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Joined June 2016

I write books but mostly I read them. http://tinyurl.com/h7gy9gl
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Ulysses by James Joyce
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Is it just me or does this museum exhibit sound like the title of a Miranda July book? (Side note: it makes me so happy that there‘s a place like Litsy where someone might get this reference)

LauraBrook I thought it was a new book cover of hers for a hot second! 6y
BarbaraBB Even the visual looks like July‘s cover! 6y
mauveandrosysky Also she has that movie “Me and You and Everyone We Know” (which is great) 6y
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This book. THIS BOOK

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The Mothers: A Novel | Brit Bennett
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AirBNB win - A book nook pre-staged with a great book!

Soubhiville How cool! 6y
bedandabook Perfect! Good book, too. 6y
AvidReader25 What a perfect Airbnb! 6y
DivineDiana Now, that was thoughtful! 6y
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I wish this existed when I was a teenager - great reading for introverts or people with introverted children. And since this is an app for people who read all day...

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Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen
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I GOT TICKETS!!!!!!

Alfoster Yay you!👏👏👏👏 6y
RaimeyGallant Jealous! 6y
Suet624 That‘s so great!!! 6y
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Kids are away for the week, which means instead of rushing them to school (put your shoes on!) I get to luxuriate in a few lazy, book-filled mornings.

saresmoore It‘s always the shoes. Then they can‘t find the shoes. Then they put on sandals when it‘s 30 degrees. Then they forgot their lunchbox inside. It‘s like some absurdist retelling of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” played out in real time, every morning. 6y
saresmoore So, what I‘m saying is, enjoy! You‘ve earned this! 6y
Mdargusch Enjoy! 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @saresmoore we are clearly living parallel lives - I threw their sandals down into the basement last week! 6y
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"In some ways it was the conventional clandestine affair in a place like San Bernadine, a place where little is bright or graceful, where it is routine to misplace the future and easy to start looking for it in bed."

Suet624 What a great line. 6y
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My current real-life TBR stack, sorted by how long I have until the library sends a SWAT team through my window to reclaim it (I owe them $8 which is the library equivalent of like $10,000)

Foxyfictionista That's shameful. I do it all the time and my mom was a librarian before she retired. I like to think that racking up fines is my way of rebelling. 😂 6y
RealLifeReading $8!! I owe $2.25 and I feel guilty.. 6y
merelybookish I like to think paying fines is how I help support the library. 6y
mauveandrosysky You monster! 6y
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I've been on a big nonfiction kick lately. I have such a love/hate relationship with the genre - some of them you finish and think 'this whole thing could have fit on an index card.' I'm liking this one only because he asks every interviewee to recommend books - when the same book shows up 3 times or more it's a good sign that it's worth reading.

Suet624 Oooh. Sounds good. 6y
jamespoole I feel exactly the same way about Tribe of Mentors! Were there any key takeaways that stood out to you? Interested to hear other people's thoughts :) 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @jamespoole my biggest takeaway is that everyone seems to be meditating except for me. And that I have ten new books on my stack that people have recommended 6y
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I have never EVER been this excited about a cook book. The pictures! The graphs! (For excel nerds: there is something called the avocado matrix in here)

The information in here is unlike any other cook book. Expect more exclamation points soon.

Tamra Exciting! 6y
Zelma Adding this. That looks amazing! 6y
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Friendshape | Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Everyone give a warm Litsy welcome to my good friend and new user @Leigh_Medeiros !

Librarybelle Welcome to Litsy, @Leigh_Medeiros ! 6y
Mdargusch 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 hello! 6y
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cobwebmoth Hi @Leigh_Medeiros Welcome to Litsy! 6y
ReadingSusan @Leigh_Medeiros Welcome to Litsy! I hope you enjoy it as much as we all do!! 6y
DivineDiana Welcome @Leigh_Medeiros ! So many books! 📚👏🏻📚 6y
DGRachel Welcome to Litsy @Leigh_Medeiros 🎉🎉 6y
Suet624 Welcome!!!! 6y
Eggs Welcome!!👋🏻👋🏻😊😊 @Leigh_Medeiros 6y
Ddzmini Welcome to Litsy happy reading 📖 😋 6y
Bookzombie Welcome to Litsy @Leigh_Medeiros !! 6y
Leigh_Medeiros Oh my goodness, friends in high places! Thanks, Eric! Love this pic of us! X 6y
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Welp I've fallen in love. Two floors of great books, little hidden fairy doors, and wrapped up "blind date" books marked up like your high school notebooks. Savoy books in Westerly RI was so so good. #getindie

