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vivastory

Joined November 2016

“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?”-G. Zevin
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“The bill will include even more funding for the military and more funding for Trump‘s border crackdown, while slashing crucial programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and also repealing clean energy credits put in place by the Biden administration. Up to 15 million Americans will be uninsured by 2034 due to the bill‘s cuts, and 7.6 million will be at risk of losing Medicaid,(cont):
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vivastory (15 Million Americans will be uninsured!! Over MF eggs. Health insurance over eggs,)
https://newrepublic.com/post/195606/house-pass-tax-bill-medicaid-cuts-republican...
(Also: calling the Republicans brave is quite the editorial stretch)
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AnnCrystal 🙏🏼🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸. 18m
TheBookHippie Ain‘t no hate like Christian love. The cruelty is the point. Breaking people is the point. Pure evil. 5m
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Littens! Proud to announce that my jar of fucks arrived today! Thanks to @jamiearc for putting this on my radar...as I have been saying for awhile now, my fucks to give are like a natural resource, We'll see how long they last. (p.s.: 2 used today)

Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 1h
kspenmoll 😂😂😂 57m
Tamra Perfect! 34m
TheBookHippie ENJOY!!!!! 6m
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Funny Girl | Nick Hornby
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Early 2025 was truly my own my own winter of discontent (second drumpf term, having to move in the middle of Feb, covid for the second time etc etc) Hornby's novel about a winner of a beauty queen pageant in a British village who proceeded to revolutionize tv has so far been one of my favorite reads of the year. Sophie Straw is absolutely terrific & the cast who surround her are in turns interesting & infuriating. This books has MUCH to say (CONT)

vivastory about the potential of thoughtful mass media, all too easily dismissed & those who only want to consume it if they can apply a label to it that makes them feel superior which persists to this day (ie elevated horror: a bullshit label...unless the movie actually is set in an elevator lol)
Sophie is a character that I just cannot forget & although this is only the second Hornby I read, I absolutely adored it. #bestreads2025
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TheKidUpstairs Ooh, I haven't read this one. I read a bunch of Hornby's books a long time ago, and always enjoyed them. I'll have to stack this! 1h
vivastory @TheKidUpstairs High Fidelity was a great experience, Do you have other favorites? Def taking recommendations! 1h
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TheKidUpstairs @vivastory it's been about 20 years since i last read him (i can hardly believe that, even as i type it!) But I loved About A Boy, and Fever Pitch. And Polysyllabic Spree was fun, a collection of his magazine columns missing on his reading life. 1h
TheKidUpstairs (That should say musing, not missing 🤦‍♀️) 1h
TheBookHippie Ugh. I feel ya. 4m
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Beautiful & Damned
Spicy Nachos, Horror Books, Good Movies
Memorial Day Break Plans
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩💛🐝💛 2h
Bookwormjillk Sounds perfect! 2h
vivastory @Bookwormjillk @thespineview Can't ask for much else! 2h
TheBookHippie Best ever. 4m
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Monica | Daniel Clowes
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According to Ye Olde Goode Reads, I have read 4 of Clowes' books since 2016, but Monica is the first 5 star. This one truly had the capaciousness, & complexity, of a fleshed out novel. , This has much in common with other Clowes works I have read but it was def. a step beyond. One of the first books that I read after my move back in Feb. & I specifically recall it breaking through my mental fatigue at the time as a special work.
#2025bestreads

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So much drama at work
Is it me, am I the problem
So few fucks to give
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JamieArc I wish I could send you a back of little wooden fucks to keep at work. Move them from one jar to the next when you are losing fucks to give. I was just given some to keep at my desk and it‘s a great visual reminder for where I‘m at 😂 1d
CBee @JamieArc oh snap, I need some of those too 😂😂 1d
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vivastory @JamieArc Ordered! I won't be able to bring it to work, but it will be a nice home decoration so thank you very much 😂 I'm no longer on Twitter (refuse to call it X) but one of my favorite tweets during my stint was the following:
https://x.com/stukershaw/status/1373035655291412480?lang=en
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vivastory @CBee @Jamiearc Lolol Gmail notification “Jar of Fucks“ might be the best notification I've ever received 😅 1d
vivastory @CBee @jamiearc I was honestly tempted by the “Nothing To Give“ jar, but profanity won out in the end lolol 1d
TheBookHippie @JamieArc I have these… 1d
JamieArc @vivastory I‘m so glad I could help 😂 I have them on my desk, but hide them when the dean stops by for a visit 😁 1d
JamieArc @vivastory That tweet 😆😆. I took a screenshot. 1d
JamieArc @CBee They are well worth it! Treat yourself! 1d
JamieArc @TheBookHippie That does not surprise me 😆 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory it‘s the gift that keeps giving 🤣 1d
TheBookHippie @JamieArc I did too!!! I‘m so printing it out. 1d
CBee @vivastory that tweet is the best thing ever 😂😂😂 1d
TheBookHippie @JamieArc We had a contest to see how many songs you can list with the word fuck in it. I won. 🤣👀🤷🏻‍♀️😂🏆 1d
vivastory @TheBookHippie What was it?! Enquiring minds want to know!!! 1d
vivastory @JamieArc It's one of my most shared screenshots lolol 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory I have the list somewhere but Pearl Jam & Pink have like more than 15 a piece 🤣 Porch and Not for You are favorites 🙃 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory Ed and Alicia in concert are good drinking games for saying it. Ha. However Rolling Stones had a few last time we saw them… 1d
vivastory @TheBookHippie Did I see correctly that you caught Pearl Jam live recently?! If so, that's incredible. The first CD I bought was VS (i think that @cbee & I are roughly the same age) (edited) 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory I‘ve seen Pearl Jam more times than I can count over 30 years- because love. I just saw them in August. I would have been this past month but my son has all special events. I‘m a groupie🤣🤣🤣 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory I‘ve also seen Ed live by himself and with his Earthlings band and with Glen Hansard. 1d
TheBookHippie @vivastory live they are something else. So good. 1d
vivastory @TheBookHippie I *almost* see them at lollapolooza, but have never seen them. Would def love to as they're a favorite 💙 24h
TheBookHippie @vivastory you coulda gotten in with me and my peeps at lollapolooza!!!!! Oy!!!! 24h
JamieArc @TheBookHippie I‘m a big Glen Hansard fan. I saw him a couple years ago at the Meijer gardens and it was one of the best concerts I‘ve been to, in part because it was raining and he made it so fun. 24h
TheBookHippie @JamieArc we adore him -I‘ve now seen him four times!!! He has a new album next month in case you didn‘t know!! 24h
TheBookHippie @JamieArc @AmyG is a Glen fan too! 24h
dabbe @TheBookHippie What I would have given to have been Robert Plant's groupie ... 🤣 23h
TheBookHippie @dabbe 👀 One of my high school friends followed them around quite awhile 🙃 I adore them as well. 23h
dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh, are there stories involved? Or involvements? #dyingtoknow I still pant over him--even his 76-year-old gnarly ass! 🤣 23h
TheBookHippie @dabbe she would never say 🤣 22h
AmyG I am so sorry. Everyone who has ever worked on anything anywhere….has had drama. People, honestly, can be insufferable and that number rises daily. @JamieArc Thank you for that…my new favorite gift. 13h
dabbe @TheBookHippie I can only imagine! 🤣 9h
vivastory @JamieArc “Falling Slowly“ is one of my most frequently listened to songs 💙 1h
JamieArc Glad there is so much Glen Hansard love here @AmyG @TheBookHippie @vivastory It‘s one of my most played songs too 🎶 1h
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Robogenesis: A Novel | Daniel H. Wilson
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Daniel Wilson is one of the contemporary greats of evil machines & bk 2 in the Robopocalypse Series looks very promising, esp. with the rise of AI the past few years since I read book 1.
#robot
@eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Dramatic cover 👁️ 💚 2d
Cathythoughts Crazy cover 😁 💚 19h
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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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Day 2 of #2025bestreads was my first book of the year. What was unusual about this one, is I don't recall when my first read of the yr was an audio book (my audio tends to happen on work commutes; at the beginning of the yr I'm on holiday) but I was so riveted by both the story & Haynes narration that I simply couldn't stop listening. This added a lot more to the Medusa story, which I already felt familiar with & genuinely surprised me.

