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Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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My tbr list for #hauntedshelf #letsgopoints. Ambitious but I still have my other challenges ongoing, Octavia Butler books for #authoramonth and #Samoa books for #foodandlit. I‘m very excited about these books even though I know I won‘t get to them all. Must also include my #whattheDickens books!!

Rereads: Frankenstein, Dracula, books 1-2 of All Souls. I‘d love to finish all these books beyond the trilogy!

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Books-A-Million #826 | San Antonio, TX (Bookstore)
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It was girls‘ day today. Daughter and I met up with my sister at “market day” at a little city, San Marcos, between Austin and San Antonio. Afterwards daughter and I found this bookstore in San Marcos. Wow! It was truly impressive. I got a few books but mainly bookish gifts for my husband and son. And maybe a lot of handicrafts from market day! 😊

I never knew that there was a Books a Million in San Antonio, but it‘s permanently closed. 😞

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I did not know they are still open. 16h
marleed My funniest BAM memory. 10-15 years back I took my hs daughter to many Irish festivals so she saw 100s of men in kilts. But one Sunday morning she ran to the aisle I was in to have me witness a kilted (older, heavy) man in BAM. We turned in the aisle at his backside as he bent over (commando) for a newspaper - there wasn‘t much air between his ankles. She screamed. There‘s no sound to my laugh of hilarity but I was blinded by my tears🤣 15h
Texreader @marleed Best litsy post ever!!! 😂😂😂😂 14h
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marleed That was a vision my 16yo daughter could have never imagined. I doubt it was the man‘s intentions to bare his bounty to a mother and daughter and was likely not my best parenting moment. But it was so damn funny, and Gwenna cracked up too seeing my reaction We immediately headed to the exit and laughed unfiltered all day. I also appreciate the bladder of my younger self as that same amount of laugh would produce different results today😬 13h
AnnCrystal 📚👏🏼🤩💝. 13h
MamaGina My son and his family have recently moved to New Braunfels! Had no idea there is a BAM at the outlet mall, guess where I‘m definitely going my next visit! 📚🧡 4h
Texreader @MamaGina Awesome! It‘s great!! 1h
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Susanita 😖 2d
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Truth 📚🥺😢🤨✊🏼🤬📚.
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#5joysFriday

1) craft retreat last weekend—working on my bee album (center)
2) with a friend at the retreat
3) splurge on books on random trip to bookstores with daughter
4) I‘ve received cards from the #fallcardswap
5) I‘ve started sending cards for #fallcardswap

Bonuses: #hauntedshelf is revving up & my cat is my team‘s mascot

Stressful week, so I just had to look for my joys today and I found a lot! With a sweet kitty on my lap all is well.

TheBookHippie 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 2d
Leftcoastzen Great joys ! 👏 2d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝💝. 2d
BookwormAHN Fantastic 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 1d
dabbe 🧡🩵💛 23h
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The Housemaid | Freida McFadden
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Wow!!! I‘m impressed. I‘m going to have to try her books now. More here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOyVV45jTYt/?img_index=1&igsh=bW1ocm01cHViZG54

AnnCrystal 🆒📚👏🏼😎💝. 2d
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Mrs Dalloway | Virginia Woolf
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I‘ve tried audio, ebook, and even my daughter‘s copy of the book. None have worked for me. I‘m 60 pages from finishing it and I just can‘t do it. I have zero motivation to read this book. So about two months since Woolf was #authoramonth (July) I‘ve finally decided to bail. @Soubhiville

ChaoticMissAdventures I read this one in college and thought it was one of her better ones. Her racism always seems to stop me in my tracks on the couple of others I have tried to read. 2d
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Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana | Carl Lindahl, Maida Owens, C. Renée Harvison
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My first #fallcardswap2025 cards are going in the mail tomorrow to our international folks! 🤗

dabbe 🧡🩶💜 3d
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Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana | Carl Lindahl, Maida Owens, C. Renée Harvison
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Thank you so far to everyone who‘s sent me their #fallcardswap2025. As my incentive I‘m waiting to open them until I send mine. My cards are all made from last week‘s craft weekend with friends. I just need to write them all, add the goodies, and mail them! I‘m having so much fun! 🤩 Here are the folks I‘m able to thank so far based on what I can figure out just from the envelopes: @dabbe @Cuilin

