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The Revolution of Marina M. | Janet Fitch

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I Remember Nothing | Nora Ephron

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This was completely terrible. #38 #2019 Has anyone else read this?

jmtrivera I haven't read this, but I usually like Ephron's writing, so that's disappointing! 5d

Susannah I‘m so sorry that you didn‘t like it. I loved both this and I Feel Bad About My Neck. 4d

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I Remember Nothing | Nora Ephron

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Not That Kind of Girl | Lena Dunham

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I really loved her show Girls, but I was nervous reading this based on the mixed reviews. I did enjoy it. She's quite the character. #37 #2019

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Not That Kind of Girl | Lena Dunham

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel | Aimee Bender

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I really loved this. For the the first quarter of the book I thought I was going to hate it because it was told from the perspective of child and then a preteen. Please give this book a chance, this is a complex family and emotional coming of age story. This needs a much higher rating on litsy. #36 #2019

Soubhiville This was a really strange but somehow satisfying little book. 1w

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel | Aimee Bender

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zezeki I love this one, though I noticed Littens have mixed feelings about it. 2w

kricheal @zezeki I just finished it. I loved this so much more than I thought I would. I'm bummed that there was never a reveal of what the Dad's "power" was. 1w

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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness & Start Living an Awesome Life | Jen Sincero

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Feeling SO motivated after listening to this! Loved it! #35 #2019

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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness & Start Living an Awesome Life | Jen Sincero

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Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese

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This was so amazing from beginning to end! I can't rave about it enough, oh my gosh. #34 #2019

TrishB Loved this 💕💕 3w

TNbookworm I loved this book! 3w

Kayla.Adriena I recommend that book to EVERYONE!! 3w

DebReads4fun I loved this book!!! 3w

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Anything is Possible | Elizabeth Strout

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Bindrosbookshelf Oh I liked this one but have you read

My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel

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Fear: Trump in the White House | Bob Woodward

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Sweettartlaura I would say, Enjoy, but ... 😔. Good luck instead. 1mo

smolgaysnowbazshipper I second that. 1mo

kricheal @Sweettartlaura @smolgaysnowbazshipper So far nothing that I haven't seen in the news yet but the book has been out awhile so maybe at one point it was the news? Trump is just nuts. I wonder who is the author's source? So far it seems to be(without saying so) Steve Bannon- but why? I still can't believe this guy is in charge of the country. 1mo

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Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese

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Kboltz Loved this book! 1mo

Cathythoughts Meant to be amazing ... still havnt read 1mo

Redwritinghood Great book! (edited) 1mo

melissajayne Such an excellent book. 1mo

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel | Mark Haddon

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I thought this was cute #33 #2019

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel | Mark Haddon

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life | Mark Manson

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Do yourself a favor and do not read this horrible toxic garbage- especially if you have anxiety, PTSD, grief and/or any sort of associated triggers. Disclaimer: I didn't know anything going into this book or know anything about the author. I thought it was it was going to be funny. 🤦‍♀️ The author unfortunately takes himself seriously, I'm curious to see if or how much he's respected in this field. #throwitacrosstheroom

Gezemice Haha, I tried listening to it and bailed after 15 minutes. The author was so full of himself, and sounded like an angry person who couldn‘t care less. Sorry, not someone to get life advice from. 2mo

Megabooks Yikes! Sounds terrible!!! 2mo

kricheal @Gezemice He totally invalidates people's pain. A Man was grieving for a child that he lost. The Man asked for advice from the author about his grief, the author basically(paraphrasing) said he made the choice to have grief.-- wth like that would be something he just turn off. The author wrote the book for his own ego, not to actually help anyone. 2mo

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Itchyfeetreader Yup not one for me - do love the image you have posted though. Is there a source please I would like to share it 2mo

kricheal https://themighty.com/2019/02/toxic-positivity-support/ I'm not sure if this is the original source, I've seen this image floating around between fb and insta for a couple of months. It was the first thing I had in mind for this book @Itchyfeetreader 2mo

kricheal @Itchyfeetreader the op is in the link I posted, but it this article does a great job expanding upon toxic positively. If you have Instagram I encourage you to follow her.☺️ 2mo

Crazeedi Sound advice, wouldn't pick this book 2mo

ElizaMarie Thanks for the heads up! 2mo

Gezemice @kricheal That‘s absolutely awful. What an asshole. Definitely not someone to ask for advice. 2mo

Itchyfeetreader Thank you so much 2mo

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life | Mark Manson

Starting this next on #overdrive #currentlylistening I'm wondering how this is gonna jive with all the mindfulness and meditation I've been trying to do lately.

