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Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#stars
#idefyyoustars
#haiku

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Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer | Forre Wright

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#diamond 💙💚💙

CBee Loveeee Neil. He was my daddy‘s favorite ♥️ 2h

Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️ 2h

dabbe @CBee #ditto I was lucky enough to see him a few times in concert. What a showman! 💙💚🩵 2h

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dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙💚🩵 2h

CBee @dabbe oh wow, so lucky! His voice is the best. So soothing but also so powerful. 2h

mcctrish My mom loved Neil! I wish I could have seen him with her. She did get to a concert 2h

dabbe @CBee And when he cranks, he can crank! 🤩 2h

dabbe @mcctrish Glad she at least got to see him! 😍 2h

LiseWorks Yes, I love this singer 2h

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? 💙💚🩵 2h

CSeydel My parents had this LP! 1h

dabbe @CSeydel Now I feel old; I had the 💿! 21m

CSeydel You‘re only as old as you feel! (I‘m about 103, I think) 20m

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Prophets | Kwame Dawes

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wasp

TheSpineView 💜💜💜 11m

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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader

#camplitsy25
Megabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB

For your humble consideration. 😊

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 14h

GatheringBooks A stephen king title!!! Nice! 💕 12h

Bookwormjillk I forgot the Stephen King is coming 11h

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BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 11h

Suet624 Ooh, a stephen king! That would be new for camplitsy. 8h

AmyG I also forgot about Stephen King. (edited) 7h

peaKnit Good picks! I have that King preordered on audio, can‘t wait! 7h

mcctrish Everything tuberculosis is on my TBR ❤️❤️ 6h

Meshell1313 Ooh these all sound amazing! 🤩 5h

Kitta Ooo I added the sirens too! 4h

Deblovestoread Oooo, I bet Odyssey is fantastic! 4h

dabbe @squirrelbrain TY! 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @GatheringBooks 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I got your back! 🤩🤣😍 3h

dabbe @BarbaraBB YW! 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @AmyG You have stunned me to my knees. 🤩🤣😍 3h

dabbe @peaKnit TY! 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @mcctrish #metoo 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @Meshell1313 🤩🤣😍 3h

dabbe @Kitta #greatminds 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @Deblovestoread IKR? 💙💚🩵 3h

Megabooks I have to say after reading Tuberculosis that I like John's nonfiction more than his fiction. It was very thought-provoking. Thanks for nominating it and the others!

See What I Have Done

dabbe @Megabooks I've seen enough on the Vlog Bros to know that it is his PASSION! 🤩 2h

AmyG @dabbe HA! 36m

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#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😍)

One day late due to Litsy posting problems yesterday. 😭
1. Seeing an albino peacock at our local nursery. 🦚
2. Planting our new rose bush. 🥀
3. Pip the Destructor. She was bored and wanted her bag of treats. 🤣🐾🤣
4. Made plan reservations to annoy @TheLudicReader with my presence this summer! ♥️🇨🇦🤍
5. My loves. Where would I be without them. 💙🩵💙

Lesliereadsalot Cool peacock! Matt is pretty cool too! (edited) 1d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I think so, too! 🤩🤣😍 24h

DebinHawaii Perfect joys! 💛💛💛 I‘m late again too with my list posting soon. I never knew there were albino peacocks 🦚 & now I am fascinated! 24h

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dabbe @DebinHawaii TY! I didn't either until I saw one! 🤩💛🤩 24h

AmyG A Canada trip! You may never come back. 🤣 24h

Sace Wonderful list. I‘m fascinated by the albino peacock. Have fun this summer! 23h

ShelleyBooksie YAY - can't wait for your visit!!! 22h

Deblovestoread Fun! 22h

dabbe @AmyG Matt might have to come out with the dogs to survive the summer! 🤩 And perhaps next year to Colorado??? 😍 21h

dabbe @Sace TY! 💙🩵💙 21h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🤩😍🤗 21h

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🤩😍🤗 21h

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 21h

Leftcoastzen Nice list! Let‘s all go to Canada! 🇨🇦 19h

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 18h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen I'm sure @TheLudicReader wouldn't mind! The more the merrier! ♥️🇨🇦🤍 18h

AmyG Absolutely. 😘 16h

LiseWorks If you want to come visit me, I'll take you fishing! You won't have to put the worms on your own hook if your squeamish. 🇨🇦 12h

TheLudicReader @LiseWorks are you close enough to me for that to happen? 11h

TheLudicReader @Leftcoastzen 🇨🇦 is ready to welcome any Americans who feel like they might be going 🤪. 😁 11h

