@Cuilin on Litsy

#TLT @dabbe

It‘s hard to pick favorites. These are today‘s based on the fact that if they came on I wouldn‘t skip and I would sing along.

Care to play?

Daisey, Deblovestoread, Read4life, Curiouser_and_curiouser, IndoorDame, TheAromaofBooks, Pageturner1

Cuilin My score was 35/100 2d

TheAromaofBooks Thanks for the tag!!! 2d

IndoorDame Great songs! 2d

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dabbe 🖤 your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🤩🤩🤩 1d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag. Love your choices 💜 1d

Pageturner1 awesome songs! thanks for tag 😀 1d

Pageturner1 want to play but can‘t get website to pull up 1d

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Cuilin

The Guinevere Deception | Kiersten White

#CoverLove #DarkBlue

Looking forward to reading this!!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Gorgeous 💙✨💙 2d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 😍 💙 2d

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Sherlock's Books | Lebanon, TN (Bookstore)

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @Read4life

? it‘s my first name Cúilín
?Drive, housework, rest, walk and ignore people
?The Reigate Puzzle listening to Stephen Fry ?

Care to play? @BookwormAHN @CogsOfEncouragement

AmyG Ha…ignore people. 🙌🏻 3d

Eggs #2 😂😂 So true 3d

KadaGul @Cuilin Love 😍❤️, ignore people. #Audiobook 3d

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Deblovestoread Ignore people 😂 mine is to ignore what hubby is watching on tv! 2d

Read4life You‘re welcome!! I sometimes (often) put my large headphones on just so people will think I‘m listening to something and leave me alone. 😆 @Deblovestoread I do the same thing. I love my husband but often find his choice in shows lacking. 2d

CogsOfEncouragement 1) It‘s my handle across social media. The idea that life isn‘t easy, and cog by cog we engineer our attitude. 2) Driving, chores, walk. 3) I just finished Robinson Crusoe, my first time reading it. 2d

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement 👍🫶 2d

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Cuilin

Cranford | Elizabeth Gaskell

#CoverLove #LightBlue

Embossed book is the tagged book.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Love the statuette/bookend 🩵🩵 4d

Leftcoastzen What a beautiful photo! 4d

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Cuilin

Villain Era | Luna Pierce

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jkYFFQljUdlO2J0skva41?si=p3kT9C1bQZSUdjm6Rk5I...

For when you‘re feeling especially wicked 😆 😏

zezeki I was listening to this exact playlist yesterday at work!! 4d

Cuilin @zezeki I drive around my sweet New England town listening, like I‘m up to no good. 🚙 😉 (edited) 4d

TieDyeDude 😈🤘 3d

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Twentieth Anniversary Edition | Milan Kundera

A day late, organizing some books, and I found this for #coverlove #hat

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 🎩 4d

Eggs Exquisite 🖤🎩❤️ 4d

kspenmoll Perfect! 4d

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Keene Public Library | Keene, NH (Library)

Love that my library does this, these stickers are so helpful!!! #BookedInTime

I‘m hoping to find some thing at my library for August‘s #IndiaIndependence

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
4d

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue 4d

Shamzi Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, the story of my experiments with truth by Mahatma Gandhi, without fear by Kuldip Nayar - some of my recommendations!!! 4d

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Amiable That‘s awesome! 4d

Cuilin @Shamzi thank you 🙏 4d

TheBookgeekFrau That's such a great thing to do!! 4d

Bookwormjillk Love that! 4d

julieclair What a helpful thing to do! 3d

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Trio | William Boyd

Chemicals are not balanced at the pool today, so I guess I‘m gonna sit outside, watch the birds, drink more coffee and read this rather entertaining book instead.

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Cuilin

Death is Now My Neighbour | Colin Dexter

#CoverLove #chairs

One of my favorite police procedural series

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🪑💙 1w

Eggs Dramatic cover👏🏻👏🏻 1w

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All Our Yesterdays | Joel H. Morris

pick

If you enjoy the Scottish Play, this is its prequel in novel form. A very enjoyable read if you‘ve ever queried why Lady Macbeth became so ambitiously ruthless. Though it lacked some energy in the middle the ending was fantastic. I shall be pulling out my copy of the play soon for a reread.

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Tunes: A Comic Book History of Rock and Roll | Mathias Malzieu, Vincent Brunner

#TLT @dabbe

Definitely an 80‘s vibe here with me. Special shout out to Africa by Toto as I dare anybody not to sing-along when they hear it.

Care to play?

SamAnne, julieclair, AllDebooks

dabbe “I bless the rains down in Africa ...“ 🩵 Toto!!! And the 80s! I picked “West End Girls“, too! #greatminds Thanks for playing and sharing! 🤩🤩🤩 1w

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Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

pan

Unpopular opinion. The moralizing was just too much. While reading classical literature I understand it‘s a reflection of the times, this was different for me. Alcott had an agenda. “Ladies you may have dreams, but be ready to put them away to serve a husband. Or die, that‘s also an option” This was served in nauseating endearments like sugar coated evangelism. Rather like trad-wife content today. I‘m glad I read it. I prefer the adaptations.

Cuilin Thanks to the #hashtagBrigade and @BarkingMadRead for creating a safe space for varying opinions. (edited) 1w

BarbaraBB I felt the same when I read it a few years ago. And I love your view 😍 1w

Cuilin @BarbaraBB thank you 😊 1w

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Ha, I loathed this too! 1w

dabbe I feel differently having read this as a 58-year-old as well and am more on your page than I was when I was younger. And thank goodness for varying opinions! That's the richness of discussing literature. 🩵💙🩵 1w

Cuilin @dabbe I can‘t believe the book that I just finished is the same novel I read when I was 12!! (edited) 1w

Cuilin @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian loathers unite 🫶 1w

dabbe @Cuilin I felt the same way reading WUTHERING HEIGHTS. I couldn't believe how much I disliked Heathcliff and Cathy this time around! Romance? Hell, no! Obsession? Hell ya! 1w

Cuilin @dabbe I think I‘ll skip a reread of Wuthering Heights for now. lol (edited) 1w

TracyReadsBooks Alcott actually made a living writing serialized sensationalist stories for a newspaper and they are so much better. Entertaining and definitely over the top but generally a lot of fun. 1w

Cuilin @TracyReadsBooks Glad to hear this. I‘ll have to check out one of these stories. Thanks 🙏 😊 1w

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The Winter Soldier | Daniel Mason

pick

#BookedInTime

This is my second book by Mason and I preferred this one. Beautifully written story set during World War One, on the Eastern front. Though it is a war story there is also a mystery and a little romance. As someone much smarter than me said “this novel convinces you with every sentence” 5 ⭐️

Checking in, how are your reads?

