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Nope. Not for me. Too weird. #HailtheBail #BetterBooksAhead

julieclair This was my choice for the June #BookedInTime prompt, 1800‘s Australia. I‘m going to try this one instead (not in Litsy Catalogue) Search for the Light, by Rosemary Noble. @Cuilin 4d

Cuilin Yes 🙌 #HailTheBail Hope your next one is more enjoyable. 4d

kspenmoll Your new choice sounds good. Do you have a kindle/app? It‘s free on kindle ( much as I avoid ordering from Amazon, I still use my kindle) 4d

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dabbe YES! 🤩🤩🤩 4d

julieclair @kspenmoll Thanks for the kindle hint! Just downloaded it. And I agree about Amazon. I‘m trying to cut down, but boy, it‘s hard sometimes. Every time I make a different choice, I pat myself on the back. 3d

julieclair @Cuilin Thanks! Fingers crossed!🤞 3d

julieclair @dabbe 💙💟💙 3d

kspenmoll @julieclair it is a constant challenge. I am Glad Blackwell‘s is back shipping to the US. It helps. 3d

julieclair @kspenmoll Thanks for the reminder about Blackwell‘s! I tend to forget about them unless I want to buy a book that‘s unavailable in the US. 4h

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AllDebooks

Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place | Kate Grenville

The June prompt for #BookedinTime is Australian colonies 1800s. I have chosen Kate Grenville's exploration of what it means to her to be descended from colonisers.

@Cuilin @dabbe

Cuilin I think this is the one I‘m going to read also. Though I‘m still trying to finish my book from the Spanish Civil War prompt.🤦‍♀️ 3w

AllDebooks @Cuilin it's very good so far. It would be a great read for #NaturaLitsy too. Her descriptions of landscape are beautiful. I've yet to finish

Penguin Classics Homage to Catalonia

Cuilin @AllDebooks Now I‘m really interested. 3w

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Bookwormjillk

The Time In Between: A Novel | Maria Duenas

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Finally finished this chunky book for #BookedInTime #SpanishCivilWar @Cuilin

When I saw last month‘s theme I wanted to re-read this book. I wasn‘t sure if my fond memories of it were because it was a good book or if it was the book I brought with me the first time I traveled without my kids. Sometimes just being able to think makes a book better.

Happy to say it held up and I was just as into this spy novel in translation as I was 11 years ago.

Cuilin Oh I love when that happens!! Yay! ✅🎉 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures I remember really loving this too. So glad to hear it held up! 3w

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Bookwormjillk

Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service

It‘s Friday! I‘m putting my non-fiction away and jumping in to some mysteries. I also want to read something for this month‘s #BookedInTime @Cuilin

#ShelfSweeper @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads #JumpStartSummer @TheSpineView

kspenmoll Enjoy! 1mo

TheSpineView Looks good. 🤩📖📚 1mo

AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 1mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 1mo

Andrew65 Always love jumping into mysteries. Enjoy. 1mo

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Amiable

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

bailed

Tried to read this for #BookedinTime, but I have to throw in the towel. The narrative is plodding and pedantic and the dialogue comes across as lectures by the characters. Life is too short —moving on.

Cuilin

Cuilin #HailTheBail I completely get it!!! I seem to be doing this a lot lately, myself. Here‘s hoping your next read is five stars. 1mo

Amiable @Cuilin I was listening to a podcast and someone made a comment that we are only here for a finite time and can only read so many books, so why waste that time on a book you aren‘t enjoying? It was like she was speaking directly to me and telling me to ditch this book. 😀 1mo

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌 #betterbooksahead 1mo

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Jess861

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

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I did enjoy this book and enjoyed learning about the Spanish Civil War and Children of Morelia - but I did find the book never fully drew me in. I do wonder, when English isn't the first language of a book, if reading it in it's original language would have a bigger impact. The book cover also bothers me a bit because it's a book about three siblings finding their way. I still enjoyed the read and my heart breaks for all who lived through this!

Jess861 #BookedInTime @Cuilin 2mo

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Jess861

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

Trying to get a bit of outdoor reading time in before it starts to rain. I know little about the Spanish Civil War and the Children of Morelia. I expect this will be a hard read but I'm looling forward to learning about this part of history.