TheLudicReader @dabbe so excited! 😍🇨🇦🎉🥂 11h

LiseWorks @TheLudicReader I live in the Ottawa Valley in ontario 9h

peaKnit Oh Canada…I‘m hoping to head there for a visit this year too! 7h

dabbe @AmyG 💙💚🩵 3h

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🤩🇨🇦😍 3h

dabbe @LiseWorks @TheLudicReader How close is that? Could we swing it? 😍 3h

dabbe @peaKnit #woohoo! 💙💚🩵 3h

TheLudicReader @dabbe @LiseWorks it‘s about 1100 km…so 🤷‍♀️🤣 3h

dabbe @TheLudicReader @Liseworks #ruhroh Might have to be another trip! 😍 2h

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The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#carry
#samwisegamgee #bestsidekickever

BooksandCoffee4Me Ooooooh! This one. 21h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me IKR? 💙😭💙 19h

Jari-chan 🥹🥹💖 14h

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wanderinglynn 💙💙💙 4h

dabbe @Jari-chan 🥹💚🥹 3h

dabbe @wanderinglynn 💙💚🩵 3h

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The Crucible | Arthur Miller

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#deceit

Eggs Spot-on👏🏻👏🏻 18h

dabbe @Eggs TY! 💙🩵💙 17h

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Anniversary) | Harper Lee

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn
#haiku

#bird(s) Couldn't post yesterday due to the Litsy snafu.
#tokillamockingbird

wanderinglynn ❤️❤️❤️ 4h

dabbe @wanderinglynn 💙💚🩵 3h

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Macbeth | William Shakespeare

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#wash

TheSpineView Perfect!❤️❤️❤️ 23h

dabbe @TheSpineView My fave Shakespearean play. ♥️🖤♥️ 21h

TheSpineView @dabbe Not Romeo and Juliette?!? 21h

dabbe @TheSpineView No way! Those sappy teenagers made we want to slap them and tell them to “Slow down!“ 🤣 Hmm. Maybe I'm more like Lady Macbeth than I thought. 🤔🤣🤩 19h

TheSpineView @dabbe It's hard to relate to teenagers. 10h

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#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

If you have 6 minutes to spare, it's so worth it! 🤩
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-rSdt0aFuw

Mollyanna That was so much fun! Very talented group. 2d

AmyG They‘re amazing! I knew all the songs! 2d

dabbe @Mollyanna They have lots of other ones, too! 💙 2d

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dabbe @AmyG Such fun! I did, too! 🤩 2d

Eggs Love it 💃 2d

Sparklemn Super fun. Thanks for sharing! 2d

thebacklistbook Fun! Great transitions in the video too. It also has a part two. 2d

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm We stumbled across this video and it‘s part 2 a few months back and my toddler is OBSESSED. We attempt to dance along with mixed success. He always says “Uh-oh” when the audio cuts out on the Backstreet Boys song. 😅❤️ 2d

dabbe @Eggs 🤩 1d

dabbe @Sparklemn YW! 😍 1d

dabbe @thebacklistbook + many other ones! 🤩 1d

dabbe @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm How special is that? Thanks for sharing! 😍 1d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#wary

TheSpineView 💙🛥🌊 2d

lil1inblue 💙🩵💙 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView @lil1inblue 💙💙💙 2d

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Phoenix Awakens (The Phoenix, #1) | Eliza Nolan

And so it begins. In spring. 😳

This phoenix won't rise until mid-October. #waitingforautumn 🍁

Leftcoastzen If we are lucky, last October was awful 3d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Meanwhile, in NJ, I just wore a hat and scarf to walk my dog at 11:30 PM. I just want spring. 3d

AnnCrystal 🥺🙏💝. 3d

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5feet.of.fury Meanwhile it‘s snowing in MA (abnormal -but not entirely unheard of) 3d

LiseWorks Meanwhile, in Canada, it's actually snowing again. Oh Spring, where art, thou? 2d

bumpinthenight lol much like the comments above / I‘m in MA waiting for the spring also. 2d

bookandbedandtea 100° when it's barely April! Ugh, I feel you. 🥵 2d

marleed Oh wow, I can‘t imagine your summer. 2d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick We're both perpetually in other seasons! 🥶🤬🥵 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @5feet.of.fury #heatvssnowmeisers 🥵🥶=🤬 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?“ (P.B. Shelley) One of my favorite poems. 🥵🥶=🤬 2d

dabbe @bumpinthenight 🤞🏻💚🤞🏻 2d

dabbe @bookandbedandtea TY! 🎯🩵🎯 2d

dabbe @marleed Add 15-20 degrees, and that's about right. 🥵🤬🥵 2d

MemoirsForMe Oh my! Fill your freezer with ice cream and popsicles and stay cool. 😊🍦🧊 2d

Amiable Yikes! There are many reasons I don‘t live south of Maryland-ish and this is the main one. I can‘t live in this kind of heat. 🥵 2d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe Fabulous ideas! I already have some popsicles! 🤩 2d

dabbe @Amiable I‘m at my wits end, too. I love my house and ‘hood, but I hate the weather and politics in this state. 😅 2d

