@dabbe on Litsy

#haikuaday #haikuhive

During my travels today, “All I Want for Christmas“ played SEVEN TIMES! On the radio, in the salon, at the restaurant, on repeat. I love her, I love her voice, I love this song ... BUT.

#enoughisenoughmariah

Jingle bells attack,
Mariah's song's everywhere––
Please send earplugs fast.

TheBookHippie 😳👀🤣 8h

DGRachel I‘m the person who is not safe to be around if you are playing Whammageddon. 🤣 8h

JenlovesJT47 😬😬😬 7h

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AnnCrystal 😅 Repeat just one more time 👏🏼🐝💃🎶🎄🎶🥳🐝💝. 7h

TheBookHippie @DGRachel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 7h

dabbe @TheBookHippie @DGRachel @JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal 🤣♥️🤣 6h

DGRachel @TheBookHippie @dabbe Last Christmas is my FAVORITE Christmas song. I love it so much (and the Grinch is my idol) so I make it my ringtone for all of December. 😈😈 6h

thebacklistbook @DGRachel Thanks. it's now in my head. 5h

TheBookHippie @DGRachel ♥️ my ringtone is Tupac my text is Leslie Jordon stillll I should switch to a holiday tone 🙃 5h

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#haikuhive #haikuaday

My best friend from college and my sorority took her final vows to become a nun. Today is her birthday, so I'm thinking of her. She is a Redemptoristine nun and lives in Dublin, Ireland. I hope she's found the solace she always wanted.

P.S. It's a good thing they didn't ask me to give her an angel-like review: the stories I could have told ... 🤣

HB, Dee. 💙💚♥️

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ I love nuns. 8h

willaful Sounds like a story out of The Trouble With Angels. 😁 7h

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 7h

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AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🤩🐝🥲🙏🏼🐝💝💝💝. 7h

dabbe @willaful You said it! Oh, the 80s ... ♥️💙💚 6h

dabbe @TheBookHippie So do I. Especially this one. ♥️💙💚 6h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 ♥️💙💚 6h

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️💙💚 6h

IMASLOWREADER congrats 2h

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Twas the Night Before Christmas | Clement C Moore

#ttt @dabbe

Well, like the rest of you, I was stumped by quite a few. I would have done even worse if some of you hadn't shared--thanks to all for the assists! 🤣

Survey link if you want to play:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/quizzes/how-much-do-you-know-santa-claus?utm_source=...

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#TTT #TakeThreeThursday @dabbe

Another quick and fun quiz today. Share anything you'd like: your score, the things you knew/didn't know/guessed at, favorite Santa stories ... I'd love to see/hear any of it. Please be sure to tag me!

Link to today's quiz: https://tinyurl.com/38b6uycw

All are welcome to play. Tagging a few to get started. ♥️🎅🏻♥️

DrSabrinaMoldenReads, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Texreader, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Susanita, TheLudicReader, Suet624, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, mcipher, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, Skygoddess1, CatLass007, Mollyanna, eeclayton, Bookwomble, CBee, MaGoose, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, Sparklemn

melissajayne Got 70% 15h

PurpleyPumpkin I am a HUGE Santa fan, but apparently I need to learn more about him. I got 40%!😅 I learned a few things, the most impressive being that Canada gave Santa official citizenship in 2008! If I knew this at some point, I completely forgot. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Thanks for this fun post @dabbe! 15h

eeclayton I got 40% 🎅 I didn't know Odin had been an inspiration for Santa (and there were other things too that I didn't know 😂) 14h

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Mollyanna I managed 60%. Learned a few things on this one. Thanks Denise! 14h

MonicaLoves2Read Only got 40% 14h

lil1inblue Hahaha. I got 40%, and most of those were guesses. 🤣 14h

CSeydel Surprised that the country that sends the most letters to Santa isn‘t the one with the largest population! That one got me. 14h

Bookwomble 40% also 😊 12h

MemoirsForMe @dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin I thought I was a huge fan of Santa, but I don‘t know him very well. Only 30%. 😆🤦🏻‍♀️ 11h

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe Right?!? I was a little surprised by my results. 🙃 11h

TheLudicReader 50% 🤶 10h

peaKnit Well, 30%…lots of wrong guesses. I was also surprised to see France had most letters to Santa. 10h

kspenmoll I only got 30% my Santa history is limited!🎅🏻 9h

TheBookHippie Thanks for this we laughed so hard. 9h

dabbe @melissajayne #woohooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Thanks for the assist! I'll at least get that one right! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @eeclayton Another assist! Thank you! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @Mollyanna YW! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read I think 30-35% is the average, so #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @lil1inblue Think I'll do about the same! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @CSeydel Ooh, intersting! I haven't taken it yet! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @Bookwomble You're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe I think you can be a huge fan and not know everything. Of course, Mental Floss likes to give the really hard questions, don't they? Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @TheLudicReader Not bad, m'dear! And of course Canada would make him a citizen ... because Canada's cool! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 (edited) 9h

dabbe @peaKnit Amazing! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @kspenmoll I think mine's going to be, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

dabbe @TheBookHippie YW! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️🎅🏻🤍 9h

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Apparently I know nothing about Santa with my 20% 5h

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Saw this while walking the dogs in the 'hood. Wonder who it reminded me of? @TheBookHippie 🩵☃️🩶

TheBookHippie Awe!!! It‘s so pretty. 1d

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️💙💚 1d

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dabbe @ShelleyBooksie ♥️💙💚 1d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩💚🤍❤️. 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️💙💚 1d

MemoirsForMe 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚❤️ 11h

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Remove the "J" and we've got my sentiment this year! ?? 11h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe ♥️💙💚 9h

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick OMG, that's PERFECT! 🎯♥️🎯 9h

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The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: A Hot-Mess Guide for Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond Who Are Over It | Melani Sanders

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that this book would have made a fabulous holiday gift, but it doesn't come out until January. We also do not care that we suffered yet another vertigo episode yesterday and have been dealing with it for over 30 years.

We also do not care that we are in no way ready for the holidays re: gifts, cards, decorations ... it all seems so overwhelming this year.

Care to share your “we do not cares?“ I'd love to hear 'em!

