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The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel | Jenny Colgan

#WeeklyForecast

Continue with my yearlong reads on the right

Continue with the buddy reads; Lark Rise to Candleford #Hashtagbrigade, Sense and Sensibility #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Hard Times #WhatTheDickens

I want to finish Gliff

I want to continue listening to the tagged book

I want to start both The Diary of Anne Frank #Netherlands #foodandlit and Wild Houses

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 4: this is william Gladstone #ifyouactuallycare 🤣 #meninbars #notmuchchanges 🤷🏻‍♀️ #drinkingbeerwithallthatsparemoney 🙄 🍻 #drunkenbarsinging #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 16h

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 16h

Cuilin I may be in the minority here, but I‘m loving this book. It‘s like looking at a huge pastoral painted masterpiece and seeing all the details. 16h

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Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I actually don‘t mind it but I think it would be better read in chunks or all at once. To me chapter a day is kind of weird for a book like this. 16h

dabbe I did love reading the songs today. They were like ballads--or maybe they were actually ballads. 😂 15h

mcctrish It‘s just a lot of words setting the scene for an episode of All Creatures Great and Small imo and I‘d like it to start already 15h

willaful @dabbe It's definitely ballads! I'm interested in folk music, so I enjoyed this chapter. I recognized a few of these because they made it to Appalachia and Jean Ritchie sang them. 15h

Bookwormjillk I was trying to figure out the tunes for each one but in my mind they all sounded like Chumbawumba. 14h

dabbe @willaful 🤩🤗🤩 12h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🤩😂🤗 12h

Bklover @Cuilin The way this is written reminds me of the early Little House books minus any drama. The difference being the target audience. 11h

willaful @Bookwormjillk Here's a bit of Jean Ritchie singing Lord Lovell: https://folkways.si.edu/jean-ritchie/lord-lovel/american-folk-old-time-world/mus...

And here's a version of “False Sir John“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAT5mDCwKpE 11h

KAO I enjoyed some of the songs that I found on YouTube—especially “The Outlandish Knight”! https://youtu.be/bq6RldgW7NQ?si=bX_O2D6mjk1HasWB (edited) 9h

KAO @Cuilin I‘m with you! I‘m enjoying the book so far (though I‘m not usually so patient with long descriptions), and the word “pastoral” seems perfect. Maybe it‘s just what my anxious mind needs right now! 9h

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julieclair

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

Thinking of all my #HashtagBrigade friends today. Took a train ride through the rainforest on St. Kitts. SO much #VerdantVerdure. Just in case you were wondering, I didn't cry. Nor did I faint. 😂
Actually, I enjoyed every minute! As it turns out, #VerdantVerdure is truly quite beautiful! 🙂 @BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella But did you maybe spontaneously compose a sonnet to remark upon its beauty? 😂 19h

BarkingMadRead I‘m so glad you stayed dry and awake 🤣 18h

julieclair @Ruthiella Unfortunately, no sonnets spontaneously sprung to mind. 😂 18h

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julieclair @BarkingMadRead It was a minor miracle. 😂 18h

TheAromaofBooks If not a sonnet, at least an ode?? Emily managed to work them in even between fainting fits! 😂 50m

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Since I did not faint, I was unable to compose an ode. 😂 16m

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AnneCecilie

The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel | Jenny Colgan

#BookReport

This looks way more impressive than it actually is, and I may be wanting to do too much

I read Gift, Christmas in the Big Forest, The Bookshop and Colors of Life

I continued the tagged on audio

I‘ve started The Position of Spoons and Gliff

I started some new buddy reads; Lark Rise to Candleford #Hashtagbrigade, Sense and Sensibility #PemerLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Hard Times #WhatTheDickens

I started some yearlong reads

AnneCecilie Year of Living Curiously, The Booklover‘s Almanac and Year of Wonder 1d

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willaful

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

i have the cutest tiny edition of this from the library (shown on a regular sized hardcover for scale.) But the print is too small for my aging eyes, so I have to use my ereader!

#HashtagBrigade

rubyslippersreads, mcctrish, quietjenn, BarkingMadRead, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, BarbaraJean, JacqMac, AnneCecilie, Vansa, Bklover, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Crinoline_Laphroaig, CoverToCoverGirl, Bookwormjillk, eeclayton, Ruthiella, dabbe, ElizaMarie, SamAnne, TheAromaofBooks, Tineke, julieclair, AllDebooks, KAO

Bookwormjillk That‘s what I would have to do too 1d

Ruthiella I can only imagine how small the print must be! I have a paperback copy from the library with normal sized print and it is a BRICK! 1d

TheBookHippie Mine is still enroute 😅😵‍💫😬 I‘d need a magnifying glass 🫠 1d

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AllDebooks 🧐 I can barely see the book, never mind the print. 1d

Librarybelle Cute edition, but I can only imagine the size of the print! 1d

julieclair Thankfully, I‘m reading it on my tablet, so 1) I can‘t see how thick the book is and 2) I can adjust the size of the print to suit my old eyes! 😂 1d

