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Bradleygirl
Untitled | Anonymous
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YES SHE IS RIGHT
#mountTBR

rockpools I love that! 4y
AkashaVampie Mine is that but with more stuff going into the boat at the same time. 4y
Desha 😂🤣😂 4y
MySharonaK 100% accuracy ! 4y
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Bradleygirl
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OK OK. Chesterton. I understand you predate the whole C.S. Lewis allegory juggernaut (I think). Seriously though. Is...what are you doing? Is it a Narnia adventure allegory, but for boys who wanted to be Inspector Lestrade? Or accountants? I am very Daniel Craig Knives Out about this.
#classicsivebeenputtingoff #MountTBR

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Bradleygirl
Untitled | Unknown
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😱 😱 😷 😝 😝 it me

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Bradleygirl
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looks like a fun time @Andrew65 ! (reposted) #JubilantJuly

Andrew65 Thanks for reposting, should be great. 😊👍 4y
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Bradleygirl
Winter Holiday | Arthur Ransome
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I love that the Ransome Swallows & Amazons books are on Hoopla, I love that my library caved & joined Hoopla, it's awesome. This old-school children-roughing-for-the-heck-of-it British holiday stuff is what my brain needs right now.
That said. You guys. These kids are making my anxiety spike every other chapter. 😰

Blueberry I'm intrigued. 4y
TheAromaofBooks I've been reading through this series for the first time and I have completely fallen in love with them! I just read We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea and talk about stressful!!! 😂 4y
Bradleygirl @TheAromaofBooks I know right? it's so idyllic and then OH HELLO IMMINENT DEATH unless the kids wise up in time 😱
@Blueberry they're so delicious if, like, you want more Narnia kids but can do without the fantasy. And lots of descriptions of sailing. And can cope with it being a product of 1930s white male British nostalgia. (Fortunately not much sexism that I've seen so far)
4y
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Bradleygirl
Binti | Nnedi Okorafor
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Listening to this on Scribd audio b/c i'm too impatient for the e-library hold to come in - listening in 10-15 minute fits, and loving the (kind of difficult) west-African-accented narration, and it's **GOOD**
I'm only 20% through. 🤯

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Bradleygirl
Ghost | Jason Reynolds
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Maybe cliche? but I finished this series about a group of 4 young track team members by Jason Reynolds this year, and it was so well worth it. I needed to hear those different voices in YA as someone who loves lots of classic YA literature (but it's nearly all about English/white kids).
#blackvoices (from @shyBookOwl)

ALSO this year some good ones (tagging below) 🔽

Bradleygirl Oreo by Fran Ross (retelling of Theseus myth, hilarious and arcane and weird) 4y
Bradleygirl Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis - so vivid and way sadder than I was prepared for, but still joyful 4y
ShyBookOwl I've heard good things about this one! Thx for sharing 😊 4y
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Bradleygirl
Exit West: A Novel | Mohsin Hamid
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OK I didn't think this would be as interesting as it is, from some mixed reviews I read - it's very sparse of dialogue but it's working. Fable-like. I'm only 28% finished but this is encouraging.
#ReadHarder #readharder2020

SamAnne I thought it was a great imaginative read. 4y
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Bradleygirl
The Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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I will admit. I was not prepared, on finally reading this (it's been on the list for years), to have it parallel a 21st century pandemic/quarantine lockdown & the varied reactions to it so faithfully. YIKES. (60% through)

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Bradleygirl
Oreo | Fran Ross
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Can‘t quite believe it but I have a lineup for the #readharder challenge sooooooo. Here goes! yes I know. It‘s mid-February 🤓🙄
#readharder2020 #bookriotchallenge

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Bradleygirl
The Gravity of Us | Phil Stamper
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HEY I'M ALIVE 🤗 Just wanted to put this link out in case anyone is still looking for 2020 reading challenges, b/c this masterlist seems to have something for everyone:
https://www.girlxoxo.com/the-master-list-of-2020-reading-challenges/
#readharder #2020challenge

GatheringBooks great round up! we are also having the Year of International Literature challenge or #ReadIntl2020. 5y
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Bradleygirl
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Only on p58, I just love this with all my nerdy absurdist heart. 😍😍😍🤖🤖🐛💕
#nonfictionnovember

GirlNamedJesse The next page looks amazing! “Swirl of Hell”. lol 5y
Bradleygirl @GirlNamedJesse ? I'm fond of "death cheese" 5y
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Bradleygirl
Leavings: Poems | Wendell Berry
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#poetry #poetrymatters 😭😭♥️

