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Finally finished! Took me three weeks to finish! Really enjoyed this one. A detail-heavy family saga featuring two families on opposing sides before the Southern secession. I‘m always fascinated at the ways people justified their loyalties. Each character falls at a totally different place on the anti-slavery/pro-slavery line. Astounding to me how the issues in this story felt like today‘s news. Started slow but by the end, I couldn‘t put it down.

I‘m a little bit over halfway thru and it had a slower start than I anticipated. It has finally picked up (duel! train wreck!) and I‘m enjoying it. I really like George and Orry and their deep friendship.

#currentlyreading I‘ve been planning to read this for years. No better time than now. I can‘t believe I haven‘t seen the miniseries.

I‘m about 100 pages in, enjoying it so far. #chunkster

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Prompt: Gone With the Wind

First day of social distancing spent well 😄

Giving my books to mom so she can finish the trilogy (she unknowingly read book 3 first). I only read book 1 back in high school. I remember really liking it. I must have bought book 2 but never got around to it. This trilogy will have to wait for me to read it until I‘m retired! Ha!

My second hand shop finds for this weekend. I finally have all the series John Jakes wrote. It was a good day. 😊

Elkanah Bent is one #JealousGuy , whose ideas of revenge wreak havoc on Orry Main and George Hazard throughout this series. #MarchIntoThe70s

I have this on my TBR stack to reread. I remember loving it as well as the miniseries. Has anyone read this recently?
#winnertakesall #abbainaugust

So, I finally finished the book. It feels like it‘s been forever, but according to goodreads it‘s only been eight days. I loved it, as I knew I would. I‘m mildly disappointed that the ‘evil‘ characters are both often described as fat, and that the only woman with (much) agency over herself is again, cast as a villain. But, when you think about that it was written in the eighties, about the 1800‘s I‘m neither shocked or put off by it. ⬇️

Another gorgeous day for outside reading. ☺️ I‘m hoping to finish off this #chunkster soon as I need to get started on my next #postlit choice!

And as a follow up to my last post, here‘s a conversation I just had with my roommates 🙃

Good lord I forgot how much of a #chunkster this book is. I am really enjoying reading outside again though. Our house faces a relatively busy street but it‘s an older neighbourhood and so there are trees and birds and I‘m really enjoying the peace after a loooooonnnggg work weekend.

I‘m grateful to have books to escape into when I‘m weary and anxious. The last few days I‘ve constantly been one, the other, or both. 😣🧡

YUM. Has anyone else tried Halo top ice cream? We tried it tonight and I‘m in love! It‘s also a great low carb option for type one diabetics or anyone else going low carb! The chocolate chip cookie dough plus this amazing book equals a great night!

I know I‘ll pay for this in the morning but it‘s late and I can‘t sleep in this heat anyway so I might as well take advantage of the time.

So gas is ridiculously expensive so I thought I‘d try and fill at Costco. Looks like I‘m not the only genius here today. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The long wait makes for a good excuse to read!

So excited to get back into this world. I‘ve always found the dichotomy of the states pre civil war to be utter fascinating. Also Georgia is always up for a photo op! #historicalfiction #dogsoflitsy

📗North and South. Now that I‘ve read Lonesome Dove and The Thorn Birds, I think I need to reread this series!
🧀Macaroni and cheese 🤤
⛰ Broadchurch! I saw some others recommend this show on Litsy and I binge watched it with my husband. Of course I love a good murder mystery.

I wanted to read this series because I've become interested in the Civil War era. It's an excellent book, and very timely. Often we can only see the division and hear the differences between ourselves, but we need to remain united as human beings.

I‘ve been terrible with the photo challenges of late, but I certainly need to participate in the #150PnPCoverParty ! #Money helps with social standing, naturally. While the tagged book delves into so many issues and complications, it‘s a story of two well-to-do families and the bond that grows between them before the US Civil War. First in the epic trilogy.

#LitsyQuestions

1. I've had a few reading slumps over the years, whether due to work commitments or some dark periods in my life.
2. The tagged book got me out of one of these slumps.
3. I pick up one of MC Beaton's mystery series
4. Barnes and Noble, local mystery bookstore, and, thanks to Litsy, Book Outlet
5. Nancy Drew
6. I try not to laugh out loud, but am not always successful
7. Better cropping feature??

Oh John James...perfect balance of historical fiction and smutty romance! #compasspoints #jubilantjuly

I was obsessed with this series in high school. One evening, I caught a rerun of the 1980s miniseries, and I was hooked. Being the bookworm that I am (even back then), I found out it was a book first. Jakes is a marvelous storyteller - packed with history (US Civil War era) and steamy romance, I easily escape to a different place and time. This is the first in the North and South trilogy, and my favorite. Very long read, but worth it. #35bookparty