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Kidnapped
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 ... | Robert Louis Stevenson
The adventures of a sixteen-year-old orphan who was kidnapped by his villainous uncle but later escaped and became involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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TheAromaofBooks
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(thru ch21) - I don't know why, but this book just isn't really holding my interest much. There doesn't seem to really be a plot?? Just wandering around from place to place haha And the chapter where David was “stranded“ on the island because he was too dumb to check and see if he could cross when the tide was out... 😑

It's not a terrible read, but I find myself rather ambivalent towards it. What do you all think?

Lcsmcat I‘m with you. I think David is supposed to be about 12, right? But he‘s either precocious (the battle) or ridiculously naive (the island.) I wonder if this needs to be read when you‘re a pre-adolescent boy/tomboy to be appreciated fully? 1w
BarkingMadRead It‘s it so amazing that I want to keep reading and it‘s not so bad that I want to throw it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w
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BarkingMadRead @Lcsmcat he‘s like 17-18 1w
Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRead Then I have even less patience with some of his decisions! 😀 1w
Read4life I bailed the last time I tried reading it. I‘m sticking with it because of this group but I just don‘t like it. 1w
julieclair I have stalled. Need to pick it back up again and see what I think. 1w
ChelseaM6010 I‘ve honestly stalled on it. 🫣 4d
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TheAromaofBooks
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(thru ch 13) Sorry I have kind of fallen off the face of the earth with this readalong!! Okay, so I literally had to do some research on the Jacobites and that whole deal. Stevenson has a much higher opinion of my historical knowledge than I deserve 😂

While this story is perfectly fine, I'm not in love with it or anything. But I can definitely see it appealing to its target audience with gold! Danger! Shipwrecks! Sword fights!

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Part of my problem is this book seems kind of aimless?? Like David just rolling along from one adventure to the next and I'm not sure where he even WANTS to go haha

Any thoughts?

@BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 @ChelseaM6010 @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Read4life
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Lcsmcat It is a bit Boy‘s Life, isn‘t it? And I had a hard time with the battle scene. First, that one man and a boy could hold off the whole crew, and second that he wasn‘t more traumatized by it. 2w
ChelseaM6010 I Agree with @Lcsmcat about the battle scene. (edited) 2w
julieclair I think he doesn‘t know where he wants to go. He‘s been kidnapped and is just taking each day as it comes. I agree about the battle scene. It was so weird that it didn‘t seem to bother him at all, and in fact was even proud of what he‘d done. 2w
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TheAromaofBooks
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(thru ch5) Well, I think we may be closing in on the kidnapping part of our story!! What's up with David's uncle? That almost-murder scene was actually a little terrifying!!!!

#RandomClassics
@BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 @ChelseaM6010 @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Read4life

BarkingMadRead This guy is messed up! How terrifying! 3w
Lcsmcat I don‘t get why he stays! I‘d have left the first morning. 3w
Read4life I think @BarkingMadRead & @Lcsmcat have summed it up perfectly. 3w
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TheAromaofBooks
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ch 1 - David is off to make his fortune!! Or maybe find out he has one when he meets his rich... relative?? I quite loved his sweet neighbor sending him off with three gifts (round, square, cubical haha) However, I'm seeming to find mixed results when I try to see if you can actually make Lily of the Valley tea, so maybe hold off on using that as a cure-all!

Looking forward to seeing where this adventures leads!!

#RandomClassic

BarkingMadRead He didn‘t seem too interested in it 🤣 (edited) 4w
julieclair Seems like Lily of the valley has a lot of benefits, but can also be poisonous and can cause heart problems. Think I‘ll steer clear, lol! 4w
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BarkingMadRead
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My copy is from 1932! Looking forward to this one!

dabbe Beautiful! 🤩🤩🤩 4w
Aimeesue Oh, that‘s lovely! 4w
Faranae What a charming cover!! 4w
kwmg40 Nice cover! 4w
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Lcsmcat
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Home sick today, so I‘ve already gotten in the first chapter (and the preface and dedication) of this #randomclassics @TheAromaofBooks

monalyisha Hope you feel better soon! ✨ 4w
Lcsmcat @monalyisha Thanks! (It‘s just a cold.) 4w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Hope you're on the mend!! 4w
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TheAromaofBooks
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March's #RandomClassic is Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. I've never read this one, but I'm anticipating something similar to his other novels - quite a lot of rollicking adventures meant to appeal to young lads in the 1880s, with a splash of history thrown in. There are 30 chapters, so we'll read a chapter a day starting March 1 and actually finish by the end of the month for once!!