BookwormAHN 🧡🍂🧡 3d
TheBookHippie Oh dear mine should be there by now! 3d
Texreader @TheBookHippie I‘ve looked everywhere and it doesn‘t look like I‘ve received it yet. 😞 Our mail person sometimes delivers our neighbors‘ mail to us so if that happened it may get dropped off at our house eventually 🤞🏻 3d
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TheBookHippie @Texreader oh goodness!!! Well let‘s wait and see I‘ll mail another if nothing comes! 3d
BkClubCare Have fun! 🍂 💌 3d
dabbe @TheBookHippie You know, I haven't gotten yours either! 😱 3d
dabbe You're right! Mine is the upper right one! 🧡🩶💜 3d
Cuilin 🧡💚🤎💜❤️ 2d
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My #fff package arrived!! @Chrissyreadit Yay! Thank you! Can‘t wait to open it! @Avanders

Chrissyreadit great!!! It was fast!! 4d
Avanders 👏🏼👏🏼🍂🍁🧡 4d
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Moving on to book 7 in the series

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Whew! Is this book outdated or what? Most of the stories in this book (about 75%) are good to great. Some stories, however, either completely lost me or were just not that good. And then there are the few that are just ewww. Take the story that is also the title of book—a bit misogynistic or worse? Set in the future, a 70+ woman is a virgin, who is kidnapped and then “subjected” to sex (it‘s not apparently meant to be considered “rape” from the ⬇️

Texreader way in which the story is told), so she can eventually learn how wonderful it is. Then there‘s the story told about the evil Chinese ruler who forces kidnapped American soldiers and the commander‘s family to be the chess pieces moved by the commander. Those taken out of the game are taken out of the land of the living. The evil foreigners are stereotypical. His famous Harrison Bergeron is one of several interesting dystopias. Miss Temptation is ⬇️ 5d
Texreader a favorite, and one that every incel should read. It‘s a great lesson in how to be the true you and how to treat others. Unready to Wear is pretty cool and reminds me of an old Star Trek episode: what happens when some of humanity learn to escape their bodies and continue to thrive? After Monkey House I was ready to bail but I‘m glad I stuck with it for the good stories that prevail in this collection. #authoramonth @Soubhiville (edited) 5d
Soubhiville Eeewwww, sounds like some cringy stuff. Glad it wasn‘t all terrible. 4d
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Previously, in The Brutal Telling, Three Pines‘ beloved Olivier was accused of murder. Bury Your Dead wraps up his storyline and introduces two new storylines. In the time between Chief Inspector Gamache‘s last visit to Three Pines and this book, the chief and his team are pulled into a very scary plot involving the kidnapping of a police officer. In this book, he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir relive the event that has left them both with terrible ⬇️

Texreader physical and emotional scars. They replay the events as they try to recover from it. During the Chief‘s attempt at recovery staying in Quebec City, he‘s pulled into helping local authorities investigate a murder. This murder mystery is hands-down one of the best because it involves the founding of Canada, missing books, and a long walk through history. Meanwhile, Beauvoir tries to improve his own health in Three Pines while following up on ⬇️ 5d
Texreader orders from the Chief to continue to look into the murder that occurred in the previous book, The Brutal Telling. These multiple storylines are told brilliantly and have the reader on pins and needles throughout the book. If you are not endeared with the characters yet, this one may do it for you. #serieslove @thespineview @Andrew65 5d
Susanita This is my favorite of the series. 5d
BiblioLitten I‘m excited to read the second one in the series. 5d
Bookwormjillk This one is so good. 4d
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Ok Duo, try as I might I couldn‘t just buy used books when daughter asked if we could go to Barnes and Noble after visiting the used bookstore. See my previous post for case in point.

