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AmyK1

Joined June 2019

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Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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“Thank God for girlfriends. In this crazy, chaotic, divided world that was run by men, you could always count on the women.”

Frankie McGrath is young, sheltered, and idealistic when she decides to follow her brother to Vietnam as a combat nurse. This is a raw, vivid portrayal of the horrors of war-and the bonds of friends-& the deplorable way vets were treated when they returned home.
I loved Frankie, Ethel & Barb. Everyone should have friends⬇️

AmyK1 as loving and supportive as them ❤️ 8h
Texreader Excellent review 8h
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This was a fun, fast paced murder mystery that gave off Gilmore Girls and Thursday Murder Club vibes. But it‘s more about the relationships between 3 generations of strong women and I was happy to see the growth in those relationships throughout the book.

Definitely read the author‘s note at the end and be prepared for 😭

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“Most of them care nothing whatever about race. They want only their proper place in the sun and the right to be left alone, like any other citizen of the republic.” -James Baldwin

I read this for #sharonsayso‘s book club and loved it. It‘s a well researched history of the Great Migration (1915-1970), when Black people escaped the injustice, degradation, and racism of the Jim Crow south by going north and west. Often to be faced with more ⬇️

AmyK1 racism and discrimination once there. I loved that she followed 3 different people and their families while tying everything together into the broader scope of the Migration and it‘s affects on the country. 2w
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“I‘ve taken many losses in my life. But my voice is undefeated.”

The bookstore I work at hosted a book signing/talk with Q&A/photo op with A‘ja Wilson last week. I don‘t follow basketball and am not the target audience but I really enjoyed this. She had a lot of good things to say and I loved her sense of humor and openness.

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A coworker wanted to recommend my next book and this is what he chose. He and I don‘t typically read the same genres but I agreed I would give it a try. It is definitely not something I would have picked on my own. I didn‘t hate it and it did keep me interested to the end. So overall not a bad suggestion 😊

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Black Like Me (Anniversary) | John Howard Griffin
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“The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls and bodies of other men for reasons neither really understands.”

I first read this over 30 years ago as a teenager and while the basic idea stuck with me none of the details did.

Griffin decided, in 1959, to find out the truth for himself about the South‘s racial situation by becoming a black man. What struck me was how naive he was going into it and how quickly he learned just⬇️

AmyK1 how little he had known. He lasted 6 weeks as a black man before he just couldn‘t take the degradation anymore. Couldn‘t take being invisible, not judged for who he was, his education, his skills but solely on the color of his skin. 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4w
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Up from Slavery | Booker T. Washington
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Born into slavery and still young when granted freedom, Booker T Washington was determined to get an education & help others in his position to do the same. While I enjoyed the first few chapters about his early life and experiences after slavery, the rest of the book-about establishing the Tuskegee Institute-was rather dry and unemotional. Low pick.

TheBookHippie We did this for Bookclub several years ago. I agree with your review. It‘s a bit dry at the end. 1mo
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“‘Sisters: Women bonded by a shared desire for change.‘ I was not alone, I realized, in wanting something I was not born to have.”

Set in England during the Great War, this focuses on twin sisters Peggy and Maude, who work as Bindery Girls at Oxford University Press. While Maude is happy where she is, Peggy dreams of joining the students at the college across the street.

I really enjoyed this and have already bought her other book 😁

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 📚❤️ 1mo
Crazeedi I liked another of her books, stacking 1mo
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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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Gotta love a good #bookmail day. Both my #botm selections and Pango order came today 😁

Aims42 Wohooo! #bookmail on a Monday is the BEST 🤩 1mo
AmyK1 @Aims42 it really is 😁 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Pango! Too dangerous for words! 😂 1mo
AmyK1 @TheAromaofBooks It definitely is, especially when I have money from sold books to spend 😂 1mo
TheAromaofBooks PANGO BUCKS!!!!! 😂 😂 😂 1mo
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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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Finally! I was hoping #BOTM would have Kristin Hannah‘s new one this month. I‘ve skipped at least 4 months in a row and will be canceling now.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The Frozen River is fabulous!! 2mo
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This is a collection of short stories of different cases investigated by Poirot and Hastings, narrated by Hastings. I had read 2 of them before and enjoyed all of them well enough, though short stories aren‘t really my favorite thing.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙📚💛 2mo
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Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
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“I don‘t believe that we can fully lay claim to a tradition if we are not willing to recognize what we have taken from other cultures over time, for better or worse.”

