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Pivotal Tuesdays
Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century | Margaret O'Mara
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Serious and silly, unifying and polarizing, presidential elections have become events that Americans love and hate. Today's elections cost billions of dollars and consume the nation's attention for months, filling television airwaves and online media with endless advertising and political punditry, often heated, vitriolic, and petty. Yet presidential elections also provoke and inspire mass engagement of ordinary citizens in the political system. No matter how frustrated or disinterested voters might be about politics and government, every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, the attention of the nationand the worldfocuses on the candidates, the contest, and the issues. The partisan election process has been a way for a messy, jumbled, raucous nation to come together as a slightly-more-perfect union. Pivotal Tuesdays looks back at four pivotal presidential elections of the past 100 years to show how they shaped the twentieth century. During the rowdy, four-way race in 1912 between Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Eugene Debs, and Woodrow Wilson, the candidates grappled with the tremendous changes of industrial capitalism and how best to respond to them. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promises to give Americans a "New Deal" to combat the Great Depression helped him beat the beleaguered incumbent, Herbert Hoover. The dramatic and tragic campaign of 1968 that saw the election of Richard Nixon reflected an America divided by race, region, and war and set in motion political dynamics that persisted into the book's final storythe three-way race that led to Bill Clinton's 1992 victory. Exploring the personalities, critical moments, and surprises of these races, Margaret O'Mara shows how and why candidates won or lost and examines the effects these campaigns had on the presidencies that followed. But this isn't just a book about politics. It is about the evolution of a nation and the history made by ordinary people who cast their ballots.
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peaKnit
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1. 🤣
2. Anything by David Sedaris
#two4Tuesay thank for the tag @Kshakal and @TheSpineView

JenReadsAlot No wonder we are friends 🤣 same answers! 6mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing 6mo
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Kshakal
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1. Caution… may break out into song
2. Delores Umbridge… bitch on board

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaknit

TheSpineView BOB is so good! Thanks for playing 13mo
BethM Yaaassss 13mo
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IMASLOWREADER
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1. i loved finding me by viola davis…
2. i thought she was a good actress and loved her in how to get away with murder and she was in my favorite scene in the help…what a story
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 1y
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Kshakal
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1. I enjoy both but I tend to lean more towards music
2. I jam out to my playlists on long drives!

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

@BethM @peaknit @JenReadsAlot

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 1y
peaKnit Pivotal Tuesdays…perfect book for this particular Tuesday. 1y
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RamsFan1963
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1. The only podcast I've ever listened to was Nightvale, which I tired of eventually. I'd prefer music.
2. If I'm alone, then an audiobook would be my choice, but music if I have company.
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView and @AmandaBlaze
#Two4Tuesday

P.S. Today is definitely a pivotal Tuesday!! Get out and Vote!!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 1y
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Susanita
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1. I‘m fine with a book about royalty, but I‘m just as happy to read about the “little people.”
2. The only one that comes to mind is one for which the existence of royalty is a spoiler. 🤷🏻‍♀️
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
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kimmypete1
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Thanks for the tag @Nessavamusic

1. To me an author has something published, doesn‘t have to be traditional or anything, just something out there in the void.

2. Nope, and zero desire to be one. I appreciate and respect everyone who puts pen to paper but it just isn‘t for me.

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
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Nessavamusic
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#Two4Tuesday

1. I believe an author is published and a writer creates but is not necessarily published?
2. Nope, just enjoy reading. I suppose I write reviews, but they are very brief.

Want in? @ValkyrieAndHerBooks @kimmypete1

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
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TheEllieMo
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1. I love watching snow fall, I love walking through it; but I hate driving in it so I only like it to snow when I don‘t have to be anywhere!

2. I do enjoy a walk in the snow on a crisp, clear day. As long as there‘s a comfy chair and a boozy hot chocolate at the end!

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

Susanita Boozy hot chocolate!! 2y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing and happy Tuesday! 2y
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JenReadsAlot
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1. I'm taking myself to San Antonio for the weekend so pretty sure I'll be reading!
2. Mashed potatoes
Thanks @Kshakal and happy Thanksgiving my friend! @TheSpineView #two4Tuesday

Kshakal Happy thanksgiving to you!! 🦃 2y
TheSpineView Enjoy your weekend! Thanks for playing 2y
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kimmypete1
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1. I have far surpassed my reading goal for the year. The last book I read pushed me over the most books I‘ve read in a year (since I started tracking in 2011).