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Bradleygirl
Threads | Kate Evans
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Reading a journalist's comic book recording the Calais refugee camp 😭😭

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Bradleygirl
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Just realized I've been spamming Twitter/insta w/ my !!!! about this book but I forgot Litsy! THis is just DELICIOUS & accessible & fascinating, the freshest but most lucid take on modern language change I've ever seen.
#becauseinternetbook #linguistics #nonfic2019

Megabooks I just ordered it from BOTM! I‘m excited! 5y
Bradleygirl @Megabooks Yaaaay! hope it gets to you soon :) :) 5y
annamatopoetry If you aren't already listening to her podcast, I strongly recommend it! 5y
Bradleygirl @annamatopoetry oh very much so 👍😉 5y
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DivineDiana “A hog on ice” ! 😲😳😢 5y
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Bradleygirl

I'm reading 2 delightful short books at the moment and it's nice. It's really nice, and restful.
(Also reading a Shakespeare history play and mideast spy history and fanfiction, because i cannot help myself. But having short sweet books is a wonderful break in all this.)

Crazeedi I loved you tagged book! It was just delightful! 5y
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Bradleygirl
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HOMG it may be the jet lag talking, but i forgot how hilarious the english novel of manners can be 😂 😂 😂

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Bradleygirl
Untitled | Unknown
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wanderinglynn Great goals! 🙌🏻 6y
Wife 🌹 6y
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Bradleygirl
Circus Shoes | Noel Streatfeild
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1. Reading multiples again 🤷‍♀️ tagged book (yay Streatfeild), Reduced Shakespeare, Captain America Castaway in Dim. Z if I get to it tonight
2. Captain Marvel!!
3. Ovaltine, or ye standard black tea, strong with milk
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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This is from yesterday but I love this anthology already! I remember this one from school. This sonnet was written about (and is somewhere inscribed near) the statue of liberty. #Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana

DivineDiana Yes! I love this collection of classic poems! ❤️ 6y
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Bradleygirl
Caribou: Poems | Charles Wright
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DivineDiana 🚶🏽‍♀️🌞❤️ 6y
monalyisha I really like this one! 6y
Bradleygirl @monalyisha 👏me too! To be honest most of the pieces in this collection are full of existential ennui, which is not cool with me, but sometimes there's great imagery like the above 6y
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Bradleygirl
Imperfect Thirst | Galway Kinnell
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monalyisha 👌🏻🙌🏻 6y
Redwritinghood 💕💕 6y
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Bradleygirl
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I didn't really read #poemsbeforephones today, but it's been a reluctant slightly midlife crisis-y morning because I'm turning 40! And the sweet Litsy people sending bday notifications is a really nice start to the day 💞💕💞 thank you all so much @LitsyBirthdays @Cinfhen @mrp27 @robinb @Librarybelle @JessClark78 @Crazeedi @Eggs

Redwritinghood Happy birthday! 🎂🎂 6y
xicanti Happy birthday! 6y
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Cinfhen 40 is the new 30!!! Enjoy it 💕💕💕 6y
Ddzmini Happy birthday 🎈🎂🎉🎁🎊 6y
sblbooks Happy Birthday🎁💝📕 6y
Bookgirl Happy 40! It‘s not so bad! #44 6y
DivineDiana Wishing you a spectacular day, fellow poetry lover! 🎉🎈📚 6y
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Bradleygirl
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#FebruaryTBR and to-finish ✊🤓

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Bradleygirl
The Library Book | Susan Orlean
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I did not have any idea about this history of Ray Bradbury. 🤯📚 #libraries #nonfiction2019

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Bradleygirl
Imperfect Thirst | Galway Kinnell
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DivineDiana I can actually visualize this! 🙂 6y
Bradleygirl @DivineDiana 🌳 I know right? 6y
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Crazeedi Amen 6y
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Bradleygirl
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I read a bunch of poems from my Galway Kinnell collection this AM but none are really quotable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So here's the last of the Neruda instead!
#Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana

monalyisha OoOOo I love that chunk about “communing” in the middle! 6y
Redwritinghood Lovely. 6y
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Bradleygirl
The Library Book | Susan Orlean
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This really is a delicious book. I'm slower getting through this, bc it is demanding both attention and savoring from my ADHD brain.
#nonfiction #libraryhaul

