Her story,fascinating. Yes,TWs galore,to read her experiences growing up in a cult called the Children of God ,shocking & sad .It is really amazing how she decided to leave at 15, tried to start at school,had to be tested to be placed , she didn‘t exist! Though born in the US she lived in many places to stay one step ahead of problems for the cult .joined the Army,was in Afghanistan,an era where her right to be there was challenged .

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#JuneSpecials looks like it could take place on a #DarkAndStormy night! Still on my #TBR

Just one more , she is fabulous!

So many delightful designs! Her inspirations span history, cultures , trends,& traditions

Needed a different day ! Especially since it‘s 100 at noon!😡

#JuneSpecials This is the first book in Cathers #prairie series

#JuneSpecials #Cheese I remember really enjoying this years ago. I don‘t have a copy to refresh my memory!😄

#JuneSpecials #Egg Kenny Shopsin begged an Arminian grocer to sell him his corner bodega .Kenny continued cook their signature roast beef for sandwiches, with a simple set up eventually had over 900 offerings. A neighborhood favorite in the Village , NYC for decades. Kenny also had a temper , and fools probably wouldn‘t get served. I ate there twice, guess I didn‘t act like a fool! Love this slider on the cover of this book.

#JuneSpecials #GoBarefoot a deck of poses , I should do more yoga again . balance is important ,also maybe I could calm down!🧘‍♀️

Thought of you @dabbe 🤩

#Bibliophile #FoundInTitle Bet there are some great and not so great in here . I was browsing on the B&N site, will definitely take a look if I find it somewhere.

Dusty wants to remind everyone that it‘s #Caturday
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#Bibliophile #LostInTitle one of my favorite books about the time period. She knew everyone who came through Paris at the time.Hemingway,Fitzgerald, Stein, James Joyce . She was the first to publish Ulysses.

😡I like @DogMomIrene have a “Prevent Democracy Dying “shelf where it will have a space.I too struggled with online version Mandate for leadership (992 pages).Reading this distilled version clarified so many things that we see happening everyday.
Bullet points from back cover.Enforcing traditional gender norms.😡decimating civil service 🤬performing mass deportations 😡reducing corp. regulation & worker protections 😡 An important read.

How could I resist 2 Bookish cat postcards ?!?😸

My highest praise. It is written as diary entries, what is happening to him & society as Hitler rises to power. He sees the stupidity,the cruelty,the arrogance.How such a regime destroys everything in its wake .The past ,the present,the future.Unfortunately, It is too relevant in this particular moment. Very moving, so glad I read it. I had heard of it years ago, then Tim Miller mentioned it in The Bulwark podcast.Beautiful writing,sharp insights

#Bibliophile #AuthorWPseudonym playing catch up !

It‘s just Goose being Goose ! #CatsOfLitsy

#Bibliophile #ZInTitle I read this years ago and really liked it . Captures the culture of Germany between the Wars .Rainer Werner Fassbinder did a 15 hour film version of this book. This book was also in the list of titles in this week‘s #ThreeListThursday quiz. Franz is out of prison, trying to built a life , gangsters, petty thieves,unemployment lines,& other challenges stand in the way of his stability.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday should say 1900s actually.
I‘m surprised I am not a bit higher. Really read many around the WWI era.
Room with a View , Howards End EM Forster fantastic. I love James Joyce, you don‘t need to read Ulysses, read Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man, The Jungle , Great Gatsby of course. E E Cummings Enormous Room is an impressive book about the WWI era.

#Bibliophile #Dragons 🐉

#Bibliophile #RedCover What other color would this one be? 😁

#SundayFunday well , I have read Gone With the Wind , Anna Karenina, War & Peace .With the Tolstoys it depends on what edition you read what the page counts are (a lot) . The old hardcover edition of GWTW has 1,037 pages . Also have read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 1168 pages . I was amazed when I saw Littens reading the giant Clarissa, I do have it here somewhere but I haven‘t attempted it .😄

#Bibliophile #LongTitle I love the Glass family.

#Bibliophile #SetInSoAmerica this Brazilian novel is still on my #TBRMountain

Someone recommended this book to Tim Miller of The Bulwark, he added to footnotes, I borrowed it. Originally published in 1947, Reck details the rise of Hitler and Nazism with appropriate horror. I‘m only a bit into it , this paragraph !

#Bibliophile #PulitzerWinner Very worthy of all the love it gets ! Incredible read #chunkster

#Bibliophile #NewburyWinner published in 1930 It‘s probably one of the reasons I love cats and have some compassion.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/12/congress/donald-trump-library-o...
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Puzzle was on sale , I know this book will take awhile. I stubbed 2 toes this afternoon, not thrilled. Guess I will have to keep it up & read the rest of the afternoon.

Seen at Barnes & Noble , just feels right! 😂

Sophie says happy #Caturday
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#BOTM #BookMail is the best mail! 👏I have eaten at McNallys Balthazar a few times over the years , I love that place !

Found for cheap at a Library store, one even has an old Borders sticker on the back,sigh.

Libraries are helpful in so many ways .

picked this up on indie bkstore day from Changing Hands pop up shop of banned books. The Tangs move to the US for a better life. This book is really upbeat,yet doesn‘t sugar coat how they are exploited by a hotel owner as mom,dad,& daughter Mia do everything to run a motel owned by a guy who only pays them part of the cost of a nights stay. I was joyful to watch them slowly find some success while not losing their empathy. Mia, a super character

#Bibliophile #Birds A Jailbird in the stash !

FYI I found these reasonably priced cat toys at my local indie pet shop, Made in the US . Buy one rod , lots of different toys to switch out . Of course,had to think how long will they remain inexpensive, where do their materials come from? Stupid tariffs.

#Bibliophile #BkBasedOnPainting I read all of Blocks Matthew Scudder books , this book is from a more lighthearted series about a gentleman burglar named Bernie Rhodenbarr . Read a few of those too. Enjoyable.

#Bibliophile #Cats Yep, have some cat books!

Today‘s thrift store finds ! A reissue series from the 1990s . I have several, always great to add to the set ! $1.50 both .Love these covers

#5JoysFriday
1.Still high on Indie Bookstore day! 2 stores & the Tempe Library store.
2. A friend brought me some great Bay Area Sourdough bread.
3.GREAT signs at the May Day meeting of WTF?
4.new kitty lounge and scratcher!
5. Coffee, always coffee!☕️ Thanks for the tag @Eggs

#Bibliophile #Circus #BOTM I ordered the book version as my selection this month! This prompt was meant to be.😃

Happy May Day ! From a company called Radical Tea Towels !

#DynamicDs #Drink I‘ve got a small section! 🥃🍷🍸🍹

#BookHaul #IndependentBookstoreDay the big one ! Fast Boys.. was a free ARC , Tucci & Witch of New York were sale books . Front Desk and Dear Martin were from the Banned Book section. They have great stickers, I also picked up a birthday card ! Hazzah!

#bookHaul political cartoons from -1969 Olifant book. The Wilkersons & The Gift by Hadiz gifting to a friend on a tight book budget. Tempe Public Library store , 16 bucks for all !

#caturday Crosby thinking you really bought more books today? We are running out of room!

#bookhaul feeling like May Sarton , they happened to have some . I want to read Manzanar, will send on to a friend . I had trade credit, yay!