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Les Miserables [With Ribbon Marker] | Victor Hugo

#ReadlesMis #wildwomen #WomenWhoRunWiththeWolves #WhenBooksCollide

“You can try all you like you won‘t go in, I‘m not the daughter of a dog, I‘m the daughter of a wolf. There are six of you, what‘s that to me? You‘re men. Well, I‘m a woman. I‘m not afraid of you, not one bit”. Eponine- Les Miserable.

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit

TheBookHippie Eponine is my FAVORITE of the whole book. 2d

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I love the name Eponine 🩷 Her and Gavroche are my favorites so far. 2d

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie She was always my favorite in the musical - I adore her in the book. ❤ 2d

dabbe 💙🤍♥️ 2d

Chrissyreadit I love Les Mis and Eponine. 💛 2d

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London: A History in Verse | Mark Ford

#poemadayish #poetrypals

Another time of unrest, so many parallels.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

AmyG 😥 2d

lil1inblue 💔 💔 💔 I hate that history rhymes. 2d

dabbe A WH😢AH one. 💛💜🧡 2d

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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype | Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#WildWomen #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Chapter 1
So many emotions, “Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs” says a character in another current read. I don‘t see regrets as much as methods of survival. I marked many passages, “bad wolf” stood out to me. The decal is on my car. Most whovians will recognize this. Rose stared into the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed the power of the time vortex, she becomes God like, omnipotent, she saves 🔽

Cuilin The Doctor and the universe. Bad Wolf is her assumed identity. The power lies in the heart, and I‘m questioning my methods of survival. 3d

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit @CaroPi, @DebinHawaii, @kspenmoll, @TheBookHippie, @JenniferEgnor, @Deblovestoread, @zezeki, @BookwormAHN, @PathfinderNicole, @GingerAntics, @ravenlee, @dabbe, @ElizaMarie, @ImperfectCJ, @nanuska_153, @lillinblue (edited) 3d

Chrissyreadit This post and thought is giving me all the feels. I love Rose. Survival is what we are wired for- and so hard. I feel like finding our way into living is the next step- but also… hard. Thank you for this post! It really resonated. 3d

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ChaoticMissAdventures I loved Rose and 10!! Top tear years of The Doctor. 3d

lil1inblue I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to think about Bad Wolf & Doctor Who. Love this post. “I'm questioning my methods of survival“ hits hard. ❤ 3d

dabbe I have never read/seen anything regarding Bad Wolf (except the Big Bad One in fairy tales) or Doctor Who. Way out of the look here. But what you wrote still moved me. I just hope the book TEACHES me how to find the wolf inside of me. I need tools to unearth her. 💜💛🧡 3d

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit thank you, it is hard but worth it!! 3d

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures Agreed!!! I ❤️❤️ 10 (edited) 3d

Cuilin @lil1inblue Right??? 3d

Cuilin @dabbe Same, I need all the tools!!!! ⚒️ 3d

dabbe @Cuilin 💛💜🧡 2d

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The Shepherd's Calendar | John Clare

#Poemaday #PoetryPals

I‘m feeling nostalgic!

@lil1inblue @dabbe

lil1inblue 💓 😍 💓 3d

dabbe I felt like I was meandering as I read this! 💜💛🧡 3d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

Ruthiella Yes, me too! I was also much closer in age to Charles when I first read it which no doubt also affected my interpretation. 😅 5d

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Untitled | Untitled

#ThreeListThursdays #TLT @dabbe

I was convinced Jumanji would be on the list. I looked it up to see if it was a fall movie and no apparently it‘s a winter movie - set in a jungle. Now I‘m more confused. I live in the town, where it was filmed, and I do not live in the jungle 🤔 Anyway here are my top 3 from the list.

dabbe I still have to see KNIVES OUT. I can't believe I haven't yet! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🧡🩶💜 7d

Cuilin @dabbe They‘re kind of fun, not too serious. I prefer the second one. There‘s a third KNIVES OUT due out soon!!! (edited) 6d

lil1inblue Knives out is so much fun! @dabbe Based on your reading, I think you'd really enjoy them! 6d

dabbe @Cuilin Perfect to view this autumn! I gotta catch up! 🤩 6d

Blueberry Clue is one of my favorites! 5d

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Healthyish: A Cookbook with Seriously Satisfying, Truly Simple, Good-For-You (but not too Good-For-You) Recipes for Real Life | Lindsay Maitland Hunt