Amiable @dabbe As a native New Englander, I‘ve lived my whole life around people who are waiting to retire so they can move to Florida. I hate Florida. (Sorry, any Floridians! 😬) When I say I would never move there because of the politics, I get “but the weather‘s better!” (Debatable, IMO.) I would honestly rather live with blizzards in my blue state than beaches in a red one. I will die on that (snow-covered) hill. 😄 1d

TheLudicReader I know, I known it‘s too hot but still…although that I would imagine day after day of it would wear you down. I am still wearing my winter coat! 1d

dabbe @TheLudicReader And I imagine that day after day of wearing a winter coat (even into April) would wear you down! But your summers! Can't wait! 🤩 1d

dabbe @Amiable I keep hoping I'll talk Matt into moving to Flagstaff, which is 2 hours north of here, in the pine country, where the weather is 15+ degrees cooler year-round. Plus, it and Tucson are our most democratic areas of the state. They're what has made us purple instead of red. 👊🏻💜👊🏻 1d

Amiable @dabbe A friend of mine lives in Glendale and she also sings the praises of Flagstaff. 😍 I didn‘t know that about Tucson! My youngest son was being recruited for a job in Tucson but decided not to accept the offer. He was concerned about the water/drought issues in the southwest and also the political situation in AZ. I‘m not sure if he knew Tucson is blue. 7h

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The great gatsby | Scott Fizgerald

Happy 100th, Gatsby. Wish you had lived long enough to see it. You, too, FSF.

The most moving and beloved book I ever had the privilege to teach. To have one of my rough-and-gruff-acting-like-tom-buchanan juniors cry at the end of the book for the loss of Gatsby and the innocence of Nick is the magnum opus of my career. 💚💙💚 (#greenlightbay)

ChaoticMissAdventures I know that some snobs think this book is over hyped but I just love it so much! 3d

Read4life I love this book!! 💙💚💙 3d

KAO Some memories from teaching careers always stay with you! 3d

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dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures It'd be best if I don't know who they are! 🤣 And 🎯🩵🎯 3d

dabbe @Read4life 🎯🩵🎯 3d

dabbe @KAO And I'm so lucky that the memories in retirement are mostly of the good days, best lessons, best student connections ... 💙💚🩵 3d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I remember that I enjoyed the book when I read it at 13 but don't remember much about it. Perhaps I'll plan a re-read for his 101st birthday next year. 3d

Bookwormjillk I love this book. Read it every summer! I think it got better as I got older. 2d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Let me know, and I'll reread it with you! 💙💚🩵 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I think one has to go through a lot to fully appreciate the poignancy of this one. 💙💚🩵 2d

TheLudicReader I bought a Folio Society edition of this book for my daughter‘s birthday this year. She loves this book. As do I. 1d

dabbe @TheLudicReader Did she first read it in high school? That was my first time, and I student-taught with that high school teacher because of how she taught GATSBY. How cool to have an English teacher for a mom! I can just imagine the literary conversations in your house. 💙💚🩵 1d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I put a reminder in my phone for March 1st to get a casual buddy read going! 😁 19h

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 🙌🏻💚🙌🏻 18h

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#tlt #threelistthursday

Well, I hit the 2000s and pretty much stopped going to movies. 🤣 Only 12/116 on this one! I decided to list three movies that I can't believe I haven't seen and would like to:
1. GRAVITY
2. BARBIE 😱
3. THE IMITATION GAME

peaKnit I loved all of your picks also! Lots of great ones for me this week! 3d

Mollyanna I was even worse… I only got 2. Lots on my TBW. Guess I need to start watching some movies. 😉 3d

DGRachel I was surprised to get 17. I have to blame my mom for dragging me to at least half of those. 😂 What this whole sequence has taught me is that I clearly have minimal interest in “award winners” or even nominees of major awards - both books and film. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d

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dabbe @Mollyanna I'm sorry if I made you sad! I'm not much of a movie goer since about 1995-now! 🤣 I now have TONS on my TBW, and if I get to them, great. If not, there's always another gorgeous book around the corner ... Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @peaKnit YAY! 🤩😍🤩 3d

dabbe @DGRachel And what does that mean? Absolutely NOTHING! So many lists from so many people everywhere, and the only list that matters is YOURS! #youdoyou 👊🏻♥️👊🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

Mollyanna I am in total agreement. With streaming it‘s become easier to watch movies, but I tend to read instead. I haven‘t been in an actual movie theater for over 15 years 😆. My TBW list is a decent list but not anywhere near the length of my TBR. 2d

dabbe @Mollyanna You and I sound quite a bit alike. I haven't been in a movie theater since the original INSIDE OUT. 🤣 2d

TheLudicReader Barbie is pink fun and Ryan Gosling! 1d

dabbe @TheLudicReader I tried to find a studly and adorable picture of RG just for you. 🤩 1d

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50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins | Dave Karger

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #5 covering 2010-2024! LAST ONE! 🤩
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Suggestions for other lists? Comment below! 😍
Tagging some who've played before.