This is a story about family, tradition, identity, loyalty, secrets and what a person is willing to do.

This was a book club pick for this month. If not for that, I probably wouldn‘t have picked it up. 5⭐️

Sargar114 Loved this book, didn‘t realize it was turned into a show (edited) 2mo
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God has no children whose rights may be safely trampled on. - Frederick Douglas

“In his experience, you didn‘t have to lead a man to hate, just show him the way and he‘d do it on his own.”

This was shocking. Disturbing. The story of the rise of the KKK in Indiana in the 1920‘s, lead by a charismatic charlatan who got rich off hate.

I found it sad that some of the things the Klan said/believed are echoed in current politics. #bookclub #governerd

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Reading the tagged tonight while the MI game is on in the background. I‘m 9 chapters in and so far 🤯🤯😡

#goblue #IDontCareAboutFootball

Megabooks This book is crazy. Very interesting story! 2mo
AmyK1 @Megabooks definitely crazy. 2mo
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Ordeal by Innocence | Agatha Christie
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This was a Christmas gift and I had to jump right into it for the first book of the year. I enjoyed it and as usual didn‘t guess entirely right. 😂

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Untitled | Unknown
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I love Storygraph‘s reading wrap up. 😁

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My goal for the year was 75 so I‘m pretty happy with my 76. The tagged was one of my favorites ❤️😁

Gissy Great📚📚📚🎉🥳👏👏👏 3mo
UwannaPublishme Way to go! 📚🎉👏🏻🙌🏻 3mo
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Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup
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“There‘s a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet-there‘s a day coming that will burn as an oven. It may be sooner or it may be later, but it‘s a coming as sure as the Lord is just.”

Solomon was born free in New York & lived and worked there with his wife and 3 children until 1841, when he was drugged, kidnapped & sold into slavery in the south. This is his heartbreaking

AmyK1 First hand account of all that he endured until his rescue in 1853. 3mo
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This is one of my favorites to read every December ❤️

#FellowshipofTolkien #TolkienChristmas @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey One of my favorite December reads as well! 3mo
JazzFeathers Oh my goodness! What beautiful edition 🤩 3mo
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Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Mildred D. Taylor
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This was not an easy read and sometimes I forgot that it‘s a middle grade book. But I loved spending more time with the Logan family and witnessing the love they have for each other and their community. ❤️

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A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens
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I read this one every December. Love it ❤️

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Bertie is roped into a visit to Deverill Hall, a country house owned by friends of his Aunt Agatha. Once there he finds an over-abundance of aunts, several couples on the outs and himself impersonating Gussie Fink-Nottle. Thankfully Jeeves is there to set things straight and help everyone out of their trouble.

wanderinglynn I love Wodehouse! 4mo
AmyK1 @wanderinglynn So do I! I always save them for when I need something lighthearted. 4mo
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I love the sweet illustrations and letters in this-I‘ve read it every year for the last several. ❤️ 🎅

#TolkienChristmas #FellowshipofTolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

AnnR Nice photo! 🙂🎄 4mo
JazzFeathers Me too. It's a tradition, now 😁 3mo
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I would never have read this if it hadn‘t been a book club pick. It was…interesting. And I did want to see how it ended but not really my thing. Should make for an interesting discussion on Saturday though.

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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I have read this before but it had been more than 30 years. So while I remembered the basic idea, I did not recall any of the details. I absolutely loved the #LoTRChapteraDay pace and I definitely appreciated it more than when I read it as a teenager. All the ⭐️ Can‘t wait to read it again! #FellowshipofTolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey So glad to hear you enjoyed it! 4mo
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The River We Remember: A Novel | William Kent Krueger
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I loved this one. ❤️

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This is the heartbreaking true crime account of the widespread, brutal murder of wealthy Osage tribe members for their head rights.

dabbe Hello there, sweetly concerned pup! What a face! 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
GondorGirl Your dog looks like (s)he read the book. Perfect facial reaction. 🥰 4mo
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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I‘m all set to start Book 6-even have my new favorite sweatshirt 😉🤣

It‘s hard to believe we‘re almost finished with this. I‘ve loved doing the #LoTRChapteraDay #FellowshipofTolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Allylu I went to visit my sister in the hospital yesterday and she and her aide were watching Lord of the Rings on TV. Not sure she knew that she was, but I noticed. 4mo
Daisey Great sweatshirt!! 4mo
JazzFeathers I'm envious of everything l see in this picture 🤩 4mo
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“For when you see that the world shimmers just like the outline of Whisperwood‘s doors, mystery and enchantment are everywhere just waiting to be noticed.”

