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Mouse House | Rumer Godden
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Such a cute book with adorable illustrations! 🐭 🏡
I finally read an archive book that @TheBookHippie shared the link of.
It‘s much easier to read on my computer than my phone. 🤩
I love the library card 🩵
Juniata College Library is now named L A Beeghly Library & Juniata College was founded in 1876 by members of the Church of the Brethren.

#ChildrensClassicRead2025

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1d
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The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring
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For those who loved The Road to Dalton for our #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead, the 3rd book in the trilogy will release in the USA on Oct 7, 2025

mcctrish I bought the second and I need to move it up on my TBR list 4d
CSeydel Oh man I haven‘t read the second one yet! 4d
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Deblovestoread I just saw this. So excited! 4d
tpixie @mcctrish @CSeydel @Deblovestoread I thought I‘d read Book 2 closer to book 3. I read too many books so I have a harder time remembering them. I think when I was younger, after I read a book I thought about it a lot more, which helped me remember them plus, I didn‘t read as many! 4d
Chelsea.Poole Ooh thanks for the post! I read book two but I didn‘t love it as much as the first one. I‘ll probably stick with it and see what happens in the third. 4d
tpixie @Chelsea.Poole hopefully the third will be a satisfying read! 4d
CSeydel Oh yeah that makes sense 4d
GatheringBooks Ooh! Thank you so much for sharing and for the tag! I already have book 2, and will now pre-order book 3. 4d
CBee @tpixie oooo book 3!! I need to get to #2 soon. 4d
BarbaraBB I had no idea there would be a third book! I still need to read the second one and fortunately it‘s my April #Roll100 book! 4d
squirrelbrain Like most others, I haven‘t read book 2 yet. #toomanybookstoolittletime 4d
tpixie @BarbaraBB that works out nicely! 💙🩵💙 4d
tpixie @squirrelbrain me either. If I do I‘ll read it right before the 3rd. Otherwise, it may just heighten my Mount TBR!! ⛰️ 4d
Lesliereadsalot Can‘t wait! I love these characters. 3d
tpixie @Lesliereadsalot yes! It kind of reminds me of this author that also writes about a community 3d
Lesliereadsalot Will definitely look into her books! 3d
CSeydel Checked it out today from Libby 📖📲 3d
tpixie @CSeydel 🩵💙🩵 yay! 3d
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Gabrile | Anne Berest, Claire Berest
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Is anyone interested in a #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard from #EuropaCollective ?
The book will be published APRIL 22.
Let‘s read it in JUNE!

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TheKidUpstairs I'd love to do a buddy read! May would probably be best for me, I'm first on my library's hold list, but the book doesn't get released here until April 22. 6d
Deblovestoread Yes, please! And May would be great. I can‘t wait to read this book with you all. 6d
Lesliereadsalot Count me in! 6d
mcctrish May please, I‘m the same release date wise as @TheKidUpstairs 6d
Chelsea.Poole I loved The Postcard! I‘ll see if I can get my hands on this to join in 😊 6d
CBee @tpixie I still very much want to read The Postcard! May or June would be best for me if you end up organizing this ♥️ 6d
squirrelbrain Yes please! It‘s got an April 22nd release date here in the UK too. 6d
youneverarrived I‘d join in! 6d
kspenmoll I would love to join in! 6d
tpixie @TheKidUpstairs @Deblovestoread @Lesliereadsalot @mcctrish @Chelsea.Poole @CBee @squirrelbrain @youneverarrived @kspenmoll Sounds Great! I got confused on the release date because Bookshop.org has already sent me a notice that it‘s been shipped. But you‘re right it doesn‘t come out until April 22. Since it‘s being released late in the month, do you think it‘ll be easier for everybody to have the book by June instead of May? Decisions!! 😅 6d
mcctrish I‘m fine with June 6d
Lesliereadsalot I like June 6d
lauraisntwilder I'm in! May or June, either one. 6d
Deblovestoread Sounds great! Thanks! 6d
tpixie @Deblovestoread 🩷🩶🩷 6d
kspenmoll June sounds good 5d
tpixie @kspenmoll ok! ✅ 5d
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Lost Words | Robert Macfarlane
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This “spell book” was written & illustrated in response to the Oxford Junior Dictionary dropping 40 common words concerning nature & substituting words of the indoor and virtual (eg. otter vs blog).
The illustrations of 20 of these words with poems are indeed spelled binding.
This book is part of the inspiration of Patti Callahan Henry‘s new book The Story She Left Behind.

tpixie 20 of the 40 Words dropped: Acorn, Adder, Bluebell, Bramble, Conker, Dandelion, Fern, Heather, Heron, Ivy, Kingfisher , Lark, Magpie, Newt, Otter, Raven, Starling, Weasel, Willow, Wren
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The House Without Windows | Barbara Newhall Follett
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Listening to 9 yo Barbara Newhall Follett‘s House Without Windows & Patti‘s audiobook while waiting for my book mail of The Story She Left Behind. Patti Callahan Henry once again swept me down a Rabbit Hole of research!
BNF @ 4 yo learned to read & type. At 9 yo created her own land & language. Reading Barbara Newhall Follett‘s Letters, The Lost Words, & about Beatrix Potter & HER secret language, and THEIR love of nature
#Farksolia
#Farksoo

kspenmoll I want to read this! 2w
tpixie @kspenmoll after reading a little more, I learned she wrote the book at nine, but then there was a house fire and it was destroyed, so it was rewritten at 12 and then published. And unfortunately, I pre-ordered Patti Callahan Henry‘s book & I won‘t receive it until one week after it‘s published! Sometimes I guess there‘s a disadvantage to the reader on pre-ordering! I guess I‘ll keep reading her Barbara Newhall Follett‘s letters until then! (edited) 2w
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Real Americans | Rachel Khong
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What defines a Real American?
A multigenerational story told by 3 points of view. Looking at parent- child relationships, ethnic backgrounds vs citizenship, with a slight sci- fi twist.

