@dabbe on Litsy

TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL | Anne 1820-1849 Bronte, William Randolph 1863-1951 Hearst, J. Billings

#threelistthursday #tlt

Pretty crappy score. My face reading the books listed from the 1700s: 😳! I'm hoping to do better as we move chronologically forward in time! 🤣

Three chick-lit faves are in the pic above.

Link to play: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s

TheBookHippie 🙃 15h

CogsOfEncouragement 15 for me! 14h

MonicaLoves2Read I only got 7 😂 I need to read a lot of the classics, I guess. Maybe next week will be better. 12h

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 😅 You kicked my sorry ass. 11h

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement We're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read I do, too! I think we'll get better as the years move up! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee
#allusion

One day late! #oopsie

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

I had to find a bigger hive for all of us! There's still room for a few more, too!
Welcome two more bees to the hive! @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal! 🖤🐝🐝💛

CSeydel I love the three-eyed bee! 15h

dabbe @CSeydel I didn't even notice that! 🤣 @Kristy_K, you are the most special bee! 😍🐝😍 15h

BooksandCoffee4Me So this became Where‘s Waldo as I hunted for the 3-eyed bee. 😂 15h

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dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I did the same thing! And it took me a while! 🤣🤣🤣 15h

lil1inblue @BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe Me as well. 🤣 14h

lil1inblue Is anyone else starting to think in 5 and 7 syllables? I find myself counting syllables on my fingers throughout the day. 🙃😂 14h

Kristy_K @dabbe 😂😂 Love it! It fits me well. 14h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯 11h

dabbe @Kristy_K 🖤🐝💛 11h

AnnCrystal Epic! 👏🏼🥳🐝🍯💖💖💖. 11h

AnnCrystal @lil1inblue totally! There's inspiration everywhere! 😉🪄📜💖. 11h

bellabella Hi @BooksandCoffee4Me and @AnnCrystal! (edited) 10h

bellabella @dabbe , @BooksandCoffee4Me, I know, right? I was about to comment on it. @dabbe, you have a cute little upturned face, though. 10h

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday
@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal

#historyhaiku
#popeleoxiv

BooksandCoffee4Me I said the same thing this morning (last line, not your whole haiku 😁) 16h

AmyG Pope Leo is not a Trump fan. I am excited that he is now the Pope. Wise choice. 15h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me IKR? I couldn't even type his current name. 🤣 15h

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dabbe @AmyG 🎯🩵🎯 15h

Aims42 He was born in Chicago (go Midwestern values!!), and he speaks out against Mango Mussolini and JD Vance (do we have a nickname for him??). I‘m hopeful for good things to come! 15h

lil1inblue 🎯🎯🎯 Love it. 14h

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 14h

Kristy_K 🎯🎯🎯 13h

JenlovesJT47 💛💛💛🐝 13h

ncsufoxes @AmyG I‘m loving the choice & the fact that he said Vance was wrong. I was worried the Catholic Church was going to overcorrect & go back to a strict Roman Catholic path. Pope Leo seems like he‘s going to follow the path of Francis. 11h

dabbe @Aims42 I love #mangomussolini! How about #vampyvance for his vivid eye makeup? (among other things). 🤣 I'm hopeful, too. 🙏🏻 11h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🖤🩵 11h

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤣😍🤣 11h

dabbe @Kristy_K 🩵🖤🩵 11h

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💛🐝🖤 11h

dabbe @ncsufoxes 🙏🏻🩵🙏🏻 11h

Aims42 @dabbe #Vampyvance is perfect 🤣😂🤣😂 11h

dabbe @Aims42 🤣😍🤣 11h

AnnCrystal
💖🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💖👏🏼🤩💝.

We've been celebrating all day, what incredible history.

I wrote my Haiku for tomorrow based on today's Vatican announcement. Can't wait to share here ☺️💝. 11h

AmyG @ncsufoxes I was worried about the same. I am so relieved the right choice was made. 10h

Bklover Not Catholic but I am from Illinois! Came here to see what y‘all thought, and I must say I agree with every one of you!! 💙💙💙 10h

marleed 🤣🤣 when Pope Leo XIV spoke to the crowd in Italian and Spanish. Ohhh the pain to MAGA nationalists‘ ears🤪 7h

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1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Well, this one oughta be fun! I'm such a sucker for book lists. 🤣
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
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 Littens who played last week. 🤩

BkClubCare, DebinHawaii, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, tpixie, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Kshakal, CogsOfEncouragement, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, BethM, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, CSeydel, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Butterfinger, ChaoticMissAdventures, Cupcake12, lil1inblue, Lesliereadsalot, willaful, AnnCrystal, BooksandCoffee4Me

Librarybelle I got 16, but there are so many I‘m in the middle of but did not count because I did not finish them. Some I‘ve not heard of before and others are on my to read list. 😂 16h

