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The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 | Colm Toibin, Carmen Callil

Looking through books on my Kindle app I just noticed that Jest is included in the Modern Library 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950, edited by Toibin & Callil. @LeahBergen @merelybookish @batsy @BarbaraBB (Since the group will be continuing, I thought maybe we should agree on a hashtag for our posts. Ideas?)

merelybookish #blameitonleah. 😆 Or #manawakans.? 4y

vivastory @merelybookish I like #manawakans although #blameitonleah does make me laugh 4y

batsy @merelybookish 😆 I do like #manawakans too! 4y

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LeahBergen @merelybookish 🤣🤣 4y

LeahBergen @merelybookish @vivastory @batsy @BarbaraBB I like #Manawakans, too! 👍 4y

BarbaraBB @merelybookish @batsy @LeahBergen @vivastory #manawakans it is, obviously 👍🏽 4y

BarbaraBB When do we start? Has a date been set yet? 4y

vivastory @BarbaraBB I was thinking we could begin 9/13 4y

BarbaraBB Perfect! 4y

merelybookish @vivastory That gives me time to find my copy. 😜 4y

vivastory @merelybookish I wanted to give you a little time to settle in before we began 🙂 4y

merelybookish @vivastory Thanks Scott! I appreciate that. 4y

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Reviewsbylola

The Sisters Brothers | Patrick DeWitt

The rest of our epic Book Outlet haul! Not pictured, The Puppy Place books that my kids immediately ran off with. 😂

BarbaraBB I‘ve heard good things about

The Long View: Picador Classic

Reagan This book is really amazing!

Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel

Reviewsbylola That is 100% a #blameitonleah 😂😂 @BarbaraBB @LeahBergen 4y

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MicheleinPhilly Damn, girl. Glad to know COVID hasn‘t slowed your book binging. 😂 4y

Reviewsbylola Totally hasn‘t slowed down my book buying. Just the reading part. 🤪 @MicheleinPhilly (edited) 4y

MicheleinPhilly I don‘t even have COVID and that‘s been in the shitter for me too. 😒 4y

Reviewsbylola So frustrating. It‘s annoying when reading is your escape and you just can‘t do it. @MicheleinPhilly 4y

LeahBergen 😆😆 Yay for The Long View! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Oh, and I ADORE Hitty (and have Savage Appetites waiting on my true crime shelf). 4y

Megabooks Nice!!! You always pick awesome books! 4y

ValerieAndBooks Ooh!! I‘ve been wanting to read The Sisters Brothers, glad to know book outlet has it. Just ordered!! 4y

Reviewsbylola That one was on @emilyhaldi ‘s best of 2020 list and she and I partnered up on our own for #newyearwhodis so obviously I had to grab it! @ValerieAndBooks 4y

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batsy

Chatterton Square | E H Young

#bookmail today is a total #blameitonLeah @LeahBergen 😆 As soon as I saw her post about the British Library Women Writers series sometime back, I went clickety-click and here we are.

MayJasper Ooh they look so scrumptious 😍 5y

Enchanted_Bibliophile #CoverLove 😍 5y

Tanisha_A Oh my god 😍 5y

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Cathythoughts Well that‘s a beautiful result from your “ clickity click “ !!! They look gorgeous! That @LeahBergen is a divil .... 😂❤️❤️ 5y

Jee_HookedOnBookz I love your clickety-click!!! Hahaaha 5y

REPollock What are the other two? (I am having trouble reading the script.) 5y

MsMelissa Those covers are amazing!! 5y

batsy @MayJasper @Enchantedbibliophile @Tanisha_A @Jee_HookedOnBookz The designs are so lovely ❤️ 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts That she is @LeahBergen 😁💜 5y

batsy @REPollock One is this

My Husband Simon

batsy @REPollock And this

The Tree of Heaven: Easyread Large Bold Edition

batsy @Book_Fiend_Melissa Truly 😍 5y

mabell 😍😍😍 5y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 😍 So pretty! 5y

