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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Halfway through my 2022 TBR.
I planned to read these 8 big books during this year and 4 of them are still missing 😅 I'll do my best to reach my goal

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#manicmonday #LetterG @CBee

📚 May I go with Gone with the wind? I'm still reading it and I'm loving it
👤 Robert Galbraith aka J.K. Rowling
🎬 Gone with the wind
👨‍🎤 Guns 'n roses
🎤 Ghost of you - My Chemical Romance

CBee Gone With the Wind is great! Make sure to watch the movie too when you‘re done with the book, it‘s worth it 😊😊 3y

Ast_Arslan @CBee I saw the movie many times as a kid, I'm really excited to watch it again after the reading. I can't wait 😂❤️ 3y

CBee @Ast_Arslan enjoy 😊 3y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

I can't wait to read that scene in the book!
I always loved that dress! In my opinion is the most iconic dress in the entire movie 😍

Ruthiella The Carol Burnett send up of this is hilarious. You can watch it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/-8wVvGQ0P4Y 3y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

'After all, tomorrow is another day!'

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EverydayImReading

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#Aphabetgame I read this book when I was 18 after I had watched the movie. And while the story of the indomitable Scarlett and Rhett Butler is absorbing it is also very underrated as an anti war book. Also add to that list of underrated anti war books is Captain Correllis mandolin.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cathythoughts Great review Sinead. I saw the movie years ago and loved it 👍🏻♥️ 3y

EverydayImReading I must have watched that movie 5/6 times 😬The book as usual has so much more. Its almost 1000 pages! 3y

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TheAromaofBooks

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#BookReport - The windowsill has remained mostly static this week. I always forget how nice weather cuts into reading time!! I've had so many outside projects underway, but things are starting to come together. I've included a picture of the side garden so you can see where my reading time has really been spent!! I checked off two of my chapter-a-day(ish) reads this week (bottom picture), but only one windowsill book, although I'm almost ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) halfway through Cress. Gone With the Wind continues to ruin my life with its absurdly long chapters, obnoxious Scarlet, and overall completely depressing story. But Scarlet isn't the only one who can grit her teeth and be stubborn, and I'm determined to finish this one, even if I hate it all the way! In contrast, I'm thoroughly enjoying the Jane Austen book, Treasure Island, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (surprisingly!), and #DraculaDaily.⬇ 3y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) The Ottomans is a bit of a struggle but it is quite interesting even if it is a bit dense. I've been reading it at breakfast, though, so maybe that's the problem! 😂

Only one week until vacation - gotta decide which of these books are coming with me when we head north!!

@Cinfhen 3y

MoonWitch94 Where are you vacationing? It‘s so hard to choose which ones make the cut. It‘s my biggest packing issue 😂 3y

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marleed Your garden is gorgeous! 3y

Ruthiella Your side garden is lovely! 😍 It‘s been a couple of decades since I read GwtW but I do remember being mostly exasperated by Scarlet, but then every so often she‘d redeem herself with her grit and gumption. 3y

JackOBotts Your garden is lovely! 💜 3y

wordslinger42 Oh gosh, this does not encourage me to conquer Gone With the Wind 😂😂😂 3y

Bookwormjillk Beautiful garden! We‘ve had rain every weekend but eventually I will get to mine! 3y

Suet624 How sweet your side yard is. 3y

Cinfhen I LOVE your side garden 🤩🤩🤩I‘d love to see more garden shots 🥰maybe it‘s time you remove Scarlett from the window 😂vacation time- yay!!!! Enjoy 3y

TheAromaofBooks @MoonWitch94 - We are off to Michigan's Upper Peninsula!! Neither of us has been there before and I'm excited about seeing Lake Superior. Anticipating chilly/possibly damp weather, but that just means more reading time 😂 I have definitely been known to load up a milk crate of books to take on vacation before. The paranoia of running out of reading material is REAL!! 3y

TheAromaofBooks @marleed @JackOBotts @Suet624 - Thank you!!! It's a lot of work but so lovely to enjoy. The tall shrubs are hibiscus with double blossoms and look absolutely GORGEOUS when they are in bloom!! 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Ruthiella - I do have a reluctant admiration for Scarlet who really does get stuff done no matter what it takes. But since she is literally the most selfish person I've ever read as MC, it makes it difficult to like her - literally everything she does is to protect herself, even caring for other people traces back to what they give her. She's ruthlessly practical and does literally whatever it takes to keep things going, but... not very likable😂 3y

