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The White Bone
The White Bone: A Novel | Barbara Gowdy
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A thrilling journey into the minds of African elephants as they struggle to survive. If, as many recent nonfiction bestsellers have revealed, animals possess emotions and awareness, they must also have stories. In The White Bone, a novel imagined entirely from the perspective of African elephants, Barbara Gowdy creates a world whole and separate that yet illuminates our own. For years, young Mud and her family have roamed the high grasses, swamps, and deserts of the sub-Sahara. Now the earth is scorched by drought, and the mutilated bodies of family and friends lie scattered on the ground, shot down by ivory hunters. Nothing-not the once familiar terrain, or the age-old rhythms of life, or even memory itself-seems reliable anymore. Yet a slim prophecy of hope is passed on from water hole to water hole: the sacred white bone of legend will point the elephants toward the Safe Place. And so begins a quest through Africa's vast and perilous plains-until at last the survivors face a decisive trial of loyalty and courage. In The White Bone, Barbara Gowdy performs a feat of imagination virtually unparalleled in modern fiction. Plunged into an alien landscape, we orient ourselves in elephant time, elephant space, elephant consciousness and begin to feel, as Gowdy puts it, "what it would be like to be that big and gentle, to be that imperiled, and to have that prodigious memory."
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CuriousG
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I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr

Day 34

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gcalabash
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A novel imagined brilliantly from the perspective of elephants and their incredible spirit and will to survive. You will never look at one the same again. You will watch these beautiful creatures with awe.

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This is a tragic story about the poaching of elephants told from the perspective of the elephant. Goody has a unique voice and is able to paint a picture of the great intellect, capacity for live, and strong family bonds in these great animals.

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BookishTrish
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Jabberwocky I can‘t wait to hear your thoughts on this! 6y
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BookishTrish
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Any other #negroni fans out there? #vacayallday

Redy2trvl So yummy! 6y
Lola I love everything about the Negroni except... the gin 🤮😂😛(bad gin experience at 21 has haunted me ever since that fateful night...) 6y
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BookishTrish
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Too hot to think and yet kitty must have her snuggles #kal

rubyslippersreads Tortie! 😻 6y
CatLass007 😻😻😻😻😻 6y
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BookishTrish
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Last day of #vacayallday and I‘m struggling to get through my last #moosemoose read. I think it‘s too heavy for my current mood. @dixi_e @tournevis @FantasyChick

tournevis It's not actually an easy happy summer read. 6y
tournevis Incidently, I've been looking for a copy of it in French for my father's birthday (today) and it's back ordered *everywhere*. 6y
dixi_e @BookishTrish - A friend I lent the book to had the same lament. She returned it to me unfinished (for now). It‘s definitely not an easy, happy read. Think you‘ll finish? 6y
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dixi_e @tournevis really? Because it‘s hard to get or hard to keep stocked?? 6y
dixi_e @tournevis (by hard to get I meant because there are few in print). 6y
tournevis @dixi_e The edition is a few years old but it's regularly reprinted. I think it's to do with the distributor since the publisher is French. 6y
dixi_e Interesting! Would love to hear your father‘s review. 😁 6y
BookishTrish I finished it. When I first read it years ago I read it in one sitting - like ripping a bandage off. Reading it over a few weeks was much more devastating @dixi_e 6y
dixi_e @BookishTrish This is a book that has hurt my heart since I first read it a couple (🙈) of decades ago. Rereading it only confirmed that the emotional associations (which lingered long after all the details) were accurate. 😭😡😫 6y
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BookishTrish
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#moosemoose A patriotic dish to go with a #canlit classic (and yes that‘s maple bacon poutine)

Pamwurtzler That looks amazing! 6y
Bklover Okay, I‘d never heard of that so I googled it and it sounds incredible! Makes my mouth water!!😋 6y
Zelma Drooling over here! 6y
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MelissaSue81 I 💗 poutine 6y
xicanti Yes, please. 6y
The_Literary_Jedi OMG! I haven‘t had poutine in forever! First experience was in Los Angeles (go fig) at a small diner. I don‘t even think it was Canadian but they had it and it was delish! 6y
Foragingfantasy I have a food bucket list, poutine is on it! 6y
LeahBergen And now I‘m craving poutine! 🇨🇦 6y
Melissa_J @LeahBergen me too! Today at lunch one of my co-workers was talking about the chicken shawarma poutine she had for dinner last night, and another co-worker decided then and there that she was going to try it tonight! (edited) 6y
LeahBergen @Melissa_J Mmm... shawarma. 😆 I think I‘m hungry! 6y
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BookishTrish
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Evening reading view

