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I am in one of the most beautiful towns of Germany, full of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a place where I've never been before. So what will I do first? 🤔
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I live in Cypress, so my town is in the title! The author is actually John Steinbeck‘s son! #WithaTown #TemptingTitles

I would watch the hell out of this hypothetical #LupitaNyongo movie. And if you like the sound of it as much as I do, the tagged book might also be for you. #Movie2BookRecs @Klou

I‘m a touch divided on this one. It‘s evocative and well-observed, and it‘s got a lot of heart as it explores how people move forward after trauma. I liked it a lot.

At the same time, Wagamese‘s fondness for passive phrasings makes his prose feel more purple than it actually is, and I disliked the gender dynamics. DREAM WHEELS is full of strong, capable women who don‘t go after anything for themselves. They‘re almost totally focused on the men.⬇️

I loved this!! Richard Wagamese is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. This starts out with a very graphic bull riding accident and then a rape and I almost DNF‘d it. I decided to try again and then I got sucked in right away. I would recommend the print version as opposed to the audio though because it changes perspective without any heads up and was a little hard to follow at first.

#12booksof2020 #day5 #fivegoldrings

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390pts #teamreadnosedreindeer #wintergames2020 @StayCurious

I was in high school when the Thomas hearings happened. I picked up this book after seeing it here on Litsy so I could get a little more background than what a typical teenager would get from the evening news. After reading this I am so frustrated that things don‘t seem to have changed yet (but are hopefully heading that way.) Hill was only doing her job, and it changed the course of her life.
#CYOReadathon book 4 #Scarathalon2020 #TeamSlaughter

After finishing the #TruthToPowerBuddyRead last month, I wondered how she felt about both the Kavanaugh hearings and how she felt about Joe Biden‘s candidacy now....guess that answers one, even for her Trump is a bridge too far.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/politics/anita-hill-joe-biden-voting/index.html

So good! This story is frustrating and maddening, but I‘m so glad she wrote it. The parallels with the recent Kavanaugh hearings are numerous, and since Thomas & Kavanaugh are now lifelong coworkers, I can only hope that Hill & Ford can at some point talk because only they truly understand the horrible gauntlet we ask citizens to go through, and the fallout that follows for years afterward as their statements become fodder for partisan politics.⤵️

I had completely forgotten about this (maybe I blocked it out) without evidence they decided she suffered from a very rare De Clarembault‘s syndrome/Erotomania, basically obsessing a relationship with someone (a famous case had happened with John Hinckly trying to assassinate Reagan, for Jodi Foster). They accused Hill of being obsessed with Thomas and that her details were so vivid because of her fantasies about him.🤮

#TruthToPowerBuddyRead