2. Alllllll the holiday ones!🎄🎄🎄

@ShyBookOwl #Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
ShyBookOwl Thx for the tag! 2y
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JenReadsAlot
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1. I did before I joined Audible. I enjoy nonfiction on audio.
2. Nope I need quiet!
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal #two4Tuesday @TheSpineView @peaknit

TheSpineView Quite is bliss! Thanks for playing! 💜📖🎧 3y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Here‘s what I have on deck this week! #TBRTuesday

Librariana Oh! Oh!! *excitement* I just picked up my copy of "The Fire Keeper's Daughter" this weekend! ? Glad you have a copy, too! And "The Midnight Library" is also on my TBR. So many fabulous books on your list ? 3y
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robinb
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Thanks for the tag @eanderson . 😘

1. “Just Keep Moving!” (That‘s advice, not what I‘ve actually done, unfortunately 😔) (Great question!)

2. I know it‘s a tree, but I love the redbud. Such bright, beautiful blooms...they make me smile when I see them along the roadside. 😊

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

Have you played @QuietlyLaura , @KarenUK , @CBee ? Anyone want to join in? 😊

Lreads Thank you for the tag! ☺️💕 3y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing and happy Tuesday! ❤🌷💜📖📚 3y
robinb @TheSpineView Happy Tuesday! ❤️ 3y
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Scochrane26
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1. No, but I do read a lot of books set around England.
2. I like a strong female character, but I don‘t have a preference as long as it‘s a well-written character.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤩 3y
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Jessieleah
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Thank you @Cuilin for the tag!

1. London. I have a long-standing dream to visit there one day and I love reading about it!

2. No definitely not

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Tagging anyone who‘d like to play! ☺️

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3y
Cuilin Likes ✍️ reading ✍️about ✍️ London✍️ 😉 3y
Jessieleah @Cuilin hahaha! Too funny 😆 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Agree with both!! 3y
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TheEllieMo
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No and no! 🤣 All I want to a good story and good characters😊

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤩📚 3y
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JenReadsAlot
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1. I can't think right now 😂 I know I've read books when I think about how much I despise the person!
2. Characters mostly but some plot too.
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal @TheSpineView #two4Tuesday

TheSpineView On #1, I have brain hiccups all the time. They are frustrating. Thanks for playing! 3y
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JenReadsAlot
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1. My supervisor dropped off presents this past weekend to all of us since we are still working from home.
2. I will once I survive my family! @peaknit thanks for the tag!
#two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🎄📖📚 3y
peaKnit Survive your family...*snicker* because I get it 💯! 3y
JenReadsAlot @peaknit I know you do! Very thankful for you! 3y
peaKnit 🥰 and I am also thankful for you. 3y
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peaKnit
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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
1. I try not to! But out of necessity my boss did give staff gifts, and we got together for one for her. ☺️
2. I try to read every day at bedtime, so for sure then but also maybe in the quiet morning hours, our
holiday is pared down due to Covid, which is ok. We got this!
@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal my to go-to tag buddies!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 3y
Kshakal Thanks for the tag @peaknit 3y
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OrangeMooseReads
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1. Crookshanks - Hermione‘s kitty
2. Ugh yes 😭🙄👎🏼

@TheSpineView #two4tueaday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 3y
Librarianaut Crookshanks FTW!!!! 3y
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RamsFan1963
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Thanks for the tag @taraWritesSci

1. Blue and grey quilt my grandmother made for me when I was a baby. She made each grandchild one, unique from the others.
2. 2 coming out in November, From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (11/10) and Ready Player Two (11/24).
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

@audraelizabeth @Buechersuechtling @ReadingIsMyHobby @Onceuponatime @TheBookDream @Daisey @Bookishlie @Sharpeipup @Cuilin

TheSpineView Several books good books to come out before the ends of the year. I know what I want for Christmas! 📚📚📚 3y
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RamsFan1963
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🎃 I don't expect any, but I have candy ready just in case. I don't believe I had any last year either but I'm not sure.
🎃 Yes my phone has a Halloween screensaver on it.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Wanna play? @audraelizabeth @Buechersuechtling @ReadingIsMyHobby @Onceuponatime @TheBookDream @Daisey @Bookishlie @Sharpeipup @Cuilin @ReadingFeedsTheSoul @Lucy_Anywhere @Onepageatatime88

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 3y
Reynosa8701 We always get like 5 trick or treaters 💔 3y
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Sleepswithbooks
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@MoonWitch94 and @BookwormAHN - Thanks for the tag....

