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Here are the options for the May 2026 #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub. They both sound fun and light with a hint of romance — perfect for the lovely month of May! Both books will be tagged in the comments. Brampton Wick is described as an 'irresistible comedy about domestic life'. The author has been compared to a mix of Angela Thirkell and Trollope.

#FurrowedMiddleBrow

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rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Kimzey, Cuilin, CarolynM, LeahBergen, Gissy, Tamra, bookandbedandtea, kwmg40, Ruthiella, willaful

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CarolynM My vote goes to

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Tamra I‘ll go for

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kwmg40 I‘ll vote for

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willaful Can't resist that title.

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LeahBergen I‘ll vote for the one I‘ve been meaning to read for a while!

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Kimzey Either sounds fun, but I‘ll vote for

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Cuilin It‘s got to be

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Ruthiella It looks like Elizabeth Fair is going to win for March, so I will go with that fabulous title

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bookandbedandtea Like most of us, I can't resist that title- my vote is for

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rubyslippersreads

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quietjenn I'm also voting for

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Our #FurrowedMiddlebrow nominations for January are two of my favorites authors:

Sharp‘s first book is about a girl who feels like an outsider in her self-consciously artistic family, and strives for an ordinary life.

Ten Way Street is described as having “a little more Noel Streatfeild in it than the average Susan Scarlett,” which got my attention. 😁 It‘s about a governess caring for the difficult children of an actress.

Please vote below!

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LeahBergen Ooo, I want to read both! Let‘s see… eeny meeny… I‘ll vote for Scarlett!

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CarolynM You‘ve made it very difficult, Willa! Sharp by a whisker

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Rhododendron Pie

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kwmg40 Tough choice! I‘ll go with

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Tamra Oh so fun! I‘m going with

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Rhododendron Pie

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bookandbedandtea Since it's one of the ones I was thinking of nominating, I'll go with

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Rhododendron Pie

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Cuilin Oh both sound so good. My vote is …

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catebutler I also vote for

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Ruthiella I‘ve read Rhododendron already - and it‘s good! Happy to re-read, but will vote for

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rubyslippersreads I‘ve read and loved Rhododendron Pie, so I‘ll vote for

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Kimzey My choice is …….

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willaful @rubyslippersreads I have too, but I wanted to hear what other people have to say about it. 3d

quietjenn I'm another who has read the Sharp, so vote for

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willaful @LeahBergen ooops, sorry, didn't realize I messed up the hashtag. 2d

LeahBergen No problem! I had just clicked on the hashtag to review our choices and didn‘t see your month. 😆 2d

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Now that April's There | Daisy Newman

A few days left in April to reread one of my favorite books. I think this would be a great title for #FurrowedMiddlebrow to reprint.

Leftcoastzen Wow , love the old chick in the Easter bonnet ! 7mo

LeahBergen I bought this on your recommendation and still haven‘t read it! 😬 7mo

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I haven‘t read it for years, but read it over and over as a kid. This is my mom‘s BOTM copy. ❤️ 7mo

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The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 11mo

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 11mo

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 11mo

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 11mo

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 11mo

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 11mo

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 11mo

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 11mo

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 11mo

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 11mo

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 11mo

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 11mo

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 11mo

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 11mo

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 11mo

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 11mo

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 11mo

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 11mo

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 11mo

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 11mo

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 11mo

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 11mo

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 11mo

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 11mo

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 11mo

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 11mo

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 11mo

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 10mo

Texreader So great to have you back!! 10mo

britt_brooke Joseph! 10mo

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Miss Granby's Secret: Or, The Bastard of Pinsk | Eleanor Farjeon

Repost for @LeahBergen

Here it is: our 2025 #FurrowedMiddleBrow reading schedule! It looks like we‘ll be having another enjoyable year together.

As always, anyone is welcome to join in at any time to read along with us and discuss, of course.

Kimzey Yay! 😀 12mo

LeahBergen Thanks for the repost! 12mo

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The Native Heath | Elizabeth Fair

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A re-read for me, but still a pleasant time. It's probably my least favorite Elizabeth Fair, but very cozy and the quintessential #furrowedmiddlebrow publication, I think.