Let me know if you're interested in reading this one!!

BarkingMadRead I‘m in! 1mo
CatLass007 Please include me. 1mo
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Librarybelle I think I‘m going to pass on the next two months, but will be back in May! 1mo
Lcsmcat Count me in please. 1mo
TheBookHippie I‘m out for March! See you in April! 1mo
Read4life I‘m in. It‘s time to give it another shot! 1mo
Crazeedi The Robe is such a great book I read in 6th grade, the librarian let me read from the teachers library 1mo
julieclair I‘m in! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @Crazeedi - I read it many years ago and remember loving it. It's been on my reread list for quite some time, so I was excited when it came up on the draw haha it's not for everyone, but I remember finding it gripping. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Read4life - Woohoo, have you all down for Kidnapped in March!! 1mo
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks it wouldn't be for everyone, but it was so good for an 11 year old girl! 1mo
ChelseaM6010 I‘m in for March! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Read4life @ChelseaM6010 - Okay, so now I'm a little paranoid since I found out my copy of Evelina isn't labeled/divided the same as other editions - does EVERYONE have 30 chapters in their copy of Kidnapped?? 😂 1mo
BarkingMadRead I will check 🤣 1mo
Lcsmcat @TheAromaofBooks Mine has 30 chapters. 1mo
Read4life Mine has 30. 1mo
BarkingMadRead Mine has 30…. 1mo
julieclair There are 30 chapters in my Serial Reader version, spread out over 34 “issues”. But the chapters are clearly marked, so it will be easy for me to just read one whole chapter per day. 1mo
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Daisey
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Pickpick

This was a fun story, but I don‘t think it will be particularly memorable. I wasn‘t expecting the whole story to take place in Scotland, but I definitely enjoyed the Scottish setting. It didn‘t hold a lot of suspense for me; I always felt things were going to work out for David, no matter the difficulties along the way.

📷: I finished listening while watering the sweet corn patch and observing the bees.

#BooksOnTheFarm #audiobook #1001books

Saknicole Fun! I haven‘t read it but just checked out a classics film adaptation from the library yesterday! 9mo
JazzFeathers I haven't read this one, but l adore Stevenson and l bought this book a looooong time ago. I should dig it up from anywhere l've put it. 8mo
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jenniferw88
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#alphabetgame #letterk @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Not many 5 ⭐ reads for this letter!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 287.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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rabbitprincess
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Not a great month for #BookSpinBingo in April 2021. Left free spaces open and didn‘t make much headway on the rest. On to May.

SamAnne Oh—is the Winterkill on your card the one by Craig Lesley? (edited) 3y
rabbitprincess @SamAnne No, it‘s by Ragnar Jónasson, the last in his Dark Iceland series. There seem to be several books with that title—there‘s one by C.J. Box as well! 3y
SamAnne @rabbitprincess he is on my list to read. The Winterkill I refer to takes place on an Indian reservation near the Columbia, and the drowning of Celilo Falls and one of the most important salmon fishing sites by the Dallas Dam figures prominently in it. I read it in my 20s and it‘s one of the books that lead me to work on salmon restoration and dam removals. (edited) 3y
rabbitprincess @SamAnne Wow! That is so neat that that book helped set the direction of your career! 😊 3y
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rabbitprincess
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Perhaps not quite as swashbuckling as Treasure Island, but a great setting and time period.
#ShutdownRound3 book 8

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rabbitprincess
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According to Goodreads' summary of Kidnapped, the Jacobite Rebellion occurred the same year that World War II ended 🤔

rwmg Somebody has been reading Outlander too many times 3y
MsMelissa Oops 😬 3y
rabbitprincess @rwmg 🤣🤣 I hope that‘s the reason! @MsMelissa So awkward! 3y
julesG 🙈😂 3y
rabbitprincess @julesG So embarrassing and hilarious 😂 3y
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shivanishinde09
Kidnapped | Robert Louis Stevenson
Mehso-so

I was not as impressed by the book as I thought I would be. Maybe, this is because I read this book as an adult and not as a child and hence the plots seem predictable to me.

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TheNeverendingTBR
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1️⃣ I was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1985 and lived there until 2020. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

2️⃣ I now live in London, England with my fiance. 💏

3️⃣ i have two sisters and a brother, I'm the oldest. 🧓

4️⃣ The first book (that I remember) was read to me by my dad as a bedtime story over a few nights, that book was 'Kidnapped' by Robert Lewis Stevenson. 📚

#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs

Tagged by @DarkMina 🙋‍♂️
I tag @Ast_Arslan 🐒

Ast_Arslan Thanks! I'll do it later 3y
DarkMina Thanks for playing! 3y
Eggs Thanks for joining in 💕💕 3y
Vansa My dad read Kidnapped to me too!I was super disturbed by the protagonist being blinded!!! 3y
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Bigcountry15
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this historical novel. I learned some Scottish history in the process. David Balfour and Alan Breck Stewart make for a fun duo. I agree with the critics that consider this Stevenson's best work.

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TheNeverendingTBR
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1.) With a Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles 🎶

2.) Some cooler weather and less blistering heat! 🥵

#thankfulthursday
@Cosmos_Moon

I tag ➡️
@Moosmoo
@LeahBergen
@TheRiehlDeal
@Literary_Siren
@swynn
@JennyM
@Bookwomble

Cosmos_Moon Great song and YES to # 2! 4y
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MrBook
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Today‘s author spotlight: Robert Louis Stevenson! Born today in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850, he died at 44. He married in San Francisco & had no children together. He was good friends with Hawaii‘s King Kalākaua. He was a much-loved advocate of the Samoan people, & his adopted Samoan name was Tusitala, or “Teller of Tales”. They buried him atop Mt. Vaea. He was excluded from literary canon until recent decades. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

LapReader If you are ever in Samoa go visit his house and lush gardens. It‘s stunning and the Samoan guide is so informative and sings a song about him unaccompanied by anything and it‘s very stirring. Would have liked to hike to his grave but we had the kids with us and we don‘t think they would have made it. I‘ll post some pics later and tag you. 4y
MrBook @LapReader Very cool! Please do! 4y
MrsMalaprop That‘s very cool @LapReader 👏. Would you recommend a trip to Samoa, RLS aside? 4y
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LapReader Yes @MrsMalaprop it‘s a bright and friendly country. You are forced to relax because everything eventually gets done but at a very slow pace. Our kids got to play with and eat like local kids and we all loved the warm water. The ‘Bali belly‘ not so much. 4y
Leftcoastzen Love this photo of RLS! 4y
Andrew65 A true classic author! 4y
JazzFeathers One of my favourite authors 😍 l often wonder what business did Stevenson have living in the 1800s. He's such a modern author. 4y
JazzFeathers @Leftcoastzen It is a lovely photo. So modern. Like him. 4y
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SiriGuruDevSingh
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Pickpick

💗

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Kappadeemom
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As long as I can also read 🙋🏼‍♀️

brit91 LoL!!🤣🤣📚📚🍕🍔🌭🥪🌮🍪🍩🎂🍰🍧🍨 5y
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Severnmeadows
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I‘m enjoying the abridged BBC radio Kidnapped on YouTube, it has a stirring Scottish atmosphere with fiddle music interludes 🌊🎻⛰🏔⚔️🗡🎶🎵 😊

Sunraven Ooh, fiddle music interludes! Now I want to listen! 5y
Severnmeadows @Sunraven 😊 I‘d searched a bit for this, and then it turned up for free 🎻🌲🌲🍂⛰ (edited) 5y
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Christinak
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“Well, well,” said the lawyer, when I had quite done, “this is a great epic, a great #Odyssey of yours.
#QuotsyApr19

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CrowCAH
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Pickpick

Finished the audiobook today!

Thank you @Ddzmini for the #ShortStorySwap book!

An epic tale through the Scottish highlands to gain his rightful inheritance!!!

