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Cortg
The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
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Mehso-so

While I appreciated learning about JP Morgan‘s personal librarian, Bella da Costa Greene, and her rise to becoming an acclaimed art collector, I didn‘t love this read. I was kinda bored throughout the story. Maybe it was the writing. I am intrigued to do some googling on her, her father, Richard Greener, and I would like to visit the Pierpoint Morgan Library on my next trip to NYC. So overall it was a worthwhile read but not a love.

ChaoticMissAdventures I found this of most Marie Benedict books unfortunately. This one is the only one I finished. She picks the most interesting women but then for me, her books always fall flat. I am glad though that she helps bring lesser known women more attention. 2d
TheBookHippie @ChaoticMissAdventures I can‘t read her AT ALL 😵‍💫 2d
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Tamra I really enjoyed this one 2d
Cortg @TheBookHippie @Tamra Thanks for the recs! I would like to read something else about her. The Personal Librarian is our book club choice this month. 2d
Cortg Thanks!!! @tpixie 19h
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Teresereading
The Little Library | Margaret McNamara
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Popped over to beautiful Bruny Island for a couple of nights. Surprised to see so many tourists in the middle of winter.
They have 6 little libraries on the island, made by the Men's Shed. I've visited 5 and will swing by no.6 on the way to the ferry.

Cupcake12 This is lovely, we don‘t have many of these in the UK. 3d
hannah-leeloo We have any? @Cupcake12 😱 2d
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BarbaraJean
The Library at Night | Alberto Manguel
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Pickpick

I loved this. Manguel writes about being a reader in ways that are so relatable, even though I‘m pretty sure his reading is much more erudite than my own! Starting with reflections on setting up his own library, Manguel uses each chapter to examine a different aspect of libraries—the library as myth, as order, as space, as imagination, and so on. He brings together historical tidbits about personal and national libraries with his own reflections⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …on reading and the collecting of books. Sprinkled throughout are related photos that made me add to my aspirational list of libraries and bookish sites to visit someday. And, naturally, several more of Manguel‘s books about reading have now been added to my TBR. This fulfills # 7 for my #50x50 challenge: a book about books/reading. And, it was my May #BookSpin. @TheAromaofBooks 1w
TheBookHippie I personally think Netanyahu is pure evil, simultaneously I am so tired of people blaming all Jewish people for Palestine. People have lost the ability of nuance and the ability to contain multitudes. I give to Hadassah, I want the hostages home, I weep for what happened Oct 7. I also give to WORLD KITCHEN and aid to feed Gaza. I worry for the women & children there. I‘m so tired of people being on one side. No one wins in war but the oligarchs. 1w
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie I think you meant to post this for the Beinart book, but YES to all of this. Complexity abounds in all of this and SO MUCH nuance is needed. When people conflate Judaism as a whole—or all Jewish people—with the current government of Israel, it completely flattens that nuance. It is possible to both be heartbroken about October 7 and the destruction of Gaza. Any person of decency should be able to see the horror of both. (edited) 1w
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TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean ha. OY VEY yes!!!! Ooops. 1w
BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie 😂 I knew what you meant! 😁 1w
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 7d
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BethM
The Paris Library: A Novel | Janet Skeslien Charles
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Ddzmini Your welcome I had so much fun picking everything out 👍🏼😊 1w
Chrissyreadit 😍🎉😍🎉😍🎉 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Nice 🎊🎉🎈 1w
Avanders 🤩🤩 1w
AmyG Nice! 1w
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Nebklvr
The Secret Library | Kekla Magoon
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Mehso-so

Why did I pick up a time travel book when i hate reading time travel narratives? Not for me. It didn‘t help that the main character was fun and smart in one narrative and whiny and impulsively stupid in the other. No more time travel tales for me.

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JenniferEgnor
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If you know, you know!!!! 🐈😽📚💳

(But, this is what my husband and I refer to as returning books to the library…dropping them off in the Dewey Box)!

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JenlovesJT47
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They really twisted my arm yesterday. It‘s a dirty job but somebody‘s gotta do it! 😉🤓😎

1 book, 2 books, 3
books, 4 — 5 books, 6 books, I‘ve
gotta have some more!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bookstore #booklove #bibliophile

TheBookHippie ♥️ 2w
Jari-chan Love 💖💖💖 2w
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dabbe 🩷 2w
Eggs Excellent 📚 2w
AnnCrystal This is pure temptation 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😂🪄📚🐝💝. 2w
lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 2w
julieclair You discovered a haiku out in the wild! 🤗 And it‘s such a fun one! 2w
julieclair Oops… looked at the pic again and realized it‘s not in the window of the store. 🙃 You wrote it! Even better! 😀 2w
JenlovesJT47 @julieclair walking into a bookstore inspires me! 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 2w
julieclair 😀😀😀 2w
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Kshakal
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Checked out a new local indie bookstore today!

Aims42 Omg! My two favorite things!!! 🍞🥖🥨🥐🥯📚📚📚📚📚 2w
TEArificbooks Add some cheese and I would never leave 2w
TheBookHippie Brilliant! 2w
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Bookwormjillk Books and bread. What a great combo! 2w
Avanders 🤩🤩 2w
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