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Christmas Carols | Karl Schulte

#APoemaDayish #PoetryPals

I‘m not particularly religious but in order to get into a holiday mood I need a good mix of songs and carols. Typical Catholic upbringing. Like some carols are such a bop I cannot resist! Especially O Holy Night but this above by Rossetti, set by Darke and sung by Kings College Choir I also love.

dabbe, lil1inblue

lil1inblue 💓💓💓💓💓 1mo

dabbe L❄️VE. 🩵❄️🩶 1mo

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Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47 1mo

The Painted Girls | Cathy Marie Buchanan

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeDecember2025

“La Belle Époque translates to "the beautiful era," a period of French and European history from roughly 1871 to 1914, defined by optimism, peace, and prosperity, though not without its own social and political tensions. It was a time of cultural, scientific, and technological advancements, including the development of Impressionism, and the construction of the Eiffel Tower. What are you reading?

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 1mo

julieclair I actually want to read every book you have pictured, lol. But I think I‘m going with this one, as it‘s been sitting on my shelf forever

The Queen of the Night

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ChaoticMissAdventures I recommend this one:

The Mad Women's Ball

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dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🩵❄️💙 1mo

Cuilin @julieclair sounds amazing!! I‘m tempted too especially with the opera theme. (edited) 1mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures great recommendation!! 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe thank you 🙏💙 1mo

rwmg Currently reading. first published in book form in 1910

The Phantom of the Opera

Cuilin @rwmg I‘ve never read it!! Looking forward to your review. 3w

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Carnival of Lies: A Cesare Aldo Book 5

History's Great Untold Stories: Larger Than Life Characters & Dramatic Events that Changed the World | Joseph Cummins

#BookedInTime 2026

Reminder: #BookedInTime books may include true history, romance, mystery, epics, sagas, YA, Graphic Novels, suspense, alternate reality, Queer, espionage, retellings, adventures, documentary, biographical, part of a series, hidden histories with magical, spice and fantasy elements.
The choice is yours. Jump in anytime. All are welcome!

BarkingMadRead Ohhhhh I‘m going to try and read more of these in 2026 1mo

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julieclair Yay! I love this challenge! 1mo

Mollyanna Woohoo! Looking forward to another year of great HF! Thank you! 1mo

kspenmoll This looks wonderful! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Yay! These are great prompts! 1mo

rwmg I did have this pencilled in for December but as it's set in Medici Florence (1539) maybe I'll postpone it till January. It's book 5 in a historical mystery series.

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bookandbedandtea I love these prompts! I'm inspired to participate. 1mo

AllDebooks Ooh, I love these prompts. Thank you x 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Yay!! Thank you for putting this together I am so excited! 1mo

dabbe I need to do a better job with these! 💙❄️🩵 1mo

jenniferw88 Oh, there's a LOT here I'm interested in! 1mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead me too lol 🤦‍♀️ 1mo

Cuilin @julieclair I‘m so glad 😌 1mo

Cuilin @Mollyanna you‘re welcome 😉 1mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll thank you 1mo

Cuilin @bookandbedandtea I‘m so glad 😌 would you like me to add you to the tag list? (edited) 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks you‘re welcome. 1mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures You‘re welcome. 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe oh me too lol 🤦‍♀️ 1mo

Cuilin @jenniferw88 yay!! (I thought you might 😉) 1mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk thank you 😊 1mo

Cuilin @rwmg oh that series sounds amazing. I‘ll have to check it out. 1mo

Itchyfeetreader i have not done super well on this, this year I managed 6 although i have a couple in my TBR file so I might manage more by year end. But I do think I am going to hop in again for another year as these prompts are excellent.

