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OrangeMooseReads

Joined June 2016

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Started this one the other night, Friday I think.
This was one of my first BOTM back in 2017 and had yet to read it.
So far it‘s interesting looking forward to how Finkel lays out the story.

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Ace of Spades | Faridah Abike-Iyimide
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Pickpick

Finished this the other night.
It was good, very predictable. The story was engaging and the writing was good.
3.8⭐️ only because of the predictability. If you like YA suspense and strong female lead I would recommend for an easy enjoyable read.

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Been reading the tagged book. Life is still life-ing.
I don‘t have a pic of the book cover right now so I give you my cheese monsters (I was eating a string cheese).
#dogsoflitsy #litsypups #bookdog

Soubhiville Senior dogs are the best. 🐶🩷 I love a graying muzzle. 3mo
OrangeMooseReads @Soubhiville 😊they just turned 8 this month. The old mans are very distinguished with their grey muzzles though 😊 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 3mo
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Mehso-so

Civil War era isn‘t my jam. Larson takes on what led up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter which then kicked off the actual battles of the Civil War. There was what felt like a lot of unnecessary details and side bits being told.
It has a very different feel to it from any of Larson‘s other books. I got through it and it had interesting information.
3⭐️ if you are into Civil War era or Lincoln.
This wasn‘t for me.

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1. Man Cub has a stuffed orange moose from IKEA. When I joined different site I stuck my glasses on it and put a book in its hands and made that my profile pic and the name was also born as well.
2. Lately I work while I listen. I have also been known to craft or clean while listening.
3. The Demon of Unrest - Erik Larson
#wondrouswednesday
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Eggs I have loved all of Larsen‘s books but I bailed on this one. What did you think of it? Thx for playing 😍 3mo
OrangeMooseReads @Eggs it was a lot different than his previous books. I didn‘t hate it but I didn‘t love it either. 3mo
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Start this audio a few days ago. I have to take it in chunks. It feels different than some of Larson‘s earlier works. This one doesn‘t have that fictional feel to it, it feels like the nonfiction that it is. Civil War era isn‘t my jam normally, however Larson is a must read on my list.
So far so good and interesting.
I‘m hoping to finish it tomorrow or Wednesday, I‘ve got about 6.5 hrs left.

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Gone Tonight | Sarah Pekkanen
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Panpan

This started out good and with potential. Unfortunately, it failed for me. It became incredibly predictable and you could see the twisted coming like a freight train.
There were some ridiculous occurrences that just weren‘t plausible and that made the whole story crumble.
1 ⭐️ the author tried. I would not recommend this book at all.

BooksNBowls This author is just not for me. I‘ve tried a few of her books! Same issues, just fall off after a while 3mo
OrangeMooseReads @BooksNBowls this was the first solo book of hers I read. I didn‘t mind ‘The Wife Between Us‘ it wasn‘t great by any means, but it wasn‘t as bad as this one. 3mo
dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
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Girl, Woman, Other | Bernardine Evaristo
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Started this a week ago maybe, not sure lol my days blur together. I‘m not super far in but so far I like it a lot.

dabbe Cat-Person, this (ahem) cat would like your eyes averted from said red object and refocused on to me, your reason for existing. 🐾, #thecat 3mo
OrangeMooseReads @dabbe I have learned how the scratch and read lol 3mo
dabbe @OrangeMooseReads 😂😂😂 3mo
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Break Your Glass Slippers | Amanda Lovelace
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A poetic retelling of Cinderella. I love Cinderella (besides books, shoes are my jam), and I love a fairytale retelling.
I liked this one. It was an interesting way to retell and revamp the story. The power and strength that Lovelace gives to her Cinderella is good, I like when a retelling shows that she wasn‘t about the Prince.
4.5⭐️ poetry and fairytale retelling.

