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Currently listening to this. Very good. I have loved her songs and lyrics since the 70s (dont figure out my age please!😉) #tapestry #sofaraway

Addison_Reads I'm going to have to stack this one. I love her music. 5y

Crazeedi @Addison_Reads I'm a few chapters in and it's very interesting 5y

Lynnsoprano Looks interesting. We have tickets to see Beautiful, the Carole King musical, in June. 5y

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Crazeedi @Lynnsoprano you are so fortunate! I sing her songs all the time, shes written so many beautiful songs, for other artists too 5y

TheBookHippie Oooo looks lovely! I enjoy her. She is so talented! 5y

aroc Loved the Broadway musical! Really opened my eyes to her. 5y

Crazeedi @aroc I'd love to see it 5y

Crazeedi @TheBookHippie she is an all time favorite of mine! 5y

Megabooks My mom and I duet (in a mediocre way) to so far away. I love that song! 5y

Crazeedi @Megabooks 💞💞💞 5y

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gradcat

A Natural Woman: A Memoir | Carole King

#anglophileapril

(Day 5 - #SoFarAway)

*Sorry, I tried, but I just can‘t get this image out of my mind. Apologies to David Guetta & Martin Garrix, but theirs is not the first song with that title that comes to my mind.

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Leftcoastzen I agree ❤️ 6y

Melissa_J The only song with this title I‘m familiar with is the Staind version. 6y

Reviewsbylola This is the one I think of too. ♥️ Carole King. 6y

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gradcat @Leftcoastzen @Reviewsbylola Does this bring back memories for you guys? I‘m old enough that I was a teenager when it was first issued, and I know every word of every song! 6y

gradcat @Melissa_J I know that one, too, but Carole King‘s Tapestry is just iconic, imho.... 6y

Melissa_J Is it bad that I just had to go to YouTube to hear the King version? I had no idea what the song was until I heard it 😬 6y

Samplergal @gradcat One of my first albums. ❤️❤️❤️ 6y

Reviewsbylola I wasn‘t born when it came out but my kids like some of her songs now. 6y

Cinfhen I recently saw the musical Beautiful, which is the Carole King story....OMG!!! What a talented singer and song writer!!! She has sooooo many songs that I love!! Great show, BTW. 6y

CarolynM So much better than #* ?! Dire Straits 6y

gradcat @Cinfhen I‘m very jealous...I think that would be a great show—I‘m so glad you got to go! 6y

gradcat @Melissa_J Not at all! I‘m so impressed that you took the time to do that—I hope it was worth it! 6y

gradcat @Samplergal & @CarolynM & @Reviewsbylola Thanks for your comments...I love reading everyone‘s thoughts. It was one of my first albums, too. I‘m always impressed when younger folks listen to music that is decades older than they are. 6y

Mdargusch Very iconic! 6y

Leftcoastzen It is and was an iconic album.The hits were inescapable on the radio . It is the kind of record you want to hear on an introspective Saturday morning or afternoon. 6y

emilyhaldi ❤️ 6y

gradcat @Leftcoastzen I think you put it very well...you‘ve set the mood of the album ideally. @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi Yaaasss! 6y

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Susanita

City of God: A Novel | Paulo Lins

Maaaaaany years ago my grandfather was in the navy, and his ship stopped in Rio during one of their tours. He bought a photo booklet for my grandmother which I “inherited,” and I was fortunate enough to spend a few days there on the way home from a work thing in Brasilia in 2002. It had gotten a little more built up in the meantime!

