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Feeling my age today. 😅

Rotator cuff tears
in two difference places.
Surgery to come.

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhh it‘s so common menopause and post menopause!!! I‘m so so sorry…. Yuk 1d

AmyG Well that sucks. 1d

Susanita Ugh. I hope your healing goes smoothly. 1d

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AnnCrystal No...not during your Birthday Month. 🙏🏼 Heal well 💝💝💝. 1d

Amiable Ugh! I had rotator-cuff surgery about 10 years ago. Do you have a recliner? That was the most comfortable place to sleep for the first 8 weeks afterwards. 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie #thistooshallpassright #right? 😅 1d

dabbe @AmyG My primary doc would tell me that my body's letting me know I'm alive. #oy 🙄 1d

dabbe @Susanita #metoo (not the movement, well, you know!) 😂 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? #woeisme or is it #woeisi? 🤔 😅 1d

dabbe @Amiable No, I don't. 😩 Think I'll have to start looking for one. 😅 1d

JenlovesJT47 Ugh I‘m sorry! I have labral tears in both shoulders (and possibly my hip I dislocated 😣) so I know it‘s rough. Wishing you a successful surgery with many excellent books to keep you company afterwards. Dunno what I would have done all these years if I hadn‘t been working at an ortho doctors‘ office since I was 13 😆 (my mom works there still!!). 1d

AmyG Your primary doc needs a better bedside manner! 🤣 1d

TheBookHippie @Amiable oh yah I second the recliner!! 1d

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh no!! That sounds so painful. I hope they can get you in soon and that it goes well. 1d

IriDas Ugh, sounds terrible. I hope the surgery is successful 1d

TheBookgeekFrau That just sucks 😖 1d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Are you just living with your tears? 😱 I can't even imagine. And what can be done with your dislocated hip? Do you hope it pops back into place? 😱 I'm feeling for ya! 💙 1d

dabbe @AmyG He's a wee bit younger. The bastard. 😂 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Amiable Good to know! Any recommendations? 1d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures I don't even get in to see him to chat about stuff until 7/22. Luckily, I have some pain meds. 😅 1d

dabbe @IriDas TY! 💙 1d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau It does. But I'm still above the ground and not underneath it, so that's a plus! 😅 1d

TheBookHippie @dabbe I had frozen shoulder, but it‘s a lazy boy- friend currently borrowing -it but I made sure the material didn‘t make me too hot! 1d

Leftcoastzen Sorry you have to go through that ! 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie So no leather, right? 😂 1d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! Another right of passage to being older and letting your German shepherd chase a bird and drag you to the ground. 😅 1d

Susanita Did you throw too many curve balls? 😉 1d

lil1inblue Oh, my! 😱 I hope that the surgery goes well and that you heal swiftly! But hopefully, you'll get some good guilt-free reading time! 1d

Amiable @TheBookHippie @dabbe I commandeered my husband‘s for the duration, to his dismay. 😄 I think it was a La-Z Boy also. We don‘t have it anymore. Which arm are you doing? Make sure that you can reach the lever with your good side! 😬 1d

Amiable Oh, also make sure to have a selection of big shirts that button up the front because you won‘t be putting your arm through a sleeve for a while. 1d

ShelleyBooksie Oh no! Boo on doggy related injuries! Sending you healing vibes ♡♡♡ 1d

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe thanks for asking! A dislocation didn‘t show on x-rays so I had to get an MRI. Seeing the doc next week. He thinks I might have a labral tear in my hip. That would be my luck for sure! Crutches kill me so I‘ve altered my gait & walk on my tiptoes on that side. Not fun. Sorry, that was probably more information than you were looking for! 😅 1d

Amiable And ask the surgeon when you can start PT —as soon as possible to avoid frozen shoulder if you can. Ask about passive PT where the therapist moves your slack arm around for you. 1d

AvidReader25 I‘m so sorry! Praying the surgery goes well! 1d

Librarybelle Oh no! 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe I will leave this to the teacher 😂💝💝💝. 1d

Sarahreadstoomuch I‘m so sorry! 1d

Texreader 🙁 I sure hope you‘re doing ok and that surgery is successful. I hear it‘s all about the rehab. 1d

Chrissyreadit ugh! No Bueno!!! I was able to use PT only for mine (thankful no surgery)and agree good PT is huge! hope your pain is not too much 1d

