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tpixie
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DL Sayers was the leader of the clever advertising campaign for Colman‘s Mustard!
Secret Sign of the Mustard Club: place the mustard pot 6 inches from your neighbor‘s plate 💛🧡💛
#AuthorAMonth

https://system1group.com/blog/mystery-mustard-and-marketing-the-birth-of-the-flu...

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Soubhiville
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I had not heard of this 111 page book Roxane Gay coauthored last year, but it just showed up in my kindle deal email for 2.99. If you don‘t have a plan yet for #AuthorAMonth in February maybe this is what you‘ve been waiting for?

The link Amazon gave me is too long for a Litsy post, but if you search the book from your account or kindle store you should find it. Enjoy!

(I will add that Hunger is my favorite book by Gay)

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CatLass007 Thank you. I‘ve had Bad Feminist in my Audible library for some time now and that‘s what I be listening to. 12h
tpixie @Soubhiville thanks 😊 12h
TheSpineView Thanks 11h
Bookwormjillk Thanks. I don't know this book, but I love the title. 11h
Sace Thanks for the info. Hunger has been in my shelf for years and I‘m glad to hear you enjoyed it. I am planning on reading that for February. 11h
AllDebooks Thank you. 11h
DebinHawaii Thanks for the heads up! 9h
Eyelit I forgot about this one - I have a physical copy and I‘ll need to find it and have it ready for next month! 9h
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tip. I wasn‘t sure what I was going to pick but this seems timely 💙 8h
julieclair Thanks! I have not heard of this one. now
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Texreader
Clouds of Witness | Dorothy L Sayers
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Pickpick

Amateur detective Wimsey‘s brother the Duke has been arrested for the murder of their sister‘s fiancée. The duke, the sister, the fiancée, some couples, the hired help are all at a hunting lodge when a gunshot is heard in the middle of the night. It turns out all the suspicious parties, including the deceased, have very big secrets. An excellent detailed investigation but I wasn‘t too pleased with the resolution. It felt contrived so the ⬇️

Texreader reader couldn‘t possibly figure it out ahead of time. Much better than book 1. But Wimsey still irritates me. The actual police detective I like very much. I‘m reading book 3 in the series now. I hope the stories continue to improve. #authoramonth @Soubhiville #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65 18h
TheSpineView Awesome!🤩📖📚 11h
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Julsmarshall
Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo
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Thank you so much, @Soubhiville ! I‘ve been out of town and so finally had time to check my mailbox and was so happy to see your generous gift from the #AAM 2024. I‘m thrilled to receive both books and I love the bookmark and stickers. I love participating in the #authoramonth challenge and winning a prize just made it all the sweeter. Thanks again!

Soubhiville You‘re welcome! Thanks for participating! 21h
tpixie Congrats 🎈🎉📚 12h
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Susanita
Whose Body? | Dorothy Sayers
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Mehso-so

This started out moderately promising, but by the end I couldn‘t wait just to be done already. Parker is okay, but Wimsey is kind of a jerk. The story is rambling and a little cringey. #authoramonth

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Melismatic
Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers
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That ending!! 😂😵‍💫🛀

No spoilers but it was giving Scooby Doo, to me. 🤣 Yes, I did it & here‘s how & I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren‘t for you meddling Lord Peter & Co!

I hovered between So-So & Pan. I think this was a product of its time and Sayers probably needed to cook a bit more to fully get in the swing. I wouldn‘t be opposed to revisiting another installment at some point. #AuthorAMonth

TW: heavy anti-semitism

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DHill
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Thank you @Soubhiville for this amazing 2024 #AuthorAMonth prize box!

Looking forward to another year of discovering new authors and revisiting favorites in 2025.