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that the positive results of the medication mean it is due to inflammation, we still want all the testing done, including genetic testing because I deserve all the healthcare. And it‘s possible for the body to have more than one thing going on. (Luckily I have the best rheumatologist who agrees) take that 🦵 insurance!! 🖕

TheBookHippie Such a GAME. So glad you have someone fighting for you. 1w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie it‘s a total racket and thanks (edited) 1w

lil1inblue Get that healthcare! We deserve all of the care! So glad you have a rheumatologist that's willing to help. Healthcare and insurance are so difficult to navigate, especially for women. 1w

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TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🎯💯 1w

dabbe You deserve ALL the healthcare indeed! And yay that a doctor is fighting for you. Crossing everything I can that you get ALL of the answers you seek. 🧡🩶💜 1w

Cuilin @lil1inblue @dabbe thank you 😊 1w

ElizaMarie Yes!!! 1w

wildwoodreads A doctor on your side is a huge help! Keep advocating for yourself. You deserve answers! 1w

IriDas I hope you‘ll be able to get things resolved. It‘s important if only for your peace of mind. I‘m glad your doctor is willing to help. 1w

julieclair So thankful you found a rheumatologist who “gets it” and is willing to fight for you. 💪 1w

Cuilin @ElizaMarie @wildwoodreads @IriDas @julieclair Thank you all for such lovely support. 7d

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Shakespeare's Sonnets: Third Series | William Shakespeare, Katherine Duncan-Jones

#Poemaday #poetrypals

The bard himself.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

TheBookHippie Love love love 1w

lil1inblue Oh, how I love The Bard. 💓 😍 💓 1w

dabbe “Bare ruin'd choirs“ ... just W💜W. #thebardisthebest 🧡🩶💜 1w

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

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I‘m also underlining pretty sentences.

TheBookHippie

dabbe L🖤VE! 💜🩶🧡 1w

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Siegfried Sassoon | Max Egremont

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

@lil1inblue @dabbe

lil1inblue 💓🥰💓 Lovely! 1w

dabbe Love the alliteration in this one! 💜🩶🧡 1w

rwmg 1967! I had no idea. He's firmly linked in my mind to WW1 and the 1920s 1w

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Cuilin @rwmg Yes same, his WW1 experience is so interesting being one of the ones that got diagnosed with Shell Shock and sent to Scotland. He was then sent back to the front was injured but survived!! I think in his later years his poetry from that time embarrassed him. Personally, I think it‘s historically important. 1w

Cuilin @lil1inblue 👊 1w

Cuilin @dabbe 💛🤎🧡 1w

CarolynM I find him fascinating. He was always an odd chap. I think in later life he tried to distance himself from a lot about his younger self, whether it was embarrassment or denial. Have you seen the film Benediction? I don‘t think it gets him completely right, but it felt closer in spirit than some of the things I‘ve read. 1w

Cuilin @CarolynM Yes, I did see it. I need to see it again. I think there was a lot of repression and yes embarrassment. There‘s something about those World War I poets that I find fascinating. 7d

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I had a regular paperback book and then I found this little gem in an antique store in Providence RI. This is one of my all-time favorite novels so I‘m excited to read it with the #HashtagBrigade. Do we start today or tomorrow?

BarkingMadRead Tomorrow!! 2w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead Fabulous, looking forward to all the commentary!! 2w

ElizaMarie Ooo, I thought y'all already started, and I just didn't get in on it for some confusion! I am glad to hear we are starting tomorrow. I don't have a physical copy yet, but I might do Kindle/audio until I get a physical one. 2w

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Cuilin @ElizaMarie I read your comment and it made me check out who reads the audiobook and now I might have to do a combination because it is Jeremy Irons!!!! 🩷 2w

TheBookHippie What a fun copy!!! I bought a new one 🤣😅😵‍💫🙌🏼 and whew tomorrow. I was worried too about the start date. 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I love the covers from the ‘40‘s - ‘80‘s , such fun to find them at thrift stores and LFL‘s 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I recently got old Danielle Steel they are a riot I‘ll have to post them. 1w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie oh my gosh yes!!! You must!!! #80sNostalgia 🩷 1w

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Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! | Peter Davis

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

“To defy power, which seems omnipotent”
“To Hope till Hope creates …” I read both these lines and changed my mind about posting something seasonal.

dabbe, lil1inblue

dabbe Boy, are these words apropos. Thanks. 💜🧡🤎 2w

TheBookHippie So good. 2w

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 1w

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Les Miserables a New Unabridged Translation | Victor Hugo

#ReadLesMis #FavouriteCharacter

“Monsieur complains?”
“About you!” said the pedestrian.
“The bureau is closed,” said Gavroche. “I‘m receiving no more complaints.”

