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bibliothecarivs
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Recent birthday acquisitions:

📖 Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life by Ralph Pite
📖 The Poetical Works of John Keats

#UniteAgainstBookBans and #LetUtahRead

bibliothecarivs 💿 L-R: Kaiser Chiefs, The Waterboys, Radiohead, The Cure, Black Sabbath 4w
Bookwomble Happy birthday! 🍰📚 4w
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Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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p. 78: '[Hardy] could no longer believe, but he cherished the memory of belief, and especially the centrality and beauty of Christian ritual in country life, and what it had meant to earlier generations and still meant to some.'

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Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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p. 63: '[Hardy] went several times to hear Dickens read... and to hear John Stuart Mill speak on the hustings, and to the House of Commons to listen to Lord Palmerston. When Palmerston died, he got tickets for the funeral in Westminster Abbey, very conscious of the fact that the great man had stood in the House with Pitt, Fox, Sheridan and Burke. It was the personal link always that stirred Hardy's interest in history.'

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Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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p. xxii-xxiii: 'Hardy was a writer who made many of his best efforts out of incidents and stories he had collected and put aside, sights stored up, feelings he had kept to himself, anger he had not shown to the world. [As a poet] he is like an archeologist uncovering objects that have not been seen for many decades, bringing them into the light, examining them, some small pieces, some curious bones and broken bits, and some shining treasures.' ⬇️

bibliothecarivs 'There is rising excitement in the writing as of someone making discoveries. He has found the most perfect subject he has ever had, and he has the skills to work on it.' 🔚 2mo
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Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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NatalieR
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-Not the tagged book- Audible Original Podcast offered this six-part series about Arthur Conan Doyle, and I was intrigued to learn about his personal life and the creation of Holmes. There‘s a lot of information packed into this two-hour podcast. I recommend giving this a listen if you're interested in learning the highlights of Doyle‘s life. 

Full review at https://abookandadog.com/blog/the-real-sherlock

AnnCrystal Was Doyle's friendship with Harry Houdini discussed? I always wondered if Doyle truly believed that Houdini was a Master Sorcerer or if it was something else that broke their friendship. (edited) 2mo
Daisey I completely forgot I have this in my Audible library. Thanks for reminding me. I need to listen to it alongside #NoPlaceLikeHolmes sometime soon. 2mo
NatalieR @AnnCrystal It was only briefly mentioned. Nothing profound to answer your question about his relationship with Houdini. 😕 2mo
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NatalieR @Daisey Ah, yes! Excellent idea. 😀 I just added Sherlock Holmes narrated by Stephen Fry to my Audible library. It‘s more than 70 hours. Probably listen to it in chunks over time. 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank you @NatalieR , very good to know 😉👍💝. 2mo
Cashappagent725 Hey 👋
Can I cashapp you some $$?
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NatalieR @AnnCrystal You‘re welcome! 😊 2mo
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AnneCecilie
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A look into the country life of the British authors, Virginia Wolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosalind Lehmann

Most of the time is spent with Wolf, starting in 1917 as she recovers from illness. This was a quiet time in her life and since the notes from this period is different from the ones she made before and after, they are usually excluded by biographies. So I found this period interesting.

I hadn‘t heard about Warner and Lehmann before

AnneCecilie and they both went their own ways. Warner living with a woman and Lehmann twice divorced. I love reading about women that do what is right for them, even if these sections covered more time in the authors life. I‘m also thinking about reading some of their novels and short stories in the future because they sound interesting. 3mo
AnneCecilie @AllDebooks Tagging you since you expressed interest in my thoughts and I had some 😊 (edited) 3mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sounds interesting 3mo
AllDebooks I can't wait to read this. I've added it to the #VirginiaBloomsnerries tbr list. Thanks fir the tag @AnneCecilie 😊 3mo
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AnneCecilie
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#BookReport

I continued Dark Fire #ShardlakeBR and I finally started Unwell Women #SheSaid

I finished Confusion and Rural Hours

Then I went for all the shorter books and read Not a River, Our Wives Under the Sea and Clear

I‘ve started Little Rot

dabbe Excellent choices! 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
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#WeeklyForecast

An overly ambitious stack for my last staycation week. I don‘t think I‘ll get to every book, but there‘s some shorter ones here

I want to continue Dark Fire #ShardlakeBR and eventually start Unwell Women #SheSaid

I want to finish Rural Hours and Confusion

Crooked Plow is due back at the library on Tuesday so not sure I‘ll get to it. Then I just want to see which of the following I can get to; Not a River, Parade,

AnneCecilie Our Wives under the Sea, Clear, Little Rot and The Ghost Ship. 3mo
TheSpineView Enjoy your staycation! 3mo
sarahbarnes Have fun! 3mo
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#BookReport

I‘ve started Rural Hours and just started Dark Fire #ShardlakeBR

I finished James, read Blackouts and have started Confusion

AllDebooks Oooh, I'm looking forward to Rural hours. Let me know what you think. It's on the list for #VirginiaBloomsberries next year 😊 3mo
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