ThreadtheNeedle

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The Paris Seamstress | Natasha Lester

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Day 25. Thread the needle
#ThreadTheNeedle
On my tbr

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs On m‘y TBR 🥰 10mo

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dabbe

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#ThreadtheNeedle
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In this classic action movie, John McClane (Bruce Willis) “threads the needle“ as he navigates through a building filled with terrorists, cunningly outsmarting them while trying to save hostages.

Question: Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie? 😃

DinoMom We always watch die hard at Christmas ! 10mo

TEArificbooks It definitely is. He is going to visit his wife and children at Christmas. They are at a company Christmas party. He brings a present. And his wife‘s name is Holly. 10mo

wanderinglynn The Christmas question is amusing because it gets some riled up about it. But I think there‘s a better question: is Die Hard a romance movie? Think about it—John McClane (Bruce Willis) “threads the needle” to hopefully win back his estranged wife. 😉😆 10mo

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Eggs Brilliant 👏🏻👍🏼👌🏼 10mo

CSeydel @wanderinglynn 🎯 10mo

dabbe @wanderinglynn Excellent thought! It's the classic hero saving the damsel in distress and then winning her at the end. Though Holly could hold her own! 🤩 10mo

dabbe @TEArificbooks Agreed! Plus, it's always shown on “regular“ tv during the holidays! 🤩 10mo

dabbe @DinoMom We do, too! 🤩 10mo

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😍🤗 10mo

LeslieO Even tho it was originally a summer release it is definitely a Christmas movie. 10mo

bthegood Over the years this movie has become a “classic Christmas“ movie (and I'm glad because I am a fan) - Sound Of Music in our house is considered a holiday movie (Thanksgiving/Christmas season) - yet nothing about it screams holiday 😂 (edited) 10mo

dabbe @LeslieO I forgot that! It was an epic summer blockbuster! 🤩😍🤗 10mo

dabbe @bthegood We watched Sound of Music at Christmas, too, because it was always on at that time of the year. And The Wizard of Oz would always come on around Easter. Why? I have no idea, but they were rites of passage in our house! 😃 10mo

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Even more fun is realizing that John McClane is the antagonist of this movie, not the protagonist - he's the obstacle getting in the way of Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) achieving his goals! 10mo

bthegood @dabbe 😀 10mo

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Absolutely! I guess you could go the other way, too, with McClane being given his quest unknowingly (like Dorothy arriving in Oz), and then his quest is to save his wife, and Gruber is in the way! I just adore hero's quest stories! 🤩😍🤗 10mo

rubyslippersreads @dabbe @bthegood When I was little, The Wizard of Oz aired (on CBS) around Thanksgiving. 10mo

rubyslippersreads In my family, this is definitely a Christmas movie. (With Alan Rickman being an extra gift for me. 😂) 10mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Me, too! I still miss him! 😢 10mo

bthegood @rubyslippersreads 👍 10mo

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DebinHawaii

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

#SummerSpecial

One from my #TBR 🪡🧵
This cover fits well for today‘s #ThreadTheNeedle prompt.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs So pretty 🩵🧵💙 10mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

Om Yoga: A Guide to Daily Practice | Cyndi Lee

#Summer#Special #ThreadTheNeedle

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 🤗🤩 10mo

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GatheringBooks

The Bastard of Istanbul | Elif Shafak

#SummerSpecial Day 25: #ThreadTheNeedle - the Armenian grandmother in this story loves knitting, making it the perfect title for today‘s prompt. Reading this while at the Bosphorus-Golden Horn sunset cruise while vacationing in Istanbul with family right now. Arrived last Sunday and leaving for Bodrum in two days‘ time. 💕 My second visit in this beautiful city, first time was in 2015, but for work. Loving the city‘s vibe even more now. 💕

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

batsy I've been to Istanbul once, many years ago, but it stands out in memory as one of the most amazing places I've visited 💜 10mo

BarbaraBB Such a beautiful city. Enjoy 💛 10mo

Eggs Love everything about this photo🥰💦📚 10mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 10mo

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Eggs

Girl Who Wrote in Silk | Kelli Estes

Dual timeline: a young woman finds a remnant of silk embroidery, from late 1800s, in her aunt‘s estate. Its creator Mei Lien told a story in silk thread about finding a path of harmony through opposing forces of brutality and beauty. A literal and metaphorical example of #ThreadTheNeedle #SummerSpecial

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my shelf!! 10mo

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hope You get to read it someday 🩷🩷 10mo

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