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ravenlee

Joined March 2018

Homeschool mom trying desperately to read grown-up stuff (at least occasionally)
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Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
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This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained by Cara Natterson, MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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The King and Vi by Shana Galen
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
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I was worried that the lending period from hoopla was only 2 weeks, not 3; I just finished it in 8 days.

Amazing and powerful and overwhelming. Audio was hard for keeping names straight (there are a lot) but I just sort of went with the flow. Inspired by recently reading Solnit‘s Whose Story Is This?, which directly mentions this book and has an essay dedicated to CBFord, too. Highly recommend.

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This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained | Cara Natterson, MD, Vanessa Kroll Bennett
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Starting this one next.

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Another home run from Solnit. These essays show their age in ways, being written during the Trump presidency, but the messages are still valid. Who controls the narrative, what stories we hear, how we interpret them - it‘s all here. Ideas about place names (how frequently do we see cities/streets/statues named for women?) and the hero mentality vs community action…there‘s a lot to unpack in this slim volume. Just read it, ok?

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“…electability apparently tied to the gender-specific sparking of joy in the scrotum.”

Makes me laugh and cry all at the same time.

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I started this book a couple of weeks ago, but I‘m actually getting into it just now. So often, Solnit just hits the nail right on the head.

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Bride | Ali Hazelwood
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Hey UK-based Littens - Ali Hazelwood will be at Waterstones in Piccadilly at the end of March. Event info on the Waterstones events website.

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Calling on Dragons | Patricia C. Wrede
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Funny to be reading this while kiddo is watching the animated Alice in Wonderland in the next room.

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Thanks for entering @Clare-Dragonfly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Deblovestoread

Kiddo picked the winner out of the hat - congratulations to @Deblovestoread !

Please send me your mailing address to acskie at yahoo dot com and I‘ll get it in the mail this week.

Deblovestoread Thank you so much! 3w
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Today is the last day! Comment on my original post to win a copy of the tagged book. Deadline is 5 pm central time. I‘ll draw a name and send it on its way next week.
#PemberLittens #JaneAusten

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GIVEAWAY! Enter with a comment on this post by 5 pm CT on Friday, 23 February, to win this lovely NF book about Jane Austen‘s works and how we came to get them. I‘ll draw a winner out of a hat and send it off next week.

I meant to do this ages ago, but better late than never. I bought this book twice, read and enjoyed it, and recommend it to JA fans. I hope my extra copy finds a good home!

Deblovestoread I‘d give it a good home 😌 4w
Clare-Dragonfly How do we enter? 4w
ravenlee 🤦🏻‍♀️ @Clare-Dragonfly I didn‘t make that clear, did I? Just comment here to enter! 4w
Clare-Dragonfly Then I‘m entered! Yay! 😁 4w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So sweet of you 🩷 3w
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The No-Show | Beth O'Leary
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Starting a new read this morning with a cranberry muffin and herbal tea.

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Today‘s #bookhaul while kiddo was in ballet rehearsal and hubby said we should run errands. How could that not start at the bookstore?

kspenmoll Poe & Langston Hughes! 1mo
TheBookHippie Love the poetry!!! 1mo
AuthorDeniseTurney That's good reading, Edgar Allen Poe and Langston Hughes. Enjoy! Deep and moving writing. 1mo
Suet624 Nice! 1mo
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If you follow HCR‘s Letters from an American a lot of this will be familiar, and the last 1/4 or so repeats some of the first half (as well as some of HCR‘s previous book, tagged below); but this is still an amazing book and everyone should read it. How we got into this political mess and why it all matters.

ravenlee There‘s a good bit of repeated material from this book, but it‘s important information, so I can forgive it. 1mo
Susanita I miss her podcast with Joanne Freeman. 1mo
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The Labors of Hercules Beal | Gary D. Schmidt
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Very good MG with some tough stuff. I came close to crying several times. Hercules has a school assignment to recreate the Twelve Labors of the mythical Hercules. It‘s a challenge, but it makes Herc learn about himself and how to process losing his parents. TW for death of parents and harm to animals (not by humans, all natural, but nature is kind of a bitch in this case).

