@dabbe on Litsy

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

Much better score than last week (which was a 14! 😮) Three faves:
1. THE MALTESE FALCON: “When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.“
2. GASLIGHT: “Are you suggesting that this is a knife I hold in my hand? Have you gone mad, my husband? Or is it I who am mad?“
3. 12 ANGRY MEN: [Juror #8]: “Well, I think testimony that can put a boy into the electric chair *should* be that accurate.“

Balibee146 12 Angry Men is one of my absolute favourite movies. 1d

AnnCrystal Gaslight! 👏🏼😊🎬💝. Have you also seen the 1940 version of gaslight? I can't say which on I like better. 1d

lil1inblue Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.
Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
I sure do love some good Bogart. 1d

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dabbe @Balibee146 Mine, too. I never get tired of watching this one-room drama. All of them are simply stunning. 🤩 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal I have, but I'm a Bergman girl, and love Joseph Cotton and Charles Boyer, so you know which one I adore! 🤩 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue My fave actor of all time. 🤩 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe Charles Boyer 💝💝💝, do love watching him. And young Angela Lansbury too ☺️💝. 21h

dabbe @AnnCrystal Her first movie, if I remember correctly. She was stunning. 🤩 20h

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🆒🎬💝. 15h

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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #2! I think we'll all do a lot better on this one! 🤞🏻
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-awards-list-2-nominations-for-best
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!

Tagging some who've played before.

mcctrish, DebinHawaii, peaKnit, melissajayne, Kitta, BarkingMadRead, tpixie, Cuilin, AmyG, TheBookHippie, BarbaraJean, Amiable, Leftcoastzen, CogsOfEncouragement, shortsarahrose, Susanita, Blueberry, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, thebacklistbook, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, Mollyanna, TheBookgeekFrau, CSeydel, TheSpineView, CBee, Butterfinger, Karisa, ImperfectCJ, Cupcake12, The_Penniless_Author, julieclair, willaful, AnnCrystal, Cheryl_Russell

CogsOfEncouragement Watched five. Read five books the adapted screenplay was based on. Watched three remakes. The only overlap is Great Expectations, I‘ve read it and seen the remake. (edited) 1d

Bookwormjillk I‘ve only seen 4! The two Christmas ones, The Ten Commandments which my mom forced me to watch at Easter time when I was a kid, and A Steetcar Named Desire which I saw at an outdoor showing and it was super fun because everyone screamed STELLA! (edited) 1d

TheSpineView On it! Thanks for the tag!💛🏷 1d

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AnnCrystal 🎬🥳👍🏼 Thanks for the tag! 1d

melissajayne Only seen 9 on this list; the three favourites on this list are The Longest Day, It‘s A Wonderful Life, and The King and I 1d

Leftcoastzen Thanks for the tag 1d

shortsarahrose 15! Some real good ones (Mildred Pierce, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Roman Holiday). I saw High Noon at the same old theater where I saw Gone With The Wind, which was cool (I‘m not a huge western fan, but High Noon is excellent). 1d

Bklover I‘ve only seen 11, but have seen a few remakes of movies on this list. Favorite is probably It‘s A Wonderful Life. Thanks for the tag! 1d

MonicaLoves2Read 12%! Favorite The Ten Commandments 1d

Amor4Libros I‘ve only watched 2 😅🤣 1d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I say all of those count! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk There are some really good oldies on this list. I'd suggest any of the film noirs. Fun fact: I had a student named Stella, and she told me she was named for STREETCAR. So of course, whenever I called on her, the whole class would shout STELLA! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! ❣️ 24h

dabbe @melissajayne It's been years since I've seen LONGEST DAY; just added to my TBW list. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen YW! ❣️ 24h

dabbe @shortsarahrose I had such a hard time only choosing three! DOUBLE INDEMNITY would be in my top five. Both of them play evil so well! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @Bklover YW! And I say if you saw a remake, it counts! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read Heston was fabulous in that one; we'd watch it every Easter along with EASTER PARADE. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

dabbe @Amor4Libros Do you have a favorite? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 24h

Amor4Libros @dabbe Ten Commandments! I‘ve watched it most of my life on Holy Week 😊 (edited) 24h

willaful I got 25. Favorites include Miracle on 34th Street. and Anatomy of a Murder. 23h

Texreader I got 6, but daughter has seen 15! She loves older movies. 23h

Singout 10 😢 But I don‘t have a TV. 21h

dabbe @Amor4Libros I have fond memories of watching it every Easter. 🤩 20h

dabbe @willaful ANATOMY was fantastic, and how could one not love MIRACLE? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 20h

dabbe @Texreader I do, too. They're such nostalgia for me. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 20h

dabbe @Singout Who needs a TV when you have books? 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 20h

MonicaLoves2Read @dabbe we watch it every year, too 18h

CSeydel Yikes, only 10 for me (edited) 17h

thebacklistbook 4 for me. I think I may have to go on an Audrey Hepburn kick. 14h

Mollyanna 17 this week. My favorites: The Bishop‘s Wife (I watch it every holiday season, Cary Grant as an Angel 😘), Anchor‘s Aweigh and To Kill a Mockingbird. Lots on my TBW list! Thanks for the tag. This was fun. 11h

peaKnit Oh boy, 7%! 😳😂 9h

julieclair Thanks for the tag! Off to play now… 🎬🎥📽️ 7h

Read4life Wow. Just 8%. 😜 6h

BooksandCoffee4Me 8% 🫤 BUT I have read several more of them. 😊 6h

Cheryl_Russell 8/100 🤣 5h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @CSeydel More for your TBW list! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @thebacklistbook One of the most elegant women ever to grace the big screen. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @Mollyanna Yay! I have lots on the TBW now, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @peaKnit You're in good company; most of us were between 1-25. Lots to put on the TBW list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @julieclair YW! 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @Read4life Lots to add to the TBW list! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I think reading trumps movies any day, so those should count, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell More to add to your TBW list! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3h

peaKnit I keep@meaning to go back and watch old films but then it‘s like my TBR, out of control lol 2h

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#SpringCardSwap

Cards are done and will go into the mail tomorrow! Thanks for organizing this wonderful swap, @TheBookHippie! 💚🌼💙

TheBookHippie Yay!!! I‘m so excited!!! I love seeing all the creativity!!! 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie We all could us a little joy, too! 💙🩵💙 2d

TheBookHippie @dabbe FOR REAL🤦🏻‍♀️🙃 2d

LiseWorks Mine are ready to go too! 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks 🩵💙🩵 1d

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The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare William

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

Allusion #2: POUND OF FLESH

I still can't believe that THE MERCHANT OF VENICE is on our district's 7th grade reading list alongside A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT'S DREAM. If you had your choice, which play would you rather read as a 12-13-year old?

