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Jewels: A Secret History | Victoria Finlay

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The author travels all over the world, chasing the (hi)stories of various jewels.

A very well structured book. Each jewel gets its own section, and we pursue it from the ancient times to the modern, and from the jeweler to the mines it was dug up in (the author visits those mines, and often tries mining herself). It‘s fascinating, coherent, and flows really well.

5/5

eol Also, after reading this book, I‘m even more in favor of buying artificial, lab-produced gems—at least no one got hurt, died, or got cheated while digging them up... (edited) 2y

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

so-so

This book was simultaneously fascinating and frustrating! It takes the real-life story of the missing Florentine diamond and speculates: what would happen if your grandmother left it to your family after her death? The Miller family are indeed the "imperfects" of the title, and watching them make poor decisions is the frustration of this book, but I still found it compelling.

#ReadySetRead2023: a book with 3+ people on the cover

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Cinfhen

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

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Dysfunctional family drama about an inheritance that could potentially solve everyone‘s problems or could create a whole new set of issues for three warring siblings, their divorced mom and long ago absent father. I thought this book was quirky & clever and I enjoyed the historical component of the Florentine Diamond. Plus added bonus, the book was literally set on my old street, so I had a real sense of nostalgia.

Cinfhen @bookbelle84 @librarybelle @maclean4 @read4life @ravenlee @larareads @britt_brooke @triplem80 @smarkies @bluebird @debbiegrillo #52Books23 #BeginsWithI but works for many prompts♥️ @Deblovestoread @ashleyhoss820 @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @karenuk @leerharry @carolynm @azulaco @Lizpixie 2y

Cinfhen Photo taken from my hotel balcony, Marrakech “The Red City” 2y

Librarybelle I need to read this! 2y

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britt_brooke Nice review AND pretty photo! 🤩 (btw, I‘ve already given up on the book challenge 😅) 2y

Cinfhen Hahaha @britt_brooke do you want me to remove your name from the tag list?? 2y

Cinfhen I listened to the audio on #Hoopla @Librarybelle I think you‘ll enjoy it 2y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen Yeah, if you don‘t mind. 😚😚 2y

Cinfhen No problem 😉 @britt_brooke 2y

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Cinfhen

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

I‘m LOVING this book…its literally set on my old street where I first grew up in Lower Merion… Edgehill Road. This would work for several #52Books23 prompts - still not sure which prompt I‘ll use it for. I‘m 💯 certain the author, Amy Meyerson is a local girl…right @DivineDiana ? !! She‘s already named Hymies and Laurel Hill Cemetery 😁

Cinfhen @bookbelle84 @librarybelle @maclean4 @read4life @ravenlee @larareads @britt_brooke @triplem80 @smarkies @bluebird @debbiegrillo @Deblovestoread @ashleyhoss820 @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @karenuk @leerharry @carolynm @azulaco @Lizpixie 2y

Cinfhen Potential prompts #Siblings #inheritance #Funeral #booksoncover #beginswithletterI #secrets #sevendeadlysins (edited) 2y

IndoorDame Fun! I read a book set where I grew up last year and it was so cool to see that in print! 2y

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squirrelbrain How cool! 😁 2y

Read-y_Picker That's so fun!
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CBee I doubt I‘ll ever find a book set in my hometown (Vicksburg, MS) unless it‘s Civil War related nonfiction 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ 2y

Cinfhen I literally grew up on 203 Edgehill Road - it‘s so random why the author chose that street😄 @CBee @Read-y_Picker @squirrelbrain @IndoorDame - it is pretty cool - I texted all my siblings they weren‘t as amused 😂 2y

AmyG That‘s pretty wild. What town is this in? Our town in NJ had an Edge Hill. 2y

Cinfhen It‘s set in Lower Merion, Pa @AmyG outside of Philly - author keeps mentioning local deli‘s and other local spots. She obviously spent time in the area 2y

AmyG I thought it was PA! It‘s fun reading about places you know. Harlan Coben lives a few towns over from where we lived in NJ and he would write about the area. 2y

ShelleyBooksie What! Harlan Coben lives by you @AmyG !! Jelly. 2y

Librarybelle Oh! Stacking! 2y

AmyG @ShelleyBooksie He used to when we lived in NJ. 2 towns over. 2y

DivineDiana Thank you for putting on my radar! I visited her Website and read that although she currently lives in Los Angeles area, she is originally from Philadelphia! Stacked! 😘 2y

Cinfhen Yes, totally love that about Coben @AmyG my brother lives in West Orange and his kids went to the Jewish Day School in Livingston - I need to pick up a Coben, it‘s been a while. I think @Suzze knows Coben @ShelleyBooksie or there‘s a connection 🙌🏻 2y

Cinfhen I‘m enjoying the book @Librarybelle @DivineDiana interesting history too but it‘s a little slow in the middle. I‘m listening to audio via hoopla & I always like Cassandra Campbell as a reader🙌🏻 2y

Bklover 2nd package has arrived. 😁😁😁👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️ #muglove 2y

Cinfhen Yay @Bklover 🙌🏻I haven‘t spoken to my mom since I arrived in Morocco/ terrible Wi-Fi but I assume package has arrived. Going to Fez today so maybe Wi-Fi will improve ❣️😄 2y

Suzze @Cinfhen @AmyG @ShelleyBooksie I haven‘t talked to Harlan in years, but I got to know him early on in his career. He even used my name, Suzze T. as a character in a couple of his books. 2y

Cinfhen Hi @Suzze ♥️what‘s new??? Hope all is well 2y

ShelleyBooksie What!!!! That is SO amazing!!! I would faint if he wrote my name in a book. LOL 2y

