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Someone I Love Has ALS: A Family Caregiver Guide | Jodi O'Donnell-Ames, Terry Heiman-Patterson
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My husband was recently diagnosed with ALS and it‘s been a whirlwind of emotions. I haven‘t had much chance to post or read lately.#ALS#LouGehrig

TheBookHippie Oh I am so very sorry. Send you so much light!!! 5mo
Tamra Sending you hugs. Take care of yourself too. 5mo
Soubhiville Sending support and hugs. 5mo
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IndoorDame I‘m so sorry. Sending you both light 🤍 5mo
Ruthiella Sorry to hear that. ❤️ 5mo
Read4life Sending you love and light. 5mo
Chelsea.Poole So sorry ♥️ 5mo
dabbe I am so very sorry. Keeping you both in my thoughts. 💚💙💚 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau Sorry to hear this. Sending you both some 🙏🏼🩵🕯️ 5mo
Meshell1313 Sending strength 🙏🏻 5mo
CarolynM So sorry to hear this. You will always find as much support as we can give here on Litsy💕 5mo
jitteryjane724 No words...so sorry. To echo @CarolynM you will always find as much support as we can give here on Litsy. 5mo
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JamieArc
No Two Persons: A Novel | Erica Bauermeister
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This book 😍 I have been wanting to read it since it was published and I‘m so glad #ALSpine finally got me to. This is my favorite form of writing: one novel made up of short stories that connect. It worked so well. I was equally intrigued by all characters and wondering how the story would weave kept me from putting it down. Another #ALS book to probably make my top of the year. I‘m just going to stick to #ALS books to ensure great reads!

JamieArc I also loved how this story came full circle. We saw how Alice‘s story impacted people, and at the very end, when Alice saw the wings made of book pages, and THIS is what finally inspired her to think of a new story - so brilliant that it ended with Alice being inspired by her own book, unbeknownst to her! 10mo
yourfavouritemixtape So glad you liked it! I think it‘s my top book from last year. And I still think about some of the stories even now. 10mo
JamieArc @yourfavouritemixtape This one snuck into my heart. I have a feeling I‘ll be thinking about it for a long time. 10mo
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Deblovestoread
Untitled | Unknown
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#Top23of23. Thinking of @Cinfhen today as I post my top reads of 2023. So many of these, if not all, came from Litsy reviews, #AuldLangSpine, etc. Looking forward to exploding my TBR from everyone‘s list. Thanks @BarbaraBB for keeping it going.

TheKidUpstairs Love this, great picks! 11mo
TrishB Some great ones there. 11mo
squirrelbrain Great list - I think 4 of these will also be on mine. 11mo
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TheBookHippie Home Fire was so good! I love seeing The Color Purple!! 11mo
BarbaraBB So many favorites of mine too (Our fathers, Home Fire, Foster, Execution and Trees)! Some others I can‘t wait to read (Shark, Tom Lake, The View on the Way Down). Great list! 11mo
Amiable I'm so happy to see that some of the books from my #ALS list made it into your favorites for the year! 😍 11mo
Chelsea.Poole Great list! Also happens to be so colorful 📕📙📒📗📘 11mo
Megabooks Great choices!! I‘m really curious about Joan. 📸 11mo
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Deblovestoread
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This book was 11 years in the making and I think it would have been incredibly hard to write an unbiased account of all the players in Roe v Wade. I think Prager did that. It is long. I listened on audio, got lost a couple of times and cringed a bit at some of the descriptions. It is complete account of the woman behind Roe, her family and children as well as the religious leaders and politicians of the time. Another great pick from my #ALS list

Amiable I'm so glad you liked it! It is a complicated story and I thought Prager told it completely and well. (edited) 2y
Deblovestoread @Amiable I am glad you had it on your list! I might not have picked it up otherwise and it was fascinating. 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Just checking! Did you get the package we sent? I may have missed a tag 🥰 2y
Megabooks Stacked! 2y
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AllDebooks
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#Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I finally got a full board. 😊 This has been an incredible month, I've read some great books and whittled through the tbr. All the fab challenges helped #als #aam #buddyreads #serieslove2023 #Booked2023 #Roll100 and my own #NaturaLitsy group
Many thanks for hosting @monalyisha @Soubhiville @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @PuddleJumper @Librarybelle

