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In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons from 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules | Karen Karbo

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This book looks at 29 famous women who lived/live life unapologetically, moving forward the way they choose despite how society tells them to be. There are several I definitely wouldn‘t want to emulate, but there‘s something to be said for living the way you want to. My only quibble is that this could be a bit more diverse.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7d

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Mary: Or, The Birth of Frankenstein | Anne Eekhout

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An enjoyable depiction of Mary Shelley's teenage life before she met Shelley and at the Italian lakes with Shelley and Byron. I did find parts repetitive at times.

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You Better Be Lightning | Andrea Gibson

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I have read this slow. Tried to take some time each day, on the train, during lunch, in a quiet minute after dark, or hidden away in a bathroom-stall in the place where I work. This got to me. But in so many different ways. And I learned more than ever, that you read differently in every different (head-)space.

Thank you again for chosing this @JamieArc

#ALSpine @monalyisha

JamieArc I‘m so glad you liked (like doesn‘t feel the appropriate word) this one. I felt the same - how many different ways it got to me. Hope you are doing well and having a good reading month 😊 5mo

yourfavouritemixtape @JamieArc I do! It‘s a very interesting one. I hope you started well with your new job? 5mo

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You Better Be Lightning | Andrea Gibson

„I know most people try hard to do good and find out too late they should have tried softer.“

I want to highlight the whole thing. I don‘t know what it is with poetry that it just… ugh… ~gets to you. I will devour this in tiny bits. #ALSpine

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You Better Be Lightning | Andrea Gibson

Bullet journal is set up (so many bookish spreads! 😍) and my reader is equipped with some of my #AuldLangSpine reads. I had to use a lot of willpower not to start with the tagged book already. I am really looking forward to it! @JamieArc

JamieArc Awesome! I use a bullet journal too, though not as much for books. I‘m a spreadsheet nerd and use those for book tracking. I‘ll be curious to see your review. Some of the poems hit me really powerfully. 5mo

yourfavouritemixtape @JamieArc cool! I never used spreadsheets, but have thought about it lately… :) I use my bujo to track my challenges and my weekly reads. 5mo

monalyisha Oh yay! If you use social media, you can find the poet on Instagram at @andreagibson. It‘s powerful to hear them read their own words. 5mo

monalyisha Also, I love your journal! It‘s got that classic composition notebook style but with a little dash of something celestial. 💫 5mo

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Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory as Imagined from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude | Danielle Henderson

Look at this fabulous blanket one of my students gave me for Christmas! My shrine grows ever bigger. Also, I believe your parcel arrived from Amazon, @dabbe . It is under my tree. 😘

Clwojick bAHHAHAHHAHA! 6mo

AmyG Hahahahahaha. “Hey, girl, l can‘t wait to wrap you in me.” (edited) 6mo

BarbaraBB Thank you so much for your Christmas card and the list I‘ve been looking forward to. I loved the Straub and Ahlborn too. Can‘t wait now to read Tom Lake of which I have a copy. Intrigued too by

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir

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marleed Hahaha! 6mo

TheLudicReader @BarbaraBB I got your card too…and I was intrigued by the “stamp”. What‘s that all about? Tom Lake is lovely. 6mo

TheLudicReader @AmyG I wear that blanket around my shoulders all the time because my classroom is always so cold. My kids definitely have my number. Lol. 6mo

dabbe Yay! 😘 And OMG for RG! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

BarbaraBB It is instead of a stamp. I buy it online and receive a code in return. I never used it before either 😀 6mo

ShelleyBooksie This is amazing!!!! 6mo

Reggie Lol, this is amazing! 6mo

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How to Suppress Women's Writing | Joanna Russ

I‘ve been in a bit of a reading slump the past few weeks, focusing on other things. Tonight I have some free time and I‘ve decided to check some books off of my currently reading list. I hope to finish the tagged at the very least. 🤞Does anyone else feel more motivated when you post on Litsy or is it just me?

Bookwormjillk Not just you! 8mo

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