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Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) | Amy Spalding

I went with the #closetome literally. This cover is quite a close up still quite lovely. #anglophileapril
@Cinfhen @Reviewsbylola @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi

Reviewsbylola I like that, great choice! 7y

Mdargusch Nice cover too! 7y

emilyhaldi Love all of the different takes on this prompt 🤗 7y

Cinfhen And I noticed “best burgers in LA” 🍔🍟😋 7y

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LeahBergen

A Game of Hide and Seek | Elizabeth Taylor

One of my bookcases that‘s #CloseToMe right at this moment. 😄

#AnglophileApril

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Mtroiano 😍 7y

saresmoore Oh. My. Goodness. 7y

Reviewsbylola Your shelves are my absolute favorite Litsy shelves!! 7y

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writerlibrarian Well... i'm not at all turning green... nope. 😉😉😉 7y

JoScho Beautiful 💗 7y

Leftcoastzen Pretty! 7y

rubyslippersreads I spy

Coronation Summer

Mdargusch Wow! I could stare at that for hours! ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

batsy 😍😍 7y

AlaMich Your shelves are awesome! I get the feeling you are a series completist...😉 7y

emilyhaldi Uuggghhhh I will never not have major book envy with ANYTHING you post 🤤 7y

LeslieO So beautiful! I wish I could enlarge it like instagram so I could read all the titles. 7y

Kalalalatja I can‘t deal 😍😍😍😍 7y

Tanisha_A WOW 7y

Cinfhen Looks like an old English library shelf!! Beautiful 7y

Susannah So purty! 😍 7y

mabell 😍❤️😍 7y

Sarah83 Can you take a picture of the vmc's 😍😍😍 7y

youneverarrived Gorgeous 😍 7y

Cathythoughts Beautiful ♥️♥️♥️ 7y

LeahBergen @Mtroiano @saresmoore @Reviewsbylola @writerlibrarian @JoScho @Leftcoastzen @Mdargusch @batsy @emilyhaldi @LeslieO @Kalalalatja @Tanisha_A @Cinfhen @Susannah @mabell @youneverarrived @Cathythoughts Thanks so much! 😘😘 7y

LeahBergen @AlaMich Hmm... a wee bit. 😆😆 I‘m not too rabid about it, though. 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Yes, and it‘s all thanks to you! Doesn‘t it look nice with the other old Thirkells? 😄 7y

LeahBergen @Sarah83 Do you want a photo of just the titles? 7y

Sarah83 This would be very nice. 😍 I am going to use this for future parcels as an alternative to Folios. 😍 7y

LeahBergen @Sarah83 Aww, you‘re so sweet! 😘 7y

Sarah83 😘😘😘😘 These ones I can order at book depository for example 😍 7y

Melissa_J You know I love your Shellie pics 😍 7y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen 😊 I also like seeing two of my favorites, Tryst and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. (edited) 7y

LeahBergen @Melissa_J 😘😘 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads I blame my purchase of both of these on YOU! I only recently (finally!) found a hardcover of The Ghost and Mrs Muir (I‘ve never even seen the movie). 7y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Oh, and I had to put it next to Tryst on the shelf because they‘re both recommendations from you. 😆😆 7y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen Read the book first, but you must watch the movie. It‘s wonderful! (edited) 7y

RohitSawant Oo, love this! 😍 7y

BiblioLitten Can‘t even!! 😍😍 7y

Megabooks 🤩😍🤩😍🤩 7y

MStew I'm in love with your books and book taste 😍 7y

LeahBergen @meghan2714 Wow, that was a lot of “likes” from you. 😆 Thank you so much!! 7y

MStew @LeahBergen 😂 I was looking at all your bookies your welcome. 7y

elkeOriginal I wish I could zoom in and check out your titles! 7y

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AmberWB

Phoebe and Her Unicorn | Dana Simpson

This is what is currently #closetome.
#anglophileapril
@Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen

Reviewsbylola I‘m curious about these books. They look like books my kids will be all over a few years from now! 7y

AmberWB @Reviewsbylola I am really enjoying it! It is in the same vein as Calvin & Hobbes, which is one of my favorites. 7y

Mdargusch Definitely a book your girls would like @Reviewsbylola 7y

emilyhaldi Ofcourse you have a book close by 😉 7y

AmberWB @emilyhaldi Always!! 😊 7y

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gradcat

Carpenters: The Untold Story: An Authorized Biography | Ray Coleman

#anglophileapril

(Day 1 - #CloseToMe)

Sorry, I can‘t think of “Close to Me” without immediately thinking of “Close to You” ... and I‘m showing my age again.

