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MrsMalaprop
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Today after getting my nails done I popped in to the op shop next-door to see whether I could find myself a Georgette Heyer @LeahBergen . I did not find a Heyer, but I did find these two 😍. For $2 each! #bookhaul #winning

BarbaraBB What I loved is so good!! 2mo
LeahBergen Well, those are some good finds! Let me know if you can‘t find a Heyer… I‘ll send you one! 😘 2mo
MrsMalaprop Thanks @LeahBergen I‘m sure I‘ll find one. Especially with @rissreads sending me links to book sales in our town. She‘s such a bad influence 🙄😂 2mo
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MrsMalaprop @BarbaraBB That book keeps coming up & then I spotted it today. 🙏 2mo
CarolynM Keep looking out for the Heyer‘s, you are bound to find a few soon. And I agree with @BarbaraBB about What I Loved. 2mo
Rissreads I‘m on the hunt for you now Serena! It won‘t take us long! 🤣 2mo
Rissreads So what Heyer are we looking for? Which are the best @LeahBergen ? 2mo
Rissreads Which would you recommend @CarolynM ? 2mo
CoffeeK8 Venetia is good! My favorite is 2mo
LeahBergen @Rissreads Let‘s see … maybe be on the lookout for Cotillion, The Grand Sophy, Frederica, Arabella, These Old Shades (this one is Georgian era rather than Regency), or The Corinthian. Or whatever you can find! 😆😆 I‘ve actually not read Venetia yet but it seems to be a favourite of a lot of Heyer fans. Happy hunting! 2mo
CarolynM @Rissreads I‘ve only read a couple of the romances so I‘m not much help with those. The mysteries will be harder to find but, for what it‘s worth, No Wind of Blame and Behold Here‘s Poison are my favourites.🙂 2mo
LeahBergen @CarolynM I‘ll make a note of these titles! 👍 2mo
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Sarahreadstoomuch
Wedding Song | Naguib Mahfouz
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Pickpick

This has been on my shelf forever… and while it took a few pages (I had to reread the first 5 pages) to get a handle on the writing style, and then it blew me away. I could almost feel this story settling over me like a blanket while reading. Set in Cairo, this tells a story in 4 different perspectives.

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BookwormM
The Saga of Gosta Berling | Selma Lagerlof
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Mehso-so

#Reading1001 #ReadAroundTheWorld #Sweden

Interconnected vignettes with forgettable characters but great descriptions of nature. The book encompasses folklore, myth, legends and historical stories.

Great descriptions of rural Sweden you can really feel the chill and smell the forest.

BarbaraBB Such a good read! 2mo
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TheBookHippie
Under the Glacier | Halldor Laxness
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#JOLABOKAFLOD package has arrived 🎄🎅🏼

Chili Yay!! I‘m glad it arrived safely. I was beginning to worry because it was supposed to be there Tuesday. 3mo
TheBookHippie @Chili the mail here is SLOW. 😵‍💫it‘s safely here under the tree! 3mo
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TheLudicReader
Iceland's Bell | Halldor Laxness
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My #JolabokaflodSwap23 has been sent @MaleficentBookDragon . Thanks for organizing this fun swap.

TheLudicReader @ShelleyBooksie I should tell you that when I went to mail that today the card I'd written wasn't in my bag...so it's cardless. So, yes, the cat is out of the bag re that jolabokaflod swap. 4mo
ShelleyBooksie LOL - it's that time.of year ♡ Thank you for the heads up. 4mo
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merelybookish
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TheSpineView Wow ... 4mo
dabbe 💙❄️💙 4mo
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Graywacke
Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee
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Pickpick

What to make of a novel of essays? Apparently JMC took his own published essays and their criticism (good, tough criticism) and made a novel out of it, with an afterlife confrontation added in. Of course, these are Elizabeth Costello‘s speeches in the book.

So it works and also doesn‘t. First chapter of Realism is fantastic. Later obsession with the morality on veganism was ok - but, i had trouble caring. But i still kind of liked it overall.

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Graywacke
Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee
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Still warming my cat (and vice versa). Trying out Coetzee. Lovely 1st chapter toying with perspectives on Realism.

Leftcoastzen I haven‘t read him either, looking forward to your review! A good day for cat warming!😻😁 4mo
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WildAlaskaBibliophile
Saga of Gosta Berling | Selma Lagerlof
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AllDebooks
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#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

What a wonderful discourse on race, diversity, literarure, inspiration and culture. Ishiguro's Nobel lecture from 2017.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2017/ishiguro/lecture/

Soubhiville I‘ll have to look for this! Thanks for posting. 4mo
AllDebooks @Soubhiville I listened to it on Scribd (now Everand) but I found it on YouTube too, with transcript.😊 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2017/ishiguro/lecture/ 4mo
Soubhiville Oh perfect! 4mo
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