#ChildrensClassicsRead2025 @TheBookHippie

One finished, one started!!

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Loved this Peter Pan retelling.

#poemadayish #poetrypals #WilliamButlerYeats

Strolled a Forest Canopy Walk with this hawk (Harris) yesterday in Vermont. It was just what I needed. Nature truly is the antidote to anguish.

VINS Nature Center https://share.google/L2VwBW94S4Hn9GEGo

#Poemadayish #poetrypals

Ugh it‘s been a rough few days. Anxiety 😟 Trying to focus on being present.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#ReadlesMis #wildwomen #WomenWhoRunWiththeWolves #WhenBooksCollide

“You can try all you like you won‘t go in, I‘m not the daughter of a dog, I‘m the daughter of a wolf. There are six of you, what‘s that to me? You‘re men. Well, I‘m a woman. I‘m not afraid of you, not one bit”. Eponine- Les Miserable.

#poemadayish #poetrypals

Another time of unrest, so many parallels.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#WildWomen #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Chapter 1
So many emotions, “Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs” says a character in another current read. I don‘t see regrets as much as methods of survival. I marked many passages, “bad wolf” stood out to me. The decal is on my car. Most whovians will recognize this. Rose stared into the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed the power of the time vortex, she becomes God like, omnipotent, she saves 🔽

#Poemaday #PoetryPals

I‘m feeling nostalgic!

@lil1inblue @dabbe

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

#ThreeListThursdays #TLT @dabbe

I was convinced Jumanji would be on the list. I looked it up to see if it was a fall movie and no apparently it‘s a winter movie - set in a jungle. Now I‘m more confused. I live in the town, where it was filmed, and I do not live in the jungle 🤔 Anyway here are my top 3 from the list.

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that the positive results of the medication mean it is due to inflammation, we still want all the testing done, including genetic testing because I deserve all the healthcare. And it‘s possible for the body to have more than one thing going on. (Luckily I have the best rheumatologist who agrees) take that 🦵 insurance!! 🖕

#Poemaday #poetrypals

The bard himself.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

@lil1inblue @dabbe

#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I had a regular paperback book and then I found this little gem in an antique store in Providence RI. This is one of my all-time favorite novels so I‘m excited to read it with the #HashtagBrigade. Do we start today or tomorrow?

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

“To defy power, which seems omnipotent”
“To Hope till Hope creates …” I read both these lines and changed my mind about posting something seasonal.

#ReadLesMis #FavouriteCharacter

“Monsieur complains?”
“About you!” said the pedestrian.
“The bureau is closed,” said Gavroche. “I‘m receiving no more complaints.”

I think I‘m a chapter behind, but this chapter 1 of book 6 is fabulous !!! ❤️Gavroche

#PoemADay #PoetryPals @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #September

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Introduction
“My name is Cecilia, and I live on Svalbard, an island close to the north Pole.”
Chapter 1
“Each year in late October, the sun says goodbye for the final time, plunging Svalbard into a state of uninterrupted darkness.”

#poemaday is a nice way to start the day @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #Harvest #September

Hopkins wrote this sonnet in September 1877 whilst in the Vale of Clywd in Wales, after a day of fishing in the Elwy.

@dabbe I pulled out my Wordsworth collection yesterday after reading your post. Gosh I love Wordsworth 🧡 So I‘m joining in on #APoemADay

#September #Autumn #Harvest #Reaping

The Age of Innocence is a wonderful novel. Yes, the characters are infuriating as they navigate the social constraints that they themselves create and willingly participate in. I love a novel of manners especially when the writer is witty. Wharton is masterful, laconic, controlled, and sardonic with a touch of empathy. Perfect 👌 Thanks #HashtagBrigade for the journey and our own witty hashtager @BarkingMadRead

#WDNCW #FirstTimeCaller @dabbe

We do not care that socks and sandals do not go together and my hair was pulled high upon my head rather like a rats nest. It was dusk and I wanted to see the deer in my neighborhood. The curtain twitchers can deal with it!!

#FallCardSwap2025 @TheBookHippie

And off they go!!! Best of luck, guys🤞

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit

I got so lost in Little Dorrit that I decided to be a touch more academic and do some character research. I found this little gem on course hero!!!