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
2w

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue
2w

Deblovestoread Love the quote and stacking the title. Sounds great! 2w

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dabbe On the spreadsheet! RE: WWI ... I am so behind I can't even see my ass! 😂 2w

Cuilin @dabbe no worries, it‘s a dip in / dip out kind of buddy read. Thanks for organizing the spreadsheet.💗 (edited) 2w

Cuilin @Deblovestoread I‘ve read so many good novels set during this time period that I didn‘t think I would find one that I enjoyed. There are some gory medical procedures that I sped read through but the writing is incredible. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures This sounds lovely!! Did you learn anything new about WWI? I haven't started yet but I downloaded the audio for

The Absolutist

2w

Jess861 I just checked out Canary Girls from the library. Excited to learn a bit about the women of WWI!

Canary Girls: A Novel

2w

sblbooks I'm almost finished with my selection

The War Nurse: A Novel

2w

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures most of my reading about World War I focused on the western front so this was a little different. However it was just as brutal on that side. Some of the places mentioned in Eastern Poland I had visited, so that was kind of cool. 2w

Cuilin @Jess861 oh that sounds so good!! Looking forward to your review. 2w

Cuilin @sblbooks my read was focused on a newly trained doctor. Hope yours is not as gory, but it looks really good.👍 Looking forward to your review. 2w

sblbooks @Cuilin No, it wasn't gory at all. 2w

julieclair Just finished mine today.

A Very Long Engagement

1w

Cuilin @julieclair looks great. I believe it was made into a movie too. 1w

julieclair @Cuilin Evidently it was, although I have never seen it. 1w

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The Four Winds: A Novel | Kristin Hannah

so-so

#BookedInTime
American Dust Bowl. @dabbe

Oh the unrelenting misery! Hannah lays it on thick again. It‘s good, I cared about the MC but would have loved the story of how Rosa and Tony survived the dust bowl. The story of California unions/communism was interesting but could‘ve been another book.

Cuilin If you like a little Book drama head over to Goodreads and read how people think Hannah is trying to convert readers to communism. It‘s hilarious. 2w

TheBookHippie Now, I do not like this author AT ALL… but that‘s a bit 😳🤯😱😵‍💫WOWIE. 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie right? Apparently depicting historically accurate information is akin to conversion. 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin WHEW, the people collectively have lost their minds. 😬 2w

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The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHomes

For some reason, I‘m okay with Rachel absconding.

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 2w

Librarybelle I liked the riddle…admittedly, it‘s a little eye rolling to me, but it also has layers of history and secrecy. It‘s a code to something far bigger than the Musgraves themselves. I really had no deep thoughts on her fleeing & never being caught, though I applaud her resourcefulness to escape when she could. The “hysterical” woman stereotype was a little too much for me, but we‘ve discussed perceptions of women in past stories, so no surprise there. 2w

Cuilin @Librarybelle imagine women have feelings and emotions. 😮 I thought it interesting that Doyle said fiery and Celtic together since he would be considered a Celt too, being from Scotland of Irish descent. Of course he‘s a man and in control of his emotions. Lol. I like the riddle too. 2w

IndoorDame Oddly for all that she‘s fiery and Celtic, and suffering from a touch of brain fever and all that 🙄 I found this story emotionally flat so I also didn‘t think about whether she should have been allowed to escape or whether she should be prosecuted for her crimes. 2w

dabbe It's interesting to note that in the the Granada TV version starring Jeremy Brett, it very clearly shows that Rachel threw herself into the mere with the bundle, and it actually shows her body being recovered later. Brain fever, indeed. 😱 Justice appears to be done in the tv show. 2w

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The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 2w

Librarybelle In a way, it‘s comical that no one in the ten generations figured out the riddle. But, and perhaps this is my cynical side, I could see this as plausible. These types of stories help to show Holmes‘s past investigations…it establishes him as someone who has been working on cases for longer than Watson‘s writings. 2w

Cuilin @Librarybelle I considered that Doyle was making fun of upper class and the fact that they would inter marry. The first rule of genetics for an intelligent society, spread the genes apart. 2w

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IndoorDame I find reading this one enjoyable in a comforting/nostalgic way. But the Musgraves not coming up with a single relative to catch on in all those years definitely strains believability (since Reginald‘s character isn‘t portrayed as particularly dim). And the investigative stories are more exciting and more of what I think of as typical SH 2w

Librarybelle I hadn‘t thought of the critique on the upper class, @Cuilin , but that is very possible! 2w

CrystalE02 I thought it was funny that it took so many generations to figure out the riddle. I have a feeling that Doyle was picking on the upper class in this story. 2w

dabbe Well, it is an authentic “THE BUTLER DID IT“ story! And, good point, @Cuilin. Centuries of downright twits in the Musgrave family ... nobody in that family could figure out that is was directions to a place? 😳 #timetosuspendthatdisbelief 2w

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The Musgrave Ritual | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @AllDebooks

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit 2w

Librarybelle I liked that this story is based on a riddle, and one that the Musgraves passed down through the generations. It‘s more analytical than some of the other cases, as Holmes really has to solve the riddle in order to find out the reasons behind the odd happenings. 2w

IndoorDame I have a fondness for this one. Maybe because it‘s so simple I can actually solve it when usually I don‘t even bother to try? ….. And Reginald was surprisingly good at laying out the facts of the case clearly, succinctly and completely, and oddly unemotional (actually this whole case lacked emotion) which made the 3 narrators thing work well for me and not get confusing 2w

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Cuilin @IndoorDame I just noticed that there was no emotion in this case. It‘s probably also why I enjoyed it. It was quite a relaxing read. I know I solved it too, and I could not believe the Musgraves didn‘t understand what this piece of paper entailed. Though I would‘ve got all the math wrong. Lol 2w

IndoorDame @Cuilin oh, me too! That math is so far beyond my comprehension it‘s laughable 2w

CrystalE02 I enjoyed reading this story!!! I felt like there wasn't a ton of emotions to drag the storytelling all over the place. I felt like that Musgrave did contribute to the mystery of the story. 2w

dabbe I loved all of the 221-B present-day new information we gain about SH in this one: “cigars in the coal-scuttle“; “unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece“, how Holmes would “sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R. done in bullet-pocks“, how their “chambers were always full of chemicals“ ... ⬇️ 2w

dabbe ... “and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions“ ... How many depictions of the interior of 221B have been based almost entirely on this information? 2w

Cuilin @dabbe you can see how every tv/movie adaptation uses this to design 221 B Baker St!!! (edited) 2w

dabbe @Cuilin Exactly!!! 🤩 2w

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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 | Beth Brower

#CoverLove #Green
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Read the first two volumes.