1. Nope
2. I have journeyed to the world of Fae and now love it.

Tagging: @veritysalter
#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 👍😊🌞 4y
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vkois88
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Thanks for the tag, @Kshakal ❤️

1) Not often anymore. Between work and an insanely active toddler, I hardly have a second to spare. When I do, I‘m actually reading and don‘t have time to stage/take pics
2) I haven‘t kept track but probably at least 50

I tag @Endowarrior21 @Craftylikefox

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView I remember toddlers! I am surprised you have time to even think! Thanks for playing! 👍😊📚💙 4y
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Kshakal
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1. At least once a day but usually a couple of times a day
2. Oh goodness, so many... well over 100 for sure!!

@vkois88 @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Wow, you have stacked a lot! Thanks for playing! 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 4y
vkois88 Thanks for the tag ❤️ 4y
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OrangeMooseReads
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1. I try to daily sometimes multiple times a day.
2. 20 maybe between Litsy and other browsing.
@TheSpineView
#two4tuesday

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RamsFan1963
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Sleepswithbooks
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Thanks for the tag @EadieB

1. Great! My 2020 goal was to read all the books in my TBR baskets... I‘m on the last book.
2. Adjustments.... no.... but I DO have two new quarantine TBR baskets 🧺 to read now.

Tagging @AmyG @Nevermore88

#two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

AmyG Thanks for the tag, my friend! 4y
EadieB @Stacypatrice Thanks for playing! Congrats on reading all your books in your TBR basket. Good luck with your other baskets! 4y
TheSpineView Good luck with your TBR books! Thanks for playing! 😊 4y
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Gissy So, you are a balanced person, finished 2 baskets and filled 2 baskets? Great!📚📚📚📚👏👏👏👏 4y
Sleepswithbooks @Gissy - I always buy loose fruit in “two‘s” so why not book baskets? 😂 4y
Gissy Exactly! 📚📚! 4y
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Sleepswithbooks
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@TorieStorieS @TheSpineView

1. I 😂 so much at “Furiously Happy” by Jenny Lawson.

2. Don‘t laugh but I 😥a few tears at “A Court of Wings and Ruin” by Sarah J Maas (I‘m going to blame pms).

Tagging: @VanChocStrawberry
#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊 4y
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laurenlovesliterature
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Living my best life this Tuesday (9/11).🇺🇸 #wewillneverforget🇺🇸

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monkeygirlsmama
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1. Somewhere in the middle. 📚
2. HP ⚡️
3. ❤️ both, but I mostly read ebooks.
4. Coffee, though again I do enjoy both. ☕️
5. King 👑
6. @jfalkens 🤓

#TuesdayTidbits @JenlovesJT47 #ThisOrThat

JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 6y
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sammisho
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1. Barack and Michelle Obama, JK Rowling, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and someone funny...maybe Kevin Hart or Kate McKinnon.
2. Jane Austen
3. @loveroflit
#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47

LoverofLit All your people to have dinner with are my people! But I would have to squeeze Harper Lee in there somewhere ❤ 6y
JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 6y
Betty RBG!!! Our cover to cover pin-up gal 6y
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TheSpineView
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@SilversReviews #tuesdaytidbits

Yes to all! 📖💖
1. Usually it is a book on my phone either Audible or my kindle. When I travel I take at least 1 physical book.
2. I don't go to the library often but I use Libby to read ebooks or listen to an audio book.
3. Love books anyway I can get them. Here's the thing, if I love an ebook enough I will buy the physical book for my personal library.

SilversReviews Thanks for playing. I agree about having the physical book if you love the e-book. 😊 6y
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FantasyChick
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1. If I have my phone (which I always do) then I have a book....or 5. 😉
2. Never. I dont like the pressure of having a set time to read and can not follow through with deadlines, just ask my #LMPBC ladies 😶
3. Don't throw things at me, but I actually prefer ebooks over physical books *ducks*

#tuesdaytidbits @SilversReviews

SilversReviews LOL on your third answer....no one will throw anything at you. 😊 Thanks for playing. 6y
Lauram I prefer ebooks too. They‘re just more convenient. 6y
JoScho I am a total ebook girl ❤️ 6y
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Bostonmomx2
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1. It‘s on everyday, yes. But I rarely just sit and watch, I‘m usually reading.
2. Netflix is the only one we have.
3. ?? Usually turn on reruns of older shows while I read. Friends, Reba, Gilmore Girls.
4. Yes!!
5. I‘m surprised the black dagger brotherhood series hasn‘t been made for HBO or some premium cable network yet.
#tellmetuesday

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MelissaSue81
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1. Big shop once a week (sometimes try to stretch to a week and a half/two weeks) but constantly making trips for one or two things.
2. Trader Joe‘s Feta dressing
3. Bake
4. I try to eat low carb usually, but when im cheating, yeah
5. I can‘t think of any?
#tellmetuesday @Ke633