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Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader I‘m about the same, DNF‘d so many this year. I hope to do better next year. 1mo

julieclair For those who are interested, I have created a StoryGraph Challenge to plan and track our reading for this challenge. It is not public, so you need the link to find it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/7909c3f2-7a3c-430b-9d18-b9942be... 2w

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The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940 | Langston Hughes, Leslie Catherine Sanders, Dolan Hubbard, Steven Carl Tracy, Donna Sullivan Harper, Christopher C. De Santis, Joseph McLaren, Dianne Johnson, Dellita Martin-Ogunsola

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

I‘m so glad we added that “Ish”, it‘s so forgiving. (Weather changes and flare ups seem to happen together hmm)

@dabbe @lil1inblue

TheBookHippie Yes they do. Ughhhhhh. I feel ya. I love this poem. 2mo

AnnCrystal
😢🌍✌🏼🌎✌🏼🌏❤️‍🩹💝. 2mo

Amiable Oh, this is so good 2mo

dabbe This poem is SO needed right now. Hoping you're feeling better and getting used to the weather change. ♥️🍁🧡 2mo

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Beneath the visiting moon: a novel | Romilly Cavan

#FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

Tregulla is set in Cornwall about ill advised young love, with lots of colorful locals. Visiting moon is set against the impending war, a tale of family and some romance.

@rubyslippersreads @quietjenn, @Kimzey @catebutler @Cuilin @CarolynM @LeahBergen, @Gissy @Tamra @bookandbedandtea @kwmg40, @Ruthiella

Jceebankz Hello cuilin 2mo

Tamra I‘ll vote for the one I have had on my TBR🌜

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kwmg40 I'll vote for

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catebutler My vote is for

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Ruthiella I‘m willing to give Gibbons another whirl to see if Cold Comfort Farm was an anomaly

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rubyslippersreads I like the title. 🌙

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willaful I'm disappointed to break the pattern but still going for

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LeahBergen My vote goes to

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CarolynM I‘ll vote for

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bookandbedandtea I'll vote for

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Kimzey I'd like to visit Cornwall, so my choice is

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quietjenn Cornwall is quite tempting, but I think I'll go with

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LeahBergen And the winner is

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Wendell Berry | Wendell Berry

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

So much of “selling the world to buy fire” about.

@lil1inblue @dabbe

TheBookHippie I love his poetry. 2mo

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 Feeling this one. 2mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie same 🧡 2mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue yep!! 🧡 2mo

dabbe A WH😢AH one. 🧡🍁♥️ 2mo

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#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/10/poem-of-the-week-leaves-by-frederi...

@lil1inblue @dabbe

Poetry Leaves: Children's Edition | Various Poets

TheBookHippie Love. 2mo

dabbe W🍁W. 🧡🍁🤎 2mo

lil1inblue ❤ ❤ ❤ 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Lovely to think I can name a few Littens who embody this. ❤️🖤🩶🤎💜💙

AllDebooks That's wonderful 😍 2mo

TheBookHippie Beautiful word. 2mo

lil1inblue 😍😍😍 2mo

CBee Gorgeous word! 2mo

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Comfort, Joy and Happiness | Erika Olsen

#hyggeHour

So dark so quick this evening, felt like the day was over before it began. But I love cozy. So it‘s blankets, tea and some Agatha Christie.

@AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

Chrissyreadit 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 2mo

TheBookHippie 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 2mo

dabbe ♥️🍁🧡 2mo

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 2mo

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The Ipswich Book of Days | Rachel Field

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

“Winter in their cry”

@lil1inblue @dabbe

dabbe So beautiful. 🧡💜💛 2mo

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

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Cuilin @lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 2mo

The Old Curiosity Shop | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens

I‘m on chapter 3. This is longer than I thought it to be. Who‘s joining in on this one? I really enjoyed Chuzzlewit!! Anyone else? Thoughts?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

BarbaraJean I‘m joining in for this one! It‘s only about 450 pages in my edition… but the print is tiny, so the page count is deceptive! I‘m hoping to read 2-3 chapters a day so I can finish by the end of the month.🤞🏼 2mo

Cuilin @BarbaraJean yeah the print in mine is also tiny. I think a few chapters a day is a good idea 👍 🤞 2mo

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AnneCecilie I‘m joining in on this one. It didn‘t cross my mind yesterday that it was the first, but I have started it today . I‘m also thinking 2-3 chapters a day (edited) 2mo

AllDebooks I didn't get around to Chuzzlewhit, but I do intend to. I'm in for this one, too. 2mo