I think I‘m a chapter behind, but this chapter 1 of book 6 is fabulous !!! ❤️Gavroche

Cuilin @TheBookHippie @lillinblue @dabbe @librarybelle @quietjenn
@Andrew65 @JenlovesJT47
@MatchlessMarie
@Dieareader @tpixie
@Deblovestoread
@Gleefulreader @DRachel
@Pageshifter
@DrSabrinaMoldenReads 2w

TheBookHippie From now til the end of the book- last time I adored. It‘s so much fun to reread and catch more! 2w

dabbe I adore him, too! 💙🤍♥️ 2w

tpixie Yes! I adore him!!! 🩵🩵🩵 1w

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Gone to Earth: Large Print | Mary Webb

#PoemADay #PoetryPals @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #September

dabbe L💚VERLY. 💛🤎🧡 2w

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Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole | Cecilia Blomdahl

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Introduction
“My name is Cecilia, and I live on Svalbard, an island close to the north Pole.”
Chapter 1
“Each year in late October, the sun says goodbye for the final time, plunging Svalbard into a state of uninterrupted darkness.”

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Gerard Manley Hopkins | Graham Storey

#poemaday is a nice way to start the day @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #Harvest #September

Hopkins wrote this sonnet in September 1877 whilst in the Vale of Clywd in Wales, after a day of fishing in the Elwy.

lil1inblue Just beautiful! 😍 2w

dabbe I just have to remember to do it! Oh, was this a fun one to read out loud! 💛💜🧡 2w

TheLudicReader I love Hopkins…I love the way his poems sound, even if I don‘t always understand what he is saying. 2w

Cuilin @TheLudicReader same like @dabbe said they‘re so fun to read out loud. 2w

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William Wordsworth | William Wordsworth

@dabbe I pulled out my Wordsworth collection yesterday after reading your post. Gosh I love Wordsworth 🧡 So I‘m joining in on #APoemADay

#September #Autumn #Harvest #Reaping

lil1inblue

lil1inblue Love Wordsworth! 😍🤩😍 And I love that you're joining in! 🥰 2w

dabbe He wrote my all-time fave: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ ... adore him! I'm going to focus on autumn poems since I love this time of year so much. 🧡💜💛 2w

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The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

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The Age of Innocence is a wonderful novel. Yes, the characters are infuriating as they navigate the social constraints that they themselves create and willingly participate in. I love a novel of manners especially when the writer is witty. Wharton is masterful, laconic, controlled, and sardonic with a touch of empathy. Perfect 👌 Thanks #HashtagBrigade for the journey and our own witty hashtager @BarkingMadRead

BarkingMadRead That‘s a cool cover!! 2w

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead Thanks, I found it in a thrift store in Vermont. 2w

dabbe L💜VELY review. 🧡💜💛 2w

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#FashionVictim: A Novel | Amina Akhtar

#WDNCW #FirstTimeCaller @dabbe

We do not care that socks and sandals do not go together and my hair was pulled high upon my head rather like a rats nest. It was dusk and I wanted to see the deer in my neighborhood. The curtain twitchers can deal with it!!

Amiable I love the phrase “curtain twitchers!” 😄 2w

lil1inblue Love this! And love the phrase “curtain twitchers“! 😂 2w

dabbe New hashtag extraordinaire: #curtaintwitchers!!! I also bet you looked adorable. 🧡💜💛 2w

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mcctrish #curtaintwitchersbedamned 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

TheBookHippie Is this not how we go outdoors ? 🤣😅🙌🏼 2w

Cuilin @amiable @lil1inblue @dabbe @mcctrish 👀 🪟 (edited) 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie it is now!! 😝 2w

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You've Got Mail | Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

#FallCardSwap2025 @TheBookHippie

And off they go!!! Best of luck, guys🤞

TheBookHippie I say that everytime!!! 🤣😅🙌🏼 2w

dabbe 🧡🩶💛 2w

AileenRR 😍 2w

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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit

I got so lost in Little Dorrit that I decided to be a touch more academic and do some character research. I found this little gem on course hero!!!

