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merelybookish
Madonna: An Intimate Biography | J. Randy Taraborrelli
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Drowned World Tour.
Chicago, IL
August, 2001
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@cifhen #MOvember

BarbaraBB So cool!! 😎 4y
Reagan I saw that tour in Las Vegas! 4y
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Billypar
A Collection of Essays | George Orwell
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#IllRemember #MOvember
Just read the Orwell essay 'Such, Such Were the Joys' about the horrors of attending an English boarding school before the first World War. The living conditions were deplorable, but he also talks about the importance of remembering how children see the world to put the psychological impact of the authority his teachers wielded, and other aspects of the class divide into context.
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Billypar Great essay, though weird to see 'it' used as the pronoun of choice for a child. 4y
Cinfhen That is disturbing!!! But it‘s Orwell 😉 4y
Cinfhen Vinny, I just wanted to just say how much I‘ve enjoyed your posts over the YEARS!!! I‘m stepping down from hosting the daily challenges but I‘m still here on Litsy😁My TBR thanks you for taking the journey with me ♥️ 4y
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Suet624 I‘m always surprised that adults can‘t relate to the horrors of childhood and put themselves in the child‘s situation. 4y
Billypar @Cinfhen Thanks Cindy: I've had so much fun with this challenge. It was the first activity I tried on Litsy and it was the main thing that introduced me to all the fantastic people here. I also had a great time seeing everyone in person at the Philly meet-up and co-hosting #Nofemmeber Looking forward to participating in future Litsy events with you, starting with #BelowZer00s in January! 4y
Billypar @Suet624 Definitely. Orwell describes a lot of horrific conditions, but towards the end he speculates that even if those have improved over the years, it's likely that a lot of the social aspects of exclusion and discrimination still persist. Unfortunately he's probably right for the 1950s or 2019. 4y
Suet624 Agreed. 4y
Cinfhen It‘s been a fun ride and we‘re still going strong 💪🏼 4y
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vivastory
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Memory has been an accidental major theme in my recent reading; as the four above books, all favorites, indicate. Memory plays a key role in any form of writing, fiction to nonfiction & all of the strange hybrid forms. In the books above the role of memory is more emphasized.
(After searching my feed I noticed I used the same pic of Seven & Half Deaths etc for #trytoremember prompt last December)
#IllRemember #MOvember @Cinfhen

vivastory @RealBooks4ever It's on my TBR, I've heard great things about it 4y
RealBooks4ever It‘s on mine too! It sounds so good and the author has won all the lit prizes in Japan. 4y
Cinfhen Great post, Scott!! And here‘s where I add my tearful THANK YOU for adding so many wonderful books to my TBR and for all the AMAZING book talk over the YEARS❣️📚❣️ 4y
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TrishB
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#illremember #movember
Was the best way to get talking to people, have fun and generally add to your tbr.
Cindy started out as the host and has become someone I‘m proud to call friend 💜
And we carry on with #weeklyforcast and #bookreport

squirrelbrain Wonderfully said @TrishB ! 4y
JennyM You‘re making me cry Trish ❣️ 4y
Centique 😍 And you‘re so right! 💕💕 for all you beautiful Littens and especially @Cinfhen for organising and nurturing us all 💕💕 4y
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BarbaraBB You are so right Trish! I‘m glad we‘ll continue the bookish talks in another way! 💜 4y
KarenUK Lovely post Trish.... 💕 4y
CarolynM Yes to all of that. Well said, Trish. 4y
Cinfhen Thank you so much Trish!! It‘s true/ I‘m proud to call you friend as well ♥️ 4y
Cinfhen @Centique your kindness warms my heart ♥️ Thank you, lovey Flea xxx 4y
Cathythoughts Lovely post Trish. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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SconsinBookyBadger
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Ah the days of yore when the M of MTV stood for music and music videos were played in heavy rotation. 📺 During my summer vacation in Chicago I was staying with two older sisters who had cable. With that bonus MTV was constantly on and it was where I first heard of Madonna and seen her Borderline video.

#illremember #MOvember @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Yeeeeesssss!!! I was OBSESSED ❣️❣️❣️ Does MTV even play videos anymore????? 4y
Cinfhen Thanks so much for all your posts and fun banter xx I‘ve enjoyed getting to know you a bit more through these daily challenges 😁💜 4y
SconsinBookyBadger @Cinfhen MTV was one hypnotizing channel back in its golden years. None of its programming is about music anymore. Sister channel MTV Classic is supposed to play videos up until 2000s. I‘ve yet to check it out though. 4y
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batsy
The Last Conversation | Paul Tremblay
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Just finished this read that's perfect for the #IllRemember prompt. This is the first I've read anything by Paul Tremblay & it's quite astonishing the levels of dread he managed to convey in a short story/novella. A person wakes up alone in a room, trying to remember, & it's slowly revealed the condition they're in. I felt a keen sense of desolation as I read this. The confusion & the low-key creepiness felt wholly dystopic. #movember @Cinfhen

WhatWouldJaneDo I really enjoyed this novella, the ending was haunting! 4y
TrishB I like his books! 4y
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amanda__reads__horror I love his books! I need to read this one. 4y
batsy @WhatWouldJaneDo Haunting! Yes, that describes it perfectly. 4y
batsy @Cinfhen @TrishB @amanda__reads__horror I can't wait to check out his other work, he's much loved on Litsy! 4y
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jenniferw88
Don't You Forget About Me | Mhairi McFarlane
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The opposite of remembering is forgetting, so #illremember to forget? #MOvember @Cinfhen

Cinfhen How are you feeling?? 4y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen I'm ok. It's quite weird actually as I didn't cry when we found out, but the actual day caused a lot of tears (and unexpected stress due to my medical stuff). Thanks for thinking of me. 4y
Cinfhen It‘s hard to say goodbye 💔I‘m glad you‘re ok. Stay strong 😘 4y
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TheEllieMo
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#IllRemember means I‘ll Never Forget😉 Though I think some members of Take That will be wanting to forget these hairstyles 😂😂😂

#Movember @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Hahahahaha 😂Boy Bands 4y
BookNAround My 22 year old son came home with this same shaggy haircut yesterday. ::sigh:: I offered to pay for a haircut but he pretended he didn‘t hear me. Maybe I should show him this picture! 😂 4y
tournevis Other than Williams, are any of them still in the music business? 4y
TheEllieMo @tournevis Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald are still touring as Take That; they released an album last year that was mostly a Greatest Hits album but with a couple of new tracks 4y
tournevis @TheEllieMo Did not know that! 4y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Cinfhen This looks good!!! 4y
Fridameetslucy I just listened to Elton johns memoir and he speaks with great love of his friendship with Lennon and how funny Lennon was. Does this author show more than John -the-serious- Beatle in this book? 4y
CoffeeNBooks @Fridameetslucy I haven't read this one yet- I found it for this prompt, but it sounds really good! 4y
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britt_brooke
V for Vendetta | Alan Moore
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DAY 29 #IllRemember | “Remember, Remember the Fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.”

This has been in my TBR for ages. Loved the film!

#MOvember
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Natalie Portman was in Israel promoting this film and we were staying at the same hotel as she was. At the time she was super young & she liked my daughter‘s jacket. We ended up having a nice chat (edited) 4y
Laura317 The movie was fun. 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen That‘s so cool!!! 4y
Cinfhen She was really down to earth and lovely 😊 I don‘t even remember her having any security with her. 4y
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