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Bradleygirl
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Wow, finished this collection! There were a lot of gems. It's "early" Neruda so I'll have to look up more of his work later.
#Poemsbeforephones #poetryreading
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana

Redwritinghood Glad you enjoyed it! 6y
DivineDiana Reminiscent of the “jug of wine” line from The Rubaiyat that I posted yesterday. 🍷 6y
monalyisha @DivineDiana @Bradleygirl All the wine, all the time. 😉🍷 6y
Bradleygirl @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana @monalyisha poetry and wine are forever married 🤝 6y
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Redwritinghood But this was still a great poem to start the day! 6y
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Bradleygirl
The Library Book | Susan Orlean

I left this in my mom's car after our movie date today augh! #weekendreading #interrupted

Crazeedi Nooooo!!! I hate when I leave an unfinished book somewhere☹️ 6y
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monalyisha I like “velocity of joy” — & your color scheme! 6y
Redwritinghood Wow! Very powerful words. 6y
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gradcat This is so excellent! It‘s a great poet who can write such beautiful lines about an artichoke 📝👌🏻❤️ 6y
DivineDiana To cook an artichoke #Kitchengoals 🙂 6y
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Redwritinghood Yay! Love him. 6y
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Bradleygirl
The Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon

OK, a decision has to be made, and I'm making it for my own good.
Zafon, you have a gift, but now is not the time for me to appreciate it. I just. there's too much to read.
#whatsoproudlywebailed

jmtrivera I'm sorry you didn't like the book, but I love the hashtag! 6y
Bradleygirl @jmtrivera I can tell I'd love the book! I just have to be under less pressure to get real enjoyment out of it 😋 6y
sprainedbrain I love the hashtag! 😂 6y
Bradleygirl @sprainedbrain oh feel free to steal it 😉😁 6y
jmtrivera @Bradleygirl I work with a woman who says there aren't bad books, just books that aren't good for us right now. 6y
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Bradleygirl

I read several poems this morning and there was nothing eligible to post! 😬
#Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood

monalyisha Ha! That‘s fair. 😆 Go, you! 🙌🏻 6y
Redwritinghood Bummer! Hopefully something strikes you as postable tomorrow. 6y
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Bradleygirl
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DivineDiana Love those eyes! 😻 6y
monalyisha 🌗😺🌗 6y
DivineDiana Posted another Yeats poem today which also mentions Minnaloushe! 😻 6y
Bradleygirl @DivineDiana neeeeat 😁 6y
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Bradleygirl
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DivineDiana I love watching the squirrels run around! ❤️ 6y
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Bradleygirl
The Library Book | Susan Orlean
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I'm really not
#libraryhaul #help

Redwritinghood Happens to me every time. 6y
Samplergal I hear you. Four(!) came in last night. 6y
Ash.on.the.line Story of my life lol! 6y
Bradleygirl @Samplergal @Redwritinghood @Ash.on.the.line it's too much pressure 🤪 6y
sixgun So there! So, so there! 6y
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monalyisha Pretty photo! 6y
Redwritinghood Love Yeats, too! 6y
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Bradleygirl
The Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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This is one that's been on #mounttbr for so long, and it's a CHONKSTER and I will. not. be intimidated. Come at me book!
#librarydeadlinemotivation

Sapphire Hang in there, it's worth it! 6y
Bradleygirl @Sapphire ✊ thanks! 6y
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Bradleygirl
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It's been a long day and this fish. is sending me
#comics

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All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.
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#Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana

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Bradleygirl
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There's a lot of prose in this poetry book! But it's all still lovely. This is the last poem and Oliver does not disappoint. 😁
#Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana #poetryreading

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Bradleygirl
Untitled | Unknown
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I'm initiating a new hashtag to knock some sense into my completionist soul. Bailed on 2 books already this year! This is not failure! This is progress!
#WhatSoProudlyWeBailed

Soubhiville I agree! Even starting a book and finding you don‘t like it is still taking it off your TBR! Progress! 6y
DGRachel Love that hashtag! 6y
merelybookish Nice! One way I transitioned to a better bailer is by skinning. I'll read the end of chapters and the ending. Made me feel less guilty at first. 6y
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Bradleygirl @Soubhiville @DGRachel @merelybookish thanks friends! It's a struggle but we can win. ✊ 6y
Laura317 I love this new hashtag! 6y
Redwritinghood Good one! 6y
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