DGRachel #1 Boo to vertigo/dizzy spells. Feel better! #2 SQUEEE for WDNC book! (And there was a #3 wasn‘t there? Dang Litsy and their hiding of the post while leaving comments. My brain has already forgotten what I read and what I wanted to say! 😭😭) 2d

ShelleyBooksie I do not care that I am a 46 year old woman who has a golden tinsel christmas tree in her office decorated with squishmallow stuffies. They make me smile ♡ 2d

DGRachel OH! #3 - the whole world feels overwhelming right now. Fortunately it‘s just me and my mom and we basically quit doing Christmas. Neither one of us is good at waiting to give gifts to the other person so we buy them, and within two days it‘s like “here. Merry Christmas” and it‘s September 30th. 🤣🤣 The tree is up and has lights on it. There will be no ornaments. We‘re done. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 2d

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dabbe @DGRachel 🩵☃️🩶 1d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie I now need to see a picture, please! 🩵☃️🩶 1d

dabbe @DGRachel Sounds like the perfect Christmas to me. 🩵☃️🩶 1d

Bklover I hate vertigo!! Hope it gets better.. this is the first time I‘ve seen the WDNC club- I‘m in a menopause WDNC club on TikTok. I even have a tshirt. 😊😉 1d

Bklover @DGRachel that happens to me too. By the time I hop over to make a comment I‘ve forgotten what I wanted to say. I also have the same problem with Christmas presents, and my tree has lights and that‘s it. Kindred spirits. 1d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 May you be all well now, and may you be able to focus more on the fun of the season in this overwhelming world 😘💝💝💝. 1d

ravenlee I feel so overwhelmed, too! There‘s too much going on, and expectations are too high, and everybody NEEDS SOMETHING FROM ME ALL THE TIME and I am already so freaking over it all! And yet, we have three weeks to go. 😖🙄😫 1d

dabbe @Bklover How cool is that? I adore her! Where did you get the shirt? I might have to get one, too! ♥️💙💚 15h

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️💙💚 15h

dabbe @ravenlee I say do what you can and let the rest go hang! You deserve some quality “me“ time, m'dear. ♥️💙💚 15h

Bklover I got the shirt on Melani‘s TikTok shop. I had a lady come up to me in Walmart to tell me that she‘s in the WDNC club too. Apparently there are a lot of us! 💙💙 15h

ravenlee Thanks for the sentiment - but it‘s mostly kiddo‘s Nutcracker commitments and my Christmas gigs causing all the stress, none of which is negotiable. 😖 The rest of the presents and family stuff is its own headache, of course, but I just fake it as I go. 12h

MemoirsForMe Vertigo sucks! Feel better! 🤗 11h

kspenmoll Feel better! 9h

dabbe @Bklover L💙VE! ♥️💙💚 9h

dabbe @ravenlee Wishful thinking on my part. Hang in there! ♥️💙💚 9h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe @kspenmoll TY! I feel better today. ♥️💙💚 9h

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#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee

Unfortunately, this one is all too apparent these days.

CBee For real 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 1d

Leftcoastzen Potholes! When someone says well the government doesn‘t really do anything. I say what if someone knocked on your door with some tools and hot asphalt and said it‘s your week to fill the potholes! 😄🙄 1d

dabbe @CBee ♥️💙💚 1d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯💚🎯 1d

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Hi, Busy Bees!
I think it's time to untag all of us. Some of us are feeling especially hectic this time of year, and these tags can be overwhelming. Please just use the hashtags #haikuhive and/or #haikuaday. When any of us wants to see them, we know we can look them up by the hashtags.

I plan to keep on haiku-ing; it has been a joyous experience for me, and I hope you'll continue, too, with me. 🖤🐝💛

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

Bookwomble ❤️ 1d

ImperfectCJ I think it's probably about time for me to leave the tag list. I'm getting a little over-notified, and I can just search the hashtag to get up to speed on the haiku action. Thanks for hosting, @dabbe ! 1d

TheBookHippie 💕💕💕💕 1d

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dabbe @ImperfectCJ We're untagging everybody. 🩵☃️🩶 1d

DebinHawaii Sounds good! I will keep on haikuing too, & reading/commenting on all the ones I can! 🤗🐝💛 1d

kelli7990 Does this mean I need to stop tagging everyone? I tag everyone because I want them to see my haikus. 1d

CBee 💚💚💚 1d

AnnCrystal Noted 😉👌🏼 I will continue haiku-ing too...I'm so glad the HaikuHive hashtag is going to continue 🥳👍🏼💝💝💝. Thank You Dabbe, for bringing Haiku to us Littens 🪄✍🏼🐝💝. 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️💙💚 1d

dabbe @DebinHawaii ♥️💙💚 1d

dabbe @kelli7990 Yes, you need to stop tagging everyone. If you use the hashtags #haikuhive or #haikuaday, everyone will see it who scrolls through the feed. We all do that quite regularly, so you can be rest assured that they will see your lovely haikus. ♥️💙💚 1d

dabbe @CBee ♥️💙💚 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️💙💚 1d

julieclair This makes sense. Now that we are all established haiku lovers and writers, following the hashtag will be a simpler way to keep up. Thank you for starting this great creative outlet for all of us. It has helped us all get to know each other better, and notice the everyday beauty in simple things. Long live the #HaikuHive, and all hail to Queen Bee Denise!👏🐝👑🐝💛 1d

lil1inblue Makes sense to me! ❤️ 17h

dabbe @julieclair You are T🐝🐝 kind! ♥️💙💚 15h

dabbe @lil1inblue ♥️💙💚 15h

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Vertigo: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic | Dan Auiler

#haikuhive #haikuaday

Had an attack of vertigo today, so I've been lying low. Lowly lying? Lying about being low? Feeling better now. To all who suffer from this, I feel your pain! 🩵

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, Bookwomble, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

BookishMarginalia Hope you feel better soon! 2d

dabbe @BookishMarginalia TY! 🩵 2d

CBee Not again! So sorry 😢 2d

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ShelleyBooksie Hope you arw feeling better soon ♡ 2d

JenlovesJT47 Ugh I‘ve had this when I had an inner ear infection. No bueno! Hope you feel better 🩵🤍🩵 2d

TheBookHippie Yuk. I hate it. I use this https://youtu.be/p1NVrGkBTjs?si=7idjxksRVUyL6Yx2 2d

LiseWorks I remember having this one, I threw up for days. No fun. Feel better 2d

Amiable Ugh. I feel ya, sister. Sending steadying thoughts and wishes. 2d

AlaMich I‘m sorry! Vertigo sucks!! 2d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 Awful... May you feel back to normal soon 💝💝💝. 2d

Susanita Ugh. I‘m glad you‘re feeling better. 2d

dabbe @CBee @ShelleyBooksie @JenlovesJT47 @LiseWorks @Amiable @AlaMich @AnnCrystal @Susanita Thanks for all the thoughts and for the link, @TheBookHippie. This is just another thing that one lives with. I still forget sometimes to rise slowly because that's usually what triggers it--rising too quickly. I'm doing better this evening. You Littens rock my world. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

Amiable @dabbe Do you have low blood pressure? That can trigger dizziness if you get up too quickly. 2d

JenlovesJT47 What @Amiable said! I have orthostatic hypotension and sometimes get so dizzy when I stand up and I‘ve occasionally passed out. Worth looking into to see if you have low blood pressure ♥️ 2d

Ruthiella Hope you feel better soon. ❤️ 2d

willaful My daughter started having this problem - her doctor recommended more hydration.

