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SleepyDragon
Soviet science fiction | Violet L. Dutt
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After a fun-filled weekend of family time/memory making, i ended #readingrest24 by unwinding with this collection of short stories, taking 30 minutes ro read the last story. It opens with the character paraphrasing an Einstein quote.
We shouldn't feel guilty for not always having time to read due to a full life, and taking the occasional break makes reading a richer experience. Thanks to @TheReadingMermaid ! I may do this every year on this wknd!

SleepyDragon The relevant quote: "If world war three is fought with atom bombs, then world war four will be fought with clubs." 6y
SleepyDragon Claiming the character said this reminded me of reading Shakespeare in the original Klingon. Lol 6y
BeansPage I'm so glad you had fun. I did too. I feel like we needed this. 6y
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SleepyDragon @TheReadingMermaid I think what I most appreciated was the release from guilt. Since joining Litsy, there is this expectation that I'm supposed to try to read every second possible. So when I don't have time or opt to do something else, I'm apologetic about it, ashamed that I don't have as much time as others. I knew I wasn't going to be able ro read this weekend, but I got to celebrate it instead of feeling bad about it. 6y
SleepyDragon I shouldn't feel bad about choosing family over solitary reading. You know? I like to read, but it isn't my whole life. There's a lot of other stuff to do, and taking a break made reading today so much more enjoyable and special. I really relished the pages I read today in a way that I haven't in a while. 6y
BeansPage That's so amazing sweetheart! I hope you still don't feel pressured into reading when you're here. I'm sure everybody reads at different times but they do other things too. I love that you loved this weekend. I'm actually thinking of making it a yearly thing as well. I feel like during the summer people push themselves a little too hard and we all need a rest. 🤗😘🤗😘🤗 6y
SleepyDragon @TheReadingMermaid It was more internal pressure to keep up and try to read as much as others seem to be. So, you know, a personal hangup. Lol Most weekend readathons just don't work for me, as I am usually much busier on the weekends than during the eeek. 6y
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shadowspeak17
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For #ReadingRest24, I went downtown with my boyfriend this afternoon so he could practice his street photography. We ended up stumbling across some sort of event, so there were plenty of people for him to take pictures of. People are not my preferred subjects, however, so I just took a few landscape and petting zoo shots and played Pokémon Go. ???

(Tagged is the photography book my boyfriend uses.)

BeansPage Gorgeous 😍 6y
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SleepyDragon
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Played Scrabble with my dad, husband, and eldest ... I won. When I was younger, I was horrible at this game. I found it frustrating, and usually lost. Now that I'm in my 40s, I have finally hit my stride. Lol

#readingrest24 @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage 🤘🏻😄🤘🏻 6y
shadowspeak17 Oh, fun! 😃 6y
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BeansPage
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Meh, was filled with drama and suspense for sure but not really "scary" per se. Emily Blunt was fabulous (as always).
Anyone else see this one?
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candority I saw it in theatres, and I found it super stressful! I didn‘t want to eat my popcorn because it was too loud! 6y
KrystleTheBookSlayer I liked it, but I was hoping that it would be a bit scarier too. 6y
monalyisha Legit thought this movie starred Kate Winslet until I saw your post. 😂 And I wanted to see it, too! Largely because I thought it starred Kate Winslet! 😅 omg I‘m tragically uncool. 6y
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dragondrool I liked it. I wanted it to be more creepy, though. 6y
MaleficentBookDragon It was a meh for me. 6y
JessClark78 I just bought this on DVD yesterday. Haven‘t had time to watch it yet, though. I love Emily Blunt. 6y
ephemeralwaltz I liked it!! Very interesting. More of a thriller than horror I would say. 6y
TEArificbooks I rented it last night and liked it. It was more scary thought than creepy. The thought of always having to be quiet and keeping children quiet against our natures. 6y
GripLitGrl Loved it more suspenseful thriller than scary. 6y
Craftylikefox Not yet! But I have it high on my list to watch 6y
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SleepyDragon
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In case anyone was wondering how the cupcakes turned out. Lol

Had a wonderful day with family and friends. Can't believe my babies are turning three in a few days!

#readingrest24 @TheReadingMermaid

BeansPage Those look great!!! 😄 6y
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BeansPage
It | Stephen King
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Catching up on my horror movies this weekend. Very much needed 🤘🏻
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mcipher Did you like this? I watched last week, finally, and was disappointed. I felt like it was too slick to be scary. 6y
BeansPage @mcipher I thought lots of parts were overdone. I didn't think it was scary at all but I did think it was rather creepy. I did like how they took the book as reference but did not go exactly to the book so that people who have Reddit don't know what to expect which makes for better scares. 6y
mcipher @thereadingmermaid Hmmmm... that is true. Changing it did make it surprising! The creepiest parts were for me, the lady with the crooked face from the painting. She was spooky! (edited) 6y
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BeansPage @mcipher I agree. And the way the ghosts moved was pretty disturbing. 👻 6y
mcipher Yes, some of the kid ghosts especially! I thought the clown was so not scary though - his teeth really bugged me, they were too goofy. The things I nitpick about.... 🤷‍♀️😆 6y
BeansPage @mcipher TBH I never thought that Tim Curry was that scary either it was everything else that scared the crap out of me in the original. Same with this new remake. 6y
mcipher Clowns usually do scare me so I went into it expecting terror. 🤡 6y
BeansPage @mcipher IDK the room filled with clowns was pretty terrifying for somebody who doesn't like clowns lol 6y
mcipher 😂🤡 6y
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SleepyDragon
It's Raining Cupcakes | Lisa Schroeder
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Instead of reading tonight, I baked cupcakes with my eldest and my dad. They are for the twins' birthday party tomorrow. Normally I loathe turning on the oven during the summer, so this is the first year I didn't buy a cake. Anyway, we had leftover batter, so I made a marble loaf size cake.Also earlier today, I did the cleaning I usually neglect in favor of reading. Now I have an "I baked" mess to clean up. Lol
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BeansPage Looks good! 6y
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SleepyDragon
We Were On a Break | Lindsey Kelk
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There's a whole lot of life happening while we read. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, so I'm hopping aboard @TheReadingMermaid 's #readingrest24 reverse readathon. Basically, I'm taking the weekend to Carpe Diem more than escape into books. What will I be doing instead? Good question ...

BeansPage The world is your oyster 6y
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