WhenTheLeveeBreaks

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America | John M. Barry

#MayMovieMagic

(Day 19 - #WhenTheLeveeBreaks)

*If you‘re a fan of the blues, then perhaps you already know about Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie. They are the musicians who wrote & recorded this song in 1929. Their lyrics are about the massive floods and ensuing chaos caused by the “Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.”

Cinfhen, RohitSawant

marleed Oh, you did good on this challenge! 5y

Cinfhen Fabulous collage!!!! Well done 👍🏻 5y

RohitSawant Fantastic! 👏🏼👏🏼 5y

gradcat @marleed @Cinfhen @rohit-sawant Thank you guys so much! You all are so good to me!! 😊♥️👍 5y

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TrishB

The Book of Dust | Philip Pullman

#whentheleveebreaks #maymoviemagic
When it breaks here we have the flood!!
This is my lovely signed special edition😁 I didn‘t read this, I brought another ‘normal‘ copy to actually read.

Cinfhen, RohitSawant

Cathythoughts Beautiful 5y

Cathythoughts Did you see their us a HBO production of His Dark Materials coming out soon. I hope I can get it on telly ♥️👍🏻 5y

TrishB @Cathythoughts I‘m keeping my fingers crossed it‘s better than the film! 5y

RohitSawant 🖤🖤 5y

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vivastory

Drowned World | J G Ballard

One of my favorite Ballard novels, the tagged book takes place in a tropical London that is mostly underwater due to rising sea levels. I read this & Hello America, a companion novel, back to back. I liked Drowned World more but I definitely recommend both. Great prototypes of what is now called cli-fi. Since it is #MayMovieMagic I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention Ben Wheatley's perfect adaptation of another favorite Ballard, High Rise.

vivastory #WhenTheLeveeBreaks @rohit-sawant @Cinfhen 5y

RohitSawant I wasn't aware of Ballard! This sounds really interesting! 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Have you read/watched

Empire of the Sun

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arlenefinnigan

The Moomins and the Great Flood | Tove Jansson

#WhenTheLeveeBreaks #MayMovieMagic @rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Fantastic 🙌🏻💕 5y

RohitSawant Nice! 💙 5y

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marleed

The Deep End of the Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard

Ben was kidnapped. For Beth this is #WhenTheLeveeBreaks

Day 19 of #MayMovieMagic with #WhenTheLeveeBreaks #BookToMovie

@Rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

Cinfhen I remember the film 😢😢😢 5y

Cinfhen Is it still raining by you??? More homework to do 😉 5y

marleed @Cinfhen Michelle Phifer was more likable in the film than Beth in the book. I was thinking this would have been a good response to a question earlier this week about unlivable protagonists! ... Rain reprieve so I better get some miles for the CFN. Good thing I have tomorrow‘s pick ready! 5y

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batsy

The Children of Green Knowe | Lucy M. Boston

On his first night at Green Knowe, Tolly is rowed through the flooded gardens by lamplight after having travelled through a flooded England, drenched by rain. I love that this English landscape hinges between reality and fantasy; there's no solid division between the real and imagination, which is to me is a crucial element of the best children's books 💚

#WhenTheLeveeBreaks #MayMovieMagic @rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

saresmoore Mmm, great point about children‘s lit! If the book was good enough, just reading it would blur my sense of reality in everyday life for a while. I miss that. 5y

Chrissyreadit I love this book! I listened to it several times with my children on long car rides (many years ago) and it remains a favorite ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5y

RohitSawant So wonderfully described! Love your point about the blend of the real and imaginary. 5y

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batsy @saresmoore I know, right? I miss that kind of immersion reading that totally transports me until I forget who I am. 5y

batsy @Chrissyreadit That's lovely! I only read it recently because of a readalong hosted by @TheBookHippie and I regret not having read it as a kid! But better late than never 😁 5y

batsy @rohit-sawant ❤️❤️ 5y

TheBookHippie @batsy ❤️💚 This was simply wonderful. 5y

LeahBergen I need to pull this off my shelf for a read soon. 👍🏻 5y

saresmoore I mean, I did recapture a bit of that when I binge watched the entire series of Gossip Girl a few years ago. 😅 5y

batsy @LeahBergen It's so lovely ❤️ 5y

batsy @saresmoore Well, just between us, I also recaptured that feeling while watching Pretty Little Liars 😂😭 5y

GatheringBooks ooh. i don‘t know this book! stacked! 5y

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BarbaraBB

Mudbound | Hillary Jordan

The lyrics of #WhenTheLeveeBreaks make me think of the power of nature, which is also so perfectly descibed in this great quote by Florence, a colored woman in my current read. I‘m loving it so far.

#MayMovieMagic

Cinfhen, RohitSawant

Cinfhen Ohhhh!! I own this book but haven‘t read it yet! I‘ve been curious ever since @emilyhaldi posted about this book 😊❤️ 5y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I may have bought it because of her review too, I don‘t remember why I bought it but it is set in Mississippi so it fits my challenge. It is really good, so far. You should get to it soon 😀😘 (edited) 5y

TrishB I enjoyed this one 👍🏻 though sad and made me angry! 5y

Tamra Good one! 5y

LeahBergen I really enjoyed this book. 👍🏻 5y

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Chrissyreadit

The Taking | James David Landis

A list of books involving levees #whentheleveebreaks #maymoviemagic https://beyondrivalry.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/drowned-towns-book-list/
Oddly, I thought of @LeahBergen ‘s bookish taste with some of these covers and descriptions.

Cinfhen, RohitSawant

Cinfhen Totally getting @LeahBergen vibes!!!!!! 5y

LeahBergen @Chrissyreadit and @Cinfhen You two know me well! What a great cover. 😍 5y

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