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Teresereading

Teresereading

Joined January 2017

Love reading, history, family history, gardening, knitting etc. From Tasmania, a special island at the bottom of the world. Insta: teresereading
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Everyone Is Still Alive by Cathy Rentzenbrink
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Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton
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Akin by Emma Donoghue
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Dusk by Robbie Arnott
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The Country Child by Alison Uttley
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Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
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Christy by Catherine Marshall
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The Fox Wife: A Novel by Yangsze Choo
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The Library Book by Rebecca Gray (Publishing editor)
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Love Stories by Trent Dalton
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Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
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Women & Children by Tony Birch
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James: A Novel by Percival Everett
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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Mrs Fenton's Journey by Margaretta Pos
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Caledonian Road: A Novel by Andrew O'Hagan
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Anna and Her Daughters by D.E. Stevenson
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Boys Home by Patsy Crawford
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Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
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That Lady by Kate O'Brien
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront
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Darling Buds of May by Annette Keen
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City We Became by N K Jemisin
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Arthur's War by John Harman
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Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
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The Idiot by Elif Batuman
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The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
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Everyone Is Still Alive | Cathy Rentzenbrink
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Roadtrip read. Quirky/sad.
Book no. 141 of my 140 challenge, so I have updated my GR target to 144 🤞

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In Belgium (photo is from Ypres West Flanders)
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12

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'Anything else missing?'
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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1. I‘ve never had Christmas in the snow, so I‘d like to experience that
2. Little Women. Not a Christmas novels per se but the Christmas scenes are iconic
#two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🤍❄️🤍 Thanks for playing 7d
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The Christmas Mummers | Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Braydon Hill consists of excellent gravel, which is carted off for garden walks and carriage roads to a great distance round.
Such a great opening - I had to share!
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Lindsay Gordon put murder to the back of her mind and settled down in the train compartment to enjoy the broken greys and greens of the Derbyshire scenery.
#firstlineFridays
@shybookowl

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Blue Skies | Catherine Anderson
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Teresereading If you look closely you can see the seagull who has returned again to nest on the landing! 2w
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Litsytestbook004 | Litsytestbook004
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I‘m having trouble with the App on iPad. I can‘t comment or like posts?

slategreyskies I‘m on an iPhone using the iPhone app. I can comment okay and also like posts. Just FYI. 2w
CarolynM I think there‘s a problem with the latest Apple update. Hopefully they‘ll sort it out soon. 2w
Teresereading Looks like it‘s fixed. I had to log back in and now there‘s a new look! 2w
Teresereading I was too optimistic, turns out I was on the web version 2w
Teresereading I spoke too soon, have sent an email
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Akin | Emma Donoghue
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Detective Marsden: can you describe to us what happened this morning?
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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That 'Girl in red' cover trope! Spotted in the opportunity shop.

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Christy | Catherine Marshall
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In the remote mountain community above Asheville NC
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12

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‘To my lawyer, Saxonberg
I can‘t say that I enjoyed your last visit.‘
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Rising Tide | Patricia Twomey Ryan
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#whereareyouMonday on the tiny (hot)
island of Aruba which we visited on our cruise
@cupcake12

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Dusk | Robbie Arnott
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Word reached the twins that a puma was taking shepherds up in the highlands.
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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The Last Bookshop | Emma Young
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In downtown LA - humongous

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 1mo
Jeg Almost overwhelming. 1mo
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Airport | Arthur Hailey
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Just landed back in Australia and I've hit 9999!

TheBookHippie How fun! 1mo
Ruthiella Yahoo! 🥳 1mo
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A favourite when I was a child. I think only read it as a Readers Digest edition though.
Spotted at the lovely Hollyhock House LA.

