Litsy

The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne | Kate Winkler Dawson

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I just didn't like this book that much, which isn't a popular opinion. It looked at a murder 200 years ago. Dawson wrote about the murder, Williams ( the author of the first book about the murder),and Hawthorne ( how he based the Scarlett Letter off of the victim). It just seemed to me that way too much stuff was going on in the book. It could have been just me, as others liked the book. 2⭐️

#Bookspinbingo #Read2025

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snapsnarlgrowl

American Vampire 1976 | Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque

I always forget how much I love American Vampire until I pick up an issue or a collection and get completely absorbed.

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snapsnarlgrowl

American Vampire 1976 | Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque

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sdbruening

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings | Editors of Canterbury Classics

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Great collection of classic American documents, speeches, poems, etc. George Washington‘s speeches had a lot of big words that didn‘t say a whole lot. I also didn‘t know that it used to be first choice was made President and second choice was made Vice President. Teddy Roosevelt liked long, run-on sentences. The pledge of allegiance didn‘t originally have “under god” in it! President Eisenhower insisted it be added by Congress in 1954.

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Susanita

The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic | Richard Sandomir

Still not many (14) but some are pretty memorable.
1. The Pride of the Yankees
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Gaslight
4. To Kill A Mockingbird

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-awards-list-2-nominations-for-best
#TLT

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dabbe All the ones you chose are extremely memorable. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 1w

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Susanita

Balanced Budgets and American Politics | James Savage

For what it‘s worth, this morning I used 5Calls to contact my senators and ask them to vote against the pending continuing resolution.

In “normal” times, I wouldn‘t favor this approach. But we‘re not in normal times. Republicans have proven themselves to be untrustworthy. As a #longtimefed I found the kick-the-can budget process to be disruptive, especially when it would drag on until March. However, we‘re already living under massive disruption.

ImperfectCJ I need to educate myself more about this issue and then follow your lead and call my congresspeople...there's been too much to keep up with, and I don't want to get fatigued as the consequential stuff comes up (which I know is the goal of those holding the fire hose). 2w

TheBookHippie I like the 5calls thing and I agree with everything you said. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures @ImperfectCJ the point is to overwhelm you. My unsolicited advice, get a group of like-minded friends and parcel out the issues. In my friend group I monitor abortion issues, 1 friend monitors LGBTQ, 1 takes immigration ECT. Then when serious things come up the person in charge of that subject writes a letter to the Congress people and shares it with the group and we all send in a letter. 2w

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Bookwormjillk Have you seen what they want to do to DC? Take away $1.1 B dollars! Think of what that would do to public services. 2w

ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures Indeed. They've said as much while saying the quiet part loud. Between pandemic, job changes/relocations, and now all of this, my friend group has diminished significantly. I'm in a rebuilding phase, but at almost 50, that's challenging. I'm trying to focus on the ways that the Constitution is being eroded rather than specific issues (forest vs trees), but it's easy to get distracted by outrage and fear. 2w

Susanita @ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures The point is definitely to overwhelm us. I‘m gonna go out on a limb and say they probably don‘t even mind the lawsuits that much (bitching and moaning and bluster aside), because it keeps the waters muddied. Throw in Tesla publicity stunts and a Hannity rant. Rinse. Repeat. 2w

Susanita @Bookwormjillk I understand that‘s not even federal money! For that the city had to dismantle the BLM plaza?!? 2w

Susanita @ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures One option is indivisible.org which has local groups centered around particular issues. 1w

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VRM1975

The Summer Without Men: A Novel | Siri Hustvedt

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Susanita

The Spy's Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia | Bryan Denson

This book is well written and tells a compelling story, striking a balance between avoiding the dull and dry procedural elements & not turning the spy craft elements into a Bond/Bourne parody. Nonetheless it was hard for me to read at times.

As a #longtimefed I‘ve never been a big fan of real life espionage stories, but it hits differently at this stage in history. That‘s probably about the finest point I can put on it or need to put on it…

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