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humouress
Who's Sorry Now? | Maggie Robinson
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Ch 6:

“Stop reading my mind. I don‘t like it, and you know that,” Addie said crossly.
“I explained about that. It‘s not actually mind-reading. But I do catch a sentence or two on occasion.”

Ch 26:

“I‘m a reformed character. Reforming, anyhow. Everybody Upstairs thinks so. I don‘t know why you can‘t see that,” Rupert grumbled, smoothing his own hair down. Addie had to admit that he was still ridiculously attractive, even if he was dead.

humouress Ch 33: She taped a note to her door, (did they have sellotape in 1925?) 2d
humouress Ch 40: She was about to tug the green glass tip free when Rupert smiled and blew a kiss from the middle of the road, just a few feet away. Both she and Bunny screamed. (Rupert being Addy‘s husband‘s ghost) 2d
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humouress
Who's Sorry Now? | Maggie Robinson
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Set in London in 1925, after the Great War. Fun and light but the anachronisms and Americanisms (swapping ‘bring‘ for ‘take‘ for example) are tripping me up.
Following on from ‘Nobody‘s Sweetheart Now‘ the widowed Lady Adelaide is embroiled in (solving) another crime, Inspector Dev Hunter is investigating this one too (and their mutual, unspoken attraction continues) and she still can‘t get rid of Rupert, her husband‘s ghost, who keeps popping up

humouress Lady Adelaide notices her guest‘s knee socks - but fashions of the time should have been well below the knee. At one point a character tapes a note on the door - also ahead of of the times, I feel (edited) 3d
humouress Ch 6: “Stop reading my mind. I don‘t like it, and you know that,” Addie said crossly. “I explained about that. It‘s not actually mind-reading. But I do catch a sentence or two on occasion.” (edited) 2d
humouress Ch 26: “I‘m a reformed character. Reforming, anyhow. Everybody Upstairs thinks so. I don‘t know why you can‘t see that,” Rupert grumbled, smoothing his own hair down. Addie had to admit that he was still ridiculously attractive, even if he was dead. 2d
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shanaqui
Pickpick

I knew about some of the efforts to keep the public fit in WWII, but not the experimental basis behind them, and not all of the stuff discussed here. I found this very readable and interesting.

Warning: if you're phobic about insects (or at least biting ones), be careful. There's a whole chapter on them, and I definitely had some intrusive thoughts and a nightmare because of it.

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shanaqui
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My library haul for today. I was there for the tagged book, which came in as a hold, but I grabbed a few others. The “blind date with a book“ ones had been set up for Christmas, and I felt bad that so many had been left unborrowed, so I scooped up any that were fantasy/SF.

They were Raymond E. Feist's King of Ashes, Karen Lord's The Blue Beautiful World, and Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad, which I miiiight have already read, I'll have to check.

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LiseWorks
Roses, Roses | Bill James
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February #Feelin'TheLove Rose's this is my favorite color for roses. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Truth🌹 2mo
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fredthemoose
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was interesting—a biography of Queen Elizabeth told through more than a hundred vignettes from throughout her life. I enjoyed the author‘s similar book, 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret. This one was long at 20 hours, but the vignettes break it up nicely. A pick for anyone predisposed to be interested in books about the royal family.

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Jen2
The Meriwell Legacy | Stephanie Laurens
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Pickpick

Not bad.

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Mitch
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When you can‘t be near when you really want to be…. What do bookish people do? They read a gifted book that connects you ♥️♥️

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AllDebooks
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Pickpick

This remarkable, engrossing history of witchcraft and black magic extends from 1800 to 2015. Waters looks at the influence of imperialism and colonial cultures on England against the rise and fall of black arts. It's thoroughly researched and well written throughout.
Highly recommended.

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Born.A.Reader
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#DaysDevotedto #Princess
Pulled a book from my 🇬🇧 Royals shelf for this prompt. Also pictured, a thank you card/photo from the Prince & Princess of Wales (then the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge) 10th anniversary. In case you didn't know, if you send the Royals a card (Birthday, anniversary, get well, etc), you usually receive a thank you card in return!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

tpixie What a special memento! I wonder how many staff it takes to do that?! 4mo
Eggs Lovely 👑 4mo
Born.A.Reader A large team I've heard. There's people that do nothing but answer mail for the royal family. It must be really neat though! 4mo
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