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Texreader I love the Carpenters 7y

SW-T 😂 Close to You is a great song! Love The Carpenters 😊 7y

Reviewsbylola Love it! 7y

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Mdargusch Good one! 7y

Pamwurtzler Ha I thought of that too!! 7y

emilyhaldi 💃🏻🕺🏻 7y

Cinfhen Ah, this makes me think of my parents (sorry, GradCat) but they LOVED The Carpenters!!!! 7y

gradcat @Texreader @SW-T @Mdargusch @Pamwurtzler @emilyhaldi Thanks for your comments, peeps! I love, love, love it when you do that!! 💗💕❤️ 7y

gradcat @Cinfhen As for you, my dear! Alas, I probably am the same age as your parents.... omigod, I could be your mother!! 😱 See, it‘s quite frightening, isn‘t it?!? 😂 7y

gradcat @Pamwurtzler Oh, gee, Pam...are you an older than dirt Litten like me? 😂😂🤣🤣 7y

Cinfhen I don‘t think that‘s true @gradcat you are wayyyyyyy cooler than my mom & dad!! I just think u just have sophisticated taste in music 😆I was born in 1966, making me no spring bunny 🥀🐰 7y

Crazeedi @gradcat when I saw this prompt, this was what i thought of first too!!! Then thought close to me, not you!!! Great minds!! 7y

emilyhaldi We love seeing your posts ❣️😉 7y

Pamwurtzler @gradcat Yep!!! 7y

gradcat @Cinfhen Omigod, woman—I‘m only 8 years older than you...hmmm, maybe I‘m not old enough to be your mom....🤭🤔😂 7y

gradcat @Crazeedi I think we have a lot in common...yes, & great minds! 😂😂😂 7y

gradcat @Pamwurtzler Well, yay! I love being in a group that has folks of all ages, and it‘s especially nice to find some folks around my age. 😊❤️😊 7y

Cinfhen Litsy has the BEST people around, ALL AGES!!! 7y

gradcat @Cinfhen Of course Litsy has the best people...why, they have you!! ❤️💗💕🥰 7y

Cinfhen Awwwww 😘😘😘 7y

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Crazeedi

Untitled | Unknown

#anglophileapril #closetome
@Cinfhen @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi
I'm not sure how this is done, but this is what I came up with...😊
This song popped into my head...

Reviewsbylola That works! ♥️ 7y

Mdargusch Ha! Now I will have the ear worm for this song! 👂🏻🐛 7y

writerlibrarian Totally works 7y

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Crazeedi @Mdargusch yep me too when I saw the prompt 7y

Crazeedi @writerlibrarian @Reviewsbylola thanks, I wasnt sure if it had to be a book! 7y

Reviewsbylola Most people do books but songs work too! It‘s very loose so people post a whole range of things. Today I actually posted my nightstand, although there were books on it. 😆 7y

emilyhaldi This is a total ear worm!! 🐛 7y

Crazeedi @Reviewsbylola thank you! 7y

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Kalalalatja

The Outsider | Stephen King

What is #CloseToMe at the moment - an unlit candle, a glass of water, and my current read. Exciting stuff 😅

#AnglophileApril #currentlyreading

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

vivastory Are you liking the book? 7y

Kalalalatja @vivastory it is really outside my normal reading wheel house, but I think I am? I‘m about 150 pages in, and I‘m interested in seeing where this book takes me, but something about King‘s writing style is making me a bit annoyed 🤷‍♀️ 7y

Reviewsbylola Minimalist. 7y

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Kalalalatja @Reviewsbylola or just semi broke 😂 (edited) 7y

Cinfhen I don‘t have a good track record with King 🤷‍♀️ 7y

Kalalalatja @Cinfhen I have only read two of his books, aside from this, and I have enjoyed them, but they didn‘t wow me. I thought this was “just” going to be a mystery, but now there might be something supernatural going on, and I‘m not sure how I feel about that. Or, if I‘m just supposed to think something supernatural is going on, but there will be a logical explanation in the end. I‘m confused... 🙃 7y

Cinfhen King has a way of doing that 7y

Mdargusch I‘m like @Cinfhen - I‘m not a King fan. 7y

emilyhaldi I really want to try more King!! Someday 🖤 7y

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Leftcoastzen

Close Range: Wyoming Stories | Annie Proulx

#AnglophileApril #CloseToMe I have read some Proulx ,need to read some more .I‘m getting rid of all my books....April Fools!

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi

Cinfhen Hahaha 7y

Cinfhen I believed you for a hot second 7y

vivastory 😂 7y

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Reviewsbylola I am too gullible so I‘m over April Fools. 😆 7y

RealBooks4ever Omg, my heart stopped for a sec! 😆💜 7y

emilyhaldi Hehehe 😆 7y

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fandom_hellspawn99

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | Becky Albertalli

#AnglophileApril @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen

#CloseToMe makes me think of the part where Simon is outed to the whole school and he feels that intense social claustrophobia because all eyes are on him now

Cinfhen I only saw the movie... which was ADORABLE!! I bawled 🙄 7y

Reviewsbylola I‘ve had my eye on this one! 7y

Mdargusch Sounds like a good one! 7y

emilyhaldi 👀👀👀 7y

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Reviewsbylola

The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck

#closetome is my nightstand. It usually looks like this—stacks and a bin of books, my current read, and some other necessities. Missing is my eye mask (my kids are always grabbing it and losing it) and my kindle.

#anglophileapril

Cinfhen, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch

Cinfhen I don‘t remember Grapes being such a chunkster 😳😱 7y

Reviewsbylola It is. 530 pages. I really like it though so it‘s flying by. Should be finishing it tonight! @Cinfhen 7y

Cinfhen Did u choose it for fun??? Im not sure I could read it again?? I found it SOOOOO DEPRESSING 7y

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Cinfhen But then again, I was 19 7y

Reviewsbylola It is unbelievably depressing. How do they have any kind of hope? I‘d be more like the pregnant sister who is always moping and sorry for herself. 😆 @Cinfhen 7y

Reviewsbylola And yes, chose it for fun! @Cinfhen 7y

EadieB @Reviewsbylola I like Steinbeck. East of Eden was a good book. I also read Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. I went to the Steinbeck Museum in CA when my husband won a trip to Pebble Beach. He hit a hole in one at a golf course nearby and the trip was the prize. He played 3 courses and I went sightseeing! Great fun! @Cinfhen (edited) 7y

Cinfhen Cool!! How fun @eadieb 7y

Centique @EadieB I love East of Eden. Grapes is so good but yup, so hard on the heart I reckon @Cinfhen And I went to that museum last year when I visited the US 😍 7y

EadieB @Centique Very cool! Did you see the Mexican workers in the fields on the way to the museum? It reminded me of what he wrote in his books about them. @cinfhen @Reviewsbylola 7y

Reviewsbylola East of Eden and MoM are two favorites of mine. @EadieB @Centique I didn‘t realize there was a museum! 7y

Cinfhen I‘d be curious to read EoE @Centique @EadieB @Reviewsbylola assuming it‘s no chunkster!!!! 7y

EadieB @Cinfhen it is a bit of a chunkster but it is such a good story! Also a great movie! (edited) 7y

Centique @Cinfhen totally a chunkster 😂😂😂 7y

Centique @EadieB we drove up from LA and although I didn‘t see workers I saw lots of farms and oil fields which set the scene for sure. 7y

Cinfhen That‘s probably why I haven‘t read it... maybe I‘ll suggest it to my bookclub for our big summer read @Centique @EadieB 7y

EadieB @Reviewsbylola Checkout Steinbeck.org 7y

EadieB @Centique I bet you went through Gilroy where all the garlic is grown. You couldn‘t miss the smell of Garlic. 7y

Centique @EadieB oh yes we did! 😄 because we went to San Jose too. (edited) 7y

BiblioLitten Interesting cover. 💕 7y

Mdargusch I love your bin of books. 😁 7y

Reviewsbylola The bin has been there for a year now but brian finally noticed it the other day and asked when I bought it. 😆 @Mdargusch 7y

Mdargusch Ha! Sounds like something your dad would say. 7y

emilyhaldi EoE sounds like another buddy read 🤗🤗🤗 @Cinfhen it‘s been staring at me from my shelf for way too long! 7y

emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola what‘s with the janky sock?? 7y

Cinfhen Ooooooohhhhh, let‘s do it @emilyhaldi bc IRL bookclub shot me down. They all read it already but not interested in a reread. 7y

emilyhaldi @Cinfhen yesss, this will totally motivate me to finally pick it up 🙃 my buddy read schedule is wide open (yours maybe not so much??) So you just tell me when! 7y

Cinfhen I need to pick up the book and it‘s a chunky but I‘d be up for reading it over the summer @emilyhaldi what do u think?? Would summer work??? 7y

Reviewsbylola I like to keep warm socks nearby in case my feet get cold in the night. 😆 @emilyhaldi I‘m keeping it real here. 7y

Reviewsbylola I‘d be in, I want to reread it! @Cinfhen @emilyhaldi 7y

Cinfhen How about you @Mdargusch summer read of East of Eden???? 7y

Mdargusch Sure! I love buddy reads to get me through the chunksters. Otherwise I don‘t have the motivation to read them. @Cinfhen @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola I actually read this about 10 years ago with my IRL book club but I forget it 🤪 (edited) 7y

Cinfhen Yay!!! Another Dargusch Family buddy read!!!! Let‘s hope I don‘t bail, so far my track record sucks @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola 😂 7y

emilyhaldi Summer read it is!! @Cinfhen ☀️ 7y

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