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julesG
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Thanks for the tag @RaeLovesToRead

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

Stiff by Mary Roach

Also see #YellowNFShelf 😁😁

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe Love Mary Roach! #s 1 and 2 on the TBR. Thanks for sharing! 💚💙💚 3w
RaeLovesToRead Ooh! I have the sex one! I have quite a lot of sex ones to be fair haha 3w
random_michelle Another Mary Roach fan!

I enjoyed Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation which is about evolutionary biology.
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monalyisha Not putting Mary Roach on my list hurt my heart a little. Glad (and not at all surprised) to see that she‘s being represented without me! 3w
julesG @RaeLovesToRead It's an interesting topic. 3w
julesG @random_michelle @monalyisha - I have most of Roach's books, but not read all of them yet. 🙈 3w
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Blueberry
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You know when you're sick and nothing feels like a good read. I have started and stopped 3 books the last few days. 13 books loaded on my Litsy right now. I wanted a cozy read but now I'm not sure.

Suet624 I‘m sorry. It‘s tough when that happens. 1mo
Aimeesue Hope you‘re feeling better soon 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕Rest. May you feel better soon 🙏. Do you have any graphic novels? When I'm under the weather, they're really the only type of story I can focus on. Not sure if it will work for you, just wanted to share. 1mo
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dabbe To piggyback on @AnnCrystal ... I usually read my PEANUTS or MUTTS comic books that I have. Hoping you're feeling better soon. 💙🩶💙 1mo
Librarybelle Hope you feel better soon! 1mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe 💝😉👍. 1mo
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bibliothecarivs
Intellectual Freedom Manual | American Library Association. Office for Intellectual Freedom
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I'm honoured to be the recipient of the 2024 Cache Valley Library Association Library Hero Award, presented each January to someone who has given "notable service to libraries in Cache Valley."

I love this organisation and have so much respect for its members and the good work they do in our area. Long may it continue.

https://cachelibraries.blogspot.com/p/library-heroes.html

Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 2mo
Bookwomble Congratulations, Joseph 😊🏆🎇 2mo
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xicanti
Contract Season | Cait Nary
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Sunday reading with snuggly Penny.

I‘m so impressed with Cait Nary‘s range, y‘all. She‘s great at high stress romances (SEASON‘S CHANGE), adorable romcoms (LUCKY BOUNCE), and stuff like this, which slides into that sweet spot where there‘s SOME stress for the characters but it‘s mostly about them, like, finding their way through a scenario they hoped they could avoid but are actually coping with really well. IT‘S SO GOOD. Bring on the back half.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
CarolynM Yeah, she‘s good🙂 2mo
xicanti @CarolynM I‘m excited for whatever she does next. 2mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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My end of the year #Nonfiction2023! Not a complete card, but boy some great books in there!

And I can see I‘m way WAY behind on reviews 😂. New Years Resolution, go back to reviewing right after I finish or I won‘t get back to it. 🤣

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Tove_Reads
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Hah! But… guess what? I have plans on going in two writing courses this summer! Let‘s hope it‘ll all work out! 💖 Is it spring yet???? (It‘s minus a billion degrees here right now 😰)

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3mo
dabbe 😂 3mo
Tamra 🤣🤣🤣 3mo
Aimeesue lol! 😂 3mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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#Nonfiction2024 is here! And it‘s a big challenge this year.

First, these are not the books you need to read…although if you haven‘t read them, I encourage you to read them.

These are banned books, and they are banned for subject matter they contain that we find objectionable for some reason.