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Starting this today (or trying to) while #DannyBoy wants very much to have ALL THE SNUGGLES and kiddo fights off a cold. I‘ve fallen behind on reviews again, and will get around to them…eventually.

TheBookHippie It‘s sooooo good!! 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 Relax ... reviews can wait. 1mo
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Beautiful artwork, interesting story, complex characters…but I don‘t know how I feel about it yet. The blurb about this not being a straightforward damsel-in-distress story is really just the first 20 pages or so; a lot more happens after that. Definitely dark, definitely adult. Must think more on it before reviewing.

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Mehso-so

Meh. It was fine. There are several inconsistencies between stories, and even within stories (a secondary character in the last story is described by another character as six feet tall and then by the narrator as “not that tall” - EDIT: I‘m conflating two characters, so this one is on me, but the rest stand) which bothers me. Interesting premise but it felt more like a writing exercise or character sketches to me.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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Recent acquisitions. The bottom left is a book my friend wrote, and he‘s almost done with number two! Middle two are for our homeschool.

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Ruthiella Love it! 😂❤️ 2mo
ju.ca.no Yes😍🫶🏽 2mo
intothehallofbooks LOVE this! 2mo
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IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
Crazeedi Yes!!! 2mo
Bookwormjillk Love it!! 2mo
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Right?

Hooked_on_books This woman is brilliant! 2mo
CatLass007 Funny!!😆 2mo
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo
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RaeLovesToRead 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
Suet624 Hahaha 2mo
dabbe 😂😂😂 2mo
Sarahreadstoomuch 😂😂 2mo
BookmarkTavern I approve! 😂😂😂 2mo
GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 this is true! 2mo
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I really need to stop browsing at the library. I already have two books checked out that I need to read, and yet look what followed me home today! We had two tote bags bursting at the seams, so I think it‘s safe to say I have created a monster who is exactly like her mother in this respect. About ten are for school, though!

TheBookHippie I do this ! Go in for holds pick up 10 more 😂 2mo
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I enjoyed this series starter and Cal and Bridget‘s adventure. He‘s an Irish thief, she‘s a by-the-book administrative assistant. He never intended to work for the British government, she never expected to be in the field. When a mission requires their unorthodox pairing, they have to rely on each other. Sparks fly, complications ensue. The intrigue felt unresolved, but I hope the rest of the series helps with that.

ravenlee I received a review copy and this is my honest opinion. 2mo
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Buzzing (A Graphic Novel) | Samuel Sattin, Rye Hickman
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This is a really good upper-MGGN, focusing on Isaac as he lives with OCD “bees” constantly buzzing in his ears. Finding friends and starting to play a TTRPG with them expand his world, until his very controlling mother shuts it all down. Being a neurotypical older sibling to a neurodivergent younger is an important theme, there are gender norms discussed, budding romance as part of finding yourself…so much really good, healthy stuff!

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Low pick, though I can‘t quite figure what was missing. Good main characters, supporting characters, believable conflict, and lots of lovely body positivity throughout. Something just feels a little off about it all.

Everly ends up on a makeover show for plus-size people, and it forces her out of hiding in her professional life. She pursues dormant interests and lets herself be herself again, and finds love on the far side of the camera.

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Yesterday‘s library #bookhaul - both MG graphic novels. It‘s been tough to find reading time lately, and after wading through Liz Cheney‘s book something easier to read seemed like a good idea.

