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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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When my Harry Potter re-read hits almost exactly the same tone my #LOTRChapterADay section hit today. Trust your friends, you need them and do them a disservice by trying to exclude and protect them.

I love a good #BookCoincidence #Bookincidence

Mimi28 I need to remember that also ❤️❤️ 7y
KCorter Wow, how apt! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
My Life, My Love, My Legacy | Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds

Odd book coincidence for today:
- Last night I left off reading Pride and Prejudice where Mr. Collins, the clergyman, is courting first one woman & then switching to another who is better suited to him.
- I picked up my audiobook today and it starts where Coretta first meets Mr. King, the minister, who quickly switches his attentions from the girl back home to the new one, and tells her outright she is much better suited to him.😉
#bookincidence

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Spoiler.... only one of these works out for the man involved. 8y
josie281 ^^^ 😂 😜🤣 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @josie281 Why do I love Litsy... because it's the only place anyone gets my wacky book humor. 😏 8y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Weird book coincidence: this book is talking about the Tuskegee airman and their Red-Tailed Mustang fighter planes, as well as early segregation in the military effort.

Earlier this month I read George Lucas: A Life, which includes where Lucas is trying to get the movie Red Tails made Independently and encountering obstacles.

I'm so glad the reviews and box office for this story have been better received so far!

#bookcoincidence #bookincidence

Betty There was a 1995 HBO movie on the Tuskegee Airmen. Starred Cuba Gooding, Jr and Laurence Fishbourne. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Betty Red Tails was 2012 and I believe also had Cuba Gooding Jr. 8y
becausetrains @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and even in Europe the Black squadrons got separate-but-equaled. When most USAAF squadrons were getting early P-51s, America's most advanced fighter plane, the Red Tails had prewar-design P-39s & slower P-47s. The Tuskegee fliers only got early P-51s when most squadrons had later models w/better armor & visibility. The Army also maintained segregated USOs & facilities overseas, which confused even the imperial British. 8y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @becausetrains I've found that a lot about England the mainland versus England the colonies. Because the colonists segregated or enslaved those they were colonizing (America, India, etc), but less frequently brought those practices (or peoples) home....some of the developments in their former colonies seemed so odd to those of mainland Britain. It's interesting how their "playbook" abroad, didn't quite have the same long-term impact at home. 8y
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