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LiseWorks
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November 3rd #DaysDevotedTo Sandwich 🥪 😋 There is nothing like a good sandwich @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 😋 2d
Eggs Thank you to JM 🥪 1d
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Currey
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Mehso-so

#readingoceania2024 #vanuatu I am getting a bit tired of the “my year in ….” (Name of South Pacific island) format but he keeps things light and moving and you do catch a bit of history and culture although much of what you catch is being a foreigner there. I learned a bit about cannibalism. I am slowly getting a glimpse of the differences between all the countries in Oceania. Just wish I could locate some better literature along the way

BarbaraBB Yes it is really hard to find books related to all those islands. 3w
Librarybelle Yes…it‘s hard to find books for some of these. 3w
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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

Another book I never would have read if it weren‘t for a Litsy challenge. In this book a hobbyist searches for the missing people in #Palau - the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of WWII. I found this short book to be very interesting. #ReadingOceania24

Librarybelle I love how these challenges help us find new-to-us authors and books! 4w
BarbaraBB One of the bloodiest battles? Who would have thought. It‘s always refreshing and important to read about such events 4w
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Bookwormjillk
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Mehso-so

This was okay to listen to, but I felt myself being disinterested and zoning out during other parts. I think part of my issue was that it was dated- so much has happened since the Obama administration. #ReadingOceania2024

mcctrish My personal opinion is SW has great ideas but subpar writing skills 1mo
Bookwormjillk @mcctrish I think you nailed it 1mo
Librarybelle I struggle listening to nonfiction. This one is on my to read list, so good to know about the dated material. 1mo
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Texreader
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Karisa Beautiful place with a sad past… I didn‘t know much of that history. I‘d only heard of this island nation when watching an old season of Survivor this summer. 😅 So interesting! Thank you for sharing! 3mo
Librarybelle Thanks for sharing! 3mo
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shortsarahrose
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Another farmers‘ market morning means another friends of the library book sale! #BookHaul

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Twainy
Island 731 | Jeremy Robinson
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Pickpick

The new book is POINT NEMO!

Great audiobook just a hair under 4.5 stars! Love RC Bray! This was a fun sci-fi story … from the ISS down to a secluded island on Earth. Alien mushrooms cure cancer then want to take over the world. Heart pounding! Edge of seat fun! Give it a listen!

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Texreader
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Ebook on sale for a very short time. Perfect for #readingoceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB That‘s a good suggestion! Paul Theroux is always good! 5mo
Librarybelle Thanks for posting! 5mo
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Texreader
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Pickpick

Some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific in WWII were over #Palau. In the 1990s, a successful entrepreneur and scientist found his life‘s calling to find the planes that had been shot down over the island and bring closure to many families who still had MIAs. As with his bioengineering business, his mission succeeded and this is part his story as well as a son who never knew his father, a gunner on one of the downed planes. #readingOceania

Librarybelle Stacking! 5mo
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KathyWheeler
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This is the low end of the pick scale for me. I liked it better than his book about China, a place he actively seemed to hate. Headhunters is different than his usual travel books, however; here Troost is following Robert Louis Stevenson‘s trip through the South Seas while also dealing with his own alcoholism, so this book is less fun than some of his others.