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Hombrecitos | Louisa May Alcott
-Caballero, quiere hacer el favor de decirme si estoy en Plumfield?... -pregunt un muchacho andrajoso, dirigindose al seor que haba abierto la gran puerta de la casa ante la cual se detuvo el mnibus que condujo al nio. -S, amiguito; de parte de quin vienes? -De parte de Laurence. Traigo una carta para la seora. El caballero hablaba afectuosa y alegremente; el muchacho, ms animado, se dispuso a entrar. A travs de la finsima lluvia primaveral que caa sobre el csped y sobre los rboles cuajados de retoos, Nathaniel contempl un edificio amplio y cuadrado, de aspecto hospitalario, con vetusto prtico, anchurosa escalera y grandes ventanas iluminadas. Ni persianas ni cortinas velaban las luces; antes de penetrar en el interior, Nathaniel vio muchas minsculas sombras danzando sobre los muros, oy un zumbido de voces juveniles y pens, tristemente, en que seria difcil que quisieran aceptar, en aquella magnfica casa, a un husped pobre, harapiento y sin hogar como l. -Por lo menos, ver a la seora erijo, haciendo sonar tmidamente la gran cabeza de grifo que serva de llamador.
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Maggie4483
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Mehso-so

Between Ned, Nat, Nan, Dan, Dick, Dolly, Demi, Daisy, it was was really a challenge to keep up with all the characters.

Fortunately, I have practice. On one side of my family we have a Jerrie, Mary, Terry, Sherrie, Shari, and Shelley.

AlaMich I work in a kindergarten classroom and that happens some years with the kids‘ names. And then they get all indignant if you accidentally call them by the wrong name! 😂 4mo
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bree.v08
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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Maggie4483
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Here we go!!!

#Bookspin January 2023

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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rather_be_reading
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Morning coffee

Bookishlie That mug!!! 4y
Gizmo86 That mug is like a bucket! I so need that for my morning caffeine fux 😂😂 4y
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rather_be_reading @Gizmo86 haha!! Yes! Ive never been able to find one this big again 4y
SteffK Love that mug!
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rather_be_reading
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My haul from Nevada.

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Butterfinger
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Little Men
C. S. Lewis
Little Women
Lyle Lovett
Let It Go

#ManicMonday @JoScho

JoScho 🖤🖤🖤 4y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Day 10 of a book from my shelves with random thoughts, and we are still in the Alcott section! I don't know why I haven't read the sequels to Little Women nearly as often as the first book. I think maybe I didn't like them as well when I was young, and the feeling bled over into adulthood?? I just reread Little Women in May, but didn't follow up with these! I think I'm going to try to read them this summer, and see how they fit now that I'm older.

Catherine_Willoughby Lovely covers 4y
TheAromaofBooks @Catherine_Willoughby - Thank you! I couldn't resist them! 😅 4y
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DarcysMom
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Butterfinger
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#PopSugar2019 49/50 Journey... (Choose your own adventure), Little Men (reread of fave)
#ReadHarder2019 21/24 LumberJanes (comic by LGBTQ creator)
#AroundtheWorld 19/52 Homegoing (Ghana), Passion... (Cuba), People... (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Not a good month for reading, but a smooth start to a new school year. Knock on wood.

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AvidReader25
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Pickpick

The book is full of moral lessons for the boys of Plumfield. The rough and prideful character of Dan was my particular favorite. So interesting to see Jo as the mothering figure to all these boys. I didn‘t love it like Little Women, but it was a sweet book.

“For he had learned how easy it is to lose the confidence of others, how very, very hard to win it back. And truth became to him a precious thing since he had suffered from neglecting it.”

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Lauraandherbooks
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I imagine this little guys face as I read this story of these boys!! Sliding down banisters and all!!

BookNAround What a cutie! 5y
Lauraandherbooks @BookNAround thank you 😊 5y
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Lauraandherbooks
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Just got home from the flea market and so excited for this find!! It is old and literally falling apart, there‘s no publishing date 😟 i did so@e searching it might be 1941 , either way I will have to take great care reading this

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twohectobooks
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A reread after I don‘t even know how many years. Little Women is better and I love it more, but this book is responsible for a lot of pre/early-teen fantasies of mine about living in a place like Plumfield. As an adult: the book is almost unbearably sweet in places and there‘s way more God stuff in it than I remembered. However, the warmth of this was exactly what I needed to read before Christmas in times like these.

