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Daisey
Thornhedge | T. Kingfisher
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Pickpick

This novella is a wonderful retelling of Sleeping Beauty with a fascinating twist on the story we know.

#HammockReading

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Daisey
Sadia | Colleen Nelson
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This was a wonderful book focused on Sadia & 2 other Muslim girls, all immigrants to Canada. Mariam has started de-jabbing (changing clothes & removing her headscarf) at school, Sadia is set on continuing to wear hers even as it makes playing basketball more difficult, and Amira is a newly arrived refugee from Syria. Along with their classmates they deal with changing friendships and seeing a wider perspective through a class photography project.

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Daisey
Decline and Fall | Evelyn Waugh
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I‘m enjoying some quiet with a book and an iced coffee in the hammock this morning. I‘ve barely made any time to read this book this month, so I‘m trying to make a bit of progress.

#1001books #HammockReading #BooksOnTheFarm

Tamra 😍 Bucolic heaven 4mo
Daisey @Tamra It was pretty much a perfect morning! 4mo
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Daisey
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I enjoyed a little hammock reading with the pets this evening and looked up a few words from this book as I did. I really like the sound and meaning of this one.

susurration: (noun) whispering or rustling

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #ShardlakeBR #ShardlakeSeriesBR #HammockReading

CBee Yes! Great word 😊😊 5mo
dabbe That is such a good word--where the sound of the word means EXACTLY its definition! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
Tamra Nice 5mo
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Daisey
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Mehso-so

There has not been enough hammock time this summer, but today I finally got a bit with Gandalf for company. I found this book an interesting examination of character and commentary on aging alone, but it was a rather slow and melancholy read for me. I was glad that it ended with a bit of hopefulness.

#Reading1001 #TBRTakedown June 2024
#1001books #HammockReading

RaeLovesToRead Gandalf is a beauty 🥰🥰 5mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 5mo
Tamra Sweet! 😘 I‘m envious! I‘ve had little outside reading time as well. Been wet and too cool. 😢 5mo
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jewright Gandalf looks happy! 5mo
Melismatic Cutie! 😻 5mo
dabbe #gloriousgandalf 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
merelybookish That's one gorgeous face! 😻 5mo
Daisey @RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Tamra @jewright @Melismatic @dabbe @merelybookish Thanks all! Gandalf was pretty happy because he‘s also been getting very little attention lately. 5mo
JazzFeathers 😻😻😻😻 5mo
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Daisey
Nada | Carmen Laforet
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Hammock reading with the pets is one of my favorite things.

#DogsOfLitsy #CatsOfLitsy #HammockReading

Tamra You are lucky they‘ll stay in there with you! 6mo
Lesliereadsalot Cool hammock! 6mo
dabbe Now that = #heaven 🖤🐾🐾🖤 6mo
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JenReadsAlot That's awesome! 6mo
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo
Scochrane26 So cute! ❤️ 6mo
KadaGul Absolutely Heaven 😇 Like😍. 🐈🐕🐾🐾 6mo
Texreader Great photo!! ❤️💜❤️💜 6mo
Daisey @Tamra It definitely depends on the day, and it‘s unusual for both of them settle in at the same time. The beagle had been out running, so she was calm enough to make it work. 6mo
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Daisey
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Pickpick

Another book finished in the hammock this evening! This book‘s taken me a long time to read, partly because I haven‘t had much print reading time and partly because it wasn‘t that compelling. I enjoyed it but never felt I just had to keep reading. Ben Sippy is a dime novelist from Philadelphia who decides to actually see the Wild West he‘s written about. He befriends the boy who will become Billy the Kid and tells his version of the story.

Tamra I‘ve read several of his books and the only gem for me was Lonesome Dove. I even love the film. 😊 6mo
Daisey @Tamra I had pretty high hopes for this one because of how much I loved Lonesome Dove, but I think that one is a class of its own. 6mo
Tamra @Daisey a “classic” of American westerns. 😊 6mo
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Daisey
Clear: A Novel | Carys Davies
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Luthien joined me in the hammock this morning as I finished this short novel. It provides an interesting glimpse of some important moments in Scottish history, but what I loved were the descriptions of the island and the focus on language as John learns to communicate with Ivar.

#CampLitsy24 #DogsOfLitsy #HammockReading

Sace Interesting. When I first read the synopsis I had no interest in this book, but you had me at "about language". 6mo
Suet624 Just finished too and really, really liked it.
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Daisey @Sace The author bases this aspect on the now extinct Norn language of some northern Scottish islands. Actual words and their meanings wasn‘t something I was expecting either. 6mo
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Tamra I love all of Davies‘ writing, though the end of this one seemed to get the short shrift. Maybe leaving it more ambiguous would have been better? 🤷🏾‍♀️ (edited) 6mo
dabbe #lovableluthien 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
Daisey @Tamra Yes, I agree the ending was a bit surprising and abrupt, but I couldn‘t decide how to comment on it in my review with any clarity but no spoiler. 6mo
Daisey @dabbe Aww . . . You gave Luthien her own hashtag. 🥰 🐶 6mo
dabbe @Daisey She deserves it! ADORABLE! 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
Megabooks Love your beagle!! 💜💜 6mo
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Daisey
Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones
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It was a beautiful evening, so I spent a bit of time in the hammock in the back yard with Gandalf and my current audiobook. Mr. Pip is set in Papua New Guinea and includes the only white man remaining on the island reading Great Expectations to students in the local school.

#audiobook #ReadingOceania2024 #PapuaNewGuinea #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #HammockReading

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 7mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo
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Daisey
Coming Up Short | Laurie Morrison
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This was a great middle grade story about learning to deal with tough things and learning from your own mistakes. It‘s about learning to cope, to communicate, and consider others. It‘s about that point in life when you realize your parents are just people too, and sometimes they make big mistakes. It‘s also very much about softball and love of the game. 🥎

#MiddleGrade #TRS2023 #GirlsInSports #HammockReading

wisherwishinguponastar That looks like the perfect place to enjoy a book! 1y
Daisey @wisherwishinguponastar My backyard hammock is absolutely my favorite place to read this time of year! 1y
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