#LitsyBookClub

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@DieAReader lol 😂 another attempt
#Waterloo
#READLESMIS

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TheBookHippie Thx!!! I posted a few helps too. I‘d love a concise map! 3w
tpixie @TheBookHippie thanks! Yes, I‘ve had to use a combination, but without visualizations, it just becomes mumbo-jumbo. I loved your links! 3w
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@DieAReader pg 286 gives a description of the areas as an ‘A‘ I drew a too small picture of that in my book, then tried to screenshot the google map. Not the greatest but it helped… 🤭😀🤣🤪😝
#READLESMIS

#Waterloo

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6/18/1815 4:00 PM
The Germans (Hanoverians & Dutch) fighting for the English were outnumbered & out-munitioned by Napoleon‘s French army and could not defend La Haie-Sainte
42 survived, 3000 died.
#Waterloo
#READLESMIS

TheBookHippie It‘s just unfathomable and yet… 3w
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! So many lost lives… 3w
tpixie @DieAReader here is where the English/ Germans lost to Napoleon at La Haie-Sainte 3w
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The Story She Left Behind: A Novel | Patti Callahan Henry
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The Story She Left Behind releases Tuesday! Meanwhile, I‘m reading The Lost Words & Barbara Newhall Follett Letters. BNF inspired Patti Callahan Henry‘s latest novel.
BNF had her 1st book published at the age of 12 yo. At 26 yo, after a spat with her husband, she left the house & has never been found.
As a child, she created a complex imaginary world & complete language to go with it!

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The Southern Gate. Restored in 2015 for 200th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo

#READLESMIS

#Waterloo

TheBookHippie Oh wow!!! Thank you! How cool! 3w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Wow! Love this! 3w
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie the photos helped me see what I was reading better. I‘m a couple of days behind. Thank goodness for the weekend! 📘🤍📕 3w
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tpixie @DieAReader here is the South entrance to Hougomont 3w
DieAReader @tpixie 💖Thanks so much! This definitely helps🤓 3w
tpixie @DieAReader hopefully you won‘t be exhausted from all my tag bombs! 💣🩷 3w
DieAReader @tpixie 😁No way! I‘m loving them all💖🤓 3w
tpixie @DieAReader 💙🤍❤️ 3w
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Hougoumont prior to The Battle of Waterloo

#READLESMIS

TheBookHippie Oooo I missed this post. Fabulous!!! It helps picture it. 3w
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes. Visualizing is helping me understand this section better, and is helping me keep engaged. (edited) 3w
tpixie @DieAReader here‘s a drawing of Hougomont 3w
DieAReader @tpixie 💖💖💖 3w
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Bandette reading with me while I read Les Misérables. She brings me comfort while reading about poor Fantine. ❣️????❤️ ?? ❣️
#READLESMIS

Bookzombie So cute! 4w
TheBookHippie I know -it‘s so sad! 4w
Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 4w
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Bookwomble Pooch! 😃🐕💖 4w
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes a very sad read today 💔 (edited) 4w
dabbe I needed adorable today. Thank you, #bandettetheadorable 🖤🐾🖤 4w
tpixie @dabbe 🖤🤍🖤 4w
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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry
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It was wonderful re- visiting a favorite childhood author. I have saved a couple of her books- oh my, could they be 50 years old?!. ( Stormy still has the cover paper!)
Sadly, I can‘t find my Misty of Chincoteague.
Thanks @TheBookHippie for a walk down memory lane. Now to start March‘s book! #ChildrensClassicRead2025

TheBookgeekFrau Thank you for the blast from the past memories! Between me and my best friend the Misty, and Stormy books were on constant rotation in and out of the school library ☺️ 4w
tpixie @TheBookgeekFrau yes! Such sweet stories!! I‘ve always wanted to go to Chincoteague! As a child I wanted to go, but I didn‘t want my heart to be broken that my parents wouldn‘t buy me a pony. As an adult, I was afraid to go with my children and say no to them! ( and myself! ) 4w
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This was a great interview with Leigh Bardugo at the 2018 National Book Festival in Washington DC.
I went with fellow Litten Erin @Bookworm83 , & met Chrissy @Chrissyreadit & her daughter, and Jen Moyers @Jmoyers = @UnabridgedPod
#NatBookFest #AuthorAMonth