TheSpineView Merchant of Venice... maybe. Not sure at that age I could have appreciated either. 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView It was a really hard sell to the kids. I only taught it one year. They loved MIDSUMMER. 2d

TheBookHippie Midsummer I imagine. As I‘m a nerd I loved all Shakespeare from age 12 on. 2d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie You are NOT a nerd; you're THE Book Hippiest! 🤩 2d

TheSpineView @dabbe Surprising that they liked anything Shakespeare. Just goes to show... you can never underestimate kids. 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🎯🎯! 2d

CBee I loved Midsummer. But, I didn‘t read it at 12 or 13! I was older. A favorite of mine for sure! 2d

CBee @TheBookHippie nerds are awesome. I know this because I, too, am a nerd. AND PROUD 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂 2d

dabbe @CBee @TheBookHippie #weirdwordsfornerds #nerdpower 🤓🤩🤣 2d

dabbe @CBee I can say unequivocally that MERCHANT OF VENICE is not one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. 🤣🤓🤩 2d

CBee @dabbe I‘m totally stealing #weirdwordsfornerds 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 2d

dabbe @CBee It's yours! You inspired it! 🩵💙🩵 2d

CBee @dabbe ♥️♥️🥹🥹 1d

lil1inblue Most 12-13 year olds I know (and knew) would prefer Midsummer. I personally think that the themes in Merchant would be better understood in high school (I personally didn't read it until college). Although there's several other Shakespeare plays that I would put on the 7th grade list with Midsummer (mostly comedies). 1d

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#coverstories
#tuxedo
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Two of the best dancers of the 20th century. They usually performed death-defying dance moves in tuxedos! If you've never seen them, you should. Here's a link to my favorite dance of theirs from STORMY WEATHER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjQQnfLiWxM

It's known as the Stair Dance.

Hooked_on_books What a great clip—they‘re marvelous! I love tap and am willing to bet they influenced Gregory Hines. That jumping down into the splits move had to hurt, though. 2d

LeahBergen Love them! 😍 2d

dabbe @LeahBergen Every time I watch them, I'm like 😮🤩😮! 2d

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dabbe @Hooked_on_books Agree 💯! I adored Gregory Hines, too. And those splits! 😮🤩😮 2d

Mollyanna They are the best! So innovative and energetic. I‘m always excited when I find them in something or a new clip. Definite showmen! 2d

dabbe @Mollyanna Agree 💯! 🤩😮🤩 2d

lil1inblue This is fantastic! 😍 1d

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 🤩😮🤩 1d

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#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

All I've listened to lately is this. Ocean sounds. Over and over again. Rolling, gliding, soothing ... this track has been streaming 24-7 on my Sonos for days. I've needed it. 🌊

TieDyeDude Sounds very calming. Thanks for sharing. #musicinnature 3d

AmyG I do this with rain sounds. So very calming. Lord knows we need it, huh? 3d

Deblovestoread Ocean sounds have been my go to since we moved to the Oregon coast right before my parents divorce. Nothing soothes me more. 3d

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Kerrbearlib So nice 3d

dabbe @TieDyeDude It is. 🩵🌊💙 3d

dabbe @AmyG Me, too! I even found an album with blizzard snowstorm sounds. And boy, do we need it! 🩵☔️🩵 3d

dabbe @Deblovestoread I hope you're able to hear the real deal every single day. 🩵🌊💙 3d

dabbe @Kerrbearlib 🩵🌊💙 3d

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Jurassic Park : [novel] | Michael Crichton

#coverstories
#reptile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Dinosaurs are sort of reptiles, right? 🦖🦕🦖

AmyG Yes. I was told that Lego dinosaurs are reptiles by my grandson. So it must be true. 3d

Eggs @AmyG Haha 😆 of course (edited) 3d

Eggs Perfect 😍 (edited) 3d

dabbe @AmyG I totally believe your grandson! Give him a big thank-you hug! 🤗 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🤩 3d

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The Secret Adversary | Agatha Christie

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#christiescapers @Librarybelle
If you love Nick & Nora from THE THIN MAN, you'll adore Tommy & Tuppence. While they are not professional detectives but ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, T&T's banter, resourcefulness, and camaraderie make them endearing, and their dynamic adds a lightheartedness to the story that contrasts with the high-stakes espionage (and at times, contrived) plot. Overall, a riveting and fun mystery read.

Librarybelle Yay! Glad you liked it! 4d

AnnCrystal The Thin Man 🎬s💝💝💝. 4d

dabbe @Librarybelle 💙🩵💙 4d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 4d

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#coverstories #movies
#direction
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Oh one of my favorite Hitchcock films ❤️🖤❤️ 4d

dabbe @Eggs #ditto 🖤❣️🖤 3d

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#coverstories (movies as well as books)
#umbrella
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Umbrella? This song and dance. Thank you, Mr. Kelly, for recording this--even when you were sick with the flu. 🎵☔️🎵

AnnCrystal 💝🎶💝. 5d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ☔️ 💙 5d

Eggs 🩵💜☔️🩵💜 (edited) 5d

Eggs @AnnCrystal 💜🩵💙 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs 💙☔️💙 4d

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The Adventure of the Red Circle | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheRedCircle
@LitsyEvents

Hello, Sherlockians~
Next up in our quest to finish this canon is “(TAo) The Red Circle; discussion will be on 3/15 (already the middle of March! 😱) and will be led by @Cuilin.
Link to summary + Info (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n7La-AZphcUQnbI_uxX4JOejsc0h2PGJ/view?usp=shari...