Oryx Beautiful 6y
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tournevis
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1️⃣ Béatrice Picard. 60+ y career, so beautiful, immense talent, perfect poise, filthiest mouth and one of the first out actresses in the biz. Voice of Marge in Quebec. I gush.
2️⃣ I retire to the bedroom around 8:30 to read. I go to bed around 10h30.
3️⃣ I guess Lit Fic. Tagged.
4️⃣ A big effing knife!
5️⃣ About same distance. Store. Those pretties are all mine!
#humpdaypost @MinDea

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BookishTrish
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Wow! This just might be the best #bookmail day of all time! Thank you @tournevis for your generous gifts! @dixi_e your pick is a reread for me of a book I loved so hard back in the day. I‘m eager to see how it holds up and sad to be wrapping up #moosemoose @FantasyChick

emtobiasz Love the YES I‘M READING THIS bookmarks! 😂 6y
dixi_e Lovely pkg! I hope it holds up as well for you as it did for me! 🤞🏻I‘ve been haunted by it since my first read and it still lingers heavy in my mind. 🐘 ♥️ 🧠 6y
BookishTrish I hope so too! I‘m the last reader before it heads home to you @dixi_e I‘d like to take my time with it if that‘s ok with you. 6y
dixi_e @BookishTrish 100%!!! Please do... I‘m in no rush. And it‘s a book best read slowly. And with Kleenex. LOTS of Kleenex. 😩😭 6y
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tournevis
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cherinium
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Thanks to my #lmpbc group for sharing my book with me. I know it was not an easy read for any of us, but one that I think will stay with us for a long while. And, thanks to @cobwebmoth for the bookmark from @Babiesandbooks . What a lovely surprise!

@Readergrrl , Harold will find his way back to you within the next week.

cobwebmoth You're welcome! Thanks for sharing your book with us! 6y
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tournevis
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#riotgrams today is #bookselfie #selfie Here we go!

dixi_e Love it! 6y
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tournevis
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Yet another coffeeshop. I hit a wall after all this rumming around. I'll stay put for a while reading before I walk home. Where I will rest more. I'm a lot better, but I'm still not cured. Incidently, I spoke to the specialist's secretary. Turns out his report had been faxed, twice, to who-knows-where but not to my doctor's clinic. I had to tell them the # and I waited until the fax went through.

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tournevis
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I can have caffeine! One singlular portion a day, but still! Yé. We are waiting one month before we try another medication, just to see what happens. Right now, I am better than I've been in six months. Right now, I'm going to that one specialist's office, to put pressure on his secretary whoi still hasn't faxed his report from February. My insurance needs it for my Long Term Leave.

alisiakae I‘m glad you are doing better! 6y
tournevis @4thhouseontheleft Overall, I am 6y
CarolynM Good news🎉Hope you go on feeling better. 6y
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tournevis
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Working on finishing this so I can mail it pronto, before I see my doctor. On the roster, documents my insurance requises, what to do with this medication mess, can I please have caffeine again and, oh, I have thrush. Like I needed another problem.
#moosemoose #lmpbc #medicalmysteries

Eggs 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 and (((hugs))) 6y
cobwebmoth I'm sorry that you can't seem to get a break from problems lately. *hugs* 6y
JacqMac Ugh! Hope things get better. 6y
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tournevis @Eggs @cobwebmoth @JacqMac Not thrush, my doc says. It's just flow over inflammation from rhinitis. Probably allergies, he thinks. Whatever it is, it's cruddy, but not the right kind of cruddy to be thrush. My live. 6y
BookishTrish You‘ve had quite the run! My thoughts are with you - hope you start to feel better soon 💚 6y
tournevis @BookishTrish Thx! 😘 Getting there! 6y
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tournevis
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Quick thought about the book: I can tell just how much SF I've read since 1998. I now expect authors should be able to write truly *alien* minds, because my first impression at the beginning of this reread is that I find the elephants entirely too human.

