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The Poetry of Walt Whitman | Walt Whitman

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TheBookHippie Walt ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3h

TheSpineView @TheBookHippie ❤️ Whitman 3h

TheBookHippie @TheSpineView Mr BookHippie and I reread Leaves of Grass every October . 3h

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TheSpineView @TheBookHippie What a lovely tradition! 3h

dabbe 🩶🖤🩶 2h

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lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 Walt is my favorite. I love that you re-read it every year! now

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Dilara

Eline Vere | Louis Couperus

Isn't it nice when you read today's date in your book 😁It feels so fitting...
Also, Happy Birthday Eline!

#Netherlands #FoodandLit
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Texreader I agree! I love it when that happens. I think it‘s only happened once to me. 2d

Dilara @Texreader Same for me! But it was a lot less serendipitous: I was reading The Enchanted April in April, so the odds were in my favour...

The Enchanted April

BkClubCare When fiction and reality collide! Or connect? 😁 2d

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Daisey I really want to read this one, and have it on my shelf, but life is a bit too busy now to add it in right now. 2d

Dilara @BkClubCare 😁 1d

Dilara @Daisey Is this the Archipelago version? It looks like most people who received it are keeping it for a rainy day (or week)😉 1d

Daisey @Dilara Yes, it‘s going to require a bit of a time commitment! 18h

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mdemanatee

Accidentally His | Sabrina Jeffries

Settling in for a much needed reading weekend amidst everything. I‘m in the middle of Accidently His (romance and espionage!), what should I read next? Currently leaning toward the Glutton since it‘s been on my TBR for a while.

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sisilia

Germinal (Les Rougon-Macquart, #13) | Emile Zola

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5⭐️ I expected Germinal to be crazy, but I didn‘t expect it to be THIS crazy. Zola went all out. His graphic descriptions could be horrific at times, and he pulled his readers to experience it along with the characters. Coal mining is a messy business, and working as a coal miner is basically living in hell. Pour in the disparity and conflicts between the bourgeoisie and the workers, and you‘d get an unforgettable read.

Suet624 It all sounds brutal. 4d

sisilia @Suet624 It does but it‘s oh so good 😄 4d

Tamra I don‘t know much about coal mining, except my great grandfather (a miner) wouldn‘t allow his sons to do the same. 😐 4d

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Ruthiella I read this in college decades ago and it has stuck with me. 4d

LeeRHarry I have this on my shelves. Could I check - is it a standalone? I wasn‘t sure. My grandpa was a coal miner and similar to @Tamra made sure my Dad had a good education so he wouldn‘t need to do the same. 4d

sisilia @LeeRHarry It‘s part of his 20-book series but can be read as a standalone. I highly recommend it 🔥 4d

sisilia @Tamra I googled so much about the underground structure of a coal mine to understand Zola better, and it‘s really inferno down there 😩😭 4d

sisilia @Ruthiella I cannot move on 😜 haha.. I need a few days to decompress, I guess. 4d

LeeRHarry @sisilia thanks 😊 3d

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CrowCAH

Mansfield Park | Jane Austen

#PemberLittens

#Chirp #Audiobook deal

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AvidReader25

Hard Times | Charles Dickens

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This is one of Dickens' shorter novels & he packs a lot of story into it. He shines when it comes to portraying the brokenness of humanity and the lengths we'll go to in our moments of desperation. At this point I've read 8 of his major novels & this one falls in the middle. I love some of the characters like Bounderby, the perfect picture of callous selfishness & Stephen, who lives a tragic life, but never lets go of his morals. #whatthedickens

AvidReader25 This summer I found this copy of Hard Times in a used bookstore in Greece. It was a fun souvenir! The postcard is part of an alphabet of Dickens characters at the NYC Public Library a few years back. 6d

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The_Penniless_Author

Lily in the Valley | Honor� de Balzac

"To explain society through a theory of individual happiness expressly sought at the expense of others is a lethal doctrine, the harsh connotations of which drive man to believe everything he secretly gains, without the legal system, society, or individuals perceiving the damage done, is properly and duly acquired."

This book may be a slog, but there are some great (and painfully relevant) quotes scattered throughout.

Suet624 Thank you for sharing. 6d

Cuilin Seems appropriate reading for our times. 😔 6d

tpixie Beautiful quote. And timeless 6d

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Texreader

Hard Times | Charles Dickens

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What a sad set of circumstances—a school that teaches children only facts, nothing whimsical (I kept thinking of Star Trek Vulcans) and a bank owner who expects the same thing from his employees and his wife. This is how the youngsters grow up into damaged adults as a result. Meanwhile, a downtrodden and sympathetic man gets mixed up with these messed up people leading him astray as well. Hard Times is a hard book. #whatthedickens

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AlaMich Did you enjoy Bertie Carvel as the narrator? I ask because I‘ve been watching him in Dalgliesh and I think he‘s a great actor. 7d

Texreader @AlaMich He was excellent!! 7d

Butterfinger Everytime I see that tag I hear the housekeeper from Grantchester. 7d

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PageShifter

Les Miserables Volume One | Victor Hugo

“Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters is what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.”

#READLESMIS

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TheBookHippie This stayed with me. 1w

tpixie Great quote!!! 1w

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