Have a lovely week. 💚

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

Sace You can remove me from the tag list. I just never seem to read in time 😢 5d

Librarybelle Thank you! 5d

AllDebooks Please remove me from the taglist. I never get around to reading these. Sorry to go, but I'm overwhelmed with buddyreads. 4d

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dabbe @Sace Will do; feel free to visit at any time! 💚🩶💚 4d

dabbe @AllDebooks I hear ya. Feel free to visit at any time! 💚🩶💚 4d

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 💚🩶💚 4d

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#weeklyfavorites @Read4Life

I gotta up my reading game. 🐢

Read4life You always make me smile!! 💙🍀💙 4d

dabbe @Read4life 💚🩶💚 4d

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The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | Louise Penny

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern
#HyggeHourReadathon @AlldeBooks @TheBookHippie @Chrisstyreadit

Got Matt hooked on these books, and he's four ahead of me! 🤩 Quickest way to get this one was to buy it, and he's happily hygge-ing it all day with this one.

BookmarkTavern Looks like a good book to cozy up with! Thanks for answering! 5d

AllDebooks Love that Matt is joining in #Hyggehour 😊 4d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 💚🩶💚 4d

dabbe @AllDebooks He's even better at it than I am! I always forget to post! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 4d

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith

#coverstories
#trees
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I've posted this one before: my blackout poem in honor of A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, one of my all-time faves. 💚🌼💚

AnnCrystal 🌳💝. 6d

Bookwormjillk Very cool! 6d

Leftcoastzen Such a great book 6d

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BooksandCoffee4Me Love this! 6d

tpixie 🌳🌳🌳 5d

dabbe @AnnCrystal @Bookwormjillk @Leftcoastzen @BooksandCoffee4Me @tpixie ... 💚🌳💚 5d

Eggs How inspired is that!!🌲 5d

dabbe @Eggs One of the best assignments I ever did with my students. 💚🩶💚 4d

Eggs @dabbe I love these unique types of poetry🩷 4d

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle I still have some confusion over which stories are to take place before Reichenbach Falls…😂 7d

dabbe @Librarybelle IKR? When he writes his later stories, a lot occurred before “The Final Problem“--yet were written decades later! 🤯 6d

CogsOfEncouragement It is interesting that these short stories were first published in monthly periodicals and later bound in books for us. Thank goodness! I think I give a lot of shrugs to these problems in the canon because of that. If they were always published as we have them today I'd be much less forgiving. 6d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement And to think that there are SH clubs all over the world who love nothing more than to ponder the most minute details of these stories, especially dates and weather. I'm more likely to shrug myself and just move on to the next story.
#willingtosuspendmydisbelief 5d

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle There‘s a bit of responsibility for everyone. Actions have consequences. It‘s a chain reaction. Sarah may not be guilty of murder, but she‘s not exactly innocent either. 7d

dabbe @Librarybelle I didn't like her having “brain fever“. What a cop-out, Doyle! I wanted to see her face some serious consequences besides just losing her mind at the most opportune moment. 6d

CogsOfEncouragement @dabe @ librarybelle

Hmmm, I had not considered this on my own. Heavy.

Sarah is a horrible person. She is described as having a bad temper, meddlesome, and hard to please.

Jim and Mary Browner are the two responsible to keep their marriage vows. In hindsight, maybe Jim would have told Mary about Sarah coming on to him and getting her out of the house that minute. (continued) 6d

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CogsOfEncouragement But Jim never saw this sort of vengeance coming his way. Even Sarah might have been surprised how easy it was to manipulate Mary. Did she want her sister dead, or just to make Jim miserable? How did Alec think this was going to work out for himself? Jim certainly takes all the blame for his part in it and Sarah will likely find it difficult to continue in what will certainly be very lonely existence. @dabbe @librarybelle 6d

Librarybelle I don‘t think Sarah thought the situation would become violent…the brain fever thing too was a bit ridiculous, @dabbe . @CogsOfEncouragement 6d

CatLass007 Jim Browner uses the excuse that he was “driven” to drink by the behaviors of Sarah, Mary, and Alex. I know alcoholism is a disease but it wasn‘t considered that when this story was written. But I also believe that personal responsibility is the reason someone picks up their first drink after being sober for a long time. I don‘t believe in blaming others for our own feelings. 6d

dabbe @CatLass007 Or blaming others for our own actions. 5d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Communication would have been best, even if Sarah was Mary's sister. I also wonder what on earth Sarah told Mary to have Mary go totally against her husband. Wicked and horrible of Miss Sarah! 5d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Sarah having brain-fever wasn't a good enough punishment for her IMHO. But perhaps living with the guilt of what she did (if she's capable) would be enough. I wanted her to suffer more. How nice of me, huh? 🤣 5d

CatLass007 @dabbe Exactly. 5d

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle Perhaps it was the adultery. There is violence in this, but other stories we have read describe bloody scenes or animals/beasts that tear up humans, so I cannot see it being the violence that would stop readers. Good question! 7d

dabbe @Librarybelle I also think the story may have been considered too scandalous was because it was the WOMEN who were the hussies, both Sarah (who came on to a married man) and Mary (who committed adultery while married). If men did it, that was okay, but women! 😱 6d

CogsOfEncouragement So interesting. I'm sure I'm very callous to such things at this point but this read like a cozy or a children's chapter book to me. Sure, there are horrible things done but they are not described in gruesome detail. 6d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement The ears did receive almost a clinical detachment, didn't they? Very Sherlock-like. 🤩 5d

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Lend me an 👂 or 👂👂, Sherlockians. 😱 Thoughts?

