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ImperfectCJ

ImperfectCJ

Joined May 2019

books: https://imperfecthappiness.org voice acting: https://ctlvoiceover.com/ The Storygraph: imperfectcj, IG: @ctlvoiceover, Bluesky: @charitytl
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The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
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Memoirs aren't always my favorite, but this one was a hit for me on so many levels: I loved the nature and ecology, the exploration of family and belonging and connection to place, defying expectations in a quiet way. I was surprised to learn that Lanham wasn't an experienced writer before this because his prose flows so well, and he does such a great job conveying emotion without becoming sappy (as many memoirs do). Loved this one!

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Somewhere in the Ocean | Jennifer Ward, T. J. Marsh, Kenneth J. Spengler
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I read the tagged book to two UTK classes today. It's written so it can be sung, with each spread a verse about a different ocean animal. The tune is written out in the back, so although I wasn't sure if the classes would like the book read or sung, I was ready for either. The majority voted for me to sing it, and when I got to the end of each verse, they applauded. I know they're all under 6 years old, but it was still gratifying.

ImperfectCJ Photo is of a sunset walk I took last week because I forgot to photograph the book before I returned it. 2d
ravenlee What a fun lesson! 2d
ImperfectCJ @ravenlee I'm glad they had a good time because otherwise I might feel completely self-indulgent...I love singing in front of people, but I'm always afraid I'm being pushy about it and they're just being polite. But I have never gotten the impression that 4- and 5-year-olds are adept at politeness for the sake of politeness. They may not be discerning listeners, but they wouldn't hesitate to let me know clearly if they didn't like my singing. 🤣 2d
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It's nothing like Lanham's Home Place, but it's my Home Place (or one of them), and I love it when it's like this. Reading about Lanham's home and family in all of their complexity while planning a trip to visit my family of origin (and a couple of alternate-dimension homes) has me reflecting about how much I love being from so many places---even as I kind of crave some roots. The mid-life crisis just goes on and on, it seems.

BarbaraBB This home of yours looks wonderful and I hope you‘ll find loving homes wherever your midlife journey takes you ❤️ 2d
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Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter
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I'm not much of a purse person, but this cute little bag captured my heart yesterday. The only downside: It fits neither a book nor my e-reader.

Tamra Adorable though! 4d
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Horror Movie | Paul Tremblay
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A-gawkie-gawkie-gawkie (the bunny, as named by my firstborn at age 3) and I are enjoying our Saturday evening.

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It took me a while to get into this one, and I eventually needed to enlist the aid of the audiobook, which was helpful in getting a sense for the Welsh pronunciations anyway, but in the end, I quite enjoyed this novel. It's definitely dated, written in 1976 with gender roles to match, but the mythology and the emotional truth of the relationships makes up for some of my grouchy feelings about the importance of learning homemaking for a teen girl.

ImperfectCJ And check me out: I've actually finished a #Roll100 title! This was 96 for me, whatever month that was. 7d
Clare-Dragonfly I loved this when I read it as a kid. I think I still have a copy; I should give it a reread. 7d
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. To paraphrase Homer Simpson, we paid our taxes over a year ago. (Seriously, though, our taxes for this year are long done.)

2. Wales. (I assume it will be about more once I get into it, but for now, it's very much just about Wales and how American teens in the mid-1970s feel about living there.)

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1w
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Step Gently Out | Helen Frost
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My Busytown book bag has passed the rigorous Kitty Inspection Process and is all ready for read-alouds Tuesday morning! After a busy several days (family and friends visiting from across the country for my spouse's 50th, an early-morning emergency room visit for my father-in-law (he's doing well now, thankfully), and an earthquake), I feel ready to be back in the classroom with the preschoolers reading about animals.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
Tamra Love it!!! 😍 1w
MemoirsForMe Happy 50th to your hubs! Glad all is well. Have fun with your eager young readers. They need you now more than ever. 🙌🏻🎉 1w
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In the midst of a fun but exhausting weekend, I have a lull between entertaining responsibilities. If I could nap, I would, but instead I'm drinking my coffee and trying to get my brain to focus on the Spanish translation of the tagged. I'm at an interesting point in my understanding of Spanish where reading is easier than I expect, but every now and then I get stuck with no idea how the words go together. This book might take me forever to read.

