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Dear Reader
Dear Reader | Mary O'Connell
9 posts | 12 read | 17 to read
Gilmore Girls meets magical realism in this original, poignant modern-day take on Wuthering Heights, as a high school senior searches for her teacher and meets a boy who may just be Heathcliff come to lifeFor seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School at is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney s AP English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book, Wuthering Heights, leaving behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong. The police are called, and Flannery gives them everything except Miss Sweeney's copy of Wuthering Heights. This she holds onto. And good thing she does, because when she opens it, it has somehow transformed into Miss Sweeney's real-time diary. It seems Miss Sweeney is in New York City and she's in trouble. So Flannery does something very unFlannery-like: she skips school and sets out for Manhattan, with the book as her guide. But as soon as she arrives, she meets a boy named Heath. Heath is British, on a gap year, incredibly smart yet he's never heard of Albert Einstein or Anne Frank. In fact, Flannery can't help thinking that he seems to have stepped from the pages of Bronte's novel. Could it be?With inimitable wit and heart, Mary O'Connell has crafted a love letter to reading, to the books that make us who we are. Dear Reader, charming and heartbreaking, is a novel about finding your people, on the page in the world."
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Chelsea.Poole
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My bff is a total Swiftie (as am I) and she‘s constantly making Taylor-inspired friendship bracelets. “Dear Reader” is a song on her Midnights album and so I have a very fitting dear reader bracelet. I glanced down this morning and caught it peeking out of my sweater as I was reading. I thought Litsy would appreciate it ♥️

AmyG LOVE IT! 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly Is this a Taylor Swift thing? 😂 My friends made me a bunch of beaded bracelets to cheer me up as I fight cancer. 9mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it! 😍 9mo
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Chelsea.Poole @Clare-Dragonfly I‘m so so sorry to hear you‘re going through a battle. Sounds like you have some sweet friends to support you. 🫶Wishing you all the best. It may not be a Taylor Swift thing all the time, but these types of bracelets are blowing up right now thanks to her influence. 9mo
Reggie I know horror isn‘t your thing but there is this podcast called Books in the Freezer podcast and she did an episode where her and this guest did readalikes based on Taylor Swift songs and it tickled me how much they used actual lyrics to come up with horror books. 9mo
Chelsea.Poole @Reggie yeah, no horror for me. But now I‘m intrigued! There‘s also a huge trend in the romance genre (also not for me!) using her lyrics as titles here‘s one 9mo
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hyperashley
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Bailedbailed

I tried so hard to get into this book but it's just not happening. Not a book for me.

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PictureandBook
Dear Reader | Mary O'Connell
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Bailedbailed

Dear Reader is a take on Wuthering Heights. It was just as bad in audio as in print. Could not finish! But I loved Wuthering Heights. Maybe the bar was too high? #bookblogger #bookish #remix #audio #booknerd #audiobook

anhistorianabouttown I found the same for the Jane Austen Project books- SO disappointing 7y
PictureandBook @anhistorianabouttown totally! That book was also super disappointing. Next month I am going to churn through more of the remixes to find the good ones. I did love Longbourn 7y
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quietjenn
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So close to being through with my library stash. I've think this is the one I've had checked out the longest.

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Leigh0906
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Thank you so much @Rachael5248 !!! I ❤️❤️ everything! #bibliophilebookexchange and thanks @collegecatlady for setting this up!

JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Mommamanzi Austenland is one of my all time fav books (and super cute movie). 7y
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Smangela
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I used to love Instagram & then I entered so many loop giveaways in the hopes of winning Disney gift cards that I rarely check it anymore 🙈 Litsy is definitely the social media of choice. I have one in-person friend on here (Shout out to @Callemarie ) and everyone else is a virtual friend - but they're awesome and lovely! Such an accepting and welcoming community ❤️
1. O-H-I-O
2. @Liberty 's podcast!
3. The BFG 😍
4. Nope 😂
#welcomelittens

Jess7 I'm in the Ohio area too! 🎉 7y
Smangela @Jess7 what region I'm in NE Ohio :) I want to do a Litsy meet up sometime! If I had heard about half price books big sale in Columbus before yesterday I would've totally used that! 7y
Jess7 I'm in southern Ohio, but otherwise that would of been a neat idea! 7y
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Smangela @Jess7 I'm determined to make it happen at some point - maybe Columbus would be a good central spot? I'm not originally from Ohio, so I'm not 100% sure haha 7y
Laalaleighh Haha buckeye fan amiright? 7y
Smangela @Laalaleighh yep haha but basically a bandwagon one 😜 my hubby is a fan and we live in Ohio now so I just embrace it haha 7y
Laalaleighh My boyfriend is a huge fan haha. I like the buckeye bites! 7y
Smangela @Laalaleighh yes hahaha I'm all about those 😍😍😍 7y
Laalaleighh His mom takes the recipe and makes it into bars, like fills up a whole 9x13 with the peanut butter part, then tops it with the chocolate and chills it then cuts it into squares. 😍 7y
saguarosally 😇👍🏽 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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merelybookish These all look good! 7y
Amie I've been looking forward to The Alice Network for so long! I can't wait to read it! 7y
DGRachel I'm really interested in hearing what you think of the Jane Eyre book. That caught my eye. 7y
LeahBergen Please tell me to not look up that Jane Eyre book. 😂 7y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Would you listen? 🤣 7y
LeahBergen You seem to know me well. 🤔 7y
Loreen Wow. What a great TBR. 7y
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MollyWetta
Dear Reader | Mary O'Connell
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Pickpick

A book to help you figure out your life and to remind you to go out and live it.

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LibrarianRyan
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Thought it was time to share some #CoverLove for some books releasing soon(ish). Our first selection is Dear Reader witch beings Jane Eyre to life (maybe it's withering heights, can't remember right now). Sounds fun and interesting.

rubyslippersreads This looks great! 7y
LibrarianRyan @rubyslippersreads it does. I hadn't heard of it until I was digging through BN coming soon yesterday at work. It has an infrequent premise. 7y
ErinAyin I just ordered this book from Amazon I can't wait to read it. 7y
LibrarianRyan @ErinAyin yeahhhhhhh🤓 7y
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