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Shirley | Charlotte Bront�

Ha, yes. This certified old maid confirms that we're selfish, and happy about it 😉 💅🏽💁🏾‍♀️ #shirlitesunite
@merelybookish

Kayla.Adriena Yessssss!!!! I took the longest shower today and used all my new Lush products that i ordered for myself for my 30th. No regrets 😊 5y

LeahBergen I just finished reading this section! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y

saresmoore #shouldabeenaspinster 5y

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batsy @Kayla.Adriena Perfect 💕 5y

batsy @LeahBergen Yay! Nice that we're on the same page, so to speak 😁 5y

batsy @saresmoore 😆 5y

merelybookish Ditto @saresmoore! I really liked this chapter on Old Maids! 5y

Tanisha_A Ha! Perfect! 👌 5y

batsy @merelybookish Me too! I'm loving the intense conversations between Caroline and Shirley! I love that thinking and feeling matters so much to them. 5y

batsy @Tanisha_A #oldmaidsunite 👵🏾 5y

Daisey I so wish I had time to read this one with you all. I‘m really enjoying the posts! 5y

batsy @Daisey Litsy buddy reads are the best, aren't they ❤️ Hope you enjoy this one if you read it. 5y

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saresmoore

An Extraordinary Union | Alyssa Cole

so-so

Well, this is the best historical romance I‘ve ever read. Okay, it‘s the only historical romance I‘ve ever read. I did it for the challenges & I hate-read it from beginning to end. I love the idea of the protagonist—she‘s strong, independent, fiercely dedicated to the cause of eradicating slavery, and very human. The story wrapped up nicely and Alyssa Cole did her research, presenting a fresh perspective. But, as it turns out, I HATE romance.

saresmoore #readharder #popsugarreadingchallenge #readingwomenchallenge #mmdchallenge 5y

Hestapleton Girl, we are picking all the same books for our challenges! I‘ve got this one for #readingwomenchallenge too! 5y

saresmoore @Hestapleton Heck yes! What book(s) are you most looking forward to? 5y

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Hestapleton @saresmoore this one, Everything is Beautiful (mental illness), Gold fame citrus (nature), dread nation (YA by AOC), and Boy snow bird (author from Nigeria or NZ) for #readingwomenchallenge. I‘m double dipping a lot of these with #popsugarreadingchallenge and #booked2019. What about you?! (edited) 5y

8little_paws Why did you hate it? 5y

8little_paws I'm also doing read harder and reading women challenges! 5y

rockpools 😂😂 I love your review! 5y

LauraBeth 😂 Save your last line for this year‘s Valentine‘s Card 💘 5y

emilyhaldi LOL 5y

batsy 😆 Dare I use a heart emoji for this? 5y

saresmoore @8little_paws I think the plot being propelled by a romantic interest is a bit nauseating to me. Also the sex. So many penis euphemisms. 😑 Yay for all the reading challenges! 🙌 5y

saresmoore @LauraBeth 😆 5y

saresmoore @batsy #shouldabeenaspinster ! 5y

saresmoore @Hestapleton Those are great picks! There are SO MANY, but I‘m probably most looking forward to Circe, Freshwater, and

An Unkindness of Ghosts

8little_paws I'm not a big romance fan either. They're all, by nature, about the journey and not the destination, and when I know the destination i'm just not as excited to pick up the book. 5y

Lindy @saresmoore Keep romance away from me too. [holding up crossed index fingers to ward off evil]. 5y

saresmoore @8little_paws Yes! Well put. I was almost wishing the man would just die at the end. 😬 But, alas, they lived happily ever after. 5y

Suet624 You‘re so funny. I can‘t imagine you actually reading a romance novel. 5y

saresmoore @Suet624 There was a fair amount of vigorous page turning accompanied by 🙄. 5y

Reggie @LauraBeth Lolololol 5y

sprainedbrain 😂😂😂 5y

Cinfhen I‘m with you!! I can‘t do the “romance” either 😬or the “cozy” 😬😬😬 5y

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At Mrs Lippincote's | Elizabeth Taylor

