IveBeenWaitingForYou

American Housewife: Stories | Helen Ellis

#ivebeenwaitingforyou... to be over 😏
Unfortunately most of these short stories didn't work for me. Although the book did start off on a good note, the quirk soon wore off and things just got weird.
#ABBAinAugust

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, Mdargusch, Meredith3

Cinfhen I thought this collection was fun and quirky and I liked it overall 🤷‍♀️ 6y

emilyhaldi There were definitely some delightful little bits in there @Cinfhen but some (like the bookclub story) had me scratching my head. Could be partially bc I listened ok audio and found myself losing concentration here and there. 6y

L_auren Didn‘t blow my mind either 6y

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Cathythoughts That is some hair situation she has going on 😳 6y

Mdargusch Good one! I had a hard time with this prompt. 🤔 6y

BookNAround I‘m sorry it didn‘t work for you. I really liked it when I read it several years ago. 6y

saresmoore Aaaand unstacked. 6y

Reviewsbylola Felt the same way. 👎🏻 6y

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Meredith3

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster | Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick

John Wayne Gacy‘s victims were waiting to be discovered in the crawl space of his house and their loved ones were waiting for justice to be served! #ivebeenwaitingforyou #ABBAinAugust

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britt_brooke 🙈 6y

emilyhaldi Omg I'm going to have nightmares 😬 6y

Kalalalatja So disturbing! 6y

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Cathythoughts Oh god 😰scary 6y

Centique I‘m running away screaming now! 😨😨😨 but also brilliant pick 😂😂 6y

Mdargusch I‘m amazed at how many prompts you can attach to murderers! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y

saresmoore Dear lord. 6y

ephemeralwaltz This man has haunted me for years - unbelievable! I read this one about the murders and it was an informative read.

Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders

Reviewsbylola Dear god. 🤡 6y

Meredith3 @emilyhaldi @britt_brooke @Kalalalatja @Cathythoughts @Centique @saresmoore @Reviewsbylola thanks all! 👻👹☠️🖤 6y

Meredith3 @Mdargusch gah ahah thank you 🙏😹 6y

Meredith3 @ephemeralwaltz ikr? So terrifying! I need to check that book out! 🤡💀 6y

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Billypar

Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#Ivebeenwaitingforyou #ABBAinAugust
Florentino Ariza waited over 51 years for his beloved to become available following the death of her husband...and he wastes no time in moving in. If you like your romances serious and earnest, this is not the classic for you. But if you're into a somewhat ridiculous kind of romantic story, look no further- they don't get much better than this.

Billypar @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Meredith3 @Cinfhen 6y

Meredith3 This sounds fun! 6y

Billypar (Artwork is courtesy of my fiancee, originally the book-jacket wrapping of a birthday gift)❤️💕 6y

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Reviewsbylola I‘m pretty sure this is the only Marquez I‘ve read. It just wasn‘t for me. 6y

emilyhaldi This is on my list of books to read someday!!! 🤞🏻😜😄 6y

Leftcoastzen Cool art! Embarrassed that I have not read it yet! 6y

Cathythoughts What a great pick 👍🏻❤️. Well done ! 6y

Cathythoughts I need to reread this one ❤️💔 6y

Centique One of my all time faves. 🙌🙌 6y

Mdargusch Great review! Nice! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y

Suet624 On my list to read - somehow I‘ve skipped over this one. 6y

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Mdargusch

Persuasion | Jane Austen

Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to Wentworth years ago and has regretted it. Now he is back in her life, but can she make amends? #ivebeenwaitingforyou #abbainaugust

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Meredith3

cathysaid That cover ❤️ 6y

emilyhaldi I haven‘t read this yet!! 😄 ps. pretty picture 😍 6y

Leftcoastzen So pretty! 6y

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Melissa_J I love the cover! 6y

MaGoose Great cover. Read it more than 15 years ago. Maybe it's time to read it again. 6y

lahousewyfe My favorite Austen! 6y

Reviewsbylola Such a fantastic cover!! 6y

Meredith3 Your pics are always so gorgeous! 💐 6y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💗💗💗 6y

Suet624 Lovely photo! 6y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Omg, I want to live in this photo!!! 6y

aprilpohren Gorgeous picture! 6y

Kalalalatja Perfect photo 👌 6y

Centique Oh I love those flowers as well as this book! 😍😍 6y

Mdargusch Thanks guys! 😘 @cathysaid @emilyhaldi @Leftcoastzen @Melissa_J @MaGoose @lahousewyfe @Reviewsbylola @Centique This book is the 200th Anniversary annotated edition and it has lots of extra insight included by Juliette Wells. 6y

Mdargusch Thanks! 😁 @Meredith3 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Suet624 @JanuarieTimewalker13 @aprilpohren @Kalalalatja 🌸🌺🌼 6y

MaGoose Thanks for the info. I'll keep a look out for that edition when I hit the bookshops. 6y

lahousewyfe Sounds fabulous! I'll be repeating the actions of @MaGoose 6y

Mdargusch I went to hear Juliette Wells speak about Jane Austen and she said this edition as well as the Emma she annotated was a good way to get acquainted with her books. @MaGoose @lahousewyfe 6y

MaGoose @Mdargusch @lahousewyfe I've read most of Austen's books back in the late nineties. I took a course about her when I was in college. But I now want to re-read her stuff. Of course the prof couldn't see some of the subliminal tongue-in-cheek fun she was poking at the culture of the times. But anyway, very good reading! 6y

