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Butterfinger

Joined July 2018

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National Archives and National Library of Bangladesh | Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh (Library)
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Bengali snack - sweet and sour chanachur

Peanuts, rice, raisins, carom seeds, nigella seeds, sugar dust, dried mango powder, chili powder, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger powder, and asafoetida

Really behind on the food for #FoodandLit Although, I have a Peruvian restaurant close to me. @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Bookwormjillk I'm so behind on the food too. Might get Peruvian for dinner tonight though if I can find something vegetarian. 6h
Butterfinger @Bookwormjillk I found out in my Andes book our potatoes originated in Peru. I think it said 2000 varieties. There is one potato that the indigenous people have been freeze drying for centuries. 5h
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I really enjoy nonfiction when the author travels, meets new people, and learns about new cultures. MacQuarrie follows the Andes through Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina to research the Ice Maiden, Pablo Escobar, Hiram Bingham, and so much more. He uses today's issues, such as bringing back ancient weaving and interweaves it with the archeology of yesterday's events. The entire book kept me glued. #FoodandLit @texreader @Catsandbooks

Bookwormjillk Sounds like a good one! 15h
Texreader Loving all your reviews! 11h
Butterfinger @texreader I dropped my phone in the ocean while I was trying to take a picture of a horseshoe crab that washed up. It took me a week to replace it. I had to catch up on my reviews. Plus, since I didn't have a phone to distract me, I read for July. 10h
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The Tale of the Firebird | Gennady Spirin
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Fascinating art. I spent the whole morning studying the art. Just mesmerizing. #ChildrensClassicRead @TheBookHippie

tpixie Yes! I had that edition as well!! 16h
TheBookHippie It‘s just stunning!! 14h
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It answered my questions about Italy's state politics and why Martin Luther was adamant about breaking away from the depravity of the church. Lucretia was not written as part of the evil; she was a tool to further her father's powers. It was Cesare who was the ruthless murderer. #Jubilee #FoodandLit @texreader @catsandbooks

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The concept was amazing. Deceased grandmother takes over Jessamyn's body to fight a multibillionaire who wants to destroy sacred Hindu spots. I enjoyed this book so much. #QueerBC @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 💙💙 15h
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Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas
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#LittensLoveSJM @StayCurious

Many times, I was on the edge of my seat.

StayCurious I loved seeing your input in our discussions! 2h
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The Greenlanders | Jane Smiley
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I loved everything about this book. Living in Greenland was hard, and they had to be hard to survive. It took years for ships and news from Europe to arrive. The book follows the lives of a brother and sister, and I read it like a soap opera. Ooh, what is Gunnar going to do next? It had suspense, affairs, romance, revenge, and death (Guiding Light didn't have starvation). The best part was the storytelling. #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

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Savannah Square by Square | Michael Jordan
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Literally looking at tagged book while physically sitting in beautiful, historic Savannah.

#WhereareyouMonday? @Cupcake12

JenlovesJT47 Savannah is gorgeous 💙🩵💙 1w
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Live Oak Public Libraries - Tybee Library | Tybee Island, GA (Library)
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Vacation = 22 year old female + 14 year old female = 1 momma tired of placating them, especially when she just wants to read.

Tamra Vacations + moms = work 😏 (edited) 1w
Ruthiella It‘s easier when they are still in grade school and a pool or a jungle gym is distraction enough! Hope you get to your book soon. 1w
dabbe Oy to the ultimate vey! On one vacation when I was 15, I was sighing very dramatically on the couch. My mom walked by, asked what was wrong, and I said, “I'm bored.“ She gave me the STARE and replied, “Did it ever occur to you that YOU are the one who is boring? If you can't find ways to entertain yourself, that's your problem.“ I have never forgotten her wisdom. Hang in there! 💙🩵💙 1w
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Butterfinger @dabbe @Ruthiella @tamra I did a randomized for the activities they each wanted to do. The youngest put the beach 5 times. It landed on shopping. So shopping during the hot part, swimming later. So relieved. 1w
TEArificbooks @dabbe my mom used to tell me “I wasn‘t put on this earth to entertain you nor is it my job” now that she is retired she gets bored and will call me and say “I‘m bored, entertain me” and you know I parrot it back 1w
dabbe @TEArificbooks 🤩🤣😍 1w
Susanita @dabbe @TEArificbooks My mom would say: Well, you can always vacuum. 1w
dabbe @Susanita Your mom's a hoot! So damn true, right? 😂 1w
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Meet Ruhn Dannon/Snickers. He was behind the school and walked right up to us. Bathed him, fed, and watered him. Chaya was absolutely tickled when he fell asleep in her arms. Just waiting for the vet's appointment next week, but he is already ours. #LittensLoveSJM Ruhn is one of my favorite characters.

MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 2w
ElizaMarie The kitty picked you! Congrats!!!! 2w
Ruthiella Adorable! Congratulations. 😻😻😻 2w
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Soubhiville Yay, congrats! The universal feline distribution system strikes again! 2w
dabbe Congrats! 🖤🐾🖤 2w
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
Jari-chan 😻😻😻 2w
sblbooks How precious! 😻 1w
BookNAround So sweet! 1w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1w
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1 - My mind instantly went to what we played during storms when we had to turn off the lights and TV - the ABC game -"I'm going to California and I'm going to take...., Initials game - one would give the initials of someone famous and others would ask yes/no questions,

2 - Little House (tv and books) I loved them so much and remember crying when I read Caroline's racist remarks, "the only good Indian is a dead Indian." My pawpaw was native.

Butterfinger ☝️it was not explained well to me as a child. "That was normal back then." #WondrousWednesday @lilybird wanna play? 2w
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The Greenlanders | Jane Smiley
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I am enjoying this book so much. Simple writing, but beautiful descriptions with oral traditions honored. I don't want to return it to the library.
#FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

I must really admire the style of Norse Sagas.

TheBookHippie Happens to me a lot with food and lit books!! 2w
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie yes. The only food mentioned in this book is dried reindeer meat and the occasional stranded whale, which I just realized wouldn't be like fish, but red meat. According to one of the characters. I found out from this challenge that I like the magical realism of some South American classics. 2w
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I like it off and on as well- magic realism, for me I think it has to fit the culture. Don‘t they eat reindeer in Finland? 2w
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie I don't know about Finland, but they do in Norway. I made the meatballs with the lingonberry jam (It is still on my rotation-one of our favorite meals) and I told the girls it was made out of reindeer. @Texreader 2w
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It is a slow read, but I enjoy the quirks of Charlotte and her close friends. It is hard for her to be casual, and her friends still love and accept her. In this story, Lord Bancroft wants to marry her just so she can help with his detective work. He realizes that she is better suited to being single and helping him. I'm truly committed to this series.

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I admit that I confused this family with the Borgia family. They were very similar, in fact, so I don't feel too foolish. They started as bankers in Florence. It seemed to me that every other generation was patrons to the arts, while the other generations were lazy and/or violent. The family was often fighting the papacy except when they had a son or nephew as a pope. I'm glad I read it. I learned more about Italy's history before unification.

Crazeedi Would you definitely recommend? I need a good book to immerse myself and I love reading about this period 2w
Butterfinger @crazeedi I can't honestly recommend it unless you want to take notes. All the names that the family was fighting ran over each other, and I would forget why they're fighting. It was interesting to learn the different personalities and how each one added to art and architecture. 2w
Butterfinger #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks my Italy book for this month. 2w
Crazeedi @Butterfinger thanks for the info!! 2w
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The Greenlanders | Jane Smiley
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Close to finishing The House of Medici for #FoodandLit #Italy #Jubilee @Texreader @Catsandbooks Just started reading The Greenlanders. So excited for Throne of Glass #LittensforSJM @StayCurious

#weekend reads @rachelsbrittain

Butterfinger @Ruthiella I am enjoying it so much. I'm on the last section and do not want to see it end. 2w
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Please welcome my fourth "adopted" daughter @lilybird I have known her for a year and a half and it feels like forever. She is my colleague, and we had planned to read TOG together this summer. So, when I found out @StayCurious group was starting it next, LilyBird was happy to join. Make her feel welcome!!!!!

