Litsy

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Oliver Jeffers

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After seeing his illustrations for The Day the Crayons Quit last week, I‘m on an Oliver Jeffers kick. In addition to this book, I have two more children‘s books both written and illustrated by Jeffers waiting near the top of my TBR list. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#here-we-are-notes-for-living-on-plan...

Thndrstd Have you read Stuck? My daughter and I love that one 2y

JoyBlue @Thndrstd I don't believe I have. I'll check it out soon. Thanks for the recommendation!!!! 💙 2y

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andrew61

Mary Barton (Collins Classics) | Elizabeth Gaskell

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#here #booked2021
I had not read gaskell before and today dashed up to take a photo of her home in my home city.
This is a picture of class division in 1840's Manchester where the life of the poor is cheap while the factory owners thrive but chartism+unions in their infancy seek to establish equality. A melodrama that while dated had me hooked but as a social history I was fascinated.
@BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen

TrishB Great post 👍🏻 3y

andrew61 @TrishB thanks Trish, and my wife wondered why I was so long at aldi this morning, didn't think I could explain the diversion for this photo. 3y

Leftcoastzen Nice photo! 3y

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CarolynM Love your dedication to the Litsy cause! Great post. 3y

Cathythoughts Great picture 👏🏻 3y

Cinfhen Love the dedication!! My hubby is used to my Litsy shenanigans by now but I still get the eye-rolls 😜 3y

TrishB Things we do for a Litsy pic 😁 3y

batsy Oh, this is very cool! And an excellent photo. 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great picture, and story! 3y

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TheKidUpstairs

The Subtweet: A Novel | Vivek Shraya

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Started out good, finished great. Friendships between women, social media, professional and creative jealousy, racism and shadeism in entertainment, who owns ideas/creative output in a collaboration? So many thoughts and ideas in a small package.

And so so so much Toronto. The Toronto I know and love. #Booked2021 #Here/Hear @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Cinfhen Ohhhh, I‘m fully intrigued 🥰 3y

Cinfhen Is it YA?? 3y

TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen nope, not YA 3y

Cinfhen Woohoo 🙌🏻 3y

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Simona

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History | Robert D. Kaplan

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I‘m a little bit disappointed. I expected, according to the blurb, “the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date", but I got political travelogue with few short interviews, some historical facts and some author‘s personal observations of the way people live in Balkan Peninsula. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Nonfiction2021 - about hope #Booked2021 #hear #here

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Riveted_Reader_Melissa That is disappointing! Sorry 3y

Simona @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It was my fault, I expected too much🤷‍♀️ 3y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Simona I don‘t think you can blame yourself when it‘s tagged the most insightful, etc, etc and you got a light travel memoir full of author opinions instead. I think they oversold it. 3y

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Butterfinger

Even As We Breathe: A Novel | Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

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A beautiful book with beautiful writing and a beautiful main character. Cowney is just someone you want to love and protect. Set in Cherokee and the Grove Park Inn, my beautiful Pawpaw was never far from my mind. He wasn't Cherokee, but he was a person I loved and cherished, no matter the color of his skin. I'm proud to be of his bloodline. He was ashamed of being an Indian. Racists made him ashamed. Isn't he beautiful @megnews @sblbooks

CBee Bless his heart ♥️ 3y

Butterfinger #Booked21 @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft #Here/Hear -set up the mountain from me. 3y

Cinfhen Book sounds amazing and photo is wonderful. I love when book characters have a familiar feel 🥰🥰🥰 3y

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Cinfhen You‘ve been reading SO MANY interesting books!!! 3y

sblbooks He sure is! I can't wait to read the book. 3y

megnews He is. I‘m so sorry he felt that way. But what a wonderful heritage you have! 3y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘ve read a bunch of stories with Native American characters and authors lately. This one would be a great addition, especially since it‘s set in the 1940s. Thanks for the heads up! 3y

Butterfinger @megnews It never crossed my mind what he experienced till I read this book.
Thank you for inviting me to read with you. I remembered my Nanny fussing and telling me to stop asking for Indian stories because I could never understand why he wouldn't. 3y

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Cathythoughts

Home Stretch | Graham Norton

Just started for ‘ IRL ‘ ( 🙄) Bookclub
#Here/hear audio book or set where you live ... this is both for me , set in Cork & I‘m on audio
QUESTION: this is for #Spring #Booked2021. Can I read it now & use it for #Spring ? I want to play by the rules .... or do I need to finish one season first ?

Cathythoughts @Cinfhen 3y

Cathythoughts Sorry not able to tag all the #Booked2021 people ... some glitch going on 😕 3y

Cinfhen U can TOTALLY read out of “season” !!!!! 3y

Cathythoughts @cinfhen 👍🏻 3y

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