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Joined March 2018

Bookwyrm, Dog and Horse lover, Book Blogger 📚 www.thespineview.com My life as a bibliophile❣😊🐶🐎
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More #LitsyLove going out today. Be on the lookout @Read4life @TheLudicReader @Gissy @BookwormAHN

Hope to have more going out tomorrow.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude 💙📬💌

BookwormAHN 😺 5h
Gissy 🤗❤️❤️❤️ 4h
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩷🩷🩷 3h
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Here are the May prompts for #PoetryMatters
Thanks to everyone who participated in April. You guys found some great poems and I loved reading them! Looking forward to May's poetry.

To play along, post a poem, song, quote, etc that you feel matches the prompt. Don't forget to tag me. Here's to a fabulous May!

@LitsyEvents

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I hope everyone enjoyed the April selection for #LitsySciFiBookClub Discussion is now open. I have a few questions to get us started. However, feel free to talk about anything. Even though the setting was 75+ years ago, a lot of issues are still relevant today.

Please let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list.
@Larkken @Deblovestoread @bnp @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @sebrittainclark @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl

CatLass007 I think that Elma got an education when she made friends with Black people. She was unaware of her own racism until that time and she wasn‘t perfect when she tried not to be racist, but she made every effort to make change in her behavior. 12h
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CatLass007 I‘m not convinced that this was accurate in the way it treated minorities. This was pretty tame. People in the South are pretty blatant about their racism while northerners try to hide it but it‘s definitely still there. Although the fact that only whites were rescued for some time speaks volumes. 12h
Larkken I‘m still working my way through this book, but I like how Elma constantly tries to confront her own biases. She seems like a worthy heroine, and I love the mutual respect in marriage being shown throughout the book. Fairly cozy in its way - but I can‘t tell if that tone is jarring to me given the subject matter? I think the book does tone down the racism that I think would have been present a bit weirdly. 9h
Ruthiella While I enjoyed the story and found it an entertaining read, Elma felt a little too perfect to me and her relationship with her husband as well. I think probably the racism and sexism were even worse than portrayed in this book. At the back of the edition I read, Kowal gave sources for the attitudes expressed in the novel about how women weren‘t fit to be astronauts or pilots from our real history. 3h
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This is my second book finished for the #AwesomeApril readathon hosted by @Andrew65

I reread this book for #LitsySciFiBookClub and loved it just as much this time around. The MC, Elma York, has this charisma about her that draws you in. She fought many uphill battles to reach her dream of becoming an astronaut and did it with a dignity we rarely see today. 5⭐️

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New Collected Poems | George Oppen
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IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 15h
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The Trail of Lost Hearts | Tracey Garvis Graves
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 13h
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚❤️ 11h
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

I finished The Calculating Stars yesterday. Which I reread for #LitsySciFiBookClub. I also started The Siren.

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 3h
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Just for the Summer | Abby Jimenez
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This book definitely has all the feels. Great characters, plot and outstanding prose. 4⭐️

First book completed for the #AwesomeApril readathon hosted by @Andrew65

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏I love the cover. 3h
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Another book finished yesterday. Currently at 105/200. 🤩📖📚

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 I‘m currently on 87 books for the year. 2d
BookmarkTavern Wow! 🤩🤩🤩 2d
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DestinyMorna Wow. Congrats! 1d
DieAReader 🥳🤓Fantastic! 1d
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Casey at the Bat | Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Joe Morse
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#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Umpire

Poet: Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Read the entire poem here https://poets.org/poem/casey-bat

dabbe 💙🩵💙 1d
marleed This was one of my favorite poems to read as a child. I never did memorize it though! 1d
TheSpineView @marleed 👍🤩🌞 1d
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Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼👏🏻 2d
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@WildAlaskaBibliophile

All you librarians can relate to this.

dabbe 😂😂😂 2d
kspenmoll 😂😂 2d
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@WildAlaskaBibliophile

Got love this one! 🤣🤣🤣

Yuki_Onna Yay!!! 👏🤣👏 2d
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2d
CarolynM 🤣😫 Very on point for me at the moment. 2d
ShyBookOwl 😂 2d
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Yuki_Onna 🙋‍♀️ 2d
dabbe 😂😂😂 2d
Zuhkeeyah Yup 🙋🏿‍♀️ 2d
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@WildAlaskaBibliophile

Happy Saturday everyone!💙📖💙🤣

Yuki_Onna Woohoo! The truth, finally! 🥳👏😂😎👏 2d
kspenmoll 😂 Happy Saturday to you!!!! 2d
Tamra 😆 2d
dabbe 😂😂😂 2d
willaful I want a cartoon showing the ereader and the books living in peaceful co-existence. 😁 2d
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#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

Currently reading three books:

The Calculating Stars
Sorcery
You're So Bad

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Super sweet romance story about a music teacher, Billy, and his teenage rock idol Margot Hammer, former drummer for a wildly popular rock band. Loved the slow burn and how their relationship developed so organically. I read this in one sitting. 4.5 ⭐️

#LitsyLove #LitsyLoveReads @Read4life @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude

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Reposting for @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

These are the May prompts for the #StorySettings photo challenge. There are some interesting prompts and I look forward to seeing what you guys come up with.