Ruthiella With practice and context , your brain will start to make those connections, I‘ll bet! 👍 2w
ImperfectCJ @Ruthiella Thanks for the vote of confidence! After having mixed success reading children's books and fiction in Spanish, I actually think the self-help genre might be the way to go for me. There's so much repetition, I get to see the same idea presented a few different ways, which is great for improving my language skills, I think! Still slow, but that's probably good, too, for now. 1w
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Today I'm wearing the souvenir I bought while visiting Austin in February. Little did I know the message would have even more significance only a short time later. I wore it to read to the preschoolers a couple of weeks ago. They liked it for the rainbow heart and named the colors for me.

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Women Talking: A Novel | Miriam Toews
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Three faves that I don't hear talked about much:

1) Women Talking
2) Jojo Rabbit
3) The Favourite

Thanks for the tag, @dabbe ! #ThreeListThursday #TLT (on Friday)

dabbe A W🤩WZA score! You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
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This is a pretty straightforward Ballard/Bosch novel, with more focus on the younger Bosch. Touching on so many different cases and personal issues made this one a little challenging to follow sometimes, but it's still an enjoyable read.

I listened to the second half while cleaning my house for friends from out of state to come over. I had a lot of nervous energy, so a lot more things are clean than they were likely to see during dinner.

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This one is in my ears today, as well as her "Rise Up With Fists!!"

https://open.spotify.com/track/6MKL3Xdcf3qFhTP2KJhcsn?si=BPaIUl5aQ22zdjSQN5epkw

Tagged book because Jenny Lewis was in the movie version.

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

TheKidUpstairs Love this whole album 2w
ImperfectCJ @TheKidUpstairs I enjoy Joy'All, too, especially Puppy and a Truck 2w
CarolynM Such a great album. I love Jenny😍 2w
TieDyeDude Love Jenny! Thanks for sharing 5d
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Der Vorleser [The Reader] | Bernhard Schlink
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1. I think so, yes. I enjoy being around books even if I'm not reading them, and libraries and bookstores are must-see destinations when I'm traveling.

2. A rather dark one, but the first I thought of (perhaps because an event organizer mentioned Bernard Schlink at the author event I was at last night, or maybe just because it's a totally on-the-nose title for this question).

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView (thanks for the tag!)

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing and have a fabulous rest of your day! 2w
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I attended an author event with Gretchen Rubin tonight. She's a great speaker, and aside from me being a total dork when I tried to talk with her, it was a great night! It was her book The Happiness Project that inspired me to start my blog (imperfecthappiness.org) 15 years ago.

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm How cool! I‘m always a doofus when meeting people I look up to. I know they put their pants on one leg at a time like I do, but I always seem to forget it in the moment. 😅🤣❤️ 2w
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The Warehouse | Rob Hart
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This novel captures well the feeling that the tech-bro-owned companies inspire in me...that sense that the world is worse for how they do things but also that there's so little one can do to resist them. And really, what's the alternative? My attempts at resistance remind me of the "Flaming Moe's" episode of The Simpsons where Homer yells, "You just lost yourself a customer!" but the bar is so full, Moe can't hear him. But I still try.

ImperfectCJ Thank you for the recommendation, @BarbaraBB ! 2w
BarbaraBB Glad you liked it! 2w
Suet624 I thought the author did a great job with this. And I‘ve managed to not shop at amazon for years. Or do without. 2w
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Completely unrelated image, but do any Littens have suggestions for a visit to Madison, Wisconsin? We might be traveling there for the first time this summer, and I'm wondering what the must-see things are there.