Here‘s the link

https://youtu.be/-Iu9VLldn6U?si=yYYs7VrZX8Trnhaf

Chrissyreadit I‘m so glad we had an opportunity to meet in real life! 4w
tpixie @Chrissyreadit me too!! 🦋 4w
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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry
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Operation Cowboy
@Daisey reminded me of this book about rescuing the Lipizzans. Here is a Disney movie about it as well. - Based on another book, My Dancing White Horses by Colonial Podhajsky
Miracle of the White Stallions 1963 🤍🤍🤍

https://youtu.be/N_XDeZvyDIs?si=cgoFLXOiuRvBtlck

#ChildrensClassicRead2025

tpixie @Daisey thanks! (edited) 4w
TheBookHippie Yes it‘s so good! 4w
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! So many rabbit holes!! 🕳️🤍🤍🤍 4w
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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry
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Operation Cowboy - WWII

Here‘s an interesting WWII story about how the USA & Germany worked together to save the Lipizzans, as well as other horses from the Russians! 🤍🤍🤍

https://www.historynet.com/patton-saves-austrias-white-horses/

#ChildrensClassicRead2025

TheBookHippie I love this story. I‘ve read many books on it. My grandma‘s told me about it when I was younger. A few US circus companies saved them too, as well as Jewish performers- against the US policy. Not much changes … 4w
kspenmoll Wonderful article! Thx! 4w
Butterfinger Thank you for sharing. 4w
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tpixie @TheBookHippie these horses have inspired so many to save and protect them! Truly magical! And majestic! 🤍🤍🤍 4w
tpixie @kspenmoll @Butterfinger Yes! 🤍🤍🤍 4w
TheBookHippie @tpixie Magic for sure! 4w
tpixie @TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍 4w
Daisey I think I may have mentioned a book to you that I read about this: 4w
tpixie @Daisey thanks for the reminder! (edited) 4w
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Oh my! After the courtroom scene, how am I to wait for tomorrow to continue reading?!
What a compelling book this is turning out to be!!
#READLESMIS #BuddyRead

TheBookHippie This has become such a gift everyday. 🙃 1mo
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Cuilin Courtroom scene was high drama 🎭@TheBookHippie yes!! 1mo
tpixie @Cuilin Yes! Very dramatic! Call the doctor!! 👩🏼‍⚕️ 1mo
JenlovesJT47 I read the entire section the other day in one sitting, can‘t wait to see what happens next! 1mo
tpixie @JenlovesJT47 🎶 Anticipation 🎶 1mo
dabbe Still playing catch-up! 😱 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
tpixie @dabbe you will get there! There are a couple of longer chapters beforehand, but don‘t give up! I got behind 7-10 days due to being the family caretaker, and finally caught up. You can too! 💙🤍❤️ 1mo
dabbe @tpixie TY! 💙❣️💙 1mo
DieAReader @TheBookHippie 💖🙏🏻🤓 4w
tpixie @dabbe 💙🤍❤️ 4w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I listened to a YouTube video last night in which he actually suggested reading it slowly 3w
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads awesome!!! I‘ve been trying to find good YouTube and or podcast about Les Mis. I‘m surprised there‘s not a podcast to help guide us…. 3w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Is it Ok go to share the YouTube link? It is very informative @tpixie @TheBookHippie There are no spoilers 3w
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yay for the slow read!!!!!! I firmly believe it. It‘s the only way to read this book.♥️ 3w
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yes to the link! 🔗 3w
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I put in a new post. Check my feed @tpixie 3w
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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry
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Here‘s a great short video showing the Airs Above the Ground maneuvers of the great lippizans #ChildrensClassicRead2025

https://youtu.be/r8ktmC5pTvU?si=N4DZS4w26ErTzlj1

Leftcoastzen I saw them in person twice on US tours years ago. 1mo
tpixie @lil1inblue here‘s a 4 minute video with their tricks! It is a sweet book 📕 1mo
tpixie @Leftcoastzen how wonderful!!! 1mo
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lil1inblue @Leftcoastzen How cool! 😍 1mo
MemoirsForMe Wow! 😍😍😍 1mo
tpixie @MemoirsForMe they are so beautiful! 🤩 1mo
TheBookHippie I love them so. 4w
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes!!! 🤍🤍🤍 4w
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White Stallion of Lipizza | Marguerite Henry
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I‘m a little behind on my February reading for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 I love going down memory lane rereading a favorite book of mine and remembering when I got to watch The Great Lipizzan‘s perform. Here‘s an example of an Levade & a Caprriole- two Airs Above the Ground movements.
This book is a great way to learn about the horses and a fine example of self- actualization and working hard for your dreams.

lil1inblue I switched things up this month, so I'm saving this one for later. I'm excited to read it now! 1mo
TheBookHippie I loved this read so very much. 4w
tpixie @TheBookHippie it‘s very sweet, and informative! 🤍🤍🤍 4w
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Bandette is happy I‘m back home so we can catch up on Les Misérables!!
I hope to catch up this weekend and then go through all the previous posts!!
#ReadLesMis
#DogsOfLitsy