BarbaraBB I had no idea she wrote another book! Thanks for the recommendation 2d
vivastory @BarbaraBB Glad to add to yr TBR! This is the only Haynes I've read, but am planning on reading Pandora's Jar soon. 2d
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Y'all, I have to teach a 2 hour class this upcoming Friday on basic med support knowledge for supervisors at my agency. I have been feeling slightly discombobulated ALREADY, I need to be combobulated ASAP.
#weirdwords @cbee

shortsarahrose In the Milwaukee airport, after you get through security, there is a sign designating the “recombobulation area” 😆 2d
vivastory @shortsarahrose Lolol I've only been in the Milwaukee airport once & it was when I was a smoker (I quit 12 yrs ago) & I still recall the smoker's lounge inside 2d
CBee I could use some combobulation, like stat 😂😂 2d
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vivastory @CBee That shit needs to be sold right next to 5 hr energy. Available at yr local grocery store: Combobulation 😂 2d
CBee @vivastory hahahaha I‘d buy the whole lot 😂😂 2d
vivastory @CBee I'd invest in a Costco membership for that! 😂 (edited) 2d
CBee @vivastory 😂😂😂 same!! Allll the memberships 🙌🏻🙌🏻 2d
vivastory @CBee Giving myself mental gold stars as I make it through the day lolol 2d
CBee @vivastory you‘re doing great. And you have a long weekend coming up - there is light at the end of the tunnel 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 2d
vivastory @CBee Thanks, friend. Def a light at the end of the tunnel! I hope that you have some rest/extra reading time lined up 💙 2d
CBee @vivastory I‘m going to try!! 2d
Suet624 Well I‘ll be wondering how the heck I got myself into teaching a two hour class! Good luck!!! 2d
vivastory @Suet624 Conned!! Conned, I tell you!! 1d
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Congrats to Mushtaq's Heart Lamp for winning the International Booker Prize! I have stopped following literary prize news the past couple of years for several reasons & it's something outside of the box to make me pay attention (ie: Everett's overdue Pulitzer this year) & now a short story collection! Although I have not read Mushtaq, some of the best fiction I have read over the past few years has been story collections & this is long overdue!

BarbaraBB I had read all of the shortlist except for this one. I now really want to read it. 2d
vivastory @BarbaraBB Out of curiosity, what book were you rooting for? 2d
sarahbarnes I‘m on the hold list for this collection at the library and now even more excited to read it! I wasn‘t expecting it to win. 22h
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I stumbled across this one at the library today and read the first 70 pages while there. Early 90s Scotland. A compelling narrator, fantastic!!

Branwen I already love this cover! 🩷 3d
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Is it a goodie? An oldie? Am I just boring? Regardless, I am posting my #tuesdaytunes selections 2 days early with a few selections I never tire of:
*Low: Sunflower
https://open.spotify.com/track/5MLBottNJ4s4yL6t9sIryD?si=1efcba7e33c44138
*Jenny Lewis: Melt Your Heart
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Bmpx1qObH98h6JAuN7VLj?si=d56b8af5095243af
*Phosphorescent: C'est La Vie No 2
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BarbaraBB Thank you 🙏 4d
vivastory @BarbaraBB 🤘 💙 4d
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TheBookHippie Wreckage !!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4d
TheBookHippie Just saw Wreckage played live. ♥️ 4d
monalyisha OMG I love Beth Orton (and Jenny Lewis, obviously, but Beth gets far fewer shout-outs)! I almost always end up playing her on a rainy day. 2d
vivastory @monalyisha Sugaring Season=One of my favorite albums of all-time (edited) 2d
monalyisha I usually do Central Reservation. I‘ll put on Sugaring Season next time the sky opens up! 2d
vivastory @monalyisha I get it. Sharon Van Etten's “Are We There“ (& assorted Billie Holiday) are my go-to rainy day soundtracks. I'm adding Central Reservation to my Spotify library bc I haven't checked it out yet 2d
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3 songs mashed in 1
Early 90s, Dollar Movie Theater Mind Blown
Wayne's World, Party On Garth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
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CBee This movie was when I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody 😂 Party on, Scott 😂 4d
vivastory @CBee (Handing you a twizzler from the dashboard dispenser) Party on,, Cyd 😂 🤘 (edited) 4d
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TheBookHippie @CBee WHAT?!?! 4d
TheBookHippie I still remember the day Freddie died. So very sad. 4d
CBee @vivastory 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 4d
CBee @TheBookHippie the movie came out in 1992 (had to look that up) - I was 14 and my music taste hadn‘t evolved yet 😂 I was still coming out of my Debbie Gibson/Tiffany phase 😅 And never heard it growing up. It got better lol - I LOVE Queen and Freddie so much! 4d
dabbe “Ex-squeeze me? Baking powder?“ Your words bring back such fun memories. Plus, I now know I'm way older than you! WAUGGGGHHHHH! 💛🐝🖤 3d
lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 👌 3d
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Nutshell | Ian McEwan
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Since it is a bit under the halfway point of the yr, I have made a list of my 15 favorite reads so far. I will be posting these, in no particular order whatsoever.
First up is a retelling of Hamlet with a very unusual POV. The narrator is the unborn child of Trudy & John and is made aware of a plan between Trudy & Claude to get rid of John. The narrator, a bit of a sommelier, & very much aware of the state of the world they are about to (CONT)

