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Susanita

Susanita

Joined July 2016

Life's too short to read books you don't like.
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
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The Darkling Halls of Ivy by Lawrence Block
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1. Book club winery visit with snacks. If you look closely, you can see me in the background at the counter.
2. Free map of Rohan from the game store.
3. Azaleas next to the side door at church.
4. Double header at the ballpark.
5. The website tomanlorenzo.com has given me joy for many years, especially during Oscars and Met Gala weeks.
#5joysfriday

TheBookHippie All lovely!!! ♥️ 7h
Aims42 💛🧡🩷 6h
dabbe 💚💜💚 41m
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Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bront
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Ouch! Since there‘s only 6, I might as well include them all. I liked or loved these five.
1. Jane Eyre
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Sense & Sensibility
4. Mansfield Park
5. Wuthering Heights
This one I hated, and it didn‘t help that I had to read it twice!
6. The Scarlet Letter
#TLT

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s

ChaoticMissAdventures I think the best thing about the scarlet letter is in the movie Easy A when Olive jokes about how she knows everyone in class just watched the movie because they kept talking about Demi Moore in the bath 🤣 19h
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣🤣🤣 19h
dabbe I'm with you on all of your choices! And here's to higher scores as the years move forward! #byebye1700s Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 19h
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Susanita @dabbe I‘m looking forward to moving through the years! In my defense, there were some other authors I‘ve read, just not those particular books. 18h
dabbe @Susanita Between you and me, I would have counted them! 🤣 Like if I read FAUST, it should count, play be damned! 😍 1h
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Apparently it‘s “terrorism” to expect due process for all? Fun fact! As a #longtimefed I had a passing acquaintance with Seb G when he worked for an organization downstairs from my office. He struck me as a bit grumpy and kinda “out there.” He has some books in the Litsy database, but I‘m not going to highlight them in any way.

Bette Huh. Soooo, if you go to a protest and have a sign that says: Free Garcia…you could be arrested? Just wondering as protests are coming up, like the “No Kings” one in June. 🙋‍♀️⁉️ 2d
Leftcoastzen Disgusting! They keep doubling down on absurdity and lies! 2d
TheBookHippie Ughhhh 2d
Suet624 Disgusting 2d
ncsufoxes I just can‘t with these people anymore. I‘m trying to be all about peace & happiness but also saying 🤬off 🤬under my breath daily. I‘m over here cursing again with RFK & trying the Autism registry thing again but using Medicaid & Medicare data. 🤬🤬🤬 2d
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A Very Woodsy Murder | Ellen Byron
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1. Tagged book was a giveaway 😄
2. I keep a reading journal with reviews/blurbs, sometimes post reviews on Litsy, and fill out the review questionnaires on StoryGraph.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Good for you on #2!! 1d
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I worry about this too. When we finally get this 💩show behind us, there will be a lot of work to do. Who would want to work for such a capricious employer?
#longtimefed #psrw

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lawmakers-fear-doge-cuts-will-drive-aw...

AmyG Trump just wants loyalists in everything. He doesn‘t care if they are qualified or not. 3d
Susanita @amyg At least he‘s drained the swamp 🙄 3d
Bookwormjillk I agree. Who would ever consider that a viable career path now? 3d
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ncsufoxes I keep saying all these people don‘t want the federal government but once all of their services are gone or harder to get they‘re going to realize how important government is. Also people don‘t realize how much the government does for them till it‘s not there. And/or their state taxes get more expensive (FDA, EPA). It is sad too to know how much expertise is being lost. 3d
ncsufoxes My son is a junior in college & he was really interested in studying invasive species in grad school. He said he‘s not going to go that direction because the main place to get jobs in that area is the USDA & right now he feels the government won‘t be a reliable place to get a job in the future. 3d
marleed As a retired federal employee (army) I feel so defensive of today‘s civil servants. I saw a statistic somewhere of who‘s lost federal jobs and a large percent are women or people of color. I don‘t think Doge cares who is hired next so long as they are MAGA. So much for the HATCh Act. 3d
Susanita @ncsufoxes I feel so bad for young people right now, such as your son and my niece, who are looking for jobs and the rug has been pulled out from under them. And you‘re right, I think a lot of people don‘t really understand the interplay of state and federal functions and especially budgets. 2d
Susanita @marleed Yeah, the Hatch Act is one more restraint he‘s just obliterating this time around. 🤬 2d
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Erasure: A Novel | Percival Everett
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1. After I was reading my Kindle in bed and dropped it on my nose when I fell asleep, I mostly stick to reading while sitting!