Dragon Fairy doors! Such a cool bookstore! 6y
Texreader That‘s wonderful!! 6y
Quasifesto @Crowcrumbs Fairy 🧚‍♀️ Doors! 6y
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Since I don't have a cat - here's my latest read curled up in a patch of sunshine

saresmoore 🙃 6y
Ericmanciniwriter Hi @saresmoore ! Long time no talk - how's life? 6y
saresmoore Life is good! We are mostly settled in a new home/new city, which is brimming with bookstores and kid-friendly activities. How are you? How is writing and/or pursuing graduate degrees coming? 6y
cathysaid 😂😂 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @saresmoore that's great - congrats on your move! Writing is going okay - I was stuck on the second book for a while so I'm trying to take pieces of it and work through them as short stories to get the engine running again. So far so good (edited) 6y
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Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward
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Making the best of day four of being snowed in. Technically I'm not snowed in any more, but it's 15 degrees out and you can't make me leave the house today.

minkyb Ditto! 6y
Suet624 We finally got out of an arctic freeze. 20 degrees now feels like the new 60. 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @Suet624 what was your coldest? We had -6 which is nuts for RI 6y
Suet624 -25F. That‘s without the windchill. Friday‘s wind was ferocious. 6y
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This book is at the house we're renting for New Years and it is SO COOL. No recipes, just fundamental techniques with really useful drawings

drokka My copy has recipes at the end. They're basic with ideas on how to alter them. It's quite a clever book, especially for new cooks 6y
minkyb I gave this to my husband for the holidays! 6y
kgriffith I love that you found this at a rental home, this is exactly the kind of situation I would set up for someone or want to be greeted by. 💜 5y
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Merry Christmas to all my favorite internet people on Litsy! Here's a shot of my girls loving what Santa got them (I was hoping for a banana stand...)

MCYmermaid Because there‘s always 💲in the 🍌 stand? 6y
MrBook Lol! Awesome! Merry Christmas! 6y
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JessClark78 Merry Christmas! 6y
Texreader Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 !!! 6y
Bookzombie Merry Christmas!! 6y
Posemn What a great gift. I‘m sure you will be treated for days. Merry Christmas! 6y
Suet624 Happy New Year. Best wishes to you. 6y
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When a book you bought your daughter at Target has you rethinking your year-end list...

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The ultimate baby name book | Cleveland Kent Evans
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In daily life I am always on the lookout for good names to use in a book. If a name can also double as a sentence, it makes the list!

saresmoore Ha! That‘s great! I do something similar by inventing back stories and elaborate personas for names I come across. Skeffington‘s Furniture spawned a dramatic “Skip & Buffy” storyline the other day. 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @saresmoore I'd read that fanfic any day 6y
CrowCAH Good luck! Names are sometimes hard to get right. 6y
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Untitled | Unknown
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Litsy challenge- I read everything I had on me (everything!) and I have a long flight tomorrow. Recommend something for me to read that might be in one of those airport book stores. Go!

MamaGina A good mystery ... 6y
MamaGina Or, of course, anything by Agatha Christie, including 6y
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Ah hotel reading, with its lack of distractions. Doing this one for a book club, anyone have any opinions on it?

RebelReader Delightful read! 😃 6y
cathysaid Listened on audio. It took a few pages to engage but I ended up loving it. 6y
Peddler410 Just recently someone recommended this to me because I adored A Man Called Ove. 6y
BarbaraBB It‘ll be my next read as well! 6y
Suet624 Loved it. 6y
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Someone come to my house and do this to my bathroom. Seen at an amazing bookstore in Mass. owned by the writer of the "Wimpy kid" series.

saresmoore So cool! 6y
Suet624 Wow! 6y
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Super Sad True Love Story | Gary Shteyngart
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This is what a reading slump looks like: me pulling out my favorite books and reading a paragraph here or there, leaving them littered around the house. Does anyone else do this?

