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kspenmoll

Joined May 2016

Lifelong reader, teacher insta:kdspenmoll. Joined May 15, 2016
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North Woods by Daniel Mason
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Twenty Poems by Anna Andreevena Akhmatova
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Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature by Alison Hokanson , Joanna Sheers Seidenstein
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Falling in Love by Donna Leon
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Night by Elie Wiesel
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Still Life with Remorse by Maira Kalman
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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The Drowned: A Novel by John Banville
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Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
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Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D Jackson, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk
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A Cartography of Peace by Jean L. Connor
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
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Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
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Unknown Book 7535597 by Unknown Unknown
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The Sea Garden: A Novel by Marcia Willett
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Cloud a Day Journal by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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1979 by Val McDermid
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Bloodlines by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
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Poems for Morning by Various Authors
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Watson's Choice by Gladys Mitchell
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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The Night Travelers: A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa
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The Land Of Spices by Kate O'Brien
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A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
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A Book of Days by Patti Smith
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Map: Collected and Last Poems by Wis?awa Szymborska
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Learning to Talk: Stories by Hilary Mantel
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The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez
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Mecca: A Novel by Susan Straight
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Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
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Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov
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Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
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Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
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Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
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Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams
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Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
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Her Last Flight: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
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A Black Women's History of the United States by Kali Nicole Gross, Daina Ramey Berry
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Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith
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Murder at Queen's Landing by Andrea Penrose
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An Unlikely Spy: A Novel by Rebecca Starford
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Fire Force, Volume 1 by Atsushi Ohkubo
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A Taste for Murder | Claudia Bishop
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Tonight‘s escapism after a long tiring but successful day back at work. #shelfsweeper #4Elizabeth

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Aftermath | Peter Robinson
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Aftermath: The “House of Payne” a typical upper class,luxurious suburban home in a lovely neighborhood,harbors a nightmare of unimaginable horrors.In the murky depths of its outbuildings basements‘, ghastly,monstrous,horrific evil has been released into the area.impossible to guess the outcome.
The Summer That never Was: While DCI Banks is recuperating from the previous books descent into evil‘s murky depths in Greece,he sees a news article⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ about a friend of his who went missing when they were 12.He goes back in time in his mind & heart revisiting his childhood home. It is not his case, but he assist the DCI in charge in the process of their investigation, they uncovered corruption at the highest levels in both the police department and government. #serieslove2025 #DCIBanksMystery #literarypoliceprocederal (edited) 11m
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Just a taste of what the book offers. I chose Casper David Fredrich as an example of the many artists included in the book because we just viewed a recent exhibit of his at the NY Met.

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/caspar-david-friedrich-the-soul-of-nature

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Look what came in the mail today from Blackwells!!! It‘s beautifully illustrated with maps,pictures of paintings, graphics. It‘s magical! #bookmailisthebestmail

RaeLovesToRead IMMEDIATELY ADDED TO BASKET. This looks amazing 🥰🥰🥰 14m
kspenmoll @RaeLovesToRead it‘s just so breathtaking to peruse through! 2m
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Reading about Poirot‘s exploits while my son is in PT. 😊🔎

tpixie Cool cover. Good luck with your son‘s PT. 3h
Librarybelle 😁 1h
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Poems for Morning | Various Authors
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Happy Monday morning everyone!

AnnCrystal Happy Monday to you to 🤩💝. 2d
Bookwormjillk Happy Monday! 2d
Gissy Happy Monday! Beautiful photo ☕️ 😍👌 💛 2d
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AmyG Happy Monday. Doesn‘t that look lovely! (edited) 1d
Deblovestoread Happy Monday! 1d
dabbe “Monday, Monday ... so good to me.“ 💜💚💜 1d
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#DCIBanksMystery #13 #serieslove2025
I may take a break from this series only because I do not want to finish these books too fast. But i just had to see Banks through this one book after the previous tumultuous Aftermath‘s journey into the bowels of evil.