DebinHawaii, wanderinglynn, peaKnit, melissajayne, tpixie, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Leftcoastzen, shortsarahrose, Susanita, Blueberry, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, janreadsalot, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, JessClark78, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, Pogue, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, ImperfectCJ, Sparklemn, AnnCrystal

Amor4Libros Thanks for the tag! I got 37!! Faves: Conclave, Roma, Past Lives 😃 3d

Ruthiella Thanks for the tag. I‘ve only seen one of all those films! 🫢 3d

dabbe @Amor4Libros You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😍🤩 3d

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dabbe @Ruthiella It's like movies fell off the face of the earth when the 2000s started for me as well! What was your one? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😍🤩 3d

Bookwormjillk 12% I guess I‘m just not a movie person. Loved The Martian though. 3d

Librarybelle Just 17 for me—I‘m really not up to date with modern films. Loved Barbie! And, I really liked Moneyball! 3d

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me 23 for me. My son is a movie reviewer so those that I‘ve seen are ones that he, my other son, and my husband wanted to see. Roma was amazing, as was Tree of Life. 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me Tidbits: I won‘t see Gravity because I have a very real, irrational fear of dying in space after seeing Spacecowboys. And if interested in some unique movie reviews: https://boxd.it/5npPF (edited) 3d

shortsarahrose 41! - hard to pick favorites, but some include True Grit, Zero Dark Thirty, Phantom Thread, and Little Women. In an apparently unpopular opinion, I absolutely hated Tree of Life. 3d

TheLudicReader 🤣 16! 3d

AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 🤩🎬💝. 3d

melissajayne 61

Faves: Theory of Everything, Jojo Rabbit, Barbie 3d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 21 films. Hugo ❤️ a fave. The bright colors, the story, Jude Law, and early film. Mad Max Fury Road - fun popcorn movie with a flame-throwing guitar! Call Me By Your Name - made me wistful for early 80's Italy. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - made me wistful for the golden age of film. Black Panther - damn good fun! The Holdovers - quiet but so good. The Banshees of Inisherin - love Colin Farrell! Dune - took a gummy & could taste the dry.

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Pogue Eight, I have seen eight. 3d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk You see movies when/if you want to see 'em! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @Librarybelle Two I still need to see! And 🎯 re: modern films! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Ooh, thanks for the link! Added it to my favorites! 🤗 3d

dabbe @shortsarahrose W🤩WZA! You da winna so far! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @TheLudicReader #anotherthingwehaveincommon 😍 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 3d

dabbe @melissajayne Double W🤩WZA! Now you da winner! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Loved reading your reasons, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

dabbe @Pogue You're in good company. 👊🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 3d

Ruthiella The Decendents was the only one. I think I might have seen it on a plane. 3d

dabbe @Ruthiella Now added to my TBW! 😍 3d

julesG A whopping 17. Unless re-watching counts, then probably 200. 😜 3d

Sparklemn @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Loved Holdovers! 3d

Sparklemn Only 28. Favorites are The Holdover, Past Lives and Little Women. Also Black Panther. A big Nope to Life of Pi. Can‘t remember why I didn‘t like it! 3d

Eggs 🩵💜💙 2d

dabbe @julesG You're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2d

dabbe @Sparklemn You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2d

dabbe @Eggs 💙💚🩵 2d

Amiable 20 for me. 😬 I really liked “Lincoln,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Banshees of Inisheer” and “Jo-Jo Rabbit.” 2d

dabbe @Amiable You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💙💚💙 2d

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards 25 for me! I like so many of these in different ways - we named our cat Watney after The Martian, and will always leave it on if it's on tv. Promising Young Women is probably the best one on this list that I never want to rewatch; it was powerful but brutal. 2d

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards You also kicked my butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 1d

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Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bront�

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
@wanderinglynn

#bertha #janeeyre

Deblovestoread I am loving these! 3d

dabbe @Deblovestoread TY! I'm having such fun! 🤩😍🤩 3d

wanderinglynn Wonderful! 3d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 😊 3d

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Selected Poems | Edwin Arlington Robinson

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#warrior

TheSpineView 🖤🖤🖤 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤♥️🖤 3d

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Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#dog

😭😭😭

forestandcrow I named my business after this. 3d

dabbe @forestandcrow How cool is that? 🩵💚💙 3d

Eggs 🖤🐶💙 2d

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😍🤩 2d

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee
#allusion
#onceinabluemoon

I may have to have this beer tonight! 🤣

Aims42 Don‘t forget the orange 🍊🍻 4d

dabbe @Aims42 Most definitely! 🧡🍊🧡 4d

CBee Love this!!! 4d

dabbe @CBee I'm having too much fun with these! 4d

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Select Poems of William Wordsworth | William Wordsworth

