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DebinHawaii
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#Read2025

One of my #Roll100 Feb picks (#82 Any Non-Fiction) & also a #BlameItOnLitsy rec from @Kitta (on one of my posts about The Art Thief she recommended this one in the museum theft true crime genre). In this case a 20-year-old American flautist & fly-tying enthusiast steals 299 rare bird skins from a UK museum. I‘d have thought all the detail on fly-tying would have bored me but I found it & the crime fascinating. It reads like fiction.

Texreader Yes! It was such a fascinating book. A testament to excellent writing 1mo
DieAReader 🤓💖Excellent!! 1mo
Kitta I‘m glad you liked it!! I was worried too it would be too much especially about the fly fishing (feathers and bird info I like because I‘m a biologist 👩🏻‍🔬), but it‘s a great book. Definitely crime fiction! I ended up reading the Art Thief and loved that too! (edited) 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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DebinHawaii
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#FeelinTheLove

You know it‘s become a weekly habit for more than you when the airport barista knows your name & starts looking for your mobile order when they see you walk up. 😆
Headed to Hilo for the day.

I think I‘ll be able to finish the tagged book on my flights. It‘s pretty interesting & I‘m learning about the #WeirdLove & obsession some people have for feathers & the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. 🎣

TheBookHippie 😅♥️ 1mo
Eggs 🧡☕️ 🪶 1mo
kspenmoll It just might be that she remembers you because of your sparkling personality! 😀 1mo
DebinHawaii @kspenmoll Hah! That‘s sweet but I‘m not that sparkly ✨at 5 AM! 😵🤣 1mo
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DebinHawaii
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A little late posting my February #Roll100 picks but here goes:

#60 Any Retelling (of Sense and Sensibility-also reading for #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow ) Would work for #6 Any Kindle too since it‘s been in my Kindle TBR a while.

#42 Any Mystery (also reading as part of @JacqMac ‘s #AuldLangSpine list)

#82 Any Non-Fiction (a library e-book loan)

I‘m excited about all 3 of these! 📚

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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JenReadsAlot
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Kitta Oh I loved this one! 5mo
kspenmoll Stacked! 5mo
PuddleJumper 💙💜💙 5mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I've had this one on my TBR for a while - I love this cover!! 5mo
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julieclair
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TheBookHippie Oh I enjoyed The Feather Thief! 11mo
TheBookHippie Gardner Heist fascinates me .. 11mo
julieclair @TheBookHippie I have never looked at a bird the same way again! 🪶🦜🦩🦚 11mo
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TheBookHippie @julieclair or HATS WITH FEATHERS!!! 11mo
julieclair @TheBookHippie If I ever get to Boston, I definitely want to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. 11mo
julieclair @TheBookHippie Yes! Hats with feathers. 😱😢 11mo
Kitta I loved the feather thief! 11mo
Eggs Both of these sound really good👏🏻👏🏻 11mo
julieclair @Kitta 😀😀 11mo
julieclair @Eggs 💙💙 11mo
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Mollyanna
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My January choice for #12Booksof2023

Andrew65 This looks a good book! Stacked. 1y
Mollyanna @Andrew65 It was fascinating! 1y
julieclair This book was so good! 1y
Mollyanna @julieclair I was a little surprised how good it was! Not a topic I would normally pick up. 1y
julieclair @Mollyanna I probably wouldn‘t have picked it up either. It was a gift from my daughter-in-law, and I was so glad! 1y
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LaurenMags
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Mehso-so

It took a while to get into. Once I did though, I found the heist to be fascinating.

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MonicaLoves2Read
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Panpan

Has been on my TBR List for a while. Finally, got around to reading it. I didn't care for it. If I was a fly fisherman I would have liked it better.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 2y
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KristiAhlers
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A coworker loaned me her copy of this book. I was immediately sucked in to this story. A musician who plays the flute steals exotic and colorful birds from a natural history museum. Add fly fishing lures and you've got a page-turner that sucked me in. Loved the info regarding the birds and the history of feathers in fashion and in sport.

MonicaLoves2Read Isn't this a true story or do I have it mixed up with another book🤷 2y
KristiAhlers @Monica5 no this is a true story. 2y
MonicaLoves2Read @KristiAhlers I was thinking it was. Thank you 😊 2y
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SamAnne Oh, such a good story! I got turned on to it after hearing a segment on the NPR Show This American Life. I couldn't put it down. I do fly fish and have tied some flies...uh, not with endangered bird feathers.... 2y
CSeydel I found this book utterly fascinating! 2y
KristiAhlers @SamAnne I totally get it. I inhaled this one in one sitting ! 2y
KristiAhlers @CSeydel same. I had never heard of this so I was totally sucked in. 2y
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Mollyanna
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My first finish for #joyousjanuary

This is the story of a musician who was an avid fly-tyer (think fishing). He was so obsessed with the hobby and the lack of exotic bird feathers that he broke into the Natural History Museum at Tring to steal bird skins.

The author does a good job of briefly explaining the history of exotic birds before getting into the central story. Surprisingly riveting.

The narrator did a wonderful job.

Andrew65 Brilliant start 👏👏👏 (edited) 2y
Mollyanna Thanks @Andrew65 ☺️ 2y
SamAnne I loved this book! Great story telling. And I fly fish and tie some basic flies so i had additional interest for me. 2y
Mollyanna @SamAnne That is so cool! I did have some problems visualizing the fly tying and ended up looking them up in the internet. They can get very intricate. I definitely learned a lot. 😊 2y
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