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#WondrousWednesday
1🌻Leaving someone feeling happier than when I found them.
2🌻My grandsons.
3🌻Tagged, which I read with #SundayBuddyRead
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs !
If you‘re reading this, consider yourself tagged! 😃
#WondrousWednesday
1🌻Leaving someone feeling happier than when I found them.
2🌻My grandsons.
3🌻Tagged, which I read with #SundayBuddyRead
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs !
If you‘re reading this, consider yourself tagged! 😃
Thank you @julieclair for the #Two4Tuesday tag 🤗 sorry I‘m a day late!
1. Several places—although my parents have passed, they gave me a good foundation & my family is still a support. I rely a lot on myself & use journaling, meditation & practicing gratitude to keep me going.💛
2. Alice Diamond in the tagged book (which is awesome!) is strong, determined & at times very ruthless but she is also very supportive of her family & of women.💪🏼
August #SundayBuddyRead #ReadAway2024 This was an excellent book filled with villains, no heroes, victims, and many people whose descriptions lie in the gray areas. Alice is a human being with conflicting emotions and behaviors. Those with whom she allies sometimes turn on her but she manages turn the tables every time. Others are fiercely loyal and Alice returns that loyalty. Recommended.
#ReadAway2024
Enthusiastic pick for this historical fiction based on the real-life Alice Diamond & The Forty Elephants, an all female gang of thieves or “collectors” who robbed high-end department stores & the wealthy society of Roaring Twenties London. I‘m so glad this was our #SundayBuddyReads pick for August because I hadn‘t heard of this book before & it was fascinating & thrilling with strong female characters. One of my favorites for 2024!
So my #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD PEEPS 👀
I don‘t know whether to leave space for fall 👀2025
Going to see if a pub date gets announced by October 👀
#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
Thank you soooo much for going on these book journeys with me! This one was fun!
I love how there is much on Alice out there but it‘s all different and some is just legend repeated. I think she would like that.
Happy Sunday! See you in September 🤣 I couldn‘t help myself!!!
Thank you for Sundays!
#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
Odds & Ends
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Nancy-Astor/
Use reader view https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-history-women-only-crime-2561711...
https://londondarktourist.com/female-gangsters-forty-elephants/
Case you missed earlier post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZEnyZyYo4
Alice
EVERYBODY -we are against men who beat women & who take advantage of other women…
She is SOMETHING!!!!
Bring their wives and daughters too✊🏼💕
I liked her. 🤣👀💍✊🏼
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The meeting to pay a debt and make a partnership
Mary man she is 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
The mom 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Eli…
So much going on this last section!!!!
A heart pumper!!!
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Tommy
He did it!!!
Then 🥹😭
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle
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Louisa
She didn‘t want the life
Then the twins
Then she wanted the life
This made me kinda sad..
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The diamond rings
For her fingers
💍💎💍
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Rob….
An officer and a gentlemen too?
Pun intended….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle_Mob
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_brothers_(gangsters)
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Kate..
Whew
Interesting part she played and I‘d love a whole book on her. 😅
Maggie
NO SECRETS she tells Alice…
Protector of Alice?
Their friendship was interesting
https://alchetron.com/Maggie-Hill
https://theministryofgentlemanlywarfare.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Hill
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PEARL !!!!
Oh no!!!!
Harold what a POS
However just desserts are fed to him👀😬
What a time to be alive …
What did you think of this storyline?!
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So
The store detective..
(Alice, Turning on Charlotte 🫣)
Detective asking Alice to assist her
Showing all the secrets to her
THE NERVES I FELT
The plan
The tip
What did you think of the store detective?
She thought she knew everything.
Isn‘t that always the way?
Her blind ambition differ from Alice?
At the end a deal…. Thoughts ?
🕵🏻 https://www.michellesalter.com/blog/who-were-the-first-female-detectives-in-brit...
This was such a great book! I've never heard of the Forty Elephants before so it was quite facings to learn about Alice Diamond and the all female gang. It was fast-paced with a badass MC. I loved how strong, determined, and loyal Alice was, and I really loved her best friend Mags. I'm not sure how much of the book was based on fact but I'm definitely interested in learning more about this gang. 4.5 ⭐️
#BookspinBingo #5 #sundaybuddyread
My Saturday day vibe is quiet & restorative from a crazy week, so tonkotsu ramen, gyoza & lemon ice tea for lunch in the midst of running errands. It hit the spot as I finish up this excellent #SundayBuddyRead pick for tomorrow‘s discussion.
What a fun read! I see why there‘s a TV series and a stage musical based on this gang in the works. I‘m so glad we read this one together. Kick ass women in the 1920s is totally my jam, and now I know more about both! #sundaybuddyread
I love when someone finds something unusual and picks it for book club. I have no idea how this book was under everyone's radar but it was fantastic.
