The Skin Above My Knee

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

I love when an author actually responds to my Instagram post about their book. It makes me feel like my reviews matter. 😁😁

Tamra 👍🏾☺️ 6y

britt_brooke So cool!! 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @britt_brooke @Tamra And then she responded with this “❤️❤️❤️❤️!” #crushingonanauthor 6y

Tamra @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😊 6y

UwannaPublishme How cool is that! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

Butler‘s book is a dichotomy of cringe-worthy craziness and the healing power of music. As in a music score, there are moments of adagio, moving to allegretto, and even some presto. Butler weaves the stories and various tones together in a way that left me feeling uplifted at the end, despite the intense darkness of many chapters. This is a fantastic memoir—you won‘t be able to stop reading it!

Full review at www.TheBibliophage.com

Kalalalatja Love that photo! 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kalalalatja Thank you! I honestly love making pretty photos as much as writing great reviews. 😘😘 6y

Kalalalatja I know the feeling! Sometimes, I spend such a long time taking a photo because I need it to be just right 😄👌 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kalalalatja Yes! I also find that doing the photo for the book review helps me get “in the mood” to write it. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage #thebibliophage2018 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

When the author talks about music, it‘s transcendent. Her personal life is truly painful, however. Such contradiction.

Louise This sounds really interesting. Does the author delve at all into the conscious use of therapeutic intervals and tone sequences? Or is it more the love of music and the transcendent quality of immersive musical practice that ultimately "saves" her? 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Louise I‘m still reading, so I‘ll have to keep you posted! 6y

Louise I look forward to reading your review! I've added the book to my TBR. 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

I had to take a break from the #FireandFiryBuddyRead because it‘s making me really angry. Not angry at new info, just angry at the massive incompetence in 45‘s WH. 🤯

So I‘m shifting to a memoir, some homemade spicy chicken noodle soup, and a Sunday of rest. Need to kick this sinus infection that‘s been in the background and now is demanding attention. Ugh.

#nonfiction2018

kamoorephoto Yeah, that‘s why I‘m not quite sure I can read it! 🤬 6y

Kaye I get what you‘re saying regarding Trump, although I‘m glad we are getting more info. The more informed we are, the better. I was reading some of the reviews on it today, and even people who admitted voting for him are now seeing the light and apologizing for voting him in to start with. Maybe this will sway the tide a bit more in the favor of sensible decisions going forward. I honestly don‘t know how he buffaloed people for so long. 6y

Dolly Sounds like that soup is good for what ails you... the sinuses that is. If only soup could cure the problem in the White House 6y

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kspenmoll Hope you get the rest you need & feel better.😍 (edited) 6y

GlassAsDiamonds @Kaye I mean this in all seriousness (because I want to steal it immediately and start using it): buffaloed? That‘s a thing?? What does it mean? (And please please please don‘t be an autocorrect accident!!!!). 😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😊 6y

Kaye 😂🤣😄 Nope that‘s no typo. Buffaloed is really a word. Although we live in Ohio, the area I live in tends to have a mix of people who use a lot of old fashioned words. I looked it up for you...the Trump comment would refer to the last 2 definitions. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/buffaloed @glassasdiamonds (edited) 6y

Reviewsbylola Feel better. Great cover! 6y

minkyb Take care! 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @kamoorephoto I hear you. I have no idea how I‘m going to write my review of it. 😳 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kaye He sure did buffalo a depressingly large group of people! I hope getting this book out will expose the dangers of 45 and his incompetent staff. Among my friends, I only have one who supported 45. He never talks politics anymore. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Dolly Amen to that. I‘d make gallons if would cure them. And thanks for the good wishes. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @kspenmoll Thanks. I slept and read all afternoon. Started antibiotics too. Hope I feel like a new woman soon! 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Reviewsbylola Thank you. It‘s a good book too, but not easy breezy. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @minkyb Thanks so much. And for what it‘s worth, I‘m sorry I was so prickly the other day. 😍 (edited) 6y

kamoorephoto @BarbaraTheBibliophage When you feel better and you‘ve finished it, I‘m sure you can write a one-sentence review and it will be on-target! 6y

ValerieAndBooks I hope you‘re feeling better soon. I‘ve seen so many excerpts here on Litsy now, that I don‘t know what I‘ll do when my hold comes up from the library 😖 6y

ValerieAndBooks What I mean is that I know now that I‘ll be upset a lot while reading it! 6y

alisiakae Hope you feel better today! It seems like I am down for the count with something. I think I‘ll have to take it easy today, other than picking up my holds at the library. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @ValerieAndBooks Thanks! I hear you about the emotions. I just sped my audio up so I can finish faster. It‘s hard to take. But still, it‘s important to know, I think. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft Library holds are a good thing when you don‘t feel well. Hope you can bounce back soon! 6y

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mhillis

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

1. Bookish gifts that I bought for myself😂 The Greenhouse is a book from Iceland, Curious Beginnings is a mystery set in Victorian England, The Skin Above my Knee is a memoir of an oboist, and The Hate U Give needs no introduction📚
2. Watch TV and #newyearsreadathon
3. Chocolate! It isn‘t the holidays without a box of chocolates!
4. Stationery, especially notebooks and washi tape
5. Its a marshmallow world in the winter❄️
#humpdaypost

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dsfisher When the snow comes to cover the ground 6y

Lcsmcat It‘s time for play, it‘s a whipped cream day . . . 6y

niha923 I really want to read The Hate U Give! 6y

Itchyfeetreader The Sinatra and Martin version of this on YouTube is one of my bad day pick me up go to videos. 6y

mhillis @dsfisher @Lcsmcat @Itchyfeetreader Thanks for singing along! This is one of my favorites this time of year! 6y

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kathleenaflynn

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

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This book was just amazing. Wow.

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lovelybookshelf

The Skin Above My Knee | Marcia Butler

February 2017 Reading Wrap-up:
📚 9 books read (2,609 pages)
📚 5 fiction, 4 nonfiction
📚 2 audiobooks, 3 library books, 4 galleys
📚 Favorite: The Skin Above My Knee by Marcia Butler

Reviewsbylola Great month! 🎉🎉 7y

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lovelybookshelf

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Forget Mozart in the Jungle (which got a 1-star review from me). Read Marcia Butler's memoir instead. Butler floats between musician life & her difficult personal life (tw: abuse). Her grace and fortitude will inspire and touch you (I admit, I reached for tissues throughout the final chapters) and you'll get a wonderfully accurate look at what it's like to be a professional classical musician. No musical knowledge needed on the part of the reader!

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