BarkingMadRead 27 for me (I counted two that I‘m currently reading) 16h

lil1inblue Uh oh. This era does not bode well for me... 😂 16h

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BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, 22 only! Jane Austen saved me on this one. So many I‘d not heard of but look interesting! Remembered how much I loved Woman in White. Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💛 15h

CSeydel Just 11. Not bad for a STEM major, though, right? … right?? 15h

CSeydel Probably another 11 on my TBR. But most of them I hadn‘t heard of 😔 15h

Amor4Libros I got 1…Moby Dick! 🤣🤣 15h

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 Most from the 1700s, I'm like 😳! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thank goodness for the #hashtagbrigade! We were able to count quite a few! (and I included MILL ON THE FLOSS since we will be finished soon). Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me #ditto! I adored WOMAN IN WHITE! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

dabbe @CSeydel R.I.G.H.T.! 🤣😍🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

dabbe @CSeydel 🎯🩵🎯! 15h

dabbe @Amor4Libros And I only read “Call me Ishmael“ and called it a day! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 15h

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Got 22, which is not too bad for a Lit major focusing on contemporary texts! 15h

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I think you'll kick some serious ass as we move forward in years! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵📚🩵 15h

willaful Only 20 for me! Would be a bit higher if I had participated in *all* the #HashtagBrigade reads. ;-) Nothing I especially want to read but certainly might if the brigade does them. :-) 14h

peaKnit I know face slaps are not allowed but @dabbe…I got 4 😂 thank gosh for Jane Austen. 14h

shortsarahrose I got 12, which is honestly better than I expected (thanks mostly to actually liking 19th century American lit - Melville, Hawthorne, Poe). Sorrows of Young Werther should count twice cause I read it in German 😆 (surprised that with three Goethe texts on the list, Faust wasn‘t one of them! I guess maybe because it‘s technically a play?) 14h

Bklover 18- thanks to #hashtagbrigade and Jane Austen. There are quite a few I hadn‘t even heard of! 14h

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 14h

Bookwormjillk Lucky 13. Grateful for#PemberLittens and #HashtagBrigade 🤣 13h

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I definitely counted Mill on the Floss. We‘re almost done! 13h

Read4life Thanks for the tag!! 💙📚💙 13h

tpixie @Daisey 12h

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh! It is too bad they couldn't find a few more 😂 thanks for the tag! 12h

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! I‘m going to get my book out before I do the survey as my memory was much better back then. 12h

Daisey @tpixie I went through and have read 39 (including currently reading Mill on the Floss). I‘ll have to watch for these the next few weeks. 11h

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade saved my sorry ass! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @peaKnit I think the only one I read from the 1700s was GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. The others I was like 😳. 🤣 We'll get better as the list moves forward a few years!
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @shortsarahrose Yep, I think plays don't count, though they should. And you should count it twice! I read COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO in French, and I counted it twice. I needed all the help I could get! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @Bklover IKR? 1700s was like 😳!!! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 11h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I did, too! 🤣 11h

dabbe @Read4life YW! 😍 11h

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣😍🤣 11h

dabbe @Deblovestoread You have this book? How cool is that? I'm thinking of getting it! 😍 11h

dabbe @Daisey You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 11h

AnnCrystal Thank You For The Tag 📚😉👍🏼💝. (edited) 11h

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 11h

Lesliereadsalot Thanks for the tag but I can barely remember what I had for lunch let alone books from my far past! 🩷 11h

AnnCrystal Whispering again...👀...Zero!

I did watch many as movies, but it's been years.

1 - Carmilla. Long Time TBR book (I'm horrible, still need to read Dracula too).

Movies

2- North and South I saw one version of this many years ago and fell in love with the story

3- Orson Welles In Jane Eyre 💝💝💝.

📚💝. (edited) 10h

melissajayne 17/100 10h

rwmg 39 including 2 I DNF-ed (Clarissa and Tristam Shandy).
10h

Eggs 6 🙀🙄!!! 9h

julesG I might have read 13 books from that list. 7h

julesG @shortsarahrose I had similar thoughts about Goethe and was wondering why a few others were missing. Them being plays might be the reason. 7h

Amiable I don‘t even care about my score —the fact that I could check off “Clarissa” caused me to shout “YES!!” and pump my fist in celebration. 🎉 ☝🏼😀 5h

tpixie 12. It said the average was 18! 5h

TheLudicReader Hahahahaha. 8. 2h

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive
5.7.25

@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal

“Four fillings today.
Seven hours later ... I
have mostly unclenched.“ 😅😅😅

TheBookHippie I WOULD DIE 😭🫣😝😬 1d

Mimi28 Feel better!! 😊🩷🫶🏽 1d

Suet624 I had a root canal today. I think you have me beat. 1d

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Susanita 😳😬 1d

lil1inblue Yikes! I hope you feel better swiftly! 1d

AnnCrystal Yikes 😳🙏💝. 1d

JenlovesJT47 God I feel this in my soul. 😣 Sending happy thoughts and good books your way! 💛💛💛🐝🐝 1d

Lesliereadsalot And on top of the implant! You have my empathy 🩷🦷🩷 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Mimi28 @Suet624 @Susanity @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 @Lesliereadsalot
Thanks, all. I've been told by my dentist that I have jaws of steel and my nightly grinding has contributed to my teeth's demise. Teeth guard has also been molded and ordered. At least the pain lets me know I'm alive! 😍🤣🤩 1d

MemoirsForMe Oh my! Hope you‘re feeling better 😬 1d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe I am. TY! 🩵💙🩵 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe 🙏💝. 1d

TheSpineView Oh my.. 😬 1d

bellabella I'll be praying for your quick recovery! 💝 1d

peaKnit Wait?! Oh no, you poor thing. Rest and a little book shopping spring is earned. I have to get lorazepam for just one filling… 1d

BooksandCoffee4Me Ouch! So sorry! 1d

AmyG Hope you are feeling better soon. 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Mimi28 @Suet 624 @ Susanity @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal @TheSpineView @bellabella @peaKnit @BooksandCoffee4Me
To clarify, the procedure lasted 3 hours (one tooth on every side, both up and down) ... the wearing off of everything took 7 hours. Now, meds for the #chipmunkcheeks. Thanks for the love, everybody! 😍💋😍 1d

Leftcoastzen That‘s a lot ! Rest up ! 1d

AnnCrystal @dabbe true. Rest 🙏💝. 1d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen Will do! 💜💚💜 1d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜💚💜 1d

DogMomIrene Ouch! Hope you‘re feeling better today. My dentist has been prompting me to get a mouth guard too. After reading your comments, I‘m calling them this morning to schedule the molding. Thank you for sharing! 24h

ravenlee Oh my! I‘m sorry you had to go through that, but glad it‘s over and things should improve. I‘ve been using a nightguard since I was sixteen (not the same one, of course!), and can say they make a tremendous difference in my quality of life. 23h

Eggs Oh no poor girl 🦷 21h

dabbe @DogMomIrene I'm still trying to find mine. I think my subliminal brain hid it purposely so I wouldn't find it! 😍🤣🤩 19h

dabbe @ravenlee I just have to get used to it, which for some reason has been hard to do. You've encouraged me to give it another go! 😍🤩😍 19h

dabbe @Eggs I'm much better today! 😅😍🤩 19h

peaKnit I hope you were able to rest and enjoy today! 17h

dabbe @peaKnit So far, so good! Thanks! 😍🤩🤗 16h

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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Hello, Sherlockians~
Sorry I'm so late in posting! Fabulous discussion last Saturday. Next up: “(TAo) The Blanched Soldier.“ Due to Mother's Day this Sunday (HMD, all you moms! 🌹), discussion won't be until NEXT Saturday, 5/17, and will be led by @dabbe.
Link to summary/analysis (spoiler alert!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pq8m0_fIVju34TeDarltkrWZEHgGq0xv/view?usp=shari...
Happy Hump Day! 🐪

Cuilin 👍🙏 1d

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 1d

dabbe @Cuilin 😍🤩😍 1d

dabbe @Liz_M TY! 😍🤩😍 1d

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The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life | Suleika Jaouad

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (😍 for the tag!)

1. Tagged: THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY; it just came out. I learned about the author from an intriguing article in the NYT and just had to have it.
2. I keep two records of books I've read: #1: a journal where I write down favorite quotes that will hopefully help me remember the story and #2: a Litsy review. I love the required shortness of words; you have to really choose your words wisely.
You're all tagged!

Suet624 I agree with you about enjoying having to be brief in reviews. 1d

dabbe @Suet624 What an exercise to try to teach my students! Write a literary analysis in less that 150 words! They're like 😳! Succinct word choice is so important! 🤩😍🤣 1d

Suet624 What a great teaching opportunity. 1d

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shortsarahrose I loved Suleika‘s first book (tagged) and have followed her newsletter for a couple years. Her new one is on my TBR, but I haven‘t gotten it yet!