ElizaMarie I have this on my wait list. That would be great to see what you think. (edited) 2mo

kricheal @elizamarie I hated it. I put up a review. 2mo

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War Horse | Michael Morpurgo

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I don't know why I read books with animals in them. 😭😭😭 #31 #2019

suzie.reads I love this book we read it every year in class as we do world war 1 as a history topic. Always makes me cry 😢 2mo

kricheal @suzie.reads It's so good and so terrible! I was just trying to relax to sleep and I was crying my eyes out. 2mo

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War Horse | Michael Morpurgo

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Mary Ann Shaffer

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The very abrupt but fantastic ending completely saved this book for me! #30 #2019

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

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Liatrek Enjoy! I loved the book and the movie ❤️ 2mo

Centique This is a great one! 2mo

Crazeedi Loved this 2mo

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The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah

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What a tough book to review. It's a very very good book, but I didn't enjoy it. It was harsh and sad and the ending was bitter bittersweet. #29 #2019

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Untitled | Unknown

I was on a roll this year...and I've hit my first official slump. I'm just dragging through EVERYTHING I'm currently read right now and it's killing me! I know this seems a tad dramatic but I need some pointers, motivation anything to get me going again!

Jsara5761 I hear you! It‘s been hard for me to get through my slump. But I‘ve found reading a novella or two in my favorite genre gave me the quick win I needed to get rolling again. 😊 (Of hat makes any sense. Lol) 2mo

Rissreads A collection of short stories? 2mo

megnews When I have a slump I read something quick to get me going again. A graphic novel, novella, or juvenile or young adult fiction. 2mo

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wanderinglynn For me, I focus on other non-book activities until I‘m ready. And then I pick up a light, easy reads. 2mo

tdrosebud I feel ya, I'm slowing starting to come out of one. Like Lynn I have found that I can't force it or I'll just become more frustrated. I then go to a reread or a light read from a favorite author. 2mo

Roxy26 Like others, I read something quick and light or choose a book from a different genre. 2mo

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The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Katherine Boo

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This was heartbreaking. I had to keep reminding myself that this was nonfiction, some of these stories just tear you apart. The one that really got me was the widowed woman and her husband's funeral pyre. #28 #2019

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Katherine Boo

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shammi.dc10 I read this a long time ago. It's filled with stories of survival, greed and hope. Very fascinating. 3mo

Blaire This book was so moving and the way she was able to live in the community is incredible. 3mo

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Swing | Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

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This was stunning. Favorite YA so far this year. #27 #2019

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Untilted | Autechre

Check out my new tote I'm selling on redbubble. We all love our #bookishgear 😉 sorry for the #shamelessplug. Link in comments.

kricheal http://www.redbubble.com/people/kricheal Many other cool items there as well! 3mo

Crazeedi ❤❤❤ 3mo

Crazeedi beautiful!😍 3mo

kricheal Thank you! @Crazeedi 3mo

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Swing | Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

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Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders

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How amazing is this book?! It's crazy, weird, sad and so very strange. I really loved it. Highly recommend the audio with this one. #2019 #26

daena Love that book so much 3mo

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Untitled | Unknown

Check out my society6 store for some cool artsy stuff! Everything is 25% off Link in comments. #shamelessplug

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Lincoln in the Bardo | George Saunders

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megnews Love this book. 4mo

Tamra 💙👏🏾 4mo

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The President Is Missing | James Patterson, Bill Clinton

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This was fairly predictable and would have been a pan but it has the cool Bill Clinton factor- THAT doesn't really save it much. #25 #2019

vlwelser I was so disappointed with this one. 😞 4mo

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The President Is Missing | James Patterson, Bill Clinton

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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General | Bill O'Reilly

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The story itself was very compelling and would've been a pick for me, however the narration was very distracting to me. There were quite a few mispronounced words that irked me throughout the entire read, for example Reich was pronounced reish(definitely the shh be quiet noise not "ch" throaty noise we associate with Reich). Genghis Khan was pronounced was a soft g instead of a hard g which I've never heard before. #24 #2019

kricheal In my opinion the material is solid but read the book don't listen to the audio. 4mo

KathyWheeler One of our museums hosted a Genghis Khan exhibit that included video — all of the people on those videos pronounced Genghis with a soft g. I‘d never heard that before either, but apparently it‘s a thing. 4mo

kricheal @KathyWheeler Now I'm wondering if I've been saying it wrong my entire life 😂😂 4mo

KathyWheeler @kricheal According to one of those videos, there are several ways to say it. I‘m probably remembering this wrong, but the Chinese, according to the video, say it Gingus with a soft g and and i sound. 4mo

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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General | Bill O'Reilly

Starting this next on #overdrive #currentlylistening I can't stand O'Reilly BUT I do really like his Killing series. 😬😬

readinginthedark Are they good then? I've been hesitant to read them, 'cause I assumed they'd be pretty biased. 4mo

kricheal @readinginthedark Well I've only read three of them so far and I don't think they're biased.. at least not in the way you'd expect from him. If there are slight leanings here and there I don't even pick up on them.. they seem to be pretty straight forward, however I'm attributing that to the co-author aka real author. I honestly think he's only involved in name only to drive sales.. that's how unlike Bill O'Reilly it IS. 4mo

kricheal @readinginthedark Killing Lincoln is the best one followed closely by Kennedy. 4mo

readinginthedark Good to know! Thanks! 4mo

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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel | Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

