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Maggie4483

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Anne Collins, Alexander McCall Smith

Girl, same.

(Hugs to anyone else who‘s missing someone this Christmas ❤️❤️❤️)

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

CarolynM ❤️❤️❤️ 7d

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love color words! The bird is a flavescent bulbul, and the fish is a flavescent peacock (a type of cichlid). Apologies for not posting the past two weeks, friends! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 If I had seen this word before today, I would have thought it was a word that was a description of the way something tastes.😂 But now I know better. Good word!! Thanks for sharing. 2w

TheSpineView Good one! ❤️ 2w

TheBookHippie I love birds 🙂🙃 what a fun word! 2w

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w

BookmarkTavern Yellow is my favorite color! 💛💛 2w

psalva This is a fun one! I haven‘t posted in forever because ever since an iPhone update my phone app is not functioning the same, but hopefully i can resolve it if i get some free time to look into it soon. Thanks for the continued tags! I always look forward to #weirdwords! 2w

CBee @CatLass007 ha! I definitely didn‘t expect it to mean a shade of yellow 😂 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie isn‘t this little guy cute? So yellow and poofy. 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern it‘s such a happy color 💛 2w

CBee @psalva oh no! I‘m sorry to hear that. Have you reached out to Litsy help? 2w

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

I've been feeling a lot like this lately, especially since 11/5.

CBee Same, girl, same 🤯 3w

Suet624 Who knew there was such a word. 3w

Amiable @CBee @dabbe I can‘t decide if my feelings of dislocation and disassociation are a good/protective thing for my psyche or if it means this election has permanently broken me. Maybe both. 3w

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dabbe @CBee 💙❄️💙 3w

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙❄️💙 3w

dabbe @Amiable God, that's EXACTLY how I feel, too! Let's hope it's the first one. 💙❄️💙 3w

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m sure that it broke me. I am not the same person. 3w

dabbe @Suet624 Deep down, I believe you're right. I can't even summon the wherewithal to even look forward to 2025. All I do is tremble. 3w

Amiable @Suet624 I used to be a daily news consumer. I read WaPo, NYT, the Atlantic, local news sites, etc. Since 11/6, I can't do it. My eyes skip over anything that at a glance appears political in nature. My brain has disengaged. Where I would once get inspired or irritated into action, I now find myself shrugging and saying, “oh well. That's what they voted for. Not my concern.“ Even though it most definitely is going to be my/our problem(s). 3w

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m doing the same thing. 3w

Suet624 @dabbe it‘s just a dangerous clown show coming up. It‘s the ticking time bomb. I tremble too. 3w

dabbe @Suet624 @Amiable Same here. Matt and I do our NYT puzzles in the morning and when we skim the news, ANYTHING that has “He who shall not be named“ on a headline, is avoided like the plague. And my faith in the majority of the people in the US has gone kaput--draining right down the proverbial swamp. 3w

BkClubCare @Suet624 @dabbe Trembling here, too. {{{hugs}}} 3w

dabbe @BkClubCare ❣️❣️❣️ 3w

CBee @Amiable @Suet624 @dabbe right there with all of you 🙁 3w

dabbe @CBee Hugs. We need an emoji hug without a smile face because sometimes, well, we need it. 3w

CBee @dabbe I agree! This one is weird but is supposed to be a 🫂 2w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I just sent off the first of my packages for Christmas swaps and I am so excited for what‘s coming up. To see my packages get unwrapped, and hopefully enjoyed. Here‘s to the little joys we can create for ourselves. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee A perfect word for the season ♥️ 4w

Daisey Great word choice! 4w

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dabbe

Kiss in Space: Poems | Mary Jo Salter

#poetrymatters
#carole
@TheSpineView

#wintergames2024
#holidaybookdragons
@StayCurious @LiseWorks
+20 points (10 for photo, 5 for post, 5 for also being a fab book!)

Time to rewatch THE THIN MAN. 🖤

curiouserandcurioser @dabbe love The Thin Man movies!💜 4w

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser #metoo They are so adorable together! 🤩 4w

TheSpineView Great choice!😍😍😍 4w

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willaful Her husband sounds like my kinda guy. 4w

curiouserandcurioser @dabbe they are! Some of my very favorite movies;)💜 4w

dabbe @willaful Especially on New Year's Eve! 🍸 4w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙❄️💙 4w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I was fine putting marginalia in my textbooks, and maybe literature I was reading for school, but now? It‘s hard for me to write in books (maybe that‘s why #LPMBC wasn‘t my cup of tea 😂)! Anyway, such a pretty word, hope you all enjoy! Here‘s an article about weird medieval marginalia: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles

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mcctrish It‘s crazy how many years passed before I got over myself and wrote marginalia in my cookbooks 2mo

Bookwomble Nope!🫸📝A lovely, mellifluous word, and ok in ancient grimoires, but otherwise, Nope! 😄 2mo

lil1inblue I used to be against marginalia, but then I inherited some of my grandfather's books. I didn't get to know him well because he was sick after I was born and died when I was young. But I did get to know him through his marginalia. So now I write in all the books. 💖 2mo

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TheSpineView I love this word! 2mo

dabbe When we used to have real textbooks in high school, I taught the kids to mark them up with post-it-notes because they couldn't write in them. The power of a post-it-note! 🤩 2mo

Amiable Just can‘t do it! 😬 Although your experience is absolutely lovely, @lil1inblue ! (edited) 2mo

BookmarkTavern I love writing in my books! 😅😅😅 Seeing my different notes in books I reread regularly, like Dracula, are so much fun! 2mo

CBee @Bookwomble you just used another wonderful word - mellifluous!! 2mo

CBee @lil1inblue that‘s so lovely ♥️♥️ 2mo

CBee @dabbe post-it notes are the bomb. Couldn‘t live without em! 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s cool! I don‘t know why it‘s such a weird thing for me 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

BethM It makes me@think of our missing friends @BookishMarginalia and @WanderingBookaneer ❤️ 2mo

CBee @BethM oh! I hope they‘re both doing well - any idea what‘s going on with them? 2mo

BethM @CBee I‘m not sure they haven‘t posted in years. I check their pages every once in awhile. 2mo

CBee @BethM 😢🤷‍♀️ 2mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a fun spooky word for Halloween tomorrow! Also, I have never felt less inspired to take a walk in the woods.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

TheSpineView Love this word! Perfect for Halloween 🎃 2mo

CBee Oooo this is super spooky 🫢 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apologies for not posting on #weirdwordwednesday recently (life ugh). Today‘s word: synesthesia 😊Here‘s the Wiki - enjoy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
#weirdwords

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BookmarkTavern Hope life gets better! Also! My mom has a version of this. Letters and numbers are colors in her head! 2mo

CatLass007 Thanks for sharing! This is a great word and I will share a screenshot of your graphic with my friend who has a masters in nursing and a masters in psychiatry. I‘m sure she will have much to say about the subject but since she‘s in the hospital I‘ll humor her by listening to her every thought on the subject. 2mo

Amiable I've always liked the word synesthesia! Hugs for the life stuff. 2mo

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dabbe Love this word and your picture! Thinking of you and hoping life slows down for you a bit asap. 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s so interesting! Does it bother her at all? It seems rather lovely to me, especially related to music 😊 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 that‘s what good friends do 😊 2mo

CBee @Amiable I‘ll take the hugs, thank you 😊 2mo

CBee @dabbe thank you, my friend 😊 2mo

BookmarkTavern She had to read very quickly, otherwise she gets distracted by the colors. But she loves it. She actually found the list she wrote in elementary school a couple months ago. 😁 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern oh wow, how cool! 2mo

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