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Enthusiastic pick for this historical fiction based on the real-life Alice Diamond & The Forty Elephants, an all female gang of thieves or “collectors” who robbed high-end department stores & the wealthy society of Roaring Twenties London. I‘m so glad this was our #SundayBuddyReads pick for August because I hadn‘t heard of this book before & it was fascinating & thrilling with strong female characters. One of my favorites for 2024!

TheBookHippie, DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳Awesome 2w

Monica5 Sounds good 2w

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mcctrish

The Golden Notebook: A Novel | Doris Lessing

Meh weather and a never ending cold may be a blessing in disguise because I am going to power through ( serious skimming happening ) this first section for #sundaybuddyreads and then we shall see ( the initial characters, Molly and Anna, Richard and Tommy - I can‘t stand them)

quietlycuriouskate "Powering through" is right! I am scowl-reading; pretty much fed up with all the characters already. ? 6mo

AmyG Yep. Serious skimming. Hope you feel better soon. 6mo

mcctrish @quietlycuriouskate I am rage reading 🤣🤣 6mo

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mcctrish Thank you @AmyG every time I think I‘m on the mend this bloody cold knocks me down again, I‘m so fed up but maybe this time I will finally kick it out of my system ( kill it with this book 🤔) 6mo

AmyG Ha! The book can put you to sleep and you will get more rest. 6mo

TheBookHippie 😅🙃🙂 Hope you‘re better soon!! Ugh. 6mo

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TheBookHippie

The Secret of a Heart Note | Stacey Lee

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The stage is set! I‘m thinking we‘re in for a sweet treat 💕

🥧https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/old-fashioned-blueberry-pie

MISO 👀 https://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshow/miso-recipes

🍮 https://smittenkitchen.com/2018/03/luxe-butterscotch-pudding/

SUNDAYS 💕just love💕 Thank you 🥰

mcctrish I do have miso chilling in the back of my fridge 🤣🤣 thanks for Sundays, I am loving this sweet book so far. I agree with @AmyG Stacey Lee is a different level of YA author - more a writer of the age than just targeting that audience 7mo

IndoorDame Clearly I‘m going to have to choose (at least) one of those miso recipes to make, they all look delicious 🤤. I‘m so in love with this so far, which surprises me a little because it‘s way more sweet and earnest than my usual fare. 7mo

vlwelser This is so YA but I do not care in any way. And you managed to find a cute love story for Feb so extra points there. 7mo

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AmyG What @IndoorDame said….this is a little more sweet and earnest for my taste….yet it works for me. I really enjoy her books. She has a new book being released April 24

Kill Her Twice

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TheBookHippie @AmyG I have it ordered and on our 2025 list 😅🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7mo

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 💕🏆💕 7mo

AmyG Hahahaha…you rock! 👊🏻 @TheBookHippie 7mo

Read4life I‘m loving this discussion and book. So happy to hear we‘ll be reading Lee again next year! 🤓 7mo

Librarybelle I am so entranced about the aromateur process! 7mo

TheBookHippie @Read4life we‘ve got back list and her new one so we‘ll be reading her awhile yet 🙃💕 7mo

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle Me too!!! 7mo

vonnie862 I'm really liking this one. 7mo

Karisa It‘s giving me Sarah Addison Allen Garden Spells feels which I love. The premise feels a little off to me (if someone is not into you, leave them alone 😅). But it‘s all done so sweetly with a touch of magic that I‘m a sucker for in books. I feel like this would work for a middle school YA book even. Perfect for Valentine‘s Month!

Garden Spells

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Deblovestoread If it wasn‘t such a sweet story and one you can anticipate will have a HAE I‘d be up in arms over the dosing with a potion without knowledge plot line. Instead I‘m rooting for Mim to have the education she wants, Kali to have the right to tell her own story, and a relationship foe the math teacher 😊 7mo

DebinHawaii Enjoying it so far & yay 🎉 to more Stacey Lee & #SundayBuddyReads discussions! 😘 7mo

CoffeeNBooks @Karisa Reminds me of Garden Spells, too! This is only the 2nd Stacey Lee book I've read, but I definitely want to read more of her books! 7mo

Karisa @CoffeeNBooks Yep, I‘ve already put in a hold for Downstairs Girl been on my tbr forever! 7mo