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The Country Child | Alison Uttley
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The dark wood was green and gold, green where the oak trees stood crowded together with misshapen twisted trunks, red-gold where the great smooth beeches lifted their branching arms to the sky.
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Venice | Jan Morris
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Booklover's dream

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The Country Child | Alison Uttley
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Hollywood, Florida and a new author discovery
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12
#cozycrime

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens | Shankari Chandran
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Civil war, racism and colonial history but a great read about the power of community
#Sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Sounds intense, and it‘s got a gorgeous cover! Thanks for sharing! 1mo
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Christy | Catherine Marshall
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Here‘s my cover via Libby for #randomclassics
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Nice!! 1mo
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The Day of the Dead | Nicci French
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Eggs Beautiful 🌺💀🌻 1mo
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#Days devoted to #authors
Big question but I went with my lifetime top 3 - Jane Austen, Ethel Turner and Harper Lee
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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I don‘t know why I feel guilty, it‘s not like I killed the guy.
#firstlineFridays
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I discovered a new author while I was in Fort Lauderdale!

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Halloween Party (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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Happy Halloween

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 I got jump scared by an enormous moth in the bathroom this morning, who needs coffee?! eventually managed to coax it out the window. 2mo
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Eggs Perfect 🖤🎭🧡 2mo
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Irving Washington
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Eggs Clever🖤 🩸 💀 2mo
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Cross-Stitch | Jazmina Barrera
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#whereareyouMonday
In Mexico, and also London and Paris
@Cupcake12
#24countriesin2024

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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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Eggs 🌳 ❤️ 🧙🏻‍♀️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it 🧙‍♀️ 2mo
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The Creak on the Stairs | Eva Bjorg AEgisdttir
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Eggs Looks good 😳 2mo
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A New Season | Terry Fallis
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“Now that‘s using your face, Jack Mac,” a spectator shouted as the buzzer sounded to end my weekly ball hockey game.
#FirstLineFridays
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#wickedwhispers
#devil - I read this for a book a month challenge
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Oh this was so good/so creepy 🫣 2mo
Teresereading Yes a ghastly story 2mo
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We had a wonderful day in Puntarenas, would love to be staying longer.
Any recommendations for books set in /about Costa Rica?

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The Small Hand | Susan Hill
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#wickedwhispers
#haunt
Sporadic efforts from my photo library as I‘m travelling

Eggs Haunting ✨💫 2mo
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I heard about the promise Edward made to his dying wife long before I met him.
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Jack of Spades | Joyce Carol Oates
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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I‘m in Three Pines, a tiny hamlet in Quebec. Happy #CanadaDay
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12
#24countriesin2024

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Candyfloss | Jacqueline Wilson
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#candy
#wickedwhispers
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
My daughter loved Wilson‘s books

Eggs Clever! 2mo
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The Book Woman's Daughter | Kim Michele Richardson
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The bitter howls of winter, uncertainty, and a soon-to-be forgotten war rolled over the sleepy dark hills of Thousandsticks, Kentucky, in early March, leaving behind an angry ache of despair.
#FirstLineFridays
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Grandparents | Chema Heras
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Limited internet access, the only ‘tombstone‘ I could find on my device. My Norwegian great-great grandparents, whom I visited in 2016.
#tombstone
#wickedwhispers
@Eggs

Eggs Well done 🩶👍🏼 🪦 2mo
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Grandparents | Chema Heras
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Limited internet access, the only ‘tombstone‘ I could find on my device. My Norwegian great-great grandparents, whom I visited in 2016.
#tombstone
#wickedwhispes
@Eggs

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#dark
#wickedwhispers
I have been in transit for a few days, but I‘m back
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Yay! Welcome back! Great choice👌🏼 2mo
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To Love and Be Wise | Josephine Tey
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I was in rural England, by the River Rushmore in ‘Orfordshire‘
And also in transit with an unplanned stopover!
#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12

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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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As requested, they had all assembled in the Library before dinner.
#FirstLineFridays
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ShyBookOwl Sounds like my kinda dinner party 😏 2mo
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Some #Litsylove heading out!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 3mo
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