Soubhiville You‘re welcome! Thanks for reading along with me! 1d
tpixie Congrats 🎈🎉📚 12h
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tpixie
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Here‘s an add for the book at the end.
Yay! I‘m finally done with this book. I didn‘t realize I was so close to the end, the notes in the back of the book start at about the 50% mark! I‘m glad I read it & sad I didn‘t enjoy it, since the author is a famous female author. The historical notes at the end of the book an interesting, so I‘m reading them. #AuthorAMonth

Leftcoastzen I love the old book ads at the end. 1d
tpixie @Leftcoastzen yes! It‘s a fun touch. A peek into the past 🦚 1d
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AllDebooks
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Happy #Chatterday

How's your day going?

All welcome to join in the chitchat. ☕️

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @sace @Cuilin @dabbe @tpixie @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie Holding my breath 🎗️… I don‘t say much on this platform because IMTIREDOFHATE but today I‘m just holding my breath waiting to see what happens. Then next week is a whole other story. My brain cannot comprehend I once again need to know the rights of students and if ICE can come into the buildings. RAGE is an appropriate word for the day. I know ppl don‘t like the political for me today this is my reality. So I put a spoiler up. Oy. 2d
tpixie Great! Reading my daily read of Les Misérables for #READLESMIS. I‘m going to finally finish my #AuthorAMonth WhoseBody? ThankGoodness! And I just read JRR Tolkien‘s poem, Errantry which is very lyrical. @Daisey shared it with me! Tonight, I‘m going to a school fundraiser with my daughter. Several men cook samples of food and you go to each table to try them, & then you vote on your favorite. I‘m bringing baggies- it‘s always too much food ? 2d
tpixie @AllDebooks Thanks for the tag! 🩵📘🩵 2d
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TheBookHippie @tpixie Les Mis is such a zen thing everyday. ♥️ 2d
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! Thanks for hosting!! 2d
Sace I finished my sixth book of the month and I‘m currently staying tuned to the weather in hopes of another bonus day off 🤣 2d
Sace @TheBookHippie I have been thinking about you. I‘m also holding my breath and anxious about next week. 2d
Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie I hear you. I‘m dreading going to work in DC on Tuesday. Really relieved that it‘s so cold and apparently they‘re all going to stay inside. 2d
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie I fully understand how you're feeling and wish there was something I could do to make you feel better. Just know you're not alone. I think the whole world will be holding its breath on Monday. X 2d
AllDebooks @tpixie I love Les Mis. Tonight's event sounds fun. Enjoy. X 2d
AllDebooks @Sace lol, I get that wish. 🤣 2d
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I can't imagine how touh that's gonna be. My thoughts are with you. X 2d
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm just finally having my morning coffee. We are heading to Easton, PA today to have a belated holiday with my guy's cousin and her two sons (19 & 16). The father passed about 2 years ago and they all had similar interests. We like to spend time with the boys talking about superheroes and Legos. @TheBookHippie I am not looking forward to this week. You're all in my thoughts. ❤️ 2d
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk ugh thankful for small favours of the weather. Sigh. 2d
TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick So sweet. Legos are the best! Hope you all have a wonderful time. ♥️ 2d
TheBookHippie @AllDebooks Yup. Just keep swimming!!! 2d
quietlycuriouskate @TheBookHippie I don't know what to say about Monday: still can't quite get my head around the fact that it's for real. 2d
tpixie @Sace snow days are fun! At any age!! 🩵❄️🩵 2d
tpixie @AllDebooks thanks! 😊 2d
dabbe @TheBookHippie Right there with you, my friend. Living in a border state has me very worried as well. I still can't even wrap my head around it. He loses and there's an almost-insurrection. We lose, and we're supposed to play nice in the sandbox. RAGE is the word. 🩶🖤🩶 2d
TheBookHippie @dabbe ♥️💯 2d
Bookwormjillk @dabbe 👏👏👏 2d
Seabreeze_Reader @dabbie @thebookhippie Thank you to the Littens here for acknowledging & writing something about the upcoming IT event. I'm feeling a wide range of emotions. 🥺😤😱 (It's better to not feel isolated in our feelings/opinions, IMHO.) On Monday, I won't be watching any tv broadcasts. Even knowing it won't change anything at all, instead on Monday I plan to read a #bannedbook 2d
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie I was talking with my parents yesterday about how no one in my area has thought about those forced to leave the US and the impact this will have on the agriculture here. It‘s so sad. Rage away…I‘m with you! 2d
TheBookHippie @Seabreeze_Reader I‘m doing service for MLK day and not tuning into a thing. I absolutely agree we should speak up. Those who are celebrating would like us not to - and to be quiet, which is not my problem. 2d
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle many have left here (in November -about 60 percent). 2d
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie 😔 So very sad. By the way, have you read this…we‘re discussing it for #LiteraryCrew on Monday, and it‘s been a good read on speaking up in your own way against hate for a YA audience. I‘ve thought of you while reading the stories! 2d
Faranae I'm super sleep-deprived, but also excited because I finally have a fridge in my basement suite, so I can maybe start eating better. Anyone got healthy snack ideas? Nothing crunchy and it's winter here in the far North so produce will cost an arm and a leg. But baking is an option! 😻 2d
AnnCrystal 🫂💝.
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@AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate
@Librarybelle

