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JulieB

JulieB

Joined September 2016

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams
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The Cruellest Month | Louise Penny
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Starting @DeweysReadathon a little late because of sleeping in. But I'm ready, and for the first time this year, reading outside with my morning coffee! #readathon

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I was already almost done, but at least I'll get that nice feeling of accomplishment that comes with finishing a book early in the #readathon

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Fuck le monde: �crits 2003-2016 | Simon-Pierre Beaudet
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Reading by the sea #vacation

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I think I've always skipped the forward before, which is a shame because it's really worth reading.

Daisey I happened to see you just started a reread of this. A group of us are starting a chapter a day readalong tomorrow if you want to follow the hashtag and/or join in our posts & discussion. #FellowshipofTolkien 5y
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omg, I love Beauvoir and Gamache! I was not expecting much from this book, a typical cozy mystery, with the added benefit of being in the much loved Eastern townships, but, wow, this book was above and beyond! It's totally a cosy mystery, but also so much more. Hard to explain, but more interesting, more "deep". I am going to enjoy reading more of this series (I hope!). #cosymystery

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Reading outside weather is finally here! 😁

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The Godfather | Mario Puzo
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Enjoying the first real day of spring and a old favorite. #spring #readingoutside #teenfavorite #reread

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Ragged Company | Richard Wagamese
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For a heartwarming story about friendship it had me crying a lot. There were many tears at the begging and the end especially. But it's a very interesting read about homelessness.
#CanadianLit

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Mehso-so

So, I don't like this book much more on the second read, 15 years later, then the first but I am curious to know where this series is going. Hopefully the main characters will be a little less bland as they grow up.

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It was a fun and funny romance, I laughed more then once. I really liked that the main character was a scientist grad student. 😊 And the secondary characters were great. The conclusion/ending seemed a little rushed, perhaps.

All in all, a perfect, relaxing summer read.

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"Being outwardly friendly while keeping people at a distance was second nature to Ledi. She thought of it as her social phospholipid bilayer : flexible, dynamic, and designed to keep the important parts of herself seperate from a possibly dangerous outside environment.

Love it when an author knows her #science ?

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I spend so much time googling food while reading this book, and it makes me so hungry! 🤤 Unfortunately I live somewhere with very little good Asian food. 😢

ReadingSusan This book made me sooooo hungry! 7y
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From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) | Meg Cabot, Nnedi Okorafor, Ren�e Ahdieh, Sabaa Tahir, John Jackson Miller
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This book was super fun. Not all short stories are created equal, but for the most part they were pretty good. I wouldn't mind is they did this for all Star Wars movies.

rather_be_reading welcome to litsy!! 📚🎉📚 @LitsyWelcomeWagon 7y
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I love the tv show so much and this book was exactly like it. The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase was short, funny and joyful. Greg Cox did a great job. I am going to take a look at some of his other books.

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Great book! It's an interesting outsiders perspective of a First Nation community. But also a great story about family, love, and loss in all its variations and complexities.
#bookclubread #BookRiotReadHarder #femaleprotagonistover60 #CanadianAuthor

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206 Bones | Kathy Reichs
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Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan books are always a good read. They're also all very similar but the science more then makes up for that.

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Divine Justice | David Baldacci
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It was a fun read. The story is so unbelievable it's almost ridiculous. The main character, Oliver Stone, is a little bit of a super tragic Gary Stu, but I liked the secondary main character Joe Knox. It was the first time I read a David Baldacci book; I'll probably read more of his stuff, at least the books I own.

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Divine Justice | David Baldacci
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I think outside reading season has finally started. ☀️
I'm pleasantly surprised by Divine Justice so far. It's fun and not too demanding, just what I wanted.
#relaxandread #outsidereading #readinginthesun

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First time reading outside this year! (March 6, 2018)

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What's hotter then Mount Doom? ;-) #riotgrams #bookriot

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The New York Trilogy | Paul Auster
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Folio Society books are just so beautiful! #foliosociety #newbooks #bookhaul

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Been reading these since I was a child. I 💙 Snowy! @bookriot #riotgrams #tintin #milou

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Mehso-so

Many, many things annoyed me about this book. And if I hadn't decided to read it for a reading challenge and it wasn't so short, I would never have finished it. But I'm glad I did. It's not that it gets better, but it did matter to charme me. I dislike the narration, the ending is blah, but I smiled and I almost cried (in public).

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Read it for my work bookclub, and while I don't regret reading it and what the author was trying to say was interesting, I found it incredibly frustrating. Reading fiction based on a real person and real events just means that I spend more time watching videos and googling things then actually reading the book. I want to know the facts, the fictional stuff just ends up annoying me.

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La Biblioth�que de l'Assembl�e nationale | Qu�bec (Province). Biblioth�que de l'Assembl�e nationale
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The book Christmas tree at work, they did a great job! #BiblioAssnat #seasonsreadings2017

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Very interesting! Tye did a good job of trying to explain RFK's character and motivations, as well as the political and social events happening in the 60's.

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Hostage | Guy Delisle
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I love all of Guy Delisle's books and this one was no exception. I loved how the images and the text added to the story. It was interesting and simple, and all around a great read.

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Hostage | Guy Delisle
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First time reading outside this year! #spring

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This book was loads of fun! Definitely one of my favourites this year. #scifi #somethingforsept #BestReadsOfSeptember

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