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Pogue

Pogue

Joined September 2017

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For California people the CA bookshelf is now open to all residents. https://www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025/03/pressrelease-2025-03-26-californiasbo.... Here is how to access that.

TheBookHippie Wow. How lovely. 1w
dabbe I've needed books more than anything since November. 🩵💙🩵 1w
Pogue @dabbe me too. 1w
Kristy_K I didn‘t know about this. Thanks! 1w
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Mehso-so

There were one or two stories in here that I liked. However, I am not a fan of “am I crazy is the world crazy” type books. They always make my head hurt. Cat tax- Poirot in all his relaxed glory.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
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Pickpick

A look at the Scottish witch trials with a bit of a memoir.

TheBookHippie This looks good! 1w
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The Haunted Forest Tour | Jeff Strand, James Arthur Moore
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With a title like this I thought the book would be about ghosts not monsters. I am also not a fan of body horror having worked in hospitals broken bones and blood do nothing for me. Check the trigger warnings on this one.

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I Am Livia | Phyllis T. Smith
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Mehso-so

This was an ok historical fiction on the early life of the wife of Caesar Augustus. #literarycrew

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Pickpick

This was an amazing adventure to read. The story takes place during the 1920‘s so there is racism, and part of the story has the murder of several children. The murders are written with care.

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Pickpick

This was a light sweet book, that involves family history and town legends.

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The Lost Spells | Robert Macfarlane
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Pickpick

The art in this book is stunning. It fits each poem perfectly.

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The Book Censor's Library | Bothayna Al-Essa
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This was a read. While I am not giving it 5 paws this will stick with me for a long while. Also Poirot said it passed inspection.

Dilara That is more or less what I thought of this book too 😃 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 2mo
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From a speech given in 1866 by Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Texreader Very interesting 2mo
Pogue @Texreader this book is. I am trying to read a woman a day. Tomorrow it is Ida B Wells-Barnett. 2mo
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Macbeth | Shakespeare
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Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Paradise Lost

I guess I like old stories. #TLT @dabbe thank you for the tag!

dabbe I do, too, and you still whipped my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo
Pogue @dabbe nah I was just the child of two engineers who preferred to read rather than do math. It was read or algebra. 2mo
dabbe @Pogue I was horrible at algebra! Those story problems--#oy! 😂 2mo
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads Where do I find this @dabbe ? 2mo
Pogue @DrSabrinaMoldenReads if you click on the hashtags TLT it will take you to all the post with this. Just scroll down to @dabbe page and she has a link. 2mo
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Pickpick

This was adorable. I loved the puns, and the mystery. Thank you to @WildAlaskaBibliophile for adding this to her #AuldLangSpine list. @monalyisha

WildAlaskaBibliophile There's a second in the series that came out in the fall and I'm excited to read it! 2mo
Pogue @WildAlaskaBibliophile I will have to see if my library has it. This was just adorable. (edited) 2mo
WildAlaskaBibliophile @Pogue I agree! 💓 2mo
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The Book Censor's Library | Bothayna Al-Essa
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The first chapter the first two paragraphs.

TiredLibrarian Relatable 📚📚📚 2mo
Librarybelle This book is so good and so eerily real… 2mo
MaGoose Yup, I can 100% relate to that. 🤣 2mo
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Black Sheep | Rachel Harrison
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Mehso-so

Very predictable. I give it 3 paws. 🐾🐾🐾

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Beginning Charts, Graphs & Diagrams | John Carratello, Patty Carratello
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My January #TheStorygraph wrap up.

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The Dispatcher | John Scalzi
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A fun sci-fi mystery novella. Now to Hope my there are more and my library had them.

Ddzmini The dead guy looks like Michael Myers 👀… (edited) 2mo
Pogue @Ddzmini lol I did not notice that but he so does. 2mo
Ddzmini I only noticed it because my husband loves those movies 2mo
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Godkiller | HANNAH. KANER
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Pickpick

This was fun and the gods are so interesting. #roll100

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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Panpan

I would have bailed on this if it were not so short and a book club pick. The writing style is the type that gives me a headache. At times it was like reading a list.

