#Read4Fun Archive
Upbeat, ignited chat designed to inspire educators to #Read4Fun! 1st & 3rd Sundays at 7:00-7:30 pm EST moderated by @Dr_LMR
Sunday May 1, 2016
7:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to the chat! Please introduce yourself, tell us what book you're reading & where you're from. https://t.co/xp0gtaO7H8
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Woo-Hoo! So glad you're with us tonight Oona!
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Hi everyone! Glad you could join tonight!
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Lena Marie one of the co-mods. Browsing Anderson Cooper memoir & will start either 'The Widow' or 'Most Wanted' soon.
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Connie from NY. Just finished Finding Jake & All The Light You Can Not See Not sure what's next on the horizon??
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Hi Everyone! Kathy from CT here! Reading What she knew and Raymie Nightingale
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Hey all! Paul from CT - 4th grade ELA/SS. Just finished Raymie Nightingale - Starting Lily and Dunkin!
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Hi there! Glad to 'see' you here tonight!
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Also have 'The Nest' ready too! Too many books with too little time!!
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Hi friends. Stacey from NJ.
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In the car I am listening to Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. On my phone: Sarah's Key. On the nightstand: Cherry by Mary Karr.
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Hi Kathy! You've got 2 books going at once?? !
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I just finished listening to Echo..amazing!
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Hello from Kim and Jill in NB Canada. Looking forward to .
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Hi! I'm Lorrie from San Antonio and I'm reading The Glittering Court by .
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Hi there! Nice to 'see you tonight!
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One children's lit and one for me! :)
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Stacey! Great to see you here tonight!
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Hi, everyone! It's my first chat! Currently reading The Last Mile by
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Want to read that one! Glad you could join tonight!
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I've not heard of Lily & Dunkin - genre??
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always happy to join in for some fun!
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Hi Lorrie! Glad you could join tonight!
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I am Janeth from New Jersey. I am new to Twitter and this is only my 2nd chat
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Welcome Kim & Jill! Glad you could join us!
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Just found out Carly Simon has a memoir and the audiobook includes her singing. It's next on my list!
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I love ! Happy to be here!
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Hi - Don from Long Island - reading Gift of Failure and Curcus Mirandus
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Always better after a live chat!!
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Glad you joined us for your 'first' chat experience!
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Hey Oona! Happy to see you here! Love getting book recs from you.
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Hi there! Glad to see you here tonight! What is that book about?
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And my first tab is now open.... Let the fun begin!
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Amy MacCrindle- Illinois; S book- Auggie and Me; Prof- Highly Effective Teacher
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I am BJ Neary from Philadelphia PA reading The Memory of Light by Francsico Stork & listening to Ashfall by Mike Mullin
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Good evening, Susie, library media specialist from Indy. Finishing all books by he's coming to our school May 17!
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Hi, Paula from Maine K-8 Literacy coach reading Six of Crows right now.
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Welcome Janeth! You picked a great chat to start. This is a great community!
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Thank you! This chat is one of my favorite parts of the week.❤️
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Glad you could join us this evening!
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Hello! Laura from Nebraska. English teacher and sponsor of a staff book club school district-wide.
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Awww... thank you Shannon. We love it too!
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That was a great book. Got me hooked on all his others. I thank my team for that book.
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That sounds like one I would like! I will have to check it out!
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My book club is reading Cee Cee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
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I just finished BOOKED. Excited to see all the other titles being enjoyed!
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Q1:If U had the opportunity 2 start a "new conversation" w/a parent or child, what would you talk about? https://t.co/5uljuLds5A
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Welcome Jennifer! is a great community. So glad to have you aboard!
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Glad you could join us tonight!
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It's @ making a positive diff in the world & being a miracle
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Hi , Casey here from UC Berkeley & ! I teach 8th Gr. Humanities & am reading Between the World & Me by
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Glad to see you here tonight!
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I listened to the audiobook this afternoon, narrated by the author. Fantastic!
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You just made me smile out loud Alex!!! So glad you could join us tonight!