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I don‘t think anything in here was new, really, but having it all laid out, clearly and emphatically, was impressive. I don‘t agree with Cheney‘s politics, but I can admire the courage of her convictions in this instance. My dad recommended this book; he said it was “probably the most overwhelming book” he‘s ever read. I recommend it if you can stomach more politics and a lot of Trump. It‘s a good reminder of what we stand to lose later this year.

dabbe I feel like I'll be holding my breath until the second week of November. 😱 2mo
Suet624 I really wish this Trump nightmare was over. 2mo
ravenlee @dabbe no joke. @Suet624 I just don‘t know what it‘s going to take to get him out of the running for good. It‘s scary the way he won‘t go away. And I worry about the next generation of this type, too, because it won‘t just disappear. 2mo
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Suet624 @ravenlee do you get notes from Jessica Craven “Chop Wood, Carry Water”? She‘s on Substack. Very clear ideas on day to day things you can do to elect Dems. On Sunday she lets you know all the good things that happened politically which is always lovely to see. 2mo
ravenlee @Suet624 I didn‘t know about that, thank you! I read Heather Cox Richardson every day and it‘s amazingly informative but not always inspiring. 2mo
Suet624 I read Heather‘s column too. If you don‘t mind I‘ll add two others that have been very helpful and often hopeful to me. They are both on Substack. Check out Robert Hubbell and Simon Rosenberg (his is called Hopium Chronicles). You can select the free edition. Over time I decided to pay for them because they both offered me so much. Hubbell includes an audio if you prefer to listen. 2mo
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#DannyBoy not being a jerk for once, in lieu of a pic of this audiobook.

Fascinating and kind of terrifying look at the Dominionist movement in Christian America. I would love an update that covers the intervening 15-ish years.

We drove to Dallas after Christmas and there‘s a stretch of I-20 with billboards spouting this kind of garbage (abolish income tax/teacher unions/social security; bring back Yahwuh). Frightening.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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Ever feel like your library #bookhaul is…a little…eclectic? Tagged was an impulse grab from the new release shelf, though I had already stacked it at some point. Hubby requested the Western movie. My dad recommended the Cheney (he‘s decidedly conservative and I am NOT), but I expected a wait so now I have to move it up the list.

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Mehso-so

I really wanted to like this more, and maybe that‘s why it sat for most of a year on the shelf after I finally bought it. I liked the premise, I liked Sophie and her sisters…I just didn‘t love it. One of the problems I had will go under a spoiler tag, but overall I just really wanted more. It just always felt like it was on the brink of something great, but we never got there.

ravenlee The twist of Wizard Howl being Howell Jenkins from Wales, it just really didn‘t work for me. It felt like a huge let-down, almost an “it was all a dream” kind of disappointment. And then it didn‘t even go anywhere with that storyline, either! Majorly frustrating. 2mo
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Loathe to Love You | Ali Hazelwood
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I really enjoyed this set of novellas, centering on three friends as they go their separate ways post-doc. It got a little repetitive and formulaic, but I liked seeing the three different relationships develop. My favorite was probably Sadie‘s story, Stuck With You, but it‘s close. If you like smart women who don‘t always make smart choices, and can overlook the basic problem of not talking it out, give this one a try.

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While there are sections that get lost in the weeds, overall this is a fascinating look at what really happens during crises; not the chaos and looting we expect and often see in movies and even news, but people supporting people. I think the Katrina section could/should have been its own book, really, but I learned a lot. Goes well with Hope in the Dark.

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Dealing with Dragons | Patricia C. Wrede
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Catch up the first.

I loved this book, absolutely adored it. I wish I‘d read it as a kid and I can‘t wait for kiddo to read it. But she‘ll have to wait until I finish the quartet because otherwise we‘ll be fighting over them! Cimorene is a great hero and Kazul the dragon is awesome. I hope to finish the remaining three this month.

