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catpdx

catpdx

Joined September 2016

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Books and pie: the way to my heart. #🍒

bitterbear “This must be where pies go when they die.”

8y
MrBook Great pic!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 8y
catpdx @bitterbear Yes! 😂 Damn fine cup of coffee, too. 8y
catpdx @MrBook Not a bad afternoon 🙂 8y
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Pickpick

Must-read book, well deserving of the year-end accolades. Matthew Desmond doesn't mince words in the epilogue.

Suet624 I've always been annoyed/angry when church groups raise funds/shoes for other countries as if we have no needs here in the US. It's as if they want to pretend another country has it worse than us. We couldn't possibly be that needy here. Or Sister Cities in other countries. Why not be a Sister City to Flint and raise funds and filters for them? Okay, my rant is over for today. 8y
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Incredibly powerful book of poetry. Highly, highly recommend.

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Swing Time | Zadie Smith
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Zadie 😍😍😍

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Hoping for a snow day 🌨❄

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Pickpick

Heartbreaking, necessary book.

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More from the book sale. Split a set of 7 Barbara Pym books with my friend - we didn't think they should be separated!

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Happy day! 🐈

MCYmermaid I just acquired my shirt! 8y
catpdx @MCYmermaid Ooh, very nice! I love mine! 8y
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Ways of Seeing | John Berger
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Pickpick

Library sale, (rushed) Day 1. I'll look for more tomorrow! 📚

catpdx Not books, but I was pretty happy with the Agnes Varda films! 8y
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Pickpick

This is a brutal, brilliant book from last year's Nobel winner.

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Really cool, really peculiar book. Beautiful.

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What could possibly be better than going to work? 🙄😽 #catsoflitsy

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My Documents | Alejandro Zambra
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A delight from start to finish. I've become a big fan of Zambra's. Also, good mug choice on the part of the coffeeshop...🌧

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Homegoing: A novel | Yaa Gyasi
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Pickpick

Brilliantly ambitious and, for the most part, beautifully written and executed. My only quibble is the structure: chapters alternate regularly between the two branches of the family, each following a new family member. While a few characters reappear or are referenced, the stories feel so separated that some seem underdeveloped, more like short stories in their own right. Maybe, selfishly, I just wanted to know more. A wonderful book. #bestof2016

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H is for Hawk | Helen Macdonald
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Some of my favorite finds from this year! As beautiful on the inside as out. #vintageclassics #birdsandbees

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Here I Am: A Novel | Jonathan Safran Foer
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Bailedbailed

Abandon hope, ye who enter here.

Suet624 Indiespensable subscription? 8y
catpdx @Suet624 Yes! I love the surprise, but the selections can be hit-or-miss, and rarely 'indie.' 8y
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Human Acts | Han Kang
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Human Acts, Han Kang

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Mrs. Caliban: A Novel | Rachel Ingalls
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Quite a mix of books I've picked up this week. 'Mrs. Caliban' is oddly delightful - I've never read anything quite like it. Clever and imaginative, but surprisingly dark and affecting.