Eggs Lovely arrangement 💚💚💚 2w

Cuilin @Eggs totally cheated and reused a photo I had posted before. 🤭😆 2w

Eggs @Cuilin Doesn‘t matter — still beautiful 😍😍 2w

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Monday Mornings | Sanjay Gupta

No car this morning = no swim 😞

However I get to sit in this sweet shade and read.

kspenmoll Enjoy your read! 3w

dabbe Lovely spot. 💚💙💚 3w

Tamra So pretty! 3w

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Cuilin

Crooked Heart: A Novel | Lissa Evans

#CoverLove

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Heartwarming and hilarious. Set during the blitz, Vee a petty criminal and 10 year old evacuee Noel team up. Survival is the game. I haven‘t read it in years so I‘m missing some of the details but I remember both these characters and the story was really engaging. It‘s definitely due another read.

Eggs Sounds charming 🧡🧡 3w

Aimeesue I love this one, and

Old Baggage

3w

Cuilin @Aimeesue will have to read that one too. Thanks. 3w

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Gibson's Bookstore | Concord, NH (Bookstore)

I just left a bookstore without purchasing anything. I don‘t have a fever. They just didn‘t have anything on my list. And it was closing, so I felt a little under pressure. I haven‘t told my husband yet I don‘t want to worry him. Lol 😆

AmyG Ha! 3w

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3w

dabbe 🤩😂🤗 3w

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thegreensofa 🤣😂 3w

BkClubCare Be safe! 🤗 3w

Laughterhp That almost happened to me today and I couldn‘t! I went back in and bought random books lol 3w

Cuilin @Laughterhp you are the sane one. 🤣 3w

Cuilin @BkClubCare thank you 🙏 😊 3w

Tamra That is the weirdest feeling. 😏 3w

Cuilin @Tamra right?? I don‘t think it‘s ever happened before. 😆 3w

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Cuilin

Leaves | John Simmons

#CoverLove #leaves

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I gave the story 2 stars but the cover gets 5!!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 🍁 3w

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Cuilin

Penguin Classics: A Complete Annotated Listing | Penguin Books

#CoverLove #Black

Anyone else have shelves of Penguin classics?

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Fantastic!!!🖤📚🖤 4w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 4w

Ruthiella Yup! So annoyed that they changed the font color and penguin logo on the spine, though. Why? Why? Why? (edited) 4w

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Cuilin @Ruthiella so true. 😩 4w

kspenmoll My son does! He read so many for HS & college! 3w

Cuilin @kspenmoll that‘s hilarious because this is my daughter‘s shelf. The ones she left behind. 3w

kspenmoll @Cuilin Oh I love that! Shelf twins! 3w

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Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics) | Daniel Defoe

#RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks

I planned on reading a Kindle version but found this Penguin Classics edition for $4, at a secondhand bookstore in Providence, RI. Yesterday!!! Coincidence? I think not. Serendipitous, perhaps. 🤔

Ruthiella Clearly it was meant to be! 4w

Cuilin @Ruthiella agreed. 4w

Tamra I love it when that happens! 4w

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Cuilin @Tamra me too!!! 4w

TheAromaofBooks Oooo nice!!! Love it when the book stars align! 4w

Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ me too, though not sure my husband understands this as he gives my TBR the side eye. 4w

TheAromaofBooks Mine just builds more shelves 😂 😂 😂 4w

Lcsmcat I‘m reading the Kindle version so would LOVE it if you share any insights the Penguin edition provides. 3w

Cuilin @Lcsmcat sure. Unfortunately it doesn‘t have any chapters. I‘m loving the writing so far. 3w

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So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men | Claire Keegan

#CoverLove #1red

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Keegan is fast becoming one of my favorites.

Eggs Beautiful ❤️❤️ 4w

Suet624 Same 3w

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Cuilin

Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema | Steven Paul Davies, Simon Callow

#TLT @dabbe

I guess I just don‘t like popular movies. The 23 that I watched on this list mostly Superhero, Disney or Marvel, I saw against my will. 😆 The price of being a mother of teenagers during those years.

Favorites are the Harry Potter movies, the Hobbit and I liked the new Top Gun.

dabbe I couldn't believe all of the franchise movies and sequels in this group! And, you still kicked my sorry 🫏! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

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Sherlock Holmes: The Stockbrokers Clerk | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

A train ride to Birmingham, a walk to an office, a greeting and then somebody‘s trying to hang themselves. It was rather shocking. What are your thoughts?

Cuilin @pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious
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Librarybelle Great question! This deserves a lot of thought. I initially thought Conan Doyle used this tactic to start dissuading the public from reading Holmes—he himself was sick of Holmes for a time. But, the public likes macabre stories. This is also written post Jack the Ripper, so the public still has those gruesome killings in mind. If Conan Doyle wanted to dissuade, he failed. I‘m not 100% sold on this theory; I need to think on this! 1mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle so not necessarily a literary tactic, but more of a phasing out. I wondered about Doyle‘s Irritation at Holmes at this point. He did reach a stage where he wanted to be done with him. Are we at that point in this story? Possibly. 1mo

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Librarybelle @Cuilin I actually looked up the timeline of stories—we‘re fast approaching the infamous story. This one was written about 6 months before the infamous one. The timing made me wonder… 1mo

