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ElizaMarie
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@catiewithac starting this one during my infusion 💉Its already gripping me in 🐺

thanks again for your kindness and friendship :)

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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

This book is a fascinating look at the 1918 flu, focusing on the US and taking the time to set the stage in politics and medicine before the pandemic occurred. It‘s eminently readable and I didn‘t want to put it down. I do feel like it left a couple threads hanging, but that didn‘t take away from the book for me.

LeahBergen That face! ❤️ 10h
AmyG Someone is wide awake! (And it‘s not you Holly 🤣) 5m
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Bibliophile004
All But My Life: A Memoir | Gerda Weissmann Klein
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Pickpick

This was a very hard read, but l also think so important. This book shows the evil people are capable of, but also the importance of acts of kindness- no matter how small. It‘s chilling to think of how easily the German people accepted the Nazis antisemitism. A lesson to us all

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Julsmarshall
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Pickpick

This was so interesting! Full of sweet stories and surprising revelations from the White House resident staff. Covering multiple decades and presidents, I especially loved hearing about the caring relationships between the first families and staff. The author also explored the history of how the house staff system came about, race, and respect. One juicy stories too. Really fascinating, great on #audio Highly recommend!

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psalva
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Recently I started volunteering one day a week at the history center for my county, hoping to glean some experience in archiving work. My goal, besides helping out, is to see if I like it enough to pursue a degree in library or archival science. So far, it‘s amazing and right up my alley! Anyways, this book is coming in handy as I begin indexing the history center newsletter for easy searching. Any Litsy archivists out there? #archives #history

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JenniferEgnor
Sally Hemings | Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this inside view into the life of the mysterious Sally Hemings. She was kept a secret then, and she is still in the shadows of American History today. In these pages, we get a glimpse of what her life might have been like. She was Thomas Jefferson‘s misogynoir. She was an enslaved, Black woman. She was Sally Hemings.

Aimeesue We toured Monticello a few years ago when my daughter was looking at colleges. They had just started doing a tour centering the lives of the enslaved people who lived there. It was a humbling experience. My favorite part was when the tour guide ripped a tourist a new one for saying “But TJ was a GOOD slave owner, right?” No, dude, there were no “good” ones. 13h
TheBookHippie @Aimeesue 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 12h
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Born.A.Reader
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Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 14h
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catiewithac
Charlemagne | Johannes Fried
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Mehso-so

My penpals know my struggle with this audiobook. It is likely the most boring book I‘ve ever finished. However, it was great at one important thing: putting me to sleep! The author would have benefited from a more skillful editor to reduce repetition. I felt like I was in an eternal circle of hell hearing the same anecdotes about Charlemagne for 30 hours. Read at your own peril! 👑

Suet624 Oh my! 13h
dabbe When I first quickly glanced at who read it from your pic, I just saw JAMES CAMERON. I then thought to myself, “Isn't that the TERMINATOR/TITANIC director? Wow! He was boring!“ Then I saw the name STEWART. #doh You also deserve the #perseverenceaward 💚💙💚 13h
Ruthiella At least you got your beauty sleep 😴😄 12h
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catiewithac
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Bailedbailed

I made about 80 pages into this true crime tale before my interest fizzled. The author is too much of a fraternity bro himself. Sorry, next! 🍻

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 12h
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Purpleness
Korea: A New History of South and North | Victor Cha, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
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Um, I might be missing something, but 2,000 x 5 is actually 10,000? Which technically is over 5,000, I guess?
Not super impressed by the editing in this book, even before I came across this.

TieDyeDude 🤔 15h
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