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Strangers on a Train: A Novel | Patricia Highsmith

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Guy and Bruno meet on a train. Bruno decides to kill someone for Guy, then Guy is supposed to kill someone for Bruno. Excellently written examination of descent in alcoholism, manipulation, guilt and murder. Overall, a very good read.
Looking forward to reading what others thought #HitchtoScreen @JenlovesJT47
Make a great day everyone 😊

bthegood the fact that Guy was not “in“ on the plot made this different from the tv/movie adaptations I have seen - usually both people agree right away. I have not seen Hitchcocks film yet - we will see if he follows the plot. (edited) 8h

JenlovesJT47 The movie is SO good!! Glad you liked it! 22m

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JessClark78

Strangers on a Train: A Novel | Patricia Highsmith

Starting next.

#HitchToScreen #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterS #Adventathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#WinterGames2024

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

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PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 19h

DieAReader 💖💖💖 19h

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 19h

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Andrew65 Excellent, hope you enjoy it. 🎄🎄🎄 18h

JenlovesJT47 Yay! Can‘t wait to start this after Christmas 💚 17h

BookmarkTavern Oh fun! I enjoyed this one! 15h

bthegood looking forward to what everyone thinks of this one - enjoy! 8h

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Sace

Strangers on a Train: A Virago Modern Classic | Patricia Highsmith

I am getting in the #SnickerdoodleSpirit #Readathon with the next #HitchToScreen selection and Happy color. No goals. Just books and cozy vibes. Thanks @Bookwormjillk !

Bookwormjillk Highsmith is so good at writing creepy. Enjoy! (edited) 2d

Sace @Bookwormjillk Agree! While I haven‘t seen the movie based on this I feel like Hitchcock owes a great deal to her. While listening I‘m thinking “yup. Very Hitchcockian” and I have to stop myself because her work came first! 2d

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CrowCAH

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

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#HitchToScreen

I am so glad I finally read this one (actually listened to it)!

It was moody, atmospheric, riveting, fast paced, emotional. It had me second guessing who was “good” and “evil.” Like Mary I shouldn‘t doubt myself.

The ending was super touching ❤️ As persons we long for a human connection, not just ties to the land.

This is my third du Maurier story and I‘ve loved them all!!! (Rebecca and Frenchman‘s Creek)

JenlovesJT47

JenlovesJT47 Yay! I loved it too 💚 5d

Scochrane26 This has been on my tbr for too long. I had considered audio but wasn‘t sure. Glad to know you liked the audio version! 5d

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JessClark78

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

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‘The coachman tried to warn young Mary Yellan away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast..‘

A nice gothic tale, this was dark and atmospheric. I enjoyed it. Good writing and details.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterJ
#Adventathon #WinterCosy #HitchToScreen
#WinterGames2024 Holiday/Wintery Read +75

I skipped the word search on this one since I started in November.

+80 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

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JenlovesJT47 💚💚💚 7d

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 I enjoyed this one. 7d

TheBookHippie I prefer this over Rebecca 👀 7d

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DieAReader Excellent! 7d

BookmarkTavern Looks spooky! 7d

OutsmartYourShelf @JessClark78 I love this one! Have you ever seen the adaptation with Jane Seymour & Trevor Eve? 6d

JessClark78 @OutsmartYourShelf No, I haven‘t seen it. Is it good? 4d

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Sace

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

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3.25/4 ⭐️
I finished it a day late but I enjoyed this one. I went back and forth between audio and kindle. It‘s very melodramatic with strong Perils of Pauline vibes. Perfect escapist and atmospheric read. Like others have said, it was extra fun to be reading it at the same time of year as in the book. My winter break is coming up and I‘m going to try to talk hubby into watching the 1939 movie with me.

#hitchtoscreen @JenlovesJT47

JenlovesJT47 Yay! 💚 1w

Sace @JenlovesJT47 Will we be reading Rebecca? That‘s one I‘ve always meant to read. 1w

JenlovesJT47 Yes, Strangers On A Train is the one we‘re reading starting today, then I‘m going to do Rebecca after the next book probably. There are 3 Daphne Du Maurier books and I want to space them out a little bit. Rebecca is so good!! 1w

Sace @JenlovesJT47 I had started Strangers on a Train but decided to put it on pause and listen to Jamaica Inn. I‘m glad I did. It was enjoyable. I‘ll start back with Strangers this week. It‘s also really good. Can‘t wait for Rebecca! 1w

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CogsOfEncouragement

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

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I read Rebecca a couple years ago and was happy to read another by Du Maurier. I liked this dark tale, extra enjoyment reading it the same time of year it is set. #HitchToScreen

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TorieStorieS

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

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The first #HitchToScreen book made for a quick (& surprisingly seasonal!) listen that was really well performed (despite the book being read by a man, when I would have expected a lady since the book is from Mary Ellen‘s POV!). After the death of her mother, she travels to the Cornish coast to live with her aunt & uncle at the titular inn. But she quickly realizes that the inn has a dark reputation & soon she strives to unmask its secrets!