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit Chapter Two

I‘m enjoying it so far, the writing is both beautifully descriptive and also mocking as though the writer and the reader are in on a little secret. 🤫

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#BookedInTime

We are going a-Viking, to travel, explore and possibly raid!! I‘ve Blood Eye lined up as I enjoyed other books by Giles Kristian. What are you reading?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader@deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47

#WhatTheDickens

This novel follows the young Martin as he navigates the world of hypocrisy and fraud. It is described as a satirical novel on selfishness. Who‘s in?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves @Chrissyreadit

I grew up in a family of four girls, lots of aunts, all girls school through high school, and an all women‘s college. Pictures of four women together always speaks to me. They‘re linked together yet each one is unique.

#WhatTheDickens @Texreader

A rags to riches story. Has all the usual Dickens themes of social inequality and injustice. This was a little more nuanced as it explored the idea of the corruption of wealth. Honestly not my favourite Dickens but probably a me issue as I was too distracted by other reads to give it the attention it surely deserves.

#ATreeADay #NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

I‘m not sure who is doing this buddy read but tag people if you know. The Boston liberty tree was today‘s entry. I‘m just showing some pictures of the area (Liberty Tree District) today. It‘s part of the theater district. They have a monument for the tree. And some art on a building. ❤️Boston

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/boston-liberty-tree

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

We Did It!!!
After some calculation of four novels divided in two parts, plus 56 stories made for 64+ Litsy discussion posts, spread out since December of 2023. Denise and I wanted to give a major shout out to @Librarybelle who participated in every single discussion!!!! You are a star. Thank you for making this buddy read extra special. Keep an eye out for a little something heading your way.

#CharacterCharm #Wounded @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wounded, but how and why?

#CharacterCharm #Thief @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“Oliver is lured into a den of thieves”

This is still one of my favorite Dickens‘ novels.

#VirginiaBloomsberries @AllDebooks

This is my favorite VW novel. It‘s so difficult to write a review of this book. The plot: a family staying on an island wants to visit a lighthouse, but they do not. I guess you don‘t read VW for the plot. It‘s all in the writing and the emotions evoked. See above for details.

#CharacterCharm #widow @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Still on the TBR 🤦‍♀️

#CharacterCharm #fairy-elf-pixie @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Part memoir and nature writing this also includes some Celtic mythology and fairy folklore. It should come with a warning “might make you run away to Ireland, Scotland or Wales.”

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

First line of our last story #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

“Sherlock Holmes was in a melancholy and philosophic mood that morning.”

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

-Both daughters had flights this week and both landed safe and sound 😌 -Found an egg cup at a thrift store, the exact one I had as a child in Ireland!! -Beach day -First time at a drive in -Sitting under the maples in my garden.

#CharacterCharm #Nurse @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Not his finest, and Nurse Barkley can best be described as male wish fulfilment. There are better WWI novels but this always makes the list. Sigh.

#CharacterCharm #elderly @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"Ageing, slightly mad and on the threshold of retirement, it was an uneasy combination and it was no wonder that people shied away from her or made only the most perfunctory remarks” ?

#CharacterCharm #scientist @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“DIANA BERESFORD-KROGER, a botanist, medical biochemist and self-defined "renegade scientist," brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine to reveal a path toward better stewardship of the natural world.”

#CharacterCharm #seamstress @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m a day late, the air quality in New Hampshire took me out yesterday with a massive headache. Anyone else?

Anyway, I never read this book but I loved the movie. (Normally I hate a movie cover on a book, but this one has Kate Winslet so she gets a pass).

#CharacterCharm @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Spy

I saw this movie as a child when I was too young to fully understand it. The book is based on the true story of SOE agent Violette Szabo who was executed by the SS in 1945.

#CharacterCharm @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
King

Book 2 in the Raven King Series, a Robin Hood reimagining. 👑

#CharacterCharm @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Mother&child

I don‘t like the tag line on this “the poignant true story of a mother and the son she had to give away” because she didn‘t give him away, he was taken from her.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts on differences and similarities?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts on clues?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Thoughts?

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“Catastrophe is never convenient”

This is the first line of the preface and I have to say in all my years of reading, this is one of the most beautiful prefaces I have ever read. The last paragraph is so moving I‘ve read it a few times and I read it out to my husband and to my eldest daughter.

#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks