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IriDas
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Mehso-so

It‘s not terrible. 🤷 It‘s not so much a history as it is a highlight of bookshops the author found interesting. Not a problem, but some of them were not to me. I also do not like the way certain historic events were worded. Eg. In the chapter about “radical” bookstores, he states that Eugene Debs (an American socialist) went to prison. No context. It makes me wonder about other facts he tossed around.

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sdbruening
The Quotable Book Lover | Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson
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Mehso-so

The formatting of the book was pretty blah. I feel like the presentation could have been nicer. The categories of quotes made sense. I don‘t know much about publishing, so that was over my head. A lot of quotes on writing. More than reading.

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IriDas
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Back to work today. I almost left without a book and had to just grab one as I was heading out the door. :D Guess I‘ll be reading this next. I cannot read ebooks or audiobooks when students are in the room and I like to set an example of reading for them since many tell me they never read. :( #education

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emz711
Titanic Survivors Book Club | Timothy Schaffert
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I thought this was really clever. Cover was gorgeous. Had a lot of tidbits of life at that time. Meditation on "surviving" the Titanic is very interesting to me considering all the stories of "I could have been there" on 9/11

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vivastory
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*Favorite Genres: Horror, lit fic, fantasy, non-fiction, mystery
*Desert Island Reads: Poe's Collected Tales & Poems, LOA Shirley Jackson collection, Complete Shakespeare Plays, LOA Le Guin Hainish Novels & Stories, Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Baldwin's collected essays
*Go-to Reading Snack: Iced coffee
*Weirdest/most interesting place I've read a book: I often bring a book with me when I go to a concert to kill time between acts: (CONT)

vivastory due to my job I have read at nearly every ER waiting room in the KC area.
*What do you when you're not reading? Wish I was reading.
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monalyisha Smart choices for your desert island reads; quantity and quality. 😉 And I don‘t actually know what your job is! 5d
monalyisha Perfect answer to the last question, too, by the way! 5d
vivastory @monalyisha Thank you! I'm the lead health coordinator for a non-profit that provides IDD services for adults. I help supervise & coordinate routine medical care, but also assist with urgent situations. Love my job. 4d
monalyisha @vivastory Thanks for explaining! 💓 4d
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Rome753
The Book on the Bookshelf | Henry Petroski
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Irene and Theodora resting in between reading.
#TuxedoCats #catsandbooks #readingcats

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I have two tuxedos 🖤🤍 5d
TheSpineView ❤️🐾 5d
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 5d
AnnCrystal 💫😸🐾😸💫. 4d
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wanderinglynn
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I did the #GAR challenge in 2018 & got 53/100. My goal is to read at least most of them.

Currently on my TBR bookshelf:
The Grapes of Wrath
Heart of Darkness
Things Fall Apart
A Separate Peace
Crime & Punishment
War & Peace
Catch-22
Dune
Atlas Shrugged

#TLT

bellabella Sound like good, long books! I hope you enjoy them. I've only read Grapes of Wrath out of those, but I liked it a lot. 7d
dabbe If I had to pick my top 3 from your list, I'd choose GRAPES, THINGS FALL APART, and A SEPARATE PEACE--loved teaching that in high school. You kicked my butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 7d
Susanita Things Fall Apart 😭 7d
wanderinglynn @Susanita that‘s what I‘ve heard, which is why it‘s been sitting on my TBR bookshelf 6d
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