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Daughter got a hankering to go to the bookstore last night. I cleaned up on books at Half-Price Books but she couldn‘t find the one book she wanted. So I cleaned up again at Barnes and Noble. 😁

These are mine. She got a few too

dabbe 🧡💜💛 5d
AnnCrystal 📚👏🏼🤩💝. 4d
Amiable Nice haul! 4d
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I‘ve just explained to Midnight her duties as mascot of the #BlackCatCrew for #hauntedshelf. She‘s mulling it over. 🐈‍⬛ 🧐

😂

@BookwormAHN @PuddleJumper

Ruthiella It‘s a big responsibility! 😹 5d
Texreader @Ruthiella Apparently just mulling it over is a huge responsibility. She‘s fallen asleep in my lap. 5d
willaful Oh my! I hope we have such a committed mascot for #ScreamTeam! 5d
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5d
ImperfectCJ @willaful I have two cats who are trying to convince me that #TwoTuxedoCatsTeam is a catchier name than #ScreamTeam. I suspect they'll eventually agree to mascothood even without a team name change, but they certainly don't have Midnight-level commitment. 5d
willaful @ImperfectCJ They will add an air of elegance, however! 5d
BookwormAHN She's fantastic 💗🐈‍⬛💗 4d
AnnCrystal 💕😹💝... adorable little mascot 🤩🐈‍⬛💝. 4d
PuddleJumper 😻😻 Gorgeous. I'm sure they'll be a great help! 4d
PuddleJumper @ImperfectCJ Tuxedo cats are the best and would make fine mascots 4d
JessClark78 🐾🖤 4d
julieclair She is perfect as our mascot! She simply MUST agree to serve! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 1d
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Ruthiella 😂😂😂 6d
TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣 6d
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AmyG Ha! 5d
TheKidUpstairs 992 made me snort laugh! 5d
lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 5d
dabbe 😂😍😂 5d
aa_guer2021 😂😂😂 I needed a laugh! 🙏 4d
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Margarita Engle wrote this biography about Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916) in verse. I‘d never heard of him but I learned to care about him and his poetry. He grew up poor in Nicaragua, a boy with his head in the clouds and a serious love for words and poems. Every sort of poem and experimental poetry. His work was beloved in Latin America and he was often the guest poet of presidents. Engle does a beautiful job telling his story in ⬇️

Texreader this short unusual book, that is very quick to read. Highly recommended. #Nicaragua #foodandlit @Catsandbooks 7d
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The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Mario Vargas Llosa is an excellent author. The fact that it took 3 months for me to finish it should have no bearing on what a well-written book it is. The issue is with the lengthy paragraphs in extremely long chapters. It‘s not the type of book to sneak in a few pages when you can. You actually have to devote time to it. Peruvian Ricardo believes true peace will be his if he can just live his life in Paris. Spoiler: he does. As a child in ⬇️

Texreader Peru, Ricardo falls for a Chilean girl named Lilly in his school. Despite showing some interest in him, she remains an enigma and then just disappears. When he moves to Paris to become a translator for UNESCO, he encounters her as a recruit with a new name for the predecessor to the Shining Path. He realizes he‘s madly in love with his childhood crush. But he sends her on to Cuba for training. And over the years he encounters her repeatedly. ⬇️ (edited) 7d
Texreader Each time he meets her again, almost always by chance, she has a brand new name with a new husband who will make her richer than the previous husband. But that doesn‘t stop their affair and she remains a mystery throughout and he remains obsessed with her. She refuses to commit to him, because he cannot bring her riches; his happiness is just to live in Paris. Of course, things go terribly wrong for her. Ricardo‘s love is put to the ⬇️ (edited) 7d
Texreader test, and here we find just how far each will go to be true to themselves. Definitely worth the read, but be prepared to be dedicated to this book. Though a short 260-something pages, for a reader like me, it takes perseverance. No doubt I‘ll read more by this author. #foodandlit #Peru (edited) 7d
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A Man Without a Country | Kurt Vonnegut
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Billed as extremely funny, I was so looking forward to listening to this book. Alas, I started it right after reading his If This Isn't Nice, What Is? I felt so preached at in that book, so when it started up again with this book I bailed. Maybe I‘ll try it again someday but it just didn‘t work for me this month. On another note, I am enjoying his short stories that I‘m currently reading. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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Kurt Vonnegut‘s biography starts this audiobook, which I found to be very good, not knowing anything about him—even though I knew he was a famous author who had a big impact in the 1960s and 70s. These are mostly his commencement speeches at colleges. The first speech ends with a discussion of how politicians use hate like a drug. In the second speech, I was astounded at how he, an atheist, respected Jesus is the prince of peace. Sadly, after ⬇️