TheSpineView Fantastic! 🤩📖📚 2d
Reggie lol, that‘s quite the Monday morning!!! lol 19h
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Aftermath | Peter Robinson
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Librarybelle Good luck! 2d
TheSpineView Those look good! Enjoy 2d
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Tonight I plan to be in bed by 8:00 & read the tagged book. Hydrating myself with water! #HyggeHourReadathon

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️ 2d
kspenmoll Actually I am watching the Yankee / Mets game from the couch with my family after a pizza dinner.⚾️ 2d
dabbe @kspenmoll Who are you rooting for? 2d
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Susanita I‘m watching that too! 2d
kspenmoll @dabbe We are a yankee family going back to my dad who went to Med school at Cornell & interned at Yale- that half of Ct is NY upper half CT Boston Red Sox (edited) 2d
kspenmoll @Susanita ⚾️⚾️ 2d
dabbe @kspenmoll I thought you were a Yankee fan! So, is the bigger rivalry in CT then between the Yankees and the Red Sox? 2d
kspenmoll @dabbe Totally biggest rivalry! When Robert was in elementary school, he had an ongoing thing with one of his teachers. She was a Red Sox fan; he was a Yankee fan. She gave him a Yankee watch plastic of course when he graduated sixth grade. 2d
dabbe @kspenmoll What fun! Sounds like a fabulous teacher, too! 😍 1d
kspenmoll @dabbe She is a fabulous teacher! Small world: I have ended up working with her daughter in HS, who I knew when she was growing in her Momma! 1d
dabbe @kspenmoll “It's a small world after all!“ 😍 1d
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Summer at Tiffany | Marjorie Hart
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Sunday morning coffee & a book. #sunddaybuddyread

RaeLovesToRead The table ❤️ The teacup 💙 The cushions! 💜 2d
Librarybelle I love your photo setups! 2d
TheBookHippie This is gorgeous!!! 2d
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Gissy 📖 ☕️ 👌😋 2d
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2d
kspenmoll @RaeLovesToRead @Librarybelle @TheBookHippie @Gissy @dabbe Thank you all! Makes me feel happy.❤️ (edited) 2d
AnnCrystal Cozy 📚💝. 2d
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Deadly Wedding | Kate Parker
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TheSpineView Excellent! Making great progress! ♥️📖📚 3d
Andrew65 Some excellent books in both categories. (edited) 3d
Librarybelle Yay!! 3d
TheBookHippie Wow!! 3d
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My stack for #14books14weeks Not set in stone ; I may swap out at any time for a book not stacked!

TheKidUpstairs I LOVED After Sappho! 3d
Liz_M What a lovely stack! Btw, your hashtag is somewhat broken? It's showing as just #14weeks? 2d
kspenmoll @Liz_M thanks! Will edit! 2d
sarahbarnes Small Things Like These! ♥️ 2d
janeycanuck I just finished Kate & Frida. It‘s lovely, hope you enjoy! 1d
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“To be alive and think are the same thing(228)”.
This graphic novel was in our HS library.I think it is a reliable,researched,brief readable summary of Arendt‘s life & worksThe graphics are fun,facial expressions & body language authentic,Exaggerations of faces,bodies add a playful element.The language is modern- might that be due to the author‘s intended audience? Examples:Lines are “The Game is AFoot 9.1.1939 (100)”The Fleet Street Pundts(101).”

kspenmoll The author‘s graphic artistry in capturing settings:war‘s destruction, camps, NYC, is elemental to the author‘s grasp of time & place,& reveals a sense of realism throughout. #adventuresinphilosophy #HannahArendt (edited) 3d
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#adventureinphilosophy #HannahArednt
“I start living three lives at the same time”(88).

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The birth of Totalitarianism (165). #adventuresinphilosophy #HannahArendt

TheBookHippie This looks like a must have for school libraries! 3d
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Germans are rounded up in France & transported to up in France the Velodrome D‘Hiver. After three days living there listening to “ uselessblather” & sleeping its lice filled straw mattresses, Arendt proclaims she finds “one intelligent, truth, telling person to talk to, to argue with sensibly, to dialogue with… Myself.”107).

