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Another series I'm rereading this year - absolutely LOVED the Swallows & Amazons books when I first read them, so I'm going through them again. This is the second book in the series, full of exploring, pirates, shipwrecks, mountain climbing, caves, and more! Every page was a delight.

Yesterday was a bittersweet day - I finished the Swallows & Amazons series! I read the first book back in 2019 and have taken my time reading the other 11 books, savoring every page. I LOVE this series! I think I'm going to start over and reread them all. Great Northern? did not disappoint - another delightful adventure with the entire gang. I wish there were another dozen of these books to read because I can't even express how much I've enjoyed ⬇

Through a series of events, I ended up with TWO beautiful, hardcover editions of this book. I would genuinely love to send this copy on to someone - I hate to just chuck it in the giveaway box if there is someone here in Litsy Land who would like it!! Let me know if you are interested in having me send it your way!!

I'm always excited to delve into another Swallows & Amazons adventure. Although this one definitely stretched credulity more than the others, it was still an entertaining read, even if it wasn't my new favorite or anything. Only two books left in this delightful series!

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Busy weekend & wasn't on Litsy much, but I finished two books!! This one was pretty fun, although not my favorite in the series, as I found it rather stressful at how everyone wrongly blamed the boys for casting off the boats. It seemed absurdly obvious who actually had the motive to do so, so I was continually aggravated at the adults in this story. I will say that the boys' actual parents believed & stuck up for them, which I liked. Overall, ⬇️

Decent week. I finished five books (including 1984, which wasn't in the plan haha) I read about 100 pages of The Covered Wagon (published 1922). I'd hoped to find a story of life on the Oregon Trail, but this was honestly just a soap opera set among the covered wagons, with two dashing young men (one upright & honest, the other underhanded & dastardly) competing for the love of young & beautiful Molly (whose mother is also named Molly & the ⬇

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Back at my place now and finished Secret Water on my balony. It is a very nice story and I would say very appealing to kids. Some passages inbetween are quite dragging and could‘ve been shorter and more entertaining, but overall a beautiful adventure-explorer story.

I absolutely loved this book, just as I have ever book in this series so far. So jealous of these adventures! My parents never abandoned me on an island with a sailboat so I could map out unexplored territory with my siblings!!!

Also so much love for the Jonathan Cape editions and their spectacular end paper maps!