@dabbe on Litsy

#bookspin2025 #bookspin #bookspin25
@TheAromaOfBooks
#hashtagbrigae @BarkingMadRead
#nancydrewbr @Librarybelle

My two for May! Let's go! 🏁

Librarybelle Yay! 3h

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Lamentation | C.J. Sansom

#shardlakebr @LitsyEvents

Hello, Shardlakians~
Fascination discussion this past Wednesday, as always! Up next: LAMENTATION. Wonder if we'll still see Catherine Parr, Johanna, and Ellen. 🤔

Have a lovely rest of your weekend! 😍

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

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Haiku | Richard Wright

#haikuaday
5/3/25
@TheBookHippie
@TheSpineView
@Kristy_K
@JenlovesJT47
@lil1inblue

Feel free to tag our entire l'il group when you post a haiku! 😍

ShelleyBooksie What a wonderful pic ♡ 9h

TheSpineView ❤️🐾❤️ 9h

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 9h

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Leftcoastzen Yay! Great day for a walk! 8h

ElizaMarie These babies! 7h

AnnCrystal 💕💕🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺💝💝. 6h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie @TheSpineView @TheBookHippie @Leftcoastzen @ElizaMarie @AnnCrystal ... Pippa and Kate say thank you! What would we do without our babies? 🖤🐾🐾🖤 6h

lil1inblue 🐾💓🐾 3h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🖤🐾🖤 3h

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | T.S. Eliot

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#cats

Too obvious? 🤣

TheKidUpstairs I was equal parts terrified and enraptured by Cats as a child 😂 9h

MemoirsForMe Betty Buckley‘s rendition of “Memory” still gives me chills! 🙌🏻🎶 8h

Ruthiella @MemoirsForMe I often watch her performance on YouTube at the 1983 Tony Awards. It‘s so very good. 7h

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dabbe @TheKidUpstairs Same here! 🤣🙀🤣 6h

dabbe @MemoirsForMe And to think she was the stepmom on EIGHT IS ENOUGH! 😍 6h

dabbe @Ruthiella Do you like hers better than Elaine Paige's? I've watched both and can't decide. 🤔 6h

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Heart-shape in the Dust: Poems | Robert Hayden

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#weather

TheSpineView 🩵🩵🩵 9h

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🔥♥️ 6h

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. We survived another week of #cheetosatan. 1358 days to go. 😮‍💨
2. The woodpecker story in the NYT. Here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/woodpecker-breaking-car-mirrors.html?unloc...
3. Littens and Litsy.
4. Being able to avoid most news.
5. Matt, Kate, Pippa.
If you read this far, you're tagged! 😍

Aims42 💛🧡🩷 1d

ravenlee I love the story about the woodpecker (who couldn‘t be reached for comment!) 😆 1d

peaKnit #cheetosatan - might be the best hashtag ever. 1d

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Bookwormjillk That woodpecker story was so funny. Listening to the stories my family tells though I‘m surprised it wasn‘t a wild turkey. I can‘t get through a visit to my family in Massachusetts without a story where a wild turkey chased someone somewhere. 1d

Karisa #cheetosatan for the win! 😂 1d

TheBookHippie Cheeto Satan 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1d

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk Wild turkeys are ridiculously evil. 🫣😵‍💫 1d

mcctrish I read somewhere that the only president to have a worse first 100 days was William Henry Harrison and y‘all should meet the geese we have up here #cobrachickens 1d

AnnCrystal 🐕‍🦺🐶🐕🫂💝💝💝💝💝. 1d

dabbe @Aims42 💚💜💚 1d

dabbe @ravenlee And he's a Woody the Woodpecker! 🤩🤣😍 1d

dabbe @peaKnit Full credit for this goes to @TheBookHippie. 😍🤩🤣 1d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk OMG, I would be terrified of a wild turkey! 🤣😱😍 1d

dabbe @Karisa You've started a trend, @TheBookHippie! She gets all the credit for that one! All I did was add a # in front of it! 🤣😍🤩 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Great name, though! That's the only thing that's “great“ about it! 🤣😍🤣 1d

dabbe @mcctrish As in Canadian geese? They're so beautiful, though! But I get it. Even our geese here can be fairly treacherous! 🤣😍🤣 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜💚💜 1d

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#haikuaday
#haiku5.2.25
@TheBookHippie
@TheSpineView
@Kristy_K
@JenlovesJT47
@lil1inblue

Sort of opposite yours, @TheBookHippie. 🤣

BkClubCare At first, I thought you were saying today is your birthday. 1d

TheBookHippie 🤭😭🤦🏻‍♀️ 1d

Kristy_K I agree with this! 1d

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TheSpineView Good one! 😂 1d

Lesliereadsalot Pretty hot here in Florida too! 1d

IriDas I used to live in the SoCal desert so I do understand the sentiment. :) 1d

dabbe @BkClubCare 🤣😍🤣 I almost made it just numbers, but it probably could still be read that way, right? I'm 32 years younger than that! 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤣🔥😍 1d

dabbe @Kristy_K 🎯🩵🎯 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤣🤗 1d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Is your humidity up, too? 1d