#BookedInTime @Cuilin

Cuilin I‘m looking forward to your thoughts on this one. 2mo

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julieclair

Travel Stories | Lesley Thompson

For May‘s #FictionalTraveler #SpanishSpeaking prompt, I will be traveling to Ecuador. Where will everyone else be traveling? Have you ever been to that location in real life? I have never been to Ecuador. 🇪🇨

DebinHawaii, BarkingMadRead, Cuilin, kspenmoll, Amiable, Gissy, Deblovestoread, ferskner, thebacklistbook, DogMomIrene, majkia, Lauredhel, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Read4life, Sace, BarbaraBB, TheEllieMo, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, Zuhkeeyah, LiseWorks

BarkingMadRead I‘m going to Mexico! I‘ve been there a couple of times, but only on cruises. 2mo

Cuilin #BookedInTime this month is the Spanish Civil War, so I‘m guessing I‘m off to Sunny Spain. I‘ve been to the Canary Islands, Gerona and Malaga. I would absolutely love to see more of the country. 2mo

BarbaraBB I‘ll travel to Argentina 🇦🇷 with this book

Time of the Flies

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TheAromaofBooks I'm going to Peru! Litsy won't let me tag - It's a Jungle Out There by Ron Snelling. I've never been to Peru, but I have been to Guatemala and it was BEAUTIFUL! 2mo

julieclair @BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks So far we have Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Peru. What fun! I can‘t wait to read everyone‘s reviews. 2mo

julieclair The link to the StoryGraph challenge, in case anyone needs it, is https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/eebba389-4e05-42f3-b771-b413425... 2mo

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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge | Paul Preston

Repost for @Cuilin

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeMay2025 #BookedInTimeSpanishCivilWar

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860455

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Cuilin

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge | Paul Preston

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeMay2025 #BookedInTimeSpanishCivilWar

There‘s so many I want to read!!! How about you?

Cuilin
@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47 2mo

Cuilin The two sides of the Spanish Civil War are the left side, known as the Republicans, was formed by the Spanish government together with unions, communists, anarchists, workers, and peasants. On the other side were the Nationalists, the rebel part of the army, the bourgeoisie, the landlords, and, generally, the upper classes. 2mo

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Itchyfeetreader I have downloaded the tagged book so we shall see how I get on

Soldiers of Salamis

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ChaoticMissAdventures I HIGHLY recommend this one - it is a bit of a chunkster but I was blown away by it

The Time In Between: A Novel

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Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader I‘m intrigued, looking forward to your thoughts. 2mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes, I put it on the list!!! I read so many great reviews. 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures If anyone wants a nonfiction about this time Hemingway and Orwell's books are both great and semi- autobiographical but this one is the best I have read (and I have been obsessed with this time period since I was a teen exchange student in Spain)

Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936�1939

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I have Orwell‘s on my TBR and I‘ll add this one too. Thanks for the recommendation. 2mo

Cuilin Non fiction

Modern Classics Homage to Catalonia

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Cuilin Middle school/ young adult

Toro! Toro!

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AllDebooks I think I'm going with Orwell or

Winter in Madrid

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Bookwormjillk I‘m considering re-reading

The Time In Between: A Novel

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Cuilin @AllDebooks on the TBR!! 2mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk hopefully we‘ll have better luck this month 🤞 2mo

dabbe @AllDebooks If anyone likes the Matthew Shardlake series, this book is by the same author! 🤩 2mo

dabbe A reminder to all: here's the link to our spreadsheet. I entered all of the above titles already.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLpOtIgy6SwJkyU0wwno2MN4YUbe0ldjPwSusW3g... 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe as always, thank you 🙏 2mo

dabbe @Cuilin 😍😍😍 2mo

Karisimo The Time In Between is an all time fav!! I‘m tempted to read the tagged now that I‘m familiar with Samson thru the #shardlakebr And you can‘t go wrong with Septys!

Winter in Madrid

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AllDebooks @dabbe Thank you 😊 I still haven't gotten around to the Shardlake series, but it's on my tbr. 2mo

julieclair I‘ll be reading

The Return

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julieclair Here is the link to our companion challenge on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cdac7b0-0085-4e6b-b601-f63cbd6... 2mo

Cuilin So many good choices for this prompt. I‘d like to read The Return though I‘m still not sure what I‘ll read yet. Also thank you for the link. 2mo

Amiable @Karisimo Thanks for that Samson title! I might give that one a go. 2mo

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you for a nonfiction title! I‘ve put it on my list. 2mo

Jess861 Going to grab this book from the library for this prompt.

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel

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sblbooks Hoping to read

A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel

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Cuilin @sblbooks Allende is such a great writer. Enjoy. 😊 2mo

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