I really enjoyed this ❤️

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Hadley and Grace | Suzanne Redfearn
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Hadley needs to get away from her abusive husband. Grace just needs to get away. Through a wild series of events they are thrown together, whether they want to be or not, along with their 3 kids. It‘s a bit unrealistic but great fun with lots of action.

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They Went Left | Monica Hesse
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This book 💔

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“It‘s how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty.”

Another low pick for me. It was a sweet, quick read with lots of interesting characters.

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This is a low pick for me. I‘m not sure if it is or not but it reads like YA. At least it was a quick, easy read-and very predictable. The best part was the fun chapter titles.

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The Big Four (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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This one was…interesting. I liked it okay but definitely another that is not a favorite.

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Halloween Party | Agatha Christie
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This is a low pick for me-definitely not my favorite Christie. Still interesting with lots of twists and secrets.

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This was a re-read for book club and I loved it just as much the 2nd time as the first. Looking forward to our discussion tomorrow.

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I laughed, I cried. I loved it. Can‘t wait till the next one! ❤️

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Early morning flight to Chicago to spend the weekend with my best friend. I‘m taking The Thursday Murder Club crew with me 😁

LiteraryinLawrence Aww, have a wonderful time with your friend! 6mo
AmyG Safe travels! Have fun! 6mo
BookNAround Fly safely. I‘m in Chicago with an old friend this weekend too. 😁 6mo
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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie
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This was a fun adventure-the first with Colonel Race. As always, I was completely wrong about who the “bad guy” was 😂

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The Golden Couple: A Novel | Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks
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Well. That was unexpected.

This definitely kept me on the edge of my seat, especially the last third or so.

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The First Ladies | Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
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Another book club pick! This was quite slow at the beginning but I like it. I loved the relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune and all they were able to accomplish by working together and really seeing each other. I‘m looking forward to the discussion on Saturday.

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Bright Young Women | Jessica (Author) Knoll
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I got this ARC from work after a coworker read it and recommended it to me. I never would have picked it up otherwise. It was fast paced and well written. And though his name is never really mentioned it‘s quite obvious who this story is based on. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jane of Lantern Hill | L M Montgomery
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This was a quick, delightful-if somewhat predictable- read. Anne is still my favorite but I do like Jane.

mabell The cover! 😍 6mo
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This was about Deborah‘s experiences growing up in a strict Hasidic sect in Williamsburg, NY. Her discovery of books and reading, learning to think for herself and what lead to her decision to leave.

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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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I have loved getting back into this story and really like the pace of #LoTRChapteraDay. On to Book Two! #FellowshipofTolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey Oooh . . . Love those bookmarks! 7mo
AmyK1 @Daisey Thank you! The Rivendell National Park one is actually a sticker. I‘ve got a Mordor National Park magnet too 😂 7mo
JazzFeathers And what about that gorgeous edition???? 🤩🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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Finding Dorothy: A Novel | Elizabeth Letts
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“Magic isn‘t things materializing out of nowhere. Magic is when a lot of people all believe in the same thing at the same time, and somehow we all escape ourselves a little bit…”

I enjoyed this story about the making of The Wizard of Oz and the life of the author told through his wife.

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The Last Sin Eater | Francine Rivers
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This is another book club selection and a low pick for me. It kept me engaged and I did want to find out what was happening in this remote Appalachian community but it was a bit unrealistic. Probably my least favorite of the many I‘ve read by this author.

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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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“When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.”

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Bookwomble Class! 🧙‍♂️ 7mo
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Homecoming | Kate Morton
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Jess is called home to Australia after her grandmother takes a fall. While there she‘s pulled into a family secret/mystery that she knew nothing about. I did guess part of the mystery pretty early on but not the rest.

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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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It‘s been 30+ years since I read this. After reading The Hobbit for book club a couple months ago I knew I wanted to read LOTR again and was excited to see #LoTRChapterADay posted. So I‘d like to join in. Got the forward and prologue done and looking forward to chapter 1 tomorrow. #fellowshipofTolkien @Daisey

Daisey So glad to have you joining us! I‘ll add you to our tag list. 7mo
AnnR What a lovely cover! 📚 7mo
AmyK1 @Daisey Thank you! 😁 7mo
AmyK1 @Ann_Reads Thank you! I love it 😍 7mo
JazzFeathers Fantastic to have you with us 😁 And what A serendipitous moment! 7mo
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