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#Hitchcock
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dabbe
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Had a major vertigo episode this morning, which prompted me to think of this movie.

Dizziness grips him––
fear and longing twist his heart ...
past the ledge, she falls.

JenlovesJT47 Such a great freaking movie!! Love Jimmy Stewart. Hope you‘re feeling better! ♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
lil1inblue Ooooh! 🤩 This is excellent! Love the mood it evokes. P.S. Hope the vertigo episode has cleared. Those are no fun! 2mo
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! I'm almost normal again. 🥴😅😊 2mo
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dabbe @lil1inblue No, they aren't. Reminds me of a college bender ... or two. TY! 🥴😅😊 2mo
TheBookHippie Blech I hate those. 🫣😵‍💫 2mo
Mollyanna Oh no! Hope you are feeling better. Great movie 🎥 Kim Novak was phenomenal in it. 2mo
Butterfinger On one hand, I hate that you had a spell. On the other hand, shout-out to Jimmy Stewart. Funny story @JenlovesJT47 I couldn't think of a password this morning, got really frustrated, and someone yelled out, "It has to deal with Jimmy Stewart." Even Butterfinger, my username. His favorite candy bar. 2mo
JenlovesJT47 @Butterfinger oh that‘s awesome!! I‘ve been a huge Old Hollywood fan since I was 18 and he‘s always been one of my favorites. It‘s A Wonderful Life is my favorite Christmas movie by far. I haven‘t actually watched Vertigo in years but Denise has inspired me! Have you read his book of poetry? It‘s so sweet and so Jimmy lol. 2mo
CBee We all know you just had too many beverages for your birthday yesterday, Denise 😂😂😂 @dabbe (all joking aside, vertigo can kiss my grits) 2mo
Susanita I hope you‘re feeling better. 2mo
Mimi28 Happy belated birthday!! I hope you feel better soon!! I will be sending you something in a week or so I promise. If you want to write me first that would be awesome 😎 without the list I have to find all my letters. Please don‘t be mad or upset with me 🥲 2mo
Butterfinger Oh yes. It was a Christmas present one year. @JenlovesJT47 2mo
JenlovesJT47 @Butterfinger of course! Sounds like my slight obsession with William Holden and Cary Grant 😍🤓😬 2mo
Amiable Ugh! I feel your pain. Literally. I‘ve had vertigo episodes so severe I ended up in the ER. I will go to great lengths to avoid triggering an episode. Hope you are on solid ground ASAP! 2mo
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼🐝 Hope you're all better now 🙏🏼💝. 2mo
MemoirsForMe Great haiku and movie! Hope you‘re feeling better ❤️ 2mo
dabbe @Mimi28 TY! I just emailed you the last list I had. 🩵💙🩵 2mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Vertigo or college benders? 😂 2mo
dabbe @Mollyanna TY; I am. She was phenomenal, wasn't she? 😍 2mo
dabbe @Butterfinger I had no idea that's why you had your handle! How cool is that? I adore Jimmy Stewart. And @JenlovesJT47, I saw him live on the Johnny Carson show reciting some of his poems from that very book! I must have been 7-8 years old! My favorite movie of his is ANOTHER THIN MAN; he was so good in that one! 😍 2mo
dabbe @CBee Who, me? 😌 Yeah, vertigo totally sucks. I'm doing better now, though. 😍 2mo
dabbe @Susanita TY; I am. 😍 2mo
dabbe @Amiable OMG, I can't imagine. I think we talked about this once before. It totally sucks. I just forget sometimes to move slowly. I whipped my head down to scruff it up with some hair goo, and boy, did I pay for that! I'm doing better now, though. 😍 2mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal TY; I'm doing better. 😍 2mo
dabbe @MemoirsForMe TY; I am. 😍 2mo
JenlovesJT47 Ooh yes I love the Thin Man movies! Nick & Nora are the best! And it was great seeing Jimmy go against type in that one. He‘s such an adorable yet sexy boy next door in his younger years. If you haven‘t seen it you have to watch The Shop Around The Corner around Christmastime. Such a great movie! ♥️ 2mo
Cuilin Oh vertigo sucks!! Both my parents and myself have it. Hope today is a better day. 2mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe vertigo… I loathe it. I didn‘t drink alcohol until my later grownup years. 2mo
julieclair I‘m amazed that, while suffering vertigo, you were still able to haiku about it. How??? Glad you‘re feeling more stable now. 💙 2mo
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 LOVE that one! Way better than YOU'VE GOT MAIL IMHO. That and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE = #jimmyfortheholidays 🎄 2mo
dabbe @Cuilin TY; I am doing better today. Have to remind myself to move head slowly! 😍 2mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Boy, wish I could say the same. My college years were quite something. 🥴 2mo
dabbe @julieclair Oh, I wrote the haiku hours later, after the vertigo had settled down. 💙 2mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe helps to be poor & on your own & working three jobs and protesting & funerals 😭 I was at the clubs -I was just generally the driver 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ let‘s be real I‘m stubborn and I‘ll be damned if anything controls me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 2mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie I could have used your resolve back then. 😂 I didn't have much $$ either. That's why we usually went to a place called Dirtbags (still in business) where you could get 50-cent kamikaze shots. Need I say more? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 2mo
JenlovesJT47 Yes I agree!! IAWL is my favorite Christmas movie! You must track down the colorized version, it is so well done. ♥️ 2mo
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Will do! 💙 2mo
Mimi28 Thanks!! Glad you are feeling better 🩷I am sending you something Tuesday 😊🫶🏽🩷😎 2mo
dabbe @Mimi28 😘😍😘 2mo
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JenlovesJT47
The Birds | Daphne Du Maurier, Derek Strange
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From another favorite movie of mine, The Birds.