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jenniferw88
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Day 15 of #adventrecommends is this one @emilyrose_x

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lycomayflower
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britt_brooke 💚🐾 5y
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SidWilliams
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Spent some time in the Scottish Highlands recently, and it‘s brought me back to Kidnapped with fresh eyes and deeper understanding.

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BeansPage
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Jane Eyre... 😜😆😆😆😜
Who's coming to save you guys?

Branwen Kvothe from The Name of the Wind! 😍 6y
whatsthEStorey A bunch of murderous cult members from the 60s! It's not looking good for me! 6y
Kappadeemom Stone Barrington but he‘ll probably try to have sex with me first 😂❤️ 6y
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julesG A pianoforte playing secret keeper and a farm girl who can draw. Regency romance: 6y
MirrorMask Um, they're all dead. 6y
RJHowe Some emotionally flat medieval detectives 6y
StephanieGeiser Some ladies in charge 💪🏻 6y
CaitlinR Dr Quirke (Benjamin Black) 6y
Mowen036 Benji, Bobo and Amat (Us Against You) (edited) 6y
Pogue Ove, and Lady Halfwolf. OMG they might kill each other. Lol. 6y
CSeydel Sherlock & Watson! Oh yeah! (edited) 6y
Stacy_31 August Boatwright and the Daughters of Mary 6y
Ddzmini 😝👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y
BookwormM Jon Snow and Arya 6y
Bookwomble Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will have my back - I think I'm safe! 6y
Susanita Considering that it was a book about a serial killer and rapist, I think I‘m in big trouble. 😱 6y
Lisaw13 David Sedaris! That should be an interesting rescue... 6y
rajithr I got lucky 😁 Nathan Blum from The One Man 6y
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Blueberry
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LOL !!

Slajaunie Me too! Happily if it were true! 📚 6y
GypsyKat 😂😂😂 6y
NataliePatalie Or "free cheese" ? 6y
NataliePatalie Or chocolate! 6y
Blueberry @NataliePatalie oh, those are good too. Haha 6y
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EadieB
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Pickpick

I love Robert Louis Stevenson's writing and Kidnapped, I believe, is his best book. He gives us the character of David Balfour who you can't help but wish that things would go his way and he would come into his inheritance. It is set in the 18th century Scottish highlands and I would recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction.

#1001books #historicalfiction #robertlouisstevenson

CrowCAH Ooh makes me want to read this; already on the TBR!!! 6y
EadieB @CrowCAH Great! hope you enjoy it! 6y
JillR Ooooooh I pulled this out to read with Seth but he pulled a face so we started something else. Then when I turned my back I noticed he‘d been drawn in and had started it without me! 6y
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EadieB @JillR That‘s funny! How old is Seth? 6y
JillR He‘s nearly 11 @EadieB 6y
EadieB @JillR Nice age for Kidnapped. 6y
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lycomayflower
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hgrimes
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I thought I had an old copy of Treasure Island but maybe I sold it before I moved cross-country? I don‘t know where it is. In any case, I have this lovely vintage edition of “Kidnapped”! #swashbuckler #oldcoolbooks @Linsy

Linsy 💚 6y
Trashcanman Happy Birthday H! 6y
hgrimes @Trashcanman Thank you! ❤️ 6y
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Christinak
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I had to search hard for a #Swashbuckler on my shelves.
#OldCoolBooks

Lcsmcat Beautiful edition! 6y
Linsy Love that spine! 💛 6y
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Purrsistently
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This poor little 21 year old library castoff seemed a fitting candidate for my first freehanded experiment in re-covering a book. I don‘t have any glue handy but eventually I‘ll get some so I can make prettier labels for the putting the title on and maybe cover art.
In any case, I figured I couldn‘t make it look any *worse* ...and it turned out pretty well....except that I labelled it upside down.😅

