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The Waves | Virginia Woolf
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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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Fireside Gothic | Andrew Taylor
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#ARichLife Day 10: Cannot wait to read by the #Fireside again as we spend the December holidays in the Bay Area with family.

Velvetfur What a lovely cosy picture! ☺️ 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Nice and cozy 🔥 ❤️ 1w
Eggs Great photo Myra! Enjoy your visit 🔥 1w
BarbaraBB Looks super cozy! 1w
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shanaqui
Seeing Stars | Simon Armitage
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I liked this more than the other Simon Armitage collection I read recently! This is all prose-poetry, weird little stories. I didn't LOVE it, but I think I enjoyed it.

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Seems I requested this and couldn‘t remember why. Looked back and saw that in June @CarolynM had mentioned it was her best read for June. So I requested it from library. A great read. Reminded me of Ben Elton‘s books. Taking events of the day and weaving them into a story. This is set in Britain and includes the politics during covid and beyond. Mysterious deaths . Crime , my favourite genre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BarbaraBB Oh wow I just bought this too because a friend recommended it. Glad you liked it too. I will read it soon, hopefully 1mo
CarolynM I loved it. Glad to see it was a hit with you too😊 I hope you like it @BarbaraBB 4w
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NovelNancyM
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A satirical political mystery written in three distinct sections, set in current times with many flashbacks. The plot had some interesting twists. I was surprised by who died and later the cause of death.

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CSeydel
Adam Bede | George Eliot
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5 emphatic stars for Adam Bede!

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dabbe #stacked! 💜🩶🩷 2mo
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Random book from our personal library.

This is one of the worst Tess covers because it portrays Tess as a seductress, which is just not accurate, and because of the sentence, '...a woman's unwilling fall from virtue'. That's called rape, Mr. Book Designer in 1955 and you obviously haven't read Hardy's subtitle: 'A Pure Woman.'

TheBookHippie Oh dear 😵‍💫 2mo
Ruthiella Covers for Lolita also generally make me very angry. 2mo
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Started (my 3rd reading)

Ruthiella Wow. I don‘t know if I could read this one again. I found it so very sad. 2mo
bibliothecarivs @Ruthiella, it is sad but it's also beautifully written and Tess is such an inspiration. It's my favourite novel and I'm reading it with my wife and adult daughters for the first time. 2mo
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BarbaraBB
Ripeness | Sarah Moss
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This was a slow burn for me and I never really got into it, even though I loved the woman Edith has become and admire the girl she was when supporting her sister when she gave birth to a baby. Such an interesting plot and I loved the Irish setting. It‘s really a good book. And yet. It‘s me. A light pick.

📸: Ryan Gander exposition, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, Netherlands

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Jas16 I have this one my shelves and have been eagerly waiting for the right moment to crack it open. Might lower my expectations a bit now. 2mo
CBee Her books seem to be very slow burn-ish. I never finished Summerwater because at that moment in my life I just needed her to speed it up 😂😂 2mo
Ruthiella You always take such interesting photos! 🤩 2mo
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BarbaraBB @CBee I am glad you understand and that I‘m not alone in this 😀 2mo
BarbaraBB @Ruthiella Thank you 😊 2mo
CBee @BarbaraBB 😘😘 2mo
julieclair What a thoughtful review. I have never read a Sarah Moss book, and slow burns usually get on my nerves, but this one looks interesting. Might be a good winter read, when life generally feels slower. 2mo
BarbaraBB @julieclair Thank you Julie. You might like it in Winter indeed! 2mo
Centique That photo suits the book cover beautifully! 2mo
BarbaraBB @Centique Thank you! 2mo
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