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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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ChelseaM6010
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#StorySettings
Day 10. Desert
#Desert

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Mimi28
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Hello, does anyone know how to download humble bundle ebooks onto an android tablet? I‘m sorry I just got this tablet and I am really lost. Thanks for any help you guys are awesome 😉🤩🤓

Mimi28 Humble bundle sorry I just proofread that, lol. I invested in a new tablet ( on credit) because my brand name kindle wasn‘t in color and I think I accidentally gave away the charger thinking it was just a regular iPhone charger. Thanks for any help you can provide. You guys are the best 😉😉 3h
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What I‘ve come to learn about myself is that, no matter how good my intentions are, I rarely stick with a reading challenge that someone else sets for me. So, I‘ve created my own seven-layered challenge. It can be done over and over again. I can try to get all seven checked off in a day or in a week. Whatever feels right. It allows for mood reading and will also help me pick up different types of books in different formats. ⬇️

slategreyskies (Cont.) I created 2 new tags for me to use, which I‘m thrilled about as well. #diceydalliance is for when I use my set of dice to help me choose what or how much to read. #superseven is for when I tackle this list, either making progress on it or hitting all 7 goals. 20h
Bookwomble I have a similar struggle with sticking to reading challenges unless they closely coincide with my mood reading. Your solution sounds good - I hope it works for you 😊 19h
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Nice! Sounds fun. I hope you enjoy tackling your own challenges. ❤️ 19h
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lil1inblue I was getting tired of some of the challenges I have done in the past, so this year I made my own, and it's somewhat similar to yours (I have prompts for each category). It's working so well for me, and I feel much more focused. 19h
Susanita Now I want 7-layer dip! 😋 17h
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 17h
Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 16h
tpixie Great strategy! Fun!! As far as the dice, do you have all your books numbered?? On bookshelves? On Goodreads?
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Hooked_on_books Sounds like a great idea! 12h
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
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1. 👩‍❤️‍👨👫- Family and friends‘ love
🩺 - Health (means more as I age!)
📚 - my books!
2. 👶 - that one of my children will eventually produce a grandchild
💰 - that my school district will receive funding so that all of the librarians whose jobs were cut (myself included) can get our jobs back
👩‍🏫 - that I will survive returning to the classroom with all the grading & planning I escaped when I left
#WondrousWednesday

Eggs Oh gosh - your hope # 3 !!! I‘m going to hope with you that you can remain a librarian!!! 1d
kspenmoll I so hope you get to remain a librarian. We are going through similar cuts in our district. 1d
dabbe Hoping and crossing fingers that you can stay as a librarian! 🤞💙🤞 21h
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This is from last Thursday, but too fun not to do it! I got 111 out of 187–better than 68% of quiz takers! Some of the favorites on the list that I would love to rewatch are Amadeus, Dangerous Liaisons, and Blood Simple. #TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe Excellent! I've never seen BLOOD SIMPLE; it's on the list! Thanks for sharing. 💙🩵💙 2d
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Ran across this online and fell in love...I love these theater masks 🎭😍💝. Just thought I'd share. It seems carved into the page edges of a book...

BookmarkTavern 🤩🤩 2d
AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern ☺️👍💝. 1d
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1. Safety. Peace. Love.
2. Stability. Health. Growth.

@Eggs

🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼 🌼

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs I hope your hopes come true🥰 2d
slategreyskies @Eggs thanks, me too! 🤗 1d
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Want to answer? Feel free to comment here and also to screenshot and make your own post. Tag me if you do! My answer‘s ⬇️

slategreyskies My “I can‘t believe I still haven‘t read this” book is Jane Eyre. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 📚 💕 2d
lil1inblue I know, I know. I just...haven't gotten to it. 2d
dabbe Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. #oy 2d
Hooked_on_books I haven‘t read Jane Eyre yet either! And I actually started to maybe a year ago but it wasn‘t the right time so I put it back on my shelf after a chapter. 1d
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slategreyskies
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This version of Lilac Wine is haunting. There used to be a YouTube video of the session if that‘s more your thing. Here‘s the Spotify link:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ma5meuXwyMeXbobmZPKTX?si=YtF0MgSBTWmFByRy1NGkF...

#TuesdayTunes

TheBookHippie Love this. Nina is queen but this is good! (edited) 3d
IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 3d
Suet624 I always forget that I really like Miley. Especially like her version of Nothing Else Matters. I‘ve done my share of screamsinging that song while driving. 3d
slategreyskies @TheBookHippie agreed. Love Nina! 🥰 2d
slategreyskies @Suet624 I can‘t remember if I know that one or not. I‘m bad at connecting song titles to the actual song in my head. I‘ll look it up. Thanks! I really like Miley as well. ♥️ 2d
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @PuddleJumper:

It is time to vote for June‘s author for #queerbc

The plan is that voting will last around 2 weeks and then there is another 2 weeks to pick a book and source it. We‘ll see how it goes!