Librarybelle That was a bit gruesome! I think I exclaimed “oh my” when we learned the contents of the package. A revenge story, with a bit of violence. 7d

dabbe @Librarybelle Most definitely! 😱 7d

CogsOfEncouragement I enjoyed this one. Was entertained that SH didn't want any credit for it because it was too simple. I was amused at the end when Lestrade acted as though it was yes, very simple - then why did you call in SH! He sent the note that they couldn't get anything to work upon. In my opinion, they would have still been at a lose without SH. Lestrade, just say thank you. 6d

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kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 6d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement And Lestrade has no problem in taking ALL of the credit and acting as if he really didn't need Holmes at all. #oy! 5d

dabbe @kelli7990 Yay! 😀 5d

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#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! You, too, @peaKnit! 🤗🤗)
1. All
2. day
3. rain.
4. Matt. #always
5. Pippa 🐾 Kate. #always

I'd love to read about everyone's joys! You're all tagged! 🤩

kspenmoll ☔️ but then Matt & Pippa & Kate.❤️ (edited) 7d

dabbe @kspenmoll 💚🩶💚 7d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 7d

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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚🩶💚 7d

mcctrish Rainy days for reading are the best 7d

dabbe @mcctrish I'd say snowy days, too, but I had a feeling that wouldn't be as popular with my Canadian buddies. 🤩🤣🤗 7d

Amiable Love this so much —especially that it says “tea” and not “coffee.” 😍 6d

mcctrish Snowy days are great just not anymore, we need to move on season wise 😆 6d

dabbe @Amiable 💚🫖💚 6d

dabbe @mcctrish 💚🩶💚 6d

DebinHawaii Lovely joys as always! ☔️ 💜🌈 5d

dabbe @DebinHawaii 💚☔️💚 4d

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Rocky Stories: Tales of Love, Hope, and Happiness at America's Most Famous Steps | Michael Vitez

#coverstories
#stairs
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Only one thing comes to my mind when I think of STAIRS. Rocky Balboa running up the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 🖤🥊🖤

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 7d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🥊🖤 7d

Eggs My daughters and I did that a few years back 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ 🪜 🏃🏼‍♀️in Philly 6d

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The Thin Man | Dashiell Hammett

#threelistthursday #tlt

A whopping 14/100! 🤣 Some of those posters were 😱!
Faves:
THE THIN MAN: [Nora Charles]: “Waiter, will you serve the nuts? I mean, will you serve the guests the nuts?“
DARK VICTORY: “Nothing can hurt us now. What we have can't be destroyed. That's our victory - our victory over the dark. It is a victory because we're not afraid.“
WUTHERING HEIGHTS: “I am Heathcliff!“ (I laugh at this one now).

Mollyanna I need to watch Dark Victory it‘s been on my to watch list for a long time. 1w

dabbe @Mollyanna It's so worth it. Have hankies nearby, though! 🩶💚🩶 1w

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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell

#coverstories
#clouds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Lesliereadsalot I loved this one! 1w

Eggs Still on my TBR😊 1w

dabbe @Eggs P.S.S. #minetoo 💙 1w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Good to know. I have yet to read it! 😱 1w

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

The Academy Award NOMINATIONS for Best Picture from 1929-1941
In honor of the awards, which aired last Sunday, how many have you seen?
1. Survey link: https://shorturl.at/qm3jM
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
You've read this far? You're TAGGED! 🤩

TheBookgeekFrau Omg - I only saw 3! 😂🤣 The Wizard of Oz, Les Miserables, and Tale of Two Cities 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau I only got 14! I have hardly seen anything from the 1920s-1930s! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶💚🩶 (edited) 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Way better than me! 💚💚 1w

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Kitta Only 2! 😂 The Wizard of Oz and Cleopatra. 1w

thebacklistbook Wizard of Oz was my only one I've seen. If I got modern versions it would be higher, since it's award winners I took the list at face value. 1w

Mollyanna I‘ve seen 9, mainly from the later section of the list. Love The Thin Man, Fred/Ginger movies and The Philadelphia Story. 1w

ImperfectCJ I've seen 6 of these. It's an interesting reminder of how many movies that are lauded (or at least nominated) in their time fall into obscurity. 1w

melissajayne 3 1w

dabbe @Kitta 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚🩶 1w

dabbe @thebacklistbook I would have counted if I'd seen other versions of the same story--like A STAR IS BORN. 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚🩶 1w

dabbe @Mollyanna I adore THE THIN MAN; Powell and Loy were beyond adorable together! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚🩶 1w

dabbe @ImperfectCJ Agree 💯! And there were definitely slim pickings in the 1920s-30s! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚🩶 1w

dabbe @melissajayne 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚🩶🩶 1w

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#coverstories
#hammock
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Leftcoastzen Cool one! Love old magazine covers 1w

Eggs Beautiful 🩵☁️🩵 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh how I love this! 1w

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dabbe @Leftcoastzen #metoo! 💚🩶💚 1w

dabbe @Eggs 💚🩶💚 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me #theinnocentage 💚🩶💚 1w

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Also this. I have never been more embarrassed, humiliated, and enraged by my government than I am now. Reposting is resistance. #ranttime

💙🇺🇦💛

Deblovestoread 💙✊️💛 1w

LiseWorks Thank you for posting this. I know that ordinary Americans, the ones that didn't vote for Trump, are not in agreement with what he did. I sure hope some actually let him know he doesn't represent them. 1w

AmyG Makes me think someone‘s lotalty lies with Russia. 🤔 1w

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melissajayne @AmyG he often wears orange makeup 1w

melissajayne @LiseWorks there are those that voted for him that are not for what he is doing. 1w

Butterfinger We have become allies with a government whose ideology was something we thought abhorrent until just a few days ago. Even though it is not Communist, it is still a state controlled nation. I know I am "preaching to the choir," but I have not been able to sleep. Now, I am a warmonger in addition to everything I said yesterday. 1w

