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#Pemberlittens 🥳I'm turning 60 in 2026‼️ My brilliant friend https://www.instagram.com/clairedrinkstea?igsh=b3NyczJ4bDV2M3Nl listened to my jumble of ideas, came up with theme, and a fabulous plan. Plus she made gorgeous graphics!
#AustenMeetAnnie (yes, that's my real name) is a mix of choose your own adventure and readalongs.
I'd love for you to celebrate this milestone birthday with me.
#CrinolineCelebrates60
The Old Man and the Sea is a quiet yet powerful story about dignity, endurance, and the human spirit. Ernest Hemingway tells the tale of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who battles the sea, a giant marlin, and his own failing strength with remarkable simplicity and depth.
pickFinally got around to reading this, and I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said before. This was incredibly poignant, relevant, and wholesome. I found some minor parts a bit borderline preachy, but Dickens' heart is in the right place.
pickI‘ve owned a copy of this for years, but never mustered up the fortitude to read it, so when the #HashtagBrigade tackled it in November, I jumped in. (Because why not tackle Grapes of Wrath AND Old Curiosity Shop at the same time?!)
I‘m stating the obvious here, but this was heartbreaking. Relentlessly sad (which I expected because: Steinbeck), but also infuriating—the injustice throughout, and the bleakness and suddenness of the ending (which ⤵️
pick🎧I am not good at audiobooks that require any kind of thought. I listened to this and got the gist of it, but the details in my head are questionable at best. It‘s a pick, because duh, Jane A. I did buy the tagged version while I listened because I‘m going back and actually reading to understand and I LOVE a footnote, so this annotated version is going to be lit in 2026. 🔥
pick#2025reads #Pemberlittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig
Every time I read Pride and prejudice it gets better. The first time, I read this as a romance, the second time I saw more from Mrs Bennet‘s point of view, this time I saw it as Elizabeth saw it. One of my favourite scenes this time is the realization Elizabeth goes through to see how she misjudged Darcy. ⬇️
This morning I finished my son's yearly ornament. When he was little, he misunderstood the line "Come in, and know me better, man!" as "Come in, and know me: Butter Man!" (Like Butter Man was the ghost's title.) Ever since, we've referred to the Ghost of Christmas Present as Butter Man. #ShowandTellTuesday #LitsyCrafters
It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered, before the adverse hosts could meet.
#TheLastOfTheMohicans #JamesFenimoreCooper #firstline #openingline #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Adventure #Literature #Historical #American #Novels #ClassicLiterature #War
Just saw this quote on instagram and had to share it.
#middlegrademonday @Karisimo @daisey
This classic was adapted to a drama and was in our 7th grade McDougal Littell textbook back in the day. I'd show the George C. Scott version 1st to my 7th graders; then, we read the play out loud (they did much better with the voices after seeing it first). It was always a favorite of theirs and mine.
Link to the pdf file: https://sjsmiddleschool.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/3/2/16324226/u3_christmas_carol_s...
