Litsy

The Mistress of Bhatia House | Sujata Massey

1. Malice Domestic closing tea with a gift of the tagged book.
2. Nationals pet calendar cat picture when most months it‘s been a dog (also cute but not a cat).
3. New season of Welcome to Wrexham.
4. UMC eliminated the ban on LGBT pastors. I know some people who have been affected by this.
5. I just did early voting for the primary.
#5joysFriday

DebinHawaii

TheBookHippie #4 me too and I‘m so very happy for everyone!!! Love wins! 4d

Sace #4 Same! 4d

DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 I cheered too for #4 !!! Finally! Thank you for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 3d

Suet624 These are fantastic! Baseball, soccer, religion and politics all in one post! 2d

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Aims42

Last Word | Elly Griffiths

Um, this doesn‘t seem accurate 🤔 Goodreads has this title as #4 in the ‘Harbinder Kaur‘ series and the titles on the left page has the other works in that series under the “Other Works” section, but the title page has that it‘s a Ruth Galloway Mystery….? Am I taking crazy pills? 🫠

Amie That's so weird! The description sounds like it's Harbinder Kaur. That's a pretty big error! 2w

Aims42 @Amie Thank you for validating my shock 🤩I‘ve been searching the publisher‘s website for any info and nothing there. It just seems so weird! 2w

Aims42 @Amie I just messaged the publisher on Instagram. I‘m just soooo curious lol If I hear anything back I‘ll let you know 🤞 2w

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jlhammar What the heck! 2w

Aims42 @Amie @jlhammar I heard back from the publisher today (on a Sunday, I was shocked!) and they said, “Amy wow thank you. We will correct that on the reprint.” So, this will be the version that antiques roadshow will be looking for in 100ish years 😂 1w

jlhammar I can‘t believe no one noticed before it went to print (or before you so kindly brought it to their attention apparently)! 1w

Aims42 @jlhammar Right?? 😳🤯 1w

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vonnie862

A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel | Ruth Ozeki

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Oh man, I feel like I need more days to digest this book. This is my first Ruth Ozeki book and it won't be the last. Usually, I am not a big fan of authors doing their own book narrations, but Ruth did a fantastic job. She sure is a wonderful storyteller!

The themes of bullying and suicide were very prominent, so there are definitely trigger warnings. However, I felt I learned so much about Japanese culture and I found it fascinating how ⬇️

vonnie862 Ruth writes herself and her husband as characters. It makes me wonder if this was a true story. Ruth mentioned that listening to the audio is one experience and that reading the print is another. Looks like I need to buy the physical copy! 2w

vonnie862 #authoramonth @Soubhiville #bookspinbingo #4 @TheAromaofBooks 2w

Graywacke Glad you enjoyed. Your comments are interesting to me because I struggled with her reading it herself. 🙂 2w

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2w

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Chelsea.Poole

Tortured Poets | Willow Bowery

This woman is out of this world and I‘ve been totally consumed by these DOUBLE albums Taylor Swift dropped on 4/19. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT AND ANTHOLOGY 31 songs of heartbreak! Sooo much to unpack. And she‘s getting literary, a clashing of my favorite things: Taylor and literature! Apologies as this is a music interlude but it is book adjacent! What do you all think of the album?

slategreyskies I love it! Especially the “You‘re not Dylan Thomas, and I‘m not Patti Smith” line. I‘m really enjoying this album! 💕 2w

Chelsea.Poole @slategreyskies yesss!! I actually had the chance to go to Dylan Thomas‘s house in Wales, and I‘ve always been interested in him. I like that she‘s calling out herself as well throughout, taking ownership for what she‘s done too. “We‘re modern idiots” 2w

Jas16 Love it. 2w

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marleed I proudly added to the streaming numbers. thanK you aIMee - omg! Robin - I love tins so much and is this the reveal of child#4 of Blake and Ryan. And I can‘t wait for the day she pens a lullaby album for her own baby. And as a Chiefs fan - Alchemy and So High School! 2w

Chelsea.Poole @Jas16 same 🤍 2w

Chelsea.Poole @marleed oh my, yessss! So happy about the Travis songs! I‘m loving Florida!!! and Down Bad too. I still need to put more work into the second album. 2w

Bookzombie Yay! I‘m loving the double albums and I can‘t decide which ones I like best. I have been listening all weekend. 2w

slategreyskies @Bookzombie I have been too! It‘s so good! 😊 2w

slategreyskies @Chelsea.Poole wow, I love Dylan Thomas, and I‘d love to do that myself too someday! 💕 2w

zezeki I love it, been listening to it all the time! 2w

EKonrad Obsessed with this album! Sooo good and feels really literary to me. ❤️ 2w

peanutnine It's been on repeat for me. I keep hearing new things, I love it! 💖 2w

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Bookwomble

Weird Walk: Wanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year | Weird Walk

I like reading about other people getting their exercise. You keep walking weird, I'll keep reading weird!
I might've expected the hardcover to be a collection of articles from the zines of this collective of ramblers through the British pagan countryside, but I didn't think of it, so now I'm less sure about collecting all the zine issues, but that petty quibble aside, this is a lovely book in the tradition of Julian Cope's The Modern Antiquarian.

vivastory Book title made me think of one of this classic comedy skit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8 2w

Bookwomble @vivastory 😄 Yes, it had put that sketch in my mind, too. Also Max Wall's variety act, and that of Wilson, Keppell and Betty, that the Pythons were definitely channeling. 2w

Bookwomble I think I may have been mistaken in thinking that the articles are lifted wholesale from the zines. The foreword by Stewart Lee is certainly adapted, and enlarged, from zine #4, but comments within the text suggest that the book contains new material. I guess I'll only know if I buy the zines! 🤷‍♂️ 2w

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Darklunarose

Untitled | Unknown

Well I might be missing for a while😊

marleed ThanKyou aIMee - 😱 So Highschool 🔥🔥 3w

Darklunarose @marleed I‘m going through the album slowly. I up to the smallest man who ever lived. I have had But daddy I love him, Guilty as sin, and LOML on repeat so far. (edited) 3w

SarahDWriter no song is complete without the clang of the guitar riff and the thorn in the rose 2w

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Darklunarose @marleed both brilliant. My 4 favourites are “but daddy I love him”, “guilty as sin”, “loml” and “the manuscript”. This queen can write. 2w

Darklunarose @SarahDWriter ❤️ 2w

marleed @Darklunarose I think my overall favorite having listened to everything might be Robin. I‘m also guessing this could be Baby #4 name reveal for Blake and Ryan. It makes me hope she and Travis have a baby and the world gets a lullaby album while we wait for the delivery 👶. But then there‘s Florida too! 2w

Darklunarose @marleed people have said that‘s Aaron Dessners childs name too. She talks so much of rings and cradles in this album. 2w

marleed @Darklunarose oh I saw that after I was trying to backup my own guess! I do feel like she was laying to rest all the messy thoughts that ever danced in her poetic head, and readying for the next new version of TS. 2w

Darklunarose @marleed ❤️ 3d

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rubyslippersreads

Untitled | Unknown

I‘m a bit late for #5JoysFriday (and #4 isn‘t true today, although it gives me the joy of an excuse to stay in and read. 😸)

Thanks for the tag, @DebinHawaii 😘

DebinHawaii A great & joyful list! 💛💛💛 And while sunny days are full of joy, I like the joy in a rainy day to read too! Thanks for joining in! 🤗 3w

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