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This Side of Paradise | F Scott Fitzgerald

And he could not tell why the struggle was worth while, why he had determined to use to the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities he had passed. . .
He stretched out his arms to the crystalline, radiant sky.
“I know myself,” he cried, “but that is all.”
#ThisSideOfParadise #FScottFitzgerald #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookfair #Classics #Fiction #Literature #Novels #American #Romance #HistoricalFiction #20thCentury 💖💖💖

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CrowCAH

The Final Count | Sapper

#WinterGames2024 #xmaschacha #ChristmasChapterChasers

My final count of points is 280.

I wasn‘t able to post as much as I wanted , but I still had fun during the games!

StayCurious

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bumpinthenight

The Wendigo and Other Stories | Algernon Blackwood

This Christmas is definitely adding to my TBR shelf! I‘m so excited to read some of these books - how can I find the time?! I got these goodies in a secret Santa swap exchange. It‘s a cast iron tea pot and red velvet cake tea!

#secretsanta #folklore

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AsYouWish

The Alphabet Game | B. P. Nichol

Can we make it all the way through the alphabet? I know we can!

I will start us off with:

Advent

#xmaschacha #wintergames2024 #wintergames #abcgame #alphabetgame

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LitsyEvents

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#bookedintime December activity hosted by @cuilin
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2804104

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Cuilin

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#BookedInTime

Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it!!

Thanks to @PathfinderNicole and @majkia among others for suggestion.

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 2mo

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 2mo

AllDebooks Oooh, this is going to be a good one 😊 2mo

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Mollyanna This is a great one! I have Shrines of Gaiety currently checked out from the library, so that will probably be my choice. 2mo

majkia I've got Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes I'll try to get to. 2mo

Amiable And unfortunately too often those of us who do know history still have to repeat it because of the uneducated. 😖 2mo

dabbe Got the column created and the books listed above are on it! 🤩 2mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks agreed 👍 2mo

Cuilin @Mollyanna fabulous 👍 2mo

Cuilin @majkia fabulous 👍 2mo

Cuilin @Amiable yes 😔 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe thanks Denise. 🙏 2mo

sblbooks My current read will work for this time frame.

Bermondsey Bookshop

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julieclair Great theme! So many choices. I have updated the StoryGraph challenge, for those who are using it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 2mo

rwmg I have been reading Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series set in 1920s Yorkshire, so I may read the next one:

A Snapshot of Murder: The tenth Kate Shackleton Murder Mystery

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Cuilin @julieclair thanks I‘ve updated mine. 2mo

Cuilin @sblbooks sounds like a fabulous cozy read. 2mo

Cuilin @rwmg I love the sound of the series. 2mo

julieclair @rwmg Oh, I love the Kate Shackleton books, but haven‘t read any for awhile. Thanks for reminding me about them! 2mo

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kspenmoll

After The Scream: The Late Paintings of Edvard Munch | Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch, High Museum of Art

Pastel on canvas,from exhibit at the MOMA(2013)My son & his elementary school cases manager used to squeeze their cheeks & open their mouths wide in imitation of this painting. So we picked up the behavior at home & ran with it. 😂
#WickedWhispers #day18 #Scream

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1305

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

BarbaraBB 😱😱😱 3mo

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BarbaraJean

Tale of Two Families | Dodie Smith

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This was fascinating and frustrating. I closed the cover and thought how much the book reminded me of themes in I Capture the Castle. Which, well—of course. It was also written by Dodie Smith. But I Capture the Castle is a beloved favorite for me, so why did I resonate with its themes and find similar themes absolutely frustrating when played out in the characters of Families? ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) This is an ensemble cast, with 6-8 core characters & alternating POVs, rather than the endearing single first-person narrator in Castle. And the characters in Families are a mix of young, middle-aged, and old. The theme of not knowing what you want can be compelling in a young character such as Cassandra—not so much in characters in their 40s and up. Ultimately, I loved the setting, but just didn‘t like the characters.⤵️ (edited) 4mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) It was interesting, it was well-done, but in the end, frustrating and unsatisfying. This was my 1970 pick for #192025 @Librarybelle 4mo

Tamra I think I Capture the Castle is so beloved it‘s going to be really tough to compete with. I‘ve read some others by Dodie and felt the same. (edited) 4mo

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willaful I love several of her other books and was so excited when I moved away for college and found this in the library! (Back before she was digitized and reprinted.) And it was so disappointing! I've never bothered to reread it. 4mo

Librarybelle Great choice! 4mo

BarbaraJean @Tamra Oh, definitely! And I don't think I went into it thinking it would compete, but it was fascinating at the end to see so many parallels in themes between the stories, and have SUCH different reactions to each book. @willaful I didn't dislike it--it was super interesting to read--but it's definitely never going to be a favorite like I Capture the Castle! 4mo

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TeamFiction

This Side of Paradise | F Scott Fitzgerald

bailed

I really just couldn‘t get into this one. I didn‘t get the same feeling as when I read The Great Gatsby. 🪂
#ThisSideOfParadise #FScottFitzgerald #book #books #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky #bookhoarder #bookhaul #bookholic Classics #Fuction #Literature #Novels #American #Romance #HistoricalFiction #20thCentury 🧡

dabbe #allhailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 This book was rather difficult to get into. GATSBY is by far his magnum opus--IMHO. 4mo

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