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Daisey
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Mehso-so

There has not been enough hammock time this summer, but today I finally got a bit with Gandalf for company. I found this book an interesting examination of character and commentary on aging alone, but it was a rather slow and melancholy read for me. I was glad that it ended with a bit of hopefulness.

#Reading1001 #TBRTakedown June 2024
#1001books #HammockReading

RaeLovesToRead Gandalf is a beauty 🥰🥰 4mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
Tamra Sweet! 😘 I‘m envious! I‘ve had little outside reading time as well. Been wet and too cool. 😢 4mo
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jewright Gandalf looks happy! 4mo
Melismatic Cutie! 😻 4mo
dabbe #gloriousgandalf 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
merelybookish That's one gorgeous face! 😻 4mo
Daisey @RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Tamra @jewright @Melismatic @dabbe @merelybookish Thanks all! Gandalf was pretty happy because he‘s also been getting very little attention lately. 4mo
JazzFeathers 😻😻😻😻 4mo
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Daisey
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I read a few more pages of Quartet in Autumn today while filling the overhead bin (upper right photo) and found this unfamiliar word. Apparently, Marcia is having a tin of sardines originally for the cat.

pilchard: a small, edible, commercially valuable marine fish of the herring family

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #BooksOnTheFarm

Ruthiella I feel like people ate weird food in the 1950s…particularly in Barbara Pym novels but also just generally. 😬 Lots of canned food and things in aspic. 4mo
rwmg Same species apparently, but if it's longer than 6 inches it's a pilchard, 6 inches or less then it's a sardine. 4mo
Tamra I have this one stacked and I‘ve only heard good things about it! 4mo
Daisey @Tamra This one is not as engaging to me as Excellent Women, but I‘m still appreciating Pym‘s description of character. 4mo
Tamra @Daisey I want to get to that one too! 4mo
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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MaGoose
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I read about one-third of Out With the Tide (#18) and set it down. Meh. I may pick it up again in the near future. I'm about to start The Third Chapter (#4).

I've also read Nick of Time by Cathi Stoler. I'm also part way through Out of Time by the same author.

##litsylove #bookspin ##Doublespin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks @andrew65 #awesomeapril

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6mo
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mabell
Cranberry Easter | Wende Devlin, Harry Devlin
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Our Easter book shelves! 🐇🌸🌷

Gissy 😍🐰 🐣 💖 7mo
mabell @Gissy So fun to get out our books by season! I‘m not sure what to select after Easter though 😂 7mo
Aimeesue You have ALL the cranberries! 7mo
mabell @Aimeesue Almost! 😂 I think I‘m still missing Mystery and Birthday, but I‘m on the look out! 7mo
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mandarchy
Return of the Library Dragon | Carmen Agra Deedy
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My school year is off to a good start. I'm already 3 books in on a 3 day rotation. The Library Dragon is still a favorite. I hope everyone is doing well. I've been too busy to enjoy much social media.

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Julsmarshall
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Mehso-so

This was an interesting take on financial freedom and retirement. It made me think i‘m a lot of ways but it was also a little repetitive and longer than it needed to be and the narration felt uneven. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y
Julsmarshall @TheAromaofBooks I love kicking off the month with a short one! 1y
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TheEllieMo
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

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Susanita
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1. I wanted to be a nurse, writer, gymnast (!), actress, teacher, and more! At various times, not all at once.
2. I‘m retired, but I‘m still looking for my own vine and fig tree.
3. Lately I‘ve discovered the Celtic Woman Pandora station, which has a nice blend of Enya, Lorena McKennitt, and similar artists.
#wondrouswednesday

Eggs Awesome 👏🏻 Thanks for joining in 🙏🏻 2y
julieclair Ooohhh… I‘ll have to check out that station! It sounds right up my alley. 2y
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ImperfectCJ
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Mehso-so

I picked up this book after hearing the author on Peter Attia's The Drive podcast. I was intrigued by his ideas and hoped that in the book he might delve more into a common midlife transition for women, that of shifting priorities or starting a new career as the demands of childrearing diminish/all but disappear as kids become adults. In the end, the book doesn't contain much more than the podcast. ⬇️

ImperfectCJ It's all about people (mostly men) who have devoted their lives to "success" as defined by society and now have to face the reality that their natural senescence in middle age makes it more challenging to win at that game. He doesn't address those of us who have set aside external validation for the fulfillment of raising children only to find ourselves in middle age with a huge resume gap and having had little opportunity to flex our intellect.⬇️ 2y
ImperfectCJ The author also makes assumptions based on his personal experience (a trap fallen into by many a social scientist), like that women naturally make lots of friends and men need special help connecting. His main suggestion for finding and deepening friendships: do woodworking with a group of men. Women's experience is pretty much dismissed. Actual quote: "...and for women who need to rebuild relationships, perhaps it's something else entirely."⬇️ 2y
ImperfectCJ I would like to read a book by his wife about her experience raising three kids while her husband was working 60+ hours a week while earning three college degrees and then writing a book about midlife transitions. I suspect I would relate to her midlife transition more. 2y
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The_Book_Ninja Was it written in the 90s?🙄 2y
ImperfectCJ @The_Book_Ninja I wish. I think the main trouble the book has is that it focuses on such a narrowly defined kind of mega-success, which even in 2023 means it's mostly about men just because of the CEO imbalance we still have. Or maybe the author just knows more men so asked more men about their experiences for the book. 2y
The_Book_Ninja We need more books about men CEOs🤔 2y
ImperfectCJ @The_Book_Ninja And how challenging it is to be a man CEO. 2y
Clare-Dragonfly Wow 🙄🙄🙄 2y
SamAnne 😬 😳 😡 🙄 2y
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