The Book Lover's Almanac

AnneCecilie

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

For any Austen fan

AnnCrystal Wow! 📚💝. 4d

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AnneCecilie

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

From yesterday‘s reading.

Apparently bookstores have been under threat before, and they‘re still here

Suet624 Ummm… what is this book? Is it a series of events or is there a narrative? It looks fascinating from your photo. 3w

AnneCecilie @Suet624 It‘s book that mentions literary things that happened every day of the year. It might be diary notes, things authors did, things that happens in books. At the beginning of each month it has all the authors born and works published and at the end authors how died. It‘s probably a little English and English speaking focused (edited) 3w

Suet624 That‘s so cool! 3w

AnneCecilie @Suet624 I know. So I read the date every day, or try to, and sometimes it‘s just a few lines and others it‘s maybe a page 3w

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AnneCecilie

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

Who knew?

AnnCrystal 🆒👹📚🕵️‍♂️💝. (edited) 2mo

Ruthiella Wow! 😮 2mo

MemoirsForMe Cool! 2mo

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AnneCecilie

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

I haven‘t even heard of any of these books

Any recommendations?

TrishB Plainsong off this list. 2mo

Soubhiville I love Kent Haruf. 2mo

BkClubCare I‘ve only read John Adams but Haruf‘s Plainsong has been on my tbr forever. 2mo

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BkClubCare And yes, you can‘t go wrong with any McCullough bio (edited) 2mo

Tamra Plainsong and John Adams are both excellent! 2mo

quietlycuriouskate I loved Plainsong! 2mo

Suet624 Plainsong 2mo

dabbe Absolutely loved McCullough's JOHN ADAMS and pretty much anything
by him. 2mo

Prairiegirl_reading Kent Haruf is really good if you like a quiet, character driven novel. 2mo

kspenmoll Plainsong. John Adams is hood but FAT& I think it was made into a Mini series? 2mo

Blueberry I agree with @Prairiegirl_reading 2mo

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AnneCecilie

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

Today‘s entry - the first mass paperback books are published

Freespirit Wow I love Penguin books😊 3mo

AnnCrystal 🆒📚💝. 3mo

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AnneCecilie

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

Still important today

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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

7mo

AnneCecilie I must confess that I‘ve never read any E. B. White and I hadn‘t even heard of him before Litsy. 7mo

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) 7mo

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

Elements of Style

7mo

kspenmoll https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style 7mo

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!) 7mo

kspenmoll @Lcsmcat 😂😂😂😂😂 7mo

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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! 7mo

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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 😏 10mo

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 10mo

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! 10mo

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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. 10mo

Bookwomble @AnneCecilie Perhaps it's weird, but I do like the TV adaptations, and that was a good one 😊 10mo

CaramelLunacy Clearly not! This always puts me in mind of the Dude-watching with the Brontes comic.. 10mo

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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. 10mo

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. 10mo

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. 😀 10mo

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. 10mo

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. 10mo

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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! 😍 2y

TrishB Lovely ❤️ 2y

readingjedi I have this one for this year too - enjoy! 2y

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Itchyfeetreader This looks delightful. What a lovely thing to be able to dip in and out of 2y

merelybookish Ooh scandals! 😉 2y

MaureenMc This sounds amazing. 🤩 2y

Aimeesue Oooooh! That‘s . . . Very enticing 😁 2y

Kimberlone So clever! 2y

BarbaraBB Sounds amazing! 2y

batsy Ooh! 🤩 Do share if the scandals are juicy 😂 2y

youneverarrived Great idea! 2y

jlhammar Oooh, sounds fantastic! 2y

tpixie Sounds intriguing 🤔 2y

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