2. I‘m just starting this today, so I‘ll let you know…

#two4tuesday

ElizaMarie I am part of the #BooksFallingOnFace club too!!! 3d
TheSpineView I just commented on another post about how my Dad did that. It was so funny to find him sleeping with a book over his face. 3d
mcctrish Are you even a reader if your book/kindle/kobo doesn‘t fall on your face ? 3d
Susanita @mcctrish Good point! 3d
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The House Guest | Hank Phillippi Ryan
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Is it really a #shelfsweeper if I DNF‘d and offloaded it before it actually got to my shelf?

Tagged book was a giveaway at Malice Domestic. Psychological thrillers are a mixed bag for me, but I figured I‘d give it a try. After three chapters I decided it wasn‘t for me.

My book club had a social gathering on Saturday, and I brought it along with me for someone else to try.

Ruthiella It totally counts, IMO! 4d
BookmarkTavern Absolutely counts! 4d
Tove_Reads It‘s off your shelf now, so counts. 4d
Bookwormjillk I think it counts! 3d
Andrew65 It most definitely counts because it‘s still clearing your backlog of books. Not even heard of this book. 3d
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Even if we could set aside the rampant disinformation influencing the current regime‘s justification for ripping the guts out of federal government agencies (which is a very big “if” to take into account), it just doesn‘t make sense to do it the way they‘re doing it. As we‘ve already seen, they fired people they really shouldn‘t have fired.

True budgetary and policy analysis takes weeks if not months to accomplish properly. #longtimefed #psrw

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I DNF‘d two books this weekend! Luckily, I also stopped at the library for a the tagged book. It‘s clever and fun & goes great with lasagna. #hyggehourreadathon

Chrissyreadit 🤣🤣🤣 5d
IriDas Goes great with lasagna? I'm gonna have to look at this one. :) 5d
AllDebooks 😂 4d
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I would love to visit Viv‘s coffee shop in Thune for the cinnamon rolls alone. #sundayfunday

TheKidUpstairs Oh my gosh, YES! This book made me CRAVE baked goods 😂 5d
BookmarkTavern Yes, yes! All those pastries sound so good! Thanks for sharing! 5d
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The #longtimefed is back for Public Service Recognition Week. When I was working, this week usually passed with little fanfare other than a nice boilerplate message from POTUS and maybe one from our Director. This year it‘s a joke at best.

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 5d
Suet624 😩😩😩 5d
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A Very Woodsy Murder | Ellen Byron
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This week‘s joys are all from Malice Domestic 37.
1. Gigi Pandian was the toastmaster. She remembered me from last year, and we had a nice chat.
2. She‘s here being interviewed by next year‘s toastmaster, Ellen Byron. I got a free signed copy of the tagged book at the closing tea.
3. I reconnected with the team behind the website cozymystery.com who I met last year.
4. I registered for Malice Domestic 38. ⬇️
#5joysfriday

Susanita 5. I was able to spend time with my local friend Clair who‘s a book editor and knows some of the authors. 1w
BkClubCare You‘ve inspired me to discover what is “Malice Domestic” 😊 Such fun 1w
dabbe 💜💚💜 1w
TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1w
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A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens
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There are books on this list that I “should” have read but never did, but we won‘t mention them further!

I read 34/100

Here are some of my favorites that I did read 😄
1. Lord of the Rings
2. Watership Down
3. A Tale of Two Cities
4. A Prayer for Owen Meany

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-bbcs-big-read-100-1

#TLT

dabbe I've read 1 and 3 but need to read 2 and 4! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w
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I‘ve finished my book club selections for May, so I‘m looking forward to reading some #serieslove2025 books and maybe even some for the #shelfsweeper readathon.