Ke633 I love all things Trader Joe‘s! I‘ll have to try this dressing! Thanks!! 6y
MelissaSue81 @Ke633 - oh, it‘s so good! My only complaint is the bottle is too small! 6y
Ke633 Next time I go I‘ll have to buy two just in case! Thanks!! 6y
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Eggs
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🖤 Random
💙 Olive Garden Signature Italian
🖤 I love to bake, but enjoy cooking my signature specialties
💙 I eat fresh fruit every day
🖤 Christmas Joy by Susan Branch
#tellmetuesday @Ke633

Ke633 Those Olive Garden salads are the best!! 6y
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OrangeMooseReads
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I know I‘m a day late. Story of my life.
1. Oddly enough plain snow cone ice is SO good
2. Reading by the pool, maybe dip my legs in
3. Looks a little rainy and dreary
4. Water. I don‘t drink much else besides water and coffee. Cold brew coffee is fantastic and I‘ll be drinking a lot of that this summer.
5. No school lol probably just being outside playing with friends and neighborhood kids.
@Ke633 #tellmetuesday

Ke633 Not having school was definitely my favorite part if the summer too! 6y
AlaMich I bought myself an inexpensive cold brew maker this summer and I lurve it!! ❤️ 6y
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Eggs
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1️⃣ strawberry 🍓
2️⃣ reading 📖
3️⃣ rain ☔️
4️⃣ sparkling water 💦 with citrus 🍊
5️⃣ on a blanket on the lawn, reading 📚, breathing in the Midwest breezes 🌬
#tellmetuesday @Ke633

Ke633 Great memory! Thanks for sharing! 6y
Eggs @Ke633 💖💖 6y
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Wannabe_Quijote
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Thanks for the tag, @Jerdencon

1. Anything by Vonnegut
2. Anything with Chris Farley!
3. Reese‘s any day of the week!
4. @Dashdown

#tuesdaytidbits

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wellreadredhead
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Thanks for the tag @SledgeReader
1. The Sookie Stackhouse novels were a guilty pleasure for a while but generally it‘s thrillers. They aren‘t very substantial but I devour them like candy.
2. Mean Girls, for sure. I‘ve seen it hundreds of times.
3. Mac and cheese 🧀 I feel like I answer Mac and cheese to every food question 😂
4. @the-flashley
#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47

SledgeReader @collegecatlady LOL! Sookie was my go to after Outlander‘s voluntary insomnia bout!😉 6y
Crystalblu I still miss starting my summer out with a Sookie book! 6y
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melyndarae
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1. Harry Potter
2. Twilight but I haven't watched in forever
3. Chipotle
4. @corycatelyn
#tuesdaytidbits
@JenlovesJT47

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Same here with #2 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 6y
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sammisho
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1. I don't feel guilty about this, but I love a trashy romance.
2. Anything with Will Ferrell.
3. I don't feel guilty about this either, but I love sweets. All sweets.
4. @LoverofLit
@JenlovesJT47 #tuesdaytidbits

LoverofLit You do you girlfriend! NO guilt! 6y
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Jerdencon
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1. I love the John Carey stories by Nelson DeMille
2. My Cousin Vinny
3. Anything with chocolate!
4. I'll tag my #lmpbc peeps.... @mariaku21 @Blaire @Wannabe_Quijote
#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47

TiredLibrarian My Cousin Vinny's a good one! 😊 6y
Reggie It was around 4th of July in 2004 and I was helping my family sell fireworks. I‘ll never forget how much I laughed reading Plum Island. There was great intrigue also but that John Corey, soooo funny. 6y
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Karkar
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1. Clockwork Orange
2. Cheese and Crackers
3. Most of what I read is memoirs- so cheating here - Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
4. Late Tuesday- so anyone who wants to do this!

#TuesdayTidbits

Ruri_kaichou I recommend Born a crime to everyone! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Clockwork Orange was hard to get through. I did not care for the made up language he used at all. 6y
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Debiw781
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1. The Hunger Games and V is for Vendetta
2. Nay
3. Shark Islandby Chris Jameson
4. @Bostonmomx2

#tuesdaytidbits
@JenlovesJT47

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pinkpygmypuffs
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#tuesdaytidbits
1. Harry Potter (I know, you either love it or you‘re indifferent. 😂)
2. I‘d love to meet Amelia Earhart
3. People who try to get into the train and get a seat before letting you OFF the train first. (Yes, I live in NYC)
4. @jessberk13 😘

ju.ca.no Ah, I thought about Amelia Earhart as well! 6y
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