Jas16 Welcome @lilybird 3w
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Roary47 Welcome @lilybird 💛 3w
Ruthiella Welcome to Litsy @lilybird 😊 3w
JessClark78 Welcome to Litsy! @lilybird 🙂📚 3w
dabbe Welcome, @lilybird! You‘re going to love it here! 🤩 2w
StayCurious A Very very welcome!! 2w
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I just found out that my favorite #NordicNoir series has been adapted into into a Netflix show. I hope its good. I'm tagging the old group; fearful they're no longer on Litsy since I have not seen any posts from them.

I liked this series, especially because it had humorous moments.

@Andrew65 @Tove_Reads @EadieB

Tove_Reads 🙌 I think someone left Litsy, I looked for them as well at some point. 3w
Tove_Reads @eanderson sadly left for better reading grounds somewhere over the rainbow 3w
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AnneCecilie When I first saw the title, I thought it was based on the books, but then it wasn‘t set in Copenhagen and I got unsure. Do you know that Adler-Olsen has given some authors the right to continue the books, and there‘s a new one coming out now? 3w
Butterfinger @AnneCecilie I have mixed feelings. I'm glad the books will continue. I hope the authors will do justice by his creation. 3w
Crazeedi I don't have Netflix but I enjoyed the books! 2w
Butterfinger @Crazeedi oh, how I have missed you. 2w
Crazeedi @Butterfinger 😘💗💖💕 it's been a very tough few months. I miss you all so much too. Im really trying to get my groove back!! 2w
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The Bones of Grace | Tahmima Anam
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This writer will break your heart. Beautiful humans with gutwrenching decisions to make. The despair is palpable. The trilogy follows a Bangladeshi family from the 1970s Revolution and separation of Pakistan to today. The granddaughter, a paleontologist, is incredibly independent but is still tied to tradition. Anam has brilliantly conceived an allegory of a precursor to today's whale to the connections of family stories. PLEASE SOMEONE READ THIS!

TheBookHippie Looks good. 3w
Texreader Absolutely!! 3w
Bookwormjillk I‘m so glad you‘re back on Litsy. You post the most interesting books. 3w
Butterfinger @Bookwormjillk thank you so much. That just made my day. 3w
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Racketty-Packetty House | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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A pure joy. Early 20th century Toy Story. Raggedy family of cheerful dolls versus a new, boring, and haughty family of dolls. The haughty ones learn to love the shabby ones right before the Princess rescues them from being burned.

I didn't know Burnett moved to Tennessee as a child.

#ChildrensClassicRead @TheBookHippie I am so grateful for this list.

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ it‘s so calming. 3w
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Racketty-Packetty House | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Going back to the days of security and no worries. Curled up and listening to the rain. Frances Hodgson Burnett was always one I usually had in my hands when I needed comfort. #ChildrensClassicRead @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3w
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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Left me wondering about my lack of sanity. Is middle-aged syndrome the reason for my actions? The continuity changed so much; I didn't know if I was coming or going. #CampLitsy2025 @squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB

kspenmoll Yup! 😀 3w
Megabooks I think we are all going to have very different thoughts about this one. I can't wait to read everyone's theories!! 3w
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The Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern
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Reading this was truly like going to the circus as a child. Meeting the performers before witnessing their unbelievable acts, getting lost in a maze of awe-inspiring sights, the mystery, not knowing what was going to happen next, and the incredible letdown when you know you have to leave.

At first, I didn't know what to make of this book. Children forced to learn magic for a game only to find out one must die. One wild ride.

Butterfinger Letter N. Only Q and U to go. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader 3w
Texreader @Butterfinger Awesome!!! 🤩 3w
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What a wild ride. Political upheaval, rebellion led by a tyrant's children, genetic engineering, fanciful creatures, non-binary characters. It was everything. #QueerBC @PuddleJumper #LitsyAtoZ I used the author's name @Texreader

Texreader And that cover!!! 1mo
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ I'm excited to get into this series 1mo
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I know it was loosely based on Martha Ballard's life and diaries, but I still think it was refreshing to read about a strong woman capable of standing up to hateful men and her husband who is strong enough to love her. Especially in the late 1700s. Trigger Warning: rape is all through the book

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I am now 50. This week, I gave each one of my fifth graders the book of their own choosing because of your selflessness and providence. Your knitted bookmarks will be mailed soon as I will forever be grateful for you.