TheAromaofBooks @wordslinger42 - So many people love this one, but I've found it rather depressing (considering the background), not even remotely romantic, & Scarlet, while full of grit, determination, & bulldogged endurance, is incredibly self-absorbed and not someone I find particularly likable. It's still really interesting from a historical perspective of both the story itself and the time it was written, so it's worthwhile to me... but not one I'll reread😂 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - You know I'm usually about bailing on books that aren't working, but I really do want to finish this classic. It's very interesting from a historical perspective, even if Scarlet makes me so mad sometimes!!! The side garden is coming along very happily. We got the ponds cleaned out today so the fish and frogs (we bought the fish & then they multiplied; the frogs brought themselves haha) are pleased. I love watching them swim around!! 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - We have had SO MUCH RAIN in April!!! This week was the first time we've had more than two consecutive days without rain in I can't remember how long! Hopefully you can get out in the garden soon. It's been honestly delightful to get my hands in some dirt this week!!! 3y

MoonWitch94 @TheAromaofBooks Have a fantastic trip!!! That sounds lovely. I bring a bag of books with me on every vacation (even if I‘m flying)! It‘s my thing. And then I buy one somewhere along my way, too. #bookwormproblems 3y

TheAromaofBooks @MoonWitch94 - Yes!! I love buying at least one book on every trip. It's so fun to have a “useful“ memento!! 3y

CindyMyLifeIsLit Your side garden is beautiful—what a lovely reading spot! I hope you find some enjoyment in GWtW. It‘s one of my favorites, partly because Scarlett was my first ever unlikeable but interesting protagonist. It looks like Cary Elwes‘s As You Wish is checked off! Did you finish it? How did you like it? We use Princess Bride to teach archetypes and I love telling the kids the “behind-the-scenes” stories! 😁 3y

TheAromaofBooks @CindyMyLifeIsLit - I do have a reluctant admiration for Scarlet, but it doesn't keep me from wanting to shake her half the time 😂 I absolutely loved As You Wish, it was just so warm and friendly. I would have loved more details and more stories, but thoroughly enjoyed what was there - already passed it on to my parents who are also huge fans of the movie!! 3y

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Blueberry

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

1. Yes
2. Gone with the Wind 🔥🌪️

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @WJCintron.
I tag @NataliePatalie.

JudeCC 👍 😃
I haven't read that one!!! I'll stack it!! 3y

TheSpineView A classic! Thanks for playing! 3y

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OrangeMooseReads

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Went to browse Kindle Unlimited because I don‘t already have 100s of ebooks to read.
Anyway, WHAT IS THIS COVER?

LeahBergen 😳😳 3y

TrishB Lol! 3y

Chrissyreadit That‘s hysterical! 3y

Librarybelle I had to do a double take look at that! 😂 3y

sprainedbrain 😂 3y

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Suchethaaahh

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

“Tomorrow I‘ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.” — Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

#BookQuotes
#MorningQuotes
#Motivation
#xoxoAllTheWayFromIndia

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rather_be_reading

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

New Year, New Reading Goals. Reading all the Classics in my library This is a small sample that I pulled for now.

HollyBolly I'm hoping to read more classics this year too! 4y

rather_be_reading @HollyBolly good luck to us! 4y

Itchyfeetreader Love your tbr box ! 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Thank to @The_Penniless_Author for tagging me 💚

1. To finally receive THAT book 😅🤣
2. Definetely no! I will work until the end of the month and I hate to drive while snowing 😅

TheSpineView I agree with you on #2. I want snow only if I can sit at home and watch it. Thanks for playing! 4y

Ast_Arslan @TheSpineView 😂😊❤ 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Just finished chunkster number 3!! I read this 30 years ago, but I loved it so much more this time around. Gone With The Wind was also my #bookspin for September.

I‘m so glad I have a little time for this very real book hangover before I start Lonesome Dove on 10/1. Love! Love! Love!

@TheAromaofBooks @Amiable @Kelly326 @CoverToCoverGirl #chunksterchallenge2021

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!!! 4y

Amiable Hooray! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4y

CoverToCoverGirl Fantastic! 👏👏 You are killing it! 🙂 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

I‘m almost 2/3 of the way through...and in other news, we adopted a new dog! Meet Daisy (she‘s quite the nervous Nellie)!
#chunksterchallenge2021
@Amiable

DGRachel Daisy is beautiful! Hi Daisy! 👋🏻 4y

OriginalCyn620 Aww! Daisy is so beautiful! 🐶❤️ 4y

CoverToCoverGirl Hey there Daisy! 👏🏻🎉😍 4y

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Therewillbebooks Goldens are like that! 4y