Cuilin @AnneCecilie @alldebooks 👍 2mo

Daisey I‘m not sure. I‘ll see if I can get audio from my library today, getting annoyed that I still do not have the collected edition I preordered months ago. I also have some nonfiction I want to listen to this month, so we‘ll see which holds my attention. 2mo

Sparklemn I don‘t think I‘m joining this time. Have fun! (edited) 2mo

Cuilin @Daisey I‘ll complete Dickens‘ entire canon by the time Audible releases the audio collection. It‘s so frustrating. What‘s the issue? 2mo

Cuilin @Sparklemn 👍💛 2mo

Lcsmcat I‘ve read this one recently so I don‘t plan to re-read, but I‘ll be following the discussion. 2mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat what did you think of this novel? 2mo

Lcsmcat It is Dickens at his best and worst - his prejudices and his sentimentality are on display. But his prose is as always stellar. 2mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat 👍 sounds about right. I love Dickens,, but I do find my eyes rolling sometimes. 🙄 Thanks for answering. 2mo

quietjenn Oh, I forgot and am out of town. I'll see what my copy looks like when I get home. I also need to finish MC ... I liked, but got distracted! 2mo

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Best Detective Stories of Agatha Christie | Agatha Christie

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

I‘m grateful for so many. Today‘s mention shall be Agatha Christie. Not just for the mysteries themselves but also for all the adaptations they‘ve inspired.

📚 🎥 📺 🎭

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern We‘re never going to run out of Christie, that‘s for sure. Even after we‘ve read them all, if I go back and reread I always find something new! Thanks for posting! 2mo

Eggs YW!! 2mo

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Dog Tired Eyes | Benedict Smith

#PoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

As someone with dysgraphia the first few lines of this poem speak to me. 🤦‍♀️

@dabbe @lil1inblue

TheBookHippie It‘s ME! 2mo

dabbe A whoah one. 🖤🩶🖤 2mo

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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Untitled | Untitled

#NovemberDreams #Hopecore

Some new reads start today, others to finish up. @julieclair what‘s your November reading wishes?

AnishaInkspill I'm a third way through Romance of the Three Kingdoms, expecting this to be a tough read I'll read some shorts randomly picked.

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Cuilin @AnishaInkspill sounds great!! 2mo

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Autumnblings | Douglas Florian

#BeautyBreak

I stood behind the chairs drinking my coffee just watching them all flutter down. Glorious.

@ImperfectCJ @AnnCrystal @dabbe @Dilara @JessClark78 @Amiable @Tamra @OriginalCyn620 @Sace @AmyG @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @liseworks
@uncommonlycozies @Karisa @jenlovesjt47

TheBookHippie Love!!!!!! 3mo

TheKidUpstairs Beautiful! 3mo

AmyG Lovely! 3mo

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OriginalCyn620 Love it! 🍂🍂🍂 3mo

LiseWorks Love those blue 💺 💺 chairs 3mo

JenlovesJT47 So cozy 🍂🤎🍂 3mo

kspenmoll Beautiful! 3mo

Dilara 😻 💛 3mo

Amiable I love leaf season! Watching them, I mean. Not raking them. 😖😀 (edited) 3mo

dabbe 💛🍁♥️ 3mo

AnnCrystal A magical carpet 🤩💝😍. 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable Agreed, husband put his back out yesterday on yard work. 😣 😔 3mo

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Samhain: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Halloween | Llewellyn, Diana Rajchel

#MajicMonday @Eggs
The best Halloweens I ever had were when we lived in Dublin. It was a serious affair. We would spend weeks building a community bonfire and guarding it so no others would rob it. The day of Halloween we ate colcannon and barmbrack, dressed up in costumes and partied with the neighborhood at the bonfire to scare all the evil away. It was my favorite night of the year.

kspenmoll Sounds wonderful; a community affair. 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll it really was!!! 🧡 3mo

Deblovestoread I love this! 🖤🧡🖤 3mo

dabbe 🧡🖤🧡 3mo

Eggs That sounds AMAZING!! Thanks for playing🎃 3mo

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Our Man in Havana (Revised)

