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As I‘ve mentioned, I have appreciated Carter for years. I especially loved Vanity Fair when he was editor from 1992-2017. So I am partial to enjoying this book. If you didn‘t get to experience the brilliance of the writers & articles in VF you probably won‘t like this. Everyone he talks about is familiar to me, it feels a bit gossipy, and really ramps up halfway through. The money spent! The parties orchestrated! And Trump and his short fingers!

My son & I picked it up today, & fell into the rabbit wholeheartedly into the rabbit hole of contemporary composer Eric Whitacre.We listened to his rendition of Lux Aurumque,or Light and Gold,based on a poem by the poet Edward Esce.Whitacre said of this poem: [whose] “genuine,elegant simplicity…[means] “A simple approach was essential to the success of the work, and I waited patiently for the tight harmonies to shimmer and glow.”His chorus shines.

My first mystery for the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge. A locked room.
It was also on my list of #10beforetheend.
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I‘m thoroughly enjoying this humorous, cozy mystery set in 1960s Sydney, Australia.

Thanks again for sending it my way, @CarolynM ! 😘

#FridayHappyReadingHour a day late so it‘s more like Saturday happy hour 😬, but it‘s getting cosy now. Wine and black Moroccan olives. I finished reading Astray for Bookclub and I would highly recommend. Haunting short stories, memorable, beautifully written. People whose lives and fortunes have gone astray one way or another. Loosely based on true stories.
Happy weekend x

I annotated the shizz out of this book, and it brought me back to my days of teaching The Crucible, focusing on the harmful power of fear and how quickly people‘s common sense can be swept away and replaced with rumor-fueled hysteria. There‘s a lot to be said about the way the world treats our girls, especially those with grit and courage. The cover is perfection; this reading experience has been perfection. Loved every minute.

5 emphatic stars for Adam Bede!

#readingbracket2025
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I loved this! I am almost always down for an epistolary book, and this one employs the form beautifully while giving me all the feels.

That California
sun certainly makes your skin
soft, doesn‘t it?

My very favorite episode of Lucy, L.A. At Last!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #ilovelucy #tvhaiku

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Current front runner for my best nonfiction read of 2025. This is going to piss you off, but it‘s an important read, so please I urge you to pick it up. So many scandals. These companies DO NOT CARE. They just don‘t. Please also add Empire of Pain by the incredible Patrick Radden Keefe to your TBR, if you haven‘t read it yet.

#coverlove