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DebinHawaii Ugh! So sorry. Take it easy & hope you feel better soon! 💙💙💙 2d

Dilara That is not fun. I hope you feel better now! 2d

Cupcake12 Hope you feel better soon x Take care 🌺 2d

TheLudicReader I can only imagine how icky vertigo is. I didn‘t know you suffered from it. 🤗 2d

Bookwomble @dabbe I hope you're soon feeling better ❤️‍🩹 2d

Bookwomble @dabbe Could you please remove me from the haiku tag list. This is nothing to do with yours or anybody else's poems, just me managing information load 😊 2d

dabbe @Amiable @JenlovesJT47 I actually tend to have higher blood pressure. I take medication, so that might cause it to dip too low. I'll check with my doc. Thanks, lovelies. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @Ruthiella TY. I feel much better today. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @willaful Excellent thought. I never hydrate enough. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii TY! Feel better today. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @Dilara I do. TY! 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @Cupcake12 TY. Feeling better today. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @TheLudicReader For over 30 years. Sigh. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @Bookwomble TY. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @Bookwomble Done. 💚✅🤍 2d

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Les Miserables (Illustrated) | Victor Hugo

#bookspin #bookspin2025 #bookspin25
@TheAromaOfBooks 🩵☃️💙

Can't believe we're on the last two book of the year! I was waiting all year to finally add LES MISERABLES! I've been reading it since 1/1/25 with the #readlesmis crew, and we will finish this month! Right, @TheBookHippie? 🤩

TheBookHippie That we shall. 2d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I can‘t wait until that discussion. Are you going to pose questions? 2d

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yes most likely on January 3. 2d

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie I‘ll be waiting 🤓 2d

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 2d

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🩵☃️🩶 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵☃️🩶 2d

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A Charlie Brown Christmas: with audio recording | Charles M. Schulz

#tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude

Just finished my Holiday Playlist for 2025: 1293 songs. So far. This is what I'll be listening to all December.

Here's a link if anyone wants to listen:
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/holiday-playlist-2025/pl.u-3BEgFmE5g0

Seabreeze_Reader Thanks for posting the link. I added your list to my favorites. That must have taken some time to compile! We have really similar tastes in music, it seems. 🎄❤️ 2d

kspenmoll Thank you for your music! 9h

dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader YW! The older I get, the more I gravitate towards instrumental. And I am a Windham Hill fanatic; I wish they still produced albums. Ha! Albums! That should give you an idea as to how old I am ... older than dirt! ♥️💙💚 9h

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! ♥️💙💚 9h

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Winter Solstice Winter | E. J. Squires

#winternaturecardswap

How fitting that the first card I received (which came today) for this swap is from the L ❄️VERLY @TheBookHippie. Thank you! The Snoopy sticker is #todiefor! 💙☃️🩶

TheBookHippie Me keeping track of that Snoopy sticker was a RIOT. I‘m very happy he‘s with you now. 💙💙💙💙💙 The whole family “…did snoopy leave now..” 🤣💋 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Okay, it's now become priceless. It will go in the journal with this story. L💙VE. 🩵☃️💙 2d

TheBookHippie @dabbe I never expected him to come in a sticker winter package lot- I was like OMG Denise! Thus he was in baggie on fridge by magnet saying Denise. I shoulda took a picture. (edited) 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🥰🥰🥰 2d

Texreader That Snoopy is too cute!! As usual, I only start opening my cards until I get mine out. It's my incentive to get them moving. They should go out this weekend. @thebookhippie 4h

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Winter Solstice Winter | E. J. Squires

#winternaturecardswap
Cards are going out today! Thanks for organizing this lovely swap for us, @TheBookHippie!!! 🩵☃️🩶

Karisa 🥰 2d

TheBookHippie ❄️🩵❄️ 2d

dabbe @Karisa @TheBookHippie 🩵☃️💙 2d

lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 17h

Texreader Whoohoo! I can't wait! 4h

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Farewell to Manzanar | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston

#middlegrademonday
@Karisimo @Daisey

For me, it doesn't get more American than this. Jeanne Wakatsuki (the book's narrator) is a Nisei (child of a Japanese immigrant). At age seven, Wakatsuki—a native-born American citizen—and her family were living on Ocean Park, CA, when they have to move to Terminal Island, where her father, a fisherman who owned two boats, was arrested by the FBI following the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.

Daisey This looks like a really great choice. 3d

TheBookHippie Oh yes this is good one! 3d

dabbe @Daisey I loved teaching it in middle school. 💙🤍💙 3d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙💙💙 3d

Karisimo I haven‘t read this one, but sounds excellent! 3d

dabbe @Karisimo It is! 💙💙💙 3d

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#haikuaday #haikuhive

Such nostalgia this time of year.

I am agnostic,
but I can still hearken back
to my pagan self.

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙🖤💙🖤💙 3d

JenlovesJT47 💜🖤💜 3d

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AnnCrystal Wow! 👏🏼🐝✨🤩🌌🐝💝. 3d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙🖤💙 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🖤💙 3d

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A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle

Hey, Sherlockians~
Guess what today is? See pic above. Have a lovely week.

#noplacelikeholmes #foreversherlocked #thelitsyirregulars @Cuilin

Daisey, DrSabrinaMoldenReads, erzascarletbookgasm, kspenmoll, Texreader, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, mcipher, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, Skygoddess1, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, Bookwomble, dabbe, MaGoose, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, Sparklemn, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

kspenmoll Love this!!! 3d

ImperfectCJ Cool! My son loves A Study in Scarlet and talked me into putting it on my December TBR. With any luck, I will get to it this month! 3d

tpixie Cool! 😎 🕵️‍♂️ 3d

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Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 3d

dabbe @kspenmoll IKR? 🖤🕵️‍♂️🩶 3d

dabbe @ImperfectCJ Well, if you like it, then you'll have to read the entire canon, one story at a time! 🖤🕵️‍♂️🖤 3d

dabbe @tpixie 🖤🕵️‍♂️🖤 3d

dabbe @Librarybelle 🖤🕵️‍♂️🩶 3d

eeclayton Happy birthday Sherlock! 3d

Cuilin Happy birthday Sherlock!!! 🎂 🎈 3d

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A little all over the place today.

AmyG My son‘s friend always said….Gen X grow up faster and stay young longer. 3d

kspenmoll I get it! ❤️❤️❤️ 3d

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 3d

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AnnCrystal #CampaignforEmpathy ✊🏼🥺💙💙💙...and unite the witches 😅🤔🤗😉... (edited) 3d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵☃️💙 3d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm a Millenial-adjacent Gen-Xer and I totally agree with the Breakfast Club meme. My uncle swears I came out the womb half grown and just stayed there. 3d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🎯💙🎯 3d

GingerAntics All of this! 3d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 👏🏼🧙🏼‍♀️✊🏼💙. 3d

dabbe @GingerAntics 🩵☃️🩶 3d

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The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen | Laurie R. King

#TheLitsyIrregulars #TLI

Fabulous discussion today, Pastiched-Sherlockians! Next up: THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE by Laurie R. King. This is Book #1 in the Mary Russell series, which now taps out at 19 books! 🤩 A quick check-in will occur on 12/30 and then the discussion will be on 1/31! Happy detective reading! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛

DrSabrinaMoldenReads, Cuilin, kspenmoll, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Librarybelle, mcipher, Read4life, CatLass007, Mollyanna, eeclayton, Bookwomble, dabbe, MaGoose, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, Sparklemn

Texreader Oooh tag me too! This has been on my tbr list and I just checked it out from the library 4d

kelli7990 I‘m looking forward to reading this. I found the audiobook on Spotify. 4d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Got it!! 4d

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CogsOfEncouragement Looking forward to it! 4d

dabbe @Texreader You are on the list! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛 4d

dabbe @kelli7990 YAY! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads #woohoo! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛 4d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Me, too! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛 4d

Texreader @dabbe yay! Thanks! 4d

Librarybelle I‘ve read this twice. It‘s a good book! Looking forward to seeing what others think of it. 4d

Skygoddess1 Please add me to the tag, have had this on my TBR for way too long 4d

dabbe @Librarybelle #woohoo It must be good, then! 💙☃️🩵 4d

dabbe @Skygoddess1 You are on the list! 💙☃️🩵 4d

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#goodnewssunda @Deblovesto read

Links to the above articles are below, if interested.

