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Susanita

Susanita

Joined July 2016

Life's too short to read books you don't like.
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
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The Darkling Halls of Ivy by Lawrence Block
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What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
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1. Lunch date tomorrow and trivia date Thursday.
2. About an hour?
3. I think it would be fun to visit all the current major league ballparks and write an updated version of the tagged book.
#motivationalmonday

Susanita I guess the genre would be nonfiction? Memoir? Sports? 14h
Cupcake12 I love that idea no.3, thanks for taking part x 14h
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Quirky story about a man who tries to find his way in the world after his mother dies. Soft pick. #sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern Sounds like a sweet story! Thank you for posting! 1d
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I have a goal of making a necklace for every month of the year. Some months have been easier than others, but here are my creations for January through March. Yes, I used my cat as the background for January‘s picture. #LitsyCrafters

IndoorDame Very cool!!! 2d
BookmarkTavern Lovely! 💖 1d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1d
Catsandbooks Those are beautiful! And cat fur is a great background 😂 1d
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A clever cozy mystery that made me hungry! Pick.

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Ordinary Grace: A Novel | William Kent Krueger
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1. Ordinary Grace

2. The Round House

3. This One Summer

#TLT

dabbe I'm making a list, checking it twice, and I'll make it available to all whether naughty or nice! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 4d
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1. You are your own best advocate.
2. Retired
3. I briefly pursued a career in HR/career counseling, but I kind of missed that wave.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks for joining in😍 6d
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1. I wasn‘t named after anyone else.
2. Tagged book. Did not like.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing and have a great day! 7d
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister
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1. Pulling together stuff for the tax return in a couple weeks. Maybe going for a hike on Saturday if the weather cooperates.
2. I wanted to be a nurse so I could be in the navy like my dad. Not sure where I got the idea that was my only option.
3. It‘s not exactly a holiday, but I will be going back to New Jersey next month to housesit for my friends who will be traveling to see the eclipse.
4. Tagged!
#motivationalmonday

Cupcake12 Great answers! Thanks for joining in and have a good week x 7d
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The Last Widow: A Novel | Karin Slaughter
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I learned a few things from reading this book.
-I like the show better
-Confirms this author is not for me
-White nationalists are crazy monster truckers

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Odyssey | Homer
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Either Genesis or Homer‘s Odyssey (the real one)
#sundayfunday

Leniverse Same. Unless the Iliad was earlier. Wait... where does Gilgamesh fall on the timeline? 😂 1w
Susanita @Leniverse I haven‘t read Gilgamesh 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
Leniverse It was compulsory reading in uni. Not that I remember much of it. Just checked and it's considered the oldest. Sometime between 2100-1400 BCE 1w
BookmarkTavern I still need to read the Odyssey! Thanks for posting! 1w
Susanita @BookmarkTavern I had to read it for English class. Senior year I think? 1w
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The Empty Shelf | Trevor E. Donaldson, Haleh M. Donaldson, Jake Barnes
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This old TV stand has served me well, but it‘s time to find it another home. The best solution is that my niece takes it to replace the “crappy plastic one” they got from Amazon, but I have a Plan B and Plan C to get it out of here. #empty #shelfie #ittakesallkinds

Eggs Nice shelf! 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻📚❤️ 1w
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The Monet exhibit was wonderful!

Bookwormjillk Was it the one where they project it all around the room? 2w
Susanita @Bookwormjillk Yes! It‘s at the same place that had the Van Gogh exhibit earlier. 2w
Bookwormjillk @Susanita I saw that in Asheville and loved it. Such a different experience. 2w
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Chrissyreadit I‘m sorry glad!!! 2w
Chrissyreadit not sorry- SO! I bet it was gorgeous 2w
Susanita @Chrissyreadit I wondered! 😆 It was beautiful. 2w
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🇺🇸Unthinkable - Jamie Raskin
🛠️Hammerhead - Nina MacLaughlin
🐈‍⬛Homer‘s Odyssey - Gwen Cooper
#TLT

dabbe All 3 look intriguing! Thanks for sharing! 💚💙💚 2w
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Illegal fishing, piracy, oil dumping, smuggling, etc.

#truecrime #ittakesallkinds

Eggs Wow 😮 perfect 🤩 2w
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The Last Widow: A Novel | Karin Slaughter
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1. Tagged book takes place in Atlanta.
2. I want to visit the Shetland islands from the Ann Cleeves series.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs I‘m with you on Shetland 🤗🤗 2w
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The Rose Code | Kate Quinn
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1. When I was a kid, I wanted Laura Ingalls to be my roommate, but she‘d probably watch the faux news channel all day the way my current “roommate” does.
2. The main characters in the tagged book are roommates at Bletchley Park.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Tuesday 2w
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MEAN SPIRIT | Linda Hogan
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2w
Eggs Brilliant 🤗 2w
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🎨Monet exhibit with my sister
💇🏻Haircut