Clare-Dragonfly I should reread these books! I only remember them very vaguely so they‘d be almost new to me. But I am sure I loved them. 2mo
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First he was school supplies, then #DannyBoy decided he was breakfast food. He‘s into everything these last couple mornings, tearing around the house at super-speed and getting on tables and counters everywhere. I don‘t know what he wants!
#catsofLitsy

julesG Cabin fever? My cat has similar antics these days. 🙄 2mo
WorldsOkayestStepMom He wants that jar of Nutella. Wait, that might be me who wants it. 🤣 2mo
RaeLovesToRead Oh my God, Danny, you are cracking me up 🤣🤣🤣 Oh haiiii, I is be breakfast!!! 2mo
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Ruthiella My cat gets the zoomies like that sometimes too. And he is allowed outside, so I don‘t think it‘s boredom? 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
Branwen 😹😹😹 2mo
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Everything in its place! Apparently #DannyBoy is school supplies now…which actually makes sense for our homeschool.

I‘ve been overwhelmed in recent months and am working on getting myself organized and functioning better. I hope to catch up on reviews over the next few days, without a full-on blast! Stay tuned to see what I‘ve been reading.
#catsofLitsy

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 All surfaces belong to the cat! Hope you get out from under soon! ❤️ 2mo
RaeLovesToRead If I fits, I sits 🥰🥰 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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julesG That's what it looks like here, too. 2mo
kspenmoll Cats just love those semi hidden places! 2mo
ravenlee @Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead @dabbe @julesG @kspenmoll he‘s been kind of a terror the last two mornings, so when he was nosing around the cart I said fine, whatever will make you settle for two minutes! and I moved the bottom stuff. He did, in fact, stay for about two minutes, before resuming his terrorist antics. 2mo
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That's a Wrap | Heather Silvio
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My first year on StoryGraph and I liked it pretty well. I‘d hoped to pull out the pages goal but the last quarter-year was a real challenge for me reading-wise. This year I set much more modest goals (13 books, 1000 pages) and have dropped all challenges, buddy reads, and book clubs, in order to stress less and enjoy more.

keys_on_fire That‘s fantastic!!! 3mo
Amiable Yay for less stress and more happy reading! 3mo
CatLass007 Wow! Great job! 3mo
Ruthiella Nice work! 👏👏👏 3mo
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Poems | Hermann Hesse
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I always find poetry in translation difficult. When a poem doesn‘t work for me, is it the poet or the translator at work? I found most of these good, but none of them great.

First book of 2024 done.

Itchyfeetreader This is such a tough one and gets to the heart of how tough it is to translate. Not just words or grammar but feeling and purpose and a ton do other things besides 3mo
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Transformations | Anne Sexton
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I really didn‘t like this entire collection. I had a bad feeling reading the introduction by Vonnegut, and then…yeah. I‘m sure there‘s more to the poems than I got but, no thanks. Not for me.

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We took a quick trip to Dallas (mostly for dinner, which ended up being okay rather than fantastic) and stopped at BN to get kiddo the Lego set she‘s wanted for the past two years. I got the rest of this series while the hardcover sale was still going.

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Merry Christmas, Anne | Kallie George
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Today‘s BN #bookhaul, courtesy of a gift card from my dad. I don‘t think I‘ve ever spent a gift card faster! The Lore Olympus are the BN exclusive editions and I hope to get volumes one and two tomorrow when we go to Dallas and visit a different store. Goddess Girls is the rest of kiddo‘s Christmas books that arrived late.

batsy Ooh, I covet that edition of the Greek Plays 😍 3mo
ravenlee @batsy there‘s an edition of The Greek Histories by the same translation/editing team, too. I‘m hoping to get it soon. And then, you know…actually read them. 3mo
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Kiddo‘s Christmas #bookhaul (plus four yesterday for jolabokaflod, plus another six or so over the last month for the book advent calendar…). The tagged book is the blue one near the bottom. Oh, and a massive haul in B&N gift cards. What do they say about apples and trees?