Bookzombie I start multiple random books, not always favorites. I really liked Super Sad True Love Story though. 🙂 6y
Suet624 Did you settle on one? 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @Suet624 does all at the same time count? 😀 6y
Suet624 🤔😁 6y
mauveandrosysky Definitely. 6y
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One American Robin | E.A. Mann
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Last Saturday I was honored to accept the Independent Publishers of New England award for best literary fiction book of 2017!!!
The best part: all of the judges are librarians. How cool is that?

cobwebmoth Congratulations! 6y
Ms_T Congratulations! 6y
merelybookish Congrats!! 6y
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JessClark78 Congratulations! 6y
CocoReads Congrats! 6y
suvata Awesome 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!! Congratulations!🎉🎈🎊 6y
Simona Very cool! Congrats 📚🍾🥂😘 6y
Owlizabeth Way to go! 6y
Cinfhen Fantastic 🙌🏻 6y
CrowCAH Woohoo congrats!!! 🎊🍾🎉🎈👍🏻👏🏻📚 6y
mklong Wow! Congratulations!!!! 6y
DGRachel Congrats!! 6y
LeahBergen Congratulations!! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
MamaGina 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤓 6y
DrexEdit Congratulations! 🎉 🎉 🎉 I'm looking forward to reading your book! 😊 6y
megt Congratulations! 6y
Izai.Amorim Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 6y
Suet624 I‘m so so happy for you. Love your big smile. 😀 6y
mauveandrosysky Whoaaa, this is so cool! 6y
DivineDiana Fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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When you want to warm your Dad's heart by reading a book but you also want to scare the bejesus out of him...
#safetyfirst

Cinfhen Hahahaha...kids!!!!! 6y
Arbol At first this registered as "sitting on the potty chair" pics then I noticed there wasnt a bottom underneath and it was balanced on a table. chuckle turned into an eek real quick. 6y
minkyb You know that saying...kill two birds with one stone...🤣 6y
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Had to steal this from a friend's wall.

Mine is: Orphan Master's Son with a Chainsaw.

Like that book could be any darker

DrexEdit Agree! Orphan masters son doesn't need chainsaws to get dark! Mine would be Lipstick Jihad with A Chainsaw! 😨😂 6y
Hollie Mine would be "all the rage with a chainsaw"! 6y
britt_brooke Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim with a Chainsaw .... ouch! 6y
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batsy We Have Always Lived in the Castle with a Chainsaw. 6y
dariazeoli The Return of the King with a Chainshaw 6y
BookishBlonde12 Extraordinary Means with a Chainsaw...it's fits! Lol 6y
wingedsnails Falling Over Sideways with a Chainsaw 6y
LibrarianRyan Zom-b with a chainsaw. 6y
JacintaMCarter Bang with a Chainsaw. That just seems extremely dangerous. 6y
Balibee146 Nod with a chainsaw 6y
LiteraryinLawrence Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore with a Chainsaw... 6y
Booknerd2 The Mapping of Love and Death with a Chainsaw 😬 6y
TheLibrarian The Visitors with a Chainsaw 6y
Laura317 We Have Always Lived in the Castle with a Chainsaw. 6y
jfalkens Song of Sorcery with a chainsaw 6y
Dragon Thick as Thieves with a chainsaw 🐉 6y
Peddler410 Restart with a chainsaw 6y
Smrloomis The Queen of the Tearling with a Chainsaw 👍🏽 6y
minkyb The Scarred Woman with a Chainsaw 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @JacintaMCarter 😂😂 that cracked me up 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @Laura317 I think yours is my favorite! 6y
Suet624 Pretend I'm Not Here with a Chainsaw. OMG! How perfect is that? 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @Suet624 wow that might be the new best one! 6y
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One American Robin | E.A. Mann
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Litsy friends - I am over-the-moon excited to share that OAR is a finalist for the Independent Publishers of New England literary fiction book of the year. Winners will be announced in November. Thanks to everyone who's read, shared quotes and sent me messages: Litsy has been one of the best things that's ever happened to my writing and reading life. Cheers!

