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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land | Monica Hesse

The preface already has me excited.

#nonfiction #americanfire

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Mdargusch

Girl in the Blue Coat | Monica Hesse

This is an interesting look at the resistance movement in Amsterdam during WWII. This is the book in round 2 in #LMPBC. Since I am not experienced in annotating my books, I‘m really not sure what to do now. Do I emphasize what #iheartYA has already marked? Or do I look for new things to mark? #qustionsquestions #historical fiction #reindeerreads

cathysaid, Jess7, ItsAngel

cathysaid In my book, I marked things I thought were interesting or confusing, different themes I noticed, things that made me laugh or cringe, areas that annoyed me, and passages I thought were beautifully written. I also asked a few questions of you all as I went. At the end of some chapters I summed up my thoughts. I'm just looking forward to all of your observations, whatever form they take! Hope this helps? 7y

cathysaid Also, it helped me to imagine we were all in the same room with yummy food and wine, talking about the books in our book club meeting! 7y

Jess7 I plan to read her #botm book #americanfire. If this one is good, I may have to add it to my #tbr too! Stacked! (edited) 7y

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Mdargusch This is such a departure from American Fire. But so far I‘m really liking it. Jess7 7y

Mdargusch I like that idea about sitting in a room together @cathysaid 7y

ItsAngel @Mdargusch I don‘t think there are any rules to this. In my book I marked whatever really stood out...much the way @cathysaid explained in her response. Now that I have your book, @Mdargusch , I am underlining new things, emphasizing things that you‘ve already noticed and writing my own bits. I‘m just doing whatever I feel lead to do. 7y

emilyhaldi Good question! The comments above are helpful. 👍🏻 7y

cathysaid @ItsAngel yes! No rules! We're rebels! ✊ Let that Litsy flag fly!!! 🎏 (I might need to stop the coffee for the day....😳) 7y

Reviewsbylola I would just mark what stands out to you! 7y

ItsAngel Hahaha @cathysaid yes!! 🤪😝f 7y

Mdargusch I think I needed to hear “emphasizing things you‘ve already noticed” @ItsAngel because that was the part I wasn‘t sure about. 7y

Mdargusch I like “we‘re rebels” @cathysaid ! 7y

ItsAngel @Mdargusch I‘m glad it helped. I am just going with what feels right. I honestly don‘t think there is a right or wrong way to do this. It‘ll be interesting to see what is added to our selections. 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love this cover and it sounds really good!! Stacked!! 7y

Mdargusch I love the cover too @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and the book is good so far. 💙 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mdargusch good!! So glad the cover matches the quality!! 😉❤️ 7y

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Jess7

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land | Monica Hesse

Hey BOTM Buddy Readers, here is the #readingschedule for the December book, #AmericanFire, lead by @MrsV and @TheBookHippie . Given the length of this book and the holidays, there will only be two discussions. The first one is Sunday, 12/10 and the second is 12/17. I‘m excited to read this one, and I hope you will join us. #BOTMBuddyRead

MinDea, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Jess7, bookloo

MallenNC I read this last month and enjoyed it. Hope you all have a good buddy read experience! 7y

Jess7 Thanks! Feel free to join in (especially during the final discussion)! @MallenNC 7y

MallenNC @Jess7 I'll definitely look out for it! 7y

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MrsV

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land | Monica Hesse

Week 1 Preface to Chapter 13

Week 2 Chapter 14 to Chapter 28

#BOTMBuddyread #americanfire

@TheBookHippie @MinDea @bookloo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jess7

Come join the group discussion. Reading begins on 12/3 - discussion on 12/10!

kspenmoll Hope your life has calmed down the last few weeks& you & your family could enjoy Thanksgiving. Hope to join in reading this book. ❤️ 7y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman

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Lcsmcat I want to read American Fire. 7y

Jess7 Yay! Excited for our #botmbuddyread of #americanfire in December with @MrsV and @TheBookHippie leading the discussion! 7y

Jess7 @Lcsmcat join our #botmbuddyread in December - American Fire is our pick for that month. The Sunday discussions will be lead by @TheBookHippie and @MrsV 7y

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Aurora0044 I'm getting Rules of Magic also, I can't wait! 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jess7 I love our little group!!! 😊 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Aurora0044 I hope I can get to it sometime soon!!! 7y

JenReadsAlot Rules of Magic for me as well 😊 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JenReadsAlot have you read

Practical Magic

JenReadsAlot I have not. 7y

Mdargusch I really liked American Fire, but I‘m also a huge true crime fan. 7y

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Jess7

Bonfire | Krysten Ritter

These are my #November #BOTM picks 📚 #Bonfire 🔥#AmericanFire 🔥📚 Which book(s) did you choose?