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JenlovesJT47 How funny that a man narrated it. I can‘t wait to watch the Hitchcock movie this weekend. It‘s one of the few I‘ve never seen. I also came across a remake made a few years ago and got it from the library. Glad you enjoyed it! It made me go out and get the rest of Daphne‘s books! 🤓 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I will say that he was quite dramatic, so once I got over the oddness of his gender, I really enjoyed it! I am excited to watch, too— I‘ve also never seen it! Which one of hers will you read next? 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS My Cousin Rachel has been on my TBR forever so I‘m hoping to start that one in January. I‘ve read The Birds & Rebecca (both are excellent) but that‘s about it! 2w

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TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 My book club read My Cousin Rachel a few years ago— I really liked it a lot! And I read Rebecca so long ago that I really should re-read it! I went through a Gone With The Wind phase in junior high and the librarian recommended Rebecca and The Thorn Birds— and something else… now I can‘t think of it! But I am due to revisit both!! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS well Gone With The Wind happens to be my favorite book of all time (and top 3 movies of all time!) — I read it in high school, then rented the movie from Blockbuster and my love of classic movies was born 🤓 2w

JenlovesJT47 And Rebecca is so good! I had already seen the movie about 20 times before I read the book but the book is excellent. Would have been even better if I hadn‘t seen the movie first. 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Of course it‘s one of your favorite books, book twin!! 🤣🥰 My paperback copy literally fell apart (I also love the late sequels like Scarlett) and I tried to get a play production of it going in 8th grade! I saw the movies first for both of them, but I feel like the differences kept it interesting! 2w

JenlovesJT47 Lol I sneaked the sequel, Scarlett, into a book report in high school (went to a Christian school so it was very taboo 😳), I love it. Haven‘t read it in a very long time. 2w

Sace I‘m currently listening to an audiobook narrated by Barbara Rosenblat and it‘s excellent. I want to try the audiobook for Rebecca next. There was one with a male narrator, but luckily I found one with a female narrator. 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Hah! I am seeing my mom for some Christmas shopping in a little while so I‘m going to ask her if she remembers telling me that I was too young for these books (but then enjoying reading-watching the movies with me!) Plus there‘s the Rhett Butler one and I would definitely be up for a buddy read of all of these, too! I even have some GWTW ornaments on one of my Christmas trees! 2w

TorieStorieS @Sace Oh man! I am jealous of the female narrator find! Where do you usually get your audiobooks? Our house is out-of-district for the library so now I mainly use Audible, Chirp or Spotify. 2w

JenlovesJT47 Ok you‘re definitely my book twin. I have boxes of GWTW ornaments. Fancy ones that I got from some club or something. And the collectors plates. We should definitely do a buddy read! There‘s GWTW, Scarlett, Rhett Butler‘s People, one about Mammy I can‘t remember the name of, and a few others. Would be fun! 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 For sure!! I think I have a sheet of stamps, hahahaha! And I don‘t think I ever read the one about Mammy (though it‘s on my shelves!). Let‘s definitely do a buddy read!! Goodreads has this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/117759.Gone_With_the_Wind_Sequels 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Some of them might not be worth reading, but it‘s a longer list than I expected!! 2w

JenlovesJT47 Ooh, down the rabbit hole I go! 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Sace @TorieStorieS my library uses Hoopla. While it rarely has the newest books, I can still find some gems. 1w

Sace @TorieStorieS I take that back. I found it on Cloud Library, another service my library uses. 1w

TorieStorieS @Sace Thanks! I know Hoopla, but Cloud Library is new to me! 1w

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Sace

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

I‘m going to attempt to finish this audiobook before December 14th for #hitchtoscreen. I‘m liking it so far (I‘m only on chapter 2). I think I‘m glad that I have not read Rebecca since I‘ve seen a couple of reviews that have said this one isn‘t as good as Rebecca.

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CrowCAH

Jamaica Inn | Daphne Du Maurier

Started this #Audiobook today for the #HitchToScreen #buddyread! Been on my TBR for some time, so glad of the excuse to finally read it!

JenlovesJT47

JenlovesJT47 Yay!! 3w

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