IndoorDame I actually found myself wondering about the “too good to be true job trope”. Doyle does write a lot of social commentary about larger issues. Is it possible he was subtly trying either to call out or educate readers about smaller issues like one this related to London‘s growth and social change at the time? 1mo

dabbe I wonder how much this is a problem for detective writers in general. It must be difficult to have to create an entire new crime + solution for one's detective. And all of them seem to fall short in a few of their stories--probably from I-have-to-create-yet-another-new-crime-for-my-detective fatigue. 😀 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement @Librarybelle Interesting point about Jack the Ripper. That timeline connection would not have occured to me. We have so much violence on the news now, it is normal really. I also personally read tons of cozies - all these murders in quiet little villages with cute bakeries & handsome detectives. lol This may have had a much bigger bang for the original readers. To think someone takes your job & name, then murders on a Saturday afternoon. Yikes. 1mo

Librarybelle I love cozies, @CogsOfEncouragement ! They are a perfect way to escape from the violence in reality. 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe fatigue syndrome for crime writers has to be a thing. And the pressure must be greater when your audience clamors for more. 1mo

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Sherlock Holmes: The Stockbrokers Clerk | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious

Librarybelle I think this shows how important this partnership is—how both men play off of each other. Watson is a good foil, but yet also holds the clues to some of these cases. In this instance, he was essential in administering his medical knowledge. 1mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle yes I do like it when Watson gets to show his skills and talents. 1mo

Aimeesue I think Watson role in the stories is maybe a bit muddled in the public‘s mind. We tend to see him as the backup and the stand-in for expository purposes. We forget that (1) he has his own skill set and observations, and (2) processing and refining thoughts is a big part of Sherlock‘s method. That‘s a lot easier to do with another person, vs inside your own head. 1mo

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IndoorDame It‘s a little convenient that Sherlock seeks him out at home, seems sort of out of character, and then he‘s needed for his medical knowledge in a way no one predicted. Makes me suspect that one of our authors is sending a message, but there‘s so many layers to the authors and relationships that I couldn‘t decide on what with all the possibilities. 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Agree 💯. Watson gets to show his medical abilities in quite a few stories, and I always love it when Sherlock defers to him on such matters. That's one reason they're such a perfect dynamic duo. 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement Watson and Sherlock are such an enjoyable pair. Watson is still impressed by SH and enjoys being in the mix. SH respects Watson more than maybe anyone else on the planet. I think Watson rightly deserves the respect for his skill, loyalty, honesty, on and on. (edited) 1mo

Read4life I agree @CogsOfEncouragement 1mo

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Sherlock Holmes: The Stockbrokers Clerk | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

I usually read the story and then do my research for the discussion questions. I was surprised to hear that this is not a particularly popular story. I for one enjoyed every bit of it. Did you like the story?

Cuilin @pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious
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Librarybelle To me, this one seemed a little more mundane than others we have read, though the scene mentioned is pretty gruesome. I did like it. This is one I felt all the pieces were there for the reader…I did not have everything solved before Holmes‘s unveiling, but I rarely do for any mystery. 😂 1mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle I figured out that somebody took Pycroft‘s place, but I had no idea why. Except for the Redheaded League, I can never figure out the full mystery. 1mo

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Librarybelle @Cuilin If I can figure out the full mystery, it‘s either dumb luck on my part or the author made it really obvious. There were one or two of the Holmes stories we read so far that I had things figured out. 1mo

Aimeesue I really liked that one of the clues was dental work! 😁 1mo

IndoorDame @Librarybelle I agree, this one doesn‘t have the wacky details we tend to expect. I got as far as @Cuilin with solving it, but I never solve mysteries so this one may have been simpler than usual. Still, I thought it was a really fun read. 1mo

dabbe This one to me is a weaker “Red-Headed League“: the mundane job to cover for a bank heist. There are some subtle differences and more violence, but that's about it. 1mo

kelli7990 I liked the story. 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement I liked this one. I always shake my head at these characters taking “easy“ jobs for tons of money and really thinking they are not being used in some way, but I also think it is human nature and not unbelievable. I didn't find the scenes all that violent. What happened is told, there are no gruesome details written. Am I getting callous due to reading too many cozy mysteries? lol 1mo

Read4life I agree with that assessment, @dabbe Well said. 1mo

dabbe @Read4life 🤩🤗😀 1mo

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The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird | Joshua Hammer

When you‘re waiting for the storm to pass but you don‘t mind because you brought your book!!!

#NeverLeaveHomeWithoutOne #AlwaysBePrepared

KadaGul Hell Yeah 📖☔ 1mo

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Not Like the Movies | Kerry Winfrey

Very low score but in my defense I had young children and the only reason I watched these movies was because they were either animated or Harry Potter. 😆 I can‘t really say if I had any favorites. 🤦‍♀️.

#TLT @dabbe

dabbe I scored low, too, but I have absolutely no defense! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

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David Copperfield | Charles Dickens

@Texreader and I are planning on reading David Copperfield starting in September and are opening up this buddy read to anyone who would like to join.

The plan is to read about 220 pages a month, with a check in at the end of the month. Let me know in the comments if you would like to be tagged.
#WhatTheDickens

dabbe, LitsyEvents, AllDebooks

CaitlinR Yes, please. 1mo

Cuilin @CaitlinR 👍 1mo

RaeLovesToRead Ooh, I'm in! 1mo

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Cuilin @RaeLovesToRead fabulous, I just read your post about starting Ulysses in September too. It will be a very high brow reading month and I‘m here for it!!!! 1mo

RaeLovesToRead We are so fancy 🧐😄 (I'll probably have some fantasy and some smut to read alongside so I don't get too bogged down. From what my Dad says, David Copperfield isn't a barrel of laughs.) 1mo

Fortifiedbybooks I'm in! Please tag me 😁 1mo

Cuilin @RaeLovesToRead Same, though one must live a balanced life. 😆 1mo

Cuilin @Fortifiedbybooks absolutely 👍 1mo

BarbaraJean Ohhh, this is tempting! Please tag me! 1mo

AnneCecilie I might join, I need to see what I have time since I‘m planning on reading Ulysses with @RaeLovesToRead (edited) 1mo

LeeRHarry I‘m reading this atm otherwise I would have definitely joined in. Will look forward to everyone‘s thoughts. 😊 1mo

quietjenn Probably! My Read All the Dickens project had stalled a bit, so this could help. 1mo

Cuilin @LeeRHarry I may do another Dickens in January. 1mo

Cuilin @quietjenn 👍 1mo

Cuilin @BarbaraJean 👍 1mo

LeeRHarry @Cuilin ooooh count me in if you do! 😊 1mo

Cuilin @LeeRHarry will do. 👍 I‘ll tag you in the David Copperfield discussions too. (edited) 1mo

LeeRHarry @Cuilin thanks 😊 1mo

BookwormAHN I'd love to join, I've been meaning to read this book for ages 😺 1mo

Cuilin @BookwormAHN wonderful 👍 1mo

Daisey I think I can fit this in; add me to the list please! 6d

Cuilin @Daisey absolutely 👍 6d

bcncookbookclub Tag me please, I'd like to try. I've never read anything from Dickens😁 1d

Cuilin @bcncookbookclub absolutely, you‘re in for a treat. 1d

bcncookbookclub @Cuilin so excited! Thks! 1d

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The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

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Sometimes a book finds its way into your hands at just the right time. Dealing with my own diagnosis, this book, was uplifting without being sentimental and inspired me to push against the single story of disability. A memoir telling the story of a couple who lost everything and walked the 600+ miles Coast Path in SW England. I loved the descriptions of the coast path and the people they met along the way. A movie is in production right now. 5 ⭐️

dabbe 💚💙💚 1mo

kspenmoll Keep on pushing, you are more than a your diagnosis although there are days when I am sure u do not feel that way. My son was diagnosed with Autism when he was 6- when he was little I just saw him as quirky like my family & met him where he was- had such fun in his world. He is sooo much more! 1mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll thank you. I met an amazing rheumatologist last Friday and I‘m feeling so much more hopeful. We‘re a neuro-spicy family too. Your son is very lucky to have you as his mom. 💗 1mo

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shortsarahrose I totally understand that sentiment. I read the tagged after my Crohn‘s went into remission and it really stuck with me.

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

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Cuilin @shortsarahrose so glad to hear about your remission. I‘ll check out the tagged book, thanks. 1mo

kspenmoll @Cuilin So happy you like your new MD & feel hopeful. Do read the book Between Two Kingdoms- amazing woman, still fighting. She is on instagram & you can join her journaling workshops @suleikajaouad & @theisolationjournals. On FB - Suleika Jaouad (edited) 1mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll thanks, I just looked her up. Amazing. 🤩 1mo

Suet624 Have you read up on this couple recently? 3w

Suet624 And what diagnosis???? 3w

Cuilin @Suet624 yes I read a little. I know someone gave them a farm plus she wrote another book. I‘m going through an autoimmune diagnosis. Most likely psoriatic arthritis. They first thought Lupus because of sun reactions but 🤞it‘s not. The spring was rough but doing really well the last few weeks. 3w

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Biko - Cry Freedom | Donald Woods

#BookedInTime

Shout out to @AllDebooks for suggesting Africa as a location.

Research led me to these books. The only one I‘m familiar with is Cry Freedom. They all seemed really good. I think I will be choosing Cry, the Beloved Country.

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
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Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures This is great!! I have read a couple of books about the after effects like Trevor Noah's autobiography but nothing about this particular time. Glad to have a reason to go down a book rabbit hole. 1mo

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures oh my gosh, my daughter read the Trevor Noah biography, and I saw it sitting on her shelf and that is what inspired this theme/prompt. Enjoy the research. (edited) 1mo

slategreyskies I passed through South Africa a few times in 98-99, & I stayed with a white host family one of those times. They were some of the kindest people I‘d ever met until somehow the topic of black people came up at the dinner table. The hatred was so abrupt & harsh & complete, & I didn‘t understand how anyone could think that way. Years later, I studied apartheid & realized it had only just stopped when I was there. It will likely take a long time ⬇️ 1mo

slategreyskies (Cont.) for the pain & hatred & racism to be pushed out. It is so important to learn about this sort of thing. I think, if we learn about what happened, then maybe we can keep it from happening again. 1mo

Karisimo This has been on my list for awhile!

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

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Cuilin @slategreyskies what an interesting experience, I agree it‘s important to learn and acknowledge the ugly truth of racism and white privilege. We can only do better when we face and confront our own bias. 1mo

Cuilin @Karisimo it looks really good. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @slategreyskies oh my goodness, I don't know what I would have done in this situation. It is so utterly bizarre to me to hate people in this way. And to share that hatred so openly? 1mo

LeeRHarry I read Cry, the Beloved Country for a bookgroup read years ago - Pamela Jooste is also an author worth checking out. (edited) 1mo

AllDebooks Yay! I'm really looking forward to researching this one. I highly recommend

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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julieclair For those interested, I have updated our StoryGraph challenge with our prompts through September: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... @Karisimo @slategreyskies @ChaoticMissAdventures @LeeRHarry @AllDebooks @dabbe @jenniferw88 @Sace @Deblovestoread @DestinyMorna @BarkingMadRead @Itchyfeetreader @tdrosebud @thegreensofa @Amiable (edited) 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks great suggestion!! 1mo

Cuilin @julieclair thanks I started entering my books 📚 1mo

sblbooks I plan on reading

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

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Cuilin @sblbooks good reviews!!! Enjoy!! 1mo

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Emma | Jane Austen, James Kinsley, Adela Pinch

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @SpellboundReader

1 Iris Murdoch, I honestly don‘t know where to start with her novels. I also have some Dickens I still need to get to.
2. The twilight series.
3. Emma by Jane Austen started a love affair with all things Jane. I have reread her books many times.

@Itchyfeetreader @Lizpixie @Karisimo @IndoorDame @julieclair care to play?

Texreader I ❤️ Dickens. Start with the Christmas Carol, which has such hilarious descriptions. 1mo

Cuilin @Texreader I love Dickens too. I read Carol nearly every December. I‘ve read some others but not all. I should probably read a new one a year at least. Bleak House is probably my favorite. Do you have a favorite? 1mo

Eggs Agree on #2. Thx for joining in 🩵 1mo

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Texreader @Cuilin I‘ve only read many of his short stories and The Christmas Carol is still the best. I‘ve read A Tale of Two Cities but don‘t remember it. And I‘ve listened to half of David Copperfield. I want to get back to his books but one really must plan ahead to read those chunksters 1mo

Cuilin @Texreader I haven‘t read David Copperfield. Are you interested in a buddy read for fall/winter? 1mo

Texreader @Cuilin Absolutely!! 1mo

Cuilin @Texreader Yay!!! I can see if others would like to join us. I‘ll post a survey to gauge interest and we can come up with a plan. September-December? 1mo

Texreader Sounds great! 1mo

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India's Struggle for Independence | Bipan Chandra

#BookedInTime

Shout out to @Itchyfeetreader for prompt.