The Gilded Age: a tale of to-day, volume two | Mark Twain

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeNovember2025

New York- The Gilded Age. So many great choices. What will you read?
@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @JenlovesJT47

rubyslippersreads I have so many books on my list, it‘ll be hard to choose. The TV show has gotten me interested in this era. 3mo

Cuilin @rubyslippersreads same!!! Spoiled for choice with this one. 3mo

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Jess861 I was going to read The Personal Librarian for this but I guess it is a year to late, lol 3mo

Cuilin @Jess861 The dates are just guidelines. Read it, it‘s so good. 3mo

Bookwormjillk Oh my goodness I‘ve barely started last month‘s book. I need an extension on October. 3mo

rwmg I do have “Empire“ by Gore Vidal, which has been sitting on my TBR shelves for a while.

Empire: A Novel

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk Extension granted. 😆 I had to DNF one but picked up another and read it in two days

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Cuilin @rwmg oh wow. Have you read others in the series? 3mo

sblbooks I bought this at a library sale a few months back. Perfect timing.

The Last Days of Night: A Novel

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Cuilin @sblbooks Yes perfect!!! 3mo

Jess861 @Cuilin I've heard good things about the book! I'll read it either way. 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures November I focus on nonfiction so looking for something there I think I might cheat and go to DC with

Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington

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rwmg @cuilin Yes, but a long time ago so my memory is a little vague 3mo

kspenmoll @ChaoticMissAdventures Your book choice sounds fascinating. I think I will see if my library has it!

Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures 👍 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll 👍 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @kspenmoll yay! I got a copy on Libby, hopefully we can chat about it. 3mo

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The Marlowe Papers: A Novel | Ros Barber

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Excerpt (again) from tagged.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

dabbe A WH♥️AH one. 🧡💜💛 3mo

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Blood on the Tracks | Martin Edwards

#mysteries #cozy #BritishLibraryCrimeClassics

Sometimes a #LowDrama #QuickSolve is all that is needed.

AmyG What a great photo. 3mo

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Monday, Monday: A Novel | Elizabeth Crook

#MajicMonday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Texreader

This was fun to figure out.
Heading west it‘s Hawaii at 5,040 miles
Heading east it‘s Rhodes, Greece at 5,000 miles
North it‘s Quebec City at 342 miles
South it‘s the Canary Islands at 3,248 miles

Eggs Wow lots of miles! Thanks for joining in 🤗 3mo

TheBookHippie It was Hawaii for me too! 3mo

Texreader This is awesome!! 3mo

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Cuilin @AnnCrystal @dabbe @Dilara @JessClark78 @Amiable @Tamra @OriginalCyn620 @Sace @AmyG @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @liseworks
@uncommonlycozies @Karisa @jenlovesjt47 3mo

Hiking New Hampshire | Larry B Pletcher

#BeautyBreak @ImperfectCJ

This is the time of year when I say, I could never leave New England, while realizing that by January I will wonder why I live in a place that hurts my face and halfway through March I will seriously question my sanity. It‘s for this, this perfect fall.

JenlovesJT47 So gorgeous! 🧡🤎💛 3mo

Karisa Beautiful is right! 😍 3mo

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OriginalCyn620 It‘s so beautiful in NE during fall, and I want to live there too, but then I think about the winters, which would be okay if I didn‘t have to drive in all the snow. 🤣 3mo

TheBookHippie Gorgeous. Wow. 3mo

Currey @cuilin Wait, that looks like Keene? Location of Jumanji? 3mo

AnnCrystal A picture perfect town, beautiful, just beautiful 🤩💝😍. 3mo

Amiable Even in the winter it‘s still the best place to live! I just put on another layer of fleece while telling myself that. 😀 3mo

Cuilin @Currey It is!! This was taken yesterday at the Pumpkin Festival. It‘s a lovely place to live!! 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable agree, I just get a little 😩 by the end of winter and need a vacation. Lol 3mo