Texreader those, they are repetitive, preachy, and dismal. I was saddened by this given they were given at commencements. I would have left my graduation ceremony so depressed. And could he not even try to come up with new material for each ceremony? And as much as I loved the first speeches, I found I disagreed with him more than not. A very hard book to review. A pick for the excellent first two speeches. #authoramonth 7d
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Untitled Addison Allen 3 | Sarah Addison Allen
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I‘ve just started this audiobook for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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Thanks to @KadaGul (♥️) I learned I had to mail my package no later than tomorrow. Thankfully all the big goodies were wrapped. So I boxed them up and they‘ve been mailed to somewhere northeast of Texas. ETA next Tuesday.

#fallingforfallswap #fffs

@Chrissyreadit @Avanders

Avanders 🍂🍁🧡 1w
KadaGul @Texreader Happy to be of assistance! 😊 1w
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Zero Days | Ruth Ware
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@Laughterhp This list hasn‘t been updated in a while but hopefully it can give you some ideas for #litsyatoz.

Laughterhp Oh thanks!! 1w
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Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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In other words, they hated Blandois! 😂

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Can we please bring the word “snuggery” back?

The online dictionary describes it: “a cozy or comfortable place, especially someone's private room or den.”

Me: “I dare say, I‘m going to have a cup of tea and read in my snuggery. Oh, no, don‘t wait up for me.” 😊

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼 #Snuggery 👏🏼😉👌🏼💝. 1w
Nebklvr Another vote for snuggery 1w
Cuilin We use it in Ireland, usually shortened to snug. Some old pubs have them. I‘ll have a g&t in the snug. A bar in Belfast “the Crown Bar” has ten!!!! 1w
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In the author‘s note, she describes the Nicaraguan poet‘s life, the subject of this book. Rubén Darío (1867-1916) appears to have had a tremendous impact on Latin America and in his home country, #Nicaragua. #foodandlit @catsandbooks

TheBookHippie I got this book it‘s up next!! 2w
Texreader @TheBookHippie It‘s so good. 2w
TheBookHippie @Texreader I can‘t wait! 2w
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“This loss of words must be the first shock faced by every immigrant.” 😢

#Nicaragua #foodandlit @catsandbooks

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We do not care that you‘ve done so well on your diet and lost 15 pounds so far…when Central Market celebrates OctoberFest, you buy all the yummy German food and celebrate early tonight for dinner!

For those of you who don‘t have HEB grocery stores (HEB is only in Texas and northern Mexico) and don‘t know that Central Market is a high-end version of it (nicknamed Gucci-E-B), I‘m so sorry. Or, maybe we don‘t care 😉

#wdncw @dabbe

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😋🥳💝. 2w
TheBookHippie Yummmmmm 2w
Ruthiella You can polka it off! 😂 💃 2w
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marleed Central Market on Broadway in San Antonio was my go to Sunday grocery store (I was shopping for one when I lived there🤣). I hadn‘t heard of HEB prior to 2012. Somebody at worked explained I must find MY HEB. I spent an entire weekend in January 2013 researching the downtown‘ish HEB‘s! 2w
marleed Oh my favorite Central Market month is the Hatch chile peppers in everything month! 2w
dabbe L🧡VE this and OktoberFest, and all that goes with it! Celebrate! 🧡💜🩶 2w
Bookperson96 Hope you had a marvellous time and yummy food ❣️ 7d
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“But truth is never popular with corrupt leaders who rely on lies.”