I have not read any of the books pictured except Midnight at Malabar House, which I liked. The night diary is Middle Grade. I did order A Suitable Boy as I‘ve always wanted to read it.

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @spellboundReader

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue
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kspenmoll These look like great book ideas! Thanks! 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh this is a great prompt! I have enjoyed Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's books and been wanting to read

Independence

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Karisimo I‘m kind of tempted to try ASuitable Boy as it‘s been on my list forever! @ChaoticMissAdventures Independence is great! 2mo

Amiable I loved “A Suitable Boy” 2mo

julieclair Ooohhh… great prompt! @itchyfeetreader 2mo

julieclair I have updated the StoryGraph challenge to include this prompt https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 2mo

Itchyfeetreader Yes I have just the book for the this one! 2mo

Cuilin @Karisimo I‘m definitely trying A Suitable Boy. 2mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures Oh Independence sounds good too. 2mo

sblbooks I've read the night diary. It's excellent. 1mo

Cuilin @sblbooks I‘ve read great things about it. 1mo

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In Memoriam | Alice Winn

Apologies for not posting sooner. I picked a time period hoping we may all have books for this prompt already sitting on our TBR‘s. The tagged book and the suggestions are ones I‘ve read and recommend. I will be posting August and September prompts today.

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @spellboundReader

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue
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Deblovestoread The tagged book and The Absolutist are both fantastic. Highly recommend to everyone if you haven‘t read them yet. I‘ll be scanning my shelves soon. 2mo

AllDebooks I've read and enjoyed Birdsong, Regeneration & Mr Mac and me. 2mo

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Karisimo Lines of courage is a great middle grade option for WW1

Lines of Courage

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ChaoticMissAdventures I just read In Memoriam this year and it was amazing! One of my favorites for the year. I also recommend this one, I had no idea the French conscripted Senegalese men to fight for them

At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel

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Cuilin @Karisimo yes!! I also included Private Peaceful for YA. 2mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks I love the whole Regeneration trilogy 2mo

Cuilin @Deblovestoread both beautiful books. 2mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin me too, Pat Barker is such a great author 2mo

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry is about young Irishman conflicted because he decides to fights for the British in World War I right when Ireland was trying to gain its independence. Amazing read. 2mo

rubyslippersreads I‘m sure I‘ll be able to find something from this time period. 2mo

Amiable Oh, “The Absolutist“ is wonderful. Highly recommend. 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @Cuilin oh the Barry one sounds so good! I also like the idea of The Absolutist, I might go easy on my self, I have always been curious about the series

Maisie Dobbs (Anniversary)

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I love Maisie Dobbs. Enjoy. 2mo

julieclair @ChaoticMissAdventures Maisie Dobbs is excellent! 2mo

julieclair I have updated the StoryGraph challenge to include this prompt https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 2mo

SpellboundReader I have a short audiobook called The Best Christmas Present in the World and also a longer novel

In a Field of Blue

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This Is Happiness | Niall Williams

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I will never be able to do justice to this novel. On the surface it‘s a very simple story about a 17 year old boy living in the West Coast of Ireland when the parish is getting electricity for the first time. However, it is so much more. If you read it, be prepared to not only enjoy the story and the wordsmithing, you will laugh and cry but you‘ll come away having your heart and soul somewhat healed. 5⭐️
@Suet624 @Gissy set in Ireland 🇮🇪

Suet624 This was the first book I read of his and I was stunned by its beauty. I think of it so often. Absolutely loved it. (edited) 2mo

Cuilin @Suet624 I thought you had read this. Oh my gosh, it‘s so beautiful. I‘m now off to find everything else he has written. 2mo

dabbe #stacked! 2mo

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Lcsmcat I loved this book too! 2mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat it was such a joy. Have you read anything else by him? 2mo

Lcsmcat @Cuilin Not yet, but I intend to. What do you recommend? 2mo

Cuilin @Lcsmcat this was my first by him. I was going to ask you the same question. I‘ll tag you if I read and review another of his. (edited) 2mo

Lcsmcat @Cuilin Same! 2mo

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The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah

This is our 12th #BookedInTime prompt. It‘s been a whole year!!
Questions
What you are reading this month? Did you have a favorite era? Novel? As I plan the next few months, is there a specific time period you would like to see soon?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

Check out @dabbe comment re: book list.

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue
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sblbooks Time flies! I can't believe it's been a year already. I prefer recent history 1750 or after. 2mo

Bookwormjillk This makes me want to read The Grapes of Wrath again. 2mo

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AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk I've chosen The Grapes of Wrath. @Cuilin ❤️ that year has flown. I've enjoyed the mix you've selected over the year. I would like some Asian/African history x 2mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks great suggestions, thank you. 2mo

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk 👍 2mo

Cuilin @sblbooks 👍 more recent, got it! 2mo

Mollyanna It‘s been a fun year! If I had to choose maybe some ancient Egypt. I am looking forward to the Dust Bowl category and am reading

Death of a Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery

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ChaoticMissAdventures Love these prompts! I agree with others on would like to read more Asian and African history, I also have on my shelves Camelot and set at the turn of the 20th Century. 2mo

Deblovestoread @mollyanna I‘ve had Death of a Rainmaker on my TBR since a friend recommended it pre-Covid. I was planning on this one but may try to read both

Stormy Weather

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rubyslippersreads Ancient Egypt, the Wars of the Roses, the Edwardian era. 2mo

dabbe @Cuilin Would you mind re-tagging everyone in this group re: the following?

Reminder: We have an awesome spreadsheet with all the wonderful books everyone's been reading! If you'd like to update/change/give a rating on any book on this list, comment below, and tag me (@dabbe), and I'll fix it!
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/4bFAh8Q 2mo

dabbe I simply have to reread one of my top five favorite books (written all in poetry) entitled OUT OF THE DUST by Karen Hesse.