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Hi Everyone at ! I didn't know you existed! I finished Raymie Nightengale and Just My Luck this weekend!
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A1 I would take time to talk more about financial security with my kids and more about family mental health with both parents.
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's anecdotal approach makes the concepts approachable... There's depth in his simplicity. Love it https://t.co/EQbb5FCPew
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Currently listening to The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by and reading The Workbook by
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Hi! I'm Madelyn from Pittsburgh, I just finished reading Holler If You Hear Me
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Welcome Don-So glad you could join us tonight!
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I have just started reading 'She Who Laughs, Lasts!
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Terri from N. TX. 6/7 lit and literacy coach for PK-8
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I just finished the y.a. novel Great Falls and am now reading the y.a. novel Heart of a Champion
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Hi Amy - thanks for joining us tonight!
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Great book... love the strategies
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Welcome Amy-so glad to have you with us tonight!
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A1: I'd talked to the parent/child about their interests. Things they like, etc. This way I could point them to the right book.
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Hi BJ - Welcome to the chat and community!
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Just read Circus Mirandus aloud to my class! They loved it
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Love that you do this with staff! Glad to see you here tonight!
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Kelly librarian Amarillo TX just finished Sophomores and Other Oxymorons by now reading Wilde Lake by
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. Rita in Eugene, reading for fun with you today! Finishing The Last Chinese Chef. .
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Susie!!! So good to see you tonight!
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This is on my list! Heard lots of great things!
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Tupac autobiography? PS Gateway grad... Go Stillers! Black and Yellow n'at. https://t.co/jpnd79Es4l
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Hi! I'm Madelyn from Pittsburgh, I just finished reading Holler If You Hear Me
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Finished Joel Grey's memoir today; about 25% thru with Secret Life of the American Musical.
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A1: I want to understand what my Ss' parents are going through in order to better understand & support w/ no judgement..open talk
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A1: I'm not sure if it's "new" but making that phone call and actually talking before it's too late. https://t.co/ENGRJLNDc0
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Q1:If U had the opportunity 2 start a "new conversation" w/a parent or child, what would you talk about? https://t.co/5uljuLds5A
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Welcome Paula! I've never heard of Six of Crows?? Genre?
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. I'll bet that's a good read.
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Mary fr TX. Currently reading Paper Towns & It Happens in the Hallway. First time here! :) https://t.co/BCfknYsCX7
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Welcome to the chat! Please introduce yourself, tell us what book you're reading & where you're from. https://t.co/xp0gtaO7H8
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A1: Not really answering the ?, but a great title that relates to this is The End of Your Life Book Club by
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Hi crew! Marlena here from a rainy Nashville excited to talk reading!⛈Currently, I'm in the middle of... https://t.co/XLZfcFnWIz
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Brian, HS principal from Mass.
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I would like that! Will add to my list!
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So easy to get caught up in being busy! Have to make time to have the convos.
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Part of my summer plan is to read as many books as I can my hands on...can't wait!!
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Love, love, love this book! Now passed on to the second person. .
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How are you liking that one? Have you read other books, how does it compare?
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Hi Brian! Glad you could join tonight!
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A1: The "new" convos should be centered on them getting to the root of meaningful convo. Talk about what really matters.
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A1 This is a tough one! I have been helping my parents find retirement community & we agreed it should have begun a few years ago
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A1: I would ask the parent or child how they define "literacy," to establish from the start that we are always reading our world
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A1 guess I'd want to honestly know what our school can do better?
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. Six of Crows is a wonderful book! Can't wait for the next in the series.
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Welcome Mary! So glad you could join us tonight! is a great chat and community!
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A1 I would like to know how many books my Ss have access to at home
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. My list & must- read stack keep growing!
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Hi there! Glad you could join us tonight! Lots of book titles shared already!
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A1 I'd call my mom and bridge some of our gaps.
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Paul Simon lyric says it all, "If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had; Never mattered we were always okay"
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I've read all of his books (undergrad in psychology) & love how he explains nuisances so clearly.