DogMomIrene Ouch! Enough Littens have panned this one that I was thinking no. But “like reading a list” solidifies my skipping this one. Thanks. 2mo
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Beowolf | Anonymous
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@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

dabbe You are an epic lover! 🤩 What choices! Do you prefer BEOWULF in prose or poetry? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 2mo
Pogue @dabbe for Beowulf poetry, for Canterbury Tales I prefer it in Middle English. 2mo
dabbe @Pogue Middle English? Consider me #gobsmacked on that one! I prefer the BEOWULF poetry, too. 🤗 2mo
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Pickpick

This was a spooky YA where the author did an amazing job with blending her world with real history in and about northern CA. There was one place where she was talking about railroads and I knew she had taken the Korbel tour.

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My book haul for today.

Pogue @Leftcoastzen I borrowed the graphic novel from the library and knew I needed a copy. 2mo
DogMomIrene Dungeon Crawler Carl is such a fantastic escape! I loved the audio performance. 2mo
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Pickpick

The second in the series a bit more mystery, and a bit more love added.

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While gory I loved the story of Sam! #AuldLangSpine @WildAlaskaBibliophile thank you adding this one to the list.

WildAlaskaBibliophile I love this one! 😊❤️ 3mo
monalyisha This cover is so great. 🤩 2mo
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How to Stop Time | Matt Haig
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This was picked by @WildAlaskaBibliophile for one of my #AuldLangSpine books. This was just adorable! I loved how it ended, and I loved the work the character put in himself. @monalyisha

WildAlaskaBibliophile Glad you enjoyed it! 💓 3mo
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Bailedbailed

This was a DNF for me at 86 pages. I felt no connection with the character, and just had no interest in her story.

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Mehso-so

This was for the #roll100 challenge it was number 80 on my list. I am giving it a so-so as the writing style was not my favorite. However, the story was amazing.

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The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday.
1. The Hobbit
2. The Lorax
3. Tom‘s Midnight Garden

dabbe Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo
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Mehso-so

Meh. This was published in 2016 and was written more like a text book. I was hoping it was more layman friendly, also having octopus in the title is a bit misleading. He spent more time on cuttlefish.

TheBookHippie Have you read tagged book I very much loved it! 3mo
Pogue @TheBookHippie no I have not, but I just stacked it! Thank you for telling me about this. 3mo
SilversReviews Love the cover!! I haven‘t read the book. 3mo
Pogue @SilversReviews if you do let me know what you think. 3mo
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On a spring morning in 2009, Matthew Lawrence dropped the anchor of his small boat at a random spot in the middle of a blue ocean bay on the east coast of Australia, and jumped over the side. #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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Pickpick

This book would be a good companion read with Why Are you So Sensitive by Billie Lee and Gina Torino.

#LiteraryCrew #buddyread

Librarybelle Yay!! 3mo
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As someone who bakes this book was great. I laughed and cried. I would like to know more about Molly. @WildAlaskaBibliophile thank you for adding this to #auldlangspine.

DebinHawaii I read it this month & loved it too! 💜 3mo
majkia I don't bake but still adored it. 3mo
Sace This book is the best! I‘ve read it twice and seeing this post makes me want to read it again. 3mo
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WildAlaskaBibliophile I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 💓💓 I hope she will follow it up with a second book! (edited) 3mo
iread2much I adore this book! 3mo
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@PuddleJumper I did it. I joined the #Roll100 now I just have to make my list! I also joined it on #TheStorygraph.

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 3mo
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Has anyone else signed up for any of the #TheStorygraph reading challenges? I have four that I have signed up for. The 2025 reading goal, January page‘s challenge, the genre and reads the world one.

Zuhkeeyah I also signed up for the genre challenge. I enjoyed last year's prompts 3mo
Pogue @Zuhkeeyah I did last years as well. It was so fun. I am on The StoryGraph as Pogue. 3mo
Zuhkeeyah @Pogue I just sent you a friend request 😎 I'm zeebookdragon 3mo
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DogMomIrene Just sent you a friend request🤓 I‘ve joined two challenges that Littens created over TSG: Author a month, and Fictional Traveler. I just got started with TSG in the past two months, so I need to explore more. 3mo
Pogue @Zuhkeeyah I added you! 3mo
Pogue @DogMomIrene I added you! 3mo
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This is for #AuldLangSpine. @WildAlaskaBibliophile here is a getting to know me. I picked up A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking from the library yesterday!

@monalyisha I thought you might want to see this too. It was fun to do.

