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Simon's Cat | Simon Tofield
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Ruthiella 🌎🌱🌎🌱🌎 3d
dabbe 🤩🤣😍 2d
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So *raspberries* 😝 to my certain family members who say audiobooks do not count as reading. Penguin says it‘s so.

TheBookHippie I don‘t think it is either 😂🙃. I shall join them and receive your raspberries 😂😂😂 3d
ChaoticMissAdventures I like to link these people to the 2016 by Beth A. Rogowsky "Does Modality Matter? The Effects of Reading, Listening, and Dual Modality on Comprehension" that shows there is no significant difference in our brains between physically reading or listening to books. Also I think it is super important to point out the abelism that comes from this idea that audiobooks are not reading. We all are processing the same information.
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Ruthiella I think there‘s a difference between reading and listening, but both are equally valid ways of comprehending or experiencing a book. To @ChaoticMissAdventures point above, I often can‘t remember if I read or listened to a book unless the narrator was particularly exceptional. 3d
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lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you for pointing out the ableism. I think that is incredibly important to keep in mind. 💓 3d
GingerAntics GIVE ME NAMES!!! I will take these people out!!! 3d
shortsarahrose @ChaoticMissAdventures totally agree that the idea that audiobooks aren‘t reading is ableist. It‘s also just elitist, especially in casual settings. Like does it really make you a better person to have physically held a book? 🙄 Though if you want my pretentious argument as someone with an Art History degree, the word “reading” is often used as a shorthand for deep engagement with a work/text regardless of media, so you can “read” art, music, film 2d
Reggie My friend has found she can go through more books on audiobook but still feels like she‘s cheating and not reading. lol what is the reader equivalent to body dysmorphia? Would it just be book dysmorphia?lol 1d
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I‘ve started this audiobook tonight, my third book for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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The Rose Code | Kate Quinn
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I‘ve started my third Kate Quinn book tonight for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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I don‘t think I‘m keen on trying this Rwandan specialty

#Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

ravenlee Thank you, no. 4d
IriDas Believe it or not, it‘s pretty tasty. 3d
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I love how Cushla is reading out loud the misspellings on the menu!

#Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Readerann You can‘t help rooting for Cushla! 4d
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Ebook on sale. Will work for November‘s #foodandlit country #Samoa @Catsandbooks

Butterfinger Bought. Thanks for sharing. 5d
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Happy Easter Day! | Wendy Watson
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Ruthiella Happy Easter! 🐣 5d
kspenmoll Happy Easter! 🐇 💛 5d
Bookwormjillk Happy Easter 🐣 5d
AnnCrystal Happy Easter 🐤🐥💝. 5d
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kspenmoll 😂 we all have cracks! Let them show little egg! 6d
dabbe 🤣😍🤣 I've earned every crack everywhere on my body! 6d
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Great quotes. First, I love that the main character Angel, the cake maker, is going through the “change.” The doctor asked Angel if she‘s flashing! Poor Angel she‘s flashing all the time. I feel for her!

And second, don‘t you just love the name Dr Rejoice?

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

kspenmoll Yes to Dr. Rejoice! 6d
Catsandbooks 🇷🇼❤️ 6d
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Doing a little crafting while listening to this book

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

dabbe 🤩😍🤩 6d
Leftcoastzen Very nice ! 6d
tpixie Great 🪴 6d
Catsandbooks So cute! 6d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝💝💝. 6d
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Gissy 😂 6d
dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 6d
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Ebook on sale today. I loved this book

Prairiegirl_reading I‘m just loving Japanese cozies this year!! 6d
Texreader @Prairiegirl_reading This one is sad though. But it was my top pick or one of my top picks the year I read it. It is so so good. 6d
Prairiegirl_reading @Texreader ❤️ I‘m good with that kind of emotion though. 6d
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Rome turns 2778 years old on April 21. Not part of Italy‘s Jubilee celebrations but definitely part of #foodandlit‘s all year celebration of all things Italian. #Jubilee. Throw a Roman birthday party this Monday!

More info here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIcFUz5MA9b/?igsh=ZzFvM2d0MTV2dGk5

Ruthiella Wow! It doesn‘t look a day older than one millennium! 😉 6d
Catsandbooks 🇮🇹❤️ 6d
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First page. A lot of the first paragraph is relevant although I‘m fortunate not to have had PCOS.

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I lost 10 pounds the last two weeks!! I‘m hoping the loss wasn‘t because of the stress I was under. But I‘ve been tweaking my diet a lot, so maybe?

This book was referred to me by my gynecologist. So I‘ve started reading it today. If you spend the extra $ to buy the spiral bound you get the hard-bound book with holes punched in it. Ugh. But it does lay flat.

LiseWorks Congratulations, it took me 6 months to lose 15 lbs. Your doing so good. 6d
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#5joysFriday

1) I spent last weekend with my crafty friends
Work was really rough this week so I‘m going with the joys coming up!
2) Easter weekend
3) My new paralegal starts next Wednesday and we are getting her office set up—I think she‘ll be a great addition to my team
4) Flying to AZ to pick up son from university for the summer (hopefully I can come see @dabbe on one of these trips)
5) Daughter is graduating university a month from now

TheBookHippie ♥️🎉♥️ also it‘s been a loooong week. 7d
GingerAntics I can‘t believe she‘s about to graduate! 7d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 7d
dabbe I would love to meet up with you! 😍 6d
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Happy Piñata Day!!

mcctrish I want one 7d
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I‘m going to give this book a try as my next #authoramonth book. @Soubhiville

Soubhiville I really liked it. 6d
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Obviously this is a hard book to read. I‘m just not in the right head space right now to read it. So I‘m going to mark it unread rather than bailed (it doesn‘t deserve a bad rating because I‘m not up to reading it now). I need something a lot lighter. So I‘ll find another book that might work better for me now. #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

IriDas Understandable. 7d
kspenmoll I get it. I am avoiding my Rowanda choice at the moment as well - maybe next week?! 7d
ChaoticMissAdventures I feel a big shift in my reading happening. I cannot handle anything genocidal or dystopian right now. It is just too much. 7d
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GingerAntics It does sound like a great book, but it‘s definitely requires the right head space. 7d
dabbe That's why I've been reading a lot of detective stories lately. 💙🩵💙 7d
Catsandbooks Absolutely understandable. Gotta take care of your mental health! 6d
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas
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I read 27 of them. Not bad I think. Definitely some favorites in there and one I despised and bailed on. My favorites were The Count of Monte Cristo, Lonesome Dove, and Rebecca. I hated The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I want to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. #tlt #threelistThursday @dabbe

Want to play? @Julsmarshall @Bookwormjillk

See link in the original post from @dabbe

Julsmarshall Ooh, fun! 1w
Bookwormjillk Thanks for the tag! 1w
dabbe Taking your advice, no Oscar Wao! One less on the TBR! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w
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I‘ve read a lot about this genocidal massacre but I didn‘t know that there were warnings ahead of time. I‘ve barely started this book and it‘s already overwhelming

And to finish the quote above, the Hutus who sympathized with the Tutsis were among the first murdered

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

DGRachel I tried to read it years ago and just couldn‘t. I had to put it down. I keep thinking I want to try again, but I don‘t know if I can. 1w
Catsandbooks 💔🇷🇼 6d
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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5+ stars! Seven authors each write in sequence from the viewpoints of different people about Rome‘s occupation of Britain, and the attempt of a queen of one of the tribes to force them out. Queen Boudica did exist; her story was told by the Roman historians. But this book follows other characters (one per author): another queen, a slave (Boudica‘s husband‘s illegitimate daughter), a Roman tribune, a Druid, a son of an important character, ⬇️

Texreader a warrior (Boudica‘s chief military official), and Boudica‘s daughters. The story is seamless despite being written by 7 people, and the threads of the story carry through ingeniously. There are unlikeable characters, but most (more than those listed above) end up being sympathetic. This is true even for some characters one might initially dislike. This is a marvelous book. I borrowed it but will try to find a copy to buy. Highly recommended. ⬇️ 1w
Soubhiville Wow high praise! Glad you loved it. 1w
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Three Weeks in December | Audrey Schulman
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In 1899, Jeremy is in Rwanda overseeing building a railroad when two lions begin killing the workers (like the Ghost and the Darkness if you‘ve seen the movie or heard about the true story). In 2000, Max, a young woman with Aspbergers, is looking for a plant that could be the basis for a new life-saving drug in the mountains of Rwanda. Their stories are told alternately. And how they are intertwined will come as a complete surprise at the end ⬇️