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I didn't even know this was a thing 🤔 6y
twohectobooks @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego it‘s funny, I‘ve heard some people say that they actually like Little Men BETTER than Little Women, and others, like you, being totally unaware it exists. I wouldn‘t call it essential reading but it‘s a nice continuation of LW. 6y
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MrBook
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Louisa's grave, surrounded by much of her family. 😱

#NewEngland

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Mel261098
Hombrecitos | Louisa May Alcott
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LeahBergen
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#24in48

I‘m home from my evening out and here I go ... hour zero!

TrishB And the bookmark 😍 6y
batsy Love that bookmark! 6y
Melissa_J Good luck!!! 6y
kspenmoll You have the best bookmarks! 6y
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LeahBergen
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I‘ve been enjoying all the different Little Men covers for today‘s prompt so I‘ll chime in with my edition!

#Male
#MayLovesClassics
#LitsyClassics

saresmoore This cover is lovely, but is stressing me out! I think I‘m at the point of kid overload... 7y
LeahBergen @saresmoore Bahaha! I‘ll make you your own special cover. All the children will be gone and only that red book will be left for you on the blissfully quiet and empty stairs. 😆 7y
rubyslippersreads Pretty cover! But are those kids on the landing gambling? 😂 7y
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Daisey I‘ve also enjoyed seeing the different editions today; maybe I should find the copy from my grandma to share as well. 7y
emilyhaldi How cute is that!!💙 7y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I think they‘re shooting craps. 😆 7y
LeahBergen @Daisey Yes, do! (edited) 7y
batsy Cute cover! An abundance of children 😆 7y
DebinHawaii Great cover! 💙 7y
Daisey I went to find my copy and got distracted reading about the publisher. It‘s always annoyed me that there is no date printed in it. Apparently this is because it was a Chicago company that printed a lot of inexpensive unauthorized copies of children‘s books in the early to mid 1900s. 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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Here's the matching Little Men to go with the Little Women I posted yesterday. Nicky had to show off his #male tail in the background. 😹 #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost

Jabberwocky I love little women but I‘ve never read little men because I‘m sort of afraid it will kill the magic of the story if it isn‘t as good as the first one. Is that crazy? Is little men good? 7y
LeahBergen So pretty (and no, Nicky, I don‘t mean your male tail 😂😂). 7y
ladym30 Nice cover! 7y
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rubyslippersreads @Jabberwocky I think I've only read Little Men once, but I've reread Little Women multiple times. I think if I'd loved LM, I would have reread it. Same for Jo's Boys. (edited) 7y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Nicky is pouting now. 😹 7y
Daisey This is a lovely edition! 7y
batsy This is gorgeous! And a shoutout to Nicky's male tail 😹😹 7y
rubyslippersreads @batsy Nicky sends 😽😽😽 7y
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batsy
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Read Little Men just once when I was young that I barely remember it. Haven't read Jo's Boys but that Vintage cover is sweet 🧡