1. https://bookriot.com/best-books-of-2025-list-roundup/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/opinion/reading-difficulty-novels-books.html?...
3. https://www.buzzfeed.com/hbraga/christmas-gifts-for-myself-2025-an?origin=shp

Have a lovely week, everyone! 💙☃️🩵

Deblovestoread These were fantastic, especially all the lists from #1. 🩵 4d

dabbe @Deblovestoread TY! 💙☃️🩵 4d

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#haikuhive #haikuaday #rhymehaiku

The last of the “ber“ months. SLOW down, time! But then again, move quickly through this administration!

December is now here--
and the ending of the year.
Winter's hush draws near.

JenlovesJT47 Love this, it‘s so peaceful 🩶🤍🩶 4d

TheBookHippie 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 4d

DebinHawaii Beautiful & so peaceful. ❄️🤍❄️ 4d

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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I needed some peace today. Thanks, ya'll. 🩶🤍🩶 4d

AnnCrystal Sweet serenity 👏🏼🐝❄️🪄🌌❄️💖🐝💝. 4d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶🤍🩶 4d

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Thanks for hosting us again, lovely @CBee! 💙☃️🩵

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#bookspin2025 #bookspin25 #bookspin
Thanks again for hosting us, @TheAromaofbooks! 💙☃️🩵

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#readingbracket2025 #readingbracket25 #readingbracket

Thanks for the template, @Catsandbooks! 💙☃️🩵

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#readingbracket2025 #readingbracket25 #readingbracket

Thanks for the template, @CSeydel! 💙☃️🩵

CSeydel Looking good! 4d

dabbe @CSeydel TY! 💙☃️🩵 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#weeklyfavorites @Read4life 💙☃️🩵

Hoping for a better December. 🤞🏻

Read4life 💙🍁💙 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

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THE HOUSE OF SILK is Anthony Horowitz‘s authorized addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon, written with the approval of the Conan Doyle estate. It aims to deliver a new Holmes adventure that feels authentically Victorian while still offering modern narrative momentum. It is widely regarded as one of the strongest modern pastiches of Sherlock Holmes. ⬇️

dabbe Horowitz blends fidelity to Conan Doyle with his own contemporary sensibilities, crafting a mystery that feels respectful without being static. The book‘s darker subject matter and streamlined pacing differentiate it from the originals, which may divide opinion, but they also help the novel stand on its own. For readers who enjoy Holmes, Victorian mysteries, or modern crime fiction with a classic flair, ... ⬇️ 4d

dabbe ... THE HOUSE OF SILK is a thoughtful and engaging addition to the extended Holmes universe. For Holmes' purists, it may feel somewhat too modern—but it is still crafted with clear admiration for the original source material. 4d

AnnCrystal Grand review 👏🏼🕵🏻‍♂️👍🏼📚💝. 4d

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads Wow! Amazing review!! 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads TY! 🖤🕵️‍♂️💛 4d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @dabbe I forgot what‘s up for us next? 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Here's the link: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2922810 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#haikuaday #haikuhive #thelitsyirregulars #sherlockpastiche #haikureview

Just finished this one yesterday. Once it got going, I couldn't put it down!

Holmes stands in the rain––
a boy's death shifts every clue
as the Silk grows near.

JenlovesJT47 Sounds intriguing! 🧐🩶🕵🏻💛 4d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝📚🕵🏻‍♂️📚💝. 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 It was! 💛🕵️‍♂️🖤 4d

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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💛🕵️‍♂️🖤 4d

julieclair Ooohhh… a very interesting #HaikuReview ! 4d

dabbe @julieclair It was a good one, IMHO. 💛🕵️‍♂️🖤 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

DrSabrinaMoldenReads, kspenmoll, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Librarybelle, mcipher, Read4life, CatLass007, Mollyanna, eeclayton, Bookwomble, dabbe, MaGoose, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, Sparklemn

Librarybelle Life isn‘t easy at the moment, and I did not get to read this but read it years ago for a mystery discussion group I led. I don‘t remember every detail about the book, but I did like it and felt that it paid good homage to Conan Doyle and Holmes (the group agreed too). It takes talent to bring a new story such as this close to an original. I adore Horowitz and his books, so of course I vote for reading Moriarty! 5d

kelli7990 I enjoyed this book. I would read more books by him. 5d

eeclayton I'm not sure I'd pick it up on my own, but if #TheLitsyIrregulars decide to read it together, then I'll certainly join in the fun! 5d

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kspenmoll I second @Librarybelle opinion. I love this author & will read anything he likes. I did find this book had a more chilling effect on me than Holmes stories penned by Watson. 5d

kspenmoll Thanks for hosting & coming up with questions that made me dig deep & THINK on a Sunday! 5d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I am happy to have found this author. For literally years, I have been searching for a mystery author on the same level as I remember Agatha Christie to be. I was never able to figure out her mysteries but as an adult have been able to figure most mysteries out before finishing. That has taken away the fun. I can‘t wait to read Moriarty. I would love other author recommendations. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement I have read books with SH as a side character, as well as books with SH as a great great great uncle or something and I really enjoyed them.

If I had read House of Silk on my own, I would not have finished it and I wouldn't be interested to read book 2.

I do enjoy hearing what others think about books, even the ones that didn't appeal to me. Thank you for continuing to host these discussions. I think they are important. 5d

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! 🤩🤣😘 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Any of his books are excellent IMHO. They definitely keep you guessing! 🤩 4d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement TY! 🤩 4d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @dabbe Yay about his books! 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads 🎯♥️🎯 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

eeclayton The foreword really piqued my interest, I was eager to find out why this manuscript needed to be hidden for such a long time. Now that I've finished, I'm not sure if it's because of the scandal and well-known people's involvement in it, or because of the episode with Moriarty.
As for the latter, do we really believe that Watson never said a word about this to Holmes, not even after Moriarty's death? 🤔 5d

kspenmoll Maybe Watson needed time & reflection to get the story just right. It could have bern because he did not want to expose & publicize the depth of the corruption in government for fear that it would cause a crisis & instability. Other European countries were becoming nationalists at the time, & England was as well. Any spark might become what happened inevitably WWI. 5d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Maybe there was some element of truth about the scandal 😳 From my work and the present stuff in the news, such groups actually exist. Even in small town communities. But I had no idea that‘s where it was going in the novel. (edited) 5d