Andrew65 I really need to get to the Black Loch and Bleeding Heart Yard. Have a good reading month. 1w
TheSpineView Lookin' good! Enjoy May! ❤️📖📚 1w
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Just like that April is done! I think I have rediscovered my reading pace. #wrapup

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Egg And Bacon | Lindale D Thompson
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1. There‘s something about the smell of bacon and eggs that takes me back to lazy Saturday morning breakfasts when I was a kid.
2. I remember playing on the deck my grandfather built at their house, as well as “helping” them pick strawberries.
Thanks for the tags.
#wondrouswednesday

TheSpineView 🌞😊😃 1w
Suet624 I haven‘t eaten meat in 55 years, but the smell of bacon always gets me salivating. 1w
Eggs Good one 👏🏻👏🏻 🥓 🍳 1w
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I snuck in this #authoramonth selection on the last day! It was a fascinating and compelling story about a female sniper fighting for the Soviet Union in World War Two. At first I was annoyed by the diversion to the US tour, but as it progressed I appreciated it as a storytelling tool.

The USSR made use of women in combat roles 80 years ago, but Secretary Kegbreath really thinks he‘s doing something here by eliminating the WPS program in 2025.

Aims42 “Secretary Kegbreath” 🤣🤣🤣 I am so using that from now on 👏 (edited) 1w
AmyG @Aims42 That‘s what we call him. He is the poster boy for the unqualified. 1w
Leftcoastzen What an embarrassment he is ! Absolutely unqualified, but aren‘t they all , loyalty to Cheeto , job skills & experience not needed or wanted . 1w
dabbe Best hashtag today: #kegbreath 😍🤣😍 1w
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1. My library is about 300 books. Yes, I track it on a spreadsheet. Over the weekend I acquired two more books at Malice Domestic that I still need to incorporate.
2. I think I‘m still reading it.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!📚📚📚 1w
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I finished the tagged book this morning between feeding the cat who woke me at 5:45 and leaving for exercise class. It‘s a little OTT but fun, and I think we‘ll have a good discussion at book club.

I‘d planned to return it to the library on the way home BUT I managed to spill water on the crotch of my pants and was too embarrassed to get out of my car.

That was my day in a nutshell 🤣🤣

#mentalhealthmonday

Kerrbearlib Oh no! I would have done the same thing and skipped the library, haha! Hopefully no spills tomorrow! 2w
Texreader 😊 2w
TheBookHippie 🙃 been there… 2w
Ruthiella Oops! 🙊 My two of my libraries have drop off bin where you don‘t have to get out of the car. 2w
Susanita @Ruthiella There used to be a curbside bin there, but they got rid of it during COVID and never put it back. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
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I copied the idea from @monalyisha and found an old couple of posts from 2017. Usually I don‘t remember dedications, but I liked this one. It‘s relevant to the story as well. #sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern I love that one! Thanks for posting! 2w
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Amanda Flower is a prolific writer! I lost count of how many series she‘s had going. Last night she won the Agatha Award for historical mystery, so this morning at breakfast I started reading this, which is a book club selection for May. I also need to read the Kate Quinn book I started, but I got sucked into this one instead! #hyggehourreadathon

Susanita The award-winning book: 2w
Susanita She also gave a cute acceptance speech. 2w
mhillis Oh wow! I was just thinking of reading this for thematic cozies 2w
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Chrissyreadit I am stacking this one it sounds like a great cozy!! 2w
Susanita @Chrissyreadit @mhillis It‘s a little OTT but it‘s fun. I plan to read the next in the series at some point. 2w
AllDebooks Lovely x 1w
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Congratulations to Gigi Pandian and the rest of the Agatha Award winners at this year‘s Malice Domestic!

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My plans for the day? I‘m going to Malice Domestic! Just the dinner this year because I missed the deadline, but I‘m still looking forward to it. The tagged author will be there, and my book club is reading this for May.

Before I go it‘s errands and independent bookstore day. #chatterday

AllDebooks Have a great time 😀 2w
dabbe What fun! 🤩 2w
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A quiet week of joys.
1. Earth Day cleanup in the woods where I like to walk.
2. Then I went to the shops and bought a skirt for $5 (no tariffs on secondhand items).
3. Easter morning breakfast where I met a chatty young man and his mother.
4. Capitals are 2-0 in the playoffs.
5. I reorganized my crafting supplies and liberated one of the containers.
#5joysfriday

Jari-chan 🌍🌍 2w
dabbe 💙💚💙 2w
TheBookHippie I love a good reorganise!! 2w
mcctrish Yay for thrifting and reorganizing 2w
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Oof. I‘ve read 10/100 and that‘s being generous by assuming I read certain children‘s books. OTOH I‘ve probably bailed on at least 10 too. 🤣

Here are some I finished and enjoyed. #TLT
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
2. The Color Purple
3. The Little Prince

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-bbcs-big-read-200-101

dabbe You're in good company! Seems if one didn't read Pratchett or Wilson, the score was down the tubes! I haven't read a book from either author! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 2w
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1. Kili the unexpected kitten joined us in late August 2012. He was a tiny and scared little boy of indeterminate color, and he grew into a fluffy black cat who likes to sleep, eat, and watch the birds out the window.
2. Yes to both.
3. Tagged book is about a remarkable black cat.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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1. Yes, I still carry cash, but not $3000 in cash. IYKYK
2. Some of the characters in this book are wealthy. Some characters are not. Some characters want the world to THINK they are wealthy. Therein lies a great deal of the conflict. #two4tuesday

dabbe #1: The Secretary of Homeland SECURITY loses her bag, passport, security badge, and, oh yeah, $3,000. 🤦🏼‍♀️ We are living in an alternative universe. #donniedarko 2w
TheBookHippie #1 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 FFS…. drugs have really gone up in price 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w
TheSpineView @dabbe It's crazy land out there. 2w
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TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 💰💰💰 2w
dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🩵🎯 2w
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Roller Coaster | Marla Frazee
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My mood is a roller coaster! 🎢

The current regime is a joke. But it‘s not the least bit funny. Except sometimes it is.

It‘s Spring! Time of renewal and new hope! Except…see above.

So…resist, grieve, carry on, and live another day.

Congratulations @dabbe on your achievement! You are one of the reasons I love Litsy!

#mbc
#moodboardcontest

Suet624 I‘m with you. 2w
dabbe You are one who can definitely see the forest through the trees. 😍 The AI meme ... 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing yourself. 🩵💙🩵 2w
ncsufoxes Same. I have to laugh or I‘ll cry all the time. I have an Autistic teen & my 2 other kids are neurodivergent, so I‘m exhausted & on high alert to this BS. Also the wife on an oncology research scientist that works as a govt contractor, so hoping daily that he doesn‘t have his funding pulled. And hoping that my oldest can be able to complete his degree in environmental sciences (between the backlash towards academia & the environment, it‘s 😵‍💫) 2w
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Susanita @dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2w
Susanita @ncsufoxes He and Oz are terrible people. 2w
dabbe @Susanita 🎯🩵🎯 2w
dabbe @ncsufoxes 💙💚💙 2w
ncsufoxes @Susanita & add Dr. Amen in there too, who is a vaccine skeptic. I had a friend in San Diego brought her son to one of his clinics & she kept talking about all the supplements that he put her son on (real pseudo science stuff). He‘s added himself to this mess. Except the way he talks make people think he‘s knows what he‘s talking about but he‘s just as bad. 2w
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Advocacy for Mental Health | World Health Organization, Alberto Minoletti
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1. Today has been okay. I went to my exercise class, got some $ at the bank, and got some lunch that I ate at a local park. Tonight is book club, and I finished the selection this morning.
2. I don‘t follow mental health content creators. I had to look up a list of names, and I‘d never heard of any of them. #mentalhealthmonday

Kerrbearlib It sounds like a fun day yesterday! What did you read for your book club? I feel like you may have told me before, apologies if I forgot! 2w
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The Nationals were snowed out (!) in Colorado on Friday, so they‘re playing tonight. It‘s a good backdrop for #hyggehourreadathon as I read this moody mystery set in North Wales. It‘s for book club tomorrow, so I need to make some progress! I agree with some Littens about maybe too much side story, but I‘m intrigued by the setting. This might lead to a new series being added to my repertoire.

