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Dickens in Europe: essays | Charles Dickens

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I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of Dickens‘ writings from Europe in the 1840s - 1850s. A mix of letters & a couple of short stories, they display his usual lively writing & compassion. Characters & towns spring to life. A letter to E M Forster describes crossing to Chamonix & seeing Mt Blanc in vivid detail. My highlight was ‘The Italian Prisoner‘, a masterful, funny & moving short story (& true tale).

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LitsyEvents

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#bookedintime December activity hosted by @cuilin
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2804104

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Cuilin

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#BookedInTime

Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it!!

Thanks to @PathfinderNicole and @majkia among others for suggestion.

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 1w

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 1w

AllDebooks Oooh, this is going to be a good one 😊 1w

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Mollyanna This is a great one! I have Shrines of Gaiety currently checked out from the library, so that will probably be my choice. 1w

majkia I've got Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes I'll try to get to. 1w

Amiable And unfortunately too often those of us who do know history still have to repeat it because of the uneducated. 😖 1w

dabbe Got the column created and the books listed above are on it! 🤩 1w

Cuilin @AllDebooks agreed 👍 1w

Cuilin @Mollyanna fabulous 👍 1w

Cuilin @majkia fabulous 👍 1w

Cuilin @Amiable yes 😔 1w

Cuilin @dabbe thanks Denise. 🙏 1w

sblbooks My current read will work for this time frame.

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julieclair Great theme! So many choices. I have updated the StoryGraph challenge, for those who are using it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 1w

rwmg I have been reading Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series set in 1920s Yorkshire, so I may read the next one:

A Snapshot of Murder: The tenth Kate Shackleton Murder Mystery

Cuilin @julieclair thanks I‘ve updated mine. 1w

Cuilin @sblbooks sounds like a fabulous cozy read. 1w

Cuilin @rwmg I love the sound of the series. 1w

julieclair @rwmg Oh, I love the Kate Shackleton books, but haven‘t read any for awhile. Thanks for reminding me about them! 1w

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rachaich

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube | Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Nicely transcribed account using his memories, journals and rediscovered diaries, and detailing his travels in pre WW2 Germany and Austria regions. Obviously of the era, thus slightly cringy at times, but such a seemingly gentle and innocent time, so much trust in oneself and others. Yet a few years later, atrocity.

Crazeedi This sounds like I need to read! 4mo

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LiseWorks

Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950-2017 | Ian Kershaw

June 28 #SummerSouls Roller Coaster @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 💙🩵💚 5mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 5mo

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julieclair

Europe's Top 100 Masterpieces: Art for the Traveler | Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw

#SpringSkies #AboutArt @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I am reading this book as a year-long read, 2 masterpieces per week. I‘m learning so much! Rick Steves writes in a very reader-friendly style, explaining why each piece is important. It‘s like a mini Art History class!

Eggs What a wonderful idea 🖼️ 8mo

Desha Love this! 💗 8mo

mabell Great idea! 8mo

julieclair @Eggs @Desha @mabell Because I‘m reading the book so slowly, I think I‘m retaining more of the info than I would if I read it straight through. This old brain needs time for stuff to sink in, lol. 😂 8mo

Eggs @julieclair I hear ya🤪 8mo

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peanutnine

Lonely Planet Scotland | Lonely Planet

Camping this weekend and I brought along this little book to get started on planning our honeymoon trip. I'm getting excited! 8 months to go 😄
Hit me with your recs for books set in Scotland to read before our trip or places to see while we're there!
#weekendreading #travelplanning

TheBookHippie How fun! 9mo

Kitta Trainspotting is a fairly obvious suggestion but it‘s a tough read as it‘s in Scot‘s dialect! Ian rankin if you like crime, Iain Banks for speculative fiction, and How to be Both by Ali Smith or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart for literary fiction! I used to live in Scotland and it was amazing. Have a great time! 9mo

Kitta Oh wait How to be both is just by a Scottish author not set in Scotland 😆 9mo

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Kitta Most of Ali Smith‘s books are set in Cambridge, where she lives 9mo

peanutnine @Kitta oooh thank you!!! 9mo

vonnie862 We did Scotland last summer and loved it! How long are you going to be there? 9mo

peanutnine @vonnie862 two weeks! 9mo

vonnie862 @peanutnine that's how long I was there for and did so much. If you're interested in my itinerary, you can email me. My email is my litsy handle plus Gmail dot com. 9mo

peanutnine @vonnie862 that's awesome! Thank you 😊 9mo

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Kinniska

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube | Patrick Leigh Fermor

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I picked this title up after it was referenced in a couple other travelogues. He goes on foot, has some of the languages and adopts numerous others, and ends up staying on in Central Europe, living there many years after, until the war.

He alternates among easygoing narrative, charming descriptions of the people he encounters, & florid architectural descriptions.
Skim the architecture, but don‘t miss the footnotes! So many unexpected anecdotes.

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Purpleness

The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe | Martyn Rady

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