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The Color Purple, by Alice Walker (1982) [RE-READ]
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Premise: The story of one group of Black folk‘s search for love and beauty amidst the horrors of the Jim Crow American South.

Review: If any book published in the last fifty years deserves to be in the canon of Western literature, it‘s this one. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday It is searingly honest in its portrayal of both its characters‘ difficulties and joys and is the kind of book that will change the way you look at the world, for the better. This has been my number 2 all-time favourite novel for many years now, and this re-read only reinforced this lofty position.

Bookish Pair: Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2003) 3d

Sparklemn So what is your #1 book? 2d

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Tamra

Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings | Charles Dickens

Getting ready to make cranberry drops. Listening to Roz from booksonmyshelf read the third installment of A Christmas Carol. She is an excellent narrator!

Link to #1 https://youtu.be/ZoVsYXgoyo8?si=TBC2I6w8n2guA2zc

tournevis You have to tell me what this cookbook is! 3d

Tamra @tournevis this is my mom‘s 1963 edition of the tagged. I believe it‘s still being printed. 🍪

Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

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tournevis @Tamra I see! I know it. I tend to prefer older cookbooks so it drew my eye! 3d

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kspenmoll

Death Under a Little Sky | Stig Abell

#BookReport
Currently reading: top 2 rows & the heart 🩵
#advent #NF #Naturalitsy #ChristmasCrimeChallenge #prompt8 #hardboilednoir #libraryfind #readyourkindle
Finished: #ShortStories #SisterFidelmaMysteries #hadhtagbrigade #JuliaBirdMysteries #1

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The complete novels | Jane Austen

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#Pemberlittens now that we have reached the end of Jane Austen of the 6 main novels, what's your ranking? Did it change with this reread?

I had thought mine had stayed the same until I went looking for my thoughts after finishing the original Pemberlittens Readalong. My 5 and 6 swapped this time.⬇️

Crinoline_Laphroaig 6️⃣ Mansfield Park. Reading through older eyes I can no appreciate Fanny Price's quiet strength of character. But The PLAY! as it shall always be known and Edmund‘s prigish ways made it my least favorite this time. And I think this changes with my mood at the time of the reading.⬇️ 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig 5️⃣ Sense & Sensibility. Marianne's sensibilities wear me out. Elinor has the patience of a saint. Colonel Brandon is what moves it up to 5th place. Although I still think he deserves better than Marianne.

4️⃣ Emma. I've always thought of Emma as loveable snob. Another change that older me notices is how Emma is a caregiver and basically parenting her parent. How that ties her down. And the sacrifices Mr. K makes to keep Mr. Woodhouse happy.⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 3️⃣Persuasion. I definitely didn't get this one as a teenage girl. Now I just find it more and more beautiful every time I read. ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 2️⃣ Northanger Abbey. No surprise. My love of Henry Tilney is well documented. I just find Northanger Abbey to be such a fun read. Youthful, charming and it's a book about books. And it has my favorite Jane Austen quote of all time: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 1️⃣ Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Darcy! Pemberley! And it taught teenage me to be Obstinate Headstrong Girl.
#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow #janeausten250

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TheBookHippie Oh!! I‘ll make a post! Soon. 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @TheBookHippie I'm excited to see everyone's rankings. 5d

Crinoline_Laphroaig Ooh I was actually able to find my ranking from original Litsy Pemberlittens Readalong! https://litsy.com/p/RDBTNllNbWhx 5d

AmyG Gorgeous set. 5d

Bookwormjillk Thanks for hosting the re-read this year. Emma used to be my favorite now it's Persuasion. 5d

willaful I think Persuasion may now be in 4th place instead of fifth. 4d

AnishaInkspill that's a really gorgeous set, and wonderful insights of how you now relate to these, I'll get mines together and post, thanks for pulling this together. 4d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @AnishaInkspill @willaful @Bookwormjillk @AmyG it's just been a delight! 4d

SarahBookInterrupted @AmyG I was thinking the same thing. Beautiful 🤩 3d

julieclair Great question! As I didn‘t get to reread all of them, I can‘t definitely rank them. 😕 But Pride & Prejudice remains #1 for me (always will, I suspect.) I appreciate Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility more than formerly, and Emma has moved down the list… probably to spot #5 or even #6, which actually surprises me quite a bit! 3d

Crinoline_Laphroaig @julieclair Pride and Prejudice! 2d

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Bookwormjillk

Untilted | Autechre

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Thankful for this weekly exercise that reminded me that things really did happen even if it did all pass in a blur.

1) Cat was not missing. She was simply taking a deep nap in the closet.
2) A nice coating of snow
3) Impromptu marching band from kiddos singing sea shanties into wrapping paper tubes. They‘re almost grown but sometimes still act little
4) Toast with jelly
5) Battery operated candles with timers

Susanita Cats and closets. Match made in heaven. 5d

kspenmoll Those cats of ours! And the marching band! (edited) 5d

Cuilin Sea shanties!!! Love it!! 5d

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AmyG #1…. Been there. 🤣 5d

Ruthiella I lose my cat regularly within the house! 😹 5d

Aims42 I love this weekly exercise too!! Some Fridays I‘m like, “was there anything joyful??” And then I go through my camera roll and remember all the little joys I documented 🥰 Happy Friday!! 5d

Amiable Look on kitty‘s face: “Yes? Can I help you?” 5d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 5d

RaeLovesToRead Kitty's expression 🤣🤣 5d

DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! Love the kitty‘s face & there isn‘t much cozier than toast with jam! 💚❤️💚 5d

dabbe 💚🤍♥️ 5d

RedxoHearts 🤣 She looks a little put out by you interrupting her nap! 2d

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kspenmoll

English Garden Murder: An utterly addictive English cozy mystery | Katie Gayle

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Julia Bird retires from her job as a social worker in London to a quaint & picturesque village, Berrywick, in the Cotswolds.Here she plans to start anew, among her chickens, in lovely old house, with a zany dog. She unexpectedly gets involved in a 20 year old murder when a body is discovered buried under an old shed in her yard. #cozy #1 in a series.

