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Nomad_Student
Libro de Las Preguntas | Pablo Neruda
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BINGO! I'm probably way too excited about finishing my #BookBingoNW2016 blackout square, but completing this made my OCD side very happy. There are some gorgeously illustrated ones out there, too - I've seen at least one with mini-book covers for each square. #summerreading #summerofbooks

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Spiderfelt
Pickpick

I have a reluctant relationship with poetry, unsure how to interpret the lines that end mid-sentence and the sentences that jump across stanzas. However, in order to complete my blackout, I needed a book of poetry. My library offered some familiar names, but I ultimately settled on this collection because Sherman Alexie has never let me down. Poetry continues to mystify, while Alexie does what he does best. #bookbingonw2016

tricours Same here. I tend to start thinking about other things when reading poetry. 8y
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Nomad_Student
March: Book Three | Andrew Aydin, John Lewis
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I felt so fortunate & was so moved to hear Congressman John Lewis speak about his March trilogy at Bellevue Library last Friday. He and his co-creator Andrew Aydin are an amazing team with big goals, and their illustrator Nate Powell pulls it all together on every page. It's inspiring to see a change-maker like Rep. Lewis putting so much thought into passing on his legacy and his methods. #weneeddiversebooks #CivilRights #equality #BookBingoNW2016

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Spiderfelt
Ethan Frome | Edith Wharton
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"I don't see that there's much difference between the Fromes up at the farm and the Fromes down in the graveyard; 'crept that down there they're all quiet, and the women have got to hold their tongues." Oh the misery of the frozen souls of New England, never was there a more wretched place full of impoverished folks unable to share a bit of warmth.

Read in a day, filled my 'written 100+ years ago square' #bookbingonw2016

MrBook Nice review! 😊👍🏻 8y
Texreader Ditto what @mrbook said 8y
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Spiderfelt
Surfacing | Margaret Atwood
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I first read Surfacing in '94 part of a Post-War CanLit class. Trying to fill my 'Reread' square in #bookbingonw2016, I wanted to see if I love old Margaret Atwood as much as I love her current work.

One could say the novel is cryptic, but perhaps it's full of symbols waiting to be decoded. Narrative transitions into a dream world populated by the character's personal mythology. To further complicate things, Atwood eschews conventional grammar.

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Nomad_Student
The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood
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Somehow, I hadn't read this before. Listening to the audiobook narrated by Claire Danes is heart-breaking, stomach-clenching, and completely terrifying, because it's horrifyingly easy to see how what should be laughably far-fetched could become reality. If you haven't read this book yet, please do. It isn't a fun read, but it feels like an absolutely necessary one. #bannedbooks

Spiderfelt Yes! This could fill three squares for #bookbingonw2016: banned, reread, from my childhood. I think I was a young teen the first time I read it. Terrifying and yet I couldn't stop. This book turned me into a lifelong fan of Atwood. 8y
Nomad_Student @Spiderfelt "Terrifying and yet I couldn't stop" is exactly it. And this is why my #BookBingoNW2016 card is covered with Post-Its! I keep changing my mind about how I'm categorizing things. 8y
MrBook This one is on my TBR 😊👍🏻. 8y
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Nomad_Student
Common Sense | Diana Gabaldon, Thomas Paine, Paine
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After struggling w/an early draft of #BookBingoNW2016 for about 10min in June, I decided Post-Its were the way to go, letting me change my mind & plan ahead. 14 down, 6 IDd/started, & a few more to pick. At least 6 overlaps w/my #2016BookRiotReadHarderChallenge list makes me extra happy! (What's that? Working for a #library system has turned my book-nerdishness up to 11 to the nth power, you say? Well, maybe, but it's not like I had far to go.)

Nomad_Student Also, Common Sense is definitely by Thomas Paine. But this edition has an introduction by Diana Gabaldon, which is pretty awesome. 8y
MrBook Great job and idea with the post-its 😊👏🏻 8y
Nomad_Student Thanks, @MrBook! Sometimes my version of organization looks like a disaster zone, but it works for me. 😊 8y
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Nomad_Student
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Typical: Walk into The Elliott Bay Book Company in search of one book (either Spinster or Bad Feminist - ha, "either"), walk out with four. Actually, this isn't that bad - when I walk into a library looking for one book, I usually walk out with an armful. #bookstacks #indiebookstore #feministlit #poetry #2016ReadHarderChallenge #BookBingoNW2016

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Nomad_Student
March: Book One | John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
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Very quick, very moving read. I like this format for a memoir-as-history that's accessible to all ages, and it didn't detract at all from the emotional impact. I found myself tearing up several times, and have been thinking about the history of the Civil Rights movement all afternoon. #weneeddiversebooks #Recommendsday #BookBingoNW2016

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