Bookwormjillk Oh no! I agree with @Amiable on the rehab. It‘s torture but helpful torture. My other suggestion is to get yourself a back scratcher. Hope you can get it taken care of soon! 1d

CBee @dabbe sounds like when my GYN told me to “ride it out” after I explained all of my menopause symptoms. Butthead. 1d

TheBookHippie @Amiable YES PT!!!!! 1d

dabbe @Susanita As if I could! No, Pip dragged me to the ground chasing a damn bird. 😅 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue That's the plus to it all! TY. 💙🩵💙 1d

dabbe @Amiable Another good point! It's my right one, the one I do everything with, of course! I can still move it, just not in certain directions. 😅 1d

dabbe @Amiable Holy guacamole! TY! I don't have any button-ups; they're all pullovers. Here's a plus: time to go shopping! 😂 1d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 💙🩵💙 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal I think it's “Woe is I“ because if you put the sentence in the correct order of subject before verb, you say, “I am woe.“ Now that I've just done that, I should have said “Woe AM I.“ I need to review my grammar! 😅 1d

dabbe @Texreader You instantly reminded me of Amy Winehouse's “Rehab.“
Obviously for very different reasons. TY! 💙🩵💙 1d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit We'll see what his final opinion is, but the fact that there are two tears makes my primary doc think surgery would be better. Based on the f-in' big beautiful bill, I better get this done soon. 😅 TY for the kind words, m'dear. 💙🩵💙 1d

Chrissyreadit fingers and toes crossed! 1d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I am starting to make a list! Backscratcher: #mostexcellent TY 🩵💙🩵 1d

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Truth!! And here's to it staying that way for a long time! 🥂💜 1d

dabbe @CBee ESPECIALLY if your GYN was a female. 😤😂 1d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit Definitely not shoulders! 🥰 1d

CBee @dabbe nope, it‘s a dude. Too bad cause he was pretty cool before he said that 😂🫣🤪 1d

dabbe @CBee Well, not only is that a dick-downer-for-women, but #patriarchylives even with the best of 'em! 1d

julieclair Ugh. Hope you‘re not in too much pain while you wait to get it fixed, and your healing is smooth and speedy. 💙💙💙 23h

Butterfinger I hate that. Keep us posted on your journey to feel better. 22h

willaful Best of luck! 22h

Read4life I‘m sorry, Denise. Did you at least get an apology snuggle from Pip? It sucks you have to wait so long for your appointment. Please keep us updated. 💙💙💙 21h

AnnCrystal @dabbe go with the original & just say you're being whimsical 😂👌🏼💝💝💝. 19h

LiseWorks Oh boy! This sucks. Please keep us updated. Sending lots of 🫂 18h

staci.reads Oh no! I hope All goes well with surgery and you're feeling pain free soon! 15h

Cuilin Oh no. I‘m so sorry. Hope you your healing is quick and you can hold books and turn pages, if not there‘s always audiobooks. Ugh!!! Sending speedy healing vibes. 🩷 15h

Meshell1313 Oh no. So sorry to hear this! Sending lots of healing thoughts your way! ❤️❤️❤️ 14h

dabbe @julieclair TY! It's tolerable. Pain killers help. 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @Butterfinger I will. TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @willaful TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @Read4life Oh yes; Pip has already forgotten about it! 😂 TY. 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂😍😂 10h

dabbe @LiseWorks TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @staci.reads TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @Cuilin I luckily can still turn with my left hand. 😅 TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

dabbe @Meshell1313 TY! 💙🩵💙 10h

DebinHawaii Oh ouch! I am so sorry. Getting older really sucks sometimes. I will think healing thoughts. 💙💙💙 8h

dabbe @DebinHawaii I'm so happy you said “older“ and not “old“! 😂 That means I still have lots of years left, right? 💙🩵💙 8h

DebinHawaii @dabbe Hah! 😂 I hope so—for both of us! 💙💙💙 8h

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Centique

No Words for This | Ali Mau

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Ali Mau is a famous journalist and TV presenter in NZ who led the reporting here on #MeToo and broke stories on abusers. (And is an Australian originally!) This is her memoir about her life, breaking into journalism, and her own childhood abuse which was repressed for many years. She also went through hell in the 90s when the press discovered her same sex relationship. Well written and thought provoking, ⬇️

Centique she is a hugely admirable woman still breaking ground for sexual abuse survivors. I got to meet her for a few minutes at the Auckland Writers Festival and she just impressed me so much 🙌 3d

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squirrelbrain

The Damages | Genevieve Scott

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I love a campus novel so wanted to read this - in fact, the later story was the better half, I thought.