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

peaKnit The author is incredible and married to John Batiste, hello, power couple of amazing humans. 1d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe Love this! Oh, if I was still teaching. 😊 1d

dabbe @Suet624 🎯🩵🎯 1d

BooksandCoffee4Me My husband and I each have kept chapbooks of quotes. In fact,, I made a Pinterest “chapbook” board for digital reading quotes. 1d

dabbe @shortsarahrose Ooh, thanks for this! #stacked 1d

dabbe @peaKnit How did I not know this? Love even more! 😍🤩😍 1d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🎯🩵🎯 I'm not either, and I miss this kind of teaching most! Grading essays and ornery parents? #notsomuch 🤣 1d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me I'd love to see it if you wouldn't mind sharing the link! 😍 1d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe I refer to it on Pinterest as a Commonplace book - similar purpose: https://www.pinterest.com/?boardId=126663876958866610 1d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me LOVE it! Thanks for sharing! 💜💚💜 1d

Eggs Thanks for joining in 💛🧡💛 22h

dabbe @Eggs 💛🩷💛 19h

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#bibliiophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#psychthriller 🖤🦢🖤

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 2d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻 1d

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 22h

dabbe @Eggs 🙌🏻 19h

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Cascadia | Brenda Hillman

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wedge

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💚💜 1d

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, “the cheerful, mild, constant anxiety of childhood turned to writing” — my high school self. 1d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🎯🩵🎯 1d

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#haikuaday

Welcome to the #haikuhive, @julieclair!

@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella

DebinHawaii Yay! Welcome @julieclair 🎉 I need to get around to everyone‘s haikus tonight when I‘m done with work. 3d

lil1inblue This graphic makes me smile! 😍 And welcome, @julieclair! 😃 3d

bellabella Hope you have fun, @julieclair!! 💕 I am also a new member and I'm enjoying the little brain exercise 😄 3d

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dabbe @DebinHawaii They bring such JOY!!! 💚💜💚 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💛🐝🖤 3d

dabbe @bellabella 🖤🐝💛 3d

ShelleyBooksie Adorable ♡ 3d

julieclair Thank you for the warm welcome! @dabbe @DebinHawaii @lil1inblue @bellabella 🐝💛 23h

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#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair

Just ordered passport
to see @TheLudicReader––
beyond excited!
🇺🇸✈️🇨🇦

Lesliereadsalot So cool!! Is that Canada? 3d

TheBookHippie YAYAYAYAYAY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 3d

Blerdgal_Fenix woohoo!! I am so happy for you. I am looking forward to pictures 3d

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dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Yep! ♥️🇨🇦♥️ Hope they'll accept me! 🤣 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Think we can attend a protest there? 🤔♥️✊🏻 3d

dabbe @Blerdgal_Fenix We'll do our best! 🇺🇸♥️🇨🇦 3d

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🙃 just tell them to add Michigan to their country 🙃😂🤣🫣 they protest across the bridge by Detroit frequently .. 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie It would be quite something to protest in another country! 🤣😱🤣 3d

TheBookHippie @dabbe I have in the 1980s AIDS crisis in Canada. I don‘t leave the country now. Not safe. 3d

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie I'm so on board with this! 😉 3d

lil1inblue Hooray! How fun! 3d

bellabella Wow! How fun! 3d

DogMomIrene How fun! Hope we get to see lots of photos of you two ladies seeing the sights and browsing some books🙌🏼 3d

JenlovesJT47 So fun 💜💜💜 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue @bellabella @DogMomIrene @JenlovesJT47 It should be lots of fun! I think I'm going to buy some Canadian shirts to wear so that I blend in with the crowd. Or maybe that would be too much of a clue that I DON“T blend in. 🤣 3d

Kristy_K How exciting!! 3d

ShelleyBooksie Yay!! Can't wait. 3d

TheLudicReader Whoopie! 2d

dabbe @Kristy_K 😍🐝🖤 2d

dabbe @TheLudicReader I'm already looking for new cocktail recipes. 🍸 2d

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🎯🩵🎯 2d

bellabella @dabbe Haha, right? Deciding what to wear is always the problem 😋 2d

DebinHawaii Love the haiku & the visit even more! 🤩🐝🖤 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii 🖤🐝💛 2d

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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

1. Definitely sitting up. I try to read laying down when going to bed and in about 30 seconds I'm 🫩🥱😴
2. Still finishing this one. I'm lovin' it; I just haven't had much time to read lately!

Play? @TheLudicReader @BarkingMadRead @wanderinglynn

Blerdgal_Fenix I prefer sitting in the corner of my couch. I am about to start Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - first book of my book spin for May. 3d

dabbe @Blerdgal_Fenix I love my couch corner, too! It's so comfy! 💚💜💚
3d

BarkingMadRead Definitely sitting, if I lay down it‘s gonna be lights out 🤣 💤 3d

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bellabella @BarkingMadRead SAME!! 😂 3d

dabbe @BarkingMadRead @bellabella 🎯🩵🎯 3d

wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag! 2d

dabbe @wanderinglynn YW! 😍 2d

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#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#cultclassic

Oh, the high school and college memories of this one. 💋💋💋

AmyG A huge favorite! Remember the midnight showing at the theater? 3d

Ruthiella @AmyG Totally. In high school my friends and I were all about the midnight movies. Rocky Horror for with my nerdy friends and Song Remains the Same with my cool friends. 3d

AmyG @Ruthiella Ha! I forgot about Song Remains the Same. Good times. (edited) 3d

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ElizaMarie Oooo Its one of my favorites!!! I was Columbia in College. Loved our crew! Ah the memories! 3d

dabbe @AmyG @Ruthiella @ElizaMarie I also forgot about SONG REMAINS THE SAME! I still watch clips on YouTube just to drool over Robert Plant! Midnight movies, doing the dances ... such fun memories. 3d

Blerdgal_Fenix I loved this movie. I just saw Barry Bosworth at a horror convention I attended. 3d

dabbe @Blerdgal_Fenix Lordy be! I haven't heard of Barry Bosworth in years! How's he looking? 3d

Ruthiella @AmyG @dabbe Eraserhead was also always playing, but I never went. Still not a fan of horror. Too wimpy! 😬😂 3d

Soubhiville I used to drive 2+ hours to Boston‘s Lowe Theater to see the midnight showing every few weeks. My sister and I were die hard fans! I had a Magenta costume. 🩷 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh my, reminded of my high school friends and I cruising Sunset Blvd on weekend nights and gawking at the line of costumed people waiting to see the show! No, never saw it, myself. 3d

dabbe @Ruthiella Same! I never saw it because I was too terrified! 🤣😱🤣 3d

dabbe @Soubhiville Oh please let me hope that there's a picture you have somewhere to share! 🩷 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Just the idea that you were cruising Sunset Blvd is more than cool enough! 😍 (edited) 3d

Leftcoastzen It‘s just a jump to the left, And a step to the right.Put your hands on your hips, You bring knees in tight… 3d

BooksandCoffee4Me @dabbe Well, we thought we were cool. 😎 😂😂 3d

Eggs Brilliant 💋💋 3d

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 😍😎😍 2d

dabbe @Eggs 💋🖤💋 2d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wed

BkClubCare Aw ❤️ 3d

dabbe @BkClubCare 💜💚💜 3d

TheSpineView ❤️🥂💍 3d

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bellabella So sweet 💕 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💜💚 3d

dabbe @bellabella 💚💜💚 3d

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dabbe

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#haikuhive
#haikuaday
5.4.25

@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella

JenlovesJT47 The best kinds of days. 💛🐝 4d

TheBookHippie Best ever of days!!!! 4d

TheSpineView Wonderful day! 4d

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Aims42 What a great sounding day!!! 4d

bellabella Sounds fun!! 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Aims42 @bellabella
We also enjoyed Carajillo cocktails (coffee shaken with Licor 43), so Matt and I were pretty much on relaxation mode for the rest of the day! 🤣

BTW, they were DELISH! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026779-carajillo?smid=url-share

🖤🐝💛 4d

Aims42 @dabbe Ooooo yum!! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🥰😍 4d

JenlovesJT47 Ooh that sounds yummy! 4d

kspenmoll Sounds lime the perfect Sunday! 4d

AnnCrystal 💕🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺💝. 3d

dabbe @Aims42 @JenlovesJT47
They're so good, Matt bought d-caf coffe so we could have one in the evening! 😍 3d

dabbe @kspenmoll It was! 😍 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 3d

MemoirsForMe What a perfect day! 🙌🏻❤️🐾 3d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe It was! 💙🩵💙 3d

DebinHawaii Perfect! Love days like this! 🐝💛🖤 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii They are key to a balanced life! 🖤🐝💛 2d

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Haiku | Richard Wright

#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Hello, busy bees, creating haikus everywhere you please!
When you share, please tag all of us so we can toast
you and your gloriously-worded post.

Anyone can join in at anytime! 🐝🖤🐝

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, TheSpineView, lil1inblue, bellabella

TheBookHippie I‘m having such fun! Much needed joy. 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie #amensista! 💛🐝🖤 4d

JenlovesJT47 Thanks for doing this! I‘m thoroughly enjoying myself. 🤓 Quick question 🙋🏻‍♀️: some of my haikus are more personal — anybody opposed to me posting those sorts of things? 4d

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bellabella Cute poem! 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 We are here to enjoy, sympathize if needed, and to listen! 😍 Whatever you want, m'dear. 💜💚💜 4d

dabbe @bellabella 🖤🐝💛 4d

JenlovesJT47 💛🐝💛 4d

julieclair I‘d like to join the hive! And at least give it a try. 🐝 3d

dabbe @julieclair Yay, you adorable bee, you! I'm adding you to our list! 💛🐝🖤 3d

Kristy_K Love the graphic! 💛💛🐝 3d

dabbe @Kristy_K I used an image AI from Google Labs, and I was quite impressed! Here's the link if you want to try it: https://labs.google/fx/tools/image-fx 💛🐝🖤 3d

julieclair @Why thank you, lovely Queen Bee! 😀 🐝👑💛 3d

dabbe @julieclair 💛🐝🖤 3d

DebinHawaii This is so cute! 💛🐝💛 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii 🖤🐝💛 2d

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dabbe

The Iliad | Robert Fagles

One day late.

