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I had a jolly good time with this book. What a hoot! I hope Mr Partridge finds his new flat mates as worthy of his stewardship as Lisbeth and Ronny🤣

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Ruthiella Awesome. I‘m looking forward to finishing. I could do with a little gentle comedy. 22h

LeahBergen I think I might need another book about his time with the pastry chef family. 😆 20h

CarolynM @Ruthiella You‘ll certainly get that with this one😊 17h

CarolynM @LeahBergen Maybe they‘ll turn their hands to Dundee cake😆 17h

Kimzey Thanks for the review. And the cake looks delicious! 😋 14h

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rubyslippersreads

UNDER THE RAINBOW. | SUSAN. SCARLETT

I can‘t believe we‘re already choosing books for 2025! Here are my picks for January.

The first is the latest FM book published, and the title of the second is a slight nod to the Wicked movie coming to theaters soon. 😄👠

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rubyslippersreads @Aimeesue @batsy @CarolynM @catebutler @Cathythoughts @elkeOriginal @erzascarletbookgasm
@Jess_Read_This @jhammar @julieclair @Kimzey @LeahBergen @Lizpixie @Mrsk @quietjenn @Ruthiella @Tamra @Teresereading @willaful @kwmg4020h (edited) 2d

Tamra My vote is for Ms. Granby‘s Secret 🔎 2d

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Kimzey Oh, wow! They both sound so good! I think I‘ll go with Under the Rainbow for “the delicious tale of romance and misadventure.” 2d

Ruthiella Just based on which cover I prefer, I‘ll go for

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk

LeahBergen Oh, good choices!! I want to read both but I‘ll vote for

UNDER THE RAINBOW.

willaful Miss Granby, in honor of the return of our beloved imprint. 2d

CarolynM It‘s hard to pass up a Susan Scarlett, but It I‘m with @willaful

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk

LeahBergen Oops! I just noticed that there‘s an error in @kwmg40 ‘s name. I don‘t want you to miss the voting! 😄 2d

kwmg40 @LeahBergen Thanks for making sure I didn't miss the vote! I will go with Miss Granby. 2d

quietjenn I'd happily read either, but since it's one I had considered nominating, I vote for

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Thanks for finding that. That‘s what I get for cutting and pasting. 😕 2d

rubyslippersreads I‘d happily read either of these, but I‘ll go with Miss Granby, to show my delight in the return of FM. 2d

julieclair I‘d love to read them both, but I‘ll go with

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk

LeahBergen @kwmg40 No problem! ❤️ 2d

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I did the same thing and had to go back and fix it. 😆 2d

Cathythoughts Both sound great. I‘m going

Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk

Sace I am bound and determined to read at least one book with y‘all next year. I vote for Miss Granby. 2d

elkeOriginal It seems behind in votes but I have to pick Rainbow simply because I already own it 🤦🏼‍♀️ 22h

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LeahBergen

Harlequin House | MARGERY. SHARP

Okay, #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub , with our November book we come to the end of our year of reading!

Are we in for another round? Here‘s our next group of selectors (according to our records):

January: @rubyslippersreads
March: @quietjenn
May: @LeahBergen
July: @CarolynM
September: @Cathythoughts
November: @Ruthiella

If we‘re all in, let‘s start with our January and March “pickers” posting their two choices for us to vote on. 😃

LeahBergen @Aimeesue @batsy @CarolynM @catebutler @Cathythoughts @elkeOriginal @erzascarletbookgasm @Jess_Read_This @jlhammar @julieclair @Kimzey @LeahBergen @Lizpixie @MrsK @quietjenn @rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella @Tamra @Teresereading @willaful @kwmg40 3d

kwmg40 I‘d love to do another round! 3d

Ruthiella Oooh! I get to vote next year! I‘ll put my thinking cap on. 3d

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jlhammar It‘s been wonderful reading with you all, but I‘m going to sit this next year out (trying for less screen time in 2025, but may check-in now and again). Have fun voting! 3d

rubyslippersreads I‘m in! I‘ll have to come up with my two choices. 🤔 3d

CarolynM Yes please! I love our FMB reads and chats. I‘m going to go choose my suggestions right away😊 3d

Kimzey Yay! I‘m up for another round, in spite of being behind on this year‘s reading. 📖 ⌛️ 3d

quietjenn I'm game! I ❤️FMB Club! I'll work on my suggestions and try to post them soon. 3d

julieclair Yes, I‘d love to do another round. 😃 3d

Tamra @Kimzey me too! 😅 I am up for it nonetheless. 😁 3d

Kimzey @Tamra I‘m glad I‘m not the only one! 😊📚 3d

LeahBergen @kwmg40 Yay! 👏👏 3d

LeahBergen @Ruthiella It‘s fun to pick, isn‘t it? 😆 3d

LeahBergen @jlhammar No worries! I hope you pop in and out when you feel like reading along with us! 😘 3d

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Yay! 👏👏 3d

LeahBergen @CarolynM I can hardly wait! 👏 3d

LeahBergen @Kimzey Oh, behind doesn‘t matter at all! 😘 3d

LeahBergen @quietjenn Yay! I‘m excited for your picks! 😘 3d

LeahBergen @julieclair Awesome! 👏 3d

LeahBergen @Tamra @Kimzey Oh, behind or not … it doesn‘t matter at all! Just pop in when you have the time. 😘 3d

Cathythoughts Hi Leah , I wonder if someone would like to pick the September book. I havnt been great for participating this past year. I‘d still like to pop in and out … but I‘d love someone else to pick September… is that ok ? 3d

