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Jeg
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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It‘s been a while since I enjoyed a book as much as I did this one. It‘s set me off researching other books. Watching Gina Chick on Who Do You Think You are and filling in the pieces not available to Suzanne when she wrote this book 30 years ago. How much we inherit and how much is environmental and then comes the choices we make. So interesting. Loved loved loved it.

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Fladderstrumpa
Pickpick

Gripande.

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booklover3258
Zelda | Zelda D'Aprano
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Page 1 done... 3 more to go!

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Centique
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Been away to a little town with hot springs and they were having a Winter Lights Festival!
Listened to the audiobook. I am a massive Billy Connolly fan and it was a joy listening to his voice. His wife Pamela wrote a biography of Billy which goes into more depth about his childhood abuse. This one stays out of the details - its more anecdotes and memories of a childhood in Scotland. Made me think as well as laugh out loud a number of times. ⬇️

Centique I think this is just one for the fans though. There‘s a lot of detail about places and friends and people he met that wouldnt be interesting if you didnt know a bit about him already. 4d
Centique This is the one by Pamela which I started on a bach holiday (it was on their shelves) but didnt finish. (edited) 4d
TieDyeDude I will have to find this on audio for sure! 4d
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andrew61 We saw him live in the 90s and I don't think I've laughed as much since. I keep meaning to read his life story. 4d
Centique @andrew61 me too! I think it might have been 1992 or 93. It was amazing, I felt like the whole audience knew him so well and was so connected to him, it was like we were all hanging out with our best friend! I wish i had gone to see him again 😍 3d
Centique @TieDyeDude yes its great as an audio experience 😍 3d
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Bookwomble
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“Look for the silver lining
Whene'er a cloud appears in the blue
Remember, somewhere the sun is shining
And so the right thing to do
Is make it shine for you“ 🌤️

🎺🎙️Chet Baker
🎵 Look For The Silver Lining
💿 Chet Baker Sings
📝 Jerome Kern
▶️ https://youtu.be/SpRvuVOCJac?si=Y6t-yyImp2FdShgi

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

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lil1inblue
Angela Davis--an Autobiography | Angela Yvonne Davis
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www.indivisible.org

#julyjazz #indivisible

TheBookHippie ✊🏼💙 1w
Chrissyreadit 💙💙💙💙 1w
Deblovestoread And liberty and justice for ALL! How easily they have forgotten 😢 1w
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AnnCrystal ✊🏼🦅💝. 1w
dabbe 💙✊🏻💙 1w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 1w
lil1inblue @Chrissyreadit ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 1w
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread Right?!?!?! 😵‍💫 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 1w
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Tkimsal
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Tracey, you make me feel seen.

Reggie lol I‘m on vacation right now and am about to hit up all the bookstore tomorrow 1w
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lil1inblue
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Inspired by Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes. Thank you to @karisa and @cbee for reminding me of this. My heart hurts this week.
#haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 ❤️🤍💙 1w
dabbe #gulp 🥺🥹🥲 1w
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Susanita 💯 1w
JenReadsAlot It's just terrible 1w
Jari-chan 🫶💖 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 💓 💓 💓 1w
lil1inblue @dabbe 😥 😭 1w
lil1inblue @Susanita 💓 💓 💓 1w
lil1inblue @JenReadsAlot So horrific! 1w
lil1inblue @Jari-chan 💓 💓 💓 1w
Deblovestoread 💙💙💙 1w
Leftcoastzen 👏💓 1w
CBee Sending you love ❤️ 1w
Karisa 💗 1w
AnnCrystal 🫂 This Haiku Is Powerful 👏🏼🐝🙏🏼🦅💝💖💝...there is still Hope ✊🏼🥲🙏🏼🦅💝. 1w
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread 💓💓💓 1w
lil1inblue @Leftcoastzen 💓💓💓 1w
lil1inblue @CBee Rhank you. 💓 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Thanks! 💓 1w
julieclair Keep dreaming. Keep fighting. ❤️🤍💙 1w
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limada
Is That It? | Bob Geldof
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The irony of sitting on my patio in beautiful weather, with access to all the snacks and drinks I want while I finish reading this book was not lost on me. It's honestly still incredible what Geldof managed in a very short time period and even more amazing tjat most of tje world has totà‘y forgotten about it in the time since. #33-2025

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MemoirsForMe
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Now here‘s a man who had me swooning when I watched him in Lady Sings the Blues and Dynasty, cheering for Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars Universe & then bawling my eyes out during Brian‘s Song. Fans still mention his speech as Chicago Bear Gale Sayers. “This movie accomplished something special by getting tens of millions of people to see the humanity we all share.” What a versatile actor, singer, painter and sweet man…still suave at 88!😍🙌🏻

MemoirsForMe Tagging my football and Bears fan friends who may remember Brian‘s Song? @Lesliereadsalot @AmyG @KadaGul @RamsFan1963 2w
TheBookHippie Yes!!!!!! 🐻💙 2w
MemoirsForMe Photo at bottom center is Billy celebrating his 88th birthday with his son Corey from Billy‘s Instagram page: @therealbillydee 2w
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MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie You‘re a 🐻fan too! Love it! 🙌🏻 2w
dabbe I taught BRIAN'S SONG to my 7th graders back in the mid-1990s. They all wrote Gale Sayers letters of appreciation, and he sent signed pictures to every student who wrote him. What a man. And Billy Dee nailed him onscreen. Adore him, too. 🏈🎵 2w
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie Ditto! 🏈🐻⚾️ 2w
MemoirsForMe @dabbe Wow! Your students sure had the coolest teacher! And how sweet that Gale Sayers answered all your students‘ letters. We need more role models like him these days. And you! 🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻 2w
TheBookHippie @dabbe how lovely!!! 2w
Lesliereadsalot Of course. I loved that movie! 2w
PurpleyPumpkin Loved him in SW!🤩 2w
marleed Billy Dee Williams🥰😍🥰 2w
dabbe @MemoirsForMe And you! 💙🩵💙 2w
dabbe @TheBookHippie He was such a gent. 💙🩵💙 2w
MemoirsForMe @Lesliereadsalot I knew you would! Billy Dee and Caan spent time with the Bears while shooting the movie. Several players were extras and also cried during the big scene. Always fun to read about our Bears. 2w
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin Yes!!! 🙌🏻 His fave part was wearing the cape! 2w
MemoirsForMe @marleed Agreed! 🥰 Now I want to see his movies again. 2w
PurpleyPumpkin The cape was on 🔥! 2w
Lesliereadsalot We‘re thinking about going to the game in Las Vegas at end of September! 2w
MemoirsForMe @Lesliereadsalot What fun! You‘ll get to see our former LA Raiders. Las Vegas is much more exciting. 🎉 2w
KadaGul Loud and only Loud ( skip proud since they have been nothing but a disappointment in past seasons), DA BEARS 🐻. I'm going to the Bills and Bears preseason game. I can't handle the regular season crowd. 2w
MemoirsForMe @KadaGul How cool you‘ll be seeing our Bears in person playing the Bills! I‘m still hoping for a better season. How much worse could it get? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤞🏻🙏🏻 2w
KadaGul Guys in the '70s and '80s nailed what real men should look like. These days, it seems like most guys look like muscle-bound kids who‘ve had way too many steroids. 2w
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