I would love to eat ambrosia and drink nectar with the Greek gods. That way, I'd stay young, gorgeous, and live forever so I could actually read every book on my TBR! 🤩🤣🤩

Gissy I need to eat that too🙋🏽‍♀️😂 4d

dabbe @Gissy IKR? 🤣😍🤩 4d

TheSpineView Great answer. I need to join you on this one! 😂 4d

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BookmarkTavern I wasn‘t sure I agreed, and then you mentioned finishing your TBR, and you got me! 😂 Thanks for sharing! 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView Wouldn't it be just incredible? 😍🤣🤩 3d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🤣😍🤣 3d

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dabbe

The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

#readyourbooks #readyourkindle @CBee

I had a pretty crappy reading month in April, so the two on the left are leftovers from then. Here's hoping May is better!

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Haiku | Richard Wright

#haikuaday
5.5.25

@TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella

Unbelievable break in the weather this week. Our last cool hurrah! 🩵🌧️💙

JenlovesJT47 💙💙💙 4d

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!! 4d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙🩵💙 4d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie IKR? An actual positive post from me about the weather here! 💙🤣💙 4d

lil1inblue 🌧🩵🌧 Hooray! 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙🌧️🩵 4d

TheSpineView Rain, yeah! 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView Hallelujah! 🩵💙🩵 4d

AnnCrystal
🌬️🌧️🌵👏😍💝💝💝. 3d

AnnCrystal Beautiful! 😍💝. 3d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 3d

julieclair Beautiful! 3d

Kristy_K Love the sky! 3d

DogMomIrene Always loved the desert smell after rain. 3d

dabbe @julieclair @Kristy_K 💙🩵💙 3d

dabbe @DogMomIrene There's no other smell like it. 🩵🌵💙 3d

DebinHawaii Gorgeous! 🌵🐝💛 2d

dabbe @DebinHawaii My favorite part of the desert--days like this. 🩵💙🩵 2d

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dabbe

The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#birds
😱🐦‍⬛😱

ImperfectCJ Did you know that the movie is based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier? 4d

dabbe @ImperfectCJ Yep! I bought the book DON'T LOOK NOW just to read it! 🤩😍🤩 4d

Eggs Classic👏🏻👏🏻 3d

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marleed Ohhh I did not know this! 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 3d

dabbe @marleed IKR? The book is an anthology of a bunch of her short stories! 😍 3d

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dabbe

The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#bkbasedonpainting

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 4d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤 3d

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 3d

dabbe @Eggs 🖤 3d

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dabbe

Charlotte's Web | E.B. White

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#web

TheSpineView Lovely! Not a fan of spiders but loved Charlotte's Web. 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🩵🎯! 4d

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dabbe

Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral | Gabriela Mistral, Ursula K. Le Guin

#poetrymatters
#weave
@TheSpineView

lil1inblue 🩷❤️🧡 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜💚💜 4d

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💚💜 1d

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The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

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

My two for May! Let's go! 🏁

Librarybelle Yay! 5d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 5d

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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 ♡ 6d

TheSpineView ❤️🐾❤️ 6d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

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Leftcoastzen Yay! Great day for a walk! 6d

ElizaMarie These babies! 6d

AnnCrystal 💕💕🐕‍🦺🐾🐕‍🦺💝💝. 6d

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

lil1inblue 🐾💓🐾 5d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🖤🐾🖤 5d

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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 😂 6d

MemoirsForMe Betty Buckley‘s rendition of “Memory” still gives me chills! 🙌🏻🎶 6d

Ruthiella @MemoirsForMe I often watch her performance on YouTube at the 1983 Tony Awards. It‘s so very good. 6d

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dabbe @TheKidUpstairs Same here! 🤣🙀🤣 6d

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

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

MemoirsForMe @Ruthiella @dabbe I got to see Betty live onstage years ago and she blew me away. Whoa! Oh, and Elaine Paige! I‘ve seen videos of her singing both Memory and I Dreamed a Dream. How can you choose? Both are phenomenal! And let‘s not forget Sarah Brightman. Oh my! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💗💗💗 5d

MemoirsForMe @dabbe Right??? And to think she even was the gym teacher in Carrie! 🫣😳😬 5d

Eggs Perfection 🐱 5d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe OMG; I forgot about that one! 😱🤣🤩 5d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe To all 3: 🎯🩵🎯 And how lucky were you? 😍 5d

dabbe @Eggs 💛😸🖤 5d

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dabbe

Heart-shape in the Dust: Poems | Robert Hayden

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#weather

TheSpineView 🩵🩵🩵 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🔥♥️ 6d

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dabbe

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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 💛🧡🩷 6d

ravenlee I love the story about the woodpecker (who couldn‘t be reached for comment!) 😆 6d

peaKnit #cheetosatan - might be the best hashtag ever. 6d

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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. 6d