Bookwormjillk And a large part of me thinks he is doing this just so he can show off for the SOTU tonight. 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙👊🏻💛 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks We do and will continue to do so in all ways we can. 💛👊🏻💙 1w

dabbe @AmyG 🎯🎯🎯 1w

dabbe @melissajayne #truth! 👊🏻 1w

dabbe @melissajayne And I can't even wrap my head around that. Did these people really think he'd lower food prices? That's really all they cared about? And where have those prices now gone? I don't even know how they can look in the mirror these days. 1w

dabbe @Butterfinger Agree 💯! 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I hope the Democrats who are there turn around and moon him. It wouldn't be any worse than the horrors he's already unleashed. 1w

Deblovestoread One of our senators is holding a zoom town hall during the SOTU and the other is holding a reaction video after. Both democrats. I‘m grateful I have a legitimate excuse to not be home. I don‘t think my blood pressure can take it. (edited) 1w

kspenmoll We have our Ukrainian flag hanging outside our house. 🇺🇦 (edited) 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @dabbe I love this idea!! 🌕🌕🌕 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @kspenmoll 👍🏼💙💛 1w

AnnCrystal 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝. 1w

Leftcoastzen 👏✊🇺🇦💙💛 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh my gosh, yes!! I‘m a Republican who does not support Trump. Where are the leaders with integrity and respect in this party? 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread We need to do the 4-7-5 method (inhale for 4, hold for 7, exhale for 5 ... or whatevernumbers work for you). #thisisresistance ❣️👊🏻❣️ 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll 💙🇺🇦💙 1w

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading #perfectemoji! 🤩🤣🤩 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🇺🇦💙 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🎯❣️🎯! 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @BooksandCoffee4Me there are none left from what I can see. 1w

TheBookHippie @AmyG his loyalty to Russia started in 1987. 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe they voted hate and control and power. Prices just an excuse to hid their racism, misogyny and white Christian national ideals. 1w

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I hid under my desk because Russia was going to bomb us …all through school. 😵‍💫 1w

Chrissyreadit ❤️ I remind myself that a significant majority did not vote for him. That based on history and behavior this is an extinction burst and last battle cry hopefully of the patriarchy and that there are still too many people who are too comfortable to rise up- including democratic leaders. They have the opportunity to step up now - and Zelenskyy is truly the epitome of hero. 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Take off the 🎭, people. 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 🎯🎯🎯! 1w

MemoirsForMe ✊🏻✊🏻🇺🇦🙏🏻🙏🏻 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💙🇺🇦💙 1w

Cuilin 💛💙 1w

dabbe @Cuilin 💙💛💙 1w

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Dear Canada and Mexico (and while we're at it, the entire world),

We are so sorry that your neighbor's president and administration are having a narcissistic, idiotic, and completely chaotic breakdown.

Apologetically,
The empathetic Americans who did not vote for this #ldf.
#ranttime 🇨🇦❣️🇲🇽

Aims42 Yes! There are so many of us that did not want this and voted for the extremely intelligent woman and non-toxic man 🙌 1w

Prairiegirl_reading As our Prime Minister said today, we aren‘t booing you. We are booing a policy that is designed to hurt us. It‘s going to hurt so many and some people don‘t even realise it. To those people I have to say, Just keeping watching Fox News, I‘m sure everything will be fine. 🙄 1w

dabbe @Aims42 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

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dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading 🎯🎯🎯! 1w

Deblovestoread 💯 1w

JenReadsAlot Yes!! 1w

DieAReader 🫂💖 1w

LiseWorks I actually know that most businesses don't agree with tariffs. But for years, Trump thinks he can go back to the way it was in the 50's when America had lots of manufacturing plants. That trading makes jobs go away. But doing this to his neighbors is wrong. I personally have stopped buying American products. (Sorry guys), and apologizing is the Canadian way. Trust me, trying to find hand cream that is not made on the U.S. was hard. Lol 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @LiseWorks what part of Canada do you live in? I know some great hand cream made in Winnipeg. 1w

LiseWorks @Prairiegirl_reading I live in the Ottawa Valley and I found some from Germany 🇩🇪 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @LiseWorks 👍🏼 1w

melissajayne @LiseWorks the 1950‘s was an anomaly in terms of the way things were; makes sense that Cheeto wants to go back to the way things were during his childhood. Who doesn‘t want to go back to the way things were when one was a kid? (edited) 1w

melissajayne @Prairiegirl_reading everything will be fine until they are paying more for their gas, heating bill, groceries, etc. 1w

melissajayne Thanks 🇨🇦❤️ 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @JenReadsAlot 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @DieAReader 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks Well, he wants to “make America great again,“ so going back to the 50s is right up his alley. Oh, and put those women back in the kitchen, too, and keep their mouths shut. Yay for you not buying US products. 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @melissajayne Agree 💯. 1w

Deblovestoread I would encourage all Canadians to not buy US products just as I am changing my shopping habits….looking at you Amazon. We need to hit them where it hurts and that‘s their wallet. @LiseWorks @Prairiegirl_reading @melissajayne And I‘m sorry the guy who is upending our life is screwing with yours, too. (edited) 1w

Prairiegirl_reading @melissajayne oh for sure! I was being sarcastic and trying not to lose it, what I really wanted to type was not kind in any way. 1w

kspenmoll 👊🏻👊🏻 1w

TheLudicReader Most everyone I know has stopped buying American. I know one person who cancelled her vacation to Florida (and is out quite a lot of money, too). At family dinner last Saturday, the whole group of us spent the whole time talking about Trump/Musk and our own upcoming federal election. The world is just supremely shitty right now. My heart breaks for the USA I have always known and loved. 1w

LiseWorks @TheLudicReader 🥰 1w

ShelleyBooksie I'm worried for both of our countries. Ive also focused on Canadian products 1w