Cuilin @JenlovesJT47 @karisa 🙏💛🧡🤎 3mo

Cuilin @OriginalCyn620 all wheel drive and everything is okay 👍 3mo

Cuilin @AnnCrystal it‘s lovely 💛🧡🤎 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie 🤎💜🧡 3mo

ImperfectCJ I don't mind the New England winters (except in March when I'm like, where is spring already?)...at least there are sunny skies, unlike northeast Ohio. But the falls are seriously gorgeous. And the apples are so good! (We do not have good apples in southern California.) 3mo

Cuilin @ImperfectCJ Yeah March is when I start questioning my life choices and I‘m California dreaming. 🧡 3mo

dabbe 🧡💜💛 3mo

AmyG Just gorgeous. I love fall in New England. (edited) 3mo

BarbaraBB Gorgeous 🤩 3mo

Dilara Beautiful! 3mo

Cathythoughts 🧡🤎Gorgeous 3mo

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 3mo

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Hamlet | William Shakespeare

#SundayFunDay @BookmarkTavern

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Only one ghost, but pretty central to the plot.

dabbe Just a wee bit! 😂😍😂 3mo

BookmarkTavern A very classic ghost! Thanks for posting! 3mo

Eggs YW! 3mo

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Candyland | Vicki Salloum

#NotBookRelated #BeautyBreak perhaps??? @ImperfectCJ

It‘s a candy day!! Completed @dabbe ‘s survey and then my husband came in with this haul. Coincidence? There‘s a European food store near where he works. Hopefully this will last a bit. 🤞

dabbe Your husband is a mensch. 🧡💜💛 3mo

kspenmoll Perfect #besutybreak ! 3mo

AnnCrystal 🤩👍🏼🍫😋💝. 3mo

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Cuilin @dabbe absolutely 💯 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll agree. 3mo

Cuilin @AnnCrystal chocolate 🍫💝 3mo

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The Marlowe Papers: A Novel | Ros Barber

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Excerpt from tagged book.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

AnishaInkspill this is on my tbr, a book I'm trying out when to read 3mo

Cuilin @AnishaInkspill I loved it, beautiful storytelling through verse. 3mo

AnishaInkspill @Cuilin awww, I knew it would be, and I've got other books to read, I'll see how the next few weeks go, but brilliant that you enjoyed it 3mo

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dabbe And now, it's stacked! 💛💜🧡 3mo

lil1inblue ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

lil1inblue @dabbe ditto! 3mo

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#BeautyBreak #NoFilters #PurplepPeeps

Shrubbery outside local library!!

@ImperfectCJ @AnnCrystal @dabbe @Dilara @JessClark78 @Amiable @Tamra @OriginalCyn620 @Sace @AmyG @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @liseworks
@uncommonlycozies @Karisa @JenlovesJT47

Dilara What is this plant? I want one! (and if something deserves the name of “Ribena berry“, surely, this is it, more so than blackcurrant...) 3mo

JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous!! 💜💜💜 3mo

Cuilin @Dilara right??? Callicarpa Americana also known as American Beautyberry. 3mo

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Dilara @Cuilin Thank you very much! *Off to google* 😁 3mo

OriginalCyn620 Pretty color! 💜 3mo

dabbe L💜VELY! 💜💜💜 3mo

AnnCrystal Beautiful! Nature truly is the best artist 🤩💜😍. 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe 🙏 how is Pippa today? 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Thanks for asking. Did you see my #WDNCW post? She threw up three times and wouldn't eat her breakfast (which includes the 12 pills she needs to control her epilepsy). She has been putting us through the ringer. We're calling the doctor (again) today. 🧡💜💛 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe oh no. I‘ll check your post. One moment at a time. Thinking of you 💜 3mo

Amiable Those berries are a fabulous shade of purple. 3mo

lil1inblue I've never seen this type of plant before! How gorgeous! Thanks for sharing it! 3mo

TheBookHippie Beautiful. 3mo

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Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible | Brian Tracy

#10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures

These are mostly for buddy reads and doesn‘t include some current reads or yearly reads. Here‘s hoping 🤞

