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mgallo1968

mgallo1968

Joined October 2017

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Florida | Lauren Groff
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2018 National Book Award Longlist for Fiction. Started this one today. #shortfiction #audiobook

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Way Home in the Night, The | Akiko Miyakoshi
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Loving this class!

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Reading at Lake Guntersville State Park (AL) on Labor Day ☀️📚🎣

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Started this one today 📚🤓

CathyJ Loved this book! 6y
Jess7 This was a 5/5 Star Book for me! Highly recommend!! 6y
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I Want My Hat Back | Jon Klassen
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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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Abridged. Well done audio and doable at 10 CDs. #goingtoseehamilton

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The Only Story: A novel | Julian Barnes
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Finishing this one..🛶🌤📚

Anna40 Do you like It? I loved Sense of an Ending and borrowed the only Julian Barnes they had in the library, Arthur & George but not too interested in the story... 6y
mgallo1968 @Anna40 This one has much more the feel of SENSE OF AN ENDING. Good, and complex and sad. I love his writing. SOAE for sure my favorite of his. (edited) 6y
Anna40 @mgallo1968 will get this one after reading my current book. The story of Arthur and George just didn't really interest me. ... 6y
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Only Story | Julian Barnes
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Love it when requested books come in at the library! 🤓❤️📚👍

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Alternate Side: A Novel | Anna Quindlen
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4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Good reader. I love how Quindlen captures everyday life and what is universal about people. Not a power read but a thoughtful one. Good one to discuss.

mrozzz Agree! 6y
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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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Gotta get ready - doing some pre-reading. Going to see Hamilton in Chicago in October!!!!!!!

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The Balcony | Jane Delury
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3 1/2 out of 5 (round to 4) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover
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Great book. Great audio.

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Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner
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1. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner. 2. Greece

kellyann28 Thanks for entering! 6y
AmyG Oh, how I love this book. 6y
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Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover
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Listening to the audio of this book. So good!!

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Love That Dog | Sharon Creech
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1. Bad Customer Service. 2. Strawberry cake or apple praline pie. 3. Dog - Tinker. 4. Fantasy. 5. ??? #FRIYAYINTRO ❤️❤️❤️

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Started this audiobook today (read by Hanks)

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Food: A Love Story | Jim Gaffigan
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I live in Birmingham, Alabama- the heart of the Deep South. We do like our grits! “Grits. You can‘t really discuss Southern food without bringing up grits. When I reference grits during a stand-up show, Southerners will clap like I mentioned the college they attended or that I support the troops. Being southern means liking grits.” 🥣

Anna40 What are grits? 6y
mgallo1968 Grits are made of dried corn, hull and germ removed,and then ground like regular cornmeal. Then boiled. Cooked with water or milk. Good with cheddar cheese stirred in or melted butter, S & P. Breakfast staple in the South. Also with any other meal - shrimp and grits very popular. (edited) 6y
HeatherBookNerd I‘m southern and I think they are disgusting 😝 6y
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Food: A Love Story | Jim Gaffigan
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Just started this book a friend loaned me - some much needed comic relief! And look at the cute point markers from my Litsy pen pal!

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Beartown: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
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Mehso-so

Loved A MAN CALLED OVE but this one just okay for me.

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Really good baseball read this year!

Eggs Love baseball 📚📚 6y
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@CatLass007 Picked up my annual baseball read from library today! 😊📚⚾️😊📚⚾️😊📚⚾️

CatLass007 Excellent! I haven‘t read THE FINAL PITCH, I have only read the original. 6y
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Are you as excited as I am?!? The navel oranges hit the grocery store in earnest this week - that means high school baseball ⚾️ in Alabama is just around the corner! That ALSO means it is time for my ANNUAL BASEBALL READ! Anything-fiction, nonfiction, anything baseball. I need recommendations!
#Ilovebaseball
#baseballmom

CatLass007 Have you read Jim Bouton‘s BALL FOUR? Funny, insightful, and recently revised to make you cry. 6y
mgallo1968 @CatLass007 Thanks! Have not read it! 6y
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1. Couch, bed before I go to sleep. 2. Usually nothing or a random marker. 3. Just stop unless a really good part. 4. Yes, sometimes. 5. Prefer quiet. 6. 2 or 3 - always have a paper book and an audiobook (and now, textbooks for school). 7. Everywhere! 8. Mostly silent. 9. No. 10. ?? 11. Yes. 12. @HeatherBookNerd

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1. Saw this funny video (with music!) on FB 😁🐛🐜🐌 2. Card game Spades 3. No 4. No 5. PhotoCollage ( for Litsy posts ). @MinDea

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Beartown: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
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Just got this at the library😊📚

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Untitled | Unknown
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@mrozzz Here is one I got a while back🥡🥡🥡

mrozzz Ha! This is great. ☺️ 6y
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Centique I am totally here for the clean sheet fandom 🙌🙌🙌 6y
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The Secret History | Donna Tartt
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JoeStalksBeck Love this❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
mgallo1968 GREAT book! One of my #alltimefavorites @JoeStalksBeck (edited) 6y
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Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, a carefully planned community incorporated in 1912. @umbrellagirl

ReadingSusan 1889 New York. 6y
Bradleygirl Ugh. 1942 Japanese-American relocation camp in Utah. 6y
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#scenesfromabook Day 7 #connectedtonature @JoeStalksBeck Not just a scene - WHOLE book 😊🌲🌿🌳🍃🌹🍁🍄🌱🌼🍂🌿

JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 6y
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alisiakae Way to go finishing the first prompt for #Booked2018! Have you filled out the participant form? If not, you can find it here: https://tinyurl.com/ybl7app4 6y
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The Luminaries | Eleanor Catton
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Sharing a post. @EllieDottie

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Untitled | Unknown
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I think I might want to do it but not sure exactly how it works? Is there a 2018 schedu🤔📚😊

cathysaid Check @LitsyHappenings . Find the different hashtags associated with buddy reads. Search those hashtags for details and/or hosts for the buddy reads. The hosts determine the format/schedules. For instance, I am participating in two: #LitsyBuddyRead is hosted by @jess7 and @mindea . We discuss questions posted. Another is #luminariesbuddyread hosted by @Ashley_Nicoletto and there's a schedule but we discuss throughout the week. Hope this helps! 6y
mgallo1968 Thanks! 6y
BibliophileMomma There are also many #buddyreads that pop up throughout Litsy. Basically it‘s group reads of a book that people read together and discuss through Litsy posts. Just starting a #yabuddyread to get through some of my YA books on my TBR. 6y
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MinDea Almost all of them you can just join in. No sign up just join the discussion when it happens. I have a monthly one called #BookToScreen. This month it is The Princess Bride. I post questions the last day of the month. @Jess7 and I have a monthly one called #LitsyBuddyRead. This month it is Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk and discussions are Sundays at 1pm cst. @TricksyTails and I are doing #EpicBuddyRead of The Name of the Wind right now. 6y
MinDea Discussion is every other Saturday at 10am pst. @EllieDottie compiled a list of all the buddy reads that are going on this month so check that post out and join the ones you're interested in! 6y
Jess7 The discussion today will be posted to the @LitsyBuddyRead page! 🤗. 6y
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Me Talk Pretty One Day | David Sedaris
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JoeStalksBeck I just listened to this audiobook the other day! 6y
Samplergal Loved this one. I‘m a speech language pathologist so naturally I cracked up! 6y
mgallo1968 @Samplergal I am a former SLP! 6y
mgallo1968 @JoeStalksBeck Have you listened to LINCOLN IN THE BARDO?? Sedaris is one of the narrators. 6y
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Untilted | Autechre
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Started this yesterday.
#shortstoryfan #gottalovethelibrary

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SHORT FICTION. My favorites in this collection were:
TRAIN TO HARBIN, DISMEMBERMENT, CIGARETTES, and WINTER, 1965.

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Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank
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https://bookriot.com/2018/01/04/hosted-book-swap-restored-hope-humanity/ Here is a link to a wonderful article my sister, our very own Litten,HeatherBookNerd wrote for BookRiot. It will make your day!!😊📚😊

Cinfhen Thanks for posting & sharing and hooray @HeatherBookNerd sounds like your book swap was a total win 💖💖💖 6y
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Great audio. Fascinating! Non-fiction.

Meredith3 I have heard great things about this book! Enjoy! 6y
KellyK Book club pick for February... 6y
mgallo1968 Kellyk- lots to discuss. Should be a good pick! 6y
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Great book. YA fiction.

Tamra 👏🏾 6y
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Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner
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@Moray_Reads I liked this prompt! Definitely describes my reading ... short stories, spiritual reading, classics, literary fiction and contemporary fiction... and more 🙂📚

AmyG Wow. A Little Life and Angle of Repose are two@of my most favorite books. Great list 6y
Suet624 @Mgallo1968 @amyg I‘m with both of you. These books are the best! 6y
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Intense short read. Intro by Jonathan Franzen - if you like Franzen then you will like this book. It is right up his alley. Franzen is a love/hate kind of author IMO and I loved FREEDOM and THE CORRECTIONS and this book has that kind of feel. Not for everyone maybe but I gave it 4/5.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😘❤️👏🏻📚 6y
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I LOVE short fiction. Another beautifully written piece - from the short story WINTER, 1965 by Frederic Tuten.

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#LitsyQuestions @GypsyKat 1. Audio - THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky 2. Fiction - LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders 3. Non-fiction - THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LAST TRUE HERMIT by Michael Finkel 4. New-to-you author - Colm Toibin

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Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders
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#ReindeerReads Day 29 @Jess7 #BestBookOf2017 LINCOLN INTHE BARDO by George Saunders was, hands down, the very best book I read this past year.

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From the short story DISMEMBERMENT by Wendell Berry. In the end, a beautiful story of gradual acceptance, forgiveness, change. #DecDays Day 29 #changes @Cinfhen

Cinfhen 🙌🏻❣️ 6y
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#ReindeerReads Day 28 #resolutions From the short story CIGARETTES by Sam Savage. @Jess7

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The Great Gatsby | Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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Two of the best Christmas presents I got- a book I can‘t wait to read (LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng) and this fun 100 Essential Novels Scratch-Off Chart ( I have read 28).
🎄📚🎄📚🎄📚🎄😊🎁🎁🎁

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@MinDea #HumpDayPost 1. Manger 2. Hope to finish 34 books by end of year 3. Couch is green 4. groceries 5. Birmingham, Alabama in the USA

MinDea 34 in the next week or 2?! Wow!!! 6y
mgallo1968 34 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR! Haha! So just a couple more... 6y
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Duma Key: A Novel | Stephen King
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TrishB Great pick 👍🏻 and so truthful! Winging it all the way! 6y
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