vivastory enter makes for a memorable character. A lyrical & sly version of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, I loved this book. This is only the second McEwan that I have read (the other one is not Atonement, that is going to be the next I read), but he is someone I plan on reading much more of.
Day 1 of #2025bestreads
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Reggie May Cassidy was on Books in the Freezer and he talked about Hamlet because he‘s been in so many productions of it but he made me interested in revisiting it. This also sounds fascinating! 4d
vivastory @Reggie I feel like it's a play that you should read once you've had life experience. It's not really a good play to have HS students read. The McEwan is relatively short, think you;d dig it. I have Cassidy's latest from aardvark, def. looking forward to checking it out (Also: have you seen Sinners?!) 4d
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Reggie @vivastory I have not seen Sinners. Is it good? You know when we read Hamlet? In 11 grade. Could‘ve cared less. You know when we read MacBeth? In 7th grade. And I keep remember her not being able to wash her hands clean of blood. She was so ambitious and they killed those kids. It was crazy!!!! But Hamlet, all I remember is Mel Gibson made a movie. I should watch it. 4d
vivastory @Reggie Sinners is the best movie released this year I've seen. Just absolutely phenomenal. I do think that MacBeth is a great play to teach HS students, also a few of the history plays. There's a fantastic barebones production of MacBeth adaptation with Patrick Stewart that is honestly one of the best Shakespeare adaptations I have seen. If you do watch Hamlet I would rec the Hawke or the Tenant versions. 4d
sarahbarnes So interesting - I haven‘t heard of this one. I did really like Atonement but haven‘t read any of his others. 4d
AnneCecilie @vivastory @Reggie Funny that you should talk about Sinners since I just saw it at the movies. I was a little worried about the horror element, but that wasn‘t too bad. Great music. 3d
vivastory @AnneCecilie I feel like it was a historical movie with horror elements added in. The scene when “Preacher Boy“ plays is the best scene of any movie I have watched all year (edited) 3d
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Orlando Furioso | Ludovico Ariosto
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Years ago I tackled the wacky tagged Italian epic poem in the 2 vol Penguin set. Total page count is 1,632 pages.
Although it is technically a trilogy, Tolkien envisioned LoTR as a single volume & if it was counted as such then the page count for editions I read clock in at 1,248.
At just a few less pages than LoTR would be King's longest work-The Stand (1,200)
Lately I have been thinking of tackling Shogun (1,300) pages.
#sundayfunday

tpixie Oh! I‘ve read The Stand & LoTR! ( I‘m currently reading Les Mis- so ask me Dec 31!) 😂 4d
shortsarahrose Also read The Stand and LoTR, but those are beaten by a Library of America collection of Herman Melville‘s post-Moby Dick novels and prose work (1478 pages). 4d
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BookmarkTavern Multiple volumes definitely count! Thanks for posting! 4d
vivastory @shortsarahrose I love LoA volumes! I checked that one out from the library to read The Confidence-Man. There were some other pieces in there I plan on reading in the future 4d
vivastory @tpixie That's a great one! 4d
Branwen I'm guessing The Stand would be mine? Also Wind & Truth which was over 1300 pages if I'm remembering correctly! 3d
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I'm curious, Littens!
1) Most recent book(s) purchased
2) Last completed book from a library
Since I'm posting this, full transparency
1) A HPB book haul: Steinbeck's “Travels with Charley,“ Kosinski's “Being There,“ “DF Wallace Reader,“ “Virginia Woolf Box Set“ Harlan Ellison “Greatest Hits“
2) I Dnf a book (King's Killing Time), prior to that was the excellent “Before Watchmen: Nite Owl & Dr Manhattan “

monalyisha Hmm. Last NEW book purchased was Deep Cuts. Last library book completed was The Marmalade Diaries. Technically, my last book purchase was a haul, as well, though, from The Book Barn in Niantic, CT (which is one of my favorite places). Paperbacks are typically around $4. I bought a whole towering stack. 7d
CarolynM Linden Rise by Richmal Crompton from a second hand bookshop in Albury at a stop on the road trip home from Sydney. Books are what I spend my money on, I rarely use libraries. The last book I borrowed from a library was Stepford Wives for a Litsy readalong a few years ago because I literally could not find a copy to buy. (edited) 7d
TheKidUpstairs 1. I've been buying too many lately! Last purchase was yesterday: The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. 2. Last completed from the library was an audiobook: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore 7d
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Deblovestoread 1) The Life of Herod The Great by Zora Neale Hurston. A #blameitonLitsy (specifically @TheBookHippie ) purchase. Most recent through Libby was 7d
shortsarahrose Just bought “Hyperbole and a Half” and “Solutions and Other Problems” by Allie Brosh yesterday. From the library, most recently finished “Tress of the Emerald Seas” by Brandon Sanderson 7d
Ruthiella I just bought “A Forgotten Home Child” for #OhCanada and last completed library book was for #EBBR 7d
BiblioLitten 1. Purchased Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and 2. Last Completed from the library was Still Life by Louise Penny. Both are #blameitonlitsy reads. 7d
Reggie 1. Eat the Ones You Love by Sara Maria Griffin and Overgrowth by Mira Grant. 2. I‘m in the middle of Say You‘ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez. I‘ll be done with it tomorrow. 7d
dabbe 1. Last book purchased for me: The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad. Have I looked at it yet? Nope. But it's a pretty cover!
2. Last completed book by a library: THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT by Agatha Christie. I just finished it last night! 🤩
Thanks for the fun questions! 😍
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IriDas 1) The book that held her heart by Makr Lawrence. 2) The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim (edited) 7d
BarbaraJean 1. Last book purchase was a book haul: four books from the NYRB children‘s book sale (Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, The Little Bookroom, A Traveller in Time, and An Episode of Sparrows), which, like @Deblovestoread I can blame on @TheBookHippie 😆
2. Most recent library book is tagged—I read the audiobook through Libby
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Suet624 1. Life Became Very Blurry by Garrett Graff, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, Vermont by Charles T Morrissey (from 1981)
2. Demon Copperhead

