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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad: A Novel | Colson Whitehead
From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent, wrenching, thrilling tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves, but Cora is an outcast even among her fellow Africans, and she is coming into womanhood; even greater pain awaits. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, and they plot their escape. Matters do not go as planned Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her but they manage to find a station and head north. In Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is not a metaphor a secret network of tracks and tunnels has been built beneath the Southern soil. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, where both find work in a city that at first seems like a haven. But the citys placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens and Ridgeway, the relentless slave-catcher sent to find her, arrives in town. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing journey, state-by-state, seeking true freedom. Like Gulliver, Cora encounters different worlds at each stage of her journey Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in states in the pre-Civil War era. The Underground Railroad is at once a kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage, and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share.
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @julieclair

#ReadOrDonate is back for another year! It‘s time to do something about those unread books we all own! Each month, choose a book that you vow to read that month. At the end of the month, if the book is still unread, it must leave your house. If you have read the book you choose whether to keep it, or set it free into the world for someone else to enjoy.

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2819128

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julieclair
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#ReadOrDonate is back for another year! It‘s time to do something about those unread books we all own! Each month, choose one (or more) books that you vow to read that month. At the end of the month, if the book is still unread, it must leave your house. 😳 If you have read the book (hooray!) you may choose whether to keep it, or set it free into the world for someone else to enjoy. 🙂

All are welcome to join! ⬇️

julieclair @Read4life @Julsmarshall @TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 @kspenmoll @Allylu @BethM Welcome back for another year! You are already on my tag list. 12h
julieclair I have set up a StoryGraph Challenge those who would find it helpful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/efdc1ad1-dea0-414f-abeb-38ea1d0... 12h
OriginalCyn620 Yay! Definitely up for another year! 12h
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TheBookHippie Yes! 🫣 this month 😝 12h
julieclair @TheBookHippie I totally hear you. 🤪 Glad you‘re back for 2025🙂 12h
BethM Yes! I want to do better! (edited) 12h
julieclair Hooray, @BethM ! Glad you‘re up for another year! 😃 12h
Cuilin Please keep tagging me. I have a stack that I‘m going to put in my car this weekend and drop off at little free libraries. 12h
Read4life I‘m in!!! 11h
gossamerchild Ooooh, can you add me to this tag list? I really need to get better about this! 11h
willaful I'd like to join. 11h
CoffeeNBooks I'm definitely in for 2025!! 📚 11h
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Please add me back.. I‘m going to try again this year 🤦‍♀️ 11h
BarkingMadRead I‘m in for 2025! 10h
Susanita I‘m not sure if I‘m going to do the challenge, but I sent you a friend request. 😉 9h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3h
Chelsea.Poole I also sent you a friend request! I‘m not very good at this challenge. You can leave me off in 2025. Thank you! 2h
PuddleJumper Yay! I'm terrible at this challenge but I do need to actually read my books 2h
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vonnie862
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KadaGul YOU BETCHA 💯💚☕❤️🎄 12h
Eggs Absolutely 👍🏼 31m
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @Bookwormjillk:

It‘s already time for the #SnickerDoodleSpirit #Readathon

Make your own goals, eat or make some treats, share your pictures. I‘m looking forward to it!

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A challenge after my own heart—or waistline! I have a lot of enthusiasm for my favorite cookies but there are clearly many new types of cookies to explore! Thanks for a tasty and festive challenge, @dabbe ! 🎄🎅🍪

dabbe I feel exactly the same way! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🖤🍪🖤 1d
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LeslieO
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It arrived! 🎄🤶🍫 #jolabokaflod2024

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LeahBergen
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@TheKidUpstairs , my #LittleChristmasSwap arrived safely! Thank you so much. 😘😘

@bookish_wookish
#LCS

bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 3d
TheKidUpstairs Yay! So glad it came 3d
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vonnie862
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Eggs 🐾 ❤️🐾 3d
dabbe 🐾🎄🐾 3d
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ChelseaM6010
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#ChristmasCheer
Day 15. Yuletide
#Yuletide

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 4d
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ChelseaM6010
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Eggs Nostalgic ❤️ 4d
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ChelseaM6010
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#ChristmasCheer
Day 13. Family
#Family
Addams Family + Christmas 🎄

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🖤🤍 6d
Eggs Perfect 🩶🤍🖤 5d
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vonnie862
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TheSpineView Cute! 6d
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AnnCrystal
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Thank you @AllDebooks for #SaturdayChatterday 😉☕📚 & @TheSpineView for tagging me ✈️🎄🐎💝.

Today is going to be cozy.

Took a break from C'mas last night to watch a scary movie for Friday the 13th (a tradition), today we return to the C'mas flicks 🎄🎬.

Reading is in the forecast 😉📚💝, good thing I'm giving myself till Epiphany (Three Kings Day, Jan. 6th) to read all my C'mas books for this season...I'm such a sluggish reader 😂👍...

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AnnCrystal ...I will probably be reading Christmas well into February 😂📚🎄💝.

And we're working on our C'mas card greetings 💌🎄💝...which we meant to mail earlier in the season 👀📨📬.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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TheSpineView YW! Enjoy your cozy reading time 7d
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView will do 😉👍💝 7d
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mcctrish What a fun idea for Friday the 13ths regardless of the season 7d
AnnCrystal Thanks @mcctrish always fun 🎬😉👍💝, like a mini-Halloween movie night. 7d
DogMomIrene You are braver than I am. Just cannot do scary movies anymore, at least not most traditional type horror stuff😳😬 7d
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 😉👍💝...we like the light, spooky movies without gore and graphic violence...I've watch some over the years (e.g. I like watching Laurie Strode battle it out against Michael Myers. Woman Empowerment 😉), but I always favorite the stories that focus more on atmosphere, spooky frights, and an actual storyline 🎬📚💝.

