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dabbe
The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg
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#haikuhive

I gifted this book to every child in my life when they reached “that age.“ I still read it every year and am still stunned by it, especially the illustrations. ♥️🚊💚

The crowd hushes as the
“first gift of Christmas“ rings true.
Does it still ring for you?

AnnCrystal Beautiful
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃👏🏼🤩🥳👍🏼💚🐝🤍🐝❤️.
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚🤍♥️ 3d
JenlovesJT47 This is Jace‘s favorite Christmas movie. ♥️💚🤍 3d
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lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 3d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 The bell still rings for Jace! 💚🤍♥️ 3d
dabbe @lil1inblue 💚🤍♥️ 3d
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rachelsbrittain
The Paris Express | Emma Donoghue
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Pickpick

This gorgeous novel follows the passengers and crew of a fateful train ride to Paris, one that will end in disaster and a famous nineteenth-centruy photograph. I love how the story jumps from one passenger or crew member to another, some based on real people known to have been on the train, others invented wholecloth. Brilliant and propulsive..

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rachelsbrittain
The Paris Express | Emma Donoghue
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Bookwomble
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Pickpick

The 3rd episode of Charles Dickens Ghost Stories is The Signalman. A classic ghost story, 5⭐, you should read it!
What fascinated me about this reading was the introduction, in which Dickens's experience as a survivor of the 1865 Staplehurst rail crash is cited as an inspiration for the story. Dickens helped to treat casualties, nearly lost an installment of Dombey and Son, and was said by his son to have never really recovered from his trauma.

Bookwomble Perhaps writing the story was a therapeutic act for him.
Link to episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mn5qjb
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LeahBergen This is such a good story! 1w
Bookwomble @LeahBergen I've always enjoyed reading this one, but having that bit of extra background about its writing makes it the more poignant. 1w
AnishaInkspill this looks iunteresting, and I'll take a look 1w
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CrowCAH
The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg
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Abridged Christmas Classics

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2w
willaful I dunno, the Toy Story movies get pretty terrifying too. 😂 2w
dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 2w
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KathyWheeler
Five Found Dead: A Novel | Sulari Gentill
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I really enjoyed this book — I loved the characters, the setting, the tone, all of it. The reveal was a little unexpected. I finished it in the middle of my walk, so I started Here We Go. I want to be those old ladies when I grow up. 😄 #audiowalk

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Hercule Poirot is returning home after a successful case abroad. He is travelling on the famed Orient Express which is unusually busy for the time of year. One of the passengers, a rich American, recognises Poirot & tries to employ him to investigate a threat to his life, but Poirot (having taken an instant dislike to the man) demurs.

OutsmartYourShelf The next morning, the passengers wake up to find that the train is stuck in a snowdrift & that the rich American has been murdered in his bed. The snow is clear of any footprints meaning the murderer was on the train & is still in their midst - now Poirot must identify the murderer before anyone else dies.

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OutsmartYourShelf Even though this has had several film & TV adaptations, I still couldn't remember 'whodunnit' (in my defence it's been a while since I watched any of them). For me, the reveal is a bit too farfetched, but the main story itself is rather entertaining. 4🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5806766366
Read 8th - 10th Dec 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
#SeriesLove2025 @TheSpineView
#192025 (1934) @LibraryBelle
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w
Librarybelle Love this one! 2w
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KathyWheeler
Five Found Dead: A Novel | Sulari Gentill
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I‘m really enjoying this book and especially like the train setting. It‘s such a different tone from The Woman in the Library, which I also liked. #audiowalk

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ViewsSheWrites
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Absolutely. This one‘s a winter must for mystery lovers who crave a twisty plot wrapped in snow and secrets. A full-bodied, high-stakes ride that doesn‘t let up till the final stop. Just be very mindful of the trauma triggers. Absolutely NO NO for trigger folks

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KathyWheeler
Five Found Dead: A Novel | Sulari Gentill
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Meredith and her brother, Joe (a mystery writer) are traveling on the Orient Express. So far this book reminds me of a cross between Murder on the Orient Express and Benjamin Stevenson‘s Everyone on This Train is a Suspect. I walked for the first time today in over a week. Yay! It felt so good! #audiowalk

Bette I thought the part about nicknames was so funny. 😂 Brake Pad: he wore out easily and started to squeal. 🤣 2w
Bookwormjillk Glad you're feeling up to walking again! 2w
KathyWheeler @Bette that was indeed funny! 2w
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