Here are the 3 randomly selected authors to pick from. You are selecting an author and can read any of their works. You can read anything they have written.

Vote here - https://forms.gle/LHni7Mhzm46pCZkD7

Voting ends 17th May

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LitsyEvents
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Hellllooooo friends! Here are the #readyourkindle numbers for May (I almost typed March 😂). Remember - even if you don‘t get to all of the drawn books, it‘s okay! If you‘re reading *any* ebooks, even if they aren‘t the drawn ones, it‘s okay! If you‘re behind (as I am), it‘s okay! 😀😘😅🤗 Have fun! #readyourebooks #readyournook

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2731518

#ReadingChallenge

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My favorite sort of #HyggeHour items: my handmade pink mug, today‘s tarot card pull and an interesting crystal reference book that I enjoy flipping through. 🍵 🃏 📚

CatLass007 I the mug looks terrific! Did you make it? What is the name of the deck you use? Do you have one or several that you use? The first deck I used is the Hanson-Roberts deck, and it is still my favorite. I also like the Mythic Tarot. I have a dozen or so decks I bought because they feature cats or dragons and I admire the work that goes into each card in each deck. 4d
slategreyskies @CatLass007 no, I didn‘t make it myself, but it is handmade. I purchased it from KiyoiDesign, an artist from California who sells on Etsy. Her work is beautiful. It was pricy, but I know I will love it for decades, so I thought of it as a sort of investment and a treat to myself. The cards in this pic are from the Cosmic Slumber deck. I really love the artwork in it. Usually I use a more traditional deck, but this one really works for me. ⬇️ 4d
slategreyskies @CatLass007 I‘m not sure that I‘m familiar with the Hanson-Roberts deck. I don‘t recognize the name, but I‘m going to look it up to double check. Other decks I enjoy are Tarot of a Moon Garden (which I use only occasionally), Modern Witch tarot (also only occasionally) and the really traditional Rider-Waite. I really love tarot decks when the artwork is inspiring. Some of them are so beautifully done. 4d
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CatLass007 The Hanson-Roberts deck is based on the Rider-Waite deck. I think the Rider-Waite deck is sparse looking. The Hanson-Roberts deck is not at all sparse. I have way too many decks but I buy them for their beauty. I would love some way to hang some on the wall but it seems like it‘s not really feasible. 4d
slategreyskies @CatLass007 wow, I just checked out some images of the Hanson-Roberts deck online, and I really like it. It‘s similar enough that the cards are recognizable, but I love the differences as well. I know what you mean about the beauty of tarot decks. Do you ever use one of those tabletop display racks to display your favorite cards? You couldn‘t display an entire deck that way, though, since they only hold 1-3 cards at a time. 2d
CatLass007 I don‘t know what tabletop display racks you‘re referring to. 2d
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slategreyskies
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- picking up 2 new pendants/pendulums that I‘m looking forward to learning how to work with
- flipping through a pendulum book
- making a stack of festival bracelets
- a new bingo board for the last 2/3 of the year
- making chicken fried rice for dinner last night

#5JoysFriday

DebinHawaii Fantastic list of joys! 💛💛💛 Those pendulums are so pretty! And yay to chicken fried rice! 😋 Thank you for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 6d
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This evening, my mom and I were watching one of our favorite shows. Todd (one of the main characters of the show) is sitting and waiting for a clue at a restaurant when a series of names are called out for order pickup. One of the names given is my brother's name, Ulysses Joe! How epic!

Just found out that this TV show, So Help Me Todd has been cancelled!!!! Not another one, still not over the cancelation of the Fantasy Island reboot.

RamsFan1963 That's why I stopped watching TV. Every time I got invested in a show and the characters, boom it gets cancelled and I never get an ending. I'm still pissed at CBS for leaving fans hanging with no end to the Scorpion series after 4 seasons. 7d
AnnCrystal @RamsFan1963 it seems like that. Cancelled or moved to “streaming only.“

Each and every time another show is cancelled, I always tell myself to only continue with what I'm already invested in and add nothing new to my lineup...that usually lasts until the fall 😂 of each year.

I now try considering any “short run“ shows as mini-series...which is difficult if they don't have a good finale.

📺🎬😉👍.
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Bookzombie
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April #wrapup #BookspinBingo

I still feel like my reading is off. I DNFed my #Bookspin and got a bingo. I ended up skipping #aam for the month.

