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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Speed Level 7 | John Lindsay
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AmandaBlaze
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚🖤💚 5mo
Eggs Brilliant 💚🩶💚 5mo
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Karisimo
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#picnic #summersouls @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This book is so not what the cover implies! Loved it, but not a fan of the open-ended ending!

Karisimo Just noticed the tagged book lists the wrong first name of the author 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5mo
Eggs Great choice 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
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kspenmoll
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#summersouls #day1 #picnic

I read this oh so long ago…

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I love how people still kind of think it‘s a true story or at least based on one. Did you ever read the final chapter that “solves” the mystery? I‘m glad it didn‘t make the final cut tbh, I don‘t think it would have achieved that same level of cultural significance with it. 5mo
kspenmoll @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I never did read that final chapter. I agree with you- this book & its mystery is better left to the imagination of the reader! 5mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @kspenmoll, can‘t say I recommend it. The 1975 Peter Weir movie is pretty good too - I think it‘s been adapted more recently but I haven‘t seen it. 5mo
Eggs Perfection🫶🏻 5mo
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mjtwo
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Mehso-so

8-13 Jan 24 (audio)
My eldest is entering Clyde House, named in honour of the school Lindsay attended which inspired Appleyard College. Hence, I bought her a copy for her birthday which I expect to remain unread. Still, I was interested.
I found the writing too flowery and the narrator almost comical. The ambiguity is interesting - I cannot help but search for answers and others‘ theories. But there are many better books to read.

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Itchyfeetreader
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Panpan

Whilst at times the style was reminiscent of my much loved but objectively terrible school stories I am left, as I am sure many before have been a bit flummoxed by this one. 3 school girls and their teacher disappear at a picnic and then some folks reflect on it but nothing much happens. It‘s not a mystery per say and there is a hint of the otherworldly but zero sense of conclusion. Read for #booked2022

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CourtSmall
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Mehso-so

Book 111/2022. Finished 1/6/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I know this is an Aussie Classic but it is so dry & boring

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jlhammar
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🧺 You are going on a picnic. Where? Who‘s invited? What‘s in your basket? 🧺

Irvine Park in Saint Paul is a hidden treasure. Surrounded by mid-19th century homes, it feels like stepping back in time. My husband and I like to enjoy at least one picnic there each summer. A bottle of wine, some goodies from the Cheese Shop, our books and we are set.

Really enjoyed the tagged Australian classic. Very unsettling!

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

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KristiAhlers
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For the decade 1962-71 for #thebigjubileereadinglist and for the #travelthroughbooks challenge (set in Australia) I selected this story. For me it‘s a bold choice to not have a solid ending. I still found this classic to be an interesting read and I truly thought the characters truly made the story. #springread #classicbook

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RainyDayReading
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Ugh. For as short as this story is, it took me forever to get through it. The writing was flowery at times to the point of boredom and the pacing was slow. The mystery was interesting enough I guess though the ending was unsatisfying. I liked the connections between characters that were inferred, but aside from that I‘m not a fan. Though it would be easy to take parts of the plot and create a really strong story. Hopefully the Hulu show is better.

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!!! 3y
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RainyDayReading
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I twisted my knee a couple days ago and have been told to rest and take it easy (hahahahaha) by my physical therapist so...I‘m using that as an excuse to sit and do nothing but read tonight. Halloween ambience on the tv and starting this one for #scarathlon2021 and the “read the book, watch the movie” prompt for #screamathon #teamslaughter @4thhouseontheleft @Clwojick

alisiakae Nice! I haven‘t heard of this book or movie! 3y
RainyDayReading @4thhouseontheleft It‘s an older title! I think from the 50s or 60s about three boarding school students that disappear in 1900s Australia. There was a movie made about it in the 70s and Hulu did a mini series recently which is how I found out about it! 3y
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canbku
Picnic at Hanging Rock: A Novel | Lady Joan Weigall Lindsay
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Panpan