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Ruthiella Your LEAST FAVORITE Elizabeth Fair? Wow. I‘m totally looking forward to reading more from her then, because I thought this was great. 😊 1y

quietjenn Yep, I like her immensely. This one is good, but I think the others are even better. 🙂 Although I haven't yet read the one that was rediscovered! 1y

willaful @Ruthiella Same! 1y

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rubyslippersreads What @Ruthiella said. 😄 1y

Jess_Read_This Oh! I liked this one quite a bit. And it makes me happy to hear that her others might be even better! 1y

elkeOriginal And what is your favorite(s) of hers? 1y

quietjenn @elkeOriginal I think Seaview House is my favorite, although I also really loved A Winter Away. It's hard to go wrong with any of them though. And now I kind of want to revisit them all! 1y

elkeOriginal @quietjenn I already have Winter Away so that is good to hear! 1y

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All Done by Kindness: A Novel | Doris Langley Moore

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What‘s better than an art heist caper? A middlebrow art heist caper!

I‘m going to echo what the rest of you have already said in your reviews of this #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pick; it was a thoroughly enjoyable and delightfully suspenseful read (and I enjoyed it even more than the last one we read by this author).

What do you all think of the illustration of the trunk on the cover of my edition? I can see several items that were mentioned! 😆

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catebutler Love your vintage edition Leah! I‘m about half way through and really enjoying it! So happy this one was picked! 🩷 2y

jlhammar Absolutely love that cover!! Delightfully suspenseful indeed. And what a great ending 😆 2y

willaful Ah, love those old editions. Perfect #furrowedmiddlebrow 2y

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Kimzey Love the photo and the review! 2y

Tamra Perfect cover art! 2y

Leftcoastzen Wow loving that cover! 2y

quietjenn Love the cover. Everyone just forgets about the broken vase and the manuscript 😅 I like this one better too and am insanely curious about her others, which sounds totally different. 2y

Ruthiella Love that cover! 😍 I remember liking My Caravaggio but maybe because the main character was so annoying, I like this one better? 2y

batsy That's a fantastic cover! Suits the book so well. I preferred this to My Caravaggio, as well. 2y

elkeOriginal Gorgeous edition! Amazing bookshelves! You kill me, lady 📚💗 2y

kspenmoll Love the cover, even though I haven‘t read the book! 2y

Cathythoughts I love the trunk on your book cover. Treasures 💫 2y

erzascarletbookgasm Great edition! I love your shelves as well 😍 2y

CarolynM That‘s a beautiful edition😍 Appropriate for a lovely book. 2y

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Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg

Alrighty friends, it‘s July (really?), so time for another #TBRtarot card! As always, let me know if you‘d like to be removed from the tag list *or* added, and happy reading!

CBee @Allylu @AmyG @AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @batsy @Bklover @BookLineNSinker @BookwormAHN @candc320 @CatMS @Deblovestoread @erzascarletbookgasm @jenniferw88 @julieclair @Librariana @MatchlessMarie @Meshell1313 @MoonWitch94 @PageShifter @PathfinderNicole @RaeLovesToRead @Read4life @Ruthiella @SusanLee @ShelleyBooksie @TheKidUpstairs @youneverarrived @willaful @RainyDayReading @Lizpixie 2y

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CBee I‘ll either read

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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

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TheKidUpstairs Perfect! I just started reading

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All Creatures Great and Small

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Ruthiella This will work perfectly with my planned #FurrowedMiddlebrow read for July

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Miss Carter and the Ifrit

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Meshell1313 Perfect timing as I just picked up this new release:

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batsy @Ruthiella and I are think alike 😆 That'll be my pick, too! 2y

CBee @TheKidUpstairs great choice! 2y

CBee @batsy @Ruthiella multiple challenges ticked off, yay! 2y

CBee @Meshell1313 perfect!! 2y

willaful Gosh, a toughie. 😁 I'm also reading “Miss Carter and the Ifrit.“ 2y

CBee @willaful so awesome that a few of y‘all are reading the same book! 2y

Ruthiella @willaful @batsy What a coincidence! 🤣 2y

youneverarrived This was tougher than it sounded. Going with

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CBee @youneverarrived that‘s a pretty good read 💚 2y

AmyG I will be reading

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Elvis and the Grateful Dead

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CBee @AmyG that sounds fun! 2y

julieclair I‘m joining @Ruthiella @batsy and @willaful in reading

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CBee @julieclair it‘s a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party 😂😊 2y

willaful Ain't no party like a #FurrowedMiddlebrow party!

I was so sad about his recent post. I'm dying to read that expanded Henrietta book. I tried to comment and suggest a kickstarter, but it never takes my comments. 2y

batsy @CBee @julieclair 😆🎉🎉 2y

CBee @CatLass007 here is July‘s prompt! You can also search the tag #tbrtarot to see all of the others 😊💚 2y

CatLass007 @cbee Thank you. @Ruthiella and @willaful I don‘t need to commit to any more book discussions, readalongs, or anything else. But please tell me the #FurrowedMiddlebrow details just in case I change my mind. 2y

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CBee @CatLass007 perfect! 😊 2y

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