Suet624 I know nothing about this but I love it. 1mo
Texreader Same! @Suet624 (edited) 1mo
ShananigansReads Happy birthday!!! 1mo
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dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
Jas16 Happy Birthday 🥳🎂🎈 1mo
Librarybelle Happy Birthday! 1mo
zezeki Happy birthday!! 🥳🥳 1mo
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 1mo
Bookwormjillk How wonderful! Happy birthday 🎂 1mo
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 🎈 4w
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Maas creates unforgettable characters, the most intense plot with epic twists, and a well-crafted universe. I only wish for the vulgarity to be brought down a notch or two. Make 2 versions-one with spice galore and language and one for prudes like me.

Through this series, I have been forcing my colleagues to listen to my retelling.

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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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A beautifully written book that will leave you in tears. Set during the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Anam does not hide the savagery of the war.

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House of Sky and Breath | Sarah J. Maas
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I'm a Ruhn girlfan. Chef's kiss to the way Maas writes Ruhn's and Bryce's sibling relationship. They adore each other with no bitterness or competition.

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Pope Francis: Pastor of Mercy | Michael J. Ruszala
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A very short biography. I appreciated his message of humility serving the poor. In Argentina and throughout the world. I'm glad I took the time to read it. #Italy #FoodandLit #Jubilee @Texreader @Catsandbooks Also P #LitsyAtoZ

Catsandbooks ❤️🇮🇹 1mo
TheBookHippie I need to read this. 2w
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Zorro: A Novel | Isabel Allende
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I loved this book so much. There is not much dialogue. Pure action and integrity in the hearts of two young boys of Shoshone heritage. I loved the loose magical realism with the telepathy of the natives. The trickery and the development of the two separate personalities were just simply delightful. The time with the Roma. I could go on and on. My only wish is I want to read it in it's original language. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

Texreader Yay!! On my tbr for a long time. Glad to hear this! I assume original language is Spanish? I‘ve been studying it again. I had four years in high school and college but of course remembered little. So I‘m studying it again. It‘d be great if I could get proficient enough to read novels in Spanish! 1mo
Butterfinger @Texreader it is spanish. I have tried several times to learn, and I just can't get my head wrapped around it. The way Allende writes, I know I am missing the poetic beauty of her writing. The translation is beautiful. Don't get me wrong. 1mo
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Go On Pretending | Alina Adams
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Published May 1, 2025

I wanted more character development. There was not enough depth to Rose, Emma, and Libby. I thought Dennis was the most rounded-out character. You know why he made his decisions. Why did Rose go to Spain? Was she encouraged by peers? Hard childhood? Embittered by US's decisions not to accept refugees?

On the other hand, using the history of soap operas, World International Fair in Moscow, and the

Butterfinger Women Revolution to push the plot was brilliant. I learned a lot, for which I am grateful. Thank you to the author and History through Fiction Publishing Company for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. 2mo
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I have often thought about purchasing this book. So many I do not know. Ivanhoe, Bleak House, and Wuthering Heights are three I enjoyed reading. Although, I do remember finding 6 pages of describing a dress quite tedious. Talking to you, Sir Scott. #TLT @dabbe

Ruthiella 😂 I have a friend who says he‘ll never read it because he can‘t get past the pages long description of the fog in the beginning of 2mo
dabbe I have thought the same. I was like 😳 reading the list of books from the 1700s. Not sure I want to go back that far! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 2mo
dabbe @Ruthiella Third time was the charm for me. Once you get past that (and a few other chapters on Chancery law, then it really takes off!) 🤣 2mo
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Ms. Maas can tell the most intriguing stories.

Chrissyreadit This is on my Summer reading list/plan! 2mo
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A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam
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Another heartbreaking yet beautifully written Bangladesh story OR legendary heroic fun? I think I need something lighter before rereading A Golden Age. The photograph doesn't do it justice. The gold leaves are metallic. A gorgeous cover.