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs (thanks for the tag!) 😍

1. “And then my heart with pleasure fills
and dances with the daffodils.“ ~William Wordsworth (favorite poem and flower)
2. Matt, Pippa, & Kate = #myfamily 💛🌼💛

Play? @TheLudicReader @ShelleyBooksie @TheBookGeekFrau

Eggs Love WW❤️ 4d

Lori_taylor ❤️❤️ 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🎯🩵🎯 3d

dabbe @Lori_taylor 🩵💚💙 3d

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The Odyssey | Homer

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
#waiting
@wanderinglynn

#theodyssey #penelope 🧡💛🧡

tpixie 💛🧡💛 4d

wanderinglynn Fantastic! Your haikus have all been great! 💛 4d

dabbe @tpixie 💛🧡💛 4d

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! They've been such fun! 🧡💛🧡 4d

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Les Miserables (Illustrated) | Victor Hugo

#dynamicds
#dream
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#fantene #readlesmis @TheBookHippie

quietjenn, tpixie, DrSabrinaMoldenReads, Cuilin, Gleefulreader, DieAReader, JenlovesJT47, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, MatchlessMarie, Andrew65, PageShifter, julieclair

TheBookHippie ♥️💙🇫🇷⚜️ 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️🇫🇷💙 4d

tpixie Poor Fantene, poor Cossette 🇫🇷💙🤍❤️ 🇫🇷 4d

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JenlovesJT47 🇫🇷❤️💙🤍 4d

dabbe @tpixie 💔🇫🇷💔 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙🇫🇷💙 4d

Lesliereadsalot I love Susan Boyle singing this! It‘s on my playlist 🩷 4d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I have watched her audition too many times to count! 🤩😍🤩 4d

julieclair 💙🤍❤️🇫🇷 4d

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 4d

dabbe @julieclair 💙🇫🇷♥️ 4d

dabbe @Eggs 💙🇫🇷♥️ 4d

Lesliereadsalot I still love Simon‘s comment when she‘s finished! 3d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🎯🩵🎯 3d

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#poetrymatters
#warren
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙💚🩵 4d

DogMomIrene 🔆Light! Thank you for sharing some good over evil! 4d

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JamieArc I love seeing this 💙 I‘ve spent time in Tucson working at the border and walking along the migrant path in the Sonoran desert. 4d

dabbe @DogMomIrene 🎯🩵🎯 4d

dabbe @JamieArc Wow. I went to school down there and have gone across the border many times. 💙💚🩵 4d

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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel | Diane Setterfield

Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 🩵💚💙 #Two4Tuesday

1. YES! I love and hoard books faster than I can read them!
2. √. Some fave quotes from this one:
“Of course I loved books more than people.“
“What better place to kill time than in a library?“
“For me, to see is to read. It has always been that way.“

Play? @wanderinglynn @mcctrish @TheLudicReader

TheSpineView Love being a book hoarder. Thanks for playing! 5d

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 5d

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A wee gloat. The country's gone to shit, but at least this. Maybe I'll even buy a lottery 🎟️.

#itsthelittlethingsthatcangivehope

TheBookHippie 😂🎉 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩🤣😍 5d

AmyG Wow! 5d

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Lesliereadsalot Super duper! 5d

mcctrish It‘s a good day. 5d

mcipher Woohoo! Magical day 5d

dabbe @AmyG 🤣😍🤣 5d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤣😍🤣 5d

dabbe @mcctrish We have to grab every one we can these days. 😍🤣😍 5d

dabbe @mcipher 🤣😍🤣 5d

Ruthiella That‘s happened to me once too. It‘s a bit of a miracle! 😂 5d

dabbe @Ruthiella 100% luck, 0% knowledge. 🤣 5d

marleed Ohhh, look at you! I may need lottery tickets as my retirement accounts are decimated. 5d

Deblovestoread Fantastic! 🎉🎉🎉 5d

dabbe @marleed IKR? And 🎯🎯🎯 on the retirement accounts. 😱 #resist 👊🏻 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🤣😍🤣 5d

MemoirsForMe Wooooo hooooooo! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 5d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🤩🤣😍 4d

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
@wanderinglynn

With love to Betty Smith's A 🌳 GROWS IN BROOKLYN. 💚

Amiable One of my favorite books of all time! 😍 5d

dabbe @Amiable Mine, too. That tree has stayed with me ever since the first time I read it. 🩵🌳💚 5d

MemoirsForMe Ditto on loving this book! ❤️ 5d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe IKR? 🩵💚💙 4d

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Book | William A. Henkin, Bill Henkin

#poetrymatters
#warp
@TheSpineView

I'll be singing and dancing to this one all day now. 🤣🎶🤣

lil1inblue YES!!! 😍 😍 😍 5d

TheSpineView Now me too! 🤪 💜🎶 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 😍🤣😍 5d

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dabbe @TheSpineView ♥️🎶♥️ 5d

Deblovestoread Love! 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread Time to watch that one again. Or i just might Youtube this song and “Sweet Transvesite.“ 🤩🤣🤩 5d