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

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

RamsFan1963 Martin Chuzzlewit actually exists?? I'm reading The Eyre Affair, and the Dickens novel is a major part of the plot, but I'd never heard of this book so I assumed the author made it up. I learn something new every day on Litsy. 2w

Cuilin @RamsFan1963 well now I need to look up The Eyre Affair. 😊 2w

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Sparklemn @Cuilin This chart is proving to be useful. Thanks for finding it! 1w

Cuilin @Sparklemn You‘re welcome. I‘m referring to it too. 1w

TheBookHippie Whew. 1d

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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit Chapter Two

I‘m enjoying it so far, the writing is both beautifully descriptive and also mocking as though the writer and the reader are in on a little secret. 🤫

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

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

Sparklemn Great description. Like the author is giving the reader a little wink. 😉 (edited) 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit I loved the extended personification of the wind in the second chapter! It‘s sighing, blustering, banging, grumbling, bullying, and finally howls off to attack the fallen leaves, sending them “whirling round and round upon their thin edges, taking frantic flights into the air, and playing all manner of extraordinary gambols in the extremity of their distress” (20). After knocking Mr. Pecksniff down, it roared out to sea, ⬇️ 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit “where it met with other winds similarly disposed, and made a night of it” (21). 🌬️💨 2w

Cuilin @CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘m loving the imagery too. I could feel the wind and hear the leaves. 🍂 2w

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Vikings: A Concise History of the Vikings | Hourly History

#BookedInTime

We are going a-Viking, to travel, explore and possibly raid!! I‘ve Blood Eye lined up as I enjoyed other books by Giles Kristian. What are you reading?

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

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 2w

rwmg Starting “The Sword Song of Bjarni Sigurdson“ (aka “Sword Song“) about a 16-year old Viking who is sent into exile and travels in the Irish Sea and the Western Isles of Scotland. 6d

Cuilin @rwmg I‘ll have to check that one out. I thought I‘d like the book I‘m reading. There were some beautiful descriptions and then it just got way too bloody.

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rwmg @Cuilin Our hero is with one group of Vikings waiting to ambush another group but so far there hasn't been anything to put off anyone who is gore adverse 5d

Cuilin @rwmg Thanks, I may try that one, with the state of the world right now I‘m having a hard time reading anything too dark and destructive. 5d

rwmg @Cuilin I'm about 2/3 of the way through. I don't know what your limits are but while obviously there is a certain level of violence with killings and maiming in battle (these ARE Vikings after all), the author doesn't revel in gore. 4d

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Martin Chuzzlewit | Charles Dickens

#WhatTheDickens

This novel follows the young Martin as he navigates the world of hypocrisy and fraud. It is described as a satirical novel on selfishness. Who‘s in?

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

Cuilin @lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 3w

Daisey I hope to read or more likely listen to this one. I want to work on finishing Tombland first, and I‘m still waiting on the delayed release of the Dickens audio collection I preordered. If they don‘t change it again, it should be available by the time I‘m ready. 3w

Cuilin @Daisey I think the release date is 9/4? I‘m waiting for it too. 3w

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CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘m in! 👏👏👏 (edited) 2w

Cuilin @CindyMyLifeIsLit Fabulous. This is a new read for me. 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit @Cuilin Me as well! I‘ve read several Dickens (and taught a couple), but not this one. Very excited to dive in! 😊 2w

Daisey @Cuilin That sounds right, but I quit paying too much attention to the new date after they changed it like 3 times. I do want to use it for this one! 2w

CSeydel Oh I‘ve been wanting to read this one! I‘m in the middle of Adam Bede right now and I‘d rather finish it first before starting this one. I‘ll see how soon I get through the Eliot - maybe I‘ll be able to start Martin soon enough to catch up to you all 2w

Lcsmcat I‘m in! As much Dickens as I‘ve readI somehow missed this one, so it‘s a new read for me too. 2w

TheBookHippie Oh I‘ve never read this! I‘ll get a copy! In! 2w

Cuilin @CSeydel I‘ve Adam Bede n my TBR. Love Elliott!! Jump in whenever you can. 👍 2w

Cuilin @Lcsmcat I had to do some research on this one. It‘s not a well-known novel of his. 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie yay!! 🙌 2w

CSeydel @Lcsmcat Same … I actually checked it out from the library earlier this year because a character in a different book I was reading referenced it, and I had never read it. (I think it may have been Jasper Fforde‘s Tuesday Next?) But I didn‘t manage to get to it then. 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin something about classic literature and my brain - it‘s very calming. 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie it seems to be the only thing working for me with “gestures around at everything” 2w

BookwormAHN I'm looking forward to it 😺 2w

Cuilin @BookwormAHN same 👍 2w

quietjenn I've but read this one so will try to give it a go! 2w

Cuilin @quietjenn Fabulous. 2w

Sparklemn I‘m in! 2w

Cuilin @Sparklemn wonderful!! 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit Is there some sort of schedule or protocol for these reads? 2w

Cuilin @CindyMyLifeIsLit it‘s a read at your own pace and comment or post whenever you like. I personally am doing a chapter a day and that should take me right into mid October. 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit @Cuilin Okay, thanks! 2w

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Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South | Shirley Abbott

#WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves @Chrissyreadit

I grew up in a family of four girls, lots of aunts, all girls school through high school, and an all women‘s college. Pictures of four women together always speaks to me. They‘re linked together yet each one is unique.

