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PROMPT: FAIRIES

Can Olivia have some connection to Elsie and Frances who lived 100 years ago?

Is the connection somewhere in the pages of the rare books in the bookshop, SOMETHING OLD, that Olivia's grandfather left her? 

Is it in the story she finds that leads her to believe in herself like Elsie and Frances believed in FAIRIES?

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PROMPT: FAIRIES

Can Olivia have some connection to Elsie and Frances who lived 100 years ago?

Is the connection somewhere in the pages of the rare books in the bookshop, SOMETHING OLD, that Olivia's grandfather left her? 

Is it in the story she finds that leads her to believe in herself like Elsie and Frances believed in FAIRIES?

http://tinyurl.com/3pe3z82v

Another slow pace reading, character driven story. Set part in London and part in Ireland. Two time lines. Olivia inherited her grandfather‘s bookshop and there is a photo of two girls and a manuscript that connect these girls with her grandmother who has now Alzheimer. These girls claimed that they saw fairies. Olivia will search the truth behind the photos. Also about family relations/secrets, second chances and what is home for Olivia⬇️

#LMPBC Round 11 - #GroupS
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@suvata has mailed a book to @HOTPock3tt

• Read in May 2021 for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club #LMPBC Round 11 - #GroupS

I absolutely adored this book. For 9 hours I was 9-years-old again believing in fairies, sprites, leprechauns, and wee beings of every sort. It took me through a magical sphere and gently brought me back to reality … almost. 🧚🏻‍♀️

#LMPBC Round 11 - #GroupS
@suvata @HOTPock3tt @sprainedbrain @Bits

I received The Cottingley Secret yesterday … along with some super awesome treats. Thank you. I am hiding the chocolate from my husband. LOL

I loved my #LMPBC book this time. 🥳

Dual timelines, hist-fic, a modern-day heroine that doesn‘t suck, and famous fairies.🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️ What‘s not to love? My first book by this author, but I really like her style so I think I will check out some more.

The book is on the way to you, Amy!

Thank you to eggs.

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Today‘s Prompt: SEEING IS BELIEVING

THE COTTINGLEY SECRET took a few pages for me to connect, but once I got hooked and also realized that this fairy story was famous, I couldn't stop reading.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/rz46k3w

Catching up on reviews!

The Cottingley Secret: historical fiction with modern story, 1917 girls photograph fairies🧚‍♀️(google the pics - very interesting)

Precious Thing: thriller, missing girl, unreliable narrator📰

Behold the Dreamers: contemporary literary fiction, immigrants...we get the job done 🗽

You Are Not Alone: thriller, woman witnesses suicide and gets pulled into deceased‘s circle of creepy friends 🚇

Books 72, 75, 76, 77 3⭐️

A charming account of the Cottingley fairy sensation of the 1920s with a parallel story of Olivia's choice to leave her unsatisfying life behind for new adventures. A bit fluffy for me but a nice escape read. See comments for the accompanying book, which should absolutely not be missed!

I‘ve been in a bit of a reading slump since finishing school, so I‘m trying to focus on light fiction for a bit in hopes of breaking that. This certainly fit the bill! I‘m not a huge fan of the back-and-forth-in-time trope that seems to be so prevalent in modern fiction, but it worked well here.

Thank you to eggs.

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Today‘s Prompt: MAGICAL SETTING

Who doesn't love a book that has a bookshop in it?

Hazel Gaynor's books are always magical whether there is magic in them or not.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/rz46k3w

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was an absolutely charming story that reawakened my interest in fairy stories! Great storytelling and compelling characters

Thank you so much Adina @IndoorDame I love the coloring books 💚💙💜 This was a great round!
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@suvata @umbrellagirl @MaleficentBookDragon

Just finished the last #lmpbc book for round 5 group k. Great pick, Ashley, I loved this! Filled with magic and innocence, fun, and thought provoking. I vaguely remember seeing a movie about these fairies when I was little, but I wasn't interested in the historic aspects back then. And so cool to read alongside ALL of your thoughts this time :-) loved getting to know you all better this way!

Thank you to @MaleficentBookDragon !!! I just opened your box with the last #lmpbc title for this group k round (I had actually just signed up for group m of next round minutes before finding your box) and the extra books I‘ve been wanting to read plus poetry!!! You always know just what to send! You‘re the best! And I‘ll miss these sweet packages from you each month.

Insomnia means starting a new book!
I hope my fellow #LMPBC #GroupK members don't mind too much that I am getting to this book so late. I will try and read it as fast as I can and then pass it along.
@umbrellagirl @IndoorDame @BookwormAHN

I am using the tagged book for this prompt for my #popsugarchallenge

BTW: I do believe in Fairies.

Very good. Enjoyed this story as it shows a different side to a well known story as the main character is connected through her Grandmother to the sisters who were pictured with The Cottingley Fairies in 1917. Using original sources as research for this book as she interviewed Francis's daughter, it shows as it is written well.

#HarperCollinsPublishers

It would be so good if this actually happened. 😍📚📖

#Bookmail! #lmpbc #groupk
Thank you @umbrellagirl
For the extras. I don't have this Christie so thank you! And I am addicted to bookmarks.
@IndoorDame @BookwormAHN
I will send the one I have out either tomorrow or Friday.

Back at home and finally starting my #lmpbc #groupk selection for April!

I really enjoyed this book. I don't want to say too much and spoil things for my #lmpbc group. Saturday I mailed it out to @umbrellagirl 🧚🏼‍♀️
@IndoorDame @MaleficentBookDragon @suvata
Also @Julie548 I mailed your book back to you for #crossgenre sorry it took so long.

