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Mehso-so

This has the feel of being 16 again, in the midst of those never-ending summers. I miss it, but you also couldn‘t pay me to go back. It is a reminder of all those times when you were still figuring out what you wanted, what mattered to you, and what you had outgrown.

lazydaizee I was 16 in 1976, and that was a hot summer , it felt like it was never going to end. 10m
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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The only Jodi book I haven‘t read yet 🤦🏻‍♀️

#Foodoncvr
#Ittakesallkinds

🍎 📚😊

Eggs Perfect🍎🍎🍎 It‘s the one Picoult book I was not thrilled with🤷‍♀️ 3d
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Nutmegnc
Lose You to Find Me | Erik J. Brown
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Loved this MM YA romcom. Angsty but cute, with a stellar audio by Kirt Graves.

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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My favourite, and I love the ambiguity over the interpretation (I rarely agree with historians when it comes to most topics on literature and poetry, and this time is no different) 🤍🤎.

#waltwhitman #poetry #charlesbukowski #leavesofgrass #marktwain #bukowski #jackkerouac #literature #pabloneruda #books #quotes #whitman #shakespeare #poesia #poetrycommunity #love #ernesthemingway #poem #albertcamus #aldoushuxley #booklover #nature #book #art

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lil1inblue
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Pickpick

Love poems. Rumi. Enough said.

#poetrymatters

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IndoorDame
Lost and Found | Kathryn Schulz
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Alyisha, I just received the most gorgeous, decadent package from you and Moxie Crimefighter! Thank you so much for all the gifts! I feel very spoiled and I can‘t wait to dive into this beautiful book and my new tea! And thank you for another amazing year of #auldlangspine

P.S. Cedric approves, and says bunnies smell weird and amazing and he‘d like to meet one someday!

monalyisha I love that Cedric and Moxie got to share this moment! And I‘m glad the package lived up to the wait. 😉 3d
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dabbe
Brokeback Mountain | Annie Proulx
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When someone asks what movie is as good as the book (novella), I will say this one. I saw the movie when it came out years ago but never read the story until now. To me, the story was the script, and how heart-wrenchingly poignant of a story it is ... a story of love from soul to soul and having to live with denial and loneliness because the world won't accept it. As Ennis states, “If you can't fix it, you've got to stand it.“ My heart just weeps.

DieAReader 🥳❤️‍🔥Awesome! 5d
sarahbarnes The film just broke my heart, and I‘ve never read the story either. I clearly need to. 5d
dabbe @DieAReader 💚💙💚 5d
dabbe @sarahbarnes 💚💙💚 5d
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TheBookHippie
The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams
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My favorite reading time #hyggehour #hyggehourreadathon

#LitSolace

It's our favourite day of the week. What are you planning on reading or doing for our #Hyggehour readathon tonight?

I‘m reading Velveteen Rabbit before I watch it on AppleTV 🐇🐰 🩶

TheBookHippie @Read4life I hear it‘s very very good. 5d
tpixie Adorable 🥰 🐰 5d
Judybskt I just bought that book for one of my grandsons. 💙🐇 4d
TheBookHippie @Judybskt It is such a beautiful read. 4d
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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Bailedbailed

*trigger warning* There is no doubt that Márquez is a gifted wordsmith, penning an eloquent, albeit dense & tedious prose, but my troubles with this novel are the deplorable themes of romantized sexual assault, statutory rape & the contemptible message that unwilling women "just need a bit of convincing." Florentino made my skin crawl throughout, perpetuating toxicity that was apparently in the name of unrequited love; stalking Fermina (1/?)

TheIntrovertedDodoBird Disillusioned and arrogant enough to believe that only her husband stands in the way of their eternal bliss; not the fact that she may or may not be in love with him. He transcends promiscuity by using women as sexual objects, then romantises even that by claiming eternal fidelity to Fermina, despite the 622 women, some of whom were underage and whom he assaulted, he had relations with in the name of forgetting the woman who rejected him (2/?) 5d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird Then, he belittles them by constantly referring to them with inferior and misogynistic pet names, like "little birds," and fetishizes an underage girl in nauseating detail. I rarely regret finishing a book, but Love in the Time of Cholera is an isolated exception. A true anomality that I need to purge from my brain. "Obsessive Love Disorder" isn't something that should be romantized, yet Márquez composed an entire novel in its "honour" (3/?) 5d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird This novel is bound for a one-way trip to the charity shop, and I will be opting for a light read to decompress. I've never been more relieved to slap a book down and call it a day on an author. Truly horrendous. 5d
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Leniverse Agree 100% This novel put me off reading anything else by the author. I can forgive a lot in exchange for great prose, but this book just enraged me. I really wanted the male protagonist to get struck by lightning and then die slowly from cholera. 5d
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 5d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @Leniverse Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who thought this about Márquez! I really needed to vent after finishing the book, hence my long review, because I found myself so angry at the author and the story and myself for even sticking with it until the end. Yes! I've never wanted a fictional character to succumb to death more than Florentino Ariza! Not to mention, I would have revelled in the irony of him dying of cholera. 5d
dabbe @TheIntrovertedDodoBird And I'm enraged just reading your review. I will stay away from this one! 🤩 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe Honestly, the only consolation I have for finishing it is being able to warn others away from it! You will save yourself one helluva of a headache by skipping this one, trust me, not to mention a crazy amount of contempt for the author, the character, and the story! I was infuriated! I have no idea how this book is so revered by many! 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe I almost tossed it in the bin 😂. 4d
dabbe @TheIntrovertedDodoBird Sounds like a book where FAHRENHEIT 451 applies! 🤩😂😍 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe Call me a fireman and hand me the matches! 😂 I've never felt this way about a book before... it's a new feeling 😂. 4d
CarolynM I hated this book too. It really annoys me that it gets so much praise. 10h
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