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Joined February 2016

Care's Books and Pie www.caresbooksandpie.com
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Poor Deer: A Novel by Claire Oshetsky
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Way of Whiteness by Wendy Barker
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Wild Houses: A Novel | Colin Barrett
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#ToBwaiting These are a few titles being talked about for possible inclusion for next March‘s Tournament of Books. We should see the Long List in a couple of weeks.

I do hope Poor Deer is selected- I am enjoying the audiobook. Wild Houses was offered as an Audible freebie (or discount - can‘t recall) so I have it up for a listen soon.

squirrelbrain I‘ve read 3 of these, heard of 2 of them as rumours for the ToB, but Short War is completely new to me. Great choices! 23h
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - it‘s too much fun! 🤩 22h
BarbaraBB Great choices and very plausible indeed for TOB 22h
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Ruthiella Wow! I have only heard of the David Nichols book! It would be nice to see Claire Oshetsky at least in the longlist due to her long participation in the comments section. 22h
Chelsea.Poole I keep meaning to get around to Wild Houses. Maybe if it makes the list I‘ll finally read it. 21h
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - honest, so weird! That I feel like I know her?! I don‘t, but it does color my respect and awe for her books. Am I the weirdo? 13h
Bookwormjillk Great list! 1h
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Current read (which was referenced by The Seven Year Slip author Ashley Poston) and I happened to have on my shelf.

Ruthiella This has been on my TBR for ages. I‘m a little worried it will be too YA for me. 2d
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - I am only 20 pages in and it is mental. Doesn‘t feel like any YA I‘ve ever read. But 🤷🏻‍♀️ hey - it‘s short! Get from the library and just try it 😏 2d
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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The narrator for the audiobook of Poor Deer is knockin‘ it out of the park! Especially with, “It moved the kindhearted teacher, … and she remembered why she had become a teacher in the first place. It wasn‘t just because no one wanted to marry her. It was also because she had felt a calling.” 😆🤣 Deadpan delivery. Oshetsky is a damn good writer, too. #HappyHalloween #FlyingMonkey (pic from 2009)

sarahbarnes 😂😂😂 2d
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - oh good! I laughed out loud but then… like always! - I question my sense of humor. 2d
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Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
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Finished this book yesterday… and today, I couldn‘t remember finishing it. Am I stressed?! After working 12 hours today and my hub out of town, needing to walk the dog in the dark, we came upon a neighbor who has lit their house in Red White and Blue. 🇺🇸

Silly me, trying to read only romance to hide from election stress and I pick this! Not sure if 5⭐️ or if I am feeling generous- it did make me laugh.

#Oct24 Book99 #LitPie #ILovePie

Suet624 😳 this election 😳 3d
BkClubCare @Suet624 - it‘s heart-hurting for sure. {{{hugs}} 3d
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Of Human Bondage | W. Somerset Maugham
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What an interesting book, truly. Ah yes, a classic. But I honestly was so annoyed at the MC and his … predicament? That‘s not the right word. 🧐 Anyway, I didn‘t listen to this straight through; very happy I had the Cliffs Notes (ahem, written in 1963!!!) and almost maybe wish this could be a college level course exploring the author, this dang book AND the films 🎥 of which I hope to see someday. Might be a tough sell to Hub. 💖
#Oct2024 Book97

BkClubCare AND Book98 (why yes, I *am* counting the Cliffs Notes) #OfHumanBondageReadalong 5d
BkClubCare And no, the squirrel 🐿️ doesn‘t have anything to do with the book. 5d
plemmdog I loved it, but yes, you want to shake the narrator. I saw an amazing stage production of this in Canada a few years ago, and even the audience groaned each time Philip caves in to Mildred. 5d
BkClubCare @plemmdog - well, he redeems himself in the end, it‘s just a tortuous HEA 4d
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Poor Deer: A Novel | Claire Oshetsky
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Starting this now. Hoping it will be on the #ToB2025_LongList