larah17 😂😂😂 6y
dixi_e Wait! What does that mean? 6y
tournevis @dixi_e Their minds work too much like ours. They should think more differently, than they do. 6y
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dixi_e @tournevis Ah... I don‘t know.... I felt it was as authentic as could be, considering our inability to truly know the brains for another creature. They‘re focus on status, matriarchy, memory and grief all aligns with what we know scientifically. Plus, the anthropomorphism helps the reader (or so I felt) invest in the characters. 6y
dixi_e I‘m trying to imagine how ‘different‘ would look... 6y
tournevis @dixi_e I understand what you are saying here, but I also know that what the books she cited in the end are now that exactly new, nor scientific papers. So what we know scientifically is not quite what's in the book. Does not make the book bad! Simply different than I was expecting. 6y
dixi_e @tournevis 👍🏻 6y
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tournevis
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Woot! I'm here! So news:
☕ After running after my doctor for two days, I'll see him after tomorrow. Better late than never. I feeling better overall, even the caffeine withdrawl, and I'll see this through.
👩‍🏫 My friend who will be reading my paper at the conference tomorrow suggested two changes, and she is right.
📖 Look at me reading a book and drinking decaf. One would even mistake me for a normal human!

CarolynM Glad to hear things are looking up 6y
dixi_e Hope the book continues your positive streak! 😁 6y
tournevis @CarolynM @dixi_e That way ☝️ 6y
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tournevis
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1️⃣ For #LPMBC go team #MooseMoose
2️⃣ Tracking down my doctor. Not dying.
3️⃣ Don't know. So long as it's good. I make a mean grilled bison steak with fruit bbq sauce. I guess.
#manicmonday @JoScho

cobwebmoth Hang in there! *hugs* 6y
CouronneDhiver Yep, living is a good plan. I do really hope you feel better soon 🙂 6y
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tournevis
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In today's news...
1️⃣ Book news: @BookishTrish The #MooseMoose book will be a tiny bit late. Not by much, but I have a paper to finish, due Friday. My brain may be braining like it hasn't in months, but yeah. Deadline. FYI.
2️⃣ Father news: he's having anxiety attacks so good thing he hospitalized: anxiety and infarctions don't mix well.
3️⃣ Me news: I'm braining and I feel well. I think we've got it.

BookishTrish ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
tournevis @BookishTrish 😘😘😘 6y
RaimeyGallant Sorry to hear about your dad. 6y
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Trashcanman Hugs 💜 6y
CarolynM So glad to hear you are feeling better than you have, hope things go on improving. All good wishes for your father, hope his situation improves too. (edited) 6y
Trashcanman How's your dad? 6y
ValerieAndBooks Hugs! So much going on for you. Hope your dad is improving. 6y
tournevis @Trashcanman @valerieandbooks He's stable for now and will get a coronography tomorrow. We'll know what happens next after that. One step at a time. 6y
Trashcanman @tournevis hugs 💜 6y
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tournevis
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@FantasyChick It's here! I'll snap to it. It should be ok, despite the medication wonkiness, since it's a reread. Also, CHOCOLATE! 😘🍫😘🍫😘🍫😘 Thank you!

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Readergrrl
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@cobwebmoth I am FINALLY getting this in the mail to you! I am SO sorry that this has taken so long! It has been such a crazy busy May! I apologize! I‘ve sent along some sweets that will hopefully sweeten your anticipation! Again, my apologies...I am usually much more timely than this!!! #LMPBC

cobwebmoth Aw, it's okay. Thanks for letting me know!❤ 6y
Readergrrl Post Office says it should get to you by Thursday! Great book, I‘m still thinking of it even though I finished weeks ago! 6y
Clare-Dragonfly I have that same journal! 6y
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FantasyChick
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What am I? Yup, I am. Sigh. My bf thought I went to the post last week and I thought he went so guess where all the mail I was supposed to send last week is? You win! The back seat of my freaking car. Where I never look and mail goes to die. FML. I'm going to try and hit the PO on my way home tonight but if not I'll send it tomorrow. I promise! @tournevis @BookishTrish @dixi_e
#moosemoose #idiotsandwich

BookishTrish These things happen, @FantasyChick For the record, you aren‘t any kind of sandwich 💜💚💛 6y
tournevis That's fine @FantasyChick These things happen! 😘 6y
tournevis @BookishTrish Maybe a hug sandwich? 6y
FantasyChick Haha aww @tournevis @BookishTrish you guys are sweet 😘 This happens more than it should though. I keep my house as clean as possible but my car looks like a homeless family lives there so things get misplaced sometimes. 😂😂 6y
dixi_e 🤣 6y
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cherinium
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#memory is depicted as the essence of the elephant characters in this tale. #readingresolutions @Jess7