ChaoticMissAdventures A classics push! I have never read Zola, interested to hear your thoughts. This look looks great. Good luck! 3mo

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True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy | Kati Marton

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

I can‘t stop listening to True Believer since Hayley Williams performance on the Tonight Show. I keep watching it and took a deep dive, analysing the lyrics. It was powerful!!!

https://spotify.link/ladaOZuPsXb

Cuilin So many ways to protest! 3mo

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Cuilin @thebookhippie @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 3mo

Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens

“England expects that every man will do his duty” Lord Nelson‘s signal at the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Cherry just wants a proposal. 😆

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement

Lcsmcat I love how over the top Mrs. Todger is! (edited) 3mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat Yes. Hilarious. 3mo

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Lcsmcat (And I typed “Todger!” Autocorrect auto-errored me. 🙄 3mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat I use talk to text and I have to constantly re-correct it. Lol 😀 3mo

Daisey I finally started the audio of this one, but I‘m not focusing well when I try to listen. I‘ve got some other books I want to listen to before the end of the month, so I think I‘m going to try this one again at a different time. 3mo

Cuilin @Daisey I get it #moodreadingforthewin 3mo

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New Hampshire: The Poetry of Robert Frost | Robert Frost

#APoemaDayIsh #PoetryPals

The early childhood, K-1 teacher in me appreciated this. 🩵🩶💙

@dabbe @lil1inblue

dabbe 💙🩵💙 3mo

lil1inblue Robert Frost always reminds me of my grandfather. He always carried a pocket book of his poetry, and he'd randomly quote him all the time. ❤️ 3mo

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Autumnal: The Complete Series | Daniel Kraus

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Short and sweet, and I just love “Crows called across pewter afternoons.”

@dabbe @lil1inblue

lil1inblue I love that line, too! 😍🥰😍 3mo

MittenGirlPeach Just beautiful 3mo

dabbe That line is gorgeous! The whole poem is. ♥️🍁🧡 3mo

AnnCrystal 💝🎶💝. 3mo

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Autumn Walks | Matt Lajoie

A little recent outside #BeautyBreaks in #NewEngland

@AnnCrystal @dabbe @Dilara @JessClark78 @Amiable @Tamra @OriginalCyn620 @Sace @AmyG @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @LiseWorks @ImperfectCJ
@uncommonlycozies @Karisa @jenlovesjt47

JenlovesJT47 Beautiful 💚💚💚 3mo

TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚💚 3mo

OriginalCyn620 Love! 💚💚💚 3mo

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lil1inblue 💚💚💚 Just heavenly! 3mo

Dilara Loving all the purple! (my favourite colour) 💜 3mo

Karisa 😍 3mo

AmyG Beautiful! 3mo

Cuilin @Dilara I have a love/hate relationship with purple. My school uniform was purple!!! I had to wear it for 6 years. I like a tweedy heather purple. 3mo

dabbe 😍💚😍 3mo

kspenmoll Those flowers! We are getting our first freeze tonight, so not sure what will survive in my neighborhood. 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll I know. I said my farewells earlier. 😢 3mo

Amiable Love fall in New England 🥰 Tonight is a bit too nippy a bit too fast, though. 😳😀 3mo

AnnCrystal Like a botanical garden, and the bridge against the beautiful sky...I have a fancy for bridges 😍💝🤩. (edited) 3mo

Dilara @Cuilin Heather purple *is* nice! As it happens, my SO also had to wear a purple blazer and tie for 6 years. People from other schools called them purple poofters 🙄 3mo

Cuilin @Dilara oh for crying out loud!! We were called Ribena berries from the children‘s cordial. 3mo

Cuilin @AnnCrystal I love bridges too. 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable I‘m ready, almost 🤞 3mo

Dilara @Cuilin Well that's a much nicer taunt, at least! 3mo

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Earth Tales from Around the World | Michael J. Caduto

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

There are lessons everywhere. Choose wisely.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

lil1inblue 💓💓💓 Love, love, love this. 3mo

dabbe Earth vs. World. What a distinction. Thank you, my friend. 💛💜🧡 3mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 3mo

