Litsy

#5JoysFriday
@Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)

One day late, but better than never! 😀

IndoorDame Jacuzzi is totally one of my dreams!!!!! 3d

DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 so glad Matt continues to improve & yay to jacuzzis! 🎉 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy. 🤗 3d

Cupcake12 Great news about Matt! 3d

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dabbe @IndoorDame Come visit and stay with us; this one seats four! 💙🩵💙 3d

dabbe @DebinHawaii Thank YOU for reminding all of us that there are always 5 things to be grateful for. #always 💙🩵💙 3d

dabbe @Cupcake12 You. Are. Lovely. Thanks. 💙🩵💙 3d

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dabbe

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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. 🔪🛣️😱
2. #AuthorAMonth for October: Tana French.
3. THE COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES. #always

Tag, you're it! 🤩

Eggs 👌🏼Tana French👏🏻 2mo

BookBabe2018 🧛❣️💫. Book I am excited to read is Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross. I always recommend Ruth Ware or Sarah J Mass! 2mo

dabbe @Eggs 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @BookBabe2018 I've never read Mass; I'll have to give her a try! 🤩🤗😃 2mo

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dabbe

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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@TieDieDude
@Read4life (thanks for the tag! 😘)

Finally got to hug my #bff from high school after 21 years. #beenwaytoolong 💚💙💚

lil1inblue You both look so happy! BFF love is the best. 😍 2mo

RaeLovesToRead 💕💕💕 2mo

TheBookHippie Awe. 2mo

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Read4life That‘s fantastic. I can see the love. 💙💙 2mo

Meshell1313 That‘s amazing! 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @Read4life 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @Meshell1313 💚💙💚 2mo

Gissy I‘m glad you could had that moment! Lovely photo!❤️👌Now it‘s time for another time together no far away in time 🤗 2mo

mcctrish Woo Hoo for bff hugs 2mo

dabbe @Gissy You are too right! I told her to expect me to show up on her doorstep in Idaho one of these days. 🤩 2mo

dabbe @mcctrish #always 💚💙💚 2mo

Aimeesue Awww! Happy happy! 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau 🩷🩷🩷 2mo

Lin3han Love this!!! Happy!! 2mo

dabbe @Aimeesue 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 💚💙💚 2mo

dabbe @Lin3han 💚💙💚 2mo

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dabbe

Select Poems of William Wordsworth | William Wordsworth

#poetrymatters
#toss
@TheSpineView

Fave poem of all time. #always

TheSpineView Beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️ 5mo

dabbe @TheSpineView And I just love the line “tossing their heads in sprightly dance.“ It always makes me smile. 😃 5mo

DHill This was one of my first introductions to poetry reading in

A Child's Book of Poems

5mo

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IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 5mo

dabbe @DHill 🖤💜🖤 5mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 🖤💜🖤 5mo

aroyse “That flash upon that inward eye/ that is the bliss of solitude” - THAT is the feeling of reading a great book 💕 5mo

dabbe @aroyse So very true! 🖤💜🖤 5mo

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vonnie862

Dia De Los Muertos: Top 10 Things To Know About The Day Of The Dead: "Dia De Los Muertos, Los Angeles Dodgers" | Malina Pronto

Our school's ofrenda for Día de los Muertos.
Keeping our loved ones alive in our memories. ❤️ #always

dabbe 💜🖤🧡 7mo

Chrissyreadit it‘s beautiful! 7mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Great display 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen | Sybil Brinton

Chapter 2: whew! So many new old characters! #RIPbrandon #always #singlesmixer #thosesteelegirlsthough #hotmessexpress #inwalksmarycrawford #whowillendupwithwho #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @Staycurious @indoordame @julieclair @cuilin @eeclayton @ravenlee @bookwormjillk @peanutnine @debinhawaii @ruthiella @deblovestoread @allylu @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thearomaofbooks @thebookhippie @librarybelle @crinoline_laphroaig @bklover @carebear23 12mo

Bookwormjillk Lol #hotmessexpress 12mo

willaful I think it's interesting how the author assumes readers all already know the backstory of each of the characters.