Happy Reading! 💜📖

Eggs Thank you Lisa💙 🙏🏻🩵 2d
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This is book 7 in the Fallen Men series and can be read as a stand alone. It is Mia and Axe-man's story. The plot was a good and I liked Mia a lot. She is strong and fearless. Not so much a fan of Axe-man. I thought he was an ass. Despite not liking his character, the story is compelling. 3.5 ⭐️

All caught up now. Even though it has been a hit or miss with me on this series, I plan to read book eight when it comes out.
#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65

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Catch a Little Rhyme | Eve Merriam
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IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 3d
dabbe 💙🩵💙 2d
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The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton
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Eggs This one is staring at me from across the room…🤗 2d
TheSpineView @Eggs 👍😊 2d
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

I started not one, not two, but three books yesterday. Because one is never enough!! 🤣

DieAReader 🥳🤭❤️‍🔥 2d
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The #AwesomeApril readathon hosted by @Andrew65 starts tomorrow. I am working on three books right now and will finish these and at least four more. That is my plan anyway. Not sure what the other books will be yet.. Mood read and all.

Andrew65 Best of luck, great to have you with us 😊 3d
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Here is my May list for #ReadYourKindle #ReadYourEbooks challenge hosted by @CBee

So far I have read two books in April that were on my ebook backlog list. Coming along slowly. 📘📖🐌

CBee Coming along slowly here too 😊😂 3d
TheSpineView @CBee I figure even a small dent is good. 👍📖 3d
CBee @TheSpineView exactly!! 3d
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The Three-Body Problem is the winner for May's #LitsySciFiBookClub selection. My local library has this available. Kindle price is $11.99 and used from $7.15 on Amazon. I noticed one slightly loved copy on ebay for .99 + 4.87 shipping.

Open discussion for April's selection, The Calculating Stars, will being in a couple of days.

@Larkken @Deblovestoread @bnp @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @sebrittainclark @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl @CSeydel

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Sourcery | Terry Pratchett
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#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

"There was a man and he had eight sons. "

#OokBookClub @julesG

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I have my list ready for May's #BookSpinBingo It's hard to believe that April is just about over Because I still have some books to read for this month.

#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65
#OokBookClub @julesG
#ClassicscifiBookClub @RamsFan1963
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge @Yuki_Onna
#ReadYourKindle @CBee

julesG Weird how fast April passed by. 3d
Soubhiville I love Station Eleven! 3d
TheSpineView @Soubhiville 👍🤩🌞 3d
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Had an awesome reading day yesterday. I finished Tattooed Heart and I read Charm City Rocks in one sitting. Not sure what I will start today.

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

My joys this week are: Family, my large 4 legged girls, dinner out with my hubby, and getting a pedicure in the middle of the week.

@eggs @dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @IndoorDame

LiseWorks Gotta love those pedicures 4d
Eggs 🩷💅🏻❤️ 4d
DebinHawaii Thank you for sharing your joy list! 💛💛💛 It sounds like a lovely week! 🤗 3d
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dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😘 3d
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IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 4d
dabbe 💙🩵💙 3d
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💜💜 4d
Eggs Love this one 🩵💙🩵 4d
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#TLT #Three-List-Thursday @dabbe

🎵 Don't Stop Believing by Journey
🎵 I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner
🎵 Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

I love music. I have more CDs than I do physical books. Therefore it is hard to choose just 3. Easily could be on list: Amanda, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore, Africa, Eye of the Tiger, etc.

@Cupcake12 @Gissy

UwannaPublishme Great choices! 🎶 4d
DestinyMorna Bonnie Tyler—. Total eclipse of the heart. Cindi lauper— time after time. Madonna- like a virgin (edited) 4d
TheSpineView @DestinyMorna All great songs! 4d
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#TLT #Three-List-Thursday @dabbe

🎵 Don't Stop Believing by Journey
🎵 I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner
🎵 Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

I love music. I have more CDs than I do physical books. Therefore it is hard to choose just 3. Easily could be on list: Amanda, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore, Africa, Eye of the Tiger, etc.

@Cupcake12 @Gissy

Cupcake12 Great choices! 4d
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dabbe Added to our new Spotify Playlist: LITSY SONGS OF THE 1980s! Thanks for sharing! 🤩🎶🤩

Click below for the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sZRAAKVORN1SRh7S6l60g
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The Complete Poems | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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dabbe 💙🩵💙 4d
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Eggs Perfect 😍 5d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my never ending list! 4d
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

I finished Caution to the Wind yesterday. I hope to finish another book today and I should start something else. Not sure yet what that something will be.

