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JamieArc
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I do love bookish jeopardy clues and facts ??

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" wasn't published late, nor was it published early. It was published precisely #OTD in 1955. #LOTR

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brendanmleonard
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#OTD in 1841, one of the first mysteries, EA Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published! From that little seed, a whole genre was formed. Megan Abbott's one of my favorite practitioners of the genre today - what about you? #detectiveday

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AllisonChaseWilliams
A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens
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#otd December 19th, 1843 #achristmascarol by #charlesdickens was published. I have read this wonderful story every year in December since I was in middle school and can still remember the first time I read it. I also clearly don't have enough copies of this book... #bahumbug #ebenezerscrooge #iwillhonorchristmasinmyheart #godblessuseveryone

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BookishFeminist
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words. Volume one | Graham Chapman, Monty Python (Comedy troupe)
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#OnThisDay in 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus premiered. So, I leave you with: THE BOOKSHOP SKETCH. 😂 #otd

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p62uutgNN4c

📚📺📽🎞 #LitsyAfterDark

LeahBergen I want to read Knickerless Nickleby! 😂 8y
BookishFeminist @LeahBergen A Tale of Two Titties!! 😂😂 8y
Kirstin ❤️😂 8y
MrBook 😂👏🏻👍🏻 8y
Clare-Dragonfly OMG! I'd never seen that one before! 😂 8y
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Booktrovert
Silent Spring | Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published #OTD in 1962.

Books.a.Lot I need to reqd that one still! (Oh, and hi... It's El.) 8y
Booktrovert Hey, El!!! Thanks for letting me know. 😀 8y
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BookishFeminist
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#OnThisDay in 1862, President Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation following Union victory at the Battle of Antietam during the US Civil War. It didn't have as broad an effect as is usually taught, but it was a big step forward in emancipating slaves in America. 📜

I haven't read this book but it's on my TBR. It's a history of escaped-slave refugee camps in Union land & how these camps helped shape emancipation & black citizenship.

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BookishFeminist
Love Warrior: A Memoir | Glennon Doyle Melton
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#OnThisDay in 1996, Oprah launched her book club with The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard. I haven't liked all of her selections, but it's undeniable that she has major pull in publishing & popularizes many important books. I love her focus on empathetic books, strong women, race, & other social justice themes. Top row is some of my fave books from her original club, bottom row is her most recent choices for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. 📚

BethFishReads I just started Love Warrior on audio. So so so good 8y
BookishFeminist @BethFishReads Is it? That's good to hear. I've been looking for more awesome audiobooks. I'm picky about narrators 8y
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BethFishReads I was worried b/c I usually hate author-read books. She sounds really young at first, but I was hooked within about 5 minutes 8y
BookishFeminist @BethFishReads That's good to hear- for me it depends on the author & genre. If it's poetry I prefer author read bc I get the cadence they intended. Some authors just aren't good voice narrators though. 8y
BethFishReads I don't listen to poetry. But now maybe I will. And, yeah, I can see how author narrator would be the way to go 8y
BookishFeminist @BethFishReads I don't listen to much poetry, but I've found Maya Angelou's narrated poetry collections to be phenomenal ❤️ miss her 8y
BethFishReads Adding to list 8y
WordWaller I didn't know Ruby made it!! And I can't believe our bookstore only had one copy of Love Warrior, EVERYONE has been asking for it! Frustrating for me since I see the opportunity to see more books as a lot of people who wouldn't normally read like Oprah's picks. For that reason, I love her book club and the wide reach it gets. Yay for more readers!! 8y
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The Looming Tower | Lawrence Wright
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It's hard to believe that 15 years ago I sat in a classroom & watched the World Trade Center fall in smoke & then see/smell smoke from the Pentagon later that day. My memory of that day is crystal clear & I'm grateful my life wasn't impacted beyond a few days off school.

Books help shape our consciousness of collective events & trauma. Here are some choices—the top row is nonfiction, the bottom fiction. 🇺🇸

What are some other reads about 9/11?