JenReadsAlot So cute!! 4y

BookNAround What a pretty girl. We had a much loved Daisy years ago. 4y

Amiable Awww, look at that face! 4y

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sofiamay68

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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Great book about personality of woman.

bthegood Welcome to Litsy! 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

So, now that I‘m about 100 pages in, I‘m pretty sure I read this in high school. This might be my longest re-read...until I tackle War and Peace again. 🤣
#chunksterchallenge2021
@Amiable

Amiable Nothing like carrying a 1,000-page book to the beach with you! 😃 4y

GinaKButler @Amiable 🤣🤣 It‘s so readable, though! (And, I‘ve been sleeping in, so I needed to get caught up). 4y

CoverToCoverGirl Such a vibrant photo! Sun in the sun. 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Here we go! My third chunkster of the year! I‘m planning on 15 pages per day and should finish by the end of September!

#chunksterchallenge2021
@Amiable

Amiable Yay! How many pages is this one? 4y

Amiable Also, when do we start “Lonesome Dove”? I forget! Are we looking at Oct. 1-ish? 4y

GinaKButler @Amiable This copy has 959 pages. I have Lonesome Dove for Oct-Dec. 😊 4y

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CoverToCoverGirl Yay! I read it many years ago and quite liked it, the movie (IMO)was horrible. 4y

GinaKButler @CoverToCoverGirl I feel like I read this in high school, but I‘m just not sure? Is it terrible I‘m already starting a list of chunksters for 2022? #cantstopwontstop 4y

CoverToCoverGirl Not terrible, I‘m doing the same thing! 😂 4y

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mjtwo

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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1-14 July 2021 (audiobook)
I watched the movie so often in my childhood and teens and, as a hopeless romantic, wished for an alternate ending. I also read the book and the sequel, Scarlett, which even as a teen I knew was not great but was willing to forgive to see Rhett and Scarlett together.
Reading today, I was shocked by the depiction of the klan and the relentless racism. ⬇️

mjtwo Yes, I still gave it a pick - honestly I love the character development, the depiction of the fall of a civilisation and Rhett - but it does make me very uncomfortable and there were a number of parts that were difficult to read. How should books from earlier eras be judged? Can they still be enjoyed when they depict a view of history that is so biased and offensive, and certainly not aligned with my values and beliefs? I am not sure. (edited) 4y

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Mccall0113

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Getting ready to embark on my first read along!

Rachbb3 So good! 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Tagged by @mandarchy 🧡💚

1. Here we are 😆
2. I can carry a lot of books ♡ Thanks to the kindle app for PC or for phone I can read anywhere ♡

@Mavey you're tagged

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 💛📔📚 4y

Ast_Arslan @TheSpineView 😁😊🧡 4y

mavey Thanks for the tag!😊 4y

Ast_Arslan @Mavey ❤ 4y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#CuriousCovers
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

#blackandwhite covers are always gorgeous for me 🤍🖤🤍🖤

Day 3

mavey Cruel Prince😍 and Scarlett! 4y

Ast_Arslan @Mavey I still have to read them 🤣😅 4y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Me too! 🖤📚🤍 4y

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mavey @Ast_Arslan 😂I have only read the Folk Of Air Series! 4y

Eggs Agree! 🖤⚪️🖤 4y

mavey Ooh! I've heard the story from a friend. Looking at the cover of Gone With The Wind, I'm being reminded of this Game Of Thrones quote, "A very small man can cast a very large shadow."
'She might be small but she leaves a large shadow!' 4y

Ast_Arslan @Mavey I saw the movie many times and I agree with the 2 quotes xD 4y

mavey @Ast_Arslan 🤗✌🏻 4y

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estrellagris

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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This book was a sweet torture, at one minute you are completely thrown off course by the startling intensity of the passion described, and the next you are made to shamefully submit your desire for more by the painful shunning out through raw practicality of life. I was simultaneously crying, shouting, happy, frustrated and all the more perplexed by how the events in the story unfolded. It definitely took a heavy toll on my heart 💔

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Eggs

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

COVETOUS: having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Scarlett O‘Hara coveted Melanie Wilkes‘ husband Ashley in a serious way...but as time passed, Scarlett FOUND the sad truth of the situation..

