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My before dinner read. #JohnMaddenMystery #serieslove2025 #3

Read this for book club and is not one I'd have chosen to read now given what's happening in our country's government - some terrifying similarities to where we may be headed with this Holocaust novel based on true events.

A fictional story about Colleen Moore, an actress in the early 1900s, who sponsored an incredible fairy castle dollhouse at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. I saw this dollhouse on many trips to the museum, as every year there was a field trip from school, and my parents took us kids there at least a couple of times a year. I loved it and probably still would if I got there again. Maybe it would still make me feel like a princess! ⬇️

Book... rentals?? Ugh!

Reminder of #ParentChildLove of Atticus and Scout during a recent visit to Monroeville, childhood home of Harper Lee. Her house is gone, but there are remains of Truman Capote's aunt's nearby home. The character of Dill is said to be based on him. #FeelintheLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

FEELIN‘ THE LOVE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: LONELY

THE BOOKSHOP OF THE BROKENHEARTED had many feelings going on...heartbreak, tragedy, loving someone even when they weren't lovable, and being hopeful for happiness in it all.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/mrxmcxa8

Mr. Thomas Cresswell, last male heir of Prince Dracula, was offering me both his heart and his hand.
Without hesitation, I accepted Thomas‘s arm and grinned. “To America!”
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Marie Benedict is an auto-buy author for me. This one wasn't my favorite of hers, but I think it would hit it out of the park for readers of mysteries like Agatha Christie, who is one of the characters in this book. I like how it is based on a real cold case. The feminist angles appeal to me as much as the treatment of women as disposable angers me.

In 1975 Barbara vanishes from the summer camp on her family‘s property.In 1961 her brother disappeared in the same woods&was never found.Told through the eyes of several mostly female characters&jumping back&forth in time could have been confusing but is done so well that it adds to the suspense.I love that Moore wrote both an engaging story with an unexpected (sad) ending&created characters the reader can relate to.Her criticism of sexism