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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 🧡🩶🧡)

1. Of course I rely on Matt and my friends, but I have to rely on myself first. If I don't have that, I don't have anything.
2. I see a similarity with #1 in Scarlett O'Hara. At her as-God-is-my-witness-I'll-never-go-hungry-again moment, she showed that self reliance had to come within.

This is a love story about a woman who cannot love. And that‘s the most vexing and endearing thing about it. https://www.facebook.com/1082882538/posts/pfbid02hjjw4qxHqmsLpSfR16Gz3pkprQ6Xq8e...

#SundayFunday with @BookmarkTavern This 1938 printing of Gone with the Wind belonged to my Grandma. In 1946, when my Mama was 6 weeks old, there was a house fire. This book survived but shows some damage. Still, I cherish it.

This is the second book I have finished for #MarvellousMarchReadathon hosted by @Andrew65 I love this book so much!!! Yes it is problematic book because of the time period. I just love the characters so much except for Ashley and Suellen. I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars.

I am hoping to get at least halfway done or finished with this book for #MarvellousMarchReadathon hosted by @Andrew65 and work on my yearly goal cause I am 21 books behind and I would like to lower that number.

(Just learning my way around Litsy as a newbie but figured out how to post a picture and make a comment!)
During the 7 hour power outage at my house today (due to a car hitting a utility pole!), I spent part of that time making progress on my book!

#VolumesandVocals
#LoveYourself (Bieber)
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

After reading the lyrics of this song, I interpreted “Love Yourself“ to be a write-off song to an extremely vain person. Hence my choice. I can even hear good ol' Rhett right now: “Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.“ Irony: Oh, but you do, you really do. 😍

I‘m dedicating this month of #foodandlit to one of my ancestors, my most recent immigrant from #Germany and the most courageous, Henry Bertling, about whom I‘d love to write a book. At 10 in 1845, his family immigrated from Hamburg to Galveston & trekked across Texas to a town near where I live. Within the year he became the family‘s sole survivor, the rest died from a flu epidemic and buried in a mass grave that I found in New Braunfels. ⬇️

Books -> Movie -> Whiskey 😜

Melanie is getting through #childbirth with her usual #grace and the distraction of a good book.

Meanwhile, Scarlett is fervently wishing for the #breakdown of Melanie and Ashley‘s #marriage.

#multitasking #IndelibleMoments

For Wednesday‘s #bookquote, I‘m sharing this book quote from Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. This is my favorite quote from the book and the movie. I read this book in 2017 and I really enjoyed it. I would reread it again. After that, I read the sequel from Alexandra Ripley called Scarlett and I still enjoyed the sequel but it wasn‘t as good as Gone With The Wind was. I watched the film adaptation of Gone With The Wind and I enjoyed it.

#OnThisDay in 1936 Margaret Mitchell first published Gone With the Wind. Mitchell began writing the book when, at age 25, she was stuck at home nursing injuries and needed to stave off boredom. When her husband brought her a typewriter, she began writing the tale of Patsy O'Hara. A publisher requested the name change, Mitchell told a friend: "We could call her ‘Garbage O‘Hara‘ for all I care, I just want to finish this damn thing." #HistoryGetsLIT

Congratulations, Sarah! Super effort on plugging through for several months to complete this chunkster!

#ChunksterChallenge2022
@thearomaofbooks

Oh my gosh, I can't believe I am FINALLY finished with this one, which I started back in April as my #BookSpin pick for that month. This book gave me SO many mixed feelings and made me feel so many things that I have to give it a Pick even though I'll never read it again and I despised Scarlet. I'm not sure I've ever read a book where the heroine was so thoroughly self-absorbed and self-sabotaging. I did have a (very) reluctant admiration for ⬇

I can't express how pleased I am with my personal #BookSpin plan this year! The list on the right is my ongoing list of classics/chunksters that I have been wanting to read, and I've read a chapter a day of each month's book until it's finished, which means I've checked off Ivanhoe, David Copperfield, and Of Mice and Men already this year!! I'm about 1/3 of the way through the tagged book, which was April's pick. I'm excited to see which one is ⬇

1. Yes!! They add spice to a story!
2. The protagonist from one of my favorite books: Scarlett O‘Hara from Gone With the Wind. Also, her sister from another mother, Becky Sharpe from Vanity Fair. And who can leave out my beloved Joe Goldberg from You? 😂❤️❤️
#Two4Tuesday

#BookReport - Finished two ebooks and the 2nd book in the Arc of a Scythe trilogy. I'm better than halfway through the final book and it's SO good. My chapter-a-day books are continuing. I started Gone With the Wind as my #BookSpin this month and wow are those chapters WAY too long! It's not a bad book, but Scarlett is just annoying. North & South is going along - I still don't like literally a single person in that book. Everyone is so whiny ⬇

Love triumphed as he realized that it was enough for a girl to be sweet and gentle and beautiful, without having an education to hamper her charms…

HAHAHAHA…No.

#currentlyreading #bookblurbs

Why, all we have is cotton and slaves and arrogance.

—Rhett Butler, on the South

#currentlyreading #bookblurbs

Let‘s don‘t be too hot headed and let‘s don‘t have any war. Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were all about.