TheBookHippie @dabbe currently 42F (edited) 1d

dabbe @IriDas I lived in San Diego for a few years, and of course, could only afford to live inland. I was stunned by how hot it could get. If you're not near the ocean, it's warm/hot! 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😲😳😱 That would probably be our coldest day in winter. (edited) 1d

TheBookHippie @dabbe spring … 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1d

Lesliereadsalot Surprisingly, no humidity! But expecting a zillion lovebugs any second. Back to Chicago on Wednesday. 1d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I don't care if the word “love“ is in their title; if you say “bug“, I go like this: 😱 Enjoy the rest of your trip. 😍 1d

Lesliereadsalot Thanks! 🩷 20h

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Dead Poets Society | N.H. Kleinbaum

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#poetrycollection (various ones throughout the movie)
#deadpoetssociety

Eggs 🙌🏻🫶🏻👏🏻👍🏼 1d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wear

TheSpineView 🩵🩵🩵 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💚💜 1d

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#bookspin #bookspin25 #bookspin2025
@TheAromaOfBooks (thanks for hosting us! 😍)

Bring it on, May! 💚💜💚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d

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#readyourbooks #readyourkindle @CBee (thank you, hostess w/ the mostest! 😍)

Let's go, May! 💜💚

CBee You‘re welcome ♥️ 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#readingbracket2025 (thanks @Catsandbooks! 😍)

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#readingbracket2025
@CSeydel (thank you!) 😍

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#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

I did better than last week, but man, what a quirky list! If anyone has ideas for future lists re: books, movies, or music, I am all ears! 🤣

The books I chose this week are ones that have been on my TBR f-o-r-e-v-e-r! Please give me some votes as to which one I should move up the list!

PS Do I get extra credit for reading THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO in French? Shout out to Mme. Quihuis, my HS French teacher! 😍

AmyG A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my most favorite books ever. 2d

BkClubCare Extra Credit!! 🌟 oui!! 2d

dabbe @AmyG Is it a series? 2d

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dabbe @BkClubCare Merci beaucoup! 🇫🇷 2d

AnnCrystal Read in French 👏🏼🤩🆒📚💝. 2d

AmyG No. 2d

dabbe @AmyG Good to know. 👍🏻 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal I had no choice; it was part of the class! 🤣 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe ohhh ☺️👌💝. 1d

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Haiku | Richard Wright

#haikuaday
#day1
@TheBookHippie
@TheSpineView
@Kristy_K

If anyone else would like to join in, here's the original link:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860876

TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🖤🖤 2d

BooksandCoffee4Me Perfect for you and by you! 💛 2d

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dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Aww shucks! ☺️ TY! 😍 2d

lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue Do you want me to add you to our l'il list? All I'll do is check in once a week and ask if anyone wants to post their favorite haiku from the past week. That's it. I LOVED yours, btw. 💜💙💜 2d

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Let Love Rule | Lenny Kravitz

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#circus

I'm going to try NOT to post a book for these prompts this month--just to be different. 🤩

TheSpineView Yes!!! 💜 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView Is it wrong that I so enjoy just looking at him, too? 🤣💜🤣 2d

Eggs 👏🏻👍🏼🙌🏻 2d

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ChaoticMissAdventures He is so gorgeous. AD just did a couple of articles about his Paris home, that man has so much style. There is a Youtube of it, and this article http://architecturaldigest.com/gallery/inside-lenny-kravitzs-paris-refuge 2d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfection ❤️ 2d

dabbe @Eggs 😍🤣🤩 2d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures ... and sexy! Thanks for sharing the link. He completely reeks of style! 😍🤣😍 2d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks He certainly is! 😍 2d

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Four-Legged Girl: Poems | Diane Seuss

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#weapon

Link to article about Plath's hair:
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2017/11/20/sylvia-plaths-different-shades/

TheSpineView Great choice!🤩 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💜💜 2d

lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜💜💜 2d

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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
The Final BBC Big Read!
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-bbcs-big-read-100-1
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging just a few (🤣) who've played before. And to the UK, why are Pratchett and Wilson so huge over there? 😍

mcctrish, DebinHawaii, wanderinglynn, Megabooks, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, Crazeedi, tpixie, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, CogsOfEncouragement, catiewithac, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, Blueberry, Vansa, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Aimeesue, TheLudicReader, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Eggs, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, rwmg, CatLass007, Q84, BookwormAHN, Pogue, Traci1, Sleepswithbooks, CSeydel, Ruthiella, RamsFan1963, TheSpineView, EadieB, CBee, Bookish_Viking, ShelleyBooksie, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, Cupcake12, bthegood, Sparklemn, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, PageShifter, LiseWorks, AllDebooks, AnnCrystal