sarahbarnes Stacking! 4d
BarbaraBB Me too! Can‘t wait for that longlist! 4d
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes - any books you recommend might be LL‘d? I want to be ahead of it, which -of course- is foolish to think I could ever 😂 3d
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BarbaraBB I think Annie Bot or Beautyland are possible contenders. I liked the first one, was underwhelmed by the second. But I am really not good in this guessing. You should ask @squirrelbrain 😀 3d
squirrelbrain I‘m not good at guessing the ToB books either - there‘s always so many (good) surprises! I think it‘s because it‘s a US-focused list. @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I can‘t wait for the list, to start the search for where I can get them from. Poor Deer is quite difficult to get hold of here but I do think it has a high chance of being on the list…. 🙄 (edited) 3d
squirrelbrain Others that I‘ve reserved in anticipation include: Irena Rey, I Cheerfully Refuse, Lesser Ruins, Blue Ruin, Sipsworth, Fruit of the Dead. I‘ve recently read Behind You Is The Sea and I‘m listening to Our London Lives, which could be possibles. 3d
BarbaraBB Thank you @squirrelbrain this is super inspiring! 3d
BkClubCare @squirrelbrain - OH! I am super excited to see Sipsworth! SO interesting (and happy) that this book is so well loved. I have met the author - his books are quite good. 3d
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB TY - I love a good list. 3d
squirrelbrain That‘s a great list! @BarbaraBB This one is on there and I‘ve seen a LOT of hype about it so it could be on ToB. (Another one I can‘t get, of course) 3d
BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I‘ve read that one. It‘s a short story collection and although some are great, it didn‘t live up@to the hype imo 3d
sarahbarnes Thanks for all the tips @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB! I do know TOB tends to be pretty US-focused. I‘m hoping for a better shortlist this year!! The long list is always such a treasure hunt though. 📚 2d
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes The longlist is a yearly highlight for me 😀! And I almost forgot but indeed, last year‘s shortlist was a bummer! 2d
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The Book of Joy | Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu
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KadaGul @BkClubCare Love ❤️ your Shirt 👚 and Try/Me meme 🤣🤣 1w
Bookwormjillk Try/Me 😂😂😂 1w
DogMomIrene 🤣 Try/Me is too accurate! 7d
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Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
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Continuing on with my plan to avoid the news and only read ROMANCE 💘
I start this and 🤩 WOW this really is LOL funny! Cake-Gate was hilarious and it was written just for me. 🤣😍🤪

I voted 🗳️ 🇺🇸

#AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 Category Royal (and last one! I have read ALL 50 categories!!!!)

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I didn‘t read every word and turned it back to Libby because 3 people were waiting for it. I will keep reading her letters, but overall? Right now it is too stressful to focus on right now. #Vote 🗳️🇺🇸

#Oct2024 Book95

willaful I know what you mean... 2w
kspenmoll Yup. Well said. 2w
BkClubCare @willaful - AND! I want to send out positive vibes to restore Positivity 🌟😃 2w
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BkClubCare @kspenmoll - I will probably buy it in mid-November- no matter what. 2w
Suet624 Thank goodness for Heather. 2w
Christy2318 I bought this as part of seeing her at an event last year on her tour and I read her letters most days. But I haven‘t been able to bring myself to read the full book. Instead I‘m binging on my stress relief: romance books, thrillers, and Asian drama. 2w
KadaGul @Christy2318 What a great combo for decompressing: Romance ❤️➕Thriller 😱🟰Stress Free 🆓 2w
BkClubCare @Christy2318 - yes! 😍 Romance for me please! HEA 2w
BkClubCare @KadaGul - I just downloaded Red White and Royal Blue but only 5% on my iPad so I have to read 2w
BkClubCare @Suet624 - yes. YES PLEASE 2w
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The Seven Year Slip | Ashley Poston
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I enjoyed this one quite a bit. I‘m thinking that I just might need to go off on an all romance reading all the time binge. #LemonPie #LitPie #CaresBooksandPie #CopperBopper #DogsofLitsy

#Oct2024 Book96

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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Way of Whiteness | Wendy Barker
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Just starting this poetry collection. #APoemADay #poetrymatters

This is a creepy cover, yes?! The more I look at it, the more uneasy I feel… you?! Or is it this time of year 🫤

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The Seven Year Slip | Ashley Poston
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Brought this book with me to the car maintenance shop but am playing with Litsy instead 😉

I *am* looking forward to this! LOVE time travel and am much in the mood for happy books right now. ❤️

KadaGul I read 📖 this for my book club and enjoyed 😍🥰 it. 2w
BkClubCare @KadaGul - Thank you! Do you enjoy time travel, too? Do you read a lot of romance (I do not, but I tend to read a LOT of different genres) ❤️ 2w
KadaGul @BkClubCare, I read more romance 🥰 than time travel 🧳stuff. I cannot get into sci-fi and fantasy. Honestly, I struggle to picture those kinds of stories! (edited) 2w
BkClubCare @KadaGul - sure, sure. I usually don‘t get tripped up by the world-building nor time travel mechanics if story and characters are fun. 🤩 2w
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The Engineer's Wife | Tracey Enerson Wood
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Next book club book, which somehow was my toss into the selection round, AND despite my once saying I won‘t everneverever read a book with “wife” in the title due to my usually not being impressed with the typical genre… 🤷🏻‍♀️

Photo background shot is my orange grape tomato plant that has been especially prolific these last few weeks.

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This book is so much fun (and welcome distraction from US politics) 🤩

#Oct2024 Book93 #LitPie #HumblePie #donotgoeasyintothatgoodnight #LOLfunny

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Just starting this one; I am a HUGE fan of Pooley! Love the #foundfamily theme.

mcctrish I love her too and this doesn‘t disappoint ❤️❤️ imo 3w
BkClubCare @mcctrish 😁 I saw your post !! And was at work so I just did a quick post. 🥸 3w
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Of Human Bondage | W. Somerset Maugham
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I don‘t really have a quote to share but wanted to post that I am at the halfway mark and our MC is not the easiest guy to cheer for right now. Also, am listening, as well, and have started thinking in an English accent - kinda weird?

Philip has fallen hopelessly stupidly in love with Mildred and honestly, it is annoying to be in his head right now. Ugh

#Oct2024 #SugarPumpkins4Pie #OfHumanBondageReadalong

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“The man loved pie.” 🥧 🥰😋🤩

#Oct2024 Book91 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge category history

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A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America | T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong
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The #AsheCoNCReading Challenge has 50 categories. I am SO CLOSE!! I especially want to support Ashe County with all that has happened there with Hurricane Helene.
This satisfies the True Crime category. Confession: I do not enjoy (if that is the right word?!) reading True Crime. I feel that this is such an important issue and concern for women.

(Photo is of my shower!! At late dusk time.)

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Untamed | Glennon Doyle
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Apparently I never took a photo of my copy of this (AND WHY is the cover not in Litsy?!?!) Anyway, …. This was okay and also not at all what I was expecting AND yes, full of surprises. I tagged and read/reread the chapter on how abortion became a “hot” Christian Nationalist Extremist issue and fuels my determination to fight for women‘s rights. 💙🌊

#Oct2024 Book90 (Photo of basil.🌿)

tpixie Lovely basil! 🌿 I just harvested all of mine, blanched them & frozen them in ice cube trays. 3w
BkClubCare @tpixie - OOOoooooo! Thx for another idea! I have abt 30 cubes of pesto in bags in the freezer already. 3w
tpixie @BkClubCare yum pesto!! I didn‘t have the ingredients and couldn‘t get to the store so I just did basil and olive oil, but I hope to make pesto later when I thaw them!! 3w
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Everything I read in September minus Hi Honey, I‘m Homo by Matt Baume (cover not findable by the app and where would I have placed it?!) 17 books YOWZA

Frederica is my favorite with The Husbands a close second. I gave Tiger Eyes lots of stars, too but just couldn‘t get into the movie 🎥 😢

October is going a tad slower. #Sep2024 Litflu 43k

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Devastation | B.C. Burgess
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We all may know or not - it doesn‘t really matter… but I have a friend that I cannot contact for what I assume are Helene-Hurricane devastation reasons. Her name is Amy and she is the one who got me obsessed with the #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 - I cannot contact her, I do not know her next of kin contacts, I am worried for her and her community and I invite you to give blood or donate $ to NC areas hard hit by Helene. @amyrabbitt ❤️ 🌟 🙏

