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This book was a delight! The main character is a strong, resourceful, good-hearted woman with a witty sense of humor. Although the novel is lighthearted, there are several difficult situations and moral dilemmas which are dealt with realistically. The characters all seemed real. This is not just a “fluffy” romance. It has substance. 5⭐️

#HappyFiction @TheAromaofBooks @mabell @Chrissyreadit (Yes, I FINALLY managed to read it! 🙄🤪😂)

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I genuinely love this book so much. The snark between the main characters is just fantastic. 1mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I loved it too! It will be in the mail to you by the end of next week, once I get home from vacation. Just in time for you to pack it and move it, perhaps? 1mo

LeahBergen His regency books are all so good! 1mo

julieclair @LeahBergen This is the first of his that I have read, but it won‘t be the last! 1mo

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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

My goals for the #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew Readathon are:

1. Begin my three 2025 Year-long daily reads.

2. Finish at least two of the four books I‘m supposed to finish by the end of December. 😂

3. Begin reading the January books for #HashtagBrigade and #SundayBuddyRead .

Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65 ! Your Readathons always help me focus (and occasionally panic!) 😉

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks @mabell @Chrissyreadit Yes, that is indeed our #HappyFiction selection that I have been holding on to for a year… 🫣😳🤯

Indiscretion: A Novel

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Ruthiella That‘s ambitious! Good luck . 👍 1mo

TheAromaofBooks 😂 So that's where Indiscretion got to. Kind of forgot haha 1mo

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julieclair @TheAromaofBooks 🙄🙄🙄🫣🫣🫣 1mo

Andrew65 Love the organisation, and good luck - do try not to panic 😬 1mo

julieclair @Andrew65 Doing my best… which may not be good enough. 😂😂 1mo

Andrew65 @julieclair 😂😂😂 1mo

mabell Ha! Time flies! 1mo

julieclair @mabell At supersonic speed! 😂 1mo

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The Smile of the Stranger (Paget Family Saga Book 1) | Joan Aiken

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Great fun! Our heroine makes her way from Italy to post-Revolutionary France, to Regency England, outwitting various nefarious people in her life who wish to do her harm. Many adventures ensue!

It‘s on its way to you at long last, @TheAromaofBooks ! 🙄😬
#HappyFiction @mabell @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit ohhh! this sounds perfect 🧡 5mo

mabell Sounds fun! And love the colors! 5mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I did receive this one in the mail!!!! I will hopefully read it soon.... ish 😂 @Chrissyreadit @mabell 5mo

julieclair @Chrissyreadit @mabell @TheAromaofBooks I hope y‘all enjoy it as much as I did! 5mo

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The Smile of the Stranger (Paget Family Saga Book 1) | Joan Aiken

My August #BookSpin is The Smile of the Stranger for #HappyFiction and my #DoubleSpin is The Other‘s Gold for #ReadOrDonate .

@TheAromaofBooks @mabell @Chrissyreadit Looks like this will be the month when I FINALLY read our book! I think the Spin Gods have sent me a message. 😂

mabell 😂🎉🎉 6mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Enjoy!! 😂 6mo

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Happy Book | Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bookstore)

@mabell @Chrissyreadit @TheAromaofBooks Looking forward to our next round of #HappyFiction 🙂 Here are some choices.

Are we starting in May, or taking a catch-up month? Snail mail or StoryGraph? 🤔

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The Smile of the Stranger (Paget Family Saga Book 1)

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No Fond Return of Love: A Novel

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Vinegar Girl: William Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrew Retold: A Novel

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The Silver Ladies of Penny Lane: An absolutely hilarious feel-good novel

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Thanks for posting!!! I have also been thinking about this (even though I haven't yet read Willows or even checked SG to see if any of you have 😂). While there were things I did like about SG, I think overall I preferred sending the books in the mail. I'm down for another round either way. Thoughts? @Chrissyreadit @mabell 9mo

TheAromaofBooks Also my personal vote is for The Smile of a Stranger because I have really wanted to read some of Aiken's other historical novels, but I haven't read any of these so I would be happy to try any!! 9mo

Chrissyreadit @TheAromaofBooks i agree i like sending better- i think i would like if we tried a little book journal, to jot down as we read or at end of book… also still have to read wind in the willows. 9mo

Chrissyreadit I‘m good with Aiken! 9mo

julieclair @Chrissyreadit I love the book journal idea! How exactly would that work? Would we write in that, instead of in the margins? And I assume it would travel with the book? @mabell @TheAromaofBooks 9mo

mabell @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit Well friends, I‘ve been in a quandary - I am not able to keep up with our reading, but I also don‘t want to miss out on our lovely group. Realistically, I‘m afraid I just won‘t be able to join in. 😕 9mo

Chrissyreadit @julieclair yes we would write in notebook instead of margins. 9mo

Chrissyreadit @mabell I understand busy! is there something that would make it more manageable? 9mo

mabell @Chrissyreadit Only not actually reading the book 🤣 9mo

Chrissyreadit @mabell 🤣 9mo

julieclair @mabell I totally get it. You are in a season right now where free time for reading is hard to come by. Our group has indeed been so special, and our friendships can continue, group or no group. I can imagine how hard it was for you to decide you needed to leave, and I know we all respect that decision, even if it makes us a bit sad. The end of an era, lol! 💙💝💙😘 @Chrissyreadit @TheAromaofBooks 9mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit I think we‘re all struggling a bit to keep up with the reading - witness the fact that none of us have started Wind in the Willows yet. (Although I definitely intend to read it, because it has been on my TBR forever.) Do we want to say a sweet goodbye to our group? Or continue it with just the three of us? 9mo

Chrissyreadit I am happy to continue- or take a break- or discontinue- I enjoy a group of light reads, even though my brain is not reading the way it did a few years ago. But i also know it can be one more thing for some people. Like every other situation i‘m finding i read the books in chunks, and when i “get into” the book it‘s easy to finish but slow starts even for good books are sometimes challenging me these days (more than they used to) tWITW is on seria 9mo

Chrissyreadit @julieclair @TheAromaofBooks i forgot to tag in above comment 🤪 9mo

julieclair @Chrissyreadit @TheAromaofBooks What if we were to continue, mailing the books and with a journal, but at a leisurely pace? For example, I would read the Aiken book, making notes in the journal. Whenever I finished it, I‘d mail it to Sarah. When she finished, she‘d mail it to Chrissy. When Chrissy finished, she‘d mail it back to me. Then I‘d choose a new book, and use the same journal. By using the same journal, we‘d get to see what those who⬇️ 9mo

julieclair came after us wrote about the prior book. No monthly pressure, just read at our own pace, or DNF if we can‘t get into it. 9mo

Chrissyreadit @julieclair i love that idea- and also ok with if we haven‘t started in the end of 4 weeks just mail or communicate? sometimes i do better with an end date- and sometimes having 6 weeks has helped. 9mo

mabell @julieclair Yes! It was a difficult decision, and it had made me sad. Our group and our books kept me company through many appointments! ❤️ 9mo

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair @Chrissyreadit - I love the idea of staying focused on one book, although maybe when the book gets back to Julie, she goes ahead and mails just the notebook to me and then I start with a new book, just so one person isn't in charge of providing all the books? haha we can work that out as we go along. I'm super flexible and love to see our group continue in some form. This would put us more at one book per quarter. No pressure @mabell ⬇ 9mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) but just curious if that is a pace that would be more sustainable for you? I totally understand if not - sometimes life has to take priority over reading (so annoying haha)

So basically, I'm up for whatever, but I do really like the notebook idea!! 9mo

Chrissyreadit I think that sounds great! @TheAromaofBooks @julieclair 9mo

mabell @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @julieclair I would love to stay in the group! Even if I don‘t get to the book, I could at least enjoy the journal comments 😂 9mo

Chrissyreadit @mabell YAY!!!! @TheAromaofBooks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 @julieclair 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 9mo

TheAromaofBooks @mabell - Flipping through the journal could help you decide if the book is worth reading! 😂 9mo

TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @julieclair @mabell - So Julie, are you good with finding a journal and picking the book to set us off on our new round of reading?? A heavy responsibility on your shoulders 😂 9mo

julieclair Yay @mabell ! 😁🎉😄🎊🙌🎉🎉🎉🎉 And yes, @TheAromaofBooks , I‘m up to the task! 💪 I really love the journal idea, @Chrissyreadit ! ✍️📝 I think we have a great plan. We‘ll start with Aiken‘s The Smile of the Stranger. We‘ll mail in our usual order, Julie-Sarah-Elizabeth-Chrissy-Julie. Once the book & journal get back to me, I‘ll mail the journal to Sarah, and she can start our next round. Hooray for our happy little group! 🥰 9mo

TheAromaofBooks Love it when a plan comes together!!! 9mo

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Powder and Patch | Georgette Heyer

