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A re-read for me, but still a pleasant time. It's probably my least favorite Elizabeth Fair, but very cozy and the quintessential #furrowedmiddlebrow publication, I think.

#furrowedmiddlebrowclub

Ruthiella Your LEAST FAVORITE Elizabeth Fair? Wow. I‘m totally looking forward to reading more from her then, because I thought this was great. 😊 4mo

quietjenn Yep, I like her immensely. This one is good, but I think the others are even better. 🙂 Although I haven't yet read the one that was rediscovered! 4mo

willaful @Ruthiella Same! 4mo

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rubyslippersreads What @Ruthiella said. 😄 4mo

Jess_Read_This Oh! I liked this one quite a bit. And it makes me happy to hear that her others might be even better! 4mo

elkeOriginal And what is your favorite(s) of hers? 4mo

quietjenn @elkeOriginal I think Seaview House is my favorite, although I also really loved A Winter Away. It's hard to go wrong with any of them though. And now I kind of want to revisit them all! 4mo

elkeOriginal @quietjenn I already have Winter Away so that is good to hear! 4mo

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LeahBergen

All Done by Kindness: A Novel | Doris Langley Moore

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What‘s better than an art heist caper? A middlebrow art heist caper!

I‘m going to echo what the rest of you have already said in your reviews of this #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pick; it was a thoroughly enjoyable and delightfully suspenseful read (and I enjoyed it even more than the last one we read by this author).

What do you all think of the illustration of the trunk on the cover of my edition? I can see several items that were mentioned! 😆

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Jess_Read_This, Kimzey, erzascarletbookgasm, catebutler, CarolynM, LeahBergen, elkeOriginal, batsy, Tamra, Cathythoughts, jlhammar, Ruthiella, willaful

catebutler Love your vintage edition Leah! I‘m about half way through and really enjoying it! So happy this one was picked! 🩷 1y

jlhammar Absolutely love that cover!! Delightfully suspenseful indeed. And what a great ending 😆 1y

willaful Ah, love those old editions. Perfect #furrowedmiddlebrow 1y

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Kimzey Love the photo and the review! 1y

Tamra Perfect cover art! 1y

Leftcoastzen Wow loving that cover! 1y

quietjenn Love the cover. Everyone just forgets about the broken vase and the manuscript 😅 I like this one better too and am insanely curious about her others, which sounds totally different. 1y

Ruthiella Love that cover! 😍 I remember liking My Caravaggio but maybe because the main character was so annoying, I like this one better? 1y

batsy That's a fantastic cover! Suits the book so well. I preferred this to My Caravaggio, as well. 1y

elkeOriginal Gorgeous edition! Amazing bookshelves! You kill me, lady 📚💗 1y

kspenmoll Love the cover, even though I haven‘t read the book! 1y

Cathythoughts I love the trunk on your book cover. Treasures 💫 14mo

erzascarletbookgasm Great edition! I love your shelves as well 😍 14mo

CarolynM That‘s a beautiful edition😍 Appropriate for a lovely book. 13mo

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CBee

Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg

Alrighty friends, it‘s July (really?), so time for another #TBRtarot card! As always, let me know if you‘d like to be removed from the tag list *or* added, and happy reading!

CBee @Allylu @AmyG @AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @batsy @Bklover @BookLineNSinker @BookwormAHN @candc320 @CatMS @Deblovestoread @erzascarletbookgasm @jenniferw88 @julieclair @Librariana @MatchlessMarie @Meshell1313 @MoonWitch94 @PageShifter @PathfinderNicole @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Ruthiella @SusanLee @ShelleyBooksie @TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @willaful @RainyDayReading @Lizpixie 1y

CBee @LitsyEvents 1y

CBee I‘ll either read

Doctors and Friends

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CBee Or

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

TheKidUpstairs Perfect! I just started reading

All Creatures Great and Small

Ruthiella This will work perfectly with my planned #FurrowedMiddlebrow read for July

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

Meshell1313 Perfect timing as I just picked up this new release:

A Crown of Ivy and Glass

batsy @Ruthiella and I are think alike 😆 That'll be my pick, too! 1y

CBee @TheKidUpstairs great choice! 1y

CBee @batsy @Ruthiella multiple challenges ticked off, yay! 1y

CBee @Meshell1313 perfect!! 1y

willaful Gosh, a toughie. 😁 I'm also reading “Miss Carter and the Ifrit.“ 1y

CBee @willaful so awesome that a few of y‘all are reading the same book! 1y

Ruthiella @willaful @batsy What a coincidence! 🤣 1y

youneverarrived This was tougher than it sounded. Going with

Sorrow and Bliss

CBee @youneverarrived that‘s a pretty good read 💚 1y

AmyG I will be reading

Elvis and the Grateful Dead

CBee @AmyG that sounds fun! 1y

julieclair I‘m joining @Ruthiella @batsy and @willaful in reading

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

CBee @julieclair it‘s a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party 😂😊 1y

willaful Ain't no party like a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party!