#Nicaragua #foodandlit @catsandbooks

GingerAntics Sounds a lot like America at the moment! 2w
AnnCrystal 😢📚💝. 2w
kspenmoll @GingerAntics That‘s the real truth! 2w
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Meet Me under the Ceiba | Silvio Sirias
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Ixelia‘s mother sold her virginity to the highest bidder, then continued to sell her until at 11, her mother made her go live with an elderly violent man Don Roque in hopes of inheritance when he died. Adela falls head over heels for Ixelia, who finally sees freedom from this sexual abuse. In this story, we know the victim of the murder, Adela, and her murderers, Don Roque and Ixelia‘s mother. The protagonist is a writer who wants to tell ⬇️

Texreader Adela‘s story. He interviews every conceivable person. Her background, her love stories, her murder, the trial, and the consequences are revealed through these interviews. While we know what happened to Adela, we don‘t know what happened to those in her life. This is an extraordinarily well-written book that is almost impossible to put down. The homophobia in Latin America is fierce. The author explains this book is based on real people, whose ⬇️ 2w
Texreader story he felt compelled to tell. Highly recommended. #Nicaragua #foodandlit @catsandbooks 2w
Suet624 Holy cow. 2w
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My next book for #foodandlit is by a Cuban poet about a Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario

#Nicaragua @Catsandbooks

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Meet Me under the Ceiba | Silvio Sirias
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Finally, some authentic Nicaraguan food (amongst American food)!

#foodandlit #Nicaragua @Catsandbooks

Dilara Ha! I am reading The Inhabited Woman by Nicaraguan author Gioconda Belli, and so far, the only food mentioned is Aunt Jemima pancake mix... 1w
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Meet Me under the Ceiba | Silvio Sirias
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How depressing. There are some mentions of Nicaraguan food, but the first time there‘s an excellent description of food, it‘s American! T.G.I. Fridays. 😟

Fortunately I‘ve found some Nicaraguan restaurants here in San Antonio so I‘ll get to try some hopefully authentic food.

#foodandlit #Nicaragua @Catsandbooks

Dilara 😂 2w
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The Kelmscott Chaucer | Geoffrey Chaucer
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KadaGul L😍VE this. Thank you 🫶so much for sharing🧡📚💛😍🤎 2w
Bette Beautiful books 👍❤️ 2w
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Untitled Addison Allen 3 | Sarah Addison Allen
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Sparklemn Delightful! ☕️ 2w
Bette Great story 😊 2w
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Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I was just telling a fellow reader about how funny Dickens is, and then reading Dickens, he gave me this: “and cause him to exhibit the soles of his shoes to the object of his dearest wish”

Having ridden boats in the Venice canals I can imagine that fall! 😂

And yes I‘m still slowly reading this one. #whattheDickens @Cuilin

Ruthiella I always forget how funny Dickens is! 2w
Cuilin Dickens can be hilarious!!! 2w
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Meet Me under the Ceiba | Silvio Sirias
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It‘s another book coincidence #bookcoincidence! I read several books at a time. Tonight I started a chapter out of Mario Vargas Llosa‘s Bad Girl about a man named Arquímedes. Lo and behold, the next chapter I read in the tagged book was—surprise—about Arquímedes!

Perhaps that‘s a common name in South and Central America ? Even if so, to be the subject of both chapters I read tonight is bizarre. #foodandlit #Peru #Nicaragua

TheBookHippie I love it when that happens! 2w
AnnCrystal Reading Magic 🪄📚💝. 2w
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Although I loved a number of Kurt Vonnegut‘s ideals, I needed a break. In the last book I listened to, he became quite repetitive, dark, and preachy. So this is my next audiobook instead. Dark, yes, but I‘m not anticipating being lectured to.

staci.reads Might be my favorite in the series! 2w
Texreader @staci.reads Great!! 2w
marleed Ohh, I prefer to be presented with information devoid of being lectured at. I‘ve stopped streaming cable media into my house for this reason. …Years ago as the webmaster for an Army installation someone thanked me for pointing them to policy so they could determine their direction rather than directly telling them they couldn‘t do something. I didn‘t realize the impact but it soon after became my personal modus operandi😀 2w
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A Man Without a Country | Kurt Vonnegut
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My next audiobook for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

TheBookHippie I think you‘ll appreciate it. 2w
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Happy Wildlife Day!

