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BarkingMadRead
Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier
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IndoorDame The intro to my copy points out that she is only ever “the second Mrs de Winter” (and it has some very pointed things to say about that 😂) but that‘s quite a mouthful so I think she‘s gonna need a nickname 8mo
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BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I totally agree. We have to call her something 🤷🏻‍♀️ poor thing never has a name, although we know it‘s a pretty one and also unique. Super helpful. 8mo
IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead I‘ve often wondered what constitutes a “unique” name for a white woman in England in the 30s 8mo
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame probably something so chill now 8mo
Ruthiella Her name is Jan Brady, forever doomed to be overshadowed by Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! I mean, Rebecca. 8mo
IndoorDame @Ruthiella 👏👏👏 Sold! call her Jan 🤣 (edited) 8mo
Ruthiella Also, it‘s so awkward when your first date is an attempted murder/suicide! 😱😆 8mo
CatLass007 @Ruthiella You have a wicked sense of humor! I like that in a person. 8mo
BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣☠️🤣☠️ 8mo
Bookwormjillk Jan 😂 🏈 8mo
rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Jan is perfect! 8mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig I need to find a book about gardens in DDuM books. "The daffodils were in bloom, stirring in the evening breeze, golden heads cupped upon lean stalks, and however many you might pick there would be no thinning of the ranks, they were massed like an army, shoulder to shoulder. On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like pallid snowdrops.⬇️ 8mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Too early yet for bluebells, their heads were still hidden beneath last year‘s leaves, but when they came, dwarfing the more humble violet, they choked the very bracken in the woods, and with their color made a challenge to the sky....People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals; he had forbidden it at Manderley." 8mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig So many flowers in this Chapter. I highlighted so many. 8mo
Roary47 @Ruthiella I love it! Jan is who I will imagine her to be. Plus we don‘t know her actual age either. Are they on a date showing she‘s older than a child? 8mo
BarkingMadRead @Roary47 I get the idea that she‘s an adult, but maybe a bit younger than Max 8mo
Ruthiella @Roary47 I am reading a bit ahead. I think in chapter five it‘s confirmed she is 21. 👍 But Maxim is “old enough to be her father”, so 35 to 40 years old, I imagine. 🤔 8mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig Yes, the descriptions are so vivid and wonderful! I can see the flowers so clearly! 8mo
Bookwormjillk These chapters are long but they don‘t feel like it. 8mo
BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally agree! 8mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @Crinoline_Laphroaig These descriptions are so vivid! 8mo
julieclair I am really appreciating du Maurier‘s beautifully descriptive prose this time around. I don‘t remember noticing it as much the first time I read this. 8mo
ElizaMarie I agree with “Jan“ as her name for now... But wouldn't it be wild if her name is Daphne? I mean, if I were an author, maybe I would name a character after myself and then say how beautiful the name is repeatedly. 8mo
BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s a brilliant point! 8mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk Oh, my nose! Oh,my nose! 😂😂😂 8mo
dabbe @Bookwormjillk As opposed to our last book! #oy 😂🤗🤩 8mo
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Blackink_WhitePaper
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I enjoyed reading this classic fairy tales, though some stories are sad. I would like to read similar books. Please recommend some books like this. Thanks in advance!

#suggestionsplease #classic #fairytales #shortstories

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Smrloomis
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Hoping for some good non-fiction reads. Asking for a campus reading program. Think mostly 18-21 year olds who are coming from very different backgrounds and are sometimes reluctant readers. I wish we could get the tagged book but we don‘t have access to it with enough e-copies so I‘m looking for something else gripping like this! #nonfiction #suggestionsplease

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Smrloomis @mrsmarch Thanks for all these! I loved Lab Girl, but I don‘t know the others so I will add them. I only know the tv version of All Creatures Great and Small 😆 so maybe it‘s time to read the book. 6y
mrsmarch @Smrloomis I love JH‘s stories and they‘re nice bite size stories for readers who might be unpracticed. Plus who doesn‘t love animals. 6y
Smrloomis @mrsmarch that sounds good! The students are also mostly from outside the US or Canada so I am hoping to find something with broad appeal. 6y
Smrloomis @Blaire Thanks! I loved Educated but haven‘t gotten to Bad Blood yet. I will add these to the list! (edited) 6y
Smrloomis @BibliOphelia I haven‘t read either of them so thanks for the suggestions. I‘ll have to check them out! 6y
BibliOphelia They are both really compelling stories that read like novels. I wish he‘d write something else in the same vein! 6y
Smrloomis @BibliOphelia that sounds great. Good to know! 👍🏽 6y
BibliOphelia Good luck! 6y
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bibliobliss
Paper Girls Vol. 1 | Brian K. Vaughan
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• please help me choose a graphic novel for later tonight (or tomorrow). which one ☝️ would you start first?! •

#graphicnovels #readathon #helpmechoose #paperbacks #librarylends #ontheshelf #suggestionsplease

CoffeeCatsBooks Ms. Marvel! 7y
bookwormkara Me. Marvel! 7y
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bibliobliss @CoffeeCatsBooks Thanks! Thinking about that one! 7y
bibliobliss @LauraJ I think that‘s my 2nd choice! Thanks 🙂 7y
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REPollock
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Seeking recommendations for other contemporary #plays set in earlier eras, like this one and Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room. Suggestions? #play #suggestions #playsuggestions #suggestionsplease #thinktheatre

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REPollock
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Seeking recommendations for other contemporary #plays set in earlier eras, like this one and Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel. Suggestions? #play #suggestions #thinktheatre #playsuggestions #suggestionsplease