You purchased some great books!
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Liz_M 1) Indy bookstore day: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860087
2) A Different Hurricane - set on and author from St. Vincent, a small Caribbean island-nation
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vivastory @monalyisha I keep seeing posts about Deep Cuts & as a music lover am def. intrigued. Paperbacks with decent fonts are my preferred reading format now. When I was at HPB the other day they had a great selection of mass market lit fic. 4d
vivastory @CarolynM Outside of necessities, books are what I mostly spend money one too! What were your thoughts on the Levin? I read Rosemary's Baby a few months ago & loved it. 4d
vivastory @TheKidUpstairs Solidarity on the purchase! Lol. Kennedy is def on my radar as like many others I have really appreciated the explosion of Irish authors. 4d
vivastory @Deblovestoread Hurston is 100% on my list of authors to read by the end of the year. I recently bought a book of essays & am really looking forward to them 4d
vivastory @shortsarahrose Love Allie Brosh! I have read only one of Sanderson's secret project books: The Sunlit Man (a good entry point for those new to Sanderson, I think) but I have heard interesting things about Tess 4d
vivastory @Ruthiella Was not familiar with the #ohcanada selection but it sounds interesting! 4d
monalyisha @vivastory Decent fonts are so important! Most mass market fonts are too small for me. Every copy of The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart that I‘ve ever gotten my hands on has been *so* hard to read. I keep hoping to find one that works! 4d
vivastory @BiblioLitten I was at a family dinner a few months ago & my cousin's partner was trying to convince my aunt (also a reader) to read TL (which I haven't read), but I did chime in with my enthusiasm of Patchett as Dutch House is one of my favorites from the past few yrs. I also have the Penny on my TBR & am eager to get to it! 4d
shortsarahrose Tress was my first Sanderson. It definitely made me want to read more! Adding The Sunlit Man to my TBR. 4d
vivastory @Reggie Mira Grant is so great. Looking at her site I see that she recently published a book in the Aliens universe. Def intrigued. Did you ever read anything from her Parasitology series? I only read bk 1 but it's a series I always meant to continue. 4d
vivastory @dabbe One of my favorite reads this yr so far was Christie's N or M? I used to read her somewhat regularly & it had been a couple of yrs since, nice to pick up one of her books again 4d
vivastory @IriDas I have heard only great things about Lawrence's library trilogy. It's something I def want to check out 4d
vivastory @BarbaraJean NYRB has so many great imprints 💙 4d
vivastory @Suet624 Demon Copperhead is high on my list! Thanks, Sue! I def lucked out. I like to rotate between the HPB locations, never know what treasures I'll find 4d
vivastory @Liz_M Red Pill is a favorite. Love that edition of the Woolf 4d
vivastory @shortsarahrose I've heard others say that you need to have read several books of The Stormlight Archives, but I only read bk 1 of TSA & was able to follow along fine. There's def references to the Cosmere, but it works as a standalone story IMO 4d
BiblioLitten @vivastory Dutch House was the reason I picked up TL. 😊 4d
Branwen I need to hear more about this Virginia Woolf boxset! 👀 3d
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Batman's Killing Time is an obnoxiously consistent non-linear story that could have easily been a masterpiece. I ended up DNF'ing this one around the 65% mark. Tom King is a fantastic creator. I highly recommend both The Human Target & Rorschach. There were elements of this I liked quite a bit, however the elements that did not work were too big of distractions.

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As the title says the events of this are a bit like origin stories for Nite Owl/Dr Manhattan. Nite Owl is a bit of a poor man's Batman. What is interesting in this volume is how he grows as a character with his interactions with Rorschach & others. The second half of this was absolutely fantastic, easily one of the best graphic novels I have read this year. Dealing with quantum realities, pocket universes, etc. There are times where you (CONT)

vivastory have to turn the book sideways/upside down (House of Leave style-minus the pages of footnotes). This was an immensely satisfying origin story on Dr. Manhattan. 1w
RamsFan1963 I've read the Before Watchman volume with The Comedian and Rorschach, I need to get around to reading the rest of them. 1w
vivastory @RamsFan1963 If you haven't read it, Tom King:s Rorschach is fantastic 1w
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RamsFan1963 @vivastory I've seen it at the library, but I haven't read it yet. Is it the original Rorschach or the replacement introduced in Doomsday Clock? 1w
vivastory @RamsFan1963 I haven't read Doomsday Clock but it's definitely not the original 1w
RamsFan1963 @vivastory I wouldn't waste my time on Doomsday Clock. It was a good idea, and could have been an interesting sequel to Watchmen, but DC blew it. There was big delays between issues, then events were happening in other DC comics that affected the plot of the miniseries. The only good thing about it was the artwork by Gary Frank. 7d
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Collected from Web Toon, this volume is a collection of stories about the floating skull of Oscar Zahn as he carries out his paranormal investigations. I really like monster of the week stories & the first half of the book scratched that itch, the second half of the volume delved into Zahn's background & was a bit unsatisfying. As this was a library book, overall can't really complain! A pick,

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I wasn't planning on posting anything for #tuesdaytunes this week, but I just stumbled across the following & absolutely HAD to post it (Lose Yourself: Sung By 331 Movies):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYtaBfwpg_k
@tiedyedude

vivastory This is by far one of the best mashup videos I have seen in a long time, the editing & the choices of the clips is fantastic 1w
Ruthiella Wow! 🤩 That was amazing. 1w
TheBookHippie OHMYGOODGOD!!!! Love it! 1w
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Reggie lol awesome! 1w
Leftcoastzen Wow! 1w
KathyWheeler This is fantastic! 1w
BarbaraBB This is soooo cool! 1w
Liz_M I love this! 1w
Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
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CBee 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Hope you‘re doing well, Scott @vivastory 2w
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To quote the Ancient Aliens meme: I don't know, therefore Aliens!
I posted about two books finished today. I'm very much enjoying the Lethem but I am thinking it will need to hibernate for now as it is not compatible with my mood/mental space etc (will def come back as it is quite good), which leaves me with me mostly a clean slate except for one story collection which I am enjoying SO MUCH I ordered the physical copy. Will review (CONT)

vivastory when finished! Have no idea what my reading mood will be tomorrow & am going to follow my mood & build my TBR for the upcoming week (loosely) around what I need to do rather than have unrealistic expectations & end up reading very little during the week.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
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BarbaraBB I love that you can do that, I‘m such a control freak. 2w
vivastory @BarbaraBB I have been that way for YEARS, but have had to adjust recently due to work pressures, I'm such an eclectic reader and there are so many books I want to read I realized that I need to let my mood & upcoming work schedule dictate my TBR. Otherwise I just end up staring at my phone all night 😱 2w
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Lulu's for lunch, Oh Yum
Reading & napping on Saturday, Bliss
One more day of joy