Reviews? What are those? 🤪

Total read: 9
Novella - 2
Audio - 4
Novels - 2
Children‘s book - 1
DNF - 1

Reggie You been ok? This month wasn‘t all that great for any of us reading wise. 3d
Bookzombie @Reggie I‘m okay. I think I‘m just distracted by other things. Thank you for asking. ☺️ How have you been? 2d
Reggie I‘m doing better. Work has been pushing me towards the edge a little lately but this week was a lot better. 1d
Bookzombie I‘m sorry that work has been rough lately. I hope it continues to be better, my friend. 💓 1d
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It‘s the end of the first third of the year, and the beginning of the following third. I only just heard about this challenge today, so I made up a board for myself for the last two-thirds of the year. Ready. Set. Go!

#bingoboardfromhell2024

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Good luck! ❤️ 1w
slategreyskies @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm thanks! And thank you also for letting me know where you got it. I‘d never heard of literary diversions before and am super excited to check out some of her YouTube videos! :) 1w
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm You‘re very welcome! She‘s amazing!! I don‘t even overlap reading interests with her very much, but she‘s so fun and full of sunshine. I can‘t get enough. 😅❤️ 1w
BookmarkTavern Wow! That‘s intense! Good luck! 🍀 1w
slategreyskies @BookmarkTavern I actually think it may help me focus and complete more books, but I suppose I‘ll find out as the year goes on. I have a tendency to start reading challenges (especially BINGO boards) and never come close to completing them. Haha 😂 1w
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Bookzombie
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Here is my #BookspinBingo for May. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on May 2nd.

Kimzey I like the flexibility of your Bookspin! 😊 1w
Bookzombie @Kimzey Thanks! I find it hard to stick to a specific set of books. 😁 1w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1w
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Bookzombie
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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. This month I didn‘t move books from the list on the right. Instead I added a couple more of #MyPartnerPickedIt and ‘one gifted to me,‘ because I have neglected those a bit.

#BookspinBingo list to come.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1w
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LitsyEvents
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Finally getting around to posting this! It‘s almost #readyourkindle #readyourebooks #readyournook time 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Let me know if you want to be added or removed from my tag list! Happy Tuesday friends!

#ReadingChallenge

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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2729688

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1️⃣ wildflowers

2️⃣ Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser

3️⃣ I‘m hoping to plan at least two movie nights for our family. Just the four of us watching a movie at home. I‘m thinking also takeout pizza, which we only splurge on every few months.

@Eggs Thank you for hosting this fun challenge. I don‘t always participate, but I love reading the answers, and challenges like this really make Litsy feel so welcoming and fun. 🤗

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs It is my pleasure! So glad you feel that way🥳 1w
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BookwormAHN
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Placebo has been one of my favorite bands for years now. I was lucky enough to see them back in 2000, and they just released a new live album, which is fantastic 💗
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

TieDyeDude Nice! Thanks for sharing! 1w
Yuki_Onna They are coming to Schwetzingen, Germany, in August, which is really near me! 🤩 1w
BookwormAHN @Yuki_Onna Lucky 😍 1w
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This is one of my all time favorite songs. Someone shared it with me years ago, and it‘s stuck with me when other songs have fallen away. I‘ll try to share the link below. ⬇️

https://open.spotify.com/track/78x7OYkRzXvmflHY18h8bX?si=dpb8gdx_TimY8ZvtLfFkCg

@TieDyeDude #TuesdayTunes

slategreyskies Side note: I was hesitant to post this, because I can‘t remember if I‘ve already posted it on some other week. Apologies if it‘s a repost! 1w
TieDyeDude I don't think you have 😁 Thanks for sharing 1w
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TEArificbooks
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My favorite fiction of the month was Daughter of Mine

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My picks this month. I needed more genres for the badge and debuts and chunksters.

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BookwormAHN
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I read six books in April. Empire of the Damned was my favorite ❤️
For #ReadOrDonate as usual I read one of them, This Poison Heart, but will probably donate it and The Coffin Path. @julieclair

julieclair That means 2 spaces cleared on your shelf! 😀 1w
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ChelseaM6010
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#SpringSkies
Day 26. Poetic
#Poetic

Eggs Gorgeous 💚 2w
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I love this question! What a cool idea for something to ask everyone. I‘m really looking forward to going through the tag and checking out everyone else‘s answers.