#male #maylovesclassics @Sarah83 @Bambolina_81

Bambolina_81 I love both of those covers! 7y
twohectobooks I read Little Men once as well and was kind of obsessed with the concept for a while. Haven‘t been able to remember if I read Jo‘s Boys. So I bought them both to read this year. 7y
Leftcoastzen Those airmont paperbacks had a distinctive look ,I wonder what the back story is maybe one illustrator? 7y
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emilyhaldi Love both these covers 💙💙💙 7y
batsy @Bambolina_81 @emilyhaldi They're lovely ❤️ 7y
batsy @twohectobooks That's a great idea 😆 I might have to do the same. It's been so long since I read Little Women, too, and I wonder how I'll feel about it now :) 7y
batsy @Leftcoastzen Yes! I remember someone posting the Airmont Jack London covers and they were pretty distinctive. 7y
twohectobooks I read Little Women a couple years ago and I think it holds up although there‘s some iffy stuff in it about religion and wifely duties. It was actually my first time reading the entire book after realizing the book I read a thousand times as a kid was an abridged version! 7y
batsy @twohectobooks Oh woe, the abridged versions! That was me smugly thinking I'd read a bunch of Dickens as a child when it was only the abridged versions in primary school 😳😂 7y
LeahBergen I have both of these but I‘ve never read them (despite having read Little Women numerous times). Hmm... maybe I should do a three-book binge? 😄 7y
batsy @LeahBergen Yes! Definitely a good plan 😊 7y
Centique Oh man this was my favourite. Jo runs an orphanage for boys and they have vege gardens and beehives and climb trees and her niece has a tiny working kitchen - can you tell I was obsessed with this book?!! 😂😂😂 7y
batsy @Centique That's awesome! The fact that you were obsessed with it makes me push it higher up the "revisit soon" list. In fact I should do a reread of LW and follow up with these! 7y
Centique @batsy tell me if you do and I‘ll reread it as well! It‘s been so many years ... 🙃🙂 7y
batsy @Centique I definitely will! And if I go silent about this for a long time, please feel free to prod me 😂😂 7y
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Morr_Books
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Book with a #purple cover. #riotgrams @bookriot

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EvieBee
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I had #bookmail this afternoon! The two Vintage Classics on top of this stack arrived to complete one of this year‘s TBR projects: reading the entire Little Women series! I snagged this Puffin in Bloom edition in a Bookoutlet sale in December. Can‘t hurt to have more than one copy of a favorite classic, right?

#bookhaul

SilversReviews Beautiful photo 7y
Mommamanzi Love love LOVE this photo! 7y
EvieBee @SilversReviews @Mommamanzi Aww! Thank you so much! 😊🤗 7y
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catebutler Each of these editions are gorgeous! 7y
britt_brooke Beautiful photo! 7y
HotMessJess Wow, the Little Women art REALLY pops! It‘s gorgeous! 7y
EvieBee @catebutler @britt_brooke @HotMessJess Oooh, thank you so much! 🤗♥️♥️ 7y
rubyslippersreads I ❤️ having more than one copy of a favorite classic. 😊 7y
EvieBee @rubyslippersreads I do, too!! One for every mood you‘re in! 🤗♥️ 7y
LeahBergen I haven‘t finished the series either. 😬 7y
EvieBee @LeahBergen A good project for the future maybe? 🤓😊 7y
Sarah83 Great idea 💞 7y
DivineDiana I like that project! Never even realized that it was a series. Must investigate! 7y
EvieBee @Sarah83 Thank you! ♥️ 7y
EvieBee @DivineDiana I didn‘t either until last year and thought I should jump on that. Helped that the two copies are so cute of the sequels...and cheap! 🤓 7y
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Redjewel_7734
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Another delightful romp in the world of the Marches‘. While Alcott can get a bit preachy, there is a sweetness & innocence about these stories that feels fresh & loving for all their naïveté. Little Women will always be my favorite of her works but this is a delightful return to that world that I quite enjoy. It makes me wish I could‘ve gone to Plumfield school myself ?

mrsmarch I love Little Men because I love Father Bhaer. I don‘t mind when Alcott preaches at me, in fact it‘s quite soothing. But I have transcendentalist tendencies as well. 7y
mabell My favorite is Eight Cousins ❤️ 7y
Redjewel_7734 @mrsmarch Father Bhaer is wonderful 😍😊 7y
Redjewel_7734 @mabell I‘ve not read that one; I‘ll have to check it out. 7y
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MemoirsForMe
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Gotta give #👍🏻👍🏻 to Louise May Alcott this month after reading Little Women and the first sequel. Dare I say I almost enjoyed Little Men more? ☺️Only because Alcott's writing seemed tighter, the characters were even more enriching plus I loved the continuing saga of the March sisters and their own children.
P.S. Just heard that a new Little Women PBS miniseries as well as full length film is in the works.
#emojinov
@RealLifeReading
@suvata

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Owlizabeth
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Love the covers of these #EastonPress editions I picked up at our estate sale this weekend.