I'm a bit rusty, but here's my #haikuaday

vivastory *Disclaimer: I stole this picture of the Rainbow Peanut Noodles I ordered from Google, as I was too discombobulated to take a social media pic of mine as I had ordered delivery & was plating mine with just regular plates lolol) (edited) 2w
dabbe Love this! Wanna join our #haikuhive? 💛🐝🖤 2w
Reggie They sound yummy and to follow it up with a nap sounds like heaven. 2w
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vivastory @dabbe I can't commit to anything right now with work commitments, but I will try to post a haiku when I can. It was fun! 2w
vivastory @Reggie Weekend naps>Weekday naps 2w
LeahBergen Awesome! 👏 2w
dabbe @vivastory No worries. It's totally low-key. Looking forward to whenever you can post! 🖤🐝💛 2w
TheSpineView Any food reference makes me hungry 💛🐝💛 2w
TheBookHippie Love!!! 2w
DebinHawaii Great way to jump right in! 💛🐝🖤 Welcome to the #haikuhive 2w
JenlovesJT47 💛🐝💛 2w
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Bloodshot Definitive Edition | Matt Kindt, Duane Swierczynski
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This was a random library find. Bloodshot is essentially an indestructible government soldier who is sent around the world on secret missions. One day, due to a glitch, he realizes that he has been living a series of false memories. He has not been promoting peace/democracy but has been just a tool for the government. The subsequent body count is in some ways typical, but the consistent critique of government propaganda when it comes to (CONT)

vivastory international relations/power balance & the true motivations of those in power is well-balanced. After finishing I noticed that Matt Kindt was one of the writers. Kindt created one of my favorite graphic novel series of all-time: Mind MGMT. This is an interesting turn for Kindt. Bloodshot is Deadpool minus a sense of humor, but more politically aware. 2w
TieDyeDude I wish the Valiant universe was more prominent, especially with DC and Marvel far from their peak days. I haven't gone deep into Valiant, but I've read a fair amount of Bloodshot, Shadowman, and Faith, and I've really enjoyed what I've read. 1w
vivastory @TieDyeDude I don't read any Marvel at all really. Most of the DC I read is Black label, which I like quite a bit. I will def check out the other Valiant titles you mentioned This was the first. If you haven't read Mind MGMT I def recommend! 1w
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A volume of seemingly disparate stories that are actually tied together, each one driven by epistolary elements. The tone of SP is at times that of the content creator of a You Tube video essay. While surprising at times, SP is not quite as clever as it likes to think. For the shortcomings, it's a pleasant way to spend an afternoon. A soft pick,

Suet624 But the cover says it‘s a sensation! 😂 2w
vivastory @Suet624 There was a blurb on the back calling it “quiet horror..“ I'm so tired of the qualifiers when people speak of genre “elevated horror“ “quiet horror“ A couple of weeks ago I was watching a video online & someone used the phrase (in all seriousness) “elevated sci-fi“ I rolled my eyes so hard that I nearly strained them lolol 2w
Suet624 😂😂😂 literary hyperbole 2w
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vivastory @Suet624 Facts! 😂 2w
BarbaraBB I am excited about this one. Will get to it soon! 2w
vivastory @BarbaraBB As a fellow fan of Japanese mysteries I thought of you while reading this & am curious to see your thoughts 💙 2w
BarbaraBB Yes I couldn‘t resist 😜 2w
vivastory @BarbaraBB Reading my review I was a bit harsh, but it's a good beach read with some genuine surprises. Hope you enjoy 2w
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I just received an email from LOA about a documentary about Gary Snyder, one of the last surviving Beats, & a character in one of the grimmest novels I have ever read in my life (Kerouac's Big Sur). This will be streaming this weekend. Think this will be of interest to you @leftcoastzen
https://email.loa.org/h/i/8AB1ACAB53E732ED

vivastory Also tagging @thespineview as I see that you posted about this book before. 2w
TheSpineView Thanks for thinking of me! 2w
Leftcoastzen Thanks so much ! Will be checking that out ! 2w
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The Shrinking Man | Richard Matheson
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1) Definitely sitting down
2) The tagged book & Fortress of Solitude by Lethem. I really like both of them, but feel like I have been reading them for eons,
@thespineview #two4tuesday

TheSpineView I am interested in read your review of 2w
vivastory @TheSpineView I have only read one Lethem, years ago but still think of it from time to time. I will def be doing a review of this one. I think part of my issue with FOS is that I feel like I need a soft cover copy that I engage with & mark all the brilliant descriptive passages rather than the hardcover library edition I'm currently reading. Will probably order one today. 2w
TheSpineView @vivastory I'll look for your review. Can't bring myself to mark up books. I got a Kindle Scribe for Christmas just so I could take notes. 2w
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Thrawn | Timothy Zahn
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Towards the end of March I read Zahn's Thrawn prequel. I was so impressed that a couple of weeks later I read a a Darth Maul horror novel (Maul: Lockdown) . Between the two, I def prefer Zahn's, but the Mahl was def a bloody good time. Although I don't nec feel compelled to read more by Schreiber in the near future, I will def be reading more Zahn.