The flapping of wings,
trapped like a bird in a cage;
predator now prey.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #TheBirds #Hitchcock #TippiHedren

AmyG Such a great movie. 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @AmyG the best! In my top 5 of all time. 💚💚💚 4mo
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TheSpineView ❤️🎬❤️💛🐝💛 4mo
AnnCrystal Captured brilliantly 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📞🐝💝. 4mo
dabbe Powerful simile! 💛🐝🖤 4mo
bellabella 💛 🐝 💛 💕 4mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 4mo
lil1inblue This really captures the feeling I get watching the movie! Eek! 💛 🐝 💛 4mo
Reggie Love it! 4mo
DebinHawaii Excellent! Perfect The Birds vibe! 🖤🐝🖤 4mo
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dabbe
The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock
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ImperfectCJ Did you know that the movie is based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier? 4mo
dabbe @ImperfectCJ Yep! I bought the book DON'T LOOK NOW just to read it! 🤩😍🤩 4mo
Eggs Classic👏🏻👏🏻 4mo
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marleed Ohhh I did not know this! 4mo
dabbe @Eggs 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 4mo
dabbe @marleed IKR? The book is an anthology of a bunch of her short stories! 😍 4mo
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Bookzombie
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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Mehso-so

I was expecting more of a thriller, with maybe a dash of horror and that is not what this is. Every character is awful and I wanted a higher body count.

Finished February 2, 2025.

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GidgetsTreasures75
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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2-20-25: My 14th finished book of 2025! Fantastic concept but a fizzled ending. Alfred Smettle, a Hitchcock super fan, has bought a house by his old college campus, redone it, and turned it into the Hitchcock Hotel. On the 1st anniversary of its opening he invites his friends from college for a weekend of fun, and murder. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣1️⃣4️⃣

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GidgetsTreasures75
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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2-15-25: I hear it‘s snowing in Philly right now while I‘m reading a new book in Florida💖

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JenlovesJT47
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Hello all! Up next for our #HitchToScreen buddy read is The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White. The movie is from 1938. We will have 6 weeks to read the book starting on Feb 1st. Read at your own pace and use the tag #HitchToScreen & don‘t forget to tag me. Anyone is welcome to join! Anyone who wants to be removed or added to the tag list, let me know. Happy reading! 🤗

#buddyread
#Hitchcock

JenlovesJT47 Also, if anyone has any difficulties finding the book, I have an online resource where you can download it for free. Just let me know! 🤗🙃 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly I couldn‘t find it at any of my libraries, but it‘s only $.99 on Amazon so I grabbed that ebook! 8mo
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JenlovesJT47 @Clare-Dragonfly awesome! 8mo
willaful Oh, I love the movie. I'll join! 8mo
JenlovesJT47 @willaful yay! I‘ll add you to the list 🤗 8mo
julieclair Looking forward to it! 8mo
JenlovesJT47 @julieclair ❤️❤️❤️ 8mo
AnishaInkspill oh my crumbs this is a distraction, I hadn't realised the movie was an adaptation, mind you I am not sure if I've seen the movie. I'm really tempted, I'll see how the next few weeks go. 8mo
willaful I haven't been able to find it, except at Project Gutenberg Australia, where it's not downloadable. Could you point me towards the source? 7mo
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LiteraryHoarderPenny
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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Pickpick

I quite enjoyed this one!! Now the well-worn saga of “what do I read next??” The first book choice of the year is so important!

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LiteraryHoarderPenny
Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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I do love when publishers make a great effort like this for books. Every chapter, section, quotes like this have received nice attention. It makes for an enjoyable reading experience for sure.

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LiteraryHoarderPenny
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel
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I started this one on Christmas Day because I was close to finishing the Fredrik Backman and I was feeling the tears were going to start pouring, so I quickly reached for this one so I wouldn‘t be breaking down in front of my family. 😚 So far it‘s been good.