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When your daughter makes you cry as her first ink is a dedication to me. It is stunning and really suits her.

My favourite bee is the red-tailed bumblebee as it's one of the first signs of spring. Debra means bee.
I'm so honoured and teary. My beasties are my world.

Debra : Meaning and Origin of First Name | Search Family History on Ancestry®. https://share.google/J0EASVzyLr2v9RE7s

Is anyone else excited to have one whole side of the board done — AND a contender for Best Book in the final showdown slot? 😍

I‘m less enthused that I had to choose between The Usual Desire & Sleep. They‘re both fabulous. I think my decision was probably driven by recency bias...

With November‘s arrival, I‘ve got #AuldLangSpine on the brain. Registration usually goes live around Thanksgiving. As of now, that‘s still the plan! 🍂

Pumpkin spice latte and my book in the library - shall have a little browse of the newest books later, too.

I‘m on to Florence & Henry‘s part in this book. Loving it! #10beforetheend

2 parisian women 50 yrs apart experience different feelings abt maternity. Anna, in 2019, has had a miscarriage, a psychoanalyst, she finds solace in a neighbour's friendship. Florence, in 1972, wants a child, but her husband does not, + their affairs undermine their love. Touching upon love, loss, sexuality, and feminism the reader is drawn into a deep reflection on the nature + fragility of relationships. It is also a beautiful picture of paris

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Next up for reading.

#HauntedandHexes Tarantula by Smashing Pumpkins @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

2.5/5
I liked the 1st part when she puts into context the sculpture, when she gives info about Degas which offers a better understanding of the work itself, and its harsh reception at the time.
I didn't like the digressions: pointless comparison of hardship, emotional judgements... These made it harder to read. I would have preferred more emotional distance from the writer, more structure too. In the
end, we don't know much more about the model

[Cardinal] Rohan believed that Cagliostro exercised occult power: he could cure disease, transform metal into gold, and see into the future. When asked... whether he had any regrets about the life he had led, he replied that he still felt terrible about the assassination of Pompey...
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"The Affair of tbe Diamond Necklace" - reads like fiction, unsurprisingly the talk of Paris in 1785.

4.5⭐️ I had forgotten about how much I liked this book the first time I read it about 10 years ago. There was a good discussion about the book during the #bookclub meeting on Monday night (one of the people at the meeting had major hang ups in regards to the sex scene at the end of the book) #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #historicalromance #romance #wwi