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ImperfectCJ
Joplin's Ghost: A Novel | Tananarive Due
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Bailedbailed

Sorry to say, I'm DNFing this novel. The characters are difficult to like, and there's way more detail than I need (I guess it's modestly interesting to hear how much a music video costs to make and to see how the audition process works, but not interesting enough for how many words are devoted to it). And now that the love interest is kind of a stalker/pedo? Yeah, not really working for me and kind of ruins my picture of him from the later books.

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MargaretPinardAuthor
Songs in Their Heads : Music and Its Meaning in Children's Lives: Music and Its Meaning in Children's Lives | Patricia Shehan Campbell Professor of Music Education University of Washington
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Getting through this quarantine by singing to myself and taking to my cat...and this mixtape from a friend in high school, still around, is saving me.

#keeplitsypositive #musicals #singit #highschoolmemories #ragtime #snoopy #easilyentertained

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BookwormOfTheDamned
Joplin's Ghost: A Novel | Tananarive Due
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Just finished this & loved it. While this novel isn't as intense as "The Good House," it remains a fun read.
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"Joplin's Ghost" presents 2 story lines. 1 set in the past & focuses on Scott Joplin. Another set in the present around contemporary musician, Phoenix. Eventually, the storylines merge with a cursed piano, ghosts, reincarnation, & channeling.

I appreciate the author's note at the end as Due's input increases the richness of this work.

Kammbia1 I just got this book and I‘m going to read it for my summer reading challenge. 5y
BookwormOfTheDamned @Kammbia1 It is a fantastic read. You can tell Due put a lot of research into this work. 5y
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Emu
Ragtime: A Novel | E.L. Doctorow
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It took an explosion for Houdini to lose hos audience‘s attention. #ragtime #1001books #tbr1001

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BookwormOfTheDamned
Joplin's Ghost: A Novel | Tananarive Due
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This is the actual Scott Joplin who stars in the prologue.

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paradise_found92
Ragtime: A Novel | E.L. Doctorow
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This week's homework for my Am Lit Sem! So far so good! #americanliterature #ragtime #graduateschool #homework #historicalfiction

MrBook Want to read this!!! 8y
paradise_found92 You won't be disappointed! 8y
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