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Texreader
We, the Drowned | Carsten Jensen
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Ebook on sale today

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StellaDz
Call Me Bill | Lynette Richards
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Well with the tagged book, we‘re locking in these numbers. Maybe 2024 NYE will be spent reading with drinks and popcorn, but alas, not 2023. Still a good year!

Here‘s to 2024 reading goals!

TieDyeDude 💪🎉 9mo
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mrp27
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#summerendreadathon

A YA novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots or as the author pointed out, the Sailor Riots in 1940‘s Los Angeles. I wasn‘t born yet but being Mexican and living in the suburbs of LA I‘ve always been aware of the riots and the Sleepy Lagoon murder. Was a nice change of pace to read something about this event from different perspectives.

TheSpineView Fabulous! 12mo
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Eggs
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HF novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 in Los Angeles…but it should have been called Sailors‘ Riot. Jazz Owls refer to young Mexican women who toiled all day in the factories, then (night owls) stayed up to jazz dance with their zoot-suited friends, brothers, and boyfriends. One night the drunk & violent sailors brutalized the young men mercilessly. Of course the military denied reality, blaming the young dancers for starting it…

Eggs #Pantone2023 #20in4 Readathon Day 2 #RushAThon Day 26 13mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 13mo
Eggs @DieAReader 😍😍 13mo
AnnCrystal ♥️♥️♥️ It has just been declared this year (2023) that June 3-9 of each year is “Zoot Suit Heritage Week“ in Los Angeles county 🥰💃☺️. (edited) 13mo
Eggs @AnnCrystal how fun!! 13mo
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cm779518
Tim All Alone | Edward Ardizzone
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This book won the Kate Greenaway Medal. This book is about a man who comes home from a long trip to find out his parents have vanished. He is DETERMINED to search everywhere for them.

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Yuki_Onna
We, the Drowned | Carsten Jensen
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1. Tagged. Bought it yesterday on my favourite island bookstore. 🙂
2. Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
3. Wow, this is tough. ... Japan, Ireland, Costa Rica?

#WondrousWednesday #travel #August #summerreading
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@hannah-leeloo @Nute @mdm139 @Enchanted_Bibliophile

kaysworld1 Hello there I was just checking did you get my extra package I sent out? Xx 2y
Yuki_Onna @kaysworld1 Kay! 🤩 Yes, I did recently! DHL didn't notify me properly, as usual, but got hold of it nonetheless.
So sorry not to have thanked you sooner - underwent another major crisis over the last weeks... Still, that's no excuse! Love the bookmarks and can't wait to dive into the book! Thank you so much! 💜
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kaysworld1 @Yuki_Onna oh thank heaven's for that. I hope your crisis sorts itself out and your all safe. I'm glad you got something eventually. Xx 2y
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hannah-leeloo Thanks for the tag sweet ❤️ 2y
Eggs Thanks for playing 📚✈️🗺 2y
Yuki_Onna @kaysworld1 Thank you so much Kay❣️ That's the sweetest gesture ever - I'm blown away by your kindness! I'll let you know when I start diving into the book once I'm back 🌊 2y
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Amandajoy
We, the Drowned | Carsten Jensen
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My #bookspin & #doublespin for April. Another chunkster for my #bookspin. I‘ve heard this one is good, so hopefully it doesn‘t take me all month.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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rockpools
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I have bookmail! Isn‘t it pretty? It‘s also 6pm on Friday, and I‘ve just turned of the work phone. Plus, the gas engineer came at 5pm yesterday, so we‘ve had a full 24 hours of heating & hot water & only wearing 1 jumper at a time 🎉🎉🎉

Happy Weekend, Litsy!

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MrsMalaprop
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This is the third novel I‘ve read of Favel Parrett‘s. It is the second of her three books and she has become a #mustreadauthor for me. My favourite is still her first novel, Past The Shallows.

In this book her stunning yet sparse prose illuminates Tasmania and Antarctica, and I loved her beautifully drawn characters.

I‘m ready and waiting for her next offering 🤗🤞😍.

#ozfiction

TrishB A wonderful author 👍🏻 4y
LeeRHarry She‘s one of my faves too 😊 4y
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LibrarianRyan
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Mehso-so

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I don‘t really think this book gets the idea of Mody Dick across. I realize it‘s turning hundreds of pages into 30 words or less, but it doesn‘t work. It makes Moby Dick seem like a happy go lucky story. So it doesn‘t work for me.
#Wintergames #teamreadnosereindeer +16