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Evocative writing. Equal to The Kite Runner. The effects of war on different groups of people are exposed. Rape as a weapon. WOMEN CHOSE TO MARRY and leave with THE ENEMY BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES DISOWNED THEM. A brother turned into an extremist because of guilt. His sister remained a rebel to the new government because of guilt. They both neglected their loved ones while on crusades. Trigger warnings #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

rockpools I do like her writing - this is the only one of the trilogy I haven‘t read. I need to pick it up! 2mo
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Ulysses | James Joyce
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I have tried several times to read the tagged. Bleak House was the last Dickens I read. The Grapes of Wrath is on my tbr. #TLT @dabbe

dabbe I simply cannot get into ULYSSES. I've tried many times, too. I just don't have the patience! LOVE Bleak House and Grapes. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2mo
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Time Is a Mother | Ocean Vuong
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I am not a poetry reader. That's on me, definitely not Ocean Vuong. There were some lines I thought were quite lovely.

I'm winning even / if it just looks like / my fingers are shaking

Nobody's free without breaking open

I was made to die but I'm here to stay

It seems to me like a roller coaster. The speaker moves from gutwrenching despair to the heights of victory. Maybe. #QueerBC @PuddleJumper
There's death. Then dancing.

TheBookHippie I really liked this book. 2mo
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 2mo
Kitta I‘m not a much of a poetry reader either but I‘m obsessed with Ocean Vuong. I heard him speak at an event and bought everything from the book table lol 2mo
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The complexity of each character had been thoughtfully crafted. Auci has a way of bringing these historical people back to life by giving them likable and unlikeable traits. I'm sad to say goodbye to the Florios of Sicily. I learned a lot about the Industrial Age of southern Italy, especially tuna canning. All thanks to this captivating family. #Italy #Jubilee #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader Sounds great! Stacked! 2mo
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I had to read Shogun to understand the
"Whys?" of the series. I loved it. Although, it was Japanese historical fiction through the eyes of a white man. I need to read Musashi, written by Murakami, about the same time period. The penny dreadfuls pop out - Dracula, Frankenstein (I remember being so surprised at this-I had been influenced way too much by Hollywood), and The Picture of Dorian Grey. #TLT @dabbe

dabbe You beat me by one! 🙌🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 2mo
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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography | Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner
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A humble man remains decent during a civil war in his beloved country. He doesn't shy from the atrocities he witnesses. He also still has lingering anger toward UN for taking so long to get involved and being hesitant in calling the atrocities a genocide. Even though he lives in Belgium, his heart remains in Rwanda, and he continues to be afraid for its future, of another genocide. A MUST READ. #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie I agree A must read. 2mo
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie it's a good thing that Litsy has a maximum number of characters. So many things on my heart tonight. The radio. Mob mentality. #NeverAgain being overused and turning into a lie. It's just horrid. You and I teach empathy through literature and it is just plain decency. Where does it go? I also liked how he said in the end, don't blame it on animal instincts (thats too easy)-it's a vicious cycle of hate and vengeance. 2mo
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TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I agree with all of it. I often say what day did compassion die? Why is it me me me. It‘s a vicious cycle of hatred, vengeance and fear. It‘s a sickness. I continue to throw goodness out and teach empathy praying the long arch of justice will line up with it. I just want to scream most days. 2mo
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Grann knows how to write for the readers to feel the fear, the hunger, and the anger of the castaways. One thing that will always stay with me is that wild celery saved the men from scurvy, but there was not enough to feed. He used primary sources such as the journals of the survivors. What a story.

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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography | Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner

It was not the largest genocide in the history of the world, but it was the fastest and most efficient.

I watched Hotel Rwanda many years ago. When my youngest was watching it in her social studies class this past March, it left her unsettled, and she needed to talk. I knew what book I wanted to read to get more information. You can't explain hate, I know, but you can remember. #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader I remember that movie. Thanks for this post. Such a sad tough subject. 2mo
TheBookHippie I rewatched it, read two books on it including this one. 2mo
KathyWheeler I have never been able to rewatch that movie even though it‘s a great one. 2mo
dabbe Remember, learn, and don't do again. Ever. 🩵💙🩵 2mo
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I don't relish ambiguous endings, but with each short story, I accepted it because the ambiguity added to the Gothic atmosphere. It truly was an awesome read.

