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merelybookish
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I've been missing Proust in the morning, so decided to return to Woolf. I read the first two volumes of her diary a few years ago, so starting with Volume 3. There was immediate comfort to be back in her prose.

Leftcoastzen 👏🤩 1w
batsy I love her diaries. 1w
Suet624 That sounds like a great idea 6d
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TheBookHippie
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No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

~Virginia Woolf

Happy Birthday Virginia !

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Megabooks
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Mehso-so

This novel is a meticulously researched account of the life of Leonard and Virginia Woolf‘s pet marmoset, Mitz. I think I would‘ve enjoyed it more if I cared about the Bloomsbury Group or was fascinated by the Woolfs. Nunez does have a nice way of incorporating animals into her books, but this still lacked the charm and unique storytelling that made me love her later books. This is much more straightforward historical fiction. #roll100

LeahBergen Well, I like Bloomsbury history and the Woolfs so I‘m stacking! 😆 2mo
sarahbarnes What?! I didn‘t know about this book but I am fascinated by the Bloomsbury group and love Woolf! Thanks for putting this on my radar. 2mo
sarahbarnes Yes what @LeahBergen said 😂 2mo
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Megabooks @LeahBergen @sarahbarnes you will both love this novella then!!! 👍🏻👍🏻 2mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2mo
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Daisey
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Pickpick

Both of these stories were delightful! The first, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, is one of the lightest and most simply enjoyable books from the #1001books list that I‘ve come across in a while. Mrs. Harris is a continually determined and optimistic person. I also watched the movie, which was enjoyable, but of course, needlessly changed some details.

Daisey In Mrs. Harris Goes to New York, Mrs. Harris again works to help her friends, and although there are some complications, things work out very well in the end.

#audiobook #BookToMovie
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BarbaraBB I loved this one! 3mo
Daisey @BarbaraBB It was so fun and a very pleasant surprise compared to most of my 1001 reads! 3mo
BarbaraBB It is! The reason why we read the list! 3mo
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Daisey
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@BookNAround Thanks for again organizing #LastFirst and the opportunity for a giveaway!

I‘m in the middle of two long reads (Cloud Atlas & Amadis of Gaul), but I took a break for some shorter books. Yesterday I listened to Jennifer Chan is Not Alone as my last completed book of 2023, and today I listened to Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris as my first book of 2024. Tomorrow it‘s back to the long reads.

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TheBookgeekFrau
Memories | Frances Partridge
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Eggs Love the candy cane fence! 4mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Thank you 😊 4mo
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Emilymdxn
Bloomsbury | Quentin Bell
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Day 25 of the #scarathlonphotochallenge and it‘s autumn in Bloomsbury. This is my favourite part of London and if I was a billionaire it‘s the only place I‘d want to live. The very best place in London to spend autumn. #scarathlon #skeletoncrew

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Emilymdxn
Bloomsbury | Quentin Bell
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For #autumnplease today I‘ve interpreted autumn in my town as the area of London that my workplace and the university I study at are both in - as it‘s where I spend most of my waking hours! I get to eat lunch in this beautiful Bloomsbury square in my favourite season right near two of my all time favourite bookshops so I am very lucky!

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🍁🧡 6mo
Eggs How wonderful 📚💚🍁 6mo
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Cuilin
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#BookBinge #ClothesOnCover

If you have not watched the movie version try to find it, it is adorable.

TheBookHippie I love it so much!! 7mo
Cuilin @TheBookHippie so sweet 💗 7mo
DivineDiana It was an uplifting movie! 💖 7mo
Eggs Perfect 🤩 7mo
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cottagelantern
Pickpick

3.5 stars ⭐️
I didn't initially realize that Mrs. Harris Goes To New York was a separate book, but I'm glad I read it! I think the more serious plot made it a bit better than the first book in the series, and the ending was more satisfactory. It's always funny to see America from a British perspective. :)