CoffeeBooksRepeat Love the covers too! 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍 7y
DivineDiana Beautiful! 7y
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MemoirsForMe
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After hanging out with you on Litsy and doing the #readalongs, #readathons and #readharder, I now have a serious affinity for the classics. I want to read them all. 😆Found this rack of classic literature at a library book sale yesterday and before I knew it, Atwood, Steinbeck, Alcott and Hammett followed me home.
#lookwhatyoumademedo
#uncannyoctober
@RealLifeReading

Libby1 😍 7y
MemoirsForMe @Libby1 😁👍🏻 7y
readinginthedark ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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aperi
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😇😇😇

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Andrea313
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Pickpick

Reading this as an adult, I now realize that much of Little Men is syrupy tripe. However, I read it to tatters as a kid and it'll always have a place in my heart. #sentimental #FallIntoBooks #louisamayalcott

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Anneblythe
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❤❤❤

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"Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us."
- Little Men, Louisa May Alcott.

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EllieDottie
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Most of my books are not decorative, they are stacked in every open area of my house, but I bought a these from a flee market in high school and have always used them to try and add a little aesthetic appeal! #shelfie #readingwomenmonth

rubyslippersreads Lovely set—❤️ LMA! 7y
tpixie Love these! Love Louisa May Alcott. What a #bookhaul!! I forgot totally about one I read and enjoyed! 7y
Jas16 I would have those on display too! Great find 7y
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britt_brooke So pretty! 7y
LauraBrook Wow, I've never seen this set before - it's gorgeous! 7y
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Born.A.Reader
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#bookhaul from this morning's therapeutic browse through my library's used bookstore. The tagged book and subsequent other green spines books are all by Louisa May Alcott and I couldn't pass up on the set (though I've only heard of Little Men)!
I also picked up my first novel by @ChrisBohjalian that I'm excited to start!

christineandbooks Ooo, The Double Bind is excellent! 8y
Born.A.Reader @christineandbooks Great! It sounded very intriguing! 8y
Mc_cart_ny Second the Double Bind rec! 8y
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Eliza-beta
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I read Little Women a bunch of time growing up -- and never knew there were two other books in the series! Little Men was great.

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LeahBergen
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#FunFridayPhoto (the title of a book I've always wanted to read that starts with the first letter of my name). I don't know how I never managed to read this during my childhood (obsessive) "Little Women stage".

Eliza-beta Ditto! 8y
readinginthedark I didn't like this one quite as much as Little Women, but it's still good! 8y
ValerieAndBooks Of all my old Alcotts, I don't have this one! I can't remember if I ever actually read it. Need to fill that gap! 8y
MrBook Beautiful!!!!! 8y
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Daisey
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I tend to buy mostly paperbacks or ebooks, so I don't have many books with interesting endpapers. These are a couple of books my grandma passed on to me. The top book is a copy of Little Men in which I cannot find a date, but I'm guessing 1930s or 1940s. The bottom one is a 1955 edition of Eight Cousins.

#ReadJanuary #endpapers

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SarahRotenberry
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My goal for this year was 50 books, one set in each of the fifty states. I only made it about halfway through that list because there are Just So Many Books!! 📚📚📚
I'll try to read the second half of the fifty states goal this year but no promises because there's a whole world 🌎 of books out there! Thanks Litsy for making the year a lot more fun 🎊✌🏻

Reviewsbylola Great year! 🎉🎉 8y
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
- Louisa May Alcott, The Little Men #litsyfeature

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LitDrivenGirl
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Loving all the color curations I keep seeing online... aesthetics *sigh*. "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." ~Anne Shirley

#autumn #colors #lmMontgomery #greenman #colorcurations

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Lindy
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Rescued this from my sister-in-law's boxes of book donations. She had cleared out her daughters' childhood bookshelves. This one had originally been a gift to me on my 7th birthday. I'll keep it for a little while, just for the memories.

Titania I still have yet to read Little Women, but I adored Little Men. 8y
Lindy @Titania It will be there waiting for you when you're ready for it. 😊 8y
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