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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! 🩷 8mo

jlhammar Absolutely love that cover!! Delightfully suspenseful indeed. And what a great ending 😆 8mo

willaful Ah, love those old editions. Perfect #furrowedmiddlebrow 8mo

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Kimzey Love the photo and the review! 8mo

Tamra Perfect cover art! 8mo

Leftcoastzen Wow loving that cover! 8mo

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. 8mo

Ruthiella Love that cover! 😍 I remember liking My Caravaggio but maybe because the main character was so annoying, I like this one better? 8mo

batsy That's a fantastic cover! Suits the book so well. I preferred this to My Caravaggio, as well. 8mo

elkeOriginal Gorgeous edition! Amazing bookshelves! You kill me, lady 📚💗 8mo

kspenmoll Love the cover, even though I haven‘t read the book! 8mo

Cathythoughts I love the trunk on your book cover. Treasures 💫 8mo

erzascarletbookgasm Great edition! I love your shelves as well 😍 8mo

CarolynM That‘s a beautiful edition😍 Appropriate for a lovely book. 7mo

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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 11mo

CBee @LitsyEvents 11mo

CBee I‘ll either read

Doctors and Friends

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CBee Or

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

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TheKidUpstairs Perfect! I just started reading

All Creatures Great and Small

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

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

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

A Crown of Ivy and Glass

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batsy @Ruthiella and I are think alike 😆 That'll be my pick, too! 11mo

CBee @TheKidUpstairs great choice! 11mo

CBee @batsy @Ruthiella multiple challenges ticked off, yay! 11mo

CBee @Meshell1313 perfect!! 11mo

willaful Gosh, a toughie. 😁 I'm also reading “Miss Carter and the Ifrit.“ 11mo

CBee @willaful so awesome that a few of y‘all are reading the same book! 11mo

Ruthiella @willaful @batsy What a coincidence! 🤣 11mo

youneverarrived This was tougher than it sounded. Going with

Sorrow and Bliss

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CBee @youneverarrived that‘s a pretty good read 💚 11mo

AmyG I will be reading

Elvis and the Grateful Dead

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CBee @AmyG that sounds fun! 11mo

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

Miss Carter and the Ifrit

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CBee @julieclair it‘s a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party 😂😊 11mo

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. 11mo

batsy @CBee @julieclair 😆🎉🎉 11mo

CBee @CatLass007 here is July‘s prompt! You can also search the tag #tbrtarot to see all of the others 😊💚 10mo

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. 10mo

CatLass007

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics

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CBee @CatLass007 perfect! 😊 10mo

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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? 12mo

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😩 12mo

Clwojick Good job! 12mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 12mo

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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. 🙁 12mo

LeahBergen I loved Begin Again! ❤️ 12mo

Tamra What amazing covers! 12mo

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MaureenMc @Cathythoughts We certainly will miss them. 😞 12mo

MaureenMc @LeahBergen I‘m looking forward to reading it! 12mo

MaureenMc @Tamra They are rather striking, aren‘t they? 🤩 12mo

CarolynM I loved Begin Again ❤️ And the other 2 Ursula Orange books published by FMB. 12mo

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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) 14mo

Aimeesue @catebutler @elkeOriginal @erzascarletbookgasm @quietjenn @CarolynM @Cathythoughts @batsy @Kimzey @Jess_Read_This @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads @Tamra @Ruthiella (edited) 14mo

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. 14mo

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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) 14mo

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! 14mo

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) 14mo

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. 14mo

Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻and I love your picture. 14mo

Suet624 Hmmm…with your review and the comments of all those who enjoyed the book, it seems I‘ll have to read it! 14mo

Aimeesue @jlhammar i just googled "1940s wallpaper" and picked from the prettiest! ? 14mo

Aimeesue @Ruthiella It‘s an interesting connection for sure. Probably why I‘m so drawn to British homefront stories - I can really relate. 14mo

Aimeesue @LeahBergen I really enjoyed it! 14mo

Aimeesue @Cathythoughts Thanks! It‘s a 1940s wallpaper design! 14mo

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) 14mo

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rubyslippersreads

Four gardens | Margery Sharp

Someone else may have already posted this news, but Rupert Heath, founder of Dean Street Press, has passed away.

There‘s more about him, and the future of #FurrowedMiddlebrow books, on the FM blog:

http://furrowedmiddlebrow.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-ides-of-march.html

I emailed Rupert about a Susan Scarlett ARC, and he couldn‘t have been nicer and more patient in figuring out the right format for me.

#FurrowedMiddleBrowClub
#DeanStreetPress

MaureenMc 😞 1y

Ruthiella That‘s sad to hear. He leaves behind a legacy of wonderful books he helped make available to readers. 1y

willaful Oh no. I'm sad for everyone's loss and also sad for our loss of FM. 😢 1y

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jlhammar Oh, how sad. And no more FM reprints to come 😪 1y

LeahBergen I‘m glad you posted this as I was just about to do it! It‘s so very sad. There will be no more Furrowed Middlebrow books to come but our little club can still work through the 96 that have been printed. I‘ll tag the rest of our club to make sure we all see this: @catebutler @elkeOriginal @erzascarletbookgasm @quietjenn @CarolynM @Cathythoughts @batsy @Kimzey @Jess_Read_This 1y

CarolynM Thanks for posting @rubyslippersreads and thanks for tagging everyone @LeahBergen I was so sad when I heard the news, first about Amanda and then Rupert. DSP must be a thriving little business. Maybe someone will want to fold it into their little publishing house in due time. We can only hope. 1y

LeahBergen @CarolynM Yes, I‘m hoping for something like that, too. 😢 1y

rubyslippersreads @CarolynM @LeahBergen I hope that will happen too. 1y

batsy Oh no, that is so sad. 54 is way too young. 😞 I'm not sure if he was the one tweeting under the FM account or if he occasionally did but I got the impression of an incredibly nice and approachable person. @CarolynM I hope that it's a possibility. DSP was such a lovely idea and it'll be such a loss without more reprints. 1y

CarolynM @batsy The FM account is Scott Thompson who wrote the tagged blog post. He's the force behind the FM imprint while Rupert was the publisher. 1y

batsy @CarolynM Ah, OK! Thank you for clearing that up. 1y

Kimzey How terribly sad! Thank you for letting us know. 😢 1y

Cathythoughts So sad. Yes 54 is way too young @batsy. I‘m so glad we are all part of FM and will have read the 96 books @LeahBergen It will be a poignant reading experience now. I hope DSP will continue somehow @CarolynM 1y

Jess_Read_This It‘s a such a tragedy. I also read Scott‘s post just now that there will be no more Furrowed Middlebrow reprints. 😕 I‘m glad our group will continue reading together though! Thank you for tagging me @LeahBergen 1y

erzascarletbookgasm Sad news indeed. Thanks for tagging the FM gang @LeahBergen . I‘m glad to be part of FM club too @Cathythoughts 1y

Aimeesue Oh, how sad. 14mo

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