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dabbe @eeclayton @kspenmoll @DrSabrinaMoldenRead Truly interesting points! To add my two cents re: the effect the later release had on us, the readers:
•First, it establishes that the story belongs to an earlier period and is being revisited with hindsight, which allows Watson to foreshadow certain developments or comment on the lasting significance of the case. ⬇️
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dabbe •it creates a sense of finality and distance: readers know that Holmes is no longer alive in the “present” of the framing narrative, which can add a reflective or elegiac tone.
•it positions the case as exceptional or sensitive compared to typical Holmes adventures, since Watson implies that it was withheld for specific reasons. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe This framing signals to the reader that the events of the story differ in seriousness or impact from the cases Watson published during Holmes‘s lifetime. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

kspenmoll Legal justice was explored through Holmes arrest, imprisonment, the corruption in the system. When all the people involved in the corruption were exposed, some served jail time. The “ minister” who thought he was untouchable was murdered if I remember correctly. So sometimes justice was served within the system, mos times outside its boundaries - morally justice was served that way. When Holmes “punished” & razed the building down, that seemed⬇️ 5d

kspenmoll Out of anger & anguish rather than mortality. 5d

eeclayton @kspenmoll That's a great point, Holmes's arrest and imprisonment illustrating how the system has broken down. 5d

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dabbe @kspenmoll @eeclayton 🎯🎯🎯!
I thought the novel explored the theme of justice by showing how legal justice and moral justice do not always align in Victorian society. The novel presents several situations in which official institutions—such as the police, courts, and charitable organizations—either fail to protect vulnerable individuals or are unable to confront powerful offenders (talking to you, Mycroft!). ⬇️ 4d

dabbe At the same time, the story shows characters pursuing a form of moral justice that extends beyond legal procedures. Holmes‘s investigation continues even when his actions bring him into conflict with the authorities or place him under suspicion. His pursuit is driven not by legal obligation but by a belief that certain wrongs must be uncovered regardless of institutional barriers. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe Watson‘s narration also reflects the distinction between what the law can accomplish and what individuals may feel ethically compelled to address. The conclusion of the novel further emphasizes this difference. Although some aspects of the conspiracy become known, the full legal consequences do not reach every participant because of the involvement of socially protected figures. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe Nevertheless, the exposure of the crimes and the protection of future victims represent a form of moral justice within the narrative. Overall the novel examines justice as a dual concept: the official, procedural kind handled by the state, and the broader ethical responsibility pursued by individuals when the legal system proves insufficient. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

eeclayton While I knew that the Flat Cap Gang storyline would have to have something to do with the House of Silk mystery, I honestly forgot about it for most of the book. It was much less intricate, and for me personally, the solution to it, when it came, had shock value but felt a little WTF. The HoS part, on the other hand, held my interest all the way through. 5d

kspenmoll I was mostly caught up in the House of Silk as more intricate & intriguing. It did not cross my mind that the author would connect the two. I was surprised that one of the twin leasers of the gang was female. Never crossed my mind- that was a clever way of connecting the storylines. (edited) 5d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Where‘s the best place to start with Sherlock Holmes? I have not read his mysteries? What‘s next for us and when in this group? 5d

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CogsOfEncouragement I had the feeling of coincidence - which SH didn't believe in - that Carstairs was one so vile as well. 5d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads If you search #noplacelikeholmes, you will see how our group read the entire canon. We read in exact chronological order by publication date. Here's a link to all of the stories in order and online: https://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/index.html 4d

dabbe @eeclayton @kspenmoll @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @CogsOfEncouragment I, too, forgot about the Flat Cap Gang and was stunned by how he pulled it all together at the end. I read 60% of the book yesterday and couldn't put it down once the suspense really started rolling. I did feel I had to suspend my disbelief a bit, though, but I find I pretty much have to do that with a lot of mysteries. 4d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @dabbe Whoa! Thanks for the link! Where has this been hiding all my life. 4d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads That website will keep you busy for a while! 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

kspenmoll I think he achieved a really good balance until his drive to punish those at the end- I did like the prison escape; just like what Houdini Holmes might do. 5d

eeclayton @kspenmoll I enjoyed the prison break too, the twist on the coffin idea was clever, although this was the one twist in the book that I was able to figure out much earlier than Watson 😁 5d

dabbe @kspenmoll @eeclayton On the side of remaining faithful to the canon, Horowitz preserves the familiar framework of a Sherlock Holmes case: Dr. Watson narrates in a Victorian style, Holmes follows recognizable deductive methods, and the story includes many canonical features such as Baker Street, The Irregulars, Scotland Yard, and Holmes‘s standard investigative techniques. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe Character dynamics also remain consistent, with Holmes as the central problem-solver and Watson as the recorder and interpreter of events. The novel also uses devices common in Doyle‘s stories, such as red herrings, nested clues, and the gradual revelation of hidden motives.

As an innovator, Horowitz expands the thematic scope beyond what Conan Doyle typically addressed. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe The plot involved a more elaborate criminal network, a wider social critique, and subject matter that was darker and more systemic than the individual or domestic crimes common in the original canon. The novel also increased the emotional and institutional stakes by depicting Holmes confronting entrenched corruption and facing personal jeopardy in ways that Doyle used less frequently. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

eeclayton He fails to see the link between the two storylines early on -- but let's be patient with him: he's never had to do this before 😁 5d

kspenmoll He fails to see the house for boys for what it truly is earlier on, despite noting many wheel tracks in front of the certain building. Or the Carstairs for the evil people they are. 5d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I was thinking he did not reveal how much he knew. 5d

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads The prison escape was like what occurred in another famous novel which I loved. Don‘t want to do a spoiler. It was a French author. 5d

dabbe @eeclayton @kspenmoll @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Some failures of Holmes that I noticed:
1. His failure to understand what Ross was truly afraid of until it was too late. He totally went the wrong way on that one.
2. Holmes does not foresee the plot that results in his arrest. The antagonist‘s ability to manipulate evidence and exploit legal structures reveals a space where Holmes‘s deductive skills cannot protect him ... ⬇️ 4d

dabbe ... from coordinated efforts designed to undermine him.
3. Although still largely rational, Holmes becomes emotionally affected by Ross‘s death and by the nature of the crimes uncovered. The novel presents this emotional reaction not as a flaw in character but as a situation where personal investment temporarily disrupts the neutrality associated with his deductions. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

eeclayton My impression is that in the ACD originals, Holmes isn't as much interested in the moral layers of the crimes as the clues and the logic to the mysteries. Here, however, he very much acts to punish the culprits. The final bit about him setting fire to the school felt a bit over the top for me. 5d

kspenmoll I don‘t think of Holmes as his actions being dictated by emotions but just observation & logic. His investment in punishment of the perpetrators seems unlike him. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement I liked W's subtly in the canon. Readers had to pay attention to each sentence, especially in the short stories to realize that SH did care, and did take action after a case, etc. Those stories had to fit into a periodica after all.
This novel - to me - overly criticises SH and W rather than extending the canon in a way to make the reader forget it was written in 2011. 5d