#littenkitten #catsoflitsy #adventuresofthegmen

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 6y
Lreads 😻😽 6y
ladym30 Sleepy baby! 6y
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Mdargusch That cat! 💕💕💕 6y
Crazeedi Awwwww! So sweet! I love 🐱 kitties! 6y
Nute Cute kitty! Love elephants. 6y
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FantasyChick
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Because some days potato chips NEED to be the vegetable. Quick supper then forgetting the world and trying to finish up my #LMPBC read
#MooseMoose

Tianarose I just did this last night except we had hotdogs instead of burgers. 6y
BookishTrish @Tianarose Mow I want hotdogs 6y
FantasyChick @Tianarose we almost had hot dogs instead 😁 6y
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FantasyChick
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Look what came in the mail!!! Ok, it actually came in the other day but I forgot to post it 🙄 So excited to get to this book. I'm really intrigued by it and huge thanks @dixi_e for the chocolates (stupid picture got cut off) and the amazing llama bookmarks!!! I've been rubbing them in my son's face since It's not saw them. He is obsessed with llamas 😆 #assholeparent
#moosemoose @tournevis @BookishTrish

Reviewsbylola Those llama bookmarks. 😍 6y
Jabberwocky Okay but for realz I need a lama book mark 😂 6y
tournevis Llama llama 6y
FantasyChick @Reviewsbylola @Jabberwocky Right!? They are so awesome. I didn't even know how much I needed these in my life haha @tournevis 😂😂😂 6y
dixi_e Yeah!!! Sorry I‘ve been MIA. I love magnetic bookmarks and thought these were too cute! Glad you can lord them over your son!! 🤣 Hope you‘re enjoying the book, too. 6y
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Readergrrl
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I am only 19 pages in and I am already struck. I sense that Mud‘s story is going to stay with me for a long time. Told from an elephant‘s POV, this novel deals with survival, family, and the ivory poaching trade.

TheBookgeekFrau 😲 Need! 6y
CouronneDhiver Omg me too! @C.Perone 6y
Readergrrl Oops! I got my makeup groups mixed!! Meant to tag cobwebmoth too!! 6y
cherinium Glad to see that the She-S's are getting some pooltime! 🐘 6y
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dixi_e
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@FantasyChick , #moosemail is on it‘s on its way! 🐘

#moosemoose

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Readergrrl
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Oooh! Look at what arrived in the mail yesterday!!!! Excited to get started! @Quasifesto I am sending Harold out ASAP!!! Should have it in the mail tomorrow!! Forgive me!! I‘ve been so busy with end of quarter essay reading and grading!!!

cherinium I'm glad to see it arrived! I hope the book speaks to you as much as it did to me. 6y
Quasifesto No worries at all. I bet I‘m farther behind than you are. 6y
Clare-Dragonfly I have that same journal! 6y
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cherinium
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cobwebmoth I'll have mine sent to you in the next couple of days.☺ 6y
cherinium @cobwebmoth Awesome! I had to get mine out today. I start my work week tomorrow and won't have another chance for a post office trip until next week. 6y
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cherinium
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I think it's safe to say I will be haunted by this one for a while. I found the writing beautiful and the subject matter to be thought provoking. I don't want to say more since I am getting ready to send it out to be read by other #littens. #lmpbc @readergrrl, I guess I send it to you, since you are on the list after me? @cobwebmoth @Quasifesto

Here's a cute pic of my peekaboo kitty after I finished the book. #littenkitten #catsoflitsy

TheBookKeepers Omg ur kitten looks soooo adorable ❤️😍❤️😍 6y
JoScho So sweet! 💕 6y
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cherinium
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Finishing up my selection for #lmpbc this afternoon. Boy, this has been a tough read for me. Repeat after me..."Poaching is bad!"
@cobwebmoth @Quasifesto @Readergrrl
#savetheelephants #rainyday

Readergrrl I‘m actually looking forward to reading this!! 6y
cherinium @Readergrrl I'm glad you're looking forward to it! Be forewarned, it's not a light read, though. 6y
Readergrrl I am ready! 6y
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dixi_e
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Starting my #goingpostal share and damn, if it doesn‘t hold up!

