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My adult daughter is addicted to this & keeps telling me to watch it, just started it ~but then said “I don‘t own a copy of this book”… “oh look TARGET has books buy 2 get one free”. How many did I get?!? 😵‍💫😵‍💫🤣🤣 #ICANTTALKABOUTIT #WHATHAPPENEDTOMYBOOKBUYINGBAN 😵‍💫

Romances to Read After the Buccaneers https://youtu.be/TQumYIVlNpk

How did the Buccaneers show stack up against the book? https://youtu.be/kQ60SGelmWE

I'm going live to chat the Buccaneers (the book) on Youtube in approximately 30 minutes at 1 p.m. CST and would love to see anyone there (live or in the replay). Sorry for the short notice! I definitely forgot to post about it here ahead of time. https://www.youtube.com/live/-qrY5xc-ELc?si=VLkjWVC1YPHvUc2R

I'm doing a readalong of the Buccaneers that will culminate in a Youtube Live next weekend. Last minute--but if you want to join or lurk I'd be happy to have you!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/c2502714-de51-4677-bb8d-9deb1868a157

https://youtu.be/1wDmW4JujnY?si=wx33EQlkxcnfxDZk

I like both of the novels mentioned!
Who has read this?
Anyone watch the 1995 mini series?
A new adaptation will be coming out soon in November 2023 on Apple TV+.

#Whartonbuddyreads @Graywacke

Just spotted this first look at Appletv+ new series starting in November. I'll be watching 👀

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-buccaneers/

Lots of 1870‘s upper class drama and intrigue when young, beautiful, American girls invade the high society of an unsuspecting England. Wharton passed away before her novel was completed but Mainwaring did a good job finishing with Wharton‘s notes.

This should appeal to fans of ‘Pride & Prejudice‘ or ‘Downton Abbey‘.

Great advice from their governess!

“Sometimes life seems like a match between oneself and one‘s gaolers. The gaolers, of course, are one‘s mistakes; and the question is, who‘ll hold out longest?”

Marion Mainwaring did an admirable job completing this unfinished Wharton tale, although I‘ll always wonder how Wharton might have twisted it still more herself. It‘s a tale of young beauties, ostracized by New York high society as “new money”, visiting London and taking the town by storm, and all the complications that arrive thereafter. The old prejudices, the allure of the new & fresh, and the clash of cultures all mix for a splendid novel.

Hiding out in the 7 year olds room to finish (ha! Make progress maybe) on this book from LAST Christmas so I can start on my TBR pile from THIS Christmas 🎄 #bookwormproblems #holidayedition

Happy Sunday, #Littens #newdaynewbook

Which one should I read next? #TBR

I've wanted to read this ever since watching the miniseries in high school, so I may have been predisposed to like this book, but I loved it! This gave me the same sort of, anglophile warmth as I Capture the Castle, but with an added dose of Wharton tragedy. It's a shame Wharton died before the novel could be completed but even the sort of 2/3 she finished stand on their own.

Not just one #richgirl, this novel features five, all being traded by their families for titles. #melodicmay @jenniferw88

Day 5 #DressesOnCovers #ReadJanuary This was an interesting read - most of it written by Wharton but unfinished at her death. This edition was finished by someone else, based on the screenplay of the BBC miniseries. The endings of both have been heavily criticized but oh, those dresses! The book is posed on one of my own "fancy" dresses.

One letter, four choices. Which should I read? The fourth is Mad Black Wheel.

I have definitely dated this guy.

"...because London's London, and London life the most exciting and interesting in the world, and once you've got the soot and the fog in your veins you simply can't live without them; and all the poor hangers-on and left-overs know it as well as we do."