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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻" 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺𝘀 -

Denouement to the novel, several new stories & more developed legends of the trickster rabbit.

https://t.co/SWVi6w1Ofq

#books #bookreviews #watershipdown #fantasy #nostalgia

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𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

����𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙚'𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 - Mysterious letters on philosophy begin to shift the world.

𝙄𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙚𝙡 - Unusual teacher shows how mankind has always been on the "wrong path."

#philosophy

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𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼��𝘀

𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙢- Explorations & mistakes in love & finding of purpose.

𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 - Filipino-American investigates "drug dealer" cousin's death.

#lgbtqia

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��𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: "𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡" 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 -

On my shelf for several years, finally getting around to this interesting memoir, but probably not for its potential exoticism.

#followingthebrush #travelogue #memoir #japan

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𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝙉𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙖- Friendship, love, fantasy, government conspiracies, more!

𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 - Unjustly imprisoned, 16-year-old wonders if he is what the courts claim.

#nationalyoungreadersweek

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𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡- Swashbuckling fantasy-mystery with mice as the heroes

𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣 - Refugee rabbits seek a new home

#nationalyoungreadersweek #redwallseries

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𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝑨𝒕 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔" - 𝑨 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒖 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎

Janaku is a haiku-like form in unrhymed one-word, two-word, then three-word lines.

https://t.co/J7PZkoiM0j

#janakupoem #aging #apathy #loss #politics

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𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝙇𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙤 𝙋𝙤 - Little Red Riding Hood closer to the earlier Chinese version!

𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙠𝙤 & 𝙩𝙝𝙚 1000 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 - Japanese girl uses folk wisdom to cure radiation sickness.

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: "𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 ���𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 -

A WW2 POW in a German camp placed in isolation; from there his mind leads/leaves him. Written after 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, a compelling descent.

#WilliamGolding #freefall

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 -

Some highly-recommended poetry. I have never read her stuff, so this is one of the rare times I get to be totally surprised!

#LayliLongSoldier #whereas #poetry

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𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓" - 𝒂𝒏 𝐚𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎 -

The 𝘢𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦 poem is an older Irish quatrain form which opens and closes on the same word or phrase.

https://t.co/E26kKCXuP0

#reading #books #aging #isolation

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗼 -

Still playing catch-up with all of the indigenous Americas lit, and here's a big one. Have tried to get to it for years--at last!

#lesliemarmonsilko #ceremony #tbr

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

#literature #tbrpile #tbrlist #lesliemarmonsilko #ceremony #laylilongsoldier #whereas #henryjames #whatmaisieknew #freefall #williamgolding #johnelder #followingthebrush #alainrobbegrillet #ghostsinthemirror #paradise #tonimorrison

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𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻," 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟭 𝗧𝗩 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

Expands novel storyline w/ mixed success: predictable, more gore than scare.

https://t.co/ZudtZ7C5t6

#moviereview #horror #thestrainseason1 #vampires #vampiremovie

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𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻," 𝗕𝗸 𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼 & 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 -

Great premise falls to unimaginative retreads of every vampire movie ever.

https://t.co/yL5ieVfOkb
#halloween #horror #vampire

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𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹" 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

Original "locked room" take on zombies and critique on accountability to our words.

https://t.co/j50plDwBaB

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #zombies #zombiemovie #tonyburgess

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𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘀 -

Same theme as film & also different, immersing rdrs in ways the film can't.

https://t.co/co5VjLLzNZ
#horror #books #zombies #language

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𝗥����𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲?" 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆 -

Dense essays persuasively establish limits to understanding and language, an epistemological box called biology.

https://t.co/AJoVpkn4a9

#books #bookreviews #linguistics