LeahBergen It‘s devastating. 💔 1mo
sarahbarnes 💔💔💔 1mo
dabbe 🙏🏻🧡🙏🏻🧡 1mo
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Ruthiella Hope she is okay. I have two work colleagues who live in Florida. Every season it‘s a worry. 🙏 1mo
Jas16 Keeping you and your friend in my thoughts. 1mo
BkClubCare @LeahBergen - yes, and it makes me angry that there is complaining for political reasons. Do better! (Not you, certain politicians 😠) 1mo
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - SO worrying! 1mo
BkClubCare @Jas16 - thank you 1mo
BkClubCare She‘s safe! Cut off from most resources but safe!! 1mo
Ruthiella @BkClubCare Thank you for following up! So glad to hear this. ☺️ 1mo
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Democracy: Eleven Writers and Leaders on What It Is - And Why It Matters | Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Elif Shafak, Lola Shoneyin, Erica Benner, Lea Ypi, Yuan Yang, Aditi Mittal, Adela Raz, Kaja Kallas, Vjosa Osmani
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The Russians, undermining the idea of “truth”. We must support Ukraine 🇺🇦, we must fight for free press, we must pushback on distrust of facts! 🌊💙

Bookwomble Yes, absolutely. Sadly, the same tactic of disinformation is also used by Western governments, aimed both at their perceived enemies and within their own societies, so it's a problem that needs resisting globally ✊ 1mo
BkClubCare @Bookwomble - and our “press” needs to maintain high ideals! Or, yes, all of us. Have you read this? 1mo
Bookwomble @BkClubCare I've not read this book, but what you've quoted is in line with other reading I'm doing 🙂 1mo
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Texreader I studied the Austrian school of economics for some years. It\'s an excellent basis for economics, but not well enough known. 1mo
BkClubCare @Texreader - I am working being more knowledgeable 😊 1mo
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I made pie and started a new book.

#CaresBooksandPie #CaresPieShow #ApplePie 🍏🥧 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 category US History

Ruthiella 😋 looks delicious! 🥧 1mo
Suet624 Book looks interesting 1mo
Hooked_on_books Can I come by for a piece? That looks amazing! 🤤 1mo
BkClubCare @Hooked_on_books - Sure! I have a “Cape Gooseberry” pie to serve along with this Apple, for a BBQ on Sunday. Come on over 😁 1mo
Hooked_on_books Oh man, I wish! ☺️ 1mo
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I am needing a little joy in my life 🌟 so let‘s play 👏

1. I am grateful for the steadfastness of my core penpals - I received a lot of great mail this week.

2. I made Apple Pie this week, to share with my nephew who is in a fierce battle with cancers, recovering well 💪❤️‍🩹

3. I am doing great on my reading goals!

4. Grateful for my parents, my in-laws, and family & friends.

5. Happy that I already scheduled the day off today and ⬇️

BkClubCare Am able to adapt the prior plans to instead help a friend (and thus allowing me to also visit the Nephew for pie delivery!) 1mo
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Susanita Mm pie 1mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Sending continued fighting strength to your nephew! 💪🏼 I‘m sure the apple pie was well-received. Thanks for joining & spreading the joy! 🤗 1mo
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Libby eBooks for the win 🏆 I am chasing the 50 category #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 and these two are my latest scramble to check a few boxes. The left is meeting the Title With a Question Mark❓ and the Nancy Drew fits Book I Read As a Child. (I am pretty sure these have me blown past my Classics Club 50 in 5 🤣) Still need 2nd Person Point of View…

#Sep2024 Book86 Book87

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 1mo
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Of Human Bondage | W. Somerset Maugham
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A book blogger friend of mine is hosting a readalong of this in October. I can‘t help it, I am a joiner 😩🥸

#ofhumanbondagereadalong ⛓️‍💥

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Strong pick! Love Heyer‘s characters, always fun. Tho, the endings always feel abrupt and of course, a foregone conclusion, but she has to end it sometime. So many words to look up, too. Fun, fun, fun 🤩

#Sep2024 Book85 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge category pub‘d 1965