Skygoddess1 I‘m in Madison now. For bookstores check out: A Room of One‘s Own, Mystery to Me, Leopold‘s Book Bar Caffè and Lake City Books. 2w
JenReadsAlot What are you interested in doing? 2w
ImperfectCJ @JenReadsAlot Walking, people-watching, talking with people, getting a sense of the city, seeing if it would be a cool place to live. The usual. 2w
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ImperfectCJ @Skygoddess1 Thank you for the recommendations! 2w
JenReadsAlot State St is people watching! Saturday morning farmers market around the Capitol. Good restaurants and coffee shops around there as well. 2w
ImperfectCJ @JenReadsAlot Super! Thank you! @Skygoddess1 When I was looking to visit a while back (like 10 years ago now when my kids were little), I remember reading about a rail trail or greenway or something that was cool for walking. Am I remembering that correctly? 2w
JenReadsAlot There is Greenway station closer to Middleton but that's more shopping I think 2w
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Desert Creatures | Kay Chronister
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This one is weird and moody, which I like, but it's not quite as tight as Chronister's The Bog Wife. I don't quite understand how people live so long without food and water in this story.

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Desert Creatures | Kay Chronister
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Throughout this entire novel, I kept mistaking these little decorations for smashed spiders.

Read-n-Bloom 😂 It looks that way to me too! 3w
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As I've only finished one book this week, this was an easy choice. :-)

#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life

Read4life 💙🐣💙 3w
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Yet another aspirational library. That little spiral staircase (which also leads to a hidden hallway to the guest rooms). I have mixed feelings about the Gilded Age (and decidedly negative feelings about its current reboot), but they had awesome private libraries---and views.

Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC

Faranae I use a photo of the John Work Garrett rare book library on my stream, and it must have been redecorated around the same time as the Biltmore Estate (it was built 10-15 years before), because the colour and fabric choices are identical. The Garrett is slightly less baroque, but that's only because they spent all their Gilded Age money... gilding a bathroom! 3w
BethM 😍 3w
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A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie
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I'm not sure the setting played much of a role in this mystery, and several of the characters feel almost extraneous, but it's a diverting story nevertheless. I like how Christie writes about aging. This one has a feel reminiscent to The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.

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Downtown Books and News | Asheville, NC (Bookstore)
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I finally made it to Downtown Books & News! I didn't buy anything because I arrived 10 minutes before closing and didn't have enough time to make up my mind (and I still haven't finished the hardcover I brought intending to leave it here), but it's such a cool place and I'm glad I made it there.

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75/100
This is apparently my time period for movie watching.
Three faves: Babe, A Serious Man, Fargo (and In the Bedroom and Sixth Sense because I can't stop with just 3)
Thanks for the tag, @dabbe !
#ThreeListThursday #TLT

AmyG I forgot Fargo. Auch1 a great movie. 3w
dabbe W🤩WZA!!!! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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April #bookspinbingo card, ready to go!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 3w
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Ramona the Brave | Beverly Cleary
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1) I was until junior high when my family moved, and I went from a school where trying hard and doing well were cool to a school where doing those things got you targeted by bullies. So I hid out for a few years, then when we moved again in high school to another high-caliber school district, it took me a while to rebuild my skills. I still did decently through high school and college.
2) A classic.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3w
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🤩📘📖 3w
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Moon of the Turning Leaves | Waubgeshig Rice
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I guess that wraps up my #WeeklyFavorites for March. It's been a pretty good reading month, but moving into April, I feel like I need a refresh of how I approach reading. I've been using audiobooks as a replacement for putting my hands over my ears, and I would rather move *towards* books rather than *away* from reality. So we'll see if I can find a little more balance as we move into spring.

@Read4life

Read4life Here‘s hoping you find the balance you‘re looking for. 💙📚💙🎧💙 3w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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March #bookspinbingo card. I didn't read my #bookspin title, but I finished my #doublespin and managed one bingo...yay!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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Desert Creatures | Kay Chronister
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I chose my airplane book. I picked the one I don't think I'll mind leaving behind in a random LFL or indie coffee shop when I finish it to make room for newly-purchased books.