DieAReader 🥳Fantastic!!! 5d
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I knew I listened to a lot of audio books but was still surprised at this recap. 💜🎧📖📘

DuckOfDoom I just recently got back into audiobooks while painting, it works much better than TV shows or YouTube, because I don't distract myself by looking at the screen. 5d
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#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Today's weird word is compliments of @dabbe
Remember this one Denise?

lil1inblue I really need to add this word to my vocabulary. It will be so useful! 😂 5d
dabbe Right now all I can see is Scarlett fiddling at Tara and lying to somebody about something, and instead of saying “Fiddle-dee-dee“ it's “Tara-diddle-dee-dee!“ 🤩😘😂 5d
Deblovestoread Great word! 💜 5d
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TheSpineView @lil1inblue It is a great word! 5d
TheSpineView @dabbe 🤣🤣😍 5d
BookmarkTavern What a fantastic word! 😂 5d
CBee Fantastic word!! 5d
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#WhatsNewWednesday @Read4life @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude

I got a pedicure today. Purple toes again. 💜 🦶💅
Other than that nothing new.

Read4life 💜💜💜 5d
LiseWorks I love purple toes lol 5d
TheBookHippie 💜💜💜💜 5d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks My favorite color 💜 5d
dabbe 💜💜💜 5d
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#ThisOrThat #ReaderEdition @fairyloot

Actually I can read anytime and I love both ebooks and audio books.

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slategreyskies I don‘t remember ever reading this before, but something about it is familiar somehow. Love it! 6d
dabbe 💙🩵💙 5d
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Working on three books currently. All of these are large books but maybe I can finish one today.

DieAReader 🔥Enjoy!! 5d
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The Girl He Used to Know | Tracey Garvis Graves
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Eggs Looks like a good read 6d
TheSpineView @Eggs It was very good. 6d
Eggs @TheSpineView stacked 5d
lil1inblue Stacked. 5d
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1️⃣ My father
2️⃣ My Hubby
3️⃣ The Cullens from Twilight.

@Blueberry @BookmarkTavern @DieAReader

Eggs Thanks for playing 💙 6d
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥Thanks for the tag! 5d
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Eggs @DieAReader 💞💞 5d
BookmarkTavern Thanks for the tag! 💙 5d
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More #LitsyLove going out today. Still more replies to get to but I am making a dent. @Sleepswithbooks @mom_of_4 @CoffeeNBooks @AmyG

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉 6d
AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 6d
Captivatedbybooks Imma have to use regular paper cause the paper i ordered is taking too long to come in 🤨 6d
Sleepswithbooks Woot Woot 💌📬💛 5d
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Voting is now open for the May selection of #LitsySciFiBookClub Please cast your vote for your favorite. I will leave the voting open until the end of the week. May the best book win.😅

@Larkken @Deblovestoread @bnp @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @sebrittainclark @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl @CSeydel @Roary47 @Lizpixie @Ruthiella @PaperbackPirate

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julesG The Spare Man 6d
Lesliereadsalot The Three-Body Problem 6d
Roary47 The Three Body Problem 6d
DuckOfDoom 👀👀👀 I didn't know there was a sci-fi book club. Can I join? 6d
CSeydel The Three Body Problem 6d
RamsFan1963 I'll go with the book I nominated 6d
TheSpineView @DuckOfDoom Sure. I will add you to the tag list. I will include you going forward. Go ahead and vote for one of the May options. We are reading The Calculating Stars for April and open discussion will begin a couple of days before the end of the month. 6d
Karisimo Just watched the first season so I‘d like to read it! 6d
Ruthiella I think we‘re going to read The Three Body Problem! 😂 But I‘ll still vote for my suggestion 6d
Lizpixie I‘ll vote Alien Clay but it looks like it‘s a 3 Body Problem month! 6d
BookmarkTavern I‘ll vote for Redshirts! But just want to say that The Spare Man is a lot of fun! 💕 6d
DuckOfDoom This looks like the perfect book for my right now 6d
Larkken Having already read 3-body-problem (and given that I‘ll be excited to see how everyone does with it) I‘ll vote for 5d
RamsFan1963 @DuckOfDoom If you're interested in joining, there's also #ClassicLSFBC, where we go back and read older science fiction. 3d
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#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

I started a third book yesterday, Tattooed Heart, since I felt like two was not enough. 🤪

Have a great reading day!

DieAReader 🔥Sometimes, we just need more!🙋🏻‍♀️🤭 Happy Reading❤️‍🔥 6d
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Sometimes I Lie | Alice Feeney
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This one was so good! 6d
TheSpineView @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I enjoyed it too.❤️📖 6d
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It's Tuesday again and time for #Two4Tuesday Everyone is welcome to play. Thanks to everyone who played last week!

1️⃣ Hands down, a farm or rural person.
2️⃣ This book is set in upstate SC where I live.

Want to play? @dabbe @Eggs @wanderinglynn @WildAlaskaBibliophile @BethM @Cupcake12 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @vivastory @JenReadsAlot @Librarybelle @CindyMyLifeIsLit

Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! 7d
wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag! 7d
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😘 6d
TheSpineView @dabbe Anytime!😘 6d
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