BarkingMadRead I‘ve read 49! 2d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #yahooyou!!! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

Soubhiville Terry Pratchett should be popular everywhere! He‘s a favorite of mine. 2d

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Soubhiville I‘ve read 47, and I‘d say my favorites are LOTR, Terry Pratchett‘s, and Watership Down. 2d

dabbe @Soubhiville Good to know! I didn't get around to reading him for #AuthorAMonth, but he is now on my major radar thanks to you! 💙🩵💙 2d

dabbe @Soubhiville #woohooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

CogsOfEncouragement 43 for this one. So many good ones too. Some I‘ve enjoyed more than once. 2d

CSeydel I got 47. My favorites are probably Rebecca, A Christmas Carol, and Wind in the Willows 2d

CSeydel But Terry Pratchett‘s books are excellent also! He has a way of combining wordplay, satire and fantasy to hilarious effect (edited) 2d

jenniferw88 50! 2d

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 😘💛🏷 2d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @CSeydel Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @CSeydel Another reason I'm moving him up on my TBR pile! 2d

dabbe @jenniferw88 W🤩WZA! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

julesG Thanks to Pratchett my tally comes up to 27. 😁 2d

peaKnit Thank you for the tag! Only 23 for me 🤦🏼‍♀️ I 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 2d

Amiable Again with the Pratchett! 😬 Mine was 39 this week. “A Prayer for Owen Meany” is my favorite book. But I also loved “A Suitable Boy” and “A Town Called Alice.” 2d

dabbe @julesG He must be one of the best writers ever! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @peaKnit No palm slapping allowed! 😘 I have a feeling my score will be right there in with yours. I don't think I read any from 50-100! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @Amiable All 3 I haven't read but are on the TBR, thanks to you! I agree about Pratchett. I am totally missing something! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 2d

peaKnit Thank you!! I‘d have been in bigger trouble had Harry Potter not rescued me lol! Many on my TBR all the same:) 2d

Amor4Libros 13! 😅 Harry Potter helped me get to double digits 🤣 2d

Lesliereadsalot I read 36 thanks to taking two semesters of Russian novels in college, along with both 18th and 19th century British novels. I did love those Russian novels, long as they were! 2d

TheLudicReader 30. How can I even call myself a reader? 2d

BooksandCoffee4Me @TheLudicReader I feel the same way with 39! I‘m going to rationalize that as an English teacher, I had to read several of these repeatedly which left me with too little reading energy for the others. 😊 2d

Lynnsoprano 25 🙄 Mostly the English classics. I‘m hanging my head 2d

Librarybelle 31 for me. There are a few I am in the middle of, but still, ouch! 2d

dabbe @peaKnit I love how they linked the HP books separately here but only as one book (series) on the American Great Read. More bang for your buck on this list! 🤩 2d

dabbe @Amor4Libros Yay for HP! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I bow to your wow. I could NEVER had survived two semesters of Russian novels! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @TheLudicReader No talk like that, missy! 😘 You are the queen of contemporary literature, and there weren't so many of those on this list. And again, who puts MATILDA alongside WAR AND PEACE? Totally weird list! I bet I score right around where you did. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🎯🩵🎯 Usually in my years of teaching English, I was lucky to read 15-20 completely new books all year! I'd constantly have to reread the ones I taught because I had to be ready for those smart kids who would ask me persnickety questions! 🤣😍🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

CSeydel It‘s a very odd list! 2d

dabbe @Lynnsoprano No hanging your lovely head! 😘 I know I'll score around the same! We just have more books for our TBR. Except I don't think I'll add all 30+ Pratchetts and Wilsons! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @Librarybelle I'll be ouchie right there with you! It's a quirky list, to say the least! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

dabbe @CSeydel 🎯🩵🎯! 2d

rwmg 59 including those started but not finished (looking at you Gabriel García Márquez) and some I know I've read but cannot remember anything beyond the title. 2d

dabbe @rwmg W🤩WZA! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

Amor4Libros @TheLudicReader I got 13! 🤣🤣 2d

dabbe @Amor4Libros Way better than zero! Seriously, though, what a weird list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 2d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 2d

AnnCrystal Thank You For The Tag 🥳👍🏼📚💝. 2d

AnnCrystal 🤔😂 I've decided to whisper my total instead of shouting it out...1/100 · 1% 🧐🤔🤗.

I have some of these in my bookshelf waiting for me...and I have watched some as movies...

📚💝. 2d

AnnCrystal My three, must read someday: Harry Potter books, the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, and The Christmas Carol ☺️📚💝. (edited) 2d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm at 26 from this list. I hated better than the bottom half of the list. I do have others on my TBR, so it would be interesting to come back in a couple of years to see if I've done better. I really do need to read some Pratchett. Faves here are LOTR trilogy, HP & the Goblet of Fire, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (I'm surprised by the last one as I'm not a big Sci-Fi fan, but it was accessible. ) 2d

melissajayne 41 2d

tpixie Hmm 36% 1d

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😍 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal You are adorable! I say movie watching counts! It's sometimes hard for me to read a book after I've seen the movie, especially if it closely follows the novel. Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I don't think I read anything on the lower half of the list! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1d

dabbe @melissajayne Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1d

dabbe @tpixie We're close in our scores! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Especially A CHRISTMAS CAROL. I reread that one (and see a bunch of movie variations) every year during holiday season. 🎄 1d

Bklover 43! Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🩷 1d

dabbe @Bklover YW! 😍 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe it is difficult to appreciate a movie that has been separated from the book it came from. I only really had a bit of trouble once, with the movie Valentine's. Tom Savage book version was so much better, although I did enjoy watching david boreanaz 😍😂.

🤩👍🏼💝. We always watch the Christmas Carol movies, every year we try to watch all the different versions that show on TV. Really must read the book! ☺️👍🏼📚🎬💖. 1d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

LiseWorks Because he finds out the truth. Again, a man controlling a woman for his own benefit. What a society! I'm glad there was a good ending for her 3d

lil1inblue I found it so satisfying because there weren't real consequences in the other cases. We needed a win! Shardlake offering Josephine a position is yet another example of him helping those without agency. 3d

kspenmoll When I get to this book in the series ( only read first 2 ) I need to go to your pages & find your posts! The visuals are fabulous!!!! 3d

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AnneCecilie I shows us who Shardlake is and his not just words, but that he follows through on what he thinks is right. And also one of the bad guys in the story got his punishment. 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks #amen! 😍 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue And hopefully she'll fill in nicely after the loss of Joan. 😍 2d

dabbe @kspenmoll TY! I try! The posts will be here for you, too! 😍 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie Delightfully so! 🤣 2d

Daisey @lil1inblue This fits with what I was thinking. Shardlake is able to find answers, but there‘s not much of a feeling of success with the cases. Getting rid of Coldiron and keeping Josephine actually feels like accomplishing something good for the future. 2d

dabbe @Daisey I love how you predict a more positive future for Josephine and Shardlake. 🩵 2d

kwmg40 I'm happy the book ended with Shardlake getting rid of Coldiron and keeping Josephine on, as it does feel that some sort of justice has been served, at least in this situation. 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf It was a bit of an ignominious battle for both sides & most of the attention has gone on the loss of the Mary Rose. 3d

LiseWorks Just to show you are this constant fighting with the French was a waste of time 3d

lil1inblue I liked how the Mary Rose was almost another character in the book. I wonder if the battle doesn't get much attention because Henry VIII's marriages are so salacious that they become the focus of the period. 3d

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AnneCecilie I remembered the ship scenes from my first read, but couldn‘t remember anything around it. I think this battle has just gotten into the overall history of the war between England and France in this period. There were constant fighting and probably fights that were more memorable. 2d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf 🎯🩵🎯! I think the most memorable part of this so-called battle is the drowning of THE MARY ROSE. And those poor men under the mesh cloths! 😱 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks Seems like they've been at it forever, doesn't it? 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🎯🩵! Everybody loves a love story gone horribly wrong, don't they? Look at how we devour that kind of entertainment even today! 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯! I mean, this one only last 1 1/2 days! 2d

kwmg40 I hadn't known much about this event. After reading Heartstone, I'm eager to visit this part of England and learn more about the history. 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf A collection of rogues there & strangely enough, Coldiron is probably the least worst comparatively. 3d

LiseWorks I'm not sure I liked the king lol or any of the men. 3d

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf 🎯🎯🎯 3d

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lil1inblue Arses indeed. They're all so self-serving! And they are never held accountable! I guess some thjngs never change - look at how people with money and power get away with things still! 3d

AnneCecilie The rich and powerful get away with everything 2d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Yeah, I got the feeling that once he was booted out that he will be gone for good. Though there's still Josephine, and I wouldn't put it past him to maybe return and try to do some damage to Shardlake somehow. 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks 🎯🩵🎯 Henry VIII just thoroughly disgusts me. 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue I did love Catherine Parr giving Rich the what-for, though! In fact, I was absolutely GLEEFUL! 🤣 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie #stilltoday 🎯🩵🎯 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

lil1inblue I really felt for Ellen. I can understand why she wishes Shardlake left well enough alone. Her story is simply heartbreaking. As is Josephine's. I hope we hear more about her story going forward. 3d

lil1inblue The Hobbeys - ugh. Is it weird that they gave me Wuthering Heights vibes? They all seem so utterly miserable. 3d

AnneCecilie They all seem to be caught up in situations they can‘t control (Leacon, Ellen, Josephine) or that they didn‘t fully analyse before jumping into it (the Hobbeys). If you‘re poor, you don‘t have much say in what happens to you, the rich control everything 2d