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I only read this because my youngest has been dying for me to watch the musical with him. I'm hoping some singing makes me like this more but after reading this I have no idea why they thought "Hey let's add some song and dance to this depressing train wreck!" #jazzhands I'm pretty sure that's how their musical concept meeting went. #23 #2019

megnews I have tickets to see this in June. Part of a subscription series. I wasn‘t too thrilled about storyline but I‘ve heard some good things. 4mo

kricheal @megnews I've heard great things too, but after reading it I'm not sure why. If you see it before I do, let me know! 4mo

ravenlee I think the play came first, and this is a novelization. Which might make the concept more weird rather than less. 4mo

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readinginthedark I mean, song and dance do make depressing things more bearable...like Rent. So maybe it works? 🤷‍♀️ 4mo

kricheal @ravenlee That makes much more sense! 4mo

kricheal @readinginthedark After I posted this I immediately thought well Rent is successful so.... 4mo

readinginthedark 😆 Great minds! 4mo

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Not a bookish post BUT 25% off and free shipping in my store. Link in comments, Ends Mar 15th midnight PST. Thanks!

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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel | Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln | Doris Kearns Goodwin

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This was so good, I feel like I need to own it. Beautifully written. #22 #2019

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Untilted | Autechre

Also if anyone would like to follow me on Twitter while I hilariously fumble around figuring it out. I'm @RichealKristen look me up,😉😎 I follow back. Spoiler alert I use it mainly as a business Twitter, but I definitely don't spam. Spamming is rude. Thanks 🤗🤗

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Tote Bags: 20 Creative Projects | Sonia Lucano

Check out my new design of tote bags I'm selling on redbubble.com. The design is called polka dot punk and my store/user name is kricheal. There are many other products but all of us here LOVE our totes. ❤️❤️ Definitely open to some feedback. I have more designs on society6, I just found this site.

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln | Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Amiable Great book! And the movie was awesome, too. Although the events detailed in the movie are basically just a part of one chapter in the entire book! 5mo

Gezemice I have listened to this one, too, and it was one of my favorites this year. Even though it is very long, I could not stop listening! Enjoy! 5mo

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The People We Hate at the Wedding | Grant Ginder

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I really really liked this book. The dysfunctional dynamics between each of the characters are complex and uncomfortable. #21 #2019

Reggie Yay, I‘m so glad you liked this. I actually sent an email to him saying how much I liked it and he was kind enough to respond. 5mo

kricheal @Reggie That's really cool of him to respond to you. I really don't understand why this isn't rated higher on Goodreads or on here. 5mo

Reggie @kricheal me neither. I think maybe people were expecting My Best Friend‘s Wedding but got something too real for them. 5mo

enidkeaner I actually liked this book - 3/5 stars for me, but I feel like I get why a lot of folks didn‘t care for it. 5mo

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Giveaway | Carolyn Finlay

Check out the new giveaway from @TheSpineView #50klovelitsy. Good luck to all who have joined!

TheSpineView Good luck! 5mo

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Twitter For Dummies | Laura Fitton, Anum Hussain, Brittany Leaning

I may need to get the above book. I started a business Twitter at the beginning of February and I still feel so lost. I can do the basics on there but that's it! My feed looks nonsensical to me. It just looks like a jumble of incoherent thoughts! I don't know how to follow the conversation if that makes sense. Just needed to vent!

Paulmatosjr I would also recommend crush it by Gary vaynerchuk. Little old but still relevant 5mo

LibrarianRyan It can be a pain. I had one for my last library. 5mo

LibrarianRyan What is nice is if you are more of a FB gal, you can link the two and anything you post to FB automatically goes to twitter. 5mo

Anton "A jumble of incoherent thoughts" is a pretty accurate description of Twitter ? 5mo

kricheal @Anton Right?! 😂😂 I've never had any trouble trying to figure out how to work a social platform before. It just looks so unorganized to me. 5mo

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The People We Hate at the Wedding | Grant Ginder

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Reggie This might be an unpopular opinion but I loved this one. All the characters are so flawed. 5mo

kricheal @Reggie I agree. I just finished, I really liked it. 5mo

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Jenny Han

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Oh my gosh how cute and adorable is this book?! I'm going to check out the movie tonight. Is it as good? #20 #2019

Lovesbooks87 I love the movie. It is so cute. Can't tell you how many times I have watched it! 5mo

Liatrek The movie is great! It‘s a very good adaption and they marking a sequel 😍 5mo

MallenNC I loved the books and the movie. It is very cute! I hope you enjoy it. 5mo

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Prairiegirl_reading I actually liked the movie better! 5mo

CorLie The movie is adorable. I'm well outside it's target demographic, but it was so much fun... 5mo

DivineDiana @CorLie As am I, and agree so much fun! 5mo

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Untitled | Anonymous

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Jenny Han

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Lovesbooks87 Loved this book! I actually just got done watching the movie for the millionth time! 5mo

kricheal @Lovesbooks87 I've been waiting to watch it! 5mo

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