Theresa I started this book when it was released a few years after 9/11 but bailed because I just wasn't ready to handle it. I still don't think I'm ready. 8y
Hazel0303 Wonderful post @BookishFeminist - I also was going to say Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 8y
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BookishFeminist @Theresa @Hazel0303 Oh good call! I haven't read that one and didn't know it was about 9/11. Thanks for the rec. It's sitting on my shelf. 8y
Martyn_J_Pass @BookishFeminist Even we in England can remember where we all were when news broke of this tragic event. I remember all the radio channels at work ONLY broadcasting live reports that day. Shocking stuff, even now. 8y
Hazel0303 @BookishFeminist - it is just beyond that book. Never saw the movie. But you must read it as soon as possible. 8y
jessberk13 I absolutely despised The Emperor's Children 8y
BookishFeminist @jessica I'm sorry to hear that- I know many others that have enjoyed it though but I know it's not for everyone. I think it's meant to be a satire or character-driven comedy of manners & that can fall flat sometimes for events like this. But to me that's what the beauty of it was. 8y
BookishFeminist @Hazel0303 lol "as soon as possible"- I probably will sometime this year but it's not an immediate priority. Maybe I'll figure out how to stick it in my birthday challenge. 8y
BookishFeminist @The_Bear I'm not surprised at all- I think it was shocking to so many people because of just how immediate and out of nowhere it felt. And I'm sure it didn't help when London experienced a terrorist attack in July a few years later. 😔 8y
Reviewsbylola Working Stiff had a very a very informative chapter on 9/11. 8y
Reviewsbylola Reluctant Hero was good also. #of your list, I thought 102 Minutes was very good. I will need to check out some of the others. 8y
LauraBeth I thought The Good Life by Jay McInerney was good and I liked The Emperor's Children. Those have been the only books I've read. I was living/working in NYC on 9/11 and truthfully, a lot of things are triggering for me so I need to opt out of reading about it or watching any coverage about it on tv. There was a Borders at WTC that was my primary bookstore back then and a lot of my books have come from there and I find it hard to even open those 😔 8y
Suetara @laurabeth I lived in NYC briefly in the late '90's and also shopped at that Borders. 💔 8y
courtney I haven't read many books that revolve around it specifically, but I recently read The Nest and the scenes involving a man who lost his wife on 9/11 were some of my favorite passages, and it seemed like the author took extra care to describe his grief and aftermath. Sending love to all of you 💙❤️ 8y
Hazel0303 Very sorry to hear @LauraBeth and @Suetara - hope you can get through this day as best as you can 8y
becausetrains ❤️ to those affected. 😔 8y
Godmotherx5 @Reviewsbylola I was going to mention Working Stiff. I didn't know how I'd handle it because I still find the topic difficult. I agree with @BookishFeminist Let's just be nice to everyone. 💕 8y
britt_brooke @BookishFeminist Thanks for this post! 💙 The only 9/11 book I've read is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It's excellent. @Theresa @Hazel0303 8y
Ellsbeth I still have a hard time reading about it. However, I love this children's book about a small, far away group of people who really wanted to provide comfort to those who hurt. 8y
[DELETED] 1409720085 9/11 is my first memory of a traumatic event. I remember everything almost perfectly. 8y
Laura317 A day that I'll never forget. 💔 8y
Lola This is about a family dealing with the aftermath ten years after 8y
BookishFeminist ❤️? As this is a sensitive topic for many people, please be kind today & be mindful of what you say and do. Be aware that Americans weren't the only ones impacted, and that the impacts are far deeper than simply "terrorism." Especially be kind to people who are Muslim or mistaken for Muslim, as they will likely face Islamophobia today as they have since this attack. Much love to everyone today. Be kind to yourselves & others. ?❤️ 8y
JPeterson I haven't read any books dealing with 9/11, but I've been fortunate to work at various government institutions the past year and participate in their remembrance events. It's incredible moving to be at a place with pretty high up officials giving speeches. 8y
DebinHawaii Thanks for posting this. Love, hope, and kindness to everyone today. ❤️🌎 8y
LauraBeth Thanks @Hazel0303 - I've stayed away from the news today and most of social media (with Litsy being an exception) 😀 @Suetara - that Borders was my refuge because it was the closest bookstore to my apt. 8y
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BookishFeminist
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More fun stuff this week! Today is the anniversary of NASA's foundation in 1958. NASA has led multiple manned & unmanned missions into space and has contributed to our body of scientific knowledge of space & how our planet functions. Even if you're not that into space (but let's be honest, who isn't), you have NASA to thank for cochlear implants, memory foam, dustbusters, & even speedos. To celebrate, have some space books! 🌌🚀🌒✨🛰 #OTD