Texreader and in just a few words. I was pretty impressed. Both stories are very good, especially Max‘s story for me. The description of how Aspbergers affected her was so eye-opening, as was her botanical knowledge. There are some lovable (but realistic) gorillas 🦍 but also roving soldiers of a warlord threatening the people and the gorillas. In Jeremy‘s story, the descriptions of the lions‘ actions can be gross, but his story is good. Recommended. ⬇️ 1w
Catsandbooks ❤️🇷🇼 6d
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Tove_Reads I liked the book! 1w
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Tove_Reads Liked it! 1w
Lunakay I'm halfway through and love it so far!🍰 1w
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, adding this and moving it to top 5 of tbr list! 1w
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My next ebook on my tbr forever. #foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

GingerAntics Well, that‘s a cheery title. I feel heartbreak coming on. 1w
Texreader @GingerAntics Yea, not sure this is a good time to read this one. 😕 1w
GingerAntics @Texreader that is fair. I‘m trying to balance my ability to mentally and emotionally handle timely titles and more relaxed titles. There is definitely a need to approach some topics/titles carefully. 1w
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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This book is astounding, written by 7–SEVEN-authors, about Queen Boudica‘s rebellion against Rome in Britain. Review to come. But in the Author‘s Notes, I thought it amazing that one of the authors gives so much credit to our #authoramonth Kate Quinn! I‘m so glad I read this book; it‘s a keeper (which means I‘ll have to buy a copy). I wouldn‘t have read it but for #authoramonth but I also needed it for #letterY for #litsyatoz. It‘s extraordinary.

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Ebook is on sale right now for $1.99

https://rb.gy/ylwf61

#foodandlit #Italy #Jubilee

kspenmoll Thanks! 1w
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Doctor Who | Paul Booth
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Fun #foodandlit fact:

“Mizero Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan-born Scottish actor who plays the 15th Doctor in the British sci-fi series Doctor Who.” Courtesy of Wikipedia

Watch an episode for #Rwanda!

5feet.of.fury Love the new Doctor 1w
KathyWheeler He brings such joy to his role as the Doctor that I can‘t help but love him. 1w
Lunakay He's an amazing Doctor! 1w
Catsandbooks ❤️🇷🇼 1w
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The Storyteller | Mario Vargas Llosa
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A sad passing.

ChaoticMissAdventures Legend. I have not read any of his books, if you have a recommendation 2w
Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘ve only read one, but it was good (edited) 2w
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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Getting kitty biscuits while listening to the tagged book, which is fantastic. #authoramonth @Soubhiville #litsyatoz #LetterY

Librarybelle 🥰 2w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2w
ElizaMarie 🐈‍⬛♥️🐈‍⬛♥️ 2w
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TheSpineView Awwww... 2w
dabbe Kitty biscuits are important! 🖤🐾🖤 2w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w
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I really like the last one. Good enough is perfect.

Sparklemn I love this! Thanks for sharing. 2w
Deblovestoread I love “resetting”. I reset a few kitchen cupboards yesterday. 😀 2w
AmyG This is great. 2w
lil1inblue This book is so simple, yet it was a lifesaver when I was dealing with an illness for several years. I cannot recommend it often enough! 2w
GingerAntics I‘m loving “good enough is perfect.” 2w
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All the best laid plans…

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Care tasks are morally neutral. Being good or bad at them has nothing to do with being a good person, parent, man, woman, spouse, friend. Literally nothing. You are not a failure because you can‘t keep up with laundry. Laundry is morally neutral.

TheBookHippie So necessary to learn. 2w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯
Thanks for giving me grace to sit and read rather than thinking as I sit, “I should be doing this ...“
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triplem80 I really appreciated this book...it enabled me to give myself grace, which can be so hard to do! 2w
GingerAntics I‘m seeing a lot of things that for some reason, by some crazy people, have been assigned moral value when they are not moral issues at all. Can we stop that? Who are these people? They are hurting everyone and ruining everything. 2w
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I started this ebook today.