MicheleinPhilly 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y
merelybookish That's awesome! 6y
rockpools Congratulations! 6y
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DivineDiana So happy for you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TrishB Cool 👍 6y
DHill Congratulations! 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess Congratulations!🎉🎊 6y
Cinfhen Congrats🎉🎉🎉🎉 6y
youneverarrived Congrats! 6y
Ms_T Congratulations! 6y
DGRachel Congrats!🎉🎉 6y
JacqMac Congratulations! 🎉 6y
Lwiesman Congratulations 🎉🎉👏👏 6y
JessClark78 Congratulations! 🎊🎊🎉🎉 6y
LauraBrook 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Congratulations!!!!!! 6y
ValerieAndBooks Is this the IPPY award? Congratulations 🎉🎊 but no surprise, it‘s a very good book 😊! 6y
Simona Congrats 👏👏👏📚🍾❣️ 6y
Izai.Amorim Congratulations 🍾 6y
EllieDottie Congratulations 🎂 6y
Suet624 Oh my gosh! I'm so excited for you. Congratulations! 6y
mauveandrosysky Yessssssss! 6y
KVanRead That is so wonderful and well deserved. 6y
saresmoore Ahhhhh! I missed this post! How wonderful! Many congratulations! 6y
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This one hit me harder than expected. So many of my life memories are mapped to Tom Petty songs. And there is no better wordplay in rock than when he rhymes 'tattoo' with 'a tattoo too'. RIP Petty

StephBengtson Me too. He was the greatest. 6y
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Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak
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I spend my days reading fancy books, then put my kids to sleep, encounter this and think: "has there ever been a better sentence?"

Theresa This is exactly why I'll never stop reading books written for children. 6y
Suet624 Good point. 6y
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Birdwatching in Vermont | Ted Murin, Bryan Pfeiffer
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Not #bookmail - even better: #maplemail from my Litsy pal @Suet624 ! Everyone needs at least one friend who lives near maple syrup 🍁 🍁

britt_brooke Nice!! 6y
mabell Yum! 6y
Crystalblu I love those! 6y
Suet624 Oh yippee! So glad they arrived. 6y
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Orphan Master's Son | Adam Johnson
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Within this bleak book there are these great little sparkling nuggets of humor, and you need them so badly.

Libby1 ? "... chronicles the pain caused by poor decision making "! ? 6y
DrexEdit Love it! This is a tough but fantastic book! 6y
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This book. THIS BOOK

ErikasMindfulShelf I need to read it. I loved his short story collection! 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @manifestsanity I think you'd love this based on the books you post about 6y
Tamra This has been on my radar a long time! 6y
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mauveandrosysky Would this be a good one for me to take on a long plane trip in a few weeks? Is it *that* kind of compelling/engaging? (edited) 6y
Ericmanciniwriter Hmm...it is for me, but I'm super fascinated by NK. I'll say this: if this plane ride is honeymoon-related, this book may not be the mood you're looking for 6y
mauveandrosysky I'm always down for a dismal mood. This is one of the other books I'm considering taking if that tells you anything, ha 6y
Ericmanciniwriter @mauveandrosysky woah. Then this book is perfect for you 6y
KVanRead Stacking it!! 6y
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Girl in Snow: A Novel | Danya Kukafka
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Another great Point St Reading series, probably the best group of 5 authors I've seen. My personal favorite was Girl in Snow, it had a Megan Abbot vibe.

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Orphan Master's Son | Adam Johnson
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When my wife passed me this book she told me she couldn't read it before bed; it gave her strange, frightening dreams. 70 pages in and I see why. What an achievement though.

saresmoore Why does that make me want to read it even more? Ha! His story collection really knocked my socks off. 7y
Megabooks Both books are great! Enjoy! 7y
ChasingOm I loved this book. 👍🏼 7y
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RanaElizabeth Such a great, amazing book. 7y
Suet624 I love how your wife supplies you with books to read. 7y
mauveandrosysky Ooh, now I'm intrigued. 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @saresmoore you need to read this so we can discuss 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @mauveandrosysky ditto for you - we need to read and discuss 7y
BarbaraBB I have been wanting to read this for years now. Looking forward to your further thoughts - they may push me to actually do it. 7y
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Run | Ann Patchett
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Above is an artist's rendering of me reading the last five pages of this book. It really got me for some reason.

saresmoore 😂 7y
Suet624 Oh my gosh!!! 7y
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Run | Ann Patchett
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My wife has been telling me for months to read Ann Patchett, but other books kept popping up to the top of my stack. It got to the point where it was becoming an issue. So I picked this up and...surprise: she was right. I've read 250 pages the past two days.

