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February stats:
25 books in total
5 Non-fiction
1 fiction
1 Historical fiction
9 Mystery
9 Historical Fiction Mystery
#adventuresinphilosophy #sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #memoir #fiction #Brunetti #nunlit #JohnMadden #auldlangspine #LaneWinslowMysteries #PadrikHedstrom #readyourkindle

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle, GingerAntics, CBee

kspenmoll Oops left out 1 more Donna Leon so total 26

Beastly Things: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery

Deblovestoread Fantastic month! 😍 1w

Librarybelle A great reading month! 1w

kspenmoll @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle It‘s the positive side of being out of work over a week with bronchitis. A reading marathon!📚📚📚 1w

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Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

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A story of a convent and the community surrounding them told through letters from Sister B. It was delightful to see how much prayer actually worked for all the travails experienced by the nuns. If only that worked for all of us! It was sweet to watch how they relied on each other and continually learned new things in order to navigate fundraising for their convent. #NunLit

#offtheshelf

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The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

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For the most part, this meditative book of essays provoked reflective responses in me as evidenced by all the sticky notes that adorn the book‘s pages.I especially enjoyed all her musings on poetry& language,her role as a poet & the poetics in Benedictine chants,songs,prayers, & in the Bible.But for about the last 90 pages, I confessed I skimmed. I‘m not sure if it was just because became the book became repetitive or that I lost interest.#nunlit

TheBookHippie I lost interest in the end and sent it back to the library 😵‍💫🤪 3w

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie I totally get it. It could have ended in the middle. 3w

Librarybelle Oh dear! I missed reading this in January but have it on my library stack to read. 3w

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Sparklemn Love your embroidered pillow 3w

kspenmoll @Librarybelle In the first third or so when she writes of her life with monks & poetry, it‘s lovely. The book was published in 1996, quite a while ago now. I had to remind myself of that. I am glad I read it,but it needed to be shorter & lost my interest.It is worth reading. (edited) 3w

kspenmoll @Sparklemn I made it in 1998! 3w

Librarybelle Good to know! 3w

Sparklemn @kspenmoll You‘re talented 🙂 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I loved this book 3w

kspenmoll @Sparklemn Thank you! 3w

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The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

My garden last summer gone to the wild- weeds as tall as the railings. My “ratty little garden.” I could not give it attention because of shoulder surgery. Life forced me to let go, let the garden reclaim itself.
“The garden I‘ve grown into…seems more a kind of Purgatory, but I love it. It‘s a rattly little garden, not much at all. But I can call it mine”(271).
#nunlit

Bookwormjillk That's my favorite kind of garden to be honest! 4w

dabbe That's nature's garden, and it's lovely as is. 💚🩷💚 4w

Cathythoughts Love your garden 💚 3w

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AnnCrystal Weeds are just as beautiful! We sometimes allow ours to grow a bit unkept for the wildlife, then tackle before 4th of July due to neighborhood unlawful fireworks. Gorgeous 😍💝. 3w

Chelsea.Poole Love it! 3w

kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk @dabbe @Cathythoughts @AnnCrystal Thank you all!!! 3w

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Death of a Novice: A Mystery Set in 1920s Ireland | Cora Harrison

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#ReverendMotherMystery
1925 heavily Catholic Cork,Ireland.
Eileen has reneged her previous allegiance to the IRA cause when she perceived that its Machiavelli leaders‘ violence increasingly escalated as they enthusiastically embraced the idea that “the end justifies the means.” But she has not left behind Rev.Mother,nor her childhood friend Inspector Patrick.When a novice is found dead in a convent shed,both join in to help Rev. Mother solve 🔽

kspenmoll 🔼 the crime. Was her death connected to politics? To her father‘s recent death by similar means? Or to some hidden evil? #nunlit (edited) 4w

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marleed

Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Ageing as a Woman | Brooke Shields

My favorite thing about my 3x3 grid is mapping out the back side of my #indexcard stack to determine who gets the tag. Brooke, turns out this one is for you!

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

eeclayton Looks like a great reading month 😎 1mo

AvidReader25 I want to read the Shields book! 1mo

TheBookHippie Almost done with The Cloister Walk. I‘m enjoying it. 1mo

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marleed @eeclayton I basically hibernate during Kansas City‘s two Uary months so good books are a must! 1mo

marleed @AvidReader25 I keep thinking about it. I just really liked the delivery of her 5th decade experiences. 1mo

marleed @TheBookHippie I‘m really glad I read this. It wasn‘t an easy read for me but I liked how it centered itself on faith without being current-day American Christian Nationalist. I likely would have skipped the book had it been published post-2016 for fear of that narrative. 1mo

TheBookHippie @marleed #nunlit section and I was wary but like you saw the pub date and figure it was probably okay. I checked the publisher too 😅😂. I think it‘s important to read different faiths than mine as long as it‘s not agenda propaganda this fit that pretty well. 1mo

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A Murder Most French | Colleen Cambridge