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dabbe @lil1inblue To have been such a free spirit before and now to be shackled to the asylum because you can't face the outdoors is totally heartbreaking. And to be in love and not to have it returned. For all of Shardlake falling in love with other women, I wish he could have fallen for Ellen and helped her out of her sheltered life. Well, the series isn't over yet, right? 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯! It was beyond hard to like any of them, yet I couldn't help feeling some sympathy when everything, EVERYTHING, came crashing down upon them. 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 And if the rich get caught (like Rich), they still can come out smelling like a rose ... maybe. 2d

AnneCecilie The King probably didn‘t care because Rich brought in the money 2d

dabbe We never got to see Calfhill; he was only alluded to throughout the story, but I truly felt for him, too ... especially to be desirous of other men during this time period and to be so afraid to be exposed that you kill yourself. Unfortunately, that still happens even in 2025. 🥺 2d

kwmg40 The Hobbeys were definitely unlikeable but at the same time, I found them really interesting, with all their secrets and complicated family relationships. 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

OutsmartYourShelf I think Shardlake's own experiences, due to his physical disability, shows him how dismissive & sometimes cruel others are to those less fortunate. I think it shows some character growth when he stands up for the villager about to railroaded into a murder charge. (continued in other comment).. 3d

OutsmartYourShelf However, he realises that he could have stepped in later down the track & not brought down more disliking from others when it made little difference in the end, but that is not who he is.

He is naïve in that he often fails to consider any nefarious intentions, like from Rich - as soon as it mentioned another letter you knew it was going to tell West to get rid of Shardlake. 3d

LiseWorks There are some scrupulous people, and I don't think that has changed. Shardlake has a conscious which as a lawyer he tries to follow. 3d

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lil1inblue I agree with @OutsmartYourShelf - Shardlake's disability and his experiences have made him more empathetic. He's always taking in people and helping them - sometimes to a fault. He seems compelled to assist those without power or agency: taking in Guy, investigating Ellen's past (even when she didn't want him to), helping Hugh/Emma in the end. 3d

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf I agree about his naivete. I think he is almost too just to predict the levels of evil he encounters. 3d

AnneCecilie I agree with you both @OutsmartYourShelf and @lil1inblue that Shardlake‘s disability and how he has been treat, has made him more willing to help the weak and the poor. Taking in Guy, but also Timothy earlier. But he does seems to get a little too caught up in his cases 2d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Excellent points. Shardlake's disabilities makes him extremely empathetic to others on the margins. And yes, he bought into Rich's scheme, never thinking that Rich would have no problem killing Shardlake off. Didn't he remember the guys who jumped on him in London? 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks Yet he will lie and be sly if he needs to--all for the good, of course. He is a complex man. 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue He is definitely someone I would want on my side! 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie He's like Sherlock in that way. Once he get his nose into a case, he simply cannot let go until he sees it through to the end--no matter who may be endangered because of it. 2d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR

Sorry I'm so late, Shardlakians! I had a busy day with doctor's appointments and thought that tomorrow was 4/30! 😱

Thoughts?

OutsmartYourShelf No worries, everyone has lives that have to come first. Hope everything is ok.

I thought this was an intriguing case - one that I struggled to get a read on initially. There's also the follow-up on the Fettiplace mystery from the previous book, plus catching up with poor Leacon again. 3d

LiseWorks I liked the case here. It was a mystery until the end. It really showed society in not letting women do anything. And secrets! About rape again, men have the upper hand. Has anything really changed when it comes to young men raping women? 3d

lil1inblue This one had me baffled! I was honestly shocked by both cases. 3d

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lil1inblue One thing I liked in this was Barak and Shardlake's relationship. It was interesting that Barak was often the voice of reason this time. I appreciate how their relationship has progressed throughout the series. 3d

AnneCecilie I think the books get better with each one, and I think that‘s because I get to know Shardlake and Barak better. I liked that we met Ellen and Leacon again, but it is also had me missing news on Mark. I remembered the last ship scene from my first read, but didn‘t remember anything around it. And the conclusion still shocked me 2d

dabbe @OutsmartYourShelf Everything's fine, thanks for asking. Just catching up on the yearly appointments!

It did take a while to get into, didn't it? But when it got rolling, boy did it roll! 🤣 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks A play of absolute and total dominance. West couldn't stand that she had the BALLS to say “No, I don't love you.“ And then she paid for it with an altering of her life forever. 😫 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue Me, too! And I've read it before! I think I need to pay better attention when I'm reading! 🤣 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue Shardlake even basically tells Barak that the mentor has become the mentee. I love their relationship, too. 🤩 2d

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 It was like I was reading it for the first time! 2d

AnneCecilie But as I read these books, I feel that the mysteries are less important than introducing us to Tudor times and how that time worked and what the time period was like for the working class, and what better way than a lawyer working on different cases? 2d

kwmg40 As has been mentioned by others, this one had a slow start and I did wonder if it would grip me as the others had. I should have known not to worry. Once I was about a quarter of the way in, I was hooked by the various storylines. 2d

