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1. I've been to my share of world-famous museums, but for my money none are as enjoyable as the Corning Museum of Glass. I never get tired of visiting.

2. Nothing was coming to me, so had to cheat and google something.

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“I can see that living alone, as you do, leaves empty space around you, and that can feel lonely. Living together with other people, as I do, can feel lonely, too.”
A beautiful and touching epistolary novel about a farmer's wife and a museum curator seeking second chances at life and love. So charming and heartfelt…

#Museum

#StorySettings

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Sweet little exchange of letters between two strangers who share their thoughts, hopes and daily or weekly goings on.

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#MayMontage This is written as #Letters between an English farmwife and a Danish museum curator. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is a lovely epistolary novel from 74 -year-old debut author Anne YOUNGson, about a farmer's wife and a museum curator seeking second chances 💚💚

#TemptingTitles #WithYouthOrYoung

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

One of my favorite type of novels is one made of letters. Found this one at the thrift store. Hopefully it will be good.

This epistolary novel was soooooo good! 5⭐️
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This all-epistolary book is a gem! Listening to the audio really gives you the delicate nuances of the 2 MCs. #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
Somehow I‘ve disappeared from the tag list for the daily challenge…would you be so kind to re-insert me?

This short and moving epistolary novel is a real gem. A farmer‘s wife in England writes to the curator of a Danish museum inquiring about the Tollund Man. A correspondence ensues and a friendship grows. And bonus, it sent me down a rabbit hole researching bog bodies which I find fascinating.

#Epistolary #BookMoods
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

An intriguing book.

3.75/5

Read for #ReadHarderChallenge2022

A lovely first read for 2022. It was gentle and quiet, just what my soul needs in this time of chaos outside my door. I didn‘t love what Youngson did to wrap Tina‘s story up but it was redeemed by the ending.

At the beginning of 2021, I gathered all the books that were lying around in different piles around the house, vowing to get them read before the end of the year. I came pretty close - just 3 remain! So of course, instead of finishing them off, I‘ve pulled way too many more books to add to the stack for my #JanuaryTBR. Good thing I don‘t go back to work until the 10th.

Starting my #bookspin for October. It‘s always interesting to find a book with a different structure!

@TheAromaofBooks

Here we go!! October‘s #bookspin is Meet Me At The Museum and my #doublespin is The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Thanks so much for hosting. @TheAromaofBooks

4⭐️ || Epistolary, reflective, charming. Through letters, two people form an unexpected friendship with a shared appreciation for the Tollund Man (which I personally find haunting). This book is quiet... just what I needed.

Yay! Thank you @Read-y_Picker I'll read these as quick as I can and get them off to @BookishTrish

#LMPBC
@DinoMom

My favorite thing about this epistolary novel is Youngson‘s descriptions of what the characters see and how they see. So richly detailed and I appreciate this way of truly looking and seeing the world. Tina writes to an author of a book about the Tollund man and receives a response from the curator, Anders instead. Sometimes it may be easier to get to be ourselves and say what we need to say to find out about ourselves to strangers. Pick

Such a lovely epistolary story. Gentle and kind. Tina mad Anders story is tender and charming.

I loved this sweet epistolary novel!!! A perfect read for these troubled times

6-3-22: My 59th finished book of 2021! Tina and Anders correspond through letters and emails. What started as a mistake flourishes into something much greater than either expected. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏼📖#️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ #meetmeatthemuseum #anneyoungson

No idea where I read about this, ordered from a little independent bookstore just outside of my city. It‘s delightful so far 💚 I love an epistolary novel ( at least that‘s how it starts out )

Got my weekend plans right here. #readandtea #lmpbc #groupx #round11 thanks @DinoMom I especially love the pad of bookmarks 😍

Heading to the post office today to send #LMPBC pick off. @Read-y_Picker @BookishTrish @TheKidUpstairs

Although compared to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, having just started that book, I feel that Meet Me At the Museum is a much quieter epistolary novel, as the correspondence is just between two people. Still, so much happens between the beginning and end of this small book, that if feels like a much bigger story. This beautifully written book gave me all the feels.

Sitting at the new office waiting for the internet company to arrive sometime between 11 and 2! Just me, and a big empty space , So why not get cracking on my #impbc #groups11x pick. @TheKidUpstairs @BookishTrish @Read-y_Picker @suvata

The narration of this book is fantastic! The midlife characters ask all the questions one does at this stage which made it relatable, but the story trajectory was a bit predictable.

Audio sweet treat baking today! Loving the narration of this epistolary novel - quiet and reflective.

Hidden Brownie Love - brownies with cookie crust bottoms and either an Oreo or Reeces surprise inside. 😃

Still in the February deep freeze with our current high at -7F and dropping to -23F tonight. In the depths of winter I can‘t remember why I was so miserable in August and in August I can‘t recall ever being cold. 😜

Thank you @CindiB for my #littlechristmasswap . I have never heard of this book but it definitely sounds really good and I am looking forward to reading it. I love being introduced to new 📚 books! The card is beautiful and the fudge is so good!!!!!!!
Thanks @bookish_wookish for organizing this great swap!