MaureenMc 😍 5y

Reggie How pretty! 5y

BookNAround I did the same thing because of @LeahBergen ! On the plus side, I already owned one of them so I didn‘t have to get all of them. 😁 5y

batsy @mabell @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @MaureenMc @Reggie ❤️❤️ 5y

batsy @BookNAround Aha! The @LeahBergen effect is boosting the economy 😂 5y

rubyslippersreads @batsy @BookNAround The @LeahBergen effect is ruining my personal economy. 🤣🤣🤣 5y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @BookNAround @rubyslippersreads @batsy And my evil work here is done.... 🤣 5y

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen Oh please never stop , you are an inspiration. And I‘m grateful for some reading tips I‘ve learned from you 😘 5y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I‘m sure I‘ve gotten my revenge on you. 😂😂😂 5y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts You give the nicest compliments!! 😘😘 5y

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Oh, you KNOW it. You are the worst! 🤣🤣 5y

batsy Many thanks @LeahBergen 😘 I've been staring at these books since they arrived 😂 5y

LeahBergen @batsy And aren‘t they pretty little things?? The covers, the flaps, the afterwords! I can see myself buying many more as they are released. 😆 Maybe we should read one together? 5y

batsy @LeahBergen I was just going to suggest the same! I'll be happy to start with any one of these. Maybe a nice summery August read? 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Hahaha! I was naughty and went clickety click too but still waiting for my copies to arrive (this covid times!). Gorgeous right? And a few Dean Street Press books, too. 😊 All because of @LeahBergen with her impeccable taste and eye on books! 😈 💸😂😘 5y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Ooh yes! I also have a few Dean Street Press books in the wishlist because of @LeahBergen 😂❤️ I hope your books arrive soon and you can enjoy the pretty covers 😍 5y

LeahBergen @batsy Perfect! Whichever one you feel like. 😊 5y

LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm @batsy Ooo, which Dean Street Press ones? Ive been enjoying them so much lately. 5y

batsy @LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm I've got my eye on Begin Again, Beneath the Visiting Moon, Cecil, Alice, and I think all of the D. E. Stevenson books you mentioned 😁 5y

vivastory Those covers! 5y

rubyslippersreads @batsy @erzascarletbookgasm @leahbergen Those all sound so good. Also, the publisher of the tagged books is reissuing one of my favorite books,

O, the Brave Music

batsy @rubyslippersreads Ooh, nice! I hadn't heard of this before and just looked up a review of it; sounds good. I'm planning to hopefully collect all of the books in this series 😆 5y

Centique These are Truly Beautiful Things 😍 5y

Ruthiella Love those covers and also the concept behind the reissues...so much great stuff that deserves a wider audience!😀 5y

batsy @Centique They are lovely 😍 5y

batsy @Ruthiella Yes! More intriguing titles coming out, too. I'm so glad publishers are doing this. 5y

britt_brooke So pretty! 5y

saresmoore I totally bought these, too! Damn Book Depository and their free shipping... I‘d love to join you and @LeahBergen if you read one! 5y

LeahBergen @saresmoore Yes, please! 5y

batsy @saresmoore Please join us! If August is too soon with the little one arriving soon, we can delay it... I think @LeahBergen and I might have other books to read 😆 5y

saresmoore I think it will be a perfect thing to read for late-night feedings, so August sounds great. 😊 5y

Suet624 I loved reading all these comments of book lust. 5y

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LeahBergen

The Brontesaurus: An A�Z of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bront� (and Branwell) | John Sutherland

I started reading bits and pieces of this book to fact-check the similarities between the characters of Caroline and Shirley with the real life Anne and Emily Brontë (in Charlotte‘s novel, Shirley) ... and now I can‘t stop. This alphabetical look at Brontë lore is erudite and witty and an absolute delight.

