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#ThreeListThursday

Not good but still missing 3 from my older edition. Hoping to do better in the next century 😁

@dabbe

I 💜 Zola and also ❤ Gide (not pictured, I couldn't choose)

I may have marked a couple of books that I never quite finished. But so many good-and-long reads on this section of The List.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

“We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in its destruction the warning that all we gather will be lost, but also that much of it can be collected again; we can learn from its splendid ambition that what was one man's experience can become, through the alchemy of words, the experience of all, and how that experience, distilled once again into words, ⤵️

“Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned.”

I am enjoying this series. There a nice mix of serious issues alongside romance and humour, with a nice mix of likeable characters.

Book 35/60, Page 11,419/18,000 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

London,1938. Gertie is still running her book store even though her husband is a distant memory. In Germany, her friend Charles is bringing back refugee children. With the war at large, people are needed like Gertie to take in a child. Meet Hedy, a young teen girl. Together they run the bookshop and then even make a public shelter. The book follows how their daily lives change, sometimes for the good and others not so good. Such a good read 📖

#WhereAreYouMonday
This is NF about Shakespeare and scholarship questions about his plays so I'm "in" 1600 England. So far it's interesting.
@Cupcake12

Dipped into this for five months. I always liked it. I don‘t know if I could have read it in one go, but i am now considering reading the sequel.

I have often thought about purchasing this book. So many I do not know. Ivanhoe, Bleak House, and Wuthering Heights are three I enjoyed reading. Although, I do remember finding 6 pages of describing a dress quite tedious. Talking to you, Sir Scott. #TLT @dabbe