Deblovestoread Sweet face! 🩷🐾🩷 1mo
TheBookHippie ♥️💙 1mo
tpixie @Deblovestoread she a good ‘helper‘ - she keeps me in my chair so I can keep reading!! 1mo
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tpixie @TheBookHippie I‘m up to Feb 17. 💙🤍❤️ 1mo
dabbe #beautifulbandette I need to catch up on LES MIS, too! Glad you're safely home. 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
tpixie @dabbe We can do it!! I hope your scopes went well! 🍀🍀🍀 1mo
Leftcoastzen 🥰 cute!🐶 1mo
tpixie @Leftcoastzen thanks! She‘s so happy I‘m home so she has somebody to sit down with!! 1mo
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An appropriate read for this 2degF snowy Kansas day!! ❄️🩵 ❄️
All the schools are closed, but unfortunately, I still have to go to work. I suspect a quiet day, so I‘ll bring my book just in case!! So far, this is a wonderfully written book with a lovely midwife and a mystery. 🩵 ❄️🩵

Bookwormjillk Safe travels to and from work! 1mo
Aims42 Hope you get some extra reading time in at work 🤞🤞 1mo
tpixie @Bookwormjillk thanks! I made it to work, but it looks like it‘s gonna snow all day so going home will be another adventure!!! 1mo
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tpixie @Aims42 thanks I got a few things to catch up on, but I think I will be able to sneak some reading time in!!! lol I‘m listening to my soap opera doing my paperwork! 😅 (edited) 1mo
Suet624 Be safe!! 1mo
dabbe Stay safe! 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
tpixie @Suet624 @dabbe home safe! Work closed early today! Snuggled in my reading chair, hoping to be able to finish my Bookclub book for Thursday night book club in town! 🩵 ❄️🩵 Appropriately 1mo
dabbe @tpixie Totally appropriate title! 🩶💚🩶 1mo
tpixie @dabbe yes! This book was amazing, if you haven‘t read it. It‘s based on a midwife from the 1700s who had over 1000 birthd and none died. Her character in the book is amazing and her relationship with her husband was amazing. Well written. (edited) 1mo
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I‘d like to be in bed right now… 🩶🤍🩶

dabbe I'd like to hide in bed all week! 🩶💚🩶 1mo
LoverOfLearning That's me! 1mo
MemoirsForMe Love this! 🙌🏻 1mo
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tpixie @dabbe yes!! we‘re gonna have very cold weather in Kansas as well as potentially snow. Daycare and School has closed for my grandchildren. Unfortunately, work has not closed for me! (edited) 1mo
tpixie @LoverOfLearning @MemoirsForMe some of my best reading time is in bed- either at bedtime or when I wake up in the middle of the night!! 1mo
LoverOfLearning @tpixie Yes! Agree :) 1mo
tpixie @LoverOfLearning 😴 📕 🛌 1mo
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The History of Love | Nicole Krauss
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Just started listening to The History of Love for @LitsyBookClub & I know I‘m going to love it.
The first few lines are great.
Funny thing is, the narrator, George Guidall, narrated Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower series. So I keep thinking about Stephen King. And SK would write like this also!!
#LitsyBookClub

Daisey I hope to get into this one this weekend! 2mo
tpixie @Daisey I‘ve just started but I think you picked a great one! 🏆 2mo
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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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My 2 day old granddaughter, Hazel Anne is helping me through the vomiting 🤮
Here is a blurb about Plath‘s real benefactress, Olivia Higgins Prouty, referred to in the novel as Philomena Guinea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Higgins_Prouty

#hastagbrigade

Cathythoughts She‘s beautiful 🥰 2mo
BarbaraBB So cute 🥰 2mo
mabell How sweet! 2mo
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LeahBergen So sweet! 🥰 2mo
TiredLibrarian Adorable! 2mo
dabbe Welcome to the world, sweet Hazel! You have the loveliest grandmother! 🩶🩷🩶

P.S. Thanks for the link, too. Very interesting! 🤩
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tpixie @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @mabell @LeahBergen @TiredLibrarian @dabbe thanks! Today I had fun reading and cuddling with my grandbaby instead of my dog! 👶🏻 🐶 🩷 2mo
wanderinglynn So sweet! 🩷 2mo
tpixie @wanderinglynn thanks!!! 😊🩷🍓🩷 2mo
Jas16 She is just adorable!!! 🥰 2mo
Leftcoastzen Cuteness! 2mo
Ruthiella Beautiful baby. 😍 2mo
Cuilin Congratulations and welcome to the world Hazel. 2mo
marleed She beautiful - I love her name💕💕 2mo
Suet624 Oh gosh. So beautiful. 2mo
Chelsea.Poole Hazel is so precious ♥️ 2mo
Mollyanna Such a cutie! 💕 2mo
Reggie Omg! So cute! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau She's beautiful! Congratulations 🎀💝 2mo
tpixie @Leftcoastzen @Jas16 @Ruthiella @Cuilin @marleed @Suet624 @Chelsea.Poole @Mollyanna @Reggie @TheBookgeekFrau Thanks for the kind sentiments! She‘s getting weighed today! Her first outing! 2mo
julieclair Too precious!!! 💕 1mo
tpixie @julieclair thanks! We are blessed! 1mo
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Oh, my heart goes out to Fantine!
Running behind- nursing my sister in KC after cataract surgery, now in Dodge City helping my daughter with her 5th child 🩷 Little Hazel Anne. Will keep reading as I can! I‘ll eventually catch up!