To date it‘s the farthest south I‘ve been and also the farthest away from home. #sofaraway #anglophileapril

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Reviewsbylola I love this story. ❤️ 6y

Cinfhen I love that it was passed down to you! Awesome photo 🤩 6y

gradcat Nice story...where do you live? 6y

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Susanita @Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen @gradcat Thank you! I guess I was feeling a little nostalgic last night. I live in Maryland USA. 6y

Mdargusch Very cool! Such a nice momento. 6y

emilyhaldi Love that connection 💙 6y

Avanders Very cool! 6y

gradcat @Susanita I love Maryland...when I read my comment back, it sounds very nosy to me...sorry! 6y

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emilyhaldi

The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver

When your psychotic religious-fanatic dad makes your whole family to Africa to live in the bush, your old life can feel oh #sofaraway 🦂
#anglophileapril

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, Mdargusch

Reviewsbylola For real! 6y

EmilyM SUCH a good book! 6y

Leftcoastzen Great pick! 6y

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LeahBergen I love that mask! 6y

Cinfhen You know I LOVE this book!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!! 6y

gradcat Yaaasss! One of m all-time favorite books! 6y

Kalalalatja Still need to read it, but it sounds so good! 6y

Mdargusch I have not read this but your blurb makes me want to! 6y

emilyhaldi Thank you! @LeahBergen it belonged to my husband‘s grandparents and used to have a leather tongue sticking out 😛 which sadly has long since gone missing... (edited) 6y

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fandom_hellspawn99

Drag Teen | Jeffery Self

#SoFarAway makes me think of Drag Teen where he felt his dreams were so far out of reach even towards the end of the book.

#AnglophileApril @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen

Reviewsbylola Great cover! 6y

Cinfhen Same thought @Reviewsbylola 🧠#BrainBuddies 6y

Mdargusch I love that cover too! 💗 great interpretation of the prompt. 6y

emilyhaldi 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

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Crazeedi

Untitled | Unknown

I'm sure this was already used, but this was one of the only albums I had growing up, #sofaraway and all the other songs I know by heart
#anglophileapril @Mdargusch @Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi

Mdargusch Perfect. Now I have that ear worm in my head too. I knew every song on that album by heart! 6y

Reviewsbylola My kids have a few Carole King songs they love! 6y

Susanita I felt so grown up when my brother gave me this album. One of my first that wasn‘t kiddie music. 6y

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Crazeedi @Mdargusch yep me too 6y

Crazeedi @Reviewsbylola they are timeless! 6y

Crazeedi @Susanita I know it was one of my first albums too with top 40 songs!! 6y

Cinfhen Your buddy @gradcat shares ALL THE FEELS!!! And so do I!!! Carole King is fantastic 🙌🏻 6y

gradcat @Crazeedi Are you sure we‘re not the same person? 😂🤣😅 6y

emilyhaldi My dad listens to a lot of Carole King 😁 6y

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BarbaraBB

The Death of Murat Idrissi | Tommy Wieringa

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Home is #SoFarAway when you‘re driving with a dead refugee in the trunk of your car from Morroco to the Netherlands. And where is home actually when your parents are Morrocan but you are born and raised in the Netherlands? Neither feels like home. The eternal dilemma of the migrant and the current flow of North Africans crossing the Mediterranean form the core of this novel.

#ATY2019 Set in a Mediterranean country
#ManBookerInternationalPrize

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Kalalalatja Oh, sounds really good! 6y

Mdargusch Great review! 6y

Reviewsbylola Very intriguing. 6y

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Cinfhen Your review makes me want to read this book, even though @Simona gave it a so-so. But im gonna go library route #BorrowNotBuy 6y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen it is a #borrownotbuy kind of book indeed! I would have send you my copy but I‘m afraid it wouldn‘t be of much help 😉😘 6y

Cinfhen Hahaha!!! You‘re so sweet and I see it‘s in Dutch!!! How awesome 🙌🏻😂😂 6y

emilyhaldi Yikes!!! Sounds like a rough road trip 😬 6y

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writerlibrarian

When We Were Orphans. Kazuo Ishiguro | Kazuo Ishiguro

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Kazuo Ishiguro was as good as I expected it to be. Stylish prose, characters obsessed with getting things done their way. A dream like quality to the narration and an ending all in tones of grey. I loved it.
#anglophileapril #sofaraway

@Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi

Mdargusch Beautiful! 6y

Reviewsbylola Great review! 6y

Cinfhen Agreeing with my lovely co-hosts!!!! 🖕🏻 6y

emilyhaldi Lovely review ❣️ 6y

writerlibrarian @emilyhaldi 🙏 i tried to express the atmosphere of the book and not the story. 6y

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