Major snooze

Soscha I don‘t think the book is supposed to be that great, except maybe you get an answer about what happened to the missing girls. 3y
Soscha I 🧡 the movie though. So hauntingly beautiful, visually & aurally. (Zamfir) 3y
Vansa I love the movie! 3y
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canbku @Soscha but.... 3y
canbku @Soscha you don't 3y
Soscha @canbku Ugh. Not worth the bother then, stick with the movie. 3y
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canbku
Picnic at Hanging Rock: A Novel | Lady Joan Weigall Lindsay
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Trying it this old classic for a bit of genre adventure. Horror, yikes!

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Deblovestoread
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#JulyJourneys #Picnic I think I might have read this book years and years ago. No actual memory just a feeling. Do you ever get that feeling? I am going to find a copy and give it a read see if anything pops.

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm This has happened to me a couple times, but it ends up just being that I read an article about the event, or a very similar book. 3y
ChaoticMissAdventures I have a terrible memory. Which is what keeps me on Goodreads, the amount of times I pick up a new book and then look at GR and find I read it already is embarrassing. 😂. 3y
DivineDiana @ChaoticMissAdventures Agree! Thank goodness for my Goodreads records! 🤣 3y
Eggs I can relate 🧠... great choice 🧺❤️📚 3y
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DivineDiana
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Eggs Brilliant 🤗🧺❤️ 3y
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Lcsmcat
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I finished my #bookspin this morning. If you like unambiguous endings, this may not be for you. But I loved it. The characters are so real that people have searched old newspapers for an account of girls gone missing. The writing is atmospheric while still breaking the fourth wall from time to time. @TheAromaofBooks

Lcsmcat Picture is the real Hanging Rock from a tourist website. https://www.visitmacedonranges.com/see-do/the-great-outdoors/hanging-rock/ 4y
MrsMalaprop I used to visit there on weekends as a child. The last time I was there was to see The Boss in concert in 2013! (I was hypnotized by the book and movie too). (edited) 4y
Lcsmcat @MrsMalaprop I‘d love to visit Australia some day! I used to go to the Hanging Rock in NC as a child and when I was a teenager I caught part of the movie on TV and naively thought it took place there. 😂 4y
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Ruthiella Originally it was published with a more ambiguous ending. Her publishers convinced her to remove her original ending. Personally, I prefer the ambiguous version to her original end, which is a bit “out there”. (edited) 4y
LeahBergen I loved this book! 4y
LeahBergen @Ruthiella Yes, I DEFINITELY prefer the ambiguous ending. 4y
Come-read-with-me This was such a good book! Loved it! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
Lcsmcat @Ruthiella I agree. I read the forward after I finished and learning about the cut chapter made me glad she had such a good editor. 4y
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Lcsmcat
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Started my April #bookspin today. Photo is Hanging Rock, NC - not the location of the book. 😀 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Mountains ❤ 4y
Leftcoastzen Beautiful! 4y
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Blaire
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A group of girls sets off on a picnic for Valentine‘s Day. The events of that afternoon change the course of all the characters lives. Without spoiling there is a sense of the otherworldly that hangs over the book and adds to the tension. A few more loose ends than I‘d like and would have liked a deeper dive into Mrs. Applebaum. I felt most for young Sarah one of the boarders at the school. ⭐️⭐️⭐️#setinaustralia #booked2021

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An atmospheric story of mysteriously missing schoolgirls in the Australian wilderness. What I admired most was depiction of Australia‘s natural environment in contrast to the fine, British inhabitants. #Booked2021 - set in Australia ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cinfhen Great choice 💓For a slim novel this was really solid. 4y
Simona @Cinfhen Thanks 😚 At first I was disappointed by the open end, but later on I released that this is the greatest charm of the story. (edited) 4y
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Runner5ive
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Wanted a non-series book so picked this up, been meaning to read this for so long. WOW. Australians do not write very interesting books at all, we have no decent genre novels, but this little mystery was amazing. The writing was superb, really captured the sense of the bush in a way only Colleen McCulloch has so far impressed me, and this was no boring sheep farm drama. Incredible. Captivating. Beautiful. Australian. Masterpiece. Loved it so much.

