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Thank you so much @Meshell1313 for this book & chocolate! I love this author & am excited to read this #historicalfiction about Margaret Fuller, the heady times she lived in, & the transcendentalists she interacted with. I plan to start tonight right after our traditional lasagna dinner. I imagine you crafted the card? It‘s now an ornament on my tree! #jolabokaflodswap
Thank you so much for organizing this @MaleficentBookDragon !

Wise words from journalist Margaret Fuller at her ladies' salon in 1839: "I am not going to tell any woman in this room what she ought to think. I ask only that you not allow any man--any person--to do that for you either." How much more relevant could this be than on Tuesday, Nov 5, as those of you who are eligible to vote in the USA enter the election booth? Fuller deserves to be as well-known as her friends Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorn, Greeley.

Tuesday evenings mean dropping the kiddo off at orchestra rehearsal then heading to the local Irish tavern for a cider boys hard cider and a book! Last orchestra before shifting to fiddle club for the summer (which is misleading as the fiddle club also has cellos which my cello playing child would want you all to know 😂)

I love historical fiction and learning about this woman who had such an impact on American history, but felt mostly bored through the majority of the book.

3 ⭐ This is a brief introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson for children. It is very well done, even though when I look at it, I think of Mr. Lincoln. There is nothing wrong with this book per se I just found it a tad bit boring.

I‘m a sucker for Jane Austen retellings so of course I had to buy this book 🤪😊

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Meh. I finished it. I don't really need to listen/read any more from the series. It didn't leave me wanting more like the first book did.

A character asks "Mom, do you think I'm fat?". Mom says everyone is unique, you're beautiful blah blah blah. Yet in the previous book and in this one much ado is made about a character's size by kids and adults and body shaming is sprinkled throughout. Does the author not realize that girls get these ideas from some of the very things she's done? I'm going to hope that this gets addressed. Maybe I'm just rushing to judgment.