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Collected Poems of Robert Frost | Robert Frost

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth

Sad to see this end, @wanderinglynn! I'm going to still try to write a haiku a day, though. 💙🩵💙

#glitter ✨
#robertfrost

wanderinglynn Lovely! 🧡 I‘ve enjoyed reading your daily poems. I hope you compile them into a book! 3d

dabbe @wanderinglynn I think I just might! 😍 3d

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee
#allusion
#siren

Did any of you know where the REAL Starbuck's logo came from? See above pic; the one on the right is what the logo was based on. Wonder if Starbucks knew that these ladies were brutal sociopaths who murder people by being attractive and singing their alluring song? Oh wait, they probably did. That's why we all are lulled into buying a $15 cup of joe! 🤣

CBee Squeeeeee I love ANYTHING mythology related!!! 3d

dabbe @CBee 🩵💙🩵 3d

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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
1. Favorite smell = a desert rain. I have wonderful memories of big rains (which were a huge deal in Phoenix) where my mom, grandma, sisters, and I would all sit on our back porch together: watching, listening, smelling, talking, laughing. 💙
2. A vivid memory of being in the back seat of our sedan after my dad's baseball game (he was a coach), with my mom and dad in the front seats. I have never felt as secure since. 💙

Eggs Lovely memories and a sense of safe & secure! 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 3d

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#dynamicduos
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#duo

Can you name them all? 🤩

Andrew65 Surprisingly yes! 3d

dabbe @Andrew65 I am not surprised that you can at all! 😍 (edited) 3d

Deblovestoread Yep 😀 3d

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dabbe @Deblovestoread 🤩🙌🏻🤩 3d

LiseWorks Oh yes! 3d

Ruthiella Bert and Ernie! 😂❤️ (edited) 3d

Eggs Great duos 🙌🏻🫶🏻👌🏼 3d

dabbe @LiseWorks 🤩🙌🏻🤩 3d

dabbe @Ruthiella 🤣😍🤩 3d

dabbe @Eggs That was a fun one. Thanks. 🩵💙🩵 3d

Lesliereadsalot So fun! 🩷 3d

Eggs @dabbe Thank YOU 🙏🏻 3d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤩😍🤗 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😍🤗 3d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wealth

My #1 favorite poem of all time. 🌼

lil1inblue 🌥🥰🌥 3d

dabbe ☁️🌼☁️ 3d

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dabbe

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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Sherlockians! Look what @wanderinglynn just posted (and thanks, @AmyG for bringing it to my attention!) Thanks, lovely ladies! 💙🩵💙

A Lego Sherlock Holmes Book Nook!!! 😍😍😍

Check out @wanderinglynn's original post: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2861143

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5feet.of.fury So cute! 3d

dabbe @5feet.of.fury IKR? 😍 3d

Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍😍 3d

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lil1inblue Lego getting into the book nook business? Excellent news for me, terrible news for my wallet. 🤩🤣😏 3d

Bookpearl My word!! I needs this! 3d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit @lil1inblue @Bookpearl 🎯🩵🎯!!! (edited) 3d

Read4life My daughter sent me the video of the reveal. I said that would make a great Mother‘s Day present. 😂😂😂 3d

Gissy 😍👌 3d

Cuilin @Read4life I may have to send this to family. My birthday and Mother‘s Day are the same day this year. 🤔 3d

Cuilin @lil1inblue same!! 3d

Read4life @Cuilin definitely send it to them. 😉 3d

dabbe @Read4life 🤩😍🤗 3d

dabbe @Gissy 🤩😍🤗 3d

dabbe @Cuilin 🤩😍🤗 3d

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Haikus Can Amuse!: 366 Haiku Starters | Laurel McHargue

#haikuaday @dabbe @LitsyEvents

All info is in the image above. Click here for the link regarding what “rough haikus“ are: https://shorturl.at/rO3yA

I hope you'll join me! 🤗

TheSpineView I'll give it a good and see what happens. 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView Yay! We'll be totally laid back with this, I promise. 🧘‍♀️ 4d

TheBookHippie Oooooooooo!!!! 4d

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TheBookHippie I‘m in!! 4d

TheBookHippie Please post rule reminder 🤣🤣🤣 5-7-5 , 17 syllables? 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Yep, though a “rough“ haiku can mix it up (7-5-5, 5-5-7 ...) Yay! You've inspired me! 😍🤗😍 (edited) 4d

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🙃 4d

Kristy_K I love this idea! Count me in! 3d

dabbe @Kristy_K Yay! 🤩😍🤗 3d

lil1inblue I'm late, but I'm in! 🤩 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue Well, shoot, all I had to do was keep reading! You are on da list, m'dear! 😍 2d