🐺The Grey Wolf

🕵🏽‍♀️Mystery

#motivationalmonday

Cupcake12 Sounds like a good week. Thanks for joining in x 2w
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The Midnight Hour | Elly Griffiths
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After the events of the last book, Emma and Sam decided to start a detective agency, and their first case is a doozy. I found the parallel investigations of the police and the detective agency to be a little repetitive, but I liked the story otherwise. I‘d thought it was the last in the series, but Goodreads tells me there‘s at least one more. I‘m glad, because this one opens up some interesting threads for the main characters. #serieslove2024

TheSpineView Awesome!📖📚 2w
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Movie is faithful to the story and conveys the dreamy atmosphere of the book. #Sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern I‘ve never read this one! Thanks for answering! 2w
mcctrish Movie is fantastic you are right ( book of course 👏🏻👏🏻) 2w
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March | Geraldine Brooks
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My #favebookmark is whatever is in the physical book I‘m currently reading. This one isn‘t even technically a bookmark: it‘s a ticket stub! #ittakesallkinds

Leftcoastzen Can‘t tell you how many ticket stubs become bookmarks in my house! Good memories! 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2w
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A Wild and Heavenly Place | Robin Oliveira
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This veered occasionally to soap opera “territory” but would always pull itself back. I liked the author‘s use of history, family research, and her imagination to craft an interesting and enjoyable story. This was a Seattle without Starbucks!

#FabulousFebruary … how did I do?

FINISH
Island of the Blue Dolphins✅
Now You See Them ✅
A Wild and Heavenly Place ✅
Emma (maybe?) 2 more chapters

START
The Last Widow✅

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The Hobbit is a #roadtrip story, right? #ittakesallkinds #fellowshipofTolkien

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2w
Eggs Brilliant post 👏🏻👏🏻 2w
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March #TBR continued. Four mysteries and a romance.

I‘m not planning to reread anything this year so I can focus on #readordonate and #serieslove which leaves out Jane Harper unfortunately. Perhaps I can finally finish Emma which was #authoramonth for January!

Susanita For those new to Jane Harper I suggest starting with 2w
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The March: A Novel | E. L. Doctorow
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I should read these books in March, right? Meanwhile, I‘ve got four back issues of Real Simple, and this one from 2009 is actually the newest. #readordonate #monthlymagazineblitz

julieclair Perfect March books! And I bet seeing the new Spring trends for 2009 will be a hoot! 3w
Suet624 Magazine twin! 3w
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A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle
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1. A Wrinkle in Time
2. The Song of Achilles
3. The Return of the King
#TLT

dabbe I can't believe I have never read #1. Love #'s 2 and 3! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 3w
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I moved my #readordonate books again! The result is a more accessible space and no more need to use Baseball Vacations to anchor the row. It now has a more suitable home.

Also out:
Matrix-read & gifted to a friend
Island of the Blue Dolphins-read & donated to LFL

In:
The Book of Longings- upcoming book club selection found in LFL
Deception at the Diamond D Ranch-back on the shelf for now to be picked up again later

julieclair Looks good! I like the idea of moving new books in as you move others out. 3w
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For various reasons both positive and negative I‘ve put a good dent in my reading goals for the year so far. I finished ten books in February, with the tagged one being my favorite. With the eight that I read in January, things are off to a good start. #wrapup

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☕️coffee … because it smells so goooood
💦pavement after it rains … it smells so fresh
🛀🏻mint & eucalyptus bath scrub … it‘s relaxing and refreshing at the same time
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Love all of these 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w
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A soft pick. I enjoyed catching up with old and new characters several years after the events of the last book, but I have to say the dynamic of Emma as bored housewife and Edgar as her clueless husband was a bit annoying. The overall story was interesting. There‘s one more to go in this series, and I already have it in the queue. #serieslove2024 #fabulousfebruary

TheSpineView Well done! 3w
Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 I love her books. 3w
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1. I have exciting plans!
-Sort various March appointments
-Clean my favorite coffee mug that can‘t go in the dishwasher
2. Merida for her unruly mop of red hair
3. Baseball!
#MotivationalMonday

Cupcake12 My eldest loves Merida because she didn‘t need a man to save her! Have a good week x 3w
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I finished this lovely and wistful book today as part of the #FabulousFebruary readathon. Tomorrow I‘ll continue my tour of local LFLs as part of #readordonate for the year.

Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 3w
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February's Son | Alan Parks
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It‘s time for the #FabulousFebruary readathon! My goals:

FINISH
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Now You See Them
A Wild and Heavenly Place
Emma (maybe?)

START
The Last Widow

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We had a visitor last night. This encounter through the window continued for a while, then when it was over Kili rolled around on the carpet for a few minutes. Outside cat has a collar and is not a stray. #catsoflitsy

Leftcoastzen A friend! 3w
Susanita @Leftcoastzen maybe 🤞🏼 3w
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 3w
Mimi28 Someone was defending their territory!! Oh I love guard cats!! 🐈‍⬛ lol 3w
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❤️Atticus Finch
❤️Eomer Eadig
❤️Elizabeth Bennett
#TLT

dabbe 1 & 3: 🤩 #2: now on the TBR! Thanks for playing! 💙🩶💙 4w
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1. Kinsey Millhone
2. Samwise Gamgee
3. Tagged book is a palate cleanser after the intensity of the last book I finished. It‘s also intense in its own right.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Love O‘Dell❣️ 4w
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A Wild and Heavenly Place | Robin Oliveira
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1. 1992
2. Tagged! Glasgow, Scotland, to Washington Territory (now Washington State) would be an endeavor even today. In the 1870s it took several segments and several weeks.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Tuesday 4w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 4w
kspenmoll Pretty! 4w
Eggs 💗👛👄💕 Love Susan Branch! 4w
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The tag line for this book is Get Out meets Rear Window, and that‘s not wrong. Until the wild and very rushed ending when it turns into Bourne Identity.

