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Born.A.Reader
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My co-workers get me. 😍 One gave me this lovely hardcover edition of Sherlock Holmes' complete works and the other this beautiful painting. 🎁❤️💚 📚

kspenmoll How generous- and wonderful that they see you! 6d
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Branwen
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Okay, when I opened book # 16 for today, I squealed with excitement! Mansfield Park is my absolute favorite Jane Austen book! And I love the color also! 🩵🩵🩵

❤️ Book 15: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
💚 Book 16: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 7d
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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Happy Jane Austen's birthday to all who celebrate! I am getting REALLY excited to read her novels again with the #PemberLittens in 2025. I'm also really excited to break out this gorgeous new copy of Mansfield Park and *dig in deep*. Who's ready to join me on the Fanny Price Defense Squad? Up with strongly held principles! Down with am-dram hedonism! #HappyBirthdayJane #JaneAusten

CrowCAH Thts a GORGEOUS cover!!! 😍 7d
LeahBergen It‘s so pretty! 7d
Bookwormjillk So pretty! A taste of spring on this dreary day! 7d
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bookishbitch
Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen
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Today in 1775 Jane Austen was born. I celebrated with Twinings English breakfast tea, raspberries and creme scone, and an Austen movie marathon in the order of the books publications. The teapot lid has the beginning of Pride and Prejudice on the pages. Made by Carters of Suffolk.

Deblovestoread Lovely! 7d
staci.reads That teapot 😍 7d
bookishbitch @staci.reads right?! 6d
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Reia
Mehso-so

Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe it wasn't for me, but this short read felt like a drag almost the whole way through. Characters appeared and disappeared with no real consequence, the plot was a fine thread that barely runs the course of the whole book. There were certain passages that dealt with things in very interesting ways, but they were lodged between long rants about some drape or another.

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TheAromaofBooks
The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas
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Pickpick

Okay, I know it's not the right kind of sword, but it's the best I could come up with 😂 Well this book was quite the rollercoaster ride. On the whole, I enjoyed it, but don't think I would reread it. However, I can see myself reading something else by Dumas. Pevear's translation was super readable. The ending did feel a little abrupt, though. I'm not sure I would want to be friends with these guys in real life (especially considering how they ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) treat women!) but I found them pretty entertaining for the most part. And some scenes were absolutely hilarious. This was quite the romp, but I'm also kind of glad it's over 😂

As usual, I totally fell off the bandwagon with leading any kind of discussion on this, but did you all finish/enjoy/hate/meh this one?

2w
Librarybelle Still reading! 2w
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TheBookHippie I did finish awhile back, like you I‘m glad I finally read it. I would read another book by this author, but I don‘t need to reread this I have to say I preferred the opera of it 🤣🫠. I did hear this one was a better book? 1w
TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - What. I haven't even heard of this one and it sounds fantastic! I read a nonfiction book about tulips several years ago and was completely blown away by the madness that was Tulipomania! This one is definitely going on my list!! 1w
TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks I added it too 🙃🤣 Tulipmania happens here every spring 🫠🫣 1w
TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - I do not live that far from Michigan (and only like 6hrs from Holland) yet have never gone to the tulip shenanigans despite thinking every year that I should 😂 1w
TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks I avoid it like the plague. I‘m 20 minutes north of the madness … 1w
AlaMich I recommend The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas. I read it during lockdown and it was a great experience. The book, not lockdown, that is. 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures I got through it. I agree I don't need to ever reread it, but I also found it easy to read - just long. I thought the humor at the beginning was sharper and then fell off a bit but maybe I was seeing more of the misogyny and that made it harder for me to find them funny. Definitely not a group I would want to hang out with IRL. Overall I enjoyed it so thank for pulling me in! 1w
curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks i enjoyed my reread:) there is a sequel to it called The Red Sphinx, i believe:) 1w
julieclair I didn‘t read it. My fear of Chunksters appears to be a real thing. I need chunkster therapy… 1w
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TheSpineView
The Swiss Family Robinson | Johann David Wyss
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Eggs 👏🏻🧡🙌🏻 1w
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Paultergeist
Catcher in the Rye | J D Salinger
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This depressing book is about an immature loser that struggles to keep friends and flunks high school. He‘s socially awkward and doesn‘t fit in. But I honestly didn‘t feel that sorry for him. It may be a historic book but it is overrated.

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Rome753
A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens
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Picked up a few books at the bookstore today.

jen_the_scribe I have Being and Nothingness waiting for me on my shelf, nice haul! 2w
Rome753 @jen_the_scribe Cool. I'm curious to see how it is. 2w
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ju.ca.no
A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens
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Next up! Looking foward! These penguin classics copys are so nice; the annotations are so helpful!

AmyG I love your fluffy cats! 2w
vlwelser 😻😻😻 they're so fluffy! 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 2w
ju.ca.no @AmyG @vlwelser @dabbe best reading companions💕💕 2w
Darklunarose 😻❤️ 2w
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