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The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

💔💔💔

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💔💔💔 5d

ShelleyBooksie Such a powerful book. 5d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎯💔🎯 5d

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dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🎯💔🎯 5d

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 4d

dabbe @Eggs TY! ♥️💔♥️ 4d

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The Once and Future King | T. H. White

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
#magic
@wanderinglynn

lil1inblue Oooh! I love this one! 😍 6d

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💚💚💚 6d

wanderinglynn Fantastic! ❤️ 6d

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 💚💚💚 5d

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#poetrymatters
#warn
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 💜🐕💜 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🐾🖤 6d

lil1inblue 💗 🐶 💗 6d

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Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter | Jeremy Arnold

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Had a lot of fun reading this one. I now need to talk Matt into watching all 52 of these! 🤣

Read4life Watch them and then retake the #TLT surveys. 🤓 7d

dabbe @Read4life That's a most excellent idea! 😍 7d

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Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter | Jeremy Arnold

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After compiling so many movie surveys lately for #TLT, I decided to dive into this fun-and-fact-filled book by TCM. It's a thoughtfully compiled guide to some of the most influential films in cinema history and based on THE ESSENTIALS series aired weekly on TCM. Aimed at both casual viewers and dedicated film enthusiasts, the book offers a balanced selection of classics spanning multiple genres, eras, and styles. I'll have to read the others!

AmyG I love TCM…old movies. 7d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 7d

dabbe @AmyG #ditto! I still miss Robert Osborne. 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙💚🩵 7d

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents
#TheDevilsFoot

Sherlockians~
Fun discussion yesterday! And now only 14 stories to go! 🤩
Next up: “(TAo) The Devil's Foot.“ Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 4/12, and will be led by @cuilin.
Have a lovely week.
Link to summary/analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PrW9OYbMJ8JSZUGfgOr6hYoaJu4hey20/view?usp=shari...

Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

Cuilin 🙏😊👍 1w

dabbe @Cuilin Hope all is well. 💚🩵💚 1w

Librarybelle Thank you! 7d

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😍 7d

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The Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton

#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

Happy Sunday, everyone! 💙

BookmarkTavern I read this one many years ago! Thanks for posting! 7d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern YW! 😍 7d

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#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
@wanderinglynn

Thank you to Marvin Hamlisch for line 2. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

wanderinglynn 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7d

dabbe @wanderinglynn I'm having way to much fun with these. 🤣 7d

wanderinglynn I‘m so glad! 6d

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#poetrymatters
#warm
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 💛💛💛 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙💚🩵 6d

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The Thorn Birds | Colleen McCullough

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

RIP, Father Ralph de Bricassart. 💔

marleed I‘m telling ya, he was considerably older than me, and okay - gay, but I really did imagine him as my Hollywood baby daddy in the 80s mini series years🤣 RIP my crush. 7d

dabbe @marleed I couldn't believe how much older he was than me! And those scenes in THORN BIRDS--W🤩WZA! 7d

Cathythoughts ❤️ Stop ! 7d

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Eggs I watched Dr Kildare religiously ❣️ 6d

dabbe @Cathythoughts 🤣😍🤗 6d

dabbe @Eggs ♥️ 6d

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Dead Poets Society | N.H. Kleinbaum

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
@wanderinglynn
#haiku
#deadpoetssociety #extraordinary

wanderinglynn Even though it‘s heartbreaking, I love this movie❤️ and great haiku! 1w

tpixie @wanderinglynn @dabbe such a wonderful touching movie 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 🩵💙🩵 Even more heartbreaking when we know what happened to Robin Williams. 😭 1w

dabbe @tpixie 🎯🩵🎯 1w

tpixie @dabbe yes tragic 1w

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Fort Red Border: Poems | Kiki Petrosino

#poetrymatters
#warlock
@TheSpineView

JenniferEgnor I love this! (edited) 1w

dabbe @JenniferEgnor 💚💙💚 1w

TheSpineView ❤️🧙‍♀️❤️ 1w

Billypar I actually have one from Petrosino for tomorrow's prompt. I read Witch Wife a few weeks ago and am now almost finished her other collection, Hymn for the Black Terrific. She's incredible. 1w

dabbe @Billypar It's my first time reading her. I'll have to explore more from her! 🤩 1w

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A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte | Georges Seurat

#dynamicds
#dots
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Leftcoastzen I thought of him too ! Great minds think alike !😁 1w

tpixie Amazing! 🟤⚪️🟣🔴🟢🟠🟡 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #greatmindsareus 🤩🤣😍 1w

dabbe @tpixie You hit all the dots! 🟢♥️🔵 1w

tpixie @dabbe 😆 1w

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#resist 💪🏻👊🏻💪🏻

Deblovestoread 🤣🤣🤣 1w

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures 😂🤣 1w

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vivastory 😂 😂 1w

JenniferEgnor It‘s amazing how even when his face or name isn‘t there, we all know the message is about him! 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread @Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures @vivastory 🤣🤩🤣 1w

dabbe @JenniferEgnor IKR? 🤩🤣🤩 1w

ShelleyBooksie Excellent 1w

Anna40 Haha 1w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🤩🤣😍 1w

dabbe @Anna40 🤩🤣😍 1w

TheLudicReader 🤣 1w

dabbe @TheLudicReader Laughter is the only way I'm getting through this! 🤣 1w

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#LadyCarfax

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

eeclayton I wasn't happy with this ending at all. The lady clearly made a choice and it should have been respected. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement Yeah…Almost like Doyle met his word count and said That‘s it for me! From other stories of how SH has acted, I fully expected him to stick around long enough to make sure she was set up safely somewhere again. This seems out of character to me. 1w

Librarybelle Agreed, @eeclayton . This set off so many alarm bells. 1w

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Cuilin At this point in the cannon I‘ve become accustomed to Sherlock‘s frantic energy in an investigation and then leaving at the end. It‘s not justice or closure he is interested in but the solving of a puzzle. 1w

AnneCecilie I agree @eeclayton and @Librarybelle 1w

eeclayton @Cuilin That's a great point. 1w

dabbe @eeclayton @CogsOfEncouragement @Librarybelle @Cuilin @AnneCecilie ... all excellent points. The frustrating thing is that we only know Green's side of the story of his and L. Carfax's relationship. We never get to hear a peep from her, and we leave her in a drugged state with her STALKER! 😱 This is beyond brutal for Holmes, but I agree, @Cuilin, his only interest is the puzzle itself. Once it's solved, time to move on. Cold machine indeed. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @Cuilin @dabbe I always think of The Adventure of the Copper Breeches, about the governess who could find no work, so takes a horrible placement…and at the end of everything Watson accuses SH of not caring once the puzzle is solved, but then immediately mentions she found employment as head of a private school with considerable success. ⬇️ 1w

CogsOfEncouragement IMO we are to conclude SH situated her there and took no credit for the doing so. This is for us to be “smarter than Watson” again to know this. I like to think that is how SH behaves. I respect your view on him as well. 1w

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement that‘s so interesting, he often has information that he does not share with Watson therefore doesn‘t make it on the page then this is absolutely plausible. The question becomes why would Doyle not have his hero shine in this way? 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Excellent point. In that story, it is highly plausible that Holmes did find a placement for her in BEECHES. In many other stories he shows acts of goodwill as well. IMO, though, not in this one. At all. Perhaps even our hero detective can have a bad hair day or story. 🤣 And my overall view of Holmes is that I am completely #sherlocked and always will be. I adore him, just not in this story. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement @cuilin Do you think the original readers read the stories over and over, waiting for the next? Subscription wide book club? Doyle knew this? He dropped a couple hints about SH doing nice things and let the reader enjoy being in on the secret? Just like his relationship with Mrs. Hudson. I think SH did a BIG thing for her and SH & Hudson have a relationship W doesn‘t quite understand - but the reader can. Maybe? 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I truly love to think and believe that and it continues to this day! All the Sherlockian clubs around the world prove that. And a lot of them reread the stories (as if they were real) and discuss every minute detail. I'd love to be a wallflower at a meeting of the Baker Street Irregular Society! 🤩 1w

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#LadyCarfax

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

Librarybelle I thought Watson did well with the initial tracking! Holmes has more connections, so he would win any “who did it better” contest, but it‘s thanks to Watson that the investigation had progressed. 1w

Cuilin They both ended up in the same place at the same time. Sherlock used his time to get background information, Watson kept on the trail. I think their methods complemented each other. 1w

AnneCecilie I agree with both of you @Librarybelle and @Cuilin 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle @Cuilin @AnneCecilie 🎯🎯🎯 to all your thoughts!
I guess I really had to suspend my disbelief in this one. How, based on Watson's description of Shlessinger and his wife, did Holmes automatically know he was “Holy“ Peters, “one of the most unscrupulous rascals that Australia has ever evolved?“ That seems a bit far-fetched for me. 1w

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

eeclayton In the Hound of the Baskervilles, something similar happened, but there I could see the reason behind sending Watson ahead. In this one, however, I don't think we get a satisfactory explanation. Also, Holmes makes these cruel, hurtful comments about W's blunders, which didn't amuse me at all. 1w

Librarybelle It seemed odd to me that Holmes would send Watson off on his own—needed in the city? Oh please! While I didn‘t mind the story, I wonder why Conan Doyle wanted to write this one, in which we get a Watson who is scolded by Holmes and made to feel inferior. 1w

Cuilin I wondered if Sherlock wanted to test and therefore show off a new disguise. It‘s easy to fool strangers but much harder for Sherlock to fool Watson who knows him well. 1w

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CatLass007 I think Holmes‘s treatment of Watson was abominable. I don‘t know why Watson puts up with it. Why does Doyle write Holmes as such an ass?! 1w

AnneCecilie It‘s not the first time Holmes has done it, is it a way to get information even if Watson doesn‘t know what‘s going on? 1w

dabbe @eeclayton 🎯! Watson being the detective allowed Holmes to roam around those moors unnoticed. And Watson was able to help protect Baskerville, too.

And yeah, no satisfactory explanation here at all! And why did Holmes ultimately even show up when all the action at the end is in London? It's like he wanted to show up Watson to his face. He was a real arse in this one. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle It seems like Doyle was cranky writing it, doesn't it? Maybe he was at his I'm-really-tired-of-writing-about-Sherlock-but-I-need-the-money phase. 🤣 1w

dabbe @Cuilin Ooh, good point! Holmes is quite the dramatist! It seems like a lot to go through (like traveling to France), but Holmes wouldn't mind those minor details in the least. 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 IKR? Maybe he's pissed at Holmes because he's tired of having to create stories about him, but he really needs the money? Or he's mad because the public really only wanted to see stories of Holmes, not fairies or other things. 🧚 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Good point! Watson is the innocent who is an excellent chronicler, so perhaps the information he discovers can be useful to Holmes--even though Watson wouldn't be able to interpret it like Holmes could. 1w

AnneCecilie @dabbe Exactly, and it allows Holmes to do some investigation in London 1w

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The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#LadyCarfax

IMHO, this one was a dud. We never even get to know what was really up with the Lady Carfax! And Holmes was the rudest to Watson in this one; he was quite the jerk.

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

eeclayton The plot was interesting and it held my attention. But I wasn't amused by Holmes' attitude in this one. 1w

CogsOfEncouragement I figured out the two bodies in the casket. I was on the edge of my seat to see if she was going to be found dead or alive. I thought Watson was being quite bad at the job and then Sherlock told him the same. Though, it almost seemed like Doyle was mad at Watson to write it this way. lol 1w

Librarybelle I didn‘t mind this one. Holmes‘ attitude was a bit off putting and reminded me of a strict adult reprimanding a bad child. 1w

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Cuilin @Librarybelle @eeclayton agreed. Sherlock‘s temperament in this one is off putting. 1w

AnneCecilie I‘m always fooled and it doesn‘t seem to matter that I have read quite a lot of these stories by now. I wish we had gotten to know more about the how 1w

dabbe @eeclayton 🎯! 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement The possible murder part was interesting; I don't recall such an urgency in past stories as in this one. I didn't think Watson did that horribly, considering he doesn't have the criminal encyclopedia that is in Holme's head. And Green was a stalker who could have killed him! Watson goes through all of that only for Sherlock to severely rebuke him. Not happy with SH in this one at all. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I keep wondering why SH sent him there anyway and then ended up going there. Watson does him a favor and goes, and gets nothing but shamed by Holmes. #notcool #imho 1w

dabbe @Cuilin 🎯! Just when we think he's showing growth, too! 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie It bugs me when something is pulled out of the air--like Sherlock knowing about Shlessinger's ear and who he really was. For a detective story to be truly fair, shouldn't the reader have all the clues, too? Like you, though, I just love reading them and having them be solved for me. Most of the time. 🤩 1w

AnneCecilie @dabbe In theory I agree with, but no matter how many clues I get, I never manage to get it right. Sherlock is probably doing some investigating off the page, like Poirot later would do. 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie We're not always privy to those little gray cells! 🤩 1w

kelli7990 I liked this story. 1w

dabbe @kelli7990 I'm glad you did! 🤩 1w

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#aprilpoetrychallenge @wanderinglynn
#nature

Thought of Robert Frost with this one. 🍁

wanderinglynn Beautiful! 🍁❤️ 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn ♥️🍁♥️ 1w

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dabbe @TheSpineView 💛🍁♥️ 1w

Mimi28 I know I don‘t comment on all of your poetry but it‘s just so small sometimes I can‘t see it. You and everything you post is wonderful 😊🩷🫶🏽 1w

dabbe @Mimi28 TY! 🤩 I think if you double-click on the picture it blows it up a little bit more. I've been having a blast writing these haikus for National Poetry Month and the #aprilpoetrychallenge hosted by @wanderinglynn.

You are wonderful yourself! 💙🩵💙 1w

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#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)
1. The weather gods gave us a reprieve this week. 🤩
2. The #bottlecaper: After not getting her walk yesterday, Pip took out her frustration on our Costco bottled water, ripping the packaging to shreds. Bottles everywhere = much-needed laugh. 🤣
3. D-backs Opening Day w/ Matt. ♥️⚾️🖤 #mattalways
4&5. These two knot-heads. #pippa&kate 🖤🐾🐾🖤

A special, heartfelt nod to CORY BOOKER. #resist 👊🏻