As for me, I own the most copies of Anne Sexton‘s complete poems. I think I have four copies of it. Possibly five. I have several different editions, some of which are literally falling apart. One of them has been written in heavily. All of them are well loved. #SundayFunday

Leftcoastzen Love Anne Sexton! I have 1 hardcover 1 paperback of the complete poems 2w
BookmarkTavern Love this! One of my copies of Dracula is the one that has all my notes in it! Thanks for sharing! 2w
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Tried reading in the past couple of days but was distracted by this view…

(Cabarete Beach, Dominican Republic)

KadaGul Don't worry, it's totally fine if you haven't read 📖 with this view 🏖️🌊🗾No one ☝️ will blame you for it🥰 2w
Karisa 💗💗💗🌊 2w
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AnnCrystal
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@WildAlaskaBibliophile

Just one more...😉.

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Meshell1313 🤣🤣🤣 2w
AnnCrystal @Meshell1313 😂😉👍💝. 2w
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TEArificbooks
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Tried some Venezuelan candy and cookies for #foodandlit. There was lots of chocolate snacks and I liked most of them better than their American counterparts. For example, they had a “crunch” bar and a “Hershey” bar that was better. The hands down favorite was the strawberry bubble gum lollipop and the coconut wafer cookie. @Texreader @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Oh yummm 2w
Texreader ❤️❤️❤️ this!!! 2w
Bookwormjillk That‘s so fun! 2w
Catsandbooks So fun! Looks tasty! 🇻🇪 1w
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Sorry honey. I don‘t know what happened. I was running errands all day, was headed home, and realized I needed to go to the bathroom and there was just happened to be Barnes and noble so I ran in to go to the bathroom and I thought I would pick up the #camplitsy books for June and something happened. I think I blacked out, maybe I got sucked into the vortex. Now we have 7 books, a tea towel and a puzzle. In my defense it was also raining.

jlhammar 😂 2w
Ruthiella Well, if it was raining…then this is logically the only possible outcome. 😂 2w
squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 2w
MaureenMc 😂👍 2w
marleed Look at you supporting authors as the original owner of their book. If I can type for Littens everywhere: We are so proud of you👏👏👏 2w
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TEArificbooks
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Found some book jokes on the kids menu of ihop.

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slategreyskies
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1. The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
2. Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
3. Lucky Star by Madonna

^^^I got stuck going down an 80s songs rabbit hole for the past hour. I finally realized there were no perfect 3 songs, because they can‘t really be narrowed down that far. So, with the exception of the first song, the others are not top favorites of mine. They‘re just great songs.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Sace Maybe off topic but I read an article about the top happiest songs (maybe it was a top 10?) and so many were from the 80s. I could easily get lost in an 80s music rabbit hole (and 70s for that matter). 2w
dabbe Added to our new Spotify Playlist: LITSY SONGS OF THE 1980s! Thanks for sharing! 🤩🎶🤩

Click below for the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sZRAAKVORN1SRh7S6l60g
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Mimi28
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The variety of brands and colors and number of rolls for one price and designs of washi tape is mind boggling!! I don‘t mind sparing $10 on this but there are too many choices!! lol #litsylove HELP!! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

quietlycuriouskate I daren't look! 😍 2w
Mimi28 @quietlycuriouskate lol, I shouldn‘t have!! I‘m so confused. 🤔 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So many choices!! 🎉🎊 2w
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Mimi28 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks my mind is all tuckered out. I probably won‘t buy any now, lol 2w
Mimi28 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I had to step away from it. If it was books it would be a totally different story, lol 😂 2w
Suzze This happens to me so often. Too much goodness and I need to stop looking. 2w
Mimi28 @Suzze lol, it just gets to be overwhelming 2w
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AnnCrystal
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“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” Thich Nhat Hanh

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

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Mimi28
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Mimi28 Please excuse my handwritten letters I don‘t have much luck with my mom‘s computer and printer, lol. My handwriting isn‘t all that great, lol sorry in advance. I hope you are all well 🥘🫶🏽🩷😊😉 2w
Read4life 💙💌💙 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💜💗 2w
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1. Both my great-aunt and my grandma. Also, my granddaddy. All three of them were always kind. I never saw any of them be anything other than gentle and kind.

2. My partner and my two sons.

3. I‘ve always loved Madeleine L‘Engle‘s O‘Keefe family. I wanted to be part of that family when I was a girl. I think I kinda still do.

@Eggs #WondrousWednesday

Eggs Me too! 2w
Read4life 💙💙💙 2w
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hannah-leeloo
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New book

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AnnCrystal
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Hope everyone had a wonderfully Earthly, Earth Day! 🌎🌱🌏🌱🌍.

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slategreyskies
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Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌍 🌏

AmyG I love this! 3w
dabbe 💜🧡💜 3w
Tamra What a terrific image! 3w
Hooked_on_books Love this 🌳 2w
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