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The Princess Bride | William Goldman
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I got to hang out with my teen and my spouse for an outdoor, in-concert-with-the-symphony showing of this classic movie about a grandpa who reads a book aloud to his jaded grandson. There's also kissing and pirates.

Ruthiella How fun! 4w
ravenlee Is this a kissing book? 4w
Butterfinger Inconceivable!!!!! I want to experience this. 4w
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Clare-Dragonfly Kidnapped by pirates is good… 4w
ImperfectCJ @Ruthiella @ravenlee @Butterfinger @Clare-Dragonfly It was such a fun time! The music was fantastic, and the audience participation (from yelling out lines with the movie to dressing up as Buttercup, Westley, or ROUSes) was a hoot. Such an awesome movie! (I just wish there were more women in it and that they hadn't made Buttercup so clueless.) 4w
MemoirsForMe How cool! Was it the San Diego Symphony? 4w
ImperfectCJ @MemoirsForMe Yes! They were fabulous! We saw them again tonight for Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony (and Beethoven's Piano Concerto 3, which isn't my favorite), and it was just what I needed after feeling anxious much of the day. They're playing with Beck in July, and I'm trying to decide if that will be awesome or lame. 4w
MemoirsForMe Oh what fun! I used to go to the Pops, but it‘s been ages. Looks like they have a whole new amphitheater too. Glad you‘re treating yourself! Hmm..Beck could be pretty wild. 3w
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The Hazel Wood | Melissa Albert
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Mehso-so

This one is decent. It has some fun twists (and some that are a little confusing), but it seems like it can't quite decide how YA it is. Part of that could be the narrator (I listened to part of it on audiobook...the narrator also mispronounced words and whoever was editing the audiobook left background sounds in a few times, which I found distracting), but I think a lot of it is just how tenuous the characters are, like they're not fully formed.

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The Bog Wife | Kay Chronister
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This novel did not go in any of the several directions I expected it to, which was actually kind of delightful. It's a bizarre story of family systems, mourning, and discovering new ways of upholding responsibilities when the old ones no longer work. In a way, it's kind of a coming-of-age story for the painful growing up one does when our parents no longer carry us (literally and metaphorically), for whatever reason and at whatever age.

JacqMac This one is on my TBR. I might have to move it closer to the top. 4w
imthatniki I read her Desert Creatures last year, it also dealt with themes of grief and family 4w
ImperfectCJ @imthatniki I've owned a copy of Desert Creatures for a while, but I kept putting off reading it (without a library due date, I tend to let books linger). Now that I've enjoyed The Bog Wife, I am putting Desert Creatures higher on my list. 4w
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1) Had a few great runs, including one during which I heard and saw a red shouldered hawk.
2) Saw a North American premier of a bagpipe overture.
3) Spotted the ocean on a walk (which helped balance the walk being through a pretty unfriendly neighborhood).
4) Kitty snuggles.
5) Library visit.
Not pictured: a great phone conversation with my college kid, and my prealgebra class went really well!
@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday

TheBookHippie ♥️ 4w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4w
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Wild Houses: A Novel | Colin Barrett
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For an upcoming week-long trip, I'm limiting myself to one physical book plus my Kobo. These two are the current front-runners---Wild Houses and Horror Movie.

Which should I bring? Or should I bring something else entirely?

Other options:

Darkly by Marisha Pessl
Baby X by Kira Peikoff
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Pogue I like goats so I say go with Wild Houses. Even though I know nothing about it. 4w
ImperfectCJ @Pogue As good a reason as any. And one of the places we're staying has goats, so perhaps it would be apt. 4w
BarbaraBB I liked Wild Houses and would definitely choose 4w
ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB I've heard great things about that one! I'm easily distracted while traveling...is it likely to keep my attention? 4w
BarbaraBB Yes I think so! 4w
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I was surprised at how many disaster movies made the list of nominees.

I loved:
1. The Color Purple
2. Coal Miner's Daughter
3. Norma Rae

In related news, since my elder kid went away to college, my teenaged son and my husband have had greater influence on which movies we watch, which means I am watching a lot of Marvel and Tarantino and not much else. It's nice to be reminded that other movies exist!