TheBookHippie I liked this read quite a bit! 2mo
Suet624 Such a good book!! 2mo
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Mouse House | Rumer Godden
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Twenty minutes of pure pleasure. #ChildrensClassicChallenge @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie I‘ve read it to 13 classrooms so far this month!!! ♥️🙃 Honestly it‘s a hug. 2mo
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Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontee
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YES!!!! THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! Some of my all-time favorites are on this list - A Separate Peace, Where the Red Fern Grows, Count of Monte Cristo. Some I would love to read again- Don Quixote, Flowers of the Attic, Another Country. Some I want to read - Invisible Man, Confederacy of Dunces. #TBT @dabbe

dabbe Ooh, lots of great choices here! And you kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2mo
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It took me a while to understand. I thought I was to nominate for a vote of best books. I understand now. I nominate Fagin the Thief, Death of the Author (tagged- Author of Binti trilogy and Akata Witch), Snowy Day (translated from Korean, published in US Feb. 2025), and Harlem Rhapsody. #CampLitsy @Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB

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Butterfinger Published in Korea in 1980, but recently published in US Feb 2025. This may not be allowed. @BarbaraBB 2mo
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squirrelbrain Thanks for nominating - great choices! Yes, next we‘ll pull all the nominations together and then we vote for our favourite 6 to read together. 2mo
BarbaraBB I think the Korean one is okay since it has been translated just now (and I‘d love to read it!). Thanks for bringing it to my attention and for nominating! We‘ll get back to you with the longlist to vote from! 2mo
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I appreciated the attempt to tie archaeological finds to the Norse folklore or Sagas. I learned quite a bit, but I could not stomach the slang. "No take-backsies" doesn't sound very academic, in my opinion.

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Magic for Marigold | L.M. Montgomery
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It was no Jane, Emily, or Anne. I feel so guilty. I don't understand why it was a big deal to be read by a male. He is not a good oral reader. I hope my negativity is because of him, but I don't think so. I didn't like all the misconceptions of the children. By the last hour, it was just background noise. #ChildrensClassicChallenge @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie This was not what I thought it would be- although I enjoyed Marigold. I‘m glad I read it in bits. 3mo
Butterfinger @TheBookHippie there were moments I enjoyed. Saving a family from a house fire because she was homesick. And, moments of clarity with her family. I was waffling between liking it and meh, but what really got my goat was the misconceptions of missionary work. You have to know pain to be close to God. Today, people are turned off from God because of the ways of the republican party and it was just too much for me. 3mo
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger God has been used a weapon and vehicle of control, power and manipulation by alt right Christians all the way back to Roman Christians ..from Constantine on it‘s been horrific. Missionary work is a status symbol here. It‘s gross. I think it depends what you have seen and experienced. I don‘t personally think we should ever go into another culture and tell them how to live, love or believe -or anyone for that matter. 3mo
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rubyslippersreads I haven‘t read this in years, and don‘t remember much about it. The girl on the audiobook cover reminds me of the “disaster girl” meme. 😆 3mo
rubyslippersreads @TheBookHippie Wasn‘t it originally a magazine serial? That might explain the religious aspect, depending on what the magazine was. 3mo
TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads Yes and I believe so. It most definitely explains it. I‘m still glad to have read it. 3mo
Butterfinger You are 100% correct @TheBookHippie 3mo
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Interesting culinary news from Rwanda. #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader 134 varieties of vegetables! I never would‘ve thought there are that many! 3mo
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Littens, my friends, you are amazing. You have exceeded my goal. Each Daytonator will get to choose a book without thinking of money. Each one of them. Please email me tammydayton75@gmail.com to leave your address. I have knitted you a bookmark. 🥰🥰🥰

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Shamzi Wonderful initiative 🎉🎉🎉 3mo
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