The Book Lover's Almanac

kspenmoll

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

Today‘s fun fact.

Lcsmcat, AnneCecilie

Lcsmcat 😂 He should have worried more about

The Trumpet of the Swan

AnneCecilie I must confess that I‘ve never read any E. B. White and I hadn‘t even heard of him before Litsy. 5d

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat My son‘s elementary class listened while their teacher read aloud

Trumpet of the Swan

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kspenmoll @Lcsmcat Now I must check out those worries! (edited) 4d

kspenmoll @AnneCecilie He also co authored a classic book on writing

Elements of Style

kspenmoll https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style 4d

Lcsmcat Yes, I was aware of his role in Elements. I don‘t think you need worry about Trumpeter. My kids liked it even as they thought it was too weird (and my husband and I speculated on just what drugs White was taking when he wrote it!) 4d

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat 😂😂😂😂😂 4d

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kspenmoll

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

#weeklyforecast
Top row: daily, annual reads
Middle row: #sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #poetry
Last row: school class reads, #lanewinslowmystery #librarybook
Week 3/23-3/29

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle

Librarybelle Lots of good titles! 2w

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AnneCecilie

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

One Brontë was definitely not a fan of Austen

Bookwomble Based on the initial 20 pages of P&P that I was able to force myself through before I threw it down in disgust (by which I mean, carefully closed it and replaced the book gently on the shelf!), I'm in agreement with Charlotte on this one 😏 3mo

AnneCecilie @Bookwomble I‘ve read P&P 3 times, and the same goes for her other novels and am reading S&S for the 4th time now. I‘m a huge fan 3mo

Bookwomble @AnneCecilie This is why there's more than one book - we readers like different things! 😁 I've determined to give P&P another try at some point, as I had picked it up rather casually rather than being in a specific mood to engage with it. I might become a convert yet! 3mo

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AnneCecilie @Bookwomble I‘m know and that‘s the great thing about books, there‘s something for anyone. I read P&P for the first time after watching the BBC series in the mid-90s and I loved the series so was probably inclined to love the book as well. 3mo

Bookwomble @AnneCecilie Perhaps it's weird, but I do like the TV adaptations, and that was a good one 😊 3mo

CaramelLunacy Clearly not! This always puts me in mind of the Dude-watching with the Brontes comic.. 3mo

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AnneCecilie

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

Ready to start my two year-long reads

Year of Wonder is a reread/ relisten and I hope to do better than last time where I ended up listen to 20 pieces at a time to catch up.

I‘m looking forward to all the bookish fun facts in The Booklover‘s Almanac

Lcsmcat My husband and I (both musicians) are going to try to do Year of Wonder together this year. I‘ll be interested in sharing thoughts/reactions with you. 3mo

AnneCecilie @Lcsmcat I‘m up for that, just keep in mind that I‘m no musician. I grew up listening to the New Year‘s Concert from Vienna. This book showed up on SavidgeReads YouTube channel a few years ago, so I wanted to give it a go. 3mo

Lcsmcat @AnneCecilie You don‘t have to be classically trained to appreciate good music, and starting the year with the Bach b minor gives me great hopes for this. 😀 3mo

AnneCecilie @Lcsmcat I listened to this 2 yrs ago as well and remember enjoying a lot of these, but off course with 366 pieces there will be som you don‘t like. 3mo

Lcsmcat @AnneCecilie We couldn‘t stop with the Sanctus this morning, so we‘re listening to the whole mass. 😀 We won‘t be able to do that on work days, but today we can indulge. 3mo

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LeahBergen

The Book Lover's Almanac: A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists | Alex Johnson

I‘ve become quite fond of having some sort of almanac on the go throughout the year. Here‘s this year‘s choice!

Tamra That looks like a year of fun! 😍 1y

TrishB Lovely ❤️ 1y

readingjedi I have this one for this year too - enjoy! 1y

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Itchyfeetreader This looks delightful. What a lovely thing to be able to dip in and out of 1y

merelybookish Ooh scandals! 😉 1y

MaureenMc This sounds amazing. 🤩 1y

Aimeesue Oooooh! That‘s . . . Very enticing 😁 1y

Kimberlone So clever! 1y

BarbaraBB Sounds amazing! 1y

batsy Ooh! 🤩 Do share if the scandals are juicy 😂 1y

youneverarrived Great idea! 1y

jlhammar Oooh, sounds fantastic! 1y

tpixie Sounds intriguing 🤔 1y

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