDRM plug-in, but what I've seen online, every place says it's no longer being supported. I have a Mac, too, and would love to do this. I already downloaded Calibre. Do you have an exact link that you used for the DRM plug-in? 3mo
DogMomIrene @dabbe https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v10.0.9 - Try this link. It‘s the one I used from the YT video. Her alternate link to the plugin links to an earlier version that kept crashing Calibre on my Mac running Sequoia. 3mo
DogMomIrene @TheBookHippie Yes! Every BookTuber seems to be covering this topic, but their instructions aren‘t so great. If they even have instructions 😂 3mo
DogMomIrene @Deblovestoread You‘re welcome! I think the downloading is the most critical step. I‘d still like to convert the files before 2/26, just in case any are corrupted. But I‘m not sweating that as much. 3mo
dabbe @DogMomIrene TY! 🩶💚🩶 3mo
Amiable @DogMomIrene What‘s happening on 2/26? 3mo
DogMomIrene @Amiable Good old Jeff Bozo took away our ability to download our Kindle books to our desktop or laptop computers. Since the books now only exist in the cloud, they can be removed w/o warning, or edited for content. It‘s really disgusting. I won‘t be purchasing any Kindle books in the future. I‘m 100% Kobo now. 3mo
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Slow burn that picks up the plotting pace about 1/2way through. After climate change, and disease, wipe out The World as it Was, Nonie and her family must survive in the World as it Is. A superstorm hits, so the characters must leave behind the shelter they knew, for higher ground and the chance at living on a farm. The journey is dark, but not as hellish as The Road. Thoughtful commentary throughout on how we build community.

LoverOfLearning Love this cover wow! 3mo
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#ReadYourKindle #ReadYourKobo #ReadYourEbooks folks might be interested in this development:

https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transf...

After switching to Kobo, I‘ve been researching if I could switch my Kindle books to Kobo. Can be done by stripping the DRM w/ Calibre, but 1st step is downloading your Kindle books to your desktop. Hence Amazon cracking down on the ability to download books😡

AnnCrystal WOW 🥺...thank you for sharing this, I needed to know about this perspective. (edited) 3mo
AnishaInkspill interesting article, I hadn't realised you could still do this, at one point I had so many problems downloading books over wifi that I was informed by CS this was no longer possible and went through the usual check list: do you have the latest firmware / restart / factory reset, the last one always being the one that gets rolled out when the other two don't work - factory reset, the number of times I have done that 🙄😊 3mo
DogMomIrene @AnishaInkspill So last night I downloaded all my Kindle books to my laptop. I went to the Amazon website to my account settings, chose content library. I was able to download all the files to my laptop. The issue now is stripping those files of the DRM that can only be read by a Kindle or Kindle app. That‘s tonight‘s project: installing Calibre + plugin needed to strip the Amazon DRM. I anticipate watching more than one YouTube tutorial 😂 3mo
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#MentalHealthMonday a bit late🫣 @Kerrbearlib

1. Overwhelmed with projects of my own making🙄
2. Eating right, working out, Calm app, news diet, focusing on things I can control/improve in my life
3. Asking Littens for book recommendations for specific mental health topics

If you‘re reading, I hope you‘re doing well. Consider yourself tagged😊 even though it‘s Tuesday. Just do the time warp again!