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
TheBookHippie Gorgeous babe. ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
TheBookHippie Fantine makes me sad as well. 2mo
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youneverarrived So sweet 🩷 2mo
kspenmoll Adorable! 💗 2mo
Lesliereadsalot So adorable! 2mo
dabbe Hazel Anne: 🤩🤩🤩 Fantine: 😞😞😞 2mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie Yes and poor Cosette! 2mo
tpixie @dabbe yes! 😍😢 and Cosette! 2mo
tpixie @Librarybelle @TheBookHippie @youneverarrived @kspenmoll @Lesliereadsalot thanks. So thankful baby and mom are doing well! 🩷🩷🩷 2mo
Gleefulreader She‘s beautiful! Congrats to all. I‘m behind too… have a 7 hour plane ride this week where I plan to get caught up! (edited) 2mo
AmyG Too too cute! ❤️ 2mo
julesG Congratulations!! 2mo
Deblovestoread Beautiful babe! Love her name. 2mo
Suet624 Wow… gorgeous little one. 2mo
tpixie @Gleefulreader thanks! Hope that flight is for fun! @AmyG @julesG @Deblovestoread @Suet624 thanks!! I luckily ‘had‘ to hold her while mom showered & ate and dad napped! Usually I‘m the one running around cleaning and cooking! A little cuddle time was fun 🤩 2mo
marleed 5 kids! Wow, Hazel is going to have a fun life! Congratulations! And good luck to your sister! 2mo
tpixie @marleed Yes! A wild and fun family! My sister is excited because she no longer has to wear her eyepatch at night! 2mo
JenlovesJT47 So precious! 😍🥰❤️ 1mo
tpixie @JenlovesJT47 thanks! She felt so good to hold!!! 🩷🩷🩷 1mo
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Here are the 2 sets of books mentioned in my earlier post

Isn‘t it interesting? How within six months of each other two books get published about librarian spies in Lisbon?

It reminds me of when two books were written about the horseback librarians of Kentucky: The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek & the Giver of Stars 📕 🐴

These covers also have a similar color scheme

Ruthiella That is an interesting coincidence! 2mo
tpixie @Ruthiella yes! they are all well written & have their own little twists. I did like book woman a little bit better than giver of stars, but they both were great. (edited) 2mo
ferskner I had the same thought when I came across those! Hopefully no plagiarism claims this time? 2mo
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tpixie @ferskner ? Right? I haven‘t heard of any so far… 2mo
tpixie @ferskner I wonder whatever came of that lawsuit… 2mo
ferskner I think the Book Woman's editors at Sourcebook investigated and found that there were similarities but not enough to actually claim plagiarism. It really was just two authors having the same idea at the same time. 2mo
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Isn‘t it interesting? How within six months of each other two books get published about librarian spies in Lisbon?

It reminds me of when two books were written about the horseback librarians of Kentucky: The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek & the Giver of Stars 📕 🐴

These covers also have a similar color scheme

DogMomIrene Interesting indeed. Wonder what goes into choosing settings for historical fiction. How they determine trends…🤔 I mean they just have the whole of history! 2mo
tpixie @DogMomIrene right?? I think with the giver of stars & the bookwoman of troublesome Creek books, there was an NPR article or some article that had been published prior to either one of them being published. But I don‘t know if they were already working on their books by the time that was published, or if they read the article & it gave them the idea … bookwoman was published before giver of stars, & there was a lawsuit. Don‘t know the outcome… 2mo
DogMomIrene @tpixie Given how many forms of media writers are exposed to nowadays, yeah, what influences them can be sooo much, including lawsuits. 2mo
tpixie @DogMomIrene yes! I bet you have to be careful about what you‘re reading or watching when you‘re trying to write a particular book so you‘re not influenced. 2mo
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Enjoying this newly published book about librarian spies in Lisbon during WWII. Portugal 🇵🇹 was a neutral country & was an important site of espionage, as well as a place refugees sought sanctuary. It has a strong sense of place, reminding me of the wonderful trip we had there in September.

Susanita This book takes place mostly in Spain and Morocco, but there‘s an interesting interlude in Portugal. 2mo
tpixie @Susanita yes, that‘s right! There were 2 main characters in Martin‘s book- 1 in Portugal. I‘m not far into the Librarians of Lisbon, but I think Martin‘s book addresses the refugees in Portugal a little more as well. I find it fascinating that some portion in history can spark two people around the same time. It‘s fun reading how they each interpret it & create their own story. (edited) 2mo
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This is a well done debut ( fiction) novel. I can‘t wait to see what else she writes.
I went to the University of Kansas, so those references were fun! 💙❤️
The author played basketball at the University of Colorado and then played professional basketball for an Irish team. She then did sports journalism before writing this book.
Here‘s a Friends & Fiction interview with her

https://www.youtube.com/live/o_zqEYVP8cw?si=3mxlxBVuBHAKMtKD

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#Chatterday

I‘m enjoying my visit with my sister. I‘m staying with her this weekend after her cataract surgery. I‘m a little nervous about leaving tomorrow and having her drive herself. Next week I come back for surgery her other eye!
Luckily my son lives in the same town, so I got to see him also.
I‘m reading Eight Hundred Grapes 🍇 🍷 and enjoying it.
#ChatterDay2025 @AllDebooks