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AvidReader25 I read Grand Sophy by this author and loved it! Maybe this one should be next. 1mo
BkClubCare @AvidReader25 - yes! This one 1mo
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Democracy: Eleven Writers and Leaders on What It Is - And Why It Matters | Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Elif Shafak, Lola Shoneyin, Erica Benner, Lea Ypi, Yuan Yang, Aditi Mittal, Adela Raz, Kaja Kallas, Vjosa Osmani
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Just picked this up from the library and now at the salon getting my toes painted 💙 🌊

#Sep2024 Book88

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Kaleidoscope: A Novel | Cecily Wong
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I‘m surprised more people haven‘t read this! Would love to discuss. Sometimes poetic, sometimes a bit much. (Print better than the audio? narration only ok.)

It‘s about sisters, their place in the family, what happens to the balance and understanding when tragedy hits. Who ARE you if you‘ve defined yourself in relation to another and that person is now gone?

#Sep2024 Book84 #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024

[Art pic credit goes to Caro Silk]

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“Fudge!”

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Bookwomble I often say "fudge" as a euphemised expletive (though I'm not shy of the f-bomb, either!). According to this article, perhaps it would be more healthy to entirely disregard etiquette: https://theworld.org/stories/2020/06/15/when-oh-fudge-won-t-do-researchers-find-... 1mo
BkClubCare @Bookwomble - I was mostly amused that this is set in Regency England; author wrote this in 1965. I prefer to say “fudgecicle” 😊 TY for your comment 🥰 (edited) 1mo
BkClubCare “Am I all about in my head?” 1mo
BkClubCare “I daresay no female ever reaches her last prayers” 1mo
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All Fours | Miranda July
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I have Grace on loan from a friend, All Fours Libby/eBook came off hold (of course 🙄), picked up the Heyer yesterday from the library, and have had Untamed on my shelves for awhile - something made me grab it today 🤷🏻‍♀️

I STARTED EACH TODAY! I am supposed to read Atwood‘s The Robber Bride for a club meeting next Wednesday and Kaleidoscope is my current audiobook. #OhDear #WhereToFocus #Overwhelmed #Distracted

* Had a job interview a.m. 😢

BkClubCare Thanks for asking; nah, not sure but I think I presented as a desperate inarticulate loser. #ohwell 1mo
BkClubCare #Oct2024 Book89 Ended up skimming thru to read the end and … I am ambivalent. 3w
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Current poetry edition, gift from a friend, written by a friend of hers 😊 Set in the mountains ⛰️ of North Carolina, contrasted by mountains 🏔️ in Japan.

#poetrymatters #PoemADay

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The Husbands | Holly Gramazio
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Narration was well done, plot was propulsive and often laugh out loud funny. Gave me some interesting thoughts that I am still thinking about and had me always wondering how it would end! Recommended. 🪜💡🪴❤️

#Sep2024 Book82

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For the #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 category Amish Romance 💘

#Sep2024 Book83

BkClubCare Updated: Had to skip/skim through this because it was so predictable. Also, even though I have studied German, the intersperse of mudder and gut, etc, just distracted me. What was unexpected was whoopie pie! So giving a soft pick, cuz PIE 🥧 1mo
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Flood Patterns | Jessica Gigot
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Just another reminder that I have been wanting to read Renault‘s *The King Must Die*

Updated: this is a passage from WE COULD BE SO GOOD by Cat Sebastian which I should probably have tagged instead. #sigh

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We Could Be So Good | Cat Sebastian
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Didn‘t even try to pose him or get him to look at me.

Starting this now as the Chiefs try to win a 🏈 game and I think about some updates to my resume.

#Sep2024 Book81

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This Much is True | Miriam Margolyes
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What is true is that Copper really does not like to take direction when I need a dog + book photo!

