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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Sunday ch 57-58: Tess and Angel play house #ontherun #itsonlyamatteroftime#angelhidesheraslongashecan #stonehenge #whataplacetogetbusted #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
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Bookwormjillk Oops I must have been a chapter ahead. I finished today. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that‘s ok, it was only one extra chapter, I‘m betting a lot of people will finish today! 6mo

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk yep I finished it too. 6mo

Cuilin I loved these chapters as they ran and hid together. They fact the novel begins with a pagan tradition of the May dance and towards the end at Stonehenge is interesting with all the Victorian morals throughout the book which was so damaging for Tess, I found interesting. (edited) 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Oh my goodness, Angel ran into a big rock and I go, “it‘s Stonehenge!” I did not expect to be right 😂 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t love that Tess‘s stated motivation for killing Alec is “maybe Angel will love me now.” How about “he‘s a horrible, asshole rapist who deserves it,” Tess?! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 and also, yes! 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO The only time that Tess gets to enjoy a little happiness with the man she loves with all of her secrets laid bare ... andddd she's running from the law & living in delusion. Perfect! I did like these chapters, though. The image of Tess getting apprehended at Stonehenge has stayed with me since I read this in high school! Made myself safe the one-pager for tomorrow 🤓 6mo

Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly You‘re right about her motivation. I‘d like to see her get really pissed off just once. 6mo

dabbe It's interesting to me how many crucial scene take place “offstage“ as it were, like the rape scene, the killing scene ... even the 5 days of bliss only gets like two brief paragraphs. Hardy leaves us with a lot of imagining on our own. I like that I'm left to fill in the gaps; he truly respects his readers and wants them to visualize--maybe because we'll make it even more epic ourselves. This book will stay with me a long time. 💜 6mo

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Purpleness

Sarum: The Novel of England | Edward Rutherfurd

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Purpleness

Sarum: The Novel of England | Edward Rutherfurd

#firstlinefridays

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KristiAhlers

Sarum: The Novel of England | Edward Rutherfurd

pick

If you haven't read this author yet...you need to add him to your list. He seamlessly blends true historic events and his own world building and characters to give you a beautiful saga like read. Not unlike Michner. This is a #chunkster but don't let it intimidate you. Highly recommend this author.

vlwelser Upvoting. I love this author. 9mo

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GatheringBooks

Stonehenge and Avebury: Exploring the World Heritage Site - 1:10 000 Scale | English Heritage

#VolumesAndVocals Day 8: Channeling my inner #VogueMadonna as we pose in front of Stonehenge last April. 💕 Strike a pose.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 10mo

dabbe There's nothing to it! 🤣🤩😍 10mo

Eggs 🩷🩷🩷 10mo

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julesG

Stonehenge and Avebury: Exploring the World Heritage Site - 1:10 000 Scale | English Heritage

Watching the livestream of sunrise at Stonehenge. #ShadowCat is fascinated. Haven't seen him watching the telly like that in a long time.

Caroline2 Argh I forgot 🤦‍♀️ 1y

julesG @Caroline2 You didn't miss much. It was foggy at first, then overcast and then there were too many people in front of the stoned to actually see much more than the tops of the stones. At about 9.15 BST they switched to a camera inside the stone circle showing lots of people wandering around the stones. 1y

Caroline2 😆 sounds about right!!! 1y

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Nessavamusic

Unsolved Mysteries of History: An Eye-opening Investigation Into the Most Baffling Events of All Time | Paul Aron

Spooky watches of the day:
1st episode of the new season of Unsolved Mysteries
3rd episode of The Watcher - so unsettling

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

StayCurious

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Texreader

Sarum: The Novel of England | Edward Rutherfurd

#twofortuesday @TheSpineView

1) Absolutely! Historical fiction is my go-to and ancient history, if well written, can be among the best

2) Tagged and anything by Rutherford. Also all of Sue Harrison‘s books set in the ice age, & W Michael & Kathleen Gear‘s ancient North American historical fiction

I‘ve been absent from all the weekly posts for a long time thanks to a demanding work schedule. I‘m hoping to get back into the groove again!!

TheSpineView Good choice! Thanks for playing 2y

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danni0075

Stonehenge: A Novel | Bernard Cornwell

so-so

After. My impromptu visit to the British Museum, and my wander around the Stonehenge exhibition, this got my blood up! Although not my favorite Cornwell novel, he again creates these rouguish characters readers cannot help but root for the whole way through. If you love prehistory, battles and violence then I would recommend this one to you!

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mandarchy

Where Is Stonehenge? | True Kelley, Who Hq

so-so

I love that these books are really popular, but it's misleading that they are easy to read. The level of this book is 5.6 which seems pretty standard for fiction and actually a little low for nonfiction (which it is). Nonfiction for some reason needs to be above 6.0 I wish I could write, I 'd make sophisticated books for low readers, but market them as just books for everybody. Then make teacher/parent editions.

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