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Kalalalatja

The Fortune Hunter | Daisy Goodwin

#Ivebeenwaitingforyou because all the other books I tried for my Austria book for #BackpackEurope didn‘t work out for me. And based on @Cinfhen ‘s review, I‘m in for a fun read 👏

#LibraryHaul

Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch, Meredith3

Mommamanzi That‘s on my tbr list for next month!!! 6y

Cinfhen Hope u like it!!! I did the audio and that was fun 6y

Kalalalatja @Mommamanzi exciting! Hopefully it‘ll be good 🤞 @Cinfhen I wanted to do the audio, but it wasn‘t available from Libby, but I could get the print from the library instead, so no big deal 👍 6y

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Mdargusch I will be watching and waiting for your review! 6y

emilyhaldi Good luck!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻 6y

Reviewsbylola I hope you love it!! 6y

Meredith3 Whoop whoop! Hope it‘s good! 6y

AAdamson I had a hard time with books for Austria, too! 6y

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jenniferw88

Emma | Jane Austen, James Kinsley, Adela Pinch

Mr Kingsley has been waiting for Emma for ages #ivebeenwaitingforyou #abbainaugust

@Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Meredith3

Reviewsbylola 😍😍😍 6y

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Is that the guy from Elementary? 🤔 Or are all the British guys starting to look the same? 6y

CGKOENS Yep, @BookHoarder32, Johnny Lee Miller has played Mr. Knightley as well as Edmund in Mansfield Park (excellent version!), and he's currently playing Sherlock Holmes in Elementary...and I really like him in all three roles! 🙂 6y

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emilyhaldi I still have to read this one!!! 6y

julesG @BookHoarder32 And he played in Stoker's Frankenstein on stage with Benedict Cumberbatch, both swapping the roles of Monster and Doctor. Couldn't get tickets for this. 😭 6y

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @julesG The Frankenstein play looked amazing 😍 I saw a clip when PBS was celebrating theater or something. I love BC too 6y

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @CGKOENS thanks! ☺️ 6y

Centique Excellent choice! 6y

Mdargusch Good one! 6y

Meredith3 ❤️♥️❤️♥️ 6y

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erzascarletbookgasm

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts | Samuel Beckett

Vladimir and Estragon have been waiting for you, Godot, but you never turned up.
#ABBAInAugust #Ivebeenwaitingforyou

Cinfhen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch, Meredith3

Reviewsbylola ❤️❤️ (edited) 6y

ephemeralwaltz Great pick! 6y

emilyhaldi Love the pic 🌙 6y

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Centique Perfect! 6y

Mdargusch Good choice! 6y

Cathythoughts Excellent choice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

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Reviewsbylola

Ghosted: A Novel | Rosie Walsh

so-so

#ivebeenwaitingforyou #abbainaugust

I was so excited for this one, then Gertrude knocked it in the bathtub and I had to wait for it to dry out. 😬🙈 I finally got to read it and . . . it wasn‘t worth the wait. Sarah and Eddie meet and instantly fall in love. After a whirlwind week, he leaves with a promise to call right away, but never does. Sarah is left to wonder why. The twists were surprising to me, but the characters were boring. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Cinfhen, emilyhaldi, Mdargusch, Meredith3

AlaMich Maybe Gertrude was just offering her critique of the book. 😊 6y

Reviewsbylola She knew I didn‘t need to waste my time. 😂😂 @AlaMich 6y

emilyhaldi Another one I‘ll be skipping 😉😉 6y

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Thousand-Lives Bummer! I was worried this one might fall flat. It‘s next in line in my BOTM tbr stack. I honestly only chose it because Liane Moriarty had a blurb on the cover. 6y

Reviewsbylola You wouldn‘t like it. @emilyhaldi I like chick lit occasionally but this was just bad. I can‘t even put my finger on it because the plot was good and it would typically be something I would like. 6y

Reviewsbylola I almost chose it and I‘m glad I went library instead. Although given the damage done to the book, I may end up owning it anyway. 😂😬 @Thousand-Lives 6y

Joy0201 I felt the same way. 6y

Kalalalatja I‘m thinking someone has a nose for sniffing out bad reads, and isn‘t afraid to use it for the greater good 😄🐶 (edited) 6y

Cinfhen I agree, this wasn‘t very memorable 6y

Mdargusch Damn dog. 6y

Meredith3 Hmm this book kinda sounded interesting to me but maybe not so much anymore 😹 Gertrude is wild! 6y

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Centique

Maud, and Other Poems | Alfred Lord Tennyson

#abbainaugust #ivebeenwaitingforyou

These lines of Tennyson‘s from his poem Maud stick in my head. It sounds so beautiful to think that her lover is waiting for her in the garden and the flowers are waiting too, whispering to him.

Ive taken this prompt in a lighter vein than most BUT this poem does have a Duel, three Deaths and Plenty of Despair in it!

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Mdargusch So sweet. I love this. ❤️ 6y

emilyhaldi Lovely poem... I like your light take on the prompt ☺️💘 6y

Reviewsbylola Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ 6y

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Reggie Wow, nice!!! 6y

Meredith3 💐 🌺 🌹 6y

RohitSawant Love this so much! 6y

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