Litsy

she‘s not crazy — she‘s
just been in a very bad
mood for forty years!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #moviehaiku #steelmagnolias #Ouiser

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TheBookHippie Same 1w

lil1inblue 💓💓💓 1w

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 🧡💜💛 1w

dabbe OUISER!!! 🧡💜💛 1w

ImperfectCJ This has been a favorite of mine for ages! I put it on when I need to cry. It's funny how the actors seem younger and younger every time I watch it (as I age into their characters' ages). 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📺🐝💝. 1w

JenlovesJT47 @ImperfectCJ yes!! I watch it several times a year, it‘s always good when you need a good laugh/cry! ♥️ 1w

ImperfectCJ @JenlovesJT47 Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. ❤️ 1w

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Susanita

Jumpers (Rev) | Tom Stoppard

Today is not only the anniversary of a horrible day in US history, it‘s also my mother‘s birthday. We lost her several years ago, and Litsy was wonderfully supportive at the time. @Chrissyreadit suggested that I share something special about her, so here goes.

I still think of her often and the influence she had on my life. When I was in high school, she thought it was important that I have some “culture” in my life, so she bought us ⬇️

Susanita …subscriptions to Arena Stage. It was a stretch of the budget, but she thought it was important so she made it work. They were fun mom-daughter dates. I did not, however, see the Tom Stoppard play. It was probably a bit much for me, so my sister went with her that day. 2w

dabbe What a L♥️VELY way to honor your mom. 🧡🩶💜 2w

Bookwormjillk Love this ❤️ 2w

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AmyG All the❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2w

Amiable ❤️🩵❤️ 2w

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘 2w

Chelsea.Poole She‘s lovely. 🤍 2w

Kerrbearlib ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

julieclair This is a beautiful tribute! 💙💙💙 2w

CBee Beautiful 💚 2w

Ruthiella Wonderful way to remember your mother. ❤️ 2w

Eggbeater I'm so glad you have those memories of her. She sounds like she was a wonderful mom. I can tell you really love her. 2w

Deblovestoread Lovely! ❤️ 2w

AnnCrystal 🎭 Lovely 👏🏼🥲 thank you for sharing this precious post with us 💝💝💝. 2w

squirrelbrain ❤️❤️❤️ 2w

LeeRHarry Love this Suzanne 💕 the 11th was also my aunt‘s birthday, she would have been 80 this year. 2w

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 2w

CarolynM 🩵 2w

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Hooked_on_books

Translations | Brian Friel

It‘s here!! National Book Awards longlist week!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Today‘s lists are translated lit and young people‘s lit (you‘ll have to go their website for the latter, which I don‘t follow). I‘ve actually read 2 of these, the Kang and Hunchback, and the Balle and Barrera don‘t release until November, which is always frustrating. I am loving the cover of Sleep Phase and We Computers only has 3 ratings on Goodreads, so I love seeing it elevated here.

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squirrelbrain Exciting! I‘ve only read the Kang. I thought I owned Perfection, but apparently not! 🤷‍♀️ Going out for a walk this morning before the weather turns to s*** for a couple of days 😬 so I‘ll have lots of van-time to explore the list later! 😜 2w

BarbaraBB Exciting! I read Perfection, Hunchback and On the Calculation of Volume III and have We do not Part and The Remembered Soldier on my shelves! I loved the ones I read and the Dutch author is very good so I have high hopes for her book! (edited) 2w

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB That‘s good to hear about the Dutch author! In past years, I‘ve often found this to be the most interesting of the lists, with books that I would not have found otherwise on it. 2w

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ShelleyBooksie

The Diary of Anne Frank | Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Wendy Ann Kesselman

@dabbe and @TheBookHippie - just came across this on social media and thought of you both and your passionate posting. I know we try to keep the content book related but I also want you to know - you are not alone. #silenceiscompliance

TheBookHippie Thank you. ♥️ 1mo

kspenmoll Thank you! 1mo

dabbe Thanks, Shelley. I know you know that there are a LOT of us who are resisting, fighting, protesting (especially @TheBookHippie), and doing everything we can to fight for our democracy. And we know the lovely Canadians are with us on this. ♥️🇨🇦🤍 1mo

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TheLudicReader Accurate. 4w

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 4w

marleed Couldn‘t agree more. 4w

Dralex090 I have never seen app like this . As a book lover I am excited to be a member .I am new here. Nice to meet you dear 4w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Indeed!!! 2w

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JenlovesJT47

Arsenic and Old Lace | Joseph Kesselring

Cary Grant is my fave Old Hollywood actor (I own all 72 of his movies 😳). My fave movie of his by far is the hilarious dark comedy Arsenic & Old Lace. It was filmed in 1941 but released in 1944. During this time, Cary became a United States citizen & donated his entire salary from this movie to the war effort. Can‘t recommend it enough!

insanity runs
in his family — no it
practically gallops!

