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I found my very old copy of Cluny Brown. A very longtime favourite - in not too bad shape considering it was printed in 1946

Cluny Brown! 😄 Definitely a woman finding her own place in a changing world.

The end was unexpected!

Back in my happy place again! Glorious! 🤓

Life is still conspiring against reading in long stretches though.

I‘m sneaking in some fun reading! Woot! I‘m currently sitting amidst a deafening trampoline park, but I‘m so happy to be dipping into this I don‘t care. 😁

Book mail! Because a little Litsy bird said I should. 😉

The story of Cluny Brown , a young woman who is dying to experience life. She is sent into service in the countryside.. and so the tale unfolds. The turn of events is heartwarming and surprising. Thanks Leah , I stayed up a bit late last night to see how it all turned out. 👍❤️ I loved it ! Great characters and Margery Sharp wrote with such great insight into human nature.

You often hear this … ‘married twenty-six years and never a hard word‘

‘Never a cross word between them ‘ … 🤔 I‘m always a little sceptical of this kind of talk. Come on !! Or maybe I‘m more of a crank 😂

#WeeklyForecast
I‘m in a mood where I don‘t know what I want to read next… but the tagged book is decided upon for today . Coffee and chocolate to get me going first 👍

Happy reading week all 👍❤️
Hi Cindy 👋

Found the tagged book in this cute #LFL on my walk this morning!
#littlefreelibrary

I've been a bit out of sorts and only reading a few pages a day so this book has taken me ages to finish. But that is no reflection on how much I enjoyed the story. Perennial fish-out-of-water Cluny is a beguiling character and the story is delightfully romantic as well as comic. Many thanks @LeahBergen for such a lovely gift.
#Doublespin

1. Just started the tagged book, a gift from my lovely friend @LeahBergen
2. None. I rarely borrow books, I need to own them.
3. Imaginary Friends; A Reliable Wife; Lost For Words 😂😂😂

Thanks for the tag @Eggs
Want to do this one @Cathythoughts @TrishB ?

#WondrousWednesday

Cluny Brown “doesn‘t know her place”. When she is presumptuous enough to take herself to tea at the Ritz, her uncle thinks “enough is enough” and sends her to be parlour maid at a country estate in Devon.

Cluny‘s unbending enthusiasm and joie de vivre works its magic on every member of the aristocratic family she serves (and several of their guests, as well)! Highly recommended.

Thanks for the tag, @mklong ! #LitFortuneCookie

I‘m about 75 pages into this quirky little 1944 novel and absolutely in LOVE.

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What do you do, if you don't want to stick in your business? You do everything so you don't stick in your business.. Cluny is a nice girl, but she doesn't know, where she belongs. She visits the Ritz alone, she visits men alone... After the final fauxpas her uncle sends her away, so she has to work... Does this help? Well 😂😂😂😂
It was a nice read. 😊👍 #netgalley

I won't have much time for #fridaysreads today, since we visit a concert tonight.

Having a little break at work now with the tagged book ( another book from Netgalley) and a piece of cheesecake 😍

Listened to this fun audiobook today. I have loved Cluny Brown since I read it for the first time as a young teen. Cluny Brown doesn‘t know her place her Uncle the plumber is scandalized that she went to The Ritz for tea. The only thing to be done is to send Cluny into good service in Devonshire. Old fashioned but still Sharp and funny. I enjoyed listening to this one.

Finished a reread of a favourite #romantsy from my childhood. Set in 1938 , Cluny Brown is being held firmly in her “place” by her Uncle Arn , stalwart working man. When Cluny makes the mistake of taking tea at the Ritz and unplugging a bachelor ‘s sink, she is sent to Devon to become a tall parlour maid. Cluny still doesn‘t know her “place”. Downton Abbey meets PG Wodehouse sort of 👍🐉😀 . Went to see Antman. So fun!

Although I thought Margery Sharp's writing was lovely, I was not entirely sold on the story. I think what threw me off was the title. Cluny Brown is a main character, but she's not in every chapter. It's a quirky and, often, funny book, but it was just o.k.

Finished The Nutmeg Tree by the same author and immediately started this one. So very charming.