AnnCrystal 😢🙏🌍🌎🌏. 3d
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Starting my Saturday with coffee & a book. Love this book cover! #ChristieCapers

Bookwormjillk 😍😍😍 3d
Librarybelle Lovely! 3d
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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#JumpStartSummer
Join in this readathon sponsoed by @TheSpineView I plan to hunker down amid celebrations & read!

TheSpineView Sounds like great plans! Thanks for joining in! 4d
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Cold Is the Grave | Peter Robinson
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#serieslove2025 #DCIBanksMystery #11 #LiteraryPoliceProcedural
Another stunner in this series. Morally complex, expertly plotted, riveting – a tale of elusive evil.

TheSpineView Fantastic! 🤩📖📚 4d
Andrew65 Such a wonderful series, well done 🎉🎉🎉 4d
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Untitled | Unknown
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#5JoysFriday
We have SUN!!!!☀️
- My garden is out of control, but rain has stopped!
- I won a plant in a raffle
- Em & Poe curled up together in the sun.
- coffee & books of course!
- my allergies went nuts, turned into sinus infection & bronchitis- joy in that my medical team in superb & my hubby & son are taking great care of me. Chicken noodle soup & baguettes!

Daisey Yay for new plants and green gardens! 4d
dabbe Hope you‘re feeling better soon! 💙💚💙 4d
ShelleyBooksie Hope you feel better soon! 4d
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AnnCrystal 🙏🏼😘💝💝💝💝💝. (edited) 4d
Lesliereadsalot Boo to sinus infections! Feel better 🩷 4d
mcctrish Allergies are bad enough! I hope you feel better soon 4d
kspenmoll @Daisey Such a joy after winter & a long rainy spring!!! Although maybe the rain brought all that growth?! 4d
kspenmoll @dabbe @ShelleyBooksie @AnnCrystal @Lesliereadsalot @mcctrish Thank you all so much for your healing wishes. I am in my way. 🩷 4d
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝 sweet husband and son. Hope your better swiftly. 3d
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North Woods | Daniel Mason
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Read more of this novel while my son is having PT. Magical. Bliss.#Naturalitsy

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Austen at Sea | Natalie Jenner
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Went to my local Indie bookstore to get my monthly pre-order(tagged), & of course I had to buy another book! Also got some stickers from my expert birder sister-in -law who is recovering from by-pass surgery. Sending the stickers along with other recover goodies to Alaska where they live.

AnnCrystal Prayers for a good recovery for your sister-in-law 🙏🏼💝. 5d
kspenmoll @AnnCrystal Thank you. That means so much to me. 💕💕 5d
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Untitled | Unknown
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My results are quite sad. My top 3:
Middlemarch
The Adventures of Conan Doyle
The Awakening

AmyG Mine were just as sad. 5d
Bookwormjillk You beat me! 5d
dabbe I'll be joining you; we'll be sad together! I'm hoping the 1900s will bring us better luck! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 5d
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Eleanor and the Cold War | Ellen Yardley
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After picking up my monthly Indie bookshop pick, I stopped for coffee & a sandwich & a book. #IrenesCoffee #readyourkindle #EleanorRooseveltMystery

TheBookHippie Oooo look so lovely! 5d
BooksandCoffee4Me Looks like a perfect afternoon. 💛💛💛 5d
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Curses! | Aaron Elkins
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Slow going at first,almost bailed.A thread of interest kept me reading.The pace picked up;the plot thickened.The Mexican archaeological dig had a history of a cave-in stopping it‘s operation 5 yrs earlier.Now they could resume the dig.The plot was interwoven with an ancient Mayan Tlaloc curse which materialized in the present.A crew member,Emma declared she was in contact with a “personage…Huluc-Canab” from Tlaloc time,creating a humorous touch.

Andrew65 Excellent🎉🎉🎉 5d
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A reimagining of Margaret Fuller‘s life-with Margaret Fuller as narrator of her own story.Although her life was cut short,she experienced it to its fullest via her own violation.Her narration enabled me to get swept up in her inner thoughts,observations,& desires.Like many women,her “herstory” was sidelined by the eminent men in her sphere.The exception was NY newspaper publisher H. Greeley.He was able to truly “see” her,& encourage her quests.

Meshell1313 Oooh yay! Glad you liked it! 6d
Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 4d
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North Woods | Daniel Mason
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Started this tonight. Only 40 pages in but I totally understand why the book received so many accolades. #Naturalitsy #shelfsweeper #4Elizabeth

Lesliereadsalot Loved this one! 1w
Andrew65 Not even heard of this one! I look forward to your review. 4d
Tove_Reads Haven‘t read it. Hope it‘s good til the end! 4d
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#HyggeHourReadathon
Some poetry, some forensic anthropology mystery, some cinnamon milk & almond thins. Relaxing into Monday. Sleep well my friends. 😴

TheBookHippie Love! Sleep well friend. 1w
AllDebooks Wonderful. So cosy x 1w
AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 1w
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Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Thanks-I so need it! 1w
kspenmoll @AllDebooks Totally cozy & warm. 1w
kspenmoll @AnnCrystal @Chrissyreadit Thanks for the love!❤️ 1w
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Eleanor and the Cold War | Ellen Yardley
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Lucas, ex-M16, had been reflecting on WWI & the 19 yr old grandson he lost. It was 1933 & the specter of another war loomed… the cherty tree & Housman‘s poem reminded me of our magnolia tree & how we observe its seasons.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44411/a-shropshire-lad-2-loveliest-of-tre...

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Hannah has made her first escape from Germany to Paris. She heard news of Heidegger, with who she was romantically linked from 1924-8. In this graphic novel, she asks herself why is he saying these things; she is truly at a loss at his embracing of Nazism.

GingerAntics Oof that had to have been a horrible time for her… you think you know someone so well, and then that happens. 1w
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Summer at Tiffany | Marjorie Hart
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Catching up on this delightful #sundaybuddyread before I join in the discussion. After a week of rain, I can finally relax on my porch. #porchlife

mcctrish What a gorgeous reading spot 1w
Ruthiella That looks so cool and inviting! 1w
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful space ♡♡ 1w
AnnCrystal 😍📚💝. 1w
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I forgot to post my #WeeklyFavorites for April.
~The Lioness of Boston (Isabella Gardiner)
~Witness
~Jane Kenyon‘s Collected Poems
~Watching the Perseids
~Man in the Brown Suit
4 books are #shelfsweeper #4Elizabeth

Read4life Good looking month!! 💙📚💙 1w
Andrew65 Some excellent choices. I enjoyed The Man in the Brown Suit. 4d
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❤️💛🧡

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This is my adult Autistic son.He knows R.F. Kennedy Jr.‘s appalling,abhorrent views on Autistic people. My husband‘s shared this beautiful letter
from the mother of an Autistic daughter.She says what i cannot put into words-my son is a gift, one that has set my life path on an unexpected trajectory, & I am all the ricer for it.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-robert-f-kennedy-jr-who-th...

