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Pretty bizarre, but much more based in reality than some of the other books this has been compared to (Awad‘s specifically). A bit of an outrageous look at how grief and trauma can be dealt with in very different ways, in this case by winning the lottery and creating a reality to live inside the Three‘s Company world. I‘ve never seen the show but now I feel like I should watch at least one episode.
Reminded me a bit of Treasure Island!!! (Tagged)

Chelsea.Poole

Treasure Island!!!

Ruthiella I can see the parallel to Awad‘s Bunny, especially in the question at the end (for me at least)?as to how much of the book is real and how much is the main character‘s delusion…. 3w

AlaMich I loved it as a kid, but let me warn you that 3s company has NOT aged well!! If you watch it, prepare to be offended. (edited) 3w

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Chelsea.Poole @Ruthiella oh for sure! I maybe should have worded that differently in my review. I guess for me as a reader, this one is much more easy to follow and was explained a bit more even though those things maybe didn‘t even happen, if that makes sense. I suppose it‘s more of a writing style preference for me. 3w

Chelsea.Poole @AlaMich thanks for the warning! Maybe I won‘t even attempt lol 3w

Ruthiella My comment wasn‘t to try to get you to like Awad! 😂😂 No worries there. It was just something I liked about both books. I see the similarity to Treasure Island! too in the MC‘s obsession with a piece of media. Also I underscore @AlaMich - the original show is very dated. 3w

AlaMich @Ruthiella I doubt there is a scene in any episode that is not offensive by today‘s standards. 3w

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Leftcoastzen

Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles | Frank Rowsome, Jr.

#ItTakesAllKinds #Roadtrip I think it said that they took these signs down in 1963 ,but at its height ,there were 7000 sets in 43 states. Fun car game to look for these on your travels back in the day.Found this little gem ,at the big book sale I went to a few weeks ago . Published in 1965. So six signs spread out a ways , you get a poem!
NO LADY LIKES——-TO DANCE——-OR DINE——ACCOMPANIED BY———A PORCUPINE ——-BURMA-SHAVE

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Aims42 Fascinating! I love little random facts like this 😁 2mo

Leftcoastzen @Aims42 thanks! I do enjoy old Americana! 2mo

Eggs Oh they were fun (I‘m a 1950s kid)! 2mo

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dabbe

I Love Lucy: The Complete Picture History of the Most Popular TV Show Ever, Authorized by the Lucille Ball Estate | Michael McClay

#ItTakesAllKinds
#roadtrip
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“California, here we come!“ 🤩

AmyG Lucy is the BEST. ❤️ 2mo

dabbe @AmyG “Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpoopular?“ 🤩😂😍 2mo

Eggs Brilliant👌🏼👏🏻🙌🏻 2mo

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dabbe @Eggs 💚💙💚 2mo

AmyG Vitamitavegeman!. A favorite! That one and Lucy and Ethel on the chocolate factory line. Brilliant. 2mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

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TheBookHippie

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel | Elyssa Friedland

https://www.kveller.com/this-jewish-mom-is-keeping-the-memory-of-the-borscht-bel...

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD JULY 2022 book fun
Still 🤦🏻‍♀️😵‍💫😅😳 over our September read of this authors book 😵‍💫

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IuliaC

Villa Triste | Patrick Modiano

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In the 1960s, 18-year old Victor Chmara is afraid of something and is hiding in a small French town close to Switzerland where he pretends to be a count of Russian and Egyptian origin. In this place populated by strange characters, he meets Yvonne. The time spent with her continues to haunt him and years later he returns in an attempt to find her.

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AmyG

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book | Diane Muldrow

@DinoMom You are just the sweetest! I love this book. Ha, I grew up reading these and reading them to my kids so probably YES, everything I need to know I most likely did learn from a Little Golden Book!!!

Thank you so very much for this lovely surprise.

cinda.marie Little Golden Books are the best! ❤️👜🐶 7mo

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Cazxxx

Rule, Nostalgia: A Backwards History of Britain | Hannah Rose Woods

Britain's fixation upon the fading glories of the national past has been likened to a collective illness.

TrishB It‘s a certain section of society though and the establishment and the media. No one I know gives a monkeys! Try to live now. 10mo

Cazxxx @TrishB yep same for me I don‘t know anyone who feels that way but it tends to be right wing nationalists whom I don‘t associate with anyway 😂 They need to accept that things change! 10mo

TrishB Exactly! 10mo

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janeycanuck

One's Company: A Novel | Ashley Hutson

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Sometimes, it's best to go into a book knowing nothing. But that can backfire. Because you get a book where you know a woman with financial struggles wins the lottery and decides to recreate the Three's Company world to live in it - and you think that it will be light & fun but it turns out the woman has a LOT of struggles and this isn't a light & fun book but rather a dark & sad story. Still pretty good, though - and the narrator was SO GOOD!

Ruthiella For a minute there I thought you had a miniature mock-up of The Regal Beagle! 😂 12mo

Mandoul Love the model 😃 12mo

janeycanuck @Ruthiella oh, that‘d have been something! But alas, no. 12mo

janeycanuck @Mandoul thanks! It‘s been fun to put together 😊 12mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap | Stephanie Coontz

#WomansHistoryMonth
#Recommendations
3 of 31 Nonfiction

I really liked this book. It is a look back at all of the myths we have of those "golden ages" of the United States and how they are not always like we remember or were led to believe.
This is a heavily researched book, but the writing is super accessible and it was a much quicker read than I thought it would be.

Excellent book to get proper history and context.

SamAnne Stacked. 14mo

Tamra Sounds fun and informative! 14mo

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