Mrs. Hogan is quite wise. I'm loving this book so far 💖
#lmpbc @IndoorDame @umbrellagirl @MaleficentBookDragon

#fairytales
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Thank you @Beatlefan129 for sending me The Cottingley Secret for #justabookswap I look forward to reading it 🧚🏼‍♀️
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August was a good reading month for me! Read 12 books and lots of 5🌟 books. Not going to pick my favourite book of the month because there are a few! 😂

Goodreads reading challenge: 85/100

#Aug2018stats #Aug2018readingstats #booksreadAug2018 #2018readingchallenge

This book made me cry! I enjoyed this enchanting read immensely:

✔ A brilliant fictional approach to the true story of The Cottingley Fairies
✔ Blend of fact & fiction
✔ Dual timeline - 1917-1920 & present day
✔ Mesmerizing storytelling and atmospheric writing
✔ Quotable book - lots of great quotes!

Rating: 5🌟

For full review please visit
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2484550997

So true!

#qotd #truethat

Can I safely say that we all feel the same about books? 💕😁

#ereader #kobo #qotd

I finally finished the last book of the #LMPBC from last round. It's a fictionalized take on the true story of the Cottingley fairies, which I had read about many years ago. I enjoyed this account, though I found myself more interested in the present day story than that of the past. Still, it's a nice, magical story. I would give it 3.5⭐

@Laughterhp When you get a chance, email me your new address and I'll send the book home.
@LauraJ @hes7

This is a magical story of fairies and family secrets, and I really enjoyed it.

@Ingerella Sorry I‘m a day late—it took me a little longer than anticipated to finish this book—but it‘ll be on the way to you this afternoon.

#LMPBC

Your next #lmpbc read is on the way @hes7
Expect it Monday or possibly Sunday if your post office does packages like ours does.
And because I forgot to take a picture, here‘s Cecil being annoyed that I‘m watching him knead.
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The cover was absolutely STUNNING, and was what really drew me in - because I had never heard of this book before
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Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to love and adore this, I felt like everything was obvious, and that the plot was revealed too early. I solved the mystery because it was so heavily alluded to and foreshadowed, and it very quickly became chick lit.

Eating taffy for dinner and finishing up this book from @Laughterhp for #lmpbc

This book made me yearn for my childhood days spent by the creek and in the woods, looking for fairies and other fantastical creatures my adult mind shuts out.

Historical fiction based off of Conan Doyle‘s article about fairies. Slow-moving plot with not a lot of what we want to see—fairies and Conan Doyle. Still, this cover is delightful and I really wanted to protect the main girl.

After hours of catching up on laundry, I finally found some time to sit down with this absolute gem! I have been trying to read it since January, but woe is me, the a graduate student who has no free time. Happy Friday, everyone! #Fridayreads

Finished my pick for #LMPBC round 2. I really enjoyed it! It was magical. Not just a story about fairies 🧚‍♂️ but a story about finding yourself and being happy with who you are and what you have.

I won‘t say too much more, so the group can form their own opinions of the book.

Also using this for #LRC - new to you author

@hes7 @LauraJ @Ingerella

We are pretending it‘s a summer day and having a fire in the afternoon 🔥- it‘s really 45 degrees F (feels like 39F). Reading my #LMPBC round 2 pick.

Hey everyone! Did we want to start a discussion about the book picks for this round? I apologize if ones already been started, but I haven‘t seen one!

@hes7 @Ingerella @LauraJ

I didn‘t stalk your TBRs, so not sure if you‘ve read or been interested in the options for my pick. Option 1 - tagged book. See other 2 options in the comments. 😊

I pushed through and it was... fine. Maybe it's just me but I was kinda bored.

I'm nearly halfway into this and I still can't tell if I like it. The problem is that I like the part set in the present but I'm bored by the story from the past- no matter how relevant the past story is to the present one. Has anyone else read this? Should I push through?

Oh, friends. This was so sweet. I finished reading it as big, romantic snowflakes started falling outside my bedroom window. I loved how the two stories worked in tandem. I had chills by the end. It is soft, sweet, nostalgic, and relatable with a perfect balance of wonder and reality.

My cough is wild and raging still. I‘ve been slowly reading The Cottingley Secret and really loving the experience. It‘s like I‘m tasting each and every word. Being sick is forcing me to slow down. I also decided to eat some chocolate even though my throat hurts and it‘s the middle of the night. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thoroughly enjoyed this - not a classically happy ending, but an altogether positive one, in spite of the mountain of unanswered questions. Some secrets die with the souls that lived them, and that may be for the best.

In the midst of war, two young girls find mystery and magic that will come to shake the world. This book made me cry in several places. It also gave me a greater understanding of why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed the photos, for I've always struggled to reconcile how the man who introduced us to Sherlock Holmes could bounce so far the other direction, from logic to whimsy.

Cute little birthday card I got today. 🌸 Has me thinking of warmer days. Now to get nice and warm under the blankets and continue reading! 🧚🏻‍♀️

So this is 27. 🎂👵🏻😷 Spent my Birthday morning at the doctor, but the good news is that I have an antibiotic rx and should be feeling better in a few days. Now to stay in bed and read. Currently reading The Cottingley Secret - faires and bookshops - what a good combo! 💜

Loved this sweet book. I needed something light and fun and this fit the bill! It‘s a great historical fiction bit of fun!