Karisa #cheetosatan for the win! 😂 6d

TheBookHippie Cheeto Satan 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6d

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk Wild turkeys are ridiculously evil. 🫣😵‍💫 6d

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 6d

AnnCrystal 🐕‍🦺🐶🐕🫂💝💝💝💝💝. 6d

dabbe @Aims42 💚💜💚 6d

dabbe @ravenlee And he's a Woody the Woodpecker! 🤩🤣😍 6d

dabbe @peaKnit Full credit for this goes to @TheBookHippie. 😍🤩🤣 6d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk OMG, I would be terrified of a wild turkey! 🤣😱😍 6d

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! 🤣😍🤩 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie Great name, though! That's the only thing that's “great“ about it! 🤣😍🤣 6d

dabbe @mcctrish As in Canadian geese? They're so beautiful, though! But I get it. Even our geese here can be fairly treacherous! 🤣😍🤣 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜💚💜 6d

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dabbe

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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. 7d

TheBookHippie 🤭😭🤦🏻‍♀️ 7d

Kristy_K I agree with this! 7d

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TheSpineView Good one! 😂 7d

Lesliereadsalot Pretty hot here in Florida too! 7d

IriDas I used to live in the SoCal desert so I do understand the sentiment. :) 7d

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! 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤣🔥😍 6d

dabbe @Kristy_K 🎯🩵🎯 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍🤣🤗 6d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Is your humidity up, too? 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe currently 42F (edited) 6d

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! 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😲😳😱 That would probably be our coldest day in winter. (edited) 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe spring … 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6d

Lesliereadsalot Surprisingly, no humidity! But expecting a zillion lovebugs any second. Back to Chicago on Wednesday. 6d

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. 😍 6d

Lesliereadsalot Thanks! 🩷 6d

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Dead Poets Society | N.H. Kleinbaum

#bibliophile
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#poetrycollection (various ones throughout the movie)
#deadpoetssociety

Eggs 🙌🏻🫶🏻👏🏻👍🏼 7d

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wear

TheSpineView 🩵🩵🩵 7d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💚💜 7d

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dabbe

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

Bring it on, May! 💚💜💚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1w

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dabbe

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

Let's go, May! 💜💚

CBee You‘re welcome ♥️ 1w

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dabbe

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

#readingbracket2025 (thanks @Catsandbooks! 😍)

Catsandbooks Wonderful 🎉👏🏼 3d

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dabbe

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. 1w

BkClubCare Extra Credit!! 🌟 oui!! 1w

dabbe @AmyG Is it a series? 1w

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dabbe @BkClubCare Merci beaucoup! 🇫🇷 1w

AnnCrystal Read in French 👏🏼🤩🆒📚💝. 1w

AmyG No. 1w

dabbe @AmyG Good to know. 👍🏻 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal I had no choice; it was part of the class! 🤣 7d

AnnCrystal @dabbe ohhh ☺️👌💝. 6d

Butterfinger I love Auel. 5d

dabbe @Butterfinger Good go know. That book has been on my TBR for almost forever! 🤣 5d

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dabbe

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 ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🖤🖤 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me Perfect for you and by you! 💛 1w

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dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Aww shucks! ☺️ TY! 😍 1w

lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 1w

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. 💜💙💜 1w

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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!!! 💜 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView Is it wrong that I so enjoy just looking at him, too? 🤣💜🤣 1w

Eggs 👏🏻👍🏼🙌🏻 1w

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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 1w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfection ❤️ 1w

dabbe @Eggs 😍🤣🤩 1w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures ... and sexy! Thanks for sharing the link. He completely reeks of style! 😍🤣😍 1w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks He certainly is! 😍 1w

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dabbe

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!🤩 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜💜💜 1w

lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜💜💜 1w

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dabbe

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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! 1w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #yahooyou!!! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1w

Soubhiville Terry Pratchett should be popular everywhere! He‘s a favorite of mine. 1w

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Soubhiville I‘ve read 47, and I‘d say my favorites are LOTR, Terry Pratchett‘s, and Watership Down. 1w

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! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Soubhiville #woohooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

CogsOfEncouragement 43 for this one. So many good ones too. Some I‘ve enjoyed more than once. 1w

CSeydel I got 47. My favorites are probably Rebecca, A Christmas Carol, and Wind in the Willows 1w

CSeydel But Terry Pratchett‘s books are excellent also! He has a way of combining wordplay, satire and fantasy to hilarious effect (edited) 1w

jenniferw88 50! 1w

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 😘💛🏷 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1w

dabbe @CSeydel Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1w

dabbe @CSeydel Another reason I'm moving him up on my TBR pile! 1w

dabbe @jenniferw88 W🤩WZA! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1w

julesG Thanks to Pratchett my tally comes up to 27. 😁 1w

peaKnit Thank you for the tag! Only 23 for me 🤦🏼‍♀️ I 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 1w