robinb Nice! 👏👏 6y
Smangela And how did you go about this?? I have never thought of doing this before and it is genius. 6y
Purrsistently @Smangela I had scrapbooking cardstock and just cut it down to the size I wanted, snipped it at places it needed to bend, folded the edges over and taped it to the inside, creased the spine so it will open and close properly. :D 6y
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Purrsistently When I get some archive glue on monday there won‘t be any need to fold/snip because I can just glue it down, and also make pretty labels for the front 6y
Purrsistently I want to use a metallic pen to embellish it too, maybe draw an anchor on it. 6y
rabbitprincess I have a copy of Kidnapped in that same edition! ♥️ Puffin Classics. Great job on giving yours a fresh new cover! 6y
cariashley Ha I have a couple of those editions somewhere! 6y
Purrsistently Puffin is great! This poor copy had seen better days though, I was happy to spruce it up a bit. ^_^ 6y
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Christine11
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#Anchor #HopIntoSpring - I have almost no books set at sea for some reason! This is the only one I could find with any relation to ships and anchors! I collect these readers digest editions and found this one a few weeks ago! 🌊🌊🌊

vkois88 That looks neat 6y
Christine11 @vkois88 😊🌸💕 6y
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Blueberry
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vkois88 😊😊😊 6y
MiyakoBunny This is a great book 📖 6y
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Waynegjr
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Cover is A++

kricheal That's intense! 6y
Carolhreads His teeth !!!😳😱 6y
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Sarah83
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kyraleseberg
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Accurate. 😂

Texreader 🤣🤣🤣 Accurate!! 6y
Tamra 😂🤣 6y
vivastory Truth! 6y
night_shift 😂😂 My boyfriend says this all the time! 6y
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Wife
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Being kidnapped...one thing I don't need to worry about now. Not book related, but this sign I saw today made me smile. 😉

Bookzombie 🙋🏼I think I'm safe too! 6y
Lmstraubie 😂😂😂 6y
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BarbaraBB
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Panpan

Maybe I would have liked this book better when I read it as a kid. But somehow I doubt that. I have never been a big fan of adventures like this one.
However, I did like the dialogues between David en Alan. They were very real, Stevenson worked out their friendship and its ups and downs very good. #1001books

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lycomayflower
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Scotch tape has long been my best friend for rescuing beloved paperbacks

#riotgrams
#welllovedreads

jfalkens I use packing tape ☺ 7y
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the_alternate_ending_library
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Adopted by yours truly 💃
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

the_alternate_ending_library Uploaded a short video of this fabulous find on my IG 🤗 7y
AmyG It's beautiful. 7y
CrowCAH OMG it's gorgeous! 😍 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍 7y
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TK-421
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I'm at work so all I have is my phone, but it's loaded with iBooks and Overdrive & Cloud Library loans from my local library! I hope the aliens have wi-fi 👽😱 #FunFridayPhoto

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TK-421
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I always have a book on my phone so I can read on my lunch break, or whenever I have spare time away from home. Since I'm only reading in fits and starts, my "part-time" read, as I call it, is taking FOREVER! I started reading Kidnapped about two months ago and I'm only about half done! I shouldn't complain: Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop was such a struggle to read that it took me over half a year! #slowread #ReadJanuary

RealLifeReading Well it is inspiring that you're tackling the classics on your lunch breaks! 7y
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Heideschrampf
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Pickpick

Calming myself with things I love, when reading's not an option: Scotland, podcasts, and illustration ~> Now I've rediscovered Stevenson via the BBC4 Bookclub and fallen for Henn Kim.

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TK-421
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wen4blu
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I love the variety at used book sales and always come home with an electric mix. #usedbooks #augustphotochallenge

MrBook Ohhh myyyyy. That is a beautiful haul right there!!! #NiceStack! @BookBabe , we need to add these to our growing collection 😊! 8y
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Dogearedcopy
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Mehso-so

The story is everything you would want and expect for a tale of swashbuckling heroism, clever ruses, and breath taking scenes of danger! Kieron Elliot narrates this classic tale, slowly and carefully; and with a full-on Scottish brogue.

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Dogearedcopy
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Doing prep work for review I'm going to be writing re 'Kidnapped' (by R.L. Stevenson; read by Kieron Elliott) and found this pic of the narrator. This changes everything. Truth is, deep down I'm really a shallow person :-D #ArmchairAudies

LitHousewife Color me shallow! Why did I not want to judge Lit Fic/Classics again? 😍 8y
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