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LeahBergen
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A Sunday beer with Miss Read.

It should really be a sherry, but … 😆

merelybookish Mum's the word. 🤐🙂 7mo
BarbaraBB Love your glass! 7mo
Cathythoughts Im shocked. 😮 Joking 😂 What a great cover. ❤️ 7mo
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Tamra We make do. 😉 7mo
sarahbarnes Powells! 😍 7mo
Jess_Read_This Medicinal, I‘m sure. It‘s good for building up the blood. Or so I‘m told and what I tell myself. 😂 What a lovely way to spend an afternoon! 🍻📖 (edited) 7mo
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I‘m feeling the urge to visit Powell‘s again now! 7mo
LeahBergen @Tamra Needs must. 😆 7mo
LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This Obviously. It‘s good for “the nerves”. 😉 7mo
sarahbarnes I haven‘t been there in forever, but I think about it often. 7mo
Centique This cover is so sweet! 7mo
LeahBergen @Centique I love the artist for this series. 🥰 7mo
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AmandaBlaze
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Eggs 🚲 💙🌼 7mo
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bibliothecarivs
Harvest: A Novel | Jim Crace
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Recent acquisitions:

📖 Harvest by Jim Crace
📖 Eight Modern Writers (Oxford History of English Literature) by J.I.M. Stewart
📖 Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead

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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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julieclair
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An uplifting story of group of women coming together to support each other through the dark days of World War II in war-torn Kent, England. Watching these typical, normal village women find their inner strength and grow in independence, while also caring for each other, is so inspiring. Most of the women are flawed, some are not likable, and many of them make mistakes, but they all persevere, doing the best they can in extraordinary times. ⬇️

julieclair A very realistic-feeling portrayal of life on the Home Front during the war.

This was my #ReadOrDonate choice for March.
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LeahBergen
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A couple of my current vintage reads.

The Golden Collar (originally published in 1955 as The Smith‘s Hoard and then as Hidden Gold) is a children‘s holiday story. A brother and sister go to spend some time at their great aunt‘s house and end up finding an Iron Age hoard. I‘m always down for a good hoard!

Cathythoughts These look great Leah 👍🏻♥️ 9mo
lazydaizee Nice book covers. 9mo
jlhammar Both sound wonderful. Love those vintage covers. 9mo
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Tamra Sweet! 9mo
Ruthiella So pretty! 😍 And who doesn‘t like a story about finding hidden treasure? I was fascinated by archeology as a kid. (edited) 9mo
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I‘m into very light reads of late. 😆 9mo
LeahBergen @Ruthiella I was, too! I would‘ve loved this one as a kid. 9mo
SayersLover Yay! Miss Read is so restful! @LeahBergen 9mo
LeahBergen @SayersLover Isn‘t she? 🥰 9mo
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keepingupwiththepenguins
Reservoir 13 | Jon McGregor
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Pickpick

Reservoir 13 is a quiet, creeping bummer of a book. It‘s a well written one, masterful in fact, but a quiet, creeping bummer nonetheless. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/reservoir-13-jon-mcgregor/

Donna1980 This review made me smile… how often have I read a book that is so beautifully written but definitely a bummer of a read! Im keeping that phrase in my vault! 9mo
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LeahBergen
Thrush Green | Miss Read
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I‘ve read quite a few (7 or 8?) of Miss Read‘s Fairacre novels but this is my first foray into the Thrush Green series. It‘s quiet and charming and I‘m enjoying it immensely!

squirrelbrain Oh I used to love the Miss Read books when I was younger! They had loads of them in our teeny tiny village library. 11mo
rubyslippersreads Believe it or not, I haven‘t read Miss Read. Your lovely copies are inspiring me, though. 11mo
Tamra So pretty. 😊 11mo
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TrishB Lovely ♥️ 11mo
Aimeesue Such lovely editions! 11mo
MemoirsForMe Beautiful photo and editions! 11mo
Cathythoughts Ah that‘s so nice 🥰 11mo
LeahBergen @squirrelbrain They‘re such gentle (non-stressful 😆) reads! 11mo
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads You‘ll have to try one soon! They‘re VERY light but enjoyable. 11mo
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Kristin_Reads
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I discovered Pym last year and absolutely have fallen in love with her novels. Reminiscent of Austen, Pym writes of comings and goings, contented middle-aged spinsters, vicars and curates, rejected proposals—and I‘m here for it. (Alas, this one does have a few sections that haven‘t aged well.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ruthiella I need to revisit this one. 11mo
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mabell
Miss Buncles Book | D.E. Stevenson
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In a nutshell, a novel about a novel about an English village that upsets the apple cart. The story is like Miss Buncle‘s book - deceptively simple. Compulsively readable, yet quiet. At the same time, I was frequently anxious about the situations and outcomes!
Unusual for me, I had a very hard time picturing Miss Buncle. I couldn‘t quite place her!

Thank you for sending it to me @Gissy !

#1934 for #192025

Librarybelle Sounds like a lot of fun! 12mo
TheKidUpstairs I read this one earlier this year, it was so delightful! 12mo
Gissy Another book from your tbr that I need to read📚🤗I like that cover (edited) 12mo
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mabell @Librarybelle It was my first D.E. Stevenson. I can‘t believe I‘m just now getting to her! 12mo
mabell @TheKidUpstairs It was a Litsy recommended read! I had no idea what to expect, so it was fun to just jump in! 12mo
mabell @Gissy The cover is very striking! Have you read other D.E. Stevenson books? 12mo
Gissy @mabell Nope 12mo
mabell @Gissy Me either. But I have a number of others on my shelves! 😆 12mo
LeahBergen Aww, this is such a fun one! 12mo
mabell @LeahBergen It was! I need to get to her others! 12mo
MaureenMc This is one of my favorites! So glad you enjoyed it. ☺️ 12mo
mabell @MaureenMc Such great characters! Have you read the sequel(s)? 12mo
Gissy @mabell Waiting for your reviews🤗I think that one is part of a series. (edited) 12mo
MaureenMc @mabell Not yet, but they‘re definitely on my TBR! 12mo
mabell @Gissy A package came from you!! 😍❤️🎁 I‘m going to save it for tomorrow and enjoy opening by the Christmas tree! 😄🎄❤️ Thank you! I‘m so looking forward to it! 12mo
Gissy @mabell I‘m always late in my packages 🤦🏽‍♀️Hope you like it🤗🎄💚❤️💚🤞 12mo
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