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willaful
Patricia Brent, Spinster | Herbert Jenkins
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Perhaps the original fake engagement romance? In WWI London, Patricia is mortified to overhear fellow boardinghouse “guests“ gossip about her lonely state, and invents a date with a fiance. When she's followed to the “date,“ she spies a likely man in uniform and begs him to help her out.

The romance that follows is chock full of gender essentialism and not that interesting, but there are some fascinating and funny portraits of the time. cont.

willaful My favorite scene is a bombing, which brings out the best--and worst--in the boardinghouse residents. One man hilariously tries to display cool by lighting cigarettes, which he completely loses track of. I also liked the resolution, in which Patricia is shown that the studied indifference and unsentimentality practiced by the bright young things of the age is cutting them off from the chance of happiness. A soft pick, worth a read. (edited) 1mo
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willaful
Patricia Brent, Spinster | Herbert Jenkins

Your aunt's sense of duty is the most offensive sense I have ever encountered.

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willaful
Patricia Brent, Spinster | Herbert Jenkins

“Oh, Patricia! why will you persist in being a cold douche!“

Took me a second to realize he meant a cold shower. 😂

LeahBergen 😆😆 At least he didn‘t call her a “cold douche bag”! I have this waiting on my shelves. 1mo
willaful @LeahBergen It's fun in its old-fashioned way. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣 1mo
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Maggie_Reads
Where Coyotes Howl | Sandra Dallas
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I‘ve been on a Sandra Dallas kick these past couple of months, throughly enjoying her books about women on the prairie. I think she‘s a very underrated author so I will definitely be recommending her books to anyone interested in historical fiction based on life of pioneering women. I plan to read more of her works this year.

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Ruthiella
William, an Englishman | Cicely Hamilton
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Finished my 8th #10BeforetheEnd book.

This is a short novel which finishes in a very different tone than the mocking one with which it starts. Written during and published just after WWI , it‘s about the horror and futility of war but also the very human ability to see only what one wants to see, until the scales from one‘s eyes are forcibly removed. Still relevant.

LeahBergen I‘ll have to get to this one soon! 3mo
andrew61 Sounds very good. I have it on my limited shelf of persephones. I'll aim to read it in 2025. 3mo
Caryl I read this years ago and I really liked it. I was thinking recently it was time for a re-read. 💖 3mo
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Ruthiella @LeahBergen I hope you find it as interesting I did! 3mo
Ruthiella @andrew61 My collection of Persephone editions is also quite small. I‘ll be interested in your thoughts on this. 3mo
Ruthiella @Caryl It would make for an interesting re-visit, I think, considering the books topic and knowing its outcome. 3mo
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Ruthiella
William, an Englishman | Cicely Hamilton
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#weekendreads

Putting effort in this weekend to finish all the books before the year ends!

#LitsySciFiBookClub
#10BeforetheEnd
#ChristmasCrimeChallenge

LeahBergen I‘m always compelled to finish all books by December 31st in time to start a new one on January 1st. 😆 3mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen I don‘t always manage it, but it‘s such a great feeling when I do! 😅 3mo
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Born.A.Reader
Where Coyotes Howl | Sandra Dallas
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SilversReviews This was a good one. 6mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🖤 6mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 6mo
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CatMS
Detroit Breakdown | D. E. Johnson
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Don't know of you are familiar with D.E. Johnson's early Detroit mysteries. They are pretty good & tell about the early auto industry. Did you know Electric cars were the first cars built in Detroit?

Love learning so much about early Detroit & southern Michigan reading D.E. Johnson.

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julesG
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Lady Hardcastle and Florence Armstrong head to London to help Harry with an investigation. Of course nobody takes them seriously, they are women.

#52bookclub24SummerReadingList
#Fencing

#20in4 #readathon
#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Allylu Really like this series! So entertaining! 10mo
TheSpineView Great job! 10mo
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tpixie
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140,000 Chinese men formed the French & British Chinese Labor Corps during WWI. The British headquarters were in Noyelles-Sur-Mer, France because it was by a railroad line as well as near a forest, which was an important source of timber. During & after the war, these men repaired railway lines, tanks, cleaned up battlefields, dead bodies, and the rubble from devastated towns. #NeverForget #LitsyBookClub

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