@Chrissyreadit @TheAromaofBooks @mabell I‘m not very far into this month‘s #HappyFiction book yet, but I‘ve lost track of our discussion. Are we doing it on StoryGraph, or did we decide to do something else? 🤪

mabell So relatable 🤣 🙋‍♀️ It‘s on Storygraph this time https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/a8095fe9-5674-45f7-9ab6-b5a10cd41f2f 10mo

julieclair @mabell Thank you! Glad you can relate! 🤪 10mo

TheAromaofBooks In the final section of Powder & Patch I did post the link to the April SG discussion for Wind in the Willows, too!! @mabell @Chrissyreadit (edited) 10mo

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julieclair @TheAromaofBooks 👍👍 So excited for Wind in the Willows! Would you believe I‘ve never read it? 10mo

TheAromaofBooks It's been years since I have read it, but I remember thinking it was super sweet and adorable. I'm really excited about rereading it, and since it starts with Mole abandoning his spring cleaning because the weather is so nice, it seems like a good read for this time of year 😂 10mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Abandoning Spring cleaning? I‘m a Mole fan already! 🤩 10mo

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Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies: A Novel | Vicky Zimmerman

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I loved this heartwarming story about the transformative power of an unlikely friendship. I didn‘t like either of the main characters at first, one was arrogant, grumpy and rude, and the other was weak and spineless. But as their friendship grew, they each also grew in positive and satisfying ways. By the end, I was cheering for both of them. Tip - Don‘t miss the author‘s note at the end!
#AcquiredViaLitsy #ReadYourTBR #2024Challenge #HappyFiction

mabell, melissajayne, MatchlessMarie, Chrissyreadit, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo

Chrissyreadit 💛 11mo

mabell I‘m so far behind on this one 🙃 But everyone agreed it was a good choice! 11mo

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MatchlessMarie Awesome!! Does the book include any actual recipes? 🍋😋 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This looks good! 😊 11mo

julieclair @MatchlessMarie I‘m out of town so I finished it on audio. I‘ll check the back of the actual book when I get home. All the descriptions of food & meals sounded delicious! 11mo

julieclair @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think you would really enjoy it! 11mo

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The Inimitable Jeeves | P. G. Wodehouse

My favorite book of November was The Inimitable Jeeves, which I read with my #HappyFiction buddies, @Chrissyreadit , @mabell and @TheAromaofBooks . 🙂
#12Booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 These are still great books, true classics. 13mo

TheAromaofBooks You can't go wrong with Jeeves!!! 13mo

mabell ❤️❤️❤️ 13mo

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A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting: A Novel | Sophie Irwin

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A delightful book! All the fun one would expect of a regency romance. #HappyFiction
It‘s coming to you next, @TheAromaofBooks ! @Chrissyreadit @mabell

mabell Yay! It sounds fun! 1y

Chrissyreadit 🩷🩷🩷 1y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I am looking forward to this one!!! 1y

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The five-minute marriage | Joan Aiken

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An absolute delight! This was my first Joan Aiken novel, but it won‘t be my last. Great pick, @TheAromaofBooks !
#HappyFiction @mabell @Chrissyreadit

mabell It was fun! Great characters 😄 1y

Chrissyreadit IAgree! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!! I've had mixed results with Aiken's other books (although Wolves of Willoughby Chase is one of my all-time favorites). Also, I got your package!!! Thank you so much for your encouraging note and the little goodies for Mary Rose!!!! She has a small Amazon list but not much on it right now because she is staying with Dad and Mom so she doesn't have a lot of emergency needs. But thank you for checking!! ⬇ 1y

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TheAromaofBooks Whenever she moves back into her apartment (or a different one) we are going to throw her a shower because that is when she will actually need new stuff like towels and kitchen supplies and odds and ends. Right now she just doesn't have a place to store things so we are kind of waiting to see what info the landlords get so we have some kind of timeline for her life!! The landlords are waiting to hear from insurance people and contractors so ⬇ 1y

TheAromaofBooks no one is exactly sure what will happen when 😂 But thank you so much!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ 1y

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I'm glad the package arrived safe and sound! I love the idea of a shower! So smart. If you are inviting any non-local people, I'd love an invitation whenever you have it. 😉 1y

TheAromaofBooks Absolutely!! Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. It's been overwhelming!!! And even though Mary Rose isn't technically homeless... she has still lost her home and it's very emotional. 1y

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I can only imagine. 💙😢💙 1y

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