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jenreads7
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This book was the flight pick for the #modernmrsdarcy #mmdbookclub for October 2020. It is a peculiar little book. It is about the unraveling of the people and place connected to the disappearance of three girls and their instructor while on a picnic at a nearby landform. Definitely gives you a lot to think about!

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suvata
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• ModernMrsDarcy.com #MMD flight pick for October 2020

“It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three of the girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the shadows of Hanging Rock. They never returned. Whether this if is fact or fiction the reader must decide for themselves.”

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thereflectiveflaneur
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Mehso-so

A good read and an Australian classic but not worthy of study as a work of Literature!

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Brooke_H
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Panpan

If you hear about the central mystery in this novel and think (as I did), "Oooo, that sounds super creepy. I want to know what happens!"... Just don't bother. You won't. There is no solution. Reader beware.

(Quarantine book 44; read a classic)

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TheEllieMo
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Eggs 👏🏻📚👏🏻🤗👏🏻 4y
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Bookzombie
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I did not think I was going to like this one as I fell asleep before page six two nights in a row, but I did. It‘s a strange little novel. Set in 1900, three girls and an instructor disappear from the group while picnicking at a local rock formation. The novel is really about how the disappearances affect those around the area. #Doublespin for May #Booked2020 #BookClubWorthy

TheAromaofBooks I'm impressed you stuck with it - I'm not sure I would have after falling asleep twice! 4y
Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks Part of it was that I was just tired, lol. 4y
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BarbaraBB
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This story about three girls and a governess go missing while at Hanging Rock, Australia, couldn‘t keep my attention. Partly because I was not sure what genre I was reading... horror? Mystery? I couldn‘t stop myself skimming much of the endless details to get to the end. I did laugh about Mrs Appleyard though, quite a character!

(Pic: A hotel room in Switzerland on our way to the Alps. The church bells kept tolling although the night 😳)

Caroline2 Yeah I was underwhelmed by this one too. 🤷‍♀️ 5y
Cathythoughts I still must read this .... mixed reviews 🤔interesting 5y
CarolynM Yeah, not my thing either. 5y
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Crazeedi Love the view!! Are you there now? Enjoy! 5y
MicheleinPhilly This reminds me of the episode of Gilmore Girls when Luke and Lorelei break into the church to break the bells to shut them up. 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Ahh. I see you read the regular edition. I think, here, in Australia - it has the air of an urban legend - and was cleverly marketed when it was published so people sort of do believe that it actually happened. Plus the movie was quite haunting - the girls in their white dress - and the cry of Miranda Miranda... (the extra chapter is not good - it explains the girls disappearance - and the book is much improved by it not having been included) (edited) 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Cathythoughts - I‘d also recommend the movie (1975) - then you get the full effect of the setting - Hanging Rock. 5y
Megabooks Yikes! That would drive me bananas!! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh bummer on the book..I did enjoy it. Have a wonderful vacation. 5y
LeahBergen Too bad! I really enjoyed this one. 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I bailed on this 😬 5y
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WildQuibble
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I didn‘t really mesh with this one. If it hadn‘t been an audiobook I probably would have DNF‘d it, but I liked the narrator. Glad I got it on #borrowbox rather than #audible .

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WildQuibble
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Have acquired #borrowbox mwahahahaaa! And my #varieteas box has arrived. Peaceful afternoon incoming. (Also changed my username to be closer to my youtube channel, since I‘m planning to get my finger out and work on that next year. Formerly PlayingBonny).

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squirrelbrain
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Was it murder, a weird alien vortex or just a #fever that spread round the school?!