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To Drink Coffee with a Ghost | Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad
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Another good Lovelace. Her struggle with her mother‘s death and the complicated relationship that the 2 had while Lovelace was growing up. Shows how tricky and complex grief is.
4⭐️ short poetry with depth and feeling.

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To Make Monsters Out of Girls | Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad
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Not my favorite Lovelace still good though. The story of her DV experience. The monster that he was and the monster it turned her into. The journey of finding her worth again and finding a partner, a true partner.
4⭐️ short poetry with depth and emotion.

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GodPretty in the Tobacco Field | Kim Michele Richardson
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A couple Dollar Tree book finds.
I‘m kind of excited about the tagged book I loved ‘The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek‘
Arlo makes a good background for books lol
#dogsoflitsy #litsypup #dollartree

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Boy Bands, Frida Kahlo, and Other Lies I‘ve Believed

Borrowed from @AroundTheBookWorld

jen_the_scribe Macchiatos, Fate, and Other Reasons I‘m Banned From the Library. Maybe it‘s a meet cute where I bump into the love interest and my macchiato spills on some books? 😱 4mo
Deblovestoread Summertime, Frida Kahlo and Other Holes in the Fabric of the Universe 4mo
dabbe Boy bands, Fate, Other Reasons No One Will Talk to Me ... Perhaps I fall in love with the lead singer of my favorite boy band, but our fate is sealed dramatically when his girlfriend spreads hellacious rumors about me on the Internet, and now no one will talk to me. 😂 4mo
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vivastory Cake, Frida Kahlo & Other Things I'm Over lol Sounds like a book of poetry pub by an indie press. Or a book of essays 4mo
vivastory @dabbe 😂 😂 4mo
rwmg Cake Liberty and Other Royal Bastards

An outlaw gang led by Cake Liberty in the Old West are called back to Ruritania to support their legitimate half brother against a revolt by the Black Duke.
4mo
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New books
My boys- Woody, Arlo, and Man Cub
Izzy girl
I suppose for a bonus I have the privilege of having complete one more trip around the sun and am now the answer the life, the universe, and everything.
@DebinHawaii
#5joysfriday

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️ 4mo
mcctrish Happy Birthday 🦀 July baby 4mo
dabbe HB! Yay for July babies! ❤️🦀❤️ 4mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎂🎈🎉 4mo
Leftcoastzen Nice ! 4mo
DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! 💛💛💛 Happy Birthday! 🎉🎂 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 4mo
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Break Your Glass Slippers | Amanda Lovelace
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The 3rd book Man Cub got me for my birthday finally came.
And yes I‘m still drinking coffee at 2 in the afternoon 😊

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I wanted more!
Well written, engaging story, interesting characters. The characters had depth, at least most of them did. The story was interesting, an aristocrat in post revolutionary Russia put under house arrest in an opulent hotel. He is moved to a tiny attic room and spends 30+ yrs living in the hotel.
4.8 ⭐️ only because I wanted more. Highly recommend for historical fiction or human interest.

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To Make Monsters Out of Girls | Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad
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Man Cub let me pick out my own b-day present even after I told him he didn‘t need to get me anything.
These are 2 of the 3 books. I got another Lovelace book as well.
#raiseagoodkid