#currentlyreading #bookblurbs

The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about him, and then gradually lead the conversation around to yourself—and keep it there.

#currentlyreading #bookblurbs

Men and women, they were beautiful and wild, all a little violent under their pleasant ways and only a little tamed.

#currentlyreading #bookblurbs

My September #bookspin and #doublespin
Looking forward to a great month!
@TheAromaofBooks

Haven't done one of these in forever!

1. JonBenet. I'll always remember it and have been slightly obsessed ever since

2. I probably use the library more lately. I'm trying to somewhat be good 😅

3. Tagged. I was staying at my grandmother's one summer as a kid and this was the only book (other than Archies) she had. I must have reread it a dozen times that year and it spurred an obsession

#wondrouswednesday @eggs

Tagging my current two pound book! 📖

Hey everyone! I‘m looking for some great #audiobook recommendations and want to know everyone‘s favorites. My two favorite audiobooks are GWTW and Daisy Jones & The Six. I really want to listen to something that will just completely engross me. Happy listening everyone! 🤗

#GWTW
#audiobookrecs
#bookrecs
#recommendations

Under construction but saw Margaret Mitchell's house in Atlanta.
#gonewiththewind

My favourite kissing quote.
#NatlKissDay #JulyJourneys
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I have been reading this book for about two months. I wanted to take my time with it and absorb it. It is one of my favorite books of all time!!!! Although I still find the I still don't like Ashley at all!!!

Why do we keep on living, Do we need a reason? I don't think that's a question we are meant to find an answer. We live because we're born into this world. Some days, we need to take a deep breath, rest up, and face the challenges tomorrow.

Three words to describe this book: tragedy, frustration, and courage. What a journey! and no matter what, Scarlett's journey will continue on beyond the book.

#MayCharacters @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Prompt: Maddening

I found the character of Scarlet to be maddening. So strong and brave, yet so self centered. Grrr...😠

She‘s hard to like, but when things are tough, I try to summon up some of Scarlett‘s grit and courage with this quote.

Thanks for the tag @eggs #ThinkPositiveBePositive

If you haven‘t played yet, consider yourself tagged.

My best friend has been on me to read this for a while, but I've been hesitant because I've heard there is a lot of racism in it. I'm going into this reminding myself that it takes place in a different time, but I'm not going to force myself to read it if it becomes to much.

(1) I love beading! This is a pendant I made that I'm quite proud of.
(2) I'm thankful for my family's health and my lovely colleagues.
#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon
Would you like to play @EadieB @Ast_Arslan @Kathleenkelly @Curiouser_and_curiouser

My final food blogging #BlendsBash2020 dish using the punnily named Book Blend “Tarragon with the Wind”. I love tarragon, I love Béarnaise Sauce (the child sauce of Hollandaise) & I love eggs & potatoes so we have an artery-defying Tarragon with the Wind Blender Béarnaise Sauce Over Poached Eggs on Hashbrown Cakes. It might kill you with the butter but I promise you‘ll regret nothing!?? Recipe with links to these fun book, TV & song blends ⬇️

#skull #QuotsyOct20

I think Scarlett‘s thought about Melanie could also apply to Olivia de Havilland, perhaps the last legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

I received this absolutely gorgeous, almost pristine copy of my absolute favorite book from the wonderful @EadieB — you have made my absolute year! This beauty is from 1937. My husband was going to get one of these for me for Christmas but couldn‘t afford it. I honestly don‘t know what I‘d do without my Litsy family. You people get me! And are some of the nicest people I‘ve ever known. Thank you so much, I am so excited!

#LitsyLove

@SumisBooks Here‘s my copy of Gone With The Wind that you requested to see.

The burning of Atlanta.

#Flames #MagicalMay @Eggs

#BiblioMAYnia #Home

Since many of Scarlett‘s most desperate actions were driven by her desire to keep and protect her home, I can‘t think of a better book for this prompt!

#7days7books Day 4: books that left an indelible impression

Want to share your 7?
@Mishu94 @aroc @Crazeedi @marleed

#7Days7Books Day One

We present here 7 books that will remain in our minds, because they touched us so much, changed us.
This book introduced me to the imperfect, even unlikable, protagonist. Quite a revelation!

Want to share your seven books, @claudiuo ?

#7Days7Books

Books that left a lasting impression on me.

Day 3:
I used to check this book out from the library every summer as a teenager. It reminds me of the sites and smells of summer...the warmth of summer days and nights. I never actually finished reading the book any of those summers until I read it as an adult. Rhett has always been a literary crush of mine. Scarlett infuriates me. How can someone so fierce and strong be so blind?

Well that‘s a day and 15 hours I‘m never getting back.

I began reading this classic pre-quarantine but hadn‘t gotten very far. I have decided to listen to the Libby audio while reading my personal copy. It may take awhile to get through but I am enjoying it thus far.

Finished! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you @Amiable and the #chunksterchallenge2020 for making me finally read this. Loved every page!

I finally finished it. I know it‘s a classic I did love the characters in the book but man some of the side bars about military movements and politics made me want to cry I was so bored. #chunksterchallenge2020