LeahBergen Noel Streatfeild! 🥰 3mo
batsy Can't go wrong with Noel Streatfeild! 😍 And I've had my eye on Kiki's Delivery Service 🙂 3mo
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The Classic Fairy Tales | Edited by Maria Tatar
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My Christmas #bookhaul - interesting that my family ignores the practical kitchen stuff on my wishlist and gave me books. 😆

May your Christmas (if you celebrate) be merry, bright, and book-filled. If you don‘t celebrate, may your Monday be…well, book-filled!

Tamra 😂 My family will always get me the kitchen stuff, but not the books. 3mo
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COVID Chronicles | Ethan Sacks
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I‘m slowly but surely recovering. I‘m cautiously spending time around kiddo, hubby, and kitty, but no hugs yet. The worst is over but the cough remains, and if it‘s like every other winter illness I‘ve ever had the cough will remain for weeks. Hubby is still handling cooking duties but decided he can‘t live without macaroni and cheese, so I‘ve been talking him through making the roux. Send good thoughts, please. 👇🏻

ravenlee I spent today rescheduling all the medical stuff I was supposed to do this week and now it‘s spread out over the next six weeks 😡. Oh, and there was a water main repair in my neighborhood that unexpectedly shut down our water supply for an hour. Now our water probably needs to be boiled before use but they haven‘t told us that yet. 3mo
ravenlee At least #DannyBoy was happy to get some love. He purred so loud! 3mo
TheBookHippie Oh my word. How awful! I hope you continue to heal well. Ughhhh. 3mo
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Ruthiella Sending healing vibes! Crossing my fingers for the roux. But as a non-cook , I‘ve successfully managed it. So I think he‘s gonna be ok. 3mo
dabbe You've had some major rough patches! Thinking of you and hoping things turn around and that you're feeling better soon. 💙❄️💙 3mo
julesG My GP told me that the lung tissue sheds dead cells while regenerating after the cold/flu/Covid/... Which can take up to eight weeks - can't be done all at once, understandably. That's why some people coughing for ages after an infection. 3mo
julesG Hope you feel better soon. 3mo
Chrissyreadit Hoping you continue healing and feel better each day! 3mo
ravenlee @julesG that makes a lot of sense, and explains why that cough always lingers for so long. Thanks everyone @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @dabbe @Chrissyreadit I saw the PA today and got a steroid shot, plus some meds to pick up later. Whether it became bronchitis, or is RSV or just lingering COVID cough, hopefully this will manage it. She also gave me “in case” meds so if it‘s not better soon I have the next steps and don‘t need to be seen on XMas. 3mo
TheBookHippie @ravenlee 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻oh I hope it all works. 3mo
dabbe Keeping you in my thoughts. 💙❄️💙 3mo
julesG 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Hope you see some improvements soon 3mo
kspenmoll So sorry you‘re going through this -sending you love and hope everything that you have helps you heal soon 3mo
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Not in Love | Ali Hazelwood
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It‘s been a few days now but this was my #bookmail recently. For mostly nonsensical reasons I splurged on Hazelwood‘s entire oeuvre, including preordering the tagged. I used my birthday gift card from my MIL, so it doesn‘t count as buying myself presents right before Christmas, and then when I got sick it felt like an entirely reasonable indulgence. Not that I‘m reading them yet, of course. Instead, I‘m using my scattered focus to watch 👇🏻

ravenlee …various old favorite movies and shows, and then pick away at Solnit‘s A Paradise Built in Hell and the audio of American Fascists. I finished Greenglass House and it was just what I needed, then finished Millay‘s poetry too. I‘m hoping to reengage with the living a little this evening as I‘m on the mend, but we‘ll see. I miss hugs. 3mo
ravenlee Oh, and I read The Yellow Wallpaper, which was somewhat ill-considered while stuck in recuperative isolation. 😆 3mo
LiteraryinLawrence I hope you get hugs soon! And yeah, Yellow Wallpaper messes with your head even on a good day! Yikes! 😋 3mo
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My favorite, the one that first introduced me to Millay.

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I don‘t like all of it, but when I like Millay‘s poetry I really love it.