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Les Miserables [With Ribbon Marker] | Victor Hugo

#ReadLesMis

We‘re at the barricades!!

https://www.thecollector.com/june-rebellion-les-miserables/

@Thebookhippie @lillinblue @dabbe @librarybelle @quietjenn
@Andrew65 @JenlovesJT47
@MatchlessMarie
@Dieareader @tpixie
@julieclair @Deblovestoread
@Gleefulreader @DRachel
@DrSabrinaMoldenReads
@PageShifter

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 3mo

lil1inblue It's getting hard for me to stick to one chapter a day now! 3mo

dabbe The barricades of freedom! 💙🤍♥️ 3mo

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Five Books of Song | Richard Watson Gilder

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Another seasonal poem 🤎💜💛🧡❤️

@dabbe @lil1inblue

lil1inblue Oh, how I adore Mary Oliver's poetry. 💓 😍 💓 3mo

dabbe L💚VE all the personification in this one! 🧡💜💛 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue same 🧡 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe agree 🧡 3mo

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Everyday Words in Irish | Jo Litchfield

#WeirdWordsWednesday @CBee

I know this is a beautiful word, but I laughed when I saw it because when you learn Irish, one of the first things you learn is I am hungry, sad, tired etc Ta mé tuirseach. I just think it‘s funny that I was telling the world I had a soul deep fatigue at the age of five!! Maybe that‘s why the Irish are known for their melancholy. Lol

Chrissyreadit this is me!!!! 3mo

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit 💜 I love how this word sounds tear-sha 3mo

Chrissyreadit I love that also!!! I love Irish Gaelic- i bought some pimsleur classes to try and learn it but it‘s still on my back burner. Do you speak Irish? 3mo

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lil1inblue Well, today's weird words all seem to sum me up perfectly. 😂 3mo

dabbe I feel this one in me bones. 🧡💜💛 3mo

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit Not as good anymore since I don‘t use it. I use some apps to keep it. I‘m helping beta test Sionnach. 3mo

CBee I love this! I‘m mostly English with some Scottish and Irish so, my whole family is a melancholy lot 😂 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue 😆 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe yep, daily! 3mo

Amiable This makes me think of the German word “weltschmertz” —literally, “world-pain" or "world-weariness.” It describes the existential sadness or melancholy you feel about the state of the world and its inability to meet your idealized expectations. I love that other languages can sum up such heavy emotions in a single word! 3mo

Cuilin @CBee 😢😆 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable Yes. A few letters for a lot of feelings. 3mo

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The Gatherers: The Dream Seers | Nathan Skaggs

#APoemaDayish #PoetryPals

“What matters is the gathering,”

@dabbe @lil1inblue

lil1inblue I love “the pockets filled with remnants of a day evaporated“ 😍 😍 😍 3mo

Cuilin @eggs this answers this weeks #majicmonday lol I was definitely one of those kids that put things in their pockets. I still do. I‘ve a ridiculous amount of sea glass. 3mo

dabbe Love that line “what matters is the gathering.“ 🧡💜💛 3mo

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Eggs Well it‘s so true @Cuilin ! Being in the moment…my grands are always bringing me petals, rocks, shells, seeds, bird eggs etc. Thank you for this beautiful poem🥰 3mo

lil1inblue @Cuilin You are my people. I never go near a lake without coming back with pockets full of rocks and sea glass. And I almost always come home with “treasures“ from hikes, such as pine cones and pretty leaves. 😍 3mo

Eggs @lil1inblue @Cuilin Oh I‘m jealous of your sea glass finds! I have yet to find any 3mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue same 🪶🌿 🐚🤎 3mo

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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzkewit check-in

I‘m so enjoying this one. How are you doing? Thoughts so far?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser

CindyMyLifeIsLit, CatLass007, jewright

Lcsmcat Love the quote! I marked that one too. 3mo

Lcsmcat I‘ve gotten behind by a chapter or two, but have plans to catch up this weekend. 3mo

