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#prideandprejudice #janeausten #classic #ebook #audiobook #goodreads #goodreadsreadingchallenge #crossstitch #thelittleprince #totefairie
pickI thoroughly enjoyed Emma much more after reading Rebecca romneys Jane Austen‘s bookshelf‘s , previously I started it a few times and put it to one side finding Emma annoying , a meangirl match making busy body - Austen herself said she‘d created aheroine “whom no one but myself will much like “ oh but this book is packed with sharp observations of human nature and character, I have aneighbouris Miss bates not financially butwith verbal diarrhoea
pickRe-read this book to my daughter. She's only 3 so her attention span isn't great, but she really liked the playing cards, the mock turtle, and the looking-glass insects. I asked what her favorite part of the book was and she said she liked the "slithy toves". A fun book for kids.
Not quite #bookmail, but close! 😃 New skirt (with pockets) based on Anne of Green Gables, and I got to support a small Canadian business, Kaypop Art Studio (https://www.kaypopart.com/).
Exquisite, so tiny. Smaller than a Penguin Classic.
@HOTA Gold Coast, on loan from the National Gallery.
pickFinished last month for #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig
1. This was my second time reading. This time I understood all the Udolpho references and it really enforced just how popular that book was, to have so many allusions that you know the audience will understand without explanation.
2. Catherine, I love her growth, and Tilney of course
3. I like the scene on the way to Northanger when Tilney
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pickMissed posting during #fridaynightshare but enjoyed seeing everyone‘s posts 💕 tagged book is not my favorite Hardy novel, but I loved reading this during May. (Armadale will likely be my favorite read of the summer, though.)
Yesterday I practiced watercolor sketching while reading in the Mediterranean garden at Longwood. I love this new conservatory— modern arches with classic taste #naturalitsy #midsummersolace
I read The Great Gatsby every June. It‘s one of my favorite summer traditions. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
