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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Darkly Funny, Gory, and Ghostly Horror Novel | Kylie Lee Baker

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The tabs say enough 😍😍🖤🖤
#2025release #horror #gore #socialcommentary
Happy Easter! 🐣🐇 💛

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TheBookgeekFrau

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

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Andrew65

Andrew65 An interesting book. 4mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Andrew65 So fascinating! And a little crushing, too 😕 4mo

Andrew65 @TheBookgeekFrau I can well imagine. 4mo

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Balibee146

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic | John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor

Still ignoring all my part read novels for non fiction on #kindle.

Christmas shopping season seems to have triggered my anti consumerist mindset lol.

This is the 3rd edition from 2014. Still has plenty of relevance but will be behind the ever increasing curve, given the horrors of Tik Tok shop, Stanley Cup frenzy etc

Luke-XVX No book updates in awhile, hope you‘re doing ok! 3mo

Balibee146 Hey @Luke-XVX thanks for your ask - that's so thoughtful of you. I got a new android phone and not having the app is a barrier to coming on here for me. Still reading - though a lot of non fiction always at this time of year. Hope you are well and all is good! 3mo

Luke-XVX Ahh that‘s a tad frustrating! Coming down with something but I‘m generally ok. Desperate to stick to my new book ban for the year! 3mo

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Balibee146 @Luke-XVX ah no.. 3mo

Balibee146 @Luke-XVX hope you feel better quickly. I am allowed one specific book that is out in April and that's it. Not an easy ask but I have so many tbr I already own lol 3mo

Luke-XVX Thank you! I‘ll dose up and hit the lemon ginger teas hard! 3mo

Luke-XVX What book are you waiting on? 3mo

Balibee146 @Luke-XVX nice tea choice. The book I'm allowing myself. Is the third. One in the Mark Lawrence Library trilogy 3mo

Balibee146 An easy and fun read and I like things that are timey-whimey 😂 3mo

Luke-XVX I had to look him up on Goodreads and it turns out I‘ve read one of his and have that library on my “want to read” list. One day! 3mo

Balibee146 @Luke-XVX "one day" is my book reading motto lol. Which one did you read before? 2mo

Luke-XVX Prince of thorns. I was quite surprised by the language in it. A decent read though. 2mo

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ncsufoxes

Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy | John Bowe

I read this book years ago (written in 2007). I have pulled it out to re-read it. Anyone who wants to understand how our global economy works & the labor that is used, this is an eye opening book. Especially now that we are entering a new era of backlash against immigration & migrant workers. Many US companies use modern slave labor as their workforce. It‘s easy to turn a blind eye or blame others if we don‘t know the circumstances.

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keithmalek

Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century | Chuck Klosterman

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keithmalek

Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century | Chuck Klosterman

Suet624 Hmmm.. interesting 5mo

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keithmalek

Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century | Chuck Klosterman

Our enemy is relentless and colossal, but also uncreative and stupid.

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The_Penniless_Author

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business | Neil Postman

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Last year, Universal Studios in Osaka Japan!

2. No. There's barely time to get to all the stuff we want to see/do/ride, let alone read.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @Yuki_Onna @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @dabbe @Ruthiella @IndoorDame

jewright I so want to go to Japan! Was it a good trip? 9mo

TheSpineView Japan sounds like a wonderful trip! Thanks for playing! 9mo

The_Penniless_Author @jewright Easily the best trip we've taken. If you're ever able to save up the money and time to do it, don't hesitate. It's an easy country to get around, not intimidating at all. Even the most mundane things are interesting to someone who's not from there, so you don't even need a lot of planning. We still visited a decent number of tourist sites, but often just wandering around, shopping and using public transportation was as much fun. 9mo

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Ruthiella Thanks for the tag! I‘ve not been to an amusement park in decades and I would never take a book for the same reasons you cite. 9mo

dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😊 9mo

jewright @The_Penniless_Author—My grandfather was stationed there after WWII, so my dad was actually born in Japan. I grew up hearing lots of stories, so I‘ve always wanted to go. 9mo

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Fr3NcHtOaSt

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation | Susannah Gora

Just watched Brats, the documentary on Hulu and this book was mentioned in it. The documentary was interesting and so well done. Now I have to read this because I am a huge fan of those films and the actors that were part of The Brat Pack.

#YouCouldntIgnoreMeIfYouTried #SusannahGora #TheBratPack #JohnHuges #the80s #book #ebook #kindle

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keithmalek

Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War | Joe Bageant

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Bageant describes school shootings as "rare and declining." To be fair, this book was published in 2007, and sadly, Bageant died in 2011, long before Sandy Hook, Uvalde, etc. Other than his views on gun control (which I'm confident that someone as smart as Bageant would have eventually altered had he lived long enough), I agree with him on everything else. The closing chapter American Hologram is brilliant. #2024Book18 ?✝️

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