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ManyWordsLater

Joined May 2016

Raising two bookworms 🐛🐛 2023 challenge - 10 library/10 homeTBR repeat.
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Spear | Nicola Griffith
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A little Nicola Griffith before Menewood comes out.

annahenke I loved Hild - very excited to see this one is out! 3d
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The Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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“No one can demand forgiveness of the victims of repression”

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Japanese fiction can feel so lonely.

BarbaraBB That it does. I recently read this one too 2w
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Monsters of Templeton | Lauren Groff
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My sister loved this book. But I just don‘t connect with any of the characters. I‘ve been reading this on and off for over a month. That‘s enough. I‘m done.

Deblovestoread To give credit where it‘s due I stole #hailthebail from @Cinfhen 😁 2w
Cinfhen Thanks for the shoutout @Deblovestoread 😘 2w
Cinfhen And I‘ve heard mixed things about this book- so agreed… it was time to evoke the bail #AllHailTheBail 2w
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Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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So many memorable quotes. I‘ve been only posting some of them.

Should I post more?

IuliaC Oh yes! This one is like a collection of good quotes 😊 2w
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The Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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“In the twenty-first century women will change the nature of power instead of power changing the nature of women.” Bella Abzug. Via Isabel Allende

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Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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“Feminism … is fluid, powerful, deep, and encompasses the infinite complexity of life; it moves in waves, currents, tides, and sometimes in storms.”

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The Soul of a Woman | Isabel Allende
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“I have learned that the definition of victim is someone who has no control or power over his or her circumstances”

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Pickpick

New favorite. So sweet and useful for kids of all ages.

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🥰💯💯💯😍

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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En Français!

wanderinglynn 😍😍😍 1mo
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Dinosaurs | LYDIA. MILLET
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Great, quick read.

I will now be placing holds on all her other books.

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A Lost Lady | Willa Cather
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Read the book skip the movie. It‘s hardly even related to the book.

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I‘m all 👂🦻and 👀👀.

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The Girl with the Leica | Helena Janeczek
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“…isn‘t the type for compliments; he prefers witty remarks…”

~ I feel seen ~

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Afterparties: Stories | Anthony Veasna So
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I don‘t love short stories.

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Afterparties: Stories | Anthony Veasna So
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Another one off my shelf. Let‘s do this!

SamAnne I really loved this collection. 2mo
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No One Is Talking about This | Patricia Lockwood
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Second book of the day.

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A Lost Lady | Willa Cather
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I‘m making my way through Cather‘s oeuvre. I love her insights on the American West in the early part of the 20th century. So much to learn about America.

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Bailedbailed

I thought the subversive power was going to be more empowering.

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I loved the way Vuong flitted between stories.

And Connecticut. Close to my heart.

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Update: this book was great. Glad I didn‘t pass on it.

Ruthiella Yay! 😃 3mo
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir | Michelle Zauner
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Books for my beach vacation.

HeatherBookNerd Not exactly easy breezy beach reading, but I adored those books. So so good. 3mo
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This has been on my shelf for over six years.

Should I read it or let it go?

Ruthiella Read the first chapter and see if it grabs you. 3mo
Soubhiville I liked it. 3mo
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Another crazy Saturday night.

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The Emissary | Y?ko Tawada
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Summertime.

BarbaraBB That cover 🥰 3mo
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The bookworms were sick and now I‘m sick. This is not how I meant to spend Father‘s Day. But it‘s how the cookie crumbled this year.

Ruthiella Hope you feel better soon. 🥴❤️ 3mo
Soubhiville I just started this on audio. Fascinating so far. (Hope you‘re feeling better now) 3mo
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Wish I could stay up extra late finishing this one. (It‘s already midnight.)

JuniperWilde I read this a few years ago and it really hit the spot. I found it really pushed a lot of stereotypes and laughed out loud. 4mo
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Family Lexicon | Natalia Ginzburg
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“And then, like someone who out of necessity takes a crap in a garden and realizes that in any case he was fertilizing it…”

Lol

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💯💯💯

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Pippi Longstocking | Astrid Lindgren
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$10 bag sale at the flea market! And I got more besides books!

Vansa I loved The king must die! 4mo
GirlNamedJesse Oooh I spy the Time Warp Trio! I love that series! 😍 4mo
ManyWordsLater @GirlNamedJesse they didn‘t have book one!! I almost passed on them. 4mo
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Family Lexicon | Natalia Ginzburg
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I think I appreciate the subtlety. Or am I bored?

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Mary: A Fiction | Mary Wollstonecraft
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This book was great. I read it to pieces.

vonnie862 Literally 😅 4mo
wildwoodreads Oh lol 😂 4mo
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Mary: A Fiction | Mary Wollstonecraft
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“In Mary‘s company he doubted whether heave was people with spirits masculine; and almost forgot that he had called the sex ‘the pretty play things that render life tolerable.‘”

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Mary: A Fiction | Mary Wollstonecraft
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What a treasure! I‘m so thrilled to have found this. Even if the spine is cracking and the pages are falling out. 😬😬

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A bookworm has pink eye. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Kshakal I had this winter in both my eyes! Wishing you a speedy recovery! 5mo
KathyWheeler I read this years ago because I loved that title so much. 5mo
ManyWordsLater @KathyWheeler it is a great title! 5mo
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Hercule Poirot's casebook | Agatha Christie
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#bookhaul and poirot dvds!!!!!💯💯💯🎉🎉🎉

Ruthiella I love the BBC production of Poirot mysteries starring David Suchet! 🤩 5mo
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Black Cloud Rising: A Novel | David Wright Falad
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Bailedbailed

Bailed because of the writing. Not the story. “Verbose” might be the word to use here.

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Big bookworm is really into the ancient Mayas right now

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Mehso-so

Between a pick and a so-so for me. Really interesting information on the industrialization of time. But, and this is my usual complaint about non-fiction, the end lagged. The last 80 pages were a real slog for me.

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If I close my eyes, can it be two weeks from now? #homereno

Ruthiella I dunno. Your NOW (book, cafe, …) looks pretty sweet! 6mo
ShyBookOwl What @Ruthiella said! Enjoy 😊 6mo
ManyWordsLater @ShyBookOwl @Ruthiella thank you for the perspective. 6mo
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Vacation week made a little less stressful thanks for the wonderful librarians of the NYPL. 10/10⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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“But if you are truly an achievement-subject who is only wearing yourself down, then I suggest an adjustment of discretion: experimenting with what looks like mediocrity in some parts of your life. Then you might have a moment to wonder why and to whom it seems mediocre.”

JuniperWilde 👏 such a powerful invitation in an era of FOMO and comparison. 6mo
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“Originally, ‘pulling oneself up by one‘s bootstraps‘ was a metaphorical description of attempting the actually impossible.”

🤯🤯🤯

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“The only reward for working faster is more work”

👎👎👎

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I started “How to Do Nothing” in this same place almost exactly three years ago.

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Training starts again.

This book is a great guide.

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The Summer Book | Tove Jansson
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Makes me want summer. Soon. Right?

RobES Oooh, I read this last summer and Loved it ❤️ .... I think this author is the creator of the Moomins too! I love the Moomins! 6mo
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Voices in the Evening | Natalia Ginzburg
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Almost half way through and don‘t quiet know what‘s going on and who the story is about.

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Foster | Claire Keegan
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Allylu Just heard about this on What Should I Read Next - it was an old episode from December 2022, but I am considering looking for it! Sometimes books haunt me until I find them. Does that happen to you? 7mo
ManyWordsLater @Allylu all the time! I saw a used copy of Moon and the Mars. And I can‘t stop thinking about it. 7mo
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