IriDas Zahn is a great author. His Conquerer‘s Trilogy was amazing. 3w
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....“The conversations we had that night, they were engineered too?“
“Some of them yes.“
“Like what?“
“Like my love of foreign films...“

BarbaraBB I hope you are enjoying the ride 😜 3w
vivastory @BarbaraBB 😂 I am so far! 3w
BarbaraBB My favorite book by Marrs! 3w
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Polybius | Collin Armstrong
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This was a random library find last week. I really enjoyed this fast-paced unhinged horror story about a small town that is changed by a mysterious new arcade game. While googling the title just now I see that it's based on an actual urban legend:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-urban-legend-of-the-governments-mindco...
Unrelated to the book, I saw “Sinners“ last night. Def one of the best movies I've watched this yr.

sarahbarnes Yikes. Doesn‘t feel like much of a stretch these days…. 3w
vivastory @sarahbarnes So true. It felt like a wild X-files episode. ☠ 3w
Reggie Bro, we are Twinkies. I got this at Barnes and Nobles on Thursday night. Can‘t wait to read it now. 2w
vivastory @Reggie Did you ever read The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson? Similar vibes. Good stuff. 2w
Reggie I did, and I loved it! Great, I look forward to this. 2w
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The past couple of months I have been making my way through the 5 original seasons of The Twilight Zone & I finished this week. It's been wonderful, mind expanding & at times a little tedious (see season 4). My #tuesdaytunes selection is the theme song, which for me is one of the best TV theme songs of all-time. This would not simply work with Bernard Hermann's eerie composition only , it really needs Rod Serling's succinct narrative (CONT)

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This was one of the most narrative & interesting shows at the time (w/ the exception of Hiitchcock Presents) 2 of the 3 prestige writers for the series have volumes that remain in print in Penguin Classics: Matheson & Beaumont
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AmyG I grew up watching this. Rod Serling was truly ahead of his time. 3w
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sarahbarnes We used to watch this at sleepovers when I was growing up. So eerie. 3w
Lesliereadsalot I just played it and it still gives me chills! 3w
Deblovestoread Not sure why but an episode that featured “kick the can” really imprinted on my brain. I need to watch and see if I can see why. 3w
dabbe Have you listened to the version by The Manhattan Transfer? It‘s incredible! 🤩 3w
Suet624 I still have memories of watching that show. 3w
Reggie My favorite episode is Jess Belle. The twilight zone for me was 4th of July marathons that we watched after a day of bbqing at the park and watching fireworks. Always creepy. 2w
vivastory @Reggie That was a good one. Overall I didn't care for season 4 as I didn't think that the hr long format worked, but there were exceptions like JB, Miniature, New Exhibit, Loved the TZ marathons. I had one on Easter lol after brunch 2w
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Illywhacker | Peter Carey
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My belated #weirdwords entry is courtesy of the tagged book, which I haven't read but I intend to. According to Ye Olde Google: Illywhacker is “A small-time confidence-trickster or seller of trinkets.“ The con man description does seem very much of the moment.
Carey has yet to disappoint as as writer. I read Oscar & Lucinda shortly after joining Litsy & I STILL think about that book. Another fave is True History of the Kelly Gang.
@cbee

vivastory *One of my favorite signed book anecdotes is that while I was reading my copy of O&L (i Bought it on a discount shelf at HPB & it had a a movie tie-tin cover), I happened to notice that ir was signed by Carey! Someone had the nerve to take a movie tie-in cover & request an autograph (it was a good movie, but STILL) lololol I would just die of embarrassment personally lol, but again that's me 😃 (edited) 3w
CBee Such a funny word, I love it! And love your anecdote - I think I feel the same! Sort of sad that I haven‘t been to many book signings though 😂🤦‍♀️😅 3w
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For some reason it feels like April was a lame reading month. I think that this was due to extra work pressure,, looking at my stats the following were my favorites (in no particular order):
*Wake Up & Open Your Eyes
*Nutshell
*Bad News
*Bad Dirt
I'm currently nearly finished with Matheson's Shrinking Man, which I'm very much enjoying. A real master of existential horror.

TheBookHippie My April was 🤦🏻‍♀️ slow.. 3w
Leftcoastzen I have a lot on my plate, the crazy state of the country is making my brain not able to focus on reading. I cut my reading goal in half. 3w
AmyG My April sucked. 3w
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vivastory @TheBookHippie I just checked out a great stack of library books. Not going into May with the same book slump bs 🙃 (edited) 3w
vivastory @Leftcoastzen News is a book focus slayer 3w
vivastory @AmyG Hope you have a better May 3w
TheBookHippie @vivastory I‘m heading there tomorrow!!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 3w
AmyG @vivastory…it sucked for reading. 🤣 I am hoping I get back on track for May. 3w
Reggie My April was awful as well but it‘s my own fault. I put on Food Network shows for background and next thing you know I‘m invested. I can‘t make myself turn it off. lol 3w
vivastory @Reggie But did you cook along? (Enquiring/hungry minds want to know) 3w
Reggie @vivastory no, because I‘m on this carnivore diet right now. So I‘m just really torturing myself. 3w
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What happens when BoTM AND Aardvark pick highly anticipated books. “Wow“ indeed.

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I currently have a few books going, which is very strange considering years ago I used to be a book monogamist.It seems that the past few years I've occasionally had to reset my current reads, hibernating all but one or two. The problem I have lately is my job. I strongly believe in the importance of it & advocate for it, but at the end of the day I don't have the energy to continue making headway in the Lethem chunkster of a (cont)

vivastory novel I started over the weekend when I was well-rested and had the whole day in front of me. It seems that due to work expectations, I'm finding myself more & more building my tbr around what I need to do. I'm not reading anything I have no interest in, but I've noticed that my reading habits have shifted significantly the past few years. I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this? I tagged the Proulx, bc short form work has been (CONT) (edited) 4w
vivastory a lifesaver in terms of keeping my reading life alive: poetry, essays, manga and short stories have all been a significant part of my reading life the past few years. There were many days/weeks when I was too tired to sink into a Rushdie, Wharton, Baldwin novel but I could certainly read a bizarre volume of PTSD Radio/Blood on the Tracksor get an adrenaline shot of a Bradbury/Matheson story (edited) 4w
monalyisha I used to be a one book at a time reader, too, but my habits have definitely changed! Right now I'm reading 4 (usually, it's more like 3): 1 novel (print), 1 book of poems (print), 1 that's apparently classified as self-help/philosophy (print), & 1 fantasy novel (audiobook). Commuting was the game-changer for me. Once I started listening to audiobooks regularly, the floodgates opened. I still won't read two printed novels at once. 4w
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monalyisha I've also been gravitating towards nonfic this year -- way more than I normally do. I'm not sure if that has to do with my attention span or something else. It's been an overwhelming year thus far. 4w
shortsarahrose I definitely have multiple books going and/or hibernated at a time. Some of it is that I sometimes read slowly but I get a lot of books from the library, so I don‘t finish them before they‘re due. So I return them and will later check them out again and cycle through several at a time this way. 4w
shortsarahrose Also, I used to read a lot more nonfiction (especially 2016-22), but after taking a class on YA literature for my Masters in library science and then having a chronic illness flare up, I‘ve read more fiction, especially fantasy. 4w
Reggie I‘m the opposite. I used to have a book stashed everywhere and juggled 3-5 at a time and now I refuse to read more than one at a time. And for the past year there I times I get home from work and sit in the car for like 15 minutes to decompress. It‘s crazy. I don‘t want to move for a while. 4w
Branwen My reading habits have definitely changed over the years too! I used to set up a lot of reading lists and challenges, but now I'm solely a mood reader! 3w
Centique Yes! I find I‘m struggling to read fiction or non fiction that is too close to contemporary concerns - i read enough news to need my other reading to be a break from that. So I‘m reading more historical (anything pre 2015 im counting!) and more sci fi I think. Short stories and rereads of MG books are appealing to me more too. 3w
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Conclave | Robert Harris
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I watched the adaptation of Harris novel about a month ago. Talk about timely. Yeesh!