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Sure, Cathy. No problem! I‘ll bump @Ruthiella up the list to do the September pick (is that okay with you, @Ruthiella ?) 2d

LeahBergen Hi, @batsy ! I know you‘ve been taking some time off from Litsy and I hope you‘re doing well. You will have our November 2025 pick (if you like). No worries if you don‘t, of course! If you get back to me too late (and I get the next person on the list to take your place) we‘ll just slot you in somewhere when you‘re back. Miss you, my friend! 😘 2d

Ruthiella Fine with me. 😃 @batsy I miss you too. Hope all is well. ❤️ (edited) 2d

Cathythoughts Thanks for that Leah, I‘d love to stay on the Persephone list please. But I know I can‘t commit to both. 😘 2d

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts That‘s great, Cathy! I was hoping you‘d still be in for #PersephoneClub! I‘ll probably wait until next month (when we‘re reading our final pick of the year) to start the voting choices. 1d

elkeOriginal Looking forward to y‘all helping me work through the FMB books on my shelf! 22h

LeahBergen @elkeOriginal Me, too! I have sooo many waiting. 😆 20h

Cathythoughts Oh yes , of course, Thanks Leah , next month 👍🏻😘 10h

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LeahBergen

Harlequin House | MARGERY. SHARP

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Well, this was a charming little romp! It somehow reminded me of Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day but, in this case, it‘s more of a “Mr Partridge Lives For Six Months”. 😆 Look at him on the cover and spine of my edition!

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Ruthiella I‘m only about 25% done, but I‘m also getting Miss Pettigrew vibes! 3d

Tamra 🤣 Fabulous cover art! 3d

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kwmg40 I agree with @Tamra. That cover! 😍 3d

LeahBergen @Ruthiella Glamorous young lady, down-at-the-heels middle agester, cocaine… 😆 3d

LeahBergen @Tamra @kwmg40 It‘s quite something, isn‘t it? 😆 3d

elkeOriginal As always you have an amazing edition! 23h

CarolynM A perfect retitling! And I love that dust jacket😍 22h

LeahBergen @elkeOriginal @CarolynM I wonder if the flat was painted in these “harlequin” colours? 😆 20h

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CarolynM

Harlequin House | MARGERY. SHARP

No wonder I wear reading glasses 🤣🤣🤣

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Tamra 🤣🤣 4d

Jeg 😂 4d

LeahBergen I just read this bit yesterday and laughed! 😆 4d

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willaful Can't have women reading! They might start thinking, and getting ideas... 4d

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 4d

Kimzey Oh, well, so glad someone‘s protecting women‘s eyesight (whether they want it or not.) 🤷🏼‍♀️😆 (edited) 4d

julieclair Haven‘t gotten to that bit yet, but so far this book is cracking me up! 😆 4d

rubyslippersreads My mom always felt kind of bad about my poor eyesight; she worried it might have been caused by her letting me read too much. I pointed out that (a) she couldn‘t have stopped me, and (b) I learned the habit of reading constantly from her. 😂 4d

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MaleficentBookDragon

Tape Measure Murder: A Miss Marple Short Story | Agatha Christie

Some #audioknitting while working on Steven West‘s Botanic Shawl last night; with Asuka‘s “help”. She kept chewing on the grey yarn.🧶 🐈
#catsoflitsy #knittersoflitsy #charityknitting

seibelsays Cats are the best yarn helpers. 7d

peaKnit What a beautiful shawl and yes, cats and knitting are a fun combination lol! Occasionally I lose a ball of yarn. 7d

ShelleyBooksie Adorable kitty ♡♡ 6d

dabbe #adorableasuka 🖤🐾🖤 6d

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LitsyEvents

Harlequin House | MARGERY. SHARP

Repost for @Ruthiella

Happy Halloween #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub friends! 🎃 Next month is our last pick for 2024. We‘ve read Margery Sharp before (Four Gardens) and I quite liked it, so I have high hopes for this one.

As usual, read at your own pace and post your thoughts as you like. Be sure to copy everyone when you do, so we can comment.

All are welcome. If anyone wants to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know.

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Ruthiella

Harlequin House | MARGERY. SHARP

Happy Halloween #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub friends! 🎃 Next month is our last pick for 2024. We‘ve read Margery Sharp before (Four Gardens) and I quite liked it, so I have high hopes for this one.

As usual, read at your own pace and post your thoughts as you like. Be sure to copy everyone when you do, so we can comment.

All are welcome. If anyone wants to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know.

@LitsyEvents

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Kimzey Thanks for the reminder. Already have my copy! 😊 2w

quietjenn So curious about this one! 2w

Deblovestoread Love the cover! 2w

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Tamra Thank you for the reminder! 2w

julieclair Looking forward to learning more about the flying woman (angel?) in the top right room. 😀 2w

LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to it! 2w

Ruthiella @Deblovestoread The DSP covers are often so colorful. I think they are usually a reprint of the original edition. 2w

CarolynM Thanks Ruth. Looking forward to getting started🙂 2w

kwmg40 I just picked up my copy! 2w

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AnneCecilie

The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym

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I just love the way Pym describes characters and her writing.

At a book sale Leonora Eyre meets Humphrey and James Boyce, uncle and nephew. They get entangled in each others lives, while we also meets other people close to them.

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AnneCecilie

The Sweet Dove Died | Barbara Pym

The first part of this sentence reminds me of the first sentence in Pride and Prejudice

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