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What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

We compiled the 67 Best Canadian Books of the 21st Century… with help from readers like you! Check out my conversation with Jolene as we go through the list:

https://youtu.be/Z2dkguNlyFs

LeahBergen, tournevis, LiteraryHoarderPenny

merelybookish This is great!! 3mo

LeahBergen Wonderful! I‘ll definitely give this a watch! ❤️ 3mo

tournevis *puts it on the watch list* 3mo

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Lindy @merelybookish thanks! 3mo

Lindy @LeahBergen Let me know what you think afterwards, okay? 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Jolene and I will make additional videos diving into the many excellent nominations that didn‘t make our top 67. I will be making one especially about the 19 French-language titles that were mentioned. 3mo

tournevis @Lindy Marvelous! Link it here too here! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy That was so great! Thank you for doing this! 3mo

LiteraryHoarderPenny Awesome project!! Thanks for taking it on! 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Thanks for watching (and for contributing). I will tag you when I make the video about the French titles. 3mo

Lindy @LiteraryHoarderPenny It was fun! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy yes please! 3mo

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Lindy

What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes | Yann Martel

Do you read books by Canadian authors? Help us come up with a Best Canadian Books of the 21st century! I am linking Jolene‘s video about our joint project:

https://youtu.be/CUL6zHKBfZE?si=Wlusqr2CWNCqVfqK

You have until August 11 and you can access the voting form here:

https://forms.gle/UuemWkZdpo2n9641A

xicanti, LeahBergen, tournevis, LiteraryHoarderPenny

squirrelbrain Oh, looking forward to seeing the results of this! 3mo

Lindy @squirrelbrain Me too! So far, we don‘t have a lot of overlap in titles. Early days…. 3mo

tournevis Ooh! That's a good idea 3mo

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tournevis That was so fun! Had to cut out a few books that I know I read in the early 2000-oughts but that were published in like 1998 or 1999. Pretty sure that I'll be the only one citing a few of these too. 3mo

Lindy @tournevis Thanks Isabelle! 3mo

tournevis @Lindy 🖖 3mo

LiteraryHoarderPenny Thanks for letting me participate!! It was fun. It was hard! I‘m anxiously awaiting the full list! 3mo

Lindy @LiteraryHoarderPenny So far, the front runner is a book that made both of the NYT top 100 lists (the original list plus the readers choice) 3mo

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Andrea313

Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers | Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green

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Twitter coming in hot with the commentary on Mary Rodgers' excellent memoir! Though she is often recognized in connection with her legendary composer father, Richard Rodgers, and her Tony award-winning son, Adam Guettel, Mary was an award-winning composer and author herself. Come for the scathing one-liners and take-downs (Arthur Laurents gets gloriously dragged); stay for the honesty of a woman who was outspoken, complicated, and gutsy as hell.

willaful Does it mention her children's books? 4mo

Andrea313 Yes, she discusses that writing later in the book, and touches very briefly on the various film adaptations, too. 4mo

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RowReads1

On Acting | Laurence Olivier

1. Gena Rowlands
2. Isabelle Adjani

3. Simone Signoret

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday #TLT

dabbe 🖤 all 3! Thanks for sharing! 💜🧡💜 7mo

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AllDebooks

Vincent's Colors | Vincent Van Gogh, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), William Lach

#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace

I adore this cosy image and quote. You can always rely on Van Gogh for wisdom and clarity.

"The best way to know life is to love many things."

Vincent van Gogh

? Artwork by Naoko Stoop

Amiable Lovely! 🥰 10mo

kspenmoll It exudes coziness & warmth.❤️ 10mo

AmyG Love this illustration of cozy. 10mo

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Suet624 Love this! 10mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤎🧡🤎 10mo

Cupcake12 Great image x 10mo

PaperbackPirate 😍 9mo

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thebacklistbook

Crafting Calm: Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation | Maggie Shannon

This year's wreath. Made it myself, gnomes and all. Just kidding the gnomies came from a dollar store. #craftersoflitsy #holidaymagic

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bookandbedandtea

Painting Happiness: Creativity with Watercolors | Terry Runyan

A little Christmas present to myself 🤫 I can't wait to dive in 🎨🎄😊
#litsycrafters

BennettBookworm Beautiful!! 11mo

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Littlewolf1

Crafting Calm: Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation | Maggie Shannon

There‘s a lot that I would like to say about trying to get this particular package out, but the fact is I got it out and that‘s all that matters. Ship three days so it will be there before opening. Also, it no longer looks like this because it couldn‘t be shipped with the brown paper around it. #NightmareMakerSwap or #NMS23

LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan Why couldn't it be sent in brown paper? Is it because it was a flat rate box? I hate that rule. Glad you got it out. 13mo

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Andrea313

The Theatre of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today | Bryan Doerries

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The author's personal narrative here is not always overly compelling, but the account of the work undertaken is phenomenal. Theatre of War makes an ancient tradition alive and present on military bases, in hospice centers, carceral institutions, homeless shelters, mental health facilities and more, doing exactly what theatre, at it's best, is meant to do- challenge, inspire, heal, create community, and bring us into dialogue and reflection.

Andrea313 #SeeMoreTheatre 1y

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