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Kat Holloway,cook extraordinaire,works for an upper echelon family in 1881 London.The eccentric daughter, who loves the freedom that dressing as a man in the night affords her, asks Kat to help her investigate when art & antiquities are stolen from upper class home & her friend is a suspect.Kat‘s possible love interest,Daniel,
an expert in disguise,is also investigating these thefts.What begins as a case of thievery becomes a case of murder.

The sense of foreboding in the slim book was so well done! I worried at every turn of the page. Mary is sent off by her father to work for the Vicar and help take care of his ailing wife. Although the home she left was harsh and full of backbreaking labor she laments the lack of choice she is given. I won‘t lie, this book was bleak but I thought it was really effective. #24in2024

Low end of the pick scale. The stories from White House residence staff were interesting, but Brower was all over the place. My two favorite sections had themes — children in the WH and how residence staff dealt with traumatic events like 9/11 and Kennedy‘s assassination. In many ways, Brower turns the staff members into saints. No staff member ever talks out of turn. All staff members respect and care for the families they serve. Really?

This was so interesting! Full of sweet stories and surprising revelations from the White House resident staff. Covering multiple decades and presidents, I especially loved hearing about the caring relationships between the first families and staff. The author also explored the history of how the house staff system came about, race, and respect. One juicy stories too. Really fascinating, great on #audio Highly recommend!

“I have nothing but a cat which I bought for a penny some time since from a little girl“

This story teaches the lesson that hard work pays off, with determination and perseverance, I would use this book as a fun way to motivate students to work hard

This book was about a man named Dick Whittington and his smart cat who are going to search to become rich, the cat is very got at catching rats which helps them in their quest

Just started this tonight and enjoying it more then I expected. Pride and Prejudice is one of my most reread books.... Can feel the itch to crack it open again starting now.

Thought the #pemberlittens might be interested in this interview with Jo Baker about her book Longbourn that the #hashtagbrigade read last year
Also I highly recommend this podcast in general, they just finished their read-through/discussion of P&P and I learned so much!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kcFnaLJodE1NNqHSqvNjA?si=U5viT6Q-TJ-9_dSTWyk_n...

This was a surprisingly fun little book! I listened to it for this month‘s FOTL meeting. The book covered the second half of the 20th century through the Obama administration, with the most detail given by staff who served the Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton families. Very interesting story of LBJ‘s shower obsession, which I‘ve now run into in 3 different books! Unique perspective on the Kennedy assassination and 9/11 from the ⬇️