kspenmoll What a joy to be the family! 2mo
tpixie @kspenmoll yes! And I got to see my son as well! 2mo
dabbe What a fab sister you are! 🩶🩷🩶 2mo
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tpixie @dabbe thanks. It‘s good to be with my sister! She‘s a widow and I just can‘t have her be by herself after a surgery … she probably didn‘t really need me too much, but I think it is comforting for her to have me here. I‘m not certain so feel comfortable to drive tomorrow… it‘s weird after cataract surgery, you don‘t have glasses that work right for you. And she can‘t get a correct pair until four weeks after her next surgery next week. 2mo
dabbe @tpixie I went through the same thing with my mom, though she was able to stay home and didn't drive. You'd think the docs in this day and age would be able to do something for just this situation! I'll be keeping my 🤞🏻 that all goes well. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo
tpixie @dabbe thanks! Seems like first surgery was good. The 5 weeks of the wrong glasses will be tough! I‘m sure your mom was so grateful for your help 🩵 (edited) 2mo
dabbe @tpixie I'd like to think she was. Thanks for that, m'dear. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo
DogMomIrene A neighbor of ours had cataract surgery a couple years ago. Her son drove her for the actual surgery, but we drove her for the follow up. Does your sister use Uber or Lift? I know they‘re not ideal services, but in a pinch they may work. 2mo
tpixie @DogMomIrene she can use uber. We talked about that. I had to leave yesterday because I work this week. And then I‘ll be back on Thursday for her second surgery. She did have a Friend drive her to bridge yesterday. Hopefully she knows her limits 2mo
DogMomIrene @tpixie Sounds like she does! And I‘m impressed with how quickly people recover from cataract surgery these days. I remember my grandmother having multiple surgeries with long recovery times and not always great results. Sending her some healing vibes. 2mo
tpixie @DogMomIrene thanks! Great news! 🗞️ she went to where she buys her glasses regularly & he‘s going to set her up with a pair of clear lenses on top & readers on the bottom with 1 of her old pairs of glasses. For free! She‘s been a loyal customer for a long time. Great customer service! She did drive there & was nervous about it & now she has a headache and is a little nauseated. The clear glasses on top I think will help with that! (edited) 2mo
DogMomIrene @tpixie That is great news and customer service! Also pretty clever solution. 2mo
tpixie @DogMomIrene 🦚🦚🦚 have a great day! I‘m dragging myself from my book to get ready for work! 2mo
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I‘m a little behind, with work, grandkids, and driving to KC to nurse my sister before and after cataract surgery ( yesterday). This 5 page chapter with NINE pages of notes took me 2 days!
As Hugo writes, “Yet these details wrongly called trivial do serve a purpose. The features of the years are what the face of the century is composed of. “
Next: Two Foursomes
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JanuarieTimewalker13 Great quote!!! 2mo
tpixie @JanuarieTimewalker13 Yes! Especially since every sentence in this chapter reflected an historical event. After that heavy reading, he reminded me: Every moment in life is Important. 🩵 2mo
dabbe My head ached after getting through it. 😂 2mo
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tpixie @dabbe 😂 yes!!! 👍🏻 I‘m thankful these next 3 chapters are shorter and easier to read. A palate cleanser between the heavy stuff. People keep telling about the sewers and Waterloo- 😂 what are we in for??!! 😅 2mo
dabbe @tpixie IKR? The two times I tried to read this before, I bailed at Waterloo. Here's hoping I can muddle through this time! 😂🤞🏻😂 2mo
tpixie @dabbe yes! We need to persevere 🥺😅🤪🤣 2mo
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads TBH! I skipped a lot of that part @tpixie 2mo
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads understandable!!! 2mo
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Eight Hundred Grapes 🍇 was the 1st book of this author that I wanted to read- but it turned out to be the 3rd book of hers that I‘m reading. She may be becoming a favorite author of mine!
Did you know it takes 800 grapes to make one bottle of wine? 🍇 🍷 🍇
#ReadYourKindle

Lesliereadsalot Loved the two I read! 2mo
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Finished this novella, a retelling of the 12 Dancing Princesses. It was a fun take on the Grimms fairytale. I feel the writing was probably not the best, but I had fun reading it as part of #ChildrensClassicRead2025
She also has written retellings of sleeping beauty and beauty and the beast.

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Part One: Fantime, Book 2: The Fall, Chapter VIII: The Deep & the Dark

is this chapter a metaphor of
drowning in the sea 🟰 Jean Valjean‘s despair?

#READLESMIS #Sharreadathon #LitsyLove

TheBookHippie Light verses Darkness and or wallowing in your darkness and also happy in others darkness or choose light is how I took his whole story. 2mo
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Gleefulreader I took it both as that, and that it represented how quickly society leaves the poor and the jailed behind. That society leaves those people behind to drown and suffer. 2mo
tpixie @Gleefulreader thanks!! I appreciate your insight. 💙🤍❤️🇫🇷💙🤍❤️ 2mo
TheBookHippie I must say MERCY came up a lot for me during this part when I read it win. 2020, and I have thought a lot about that this week. 2mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes MERCY does fit this chapter , and is a good lesson for us to remember (edited) 2mo
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I‘m finishing up my last 12 Dancing Princesses book for the month of January for #ChildrensClassicRead2025
This is a fun novella retelling.
She‘s also written a Sleeping Beauty retelling and in August, a Beauty and the Beast retailing will be published.