Question: what do people annotate? I‘m worried about putting too much, being too academic, not being thorough enough.... 🤔

Give a girl a clue, #moosemoose !

FantasyChick I write whatever in thinking at the time lol. It could be as little as a smiley face or ❤ or as much as a sentence or two. Whatever crosses your mind as you're reading works! 6y
FantasyChick Ugh....where's that edit feature when you need it? *I'm thinking* I hate typos lol 6y
BookishTrish ❤️❤️❤️ this picture. I just wing it and write things that occur to me. I appreciate hearing what‘s going on inside people‘s heads whether it‘s academic, super deep, or fluffy like a kitten. 6y
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dixi_e Thanks, @FantasyChick . And what about the notebook? 6y
dixi_e Sounds good, @BookishTrish !! 6y
FantasyChick My plan is to put my final thoughts in the notebook or anything that occurs to me while reading, and there isn't enough room on the page, with page references. 😊 6y
dixi_e That‘s what I was thinking, too @FantasyChick . 6y
tournevis ⬆️ What they said! 6y
cherinium I'm a bit late to the conversation, but I was worried about annotating as well. I love what @BookishTrish said. It makes me feel better about my own comments. 6y
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cherinium
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So tired. I'll just go ahead and use these books to take a nap...
#catsoflitsy #littenkitten #hydrokitty #hydrocephalus #naptime #lmpbc

tpixie ♥️♥️♥️ 6y
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cherinium
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@Readergrrl @Quasifesto @cobwebmoth I think I have made a decision! I hope this is one that will be enjoyed by all. There's not a lot about it on #litsy, but it's been on my #tbr for a loooooong time, and I became intrigued once again when I found it tucked into the bottom of a box after my most recent move. #lmpbc 🐘

cobwebmoth Sounds interesting! 6y
Readergrrl I do think I‘ll like this! Looking forward to the next few months!!! 6y
Quasifesto I‘m not picky, I just don‘t like to re-read. I have not read this book, so yay 😁 6y
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dixi_e
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Book + notebook = ready to rock the #lmpbc.

#moosemoose

BookishTrish ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
dixi_e Have you read it, @BookishTrish ? 6y
FantasyChick The simple fact that there is an elephant on the cover makes me happy 😊 The book sounds interesting. Looking forward to it 👏 6y
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tournevis 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘 6y
dixi_e @FantasyChick I‘m glad to hear that! It‘s amazing. It‘s a book that stuck with me (haunted me ) since I read it over a decade ago. I‘ve been desperate to reread it for awhile but... there are so many new books to read! I‘m glad to be able to both reread and share it. 6y
BookishTrish Years ago and I rave about it all the time but have forgotten most of the details and am desperate for a reread of it and 6y
BookishTrish 🐘❤️ 6y
dixi_e @BookishTrish Ha! I want to reread that one as well. 🤞🏻our memories and emotions stay true with the reread. 6y
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Tagged by @DuckOfDoom for my #fivestarpredictions. First choice book The White Bone has been languishing on my mount TBR far too long. So this one is finally getting read while I'm pet sitting for my sister and brother-in-law.

 @DiruVamp are you interested in sharing your #fivestarpredictions?

DuckOfDoom I keep seeing the asylum for wayward victorian girls on Emilie's Facebook page... tell me if you liked the book 😄 7y
SconsinBookyBadger @DuckOfDoom no problem, I will be reading that one as soon as I finish Gowdy's and a few other books I'm almost finished with. 7y
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kristinshafel
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#Riotgrams, day 20: #FavoriteCover. I love this one for The White Bone. I read it when it was newly released, picked up on a whim and discovered while browsing a physical bookstore. It's been forever since I've done that—now I mostly find recs online after much research. I miss finding new books randomly sometimes! How about you?

cc @bookriot #bookriot

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A small sampling of #whitespines. #augustphotochallenge

RealLifeReading The White Bone! I haven't seen many people w that book! Love Barbara Gowdy's work! 8y
findmeinthelibrary @RealLifeReading The White Bone was so beautiful and so devastating! I haven't read anything else by Gowdy, but now I will have to after your recommendation! 8y
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"If they live long enough they forget everything." Every time I need to remember that writing is about empathy, I pick up this book.