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Dogs on Instagram | @Dogsofinstagram
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It‘s been another rough week, and will continue to be rough for the foreseeable future and I‘m not ready to talk about that yet.
1. My fur boys. Everyday no matter what they bring me so much love and joy.
2. Isabella.
3. Man Cub. He‘s an amazing young man.
4. A Gentleman in Moscow. I‘m coming close to the end and I‘m excited and sad.
5. The friends I‘ve made through work who have become outside friends.
@DebinHawaii
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S3V3N Fur babies rule!💜 4mo
BarbaraJean I‘m so sorry you‘re going through a rough time. Sending hugs your way! Glad for these sources of joy for you this week! 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐾 ❤️ 4mo
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Bklover ❤️❤️ and positive thoughts your way! 4mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🐾🖤 4mo
DebinHawaii I‘m sorry times are tough for you right now & I hope that changes soon 🙏🏼 & I‘m glad you have some joys to help you through. 💛💛💛 Thanks for sharing them & helping spread the joy. Sending you positive thoughts & vibes.💜 4mo
Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 4mo
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There wasn‘t much this week that brought me joy it was a rough week.
1. My litsyversary 8 yrs!
2. New plants for my front yard (the deer promptly ate all the leaves, but …)
3. New snack 😊
4. Boy child got to tick another MLB park off with his dad.
5. This book was good and I enjoyed it.
@DebinHawaii
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IndoorDame Happy Litsyversary!!!!! 4mo
Sace Happy Litsyversary! 4mo
Bookwomble Hoping next week is more joyful for you 🫂🌈 4mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys even if the week wasn‘t the best. 💛💛💛Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉📚🎉 And now I must find dill pickle Goldfish! 😋 Thanks for joining in & I hope next week is much better! 🤗 4mo
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8 Years! Wow! The best community I‘ve ever been a part of. It does not feel like it‘s been that long.

Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 4mo
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🙌🏽 4mo
wanderinglynn Happy Litsyversary! 🎉 4mo
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BookmarkTavern Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 4mo
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉 4mo
BarbaraJean Happy Litsyversary!! 💜📚🎉 4mo
TheSpineView Happy Litsyversary! 🥳 4mo
dabbe HL! 💙💚💙 4mo
julesG Happy Litsyversary!! 4mo
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 4mo
PaperbackPirate Happy Litsyversary! 💙📚 4mo
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I hoped for more depth in a couple of the key characters. Good story of strong women who become trusted friends and found family. Set in WWII England just outside London, a cooking competition brings 4 women together. There is drama, love, and heart break.
3.5⭐️ we love a strong woman! Recommend.

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Started this today while I work. So far it‘s good. I‘m hoping the we get a little more depth from a couple of the key characters though.
#listenwhileyouwork

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Started this last night. I‘ve had it on my shelf for the longest time. In fact I think o received it in one of the first swaps I ever did here at Litsy, lol. 😂

Sace I loved this book! 5mo
kspenmoll Wonderful wonderful read! Enjoy! 5mo
Crazeedi One of my all time faves! 5mo
Kimberlone One of my favorite books! 5mo
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Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng
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Ng is a must read.
All of the current hot button issues balled into one story that is engaging and well written.
It started with economic collapse, then they needed someone to blame, and it escapes from there. The story centers on M and Noah/Bird, a mother and son. M is a little known poet until a young lady is killed at a protest holding a sign with a line from one of M‘s poems. It becomes a rallying cry. M must go into hiding.
4.8⭐️ READ IT!

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Panpan

This is the second book in the series. The MCs feel predictable and a little annoying.
Plot by anarchists to set off a bomb some where at some time during the 1893 world fair in Chicago. That however feels like background to all the other things going on in the book. It feels a little chaotic. It‘s not hard to follow and not difficult to figure out. A lot of unnecessary other going on. I don‘t know if the series is long, I‘m done though.
2.8⭐️

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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The Red Tent | Anita Diamant
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This deserved all of the accolades and honors and awards it won. Beautiful book. Great story, fabulous writing, characters with some depth.
A retelling/twist on the Old Testament story of Jacob. It is not his story but that of his only daughter,Dinah. Told from her point of view and it is her life. I love the way Diamant takes this briefly mentioned in the Bible character and creates this entire life for her.
4.5⭐️ badass females all around.

dabbe I loved this one as well. 💚💙💚 5mo
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Mehso-so

First in a series. Set in later 19th century India a former military Captain is hired by a family to find out how their daughters really died was it murder? The story feels like it gets off track at times and there are added events that feel like they could have been cut out. The writing wasn‘t bad. The narrator got a little annoying at times. Mostly the story dragged at times.
3.5⭐️ somewhere between cozy mystery and suspense

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Started this yesterday. It is the second book in the series. I have a weird obsession with the 1893 World‘s Fair in Chicago and it has nothing to do with the H.H. Holmes connection.
This story has nothing to do with Holmes either.
So far not too bad. At times the narrator is a bit annoying and the story feels a bit long at times.