TheBookHippie Yikes on Bikes 1mo
vivastory @TheBookHippie Christ on a cracker 🙃 1mo
TheBookHippie @vivastory 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 1mo
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vivastory @TheBookHippie 😂😂 Couldn't resist 1mo
Suet624 My daughter keeps insisting I watch this. 1mo
vivastory @Suet624 It's riveting 1mo
Branwen How is it? Both the book and the show? 3w
vivastory @Branwen I've only watched the movie, which I definitely recommend. 3w
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Paradise Lost | John Milton
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The following LitHub article was from last month, but it is a fantastic look at the iconic villains of literature:
https://lithub.com/the-best-villains-in-literature-bracket/

vivastory Who are your favorite literary villains? 1mo
BarbaraBB Difficult… Hannibal Lecter?! 1mo
Liz_M Richard III 1mo
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Ruthiella Dickens villains are the best literary villains IMO because they‘re all so plausible: Uriah Heep, Mr. and Miss Murdstone, Mr. Tulkinghorn… (edited) 1mo
vivastory @BarbaraBB He's a top contender for me 🔪🍽️ 1mo
vivastory @Liz_M I have yet to read that Shakespeare, but I've heard that from others! 1mo
vivastory @Ruthiella Dickens has some of the best. Bill Sikes definitely comes to mind! 1mo
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*Favorite Genres: Horror, lit fic, fantasy, non-fiction, mystery
*Desert Island Reads: Poe's Collected Tales & Poems, LOA Shirley Jackson collection, Complete Shakespeare Plays, LOA Le Guin Hainish Novels & Stories, Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Baldwin's collected essays
*Go-to Reading Snack: Iced coffee
*Weirdest/most interesting place I've read a book: I often bring a book with me when I go to a concert to kill time between acts: (CONT)

vivastory due to my job I have read at nearly every ER waiting room in the KC area.
*What do you when you're not reading? Wish I was reading.
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monalyisha Smart choices for your desert island reads; quantity and quality. 😉 And I don‘t actually know what your job is! 1mo
monalyisha Perfect answer to the last question, too, by the way! 1mo
vivastory @monalyisha Thank you! I'm the lead health coordinator for a non-profit that provides IDD services for adults. I help supervise & coordinate routine medical care, but also assist with urgent situations. Love my job. 1mo
monalyisha @vivastory Thanks for explaining! 💓 1mo
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Good Night, Sleep Tight | Brian Evenson
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Evenson covers much of the same ground as in prior story collections: liminal spaces, ambiguous identities, sci-fi & dystopian horror. Although not as consistently strong as say “Song For the Unraveling of the World“ there are some real gems in here: “Solution,“ “Annex,“ “Vigil In the Inner Room“ & “Servitude“.

Suet624 I‘m intrigued. 1mo
TheBookHippie Cool cover. 1mo
vivastory @Suet624 It was uneven but def worthwhile 1mo
vivastory @TheBookHippie There are a few pieces involving AI which def ties in nicely with the cover 1mo
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes | Clay McLeod Chapman
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This is the craziest horror novel I have read all year. It is also probably the most divisive. Which is unfortunate, because it has a really important message. Wake Up & Open Your Eyes is like old school Stephen King for the social media era, I will say that at several points while reading I was like, “Wow, Clay you really went there,“...and my macabre black soul loved him for it. ☠ 💔

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Branwen I am desperate to read this book! 3w
vivastory @Branwen I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. Have you read Chapman? 3w
Branwen @vivastory No, I haven't! This would be my first book of his! 3w
vivastory @Branwen This one is also really good 3w
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Nutshell | Ian McEwan
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In McEwan's work the narrator Hamlet is the unborn child of Trudy, herself involved in an affair with her brother-in-law Claude. Tired of the Villanelles & Pantoums of her husband, poet John, they begin plotting his demise. The narrator is a wine enthusiast who is also socially aware. Thoughts of revenge are tempting. This is one of the most lyrical novels I have read all year. I loved this version of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays!!

TheLudicReader Anything McEwan writes is worth reading. 1mo
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N Or M? | Agatha Christie
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Although I had previously read a Tommy & Tuppence story in a detective story anthology, this was the first novel featuring the married duo I have read & what an absolute delight. Set during WWII Tommy is tasked with trying to determine who might be behind the Fifth Column in Britain. Not one to be left behind, Tuppence secretly joins him. My minor gripe about this novel is that the reveal about the major players def have a deus ex machina (CONT)

vivastory that is unusual for the usual cleverness of a Christie novel; she can def be excused considering the circumstances. This was a women getting shit done book. Loved! 1mo
CogsOfEncouragement I really enjoy the way the books featuring this couple allow us to see them grow old together. 1mo
vivastory @CogsOfEncouragement Do you have a favorite? 1mo
CogsOfEncouragement I read them too long ago to answer that. and I gave them all five stars. 1mo
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I'm going to review bomb Litsy as the last 4 books I have read have been either 4.5 or 5 star reads. My most recent read is the tagged, the second novel in Aubyn's novel cycle comprised of 5 books. In his early 20s Patrick is summoned from London to NYC due to his father's death. In the grips of a drug addiction & despising his father (ironically becoming more like him the older he becomes) this book was the (CONT)

vivastory equivalent of peeking through fingers. With three more books left in the cycle, I'm curious to see where Patrick's journey takes him. 1mo
TheBookHippie Nice reading streak!! 1mo
BarbaraBB All the good books you read! Lucky you! 1mo
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Fireman | Joe Hill
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As Joe Hill has announced his first novel to be published in nearly a decade, my #ThorsDayRec is his epic The Fireman. This isn't my favorite novel by Hill, but it was the first Joe HIll book I read & I was riveted & think it is def well-worth reading.