I was so sad about his recent post. I'm dying to read that expanded Henrietta book. I tried to comment and suggest a kickstarter, but it never takes my comments. 1y

batsy @CBee @julieclair 😆🎉🎉 1y

CBee @CatLass007 here is July‘s prompt! You can also search the tag #tbrtarot to see all of the others 😊💚 1y

CatLass007 @cbee Thank you. @Ruthiella and @willaful I don‘t need to commit to any more book discussions, readalongs, or anything else. But please tell me the #FurrowedMiddlebrow details just in case I change my mind. 1y

CatLass007

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics

CBee @CatLass007 perfect! 😊 1y

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Gissy

And the Month Was May | Tony Holt

I read 12 books in May (one book was the #CBBC reading and I don‘t own that book).
Only one bingo but I read #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books I read more books in the free spaces😂
No bingo in the #ISpyBingo May @TheAromaOfBooks @Clwojick

Two books were not completed. I will try to finish them during this month. They are:
The Splendid and the Vile #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
Clothes-Pegs #FurrowedMiddlebrow @LeahBergen

LeahBergen What a good month! Did you not like Clothes-Pegs? 1y

Gissy @LeahBergen I‘m enjoying it but I couldn‘t finish it because it was a busy month, where we have to sacrifice our reading time☹️Today is June 5th and I haven‘t read much either😩 1y

Clwojick Good job! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 1y

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MaureenMc

Begin Again | Ursula Orange

My final 😔 Book Depository order arrived a few days ago. I believe the tagged was a previous #Furrowedmiddlebrow group pick. The other I chose mainly for the cover, although I do love E.M. Delafield. #buybuyBookDepository
And the bookmarks are adorable!

Cathythoughts Lovely books 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 we‘ll miss Book D. 🙁 2y

LeahBergen I loved Begin Again! ❤️ 2y

Tamra What amazing covers! 2y

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MaureenMc @Cathythoughts We certainly will miss them. 😞 2y

MaureenMc @LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to reading it! 2y

MaureenMc @Tamra They are rather striking, aren‘t they? 🤩 2y

CarolynM I loved Begin Again ❤️ And the other 2 Ursula Orange books published by FMB. 2y

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willaful

Summer Pudding | Susan Scarlett

I read the #FurrowedMiddlebrow edition, but I must confess to preferring the Greyladies cover.

A very enjoyable read right until the end, which 1) had several worrying loose ends and 2) had no payoff at all for the MMC being unfair to the FMC, aside from the requisite HEA. Romance readers beware! There's also somewhat less interesting period detail than in the other Scarlett books.

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Aimeesue

Wine of Honour | Barbara Beauchamp

WW2 has ended,and everyone‘s returning home, but neither home nor they themselves remain the same. I have a thing for WW2 British homefront books, so this was a interesting read for me. Being a (now retired) military spouse, I found the discussions of nostalgia & pride in wartime units relatable -there‘s something about surviving a stressful/challenging time together that creates a bond that outsiders just can‘t be part of.
#FurrowedMiddlebrow ⬇️

Aimeesue (2)It was thrilling to see it depicted here, because those of us who went through it in recent times don‘t often see it depicted in fiction.As depicted here, coming out the other side of war zone deployments, family separations, PTSD and re-aclimation to the civilian world can be jarring, and happens in fits and starts, as Beauchamp demonstrated beautifully here. Spot on, so I may even read this one again. (edited) 2y

Aimeesue @catebutler @elkeOriginal @erzascarletbookgasm @quietjenn @CarolynM @Cathythoughts @batsy @Kimzey @Jess_Read_This @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @Tamra @Ruthiella (edited) 2y

batsy Great review, and great to see it from your perspective. Yes, I think the reacclimation "in fits and starts" as you say, is the thing that struck me the most reading this. 2y

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Aimeesue @batsy I don‘t know how it is when you actually deploy to a war zone together, but being the spouses of the deployed is an incredibly bonding experience these days. Despite all kinds of social differences, the people who supported me while our spouses were deployed together will ALWAYS be my people. (edited) 2y

jlhammar Wonderful review! It felt very authentic to me. Glad it resonated with you. I really appreciated the focus on the challenging adjustment period for the returning men and women and their families. Not something I‘ve read much about. And lovely floral background in your collage! 2y

Ruthiella That‘s so cool that you have this extra lens to read this with. Isn‘t amazing how one can connect across time via books like this? Glad you liked it. (edited) 2y

LeahBergen What a great review! I liked it for the very reasons you did and I‘m not even a military spouse. 😆 It was such an interesting take on the WW2 novel. 2y

Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻and I love your picture. 2y

Suet624 Hmmm…with your review and the comments of all those who enjoyed the book, it seems I‘ll have to read it! 2y

Aimeesue @jlhammar i just googled "1940s wallpaper" and picked from the prettiest! ? 2y

Aimeesue @Ruthiella It‘s an interesting connection for sure. Probably why I‘m so drawn to British homefront stories - I can really relate. 2y

Aimeesue @LeahBergen I really enjoyed it! 2y

Aimeesue @Cathythoughts Thanks! It‘s a 1940s wallpaper design! 2y

Aimeesue @Suet624 There are some annoying characters and situations for sure, but I really did enjoy these aspects. Hope you enjoy it if you decide to read it! (edited) 2y

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