DyAnne Love space. Love Mary Roach. 8y
Megabooks I went to Space Camp in Huntsville when I was in middle school. It was super awesome! 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Ebooksandcooks My daughter just went to spacecamp a few weeks ago! And I graduated from UAH, so I we have major space geekery in our family. 8y
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Megabooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com 👍🏻👍🏻 Awesome! 8y
BookishMarginalia 💜💜💜 8y
bookishkai @Ebooksandcooks *waves* I went to Space Camp in fifth grade! It was so awesome! I remember being obsessed with space and wanting to be an astronaut almost before I even knew what the word meant. 8y
Megabooks @bookishkris Hey! When we did our "mission", I got to be in a hot spacesuit and screw something, which was cool, but my best friend was mission commander! She's an engineer now. ?? 8y
bookishkai @Ebooksandcooks I was mission control. Our mission ended pretty badly, but not as bad as the team who "crashed" the simulator. What year were you there? I went in '88. 8y
Megabooks @bookishkris 1992 👍🏻 Robyn, my BFF, studied that mission book like crazy when she was commander. She's a very smart woman now! 8y
bookishkai @Ebooksandcooks I bet! My last nanny family were both engineers at Ball Aerospace here in Colorado; I remember one day my 5 yo charge was trying to "make" a computer with two pieces of paper and was trying to tell her mom what to do. Mom says "E, Mama is a rocket scientist, I THINK I know what I'm doing!" E was not impressed, but I was! 8y
Megabooks @bookishkris That's a great story! 😃😃 8y
Trav I LOVE SPACE! I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a little girl... We also have a planetarium at my work, it is undeniably cool. 8y
BookishFeminist @Ebooksandcooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com @bookishkris Hahaha I love you guys & I love Litsy. I post about space books & y'all have a full-fledged convo geeking out over space camp. 💙🌌☄ 8y
BookishFeminist @Trav So jealous you have an planetarium at work! Astronaut was way up there for career paths for me too. I had a Hubble Space Telescope poster in my childhood bedroom & now have Galaxy print Toms shoes that I asked Col. Chris Hadfield to sign for me 😂😂 8y
bookishkai @BookishFeminist that's the beauty of Litsy, I think! 8y
Trav @BookishFeminist I'll have to take a photo for you of our planetarium and send it to you via Instagram. Oh you lucky duck, I love Chris Hadfield! How good was his version of Space Oddity? Your childhood bedroom rocks! 8y
BookishFeminist @Trav Yes please do! That would be awesome. 😍 You can scroll back in my Insta feed & see Chris Hadfield signing my shoes! If I ever run into him again (which oddly enough this isn't out of the ordinary since I live close to NASA & the Smithsonian in DC), I will totally get something signed & send it to you. His Space Oddity is my everything. 🙌🏼 8y
Trav Ha, I did just that ;) Love the photos! Oh my gosh that is so thoughtful of you! The sentiment alone makes me incredibly happy, and if you did manage to get anything signed I would be forever indebted to you ☺️ 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @BookishFeminist Ha! Yeah, we totally hijacked your post and ran away with it 🤓 But YAY for space books! 8y
BookishFeminist @Trav It wouldn't be a big deal! Only gives me an excuse to go meet him & talk to him again without it seeming like stalking, lol. We'll see if it ever happens though. I'll keep my eyes peeled! We had Buzz Aldrin a few times recently but I missed that one. 🙊 8y
BookishFeminist @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com Totally don't mind! I'm always here for geeking out about anything, especially space. If you couldn't tell that I'm a giant nerd already 🤓 8y
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BookishFeminist
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Today's the anniversary of the 14th Amend to the US Constitution! First passed to overturn the 3/5 compromise & grant full rights to Black citizens, it includes due process & equal protection clauses & has been used to support desegregation of schools, interracial marriage, affirmative action, the right to privacy, abortion rights, decriminalization of sodomy & most recently, marriage equality. Here's some books on its history. 📜⚖🇺🇸 #OTD #WNDB

TheNextBook I need to put all of these on my list! 8y
rebuketodali One hell of a list. You rock! 8y
BookishMarginalia More for the TBR stack! Thanks! 8y
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Eyelit Thanks for this list! 8y
Megabooks Awesome!!! 8y
BekahB Fantastic books! I really want to read Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County and Love Wins. I listened to an interview with Jim Obergefell on the Decode DC podcast (episode 144) and immediately added Love Wins to my TBR. 8y
BookishFeminist @TheNextBook Yes! I hope you enjoy & let me know what you think of them! 8y
BookishFeminist @rebuketodali @BookishMarginalia @Eyelit @Ebooksandcooks Thanks guys!! 😊 I'm a nerd and wish there were more accessible books written about the 14th amendment bc it was surprisingly hard to find non-academic ones. 🤓 8y
BookishFeminist @BekahB Something Must Be Done is great & super informative, I found it especially so since I live in Virginia. The caveat though is it's written by a white journalist so it can be a bit elitist in places. Also JIM OBERGEFELL ROCKS. I was at the Supreme Court last year on decision day & am super lucky to have met him. He's so nice!! I need to read his book already. 8y
BookishFeminist @BekahB Also, Decode DC podcast? What is this of which you speak? Tell me more. 🤔 8y
Floresj GREAT list of books!!!! Thanks for the recommendations! 8y
BekahB @BookishFeminist DecodeDC is a weekly podcast that focuses each episode on a political topic/people/cultural event in D.C. Even though you can determine the journalists'/podcast's underlying opinion based on what they're reporting and how, it's more informative than opinion based. The current host is Jimmy Williams. Their interviews are fantastic! They have a combo of serious and lighter episodes. It's my favorite politics-based podcast (so far). 8y
BekahB @BookishFeminist I've also started listening to the FiveThirtyEight Elections podcast. They've provided a great breakdown of the elections. 😀 8y
BookishFeminist @BekahB 👀 *subscribes and downloads all the episodes for my upcoming road trip* It sounds great! Thanks for the awesome podcast rec. You just made this DC native & political wonk very happy. 👍🏼 I also enjoy FiveThirtyEight. Nate Silver's predictive models never cease to fascinate me. 8y
BookishFeminist @Floresj You're welcome! I hope you enjoy some of them. 😊👍🏼 8y
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