DrexEdit Anne Patchett! 👏👏👏🙌💜 7y
erinreads I still have this one to read. I highly recommend 7y
LauraBeth Read Bel Canto!! 7y
mklong Yes, read Bel Canto! 7y
BkClubCare Read Commonwealth! 7y
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I see a lot of people posting about #bookmarks today. I have a bunch left over from book promotions burning a hole in my pocket. For the next week or so, if you like my FB page or sign up for my email list I'll reach out to you and send you a handful of bookmarks to grace your collection. I only post when I have something fun to share. Links below:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/eamannwriter/
Email list: http://eepurl.com/b3XXdf

DivineDiana Done! ✅ 7y
Suet624 Done!!! 7y
ReadingRover Done. Liked on FB and signed up for mailing list. The book seems really interesting! 7y
robinb Done and done. Thank you! Added your book to my TBR! 7y
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When we moved into our house, one of the first arguments my wife and I had was over whether I'd be allowed to show off my NES collection in the built-in bookshelves. I don't want to say I was right, but can you guess what 90% of our guests comment on when they enter the room?😉

erinreads THAT'S SO AMAZING. 😍😍😍 7y
josie281 Wowza!! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I want to come and play at your house! 7y
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MicheleinPhilly I'm so mad at myself for selling my system and all of my games to a guy for $20. 😕 7y
Karkar Awesome!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 7y
Leelee.reads Yes!!! 🙌🏾 7y
LauraBrook That is so awesome! 7y
Amanda23 Amazing!! 7y
jmtrivera That's so awesome! 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @MicheleinPhilly in my town I was that guy with $20! I basically bought up the whole town's supply 7y
Suet624 Everyone's passions should be on full display!! 7y
DrexEdit I am definitely coveting your Zelda games! 😍😍💜 7y
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This book is batting 1.000 right now, and by that I mean it's giving me one life affirming cry per story. Do not read in public if you have a macho image to uphold.

Suet624 I cry at almost every Moth Story I hear on the radio. People are amazing. 7y
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The Painted Bird | Jerzy Kosinski
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Book mail from the indefatigable book nut and Litsy-master @shawnmooney

I don't know what's cooler: the book itself or the fact that the SEA MAIL stamps and Japanese lettering make me feel like I'm living in a Wes Anderson movie.

Thanks Shawn!

shawnmooney 😂😂Enjoy! 7y
Betty_Bookworm You are in Warren? I am in Tiverton! 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Betty_Bookworm I am! Let me know if you're going to any east bay bookish events 7y
Betty_Bookworm 👍🏻 7y
Suet624 Oh, you're a lucky boy. 😁 7y
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Olive Kitteridge | Elizabeth Strout
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Welp, this is why I don't read fiction while I'm working on my own stuff. I've spent the last three days jogging on the bike path basically trying to take all the words I've written, move them around and make them exactly like Olive Kitteredge. Because this book was so. damn. good.

saresmoore This has been inching closer to my "need to read" pile. Your endorsement solidifies its place there. Meanwhile, yay for writing! Keep on it! 7y
Bambolina_81 I love this book. Have you seen the Frances Mcdormand series? I really enjoyed that too. 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @saresmoore it's so good! It has everything I want in a book: complicated characters, New England settings and emotional constipation 7y
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Ericmanciniwriter @Bambolina_81 a series????! I didn't even know that existed, researching immediately 7y
Bambolina_81 @Eamann I think it was only 3 episodes but it was a great watch. 7y
mauveandrosysky Ohhhh! This book changed me. An all-time favorite. 7y
Suet624 @saresmoore, you must read this book. @eamann I can't imagine how any writer carries on after reading a perfect book. I salute you on your efforts. 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Suet624 how a collection of short stories can hold together so perfectly as a novel I'll never know 7y
Suet624 I know! I was so surprised by that. 7y
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It's been a while since I've done #thankawriter - I loved Leah Carroll's tone-perfect memoir, and her ability to describe my state of Rhode Island perfectly. I had to write her. And I'm happy to say she wrote a really nice note back. It really made my day. Ok - tag, you're it.