#ShirlitesUnite

rubyslippersreads, Blaire, erzascarletbookgasm, mklong, merelybookish, saresmoore, batsy, Weaponxgirl, andrew61

LeahBergen Fellow buddy readers: do not read the comment below unless you‘ve read Ch. 28: Phoebe 6y

LeahBergen The rabid dog incident is EXACTLY what happened to Emily Brontë. Right down to the cauterizing bit. ? 6y

Susannah I mean, “Brontesaurus.” The title alone is worth four stars. 6y

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batsy @LeahBergen Oh my! I could *feel* that pain when she described it. 6y

batsy Wow 😍 I must have this! #blameitonLeah 6y

erzascarletbookgasm I am stacking! 6y

Kimberlone Clever title! 6y

Reviewsbylola Can‘t forget Branwell! You‘ve made me really want to read Shirley! 6y

LeahBergen @Susannah Right?? 😆 6y

LeahBergen @batsy @erzascarletbookgasm It‘s a really fun little book to dip in and out of. 👍🏻 6y

LeahBergen @Kimberlone Isn‘t it? 😄 6y

LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola I‘m so into it (Shirley) right now but be forewarned: I found it a bit of a slog for the first several chapters. 6y

Hooked_on_books Love the title! 6y

merelybookish This is amazing! And I love the parentheses. Does it support the Caroline/Anne and Shirley/Emily theory? 6y

saresmoore And it has the best title! Thank you for sharing! 6y

Blaire @LeahBergen oh wow! It was a very vivid description. 6y

Blaire This sounds like a lot of fun. 6y

RohitSawant Obviously stacking! 😄 6y

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emilyhaldi

Dark Quartet: The Story of the Bront�s | Lynne Reid Banks

I ended up #waiting a mere 2 weeks before buying my first book of 2019 🤭 Sorry not sorry!
#musicalnewyear

This is a total #blameitonLeah purchase 😉

Cinfhen, LeahBergen, vivastory

saresmoore Ooooooooooh! 6y

Reviewsbylola Alex should be proud. Two weeks is a long time. 😆 6y

vivastory I completely agree with @Reviewsbylola In the book world, that's like two months. Easily! 6y

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emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola For the record, I completely abstained from the holiday Book Outlet sale so I feel justified! 6y

TorieStorieS Wow- I haven‘t even seen this author‘s name in forever - but your post reminded me that she was one of my childhood favorites!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 6y

emilyhaldi Oh wow @TorieStorieS I didn‘t realize it was the same author 😱 6y

TorieStorieS Was one of my very favorites!!!

The Fairy Rebel

LeahBergen 😆😆 Okay... now we have to read it! 6y

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rockpools

Mapp and Lucia | E. F. Benson

When the indomitable Lucia moves to Miss Mapp‘s village of Tilling, there‘s bound to be a whole lot of #YouAndMeButMostlyMe . Both ladies are charming, cultured and experts in the fine art of social oneupmanship. 😼😼🧁

#musicalnewyear

Cinfhen, vivastory

Cinfhen Perfect!!! Looks like a charming book. 6y

Cinfhen The cover is spectacular 🥰🥰🥰🥰 6y

emilyhaldi Really hoping to get to these books soon ☺️ 6y

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rockpools @emilyhaldi @Cinfhen They really are fun! 6y

Lcsmcat Excellent choice! 6y

vivastory What @Cinfhen said! 6y

LeahBergen And they‘re vicious, too. 😆😆 6y

LeahBergen @vivastory You must read it. It‘s bonkers and fun. 6y

vivastory @LeahBergen It sounds great. I think I'll bump it up my TBR 👍 6y

rockpools @LeahBergen Did I forget to mention how awful they both are? Oops! 😉 Pretty sure this is a #BlameItOnLeah series. Thank you 😘 6y

LeahBergen @RachelO Haha! I hope it WAS a blame it on me! I love how awful they are. 😆😆 6y

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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good | Helene Tursten

Oh, look! This teeny book, about an 88-year-old Swede with no qualms about a little murder, is just about the size of a glass of wine.