In 1998 Ros‘s Regis uni roommate Megan goes missing in a terrible snowstorm and Ros is blamed for not looking after her.

Over 20 years later Ros‘s former partner is accused during the #metoo movement, leading Ros to look back on her life as a teenager, the mistakes she made and the lies we tell ourselves.

TheKidUpstairs Interesting, because I liked the first half of this one better than the second. I remember finding the pacing, especially to be a bit of a pretty down. but "Regis University" is so very clearly based on the university I attended, so I think that recognition factor was a big part of what drew me in to that first part 2mo

Cathythoughts Sounds good. I‘m going to try it ❤️ 2mo

squirrelbrain I wondered if it was a ‘real‘ university @TheKidUpstairs but hadn‘t got round to looking it up! 😊 2mo

youneverarrived I do, too! Stacking. 2mo

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TheSpineView

Litsytestbook004 | Litsytestbook004

#ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT

I scored better than last week, though not by much. There were so many great books in this group that spanned totally different genres. My favorites are (not in any order):

The Clan of the Cave Bear
Good Omens
Black Beauty
Emma
Matilda
The Hobbit
LOTR
Dune
The Pillars of the Earth

@Texreader @Librarybelle @Kshakal @BethM @Cupcake12

dabbe #woohooyou! What a list, too! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2mo

TheSpineView @dabbe 😊 2mo

Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! I scored 31 and was happy to see some Jane Austen on the list. 2mo

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TheSpineView @Librarybelle YW! 2mo

BethM How do we get to the list? 2mo

Texreader @BethM see link from post by @dabbe 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle #metoo! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2mo

dabbe @BethM Here's the link: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2861491 🤩 2mo

BethM 26 and most of them were forced upon me 😂 2mo

TheSpineView @BethM A number of mine were of the force variety too. 🤣 2mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wayward
#kansas

“Don't you cry no more.“ 🖤

lil1inblue 🎶 💛 🎶 Excellent choice! 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 2mo

Susanita 🎸🎸🎸 2mo

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TheSpineView Perfect! Love this song! 💜🎶💜 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Cannot think of this song anymore without thinking about the show Supernatural. 2mo

dabbe @Susanita 🎸♥️🎸 2mo

dabbe @TheSpineView ♥️🎶♥️ 2mo

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures A show I've never watched! 😱🤣😍 2mo

Lesliereadsalot I love this one! It‘s on my favorites playlist. 2mo

TheBookHippie I saw this live when they played with a full orchestra! It was so cool! 2mo

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot #metoo I adore KANSAS period. 🩵💙🩵 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie I am beyond jealous! 🩵💙🩵 2mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe it was happenstance !!! I was in Chicago and saw they were at the theater playing in 6 hours, so Mr BookHippie looked and they had two balcony seats 35 bucks each!!! 🎉 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie That man is definitely a keeper. 😍 2mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe He has his moments 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it was a riot to attend. We were the youngest people there BY FAR. And we aren‘t considered young… it‘s not everyday you see someone over 75 throwing themselves at a rockstar 🤣😂 FYI they sounded phenomenal. Massive talent. 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Good to hear that they still sound so wonderful! Just imagining a 75 y-o doing that brings a huge smile to my face! 😍 2mo

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MrsMalaprop

Dear Dickhead: A Novel | Virginie Despentes

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This book caught my eye when I was book shopping with @Rissreadswithcats & when I read the blurb I decided to buy it. A French epistolary novel that starts with a derogatory social media post. Addiction and recovery, #metoo and the pandemic feature in this guns-blazing, disturbing read.

