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Cyndij82
Sailing to Capri | Elizabeth A. Adler
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Another great book by Elizabeth Adler. Quick read. Really like this author

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
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Ha! Interesting title for this post. My friend Buddy Reading these books with me and I think she is the character “Elena” in these novels. I cannot conceive that this can be a fictionalized relationship. #Bibliophile #AuthorWPseudonym

Eggs Great choice👏🏻👏🏻 16h
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Texreader
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I‘ve decided to listen to this audiobook while also listening to Dickens‘ Little Dorrit audiobook depending on my mood. This one is short and I miss Italy. I also need to read another #Italy book for #foodandlit as we celebrate #Jubilee all year long! @Catsandbooks I also need a #letterF for #litsyatoz

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SheReadsAndWrites
Villa | Rachel Hawkins
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Bailedbailed

I LOVED the Heiress so I was bummed I didn't click with this one, but the narcissistic friend was too close to past experiences for me and the storyline got a tad too scattered. I love her writing though, and she is stellar at suspense.

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Butterfinger
Pope Francis: Pastor of Mercy | Michael J. Ruszala
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A very short biography. I appreciated his message of humility serving the poor. In Argentina and throughout the world. I'm glad I took the time to read it. #Italy #FoodandLit #Jubilee @Texreader @Catsandbooks Also P #LitsyAtoZ

Catsandbooks ❤️🇮🇹 3d
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vivastory
Orlando Furioso | Ludovico Ariosto
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Years ago I tackled the wacky tagged Italian epic poem in the 2 vol Penguin set. Total page count is 1,632 pages.
Although it is technically a trilogy, Tolkien envisioned LoTR as a single volume & if it was counted as such then the page count for editions I read clock in at 1,248.
At just a few less pages than LoTR would be King's longest work-The Stand (1,200)
Lately I have been thinking of tackling Shogun (1,300) pages.
#sundayfunday

tpixie Oh! I‘ve read The Stand & LoTR! ( I‘m currently reading Les Mis- so ask me Dec 31!) 😂 3d
shortsarahrose Also read The Stand and LoTR, but those are beaten by a Library of America collection of Herman Melville‘s post-Moby Dick novels and prose work (1478 pages). 3d
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BookmarkTavern Multiple volumes definitely count! Thanks for posting! 3d
vivastory @shortsarahrose I love LoA volumes! I checked that one out from the library to read The Confidence-Man. There were some other pieces in there I plan on reading in the future 3d
vivastory @tpixie That's a great one! 3d
Branwen I'm guessing The Stand would be mine? Also Wind & Truth which was over 1300 pages if I'm remembering correctly! 2d
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Daisey
The Glassmaker: A Novel | Tracy Chevalier
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I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a glassmaking family through time. The way in which it skips through time while focusing on the same family is a fascinating storytelling technique, and it includes so many interesting details about glassmaking in Murano and the history of Venice.

#LitsyBookClub #audiobook

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julesG
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Reminded me of "Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone" - unreliable narrator and fourth wall breaks.

The mystery was not only who is killing and why, but also who is the intended victim.

First book in the Vacation Mysteries series.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Well done! 🤩📖📚 3d
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Gleefulreader
Oxygen | Sacha Naspini
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Mehso-so

I enjoyed Naspini‘s book Nives, so when I saw this while in London I grabbed it. The story in this is a difficult one - a young man finds out his father is responsible for the murder of several young woman and of keeping a girl locked in a storage container for 14 years. The story bounces from points of view but some reactions and behaviours in the aftermath of this just do not strike the right note, particularly the ending. #europacollective

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Gleefulreader
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This is my first Iris Origo and it won‘t be my last. It is the author‘s diary of the entrance of Italy during World War II, and her unique perspective as a well-connected British woman living with her Italian husband in the countryside of Italy. Its commentary on the realities of living under fascism, effects of propaganda and the manner in which people continued to live their lives is as relevant today as it was 85 years ago.