Loved this. Watching the letters exchanging and seeing their relationship building was a fabulous way for the story to unfold. Gentle, searching, careful, caring, a specific interest and a letter of inquiry, led to a new life. I borrowed this from the library; I will buy it to keep. 5/5 @TheAromaofBooks

☕️ Is the pope Catholic 🤣🤣

☕️ Epistolary novels remind me of coffee bc I enjoy coffee while doing correspondence. I loved this book so much on audio ❤️🎧💗

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A sweet, gentle epistolary novel that many would probably find boring. I loved it for its intimacy, for its older protagonists, for the hope it offers- the characters need not settle for what they have. Neither their ages, nor their families, nor their communities should be able to confine them to roles that no longer fit. Especially when those roles never satisfied.

Dear young girls,
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I have such #affection for this epistolary novel, its settings and especially the characters/actors on the audio. In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen, an urbane man of facts, has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn‘t remember choosing. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, they begin writing letters to one another. #aboutaugust

“Meet Me at the Museum” is a beautiful story of unlikely friendship told through alternating letters. I enjoyed this cozy read and will be keeping an eye out for more work by Anne Youngson. This was a great 4 star read for me.

My full review is up on my blog now 📚

Book mail today! Meet me at the Museum was one of the personal literary prescriptions recommended by Oxford University ?. América jumped into the cart. Didn‘t know it‘d be such a big book — hopefully informative.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the little anecdotes contained in the letters and hearing the stories of Tina and Anders lives changing.

Need a literary prescription? Some of you have already gotten one. Go to https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/literary-clinic . I asked for books with happier endings and MCs in my age range and this is the prescription I got 😊. All look intriguing. Tagged book was already stacked. Only one I‘ve read already was Olive Kitteridge, years ago, and I did like it. Have you read any of these recommendations? Use hashtag #literaryclinic if you do this 😊

When the book you‘re reading matches where you work 😍🏛 #BritishMuseum

Yes, finally! Thanks to #doubleSpin I have managed to get through the garrulous correspondence ;p So thanks again @TheAromaofBooks

I enjoy epistolary books but I think I will check the length of letters next time I pick one 😅😅
It has its heartwarming moments, within the ruminations.
I guess I did not have the patience when I read this. set in #Denmark if anyone is interested.

Meanwhile, I am happily halfway through my doublespin 12!

Less than 50 pages left in my #doubleSpin book! yay 😁😁
While I am enjoying the beginning of my #BookSpin 12, it's expected I will complete the tagged book since I have been reading it intermittently for more than half a year 😏😳😏
While skimming through the humdrum of their thoughts, I admire how beautifully the friendship has evolved through the detailed letters. #nowReading

A charming read told in letters of an older man and woman who become "pen pals" after she writes to him, as he is the curator of a museum, looking for information about a book that was dedicated to her and some other school age girls 50 years ago. The author of said book has passed on, but this curator answers the woman's letter and before long they become very close, opening up to each other about life, love, and marriage. Character driven book.

Correspondence between a Britishstay at home mum/farmer and a Danish Museum Curator. Connected via a museum exhibit thousands of years old. Exploring friendship and relationships via correspondence.
Excellent story and beautifully written

Finished this #bookclub selection tonight. I didn‘t care much for it. The book is written in letter format which I thought was fine, but I didn‘t like one of the two main characters so basically I didn‘t enjoy 50% of the book. The ending brought some redemption, but I wouldn‘t have read this one if not for book club.

This was a fast read. A story told though letters examining lives and all the relationships and personalities that define them. A lovely coming of age story for those past their middle years.

Really enjoyed how this book unfolded slowly throughout letters to one another. Tina Hopgood, a farmer‘s wife exchanges letters with Danish museum curator, Anders Larsen. From the mundane and daily experience to the depth of existence, they cover and share so much together.

It might have just been a right time, right book situation, but I loved this novel. Tina, in England, writes a letter to a professor that she doesn‘t know has passed away and Anders, in Denmark, responds on his behalf. The two continue to exchange letters getting to know one another, as well as learning more about themselves. #LitsyAtoZ #Y #Booked2019 #FoodOnCover (raspberries)

This #audiobook kept me company on a sleepless night. It‘s a quiet, epistolary novel. The two correspondents are at a similar place in their lives—examining past choices, their current loneliness, and the changes they need to make to create a happier future for themselves. They develop a beautiful friendship that may very well deepen into love.

I'm bailing at 25% (1:37:11 in audio)—not digging the letters between Tina and Anders, which are lacking the humor and emotion of 84 Charing Cross Road or The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.