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Ever since our #Pemberlittens #HeiressPride read along I‘ve been wanting to reread P&P, and reading it with my #LitsyLoveBookBuddy was the perfect way to revisit this one. Renee, thank you for heading back to Pemberley with me and chatting about all these characters! #EasterOMC

Clwojick, StayCurious, LadyKatrina

Clwojick Great job! I‘ll definitely have to reread this soon. I haven‘t read it since high school. 13mo

StayCurious I just love your edition and hearing your thoughts on a favourite of mine! 13mo

dabbe Gorgeous edition, too! 💜💜💜 13mo

IndoorDame @dabbe thanks!💜 13mo

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IndoorDame

Godmersham Park | Gill Hornby

Deb, you‘re package arrived and I‘m feeling so spoiled! I‘m going to have to take 2 posts to properly gush about all the goodies you sent me!!! Thank you for running such a great #HeiressPride readalong and giveaway! I can‘t tell you how excited I am to have Godmersham Park! And the coveted pretty green cover 💚💚💚 Can‘t wait to start this one! #Pemberlittens

DebinHawaii

TheAromaofBooks What a gorgeous cover!!! 1y

batsy I just started this and am enjoying it! 1y

IndoorDame @batsy yay! So looking forward to this! I‘ll be on the lookout for your review 1y

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IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks it‘s even prettier in person! The vines are embossed and the green color has delicate crosshatching like a bolt of cloth 1y

TheAromaofBooks I love it when publishers take the time to make books a pleasure to handle. Every time I see a beautiful cover I wonder why there are so many ugly ones! 1y

IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks same!! 1y

DebinHawaii Yay! 🎉 I‘m glad it made it there! You are welcome & I hope it was worth the wait! 💚 1y

IndoorDame @DebinHawaii more than worth the wait! I hope this month proves better for you ❤️ 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

We finally have a winner for the #HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 #chaoteraday readalong that I hosted for #PemberLittens

Apologies for the delay, between work, bronchitis, the holidays, etc., tabulating the entries & inputting all the entries per person took a while, but drumroll, please…

🎉The winner of an Jane Austen/Austen-ish prize pack is @IndoorDame !!🎉

We had such good & fun participation that I drew 2 more names for a few Austen-ish goodies ⬇️

DebinHawaii …Runners up are @suvata & @kspenmoll !!! 🎉 So if all of you will email me at debinhawaii@gmail.com with your mailing addresses (& @IndoorDame tell me any JA or Austen-ish book from your list) & I will get your prizes sent out.

Thanks to everyone who joined in the read-along! I really had fun reading along with all of you! 🤗 1y

DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

IndoorDame Yay!!! I‘m so excited!!! I loved this book and our read along. Thank you for being an awesome host and for this generous giveaway! 1y

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suvata Well deserved 1y

SamAnne @DebinHawaii you made it so fun! 1y

DebinHawaii @IndoorDame You are welcome! 🤗 1y

DebinHawaii @suvata You too! 🎉 1y

DebinHawaii @SamAnne Aww! Thank you! 😘 1y

BarkingMadRead Congratulations 🎉🎊 1y

julieclair Congrats to @IndoorDame , @suvata and @kspenmoll ! And thank you to @DebinHawaii for being an awesome host! 1y

eeclayton Congrats Ladies, and thanks for hosting @DebinHawaii It was so much fun! ☺️ 1y

SarahBookInterrupted Congratulations!! 1y

Librarybelle Thank you for hosting! It was a great book! 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Matzah Ball: A Novel | Jean Meltzer

About 1/3 of the way through this holiday read & it‘s cute so far. I was only able to sneak a chapter in with my desk breakfast of fried rice with an over easy egg & coffee before the rest of work showed up.

It‘s another crazy work week. Any #PemberLittens & #HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 participants, I am still working on tallying comment scores & hope to have a winner announced by this weekend. Thanks for your patience! 🤗

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janeycanuck

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

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I wasn‘t too sure about this for the first few chapters but I really like where Greeley took the story. And she has such vivid writing, it was hard to stop at just one chapter each day for the #HeiressPride readalong!

Thanks for leading, @DebinHawaii !!

AvidReader25 Glad to hear this one got better. I read the first chapter and switched to another book. I‘ll give it another chance! 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

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On one hand, I can‘t believe how long it took me to read this look at an oft forgotten Pride and Prejudice character as I‘ve had the #ARC for months before it was published, but I can‘t think of a better way to read it than with my #PemberLittens friends as a #ChapterADay as part of #HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 The discussions & daily format made it all the more special. Gorgeous writing, I rooted for Anne de Borough to get control of her destiny & find⬇️

sprainedbrain

DebinHawaii …her truth & some happiness. I had to buy a hard copy to add to my Jane Austen shelves for the beautiful writing & cover.

