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Cuilin
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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#WhatTheDickens

Ugh, I don‘t care for Mr Flintwinch at all also I‘m highly suspicious of Arthur‘s mother 🤨 I love the little drawings in a Dickens novel, wouldn‘t it be nice if novels had little drawings in them? I guess the costs for an illustrator and printing would be astronomical. @Texreader

TheBookHippie Just pulled my book out! I agree I‘d love illustrations now and again. 1d
BarbaraJean I would also love little drawings in novels for adults! Maybe that's one reason I love maps in fantasy novels. I feel like black & white line drawings wouldn't add too much to the cost... at least for the printing. There are some great YA/MG books that have little illustrations throughout (tagged is a favorite YA novel with small illustrations), so it seems to me like it would be viable for adult books as well! 1d
Cuilin @BarbaraJean Agreed. I also like annotated books as they have pictures too. 23h
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LapReader
Agnes Grey | Anne Bront
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Sunday‘s book swap scores on the hour or so walk home from 5 hours of rehearsals so I wasn‘t in too much pain come Monday. Let me tell you the muscles you use as a showgirl girl are completely different to ballet! I‘m not sure which shoes are worse, pointe or chorus. Even a simple bevel is hard! But it‘s my dream come true so I‘ll get through it.

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StaceGhost
Armadale (Revised) | Wilkie COLLINS
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Pickpick

I‘m not embarrassed to say I‘m more enchanted with Lydia Gwilt than the dunderhead Miss Milroy. Give me Ozias Midwinter over every Allan Armadale, too.

Reading this in the park with the whole family was a perfect #hyggehour experience ❤️ I can‘t wait to go back & do it again next week!

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ElizaMarie
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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My #MayReCap of books I owned (audio/physical) and listened/read this month :)

#OffTheShelf2025
@Librariana

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Texreader
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Whoa! I think I know where the idea of the DOGE came from!! Read this chapter fall! It is ominously prescient!

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Texreader
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Ruthiella
The Law and the Lady | Wilkie COLLINS
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@batsy is right. This book is 🍌👖! Per the introduction it‘s one of the first novels to feature a female (amateur) detective. The “Lady” definitely shares some characteristics with Marion Halcolmb from The Woman in White. She‘s subverting Victorian ideals of femininity but apologizing for it, more often than not. In some ways this book made me think the fairytale Bluebeard in the protagonist‘s effort to find out the truth about her husband.

Ruthiella My final book for #shelfsweeper 🥳 6d
BarbaraBB Oh wow I have never heard of this one but I loved The Woman in White so am definitely stacking. And I do miss @batsy and her recommendations! 6d
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB This is a good one! I recommend it! 👍 6d
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Bookwormjillk Ohhhh I loved that character! Must read this! 5d
Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk If you read it, you will have to tell me if you agree with the parallels! 5d
Reggie I miss Suba. 5d
Ruthiella @Reggie I know, me too. We are friends on Goodreads, but that platform doesn‘t have the immediacy of Litsy. (edited) 5d
CarolynM I miss Suba too. Hoping she‘ll come back sometime. (edited) 5d
Ruthiella @CarolynM Maybe she will. 🤞 4d
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dabbe
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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A richly detailed and emotionally complex novel that explores themes of family, societal expectations, personal freedom, and the tension between individual desires and communal obligations. Eliot presents flawed characters with nuanced motivations, making their conflicts deeply human. ⬇️

dabbe However, so much time was spent developing the characters, town, and story, that I felt the ending to be almost too abrupt and melodramatic. And a major #wtf ending! 😱 While imperfect, it remains a moving and thought-provoking work. 6d
julieclair Excellent review. 6d
Bklover Love your review!! 6d
dabbe @julieclair @Bklover TY! 😍🤩🤗 6d
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dabbe
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

It's the ONLY one I finished last week! 🤣

Read4life Sometimes having those easy decisions is what we need! 😃 6d
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ElizaMarie
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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Ugh! I am going to say this one is a blah! It was super long, for that ending THAT ending!? #WTF
Anyway, thanks to the #HashtagBridgage and @BarkingMadRead fpr hosting :) I wouldn't have been able to finish this one alone.

My baby Lazlo

Bookwormjillk That ending was one of the worst I‘ve ever read 7d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7d
ShelleyBooksie I cannot with this picture ♡♡♡♡♡ I want the goofy puppy snuggle s. 7d
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