Cuilin @Cuilin, @TheBookHippie, @zezeki, @BookwormAHN, @PathfinderNicole, @GingerAntics, @ravenlee, @Deanb21, @nanuska_153, @ncsufoxes @dabbe @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread (edited) 3w

lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 Just beautiful! 3w

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

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dabbe Another thing we have in common! I come from a family of four girls and no brothers. L🧡VE this! 🩶🤍🖤 3w

Cuilin @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread ❤️ 3w

Cuilin @dabbe ❤️ it. You give older sister vibes!! Where are you in the lineup? I‘m second eldest. 3w

ElizaMarie A family of 4 girls! That's beautiful! I love this picture too. I love how it shows different cultures in it as well. 3w

TheBookHippie This is so lovely!!!! I‘m the only girl. Only girl cousin. Only girl grandchild, great grandchild, however I am the oldest and my Grandma & Bubbe were the best. 3w

dabbe @Cuilin Close! I'm third eldest! Only one under me. The gap between oldest to youngest is 13 years! 3w

Cuilin @dabbe Same gap from eldest to youngest. Wow 😮 3w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I was so relieved when I had daughters as I felt I knew what to do. Though they kept me on my toes. Lol. (Keep an eye out for something in the mail. 😉) 3w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 🤣 I just wanted boys I had no clue about girls. My daughter is a gift. I‘ll watch the mail. It‘s strangely been behaving lately. 🤞🏻 3w

Chrissyreadit I love your post! and the way you have beautiful bonds 💛💛💛💛 3w

Dralex090 I have never seen app like this . As a book lover I am excited to be in this app.I am new here. Nice to meet you dear 3w

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Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens

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#WhatTheDickens @Texreader

A rags to riches story. Has all the usual Dickens themes of social inequality and injustice. This was a little more nuanced as it explored the idea of the corruption of wealth. Honestly not my favourite Dickens but probably a me issue as I was too distracted by other reads to give it the attention it surely deserves.

Cuilin @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @catlass007 @jewright @cindymylifeislit 1mo

Texreader Still going, slowly. The first part was meh. Then it got really good. Then the Rich section started and it‘s meh again. Fortunately he still has great zingers in there making it worth the read (I hope). 1mo

Cuilin @Texreader definitely worth the read. 4w

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BookwormAHN @Texreader Dickens is great with the sarcasm 😸 4w

BookwormAHN I think I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. Also not my favorite but I'm glad I read it. 4w

Cuilin @BookwormAHN Yes I much preferred the first part. 4w

AnneCecilie I enjoyed both parts, showed easy comes easy goes. And how money changes people, but at the same time we‘re all the same 4w

Cuilin @AnneCecilie Money certainly can change people. 4w

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A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees | Amy-Jane Beer

#ATreeADay #NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

I‘m not sure who is doing this buddy read but tag people if you know. The Boston liberty tree was today‘s entry. I‘m just showing some pictures of the area (Liberty Tree District) today. It‘s part of the theater district. They have a monument for the tree. And some art on a building. ❤️Boston

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/boston-liberty-tree

dabbe 💛🤎🧡 1mo

AllDebooks It's so cool when an entry has personal meaning. 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks yes, there‘s been a few💚 1mo

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Sherlocked!: The Ultimate Escape Room Puzzle Book | Tom Ue, Sophie Blackman, The Escape Room Guys

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

We Did It!!!
After some calculation of four novels divided in two parts, plus 56 stories made for 64+ Litsy discussion posts, spread out since December of 2023. Denise and I wanted to give a major shout out to @Librarybelle who participated in every single discussion!!!! You are a star. Thank you for making this buddy read extra special. Keep an eye out for a little something heading your way.