Thanks to everyone for playing along & making hosting a pleasure. Look for a prize winner sometime this weekend. 🤗 1y

DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

suvata You are a great host and I really enjoyed the book. 2 for 2! Thanks for all your imaginative images and your compelling discussion questions. It‘s been a real pleasure.❣️ 1y

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SarahBookInterrupted Thank you for hosting! It was a great buddy read. 1y

IndoorDame Thank you for hosting! Sharing your collages, articles, and discussion questions made this read really special. 1y

Librarybelle Thank you for hosting! 1y

ravenlee I really enjoyed this read; thanks for being a great host! I wouldn‘t read it again, but it was a lot of fun reading together. 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

#HeiressPride #ChapterADay #PemberLittens

Chapter 36: The End! We did it readalong friends! I doubt I need to summarize Anne‘s end of life journey along the river at Rosings revisiting the people in her life so we could learn what happened to them. Was there anyone you were expecting to see, but didn‘t or any surprises?

Let‘s discuss: Your final impressions of this chapter & of the book…

A big thank you to everyone who joined in! I enjoyed ⬇️

sprainedbrain

DebinHawaii …reading your thoughts & opinions. Thank you for making my first official #PemberLittens hosting a pleasure & for putting up with a few work-induced delays. 🤗

I will be finishing recording entries & drawing a winner & should have both by this weekend. I‘ll pop my review up later too. Can‘t wait to read your thoughts & reviews on what for me was a delightful book. 1y

DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

IndoorDame I really liked this ending. In the first few sentences of the chapter I assumed she had gone back to the laudanum because Eliza died or left her or something. Ending it this way kept it the sweet story we were all hoping for while still hinting at some of the more serious themes built on earlier. 1y

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ravenlee I kept expecting Miss Hall to pop up again somewhere (perhaps Lady C had her in mind for the village school?), so I was disappointed that she didn‘t. But then she was there at the end, so that‘s something. The curtain call seemed an odd mix of people who were important in Anne‘s life and kind of random players. 1y

kspenmoll I too liked the ending, was happy that she stayed strong, that George was with her, & that she was visiting the people in her life that effected her. I so enjoyed reading this book with all of you- I love when you all speak of things I that did not occur to me! Gorgeous writing- especially her laudanum world. 1y

sprainedbrain Thank you for hosting! You‘re amazing. ❤️ 1y

Librarybelle I was teary eyed! Thanks so much for hosting this! 1y

peanutnine Loved the ending! I feel like her magical river tour of Rosings at the end was due to taking laudanum again and it felt very fitting. I agree with @ravenlee that I was expecting Miss Hall to pop back up, esp when they mentioned the school. But seeing everyone at the end was satisfying. Thanks for hosting and bringing such great discussion questions to the table! This was so great! ☺️ 1y

MaureenMc I thought the ending was very fitting, and an interesting way to tell the reader what happened to the characters. Thank you for hosting! Awesome job! 1y

SarahBookInterrupted I loved the ending. So very satisfying! 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

#HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 #ChapterADay #PemberLittens

Chapter 35: the penultimate chapter, just this one & the final end tomorrow! This month has flown by! So we start this chapter in the forest which Anne has found refuge from her responsibilities (& Lady C!) echoing others (Mrs. Collins, Cousin John) who have “escaped” there before her. On this autumn day after communing with the great oak, Anne heads back to the house & spies a visitor in ⬇️

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DebinHawaii …in a bright blue pelisse & bonnet. Is it? It is! Eliza has come to her! Reunited at long last. Poor Spinner is startled to find them together in Anne‘s bed in the morning but recovers enough to ask if Mrs. Andrews wants cocoa.🫣Anne finds out that Eliza‘s husband died 2 weeks ago at a card party & that Eliza is more sorry about never feeling anything for him other than thanks for his death. She‘s now a respectable & well off widow & can be ⬇️ 1y

DebinHawaii … introduced as Anne‘s friend. She settles into country life & even Lady C seems okay with it. She works on education reform in the local school & the pair travel to London & all over the Continent. Anne is afraid it is all so good that is must be a dream. ⬇️
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DebinHawaii …So, what did you think of this chapter? What stood out? Did it end the way you wanted it to (so far anyway…) Tomorrow‘s final chapter is marked “the end” so I am expecting an epilogue of sorts. I‘ll post the summary of it & my final review tomorrow. (edited) 1y

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DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

IndoorDame I‘m not usually a happily ever after person, so I‘m reserving the right to change my mind after tomorrow‘s chapter, but this did make me really happy. 1y

suvata It does sound too good to be true, but I do like a happy ending, so I hope it stays that way. 1y

kspenmoll This made me happy too- we all need a safe, calming place to recharge. 1y

peanutnine I was pleased with how things turned out. It was a shame that they were separated for so long and Eliza had to suffer a loveless marriage but Anne needed time to come into her own fully 1y

ravenlee Probably best possible resolution for Eliza, though Anne would have preferred not to have the four years intervening. But Eliza earned her independence the hard way. 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

#HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 #ChapterADay #PemberLittens

Chapter 34: (Only 2 more to go!) Anne hears back from Eliza & then spends 4 years writing letters back & forth-not the life she had envisioned & in a small village as the patroness-it‘s not easy to find someone else. Anne engages a dancing master to get ready for the opening of the harvest ball (Lady C thinks she has “entirely list her senses” so obviously it‘s a good idea!🧐🤣 Anne should take ⬇️

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DebinHawaii …up interpretive dance & just use it every time Lady C opens her mouth! 😉Darcy bring George for his first visit at 3-years old & Anne begins to awkwardly bond with him. She tells him all of Risings will be his one day, he‘s just happy the 🐸is his. Back to the letters, Anne tries to ration her correspondence, but finds herself eagerly awaiting them & looks for
details about how Eliza feels about her husband but is relieved not to read them or ⬇️ 1y

DebinHawaii …hear news she is with child. Anne writes Eliza about finding joy & satisfaction in her work & the tenants & school & Eliza responds with the satisfaction she got from the compliments of a “noble lady” on her parlor cushion embroidery. Anne isn‘t sure whether she is serious or kidding & feels like if she is serious, it is sadder.

What did you think of this chapter? What stood out? Do you think Eliza was serious or kidding & which is sadder? 1y

DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

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IndoorDame I was pleasantly surprised that they decided 3 was old enough to bring George. That means she‘ll actually have a part in raising him and making sure he cares about being the heir to Rosings. 1y

DebinHawaii @IndoorDame Yes, I liked the part with George very much! I liked how Anne was with him & how she‘s getting him to realize what he is inheriting. Imagine the difference if it was her mother! 🧐 1y

peanutnine @IndoorDame I loved the bits with George! It was so cute to see Anne bond with him over her love of Rosings and show him all the magic while he is still young 1y

peanutnine As for Eliza's comment, I don't think she actually got satisfaction from the comment but was serious that it was a highlight of her life recently, which is very sad 1y

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DebinHawaii

The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh | Molly Greeley

#HeiressPride 🏳️‍🌈 #ChapterADay #PembeeLittens

Chapter 33: A lot happens in this chapter. Anne receives a letter from Mrs FW telling her of Eliza‘s marriage & current honeymoon in Scotland. It hurts Anne, but she has a “thank you, next” moment about their relationship & what Eliza brought her & tells Mrs. FW to give Eliza her best & that she would welcome a letter when she has time.😢Anne visits Lady C at the Dowager house & endures a few ⬇️

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DebinHawaii …comments about the state of her hair before letting Lady C. Know she is going to Pemberley (she‘s invited herself). Then, she broaches an idea that she & Mr. Colt had about a school for the tenant children. Anne handles Lady C pretty masterfully with how she asks for help in finding a teacher (within the village or out—am I hoping too much that there‘s a CERTAIN teacher that might be available? Probably…) So, after some more disapproval & more⬇️ 1y

DebinHawaii …comments on Anne‘s hair & life choices, her mother seems onboard. Anne travels to Pemberley & catches the Darcy‘s by surprise with the “important matter” she‘d like to discuss… turns out that rather than having Risings go to a distant cousin, she‘d like to name the Darcy‘s 2nd son, Baby George, as her heir! For a 2nd son, this is a huge boon (he will have an estate & not have to ‘“scrabble”) & better that although he will now be George Darcy ⬇️ 1y

DebinHawaii …de Bourgh, he will remain with his family & visit annually once he is old enough. Lizzy is more accepting than Darcy is to this offer but they agree. Lizzy remarks to Anne that “people surprise me but rarely” & Anne has done it…👑

What did you think of this chapter? Anne has grown a lot a lot. Did she make good decisions & handle herself well? Who will the new teacher be? We are nearly the end, what do you think or hope might happen? 1y

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DebinHawaii @MaureenMc @MoonWitch94 @peanutnine @Deblovestoread @IndoorDame @AllDebooks @Librarybelle @janeycanuck @suvata @julieclair @eeclayton @SarahBookInterrupted @erzascarletbookgasm @mollyrotondo
@StayCurious @DanaManiac @ravenlee @kspenmoll @SamAnne @melissajayne @Crinoline_Laphroaig @GraciousWarriorPrincess @Sparklemn 1y

kspenmoll I really felt good about how Anne was making good decisions about her estate & managed her emotions/ even her disappointment regarding Eliza accepting marriage as inevitable… Eliza‘s situation (no independent money) drive home just how narrow women‘s choices were then. 1y

DebinHawaii @kspenmoll I agree completely! Eliza made the best decision she could for herself given those narrow choices & I think Anne understood that even as much as it hurt her. 1y

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