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Pollyanna
Pollyanna | Eleanor H Porter
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When an orphan comes to live with her stern maiden aunt, she not only manages to spread cheer and optimism among the townspeople, she also transforms the life of her lonely relative.
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tpixie
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This Saturday is Pollyanna Glad Day!
Wouldn‘t it be fun to one year have a #LitsyMeetUp in Littleton, NH?!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

https://gladdaynh.com/

rubyslippersreads I‘m glad none of my clothes came out of the missionary barrel. 🤣 5mo
TheBookHippie YAAAAAAS!!!! Oh what fun! 5mo
tpixie @rubyslippersreads lol yes!!! 5mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! Fun!! 🤩 5mo
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DebinHawaii
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#BookMoods #BigJuneReadathonPhotoChallenge

Doing another #twofer combining prompts for twodifferent photo challenges because could there be anyone with more #positivity than Pollyanna with her #bright & sunny disposition?!

Growing up I was a fan of the book & the movie with Haley Mills & I had the Disney movie tie in Golden Book too.
🌞🌻🌈🌼🦄🍭

Linsy I didn't even know this was a book as a kid, but I was obsessed with the movie!! I always wanted to be just like her. 2y
Eggs Love this❣️ I watched a lot of Hayley Mills‘ movies growing up 😊 2y
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mjtwo
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5-31 May2022 (audiobook)
A happy little tale and a reminder about the power of gratitude. Predictable and dated, but still quaint. A nice listen for Trixie and me on our commutes to and from school and activities.

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Blueberry
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"...there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it." ~Eleanor Porter, Pollyanna

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
#AlongCamePolly

Klou Nice play on the titles! 3y
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Butterfinger
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I think that Sara Crewes and Anne Shirley will always be my favorite orphan, but Pollyanna's positive attitude reminds me to be more intentionally kind to others. I have to remember to praise more than complain. #ChildrensClassics2021 @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍🤍 me too… 3y
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PurpleyPumpkin
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I really enjoyed May‘s pick for the #ChildrensClassicRead2021. It was a delight to read and the perfect pick-me-up! 4/5⭐️

Now it‘s time to get started on this month‘s pick and I‘m very much looking forward to it. 🙂

TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍🤍it took me a minute but now, I love it!!! 3y
PurpleyPumpkin @TheBookHippie Excellent!🙌🏽 3y
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MemoirsForMe
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This delightful book and its cheerful author—along with the charming film version with Hayley Mills—made me glad inside and out.
What a wonderful reminder to look for the good in every challenging situation!
Thanks to @TheBookHippie and our #ChildrensClassicRead2021 posse for making this such a memorable read!

batsy I haven't seen that adaptation! Also, the vintage cover is fab 😍 3y
TheBookHippie This was a much needed find for me. We are watching the movie today! 3y
MemoirsForMe @batsy You must run over to @TheBookHippie house and see the movie with them. 😉 3y
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MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie Yay! Can‘t wait to hear what you think of the movie. 3y
mrp27 I loved this movie when I was a kid. 3y
PurpleyPumpkin Can‘t believe that I haven‘t seen the movie! Maybe it‘ll be on Turner Classics one day.🍿 3y
MemoirsForMe @mrp27 Me too! 🙌🏻 3y
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin Oh, I hope you‘ll get a chance to see it! I‘m sure it‘s on Disney Plus and Amazon Prime, too. P.S. Thx so much for your wonderful letter! 🤗 3y
PurpleyPumpkin Oh yay, glad you received it!💜 Snail mail truly lives up to its reputation these days. 🤣 3y
MemoirsForMe So true! I‘m mailing your letter this week. Think it‘ll make it before Christmas? 😂 3y
PurpleyPumpkin Wanted to let you know that I received your letter last week! Seems to take about 2 weeks for transit. 😅 It‘s always wonderful to receive your letters, Donna. 💜 3y
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin 2 weeks? Not bad! And likewise, my friend! Let‘s keep spreading the gladness. 🤗❤️ 3y
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batsy
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This is yet another children's classic I've not read & I was happy to join in with the #ChildrensClassicRead2021 this month. Just based on how the term Pollyanna is used, I was afraid I'd find this syrupy & sentimental. But it surprised me! It *is* at heart a sweet story about an almost-perfect girl, but the humour & characterisation added charm. It was also a book that I read in bed over these few nights & found very comforting.

@TheBookHippie

PurpleyPumpkin Great review! I agree with everything you said. Such a lovely book. 💜 3y
readordierachel That's such a cute edition! 3y
MemoirsForMe Wonderful photo and review! 🙌🏻 3y
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tpixie Cute cover! Great review. I agree, there was substance and the cuteness wasn‘t too syrupy. (edited) 3y
batsy @readordierachel The illustrations inside are adorable, as well 🙂 3y
tpixie 💖💖💖 3y
TheBookHippie I had the very same fears!! How wonderful to find out it was just lovely! 3y
batsy @TheBookHippie Yes! I love when that happens 😁 3y
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I read this book for the first time. It is an uplifting read. This book consoled me that everything will be fine esp in this hard time of COVID-19 lockdown. I felt like I got a tight hug from this book. Thanks a trillion @TheBookHippie 😍🥰 I could have not find out this book.

#Childrenclassicread2021 #bookspinbingo #uplifting #feelgoodbooks

TheBookHippie It was a giant hug!!! So glad you enjoyed it!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I really love this one. 3y
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tpixie
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#ChildrensClassicRead2021 #May #Pollyanna

Such a touching, sweet moment
Pollyanna spreads joy everywhere she go.

Scochrane26 This is mostly all I remember of the Pollyanna book from when I read as a kid—the description of a prism. 3y
tpixie @Scochrane26 it‘s a delightful memory. Prisms are magical! 3y
TheBookHippie It‘s so wonderful 🤍 3y
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! 🥰 3y
Michael42 Interesting book 3y
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Daisey
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I first received and read this book in 1990, and although I remembered it being very cheery and overall enjoyable, that was all I remembered. This past week I very much enjoyed a reread. Yes, it‘s unbelievably optimistic and sweet, but currently I can appreciate a simple and wholesome story on the power of positive thinking where everything works out well in the end.

#ChildrensClassicRead2021 #reread #CatsOfLitsy

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 3y
TheBookHippie OH I love everything about this!!! Such a wonderful picture. I feel the same way it is such a hug in book form. 3y
Daisey @TheBookHippie “A hug in book form“ is such a perfect way to describe this story. 3y
tpixie @TheBookHippie perfect description! Pollyanna cracks me up! I‘m only 1/3 way through- and this kitty picture is just perfect- right where I‘m at! @Daisey she‘s precious. 3y
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Daisey
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It‘s been a long time since I read this book, probably since it was gifted to me by my grandparents in 1990. Joining in for a reread of such a cheery book sounds like a good plan. I made time for the first couple of chapters this evening.

#ChildrensClassicRead2021

annahenke Loved this movie as a kid but never read it! 4y
Daisey @annahenke I remember the book, but it‘s another movie I‘ve never seen. (edited) 4y
leah152 Don't think I ever read Pollyana 😊 4y
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TheBookHippie I'm so glad you joined in! I am loving it! 3y
Daisey @TheBookHippie Same here! It‘s the perfect cheery read for the stressful end of the school year. 3y
TheBookHippie @Daisey I SO AGREE! 3y
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Reagan
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I've just seen on Twitter that Hayley Mills has a memoir coming out in September and I've been preparing for this for my whole entire life. I'm going to preorder the heck out of this book. When I was little, we watched Disney on Sunday nights and let me just say, nobody was more excited than this gal when the Sunday night movie was Pollyanna. Oooh I can't wait!

Come-read-with-me I know the feeling! Best time to play the Glad Game! 4y
rubyslippersreads I can‘t wait for this bio. I remember my mom and grandma being scandalized when very young Hayley married a director old enough to be her father. 😱 4y
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ravenlee
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May #bookspinbingo board is ready! Tagged is #bookspin (as well as #childrensclassicread2021) and #doublespin is The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - I might actually get them both done this month. My #20in4 readathon is being sidetracked by a migraine (again) courtesy of weather changes and side effects of vaccine number one on Thursday, but I hope to finish Memorial Drive today or tomorrow. First up for bingo is In a Sunburned Country.

TheAromaofBooks Looks great!!! 4y
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PurpleyPumpkin
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Started reading this book today for this month‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2021 pick. I started listening while vacuuming and carried right on listening while I worked on my puzzle. Pollyanna seems like a very wise little girl. 🧩🎧

TheBookHippie I love a good jigsaw puzzle! 4y
PurpleyPumpkin @TheBookHippie I do too! But this one is taking me ages.😅Almost there… 4y
ladym30 That puzzle is gorgeous!❤️ 4y
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MemoirsForMe Gorgeous puzzle and book cover! I just stated my Pollyanna ebook last night. Have a great week, my friend! 🤗 4y
PurpleyPumpkin @UwannaPublishme Hope you‘re enjoying it so far! You have a great week too!😘 4y
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tpixie
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#ChildrensClassicRead #May
#ChildrensClassicRead2021
It‘s May Day!
Sitting down with my coffee and ebook (on my phone) to start #Pollyanna
there‘s been so many book covers over the years!

TheBookHippie How fun are these?! LOVE IT! 4y
tpixie @TheBookHippie 🧡💛💚 4y
MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 4y
tpixie @UwannaPublishme 💖💖💖 4y
Michael42 Love it friend and reach out to me through pearsonmicheal64@gmail.com 3y
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ElleMNOpe
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Pollyanna is like a slightly less mature Anne Shirley & is utterly adorable. I loved the narrative & her character (though I can see why some readers can find her a bit grating). The contrast & tension between her & Aunt Polly is well done & I enjoyed the evolution of their relationship. The writing is comfortable & moves quickly. It is a perfect middle grade level read. A little dated, but still holds great messages & a truly wholesome narrative.

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Sunraven
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“Miss Polly Harrington entered her kitchen a little hurriedly this June morning.”

That‘s the first line, but I think the rest of the paragraph is worth quoting, so to continue...

“Miss Polly did not usually make hurried movements; she specially prided herself on her repose of manner. But to-day she was hurrying—actually hurrying.”

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

TheAromaofBooks I really love Pollyanna - and there are some delightful sequels as well! 5y
Sunraven @TheAromaofBooks It had a pretty good ending! Although I found the beginning a tad skimworthy. 😆 I‘m contemplating whether I want to check out the sequels, anyway, hmm... 5y
TheAromaofBooks Porter wrote the sequel, Pollyanna Grows Up, which was okay but not great. Then another lady, Harriet Lummis Smith, wrote four more books. The third book in the series, Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms, was probably my favorite, with Pollyanna as a newlywed. There are several books after Smith's, but I didn't like the next author's books nearly as well, so I never did finish the series. 5y
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Sunraven @TheAromaofBooks Interesting! Thanks for all the information — I like the name of your favorite one, haha. I might have to check out at least the next two in the series at some point. 5y
TheAromaofBooks Back when I was reading these I tried to find out why/how multiple people wrote the series, but came up empty. I'm assuming the publisher owned the copyright for The Glad Books and so was allowed to have other people write the characters?? It's kind of random. Smith did a really lovely job maturing Pollyanna and making her a likable, although still very optimistic, adult. But the next lady made P genuinely cringe-worthy & it was kind of dreadful! 5y
Sunraven @TheAromaofBooks Also interesting! That reminds me of how the Conan the Barbarian books are written by umptybillion people.

And it looks like you‘re right — there‘s a copyright notice in this book that says the copyright belonged to L.C. Page & Co.: https://books.google.com/books?id=03li-gybKLAC&lpg=PP7&ots=EvI39nLRLF&dq=pollyan...
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TheAromaofBooks Ha! Interesting! 5y
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Mdargusch
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During the Book Depository sale I bought this for the cover and because I grew up loving the movie starring Hayley Mills. ❤️
It is a delightful book and we could all use a little more Pollyanna in our lives. 😁

#ReadWithMrBook #1wordtitle
#ClassicsChallenge2020

BookishMe 💗 Polyanna and her infectious optimism! 5y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders I used to babysit a girl back in my teenage years that was obsessed with Pollyanna. We watched the movie over and over again! 😊 5y
Mdargusch Right? @BookishMe she‘s so inspiring! 5y
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Mdargusch @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I need to rewatch it! 5y
Reviewsbylola Oooooh I need to read this I think! 5y
LeahBergen This is such a sweet read. 💞 5y
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MumWhoLovesToRead
Pollyanna | Eleanor Hodgman Porter
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Lovely read this will cheer you up inside

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TheEllieMo
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Pollyanna‘s perpetual gladness helped make sure that #EverybodysHappyNowadays

#RedRoseSeptember
@Cinfhen
@arlenefinnigan

arlenefinnigan I've never read this, it's a bit sad how 'Pollyanna' has become a bit of an insult 5y
TheEllieMo @arlenefinnigan has it? I wasn‘t aware! 5y
Ruthiella Good one! 5y
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#quotsyjune19 @TK-421 #positive “There is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.”

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Sarahreadstoomuch
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I‘m so *glad* that I read this! A sweet little classic for children, the story of Pollyanna will warm your heart. #LitsyAtoZ:P @BookishMarginalia #classicsclub #readmyowndamnbooks

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Book #2 of 2019. Pollyanna was beautiful and full of hope and wonder. I‘m surely GLAD to have read it and recommend it to anyone. 😊

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Chrissyreadit
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Love how Pollyanna created #crystaldays to spread gladness. #winterwonderland

Ruthiella I loved Haley Mills! 6y
TrishB Such memories!! 6y
tracey38 I loved this movie when I was young. Used to watch it all the time. Haven't seen it in years but would love it now, too. 6y
TheLudicReader Loved this movie so much as a kid. 6y
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It's a battle of the books vs movies. And might i say an interesting twist. I admit the format of talking, made me somewhat drag my feet to finish. But I was bound and determined to finish!
A story of a girl, that brightened the spirits of all in her new town, when she goes to live with her Aunt Polly, after losing both her parents.
Most is the same from the movie, to my memory. Except for one. And I will tell ya if you ask!

