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June #ReadYourKindle update
I read 7 of the books on my list, started 2 more and removed a few that are no longer available on KU.
Top picks were All Your Twisted Secrets, Ace of Spades and That's Not My Name.

@CBee

CBee Awesome job!! 1d

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limada

Is That It? | Bob Geldof

pick

The irony of sitting on my patio in beautiful weather, with access to all the snacks and drinks I want while I finish reading this book was not lost on me. It's honestly still incredible what Geldof managed in a very short time period and even more amazing tjat most of tje world has totà‘y forgotten about it in the time since. #33-2025

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Susanita

The Itsy Bitsy Spider | Iza Trapani

The other day I went to the bank for some cash, and a spider landed on my arm. 😮

Just minding my own
A spider landed on me
I screamed like a girl

#haikuaday #haikuhive

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

TheBookHippie I do not like spiders 😝🫣😵‍💫 1d

Jari-chan I would catch it for you and bring it outside 😄 1d

JenlovesJT47 🤣🤣🤣 1d

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julieclair I‘d have screamed, too. 😂 1d

lil1inblue No thank you! Eep! 🤣 1d

dabbe OMG, I would have run around screaming bloody murder! 😂 Your words made my neck hair stand up! 🩶🐝🖤 1d

Susanita @TheBookHippie @dabbe @julieclair @lil1inblue I scared the branch manager. 😂 1d

julieclair @Susanita 😂😂 I believe it! Banks are usually such quiet places. 1d

AnnCrystal Yikes 👏🏼🐝👍🏼👀😂🐝💝...did security come running 🤣. 22h

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BarbaraJean

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music | Victor L. Wooten

June #DoubleSpin complete! Which I might not have done if it wasn‘t for my IRL book club. This didn‘t work for me on several levels. I don‘t usually enjoy pseudo-fictional nonfiction, where the message is presented as a story. For me, this generally yields a gimmicky, sub-par story—I‘d rather you say what you want to say instead of shoehorning your points into the mouths of preachy/quirky characters. That‘s pretty much how I felt about this. ⤵️

TheAromaofBooks

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d - 1/4) Also, just as a text about music, it ignores or postures as superior to certain types of music, which rubbed me the wrong way. My experience with music is largely classical—I grew up singing in choirs and playing violin; in college, I sang in my college‘s concert choir and played in the chamber orchestra. While some of what Wooten advocates is absolutely applicable to all forms of music, a good 70% of it ignores/dismisses whole ⤵️ 2d

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d - 2/4) …eras of music as well as those kinds of ensembles.

Add to this, threaded throughout is a bunch of woo-woo content where words like Life and Music are always capitalized. Characters heal injuries from a car accident by singing over the victim, the effects of noise pollution in a nature preserve are rebalanced through an idyllic song session where frogs and snakes come up and rest in the laps of the singers, and the characters ⤵️ 2d

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d - 3/4) …befriend a red-shouldered hawk when one of them sends an “intention bubble” over to it. This might be someone else‘s jam, but it‘s eye-roll-inducing to me!

I respect that Wooten didn‘t want to write a traditional instructional book about music, and that he wanted to weave in parallels to life as well as music. I respect that he advocated getting away from worrying about the right notes, and emphasized often-ignored elements ⤵️ (edited) 2d

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BarbaraJean (Cont‘d - 4/4) …like space & listening, but in the end, this just didn‘t work for me. There was some good content, but presented as it was, it mostly annoyed me.

I listened to half on audio, which would have been a great way to experience the book if I had liked it better! The audio includes musical themes throughout—within scenes & at the beginning of each chapter—which was wonderful. But I wanted to finish more quickly, so I switched to print. 2d

Tamra Well, I‘m guessing he wouldn‘t appreciate my Sanford & Son theme music post. 😂 2d

BarbaraJean @Tamra Haha--I love it! 2d

TheAromaofBooks This sounds like maybe it's the music handbook for Disney princesses? 😂 2d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks 😂 😂 That's exactly what my musician husband said about the scene I described!! 24h

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sjc731

Sway: A Novel | Zachary Lazar

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booklover3258

Lucy in the Sky | Kiara Brinkman

bailed

I tried and got to page 63 but it was dragging so slow that I couldn't finish it.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_dVXVNvl64o?feature=share

Enjoy!

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pdxannie

Open Book | Jessica Simpson

so-so

Jessica Simpson was honest and open, true to the book‘s title. I gave this book 3.5/5 stars on Fable, which is so-so for me. I can‘t say I would recommend the book unless to a real fan (which admittedly, I couldn‘t name a single song of hers before reading and I‘ve possibly already forgotten the names of her hits). I will say, I never liked John Mayer before, but now I have reason to dislike him. What a misogynistic kook.

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BkClubCare

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music | Dave Grohl

Listening to this now. I have heard good things (even if I had no clue and can never remember what rock band he is in! I am clueless with popular music these days)

ChaoticMissAdventures I still think of him in Nirvana first and foremost. 4d

Suet624 This is such a good read. 4d

aa_guer2021 Thank you for reminding me that I haven‘t finished this yet! 😣😬 4d

nanuska_153 He was the drummer in Nirvana and he played drums with Queens of the Stone Age too. He's also the lead singer and founder of Foo Fighters 3d

BkClubCare @nanuska_153 - ok, yeah, I probably deserve that. I know who he is but I have never listened to that era‘s music 😏 But thank you for letting me know Graham Norton writes books! I love his show. 2d

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Eggbeater

I Wanna Be Sedated: Pop Music in the Seventies | Phil Dellio, Scott Woods

Thanks for the tag, @Pruzy

1. Empathy and a sense of humor.

2. I haven't lived it yet.

3. The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated"

#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs

Tag @AnnCrystal @quietjenn

Eggs Thx for playing and sharing ❤️🙌🏻 4d

Pruzy Number 2 is awwww 😢 4d

AnnCrystal 🫂 life is an adventure, you'll discover something wonderful that begins your awesome era 😘💝.

P.S. Thank You for the tag...I don't believe eggs would appreciate my participating. It's alright, I just wish to remain respectful... 4d

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