I enjoyed the heck out of this. I googled SO many youtube clips of her… ended up putting more movies on my to-be-watched list. 🎥 🍿

#Sep2024 Book79 #DogsofLitsy #Memoir

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The Husbands | Holly Gramazio
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Just off hold at the library and I am so excited!!!! 😆

LiteraryinPA Hope you like it! I thought it was fun with some things to think about too. 2mo
BkClubCare @LiteraryinPA - audio is good and I see long walks in my future 😁 2mo
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Damnation Spring | Ash Davidson
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As @dabbe would say, “#hailthebail” - is that right? But I *am* sad to say this book just isn‘t for me right now. Maybe another time but at present, I am scowling at the poor book rather than being in that state of “hurry up with this chore so I can get back to it”. Gotta let it go 😢

dabbe YES! If you're scowling, there are #betterbooksahead! It'll still be there if/when you're ready. Or not. 🩶🧡🩶 2mo
BkClubCare Onward! 😁 2mo
sarahbarnes I have a copy of this one - haven‘t tried it yet. 2mo
BkClubCare @sarahbarnes - I bought it for the title and because the local indie had that handwritten tag saying one of the store associates thought it was awesome! May you find it awesome when you get it - truly!! 😊 2mo
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Kaleidoscope: A Novel | Cecily Wong
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This book was recommended to me as a second person point of view, which I need for a category of #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024
So far I haven‘t found evidence. And now I‘m also just really confused what the story is about. #ReadingTroubles

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This Much is True | Miriam Margolyes
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I don‘t quite recall what happened but it was probably a Kindle deal and I was watching Graham Norton. Somehow this book appeared in my ebook library but every time I saw it on the shelf, I was mad that it wasn‘t the audiobook. 🤦🏽‍♀️ I finally hit a moment that needed an ebook and so I am now reading this. This is the truth 🤷🏻‍♀️

Any Brits want to explain why post-war stipulations limited SIZE of kitchens???

Ruthiella Maybe just in the rebuilding of destroyed apartment blocks in cities? 2mo
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - maybe, but it was on a piece of land, out in Oxford. I just don‘t get it. Who cares how much space to use for a kitchen? 2mo
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Fall from Grace: A Novel | Danielle Steel
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I was fascinated by how this story was told; the narration was excellent. The words were…. Interesting. Go Ed; lots of privilege as well as tragedy, but yowza the privilege and luck. The last time I read Danielle Steele was HS.

#Sep2024 Book78 #ReadICT category season (yeah, yeah: creativity! 🤪😂)
#BookSpinBingo #DoubleSpin

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Tiger Eyes | Judy Blume
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Who has seen the movie?! 🎥🍿 I enjoyed this story and it reinforces my adoration for Blume - what an American treasure.

#ReadICT category pub‘d 1981 (this edition 2013) #DogsofLitsy #CopperBopper #Sep2024 Book77

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Tiger Eyes | Judy Blume
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On page 22, our MC is looking for her geometry class on the first day of school. Hat tip to Bloom for Room 314 🤣

And on page 75, Aunt Bitsy is baking apple pie ❤️

#LitPie #PieLiterature #CaresBooksandPie 🥧

BkClubCare And page 110 Spinach Pie! 💚 Page 149 Apricot Tart (edited) 2mo
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Bittersweet Rain | Sandra Brown
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Mehso-so

Romance reads for me must be totally consuming and ALL-IN! Or I just get bored and start skimming just to get to the end. This started fine but fizzled for me - the little sister character storyline got uncomfortable and the ending was abrupt. Okay then. NEXT✔️

#Sep2024 Book76

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Tiger Eyes | Judy Blume
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Copper gives the library 📕 a sniff and a quick lick; gives his approval.

#ReadICT category pub‘d 1981

dabbe #cuteycopper 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom
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One of our new favorite establishments for wings & beer places the tab in$ide a book 📖 - today, we got Tuesdays with Morrie. Yes, I wrinkled a few political pages I didn‘t agree with and perhaps wrote “ ,la “ on a few… maybe! 😁💙🧢🌊

KadaGul What an amazing idea 💡 2mo
Suet624 So cool! 2mo
willaful How on earth do they get people to leave?! 2mo
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Bittersweet Rain | Sandra Brown
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I am 🔥 HOT! 🔥 on hitting all the categories for the #AsheCoNCReadingChallenge2024 !!! There are only 50, so… yeah 😕

One of the categories is “Book by Sandra Brown” 🤣 and I am laughing because I don‘t know her. I searched on Libby for the shortest one! It‘s not horrible 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Five slices of pie. 🌈 📺 🌟

#Sep2024 Book75

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