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Why do I find joy in reading while many only think it's a chore?
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I'm always up for suggestions. I tend to really get into non-fiction.😀
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This is one of my all time favorites! I have shared with so many people! Absolutely LOVE this book!
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A1: I wish I had had my mom help me label many of the photos that now have me wondering....
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Just put it on my TBR list
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I need to stop adding to my pile so I can actually make a dent in the reading! If that's possible!
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A1 I think I would have a convo w my parents in which I would listen more 2 try 2 understand their experiences- They live far
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A1: I would and do talk to my parents about their childhood and romance...how to keep loving life https://t.co/IX8wL6GjTh
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Q1:If U had the opportunity 2 start a "new conversation" w/a parent or child, what would you talk about? https://t.co/5uljuLds5A
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I really need to put a hold on additions until I make room!!
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You won't be disappointed. I have since read many of the books that and his mother shared.
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. A1. Reading about relationships is important. Real time better, of course. Great books offer comfort & understanding.
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People think reading is indulgent. "If you're reading what are you NOT doing?" Fantasy football is indulgent too!
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Rose That Grew from Concrete - greatest collection of poems for ss not interested in poetry. https://t.co/SyUroIs2EO
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Tupac autobiography? PS Gateway grad... Go Stillers! Black and Yellow n'at. https://t.co/jpnd79Es4l
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Hi! I'm Madelyn from Pittsburgh, I just finished reading Holler If You Hear Me
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A1 Oh MY parents ... yes -- I'd tell them they were great parents
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A1 I actually recorded StoryCorp convo w my dad, but it wouldn't upload. Still have it, treasure it.
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A1: Not a conversation yet but I've started a document for my son called Do You Remember When... filled with our family memories
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So moving its hard to put down! One of those you don't want to end!
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May need to move it to the top of my list!
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A1: I want to talk with parents about how their vision for their child's future may not match the child's vision=not always bad
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Agreed. There are so many questions that can and should be asked about family history, geneology, etc.
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That is a list in itself!
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I love your answer Akilah! I want to ask my parents the same questions...
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. A group of kindred spirits, reading for fun & maybe an epiphany or two.
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Reading is not indulgent - it's necessary. Like breathing. Ok, maybe not quite, but still. ;)
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That's me! There's a total with that quote which I hoping to gets soon......
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Yes, so much of our history is gone with my grandparents. It's time to get it all for my boys and me.
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Fun fact: The author was also Jennifer Niven's editor for All the Bright Places.
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I'm trying to convince my mom to write down her memories for me -a chronology of her life-she's not going for it :-(
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A2 my wife re-reading Lean In
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Yes!!! I'm trying to go back with all the old photos we have and label them before I forget!
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A2 Classic Robert Munsch LOVE YOU FOREVER is a fav mother's day book
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A1: obviously a little slow...just realized that this wasn't necessarily @ Ss after I answered...doh!
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Q1:If U had the opportunity 2 start a "new conversation" w/a parent or child, what would you talk about? https://t.co/5uljuLds5A
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Hi there! Glad you could join us tonight!
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. Just finished a new , for . My kids want a memoir!
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Hi ! I'm Akilah, Professional Learning Specialist from VA, I'm reading...forgot to introduce myself! https://t.co/iZxRiH6NW9
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I'm trying to get my mother to work w/ me so I can document her memories - dad too!
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. i always cry. Always & ever.
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Guess I need 2 read this one! https://t.co/J94Qm25VuX
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So moving its hard to put down! One of those you don't want to end!
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That...is....awesome!!! You are going to do it aren't you Rita? https://t.co/KCqoGuKZzj
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. Just finished a new , for . My kids want a memoir!
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That was a great book. I love 's message!
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A2: Olive Kitteridge by ; Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah, Orphan Train by Kristina Baker Kline, Bad Mother by
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Thanks Lena! Glad to be here!
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I emphasize to my Ss that Mother's Day is for all women, not just those who have kids. So happy that I have 18.
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I bet she has great stories to tell! You should write them down!