TheBookHippie SNOW! We have hopefully seen our last!! OY 3w
AllDebooks Brrr!! ❄️ 3w
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛💛 3w
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Tagged book takes place in…April. #sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern Sounds like a fun read! Thanks for posting! 3w
kspenmoll Louise Penny💛🇨🇦 3w
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Oklahoma Rescue | Jon Hansen
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It‘s hard to believe the Oklahoma City bombing took place thirty years ago. My mother lived just outside OKC for many years and was there in 1995. One of her neighbors was on his way to the Social Security office but turned around when he realized he‘d left his card at home. That probably saved his life that day.

https://www.nps.gov/okci/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Ruthiella It feels simultaneously to me like both a very long time ago and just yesterday. 3w
Suet624 My husband and I were visiting Northern Ireland and saw the coverage of the event while sitting in a pub. It seemed so unreal. 3w
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It‘s been another roller coaster week, but on Tuesday I took an impromptu trip to some nearby gardens. It was a good place to find joy.
1. Weeping fruit tree (plum? cherry?) next to a cute little pond
2. Japanese tea house seen from a newly refurbished viewing platform
3. Mira la belleza…and hear many languages spoken by the visiting families
4. Lenten rose
5. A lovely set of tulip beds where I also ran into a friend & had a nice chat #5joysfriday

Aims42 What a beautiful oasis 😍🤩 3w
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The Giver | Lois Lowry
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I remember this series on PBS. 2018 seems like a lifetime ago! Final score was 42/100, and yes I‘m counting the whole series no matter how many books I read! These, however, are whole series I read.
1. The Giver
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Harry Potter
4. Hunger Games
5. Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy
#TLT

If you want to join the fun, here‘s the link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-great-american-read-2018-from-100-1

dabbe I can't believe I still have yet to read your #5! I've read all of the other series, though, so yay to us! Thanks for playing and sharing! ♥️📚💚 3w
Susanita @dabbe Do it! They‘re completely ridiculous, just the kind of foolishness we need right now. Just be sure to keep your towel. 3w
dabbe @Susanita Ooh, now I'm even more intrigued! 😍 3w
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1. I‘m still thinking about the tagged book on a regular basis…
2. I‘m sad to say that I tried two Leigh Bardugo books and bailed on both. Maybe at another time…
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs #2 I get it. Sometimes it‘s just not the best time 3w
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1. We filed in March, I mailed the check last week, and it cleared yesterday 😕
2. Bossy
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3w
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1. I want to kick Bukele right in the nuts and then say “oopsie.” Other than that, I‘m feeling okay I guess.
2. I agree with the idea of affirmations in theory, but I don‘t really use them myself…not even badass affirmations. Maybe I should look into it?
#mentalhealthmonday

BarbaraBB I wouldn‘t say oopsie and I‘d first kick T 4w
Susanita @BarbaraBB I don‘t think he has any… 3w
BarbaraBB 🤣🤣🤣 3w
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The author was a recent guest on the Daily Beans podcast and discussed this book about “legal” immigration, based in part on his own experience. It‘s funny and informative, subtly and not so subtly critiquing the current situation. If nothing else, it‘s abundantly clear that there‘s no “easy” way to immigrate to the US.

As part of the episode‘s “good trouble” segment, she suggested buying several copies and leaving some in LFLs, so I bought five.

Susanita It‘s expensive, time-consuming, convoluted, and sometimes arbitrary. In other words, it‘s easy to tell prospective immigrants that they should just do it the “right” way…but not very realistic (and certainly not helpful). 4w
wanderinglynn When I worked at CBP, we had to do a bit of the Immigration & Naturalization Act. As a native English speaker & a licensed attorney, with access to case law & help guides, even I had trouble comprehending that convoluted law. (edited) 4w
squirrelbrain 👊 What a great idea! 4w
Susanita @wanderinglynn I believe it! 4w
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The Blanket Cats | Kiyoshi Shigematsu
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Kili doesn‘t have the temperament to be a blanket cat, but he makes a nice book model. 😸

These stories are a little melancholy, so I‘m only reading one a day.

Earlier in the #hyggehourreadathon I finished another book that I‘ll describe later because it has [gasp] political overtones.