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OMG check out the wrapping on these babies!! And look at these cute fabric pumpkins!!! 😍😍 #swapoween #litsyswapoween
@BurghBookAddict @callielafleur < you awesome!!

bullbunny I just can't believe how late my mail was yesterday. To find it this morning 6y
Burghbookaddict @bullbunny My mail is always super late. At least it finally made it! 6y
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bullbunny
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Got my #hocuspocusswap now the resist to open begins

@freyaheart @rather_be_reading

freyaheart I just got the notification that it was delivered!! 6y
bullbunny Yeah funny, I got it. Same time stuff for you. Luckily I knew. Even though it didn't have my litsy name on it. The resist to open is hard!! You will get yours just in time. So you don't have to wait XD 6y
rather_be_reading yay!! 🎃 6y
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freyaheart It still hasn't arrived yet for me 6y
bullbunny @freyaheart soon it will be there, so very sorry 6y
freyaheart Did you like yours? 6y
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Lea
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I can still see the movie in my head from my childhood. It was lovely to revisit it as a book. It really makes you feel glad. I was a little surprised that the story was more mature than I recall from the movie of my childhood. A great one for all ages. #readwomen

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Chelsibno
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I just finished rereading this classic! While some people may consider it too saccharine for their tastes, I have always enjoyed the book and movie. Looking on the bright side of a situation is a skill that can help anyone.

ReadingEnvy I loved this movie when I was young! 7y
rubyslippersreads @ReadingEnvy I still ❤️ the movie. 😊 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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Ok, Hayley Mills is British, but Pollyanna and Jimmy Bean are #youngamericans. Plus they're reading. 😄 #septembowie

Cathythoughts Beautiful 💕 7y
AmyG I loved Haley Mills when I was a kid. ( my age is showing) 7y
Cinfhen I love the background design 💙💙💙 7y
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Cinfhen And THE PARENT TRAP @AmyG (edited) 7y
AmyG @Cinfhen Yes...the best Parent Trap. And The Trouble With Angels. 7y
Cinfhen Don't remember that one @AmyG 7y
AmyG @Cinfhen Girls in a Catholic boarding school. I loved it. (edited) 7y
Cinfhen Yes!!!! Vaguely familiar @AmyG and now im gonna go to YouTube 7y
rubyslippersreads @AmyG @Cinfhen I love The Trouble With Angels—both the movie and the book! 7y
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Chelsibno
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I've never seen a more #cheerful character in fiction. What would you expect from the creator of the Glad Game? I just rewatched the movie a few weeks ago and realized I should reread the book. #JubilantJuly
@RealLifeReading

Bklover Great pick! Loved the books and the movie! 7y
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Abailliekaras
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My daughter has run out of books to read - I've just discovered this beautiful 1938 edition of Pollyanna which was a favourite of mine growing up - hopefully she'll love it too! 😊

Eyelit That's lovely! 8y
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BookBabe
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#BookNDinner! Chinese buffet edition. Comfort food to go with a comfort read. 😊 Happy reads & happy eats!

Alfoster Have you finished The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley yet? I just did and am curious what you think. 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess Lovely! Did you see my post about the buttons? I tagged you.😃 8y
rubyslippersreads "Glad" you're enjoying your book and dinner. ? 8y
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Smangela @rubyslippersreads I see what you did there 😉😉 8y
Branwen Yummy! Enjoy! :-) 8y
BookBabe @Alfoster omg, I loved it! It has a couple minor flaws, but overall I think it's a fantastic book. What did you think? 8y
Alfoster Yes, I agree! Didn't see where it was going and lagged a little 3/4 of the way through but was very satisfying overall! Love coming-of-age novels that are quirky! 8y
MrBook 😍😍😍 8y
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Jlee745
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These are 12 books I've chosen from the last 12 decades to read for 2017. Any hints for a title for this challenge?

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Nenacolours
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'Ehi Papà, Can You Read for me?"
I remember when I was baby The Story of #Pollyanna reading by My father.
#booktober
#booklove
#childrenstory

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LisaJo
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Visited Littleton, NH. Birthplace of Eleanor Hodgman Porter. It is "The Glad City." #NewEnglandBookStores