Clwojick Way to go! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Fabulous month!!! 2y
TheSpineView Wow! Excellent! 2y
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Julsmarshall Way to go! 2y
Cinfhen Wowza!!! Fantastic 🧡 2y
Librarybelle Hooray!! An incredible month indeed! 2y
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JamieArc
You Better Be Lightning | Andrea Gibson
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I often have the reading version of “my eyes are bigger than my stomach,” so I didn‘t read near as many as I had wanted, but I‘m really happy with what I did read (and look forward to finishing the #ALS list throughout the year!). The tagged was a standout. Keegan‘s work settles deep in my heart. And Wayward, I have a lot of thinking to do about. I really enjoyed getting to know you @monalyisha and reading your faves of 2022. Thanks for hosting ⬇️

JamieArc SUCH A GREAT LITSY EVENT. (Caps intended 😆) 2y
monalyisha Ha! Thanks for the message — and for the caps! I‘m just so glad my recs hit their mark. It‘s such a good feeling when someone loves the same words as you. Happy February (& beyond)! 2y
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JamieArc
Wayward | Dana Spiotta
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Wayward felt like a snapshot of 2016. I didn‘t necessarily want to go back to those days - they give me anxiety 🙃. I finished this last night, and it‘s going to take time to process before adequately reviewing. It poked at uncomfortable points - who I am and who I will be as a white woman, mother/daughter relationships, etc. Lily‘s home felt like respite for me as a reader, as it was for Sam and Ally. I‘ll be thinking about this for a while. #ALS

monalyisha Yes! It was definitely a literary experience. “Uncomfortable” is a good word. Thanks for reminding me about Lily‘s house, which was the opposite of “uncomfortable.” ❤️‍🩹 2y
SamAnne Loved this one. Yes, an uncomfortable read. (edited) 2y
JamieArc I forgot to add that this completes January‘s #bookspin pick! 2y
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JamieArc
Foster | Claire Keegan
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Keegan‘s books are different than any I have read. They contain multitudes: small but mighty, dealing with hard issues but somehow leave me feeling calm and peaceful. Characters who are every day people but have such depth to them. They are stories that stick with me. Foster is no different. I also appreciate some of her male characters - they aren‘t perfect but they are good. I hope there are many more small books to add to my Keegan collection.

JamieArc #ALS #AuldLangSpine @monalyisha I‘m so glad we traded Keegan books on our lists ❤️ 2y
monalyisha I‘m happy this was a satisfying second read from her oeuvre! I haven‘t gotten to yours yet but still plan to. So much more goodness to come, I‘m sure! Thanks again for being my partner! 2y
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JamieArc
You Better Be Lightning | Andrea Gibson
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I always WANT to read more poetry but am afraid I‘ll have to think too hard and the meaning will go over my head. I‘m so glad I picked this up first for #AuldLangeSpine. It hit me in the feels so many times. It‘s meaning was evident - it demanded me to think about it but in a deeply reflective way. Each poem was great, but some caught my breath, some made me sob, and some felt uncomfortable because they were way too personal. (Cont ⬇️)

JamieArc Gibson has a gift for intimately speaking of the ways in which we are human, and they have a gift for humanizing “others” - those who are different in political/moral beliefs or those who have deeply hurt us. I will definitely be reading more of Gibson. I am positive this will make my top of 2023 list. 2y
JamieArc I must have run into the work of Gibson before but didn‘t know it. When I asked the poets in my life, including my sister-in-law who does spoken word poetry, if they knew of Gibson, everyone I asked gushed about them. 2y
JamieArc @monalyisha I did look them up on YouTube, but most was recent and it‘s hard to see/hear about cancer. Thanks for putting Gibson on my radar 🙏🏼⚡️ 2y
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monalyisha I‘m so happy you loved this! Gibson‘s work is so wonderfully open, I can‘t imagine not feeling welcomed by it (as long as you‘re open, too!). 2y
monalyisha I‘m also thrilled to see the hearty handful of shelf adds at the bottom of your review! 💯🙌🏻 2y
JamieArc @monalyisha I hadn‘t noticed all the stack adds! Happy to see that too! #ALS keeps on giving 🙌🏼 2y
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Wayward | Dana Spiotta
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Starting this #ALS read tonight. This paragraph is the whole first page, and I‘m intrigued.

merelybookish I loved this book! 2y
SamAnne I loved this one too! 2y
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