RanaElizabeth That's so sweet. I loved that book too! 7y
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Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish
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"Daddy why are you laughing?"

saresmoore 😁 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂 7y
Bookzombie 😂 7y
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BookishFeminist 😳😂 7y
saresmoore I showed this post to my husband and it made him hardcore LOL. 7y
Hooked_on_books 😮Who knew this was so dirty! 😂 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Why don't I remember this? 🤣🤣 7y
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Outline: A Novel | Rachel Cusk
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I've never read anything by Cusk but I came across this thrown-off quote in a New Yorker profile of her and it is straight up genius. Immediately ordering her last few books

saresmoore Wow. Same! 7y
merelybookish They are fantastic! 7y
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Fun fact about me: when I'm having a bad writing day I try to loosen up my brain by thinking of the silliest possible essay titles

LauraBrook I would read the crap out of both of those essays, FYI. Especially the one about Blackstreet. ❤️ 7y
batsy Some-Diggity 😂 7y
readinginthedark That's brilliant! 7y
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Early morning vibes at my friend's beach cottage.

Laura317 Ahhh. Beach cottage. ❤️ 7y
Suet624 Lovely. 7y
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Hamlet (Revised) | William Shakespeare
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Who wants to start an 80s cover band with me called "Hot Love on the Wing"?

Jess_Read_This Will we be serving hot wings at our concerts? 🤔 7y
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Ms_T Only if I can play the air guitar 🎸 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Jess_Read_This yes! Good job cross-branding. This idea is 💰 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Ms_T I'll let you know when we set up the auditions 🎸 7y
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Cozy early morning on the deck

Suet624 I've been thinking about you!!! How are you? 7y
Marla I love Hemingway! 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @suet624 I'm okay! I should get cleared to drive again on Wednesday. Thanks for asking 7y
Zelma Looks very cozy! 👍 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Marla me too! Do you have a favorite? 7y
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Alright Litsy people- I'm at that point in writing my new book where I can't read fiction for a while because it influences me too much. In the past month I've written some bad Denis Johnson and some very bad DF Wallace. So bottom line: I need some nonfiction recommendations. I'll read anything.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great book about travel and journalism as well as making a life and some current issues. (edited) 7y
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RanaElizabeth Amazing literary memoir: 7y
Lizpixie This is a great book about the sinking of the Lusitania 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you like science, this one is excellent and not super technical 7y
Lizpixie An amazing book about the uprisings in America in the year between august 1969-august 1970 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you like Wonder Woman, great non-fiction about her creator and his less than normal lifestyle 7y
saresmoore Be careful what you wish for! 7y
Lizpixie A book about the rock music scene in 1971 7y
Lizpixie An abundance of riches!☺️ 7y
Lizpixie Or if you're after the definitive true crime story 7y
Lexeegee I read Stamped From The Beginning earlier this month. Really heavy subject matter but a very good read. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Maybe the Year of Yes would be encouraging as you go forward 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @seebiscan Yes, Evicted is really good too. Ghettoside is on my list too. 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Hollie 👏 👏 I'm going to have to quit my job to read all of these 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @Hooked_on__books great recs- thanks. Especially Dreamland 7y
Sue All the trigger warnings for this one 7y
KVanRead Thought about your book while reading this. Roger Williams features prominently :) 7y
mauveandrosysky I really loved Roxane Gay's new memoir. Oh, and this book is fascinating 7y
Ericmanciniwriter Thanks @diovival - great picks! 7y
Ericmanciniwriter @mauveandrosysky I have so many different feelings about Roxanne Gay and am definitely going to check out Hunger 7y
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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there taking selfies with their daughters and largely uninterested swans.

Cinfhen Sweet, enjoy! 7y
Laura317 💕💕 7y
Ms_T Lovely! 7y
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Bookzombie So cute! 💗 7y
Suet624 Awwwwww. 💕💕💕💕 7y
mauveandrosysky Swans are such dicks and I kind of respect that. 7y
JSW Thanks for tagging my dad's book! My dad and I had a very special relationship and I miss him every day. Take it from me, your daughter will always treasure the daddy-daughter time you spend together. ❤️ 7y
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You should never, ever, under any circumstances read this book. But listen: you've GOT to read this book.

LeahBergen This section. 😬😬 7y
AmyWrites I just read this book. It was heartbreakingly good. 7y
Suet624 Read this in one sitting. 😂😭 7y
Ericmanciniwriter Wow nice work @Suet624 - I couldn't put it down either 7y
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