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dabbe @eeclayton @kspenmoll @CogsOfEncourgement Agree with all you said! #mytwocents: THE HOUSE OF SILK expanded the moral and thematic stakes beyond those in many of Conan Doyle‘s original Holmes stories by introducing subject matter and institutional critiques that Doyle typically did not address directly. While the original canon often focused on individual crimes, personal vendettas, or puzzles rooted in deception, ... ⬇️ 4d

dabbe ... this novel incorporated themes involving systemic abuse, exploitation of vulnerable populations, and organized wrongdoing tied to respected social institutions. The “House of Silk“ crime was more sordid than anything I think Doyle did or could have done during that actual time period. The fact that these horrors involved innocent boys is what enabled me to believe Holmes of his fiery act at the end. 4d

Cuilin Having a hard time, articulating my thoughts, but I agree with what you said about ACD could not ever have written a story about a pedophile ring. There would‘ve been uproar. I appreciate that Horowitz wrote the story and tackled it the way he did. 4d

dabbe @Cuilin I thought it was a brave thing to do, and it brings light to something so horrific that still goes on today. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

eeclayton I think it's important because if the narrative voice feels off, the readers won't be able to immerse themselves in the story, because they won't believe it's Watson telling it.
I feel Horowitz did a good job. The only times when I was taken out of the story were when he tried to inject some modern day morality in Watson's descriptions, especially about the Baker Street Irregulars. 5d

eeclayton I also felt that the amount of easter eggs / fan service was a bit too much for my taste. They were fun to spot in the first few chapters, but later on I was more like “not again!“ 5d

kspenmoll @eeclayton Yes, Watson‘s modern day morality judgements re: the Baker Street irregulars were odd as I don‘t think of him as that judgmental esp in his role as a doctor. I liked the references to his wife & commitment to her. 5d

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CogsOfEncouragement I think there were a number of misses when trying to convince us W is talking to us once again. (The real problem is I adore W and I can‘t abide anyone trying to say a bad word of him. Yes, I have issues that I don‘t plan to work on.) The beginning of ch 12 was one example. In the canon I feel W is a genuinely good person. This confession of being otherwise put me off. To me, it seemed an unnecessary judgement on the canon rather than an ⬇ 5d

CogsOfEncouragement an extension of it. In ch 16 W tells us he didn't know much about Mrs H and he hadn't cared enough about her. I disagree, we know why she is so loyal to SH because W tells us. In ch 17 W explains Mary died because he was too busy with SH and didn‘t care for her well enough. That is an odd take on a beloved character. Gilbert Blythe took care of Anne and W would have most definitely taken care of Mary and I dare say SH would want/demand ⬇ 5d

CogsOfEncouragement ...the same. While reading the canon, I took W to tell us without telling us that M died in childbirth and he suffered a double loss. Something that sadly happened often at the time and could give the readers what they wanted - W once again living with SH with no obligations keeping him from helping on the cases. W‘s medical practice is also done away with to make this happen.
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dabbe @eeclayton He really wanted us to know he was well-versed in the canon, didn't he? 4d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Watson is beloved, isn't he? The way I got around these thoughts (which I agree with wholeheartedly) was to focus on the fact that Watson was writing this one as a huge flashback after all his dearly beloveds had passed on. Perhaps he was a bit morose and over-nostalgic in his thinking and beyond modest with himself. 4d

dabbe @eeclayton @kspenmoll @CogsOfEncouragement
I felt that Horowitz kept Watson‘s first-person narration grounded in Victorian diction, understated humor, and respectful admiration for Holmes. His phrasing and rhythm echoed the original stories—measured, observant, and tinged with nostalgia. Watson also remained perceptive but never omniscient; he frequently admitted when Holmes outpaced him--maybe even too much--like @CogsOfEncouragement said. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe I also felt Watson's emotional warmth and compassion, particularly for vulnerable characters like Ross, was more openly articulated than in some original stories but still consistent with his personality. Horowitz added a bit more emotional introspection without making Watson un-Victorian. To me, the book felt like a genuine, “lost” Sherlock Holmes adventure. Watson‘s voice is the key to this illusion. ⬇️ 4d

dabbe If the narration felt contemporary, cynical, or overly stylized, the spell would break, which seemed to happen for some of you, but not for me. 4d

CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe Good points, and I‘m glad this novel worked for you and you enjoyed it. 4d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement And I hope you like our next one more. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Thoughts, Pastiched-Sherlockians?

Librarybelle I think he gets the style right, or as close to the style as one can. I‘m rather skeptical when it comes to contemporary authors writing continuation stories of well-known characters (I‘ve tried Sophie Hannah‘s take on Poirot a couple of times and did not like it). But, I think Horowitz did well. 5d

eeclayton What a scary and flattering situation this must have been for him! It's amazing that he had the plot in such a short time, but we all know that it's not only the plot that makes or breaks a SH story. I think he did well. He got Watson's voice mostly right, and he wrote an enjoyable book. 5d

kspenmoll I agree with both @Librarybelle @eeclayton in that he really got the style right, & each man‘s voice. The plot kept me guessing & involved well written, eclectic& descriptive characters. 5d

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CogsOfEncouragement I didn't love this one. I tried to believe this was really Watson, but explanations that were unnecessary for those of us familiar with the canon broke the spell often. The beginning of Chap 6 is one example. Watson had no need to explain what London was like to his readers, they knew. This “apology“ offended me as a reader and I was offended on behalf of Watson because I care WAAAY too much about fictional characters. 5d

eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement I felt too that some explanations were unnecessary, but I could forgive them based on the foreword that Watson was writing to an audience in the future, since the manuscript would be locked away for 100 years. 4d

CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton Point taken :) 4d

dabbe @Librarybelle @eeclayton @kspenmoll @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton Excellent points! I thought Horowitz captured the Victorian tone, structure, and deductive feel well, (and agree that the details weren't necessary for us Sherlockians, but it then allowed someone who had never read anything from the original canon to get the entire feel for the genre) though the pacing was faster and the themes were quite darker. 4d

Cuilin I agree with everyone I thought Horowitz did a really good job of evoking Victorian London, and I also appreciated the pacing of the novel. 4d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#thelitsyirregulars #tli @Cuilin

Time to discuss! See the following slides. 🤩

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#TheLitsyIrregulars #TLI @LitsyEvents

Friendly reminder: Discussion tomorrow! Looking forward to it! #noplacelikeholmes #foreversherlocked

CatLass007 I have to confess, I really couldn‘t get into this one. I bailed at the 25% mark. Sorry gang, I hope everyone else enjoyed it. #HailTheBail #BetterBooksAhead I don‘t think I‘ll be participating tomorrow. You don‘t need a negative Nellie in the mix. I‘ll see you when we discuss

The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen

CogsOfEncouragement I plan to finish reading it today. Looking forward to everyone‘s thoughts. 5d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads How does the discussion work? This is my first one with you all. I really enjoyed the book. 5d

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dabbe I'm sorry it didn't click for you. I found it slow at the start, but then it picked up for me. Hopefully, you'll like the next one more.

#hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterpastichebooksahead (edited) 5d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads I will post some question starters and will tag all of you; then, we all comment below and comment to each other, etc. ... kind of like an answer blog you might do in high school or college. 5d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Boy, once it got going, I couldn't put it down! My whole day was pretty much devoted to finishing it ... well, that and college football. 🤣 5d

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

1. A steroid shot has made all the difference with my shoulder and neck.
2. Being able to celebrate my niece's wedding and Thanksgiving with both sides of the family.
3. Long walks and cool days.
4. Matt. #always
5. Pippa & Kate. #always

DebinHawaii Lovely joys! 🍂🧡🍁 Yay to steroids & less pain! 🤗 6d

dabbe @DebinHawaii I had no idea how bad it was until that shot. What a difference! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

Bette Glad the shot helped. Thanksgiving in action. 👍 6d

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AnnCrystal 💕💝💝💝💝. 6d

dabbe @Bette Oh, boy, did it! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵❄️🩶 6d

ShelleyBooksie So glad your neck/shoulder are feeling better. Love the pic ♡♡ 6d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie Boy did it! TY. They're such goofballs in the car! 🩵❄️🤍 6d

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#haikuhive #haikuaday

Sigh.

Shadows now fill that house.
I miss this family's steady daylight––
calm hearts guiding us.

JenReadsAlot I miss them so much. 6d

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👏🏼🥲🥺🐝💝. 6d

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dabbe @JenReadsAlot IKR? 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵❄️🩶 6d

marleed 100% 6d

Karisa 🎯 6d

TheBookHippie Come BACK !!!!! 6d

Lsmoore43 I miss them too. Such a wonderful President and family. 6d

dabbe @marleed 🎯♥️🎯 6d

dabbe @Karisa 🎯♥️🎯 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😭😭😭 6d

dabbe @Lsmoore43 IKR? 🎯♥️🎯 6d

Amiable Such a stark difference from what we‘re forced to deal with now. 😖 6d

CBee BIG sigh 😔 Miss them so much! 6d

Bette Articulate people. I miss them. 6d

dabbe @Amiable IKR? 😭😭😭 6d

dabbe @CBee 🎯😭🎯 6d

dabbe @Bette 🎯😭🎯 6d

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G is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona Alphabet | Barbara Gowan

#haikuhive #haikuaday

This is my grandniece Amelia. Her family was in town for another niece's wedding. Her family took an extended trip north and visited the Grand Canyon for the first time. She is laying on glass one mile directly above the canyon. She and her brother Leo had a ball. 🩷💙🩷

Miss Amelia's
first visit to the Grand
Canyon won't be her last.

TheBookHippie Oh this is just JOY. I just love it! 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie How oh how can we bottle this? 🩵❄️💙 6d

JenlovesJT47 🥰♥️🥰 6d

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AnnCrystal Sweet adventure 👏🏼🐝🤩🥳👍🏼🐝💝. 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵❄️🩶 6d

marleed So brave! 6d

Cupcake12 Such a great photo x 6d

xicanti Her hat is all kinds of excellent. 6d

dabbe @marleed She's quite the brave one! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @Cupcake12 TY! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @xicanti She has quite a style! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

Amiable I love the name Amelia 😍 6d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Awesome 6d

dabbe @Amiable She's quite the adventurer, like her namesake! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

julieclair What a precious picture! Pure childhood joy! 5d

dabbe @julieclair IKR? 🩵❄️🩶 5d

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#haikuaday #haikuhive

#truelove 🖤🐾🖤

No doubt about it.
Matt is Pippa's number one.
I'm a close second.

Tamra I‘m familiar with that haiku. 6d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

dabbe @Tamra #secondplacesolidarity 🖤🐾🖤 6d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵❄️💙 6d

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝😍💕🐕‍🦺🐾🤩🐝💝. 6d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🖤🐾🖤 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐾🖤 6d

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 6d

KadaGul ❤️🐕‍🦺💚🐶❤️🐾💚😍 6d

dabbe @Ruthiella 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @KadaGul 🩵❄️🩶 6d

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The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel | Anthony Horowitz

#FridayHappyReadingHour
We just got back from an early evening walk. Now Matt's reading, Pippa's chewing, Kate's guarding, and I'm reading on my Kindle. Great being with family yesterday but so happy to be cozy at home today.
TGIF, everyone! ♥️🍁🧡

@mcctrish
@Aims42
@TheBookHippie
@Tamra
@Cathythoughts
@BarbaraBB
@Ruthiella
@kspenmoll

Aims42 Enjoy your evening!! It sounds 10/10 cozy ☺️😍🥰 6d

Tamra Very nice! ☺️ 6d

dabbe @Aims42 You, too! 🩵❄️💙 6d

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dabbe @Tamra TY! 🩵❄️💙 6d

Ruthiella Perfection! 👌 6d

marleed Sometimes the best thing about the beloved chaos of family is appreciating the calm that comes after. 6d

BarbaraBB That looks perfect 👌🏽, enjoy! 6d

dabbe @Ruthiella 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @marleed In the end, it's ALL good, right? 🩵❄️🩶 6d

dabbe @BarbaraBB TY! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺💝. 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵❄️🩶 6d

Cathythoughts Have a lovely weekend x 6d

dabbe @Cathythoughts You, too. 🩵❄️🤍 6d

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | Charles M. Schulz

#TTT @dabbe #moodboard
From the top left:
•A view from my back den.
•Matt cooking last year's turkey on the grill outside; yes, it was in the 80s that day!
•Our oak tree, Rusty.
•Three pies I made on 3 different Thanksgivings: apple, pumpkin, and pecan
•Our niece Shane after we had raked the leaves. He's now 21.
•Sunset last year.
•Matt and me on a turkey day a few years ago.

AnnCrystal 🤩💝😍. 1w

AmyG Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽 1w

LiseWorks All beautiful memories, Happy Thanksgiving 1w

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kspenmoll What lovely memories! Happy Thanksgivibg! 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal @AmyG @LiseWorks @kspenmoll HT to you all! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Avanders ♥️🍁🦃 1w

dabbe @Avanders ♥️🍁🧡 1w

MemoirsForMe Awww! Thanksgiving Memories are the best! 🧡🧡🧡 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe IKR? ♥️🍁♥️ 7d

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Happy Thanksgiving | Tyndale

#TTT @dabbe
#moodboard

I'm in the mood for some mood boards. Feel free to create one or just comment below with your answers. Be sure to tag me!

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. To those who don't, you can still create an autumn or winter board--whatever makes you happy. All things happy today! ♥️🍁🧡

Tagging no one; ALL are welcome to share!