BarkingMadRead That‘s a cool cover!! 23h

mcctrish Such a pretty cover but micro print is ridiculous. I‘m on my e reader too and I think I‘d like to know how far I have to read of this meandering bucolic story 23h

Deblovestoread I‘m on an e reader, too. Although I can still read fairly small print it causes headaches so I steer clear. 19h

Bookwomble It looks like Macmillan Collector's edition judging by the cover layout. I love those books, but as you say, the font can be challenging at times! 🔎📖 14h

quietjenn So pretty, but I sympathize about the font. I'm reading the ebook, too. 12h

willaful @Bookwomble Yes, that's it. I remember the first edition of “The Professor“ I ever read was a tiny one like this -- but I was maybe 16 then! 11h

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Ruthiella

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Actually, I am drawn to chunky novels - I love ‘em! 😂

I realized that I had a number of planned books for 2025 (FOUR are for #HashtagBrigade !) that would fit the #AllergictoChunksters and #ChunksterChallenge2025 , so I‘m hopping on board. More may be forthcoming but for now I have:

Lark Rise to Candleford - 556 pages
The Mill on the Floss - 579 pages
The Woman in White - 626 pages
Wives and Daughters - 679 pages
The Quincunx - 781 pages

Amiable, julieclair

BarbaraBB I absolutely loved both The Woman in White and The Quincunx! 1d

BarbaraBB And The Mill on the Floss! 1d

AllDebooks I love a good chunkster, more bang for your buck, as it were. 😅 The Quincunx is a favourite of mine. 1d

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Ruthiella @BarbaraBB The Woman in White will be a re-read for me but The Mill on the Floss and The Quincunx will both be for the first time. I am glad to have your endorsement! 😃 (edited) 21h

Ruthiella @AllDebooks Agreed! I love getting lost in a long book. Glad also to get a second thumbs up for The Quincunx! 😊 21h

dabbe My thoughts on Lark Rise so far ... 😴💤🥱 20h

Amiable @AllDebooks Agreed! Why pay the same price for a book with 300 pages when you can get one with 700, is my thought. 🤷🏻‍♀️😀 19h

Ruthiella @dabbe It certainly isn‘t very plot driven! 😂 19h

Ruthiella @Amiable Absolutely! 👍 19h

julieclair Glad you‘re joining us! 😃 It hadn‘t really dawned on me that we have 4 chunksters for #HashtagBrigade . Since my personal goal is 3 for the year, if I just keep up my reading for that challenge, I‘ll exceed my goal for #AllergicToChunksters ! Woo hoo! 17h

Ruthiella @julieclair The beauty of the #HashtagBrigade is it holds me accountable (to myself). Reading The Quincunx will be more challenging for me personally. 🤞 17h

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 3: men farming #superexciting #inowknowmorethanieverwantedto #momsgettingtheirsonsoutthedoor #christmasstoryvibes #icantputmyarmsdown #starvingpeopleinchina #staytuned #maybethenextchapterwillhavemoredrama #otherthanthatoneladyhavingakidoutofwedlock #andalgyhavingptsd #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @thebookhippie @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2d

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @elizamarie @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2d

Bookwormjillk I don‘t even need drama- just some sense of a connected story would be nice! But you‘re right on the Christmas Story connection 😂 2d

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mcctrish This made me flinch 2d

TheAromaofBooks I did think it was interesting that the “mother village“ was smaller than the “hamlet.“ I get that it's the location of the home farm, which makes it more important, but it also seems like more people would live there! 2d

Librarybelle While I don‘t mind very minute details about every day life, a part of me is wondering how in the world they came up with a TV series for this. I guess lots of TV magic, unless we get into storylines in the book very soon. 2d

julieclair @mcctrish 😂😂😂👍 2d

julieclair 🥱😴💤😪 2d

Deblovestoread @Librarybelle. Same! 2d

dabbe I almost wrote this yesterday and am in agreement with all of you so far: is there a plot anywhere in our future? 🙏🏻 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig It made for a wonderful sleep story. I fell asleep to audiobook almost immediately. 2d

willaful @dabbe I looked it up on wikipedia and from what I can glean... no. How did they make an entire show about this?! 1d

Bklover @Crinoline_Laphroaig I keep falling asleep too! I keep thinking how different this is from our last adventure. No crying or fainting here! 1d

BarbaraJean @willaful Noooo!! I keep thinking there will be a semblance of a story when we get to the next chapter… you have shattered my hopeful delusion 😩 1d

eeclayton @willaful 😳 1d

dabbe @willaful I don't know if I can read 500+ pages of that. 😬 20h

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ferskner

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 2d

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 2d

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 2d

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 2d

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 2d

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 2d

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 2d

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 2d

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 2d

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 2d

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 2d

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 2d

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 2d

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 2d

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 2d

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 2d

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 2d

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 2d

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 2d

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 2d

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 2d

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 2d

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 1d

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 1d

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