Cheers! 🍷

ElishaLovesBooks That looks like a fun book! 6y

saresmoore What a perfect pairing! 6y

readordierachel Love the coaster! 6y

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LauraBeth That is adorable. 6y

Reviewsbylola Very cute! 6y

merelybookish Cheers! I hope the book is as good as its cover! 6y

vivastory It's destiny! 6y

erzascarletbookgasm 🍷 enjoy your evening 😊 6y

Tamra That just looks fun. 6y

Erinsuereads Takes three bottles to read it though 😂😂😂 loved this one! I just finished it the other night 6y

Redwritinghood This could be a trick. Maybe that‘s not a small book but a really big glass of wine. 😂😂 6y

batsy Oh, this is another #blameitonLeah stack! 6y

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LeahBergen

Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter's Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy | Elizabeth Rynecki

#BookMail Elizabeth Rynecki (a Litsy-er!) shares the moving story of her great-grandfather's life as an artist, his death in a concentration camp and her own search for his looted artwork. I'm so excited to start this beautiful book, @Erynecki .

TheKidUpstairs Beautiful cover. Sounds amazing. 8y

LeahBergen @TheKidUpstairs It's beautiful inside, too. It has a big colour insert of his artwork and there are lots of other illustrations throughout the text. 8y

shawnmooney Sounds amazing! 8y

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Erynecki Happy reading! Docfilm is in post production editing. Trailer on the website: www.ChasingPortraits.org 8y

DeborahSmall Sounds great another #blameitonLeah buy coming up! 😘 8y

Bookchipmunk This was an excellent book! 🤓 8y

LeahBergen @shawnmooney Doesn't it?? 8y

LeahBergen @Erynecki The website looks fantastic! Will you be doing any western Canada touring so I can get my book signed? 😀 8y

LeahBergen @DeborahSmall I think you need it! 8y

LeahBergen @Bookchipmunk Oh, good! 😀 8y

tpixie Awesome! It will complement my current book, The Muralist and my recent read The Nightingale- all re WW2. @LeahBergen sounds like you need the book, not the audio!! 8y

tpixie @LeahBergen here a link to a book event!! https://www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/ondemand/2016-2017-season/chasing-portraits/ 8y

Erynecki @LeahBergen no current plans to come to Canada, but perhaps that will change with the release of the film. In the meantime, if you email me your address, I can sign and send a special bookplate. Email me at Elizabeth@ChasingPortraits.org 8y

Erynecki @tpixie the JCCSF did film that talk and you can watch it. Alternatively, there's a radio interview: http://think.kera.org/2017/03/09/chasing-portraits/ 8y

Erynecki @Bookchipmunk thank you! ❤ 8y

tpixie @Erynecki thx! Ordering book from my independent bookstore today!! 8y

LeahBergen @tpixie I have the book. It's a beauty! 👍🏼 8y

LeahBergen @Erynecki Oh, that would be wonderful! Thanks! 8y

ValerieAndBooks I stacked this a long time ago-- thanks for the reminder that I still need to find this 😊! 8y

LeahBergen @ValerieAndBooks I'm sure you'll enjoy it! 👍🏼 8y

tpixie @LeahBergen I just listened to the radio interview. It was good! 8y

tpixie @LeahBergen @ValerieAndBooks Join us tomorrow on ZOOM. ( download app or search on computer) @litsybookclub at 1:00 CENTRAL USA will be hosting the author! Link to zoom will be on @LitsyBookClub about 15 minutes beforehand! Even if you haven‘t read it! 7y

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DeborahSmall

We Are Okay | Nina LaCour

#bookmail Eligible came all the way from Seattle as the uk cover is awful! ❤️📚

KilgoreTrout Love the cover of We are Okay!! 8y

DeborahSmall @KilgoreTrout it's a gorgeous book 💕 8y

LeahBergen Yay!! 8y

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DeborahSmall @LeahBergen I meant to tag you re Eligible cover! A #blameitonLeah buy 😘 8y

LeahBergen 😂 It's a fun and frothy read. 8y

DeborahSmall @LeahBergen 'frothy' 😂 I like it!! 8y

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