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️😘😘RFK is an abomination 1w
Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
Bookwormjillk ❤️ 1w
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dabbe Oh, lord, did that make me 😭!!! Thank you for sharing this, for sharing your handsome son with us, for resisting this absolute mother-fucker. #rfkwillpay #resistance ✊🏻💙✊🏻 1w
Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
AnnCrystal 😘🫂🇺🇸🙏🇺🇲💝. 1w
willaful My adult autistic daughter is the joy of my life. 💝 1w
IriDas I have two autistic children and RFK Jr can just—well, something that‘s not for polite society. My kids are wonderful human beings and they deserve better than a society that already treats them poorly. 1w
Jas16 ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
kspenmoll @willaful ❤️🥰 1w
kspenmoll @IriDas ❤️🥰 1w
willaful @IriDas Hear hear! 1w
ncsufoxes As a mom of Autistic child I see you & get you. Our Autistic son is almost 16. He‘s made our life more interesting. He‘s funny, smart, caring, compassionate, full of animal facts. Our 2 other kids have ADHD. RFK can suck a lemon. This man has no business anywhere near the department of health & human services . I worry about the long term damage that will be done to the Autism community. Luckily we‘re resilient & fierce advocates. 1w
kspenmoll @ncsufoxes Yes, resilient, fierce, strong! #seeusroar #resist #RFKsucklemons (edited) 1w
Suet624 💕💕💕 1w
ncsufoxes Also Autism is not a tragedy & we are not broken families. Our kids are people that deserve a full & meaningful life just like anyone else. Also RFK should read the tagged book. Such a great book on the history of Autism & more. (edited) 1w
Tamra 💙💙 You are blessed 💙💙 1w
Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 1w
Lesliereadsalot So cute! You are so lucky to have each other. And the same for all the other moms who have commented here.🩷🩷. 1w
LeahBergen ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
DogMomIrene Autistic people are marvels! RFKjr, not. My opinion of him? What @Chrissyreadit and @dabbe said! 1w
dabbe @DogMomIrene 🎯🩵🎯 1w
Centique I saw a news reel with that dreadful man making that comment and i thought both, how incredibly stupid you are old man, and also how incredibly hurtful. Where has he been that he does not know wonderful, amazing, autistic people? Please pass on to your son that most of the world knows better 💕 1w
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Eleanor and the Cold War | Ellen Yardley
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TheSpineView Enjoy! ❤️📖 1w
Andrew65 Hope you had an excellent reading weekend. (edited) 1w
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Dead Right | Peter Robinson
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#9: a dead body in an alleyway,a white power organization, & greed run rampant.A multilayered plot for DCI banks to unwind.
#10: a drought has caused the waters of a reservoir to recede. Yorkshire village from times past, is revealed. A female skeleton is uncovered.DCI Banks‘ challenge is to discover who viciously murdered this woman over half a century ago.Dead witnesses witnesses still alive, but hesitant to become involved make for a ⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ Complicated plot creating a multitude of obstacles for Banks‘ & his team. Allusions to literature & music are sprinkled throughout both books. I have added some to my music library! #serieslove2025 #literarypoliceprocedural 1w
TheSpineView Excellent!❤️📖📚 1w
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 In A Dry Season was one of my favourites in the series along with Aftermath - book 12 1w
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Thrift books mail 😊📚

Ruthiella Nice haul! 👍 1w
Suet624 Wonderful! 1w
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Gratitude | Oliver Sacks
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#5JoysFriday
1) Opening season soccer game-we won ! #hartfordcityfootballclub
2) lily of the valley blooming in my yard ( the one day we had no rain this week)
3)Em-cat waits patiently for me to come to bed every night-nestles on my pillow
4) books!!!!
5) coffee always!

dabbe 💚💜💚 2w
TheBookHippie I love lily of the valley! Need to plant some this year! 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
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Introduction to this graphic novel. ❤️

GingerAntics Oooooooh I‘ve learned something already. 2w
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Have His Carcase | Dorothy L. Sayers
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Mehso-so

This dragged on for me. Too much talk: blah blah blah from Lord Peter Wimsey. Harriet Vane, the voice of reason, sighted a dead body by the shore when she was picnicking. The plot that unfolds due to their investigation, although convoluted, did reach a resolution in the end. #readyourkindle

willaful I remember finding this one pretty dull. Gaudy Night is wonderful! 2w
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Found this at our HS library today. Excited to try this graphic novel about Hannah Arendt‘s life, her philosophy, her politics, her courage, her warts & all.