CoffeeNBooks @Karisa The Downstairs Girl is the other one of hers I've read, and it was a great book! 7mo

TheBookHippie @CoffeeNBooks @Karisa we started with Downstairs Girl 💙 It is so good! We have her new one and Under A Painted Sky to read yet. And hopefully she‘ll write more! @DebinHawaii may put BOTH in our 2025 plan. 🙃 the new one for sure! (edited) 7mo

Karisa @TheBookHippie Love it! Loving those miso recipes too. I‘m going to try the ramen miso pesto one this week. Yum! 7mo

Sargar114 I definitely prefer her more historical stories, but this is still a fun romp and perfect for February! 7mo

julieclair I am really loving this sweet book! And @Karisa and @CoffeeNBooks , I agree about Garden Spells (which I loved) and The Downstairs Girl was sooo good! 7mo

mollyrotondo I love Stacey Lee! We've read her fantastic historical fiction, but this magical realism story is just as well written. She knows how to write a YA novel that isn't immature or filled with YA tropes. Cannot wait to continue and to read more Stacey Lee next year! 7mo

TheBookHippie @mollyrotondo I love her too. This is a fun one 💕 7mo

maich It is my first Stacy Lee books and I really enjoy reading it. Will probably read more her books. 7mo

TheBookHippie @maich We started with Downstairs Girl -Luck of the Titanic -Outrun the Moon together so far. We all just love her! ♥️ 7mo

maich @TheBookHippie I'll added them on my tbr🙂 7mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Stacey Lee has a new book coming out this spring! April 23rd...Kill Her Twice, a YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles's Chinatown. Sounds good, as I've enjoyed her recent books. I'll be honest, though. This one keeps putting me to sleep. I'll try to continue but can't promise I'll finish. Maybe it's ALL the scent talk, but I literally keep dozing off. 7mo

TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I‘ve got it on our 2025 schedule 🙃😂💕 7mo

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mcctrish

The Ivy Tree | Mary Stewart

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Read with #sundaybuddyreads and I just wish I‘d managed a print copy. I‘m doing so little reading right now, school continues to kick my ass and just really need to hold a print copy in my hands to get that reading high I need to survive life 🤷🏻‍♀️ that and this ebook copy was not ff track of the print version so it was lost for a good 2 weeks. Otherwise MS is the Master of suspense and she keeps you guessing #ohwhatawickedwebweweave

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mcctrish

The Most Likely Club | Elyssa Friedland

Next up for #sundaybuddyreads I will admit I‘m struggling 🤦🏻‍♀️ Melissa‘s chapter is full of complaints ( teenage daughter, work, ex-husband, house falling apart) and I‘m getting ready for school ( setting up a classroom and teaching day 1 after supplying for 20+ years) and helping my youngest unpack from summer job and pack for uni tomorrow. I feel like I might have an anxiety attack - too much caffeine?! 🤔

Prairiegirl_reading It‘s a bit cringey so far! I hope all is going well for you, sounds like you have A LOT going on. 12mo

mcctrish @Prairiegirl_reading my oldest just arrived home from his camp job ( altho‘ his lasts until the end of October ) and he brought all of his clothes home “so he can sort them” and I might start crying because if I thought my house looked like a hoarder‘s who had thrown up, it now looks like a tsunami hit that. My husband does not understand why I‘m losing my shit but he‘s had someone picking up after him for 100 years 12mo

Prairiegirl_reading I hope today is better! 🤗 12mo

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TheBookHippie 😅😵‍💫👀 I feel too old for the book 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 12mo

TheBookHippie Hope today is a good day! 12mo

mcctrish @Prairiegirl_reading everything we needed to fit in the van did and we got a great delivery window for the new bed that is being delivered at the apartment so the crack of dawn departure wasn‘t necessary ( or attainable ) the universe felt my pain so today is better 🥰 thank you 12mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie maybe that‘s it, I‘m too old 🤣🤣 I just want to scream at everyone in the book so far. Today is a new day and so far so good 😊 12mo

Cuilin I feel you, setting up a classroom, taking both daughters to uni, one yesterday, next tomorrow in two different cities. Studying for an exam as well I‘m frazzled 🥴 my house 💣 12mo

mcctrish Oh @Cuilin that is so much 🤯 May the odds be in your favour with all the things 12mo

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mcctrish

Lady Chatterley's Lover | Lawrence, D. H.