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Born and raised in The Children of God Faith‘s story is both infuriating and hopeful. She is the granddaughter of “the prophet” and founder of the cult. The focus of the cult is love and that idea is twisted and mutated is ways that will make you sick.
Faith fights against the status quo and gets an education and eventually breaks from the cult (not a spoiler, the book wouldn‘t be if she was still a member).
4⭐️ if you like strong women.

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I have only seen 21 out of 100
1. Young Frankenstein (I quote this movie frequently)
2. Grease
3. The Godfather
#threelistthursday #tlt
@dabbe

dabbe Your #1 is my husband's #1. I get to see it quite frequently. 😀 Thanks for sharing. 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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Started this today. It‘s interesting. ‘The Family‘ known as the Children of God was/is one hell of a cult 😯 If I remember correctly this is the same cult the River and Joaquin Phoenix grew up in.
Faith is the granddaughter of the founder of the cult.

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Bailedbailed

I thought this would be a fun and interesting look at history in the US. It was going ok and then the author started to wax poetic about minstrel shows and black face. Talking about how it was for envy of the freedoms that slaves had with their bodies and dancing. Uh … WTF!?
No ⭐️ not recommend.

BookmarkTavern Yikes! 😬 I‘d bail too! 5mo
RosePressedPages Oh no 🫣 not good 5mo
dabbe #hailTHATbail! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
rachelk Thanks for the warning — that sounds just awful! 5mo
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I have just a bit more to go on this one. It‘s interesting. The author has cover tea/coffee in the Revolutionary War and in China and India, tobacco, the opium wars, opium use in Vietnam which turns to heroin use, cocaine is where I am currently at in the book.
I might finish this while I‘m out and about today. I‘m going to need something to keep calm it will be my second day out and about in public lol.

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Hope In The Dark | Rebecca Solnit
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Originally published in 2003, the edition I listened to was 2017. All of the topics are still relevant and of importance, however the discussion around them has changed. Much of the discussion/essay topic was the war in Iraq and the time between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.
All of the essays were about finding that bright spot, that moment even if it was a failure. Everyone could use a bit of that.
3.8 ⭐️ only because it‘s a little dated.

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I was super interested in this book and then Jesus and God. I have no issue with either of those or people that believe. My issue and reason for DNF-ing was that in the description I saw nothing about religion being an aspect and seeming to be large aspect. Also there are other ways to break free of the hustle culture that don‘t involve religion. If that‘s your way fine and I support you in the way you find that balance.

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Mehso-so

Arguments are clear and reached. There are valid points made. I can agree to a point with some of them. I whole heartedly disagree with factory farming and industrial farming has its serious downsides. I don‘t believe the author has a solid feasible solution however. His ideas are great, small food producers, less chemicals, less chemical modifications. To achieve that in the US the entirety of everything would have to change.
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OrangeMooseReads You will never get the people to change to achieve those goals. I do agree that our food needs to change and the way we eat food needs to change. Again the author‘s solution went back to farming and how we farm. 3⭐️ it is interesting and he lays out his argument well. 5mo
RamsFan1963 His assertion that the Agricultural Revolution was the biggest mistake mankind has ever made was one of the things that stuck in my craw 5mo
OrangeMooseReads @RamsFan1963 yeah that was a bit much. 5mo
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On Rereading | Patricia Meyer Spacks
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Absolutely! Books that I love or ones that I feel I could absorb more from.
#sundayfunday
@BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Me too! Thanks for answering! 5mo
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Started this one today. So far not bad