American Fire is our #BOTMBuddyRead for #December. I hope you will join us! @TheBookHippie and @MrsV will be leading the discussion for it. 🤗

Drnkpnkprincess I snagged Bonfire and The Rules of Magic! Can not wait to read either, but I might have to wait until 2018 for these two 😔 7y

mrozzz Will also pick Bonfire... 7y

TheBookStacker Bonfire because of you littens and then Rules and Future as well. 7y

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Bklover Those are my picks too! 7y

Reviewsbylola American Fire is great. 7y

RadicalReader @Jess7 what an awesome looking collection. Every time I see the last name Ritter I always think of the famous and talented John Ritter 7y

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MinDea

Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng

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Last question for today's discussion and final question for the book! Jess posted question 5. I have really enjoyed discussing this book with everyone! You all made it so fun. Thank you so kuch for participating in our buddy read and look forward to more book discussions with you all!

Who is joining in The Heart's Invisible Furies or American Fire?

@Jess7 @Bookloo @MrsV @TheBookHippie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #botmBuddyRead #LFEReadAlong

AmyG Izzy, being 15, took Mia literally. I had a sneaky halfway through that it was Izzy because all these things were happenning around her...but I felt she thought she was being ignored by everyone. I found it interesting that she would run away. Didn't see that coming. But then, that's what Mia did when she was young. I guess it gave Izzy an opportunity to start over. (edited) 7y

Valeka I don‘t think that Mia meant for Izzy to take her words literally but, being a teenager, she did. I wasn‘t surprised that Izzy set the fires. I like to think of Izzy as a phoenix rising from the ashes of her past life - stronger and more determined than ever. 7y

Valeka Thank you @MinDea and @Jess7 for being such awesome hosts! I will be participating in the #LitsyBuddyReads of Eleanor Oliphant and Everything I Never Told You read alongs. Looking forward to seeing you all there! (edited) 7y

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Redwritinghood Mia is a radical, but I don‘t think she meant for Izzy to take this laterally and burn the house down. I‘m not surprised that Izzy did it either. She was very dramatic in all areas of her life. 7y

AmyG Yes @MinDea @Jess7 Thank you so much. You are wonderful hosts! I will definitely participate in THIF and I read American Fire so hope to join that, too. (edited) 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I don‘t think she meant it literally, but Izzy is a rebel so she took it that way. She has always been treated like the black sheep of the family so this allows her to get even with them in a way. 7y

TheBookHippie I don‘t think she meant literally. Izzy needed a way out I think. This forced her to go and start over and maybe after finding answers, live like Mia. On her own terms. Wonderful hosts!!! Can‘t wait for the next book discussion 7y

cathysaid I found the ending to be a bit disappointing and predictable. Izzy setting the fires makes the most sense, but I would have like to see more of a twist or surprise. Overall, however, I enjoyed the book. 7y

MinDea Thanks @TheBookHippie @AmyG and @Valeka. I had so much fun co-hosting #botmBuddyRead with @Jess7! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @bookloo are up next to co-host #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries. Then @TheBookHippie and @MrsV co-host #AmericanFire then @Jess7 and I will be back to co-host whatever is next!!! 7y

MinDea I agree with everyone! Mia did not mean for her to literally burn anything down. Ahe just mean that from ashes things can regrow. That when she is old enough she will understand, be heard and have more than she does now. 7y

ChasingOm Echoing everyone, I don't think Mia meant it to be literal. I also agree with @cathysaid, that I found it a bit disappointing -- but maybe I've been reading too many thrillers and not everything needs a big twist at the end! Thanks @MinDea & @Jess7 for being hosts with the mosts; can't wait to see y'all commenting on @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks & @bookloo's feeds for THIF next #BOTMBuddyRead! 😘 (edited) 7y

