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Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. | Christiane F.

This has always been one of my favorite songs from the 80s, but it wasn‘t until about 10 months ago I learned what this song is actually about. Marian Gold lead singer with Alphaville said the song was about two lovers trying to get off heroin. He was influenced by what was happening in Berlin around the Zoo Banhoff area. The book is also about teens addicted to heroin in 1977 in Berlin.
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Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Ohhhhh! #LiveAndLearn ….I never knew either and I LOVE this song 🎶 Book sounds great! Thanks for posting and sharing 2y

BarbaraBB I had no idea! I just sang along to it about a thousand times! 2y

dabbe Now I'm singing “Zoo Station“ by U2, too! 🤣🤣🤣 2y

Cuilin @dabbe Another great song. 2y

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Bookwomble

The Fu Manchu Omnibus: Volume 1 | Sax Rohmer

#TitlesAndTunes #GuiltyPleasures
Sax Rohmer's adventure thrillers are a guilty pleasure due to their racism and Rohmer's journalistic role in contributing to the racist trope of "The Yellow Peril". His best-known creation is criminal mastermind / anti-colonial patriot, Dr. Fu Manchu. Less well-known is his female counterpart, Sumuru.
Tunes are Desmond Dekker's Fu Manchu, and the original China Girl by Iggy Pop, both of which I love without guilt!

Bookwomble @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 2y

Bookwomble Desmond Dekker: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Zi3RnDhpNzcEnw6MLaU15?si=3axQEB2bQn670jgMCHsfpg 2y

Bookwomble Iggy Pop: https://open.spotify.com/track/5nB8x0jxofKalTtaQLpGZL?si=-9eGPk9TRyW54RNxOaSvjA 2y

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dabbe My roommate in college (back in--gulp--1983) had a 90-minute cassette tape (45 minutes each side) with only “China Girl.“ She played it over and over and over and over ... to this day when I hear it, my hair literally stands on end. Love David Bowie, though! 🤣🤣🤣 2y

Bookwomble @dabbe And your roommate is now my wife! 😮 (Well, perhaps not 😂). David wrote the music for Iggy Pop's original version, Iggy improvising the lyrics about a failed love affair he'd just come out of. As might be expected, the Iggy version is more raw than David's - I love them both ♥️👨🏻‍🎤🧑🏻‍🎤 2y

dabbe @Bookwomble My hubby ADORES Iggy Pop; me, too! Both are just out of the universe. 💚💙💚 If your wife's name is Brenda, then she is the one! 🤣🤣🤣 2y

Cinfhen I never knew Iggy Pop had the original version 🫢 #LiveAndLearn 2y

Bookwomble @dabbe Brenda?! Brenda Bookwomble? A-no! 😄 Iggy is manically fabulous 🦎😊 2y

Bookwomble @Cinfhen David and Iggy recorded it for the latter's "The Idiot" album while they were in Berlin. Iggy was having some financial problems a few years later, so David included the song on his "Let's Dance" album to earn Iggy some royalties. 2y

Rissreads Love that story! ♥️ 2y

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Cinfhen

Widows of Malabar Hill | Sujata Massey

I own both the book in print & the ebook on my Kindle. I‘ve decided there are too many words I‘m not familiar with, so I‘m going with the helpful built in dictionary. Such a great feature that I almost never use.

Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve never heard that word before, that‘s for sure! What does it mean? 3y

Larkken Oh, man, the dictionary and translate functions on kindle are one of my favorite parts; when my kindle isn‘t on airplane mode, that is! 3y

EvieBee @Larkken LOL same! Got to extend those library checkouts, right? 3y

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TrishB I love the dictionary function! 3y

Cinfhen Begum - a Muslim lady of high ranking @Prairiegirl_reading 😁 it‘s such a GREAT feature @TrishB @Larkken @EvieBee #LiveAndLearn 3y

Larkken @EvieBee 😅 always 3y

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rockpools

Zombies, Run!: Keeping Fit and Living Well in the Current Zombie Emergency | Naomi Alderman

I‘ve been a bit rubbish at posting my #BFC21 goals the last few months, so here‘s an achievement instead.

I discovered there‘s a Couch to 5K version of the Zombies Run! app. I‘m kind of obsessed. I‘m managing 2 rather than 3 runs a week (but that‘s 2 more than 0, right?) & I‘m loving it. Yes, I‘m still shambling along, but at least I‘m doing.

