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Armadale | Wilkie COLLINS

We just got home from a five-week road trip in our trailer—our first long trip! Of course, bookstores had to be visited along the way! This is my multi-state haul. It includes books from Vroman‘s in Pasadena, CA, The Last Bookstore in Burbank, CA, Powell‘s in Portland, OR (of course!!), the Smith Family Bookstore in Eugene, OR, and one from Bend but I forgot the name of the store. 😬 I think I showed remarkable restraint for that many stores! 😂

Ruthiella Oh! My friend Greta will be pleased you went to Smith‘s in Eugene! @inlovewithmyshelf 1mo

inlovewithmyshelf Yes! I ❤️ Smith Family Bookstore although the one I always visited was on the U of O campus. Sadly it closed down in October 2019. 😢 1mo

CindyMyLifeIsLit @ruthiella @inlovewithmyshelf It was an amazing find! I will definitely be going back—my son lives there and has a coffee shop in Eugene. 1mo

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inlovewithmyshelf That‘s excellent! ☕️📚 If you want to take a mini road trip next time you‘re in Oregon and head to the coast, Robert‘s Bookshop in Lincoln City is one of my favourite places in the world. 1mo

Gissy Nice! 📚📚📚📚❤️😍 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Those are some great finds! 1mo

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StaceGhost

Armadale | Wilkie COLLINS

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Drop whatever Victorian novel you‘re reading & go get a copy of this one. I‘m one of the many boffins in love with Lydia Gwilt & I don‘t care who knows it. Also, I know which Allan Armadale I prefer— I‘d kill the other for whistling, other offenses aside.

It‘s also nice to see some representation in a nineteenth century novel— there are many more affluent people of color in the landscape of Europe than a whitewashed history would have us believe.

StaceGhost 📸 from instagram but I can‘t remember whooooooo 😭😢🥴 3mo

Butterfinger Great review. Stacked. 3mo

StaceGhost @Butterfinger aw thanks 😊 it‘s such a good book! Wilkie is amazing 3mo

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StaceGhost

Armadale (Revised) | Wilkie COLLINS

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I‘m not embarrassed to say I‘m more enchanted with Lydia Gwilt than the dunderhead Miss Milroy. Give me Ozias Midwinter over every Allan Armadale, too.

Reading this in the park with the whole family was a perfect #hyggehour experience ❤️ I can‘t wait to go back & do it again next week!

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Ruthiella

The Law and the Lady | Wilkie COLLINS

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@batsy is right. This book is 🍌👖! Per the introduction it‘s one of the first novels to feature a female (amateur) detective. The “Lady” definitely shares some characteristics with Marion Halcolmb from The Woman in White. She‘s subverting Victorian ideals of femininity but apologizing for it, more often than not. In some ways this book made me think the fairytale Bluebeard in the protagonist‘s effort to find out the truth about her husband.

Ruthiella My final book for #shelfsweeper 🥳 3mo

BarbaraBB Oh wow I have never heard of this one but I loved The Woman in White so am definitely stacking. And I do miss @batsy and her recommendations! 3mo

Ruthiella @BarbaraBB This is a good one! I recommend it! 👍 3mo

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Bookwormjillk Ohhhh I loved that character! Must read this! 3mo

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk If you read it, you will have to tell me if you agree with the parallels! 3mo

Reggie I miss Suba. 3mo

Ruthiella @Reggie I know, me too. We are friends on Goodreads, but that platform doesn‘t have the immediacy of Litsy. (edited) 3mo

CarolynM I miss Suba too. Hoping she‘ll come back sometime. (edited) 3mo

Ruthiella @CarolynM Maybe she will. 🤞 3mo

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Ruthiella

The Law and the Lady | Wilkie COLLINS

#WhereAreYouMonday

I‘m only 100 pages in, but this is a kind of a Victorian detective novel where I suspect the sleuth will be traveling a bit between England and Scotland looking for clues and witnesses to overturn a “Scotch Verdict”.

Cupcake12

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Ruthiella

The Law and the Lady | Wilkie COLLINS

#weekendreads

Trying to get to my #Roll100 picks before the end of the month! 🤞

rachelsbrittain

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LiseWorks

Blind Love | Wilkie COLLINS

February 3rd #Feelin'TheLove Love is Blind @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Truth 💞 7mo

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Tamra

Armadale: By Wilkie Collins - Illustrated | Wilkie Wilkie Collins

I pulled this off the shelf thinking I‘d make this my bedtime chunkster. NOPE. The print is minuscule! 😵‍💫

KathyWheeler I listened to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel because the print was so tiny in my hardback that I just couldn‘t face it in such a huge book! 13mo

Tamra @KathyWheeler good idea - I should look for an audio edition via the library. 13mo

AlaMich I miss the old days when I didn‘t have to pay attention to print size. *sigh* 13mo

Tamra @AlaMich 😆 yes, agreed! However, even when young I didn‘t enjoy micro print. Feels like work. 13mo

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