Litsy

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This was the most horrific book I‘ve read in a while. The first 100 pages just details this super hurricane that obliterates this family living in a podunk town in Florida. A woman gives birth during that hurricane and names the baby after the hurricane, Wanda. My stomach was in my throat those 100 pages. We follow Wanda as she grows up and learns to survive a Florida who has run out of time due to climate change. This book was full of love 👇🏼

Reggie and loss. A climate change horror pick! Also, Litsy, if I was in my 3rd trimester of being pregnant and I wanted to evacuate because there is a hurricane on the way, but my man said-Nah, we‘ll be fine- that is not the man for me. 5d

Ruthiella I‘m often struck how your reading bounces between terrifying scenarios and horror and light romance! 😅 5d

merelybookish So much to love about this review! 4d

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Lindy Stacked! 4d

Suet624 Yowzer, I'm with you. I'd be out the door. And I agree with @Ruthiella. 2d

Reggie @Ruthiella I think u do the same thing but just with different genres. 🖤 I‘m sure in one of your sci-fi books the world ends and the next day your rereading an Austen. 9h

Reggie @merelybookish thanks! ❤️ 9h

Reggie @Lindy I hope you love it. 9h

Reggie @Suet624 there comes a point where the dad whose job it is to turn back in the electricity and after weeks and weeks of calling city hall to ask for more help he just decides to go visit and finds one person who said the municipality is no more because everyone has left. Wishes him luck because there is no more county. No more tax money. No more paychecks. 6h

Suet624 @Reggie just the way Trump and Elon would prefer it to be. 6h

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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History | Erik Larson

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Interesting history of the deadliest hurricane in history, it hit Galveston TX. It‘s incredible to see how far weather prediction has come and how much there was to learn and understand something as “simple” as the wind.
Larson has a great way of telling the history and making it feel like a story. Excellent research involved I‘m sure.

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Liz_M

Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward

I read quite a few books in December and it's hard to pick. In the end, the tagged was the most most emotionally involving (and harrowing!). The first half is rather slow with so.much.description of poverty and (TW) dog fighting . But the depiction of living through Hurricane Katrina was masterful.

#12Booksof2024 @Andrew65

BarbaraBB I didn‘t know the book was about Katrina too. I loved Dave Egger‘s take on that

Zeitoun

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Andrew65 An excellent book and author.

Thanks for playing along, it‘s been great seeing everyone‘s books. Hope to see you on the First day of Christmas later this year for #12Booksof2025. 👏👏👏😊🎉🥳 2mo

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Maureens_musings

None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive | Carolyn Prusa

Tagged book was one of my favorites. A laugh out loud gem. I had hoped to read more this year, but I‘ve been participating in GR challenges for 6 years now and managed 200+ a year so not too shabby. Want to be more active in the #litsy world this year! What were your most memorable reads this year ? @Eggs @megnews @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Congratulations ??? My mémorables were Zorrie by Laird Hunt, Sunrise Nights & Goodbye Days both by Jeff Zentner❤️ 2mo

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MeganAnn

The Light Pirate | Lily Brooks-Dalton

Fable has this fun new shelfie feature I used to make this. I will admit I haven‘t gotten in the habit of using this app regularly yet, but I do like some of these features to play around with. The title and description are auto populated based on the books you select. Tag me if you make one so I can see yours!

Also working on my #auldlangspine list in anticipation of sign-ups! This is a little peek into my list of favorites for the year.

monalyisha

MeganAnn Here‘s a direct link if you want to make yours: fable.co/shelfie 3mo

monalyisha Will you tell me a little bit about Fable? I don‘t know anything, really! 3mo

MeganAnn @monalyisha it‘s another bookish social media app where you can track your reading & post about books. People also host book clubs on there with space to discuss the book. I like the aesthetic (it‘s much prettier than goodreads) but I haven‘t got in the habit of actively tracking my reading there like I do on GR & StoryGraph. Many of the bookish accounts I follow on instagram or threads are using it in place of GR to try to get away from Amazon. 3mo

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