I‘ve also shelved the FitBit for August- am trying to focus more on getting outside than counting steps.

wanderinglynn

BookwormM Go you 3y

wanderinglynn That‘s awesome! Way to go! 🙌🏻 3y

squirrelbrain I was intrigued by this when you mentioned it in your letter….do you have to run away from Zombies? 🤔 3y

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rockpools @BookwormM 🤣🤣 It‘s SO obviously my thing, isn‘t it?! 🧟‍♀️ 🤔 3y

rockpools @wanderinglynn 🤣 Thank you! 3y

rockpools @squirrelbrain Like I said, a tad obsessed - sorry 😁 In a nutshell, though… yes. There‘s a lot of story to it, though - you‘re in training as a ‘Runner‘ in an area surrounded by Zoms, so you‘re doing your training run/walk things but there‘s always some sort of incident or close shave ss you go. I blame Litsy. Zombies are so not my thing, even if I grew up in Shaun of the Dead territory, but I‘m finding this massively entertaining! 3y

squirrelbrain I don‘t do running…do you think I could walk quickly away from zombies?! 🤣 3y

Chrissyreadit I love it!!! 3y

rockpools @squirrelbrain Oh definitely! Many of them only shamble along, apparently, so a brisk walk gets you nicely out of the way. #LiveAndLearn (Who even am I?!) 3y

rockpools @Chrissyreadit 🤣🤣 3y

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Cinfhen

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness | Sy Montgomery

#LibraryHold #NewForMe #LiveAndLearn 🐙🎧

Soubhiville I loved this book so much! 3y

Deblovestoread 5 🌟 read for me. 💜 3y

Cinfhen Having trouble focusing 🧘‍♀️ so I‘m putting this on temporary hold @Soubhiville @Kdgordon88 because I‘ve heard it‘s phenomenal and I want to make sure im fully immersed 🐙🤩 3y

Megabooks This was a really emotional read for me. I can‘t eat octopus now. 3y

Centique @Megabooks I gave up eating octopus a few years ago after reading something about how intelligent they are. But I want to get to this book too! Did you guys see the Netflix doco “My Octopus Teacher” god I loved that 💕 3y

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Megabooks

King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - an American Tragedy | Michael Dobbs

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I‘ve always been fascinated by Nixon and Watergate, so when my library got the chronological downfall of Nixon structured as a Shakespearean tragedy, I had to say yes! The #audiobook includes bonus excerpts from Nixon‘s actual recordings. This book really deals well with the alliance-shifting in Nixon‘s inner circle.

One of my fav 90s movies is Dick with Dunst and Williams. Will Farrell plays Woodward and says, “There is no Herligman!” ⬇️

Cinfhen

Megabooks ⬆️ when he‘s frustrated that the teenage Deepthoats can‘t keep the White House staffers straight! 😂😂 #JoysOfJune Book 4/6 completing #BookspinBingo board; Library audiobook 2/3 @Andrew65 4y

Bookwormjillk That sounds amazing 4y

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y

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Hooked_on_books I‘m not sure I would be interested in this without your review. But now, 🤔 4y

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk I was surprised how much I enjoyed this! 4y

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books definitely go audio if you read it. Totally worth it for those excerpts!! 4y

Cinfhen I‘ll look for a #BorrowNotBuy but your review has me intrigued #LiveAndLearn 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it was a really fascinating book. Definitely worth a listen if it‘s ever an easy get for you! 😁 4y

Hooked_on_books That‘s definitely the way I‘ll go! Now I just have to watch for it from my library. 4y

dabbe Agreed on all counts. I even had to go back and read ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN ... again! 2y

Megabooks @dabbe it‘s such a fascinating time in American history. Glad you enjoyed it too! 2y

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Cinfhen

A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes

#CurrentListen 🎧 This is more of a short story collection, comprised of all female voices offering their perspective on the 10 year Trojan War. It‘s clever and fascinating and full of myth, lore and legend. @Megabooks @BarbaraBB this is my favorite brand of CBD body lotion and their lip therapy is amazing too!! Perfect for goddesses and mortals xx

alisiakae I‘ve never tried CBD lotion, what do you like about it? I use CBD drops to help with sleeping. 4y

Cinfhen It relieves minor aches and pains and offers some longer relief without having to digest anything @4thhouseontheleft I think the body rub roll on in the stick form actually works best on my lower back and upper shoulders. Plus they smell a hell of a lot better than Vick‘s vapor rub xx Hope you‘re having a great time at the cabin 4y

alisiakae @Cinfhen I'll have to try this! We're not at the cabin yet! We leave on Monday. It's Maya's last week of school! 4y

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Cinfhen Wow, school year is almost over!! Crazzy 4y

Megabooks Nice!! We‘ve definitely had an interesting conversation about CBD, etc. with @BarbaraBB ! 4y