Jess7 I agree with everyone‘s assessment of Mia‘s words and Izzy‘s actions. I liked the ending - to me it made the most logical sense in terms of Izzy being the fire starter. I was surprised about her deciding to run away. I wonder if she will find Mia and Pearl. 7y

Joanne1 Agree, it was not meant literally but teens are not great with metaphors. I felt like I knew izzy set the fires the whole time, it was the only thing that made sense and it was why izzy's perspective was mostly missing until the end. But I thought, in light of her taking Mia's words literally, she did it more to give everyone a chance to start again from scratch than to punish them. 7y

GatheringBooks hi all - i am going to be super late for the discussion here - but my book club here in singapore just discussed the book last night - i feel that izzy knew it was a metaphor; she is a gifted/extremely perceptive and smart girl after all; she just wanted to burn the house down because it may be symbolic of everything that she perceived was wrong about their lives. 7y

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MrBook

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land | Monica Hesse

Announcement 1: The extraordinary @Jess7 is promoting a #BOTMBuddyRead 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!! Details provided above, or head over to her post to find out more. #AmericanFire #truecrime #December

Jess7 Thank you!! :-) 7y

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Jess7

American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land | Monica Hesse

Here is our line up for the rest of this year. I hope you will join us! We selected #AmericanFire for #December. This #truecrime book is a “breathtaking feat of reportage”, redefining American tragedy of our time. It tells the story of a struggling mechanic who plead guilty to 67 counts of arson, and explores his surprising motives. The result evokes the soul of rural America—a land half gutted before the fires even began. 📚 #BOTMBuddyRead

TheBookHippie, MinDea, MrsV, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Jess7, bookloo

Jess7 @Cinfhen and @BarbaraBB - here is our #BOTMbuddyread lineup for the rest of this year if you‘re interesting in joining in. We selected American Fire for December and would love if you would join us! 7y

BarbaraBB I‘d like that! I try to get a copy in time! 7y

Cinfhen Thanks @Jess7 I've read it already, but maybe I'll pop in for discussions 7y

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Jess7 Please join us and share to get the word out (if you can): @RaimeyGallant @EllieDottie @TheLibrarian @Captivatedbybooks @MrBook @BookBabe @BookishMarginalia @OrangeMooseReads @LauraBeth @LauraBrook 7y

Jess7 Please join us and share (repost) if you can: @Graciouswarriorprincess @cocomass @gossamerchild @Redwritinghood @nelehelen @CoffeeCatsBooks @CaroPi @AllenStClair @ptkpepe98 @mrp27 @AmyG @ChasingOm @Sassy_Steph @REPollock @RebelReader @BooksintheDelta @Valeka @Chelsea.Poole @cathysaid @Reecaspieces @Smartypants - you don‘t have to be a #botm member to join us - just have to get the book and join the discussion on Sundays! 7y

Smartypants @Jess7 Awesome! I'm looking forward to this! 7y

Chelsea.Poole Thanks for the invite!! I have read and loved both choices!! I‘ll check in with the discussions to see what everyone thinks! ☺️ 7y

PandaPanda I'm excited! I already have my heart's invisible furies all tabbed up! 7y

MrBook Oooh! I shall repost today 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! 7y

Jess7 Thanks @MrBook 7y

AllenTStClair @Jess7 Thanks for the invitation. I‘ll do my best to join! 7y

RaimeyGallant I'm late on checking my messages! Sorry! I'll post the next one. 7y

Jess7 @Jesstifies here are the books for the rest of the year for #botmbuddyread - there are six of us that host this buddy read and we rotate each month with two of us being the main hosts who come up with weekly questions and lead the discussion on Sundays following each week‘s assigned reading. I hope you will join us! 7y

Jess7 @Updrifting - here is the schedule of books for the rest of this year for our #botmbuddyread 7y

BooksintheDelta @Jess7 the arson book looks right up my alley! I will plan to participate with disclaimer that I may flake out due to general holiday giddiness. ;) 7y

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