AnnCrystal 🌍🫂🌎💝🌏. 1w

Susanita @TheLudicReader I wouldn‘t visit here now either. 😕 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🎯🙌🏻🎯!!! 1w

dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading Sometimes you gotta rant. #ranttime ❣️👊🏻❣️ 1w

dabbe @TheLudicReader ❣️🇨🇦❣️ 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

MittenGirlPeach @Aims42 isn‘t THAT the truth! 1w

MittenGirlPeach Well said, everyone. I‘m in Michigan and I‘ve been buying more Canadian too. Elbows up, 🇨🇦 1w

TheBookHippie @MittenGirlPeach me too!!!! 1w

TheBookHippie @Aims42 seriously what we could have had grieves me!! 1w

marleed I am sickened by the playground bullies that make up this administration. I realize as Americans we will suffer consequences for this election, but right now I‘m just heartbroken for the negative impact this election has had on other countries. They don‘t deserve our destruction to their nations. 1w

Chrissyreadit 🤍🤍🤍🤍YES! 1w

Chrissyreadit @ShelleyBooksie @TheLudicReader @LiseWorks 🍁🇨🇦🍁😘 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🇨🇦❣️🇲🇽 1w

dabbe @MittenGirlPeach 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie @MittenGirlPeach And we've been supporting our Mexican-owned restaurants, like last night for Taco Tuesday. 🌮❣️🇲🇽 1w

dabbe @marleed 🎯❣️🎯 1w

MittenGirlPeach @dabbe love this! 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe We do that here too! 1w

dabbe @MittenGirlPeach 🌮❣️🇲🇽 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🌮❣️🇲🇽 1w

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🇨🇦❣️🇲🇽 1w

Cuilin 👊 1w

dabbe @Cuilin 👊🏻❣️👊🏻 1w

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The Body Farm: Scarpetta 5 | Patricia Cornwell

#coverstories
#bodypart
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

ShelleyBooksie Excellent Author 1w

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The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS

#bookspin2025 #bookspin @TheAromaOfBooks (thanks for hosting! 🤗)

ND Tongue Twister: try to say “brass bound“ 10 x as fast as you can. 🤣

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1w

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Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt

#coverstories
#largeanimal
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Marcellus. 🐙

Lesliereadsalot I loved Marcellus! 2w

LoverOfLearning Waiting for my audiobook hold to come in! 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🎯🎯🎯! 2w

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dabbe @LoverOfLearning Hope it comes in soon! I loved this book, especially Marcellus. 🩶🐙🩶 2w

LoverOfLearning @dabbe 🐙 cute 2w

Eggs Perfect 😍 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🩶🐙🩶 2w

Kitta 🐙 ❤️ 1w

dabbe @Kitta ❣️🐙❣️ 1w

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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Interesting discussion yesterday, Sherlockians! Our discussion for “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box“ will be next Saturday, 3/8, and will be led by @dabbe.
*Spoiler Alert to summary/analysis: https://shorturl.at/9ZVcm

Also, there IS another set of stories after HIS LAST BOW (THE CASE-BOOK OF SH), and I have a link to all of them, if interested: https://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/9-case.htm

Librarybelle Thank you! 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 🤗 2w

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid

#coverstories
#eveninggown
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 💚🤍💚 2w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one! 2w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs 💚💚💚 2w

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William Shakespeare Complete Plays | William Shakespeare

#coverstories
#2SimilarCovers
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩷💚🩵💙💜💛🧡❤️ 2w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚🩶💚 2w

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#JoysFriday @DebinHawaii (thanks for the tag; you too, @Eggs! 💚🩶💚)

1. After having a filling that partially fell out of my molar back in 1986 ... two root canals, an implant, an implant removal because the 1st one was done incorrectly ... I finally had a new-and-improved implant done this week. So much over one stupid-ass tooth.
2. We saw every planet except Mercury and Neptune.
3. Matt survived his colonoscopy.
4. Matt.
5. Kate & Pip.

Eggs 😅🤣 2w

Mimi28 lol, good for you 🩷😉 I am still having tooth drama- the filling fell out and only the dentist who did it can fix it. I just need a break from them I need to schedule another appointment 😅 2w

Susanita Been there done that with the dental drama. I‘m glad you‘re on the other side! 2w

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AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝💝💝💝💝. 2w

kspenmoll Teeth…, planets, Matt surviving a colonoscopy ( prep!!!) thanks for sharing your joys!!!!💕💕 2w

Lesliereadsalot Isn‘t the process to save one tooth ridiculous? Congrats on getting to the end 🥂 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤣😅 2w

dabbe @Mimi28 My two cents: get it fixed asap! If only I had done that with this tooth years ago. 🩶💚🩶 2w

dabbe @Susanita #metoo! 🤩🤣🤗 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶💚🩶 2w

dabbe @kspenmoll Kind of all over the place, huh? 🤩🤣🤗 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot TY! 🩶💚🩶 I know you've had one, too! Oy, and the cost! 😱 2w

Lesliereadsalot Don‘t get me started! My friend who had an implant said to the oral surgeon, I could buy a car for what this costs. And he said, a small car. 😂😂 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤣🤣🤣 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR @LItsyEvents

Fascinating discussion today, Shardlakians!

Next up: HEARTSTONE. The events of this novel take place in the summer of 1545. Shardlake and Barak travel to Portsmouth on a legal case given to them by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. The book also concerns preparations for the Battle of the Solent and the King's warship, the MARY ROSE. Elizabeth I makes an appearance or two, too! 🤩

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#ReadYourKindle (or whatever! 🤩) #ReadYourBooks @CBee🤗

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#bookspin #bookspin2025
@TheAromaofBooks 🤗

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 🩶💚🩶 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

#bookbracket2025 Thanks, @Catsandbooks! 🤗

Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🎉 💕 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

#readingbracket2025 Thank you, @CSeydel 🤗

February: THE BELL JAR
So far: THE CRUELEST MONTH

CSeydel Looking good! 2w

dabbe @CSeydel 🤩🤗🤩 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

#anotheronedone!