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4w
TheBookHippie Pretty kitty. 4w
Chrissyreadit Your kitty is adorable! 4w
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Chrissyreadit also i love when politics and books share space!!!! 4w
dabbe Those mesmerizing eyes! 🖤🐾🖤 4w
AllDebooks So pretty 😍 🐾 4w
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Typos!! 🤨 #sundayfunday

Leftcoastzen On my list ! 4w
BookmarkTavern Oof! Yes! A couple I can deal with, but when there‘s some on every page, I get irritated. Thanks for sharing! 4w
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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Here are my #camplitsy25 nominations. Please add me to the list.

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GatheringBooks Awesome titles. Been meaning to get my hands on the Eowyn Ivey title too! 4w
GatheringBooks And a new Geraldine Brooks! 💕 4w
BarbaraJean I'm twinsies on half your list... 🙌 4w
BarbaraBB Happy you‘re joining in! I‘ve added you to the taglist ❤️ 4w
squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 4w
BarbaraBB Oh and I'd love to read a new Laura Lippman! 4w
Megabooks @barbarabb I've meant to read her for a long time. Maybe I should start this year! Great choices! 4w
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1. Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky in goals scored.
2. It was cold and the Nats lost, but it was still a ballgame.
3. Baltimore history presentation at the community center.
4. I didn‘t put away the blanket I‘d taken off the bed.
5. Much needed haircut.
#5joysfriday

dabbe 💙💚🩵 1mo
DebinHawaii Great joys! 💛💛💛 Yay for blankets & fresh haircuts! ✂️ 🎉 4w
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I‘m not sure I entirely agree with this assessment, but this is where we are. Blue was also strong.

Red reader - the Passionate Adventurer

Thanks @TheLudicReader for the link 🔗

https://www.readyourcolor.com/

Jari-chan I got my favourite colour - purple 💜 and it really fits! 1mo
TheLudicReader Thanks for taking part! 1mo
Ruthiella I think red might be the thriller/mystery element. But for sure, there‘s a lot more that goes into why we read what we read. (edited) 1mo
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5feet.of.fury I really thought I would get red 😂 I was explaining to a friend (who I otherwise have alot of overlap with for reading preferences) that I can‘t read cozies. High stakes or nothing. But I got orange 1mo
Susanita @Ruthiella I think that‘s definitely part of it. @5feet.of.fury I don‘t mind cozies but can‘t read them all the time. 1mo
dabbe 🎯♥️🎯! 4w
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For a few years I made a concerted effort to watch as many of the nominees as possible, but even with that I only managed 30/116; some were pretty memorable though.
1. Philomena 😭
2. Lion😭
3. Get Out 😱
4. Barbie 🩷🩷

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024

#TLT

dabbe I'm ashamed I have stunk since the 2000s! Loved #3. #s 1, 2, and 4 are on the TBW list. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 1mo
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Where Azaleas Bloom | Sherryl Woods
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1. I love all the spring flowers. My favorite at any time is whatever is set to bloom next, and for now that means azaleas. Hopefully they won‘t be affected by this latest cold snap.🤞🏼
2. I‘m grateful for libraries, this week and every week. I‘m grateful I didn‘t take my winter coat to be dry cleaned. I‘m grateful for all the spring flowers. #wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks for playing 🥳 1mo
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1. I love to read, so I guess that means I love books too.
2. Tagged!
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing and have a wonderful day! 1mo
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That‘s a wrap! Satisfying conclusion to the series. #serieslove2025

TheSpineView Excellent! 🤩📖📚 1mo
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My husband stopped at Popeyes and brought home chicken for dinner. I‘m watching the Red Sox in 2025 and reading about the Yankees in 1923. #hyggehourreadathon

dabbe ♥️⚾️♥️ 1mo
Chrissyreadit perfect! 1mo
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Every book I read is a Heist book! 🥁

Tagged book is an interesting heist/caper story.

#sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern I‘ve heard good things about this one! Thanks for posting! 1mo
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Saturday's Child | Ruth Hamilton
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It‘s a dreary #chatterday following a week when I was out and about most days, and my spouse is working, so I‘m catching up with household stuff. Nothing very exciting. 😆

dabbe Hope you find some downtime, too! 🩵💙🩵 1mo
TheSpineView Try to get some rest in too! 1mo
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