It feels like we're reading an unrealistic sci-fi book...

My mom and I went grocery shopping yesterday. We stocked up a bit in case there's some kind of chaos and we're forced to shelter in place...that sounds ridiculous...this just all feels unsettling.

Keep praying for our wild in the forests, waters, and sky.

🇺🇸🙏🦅🇺🇲.
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TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2d
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle yes we did this with young people for a book club ♥️♥️♥️ last go round … 2d
Sace @AllDebooks I love my job and my kids are the BEST, but being at home snuggled in bed reading is even better! 😊 2d
Librarybelle @AnnCrystal ❤️❤️❤️ 2d
Librarybelle @TheBookHippie It‘s a good book club book for teens! 2d
Sace @tpixie they certainly are! 2d
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle they very much liked it. 2d
AllDebooks @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick lego is the best invention. Have a fun time x 2d
AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate it's a dystopian nightmare, but unfortunately, irl. I'm still in shock 2d
AllDebooks @dabbe 💙 thinking of you all 💙 2d
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @tpixie @sace @Bookwormjillk @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @quietlycuriouskate @dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader @Librarybelle @Faranae @AnnCrystal And to anyone else who participates in #Chatterday 😊 Thank you for your responses. I started this as an open, safe space to discuss anything. I'm so pleased you all feel able to voice your worries, alongside all the good stuff. X 2d
AllDebooks @Seabreeze_Reader I'm with you 💯 x 2d
AllDebooks I'm changing today's #Chatterday tag to #RAGEaday. X 2d
AllDebooks @Librarybelle We had this issue after Brexit. No one thought about a ll the EU residents working in the UK that would return to their home countries. Take the mic was the best read. 👌 2d
AllDebooks @Faranae we love flapjacks. Various nice recipes in this article https://www.olivemagazine.com/guides/snacks-winter-walks/ 2d
AllDebooks @AnnCrystal human rights aside, the environment is my biggest fear. It's going to be completely neglected and plundered to the detriment of us all. 2d
Suet624 @TheBookHippie I‘m with you. If folks aren‘t upset about what‘s coming they just aren‘t paying attention or have no compassion. 2d
quietlycuriouskate @AllDebooks Thank you for holding the space. Yes, Litsy is a respite from the ongoing crapification of the world BUT at the same time, this mustn't be a place where folk feel they must be silent. I'm scared for the whole damn world and feel helpless, pretty much, but want to show solidarity with our friends in America. God, I never imagined that Brexit was just the warm-up act for this clusterfuck. 2d
AnnCrystal 🫂👍 @AllDebooks the environmental threat is going to be truly scary 😢🙏. Unimaginable dreadfully nightmarish...thank you for creating this safe space. (edited) 2d
dabbe @AllDebooks 🩶🖤🩶 2d
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vlwelser
Unnatural Death | Dorothy L. Sayers
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Mehso-so

This was fine. It's entertaining. I heard that these get better, but I might stall here at three.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks That's where I am stuck. 2d
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