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Lovers at the Museum: A Short Story | Isabel Allende

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This short story is set in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, #Spain, where two lovers are found sound asleep after a night of passion. An investigator prods them with questions--they were almost strangers to one another, yet she was wearing a wedding dress and he was wearing nothing--trying to find a crime they committed. Allende adds a touch of magical realism. A sweet fun story. #foodandlit @catsandbooks

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Hedon

Evidence of the Affair | Taylor Jenkins Reid

Today I read a short story by TJR, and liked it. So my next book is going to be another by this author.
Read a little in the park, eating a cold pasta salad with some Kimchi. Found this for the first time in a shop here in Ecuador yesterday and have been putting it on almost everything since then.

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Kitta

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer

Someone broke the little free library by my work! 😭

Why??

Librarybelle So sad! 5d

Kitta @Librarybelle Im hoping it‘s fixed soon, I have books to drop off 5d

Ruthiella Sad! 😞 5d

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BookishMadHatter People can be the absolute worst sometimes. Not happy until they're making others unhappy 4d

dabbe That just plain sucks. 😱 4d

Kitta @Ruthiella @BookishMadHatter @dabbe I know so sad! 😭 People can be mean and stupid sometimes. It‘s very active and I check it twice a day because books move fast there (before and after work). Definitely hoping it has someone who cares for it officially and the door is replaced soon. I‘m tempted to do it myself but idk if there‘s a librarian for it. 4d

5feet.of.fury Bummer ☹️ 4d

Meshell1313 Ooh nooo. Terrible! 3d

Bookwomble People can be such assholes at times! 😡 2d

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plemmdog

So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men | Claire Keegan

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Well, this was quite dark. Keegan read from this at my local bookstore last fall and called out an audience member who was trying to photograph her during the reading. i love her writing. She almost fills the void Munro left, when she retired. looking forward to more.

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Read4life

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

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Another Holmes, another pick.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @dabbe #readyourebooks @CBee
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader #SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

dabbe Yay! That was a fun one, wasn't it? 💙🩵💙 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w

Cuilin 🎉🎉🎉 1w

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1w

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LitsyEvents

Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5) | Terry Pratchett

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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #InterestingTimes and #TrollBridge next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on June 8th! Woohoo!

Troll Bridge is in “A Blink of the Screen“ or can be downloaded here: https://zlibrary.to/dl/pratchett-terry-troll-bridge

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2732421

#BuddyRead

julesG Thank you! 2w

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Graciouswarriorprincess

The Six Deaths of The Saint: Into Shadow | Alix E. Harrow

Book 90/100 of the year.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men | Claire Keegan

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I have found myself to be a Keegan outlier. This is my second of her books, this on a small short story collection, and I am always left a bit meh about them. I want so much more than she is willing to give us. I guess I am just not suited for a well written slice of life story? I need more to grab into to keep me invested. I have one more that I bought that I will try later hopefully that one will hit the mark for me.

NatalieR I‘m an outlier too. 🙋🏻‍♀️ I‘ve only read one of her books and I couldn‘t get into it. I don‘t intend to read any more of her books. 😕 Too many other authors I enjoy reading. 🤓 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures @NatalieR at least they are short? I have Foster already bought so I am going to try it, but even if I enjoy it it I probably will not read her again. 2w

NatalieR @ChaoticMissAdventures True! 😅 I hope Foster is enjoyable for you. 2w

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dabbe

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheNobleBachelor
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

IndoorDame I think this is the first time Sherlock and I agree that no crime was committed and everyone should run along home 😂 2w

Librarybelle True, @IndoorDame ! 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame Unless you want to charge Hatty Doran with bigamy! 😀 2w

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IndoorDame @dabbe oooh, we totally could! But it seems petty since she didn‘t steal money from either husband (and running off with your own fortune is the sort of thing that calls for recriminations against marrying someone just for the money) 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame Agree 💯. Hatty and Frank deserve each other. 😂 2w

dabbe A couple of things I found to be a hoot in this one:
•When Lestrade is so proud of the clue he found, Holmes looks at it, and Lestrade SHRIEKS, “You're looking at the wrong side!“
•When Simon dares to say to Holmes that the cases he's solved so far were from the lower classes, Sherlock replies that he is “descending“ in Simon's case and that his last client “of the sort was a king.“ 2w

kelli7990 I liked this story. 2w

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe Yes, Wrong side!?! - so funny. And when Simon is quite struck that he is not the highest client Holmes has aided. (HOW embarrassing lol)

I also thought is was silly for Simon to come for help from Holmes but then say “I am afraid it will take wiser heads than yours or mine“ and then amusing when Holmes says it was an honor of Simon to put his head on the level with Simon's.

@Librarybelle @IndoorDame 2w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I forgot about that last one, too! 😂 2w

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dabbe

Adventure of the Noble Bachelor: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheNobleBachelor
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

IndoorDame I think you could title this one Everyone Behaving Badly. Watson and the hapless inspector seem to me to come off the best, and our society couple the worst, but no one‘s behavior quite reaches noble, and Holmes‘ staging of the reveal is a bit self serving and distasteful. 2w

Librarybelle I‘m not sure anyone‘s behavior could be described as noble. St. Simon does remind me of the stereotypical nobility-type. 2w

dabbe Hatty's dad was abominable: getting rich then forbidding his daughter to marry Frank because he had no money, but hey, let's marry a lord for his title! Frank doesn't think Hatty can stay faithful unless they secretly marry so he can “feel sure of her.“ Plus he has her go through with the marriage to Simon when he magically appears at her wedding? Why couldn't they cause a scene at the church? They certainly did later! ⬇️ (edited) 2w

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dabbe Then Hatty wants to avoid everything and everybody: it's too “dreadful hard“ to tell Simon the truth, so let's just run away. Oh, and let's have Frank hide her wedding clothes because that'll solve everything. It takes SH to make them see the light, and then he thinks they can all get together for a happy supper? Yowza! 😂 2w

dabbe And ... no one seems to care what happens to Flora Miller. Lestrade thinks she killed Hatty, so is she left to still rot in jail? And even though Simon behaved “nobly“ by shaking Hatty's hand, he had no problem flinging it with Flora--just as any noble bachelor would do, right? 2w

Sace @dabbe Exactly! I need more story about Flora! 2w

CogsOfEncouragement @IndoorDame @Librarybelle @dabbe @sace I was surprised Watson was callous, saying Simon was not very gracious, while Holmes understood the hurt of losing a bride (okay & fortune lol). I saw Holmes as thoughtful providing an expensive dinner to allow Simon to get some closure in a private space. With upscale bottles of wine, for him to ease his pain as he heard the tale w/Holmes & Watson serving as buffer. And Yes, was Flora justified? 2w

IndoorDame @dabbe yes, I really hope someone gets her out of jail!!!!🤞🏼its maybe not strictly “nice” to crash your exes wedding to cause a scene, but I don‘t think we can justify the level punishment for her rudeness she‘d get for kidnapping and killing the new bride! 2w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Holmes does show his softer side in this one, doesn't he? Excellent point! 🤩 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame @Sace I've read that Doyle was known for “forgetting“ plot lines throughout his stories, but in the same one? He totally leaves Flora out there to hang! 2w

Sace Did Doyle forget or was she just a run of the mill danseuse not worthy of anything more? (I just wanted an excuse to use danseuse in a sentence 😂) 2w

Aimeesue @Sace 😂😂😂 2w

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