Out of the Dust

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dabbe Thanks, m'dear! 💙🩵💙 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
Check out @dabbe comment. 2mo

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue
Check out @dabbe comment 2mo

rubyslippersreads @dabbe This is great! 2mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Birthday to us!!! 🎉🎊📚 2mo

Cuilin @TheBookgeekFrau yes!! Felicitations all around. 🎉 2mo

julieclair A year already! This is definitely one of my favorite groups on Litsy. For the Dust Bowl, I will be reading

Peculiar Savage Beauty

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julieclair Italian Renaissance, Golden Age of Piracy, Colonial Caribbean, American Revolution, War of the Roses, 19th Century Hawaii 2mo

Itchyfeetreader For this month I am reading

West with Giraffes

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Itchyfeetreader Some other ideas of periods - Victorian England, Indian independence, Spanish civil war, napoleonic wars, Arab spring, Shang dynasty, restoration England, pre unification Italy, 2mo

thegreensofa Is the Australian convict times an era? For the Dust bowl I am reading

Edge of Nowhere

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kspenmoll I saw that Woodie Guthrie w rote a little known book about this era. Trying to see if library system has it 2mo

Cuilin @julieclair thank you for the compliment and for sharing some great ideas. 💗 2mo

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader I‘m so glad you said Indian independence. 😉 love all your ideas thank you. (edited) 2mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll I hope you can find it 2mo

Cuilin @thegreensofa yes it is. On the list. Thank you. 2mo

ncsufoxes I have Four Winds sitting on my TBR but sadly it has been packed up. 2mo

Cuilin @ncsufoxes my husband just informed me that he have our copy to his mom. 🤦‍♀️ 2mo

SpellboundReader Congrats on a whole year @Cuilin and @dabbe.
As per my usual, I'm joining in at the end of a challenge and plan to read The Dust Bowl: An Illustrated History. Are nonfiction history books acceptable, in addition to historical fiction?
As for suggestions, I shouldn't have any input here but would mention 19th Century Medical History (think Florence Nightingale). The other HF books I have on my kindle are in the overdone WWl & WWll categories. 2mo

Cuilin @SpellboundReader thank you. Nonfiction are absolutely acceptable and I love your suggestions. I added you to the tag list. Welcome. 2mo

SpellboundReader Thank you. 🤗 2mo

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Little Women (Kobo) | Louisa May Alcott

My copy of Little Women was the last birthday gift from my sister who passed away 8 months later.

It‘s old and fragile. Printed in Glasgow with the original owners name and address inside. 🩷

#hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead

IndoorDame It‘s gorgeous, and what a meaningful origin ❤️💔 2mo

rubyslippersreads What a lovely book, and a lovely memory. ❤️ 2mo

LeahBergen Oh, it‘s beautiful. ❤️ 2mo

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Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

Deblovestoread A lovely copy and a wonderful keepsake 💔💜 2mo

dabbe #priceless 💙🩵💙 2mo

tpixie What a treasure 💎. It sucks losing a sister. I‘m sorry for your loss. I miss mine every day. I do have another sister I‘m thankful for 💙🩵💙 2mo

Cuilin @tpixie thank you. I‘ve two younger sisters but miss my big sister every day. Sorry for your loss too. 🩵 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe absolutely 🩵 2mo

Cuilin @Deblovestoread 🙏 2mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle 🩷🩵 2mo

Cuilin @LeahBergen 🙏 2mo

Cuilin @rubyslippersreads 🙏 2mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame 🙏🩵🩷 2mo

Bookwomble 💕 2mo

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Silver Blaze | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious

Librarybelle I think, to some degree, you need a bit of imagination to ponder scenarios and possibilities. Not everything is in black and white. 2mo

CrystalE02 I think it depends on the story. 2mo

Aimeesue Indeed. You have to be able to imagine possible ways the events could have occurred before you can figure out if the clues fit into that scenario or not, or if your suspect could have committed the crime in the way you‘ve imagined it happened. They go hand in hand. 2mo

dabbe I find this observation by Sherlock to go against his other postulations when he insists on facts, facts, facts. He doesn't read fiction because it's “imaginary.“ Yet now, he believes it's necessary to employ when trying to solve a case. Could this be a case where the character changes his viewpoint somewhat? We do have to see Holmes and Watson evolve over time, don't we? Or do we? 🧐 2mo

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Silver Blaze | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

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Cuilin Did Sherlock compliment the investigator? 2mo

Librarybelle He did compliment the investigator! To me, Holmes seemed a bit less pompous than in prior stories. Almost human. Almost. 2mo

CrystalE02 Holmes seemed like he was more human and nicer in this story. I was sitting there thinking as I was reading this story, did he fall and hit his head. Lol!!! 2mo

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Read4life I agree. Holmes was definitely more mellow. 2mo

Aimeesue Clearly, the country air did him some good! 😂 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I read this collection 12 years ago. I read The Curious Incident… 2 years ago. When I read that sentence this time around I was surprised and amused.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel

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dabbe Watson made some astute observations that Holmes even complimented him on. I want to know if either one of them bet on Blaze. Watson was quite the gambler. 😀 2mo

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Silver Blaze | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

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Cuilin I really enjoyed this one. Great storytelling and a double mystery. 2mo

Librarybelle I liked this one too. It was a fast read, and there are a couple of instances where Holmes was pleasantly surprised by Watson‘s observations. I was so happy for Watson! 😂 2mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle Sherlock seemed “upbeat” was he under the influence??? lol 2mo

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Librarybelle @Cuilin Maybe he was! 😂 2mo

CrystalE02 I liked it!! I did have to reread a certain part of the story when it came to Holmes conclusion. It was fast. 2mo

Read4life I enjoyed this one, too. 2mo

Aimeesue I enjoyed this one! 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I caught on that the culprit just covered the horse‘s well known markings. I didn‘t critically think about who might have been able to drug the food. I enjoyed this one too. 2mo

dabbe To me, this one is the precursor to the HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (my #1 SH of all time) and the setting on the moors of Dartmoor. Dark, brooding, mysterious ... plus we have a horse in this one and a hound in the other. According to THE STRAND magazine, Doyle listed “Silver Blaze“ as his 13th favorite, and the public (who were polled in 1999) listed it as #4. Of all we've read so far, it'd be in my top ten. 🐎 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe yes, and the moors are a character themselves. Very moody. 2mo

kelli7990 I liked this story. 2mo

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Untitled | Untitled

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

Love the plays on BBC 4
I grew up listening to 2 fm, RIP Gerry Ryan my all time favorite DJ.
I also like NPR. Ira Glass, Terry Gross and “Wait, Wait don‘t tell me”. I liked Diane Rehm too.