“She tried not to behave like a spinster in a book. Her sense of humour saved her, she believed. She put up a good fight and fell into only the less obvious traps, but she bothered a little more about her dignity, and her position, than do the majority of married women, and betrayed herself by what Roddy called her ‘little ways‘, by which he meant the trivial comforts, consolations, cups of tea...

saresmoore “... and a general fussing which grows insidiously upon and characterizes those who have neither husband nor children to cherish and only themselves to put first.” 5y

saresmoore #spinsterlit #shouldabeenaspinster 5y

LauraBeth I‘m a spinster in sheep‘s clothing 🐏 5y

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batsy Oh, I have to read this! 5y

saresmoore @batsy I think you will love it! 5y

Moray_Reads This is one of my favourite Taylors ❤️ 5y

Moray_Reads #spinsterlit is a excellent genre name 😂 5y

LeahBergen I loved this one!!! I‘m so glad you‘re on a “staying my friend” streak! 😆😆 5y

LeahBergen @batsy You must! 5y

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Untitled | Anonymous

I almost forgot to enter your wonderful contest, @erzascarletbookgasm !

I‘ve had a wonderful (if slightly unusual for me) reading year. I gave my reading whims free rein and ended up reading mostly vintage books, classic literature, and “spinster lit” from mid-twentieth century Britain( @batsy will approve of the latter, right? 😆) I pretty much ignored anything that was recently published.🤔

Thanks for the fun contest! 😘

#FestiveBookishBox

saresmoore That‘s pretty much exactly what I end up reading when I let my heart decide! #shouldabeenaspinster 5y

DGRachel That‘s what I‘m doing next year - reading whatever strikes my fancy! I‘m not doing any structured challenges beyond setting a Goodreads goal and a MountTBR goal. And what is #spinsterlit? This spinster needs to know!😊 5y

sprainedbrain ‘Spinster lit‘ is my new favorite genre! 😂 5y

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erzascarletbookgasm Sounds so exciting and liberating! I‘m only allowing myself one challenge next year besides the GR target number. I was greedy this year, doing two but then I‘ve read some great books because of the challenges. And Litsy of course! Thanks for entering, ❤️🍀 5y

AlaMich Is “spinster lit” by, for, or about spinsters? 😆 5y

LeahBergen @saresmoore Your tag! 😆 Exactly! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y

LeahBergen @DGRachel Those were pretty much the only challenges I set this year, too (and it was very freeing!) “Spinster lit” as a term/genre was coined by @batsy and encompasses pretty much any fiction dealing with women living on their own and finding out that that can be A-okay. 😆😆 Think Barbara Pym, EF Benson, Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Thirkell, Winifred Holtby and probably anything published by Virago or Persephone. 😆 5y

LeahBergen @sprainedbrain It‘s the best! 5y

LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm I‘m going to do the same as you for challenges next year, too. Just an easy GR target (and an easy Mount TBR target) and maybe one other. I like to keep my time open to jump in on buddy reads as they come along, as well. 😄 5y

LeahBergen @AlaMich In a perfect world? All three. 😆 5y

batsy I heartily approve! 😆 I am glad that more people are interested in spinster lit; the goal is to convert everyone into a fan 😂 Sounds like you had a great reading year. Classics and mid-century+modernist British lit are honestly some of my most favourite genres. #SpinsterLitReadersUnite 5y

erzascarletbookgasm And we‘ll have @batsy for Founder/President in the #SpinsterLitReadersUnite cult! 🤣 5y

LeahBergen @batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Yes! 😆😆 And I think we will have to do a buddy read of something good and spinsterish in the new year just to use that hashtag. 😆 5y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Don't worry everyone, it's a laidback cult. We meet in a secluded cabin in the woods only to read, drink our preferred beverage, and eat lots of chocolate 😂😂 5y

erzascarletbookgasm @LeahBergen I‘m up for it! @batsy 😃😆 5y

saresmoore @LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm @batsy I‘ve just arrived at the cabin and lit the fireplace. Someone put the kettle on? 5y

batsy @saresmoore @LeahBergen @erzascarletbookgasm Be right there, just picking up a crate of wine! 5y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm @LeahBergen I'm so in! We'll keep each other posted if something nice and spinstery gets our attention 😁 @saresmoore 5y