DebinHawaii I‘m late to the party as usual but I‘d love to catch up & join in! I used to write haikus for book summaries among other things but haven‘t done it in a while. 🤗 11h

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#tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude

As I though I would, I've been listening to the greatest hits of KANSAS.
#thebestofkansas
#carryonwaywardson

TheSpineView 💜 Kansas 4d

BooksandCoffee4Me Windows down, volume up, and drive! 👍😎💛 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙 4d

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MemoirsForMe Dust in the Wind! 🙌🏻🎶 4d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe That makes me think of the movie BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE: Bill says to Socrates: “Dust. Wind. Dude.“ 🤣😍🤩 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie You knew I would, right? 😍😍😍 3d

MemoirsForMe 🤣🤣🤣 3d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🤩😍🤗 3d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. I wish it were a library. I have books EVERYWHERE. No idea how many, perhaps a few hundred. I'm in the process of getting new bookshelves and reorganizing, but it's taking forever because I'm lazy. 🤷‍♀️
2. HEARTSTONE by C.J. Sansom: my favorite historical-detective-fictional author. 🤩

TheSpineView I get the 'everywhere'. Thanks for playing 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍 4d

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The Black Cat | Edgar Allan Poe

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#cat
#theblackcat

Two days in a row of EA Poe. 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤

wanderinglynn 🖤🖤🖤 4d

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dabbe

Les Miserables (Illustrated) | Victor Hugo

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#drink
#readlesmis

Eggs Brilliant 🥃 4d

dabbe @Eggs 🍻 3d

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dabbe

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#weak

My favorite Amy Grant song. 🎶

TheSpineView 💜🎶💜 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🎶🖤 4d

Karisimo I remember this one! 4d

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dabbe @Karisimo 🖤🐾🖤 4d

TheBookHippie I have not listened to her in decades !!! And why yes I‘ve seen her three times in concert. 🤣🫣😘🤭 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I adore her. I've seen her tons of times, too! Though these days I'm agnostic, I still love her songs, especially the non-religious ones like this one. 💙🩵💙 3d

TheBookHippie @dabbe she was banned here after her divorce 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I honestly have no listened in so long I‘d have to look some up. She has a song about grief I use to like but alas … 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Of course she was! I do remember when that happened and she dared to marry Vince Gill that a lot of Christians were shocked beyond repair. 😱 Never mind that Gary Chapman was a drug addict at the time and their marriage was horrible because of it. But I digress ... Next Tuesday, we should both listen to some of her songs for #tuesdaytunes! 🖤🎶🖤 3d

TheBookHippie @dabbe it‘s a plan!!!! And I so agree. 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Yay! ✊🏻💙✊🏻 3d

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#ShardlakeBR

Hey, Shardlakians!

If you haven't seen this yet, @jenniferw88 has shared a site that has some interesting historical stories in honor of C.J. Sansom!

Check out her original post: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2860771

Thanks, Jennifer! 😍🤩🤗

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Andrew65 @Tove_Reads @EadieB 4d

EadieB @Andrew65 That‘s great! Can‘t wait to read it! 4d

dabbe @Andrew65 Thank you for passing it along! 🤗 4d

dabbe @EadieB 😍 4d

Tove_Reads Cool! @andrew65 4d

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The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#midnight
#theraven
#lostlenore

TheBookHippie Oh I love this! 5d

wanderinglynn Love it! 🖤 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @wanderinglynn 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤
Now I'm listening to The Alan Parson's Project's “The Raven.“

“The clock strikes midnight ...“ 5d

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#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#difficult
#whenharrymetsally

TheBookHippie 👀 5d

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🤩😍🤣 5d

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ♥️♥️♥️ 5d

mcctrish Self awareness is important 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5d

Kerrbearlib I love that movie. ♥️ 5d

dabbe @mcctrish Ain't that the truth? 🤣🤩🤣 5d

dabbe @Kerrbearlib 🎯🩵🎯 5d

Eggs Bittersweet🧡 5d

dabbe @Eggs 🎯🩵🎯 4d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wayward
#kansas

“Don't you cry no more.“ 🖤

lil1inblue 🎶 💛 🎶 Excellent choice! 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 5d

Susanita 🎸🎸🎸 5d

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TheSpineView Perfect! Love this song! 💜🎶💜 5d

ChaoticMissAdventures Cannot think of this song anymore without thinking about the show Supernatural. 5d

dabbe @Susanita 🎸♥️🎸 5d

dabbe @TheSpineView ♥️🎶♥️ 5d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures A show I've never watched! 😱🤣😍 5d

Lesliereadsalot I love this one! It‘s on my favorites playlist. 5d

TheBookHippie I saw this live when they played with a full orchestra! It was so cool! 5d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot #metoo I adore KANSAS period. 🩵💙🩵 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I am beyond jealous! 🩵💙🩵 5d