Cuilin @pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken 1mo

Cuilin @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 1mo

dabbe Yay for @Librarybelle! We could ALWAYS count on you for your insightful thoughts! 💛🤎🧡

Reminder to all other Sherlockians who joined in; we have a little thank you for you, too! Look here for more information: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2890871 1mo

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Librarybelle Oh my! Thank you, and thank you for hosting! ❤️ 1mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle 💛⭐️💛 1mo

Amiable Great job, Sherlockians! 1mo

Cuilin @Amiable 🙏💛 1mo

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Death on the Nile: Hercule Poirot Investigates | Agatha Christie

#CharacterCharm #Wounded @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wounded, but how and why?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🙌🏻 1mo

Eggs Classic 🩵💚💙 1mo

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Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens

#CharacterCharm #Thief @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“Oliver is lured into a den of thieves”

This is still one of my favorite Dickens‘ novels.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 1mo

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 1mo

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To the Lighthouse | Virginia Woolf

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#VirginiaBloomsberries @AllDebooks

This is my favorite VW novel. It‘s so difficult to write a review of this book. The plot: a family staying on an island wants to visit a lighthouse, but they do not. I guess you don‘t read VW for the plot. It‘s all in the writing and the emotions evoked. See above for details.

BkClubCare Yes. Immersive is the word that comes to mind. How to capture all the sensations of a moment. 1mo

AllDebooks It was perfect. Great review x 1mo

dabbe 💙🩵💙 A Wowza review. 1mo

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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont: A Virago Modern Classic | Elizabeth Taylor

#CharacterCharm #widow @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Still on the TBR 🤦‍♀️

BkClubCare Love this book AND movie 🥰 1mo

Eggs Sounds so good! Stacked 1mo

Cuilin @BkClubCare Yes the movie is fabulous. 1mo

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Cuilin @Eggs 🫶 1mo

Leftcoastzen Love both the book and the movie 1mo

CarolynM I‘ve just read it. It‘s good😊 1mo

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If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman | Sharon Blackie

#CharacterCharm #fairy-elf-pixie @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Part memoir and nature writing this also includes some Celtic mythology and fairy folklore. It should come with a warning “might make you run away to Ireland, Scotland or Wales.”

Eggs So lovely 🧚 1mo

TheBookHippie Let‘s go!! 1mo

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The Adventure of the Retired Colourman: With Original Illustrations, a Sherlock Holmes Story | Arthur Doyle

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

First line of our last story #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

“Sherlock Holmes was in a melancholy and philosophic mood that morning.”

dabbe Our last one! 🩵😪🩵 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe I finished it this morning and I‘m not ashamed to say that there was a little tear 😢 and then a little cheer 🥳 cause we did it!!!! 1mo

dabbe @Cuilin 👏🏻😍👏🏻 1mo

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Weekly Self Care Project: A Challenge to Journal, Reflect, and Invite Balance | Zondervan

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

-Both daughters had flights this week and both landed safe and sound 😌 -Found an egg cup at a thrift store, the exact one I had as a child in Ireland!! -Beach day -First time at a drive in -Sitting under the maples in my garden.

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo

mcctrish Beaches and tree bathing 🩵💚 lucky find of the egg cup 1mo

TheBookHippie So much joy!!! Yay for egg cup! 1mo

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IriDas What an amazing find. I love it when that happens. (edited) 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe 🩵 1mo

Cuilin @mcctrish it was a good week 💚 1mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie @IriDas I was shocked because I remember when my tooth fell out I put it in this cup and that‘s where the tooth 🧚 collected it and left some coins. 🩷 1mo

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A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition | Ernest Hemingway

#CharacterCharm #Nurse @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Not his finest, and Nurse Barkley can best be described as male wish fulfilment. There are better WWI novels but this always makes the list. Sigh.

Eggs It‘s overrated for sure 1mo

TheBookHippie I love it- flaws and all 🤣🤭🙃 1mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie I didn‘t hate it, is the best I can come up with. 😆 1mo

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I should preface it with when I was 30 years younger I read it with a really cute man and we said we would grow up and be in our beds me reading him listening…. And we are. Okay that‘s puke worthy sap -I know 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️😅😊🤭 1mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie Actually that‘s quite beautiful. I wish you more years of bed + book reading together. 🩷 1mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin ♥️ 1mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie That's absolutely wonderful! 😍 1mo

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Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic | Barbara Pym

#CharacterCharm #elderly @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"Ageing, slightly mad and on the threshold of retirement, it was an uneasy combination and it was no wonder that people shied away from her or made only the most perfunctory remarks” ?

