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rachelsbrittain
The Weekend | Charlotte Wood
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What are you reading this weekend? #WeekendReads

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Chelsea.Poole
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Mehso-so

I loved the perspective of a 102 year old doctor who‘s focused on treating the whole person. Here, she focuses on what matters most in life, essentially how to be happy/content even when facing challenges like grief, illness, the breakdown of a marriage (drags her ex husband and I‘m here for it). I listened to the audio which featured a few clips from Gladys. The main problem for me was the “heal your cancerous tumor by fasting” vibes. Like what?

JenniferEgnor You might be interested in this podcast. The last sentence you gave here gave me those kind of vibes…they talk about this kind of thing on the show. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conspirituality/id1515827446 (edited) 1w
Chelsea.Poole @JenniferEgnor definitely interested! I am on hold for the audio of that podcast, with the same name. I really wish I made more time to listen to podcasts, but I‘m always listening to books instead. Have you listened to the podcast? 1w
JenniferEgnor @Chelsea.Poole yes, all the time! 1w
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Maude
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Pickpick

I had never heard of this Seuss book but I saw it in my LFL. It was cute, I picked it up for an older (83) relative.

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rachaich
The Weekend | Charlotte Wood
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Mehso-so

Playing catch up here as I got a new phone and can't download the Litsy app, thus using the desktop site!
Very keen to read this but it took a bit of perseverance. The characters all seemed self involved and critical of each other, hardly friendly... But I did stick with it and enjoyed the overall story.

Cathythoughts New phone ! My biggest nightmare, I hope it‘s sorted for you now 👍🏻 1mo
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Anna40
The Weekend | Charlotte Wood
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Pickpick

Adele (a broke &once successful actress),Wendy (an intellectual & once acclaimed writer)&Jude (a former restaurant manager) gather at Sylvie‘s beach home to clean out the house so that Sylvie‘s daughter can sell it. Sylvies‘s death impacts their relationship in ways none of them could have anticipated.They all deal with grief, aging & other losses differently. Wonderfully relatable, beautifully written. Switching points of view is so

Anna40 skilfully done & gives the reader so much insight into the thoughts & memories of the women but is never boring or shallow. Oh & there‘s also Finn, Wendy‘s old & deaf dog. Relatable, deeply moving, funny with wonderful characters. What an amazing book. I couldn‘t put it down. This is how you write female characters in their 70s. We need more books like this one! 1mo
Bklover Sounds wonderful! 1mo
kspenmoll I just got this from the library! Great review! 1mo
Anna40 @Bklover 😊yes, I think it‘s a wonderful book @kspenmoll hope you enjoy the book as much as I did. 1mo
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candc320
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My parent have come into town to celebrate the holidays and my mom gave me this adorable book gnome! She comes with little books and even a book worm! I can‘t wait to find the perfect little spot for her ones we take down all the Christmas decorations !

kspenmoll Perfect gift! 2mo
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TieDyeDude
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Mollyanna That was so wonderful! Thank you for sharing. 🥹 2mo
Deblovestoread Yes, i am 😭. Wonderful 💙 2mo
Princess-Kingofkings Thank you ~ that was precious to watch! 2mo
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marleed 💕💕 2mo
bthegood Loved this - and crying - thank you - 2mo
dabbe I have to stop dicing onions! 😭 What. A. Treasure. #thankyou for posting. ❣️ 2mo
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Kerrbearlib
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“One of the wonderful things about fictional characters is that they can illustrate for us, in particularly memorable ways, aspects of the human experience that we might otherwise fail to appreciate.”

My cat Boots is not a fictional character, but here she is!

#CatsOfLitsy

Bookwomble Hey, Boots! 😻 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Pickpick

Interesting. A bit of a scary topic as it makes clear that we are woefully unprepared, at the present time, to deal with the results of expanding life expectancy.

81/62

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 3mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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"My father's father, Liang Shao Pu, lived to the age of ninety-three."

Started this book about the coming elder boom last night for #BookSpinBingo

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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