Also, yet another who wants to rehabilitate Mary Crawford! I remember reading a “sequel“ -- Joan Aiken, maybe -- which was clearly of the mind that Mary got #arawdeal and should've been the real heroine. Never mind the whole #beingafortunehunter thing. 12mo

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Ruthiella @willaful I loved Mary Crawford and was annoyed by Fanny, but I need to re-read

Mansfield Park

12mo

willaful @Ruthiella Fanny is definitely all wet, but Mary pretty much #dugherowngrave IIRC. I don't mind her growing from the experience and having a HEA though! (edited) 12mo

Cuilin So many characters. There was a moment where a Nancy showed up and I was like where did you come from? 12mo

ravenlee @Cuilin that threw me for a minute too, and I had to rack my brain to remember Nancy is a nickname for Anne (which I should remember, as an Anne) 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @ravenlee yeah, it took me a minute to see that Nancy is Anne #annenotnancy #dontconfuseme #toomanypeople 12mo

TheAromaofBooks Sooo many characters all at once and @willaful is right about just being expected to remember them!!! I was never a Mary fan and read another sequel where she died, so I was also a little like, “wait, she's not dead??“ 😂 But poor Brandon! I love that guy, and everyone always wants to kill him off! #Brandon4lyfe 12mo

ravenlee Exactly! @TheAromaofBooks Why is Col Brandon always the first to get knocked off? He‘s one of the best Austen characters. And I feel more sympathetic to him as I find myself on the wrong side of 35 (okay, 40) - he‘s supposed to be sooo old and he‘s not even middle aged?! 12mo

TheAromaofBooks @ravenlee - Right?? Everyone so down on him because he wears flannel! 😂 12mo

dabbe @ravenlee I can't ever picture Col. Brandon again without thinking or seeing Alan Rickman, who is also gone. 💔

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dabbe @willaful Agreed! It's been a while since I've read some of Austen's books, and boy am I having to go back and research to remember the gist of each person from the Austen novels. 😅 #whew 12mo

BarkingMadRead @dabbe same! I mostly have the gist but I definitely needed a bit of a refresher 12mo

willaful Brandon got knocked off?! I missed that.

Now I want to read an AU where Marianne dies and Brandon and Mary Crawford get married. #justkidding #donthateme 12mo

BarkingMadRead @willaful I hate that Brandon died! Whyyyy does everyone kill him off?!? 12mo

willaful Oh, I did remember wrong. It wasn't fortunate hunting, it was Mary's moral failings in Edmund's eyes. 12mo

Morr_Books @BarkingMadRead Can you add me? I'd love to join the discussion. 12mo

BarkingMadRead @Morr_Books absolutely! 12mo

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jitteryjane724

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling

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🖼️: V. Fachini
A beautiful & heart-wrenching conclusion to an epic tale. I first fell in love with the wizarding world because of the ways magic can make life different. Now I also cherish the bonds between characters that are so deftly crafted by pre-twitter Jo. The emotions she enables me to experience towards the end are so helpful to me as I process real life. Life is hard & love can be painful but it is vital & wonderful. Thank you, #always.

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jitteryjane724

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling

I began the series (again) last year. I've read it countless times from childhood 'til now, but as I grow and change my experience with this story evolves as well. I'm very excited to re-discover easter eggs that I've forgotten (as the movies as much more efficient to view), to notice things that I've previously glossed over, and to experience this as a completely different person than before. #always

Image: Rawan Ita-Diaz

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jitteryjane724

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition | J. K. Rowling

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The older I get and the more I read these books, the more I appreciate how beautifully they relate to people at all stages and walks of life (and the illustrations are GORGEOUS). Even though I am nothing like Harry in name, shape, or form, I feel connected to him (and all of the characters) on a very basic, human level. I am forever grateful to Jo for creating this world which I will love to visit, #always.

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BarkingMadRead

Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen