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The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London | Christopher Skaife

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I saw the ravens of the Tower of London last year, so this book was very fun (I ❤️ an “I‘ve been there! book). I appreciated the obvious affection Christopher Skaife has towards the Tower ravens, and the humaneness he tries to show them. There is clearly a measure of captivity, but Skaife‘s up front about it while conveying that he believes the birds allow him to care for them, and that he owes more to them than they to him. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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kspenmoll

Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience | Allison Pataki

#summersantagoespostal #summersolstice

Ice cream cone wrapping paper on these gifts-it‘s summer!
I was away on the 21st so could not open this box from @Kdgordon88 . Debra, I was overwhelmed last night when unwrapping each gift-so evident that you “ got me”. So incredibly generous! Perfect books, bookmark, coffee mug, stickers, chocolate-thank you for all the time & thought you put into my gifts! I have begun reading the tagged book already. ❤️

BookishMarginalia

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Kitchen Confidential | Anthony Bourdain

Happy Bourdain Day.

Kayla.Adriena 😢 7h

phantomx I loved watching all the places he traveled, listening to the many conversations he had about food, culture, and life, and looking at the many friends he made across the world. 6h

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Christinak

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime | Ron Stallworth

This is a rare one that I saw the movie first... still a good read.
#ReadTheUSA
#Colorado

Victoriahoperose How did it compare? I saw the movie, but haven‘t read the book. I really enjoyed the movie! 6h

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vivastory

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste | Bianca Bosker

Saw this at my pharmacy tonight. Better be some magical wine for this price! 🍷🍷🍷

BarbaraTheBibliophage 🤣🍷🤣🍷🤣🍷 8h

BlameJennyJane Yikers!! 7h

LeahBergen Baha! 6h

Gina Looks like someone was hitting the fermented juice while tagging items... 5h

SaturnDoo Looks like a CVS tag 😂🤣😂 4h

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ReadingEnvy

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss | Gloria Vanderbilt, Anderson Cooper

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This book was first mentioned on Episode 064 of the Reading Envy Podcast by Tracy Landrith back in August 2016, but of course the recent death of Gloria Vanderbilt (and touching tribute by son Anderson Cooper on CNN) brought it back to mind. #hoopla ⤵️

ReadingEnvy Gloria Vanderbilt undoubtedly has a fascinating life that spans almost an entire century, her wealth and circle connecting her to many famous and influential people throughout her life. But due to painful losses in her childhood and an early abusive marriage she considers herself more of a self-made woman, a trait that she passed on to her son Anderson. ⤵️ 9h

ReadingEnvy The audio is basically the two of them reading emails they sent one another, much heavier on Gloria than Anderson (who is interviewing more than he is sharing.)

Even at 1x speed, we listened to this in a day. 9h

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BacklistReader

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between | Lauren Graham

Just passing the time while doing laundry

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Chelsea.Poole

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir | T Kira Madden

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I am GUTTED! Oh my goodness I love this book so much. It took a couple of chapters for me to really start appreciating this crazy unique memoir. Words that come to mind (that I don't typically use but read in reviews): searing, brutally honest, lyrical, gritty, emotionally draining. T Kira Madden is wonderfully talented. Highly recommended 🌟

cathipink I adored this book. So many great stories. Can't wait to read more of her work. 4h

Cathythoughts Great review! Stacking 2h

JennyM This is on my list. Now it might be bumped to the top. Great review 57m

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wanderinglynn

Let's Pretend This Never Happened | Jenny Lawson

#30junebooks laughter

I laughed so hard I cried.

howjessreads

K.Wielechowski I love this book and it introduced me to Jenny Lawson, one of my favorite humans on the planet. Check out her Furiously Happy. 9h

wanderinglynn @K.Wielechowski Oh yes, I‘m a huge Bloggess fan. I‘ve followed her for years. Do you read her blog? 9h

K.Wielechowski I don‘t simply because I don‘t read blogs. I really need to start though lol 9h

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wanderinglynn @K.Wielechowski You should. Loads of good stuff in her blog. 9h

sammisho She's so funny!! 8h

LoverofLit I loved this book! And loved her other one even better.

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

wanderinglynn @sammisho Agree! 👍🏻 6h

wanderinglynn @LoverofLit Yes, I loved both of them. 👍🏻 (edited) 6h

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Sapphire

Kitchen Confidential | Anthony Bourdain

Seems I am getting more reading done on travel these days. Picked this one off my shelf on a whim this morning before I left for the airport even though I had two others planned. I was instantly hooked. Turns out it's Anthony Bourdain day (his birthday). I have not read anything by him or seen more than a snippet of one episode of his TV shows, but from this narrative, I can see why he was beloved.

Samplergal Loved the book. And him. Still miss him and his show. 13h

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