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Roary47
King of the Wind | Marguerite Henry
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3✨ Is it me or are horse and boy stories very similar? Sham the horse and Agba are pretty much attached at the hip. They go through many rich hands, and it goes through the life story of Sham with his boy. It ends really sadly. The illustrations are very beautiful. #Roll100 @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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Jess861
The Black Crescent | Jane Johnson
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This book is wonderfully written. While the plot is predictable, it is the themes and history that is more important. The descriptions of the rural and city landscapes, food, culture, heritage and folklore transport you right into Morocco during the time they are fighting for their independence from the French. A great introduction (fictionally) to the fight for Moroccan independence. Jane Johnson is quickly becoming one of my top authors.

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Jess861
The Black Crescent | Jane Johnson
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Kicking off the week at the cottage with the remainder of this book. I'm quite enjoying it so far and it has me craving Moroccan food! There is nothing I love better than reading with a lake view.

#Morocco #Independence #CottageReading #LakeSideReading #LibraryBook

dabbe The cottage looks lovely. 💙💚💙 4mo
Aims42 Love this view! 😍😍😍 4mo
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Jess861
The Black Crescent | Jane Johnson
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Long weekend reading in the backyard. I don't think I've ever read a book set in Morocco so I'm excited to learn a bit about the countries landscapes and culture. I just hope I have time to finish the book as it needs to go back to the library soon.

#Morocco #Independence #LibraryBook #LongWeekend

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Tamra
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At my husband‘s suggestion after talking about quiet fiction…..I‘m going to start this one.

It‘s a crying shame lilacs wilt so quickly after cutting because the fragrance is divine.

Aimeesue I spent two weeks going out back (with the dogs, so I didn‘t look weird) and hanging out by my tiny lilac bushes so I could huff the blooms. 😂 They‘re tiny and this was the first year any of them bloomed - I was thrilled! They‘re gone too fast. 6mo
LeahBergen I love lilacs! Ours have yet to bloom in my part of the world. 6mo
Ruthiella I found this book to be a weird one. I look forward to your thoughts! 6mo
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Tamra @Aimeesue nothing weird at all about huffing lilacs IMO. 😆 6mo
Tamra @LeahBergen wishing you fragrant blooms soon! Spring in the north is so unreliable. Not my favorite season, but I take anything I can get. (edited) 6mo
Tamra @Ruthiella let‘s see how far I get.🤞🏾 (edited) 6mo
Cathythoughts Now that the lilacs are in bloom. She has a bowl of lilacs in her room 🥰 6mo
sarahbarnes Lilacs are my favorite flower. I agree with you. 6mo
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LapReader
Mirror | Jeannie Baker
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Scores from the Little Free Library on Tuesday. Do yourself a favour and check out the tagged author‘s kid‘s books. She is incredibly talented.

Jeg I love her books. 10mo
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Aims42
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#readingbracket2023 #2023readingbracket I cannot believe how close we are to making our top 2023 picks 🤯😱 Last month (Oct) I couldn‘t decide between “The Last Devil to Die” by Richard Osman or “The Lady from Burma” by Allison Montclair, but I ultimately decided on Osman‘s book. It‘s the last one (for a little while) so it only seemed fitting. This month (Nov) it had to go to the tagged book, it was so much fun getting swept away in Sira‘s story

Karisimo This is one of my all time favs! Might need to re-read someday! 11mo
Aims42 @Karisimo it‘s totally a book to re-read 🥰 There‘s a TV series too that was okay (book is of course better lol) 11mo
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Aims42
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This was an unintended PangoBooks find🤪 I was buying a book from a seller and saw this. I read the summary and gasped - it checks alllll my boxes:
✅ Historical fiction {and bonus points for it being from a region and a time period I‘m not familiar with (Spanish Civil War, Madrid & Morocco during the late 1930s and 1940s)}
✅ Strong female characters
✅ A chunkster!!
I ordered the sequel when I still had 200 pages to go, I knew I wanted more!

Aims42 Themes: The Spanish Civil War, 1930-1940s Morocco, Erik Larson meets Adriana Trigiani (facts meets beautiful story telling) 12mo
jlhammar I‘ve had this waiting on my shelves for years. Glad to hear you enjoyed! 12mo
Aims42 @jlhammar I went in trying to manage my expectations but it blew them out of the water. Starting the sequel tonight 🤩 12mo
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Zoes_Human No idea how it compares to the book, but there is a Spanish series of this that is GORGEOUS. The clothes, the buildings, the cars, the everything. The show is under the original Spanish name of El tiempo entre costuras. I watched it on Netflix, but it‘s been years, so I‘m not sure if it‘s still there 12mo
Aims42 @Zoes_Human I will look for it, I would LOVE to see it 😍 Thank you!! 12mo
Zoes_Human @Aims42 You‘re most welcome! 12mo
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Mshookquilts
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A perfect ending! The book has some unexpected twists. This is a dual story of Jose a young girl in Casablanca during WWII and Zoe a young woman in modern times who comes across Jose‘s journal. While Zoe‘s story starts out slowly, you will soon begin to enjoy reading it. Jose‘s story will hook you from the start and draw you in. Thank you @FeatherV

FeatherV Omg I‘m so excited you liked it! 13mo
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