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I reread this recently for Bookclub. I enjoyed the atmosphere and writing and the character of Fermin ❤️. However, I read it first 20 years ago, and I remember being excited and enthusiastic about it then. This time it felt a bit laborious , although it‘s still magical. It was a very different experience. I wasn‘t as blown away. It can be interesting rereading a book. 🤔

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Just delightful banter and then suddenly a pithy saying or poignant comment. I‘m not sure I can tell you what the series is “about.” It‘s more just enjoying the dialogue, in peeling back the layers of Emma and Pierce, and even Islington. It‘s reading the last sentence on the page, eagerly turning that page anticipating the next sentence only to find it‘s done; that volume is done. So on to volume 4 tomorrow.

This novel dealt with a hundred year old murder. The genre was YA historical fiction plus some modern day. Set in Tulsa Oklahoma, this novel took the reader back to the race war of 1921. It had visions of live, hatred, compassion and courage. The characters were widespread in their personalities and bravery. Others were vile and extremely unlikable. 4/5⭐️

This is the lower end of the pick scale for me. I really wanted for all the Queens to be clearly depicted, but only Christie and Sayers have pretty distinct personalities. Marsh and Allingham were only distinguishable from each other by Marsh‘s New Zealand accent and their respective clothing styles. The book was also a bit slow paced in the first half but picked up later. #audiowalk

A few years back, I enjoyed this series about the friendship doll exchanges between US and Japan; in which US children sent more than 12,000 Friendship Dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war.

#Doll #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It‘s a cozy reading night. ❤️

Sometimes I can predict the future. #FirstSaturdayReaders

Domitian was back.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBbookOwl

I took the #threelistthursday quiz. It‘s all books from PBS‘s Great American Read list but the books are numbered from 100-1. My score is 24 of 100 - 24% but that‘s not right because I‘ve only read 23 books on this list. I don‘t know how I got 24. This is the 23 books I‘ve read from this list and my thoughts about them.