makeamericaREADagain

Literacy: a systematic start | Elizabeth Hunter-Grundin

I know that much of this new Out of Print line is going to be obsolete after Election Day, but I‘m loving it and I want it all!

#MakeAmericaReadAgain

Lovesbooks87 Yes!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 4y

Amandajoy I bought the shirt. I love it! 4y

CocoReads OMG YES! 4y

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Trashcanman Lmao! Yes! 4y

TheBookStacker I bought the hat that says Read. Think. Vote. 4y

ChasingOm 👏👏👏 4y

JoScho Same! 4y

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crhealey

One Summer: America, 1927 | Bill Bryson

Let‘s 🤞🏻that the 2020s are just as successful! #makeamericareadagain

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xoyadixo

Me Before You: A Novel | Jojo Moyes

Make America read again! Today's society has lost so much to technology. People don't have books in front of their faces anymore. Books have been replaced with phones, tablets amd computers! Please put the phones down and sit down in your favorite corner of the world with a good book in hand. Get lost in between those pages. Travel the world through those pages. #reading #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bookish #makeamericareadagain #bibliophile

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saresmoore

Transcription | Kate Atkinson

I saw the above headline, dismissed it with an eye roll, and moved on to my book. Minutes later, I read this:

“‘Do not equate nationalism with patriotism,‘ Perry warned Juliet. ‘Nationalism is the first step on the road to Fascism.‘”

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Cathythoughts Interesting quote & timing of it 6y

saresmoore @Cathythoughts I thought so! The book (unlike political news of late) is quite a delight. 6y

LauraBeth While some people use these two words interchangeably through no fault of their own because they may not understand the differences (big and nuanced) - what‘s scary here is that Trump, by claiming specifically he‘s a Nationalist - seems to infer that those advisors around him (who told him he‘s a Nationalist) - know the difference. I‘d say that Trump knows the difference, but he‘s too much of an idiot. When will this nightmare be over? 6y

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saresmoore @LauraBeth Well said. It‘s beyond unbelievable at this point, the epic reach of the dissemination of misinformation. The news is like a poorly plotted montage from a low-budget dystopian film, heavy on the gratuitous sex & violence. 6y

Notafraidofwords The white is silent on that headline 6y

ReadingEnvy @Notafraidofwords I see it though, I think it's implied. Terrifying. 6y

Notafraidofwords @ReadingEnvy I‘m terrified of speaking Spanish outside my house and in places I don‘t recognize. I don‘t know when a white person will approach me to harass me. 6y

batsy So chillingly apt. 6y

saresmoore @ReadingEnvy It‘s absolutely implied, and not subtly. @Notafraidofwords That‘s just awful and heartbreaking. Your fear is not unfounded. It‘s appalling how such cowardice and ignorance manifests as bold and unapologetic hatred. 6y

saresmoore @batsy Reality seems to be increasingly unavoidable. 6y

Tamra I have a lot of uncouth words for him. 6y

Blaire That quote - yes! Fitting. Scary times we are living in. 6y

valeriegeary 😭😭😭 6y

saresmoore @valeriegeary I‘ve had about all I can handle at this point. It‘s all so terribly upsetting. 6y

Suet624 Exactly. 6y

scowler1 Nationalists tried to stop women and people of color from voting, they still do. Patriots fought to change this and the fight is not over. Vote. 6y

saresmoore @scowler1 Yes and amen! 6y

Christine 😡🤢😭 And @Notafraidofwords - I‘m so sorry you have to live with that fear. ❤️ 6y

Notafraidofwords @Christine @saresmoore thank you 💚 6y

RohitSawant Great quote! This reminded me of the first episode of W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu's podcast where a professor from Berkeley talked about dog whistling in politics and the way people like Trump use coded phrases, and this was another glaring example of him using trigger words that stir up tension and gratify his supporters while also leaving room for a measure of deniability cloaked in language that's unclear or indirect. 6y

saresmoore @rohit-sawant Oof, too true. I think I‘m going to have to give that Podcast a listen! 6y

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cherinium

The Book Thief | Markus Zusak

pick

This was a good one. The imagery was powerful and the characters were rich.

I can check that one off my #GARBingo card. Due to other reading commitments, this is the last one for me. It's been fun, and I do plan on continuing to chip away at that list! #GreatAmericanRead #GAR #MakeAmericaReadAgain @4thhouseontheleft

zsuzsanna_reads I loved the Help from your bingo card! 6y

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cherinium

The Book Thief | Markus Zusak

"It [the pile of books & propaganda set to be burned at Hiltler's birthday celebration in 1940] reminded her of an unpopular child, forlorn and bewildered, powerless to alter its fate."

#bannedbooks #bookburning
#GARBingo #GreatAmericanRead #pbs #readingchallenge #GAR #MakeAmericaReadAgain

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cherinium

The Book Thief | Markus Zusak

This is the last one I'm going to get to for my #GARBingo card. I have all the others I had selected in my collection, so I will try to get to them in the next year. #GreatAmericanRead #MakeAmericaReadAgain #GAR @4thhouseontheleft

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cherinium

Beloved | Toni Morrison

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I did not get this book...AT ALL. #GARBingo #GAR #GreatAmericanRead #MakeAmericaReadAgain @4thhouseontheleft

Phantasma.Maddie Aw, I loved that one. I‘m sorry it didn‘t bring out the same feelings in you. 6y

cherinium @Phantasma.Maddie I don't usually enjoy prose that leans toward poetic. I'm not much of an abstract thinker, so I just don't enjoy having to reread sections over and over to figure out what is happening. 6y

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cherinium

Watchers | Dean R. Koontz

so-so

Finally can call this one complete. I struggle to see how it earned a place on the list for the #GreatAmericanRead. It was just ok. Perhaps I had trouble suspending disbelief as a member of the veterinary community, but I just couldn't buy it. #GARBingo #GAR #MakeAmericaReadAgain @4thhouseontheleft

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cherinium

Watchers | Dean R. Koontz

Started this book 2 weeks ago and still only on page 61. Is it the book? Is it me? Is it life getting in the way? I'm not sure. I've just been having a hard time settling into it and becoming invested in the story. If I can't get into the groove today, I think I'm going to have to bail. It's for my #GARBingo card, so I really don't want to give up on it. #GreatAmericanRead #GAR #MakeAmericaReadAgain @4thhouseontheleft

alisiakae I remember liking it when I read it, but that was a very long time ago! 6y

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