#MOvember

Cinfhen Well played!!!!This was a crafty little story 5y
LeeRHarry I‘m sure a number of Melburnians have climbed Hanging Rock shouting “Miranda!” 🙋🏼‍♀️😆 5y
Cathythoughts I really want to read this one 👍🏻❤️ 5y
squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry 🤣🤣🤣 5y
Curiouser_and_curiouser Ooooohhhh, I've only just acquired this novel, looking forward to it! 5y
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Reviewsbylola
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I‘ve got a sick kid today (nothing serious, slight fever from ear infection) and she is very concerned that I‘m writing in my book. 😆 I realized quite quickly that I had to explain that usually it‘s NOT ok to write in books. Especially library or school books. And to always ask mom first if you need to write in a book. She seems accepting of this. 🤞🏻 #darguschfamilymarkupbookclub

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww I hope she feel better 💕💕 5y
Cinfhen Awww! What a sweet thing. Hope she doesn‘t rat you out to G 😜what are your thoughts about Picnic? I feel a little anxious as I think I suggested it for your markup😬 5y
Reviewsbylola Just finished it. Loved it!! @Cinfhen 5y
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Reviewsbylola She claims to feel fine and was begging to go to the mall earlier. 🤦🏼‍♀️😆 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 5y
Cinfhen Oh good!!! And tell Flo, I think a trip to the mall is an excellent idea 😘 5y
kellyann28 I am nervous about my 4 year old doing the same thing while I'm doing my LMPBC! 5y
Reviewsbylola This particular child is known to draw on everything. Herself, furniture, etc. so I was extra worried. I‘m not sure my other child would ever consider NOT drawing on paper. 😆 @kellyann28 5y
emilyhaldi Love that mischievous little one 😛 5y
CarolynM 😂 Adorable! Glad to hear she's feeling better. 5y
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Reviewsbylola
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This is my pick for our next round of #darguschfamilymarkupbookclub and I‘m planning on starting it ASAP. A group of girls goes on a picnic in 1900 and not all of them returned. Did they die? Were they murdered? #howiwoulddie #soaringscores

CrowCAH Hmm sounds mysterious for sure! 5y
Cinfhen I‘m hoping it‘s a hit for you all!!! 🤞🏽🤞🏽 5y
Freespirit An Australian classic and a great movie version also 5y
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Cathythoughts Looking forward to reading this one some day 👍🏻♥️ 5y
Mdargusch Hurry please. 👍🏼 5y
L_auren Did you guys like?? I read it not long ago 5y
Reviewsbylola I‘m on chapter 3. I really like it so far! @L_auren 5y
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Reviewsbylola
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#bookmail for today. 😊

Reviewsbylola @LeahBergen you‘re to blame for the book on the left! #blameitonlitsy 5y
Joanne1 I read picnic at hanging rock as a teenager and was so creeped out by it! 5y
LeahBergen I thoroughly enjoyed all three! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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Cathythoughts I loved Silent Companions & really want to read Picnic 👍🏻♥️ 5y
LeeRHarry I‘ve been for a picnic at Hanging Rock! 😆 5y
Mdargusch Hurry and read Picnic! I‘m anxious to read that one! 5y
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I did not realize this was a play script. Writing was so odd and hard to follow. I DNF

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princesspeanutsmommy
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CindyMyLifeIsLit Love this book!! 5y
CindyMyLifeIsLit Love this book!! 5y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit Love this book!! 5y
RachelAmphlett One of the creepiest experiences I‘ve ever had was climbing Hanging Rock - it‘s so eerie! 5y
Freespirit Loved this growing up.. and the movie. 5y
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Cinfhen
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#RedRoseSeptember Thanks to @EadieB I discovered Gracie Fields (today‘s artist) was born in 1898. Joan Lindsay, author of tagged book was born in 1896; contemporaries 😁 Which might explain why the use of word choice/song choice #TheThingummyBob 😉I‘m guessing it was a popular phrase in 1912 👆🏽
Also a big THANK YOU and shoutout to my September co-host @arlenefinnigan
This month‘s songs highlighting the music of Lancashire was AWESOME 🙌🏻🖤

