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Nicos
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An odd format, described as a novel but containing much biography and thoughts on the life of a writer. Thoroughly enjoyable mostly but the literary critical segments sometimes get a little convoluted. Definite pick though.

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sjc731
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MrsMalaprop
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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What a story🥹. What writing 😍.
Imagine if you grew up knowing you were adopted and were told a fiction about the circumstances of your birth.
In your late 40s you get hold of your original birth certificate, and read your biological mother‘s name…famous Australian writer Charmian Clift.
This book was re-released after the author‘s daughter Gina Chick wrote her memoir, We Are The Stars, a book I read and loved in 2024.
Wonderful 🥰🙏👏

CarolynM I read this one a long time ago and I wondered if it would get rereleased when Gina‘s book got so much attention. It is a great book and a really interesting twist on the adoption story, don‘t you think? 2w
MrsMalaprop @CarolynM Yes, so interesting and well done by Suzanne Chick. 2w
Rissreadswithcats Staaaaaaaaaaaaaacked!!!!!!! 💙 2w
Rissreadswithcats I just realised today that with my Spotify account I get 15 hrs of free Audio book listening. This was included. It scraped in at 14hrs and 48 mins 🤣 I‘m so excited! 2w
Jeg Can‘t wait to read this. Heard her on the radio. 2w
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Bookwomble
I Need More | Iggy Pop
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Time is still
A moment of pleasantry
In this zombie birdhouse

#TuesdayTunes @tiedyedude

?️ Iggy Pop
? Run Like A Villain
? Zombie Birdhouse ?
?️ https://youtu.be/jY7GtqO3dTk?si=xQV-tZDTAfHwbBRb

The official video is a neat animated effort. Look at the suggested videos for an awesome live version from The Tube, in which Iggy correctly declares, "I am the fucking greatest of all time!"
I love this edgy '80s album. It has an End Times vibe.

lil1inblue Iggy is just fantastic. 1mo
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reading_rainbow
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Birthday finds from my favorite used bookstore 🩶 I have been really into vintage biographies lately

Leftcoastzen Wow! 1mo
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jdiehr
Scar Tissue | Anthony Kiedis
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Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, baby!

VERY heavy on the drugs.

I met Anthony back in the 90s, but, alas, our brief encounter was not mentioned in the book 😂

BittersweetBooks This book has been on my TBR since high school 🫣 (aka when it was published) 1mo
fredthemoose I enjoyed this one. What a wild life. Flea‘s pre-RHCP memoir was good, too 1mo
Ruthiella He‘s saving your meeting him for his second memoir! 😜 1mo
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jdiehr @Ruthiella Right?! ? At one point in the book he gives a "if you're reading this..." to a girl he met in Kentucky. That was the point when I stopped reading a memoir and started reading a fantasy ? 1mo
BarbaraBB You met him?!?! Tell me everything! I‘ve had a crush on him since the 80s and especially in the Californication era. “Young Kentucky girl in a push up bra”… that must be you!! 1mo
jdiehr @BarbaraBB No, I'm not the Kentucky girl!! But his shout out to her made me wish he was shouting out to the girl he met in LA and posed for a picture with (me 😄) 1mo
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merelybookish
Blue Remembered Hills | Rosemary Sutcliff
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Spent a week in London and came home with a stack of books, a mix of new and used. Was excited to find both a Persephone and Slightly Foxed edition.
Could have spent days perusing book stores but my family was less inclined. Just as well because my suitcase was pretty heavy!

sarahbarnes So fun! That looks like a great stack. 😀 1mo
Billypar Sounds like a great trip! I never heard of that Lispector - that's quite a title. 1mo
charl08 Just seen the penguin archive books in a display at.a bookshop. Tempted by most of them! 1mo
TheBookHippie @Billypar Was going to say the same!!! I do love her writing! 1mo
LeahBergen You got some good ones! 1mo
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Read-n-Bloom
Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story | Ken Abraham, Steven Curtis Chapman
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5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wonderful book and story from Steven Curtis Chapman! Loved it! So full of wisdom and insight into our Lord and how good and holy he is! Very emotional as well.

#LitsyReads #ChristianBooks #Read2025 #ReadYourKindle #ReadYourEbooks #nonfiction

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lauraisntwilder
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Book review catch-up post 5 of 5:

This is the fourth volume of LM Montgomery's journals and by now I really feel like I know her, warts and all. She was not a perfect person, but she had a wonderful sense of humor and, in this volume especially, a difficult life. It was hard to hear of the pain she endured at the loss of her closest friend and the onset of her husband's mental illness. Three more volumes remain and life doesn't get any easier...

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TheEllieMo
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An interesting skip through Daltrey‘s life from school years, through the formation and progression on the Who, as seen through Daltrey‘s eyes, to his life today. I feel the need to read Pete Townshend‘s memoir now, to get a balanced view.

Book 32/60 Page 9,849/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 🎉Excellent! 2mo
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