5feet.of.fury This sounds so good 2w
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#5joysFriday

1) Mom and Dad are safe after a brush fire at their home
2) I went to a cute bookstore in a small TX town
3) My book order arrived from NYRB
4) A friend bought a round of ice cream for girlfriends Thursday night
5) I made super cute bee cards on Friday at my crafty retreat

@DebinHawaii

Susanita First one sounds scary! I‘m glad they‘re okay. 2w
Ruthiella Glad your parents are OK! 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me So glad your parents are safe! And oh those cards! Sunflowers 🌻 💛 (edited) 2w
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dabbe Glad your parents are okay! 😅 💙💚🩵 2w
kezzlou85 Glad your parents are safe 2w
AnnCrystal Scary! Glad your parents are alright 🙏💝. (edited) 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
Librarybelle Oh my! Glad your parents are safe! 2w
curiouserandcurioser Glad your parents are safe!! 2w
DaveGreen7777 So happy to hear your parents are safe! 2w
DebinHawaii Great joys! 💛💛💛 I‘m so glad your parents are safe! 1w
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GingerAntics That is so cool!!! 2w
kspenmoll 🩷🩷🩷 2w
Bookwormjillk ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 2w
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Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2w
Tamra 😜 2w
dabbe #poorbigguy 🤣😍🤣 2w
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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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Starting my craft retreat weekend tonight with some girlfriends. One of them is an avid reader like me. She treated us with ice cream or gelato and we shared our current books. It‘s like a crafting and read-your-own book club while ignoring your diets kind of weekend.

ChaoticMissAdventures That sounds amazing 😍 2w
TheLudicReader Sounds like a great weekend to me! 2w
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I‘m in a small Texas town of Pleasanton today and tomorrow working with a client. In this town is a little bookstore!! I had a little extra time today so I checked it out. It‘s a year old and the owners‘ parents were running it for them so they could attend a book conference. Only new books and a decent selection. The best thing were a number of complete sets and a good selection of classics. And it appeared to host a LOT of book-related events.

Ruthiella Love it! 😍 2w
freeatlast1137 How do you find the time to get to a bookstore? Or let‘s say energy? When I am out of town for work, I can only muster work then hotel and back. ❤️ 2w
AnnCrystal 🆒📚💝. 2w
GingerAntics That is so awesome! 2w
MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 2w
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Three Weeks in December | Audrey Schulman
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This ibook s fascinating. The female main character is a scientist in the 2000s with Asperger‘s, so her parts of the story describe how she approaches the world so differently. For example, when she entered a room she only looked at the people‘s feet because faces are too chaotic for her to handle. I find her story so compelling. I‘m not quite into the 1899 part of the story yet but I‘m thinking the male MC may have a mild form of “aspies.” ⬇️

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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I‘m way behind reading this book for #Ireland #foodandlit. But geez when I started this chapter, I decided NOT to try this allegedly Irish meal: “a fish-finger sandwich soggy with melted butter and malt vinegar”

No thanks.

ChaoticMissAdventures 😂😂😂 I hope you are liking the book at least? 2w
Deblovestoread Soggy anything blech! 🤢 2w
Catsandbooks 😬😂 2w
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Kibogo | Scholastique Mukasonga
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I bought these two translations from the nyrb booksale (thanks to @TheBookHippie for letting us know about the sale) for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! 3w
Catsandbooks 💚🇷🇼 2w
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Rwanda: mijn verhaal | Johan Swinnen
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Modeled after the United Nations memorial installed in September 2024. The “Kwibuka Flame of Hope” remembers (“Kwibuka means “to remember” in the Kinyarwanda language”) the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi where one million people were killed due to ethnic tensions. The flame, being a statue, additionally represents the permanence and immortality of the tribute. (by my daughter Ariel)

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

BooksandCoffee4Me Thank you for sharing this. I remember when this happened but we don‘t think about these horrors years later. 3w
AnnCrystal 😢. 3w
Catsandbooks 😭🇷🇼 2w
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TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂 3w
Trashcanman Palabra! 🙌🏽❤️ 3w
julesG Duh!! 😂 3w
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Ruthiella Exactly! 👍 3w
Jari-chan Exactly! 🤣 3w
GingerAntics My guess was “don‘t check it out,” but that keeps things to just the one step. Much easier to remember. 3w
Librarybelle Spot on! 3w
Tamra Bahahaha perfect! 3w
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Three Weeks in December | Audrey Schulman
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An 1899 map of Africa

#Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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If true, this is fascinating!

#Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Bklover Wow, that‘s interesting! 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩👍🏼💝💝💝. 3w
BethM Woah 3w
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Three Weeks in December | Audrey Schulman
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I‘m starting this book for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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