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A2 I would give the coloring books that are "in" right now bc it is relaxing and fun
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A2 Book choices are so personal. I probably would choose something related to our next adventure, TBD.
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A1: Been putting together our family's story with genealogy research and asking LOTS of questions.
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The Glass Castle by J Walls. Best dysfuncyional mom-daughter story ever. LOVE this book beyond words. https://t.co/Ilx0aKzasp
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A2: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch...gets me every time
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A2: And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou... Read a featured poem or two every year in class and sob😭 https://t.co/aZfbHKecvy
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Connie, just maybe, may do it. What a life & career. Widow-worthy. Loss is loss, isn't it?
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I am not seeing anyone's answers:)
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I was thinking the same thing, and they actually do work with relieving stress!
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A2: Every Mother's DayI give a book that connects to us somehow---this year it's a journal with questions https://t.co/A6Dsdft4Xb
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I love coloring!! It's a therapy exercise-nice to do sitting in the same room w/ someone-don't need words https://t.co/zhghiX6cqd
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A2 I would give the coloring books that are "in" right now bc it is relaxing and fun
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A2 This book 'Character Building, A Guide for Parents and Teachers' will be a nice gift
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Are you following the hashtag?
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A2 I would get Mom any book she asked for. Growing up there was never a shortage of bks in our house. I think I got 1-2 books/wk.
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That was another GREAT story! I loved that one too!
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A2: Depends on interests; my mom loved everything from the cooking murders to humor to David Baldacci, Richard Peck, & dog books
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That's perfect! Bought my mom & nieces coloring books for Christmas--they loved them.
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A2: Best book would be a visual one made up of great memories shared w/mom. Tons of apps to chose from. https://t.co/xIPNcytXeQ
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Nice choice! Always a pause for reflection!
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Yes!!! And sometimes the mother figure in someone's life isn't their biological mother. https://t.co/GrJeMJwBMQ
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I emphasize to my Ss that Mother's Day is for all women, not just those who have kids. So happy that I have 18.
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This is such a nice book! My children gave this book to me as a mother's day gift https://t.co/mMd6IVp288
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A2: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch...gets me every time
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. Mothers & reflections. Go-togethers in tonight's chat.
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Great idea. I have a friend who makes the most wonderful Shutterfly bks as gifts. I need to give it a try.
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What a great idea Marlena!!! I might have to "steal" this one!
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Shutterfly is great. I stopped scrapbooking and just do that. At least 10
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Moms do so much! A visual reminder of her "why" is always a perfect gift!
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I have not read this one yet! Surprised I missed it!
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I make Shutterfly books a lot for gifts. So personal and precious!
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I'm going to have to look this one up!
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Signing off ! It's time to read to my kids! There's no app like your lap!!!
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Thank you! It will spur many conversations!
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Absolutely! It's thoughtful and such a wonderful reminder of a mom's "why"!
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Thank you! Any woman can have a "mother heart" w/ or w/o a biological connection.
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Absolutely! She is such an amazing woman!
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A2 A Homemade Life by . A celebration of food, family, and relationships.
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Guess that means I have another book to add to my stack - LOL!!
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Love it for the cover alone
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LOVE that line "no app like your lap"! Is that an original? https://t.co/8QTNcMDqmG
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Signing off ! It's time to read to my kids! There's no app like your lap!!!
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Can't believe is almost over! My TBR pile is overflowing! Thanks for sharing tonight! 😊
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Dickens' works are still timeless classics about social justice.
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A2: , I agree! Mother's Day is a day for all caretakers & teachers I wd give Emily Dickinson. https://t.co/w0Zc0ngLh9
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I emphasize to my Ss that Mother's Day is for all women, not just those who have kids. So happy that I have 18.
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Love this chat. By modeling reading for our kids & Ss, we show why we read & that's important!
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I need to check that one out! Thanks!
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This is such an amazing group tonight! wonderful sharing! And we're trending the twittererse!
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Have you read Let's Pretend This Never Happened, also by Lancaster. Hilarious as well!
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