My book club agreed with Roxane Gay‘s assessment on Goodreads: great premise and interesting historical information … with pacing issues. Still I‘m not sorry I read it and give it a pick.

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Peter Pan | J M Barrie
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1. I‘m going to see Peter Pan tomorrow night with a friend of mine. I don‘t think I‘ve seen a live theater performance since before the pandemic.
2. I heard Who Knew (P!nk) yesterday on the radio, and it‘s been stuck in my head since then.
3. U2…before they get too old or I do.
#motivationalmonday

Cupcake12 Great choice on no.3, enjoy Peter Pan. Thanks for joining in and have a great week x 1mo
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nanuska_153 🤤 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🕯️ 🖤 1mo
Eggs 🖤🩷🩶 1mo
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Sea Wife: A novel | Amity Gaige
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Mehso-so

A husband decides to buy a boat and sail around the world with his wife and two small children. He‘s a bit of a jerk, and she‘s a hot mess. Throw in some storms, trouble with the boat, and a mysterious bad thing that‘s referenced in the current timeline…and you get a long winded ride to nowhere. Sometimes a dual timeline is fine, and sometimes you just want someone to get to the point. Also the last chapter is a total needle scratch.

Texreader Excellent review. I think I‘ll skip this one. 1mo
Reggie lol total needle scratch. I almost want to read this because of that. 1mo
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I haven‘t seen that many plays or musicals in my life, but there were some that were especially memorable.

1. My college roommate was in a production of the tagged play.
2. I saw a cool production of Richard III with my sister at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
3. In high school I was in the pit orchestra for Carousel, so I got to know it VERY well.

#TLT

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 Oh, #3: “When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high ...“ Love that one! Thanks for sharing! 🩷💜❤️ 1mo
Susanita @dabbe I love it too! The girl who played that part had a beautiful voice. She and the girl who played the lead were good friends IRL, so it was good casting. 1mo
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A Scatter of Light | Malinda Lo
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This is described as a “companion” to Last Night at the Telegraph Club and not really a sequel, though we do “catch up” with the characters from the first book. I liked that one better, but this is also a pick.

My #serieslove2024 list now fits in one collage, even with a book I‘d forgotten to include before and some upcoming books that now have covers. The bottom row is just UK mysteries!

TheSpineView Awesome! 1mo
Crazeedi This is awesome! And I spy several I've read and many I haven't, will have to investigate! 1mo
Andrew65 Fantastic progress 👏👏👏 1mo
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Ash Wednesday | Ethan Hawke
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My old pastor posted this on Facebook.
#Lent
#AshWednesday
#ValentinesDay

As if that‘s not enough, it‘s also the start of MLB spring training.

MaureenMc I love this 😆 1mo
Lcsmcat 😂 1mo
Crazeedi Perfect 1mo
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Valentines | Ted Kooser
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🩷 Not this year
🩵 Maybe?
❤️ A road trip to a nice country inn for dinner
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Thanks for joining in🥰 1mo
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Dragons and soldiers and cults! Oh my! Middle Earth meets Pern meets Revelations. Murtagh gets his chance to … shine? Redeem himself? There‘s room for continuation of the saga, but it‘s also a satisfying conclusion if it‘s the end.

With this, I think I‘ve cleared enough books from the #serieslove1024 board (along with the ➡️ books that I‘m pushing to the future), that I can go with one list now. Unless of course I start a new series!

Andrew65 Sounds great 👏👏👏 1mo
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1. Yes but not related to Valentine‘s Day.
2. Take care of your heart!
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Have a great Valentine's Day! 1mo
Eggs ❤️🩷❤️ 1mo
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I found this on cloudLibrary and figured I‘d finally read it as part of #serieslove2024 even though I‘d previously jumped into the middle of the series. It was an interesting story that could also stand alone. Holmes isn‘t one of my favorites, but he‘s tolerable and resourceful as he navigates Mary‘s travails in San Francisco. Guest appearance by Dashiell Hammett.

Books with ➡️ are deferred for now for various reasons. Not sure what‘s up next.

Susanita My book club read this a few years ago. It‘s chronologically before the tagged book (maybe?) but after it in series order. (edited) 1mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 1mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 1mo
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For most of these, the real answer would be “yes.” 😎

#thisorthat

Ruthiella Yes to “Yes”! 😂 It‘s a real “all of the above” for me too. (edited) 1mo
monkeygirlsmama Agreed! 😆 1mo
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