#ChunksterChallenge2025
#AllergicToChunksters
@Amiable @julieclair

Amiable Yay! 2w

dabbe @Amiable 💚🩶💚 2w

julieclair Woo hoo!!! 🎉 2w

dabbe @julieclair 💚🩶💚 2w

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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Thank you, #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadRead for this week's gem.

BarkingMadRead #imheretohelp 🤣 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #youaredamngoodatit! 🤩 2w

Read4life 💙🩷💙 2w

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The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde

#feelinthelove
#narcissism
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfection 👌🏼 2w

LiseWorks Love this story 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🩶💚🩶 2w

dabbe @LiseWorks 💚🎯💚 2w

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection | Arthur Conan Doyle

#FeelinTheLove
#brotherlove
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Surprised? #sherlocked

Eggs Hardly!! 2w

AnnCrystal
🔍🧐🔎💝💝💝. 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🤩🤣🤩 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶💚🩶 2w

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We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film | Noah Isenberg

#ThreeListThursday #tlt

I got so excited reading everyone else's posts that I forgot to post mine! I chose my three favorites. In fact, they're in my top 10 of all time!
In no particular order:
1. CASABLANCA: “Louis, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.“
2. GONE WITH THE WIND: “After all, tomorrow is another day.“
3. REBECCA: “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.“

Thanks to all who played! 🍿❣️📽️

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳🎬💝💝💝. 2w

shortsarahrose I got to see Gone with the Wind at a historic theater just like it would‘ve been seen originally and it was one of the coolest experiences. 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶💚🩶 2w

dabbe @shortsarahrose I bet that was absolutely stunning! 🤩 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, Cheryl_Russell, BookWrym

OutsmartYourShelf Back then, people in England had the 'comfort' of thinking that hardships were part of God's plan & that the afterlife would make up for any suffering on earth. I have a hard time reconciling in my mind a God that loves humankind but would allow His worshippers to suffer excruciating deaths in His name. The death for treason was horrific whilst being burned at the stake would be bad enough. 2w

OutsmartYourShelf “they confuse their own needs, for certainty or power, with God's voice speaking to them.“ We know that Henry VIII was one of these.

Also how many others over the centuries (even talking 20th century with the cult leaders) have claimed to have had the truth revealed to them by God, & somehow it involves them being in charge, getting rich, &/or having many lovers. Really odd that🤔 /s 2w

LiseWorks The greatest wars were about religion. I remember a priest telling me that members of the Congregation should not read the Bible because they can't understand it. I have read my Bible since I was given one in grade 5 ( when they used to give Bibles in school). I was so shocked. This was in 1981. How ignorant of that man telling me a woman that I could not read a book or understand it. No wonder ordinary people were kept in the dark. 2w

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dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Excellent thoughts. The more I see the horrors unleashed in this world, the harder it is for me to believe. And just saying “God works in mysterious ways“ is NOT an answer to the amount of suffering that goes on. If God gets credit for all the good that happens (I see a person praising God for winning a game), he also gets the blame for the bad. Otherwise, we're living in chaos, which is what I do believe to be true. 2w

dabbe @LiseWorks Beyond ignorant. Aggrandizingly arrogant IMHO. 2w

lil1inblue This was a wonderful quote. It was a confusing, uncertain era, where things changed based on who was whispering in the king's ear that day. Those in power used religion as a way to maintain control or to gain power. They manipulated "god's word" to fit their ends. Meanwhile, the general population was left confused and afraid. And fear and confusion are often the seeds for extreme behavior. 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue You're more easily led, too, if you're afraid and think you have nowhere to turn to. 2w

lil1inblue @dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 2w

AnneCecilie The Tudor time along with many others just proves to me all the wrongs that have been done in the name of religion and that extremism in any form is never a good thing. (edited) 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Too many wrongs to name. And whose religion is the right one? Why do we have to persecute in the name of our religion? These thoughts have led me to become an agnostic. 2w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I‘m not sure what I am, but I love in a very secular society so it doesn‘t really matter. I have enough distance to it to see that religion isn‘t all good. 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Did I ever ask where you're from? I wish things were more secular here. 2w

AnneCecilie @dabbe I‘m from Norway. Religion isn‘t a big thing here. There‘s a very low percentage that visits the church during the year. I hade to google and it says that each Norwegian on average visits the church 0,59 times during a year. I would think that most of these visits are during Christmas and Easter. 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie You live in the most beautiful of countries! I was lucky enough to visit there back in 1990. My 1st husband's submarine was stationed there after breaking through the ice at the Arctic Circle. We spent most of our time in Bergen, and it's one of my five favorite places on this planet! The people were the friendliest folks, too. Where do you live? ❣️🇳🇴❣️ 2w

kwmg40 I love what this quotation says about humility. It seems that, so many centuries later, the mix of politics, religion, power and economics can still cause a lot of upheaval in the world. 2w

dabbe @kwmg40 Agree 💯. Imagine where we'd be if more leaders were more humble. 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf It must have been a very confusing & dangerous time to live in. Henry VIII 'reforms' the Church, ripping away what has been a constant for centuries, & then as he gets older he starts walking it back in some ways.