Eggs Relatable👏🏻 1mo

TheBookHippie Oh I‘ve got to read this one, adding it my list. 1mo

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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest | Diana Beresford-Kroeger

#CharacterCharm #scientist @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“DIANA BERESFORD-KROGER, a botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine to reveal a path toward better stewardship of the natural world.”

kspenmoll Stacked. Sounds fascinating. 1mo

Eggs Great choice! Intriguing approach 🙌🏻 1mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll It‘s part memoir too. So interesting. 1mo

Cuilin @Eggs thanks ☺️ 1mo

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The Dressmaker | Rosalie Ham

#CharacterCharm #seamstress @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m a day late, the air quality in New Hampshire took me out yesterday with a massive headache. Anyone else?

Anyway, I never read this book but I loved the movie. (Normally I hate a movie cover on a book, but this one has Kate Winslet so she gets a pass).

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hope you‘re feeling better ❤️‍🩹 1mo

Cuilin @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thanks, we still have an air quality alert due to the Canadian wildfires, but it‘s not as high as yesterday so 🤞 1mo

kspenmoll I stayed indoors yesterday - air quality was awful due to smoke & allergens. It saps my energy level. It‘s too bad because it‘s cooler outside this week! Hope you are feeling better. 1mo

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Eggs Headaches are the worst. Hope your head feels better today😌 1mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll I just read an NPR headline saying wildfire smoke is like smoking half a pack a day!! 😳 I just want some fresh air. 1mo

Cuilin @Eggs thanks. Feeling much better today. 1mo

Sarahreadstoomuch NH here too…. And have been feeling run down and headache-y for days. Hopefully the winds will change soon! 1mo

Cuilin @Sarahreadstoomuch here‘s hoping 🤞 because my eyes are stinging still. 1mo

Sarahreadstoomuch @Cuilin I honestly didn‘t put it together until I read your post! 1mo

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Carve Her Name With Pride | R J Minney

#CharacterCharm @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Spy

I saw this movie as a child when I was too young to fully understand it. The book is based on the true story of SOE agent Violette Szabo who was executed by the SS in 1945.

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 1mo

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Scarlet: The King Raven Trilogy - | Stephen Lawhead

#CharacterCharm @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
King

Book 2 in the Raven King Series, a Robin Hood reimagining. 👑

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 ❤️ 🗡️ 2mo

Cuilin @Eggs 👑 💛 2mo

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Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search (Movie Tie-in) | Martin Sixsmith

#CharacterCharm @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Mother&child

I don‘t like the tag line on this “the poignant true story of a mother and the son she had to give away” because she didn‘t give him away, he was taken from her.

Eggs Heartbreaking 😢 But it was an apparently quite common practice in those decades💔 2mo

Cuilin @Eggs yes it‘s certainly heartbreaking 💔 2mo

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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts on differences and similarities?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

Cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 2mo

eeclayton It surprised me that SH behaved in a rather Watsonian way with how he interpreted the clues. While he nicely guessed that the Lady Beatrice was already dead, I found it odd that he immediately jumped to the conclusion that Sir Robert had murdered him. Wasn't he supposed to wait and not form a theory before he knew all the facts? 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement Honestly, after reading the last few, with W all but absent in one and SH actually narrating another, I gave up expecting anything for this last batch that Doyle was possibly less than enthusiastic to write.

I'm so grateful you two hosted this BR. It has been such a completely enjoyable community you brought together. THANK YOU again. Looking forward to one last story.

@dabbe 2mo

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Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I can‘t believe that was my last time posting questions and that we only have one story left!!! What a wonderful experience!! Thank you for being a part of it. 💓 2mo

Librarybelle I can sense too that Conan Doyle is basically at the end of his tolerance for Holmes‘ stories…again… @CogsOfEncouragement . This one was a bit better than the last few, but you just get a sense he‘s winding down with the stories. I cannot believe we have one more to go! Thank you, @Cuilin and @dabbe for this. After next week, I can truly say I‘ve read all of Holmes‘s stories! 2mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle I know, only one more to go. Thank you so much for being a part of it. 💓 2mo

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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts on clues?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

CogsOfEncouragement SH with the dog as the carriage drew near. One of countless times Doyle uses W to allow us to feel oh so smart. When W does not realize immediately what SH is about and the reader most likely does. 2mo

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement it works on me!! 😆 2mo

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eeclayton @Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement works on me too 😁 2mo

Cuilin @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement it also reminded me of “Silver Blaze”, as in the curious incident of the dog in the night time! 2mo

Librarybelle Yes, @CogsOfEncouragement ! I had suspected that the figure was not the sister before this part of the story, but Holmes‘s use of the loyal dog confirmed it for me. 2mo

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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

eeclayton I enjoyed it, especially the gothic elements. The ending was a bit underwhelming, though. 2mo

Cuilin @eeclayton Agreed. The gothic elements were great but ending seemed rushed. I was looking for the reveal to be a bit more dramatic. 2mo

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CogsOfEncouragement I'm always amused when W says we already know what happened, because we would have read the account in the papers. I smiled when W said it is generally known that Sir Robert got better than he deserved.