Rissreadswithcats I ended up getting a copy. Such a great title! 2mo

Ruthiella I‘ve read another title from her. She‘s definitely an edgy writer. 2mo

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Reggie

My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell

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What a book of horror. I‘m not a parent but sometimes I wonder how ya‘ll let your children out into the world. We follow Vanessa in alternating timelines. In 2017 set against the #MeToo movement where she‘s following all the allegations against a former high school English teacher. In 2000 where she‘s 15 and enters a sexual relationship with that teacher. In 2017 she‘s barely coming to realize that she herself was a victim. This was sad and 👇🏼

Reggie enraging. The amount of gaslighting that the teacher used against her. Omg. There‘s a lot to be said about intuition in here. How we should listen to that internal voice especially when it‘s trying to tell you something is wrong. This was tough to read but it was so well written. Pick! 3mo

Ruthiella I also thought this book was horrifying but entirely plausible. 3mo

AmyG I bailed. I just couldn‘t. 3mo

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Jas16 Horrifying subject matter but I thought the book did a great job telling the story. 3mo

5feet.of.fury It was so well done. 3mo

quietlycuriouskate The way she persisted in romanticising what happened to her was so chilling! 😦 3mo

CoverToCoverGirl Disturbing story but well written. It was a pick for me too! 3mo

Reggie @Ruthiella totally, the last few years I lived in Las Cruces there was like 4 cases of this in 2 years. In one case, a coach blackmailed a gay student into sex saying he would out him to his family if he didn‘t comply. 3mo

Reggie @AmyG I totally understand. I think this would be uncomfortable for alot of people. 3mo

Reggie @Jas16 @5feet.of.fury @CoverToCoverGirl Yeah, this author is one to watch. She had such balance here, and she doesn‘t baby the reader. I thought she was great. 3mo

Reggie @quietlycuriouskate yes! I think she says to people a couple of times-but he loves me. Even when she‘s talking to the therapist saying that if she is a victim then what does she have from all those years. Ughhh so sad. 3mo

Rissreadswithcats I have this on my shelf but it‘s never been the right time to start it. I‘ll get to it someday. 2mo

Amor4Libros I‘ve read this twice because I like to torture myself 😅 But really the reason was that I read it by myself first and had no one to discuss it with and then about a year later buddy read with friends 2mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power | Sonia Purnell

One of my favorite things about my neighborhood is spring, we have over a thousand cherry blossom trees and it makes my daily neighborhood walks a total pleasure.

Listening to the tagged, at the point where Pamela is making friends with Kick Kennedy and trying to stay clear of the gross Ambassador Kennedy. Would have loved to have seen him go through #MeToo

ChaoticMissAdventures The women around Pamela are brutal. The Mitfords loudly calling her fat, others spreading rumors of her being "fast" I am excited to see how she rises. 3mo

Karisa 😍 3mo

Bookwormjillk Love these cherry trees. Walking under them when they‘re in bloom is like walking through a pink tunnel. 3mo

mcctrish Oh how I envy your spring flower walking ( I will get there at some point but it feels like forever ) 3mo

kspenmoll Gorgeous!!! 3mo

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dabbe

Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

#camplitsy25
Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

For your humble consideration. 😊

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 3mo

GatheringBooks A stephen king title!!! Nice! 💕 3mo

Bookwormjillk I forgot the Stephen King is coming 3mo

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BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 3mo

Suet624 Ooh, a stephen king! That would be new for camplitsy. 3mo

AmyG I also forgot about Stephen King. (edited) 3mo

peaKnit Good picks! I have that King preordered on audio, can‘t wait! 3mo

mcctrish Everything tuberculosis is on my TBR ❤️❤️ 3mo

Meshell1313 Ooh these all sound amazing! 🤩 3mo

Kitta Ooo I added the sirens too! 3mo

Deblovestoread Oooo, I bet Odyssey is fantastic! 3mo

dabbe @squirrelbrain TY! 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @GatheringBooks 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I got your back! 🤩🤣😍 3mo

dabbe @BarbaraBB YW! 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @AmyG You have stunned me to my knees. 🤩🤣😍 3mo

dabbe @peaKnit TY! 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish #metoo 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @Meshell1313 🤩🤣😍 3mo

dabbe @Kitta #greatminds 💙💚🩵 3mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread IKR? 💙💚🩵 3mo

Megabooks I have to say after reading Tuberculosis that I like John's nonfiction more than his fiction. It was very thought-provoking. Thanks for nominating it and the others!

See What I Have Done

3mo

dabbe @Megabooks I've seen enough on the Vlog Bros to know that it is his PASSION! 🤩 3mo

AmyG @dabbe HA! 3mo

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#coverstories
#sea
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one 🧜‍♀️ 3mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #metoo Your hair shade matches Ariel's. ♥️🧜‍♀️🩵 3mo

Eggs Sweet 🧜🏻‍♀️ 3mo

dabbe @Eggs ♥️🧜‍♀️🩵 3mo

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