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katiekrug

katiekrug

Joined March 2018

There is no such thing as too many books.
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An American Marriage | Tayari Jones
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Quiet Saturday night ahead of Tuesday book club meeting.

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Untitled | Unknown
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Montclair Book Center, Montclair NJ.

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"If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!"

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Men and Dogs | Katie Crouch
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Mehso-so

The best part of this book is the cover.

Beyond that, this was an utterly forgettable novel of a dysfunctional Southern family. I think Crouch was going for quirky in some ways, but it fell flat. And the protagonist is very difficult to like. My favorite character was the step-father who was buffoon-like, but at least seemed realistic. Still, something kept me reading, so I'll give it a lackluster (but generous) 3 stars.

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Brother, I'm Dying | Edwidge Danticat
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A beautifully written memoir about Danticat's extraordinary family and their deep capacity for love and survival. Moving from conflict-ridden Haiti to the US, and going back and forth in time, the many threads of her story are expertly woven into a portrait of enduring hope and faith, even in the midst of death and loss. It's incredibly moving, and I cried through about the last 20 pages of it.

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Persuasion | Jane Austen
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1. Anne Eliot from Persuasion (I want that letter!!!). 2. Book: Heart of Darkness Movie: Airplane! 3. A nice bottle of red wine. 🍷 4. @Chellebearss @SusanJ67 @Crazymamie @rosalita

rosalita Oh, “Airplane” is a great answer! I wish I‘d thought of that one. 7y
katiekrug @rosalita It was a toss-up between Airplane and Vacation :-) 7y
Chellebearss 💚💜💙 7y
Graywacke Nice to see you here. 7y
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"It occurs to me that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work. I hope we may not be overwhelmed one day by people's not too proud or too lazy or too soft to bend to the earth and pick up the things we eat."

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Audio read by Gary Sinise. So good.

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The Dark Angel | Elly Griffiths
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Good entry. So-so mystery but I love the characters.

RaimeyGallant Nice to know. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 7y
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Megabooks Welcome! 👋🏻👋🏻 I hope you love Litsy! 📚 7y
katiekrug @Booksandcooks It's great! 7y
EricaReads Welcome! Litsy is a great community! @RaimeyGallant Thanks for the tag 😊 7y
CarolynM Welcome to Litsy🌼 Thanks for the tag @RaimeyGallant 7y
Ddzmini Welcome to Litsy happy reading 📖 😋 7y
AngelErin Welcome to Litsy!! ♥️♥️ 7y
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Brother, I'm Dying | Edwidge Danticat
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Going to hear Danticat speak on "The Art of Immigration" in a couple of weeks at NYPL.

Liz_M I listened to this one and sobbed into the dinners I made during. That's one way to add salt. 7y
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