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Yuki_Onna
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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I am in one of the most beautiful towns of Germany, full of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a place where I've never been before. So what will I do first? 🤔
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#culturalheritage #history #surrealism #Bunny #horror #bookhoarders
@BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead

Yuki_Onna ...Head for the first book store possible on my way downtown (only a block away from the greatest landmark of the place, an Insta-spot par excellence, and, needless to say, UNESCO site), browse for an hour and leave with ONLY two books... 😅
Aren't I a good girl? 😇

8mo
RaeLovesToRead 🐰🧁🪆📝👸🏼🐇 8mo
BeeMagical YES, BUNNY!!🐰🐰🩷🩷 8mo
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
In the Shadow of the Cypress | Thomas Steinbeck
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I live in Cypress, so my town is in the title! The author is actually John Steinbeck‘s son! #WithaTown #TemptingTitles

Eggs Oh lovely 🥰 😊 12mo
KathyWheeler I wondered if there was a relationship. Are you liking it? (edited) 12mo
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TiredLibrarian
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1. Yes! 🎭😊

2. I'd much rather watch them, but the opportunities are limited where I live, and then there's Covid-19. 😕

3. Loved the novels and TV series; would love to see this on stage!

Thanks @ozma.of.oz for the interesting #Sundayfunday questions! 🎭

BookmarkTavern Stupid Covid. I miss live theater. I‘m grateful for streaming shows, but it‘s not quite the same experience. Thanks for posting! 3y
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Andrea313
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I would watch the hell out of this hypothetical #LupitaNyongo movie. And if you like the sound of it as much as I do, the tagged book might also be for you. #Movie2BookRecs @Klou

Klou Perfect! 3y
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xicanti
Dream Wheels | Richard Wagamese
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Pickpick

I‘m a touch divided on this one. It‘s evocative and well-observed, and it‘s got a lot of heart as it explores how people move forward after trauma. I liked it a lot.

At the same time, Wagamese‘s fondness for passive phrasings makes his prose feel more purple than it actually is, and I disliked the gender dynamics. DREAM WHEELS is full of strong, capable women who don‘t go after anything for themselves. They‘re almost totally focused on the men.⬇️

xicanti Wagamese evidently respects them as people, but the narrative never allows them to become Somebody instead of Somebody‘s Woman. It sat wrong with me. 3y
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Prairiegirl_reading
Dream Wheels | Richard Wagamese
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I loved this!! Richard Wagamese is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. This starts out with a very graphic bull riding accident and then a rape and I almost DNF‘d it. I decided to try again and then I got sucked in right away. I would recommend the print version as opposed to the audio though because it changes perspective without any heads up and was a little hard to follow at first.

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jenniferw88
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Andrew65 Good choice. 3y
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Bookwormjillk
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I was in high school when the Thomas hearings happened. I picked up this book after seeing it here on Litsy so I could get a little more background than what a typical teenager would get from the evening news. After reading this I am so frustrated that things don‘t seem to have changed yet (but are hopefully heading that way.) Hill was only doing her job, and it changed the course of her life.
#CYOReadathon book 4 #Scarathalon2020 #TeamSlaughter

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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After finishing the #TruthToPowerBuddyRead last month, I wondered how she felt about both the Kavanaugh hearings and how she felt about Joe Biden‘s candidacy now....guess that answers one, even for her Trump is a bridge too far.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/anita-hill-joe-biden-voting/index.html

GingerAntics I honestly don‘t understand the people who don‘t think Trump takes things way too far. 4y
Bookwormjillk How was that book? I‘m trying to decide what Non- fiction to read next 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk It was very good, especially if you remember the Thomas-Hill hearings. But I found it very informative for how the political process works too... how sexual harassment became more well known and understood... which for me parallels out to #MeToo now and some weird parallels with the Kavanaugh Hearings. 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk Right now, I‘m reading One Person, No Vote which is very good too if you are interested. 4y
Bookwormjillk @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks! I‘ll add that to my list as well. I do remember the hearings and had a refresher when reading 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk Then you‘ll probably find it very interesting. I think the only one in the reading group who didn‘t like it was someone who didn‘t know about the case at all. 4y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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So good! This story is frustrating and maddening, but I‘m so glad she wrote it. The parallels with the recent Kavanaugh hearings are numerous, and since Thomas & Kavanaugh are now lifelong coworkers, I can only hope that Hill & Ford can at some point talk because only they truly understand the horrible gauntlet we ask citizens to go through, and the fallout that follows for years afterward as their statements become fodder for partisan politics.⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sadly we still haven‘t learned from the past, and neither has the Senate, since they made some of the same mistakes in both cases. I can‘t help but feel that it isn‘t a lack of learning on their part, but a playbook that they now know works to defame any woman who has a complaint in the public and cast the candidate as the victim. Sadly what Hill went through in the Hearings wasn‘t the end, she has dealt with harassment and threats for years ⤵️ 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ... afterward, and double standards because anything associated with her name was suddenly a political issue. Through it all Hill remained poised and matter of fact, persevering through more than I can possibly fathom, and because of her Sexual Harassment laws became more defined, more cases came forward, and employers were held accountable. It wasn‘t what she would have chosen for her life, but I can‘t help but be grateful for that outcome. ⤵️ 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ...Keep Speaking Truth to Power, it‘s hard, and may cost you everything, but after the gauntlet things can change. 4y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa #TruthToPowerBuddyRead Finishing finally....better late then never. 😉 4y
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