I found it an interesting twist that SH who plays judge & jury so often, wanted to turn Sir R over for proper sentencing only for the police & coroner to be lenient. At least SH gives grace to women and not just those in the good ol boys club. 2mo

Librarybelle Agreed, @eeclayton and @Cuilin ! The ending was a bit of a let down for me. 2mo

kelli7990 I didn‘t really care for this story very much. 1mo

Cuilin @kelli7990 You know there‘s some we love and some we don‘t and that‘s OK. Thanks for all your contributions. 🫶 1mo

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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World | Riley Black

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“Catastrophe is never convenient”

This is the first line of the preface and I have to say in all my years of reading, this is one of the most beautiful prefaces I have ever read. The last paragraph is so moving I‘ve read it a few times and I read it out to my husband and to my eldest daughter.

#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

AllDebooks It is an incredible start. 😊 2mo

Bookwormjillk Can‘t wait to start this! 2mo

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The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton

#HashTagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I found two editions, one is a Collins Classics and the other is a Signet Classic from 1962! I‘ll think I‘ll donate the Collins and read the Signet.

BarkingMadRead You‘re ahead of me 🤣 I have an arc I need to finish today, and then I can move on 🤣 2mo

Cuilin @BarkingMadRead 👍 2mo

mcctrish August 1 snuck up on me - I was adrift in the haze of July and all of a sudden I have to finish a book for camp Litsy, read 3 chapters for #littenslovessjm , read a chapter for this and get ready for #sundaybuddyread 😳😱 2mo

Cuilin @mcctrish I know!!! I‘m still stuck on some of my July reads too!! I do this to myself every month. 🤦‍♀️ 2mo

mcctrish There are worst problems but …… 2mo

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Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Lady Macbeth | Isabelle Schuler

#CharacterCharm

A favourite read from 2024!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks good! 2mo

Eggs Perfection 👸🏼 2mo

kspenmoll I loved this! 2mo

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Cuilin @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs 🫶 2mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll same!! Have you read

All Our Yesterdays

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TheBookHippie Oh I loved this one too! 2mo

Cuilin @TheBookHippie Its so good, another Lady Macbeth reimagined which I loved is

All Our Yesterdays

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin oh thanks!!! Stacked it!! 2mo

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Sensitive | Allayne L. Webster

#JustBecause

I feel all the things!!!

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 2mo

Eggbeater Me too! 🫶 2mo

dabbe L😍VE this! And I love your sensitive heart! 💙🩵💙 2mo

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Bookwomble "You're too sensitive" = "That really shitty thing I do that upsets you? Yeah, I'm going to keep doing that." 2mo

Cuilin @Bookwomble Yes, 😑 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe 🩵🤍🩵 2mo

Cuilin @Eggbeater 🫶 2mo

Cuilin @lil1inblue 💓 2mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Raising my hand. I love this ! 🤚🏽 2mo

Cuilin @DrSabrinaMoldenReads 💓💓💓 2mo

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Imagining Argentina | Lawrence Thornton

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeAugust25
#BookedInTimeArgentina

I spent some time researching this one as it‘s not a location or period I‘ve read much about. I recommend Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín. I‘m still deciding what to read. Thoughts?

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47 @LitStephanie
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Suet624 Can‘t go wrong with Toibin. 2mo

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rwmg You might enjoy this one about what happened to Evita Peron's body after her death:

Santa Evita

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Cuilin @Suet624 Agreed!!!! 2mo

Cuilin @rwmg macabre but certainly intriguing 🤔 I guess it all adds to the myth and mystery of her life. 2mo

Amiable @rwmg Intriguing! 2mo

Itchyfeetreader I am so far behind on this challenge this year and this is a super intriguing prompt ! 2mo

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader oh there‘s no pressure here. I‘m a mood reader so even though certain prompts are assigned to particular months I just read a prompt whenever the mood hits. Though I am intrigued by this one

The Confessional

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AllDebooks I have picked about 4 books for this. But now I want Toibin as well. 📚 2mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks oh share your four books, please 🙏 2mo

AllDebooks

In Patagonia

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AllDebooks

The Real Odessa: How Peron Brought The Nazi War Criminals To Argentina

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AllDebooks Out of timeline but it's been on my tbr forever

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories