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I‘ve wanted to reread THE LONG SECRET ever since I reread HARRIET THE SPY a few years back, and I finally found a copy in a Little Free Library near the park! (The public library discarded it ages ago and the local used market couldn‘t oblige me.) I dove in over a chocolate stout cupcake with salted caramel icing (delish) and a cappuccino (substandard, especially after the awesome one I had earlier this week).

I read and loved HARRIET THE SPY when I was a kid, and upon reading it again as an adult not too long ago I still very much enjoyed it. But I don't remember reading this book, or the next book, SPORT, when I was younger. This book is more about Harriet's friend Beth Ellen than about Harriet, and I quite enjoyed it.

This book (not this edition — a lovely hardback that was a gift) taught me the cruel lesson not to lend my books. The girl I loaned it to in junior high returned it in a disastrous condition. #cruelsummer #junetunz

Also the source of one of my favorite quotes: "Never be afraid to wear glasses." ?

Ever since I reread Harriet the Spy awhile back I've wanted to read the sequel, which I don't think I read as a kid.

#bookmail #louisefitzhugh #bookmooch

I recently reread this book nearly 40 years since the first time I read it as an 11-year old and it damned sure holds up. In fact, I'm impressed by my 11-year-old self for recognizing its genius and loving it so completely.