KathyWheeler I didn‘t see the announcement of his new novel. Yay! 2mo
Reggie I‘ve read this twice and had completely different reactions. The first time made me depressed and the 2nd tie it came off as a comedy. I guess I was just at 2 different places I my life. And I actually thought of this book yesterday because somebody mentioned Turkey chili. 2mo
vivastory @KathyWheeler It's going to be a great year for horror releases IMO 2mo
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TrishB I have the new one on pre-order 😁 can‘t wait! 2mo
Branwen What an exciting announcement! And now I'm curious - what IS your favorite Joe Hill novel? 1mo
vivastory @Branwen NOS4A2 without a doubt! You? 1mo
Branwen @vivastory NICE! Mine is also NOS4A2! 🎄🪡 1mo
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My #weirdwords selection is courtesy of the Nov election & the ensuing economic decisions. I came across my selection on History Today:
For a phrase to express unfortunate circumstances that seem impossible to overcome (‘we‘re fucked‘), the Historical Thesaurus of English tells us that they would have proclaimed themselves to be ‘in hot water‘ (first use 1537), ‘in a pickle‘ (1562), ‘in straits‘ (1565) or, in the most extreme predicament, (CONT)

vivastory at one‘s ‘utter shift‘ (c.1604). To ‘fuck up‘ or spoil something, they‘d have used ‘to bodge‘ or ‘to botch‘. To say something was codswallop, baloney, bollocks, they‘d have gone with trumpery, baggage, rubbish or the wonderful reduplicating terms that appear in the 1570s and 80s: flim-flam, fiddle-faddle, or fible-fable.
@cbee
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CBee Nice! Did you get a package from me? 😁 @vivastory 2mo
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vivastory @CBee I haven't checked my mail this week. But I will tomorrow, I'm excited 💙 2mo
vivastory @Texreader It's a great word 2mo
Mimi28 This is awesome 😎 I don‘t like to curse so I am always looking for substitutions. The one I like to use lately is g-dern Callywag lol 2mo
vivastory @Mimi28 Lolol 2mo
CBee @vivastory cool 😊 2mo
Mimi28 Oooopppsss!!! Couldn‘t find callywag in the dictionary lol 😝 2mo
TheBookHippie Love it. Oy vey. 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
TrishB We‘d still say this now 😁 2mo
CarolynM Used not infrequently here too @TrishB 😄 2mo
TrishB @CarolynM it‘s great word 😁 2mo
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My #tuesdaytunes selections this week are picked from a relatively new spotify feature (capitalizing on the success of their year end wrap up): On Repeat. Linked below are four of on my current On Repeat that I have yet to get tired of:
*Phoebe Bridgers' Funeral
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rJDsZjIaCfJQSqRUvl0BM?si=93493112cc754fec
*Band of Horses: No One's Gonna Love You
https://open.spotify.com/track/2IvNxLl01CTAfCOA103Tgx?si=e615a11bd9c24783

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My #monthlyfavorites in this third month of this truly unholy year, in no particular order:
*Daniel Clowes: Monica
*Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny
*Keiichi Koike: Ultra Heaven Tome 1

Leftcoastzen On Tyranny!👍👏👏👏👏 2mo
vivastory @Leftcoastzen It's a bit painful when political nf books are even more relevant than when first published 2mo
Leftcoastzen Indeed ! 2mo
Sapphire Love that art 2mo
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Hammett Crime Stories and Other Writings | Dashiell Hammett, Library of America (Firm)
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After work today I had to decompress at a cocktail bar down the street. The bartender made a Hammett reference, so I'm tagging this in... happy weekend, everyone! 🍷📚🍻

TheBookHippie Looks good! Cheers! 2mo
Aims42 Happy Weekend, you‘re starting it off right 👏 2mo
Ruthiella Cheers! 🥂 2mo
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AmyG Cheers! Have a wonderful weekend! 2mo
kspenmoll Enjoy your weekend! 🍹 2mo
dabbe Hello, weekend! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
BarbaraBB Enjoy your weekend Scott! 2mo
Cathythoughts Great picture! Happy Weekend cheers 🥂 2mo
LeahBergen That‘s a good bartender! 2mo
CarolynM Happy weekend! 2mo
tpixie What a lovely spot! 2mo
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My #ThorsDayRec this week is a day late due to work obligations. My rec is not in the Litsy database; & is not the whole book but rather the final story from the anthology: Clay McLeod Chapman's “White Pages.“ Two friends randomly select a residential number from the white pages for a crank call. This is pre caller ID days. I can't say more than that other than this piece definitely earns it's spot in a retro horror anthology. Loved it.

LeahBergen Ooo, this sounds GOOD! 2mo
vivastory @LeahBergen About half the stories were winners IMO. So definitely worth reading, I think 2mo
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Flibbertigibbet: a silly, chatty person.
My employer has recently strongly encouraged the workers to return to the office more. I have feelings about this.
#weirdwords @cbee

CBee Oof. I‘m assuming the person “encouraging” you personifies this word? I wonder if the getting back to working in person has anything to do with the insane Cheeto? 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading I get this. I‘m still doing a 60/40 hybrid thing. I get nothing done while at the office because people are constantly talking. 2mo
Aims42 @CBee “the insane Cheeto” 🤣🤣🤣 If I read that while sipping my coffee, I would‘ve spit it out LOL 2mo
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Aims42 @Prairiegirl_reading Same here! I dread my in-office days so much for this exact reason 🙄 2mo
vivastory @Prairiegirl_reading It's so distracting. Sometimes I have to go into a private meeting room just to get work done 2mo
vivastory @TieDyeDude That gave me a needed laugh. Thanks! 2mo
vivastory @CBee It's very peopley 😬 2mo
rwmg How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet
A will-o'-the-wisp
A clown
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CBee @Aims42 😂😂 I‘m glad you weren‘t drinking coffee at that moment 😃 2mo
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