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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

Hello #SheSaid! It‘s no secret that I have gotten behind this month while moving. So we do not have a book selected for January. So January will be our catch-up reading month (I need it to finish December‘s yet), and Voting for the books for 2025. I‘ll take all the nominations so far and get a Voting Poll up for you by the first. Sorry for the delay, and please enjoy your holidays and have a great New Year!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 22h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 22h

vlwelser 🤗😘 21h

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wanderinglynn Thank you for tagging me, but you can remove me. 2025 is going to be a crazy year for me and I‘m not going to be able to keep up. 😀 18h

Bookwormjillk Sounds good. I‘ll plan on reading Becoming A Matriarch in January and will email you when I‘m done. 16h

Singout Fair enough! Moving is *hard *. I‘m still working on Becoming a Matriarch! 16h

Singout Nominations: Ordinary Notes by Cristina Sharpe, We Were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler, Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante, Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Bad Cree by Jessica Johns, Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hershey. (edited) 16h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wanderinglynn will do, I hope it is a good one for you, and join back when ever you want. 12h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk Sounds good, thank you 12h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout I‘d say 90% of my physical books are moved now at least 😂. Need to move the rest and other odds and ends. I keep thinking I should slowly just buy more on kindle and not keep the physical ones… but then we get into book banning and who really has control of our digital content…and I think, maybe keep the physical books. 😂 12h

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

If you have finished the book, discuss below, if not, please join when you can!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 22h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 22h

vlwelser Overall I thought this was an interesting look at female institutionalization. And not having power over your own person. But the time travel/utopia stuff was just sort of meh to me. Though I bet it was scandalous in the 70s. 22h

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m still very early in the book… but it is making me want to read Kindred again 😂 22h

MallenNC I finished! This book was not for me. The present day story was so bleak and unrelenting, and then I wasn‘t sure if the time travel parts were meant to be real or not. Like @vlwelser said, it probably hit readers differently when published. Speculative fiction is not my favorite anyway so others may enjoy it more. 20h

vlwelser Maybe add Kindred to your voting list? I haven't read it. 20h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s a good time travel, and packs quit a punch. I‘ll add it to the voting. 18h

MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Kindred is very good! 17h

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid! Sorry for the day late post!

I hope you are all doing well and ready for this holiday season. Please visit the comments as you get caught up with this weeks section.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ (edited) 7d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7d

MallenNC I‘m not quite caught up but I did find the audiobook and I‘ve made a lot of progress. I‘m not really enjoying it! Everything is pretty bleak with the main character but I‘m hoping I understand what the author was going for when I get to the end. 7d

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vlwelser @MallenNC it is pretty bleak. I'm hoping to find out what the author is up to in this last section. 7d

MallenNC @vlwelser I think it feels especially bleak bc I‘m reading it among a bunch of holiday stories! 7d

vlwelser @MallenNC I don't really read holiday stories but it's not doing well against the fairy tales I've been hooked on lately 7d

MallenNC @vlwelser I don‘t typically but I decided to load up on them this year — some of them are mysteries so that balanced things a little 7d

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

How is the book going? I‘m way behind and still packing, but hoping to be on the other side soon and able to unwind with this book. So I hope it‘s a good one!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2w

Bookwormjillk I still haven‘t started this one…but I will eventually! In the meantime I did receive last month‘s book from you and will read it soon. Thank you so much! 2w

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vlwelser I'm reading this alone it seems 😂 serves me right for lurking while you all read the last one. The book is good even if it's a bit slow. 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk you are welcome, I‘m glad it arrived safely. Just let me know when you are ready to pass it on. No rush, holidays and all. 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I started it last night! So go me! U-Haul and big furniture goes tomorrow so hopefully I can be settled in enough to read this one before the end of the month 😂 2w

vlwelser You're fine. I'm trying to stay on schedule because I have to travel for the holiday. Is there a January book yet? I like to plan and I didn't see a book list. 2w

Deblovestoread I‘m refining my commitments for the new year and would like to be removed from the tag list. Thank you 🩵 2w

Singout I don‘t think I‘m going to get very far with this one because I really want to do my #nonfiction2024 ones and I‘m helping my elderly parents move! (to a seniors‘ residential home😢). So I feel a bit of your pain. 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread no problem. I completely understand that 7d

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

Sorry for the very late post today. I am in the process of moving and just completely lost track of time today. But, better late than never I guess…

Everyone get the book and get a chance to start it yet, or everyone running behind like me. 🫠

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3w

MallenNC Good luck with moving! That‘s not easy. I just got this late in the week so I haven‘t started yet. 3w

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DGRachel I got the print version from my library and I‘m going to grab it on audio as well. Best of luck with your move! 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC & @DGRachel thank you both. It‘s a process that‘s for sure! 😂 3w

Karisa Good luck with your move! I‘m just starting the book. Had to grab the audio version since the other has a two week more wait. 3w

charl08 Hope the move goes well. My copy hasn't arrived yet, fingers crossed it comes soon! 3w

AllDebooks Good luck with the move. I'm about to start audio version 🎧 3w

Bookwormjillk Good luck with your move. I‘m hoping to start this week. 3w

vlwelser Good luck with the move! I hate moving. I did read the first section and it was slow at first but I'm definitely getting into it. I love that she uses the logic that if you're crazy you think you don't belong in an institution. That circular logic that allows them to keep you. Looking forward to the next section. 3w

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Up next for #SheSaid in December, put in your library holds & interlibrary loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 1mo

charl08 I've ordered my copy, hope it comes in time 4w

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

Thoughts for those of you finishing up this week….for those of you that signed up for the mail list, mine is mailing out this week too.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 1mo

vlwelser Sorry I missed this one. I have the next book ready though... 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great, I‘ll try to get the schedule up later today. 1mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘m a little behind, about 30% in, but I‘m enjoying it so far. Will hopefully finish this week! 1mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

I turned toward the big scary things looming in the distance and let myself feel them, and to let myself fall apart, trusting that Creator would put me back together again after it had passed. Mama rarely cried or showed fear, and I knew a part of this had to do with her desire to protect us. I couldn‘t follow her down this path. I made a mark in my map, broke the endless loop, and created a new way. #SheSaid

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

Such an odd feeling this week, reading this section about grief, about holding things in and letting them out, about taking up the burden to help others, and then carrying that weight. And how holding it all in our bodies is not great for us…. I need to let it sink in more to comment, but I think we all need to let it out more, stop holding it in to make others comfortable…

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ….if nothing else current events have shown holding it in to be polite has not helped change the world. 1mo