Suzze @Cinfhen I‘m pretty good. I hang out mostly on TikTok (BookTok) @suzzereadsalot 2y

Cinfhen I haven‘t ventured onto TikTok @Suzze hell, im still not on FB 😂😂😂but I‘m glad to hear you‘re well. 2y

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ashsbookmarks

Blonde: A Novel | Joyce Carol Oates

Diamonds are a girls best friend!
#marilynmonroe #diamond
#Ashsbookmarks #bookmarks #bookmark #books #book #prettybooks #bookaholic #bookadict #bookternet #handmade #etsytrend #bookstagram #bookworm #booktopia #allthebooks #bookish #gift #etsy #etsyshop #shopsmall

wisherwishinguponastar That is a great bookmark! 2y

ashsbookmarks @booksellerofyourdiscontent thank you!! I‘m going to be posting it in my Etsy shop soon! 2y

kricheal I love this bookmark! 2y

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ashsbookmarks @kricheal 🤗🤗 me too!!! 2y

ashsbookmarks @booksellerofyourdiscontent @kricheal I just posted these bookmarks in my Etsy shop. Check them out if you are interested in purchasing one 🥰 ashsbookmarks.Etsy.com 2y

wisherwishinguponastar Thanks! 2y

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Sharpeipup

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

Anyone read this one?

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Danay

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

22 #17 This was a little different for me but an enjoyable read.

Erinsuereads Amy is literally one of my favorite people in the whole world. She is awesome 3y

Danay I‘m definitely gonna be checking out some of her other books. 3y

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lauranerdette

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

Family drama

Nute Welcome to Litsy! It‘s a warm and friendly community. I know that you will enjoy yourself here. I‘m looking forward to getting to know you!🙂 3y

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tpixie

The Imperfects | Amy Meyerson

Loved this book! I loved learning about the Florentine diamond, and this potential history of the diamond. The family dynamics were very authentic. A great read!

Here‘s how the Diamond may have looked in a brooch with a Cattleya Orchid

#FlorentineDiamond #LitsyBookclub #AmyMeyerson

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Centique

Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond | Anita Anand, William Dalrymple

A stack of books from #hiselderliness and a friendly whale (that‘s a mural alongside the America‘s Cup village currently in our harbour)

He‘s got two Picks and two Bails in his #bookreport

On my own two feet - I gave up on it. That guy just wanted to talk about himself and how important he was. He said Edmund Hillary rang him for advice on how to climb a mountain. (That is sacrilege it seems!)⬇️

Cinfhen

Centique A Furious Sky - that was interesting. There‘s this place in America where it‘s below sea level and they have all these hurricanes. It‘s called something-sana? (Louisiana I think he means?)
Say Nothing - So the Irish wanted to get rid of the English. But there were like four different groups of Irish and they all wanted to do it differently. They ended up mostly shooting each other. I stopped reading after that. ⬇️ 4y

Centique Koh-I-nor - I thought that would be a boring book but it was good. This diamond was so huge that they couldn‘t trust the jeweller to cut it cos he might steal some - so they encased most of it in lead and just left him a little corner to work on. That was clever. 4y

TrishB Great stuff 👏🏻 to the point as always ♥️ 4y

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julesG If he liked the Koh-I-Nor book and would like to read a different account about it, I recommend

Chasing the Mountain of Light (Revised)

rockpools I do love your dad‘s recommendations 📚📚📚 4y

Centique @TrishB thank you! He always has some little anecdote from each one that stays with him. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y

Centique @julesG thanks! I‘m sure he‘d be keen to read more about it. 4y

Centique @rockpools thanks Rachel you‘re so kind! 4y

Cinfhen I literally stacked the tagged book yesterday!! Now I‘m even more excited to read it!!! 4y

TheAromaofBooks I may have already recommended this one, but my dad, husband, & brother all read it recently & really loved it 😂 There is an edition that has a LOT more photographs, all taken on the actual journey & they are pretty amazing.

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

MicheleinPhilly I ❤️ his elderliness. I can always count on him for a big belly laugh. 4y

Reggie I respect the stepping away from Say Nothing. Like he has certain standards and once they dip below it, it‘s a wrap. Good for him. 4y

LeahBergen No slagging on Edmund Hillary for His Elderliness! 👏🏻👏🏻😆😆 4y

Bookzombie I really love his elderliness‘ reviews! 🙂 4y

Centique @Cinfhen that would be so cool if you both liked it 😍 4y

Centique @TheAromaofBooks this is the book that @Cinfhen sent my dad and he‘s been rereading it - great minds think alike! 4y

Centique @MicheleinPhilly I‘m so glad! 😂 4y

Centique @Reggie that sums it up perfectly. 😂😂 4y

Centique @LeahBergen so true! Hillary is like a saint or something. 🙌 4y

Centique @Bookzombie thank you Margie! 😘 4y

TheAromaofBooks That's so fantastic!! He may also enjoy this documentary, which is on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFT7ji-D2c - it has loads of not just the photographs, but actual film (as in, moving pictures! From 1915!) from the journey. Dad & my husband thought the documentary was a really fun supplement after they had read the book, so your dad may like it, too!! 4y

Cinfhen Yay!!! I‘m excited your dad picked the book back up xxx and how cool there is actual FILM @TheAromaofBooks 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - it's sooo cool - actual footage of the men climbing the rigging of the ship, wrestling with the dogs, cooking food, etc. I didn't actually read the book myself, but after listening to three family members go on about it, I feel like I have 😂 4y

Cinfhen Ha!! You are quite a captive audience 😁 @TheAromaofBooks ❤️ (edited) 4y

Centique @TheAromaofBooks that is great to hear! He usually won‘t watch tv or video but I will try 😘 4y

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