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Historical fiction steeped in magical realism unfolds here in a pre-technicolor Oz of Uz, NE. Beautifully written with multiple perspectives, the story comes from the titular Antidote, a Prairie Witch practiced in banking memories away from their experiencer, Asphodel, a fearless orphan obsessed with basketball & new love , her uncle, a farmer who finds sudden fortune after Black Sunday, Cleo, a New Deal photographer, a scarecrow & a cat!

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TracyReadsBooks

The Antidote | Karen Russell

And…I now interrupt all in-progress reading to start this one. Russell never disappoints, always entertains. Look forward to a great read.

Karisimo I started this today too! 2w

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BoleyBooks

Antidote | Karen Russell

Now Available! 🎉🥳📚
The Antidote- Karen Russell

Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com//the-antidote/

#boleybooks #TheAntidote #KarenRussell #bookbeast #NetGalley #bookbuds #newbook

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dabbe

Out of the Dust | Karen Hesse

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

This retired English teacher's score sucked! 😂 Though the 17 books I did read were not from childhood but from my years teaching middle school. My 3 choices are for the following reasons:
JOHNNY TREMAIN: #love
OUT OF THE DUST: #lovetoinfinity--in my top 5 list of fave books of all time!
CHARLOTTE'S WEB: Only an Honor winner? #wtf?

Here's the link if you haven't played yet: https://shorturl.at/kosig

Texreader I only read 3 2mo

dabbe @Texreader If I hadn't taught middle school, I would have read 0! You're in good company; most of us scored less than 20. 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2mo

Texreader @dabbe I do have some on my bookshelves I hope to read someday. 2mo

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Texreader @dabbe What subject did you teach? 2mo

curiouserandcurioser I read 42 2mo

dabbe @Texreader English! So you'd think I would have read more of these! I mostly taught high school, though, so zero Newbery winners for that age group! 🤩😂😘🤩 2mo

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser Ya kicked my retired-English-teacher butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2mo

dabbe @Texreader Same here. Plus I want to reread JOHNNY TREMAIN again. I have my original teacher copy with all of my notes in it--same for OUT OF THE DUST. 2mo

curiouserandcurioser It was fun to play:) 2mo

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser Yay! I love taking polls! 🤩😂🤗 2mo

DogMomIrene I got 17 too😂 A mix from my childhood & teaching years. That committee, though. Sometimes they pick books that may be all fancy pants literary, but good luck enticing a child to read it. 2mo

dabbe @DogMomIrene #truth 🩶🖤🩶 2mo

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Conleyheather

The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah

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Have you ever finished a book and you‘re not sure if you pick up another for a while because it was so good? That‘s how I feel after finishing The Four Winds

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Conleyheather

The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah

Mothers and daughters. We save each other

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dabbe

Out of the Dust | Karen Hesse

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

So many I haven't heard of; quite a few I now want to read. The three in the pic above are my favorites that did NOT make the list. As some Littens have stated, the list was interesting to say the least. Even the BBC states that it “also has its limitations and biases“ and that “the list is not designed as a fait accompli, but rather as an inspiration for further discovery and debate.“ ⬇️

dabbe The BBC article was published in 2023, so it is quite recent. For more information or to tell them your thoughts about the list, visit this link:
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230522-the-100-greatest-childrens-books-of...

Thanks to all who played and shared. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

Pogue 57 3mo

dabbe @Pogue #woohooyou! You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo

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Scochrane26 Only 25 that I remember 3mo

peaKnit Only 19 here. Ope! 🤣 3mo

dabbe @Scochrane26 You're in great company with most of us! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

dabbe @peaKnit So many I hadn't even heard of! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

DogMomIrene 😲They didn‘t include Where the Red Fern Grows? One of my English teacher friends and I would hand that book out to incoming 6th graders and explain what a seminal work it is, even all these years later. 3mo

dabbe @DogMomIrene IKR? My 4th grade teacher read it to us after recess. None of us knew how it would end--including her. We all sobbed at the ending! 🤩😂🤩 3mo

DogMomIrene @dabbe Similar experience, except my 3rd grade teacher didn‘t finish the book before summer and then we moved across country😲 I couldn‘t remember the title so I would meticulously scan every Scholastic book fair table until I eventually found the cover. Took a couple of years, but I too sobbed so hard🐶❤️🐶 2mo

dabbe @DogMomIrene That book was an EXPERIENCE. 🐾😭🐾 2mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl | Timothy Egan

bailed

I am unsure if it is me, if the book is outdated or what but I am at chapter 5 and I have spent most of the book wondering why we are talking about whatever he is writing about. Then for no apparent reason Egan drops the "R" word and I am over it. It is supposed to be about the dust bowl but I am 1/4 in and he has spent more time talking about people coming to America on boats from Germany and Russia then was ever needed.

Amiable I loved this book 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3mo

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BoleyBooks

The Antidote | Karen Russell

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #TheAntidote #KarenRussell #bookbeast #netgalley #bookbuds #bookchat

Suet624 Just finished the new Kevin Barry book and I loved it. 3mo

BoleyBooks @Suet624 - Oh, so glad 😊 thanks for bringing that title to my attention. 3mo

Ruthiella I feel like it‘s been a while since Karen Russell had a new book! 3mo

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BoleyBooks @Ruthiella -this was my first book by her that I‘ve read. Do you have a favorite that I should get my hands on? 😊 3mo

Ruthiella @BoleyBooks I‘ve only read her other novel “Swamplandia!”, which wasn‘t my cup of tea. I‘d say try her short stories and see if her style is to your liking. 3mo

mcctrish I love Karen Russel 3mo

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