MemoirsForMe Happy Thanksgiving! 🧡🦃🧡 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe Same to you! Hope you and your family had a lovely day! ♥️🍁🧡 7d

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#haikuaday #haikuhive

My sister sent this picture to all of the sisters: a street none of us had seen before. My mother's name was “Carol Ann“. She's been gone since 2011, and we miss her most during November-December, her favorite time of year. Feeling it a lot today. 🧡🍁♥️

Bookwomble ❤️❤️‍🩹❤️ 1w

LeahBergen ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1w

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JenlovesJT47 ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🫂 1w

CBee I understand 100% 💚💚💚 1w

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @Bookwomble @LeahBergen @TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 @CBee @ruthiella ... ♥️🍁🧡 to you all. 1w

Tkimsal I‘m sorry. May her memory bring you comfort and strength. 1w

lil1inblue 💓🫂💓 1w

Bette This was my sister‘s name…she‘s been gone since 2010. This would have been cool to show her. 👍 1w

AnnCrystal Sweet, like a “sign“ that she's always near. Seen and captured during dark times 💝💝💝🐝🥲🫂🐝💝💝💝. 1w

Deblovestoread Sorry friend. Sending a hug. 1w

dabbe @Tkimsal TY. It does. ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @Bette How cool and lovely is that? ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal #hope ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread TY, dear friend. ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Susanita 🫂❤️‍🩹 1w

DebinHawaii Beautiful haiku. 💜💜💜 This time of year gets to me too sometimes for the very same reason. Sending you virtual hugs. 🫂 1w

IndianBookworm 🫂♥️ 1w

julieclair A sweet visit by your mom to her girls. 💝💝💝 1w

dabbe @Susanita 💔❤️‍🩹♥️ 1w

dabbe @DebinHawaii TY. Sending some right back to you! 💔❤️‍🩹♥️ 1w

dabbe @IndianBookworm 💔❤️‍🩹♥️ 1w

dabbe @julieclair What a L♥️VELY way to look at it! 💔❤️‍🩹♥️ 1w

kspenmoll I totally understand; my mom‘s birthday is November 28 so memories of her are all part of Thanksgiving. She died in Jan 2916. 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll I'm so sorry, Katherine. Keeping you in my heart. ♥️🍁🧡 1w

MemoirsForMe Let‘s picture all our beloved moms meeting each other on the Other Side, sharing memories about their bookish daughters and enjoying a turkey leg! My Mom was a social butterfly who I also miss like crazy. 1w

julieclair @MemoirsForMe I love this visual!!! 🥰 7d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe I'm with you, m'dear! ♥️🍁🧡 7d

dabbe @julieclair TY! ♥️🍁🧡 7d

Bookperson96 😔🥺💔 Sending you hugs, strength and lots of happy moments. All of your moms/loved ones are watching over you. 🕯️Happy heavenly Birthday to your mom @kspenmoll ! 🍂🧡🦃🤎🍁 I picture that as lovely. @MemoirsForMe 🥰🥺 6d

dabbe @Bookperson96 Thank you so much! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

Bookperson96 🙂👍🏻@dabbe (edited) 6d

MemoirsForMe @julieclair @dabbe @Bookperson96 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 6d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🩵❄️🤍 6d

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#haikuhive #haikuaday #beautybreak

This sunset occurred right after my niece was married on Sunday. ♥️🍁🧡

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, OriginalCyn620, Reggie, Tamra, JessClark78, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, Sace, jdiehr, Bookwomble, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, Dilara, lil1inblue, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me, uncommonlycozies

AmyG WOW 1w

Amiable Splendiferous! 1w

dabbe @Amiable Same to you for yours! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

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JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous!! 🩷❤️🧡 1w

OriginalCyn620 Wow! 🤩 1w

dabbe @AmyG @Amiable @JenlovesJT47 @OriginalCyn620 That's ONE good thing about living in this state. 🤣😘🤩 1w

lil1inblue Gorgeous!😍🤩😍 1w

marleed It‘s beautiful! 1w

AnnCrystal Wow 🤩 magically powerful 👏🏼🐝😍🐝💝. 1w

Deblovestoread Spectacular! 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue @marleed @AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Dilara Beautiful! 1w

Sparklemn Dazzling! (edited) 1w

julieclair Wow!!! 1w

dabbe @Dilara @Sparklemn @julieclair It was a beautiful one! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🌅 Beautiful! 1w

kspenmoll Just WOW! 1w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick IKR? ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll YES! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

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Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas | Roger Riccard

Calling all Sherlockians! Just saw that this Kindle edition is only 99 cents! And the stories are centered around December! 🧡🍁♥️

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #TheLitsyIrregulars #TLI #sherlocked #foreversherlocked
@Cuilin

Daisey, DrSabrinaMoldenReads, erzascarletbookgasm, kspenmoll, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, mcipher, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, Bookwomble, dabbe, MaGoose, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, Sparklemn, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

kspenmoll Oh, I need this! Thx! 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks 1w

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dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads YW! 💙❄️🩵 7d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Doesn‘t our discussion start today? 6d

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads It's on the 30th. We're almost there! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @dabbe Yay! Can‘t wait! 6d

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#haikuaday #haikuhive

A happy day. 🧡🍁♥️

Grace and Zachary.
My niece and nephew-in-law ...
Wishing you love always.

AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🥳🥂🐝💝. 1w

kspenmoll Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎈 the flowers are gorgeous! (edited) 1w

LeahBergen Wonderful! ❤️ 1w

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TheBookHippie So sweet. 1w

Susanita 🩷🩷🩷 1w

Reggie Awwwww wishing them the best! 1w

JenlovesJT47 Aww they look so happy 🥰🥰🥰 1w

kelli7990 Congratulations! 1w

Deblovestoread Beautiful! Best wishes to the happy couple🍾 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal @kspenmoll
@LeahBergen @TheBookHippie @Susanita @Reggie @JenlovesJT47 @kelli7990 Thanks, everyone. They are so dang cute together, and I want them make a magical life. ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Cupcake12 Such a lovely photo. Best wishes to the happy couple x 1w

Amiable ❤️❤️❤️🥰 1w

dabbe @Cupcake12 TY! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

dabbe @Amiable ♥️🍁🧡 1w

lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue ♥️🍁🧡 1w

julieclair The look so happy!!!! 1w

dabbe @julieclair They were quite adorable. ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Congratulations to the happy couple! 1w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick TY! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

Bookperson96 Congratulations to your niece on her nuptials. 💒💍❣️ 6d

dabbe @Bookperson96 TY! 🩵❄️🩶 6d

Gissy Congratulations 🍾 🥂 5d

dabbe @Gissy TY! 🩵❄️🩶 5d

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#haikuaday #haikuhive #ranttime

It is nice to see
that you are in misery ...
like the rest of us.

#notmypresident #smallhands #cheetosatan

BookMaven9 ❤️❤️❤️ 2w

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

dabbe @BookMaven9 💙✊🏻💙 2w

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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙✊🏻💙 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Do you think he‘s in misery? I hope so but I don‘t know if he cares about anything (edited) 2w

TheBookHippie I hope he‘s in FEAR. 2w

AnnCrystal Have I missed something??? It's been more and more difficult to remain informed...our local news reporters seemingly told to focus on other topics??? ✊🏼💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇲💙✌🏼. 2w

Lsmoore43 Yes... I love the picture. lol 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal No, I don't think you missed anything. This pic was from the NYT re: all the hullabaloos re: the damned Epstein files and MTG. 2w

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads True. The picture shows he looks miserable, but he is the snake of disguises. 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Plus all the others in those files. 2w

dabbe @Lsmoore43 ♥️🍁🧡 2w

AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe ✊🏼💙✊🏼. 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie SAME 2w

PaperbackPirate 😂💯 1w

dabbe @PaperbackPirate 💙✊🏻💙 1w

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