On the home front, I‘ve been kind-of-quarantined the last two days and feeling miserable. Kiddo seems to have had a cold and hubby may as well, but maybe I‘m keeping COVID to myself. I had to give up my last gig of the year and I‘m really mad and frustrated, but the director, contractor, and section leader have all been very kind and considerate, so that helps. 😫

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COVID Chronicles | Ethan Sacks

Whelp…today‘s test was undeniably positive. Tuesday‘s was negative, but I‘ve been feeling progressively worse every day. Kiddo is sniffly but maybe just has a cold. Hubby‘s ears started popping today. I played my concert last night (double-masked) after missing the rehearsal; and I already canceled my weekend gig and my dental appointment on Monday.

This sucks. Merry Christmas.

Deblovestoread Hope your symptoms stay mild and you have a quick and full recovery! ❤️‍🩹 3mo
Tamra Speedy recovery! 3mo
IndoorDame Hope you have an easy recovery! ❤️‍🩹❤️ 3mo
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Librarybelle Wishing you a speedy recovery 3mo
dabbe Feel better soon! 💙❄️💙 3mo
SamAnne Wishing you a quick recovery! 3mo
DaveGreen7777 Sorry! ☹️ Hope you have a speedy recovery! ❤️‍🩹 3mo
Ruthiella Hope you all get well soon, ❤️ 3mo
marleed Get well soon! 3mo
Reggie Oof, feel better. 3mo
batsy Feel better soon! 3mo
Singout So sorry! Hope this passes quickly and fully. 3mo
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Greenglass House | Kate Milford
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Feeling cruddy and waiting for the Walgreens delivery that is bringing the COVID test, so it seems like a good time to revisit on old favorite.

CogsOfEncouragement Awe, take care. I hope you feel better soon. I read this for the first time last year and enjoyed it. 3mo
DaveGreen7777 Hope you feel much better soon! 🙏 3mo
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Plus: kiddo‘s crazy week of Nutcracker is over.
Plus: she was amazing! Her first time (since she had surgery last year and couldn‘t dance) was a huge success!

Minus: my mom is immune-compromised and couldn‘t come to see it.

Plus: MIL did come so kiddo had a big fan section.

Minus: MIL woke up sick this morning, flew home and tested + for COVID.

Extra minuses: none of us have had COVID, I have two gigs this week, and hubby still thinks it‘s BS.

ravenlee So 🤞🏻 that the fatigue and slight cough are just from being run-down and not signs of impending doom. 3mo
ravenlee New extra minus: Walgreens just canceled my order for home tests and face masks. Awesome. And the closest drugstore to my house was recently raided by the DEA, so I have been avoiding shopping there for the time being. 3mo
Ruthiella Hope it is just a cold and you feel better soon! ❤️ 3mo
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Deblovestoread 🤞🏼 you are Covid free and some rest will set you right. 3mo
LeahBergen Hope you‘re Covid-free! 🤞 3mo
dabbe Hope you can find some time to relax and feel better! 🩶❄️💙 3mo
Reggie I can only say what I say at the casino. Good luck! 3mo
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Taking a quiet moment this morning before things get really hectic. Kiddo has Nutcracker every day from now until Sunday, my MIL is coming Friday-Monday to see the ballet, then I have gigs next week and weekend, then the week before Christmas is solid doctor/dentist appointments. Deep breath and plunge!

dabbe Remember to come up for air once in a while! 💙❄️💙 3mo
Clare-Dragonfly I love this poem! My favorite musician, Unwoman, did a little song of it. I don‘t know if you can get it on Bandcamp or if it was only for her Patreon supporters. 3mo
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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The top two are already gone, but this is our book advent calendar! It‘s a mix of mostly Christmas favorites and some new books (this year mostly continuing series we‘ve gotten behind in).

kspenmoll What fun! 4mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
LittlePixels I love this! 4mo
Hooked_on_books That‘s awesome! 😍 4mo
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