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Clare-Dragonfly
Never Say You Can't Survive | Charlie Jane Anders
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Pickpick

Solid and amusing book of writing advice. I won‘t buy it, but I did write down a lot of quotes.

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Clare-Dragonfly
Never Say You Can't Survive | Charlie Jane Anders
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This book is very good, but has a super irritating design choice—these skinny, multi-page sidebars. I don‘t like sidebars much at the best of times (I am a “read it all in order” person and sidebars mess with an explicit reading order), but these are the worst I‘ve seen. It‘s ridiculous to have to keep turning the pages back and forth!

ravenlee Down with sidebars! (Except in medical books when they‘re truly needed to explain tangential-but-important concepts) 3d
LiteraryinLawrence Yuck, I don‘t like that layout at all! 3d
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TheBookHippie
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The Yiddish word nosh (נאש) is comparable to the English word “snack.” Unlike “snack,” which can refer to any food eaten between meals (even carrot sticks), nosh refers to food that is particularly tasty (think: corn chips and cookies), somewhere between an ordinary snack and a treat. Nosh comes from the Yiddish word -nashn, “nibble,“ and its earliest use in English, around 1917, was as a shortened form of nosh-house, or “restaurant.“ #weirdwords

CBee Noshing is one of my favorite things to do 😂 4d
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willaful My daughter love this as a little kid. This and “snog.“ 4d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d
AlaMich That‘s a great explanation of the word. I mean, who noshes on carrot sticks??? 4d
TheBookHippie @AlaMich I agree, that is not it!! 4d
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CBee
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I don‘t know why, but I feel like we‘ve done this word already - I don‘t feel like going through all of the posts to check though 😂🤪 So, still a cool word and if it‘s a repeat, so be it 😂 #weirdwords

peanutnine This is one of those words that I always recognize but can never remember quite what it means. Or how to pronounce it lol 4d
CBee @peanutnine same! Now we know 😊 4d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d
Daisey @peanutnine Yes, same here! 4d
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TheSpineView
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dabbe 🧡💜💛 6d
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K.Wielechowski
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Pickpick

Hilarious and helpful, Chuck Wendig does what he does best: tells a hell of a story. The book is full of tips, tricks, and examples of how to improve your own narratives.

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BkClubCare
The Artist's Way | Julia Cameron
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“We are out to woo our own consciousness.” 🌟

And my list of date 💡 ideas for myself to do this wooing!

OutAndAbout Great list. I‘m curious - what is the entry after write a letter, looks a bit like “envelope”? 1w
BkClubCare @OutAndAbout - yes, it *does* say envelope ✉️— it‘s my favorite quick stress-release craft. I recycle junk mail with interesting inside-envelope -hatching marks; turn inside out with an envelope template. 🥰. (I truly dislike boring white envelopes 🤣) 1w
BkClubCare @OutAndAbout - the next line says bubble bath… 🛁 (edited) 1w
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merelybookish I love this book. 1w
BkClubCare @merelybookish - yay! 😍 1w
OutAndAbout @BkClubCare what a great recycling project. I‘d love to see one of them on one of your reviews one day (if you haven‘t already shared which I‘m off to see right now!). 1w
BkClubCare @OutAndAbout - email your address to bkclubcare at gmail dot com and I‘ll mail you one 💌 1w
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TheBookHippie
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….a state of chaos, disarray and confusion
Balagan is a word with a history, having come to Yiddish via the Slavic languages, where it was borrowed from the Persians. In common Yiddish (and, by extension, English and Hebrew) parlance, balagan is a state of chaos, disarray and confusion. The scene of a balagan can be referred to as a chazer shtahl, the equivalent of the English term “pigsty” #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CBee Hmm. This word could describe my brain 🤪 Especially right now since I‘m still recovering from my first bout of vertigo in four years!!! Ughhhhh 2w
TheBookHippie @CBee ooof so sorry I suffer from vertigo as well it‘s awful. 😵‍💫 2w
CBee @TheBookHippie I remember you mentioning that. Isn‘t it related to your migraines? 2w
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AmyG I hope you both fell better soon. 😘 2w
TheBookHippie @CBee Yup 😵‍💫🫠🤦🏻‍♀️ it‘s zero fun. It has gotten much better now that I take magnesium . If it‘s vertigo and not tied to my migraine the exercise I do gets me better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR6b7CAiqk 2w
IndoorDame I feel like in modern Hebrew it gets used situationally a lot, like the way we use tangle or pickle 2w
TheBookHippie @IndoorDame yes and or “hot mess” 😵‍💫🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w
CBee @TheBookHippie thank you for this!! 2w
CBee @AmyG thank you 😘 2w
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CBee
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My first thought was something to do with pie 😂 Maybe I was hungry. Anyhoo, came upon this word in my last read (Midwives by Bohjalian, read it people, it‘s amazing), so of course it‘s perfect for #weirdwordswednesday 😊😊

CBee @Amiable 😊 2w
mandarchy It's piecstatic a word? Maybe take out the C... but that would be ecstatic about pie. Piecstacy would be during pie. 2w
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TheBookgeekFrau I Loved Midwives!! I read it wayyyyyyy back in the day when it was an Oprah book club pick. Been reading his stuff ever since! 2w
CBee @mandarchy it should absolutely be a word 👏🏻👏🏻 2w
CBee @TheBookgeekFrau ooo, feel free to give me some Bohjalian recs! 😊 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @CBee My absolute favorite is Trans-Sister Radio about a woman who falls in love with a man just before he transitions to a woman. Another favorite is The Red Lotus. But honestly, you really can't go wrong with any of his books. 2w
CBee @TheBookgeekFrau oh, those both sound great! Adding to the never ending TBR 2w
Amiable I have a deep reverence for pie! :)

And I also loved “Midwives“ -- my mother-in-law used to live right in the area where that book is set, so I could picture every scene.
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CBee @Amiable I dream of possibly living in Vermont some day, and he seems to write that area so well! 2w
CBee @Daisey here‘s last week‘s post 😊 1w
The_Penniless_Author @CBee Get here soon, we're almost out of housing already! 😬 6d
CBee @The_Penniless_Author no way, really? 😳🙁 6d
The_Penniless_Author @CBee Yeah, the county I live in (Chittenden County, where Burlington is located) has a vacancy rate of 0.2%. It's crazy. The rest of the state is a little better, but still filling up quick with COVID and climate refugees from New York, Boston, and California. I guess it's nice for us, since our house has doubled in value in the 11 years we've owned it, but terrible for anyone trying to buy (or rent for that matter). 6d
CBee @The_Penniless_Author wow. I can‘t say I blame folks. Hopefully it‘ll get better but they sure did pick one of the smaller states 😅 6d
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BkClubCare
The Artist's Way | Julia Cameron
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Am giving serious thought to “awakening my creative spirit” through Cameron‘s toolkit. I am thinking other big things for this fall… wish me GODSPEED.

ImperfectCJ I first followed her book on the recommendation of a professor when I was an undergrad in the 1990s. Not all of her suggestions stuck with me, but her book (and the follow-up) has had a lasting impact on me . 2w
BkClubCare @ImperfectCJ - I have owned this workbook for YEARS. Am needing a shake up. 🪇🫨 2w
BkClubCare @ImperfectCJ - oh, and I meant to say, “That is awesome!” I did my 3 pages of morning writing today. But today I am off of work 😂 2w
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