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mabell
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Well this was delightful! I have had this in my downloads for years, and just decided to give it a go. What fun protagonists, and unique premise for the series! (A lady spy/detective with her maid who is an expert in martial arts) Their repartee and friendship is so refreshing, and they are terrific sleuths. I‘m going back to start listening to the whole series!

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes It‘s a fun series. 🙂 6h
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AnishaInkspill
The 20th Century in Poetry | Michael Hulse, Simon Rae
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#PoetryMatters is giving me the time I‘ve always meant to put aside for #poetry. This extract is from an anthology that covers the twentieth century. Koenig is the protagonist of this long #poem. I like this one in how its unexpected, #vines here are of wild yams and bananas described as cows with unmilked fruit; just wonderful descriptions that remind me why I 💛 poetry 😊

lil1inblue Poetry is just the best. I love how every word carries weight. 😍 1mo
AnishaInkspill @lil1inblue 💛 💛 yes, always astounds me 1mo
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JenlovesJT47
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Pickpick

This book was published in 1945 & is the story of the Mitchell family. There are 5 Mitchell children who live with their mother & Grannie while their father & uncle are off fighting in the war. They get into all sorts of funny shenanigans with their club to help the war effort. A nice snapshot of American life during WWII. I‘m reading the sequel for #FoodAndLit - 4⭐️

#classics
#WWII
#historicalfiction

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kspenmoll
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My friend & I spent the day in beautiful,quaint,yet sophisticated,Guilford, CT. Backroads were flush with autumn colors🍁🍁,skies blue,sun shining.Light sweater weather.Twice a year we chose an indie bookstore(s)to visit.In Breakwater Books,lots of poetry,regional books,comprehensive fiction section,smaller non-fiction, & of course Halloween,horror themed books.Staff were friendly & knowledgeable.Lunch:turkey,lettuce on sour dough bread. #daytrip

Bookwormjillk I always try to stop at Bishop‘s Orchard when I drive through Guilford. I didn‘t realize there were book stores too! 2mo
StaceGhost My in laws live near there! It‘s so cute! 2mo
kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk We drove by Bishop‘s Orchard but did not have time to stop. ☹️ Next time… 2mo
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kspenmoll @StaceGhost Just loved the area- lucky you! 2mo
Suet624 How wonderful! Sounds like a very fun day. 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks amazing 😻 2mo
StaceGhost @kspenmoll it‘s such a sweet town— how I imagine star hollow from Gilmore girls lol it‘s pretty far from us but we get to visit every thxgiving & it‘s a fabulous train ride 2mo
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dabbe
Two Are Better Than One | Carol Ryrie Brink
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#middlegrademonday
@karisimo

A childhood favorite. My friend and I tried to write our own book (just like the two friends in Brink's book) about two friends who visit a dude ranch because, of course, we knew everything about growing up on a dude ranch and meeting some cowboys! 🤠🤠

Karisimo Love the story to go with the title!! ❣️ 3mo
dabbe @Karisimo 🧡🤎💛 I think I still have that book in my garage--in a spiral notebook with Jacyln Smith from CHARLIE\'S ANGELS on the cover! 🤩 3mo
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xicanti
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It‘s a poke + crime fiction night. This historical mystery from KJ Charles somehow gives off the same vibes as Maureen Johnson‘s Truly Devious books, but for an adult audience and with a somewhat more recent cold case in which the friend group has a personal stake. I‘m eager to read on.

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I love a good poke bowl 6mo
xicanti @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage so much deliciousness in one place. 6mo
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IndoorDame
Valley of the Moon | Melanie Gideon
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#CoverLove #Leaves @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

These leaves peek out at me over the side of the bookcase I can see from my bed reminding me that this ARC randomly arrived in the mail years ago back when I had a book blog, and I‘ve still barely glanced at it. The Litsy reviews are scant and sort of all over the place. What do you think? Has anyone read it? Will I ever read it?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The cover is gorgeous 💜 I‘m not a big fan of time travel but it sounds good! 6mo
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Graywacke
Asphodel | Hilda Doolittle, Robert E. Spoo
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Pickpick

A gem, but a tough one. This 1920‘s novel was a long a ghost text, unpublished until 1992, but often quoted.

An interesting work. Wonderfully playful here, deeply pained there. In the broken stream of conscious fictional H.D. is always searching and never settling, and captures her own strains of the moment. The reader must latch on deeply, go into reader trance, or put the book away. It becomes an experience, demands it of your brain.

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dabbe
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 7mo
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