Amiable Do you like the Calm app? I've been debating getting it. What do you like/not like about it? 3mo
TheBookHippie I so get number one! 3mo
Blueberry @Amiable I love the Calm app. It has tons of soundscapes, bedtime stories, meditations, body scans, music. I get it free through my Kaiser insurance. I use it almost daily. 3mo
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AlaMich @Amiable I have had Calm for a while and find it very helpful. It has something for everyone. I especially find some of the sleep stories put me out pretty quickly. 3mo
Amiable @Blueberry @AlaMich Thanks for your input! Did you consider any other meditation/sleep apps before deciding on Calm? I was also looking at Headspace. (edited) 3mo
AlaMich @Amiable I didn‘t really. It was sort of an impulsive decision. I think the variety was what decided me. And like @Blueberry, I use it almost every day. 3mo
MemoirsForMe @DogMomIrene @Amiable @AlaMich @blueberry I‘ve been on the Insight Timer app for years and really like it. Great meditations for sleep plus you can search for meditations by your favorite gurus and authors: davidji, Sharon Salzburg, Thich Nhat Hahn, Tony Brady. Lots of free meditations too. 3mo
AnishaInkspill I tend to dip into this one, it has a lot of different workouts: mindfulness, breathing, visualisation etc. I like the variety and for reference. 3mo
DogMomIrene @Amiable Freaking love it. I‘ll do the Daily Calm guided meditation after my cool down from workouts, like cool down part 2😊 I need to explore more of the Daily content offerings. My favorite feature is Take a Deep Breath where you can choose a breathing pattern to help you relax, or get energized, or focus,etc. the interface is simple but beautiful, easy to follow. I use it all the time. 3mo
DogMomIrene @Amiable Also, I sync Calm app w/ my Apple ⌚️ so I can see how many mindful minutes I hit every day. Not trying to beat any records but I like seeing that I‘ve got at least some usage every day. I‘ve only tried to listen to 2 sleep stories and I can‘t remember anything about either, so hey, they‘re working so far when I need them🤭😂 I wish I could edit my Home Screen. You can favorite things and create playlists, but I don‘t like their order. 3mo
DogMomIrene @Amiable Finally, for customization, I wish I had more widget options. I use one that rotates through diff content depending on time of day, but I‘d love to have a 2nd widget just for Take A Breath. Like I smash that widget button and I‘m just breathing instead of navigating. Final ick… they‘re real big on “Giving the Gift of Calm.” I see that reminder throughout the app. The whole corporate feel pulls me out of the zen I‘m trying to achieve. 3mo
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe I used this one back when it was 100% free. Or at least everything I was using was free. Really loved it! I got a year of Calm for free with a special offer. I think it was through a credit card. I used it a bit, but when I decided to really be consistent with my meditation this year, I just stuck with Calm because… familiar. And some of their design elements are beautiful. 3mo
DogMomIrene @AnishaInkspill You had me at “EasyRead Comfort Edition”. Joking, but not joking. EasyRead is pretty important. I‘ll check this one out. Might be a new activity to add to my “Dopamine Menu”😌😊 3mo
Kerrbearlib Sorry for the late reply! I know how it can be to get overwhelmed with our own projects. Those are great forms of self-care! I should try the Calm app again. A few people have mentioned it. I love the idea of asking Littens for book recommendations for specific mental health topics. Thanks for responding! 3mo
AnishaInkspill @DogMomIrene that's funny and yes, EasyRead is what also spoke to me, I guess all we can do is keep trying, and trying 😊 3mo
DogMomIrene @Kerrbearlib No worries. Sometimes I‘m on Litsy a few times a day and other times a few days will go by before I can sit down with bookish news here. 3mo
MemoirsForMe I keep hearing good things about Calm too. I may have to check it out. Is it a pay-only app or are some meditations free? 3mo
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe It‘s all behind a paywall as far as I know. Some insurance plans offer it as a freebie. Might be worth a scan of your insurance. 3mo
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The characters in this book take refuge from floods/tidal waves in their former place of employment, the American Museum of Natural History. One recalls the curators from Leningrad who hid in the Hermitage during WWII to preserve the art. Staying hidden in the museum doesn‘t seem like a long-term strategy in this story, though😬

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New release library hold is my next read on my Kobo. Hearing lots of mixed reviews on this one, so 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

marleed Oh I‘ll be interested in what you think. I have a Libby hold on this, but my books on Libby hold are so great I‘m getting overwhelmed so I almost cancelled my hold on this one to put it back on my TBR tag. 3mo
DogMomIrene @marleed I‘m 11% in and the girl MC flips between narrating events between the present and the past. I‘m liking it so far, but reviews I read said nothing really happens and they‘re disappointed with the resolution. Right now things are happening so 🤷🏻‍♀️🤞🏼 3mo
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The gothic mansion was literally slipping off the cliff as MC care person tried to figure out who really killed 3 people decades earlier in the same house, and possibly her predecessor. Bananas! That‘s the word to describe the twists and turns. Totally fun popcorn thriller. If you‘re not down with the completely implausible, then you should skip this one.

LoverOfLearning On my list of spooky reads! 3mo
DogMomIrene @LoverOfLearning It‘s really fun spooky. Riley Sager is becoming one of those authors for me whose plots are totally unrealistic 🍌🍌🍌, but such a fun ride. I can‘t resist. 3mo
LoverOfLearning @DogMomIrene hahahaa I get that! Sometimes we just need that trill ride of a book to soothe our strange brains. 2mo
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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

To Kill a Mockingbird. As a former MS English teacher, I‘ve taught this book multiple times. Each year, I‘d find cool connections between characters, new hints of foreshadowing, and details I hadn‘t seen before. I taught many books, but this one is the one that I think surprised me with revelations every year.

