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1. I've enjoyed libraries my entire life. I loved library hour in elementary school and summer reading at the public library. I currently work at a library, and have done so since 2012.
2. The library and local independent bookstore.
3. I'm still reading Black Sheep. I haven't felt well enough to dedicate regular time to reading.
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Book 39📚 4⭐️

The prequel! How Brooklyn got her demon 👿

What a wiiiild saga this has been and Vega does not hold back!!

Can‘t wait to get into Last Rites!🫢

Book 3 of 4

This book blew my mind. Dowd‘s grandfather started his own apocalyptic community years ago. He told followers he would live 500 years. Fire & brimstone/Old Testament was his personal mantra. Dowd‘s father & mother were merciless to their kids. Dowd was basically abandoned and/or punished up thru her teens. How she ended up where she is now-an accomplished writer and professor is astonishing to me. That she forgave her parents is also impressive.

I never watched this show but I loved to read the snark on Television Without Pity. I thought Jill did a good job with this book. She told a balanced story.

This book was as transparent as I hoped and I was really into it.

Today is my one day off this week, so I slept in, and now I'm enjoying a brunch of oatmeal and coffee, with a book on the side. #sundayvibes #sunday

I am actually so surprised by this book. Jill‘s ghost writer is better than Mariah Carey‘s (and Britney Spears‘). I binged 19 Kids and Counting when I was recovering from my hysterectomy and it seemed obvious at the time that the kids were being exploited but jeez.

Look I love reality tv and I love a good background look into the drama. Better yet that there‘s some intense religious vibes and serious wrongdoing of many kinds here. An excellent recommendation from a friend that I greedily consumed on audio.

I keep saying “WHAT?“ as I read this book. Dowd‘s mother is constantly reinforcing the cult‘s theory that men are omnipotent and the author‘s grandfather is the ultimate authority. Women are to be silent and subservient unless they‘re working the crowd that has come to their fundraising events. So many quotable and shocking sentences in this book.

A cover read. 🖤🩷