AlaMich @LeahBergen Right on! Spinsters rock!! 🙌 5y

Mdargusch If you do a read a long, count me in. It‘s my new favorite genre! Thanks to you. I just joined the Elizabeth Taylor group on GR. 5y

mcipher Spinster lit sounds amazing! Where do I sign up?! 😆 5y

Cathythoughts ♥️♥️♥️ 5y

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Two Serious Ladies: A Novel | Jane Bowles

A 1943 novel about two respectable women who "descend into debauchery". One of them dumps her husband for a teenage prostitute and the other, a spinster, takes up with "the basest of men". Sounds titillating, doesn't it? ?
#AllTheSingleLadies
#JuneBookBugs

RealLifeReading

LeahBergen @batsy More #SpinsterLit 😂 (edited) 7y

Aleida Sounds like me. 7y

batsy @LeahBergen Excellent, this is on my TBR 👍 7y

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batsy Need another tag #spinstersdescendintodebauchery 7y

Zelma Sounds quite scandalous! 7y

RealLifeReading Oh this new (?) cover is lovely! 7y

saresmoore Why does that description totally want to make me read this?! Again, #shouldabeenaspinster #spinsterhashtagsfordays @batsy 7y

readordierachel Intriguing! 7y

batsy @saresmoore It's #rainingspinsters around here! 7y

rubyslippersreads ❤️ that cover! 7y

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Excellent Women | Barbara Pym

"I suppose an unmarried woman just over thirty who lives alone and has no apparent ties, must expect to find herself invested in or interested in other people's business, and if she is also a clergyman's daughter then one might really say that there is no hope for her." #spinsterlit

This gentle, sly, beguiling book is a must-read. Love how Pym delicately skewers social norms without rancour. #allthesingleladies #JuneBookBugs @RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Oh cute cover! 7y

twohectobooks Where do you find all your #spinsterlit? 7y

saresmoore You have such a lovely way with words! I'm looking forward to reading this one. #shouldabeenaspinster 7y

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batsy @twohectobooks I love reading about single women so anytime I see mentions of books/authors I'm jotting it down to look up 😬 7y

batsy @saresmoore Thank you! Your hashtag 😁 7y

merelybookish I love Pym - or what I've read. (I was introduced to her by a good church-going spinster lady. 😉) Need to read more of her work. 7y

batsy @merelybookish That's too perfect! This is the only one I've read so far and want to read the rest too. 7y

LauraBrook I've yet to read any Pym, though it sounds like I really should! 7y

batsy @LauraBrook She's quite underrated, I think. I hope you'll enjoy it! 7y

shawnmooney Loved this one! Loved her debut even more!

Some Tame Gazelle: A Novel

batsy @shawnmooney That's next on the list! 7y

shawnmooney I am doing them in sequence (not in sequins, @LeahBergen , get yer mind out of the glitter-gutter!) so next up, later this month, is

Less Than Angels

batsy @shawnmooney I think you mentioned this before so I stole the idea from you! I want to read Pym in sequence too and I totally think we should be in sequins for this @LeahBergen 7y

shawnmooney I feel a photographically documented series of Pym-in-sequins buddy reads coming on! @LeahBergen 💄💋👸🕺💃👨‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👩💑 7y

batsy @shawnmooney Hell yeah! 💅 I've decided I must own the Virago Pym editions so I'm gonna try to get Some Tame Gazelle from our local Kinokuniya this week or so 🎉 7y

Leftcoastzen Have not thought about Pym for a long while ! Need to dig in and check her out. 7y

LeahBergen @shawnmooney 😂😂 Do we all have to wear sequins while reading Pym? She must be one of the most un-sequin-appropriate writers! Hmm... do they make little brown drab sequins that don't glitter? Tweed sequins? 🤔 7y

batsy @LeahBergen @shawnmooney Tweed sequins 😂 7y

ValerieAndBooks I enjoyed A Quartet in Autumn when I recently read it, on the lookout for more by her! 7y

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