BookmarkTavern I love when a book does that! Thanks for posting! 3mo
dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 3mo
PaperbackPirate It‘s hard to pick a favorite book, but when pressed I say To Kill a Mockingbird. 💙 3mo
DogMomIrene @PaperbackPirate It‘s a top five for me. Because yes, who can pick one? 3mo
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It‘s here! #BookMail and #BlameItOnLitsy selection I saw @TheAromaofBooks post about. I peeked inside at various pages and it‘s gorgeous. May just read in small bites. I‘m not painting any time soon, so I can savor the advice here.

TheAromaofBooks Oh YAY!! I hope you love it!! If nothing else, the book itself is so pretty 😂 3mo
DogMomIrene @TheAromaofBooks It‘s definitely gorgeous! Excited to start reading it. 3mo
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Studying for my 🇨🇦 citizenship test. This book seemed like a good place to start for a timeline overview.

Lots of typos, most of which are incorrect dates. So the Hudson Bay Company didn‘t receive a royal charter in 1970, probably 1670, but who‘s counting?😂

Tamra If it‘s similar in Canada to the U.S., you will know more about Canada than natives do. 😆 I ask my students (post secondary)to peruse the US Citizenship test and most doubt they could pass without study. (edited) 3mo
Jari-chan Same here in Switzerland. And apparently in Denmark as well 😁 3mo
Dilara And France 😑 Other half had to take it - and the language test as well (thank you Brexit!) 3mo
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DogMomIrene @Tamra @Jari-chan @Dilara I haven‘t done a deep dive into this test. But I think it‘s 25 mc questions with 8-9 being super simple, and the rest easy enough to use process of elimination to a passing score. I‘m studying more so I learn more about my new chosen country. 3mo
DogMomIrene @Tamra I taught US Government to 7th graders, and they were usually impressed with how difficult the citizen test was. My favorite lessons were about the Electoral College, especially if the kids figured out how to “break it” during a simulation. No one candidate got to 270? 😲🤯 3mo
LiseWorks Good luck! I believe if a Canadian took this test, they would fail it. 3mo
DogMomIrene @LiseWorks Thanks! I‘m focusing on history right now because my knowledge is US-centered. I‘ve got a few test prep books, so I‘ll get to those too. I really haven‘t looked at what the test covers🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo
TheKidUpstairs Welcome to Canada, good luck with your studying and test! The Richmond Public Library offers a pretty good online practice test, you can select your province and how many questions you want to practice with: https://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship (I just tested it out a couple times with only 5 questions each time, pretty happy to have gotten a consistent 4/5 as a lifelong Canadian, good to know I've been paying some attention!) 3mo
DogMomIrene @TheKidUpstairs Sweet! Thank you! I have two different prep and practice books, but I‘ll definitely use this resource. I can‘t remember the pub date on the books, so I‘d wager that the online practice tests are more current. Happy you did well on your questions🙌🏼 3mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Separation anxiety training is going well. They‘re resting here on their beds before we head out.
2. Daily reading in my cozy chair
3. 5 episodes left in Castle. Perfect timing for Yellow Jackets premiere next Friday!
4. Got our Peloton set up; 6 rides so far!
5. Daily Calm

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 3mo
mcctrish Oh Castle, why did you have to end 😢 3mo
kspenmoll 💕💕 3mo
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MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 3mo
DogMomIrene @mcctrish I know! The episodes are definitely goofier in this last season. Combining the Locksat and Castles lost time as one plot line has helped hasten those, so I know they‘ll get resolved, but we‘re down to the last 3 episodes😬😢 3mo
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I feel like this observation is old school. Thinking about self-important men these days, I see them beating their chests.

A lot.

tpixie I‘ve just listened to a podcast yesterday mentioning three type of people +0 , 0, -0 - the men described in your post are the 0. The man that beat their chest are the +0 . lol the -0 I can‘t remember!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bookish-flights-book-recommendations-from-... 3mo
DogMomIrene @tpixie interesting! And those -0s, who needs ‘em😂 3mo
tpixie lol yes! 3mo
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Muh-wah-ha-ha-ha-haaaa!

#ReadYourKindle