Read this for free if you sign up for her newsletter:

https://www.rlperez.com/crowns-of-the-fae

TheBookHippie Oh I‘m going to look this up! Fun! I have had fun with this story!! 2mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie I‘m reading it on hoopla - it‘s about 140 pages. I did edit my post and put the link to her website. If you subscribe to her newsletter, you can get it for free. 2mo
TheBookHippie @tpixie OH yay!!! And I love Hoopla. Sounds like a nice edition to my tea this afternoon! 2mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie I love Hoopla- I had to drive to a library about 1.5 hours away to get access to Hoopla, since my Library just has Cloud Library. I‘ve got three other library cards from 3 other cities in Kansas for Libby. Trying to save some $$$. Happy Reading 📖 🍵 2mo
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TiredLibrarian I'm doing this book for a discussion in March; hope I like it! 2mo
tpixie @TiredLibrarian Awesome. I bet you will. She‘s a great author and does great research! 2mo
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A lovely analogy for intergeneratinal resilience juxtaposed to intergenerational trauma.

#LiteraryCrew #buddyread

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DL Sayers was the leader of the clever advertising campaign for Colman‘s Mustard!
Secret Sign of the Mustard Club: place the mustard pot 6 inches from your neighbor‘s plate 💛🧡💛
#AuthorAMonth

https://system1group.com/blog/mystery-mustard-and-marketing-the-birth-of-the-flu...

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Here‘s an add for the book at the end.
Yay! I‘m finally done with this book. I didn‘t realize I was so close to the end, the notes in the back of the book start at about the 50% mark! I‘m glad I read it & sad I didn‘t enjoy it, since the author is a famous female author. The historical notes at the end of the book an interesting, so I‘m reading them. #AuthorAMonth

Leftcoastzen I love the old book ads at the end. 2mo
tpixie @Leftcoastzen yes! It‘s a fun touch. A peek into the past 🦚 2mo
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@bookishbitch Pt 2 - What Oscar Wilde said.

( Pt 1 see previous post re: Fox Hunting 🦊 🐴 🐶 😢)
Last bit: It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
#AuthorAMonth

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Scrolling through my photos and I saw this Enigma machine that I saw at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris.
It made me think of Kate Quinn‘s The Rose Code!

Leftcoastzen Cool! 3mo
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Pg 205 (Part 1)

Fox Hunting 🦊 Yuck! 😡
It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
Incredible it took that long to band it sounds so cruel. #AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville Yes truly terrible. 3mo
tpixie @Soubhiville I remember hearing that these fox hunts were horrible, but I just thought it was because it was unfair that they use dogs and horses to chase a fox instead of just walking. It was so much worse…. 3mo
bookishbitch What did Oscar say? 2mo
tpixie @bookishbitch lol 😂 I‘ll post it and tag you!! After I posted that I thought well I kind of left that hanging… 2mo
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Starting this #buddyread
Hester Prynne is one of my favorite heroines. ♥️🟥🔴
This book is starting off great. I already love Isobel- both of them.
How men treated women and accused them of witchcraft is just appalling.
Halloween 2017 my husband and I went to Salem Massachusetts. It was a fascinating day.

#LiteraryCrew @Librarybelle

Librarybelle So awesome! 3mo
Cortg My daughter and I went two years ago in October. It was fascinating and a day we‘ll always remember. I remember going quite a bit as a kid when we lived in MA but todays Salem during the month of October is something else! 3mo
tpixie @Cortg @Librarybelle Yes! A day to remember. Riding the train & subway with everyone in costume was also fun. Salem it was so interesting. There was a beautiful art museum there that we were pleasantly surprised about. Inside was a reconstructed Chinese house, which was incredible. 3mo
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Librarybelle So cool! 3mo
tpixie @Librarybelle yes! One of our favorite vacations. Boston was amazing also. 3mo
kspenmoll Salem is a wonderful town/seaport to visit. I have bern several times with school, relatives, & friends over the years. 💕 going in October is such fun! Also visiting the memorial stones to the “witches” burnt or hanged as memorialized in (edited) 2mo
tpixie @kspenmoll we had such a great time. We‘ve only been to Salem once. I would love to return to both Salem & Boston again. I‘d also love to go back to Washington DC to look at the different Smithsonian museums, & New York for the Frick museum and Metropolitan Museum of art. 2mo
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Don‘t count your chickens before they are hatched

Chapter 12 Monsignor Bienvenu‘s Isolation
Pages 49–50
Perrette, the milk maid, and her pot of milk

https://aestheticrealism.net/poems/the-milkmaid-and-the-pot-of-milk-by-jean-de-l...