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BookishMarginalia

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day16

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What is your favorite listen of the year? Which one are you looking forward to most?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

WanderingBookaneer

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

xicanti I adored

Madensky Square

AmyG Mine was this, too.

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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dabbe I have tried audio many times, and I just can't--unless it's a story I know well. So last December (as I was cleaning before people came over), I listened to A CHRISTMAS CAROL narrated by Tim Curry. I absolutely loved it! His reading was stellar! (of course, then I had to go watch “Sweet Tranvestite“ on YouTube, but that's for another day!) ♥️💙💚 1w

MonicaLoves2Read I came across Mary Stone's Winter Black Series on audio on Libby. I have really enjoyed them. 1w

Prairiegirl_reading My top two favourite books of the year were audiobooks.

The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel

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Prairiegirl_reading And

Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel

Zuhkeeyah So many choices. #1

Lights Out: A Dark Stalker Rom-Com

Zuhkeeyah #2

The Briar Club

TheBookgeekFrau No audio books for me 1w

MemoirsForMe

Cher: The Memoir

youneverarrived 3 faves this year on audio - Crush by Ada Calhoun, What My Mother and I Don‘t Talk About and

A Thousand Threads: A Memoir

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MaggieCarr

Dive | John David Anderson

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Dive is a double meaning title for this middle grade novel. #1 (13) is a diver, on a parochial dive team. #2 she meets a teen (17) who dumpster dives as a means of survival. The friendship is kept in secret and that leads to some tense moments and understandable concerns from her parents. I remember being that age and wanting some atomomy but also having zero understanding of the wider world and that not everyone has my best interests in mind.

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ncsufoxes

Untitled | Untitled

My son said that URI has had an increased police presence on campus today (he was in the library this morning). The university decided to cancel exams in person. Students could do their finals online or see what their professor had decided. The university felt that they needed to protect student & faculty mental & physical health right now. Unfortunately the do not even have a person in custody (they released their person on interest, which he was

ncsufoxes staying in Coventry, RI which is not very far from URI). I think it‘s sad that this continues to be the state of our country. That kids can‘t finish their exams that they worked hard to study for. That we have lawmakers just say: get over it, move on, it‘s part of life. URI & Brown are very different schools but RI is small & their communities are close. Just tired of kids & families having to deal with these tragedies over & over. 1w

TheBookHippie I‘m just so tired. 1w

mcctrish I saw a video of the police storming into a room in the library at Brown to rescue students who were hiding from the gunman and truthfully that alone is enough to terrify me 1w

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AmyG This is the country we live in. Created by a party who does nothing to protect it‘s citizens. $$$$$$$ 1w

Readergrrl It is so terrible. My daughter is at college in MA and they are increasing security there too. It is exhausting to be a parent in the US. I don‘t even think it‘s hyperbole to say that our children mean nothing to lawmakers. My colleagues in Newtown, CT understand this all too well. I am sorry that your son has to have this added stress in an already stressful exam season. 1w

Aims42 I second @TheBookHippie with being tired. This is a broken system and yet all we get is “thoughts & prayers” 1w

dabbe I was just going to say that, @Aims42 ... that if I heard one more politician say “our thoughts and prayers“, I was going to pull all of my hair out and scream into the abyss. I'm sorry for your son and for all the children in this current shit-ass country. May they rise above and be able to rid us of the excrement that is currently in D.C. ♥️💙💚 1w

AnnCrystal Can your son return home to his family and continue classes online?? Terrible that our young have to fear this kind of violence 💝🫂💝. 1w

ncsufoxes @AnnCrystal he technically could but we had already purchased his train ticket for Thursday (we live in MD). Campus is still open & with an increased police presence on campus. I know he has other things he needs to finish up like an exam on line on Wednesday. His exam tomorrow got changed to giving a 10 minute video presentation. 1w

ncsufoxes @TheBookHippie yep, so tired. @mcctrish yes, that video was sad, scary, & horrifying. @AmyG exactly, our representatives work for whoever pays for their re-election campaigns & whatever other financial incentives they get instead of working or protecting their constituents. Money needs to be taken out of politics (looking at you SC that said corporations have the right to basically create all the messes we‘re in) 1w

ncsufoxes @Readergrrl the saddest part as it was the anniversary of Newtown & the realization that if no gun laws were passed after that tragedy there may never be sensible gun laws in the US. 48 hours after the shooting in Australia & they‘re already enacting stronger gun laws. That‘s what should happen. Not to mention all of the added anxiety & trauma this continues to add to young children/adults/teachers. Guns are the #1 reason for child deaths 1w

ncsufoxes @Aims42 I have strong words about where they can put their “thoughts & prayers.” I think Dems running against people that have accepted money from gun lobby groups should post the money they‘ve accepted alongside the number of kids killed. I think we have to move past the point of being civil if one certain party is not doing anything. I saw something recently though talking about how many industries have popped up selling “protection” for kids 1w

TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes the student who was on our school roof with a gun threatening to kill— served 18 months. 1w

AnnCrystal @ncsufoxes
that's understandable 💝🫂💝. (edited) 1w

Aims42 @ncsufoxes I think we‘re on the same page of where exactly (and how deep) their “thoughts and prayers” should go 😜 Your idea of the gun lobbying transparency with candidates is great!! I feel like everyone in office is like, “welp, it‘s so sad” and that‘s where it ends. But you know what we should definitely do? Cut funding for mental health 😒 Ugh, it sucks here. 1w

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