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Cuilin
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rubyslippersreads I have so many books on my list, it‘ll be hard to choose. The TV show has gotten me interested in this era. 1mo
Cuilin @rubyslippersreads same!!! Spoiled for choice with this one. 1mo
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Jess861 I was going to read The Personal Librarian for this but I guess it is a year to late, lol 1mo
Cuilin @Jess861 The dates are just guidelines. Read it, it‘s so good. 1mo
Bookwormjillk Oh my goodness I‘ve barely started last month‘s book. I need an extension on October. 1mo
rwmg I do have “Empire“ by Gore Vidal, which has been sitting on my TBR shelves for a while. 1mo
Cuilin @Bookwormjillk Extension granted. 😆 I had to DNF one but picked up another and read it in two days 1mo
Cuilin @rwmg oh wow. Have you read others in the series? 1mo
sblbooks I bought this at a library sale a few months back. Perfect timing. 1mo
Cuilin @sblbooks Yes perfect!!! 1mo
Jess861 @Cuilin I've heard good things about the book! I'll read it either way. 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures November I focus on nonfiction so looking for something there I think I might cheat and go to DC with 1mo
rwmg @cuilin Yes, but a long time ago so my memory is a little vague 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @kspenmoll yay! I got a copy on Libby, hopefully we can chat about it. 1mo
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TieDyeDude
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Classic. Gets a little bogged down at times by the exploration of the minutia of daily life (I remember, in previous readings, trying to pay attention to the poems that the students recite, but I'm never quite able to muster the interest 😋).

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Bookish_Thoughts
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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Started this doorstop of a book today. Rom Chernow is one of my favorite authors. #MarkTwain #history #biography #RonChernow

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kspenmoll
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kspenmoll
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I started reading the tagged book ages ago- after viewing Martin Johnson Hearde‘s hummingbird paintings in the early American Art Gallery at Yale‘s Art museum yesterday,I pulled it out of a stack to begin to read again.

AnnCrystal 🤩💝😍. 2mo
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kspenmoll
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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Mark Twain joined The Quaker City, a ship heading for a tour of Europe, the Mediterranean, & the Middle East. His trip was paid for by the Alta California, in exchange for 50 letters. Many of the Quakers on board were “wounded” by his irreverent take on all things religious. #familieswhoreadtogetherstaytogether #familybuddyread

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MaureenMc
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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I did it! 🙌 All 45 hours! This was an extremely thorough biography of Mark Twain. While understanding Twain‘s importance in American literature, I‘m not sure his biography needed to be at this level of detail. Still, it was very well done, & the narrator was excellent.
(I‘m going to be insufferable at my next book club meeting wherein we‘re discussing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 😆)

Ruthiella Yahoo ! 👏👏👏 3mo
mabell Oh my 45 hours?! Congratulations! 3mo
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kspenmoll That‘s fantastic! I am reading it with my husband & son so we are going slowly- 3mo
AvidReader25 That‘s a beast! I toured his home in Connecticut a few years ago and it was beautiful. 3mo
charl08 Ah, I got this for my dad. He said he skimmed the last bit, too sad / depressing... 3d
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kspenmoll
Mark Twain | Ron Chernow
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Poe enjoyed listening to us read aloud from the tagged biography. #familyread #MarkTwain

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3mo
Deblovestoread I love that you do this as a family! And Poe is lovely. 3mo
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JenlovesJT47
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Season three, over?
Say it isn‘t so! Rehab time —
withdrawals imminent.

Well somehow, season 3 of The Gilded Age is over. It was so good! Now we gotta wait 2 years for season 4. 😭

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #thegildedage

lil1inblue I caught up this weekend, and just have the last episode to go! Eep! 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue it was so good!! I‘m going to watch it again tonight 🤓 4mo
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dabbe I have put this on my TBW list, thanks to your words! 🧡🤎💛 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @dabbe you will love it!! Goes perfectly with Age of Innocence. ♥️ 4mo
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 If only Daniel Day-Lewis were in it! 😍 4mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit Hmmm! We just started season one, so I‘m definitely going to take my time! 😂 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @dabbe Railroad Daddy is an excellent substitute!! 😍🥵 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @CindyMyLifeIsLit it‘ll be hard to go slowly, it‘s so addictive! 4mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝🎬 Two Years! 🎬🐝💝. 4mo
rubyslippersreads I‘m happy that Gladys appears to be heading for a happier life than her real-life counterpart. 4mo
JenlovesJT47 @rubyslippersreads me too!! Seems very similar to Cora & Robert on Downton Abbey — I am pleasantly surprised! 🤓 4mo
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