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads I hate it the Chapter titles are so different in my translation 3mo
tpixie That link ⬆️ reads 3 different translations. I‘d love to follow his Patreon page, but it‘s $25/month! #READLESMIS 3mo
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads @tpixie I found this to be helpful. She speaks about the version that I have. https://youtu.be/U3wC4Od6g7s?si=pB0rqrL-StH0L9L6 #Readlesmis (edited) 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I ordered the Julia Rose translation to see if that increases my enjoyment of the book @tpixie #ReadLesMis (edited) 3mo
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads that one is more modern than the one you have now, so it probably will be easier to read! Good luck! 3mo
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Chapter 8 pg 30.
If I keep going down rabbit holes Googling about Voltaire & Needham and Diderot, I may never catch up! 😀😆😂🤣🤪

And, I‘m too busy reading to take down my Christmas 🎄 decorations!

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TheBookHippie My tree is still up!!!! And that was me in 2020- my first read of this- I had out books, was googling, got out Bibles, talked to a nun … it‘s allll so fascinating. 3mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie Good to hear I‘m not the only one- Christmas decorations and rabbit holes! 🩵💙🩵 3mo
Lcsmcat Same! We still have ours up. 3mo
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tpixie @Lcsmcat yay! Welcome to the club!!! 🎄 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m reading this right now, too 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie @TheBookHippie I want to hear more about talking to the nun 3mo
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Feel free to join us we are reading a chapter a day for the year. Follow the hashtag #ReadLesMis . 3mo
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads The Nun who had since passed away at age 99 was an art history, theology and fine arts professor. My daughter took all her classes in college. We aren‘t Catholic but we made many friends with the younger nuns . Summer classes were held at the place were the nuns lived. I when reading this had questions about what religious life and priest were like at the time of this book. Most were social justice warriors, as were these ⬇️ 3mo
TheBookHippie Nuns. They went to many protests with us. At any rate I just wanted the history of the bishop, priest ,religious order… during that time, or a synopsis-their lives had been threatened severely under many rulers for the good they did and was seen as socialism and rulers didn‘t want the poor helped or elevated. It was always fascinating to talk with them. 3mo
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads at any rate this was 6 years after my daughter graduated and they welcomed me back like I was just there. So much history they knew. They told me all about the vicious Protestants and hiding places for priests and all kinds of history I never knew in such detail. I wish I would have asked more. The nuns now live at the college as their numbers are smaller and dwindling of course. Sad. These nuns do so much good. 3mo
tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yay! I‘m glad you are also reading this! And thanks for the follow up nun question! I‘m curious about this also. 3mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie fascinating! There‘s so much history to learn - we just need to ask. That‘s great you spent time learning from them. 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m going to order the same edition and join in @TheBookHippie and @tpixie 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads What is the title of Chapter 8 in your edition. @TheBookHippie ? 3mo
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads After Drinking Philosophy 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Is there a special day and time that you discuss the chapter? 3mo
DrSabrinaMoldenReads My edition is way different @TheBookHippie @tpixie I don‘t have a chapter with that title 3mo
TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads No, we are all reading and post using the hashtag as we wish. I check in once a week & at the beginning and end of each month I post a discussion thread and the scheduled if anyone needs it. If I or anyone finds anything interesting we post. Very loose. IF you follow the hashtag you can see some of our previous discussions. #ReadLesMis
-you may stumble upon my five years ago posts I'm not sure. I read it with a group in 2020
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tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Perfect! I‘m really enjoying it so far. The chapters are short- except for chapter ten- but it was a great chapter!!! I started on Jan 6 & was able to catch up on the 11th- I‘m a slow reader with not much sit-down reading time, but I caught up!! 🆙 (edited) 3mo
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I‘m reading this for my IRL Bookclub, #FriendsWithBooks.
It‘s a lovely work of literary fiction. I‘m enjoying it so much more than I thought I would. There are many different ways a heart needs healing.

monkeygirlsmama I really feel like I have read this, but it's not logged on my GoodReads so I'm not sure. 3mo
tpixie @monkeygirlsmama I hate that when that happens. That is one good thing about Goodreads- if I remember to use it. Sometimes I see the cover of a book or read the back of the book so often that it confuses me of whether I really read it or not! Because just reading the back of the cover makes it seem familiar… 3mo
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It‘s so much fun reading the different versions! Each one is slightly different. All the illustrations have been beautiful. Soon I‘ll start the Crown of Twelve: A Twelve Dancing Princesses Novella which is the 1st of the Crowns of the Fae Trilogy ( or novella + duology)
Thanks @TheBookHippie
#ChildrensClassicRead2025

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The end of Chapter 6 has lovely quotes of Bishop Bienvenue. We could have a charming book of just Bishop Bienvenue- isms!

Clarification:

Part One: Fantine
Book 1: A Good Man
Chapter 6: Under Whose Protection He Placed His House

Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition translated by Christine Donougher

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TheBookHippie I‘ve always thought so! 3mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie 📖 😇🩵 3mo
PageShifter I don't know if I have counted chapters wrong: I didn't find these phrases. In my edition aren't chapter numbers 🙄 What was the title of this chapter? (If you don't mind to check)

At this point Jean came and we got to know why he was shunned.
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tpixie @PageShifter Sorry, it‘s at the beginning Part One: Fantine Book 1: A Good Man Chapter 6: Under Whose Protection He Placed His House. i‘m reading the Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition translated by Christine Donougher (edited) 3mo
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