Cinfhen I know there is still another day left in September but I won‘t be able to post to tomorrow 💕 5y
Cinfhen Hope you‘ll all join in for #SoaringScores beginning Tue, October 1 with my musical Captain @CrowCAH ❣️❣️❣️ 5y
KarenUK I still say that phrase sometimes! 🤦‍♀️ 5y
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Cinfhen I‘ve always said you are an #OldSoul @KarenUK 😘😘 5y
Crazeedi @KarenUK omg, so do I 🙄 5y
Crazeedi Or thingamajig (I say it a lot too) 5y
CrowCAH @Cinfhen aye aye! ⚓️ 5y
arlenefinnigan Good work! 5y
Reviewsbylola Book Depository canceled my order of this book. 😭 That‘s never happened to me before! 5y
Cinfhen That‘s odd @Reviewsbylola do you want my copy now??? It‘s still available 😊 5y
Reviewsbylola I thought so too! No worries, I got a copy from Abe Books! 5y
Cinfhen I‘ve used Abe / I had hit or miss experience with them @Reviewsbylola but their prices are really good 😁Hope it arrives soon 5y
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squirrelbrain
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A disturbing, odd tale about 3 schoolchildren and a teacher who disappear while on a school picnic. There are many dark undertones contrasting with the prim and proper life in a Victorian ‘young ladies‘ school. I don‘t usually like it when storylines are left unresolved but I expected it with this book, so didn‘t mind and I‘ve been thinking about it all day....

Thanks Cathy for this fab book!

Next up from the ‘birthday jar‘ - Station Eleven

Mitch I love Station Eleven! You're in for a treat! 5y
Cathythoughts So glad you liked it ... and Station Eleven next ... you are on a Birthday roll .... ♥️ 5y
Cinfhen I just finished picnic today too!!!!! And I loved 5y
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Cinfhen Did you think the headmistress killed Sara?? What did you think happened to the other girls and their teacher?? 5y
squirrelbrain I definitely think the headmistress killed Sara - I think there‘s some weird back story there about why she ended up in Aus... no idea about what happened to the others... what do you think @cinfhen? 😘 5y
Cinfhen I initially thought the three seniors had some sort of suicide pact but than Irma showed up alive and untouched. And I didn‘t get the whole thing between Mike & Irma. Did Mike have a thing for Albert??? Did Mike see something?? Did Albert play a role??? 5y
Cinfhen And I read the last chapter that was written by the author but not published in the book, where the author has the girls entering a time warp with the math teacher but the vortex sort of expelled Irma which is why she had a concussion and no memory of the events. It‘s also why all the watches stopped working at the picnic. And Edith, the younger girl was so freaked out from the vortex that she raced down the rock. It‘s kind of out there 🤪 5y
BarbaraBB Oow with all those spoilers this book seems great! I hope you will enjoy Station Eleven just as much 💕 5y
Ruthiella Yes! I like how this book lingers...what happened? Will we ever find an answer to suit us?🤔 5y
TrishB Loved Station Eleven 💕 5y
squirrelbrain Exactly the same questions as you @Cinfhen , but with none of the answers! (Although I do think Mike had a thing for Albert) Definitely don‘t like that time warp idea... but it explains some stuff 🤪🤷‍♀️ 5y
pigeonsandcrows The unpublished chapter that gives an ending was available on Amazon when my book club read this last year, although it wasn't exactly satisfying as I recall. 5y
Caroline2 I loved Station Eleven! 💖 (edited) 5y
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Cinfhen
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I quite enjoyed this slim novel. For a book under 200 pages it really contained loads of gorgeous prose and plenty of juicy plot. A truly well crafted gothic mystery that would lead to wonderful book club discussion. Glad I finally read this Australian classic❤️

Cinfhen @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola this book would be great for your family markup book club 💕💕😘 5y
Kimzey I saw the Peter Weir film years ago and it made a lasting impression! I didn‘t even know it was a book. Definitely adding to my stack! 5y
Lizpixie I‘m so happy you read this! I‘ve been pushing this novel on everyone, even had a comment back from Laini Taylor about it on Instagram.*fangirl swoon*🙇🏻‍♀️ 5y
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Cinfhen Joan Lindsay might be the original Queen of Snark!!! This book was so witty and creepy at the same time @Lizpixie I really enjoyed it @Kimzey 5y
Lizpixie @Cinfhen have you seen the Peter Weir film? I highly recommend it, I first saw it when I was 12yrs old. It made a huge impression, the music is just so evocative and lush. 5y
Reviewsbylola Oooh good to know! Gotta get my hands on a copy! 5y
Cinfhen You KNOW I was gonna offer you my copy @Reviewsbylola 😘😘I might even include some notes!!! 5y
Reviewsbylola Haha, no worries! I already bought it off Book Depository. It was only $5!!! Thank you tho! ♥️ 5y
Ruthiella I loved the creepy ambiguity of the one. Did your edition have the “real” ending? 5y
Cinfhen No, it didn‘t @Ruthiella but I googled it. I found it an interesting idea. I liked the ambiguity better🤷🏼‍♀️ (edited) 5y
Ruthiella @Cinfhen I prefer the ambiguous end too! 😀 5y
Cathythoughts Lovely pic. Those flowers are jumping out of the post 💕 5y
JulAnna I have heard this mentioned several times lately, just downloaded it for the Kindle store😊 5y
KarenUK Stacked! 💕 5y
Cinfhen I‘ll include it with OverStory @karenUk 💕💕💕 5y
Cinfhen Hope you enjoy it @JulAnna 😌thanks @Cathythoughts my #FridayFlowers are still looking fresh 💕🌷🌸🌹 5y
KarenUK You are spoiling me! 😍💕 5y
Centique The flowers are 😍🌷🌸 5y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @Centique I find them so joyful 😀 5y
Mdargusch Good to know. I‘ve had it on my shelf for months! 5y
Mdargusch Will this be your choice for this round? @Reviewsbylola 🤞🏼I already started my #dfmbc book. 5y
Suet624 Love the flowers and @Lizpixie I saw the Weir movie when I was 12 too! 5y
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DivineDiana
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Lcsmcat This is the edition I have. 😀 5y
DivineDiana @Lcsmcat 👏🏻 I still have to actually read it! 🤦‍♀️ 5y
Lcsmcat @DivineDiana Me too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I saw part of the movie, decades ago when I was babysitting, and I was totally confused because there is a Hanging Rock State Park near where I grew up in NC, so I thought it was a local story. ☺️ 5y
DivineDiana @Lcsmcat Perfectly understandable! 🙂 5y
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Cinfhen
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This book has been on my TBR too long. Was feeling it & I gotta say, I‘m liking this intro...

CrowCAH Are we still on to co-host a score musical challenge next month? 5y
Cinfhen Yup @CrowCAH Indeed we are 💕 5y
squirrelbrain I‘m going to be reading this one soon, courtesy of the lovely @Cathythoughts 😁❤️ 5y
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LeahBergen I really liked this one (and be forewarned: it‘s weird 😆). 5y
CrowCAH @Cinfhen woohoo yay! I‘m working on the song titles, so soon I‘ll have them in a picture to share with you! 5y
Ruthiella @LeahBergen Ditto! 😀 5y
erzascarletbookgasm I liked this very much. Watch the adaptations after that - old and new 👍 5y
Cinfhen I‘m excited @CrowCAH you can share the list with me first or just post and tag me. My email is cindyh666 at iCloud dot com 5y
Cinfhen I wasn‘t expecting “weird” @LeahBergen @Ruthiella @squirrelbrain @erzascarletbookgasm and I didn‘t know it was turned into a film...twice!!! I never got past that first page last night 🙄hoping to read some today. 5y
CrowCAH @Cinfhen perfect, I‘ll send it your way via email first. 5y
Cinfhen @CrowCAH 😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
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IndoorDame
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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This is one of the first things I considered putting on my fall seasonal reading list, so when I saw this I just had to buy it.

WhatWouldJaneDo I liked this one, it'll be a great atmospheric read for fall! 5y
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squirrelbrain
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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@Cathythoughts - thank you so much for the wonderful books! I‘ve nearly bought the tagged book a few times so Im very much looking forward to that! I put Case Histories on my TBR as it is The Leeds Library‘s book group read for October, so that‘s fabulous! I know lots of Littens love the series too...

And the chocolate looks lovely - I don‘t think we get that in England so I can‘t wait... 😋

Thank you @kaysworld1 for the lovely card!

erzascarletbookgasm Lovely gifts. 👏The tagged book is good 👍 5y
Cathythoughts Your so welcome friend 💫.. happy Birthday 🎉. Case Histories is my Bookclub choice for September too 🤷🏻‍♀️ must be something in the air .... and a Litsy buddy read for the Holliday season too 5y
Cathythoughts Text went .... happy Birthday Helen xxxxx enjoy your day 5y
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MaureenMc Mmm, Butler‘s 😋🍫 5y
youneverarrived That chocolate is so nice 😋 Lovely gifts ♥️ 5y
squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts - i‘m really looking forward to reading it, sounds like another series that we might get hooked into! ❤️ 5y
LeahBergen How nice! And both books are SO good. 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
squirrelbrain That‘s good to know @LeahBergen - I‘m looking forward to both of them! 5y
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TheEllieMo
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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It feels as if this book, and its film adaptions, are so well-known that I was sure I knew the story, but really all I knew about was the first couple of chapters, and I‘m not giving any spoilers in saying that a group of school girls go missing during a school outing the Hanging Rock.

Lindsay‘s writing is very atmospheric, and the storyline is intriguing, and very sad (almost distressing) in places

TheEllieMo I read on (I think) Wikipedia, that Lindsay had written a chapter in which the mystery of the disappearance of the schoolgirls was revealed, but her publisher advised her to omit it from the published novel. It was subsequently published separately in 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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A group of students from a private girls‘ school near Melbourne have a picnic near Hanging Rock. A few go to explore the rocks on their own. Three of the girls and one of their teachers go #missing in unusual circumstances. A fascinating story.
#ayupaugust

Moray_Reads LOVED this one 5y
Cinfhen Own it but haven‘t read it yet 😜#StoryOfMyLife 5y
squirrelbrain Great pick - added to the stack! 5y
Cathythoughts I have this & must read soon 👍🏻♥️ 5y
gradcat Loved both the book and the movie...and the TV series. No, kidding—I didn‘t watch the TV series! ♥️😂 5y
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Samplergal
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I felt it slow at the beginning, but did pick up. Lots of mystique and darkness, with hints of lesbianism, with virgin suicide essence. There is no neatly wrapped up ending, as the author leaves it to the reader to decide. I give it 4⭐️ as it still holds up and had me wanting to keep reading.

Cathythoughts Nice review! I have this on my shelf & waiting ... 5y
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Ellen_C
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Fascinating mystery that spirals out to show how the disappearance of some school girls and their teacher ripples out to affect all those around them. Beautiful writing, and themes related to humanity, nature, time. https://cannonballread.com/2019/07/picnic-at-hanging-rock-elcicco/

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Samplergal
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay
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Chula picked my next book for me. I‘ve had this for many years and it‘s just time to read it. #24in48 @24in48

rretzler I wonder if it explains more than the movie? 5y
Readerann 🐶❤️ 5y
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