TheBookHippie Ooooo!!!! Report back! 2w
GingerAntics Oooooooooo, can‘t wait to hear what you think. 2w
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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Percival Everett won the Pulitzer for fiction. 🧡🧡🧡

CatLass007 The wait list at my library is long and I suspect it now will grow longer. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @CatLass007 the wait list at my library for the audio is currently 1570 people long 😂. So glad I read it last year. 2w
AmyG Oh NICE! I just started his book Erasure. Good timing as he is the #AuthorAMonth for May. @Soubhiville (edited) 2w
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CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures LIBBY says the wait time is about 26 weeks, which is at least ten weeks longer than it was last week. Unfortunately, I‘ve already maxed out my holds on LIBBY. I may have to bite the bullet in June and buy a copy. 2w
Lesliereadsalot Such a good book. Very happy about this! 2w
Suet624 Great news! 2w
willaful Very cool! Oh man, I'd better go grab my #AuthorAMonth book while I still can... 2w
sarahbarnes ♥️♥️♥️ 2w
BarbaraBB That is such good news. Finally he won a major prize! 2w
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Andrew65 Love the DCI Banks books. 2w
kspenmoll @Andrew65 I am trying to read this series in order- sometimes one right after another, sometimes with a break in between. I am having fun with all the music & literary references. 2w
Andrew65 @kspenmoll Definitely liked his music in those books. (edited) 2w
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#shelfsweeper #historicalfiction
I know so much about the transcendentalists time & its men from reading & teaching, but not enough about Margaret Fuller, who is neglected in history.This is fiction, But I will see if I can find a biography as well to eventually read as well. Anyone know of one?

ChaoticMissAdventures Wow I had to look her up, I don't think I have ever heard of her and she sounds fascinating. I cannot believe the women we overlook in history. 2w
TheBookHippie I own this Margaret Fuller: Collected Writings https://a.co/d/9A952yU part of my feminist cannon reading 2w
kspenmoll @TheBookHippie That sounds fascinating! To the library I go! 2w
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kspenmoll @ChaoticMissAdventures In college I took a UConn history class one summer on Women in history & Literature. Opened my eyes for sure! 2w
rubyslippersreads The second quote reminds me of “How do you solve a problem like Maria.” 😄 2w
kspenmoll @rubyslippersreads I love that! Perfect! 😊 2w
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May Possibles.
Two are #ShelfSweeper: Finding Margaret Fuller & North Woods.
#4Elizabeth

Lesliereadsalot North Woods is so good! 2w
Tamra Echo re: Northwoods! 2w
Andrew65 Hope you enjoy them and have a good reading month. 2w
quietlycuriouskate North Woods ❤️ 2w
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In a Dry Season | Peter Robinson
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Summer at Tiffany | Marjorie Hart
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Saturday morning porch reading. After a week of clouds & rain, it is heavenly to sip coffee on my porch. #sundaybuddyread

julieclair What a lovely picture! 2w
TheBookHippie Oh this is gorgeous!!!! 2w
quietlycuriouskate Delightful! 2w
AmyG Perfect photo! 2w
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Gratitude | Oliver Sacks
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#5JoysFriday
🌸 National Indie Bookstore Day my-My choices are displayed on my couch.
🌸 our magnolia tree lost lots of petals due to rain-still beautiful
🌸 Spirit week at the HS-staff & students had such fun following a daily schedule of creative dress ideas- to match the first letter of my name,I was a kite for day- clipped to my back with a semi-tail! High energy, joyful chaos!
🌸 immersed in poetry thx to #AprilPoetryChallenge
🌸 Em-cat!

mcctrish That‘s a gorgeous magnolia 3w
TheBookHippie I loved the poetry challenge!!! 3w
dabbe 💜💚💜 3w
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Bookwormjillk Great haul! 3w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 3w
wanderinglynn Great haul! And glad you enjoyed my National poetry month challenge 2w
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Untitled | Unknown
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My April 2025 stats via StoryGraph.

Gissy 18 books 🤩📚👏👏👏 3w
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