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AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene P.S. Haven't even seen all the Michael Myers movies, and I always tend to fast forward through most of the movies I do catch...🤔😂🎬💝.

When my mom and I watched Halloween H20, we had to go drive to pick up my dad from the airport afterwards...at night. My mom avoids freeways, and we drove a very dark and lonely road, part of which was alongside a cemetery. Talk about spooky 😳😂.
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Blerdgal_Fenix
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I forgot to mention - there maybe in spice in a few of them. Levels of spice 🤭 unknown, except for the very short read Christmas Secret from Peyton Banks I would give it spicy level 3 out of 5.

https://books.bookfunnel.com/blackchristmasromancebooks/5vxqekmkcj?fbclid=IwZXh0...

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Blerdgal_Fenix
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Free ebook alert!! Holiday themed books for free. There are like 8-12 books. All free handled by BookFunnel. This is the Black Christmas set. Black authors with at least one leading black character. There are interracial/multicultural stories too. This one of the titles being offered. Check the second post for the link. There is a count down clock. Please share the link to some free ebooks. Check out the next post for info.

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AnnCrystal
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Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 🌺☺️👍💝.

1- found only a little reading time this week, yet it is a joy because my reading time was interrupted by family time 🥳💝.

2- my mom made her salty/sweet walnut/almond mix 😋💝.

3- Christmas season is speeding along too fast 👀, yet I am enjoying every magical moment 💫💝.

4- rain may be in the forecast 🤞🌧️💝.

AnnCrystal 5- Litsy, I am always thankful that I found this treasure of a community 📚💝.

#5JoysFriday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 1w
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bthegood So thankful you found Litsy too - you are a treasure! Make a great day - 1w
AnnCrystal Thank you 🌞🫂 @bthegood 🥰😘💕💝. 7d
dabbe 💙❄️💙 7d
AnnCrystal @dabbe ⛄🌵💝. 7d
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Blerdgal_Fenix
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#5ofFriday
1. I made this cup a long time ago and found it. This describes me@and my relationship with Hallmark channel lol
2. Reading #buddyread with Buddha - #Whiteout
3. Hot Chocolate with my Ms. Claus mug
4. Keeping up with my Duolingo streak (add me if you learning a language too) I am learning Korean.
5. Iced Gingerbread Chai - so good 🥰 winter fave

AmyG Buddha is so sweet. ❤️ 1w
dabbe 💙❄️💙 1w
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Blerdgal_Fenix
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Hey everyone it‘s Buddha - few announcements - #Jolabokaflod boxes have been in the mail @Marmie7 & @LMJenkins & @MaleficentBookDragon - also all the holiday cards are being sent out today, for the holiday card swap. We have been busy over here 🖤. Now I am going back to sleep 💤, before Chloe Okoye ask me to play.

Cupcake12 Cuteness overload 🐾🐶 1w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
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AllDebooks
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MidwinterSolace #LitSolace

Woohoo, it's Friday which can only mean it's time for #FridayNightShare 😊 Each week will have a different theme, alternating between a fiction and non-fiction read. Get recommending your favourite reads.
Week 1 theme - Non-fiction - Winter 💙❄️💙

Let's get stacking 📚
#Justforfun

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

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LitsyEvents
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repost for @Bookwormjillk:

It‘s almost Friday the 13th where I am, so time for another Readathon! Eat or bake some cookies or other treats (if you want) and make your own reading goals. It‘s the holiday season! Anything goes!

I plan on making frosted oatmeal cookies and listening to many audiobooks, but first there‘s a little matter of my work holiday party to attend. It‘s Friday the 13th. What could go wrong?

Everyone is welcome!

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Pickpick

I don't normally read contemporary romance, but I really liked this! There is a bit of spice but not excessive. Kinsley works as a content creator that does relationship endings. She gets hired to break off engagements by either the bride or groom. One of those grooms unexpectedly happens to be her old high school sweetheart. Ethan broke up with her from Marine Corps bootcamp. TW for pregnancy, miscarriage, mentions of cancer, and violence.

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vonnie862
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Eggs 😂😂 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this! My hubby is a chiropractor ❤️🤍 7d
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AnnCrystal
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Stumbled across this, wanted to share for anyone who may be interested.

📚💝.

#californiananncrystal

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AnnCrystal
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Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card ⛄❄️🌵☃️.

🎶🥳89🎄💝.

While I do like some versions over others, it is literally impossible to select just three!

Therefore, I will sum up my favorites from my total here with three words

1- every
2- single
3- one.

...that was difficult 😂👍💝.

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

AnnCrystal Thank You for the tag @TheSpineView 🐎😘💝. 1w
dabbe LOVE it! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙❄️💙 1w
AnnCrystal @dabbe ⛄☺️👍💝. 1w
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BookwormAHN
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Tonight a movie and the happy color app 💚
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

JessieKB ❤️🎄💚 1w
TheBookHippie ♥️😂♥️ 1w
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vonnie862
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TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
Eggs Just beautiful 🤩 1w
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Read4life
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Book 2 but not in the database. Book 1 is The Wrong Bridesmaid.

I wanted to read this one while the first book was fresh in my mind. Another fun and entertaining book. I liked book 1 better but love these characters.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #SeriesLove2024

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
Andrew65 Excellent ☃️☃️☃️ 1w
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ChelseaM6010
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Eggs 👌🏼❤️🎅 1w
ChelseaM6010 @Eggs 🙂🎅 1w
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