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Re: LINKS: Some Links

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 07 May 2022 07:42:27 -0000

Great links as always, and yay for Mumsy as I loved the tree article- especially the pictures! And Amy's - how disappointing, but not shocking, I guess. Joining you in thoughts and prayers that Tony doesn't turn out bad!

Re: Just So Much Fake Dating: A Romance Novels Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:44:56 -0000

You certainly made me want to run out and get You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria. And TwoRogues make a Right - who could resist a book with that title? Love it!!!

Re: I do not want to go to avalanche school: A links round-up

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 07:12:53 -0000

Love the flashcards! What fun! Thanks as always for the great links!

Re: Really a lot of thoughts on racism: A links round-up

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:15:39 -0000

Wonderful and informative set of links, as usual. I especially love endless discussions on whether one can separate the artist from the work, since I can never decide, so it's always great to hear more about it!

Re: Review: Lobizona, Romina Garber

rhapsodyinbooks — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:29:11 -0000

This sounds great! I'm so glad to find out about it!

Re: Untitled Links Round-Up Game

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:44:47 -0000

Great round-up as usual! What was most interesting to me about the Vivian Stephens story is that her personal life history seems way more compelling than any romance necessarily is. And the lack of non-fiction fact-checking - eek!

Re: Review: Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall

rhapsodyinbooks — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 06:38:39 -0000

This sounds fantastic! I must look for it! And I totally agree with you about how the designation of "family" should not require continuation of toxic relationships. I wonder how all that blood is sacrosanct stuff got started.

Re: Review: A Black Women’s History of the United States, Daina Ramey Berry and Kali N. Gross

rhapsodyinbooks — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:44:13 -0000

Wow, this sounds fantastic! I knew about the Indigenous history but not this one; thanks so much for featuring it!

Re: Review: Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, Amanda Leduc

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:05:03 -0000

That is so true about how horrible fairytales are! I used to wonder about that when I was little, and yet they still fascinated me. Well, perhaps today they serve as examples of forerunners of kyriarchy to help understand what is going on - cautionary tales, so to speak. The Leduc book sounds wonderful. I'm off to see if I can find it somewhere! Thanks for highlighting all of this!

Re: Review: Realm of Ash, Tasha Suri

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:54:16 -0000

I had no idea another book in the series (sort of) was out! Sounds like perfect escape reading - thanks for the review!

Re: Fiction Is Honestly Kind of a Mixed Bag: A Links Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:05:15 -0000

Loved following the interesting links as usual. Thanks for rounding them up!

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

rhapsodyinbooks — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 07:05:46 -0000

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!

Re: THE MILLIONS BOOK PREVIEW: A Links Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:54 -0000

Great list of links. And ick, the article by Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein!

Re: Haunted Dolls Is Really the Highlight: A Links Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:15:10 -0000

Love the linked-to article critiquing Bret Stephens. I hadn't read it because he irritates me too much, but I concede it's more important to know what people who have big soapboxes are saying.

Re: Book Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

rhapsodyinbooks — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:35:50 -0000

I like both authors so it's odd I haven't read this one! (yet...) Thanks for the great summary!

Re: YA Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:02:15 -0000

I so agree about the all-too-common trope of gazillion-year-old love interest Never Felt Love until he met this one teenage girl, and usually a very bratty one at that. So stupidly unbelievable!

Re: Making Fun of Bret Easton Ellis: A Links Round-Up

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:24:17 -0000

I always love chasing down your links. Thanks for collecting them!

Re: Forgetfulness by Billy Collins

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 05:14:29 -0000

I love this! It's so clever, and so true!

Re: Review: Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss, Rajeev Balasubramanyam

rhapsodyinbooks — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:34:11 -0000

I have this waiting to be read and now I'm happy about it!

Re: Review: Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri

rhapsodyinbooks — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 07:40:53 -0000

I do that too with the having genres that you always say you don’t like, even though you have a not-insignificant number of books on your shelf in those genres. Kind of weird - these self-myths! Anyway, this sounds like I would love it (even though I don't like that genre, ha ha) and I just ordered it!

Re: Giveaway: The Unforgettable Mr. Darcy by Victoria Kincaid

rhapsodyinbooks — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:06:00 -0000

Keira Knightly

Re: Picture Book Giveaway – The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:56:24 -0000

I would love to win this because I love non-fiction picture books, especially with diverse characters and a great message!

Re: Giveaway: The Unforgettable Mr. Darcy by Victoria Kincaid

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:50:59 -0000

Well since I just watched Pride and Prejudice YET AGAIN, I would love to read/hear this one! Well, eek, I don't have audible. But I should, LOLOL

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Re: Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner

rhapsodyinbooks — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 06:48:34 -0000

Great review! Thanks for sharing it! And of course, what Anna said!

Re: Black History Month Review: A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis

rhapsodyinbooks — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 07:37:48 -0000

Nice review, thanks for highlighting this!