Your challenge is to read a nonfiction book about a similar subject:
Examples below⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ Harry Potter “promotes witchcraft”… maybe a nonfiction book about witches or Salem, too dark for you…maybe a book about Wiccan beliefs. Or go a different direction, a book with an orphan.
~ Reading about anything helps us understand and understanding & empathy diffuses fear.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ So take these the way you want…a nonfiction about the core subject, or a tangential connection… not feeling like diving into the tough topics in some books… that‘s ok too….we all need a break from tough topics sometimes too. Maybe instead of diving into topics from Kafka on the Shore, an uplifting book about marine life. A book that includes the Shore, etc 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ Maus… you could go into the history it tries to impart, but if that‘s to heavy, maybe a great book about graphic novel writing, or a something about cats and/or mice. 3mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ As always, your choice! Make it fun for you! Be as creative as you want with your choices…..And tag us as you go! (We all need more suggestions) (edited) 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures This is a fabulous idea!! I didn't read as much nonfiction as I wanted in 2023 so I need this! 3mo
youneverarrived Amazing idea! 🖤 Looking forward to joining in! 3mo
Deblovestoread Challenge accepted! Love this! ❤️💚❤️ 3mo
AnneCecilie Love this idea. I see several books I haven‘t read and want to read, so I might take this challenge literal. 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AnneCecilie I‘m the same…for some I‘ll probably read the banned book and then a nonfiction book. And as few are non-fiction books, so they could count as themselves too. 😉 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ChaoticMissAdventures @AnnCecilie @youneverarrived and @Deblovestoread Welcome! I try to come up with a theme and board each year. You can just go for bingo or we have a few over-achievers that go for coverall. It‘s all up to what works best for you. Enjoy and have fun with your choices! 3mo
Larkken Interesting! Saving to look into later. Thank you ☺️ 3mo
Singout Thank you! This looks like a really cool structure. And it‘s year five for me! 3mo
peanutnine Wow I love this concept! Excited to take part again in 2024! I read much more nonfiction this year and I'd like to continue. Thanks for putting this together ☺️ 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout & @peanutnine You‘re welcome! This year‘s theme came to me much easier than some years….but then again, it has been a year with a lot of new book banning. 🫤 (edited) 3mo
Amiable Oh, how I love this nonfiction bingo challenge! My brain is already in overdrive trying to think of matches. Thanks! 3mo
Zuhkeeyah I love this year‘s theme! 3mo
Zuhkeeyah Should I make a Storygraph challenge for this year‘s prompts? (It was helpful for me when tracking progress on this year‘s caustic theme.) 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Zuhkeeyah if you want to, you definitely can! I am not on Storygraph, but anywhere you want to share it is fine with me. 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Maybe I should check out Storygraph 3mo
willaful Great concept! I've was just thinking today that I really should listen to the audiobook of Born a Crime, so I'll probably do that one literally. 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful That‘s fine too, a few are nonfiction so totally works. And that‘s a really good one. 3mo
willaful @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I read it in print and enjoyed it very much, and then my daughter's high school class listened to the audiobook and it sounded like so much fun, I've been meaning to do it. (I love that for today's kids!) 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful He reads it himself, and being a comedian… he can make even tense things funny when he tells them. 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful Not all books are good as audiobooks, but some like that one are even better because of the Narration. 3mo
kspenmoll Wow. I am proud that I have read all but 3 on the bingo board. It‘s hard to fathom these books are banned in places. Especially Florida… 2mo
CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Will you please add me to your tag list? Is there a tag list? 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I do not have a tag list, sorry. I just tag the #Nonfiction2024 and then anyone can search by it. 2mo
CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Okay. Thanks. I thought that might be the case. It‘s very sad and more than a little bit scary that the number of banned books is even higher than the books on your Bingo card. 2mo
CatLass007 I‘ve had Born A Crime in my Audible library since not long after it was released. Sometimes I need a little extra incentive to listen to any given book. 2mo
CatLass007 You indicated in your post that there were examples of pairings, but I can‘t find the examples. 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 if you open the comments, they were like the first couple comments under the post 2mo
CatLass007 Thank you. For some reason I wasn‘t able to find them before and it took me a minute just now. 2mo
CatLass007 I feel like I‘m being a nuisance but I‘ve never done this challenge before. Or any challenge for that matter. I understand the challenge and I‘m very excited about it. But I have no idea how to put a picture of a book I‘ve read on the Bingo card. Make sense? Do you use an app like PicCollage? If that‘s the particular app I need to use, I‘m screwed, because I don‘t find it intuitive at all. Any advice you can provide would be appreciated. (cont)⬇️ 2mo
CatLass007 I hate to be one of those people who needs handholding to perform a task that others find as easy as pie. 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 You are fine! First rule, there are no bad questions! If we don‘t ask, we can‘t learn anything new. I take a screenshot of the book cover, usually on Goodreads, crop it as a photo so it‘s just the cover, then use a free app called GoDaddy Studio (formerly Over), that just lets me layer 1 picture overtop the other. I‘m sure there are many others that do the same. 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 and it‘s only easy as pie once you played with it once or twice. 2mo
CatLass007 Thank you. I appreciate your information and encouragement. 2mo
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TheKidUpstairs
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Bluebird 😂😂😂😂 so true! I have more than that and have trouble. Litsy friends and challenges are my salvation! 3mo
Hooked_on_books Well, yeah! 3mo
batsy 🙈💯 3mo
psalva Or more! 😂 3mo
TheKidUpstairs @psalva true, 500 is an understatement! 3mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Hello #SheSaid! Here‘s our schedule for the rest of the year AND Nominations Are Open for the rest of next year!

Please add your nominations to the comments section!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m going to reread Wild by Cheryl Stayed in the near future, if anyone else is interested, we could read together. 4mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I really found Kate Manne‘s Down Girl interesting, but I still haven‘t picked up the next book Entitled. 4mo
AllDebooks Hmm🤔 Anything by Cordelia Fine such as Testerone Rex, Delusions of gender, A mind of its own; Everybody by Olivua Laing, Hagitude by Sharon Blackie, 4mo
Bookwormjillk I read (and enjoyed) the Memory Police but count me in to the rest. I‘ll start reserving books now so I can interact more with the discussions next year. 4mo
willaful @AllDebooks I'm listening to Doppelganger, it's amazing. 4mo
AllDebooks @willaful I adore Naomi Klein, she's so good 4mo
vlwelser Doppelganger and Wild both get my vote. 4mo
Deblovestoread Please remove me from your tag list. I might pop in if you read I book I already own. 2024 is the challenge of filling prompts with owned books for me. 4mo
Singout My rather long to-read list includes Highway of Tears, Sitting Pretty, Unsettling Spirit, People Love Dead Jews, In Defense of Witches, Run Towards the Danger, The Future Is Disabled. 4mo
MallenNC I hope to keep up with our picks in 2024! A suggestion is 4mo
KathyWheeler I am having a real problem reading that font. 4mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler I changed it…better? 4mo
TheKidUpstairs This one sounds great too, one of NPR's Books of the Year 4mo
MallenNC @TheKidUpstairs I suggested that one too. It sounds great for us! 4mo
MallenNC I don‘t know if there‘s still time to nominate but this one sounds really interesting 4mo
staci.reads I don't know if nominations are still open, but I just heard about this one. 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I put all these on the questionnaire and a few others people tagged me in or mentioned elsewhere and a few on my own pile 1w
CatLass007 Oh. Well that was fast. Thank you. 1w
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Amandakay
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Mehso-so

Nice to have these reminders!