Litsy

Hester | Margaret Oliphant

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This was the Victober group read for this year, which I finished this week and really liked! I will definitely read more Oliphant, maybe even this month to fit some other prompts ...

LeahBergen I‘ve been meaning to try her for ages (and even have a couple on my shelves 😆). 1mo

Cathythoughts Sounds interesting, stacked ❤️👍🏻 1mo

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shanaqui

Ninteenth Century Fashion in Detail | Lucy Johnston

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As usual with these “fashion in detail“ books, it's beautifully illustrated, and the line drawings are helpful, but arrrghhh please show photos of the whole garment as well as the details!

Clare-Dragonfly Oh, that‘s frustrating! 3mo

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lil1inblue

The Gilded Age: Overture to the American Century | Alan Axelrod

@jenlovesjt47 - I'm on season 3, episode 3. Had to share a rough haiku because the change in dynamic between these two is hilarious! 🤣

#haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 Ohh how the turn tables!! 😅😅😅 When I tell you, the scream I scrumpt the first time I saw it when Bannister addresses Ada as head of the house 😍😍😍 4mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 And then when they print Ada's name as the donor and not Agnes' - I nearly peed laughing during that scene. 🤣😍🤣 4mo

JenlovesJT47 Ooh so you‘re just now watching these eps for the first time?! Ohhhh you are in for a treat, season 3 is the best so far imo! Can‘t believe there‘s only one episode left this season 😭 BUT luckily they already got renewed for season 4 🤓 4mo

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JenlovesJT47 I watch this show on my kindle so I can rewind certain scenes with ease. This season has had me cackling multiple times! 😅 4mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🎬🐝💝. 4mo

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🤣🤣🤣🎯 4mo

lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 It's so good! I can't stop watching. 🙃 Oh, and I watch it on my tablet for the same reason. 😅 4mo

JenlovesJT47 Great minds! ☺️ 4mo

dabbe Excellent #haikureview! 🖤🐝🖤 4mo

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kspenmoll

Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes | John Franch

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#libraryfind #coffeeandbooks 1891. Set in NYC & the Berkshires(MA). Pamela Thompson,intelligent,gutsy, & bold,lost everything,is in debt due to her husband‘s bad investments,& resulting suicide.She is hired by her lawyer Prescott, to catch suspecting thieving at Macy jewelry counter.A success,she is placed with the wife of a ruthless robber baron, H.Jennings, to investigate threats to her life.Complicated shenanigans & red herrings go on ⬇️

kspenmoll 🔼 before Mr.J‘s murder. Social issues such as the wide gap between the incredibly wealthy & the unemployed “ tramps”, & lower classes are explored, as well as the utter ruthlessness,lack of empathy & blissful ignorance of the rich. Light pick. #GildedAgeMystety (edited) 4mo

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Bookwomble

The Letters of John Keats | John Keats

"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain."
- John Keats to Fanny Brawne

While reading some of Keats' poetry this morning, I was visited by these four butterflies: Speckled Wood (top left); two mating Gatekeepers (top right: I think they were more focused on each other!); and a Large White. And some water lilies ???

lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 5mo

Leftcoastzen Nice! 5mo

AnnCrystal 🦋🤩🦋. 5mo

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shanaqui

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective | Sara Lodge

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I really enjoyed this one, though it's full of example after example and I can see how that'd get wearing for some readers. It's surprising how much Golden age crime fiction ignored this history of female detection...

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