RamsFan1963 I read this about 3 years ago, and found a lot of it very interesting. I disagree with the author on some issues, like the importance of the Agricultural Revolution, but he presents his ideas in a clear, intelligent style. 5mo
OrangeMooseReads @RamsFan1963 he did do his research that is for sure. 5mo
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Still have a few book left from my last #bedsidestack from 7 months ago 😬
Decided I needed a few more to add to that #bedsidestack

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Let‘s see …
❤️Time off this week to watch the Boy Child play baseball.
❤️Miss Izzy always brings me joy.
❤️got to see the Aurora Borealis for the first time ever
❤️my pupper boys
❤️coming home from my girls weekend Sunday to a clean house and a new plant curtesy of Boy Child.
#5joysfriday
@DebinHawaii

Leftcoastzen Nice! 6mo
MemoirsForMe Adorable fur babies! 6mo
DebinHawaii What a fabulous list of joys! 💛💛💛 The Aurora Borealis photo is gorgeous! 💜Thank you for joining in & spreading the joy! 🤗 6mo
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Well written, good story. I can see why it won awards.
I liked the glimpse into Baghdad during the regime change upheaval. I liked most of the characters and the building of the story.
I may have enjoyed this more than the original Frankenstein.
4⭐️ recommend if you enjoy a good retelling

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Mehso-so

Listened again to this and got lost in the same spot. He starts talking about vanilla and it morphs into talking about ice cream and how it relates to vanilla, but also then Thomas Jefferson‘s 12 steps to make ice cream. I could have done without a list of every meat dish served at a medieval king‘s coronation or a list of several flavors of Oreo.
3⭐️ if you have a passing interest in food trivia or history. More food trivia.
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OrangeMooseReads There is some science in the beginning about tastes being tied to what your mother ate when you were in the womb. A little about Kellogg and breakfast. A chapter on peppers. A little of this a little of that. 6mo
Crazeedi A shame because this could really be fascinating 6mo
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I actually finished this one today, but I listened while working and got distracted and missed things. It was interesting. I love my food history. I‘m going to listen to it again tomorrow so hopefully I can absorb more of the information.

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I enjoyed this fictionalized telling of Marjorie Post‘s life. Starting with her time in Battle Creek when her father was visiting the Kellogg sanitarium through her marriages, and travels, and family struggles. A tidbit that I was not aware of, there were several, that struck me was she built Mara-Lago 😲
4 ⭐️ recommended you love a strong woman and historical fiction.

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Oh my! This was amazing. I followed along with my physical copy as I listened to the audio edition. I think there was something on almost every page that I marked or tagged. So much information, so many points that need reiterating. Well written, concise, precise, thought provoking.
5⭐️ must read for anyone calling themselves a feminist.

TheBookHippie Agree. I‘ve read it twice. 6mo
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Enjoyed ‘The London Seance Society‘ so I went ahead and read this one too, I did the audio edition.
I liked this one a bit more than I did LSS. Strong women, friendship, strong women. If you been around her long enough you know I love a strong female character/bad ass female. Those book had several.
4⭐️ highly recommend.

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This was good. I like the writing and enjoyed the story.
The height of spiritualism in Victorian England, murder, love … what more does one need lol
3.5 ⭐️ would recommend.

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Started this one today after getting bored and annoyed with my current podcast listen.

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Physical up next
Had this on my shelf for a bit.

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Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell | Kevin Hearne, Delilah S Dawson
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Most of these were good.
Tagged was funny and fun. Will read more in the series.
1 was ok
2 interesting worth reading
3 loved it! Disliked the Netflix series.
4 ok. Part of a series, helps the story along.
5 I‘m done with this series. 👎🏼
6 this was interesting. Worth it.
7 LOVED this. Need book 2 now lol
8 Larson is good.
9 another in the series. Not bad.

Feel like I read more but can‘t remember lol 😆