#SundayBuddyRead @TheBookHippie
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
🎥📽️🎞️🍿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZEnyZyYo4
Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpU3dQn0e0s&pp=ygUVQW5uaWUgZm9ydHkgZWxlcGhhbnRz
See you Sunday 👀🤐🤫🤐🤫💎💍♥️
#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
What‘s interesting to me is NO ONE reallllly knows it all and everyone has a different version of these women and their lives. I admire that so very much.
🐘
Talk more Sunday 🤐🤣🤫🤫👀✊🏼
What a riveting ride through 1920s London as Alice Diamond and her all-girl gang of thieves, The Forty Elephants, tear through high-end stores and mansions, stealing furs, jewelry, and cash from the well-to-do. I knew nothing of The Mint or Elephant & Castle or these notorious women. I couldn't even wait to finish it with the #SundayBuddyRead ... I had to keep turning those pages. Dare I say I'm quite proud to be a woman? 🤩
@TheBookHippie
Reading at Panera while I eat breakfast, I think I‘ll be finishing this today!
The writing style for this book slowly grew on me, and I knew I had to finish it this morning…based on a true story, Alice Diamond is a strong woman made tough by her background and her takeover of her father‘s gang. I like that the narrative balances the darkness with light, how Alice constantly struggles between duty, honor, justice, and a desire for a normal life. Parts are graphic, and parts made me tear up. Good choice for #SundayBuddyRead !
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I love a story of what is often called “women behaving badly”, or as described by the author in her acknowledgment “obscure, dangerous women of history”. Looking forward to our final discussion!
@TheBookHippie
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Loving it! 🐘💎🥂
Happy Sunday! So glad you‘re here!
Cannot wait to finish this!!!!
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Alice goes to get the girls!
Oy the dealing
Mary‘s debt
They hatch their plans
And solidarity
Pearl too
Let‘s GO!
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Selfridges
Got the job
Store lady detective - YIKES
Also she must be demure 🫣
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Agatha at the dress shop
Yes need her to be an ally!!
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Part II
The plan for a huge score …
Pearl
Eli and a business plan
👀
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Kate….not sure who‘s side she‘s on
Her own most likely but 🤷🏻♀️
And this
Fun find https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-of-nightclubs-kate-meyrick-and-the-43-club
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📷Maggie -the reaper WHAT?!?!
The fight 😵💫🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣
Rob to the rescue but …..whew
Mary gets cleaned out 👀
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Alice
I‘m doing it for me
Little girls are watching….
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Eli & Alice
What to do if I die..😵💫🫣👀
Eli. Hmmmm…..
Not sure what to think of Eli. Alice obviously trusts him.
🍹 🍸 https://kegnbottle.com/blogs/news/10-iconic-prohibition-era-cocktails-drink-like...
🍸 🍹 https://www.acouplecooks.com/1920s-cocktails/
🍸 https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/1920s-era-cocktails/
⭐ https://educated-traveller.com/2016/11/10/london-glamour-of-the-1920s/
⭐ https://www.jazzageclub.com/tag/1920s-london-couture/
⭐ https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1920-1929/
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..some things I have found...
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Well, I‘m loving it!!! I was going to look up cocktails of that age but my week was 😵💫😅🤪
🍸🍾🥂 will have to research.. anyone know?
I am so grateful for all of you! Sundays is something I always look forward to! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Have a wonderful week!
Hope you‘re enjoy this wild ride!
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The mint calls Alice Diamond back..
And Mary threatens her..
Rob the bartender
WOWOWOWOWOW
What could go wrong ?!?!
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Moving in….her reactions to the rooms …
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Pearl & Harold
Pearl hidden away…
YIKES
Also still puzzled
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Tommy has a girl and she‘s pregnant
The MOM 😵💫
😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
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Kate the bar owner
I‘m still unsure about her 🤷🏻♀️
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Maggie-“You have to forgive me”
Alice “The Maggie I know is still here. Nobody said you have to be one kind of woman. There's no rule that you can't be beautiful and clever but also fearsome and wild. You can be all these things."
Maggie & Alice take care of the intruder also Louisa‘s beau
???
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Rob the “bartender”
"I‘ve liked you since that night in The Mint all those years ago. I was just a boy then, but there was something about you. This girl standing among all these men, watching when we couldn't. You were terrifying and strange to me, but so beautiful."
???
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Diamond Annie has a name
How do you like how she got it?!
💍💎
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridges
https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/12/16/selfridges-steps-out-openi...
📺 https://www.roku.com/whats-on/tv-shows/mr-selfridge-on-masterpiece?id=f0dfe18417...
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Good morning !!!!!
Alice transforming before her own eyes
What a scene
Dress hair makeup…
✂️ https://glamourdaze.com/2014/04/1920s-hairstyles-the-bobbed-hair-phenomenon-of-1...
#AboutABook #NewToYouAuthor @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This month‘s #sundaybuddyread is a new to me author, and so far she‘s right up my alley.
#TBRTarot
Forgot to post July which was James by Percival Everett. And just found out today that our August #SundayBuddyRead is based on a real person.
@CBee