Lcsmcat OK - caught up, and here are some preliminary thoughts. It‘s not as “tight” as some of Dickens‘ work, but the prose and humor are making me enjoy the journey. I‘m disturbed by the scenes in America, not because Dickens exaggerated (which he did) but because he so clearly saw our national faults, which are once again coming home to roost. 3mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat it‘s like you took every thought that was in my head and wrote it down. Yes the humor specially the little one liners are making this read enjoyable. The American scenes are interesting to me as an outsider. Dickens always tends to exaggerate to make a point, but that doesn‘t mean the point isn‘t true. And yes, the parallels ugh 😣 3mo

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JoyFull: Cook Effortlessly, Eat Freely, Live Radiantly (A Cookbook) | Radhi Devlukia-Shetty

#5joysFriday @DebinHawaii I‘m combining two weeks here.

- Trip to Vermont to celebrate wedding anniversary
- Last visit to Fenway for the season
- Visited Botanical Gardens Massachusetts
- Art gifts from my husband from a local artist https://maryiselinfineart.com/
- Gorgeous sunsets

TheBookHippie Oh, these are perfection. ♥️ 3mo

Aims42 Happy Anniversary!! 3mo

MemoirsForMe What a fabulous anniversary! Cheers! 🥂 3mo

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DebinHawaii Lovely joys! 💛💛💛 So much art & nature! Happy Anniversary! 🎊 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie @Aims42 @MemoirsForMe @DebinHawaii thank you 🙏 😊 3mo

Bookwormjillk Love this! 3mo

kspenmoll What wonderful joys! Happy Anniversary! (edited) 3mo

dabbe HA! 🧡💜💛 3mo

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The Witchcraft of Salem Village | Shirley Jackson

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#ChildrenClassicReads2025

This is a great introduction to the Salem Witch Trials. It would make for some really good discussions in sixth grade and possibly some parallels to the present would be made unfortunately.

10/10 illustrations

Cuilin @thebookhippie 3mo

TheBookHippie It‘s so good. 3mo

AnishaInkspill this ounds interesting, thanks 3mo

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Cuilin @AnishaInkspill 🫶 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I don‘t know what I expected, but I was pleasantly surprised. It‘s books like this that make me miss teaching. 3mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin Right?! I brought ten copies to the teacher I mentor. 3mo

Sace Oh I‘m jealous! My edition doesn‘t have illustrations. 3mo

Cuilin @Sace It was a library loan and yes I really enjoyed the illustrations. 3mo

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Sporting Chance: Book 2: Serrano Legacy | Elizabeth Moon

#PoemaDayish #PoetryPals

Baseball at night, cricket in the morning. Wildcards and Women‘s World Cup. ⚾️🏏

dabbe, lil1inblue

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 3mo

dabbe Yay for the sports ones! 🧡💜💛 3mo

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To Autumn | John Keats

#PoemaDayIsh #PoetryPals

Ode to Autumn stanza III

@lil1inblue @dabbe

lil1inblue ❤️🧡🤎 3mo

dabbe 🩶🧡🤎 3mo

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October | Gregory Bastianelli

#OctoberReads

Some books I will continue and some I will attempt in October. No promises. 😏

#BookedInTime #NaturalLitsy #ChildrenClassicReads2025 #ChristieCapers #WhatTheDickens #ReadLesMis #MonthlyNonfiction #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Why do I feel I‘ve forgotten something?

kspenmoll I like your “Hope Core”! 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll thanks 😊 3mo

Gissy Great!📚👏👏👏 3mo

julieclair I think #HopeCore is going to be my new reading philosophy! 👍 3mo

Cuilin @julieclair seriously right? Tag me we‘ll support each other. 🩷 3mo

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Around the World in 80 Trees | Jonathan Drori

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#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

Beautiful book, I really enjoyed the illustrations!!!

TheBookHippie Me too!!! I need to own it now 🤣 3mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie Same, this was a borrow. So pretty. 3mo

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To Autumn | John Keats

#PoemADayish #PoetryPals

Ode to Autumn stanza II

@dabbe @lil1inblue

lil1inblue 💚 💛 ❤ 3mo

dabbe Love a stanza a day! 💜🧡🩶 3mo

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