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This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing | Jacqueline Winspear

November Stats:
~3 #NF #memoir
~ 9 historical mysteries;
~ 4 present day mysteries
Total read: 16 books

I am definitely a mystery addict!

Bookwormjillk There are worse things you could get addicted to! 2d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

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I can't believe we're at the end of ‘Then‘ books!
My answers in comments.

#Pemberlittens
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#PagesOfPersuasion

Crinoline_Laphroaig 1️⃣ According to Goodreads this is my 8th reading. Mostly I read in print. A couple of busy days I switched to beautifully read Juliet Stevenson audio book.

I must confess, on first reading as a young woman it didn't speak to me the way that Pride and Prejudice did. 30 years later I revisited after reading on Modern Mrs Darcy Blog https://modernmrsdarcy.com/ that it was a perfect fall read. My older eyes saw its beauty.⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 2️⃣ I love the Crofts, they're just running around the countryside and living their best lives. Sir Walter, Elizabeth, and Mary are all horrible so they as a group are my worst.

3️⃣ The Letter! I swoon every time.

4️⃣ Obviously the letter but also “But I hate to hear you talking so, like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.”⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 5️⃣ You know it's going to be Northanger Abbey for me. I'll take any opportunity to run into Henry Tilney. 6️⃣ Sir Walter is definitely vainest. He is a bit more present, instead of retreating to the library like Mr. Bennet. But even when he's there he's always going to say something horrible. 7️⃣ Retire to the country. I need a garden. 8️⃣ Continue to be surprised at the ages of characters that I used to think of as ‘old‘. Mrs. Croft is 38.⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 🎁 December is time for Persuasion ‘Now‘ retellings and movies. I also want to do a wrap Discussion Post of all 6.

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JenlovesJT47

The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Antonia Fraser

I just finished watching The Tudors for the first time. While Jonathan Rhys Meyers looks nothing like the real Henry VIII, I think he did an excellent job portraying this egomaniacal king. It‘s my first time exploring the other wives of H8 besides Anne Boleyn, and I have gone down the rabbit hole, downloaded about 60 books relating to it all. 😬

hair trigger temper,
piercing gaze — King of England
with a wife fetish. 👑

#haikuhive #tvhaiku

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Jerdencon I had such a crush on Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Henry and it sent me down the Tudor rabbit hole too. 2d

BookishMarginalia I love to go #downtherabbithole too! 2d

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dabbe Boy, you nailed HVIII in a haiku! #haikuhenry 🩵❄️🩶 2d

DebinHawaii Excellent! I need to rewatch The Tudors! 😍 2d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🤩🐝💝. 2d

Sparklemn May make an excellent winter re-watch. Not exactly cozy, however! 2d

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Michellesibs

Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy | Rachel Joyce

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This is a companion novel to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry which I read many years ago. This is Queenie' story.

Here we meet Queenie in the hospice on the last days of her life as she learns that Harold is walking the length of England to see her.

While I don't think this adds anything to the original novel, it is a cute companion if you are wanting more from the characters.

marleed I loved this book. Did you read the third installment published a couple years ago

Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel

Michellesibs @marleed I only realised there was a third book a few days back. I probably will read it at some point and Maureen's story probably brings a lot of value to what we already know. Have you read it? 15h

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kspenmoll

The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel | Elizabeth George

Such fun to get book mail today from Thrift books that has passed through Aerogare de Luxembourg!

AnnCrystal 🆒👏🏼🤩📚💝. 3d

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Mattsbookaday

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 | Beth Brower

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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol 7, by Beth Brower (2023)
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Premise: The still continued journals of a bright young woman navigating her uncommon life amidst the mores of Victorian London.

Review: It‘s a testament to his good these are that I‘m still excited to spend every moment I can with these characters. Here we have quite a bit of plot development in addition to the delightful sensibility and voice of the series.

Sparklemn These sound fun. I‘ll give them a try. 3d

Mattsbookaday @Sparklemn SO MUCH FUN 3d

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BookishMarginalia

Welcome to Murder Week: A Novel | Karen Dukess

#TBRtemptation at #BookstoreOneSarasota #mystery

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janeycanuck

Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens | Jane Dunn

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I‘m not surprised this took me over a year to get through - it is dense! But I really enjoyed how it put Mary and Elizabeth side-by-side to give more context for how and why their relationship was the way it was.

My fourth book finished in my #finishwhatyoustarted readathon

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tpixie

Sipsworth | Simon Van Booy

A fun short novel with a ‘seasoned ‘ main character.
An 83 yo woman was resolved to live the rest of her life alone, but then she acquired a responsibility- she can‘t die now!!
A hint of Fredrik Bachman‘s style of storytelling.
I‘m listening to the audiobook from Libby as well as reading the e-book.

Cuilin Sounds delightful. And now on the never ending TBR 🤦‍♀️ 1w

tpixie @Cuilin yes! That mountain of a TBR! It is only 240 pages/ 5 hours…. 💚 1w

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KCofKaysville

Lords of the North | Bernard Cornwell

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Another good one! This time Uhtred goes through some hard times before getting revenge on his enemies at the end, and he still needs to reclaim his family's fortress, while he is oath-bound to King Alfred. I may slow down on this series while I read other books.

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