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Outsider in Amsterdam | Janwillem Van De Wetering

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A low pick. This feels rather dated and the writing seems a bit awkward in places (this could be because of the translation). However, I like the quirky detectives and can see myself warming up to them even more as I continue the series.

#FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#192025 #1975 @Librarybelle
#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#gottacatchemall (Spinda: someone is drunk or high) @PuddleJumper

TiredLibrarian I loved this series, but I read them quite a while ago. 4w

Texreader Looks interesting. 4w

Librarybelle I‘m not familiar with this one! I may have to check it out. 4w

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4w

Catsandbooks 🇳🇱❤️ 3w

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Librarybelle

Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters

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I‘ve heard great things about this series for years, so was glad to give it a try for the #BakerStreetIrregulars . I‘m so glad I did! Amelia Peabody is not your typical Victorian woman, and J loved her sarcasm and her views on society. It was also a nice intro to archaeology. I‘ve already purchased book 2! #192025 #1975 #BBRC #YeahBaby #PotCallingTheKettleBlack (Peabody and Emerson are so alike, it‘s like a mirrored image!).

LibrarianRyan, StayCurious, CatLass007

Librarybelle This is my #DoubleSpin for April‘s #BookSpinBingo ! @TheAromaofBooks 10mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I really enjoyed this one. 10mo

dabbe Still can't believe #1975! 🤩😱😂 10mo

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Librarybelle I know, @dabbe !! 10mo

CatLass007 @librarybelle @dabbe @thearomaofbooks I‘m so glad everyone is enjoying this new-to-me series. The author‘s real name was Barbara Mertz and in 1952 she earned a PhD in Egyptology. Under her own name she published two books of nonfiction that have never been out of print. She also wrote under the name Barbara Michaels. (edited) 10mo

MemoirsForMe I really need to continue this series. I loved Amelia in this one! 10mo

Librarybelle @CatLass007 I had not realized she wrote nonfiction too. Thanks! 10mo

Librarybelle @UwannaPublishme It was so fun! 10mo

CatLass007 You‘re welcome. 10mo

LibrarianRyan I have patrons who LOVE This series. I am glad you did too. 9mo

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mabell

Danny the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl

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This was one of my favorite Roald Dahl books growing up, but I haven‘t revisited it as an adult. Still a great story! The love and friendship between Danny and his father is so special, and the way they work together (to give Victor Hazell his comeuppance) is perfect!
Quite an adventure!
And Roald Dahl writes the most nasty, villainous adults! I have to skim read their parts 🤣
(I found this fabulous vintage copy for my shelves!)

#1975 #192025

Librarybelle

Aimeesue Beautiful copy! My fourth grade teacher read this to us and I‘ve loved it ever since ❤️ 1y

AvidReader25 I loved this one when I was young! 1y

Librarybelle That is a fabulous vintage copy!! 1y

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mabell @Aimeesue You have a good memory! I‘m trying to remember when I first read it! I can‘t think of anything I associate with it that would pin down the timing. This is going to drive me crazy 😆 1y

mabell @AvidReader25 Same! I‘m always a little nervous going back to books I loved so much, but this was just as I remembered! ❤️ 1y

mabell @Librarybelle I was so excited! It was a former school library copy that I extricated from the book cover! 1y

squirrelbrain I had this exact cover, although mine was paperback! 1y

mabell @squirrelbrain How fun! It‘s such a perfect cover for this book! I‘m trying to remember the one I had - I didn‘t remember this one, but I also didn‘t think it was Quentin Blake 🤔 1y

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jenniferw88

Danny the Champion of the World | Roald Dahl

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A re-read from 22 years ago 😂!

Using for #fromavillainsperspective #52books52weeks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen and #1975 #192025 @Librarybelle

Would also work for #fiction #naturalitsy #naturalitsybingo2023 @AllDebooks

Cinfhen Cool!!! I‘ve been going through my books and the 2022 prompts from #52Books52weeks - 2y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen here's the StoryGraph link if you want it! https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/ac64c007-b27f-4404-af46-42ac73d... 2y

AllDebooks I loved this story as a kid, well all Roald Dahl books actually. Thanks for the tag, defo one to include alongside

Fantastic Mr Fox

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BarbaraBB @Cinfhen You‘ve probably finished that one as well 😉 2y

Cinfhen I‘m pretty close @BarbaraBB 😂 2y

Librarybelle I‘ve not read this one by Dahl! Great choice! 2y

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AnneCecilie

The Life Before Us: ("Madame Rosa") | Romain Gary

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10 yr old Momo lives in Belleville, a Parisian suburb, with Madame Rosa. His parents left him there many yr ago against payment. Madam Rosa is an old Jewish former prostitute who takes in children to care for against money.

Madam Rosa was sent to one of the concentration camps during WWII and one of the most impactful parts of this book for med is his this has effected her.

First published in France in #1975 #192025.
#France #foodandlit

Texreader, Librarybelle, butter, Catsandbooks

AnneCecilie This book has been standing on my shelves since 2013. 3y

Crazeedi This sounds like a good read 3y

Librarybelle Awesome! 3y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Woman at Point Zero: Second Edition | Nawal El Saadawi

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What a beautifully raw story encapsulating truth bomb this short story is. On its surface it‘s the life story of a prostitute in Egypt about to be executed for murdering her pimp, but as the story unfolds you realize her crime was much more about peeling back the layers of supposed society and civility that allowed her to be abused and disenfranchised, while men benefited, and being punished as she attempts to take more power for herself.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #Reading1001 #Feminism #WeNeedDiverseBooks 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And also #1975 for #192019 7y

Weaponxgirl I was so excited when I found all this authors books on scribd! I can't wait to get to this one! 7y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Weaponxgirl I know I‘ll be reading more by her! 7y

Weaponxgirl Did you clock the books about her life on there? I posted about them as I'd seen them in a bookstore but couldn't afford them and was super excited to find on scribd. I found a signed book by her in a charity shop once and it's one of my most treasured finds 7y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Weaponxgirl I‘ll look for that one too! 7y

Weaponxgirl The first one

Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi

Weaponxgirl No that's the second this is the first!

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Weaponxgirl I tagged them both on my list. I wish this one was on Scribd too, but I‘ll keep my eyes open for it...

Memoirs from the Women's Prison

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Onioons

Factotum | Charles Bukowski

Not sure how I feel about this yet but I needed a #1975 book for my #birthdaychallenge. And I'd like to read some well-known authors while I'm at it!

elkeOriginal Amazing photograph 👏👏👏 8y

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Josie

'Salem's Lot | Stephen King

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I forgot how amazing this book is. I love the way King gets into the nitty gritty of small town life. I also forgot how truly terrifying vampires can be. Eat your heart out, Edward Cullen. #epicstephenkingreread #book2 #1975

Gayan

Gayan Vampires don't sparkle they KILL! I love the fact that The Lot would be truly terrifying on it's own even without Barlow! 🖤 8y

TheNextBook Are you doing these in order! Enjoy! I loved it. Will do it again in a few years! It is such a commitment but so damn worth it! 8y

Josie @TheNextBook I sure am!! I'm only reading two back to back, though. Then I'll throw something else in the mix as a palate cleanser! I burn out real easily so I'm trying not to push it! 8y

TheNextBook That's a great idea! Enjoy! Doing this forced to me to finish Dreamcatcher which I dnf-ed when I was younger! 😂 8y

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