@dabbe #TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe Maybe a lot of disaster movies were on this list because they were HUGE in the 1970s. I have a hard time watching any type of romcom with Matt in the house, so I sorta can relate! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 4w
ImperfectCJ @dabbe I watched SO many disaster movies when I was a kid! And that whole bunch of movies with enormous animals (ants, rabbits) terrorizing people. Those don't seem to have made the list of nominees, though. :-) 4w
dabbe @ImperfectCJ Rabbits reminds me of DONNIE DARKO! 🤩 4w
ImperfectCJ @dabbe That was a good movie (cool soundtrack, too)! I was thinking of Night of the Lepus 4w
dabbe @ImperfectCJ I've never seen that one. On the TBW now! 4w
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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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I kept putting this one off because I wanted to re-familiarize myself with There There first, but finally I picked it up, and I'm glad I stopped delaying. The interwoven stories, including those in the past and present and about figures both fictional and historical, are gripping and deal poignantly with how various addictions can draw a person in and how the legacy of colonialism continues today. Another #tob25 longlist title.

ImperfectCJ The repetition of "hella" and the focus on breadth rather than depth in character development detract a bit from an otherwise well-told story. 1mo
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The Bog Wife | Kay Chronister
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We'll see if Silo and I can make some reading progress before this one is due back at the library. I have not had near as much reading time so far this week as I would prefer. Or as Silo would prefer.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
TheDaysGoBy Adorable kitty! 😻 1mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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Okay, the character is in San Francisco, thinking about an earthquake that Enrico Caruso was in, which was in 1906. Was Caruso in another earthquake in 1905, or is this just a typo that the editors didn't catch before publication? Or maybe it's the character's mistake?

Can you tell this kind of thing irritates me? I don't know how to read it if I don't know the origin of the mistake.

Faranae When is the character thinking this? Is this someone who would have been alive in 1906? Because I can see an error of a year being in-character if they aren't of an age to have had it be a key reference point in their life, especially if 1905 itself might be a reference point for some other event (so an author might do it on purpose to connect the two events, even if you aren't ever told about the other event but need to infer it). 1mo
ImperfectCJ @Faranae He's thinking it in 1924, and he would have been alive in 1906 (He's a (contentious) historical figure IRL). Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade of 1905 was a significant event for him, so it's possible he's conflating the two years/events, but that seems somewhat unlike this character, who seems to keep track of other years pretty well and knows other details about the earthquake. 1mo
Faranae @ImperfectCJ Alas, it's probably a slip then, that got missed because 1905 is correct for a different event and the *editor* probably didn't notice. 1mo
ImperfectCJ @Faranae Alas, indeed. It's still a good story, though. I'm enjoying the book. 1mo
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1. Hiking, walking on the beach, huggling my (big, adult-sized) kiddos, listening to the birds.

2. Tagged.

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView 🩵🏖 Thanks for playing and have a wonderful day! 1mo
Prairiegirl_reading Is this religious? 1mo
ImperfectCJ @Prairiegirl_reading It's spiritual from a humanist, kind of New Age perspective. Since he wrote it, Eisenstein has gotten involved in some pseudoscience/conspiracy theory type stuff, which I find questionable, but I remember really appreciating his perspective in this book. Here's a review I wrote several years ago: http://imperfecthappiness.org/2015/12/18/the-more-beautiful-world-our-hearts-kno... 1mo
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Not sure if this is for a specific group, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to jump in.

1. Pretty well. Time feels slippery today, and I'm constantly starving because I've increased my activity level but not my caloric intake (by design), so I'm fighting hangriness.
2. Mostly negative (except for Litsy) unless I'm very careful.
3. I'm taking a break from Facebook and using IG & Bluesky sparingly. So far, so good.
@Kerrbearlib #MentalHealthMonday

Kerrbearlib So glad you joined in - anyone is welcome! I can relate to being hangry. And time being slippery - what a great way to describe it! Time often feels slippery to me. 1mo
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When all the library holds come in at once.