WildAlaskaBibliophile I love this and I love the book you're starting with! I too am from the PNW-- born and raised in WA! 3mo
monalyisha I‘ve never been to the West Coast! One day… 3mo
Pogue @WildAlaskaBibliophile Small world! 3mo
Pogue @monalyisha one day yes, it is very different from the east coast and the south and the plains and the Midwest. 3mo
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Garlic and the Vampire | Bree Paulsen
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I am so excited for #AuldLangSpine with @WildAlaskaBibliophile. She has sent me a list of 20 books to read. Out of the list I have read the tagged book, and Weyward. One of my goals this year is to get more books from the library, I am going to try to read from the bottom of the list to the top:

The list is in the comments.
Thank you to @monalyisha for hosting this!

Pogue 1. The A&A Detective Agency: The Fairfleet Affair by K.H. Saxton
2. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
3. Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
4. Blight Harbor trilogy by Lora Senf
5. Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
6. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
7. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
8. Hum by Helen Phillips
9. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
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Pogue 10. Middlewest: The Complete Tale by Skottie Young
11. Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
12. Nicked by M.T. Anderson
13. Nothing Special V1: Through the Elder Woods by Katie Cook
14. Peculiar Woods graphic novels by Andres J. Colmaneres
15. Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
16. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
17. Way Way Far Away by Evelio Rosero
18. Weyward by Emilia Hart
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Pogue 19. The Winter Walk: A Century-Old Survival Story from the Arctic by Loretta Outwater Cox
20. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
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Thank you @Christine this is all so amazing. I can‘t wait to read this book.

Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for running #jolabokaflodswap again.

TheBookHippie Oh that book is so good! You‘re going to love it! 3mo
MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð! 3mo
Christine Aww yay, I really hope you love it!! (I‘ve been wanting to read this one for a long time, too.) Also hope you had a wonderful Jokabokaflod and holiday!! ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
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SUPRISE! SUPRISE!. | Agatha Christie

Did you all see that on The StoryGraph you can now pause what you are reading! This is so cool.

JamieArc I was excited about that too. It‘s a great feature for those times I start way too many books at once and some get put on the back burner 😜 3mo
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The Curse of Penryth Hall | Jess Armstrong
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Pickpick

This was a great gothic mystery. It is set in the 1920‘s so there is a bit of tech in the story.

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Pickpick

The mystery in this was rather interesting and to left an opening for follow up books.

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Unknown Book 7535597 | Unknown Unknown
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I got my #jolabokaflodswap and mailed mine off. I am so excited!

Christine Yay!!! (It's from me. 😊) 4mo
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I signed up for #auldlangspine2025. This looks like a blast the sign up is on @monalyisha

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Pickpick

I loved the short stories in here. I went in blind and found out that several of my favorite authors contributed.

TrishB Need to get to- have on the pile. 5mo
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Pickpick

I learned so much from this little book. It was amazing. At 128 pages it is well worth the read. I also added three new quotes to my quote journal from this book!

VioletBramble I learned a lot from the original version of this book. I'll look for this graphic edition. 5mo
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This book is just fascinating.

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LEGO: A Love Story | Jonathan Bender
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Just look at what Lego is releasing!

Texreader Yes!! 5mo
TheKidUpstairs I love it! 5mo
RowReads1 Cool! Do you know when? 5mo
Pogue @RowReads1 October 28th to November 11th I think. I am not a Lego person. 5mo
MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 5mo
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A short book, with short tales of micro aggressions and how to respond to some of them. Reading this will help understand what exactly is a micro aggression.

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@JessieKB thank you so much! I love my box.
@Avanders @Chrissyreadit thank you for hosting the #FFFS #Fallingforfallswap

Avanders 🤩🍁🍎🍂♥️ 6mo
JessieKB I am so glad!!!🧡🍂🧡🍂 Enjoy the treats and reads!!! 6mo
Chrissyreadit 🍁🧡🍁🧡🍁 6mo
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Mailbag, Volume 2 | Anonymous
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Avanders And another woo hoo! 😁🍁🍂🍎 7mo
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Mailbag, Volume 2 | Anonymous
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Avanders Woo hoo! 🍁🍎🍂 7mo
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So good. This was so good.

Avanders Hiya lady - I could swear I saw you confirm you received your (corrected) match, but I can‘t find it… did you? 🍁♥️🍂 7mo
Pogue @Avanders sure did. Sorry for the late response I have COVID again. 7mo
Avanders Great, and no worries. And *oh no*!! Hope you feel better soon!! 💙 (edited) 7mo
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