#haikuhive #moviehaiku #CaryGrant #OldHollywood

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1mo

AmyG Great movie! I love old movies. 1mo

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mrp27 One of my favorites too! 1mo

Bookzombie I love this one too! 1mo

dabbe Perfect ode-haiku! Love Archie! 🩶🤍🖤 (edited) 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🎬😍👍🏼...LOVE Cary Grant! And I'm the worst fan, because I haven't watched all his movies nor do I own them 🤔😂...Bravo! I didn't even know that he donated his entire salary, a sweet Champion!

Excellent Haiku 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💖.

BBC made his life story. I so hope I get to see it one day. Have you? I read that his childhood wasn't a happy one. As an adult, he found his mother (who his father told him was dead), and took care of her 💝. 1mo

AnnCrystal P.S.

I always wanted to see a continuation to Arsenic & Old Lace...a fun storyline might be where Mortimer's child or grandchild comes to own the “house“ by inheritance. It's been all boarded up and abandoned by Mortimer. The grandchild goes against the warning left by Mortimer, and plans to open a restaurant or B&B only to learn the place is haunted by the buried bodies in the basement and “the uncle.“

I'm always making up continuations 😂🎬💝. 1mo

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal ooh that sounds so intriguing! You should write some fanfiction! I downloaded a copy of the play today, I‘ve never read it. There are a bunch of Cary bios, I‘m not sure which one the BBC is but I‘ve seen most of them, they‘re very good. Jason Isaacs played Cary in a movie a couple of years ago, based on Dyan Cannon‘s book about him. It‘s not perfect but he did a good job. They focus a lot on his mom and their difficult relationship. 1mo

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the bio I‘d call the “definitive” one, but it came out in the mid 2000s and I have a copy of it on DVD somewhere, I‘ll have to dig it out. The movie with Jason Isaacs is called Archie. It‘s a miniseries. They mess up the timelines of some of the dates which irked me, but other than that, I enjoyed it. Dyan‘s book is very good, as is his daughter‘s, Jennifer. Can‘t get enough of Cary. ♥️ 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank You @JenlovesJT47, I will keep this screen shot for reference info...I need to become a better fan 😂👌🏼, even with my Batman obsession, I am so far behind on info. 💝🤔💝🤗💝. (edited) 1mo

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mariaku21

Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 | Stephen King

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I don't read scripts so the setting up of it took some getting used to but then after that it reads smooth, the scenes flow right into each other in a seamless way with notes here and there of characters and settings and even some camera direction that it was easy to imagine or in my case relive as I've seen this one plenty of times.
I really loved being able to read this 🫶🏻

Billypar 'Born in sin... come on in!' I don't remember 99% of this mini series, but that line is still stuck in my head. 1mo

mariaku21 @Billypar it's such a good line! I don't blame your brain for remembering that one 😂 1mo

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Robotswithpersonality

I, Robot | Isaac Asimov

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A spectacular collection of short stories, connected by the framing device of interviewing a person who has not only been involved in robotics for decades, specifically with the largest company that produces them and knows the rocky history of earlier days, but is a robopsychologist, the person with the most insight into the thinking of robots in the face of Asimov's famous Three Laws/Rules of Robotics. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Absolutely adored the writing, a tad bit of what I feel might be the difference in the way people spoke in the 50s vs now, and a tad bit meant to reflect the idea of people in the far future with a different lexicon, but mostly just a joy to read well done description and dialogue. Not too heavy on the hard sci fi, good banter, featuring moments that are emotionally impactful and also those of wry observation.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? Robbie: Definitely pushed all my buttons. An emotional rollercoaster.

Runaround: Still a favourite, the only one I vaguely remembered decades later. The challenging problem it presents, the way it addresses one of the many ways that three laws wouldn't be flawless in application, the duo of scientists arguing it out, and the ending, the last line actually made me laugh. 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? Reason: Two recurring characters, and a thoroughly engaging mind fuck.

Catch That Rabbit: Upping the cheeky banter between the two frustrated scientists, and the ending was a bit sillier too.

Liar!: Just tragic. Has a point, but damn.

Lost Little Robot: Tense but fascinating, sort of a mystery plot. 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? Escape!: Oh, that was sneaky. I like it!

Evidence: Just a beautiful, clever peice of work.

Evitable: To have the answer be so hopeful and yet kinda chilling at the same time, yes and no to a lurking concern in this age of emerging AI...

It's a tragedy that my local library network has so little Asimov available, but between interlibrary loans and used bookstores I'm sure I can get my hands on more, and will do so soon! 2mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 ⚠️Somewhat misogynist depiction of woman scientist, ableist description of one character 2mo

Bookwomble This is such a fantastic, timeless collection of stories 😊 2mo

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