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.” 1w

dabbe @julesG He must be one of the best writers ever! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 1w

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! 💜💜💜 1w

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! 💜💜💜 1w

peaKnit Thank you!! I‘d have been in bigger trouble had Harry Potter not rescued me lol! Many on my TBR all the same:) 1w

Amor4Libros 13! 😅 Harry Potter helped me get to double digits 🤣 1w

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! 1w

TheLudicReader 30. How can I even call myself a reader? 1w

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. 😊 1w

Lynnsoprano 25 🙄 Mostly the English classics. I‘m hanging my head 1w

Librarybelle 31 for me. There are a few I am in the middle of, but still, ouch! 1w

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! 🤩 1w

dabbe @Amor4Libros Yay for HP! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot I bow to your wow. I could NEVER had survived two semesters of Russian novels! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

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. 💜💜💜 1w

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. 💜💜💜 1w

CSeydel It‘s a very odd list! 1w

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. 💜💜💜 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I'll be ouchie right there with you! It's a quirky list, to say the least! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

dabbe @CSeydel 🎯🩵🎯! 1w

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. 1w

dabbe @rwmg W🤩WZA! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

Amor4Libros @TheLudicReader I got 13! 🤣🤣 1w

dabbe @Amor4Libros Way better than zero! Seriously, though, what a weird list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 1w

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 1w

AnnCrystal Thank You For The Tag 🥳👍🏼📚💝. 1w

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...

📚💝. 1w

AnnCrystal My three, must read someday: Harry Potter books, the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, and The Christmas Carol ☺️📚💝. (edited) 1w

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. ) 7d

melissajayne 41 7d

tpixie Hmm 36% 7d

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😍 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 7d

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! 💜💜💜 7d

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I don't think I read anything on the lower half of the list! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 7d

dabbe @melissajayne Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 7d

dabbe @tpixie We're close in our scores! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💜💜💜 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal Especially A CHRISTMAS CAROL. I reread that one (and see a bunch of movie variations) every year during holiday season. 🎄 7d

Bklover 43! Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🩷 7d

dabbe @Bklover YW! 😍 6d

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! ☺️👍🏼📚🎬💖. 6d

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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 1w

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. 1w

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!!!! 1w

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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. 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks #amen! 😍 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue And hopefully she'll fill in nicely after the loss of Joan. 😍 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll TY! I try! The posts will be here for you, too! 😍 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie Delightfully so! 🤣 1w

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. 1w

dabbe @Daisey I love how you predict a more positive future for Josephine and Shardlake. 🩵 1w

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. 1w

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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. 1w

LiseWorks Just to show you are this constant fighting with the French was a waste of time 1w

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. 1w

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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. 1w

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! 😱 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks Seems like they've been at it forever, doesn't it? 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🎯🩵! Everybody loves a love story gone horribly wrong, don't they? Look at how we devour that kind of entertainment even today! 1w

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

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. 1w

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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. 1w

LiseWorks I'm not sure I liked the king lol or any of the men. 1w

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf 🎯🎯🎯 1w

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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! 1w

AnneCecilie The rich and powerful get away with everything 1w

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. 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks 🎯🩵🎯 Henry VIII just thoroughly disgusts me. 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue I did love Catherine Parr giving Rich the what-for, though! In fact, I was absolutely GLEEFUL! 🤣 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie #stilltoday 🎯🩵🎯 1w

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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. 1w

lil1inblue The Hobbeys - ugh. Is it weird that they gave me Wuthering Heights vibes? They all seem so utterly miserable. 1w

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 1w

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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? 1w

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. 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 And if the rich get caught (like Rich), they still can come out smelling like a rose ... maybe. 1w

AnneCecilie The King probably didn‘t care because Rich brought in the money 1w

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. 🥺 1w

kwmg40 The Hobbeys were definitely unlikeable but at the same time, I found them really interesting, with all their secrets and complicated family relationships. 1w

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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).. 1w

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. 1w

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. 1w

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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. 1w

lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf I agree about his naivete. I think he is almost too just to predict the levels of evil he encounters. 1w

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 1w

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? 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks Yet he will lie and be sly if he needs to--all for the good, of course. He is a complex man. 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue He is definitely someone I would want on my side! 1w

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. 1w

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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. 1w

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? 1w

lil1inblue This one had me baffled! I was honestly shocked by both cases. 1w

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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. 1w

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 1w

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! 🤣 1w

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. 😫 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue Me, too! And I've read it before! I think I need to pay better attention when I'm reading! 🤣 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue Shardlake even basically tells Barak that the mentor has become the mentee. I love their relationship, too. 🤩 1w

dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 It was like I was reading it for the first time! 1w

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? 1w

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. 1w

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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! 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn I think I just might! 😍 1w

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Untitled | Untitled

#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!!! 1w

dabbe @CBee 🩵💙🩵 1w

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