This is a mix of #Roll100 titles and books I requested to help me figure out my relationship with social media (except Litsy. I know exactly how I feel about Litsy ❤️).

BarbaraBB Glad you won‘t reconsider Litsy! 1mo
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Help Wanted: A Novel | Adelle Waldman
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I've enjoyed all of the books I read this week, but if I have to choose just one, Help Wanted it is! If I'd finished Moon of the Turning Leaves a day earlier, that would have been an easy pick for this week. We'll see if anything I read this week tops that title!

#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life

Read4life Your month is looking really good!! 💙📚💙 1mo
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Moon of the Turning Leaves | Waubgeshig Rice
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What a beautiful and immersive follow-up this novel is. I love the portrayal of the landscape and that Rice leaves dialogue in Anishinaabemowin untranslated, with context clues to meaning. While reading this novel, I have found myself observing the world around me differently and requesting from myself more attention in the moment. I find myself contemplating what's most important and how to center those elements in my life. It's a gift of a book.

Tamra I loved it too! Do you think there will be a third? 1mo
ImperfectCJ @Tamra I'm not sure. In the author's note at the end, Rice seemed to indicate that he needed a little convincing from fans and editors to write this sequel, and I kind of feel like this one ended at a good point. But while I don't think it naturally lends itself to a third, I wouldn't mind spending more time with these characters and would certainly read a third if one came out. 1mo
Tamra @ImperfectCJ yes - totally agree. 😁 1mo
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Buffalo Hunter Hunter | Stephen Graham Jones
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Friday night splurge. I'm so sad that our indie is moving across the highway in a couple of weeks. I can still get there, but it's a drive rather than a walk (and parking is a pain). I likely won't spend as much at their new location as I have in their current location, but hopefully for them it's a better spot.

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1) #ToB goodies.
2) Solar-powered cats.
3) A hike with beautiful views and a chance to identify poison oak without touching it.
4) Climbing 489 "secret" stairs with a friend.
5) Looong shadows on an evening walk.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo
MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 1mo
Leftcoastzen 😆😻solar powered cats ! 1mo
mcctrish Love the pics of hikes and nature!!! 1mo
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I might also have bought myself a #ToB25 t-shirt. I like wearing IYKYK shirts and seeing how many people K (and say so). No one today so far.

Meshell1313 Love this! 😍🙌 1mo
BennettBookworm Beautiful design! 1mo
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Moon of the Turning Leaves | Waubgeshig Rice
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After the 6th graders put me through my paces in class tonight, I feel like having something stronger, but I'm trying to convince myself that salad, nonalcoholic kombucha, and post-apocalyptic fiction will nourish me better in the long run---and disturb my sleep less---than a martini.

MemoirsForMe 😁🍸😁 1mo
dabbe 6th graders can definitely drive someone to drink. Good for you with your choices. 🙌🏻🤩🙌🏻 1mo
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Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk
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I first read this in 2009. With this 2025 re-read, I'm struck by how GenX this novel is: disillusion with/suspicion of consumerism, a desire for real experiences, a sense of impending doom not recognized by those in power, a desire for community if for no other reason than to have people to have a beer with while we watched the world burn. 2025 turns out to be a great time for a re-read and a reminder that stability isn't a given.

ImperfectCJ I'll also say that I used to think the movie was better, but with this re-read, the novel has edged up to at least a tie. 1mo
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Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk
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"It's Project Mayhem that's going to save the world. A cultural ice age. A prematurely induced dark age. Project Mayhem will force humanity to go dormant or into remission long enough for the Earth to recover."

This hits different in 2025 than when I first read it in 2009 (the agent of chaos stuff, not the "Earth to recover" part). And holy anarchy, Batman, is this a GenX novel.

Side note: I marked this as a spoiler, but is it?

GingerAntics Wow. That does hit differently. I don‘t think it‘s going to reset the world, but bring about its demise faster. 1mo
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