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The only good part of this book is talking about it on Sundays #sundaybuddyread thankful I‘m finished

Litsi Don‘t know why this book is such a big deal. Soooo boring IMHO. 12mo

batsy I initially thought this might be a pick, then I thought it would be a so-so but now that I'm pages away from the end it might end up a pan, too 😆 So true about the discussions, though! 🙌🏾 12mo

mcctrish @Litsi some clever people in the #sundaybuddyreads group explained why the book has important things to say re:end of Victorian Era and commenting on industry etc.. but I can‘t get over how much of Lawrence‘s crap overshadows it ( racism, anti-semitism, anti-feminism - actually it‘s like he hates women ) 12mo

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mcctrish @batsy I felt the same way but at the end the highlights for me were sundays and how much I dislike Lawrence‘s writing style so 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 all the thumbs go down 🤣 12mo

Litsi For the record, I am a classics reader But while this was a ground breaker, from a literary perspective it has limited value 12mo

TheBookHippie I loved discussing it! 12mo

mcctrish @TheBookHippie ❤️❤️ I love my Sundays 12mo

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mcctrish

Peony in Love | Lisa See

I‘ve accepted an unexpected & last minute teaching gig for September, I will be in a grade 5 class so my reading life may be not as prolific as usual. My goals will be Peony in Love with #literarycrew , The Most likely Club with #sundaybuddyreads finishing Vanity Fair with #pemberlittens and starting the next one ( I forget the title) Montana Sky with ? ( I am having a moment here) and hopefully the next inspector Gamache and an audio or two 🤞🏻

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mcctrish Montana Sky is #littensloveromance 13mo

mcctrish #pemberlittens September is A Passage to India 13mo

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mcctrish

Lady Chatterley's Lover | Lawrence, D. H.

I‘m reading on my kindle for #sundaybuddyreads so far it‘s depressing on every level. Was this a scandal when it came out? It seems like all references to it allude to that. D H Lawrence was a bit of a woman‘s sexual awakening kind of author though, yes?

SamAnne It is making me cringe on nearly every page. 13mo

mcctrish @SamAnne I‘m not wondering why I never read it before this 😆 13mo

TheBookHippie Depends which version you read -but yes banned and outlawed 😵‍💫😅 13mo

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mcctrish @TheBookHippie I figure the part about Connie persevering to reach her own satisfaction and Mick grousing about having to grit his teeth while he waited probably put a few people in a tizzy 13mo

batsy Am I the only one liking it so far? 😅 It's kind of fascinating to me as a snapshot about the kind of conversations people had at the time about these things. 13mo

mcctrish @batsy I‘m ( unfortunately) reading 2 classics right now and Vanity Fair is much more Fun 🤣 13mo

batsy @mcctrish Ahaha! I admire you juggling both of these. I still haven't read VF and I must get to it soon. 13mo

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DebinHawaii

July, July: A Novel | Tim O'Brien

My July TBR. I won‘t get to all of these but I will for challenges like #SundayBuddyReads #CampLitsy2023 #TitlesAndTunes #hashtagbrigade for #Pemberlittens #BookedInTime #DiverseCozy #SeriesLove2023 + my virtual foodie book club & leadership books for work I will. The others are “hope to get to” although I am in the midst of two of them & you never know what will just pop up & grab my attention.
💯 #moodreader

peaKnit I just re-read Happiness for Beginners “with” Katherine Center on Instagram to be ready for the Netflix release at the end of the month. So cute! 1y

DebinHawaii @peaknit Aww… I wish I knew she was doing that. I added it to my July TBR because I wanted to be ready for the Netflix release! 🧡 1y

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DebinHawaii

The May Book (Classic Reprint) | Mrs. Eliza Davis Aria

May was actually a great reading month for me! I managed to finish 12 books total & keep up with/complete challenges for #PemberLittens & #SundayBuddyReads & #TitlesAndTunes as well as my work book sections (1 is finished, 2 are in progress carrying over to June.) I finished my virtual foodie book club read & managed to get 2 new books in series read for #SeriesLove2023 My favorites were the top row, all of which will likely make my year‘s best.

AmyG I enjoyed all in that top row. 1y

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