The constant changing of those in power or favour - one minute you are high in the King's favour, the next your head is on a block. For the masses, there is the spectre of torture & execution for doing/saying the wrong thing. 2w

LiseWorks Being in London for a lot of people was in poverty. I would have lived in the country. The king was mad at the end. Being sick was not helping. His drs didn't know how to treat his leg. Can you imagine how much pain he was in? 2w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf I can't even imagine living in such uncertain times. Everyone had to be walking around constantly looking behind them. Who could like like that? 2w

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dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf I'd probably want to live far enough away, too, to avoid getting caught doing anything wrong. But who knew what that was since it changed on a daily basis? 2w

lil1inblue The religious extremism and fanaticism really struck me, perhaps because there are echoes of those themes in our current times. Sansom seems to show that much of the extremism is the result of fear and uncertainty, which I can't help but compare to today, as well. 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue Agree 💯. And unfortunately, too many politicians and people in power know just how to stoke your fears and make you worry. At least we don't have to worry about getting our heads stuck on a pike, though, so there's that. 👊🏻 2w

AnneCecilie This most have been a hard time to live in. Especially for the common person where religious beliefs changes constantly and you can‘t expect to get justice if someone thinks you‘re doing anything wrong. It highlights know your friends because you must always be careful of who you say what to. 2w

Daisey @lil1inblue I also was more struck by the aspects of religious extremism when I read it this second time compared to several years ago because of how I see more of it in our current world now as well. 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie IKR? One day they're Catholic, the next Protestant, the next who the heck knows? All on the king's whim, God's supposed representative on earth. What a representative! 😱 2w

dabbe @Daisey 🎯🎯🎯! 2w

kwmg40 It does come across as a very chaotic time. I found interesting the way politics mixed with religion and how ordinary people's lives were changed as different religious factions gained and regained power. 2w

dabbe @kwmg40 And it could change in a heartbeat! Today we're Catholic; oh, no we're not. Yikes! 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

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Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf I think a serial killer is classified as someone who kills more than 3 victims in separate killings. If someone killed several people at once, in one 'hit' as it were, I wouldn't consider them a serial killer.

The popular image is of a clever, fiendish killer who plans out their kills. The jury is still out on whether Jack the Ripper was clever or insane & remarkably lucky to get away with the murders. 2w

LiseWorks Bedlam reminded me that the medical community did not have a clue about mental health. When a lot of people are killed by one person at the same time, it's called a mass killing. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer. Something happened to him because those killings stopped, and that's why he was never caught. 2w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Agree 💯. If a person kills a bunch of people at once, I'd probably consider them a mass murderer but not necessarily a serial killer. RE: Jack the Ripper, it's hard to say. I guess I'd call him clever in his choosing of marginalized women that no one cared about. 2w

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dabbe @LiseWorks One of the greatest serial killer mysteries of all time! 2w

lil1inblue What makes a person insane is such a great question. Adam Kite was trying to deal with something he didn't understand Ellen is agoraphobic, but is utterly competent when she's inside. 2w

lil1inblue It seems as though many of these people just had differences people didn't know how to deal with, so they locked them away. 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯! Who gets to decide? The doctors? The families who can't deal with you? Guy knew that Adam just needed love and the right touch. I can't believe the horrors that have been unleashed in this world all in the name of someone's so-called religion. #ranttime 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue I just wrote that before reading this! So true! 🎯 2w

AnneCecilie Insanity seems to be when someone behaves differently than what society excepts/ wants. At this time, I would guess it was enough if the man of the family said someone was insane, to get them locked up. A serial killer is someone who kills on numerous occasions. I‘m going to assume that they have “always” existed, but in times before fingerprints, DNA and other technologies it was easier to get away. (edited) 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Excellent reminder about the fingerprints. And yes, serial killers have probably been around as long as we humans have. 2w

kwmg40 I found Sansom's exploration of mental illness and his investigation into the motivations of the serial killer really interesting. I've read many novels that had scenes in or references to Bedlam, but this novel has made me want to learn more about its history. 2w

dabbe @kwmg40 Me, too, though I'm afraid it would depress the hell out of me. What an intense time period to live in--especially if you're in an asylum! 2w

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Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

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Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf I liked Ellen, & having taken a peek at the synopsis for the next book it seems we may learn more about her story.

I think Barak & Tamasin will get back together by the end of the next book. 2w

LiseWorks I think the loss of a baby really affects the marriage of Barack and tamarin. But Barack is really being an ass. 2w

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf I really cared for Ellen and want to learn her backstory and hopefully see her completely free. Agree 💯 re: Barak and Tamasin. 🤞🏻 2w

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dabbe @LiseWorks Or as he would say it: ARSE!!! 🤣 Takes one to know one, Barak! 2w

Mollyanna I agree with everyone. I like Ellen and would like to see more of her in the future. I hope Barak and Tamasin reunite, but I appreciated Tamasin for standing up for herself. I feel bad about Dolores, Shardlake sure can‘t catch a break in the love department. 2w

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf Totally agree on both points. I'm intrigued by Ellen's character. I'm a little annoyed with Barak, but I want him to shape up for Tamasin. 2w

lil1inblue Guy's storyline in this one was both interesting and a bit heartbreaking. I'm curious to see how he fares in the next book. 2w

dabbe @Mollyanna I hope we see more of Ellen, too. I think Dorothy is gone, so I hope there's love for Shardlake somewhere in the future. 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue That boy needs to man up! 🤣 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue He's a fave of mine. Just heartbreaking to see what happened to him and to witness how lonely he is. 😔 2w

AnneCecilie That Dorothy went to stay close to her son wasn‘t a huge surprise. I felt sad for Ellen after learning parts of her story. I‘m glad Adam overcome his religious insanity, but did this really happen? I wouldn‘t be surprised if it did considering the times. I feel sorry for Barak and Tamasin for the loss of their baby. This shows that everyone deals with grief in different ways & some are more destructive that others. I hope they get back together 2w

Daisey I pretty much agree with all the previous comments. I did think the potential love of Shardlake & Dorothy was better and still incredibly realistic than his interests in previous books. I also really enjoyed Ellen‘s story. 2w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Barak just needs to stop being such an arse! 🤣 2w

dabbe @Daisey I thought so, too. I would have loved to see them get together. I love the character of Ellen, too. 2w

kwmg40 I find myself getting more invested in the lives of Barak, Tamasin and Guy, and it seems that we may see more of Ellen as well. I also find Catherine Parr an interesting character and wonder how accurately Sansom's depiction matches what we know of her in real life. 2w

dabbe @kwmg40 Parr is my favorite of the SIX. I do remember that we'll be seeing more of her in the next book(s). 🤩 2w

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