I love Boynton!!

TheBookHippie Oh sweetness!!! 2w
AmyG Thanks for making me smile. I hear Peanuts music. 2w
Texreader @AmyG Oh yes! I do now, too! 🎶 2w
dabbe 💛💜🧡 2w
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Meet Me under the Ceiba | Silvio Sirias
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This is a really interesting well written murder mystery. I finally decided to Google what a ceiba tree looks like and here it is! Cool!

#foodandlit #Nicaragua @Catsandbooks

Leftcoastzen Wow! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures That is a very cool looking tree! 2w
AnnCrystal 🌳🤩💝. 2w
Texreader @ChaoticMissAdventures @Leftcoastzen @AnnCrystal I would have loved growing up around trees like this! 2w
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This is probably a perfect book for manufacturers, companies that make widgets. For professionals like me, an attorney, or the CFO I am reading this with, it has some real pearls that make this short read worth it. But a lot of the advice, for example, standardizing processes to make widgets, doesn‘t apply much to what we do. I do buy into his eliminating tasks that waste time. I was disgruntled with his over-eagerness and repeating, “I‘m going ⬇️

Texreader off script!“ It bugged the heck out of me while listening and driving, until I figured out that he assumed people were reading along while listening and that they‘d be confused that he was referencing text not in the book. He also seems to treat lean like a religion. A bit off-putting at how he uses “lean” to put Splenda in his tea. 🤷 Because it‘s so short, though, I recommend it for the parts that may help improve productivity. 3w
GingerAntics He uses business practices to put Splenda in his tea? He‘s a little weird. 2w
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A Man Without a Country | Kurt Vonnegut
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Free with Audible membership until September 16

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

AvidReader25 This one is excellent! 3w
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I finished this short story today, a standalone free on Audible. The story recounts Rose, a college student, dreams about a mad scientist Doctor Beilstein who has the grand idea to steal the blood of famous people for nefarious reasons. The ending is a surprise about Rose, even to Rose herself. I appreciate that we are reminded all along that this is a dream. It‘s very very short and I enjoyed it. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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I‘m listening to this audiobook. OMG everybody should hear this. It‘s a collection of Vonnegut‘s graduation addresses. It starts with a wonderful biography of Vonnegut. And his speeches are humorous and deep. The first speech ends with a discussion of how politicians use hate like a drug. So meaningful now. I‘ve only just started the second one and I‘m astounded and love how he, an atheist, explains why Jesus is the prince of peace. #authoramonth

Texreader P.S. I‘m going to have to find this book in print and just frame it. I never dreamed I‘d be such a Vonnegut fan. ♥️♥️♥️ 3w
willaful The intro to the book I'm listening to talks about what an important moral voice he was. A very good time to become a fan. 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures So glad you are enjoying him! He is one of my all time favorites, I even have "So it goes" tattooed on me. An empathetic genius. Can't wait to see what you think of his fiction. 2w
Soubhiville How cool to find a new connection to an author through #AAM! 2w
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More about Paddington | Michael Bond
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August wrapped. Not the best books this month when Paddington is the only 5-star read!

August Books Wrapped:
I read 4 books for #Bolivia #foodandlit
1 book for #authoramonth
1 book for #campLitsy
1 book for #klbr
And 1 book for #serieslove

I‘m still reading a Llosa book, Bad Girl, that I started in July for #Peru #foodandlit and Dickens‘s Little Dorrit that I started in June for #whattheDickens

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My next audiobook, which I‘m buddy reading with a client‘s CFO, who I‘ve been directed to help her improve her working with her staff. Yes I‘m an employment lawyer and yes this is an odd tasking. Heck I hope it makes me a better manager of my team.

GingerAntics Well good luck in there. I can‘t wait to hear what you‘ve got to say about this one. 3w
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