TieDyeDude Thanks for sharing! 2mo

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The Silver Donkey | Sonya Hartnett, Don Powers

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During WWI two young French girls befriend a blind, British and AWOL soldier in the woods. They agree to help him get back to his very ill brother in England. He shares stories about the silver trinket he keeps in his pocket. A very sweet and sad story. #MiddleGradeMonday

@Karisimo

Karisimo Wow! I haven‘t heard of this one, but sounds so good! Thanks for sharing! 2mo

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Solace | Baird

#litsolace #hyggehour
It‘s humid in New Hampshire this evening.

Part one: bath, new book, Grapefruit Spindrift, and sand and fog candle. Feeling good so far. Then onto
Part two: bed, Sherlock audiobook, and chamomile tea.

TheBookHippie, jenniferw88, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 2mo

TheBookHippie Looks so lovely !!! 2mo

Chrissyreadit Perfect! 2mo

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Three | Val�rie Perrin

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This is as close to perfection as you can get. I can feel a book hangover on the way. I started on Friday, ignored other reads (apologies Denise, @dabbe reading Sherlock today 🤦‍♀️) and finished it this morning.
“We think we know everything about our friends when we really know nothing” and that‘s basically what this whole book is about. Even the secrets have secrets.

squirrelbrain I *really* need to get to this! 2mo

BarbaraBB I loved this one so much too. And both her other books even more! 2mo

Tamra Love Perrin! 2mo

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Cuilin @BarbaraBB I haven‘t read Forgotten on Sunday‘s yet. Saw someone on Goodreads say it was their favorite. Guess I should order it. 2mo

Cuilin @squirrelbrain it‘s been on my shelf for over a year, now I need to order the next Perrin. 2mo

Cuilin @Tamra same 😊 2mo

squirrelbrain Yes, it‘s been on my shelf for about that long too. 😬 I loved Fresh Water for Flowers but haven‘t read Forgotten on Sundays yet either. 2mo

dabbe Now on the TBR! 🤩 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe Have you read

Fresh Water for Flowers

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dabbe @Cuilin I haven't read anything by her! Should I read that one first? 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe it seems to be the gateway book for fans of hers. 2mo

sarahbarnes I loved Fresh Water and can‘t wait to get to this one! 2mo

Cuilin @sarahbarnes I just ordered from Blackwells

Forgotten on Sunday

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The Secret Chord: A Novel | Geraldine Brooks

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#BookedInTime #BiblicalFiction

I gave it 5 ⭐️ Amazing storytelling, but the violence was difficult to read.
It is the story, told through Nathan the prophet, of King David from young child, to boy hero with a sling, to soldier, becoming king and ruler. This account sees him as both hero and an extremely flawed man.

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dabbe On the list! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

Cuilin @dabbe thanks Denise. 2mo

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Itchyfeetreader Oh I love this author .. I have a different book for this but suspect I won‘t get to it until next month. May has been all sorts of not what I planned ! 2mo

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader Every year I‘m surprised at how busy the month of May is. 2mo

Aimeesue Great review! 2mo

julieclair I think I actually have a copy of this buried somewhere in my bookshelves. 2mo

Cuilin @julieclair it took me a little while to get into it. Glad I stuck with it. 2mo

Cuilin @Aimeesue thanks 😊 2mo

julieclair I dug around and found it on my shelf last night. Since I have only just started the book I had planned to read, I‘m going to switch to this one instead. Thanks for the heads up about sticking with it. 2mo

Cuilin @julieclair I feel I would do you a disservice to also not give some trigger warnings for violence and rape. But I think the telling of the tale is worth the read. 2mo

julieclair Thank you for the warning. I may skim over those scenes. 2mo

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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

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Librarybelle I‘ve not really necessarily followed this thought. I wouldn‘t say this solution follows this, either, but I am admittedly not the deepest thinker. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

CrystalE02 Sometimes I can. It depends on the situation. 2mo

Aimeesue Most of the time you can, as far as crimes go. There are only so many people who could have committed a particular crime. If 3 out of 4 suspects have alibis, it‘s not looking good for #4, unless you can poke holes in an alibi. The tough part is figuring how it was done. Heart of the detective novel, right? 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement Much of the time you can figure out what happened, and these stories are enjoyable because Holmes can figure them out. Yet I think that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction and justice is not always served. 2mo

IndoorDame I‘m going to vote for no. I actually tried to reason this one out (usually I just enjoy the story) and I got a few pieces right but most wrong, but Holmes and I thought through a few totally different suspects, and that‘s just in a short story with limited possibilities, real life is infinitely more random and complex… 2mo

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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

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Librarybelle The son had feelings for Mary, right? To me, I thought his covering for Mary was some weird shielding her from discovery out of love scenario. I think this also shows the dangers of leaping to conclusions - the patriarch immediately labeling the son as the culprit. 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle And the father's following of stereotypes: because the son was a gambler, well he must be a thief then too, right? Wonder if that's a hasty generalization fallacy that we both thought of? 🤔 2mo

CrystalE02 The father's actions and process of thought got me, but it was the time period of the past. That was the way they thought back then. Mary would have been a pawn of her family at the time 2mo

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Librarybelle Yes, @dabbe . Agreed! 2mo

Aimeesue Son: I ain‘t a snitch! Dad: We must find the beryls to avoid National disgrace! Mary: I‘m not saying *I* did it, but Sonny Boy is innocent, I just know it! 2mo

Cuilin @Aimeesue perfect summary, I can tell you hang out with the #hashtagbrigade lol 😆 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement Love is crazy I guess, Holder's son would rather be in jail than put Mary there, no matter the circumstances. Mary's decisions make me sad. I'm sure Burnwell was using her for such a time as this. I don't trust him to have been true to her even if the scheme had worked. I think Mary did leave to be with Burnwell, I just don't think Burnwell will be interested in her for much longer and Mary will be worse off than ever. 2mo

IndoorDame I definitely think lying, knowing you may end up in prison, to protect a woman you know doesn‘t love you is all about honor, and a kind of honor that you really don‘t see anymore. 2mo

Aimeesue @Cuilin #wetalkintags 😂 2mo

Aimeesue @CogsOfEncouragement I agree, he‘s going to dump Mary as soon as she‘s not useful. 2mo

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