TheBookHippie @dabbe it was happenstance !!! I was in Chicago and saw they were at the theater playing in 6 hours, so Mr BookHippie looked and they had two balcony seats 35 bucks each!!! 🎉 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie That man is definitely a keeper. 😍 5d

TheBookHippie @dabbe He has his moments 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it was a riot to attend. We were the youngest people there BY FAR. And we aren‘t considered young… it‘s not everyday you see someone over 75 throwing themselves at a rockstar 🤣😂 FYI they sounded phenomenal. Massive talent. 5d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Good to hear that they still sound so wonderful! Just imagining a 75 y-o doing that brings a huge smile to my face! 😍 5d

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Sherlockians~
Fun discussion yesterday! And now only 12 stories to go! 🤩
Next up: Our last anthology of stories: THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Discussion will be this coming Saturday, 5/3, and will be led by @Cuilin. ⬇️

Link to summary/analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUp2hbd5B-czF0Byzp9GjDnHvUgKHQDC/view?usp=shari...

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dabbe Note: We will be following the stories the way they were presented in the original anthological publication, not necessarily by publication date of each individual story. Some of these are also (technically) not in the public domain yet, but I have found a link where you can read all of the stories online for free:
https://ignisart.com/camdenhouse/canon/9-case.htm

We've almost read the ENTIRE canon! 🤩 6d

Librarybelle Thank you! 6d

dabbe @Librarybelle YW! I have yet to finish BROWN SUIT, so I'll be jumping in a wee late on today's questions. 💙🩵💙 6d

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Librarybelle Totally fine!! 6d

Cuilin 👍💛 6d

dabbe @Cuilin 😍 6d

Cuilin I just realized Stephen Fry didn‘t record this collection 😔 6d

dabbe @Cuilin Probably because when he recorded the others, most of these weren't in the public domain yet? #bummer 🫩 6d

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Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeBR @LitsyEvents

Hello, Shardlakians~
We are two days away from discussion day! Wow, was this one a whirlwind! Can't wait to read what you thought.

Have a fantastic start to the week. ♥️

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Cosmos | Carl Sagan

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

#cosmos #carlsagan

“In the vastness of space and immensity of time, it is my joy to spend a planet and an epoch with Annie.” 🩵🌎💙

BookmarkTavern I love their love story! Thank you for sharing! 6d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern YW! 💙🩵💙 6d

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dabbe

Macbeth | William Shakespeare

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#find
#macbeth

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️🖤♥️ 6d

wanderinglynn Fantastic! 6d

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 🖤♥️🖤 6d

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dabbe

Twilight | Stephanie Meyer

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dazzling 🤣

DebinHawaii Good one! ✨✨✨ 6d

dabbe @DebinHawaii Who wouldn't want to date a sparkling man, right? Even if he is a vampire? 🤣 6d

Eggs Clever👏🏻 6d

dabbe @Eggs TY. 😊 6d

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dabbe

Selected Poems | Charlotte Mew

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wayside

Leftcoastzen Wow 6d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🩵💙🩵 6d

TheSpineView Lovely ❤️ 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🩵🖤 6d

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#5JoysFriday (one day late)
@Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Littens who shared mood boards for my #moodboardcontest. They deeply touched this Crabby Abbe's ♥️.
2. MUTTS comics. I really needed them this week.
3. Kate.
4. Pippa.
5. Matt.

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#weeklyfavorites

The second-to-last collections of Holmes stories to round out the month. Thanks for hosting this, @Read4Life! 😍

Read4life You‘re welcome. Right back at you (& @Cuilin ) for hosting #NoPlaceLikeHolmes 😉 7d

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

pick

A mixed but intriguing collection that showcases both the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes and the ways in which Doyle adapted the character to a changing world. While not every story reaches the heights of THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES or THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the collection remains essential for Holmes enthusiasts, particularly for its historical significance and the rare glimpse of an older, more world-weary detective.

Bookwomble Ooh! Is that your edition, or a stock photo? Either way, it's a great picture. I have a couple of Doyles in the John Murray edition, but not any of the Holmes books. 7d

dabbe @Bookwomble I wish it was! It's the original edition published in 1917, and I believe the publisher was John Murray. 🤩 6d

Bookwomble @dabbe The Murray editions I have are in the same style dust jackets, but not first editions. As you say, I wish 😄 6d

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The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#tulip
#thehandmaidstale

TheBookHippie I was going to post this lovely alt right evangelical troupe they mandate children learn https://www.learnreligions.com/five-point-calvinism-700356 as an FYI . 🫣😵‍💫🤮 1w

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie 5 for 5 points! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮😡 1w

wanderinglynn @TheBookHippie 😩 I love tulips (the flower). Stupid acronym 🤮 7d

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wanderinglynn Excellent poem. 7d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @wanderinglynn @kspenmoll 😤😡🤬 to that acronym! 6d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 💙🩵💙 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe taught in every church and parochial school here ….. 😵‍💫 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I. Can't. Even. 🫩 6d

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