Cinfhen We really do have good convos @Megabooks @BarbaraBB #LiveAndLearn ♥️ 4y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Megabooks Definitely! Cindy, you use this just for fun, I mean without a medical reason? We DO have marijuana oil in the Netherlands but people are very reserved (?) in using it. I would never think of buying it but you are now tempting me!! 4y

Cinfhen Yes @BarbaraBB it‘s not medical but it‘s meant to have medicinal plant based benefits you can even buy CBD products via Sephora 💕I‘m not sure how much is JUST marketing and how much is actually beneficial but it‘s the newest craze... (edited) 4y

BarbaraBB I really must find out all about this! So tempting! 4y

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Deblovestoread

The Librarian of Auschwitz | Antonio Iturbe

#BookReport Words in Deep Blue 5🌟 Librarian of Auschwitz 5🌟💔 and Death in Cyprus 4 🌟 both for #Booked2021 Juliet Takes A Breath 4🌟 for #BBRC Librarian was also my #Doublespin.

#WeeklyForecast Trying to keep up with chapter a day on Emma and have just started the other 3.

Cinfhen, TheAromaofBooks

Cinfhen Im glad you “enjoyed” Librarian of Auschwitz as others were not as moved. It‘s on my Kindle. I‘m looking forward to reading it. #LiveAndLearn 4y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Great progress!! 4y

Deblovestoread @Cinfhen I will be interested in your thoughts. I read a blurb that said the author got some things wrong in regards to Jewish religion/traditions. Unfortunately I do not know enough to pick up those discrepancies. 4y

Cinfhen I‘ll keep you posted 💕 4y

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Megabooks

Far From the Tree | Solomon, Andrew

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The subtitle of this book says it all. This is a book about the search for identity. Peppered with interviews of families as well as stats & citations, Solomon looks at what it‘s like for parents to raise a child that is fundamentally different from them, like one with Downs Syndrome. He does talk to a few where the parents have the same condition in chapters on dwarfism and deafness and non-hereditary conditions like being the child of rape. ⬇️

Cinfhen

Megabooks ⬆️ Even when I didn‘t agree with Solomon, this #audiobook was endlessly fascinating and has given me a lot to think about. For further insights, look at my four longer previous posts. #ChunksterChallenge @Amiable The book is 962 pages and 40 hours 37 minutes on audio. I‘m really glad I decided to go for it! (edited) 4y

Cathythoughts I love this title 👌🏻❤️ 4y

Megabooks @Cathythoughts me too! 4y

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youneverarrived I‘ve loved reading your updates on this Meg 🤍 it sounds like such an informative and interesting read. 4y

BarbaraBB I‘ve loved your updates. This seems a hard but important book. 4y

Redwritinghood I just watched the documentary made based on this book. Definitely worth a watch. It‘s on Hulu. 4y

Megabooks @youneverarrived thank you! It really was. 4y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB that definitely describes it. Thank you! 4y

Megabooks @Redwritinghood I do have Hulu! Once I get some distance from the book, I‘ll watch it. 👍🏻 4y

Cinfhen Well done, Meg!! #LiveAndLearn 🤓I need to figure out how to get Hulu to work overseas @Redwritinghood I think I‘d do better with the documentary than 40 hours of audio 🤪 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I don‘t think it‘s something I could usually do, especially how dense the material was, but I‘m glad I took on the challenge this time! 4y

Cinfhen Your brain is definitely more analytical!! I‘m glad you broke it up into summaries / I feel like I read the cliff notes xxxx 4y

FelinesAndFelonies Wow! I think it's amazing you stuck with such a long book on such challenging material! Well done! 4y

Megabooks @FelinesAndFelonies just saw this! Thank you! I was surprised how easily it flew by. Despite the length, the stories and the human connections move it along really well. 4y

Amiable This book was definitely way more interesting and engaging than you might expect — I loved it , too! 4y

Megabooks @Amiable Agreed!! 4y

Megabooks I forgot to tag this for #EastTimor #ReadingAsia2021. He spends time with a community with high hereditary deafness that have built their own sign language. @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 4y

Librarybelle Nice catch for #ReadingAsia2021 ! 4y

Megabooks @Librarybelle Thanks!! 4y

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Cinfhen

Miss Burma | Charmaine Craig

#AudioWalk #PitStop #FreeWiFi #AudiblePlus #ReadingAsia21 #MiseryPorn #Myanmar #LiveAndLearn ❣️❣️❣️❣️

Cinfhen SO. MUCH. TRAGEDY. and based on the author‘s grandparents & mother 😱😱 4y

BarbaraBB I‘m glad to see the hashtag #MyseryPorn again 🤣, it‘s a perfect warning! 4y

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