#covetous #springsentiments @Eggs

#lost #oppositeday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs

TheKidUpstairs I've had this one on my shelf forever! 4y

Freespirit I loved it.. must re-read it one day💕 4y

AmyG A favorite book! Great choice. 4y

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Eggs @TheKidUpstairs go ahead - give it a try ❣️ 4y

Eggs @Freespirit 💕💕 4y

Eggs @AmyG Thanks 💕 4y

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STORYBOOK-CAFE

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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Gone with the Wind, novel by Margaret Mitchell, published in 1936.

AmyG I loved this book. 4y

rubyslippersreads @AmyG Me too, and this is a great cover! 4y

Freespirit An old favourite of mine 😊 4y

CoverToCoverGirl I‘ve read this three times and I‘m not a fan of the movie. 4y

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EadieB

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

#TwoForTuesday @TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!

1. Scarlett O‘Hara

2. I like a good plot otherwise I would get bored with the book.

Can you play?
@intothehallofbooks @candority @Susanita @Kenyazero
@PurpleyPumpkin @bookishnerd @angel1 @Mollyanna

TheSpineView Scarlett is a good one. I didn't think of her. Thanks for playing! 4y

EadieB @TheSpineView You‘re welcome! 4y

eeclayton Scarlett O'Hara, what a great choice! 4y

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EadieB @eeclayton Thanks! 4y

PurpleyPumpkin Gaahh, just realized I missed posting! Thanks for the tag. 🙂 4y

EadieB @PurpleyPumpkin you‘re welcome! No problem! 4y

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SpookyDonut

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Had a struggle getting into Adjustment Day, so I‘m going to try to digest it in smaller pieces. While browsing my bookcase, I remembered I had this older edition of Gone with the Wind that I picked up a couple years ago in NC. 1954 Perma Book edition. It was obviously well-loved before ending up in my hands. #gonewiththewind #margaretmitchell #classic #booktomovie #paperback

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suvata

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

A first-edition copy of Margaret Mitchell‘s Gone with the Wind is noteworthy in its own right, but this one contains a secret: a hidden compartment used to conceal a .32-caliber pistol. The FBI's Laboratory Division received this artifact in 1941, but they were unable to identify the weapon.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/635748/artifacts-fbi-photo-archives?utm_medi...

BennettBookworm Woahhhhh fascinating 5y

suvata @BennettBookworm I know. What a way to ruin a first edition! 5y

BennettBookworm Seriously!!! 5y

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Coleen_Nieto

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg

I'm grateful for Democracy! For the right to vote and for all the hardworking people working the election.
@DaveGreen777 @ozma.of.oz @Jovy @obviateit @Originalcyn620
#thankfulthursday
@cosmos_moon

obviateit Thank you for the tag! 😊 5y

OriginalCyn620 Thanks for the tag! 😊 5y

Jovy Same! Thanks for the tag! 😃 5y

Nute Yes! 5y

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Cazxxx

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

This sums up how I feel today after having to spend the whole day in bed ill. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, chronic illness can be so unpredictable

obviateit I was in bed all day Sunday too! From one spoonie to another, I hope you‘re feeling better today. ❤️ 5y

Cazxxx @obviateit a little bit thanks I hope you are feeling better too 🤗 5y

obviateit @Cazxxx Much better, thanks! Not good, but much better. 😅🤗 5y

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Nebklvr

Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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So long. So whiny. So racist. I am so very happy to be done.

Cathythoughts This review makes me smile 😁. I did love the movie ... the book is so long though ... 5y

Nebklvr @Cathythoughts I watched the movie years ago and thought it was ok. I just don‘t get the love for this book which seems odd because there are several similarities between this book and some of my favorites. 5y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

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A true American classic, Gone With The Wind truly does live up to its reputation. It is a magnificent, page-turner of a book, and although quite a long book, kept me interested from the very 1st page. With the backdrop of the American Civil War and the years of recovery, the glorious Scarlett, this story's heroine, is not a conventional southern lady, as she overcomes many trials and tribulations with what can only be described as true "grit".

Freespirit It‘s a wonderful story! 5y

Yoricke_SouthAfrica @Freespirit I absolutely loved it. It is now in my top favourite books of all-time. 5y

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

Popcorn 🍿 and my book. Does not get much better than this 😊.

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Gone with the Wind | Margareth Mitchell

I'm just about halfway with this book and I'm really enjoying this one. I'm a huge fan of historical fiction, and considering this book was 1st published in 1936, the book gives great insight into that era.

Freespirit I loved this book when I read it many years ago💕 5y

Yoricke_SouthAfrica @Freespirit I stated my journey into "classics" with To Kill a Mockingbird and loved it so much, I had to continue the classics journey with this book. Really enjoying it. 5y

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