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dabbe

dabbe

Joined May 2018

Retired English teacher • Lover of dogs (liker of cats) • Sherlock Holmes Fanatic • Reading is Life
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#SundayFunday
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs! 😘

I can usually keep 3-4 going at the same time--if my brain is functioning at full capacity. 🤪

Play? @ThePageShifter @barkingmadread @mcctrish

BookmarkTavern I‘m usually good with three or four too! Thanks for posting! 18m
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willaful What a beauty! 5h
dabbe @willaful 🤩✏️🤩 5h
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Haywire: Poems | George Bilgere
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IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 5h
dabbe @IndoorDame 🩶🧡🩶 5h
TheSpineView 💜💜💜 4h
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#ShardlakeSeriesBR

Hey, Shardlakians~
A fun October fest awaits with the #HauntedShelf, hosted by @PuddleJumper! The link below will take you to her original post where you can sign up! This is right up our Tudor dark alley, so to speak--since what we're reading fits and counts as a readathon for all of October! 🧡🎃🧡
Link to sign up: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2771648

Gissy I‘m in🙋🏽‍♀️ 1d
dabbe @Gissy Yay! 🤩😊🤗 1d
kwmg40 I“ve signed up! 22h
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dabbe @kwmg40 Yahoo! 🤩🤗😊 20h
kelli7990 I signed up 18h
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 16h
Cuilin ✅👻 11h
dabbe @kelli7990 Wahoo! 🤩🤗😊 5h
dabbe @PuddleJumper 🩶🧡🩶 5h
dabbe @Cuilin 🩶🧡🩶 5h
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin

Hey, Sherlockians~
A fun October fest awaits with the #HauntedShelf, hosted by @PuddleJumper! The link below will take you to her original post where you can sign up! This is right up our Watsonian dark alley, so to speak--since what we're reading fits and counts as a readathon for all of October! 🧡🎃🧡
Link to sign up: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2771648

AnnCrystal 💕Thanks for the tag 📚☺️💝. Oh boy, I definitely have haunted bookshelves 📚😂👍. 1d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂👻😂 1d
Sace My bookshelves are sooooo haunted. 👻 24h
dabbe @Sace 🤩👻🤩 23h
PuddleJumper 🖤🖤 16h
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday

See the link below for the list of SPOOKY HALLOWEEN READS recommended by Littens. The spreadsheet is available to EVERYONE to edit, so if you want to add any books (like people sharing their TBR's for #HalloweenShelf, please do so. Books don't have to be near Halloween or even spooky. Cozy mysteries, regular mysteries--it's all good! ⬇️

Here's the link: https://shorturl.at/pkmCa
Tagged people who contributed to the list.

dabbe Also, if I made any errors or missed a book, please feel free to fix it for all of us! Or let me know, and I'll happily do it! Thanks, everyone! 🧡🎃🧡 1d
JenlovesJT47 Thanks for doing this! 1d
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AnnCrystal 😎👍💝. 1d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶🧡🩶 1d
bthegood Thanks for doing this - great resource!! Added a few books to my TBR for #HauntedShelf - 🎃 (edited) 14h
dabbe @bthegood 🩶🧡🩶 5h
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It hasn't been below 100ºF (37.7778ºC) in Phoenix since May 26th. 😳

Today's forecast. Dare the phoenix finally rise from the ashes? 🤞🏻

TheSpineView 🤞 Hoping for the best! 1d
BarbaraJean 😩 Hoping it stays in the two-digit range for you!! 1d
kspenmoll I hope so for your sake!!! 1d
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Bookwormjillk Hope it stays that way for a while! 1d
LiteraryinPA Yikes, that‘s intense! 1d
TrishB Was just thinking about putting the heating on here!! 1d
IndoorDame 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 1d
Lesliereadsalot 99 night feel like there‘s a chill in the air! 1d
dabbe @TheSpineView ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
dabbe @BarbaraJean ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
dabbe @kspenmoll ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
dabbe @LiteraryinPA ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
dabbe @TrishB ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
dabbe @IndoorDame ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 1d
AnneCecilie I can‘t even imagine that. I think the highest temperature I‘ve had this year is 27 degrees C (80 degrees F) and that was too hot. 6h
dabbe @AnneCecilie Being born here, I guess I\'ve learned to live with it. Though ever since my menopausal-hot-flash days, I\'m seriously more grumpy about it. On a positive note, the winters are lovely. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 5h
AnneCecilie I think we‘ll have different opinions of a lovely winter. For me the perfect winter is between -5 and - 10 degrees Celsius (23 - 14 degrees F). The -10 needs a little adjustment. And a lot of snow all through the winter months. None of that snow melting, turning to ice and doing your best not to fall. Snow also makes it a lot lighter during the dark winter months. (edited) 5h
dabbe @AnneCecilie Okay, I\'m heading your way for a winter vacation! 🤩❄️🤩 5h
AnneCecilie To be absolutely sure, you might have to head a little further north, but then there‘s snow guarantee. We have too much of the snow melting and turning to ice, but every once in a while it stays and it‘s lovely 4h
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Homecoming | Cynthia Voigt
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Eggs Perfect 🤩 1d
dabbe @Eggs 🩶🧡🩶 1d
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Wonder Cabinet: Poems | David Barber
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TheSpineView 😍😍😍 1d
IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 1d
dabbe @TheSpineView 🩶🧡🩶 1d
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#HauntedShelf @PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #frightclub

Here's my hopefully doable TBR for October. 🎃

PuddleJumper 🖤🦇🖤 2d
jenniferw88 Hi Denise! Just to say thank you for your #litsylove letter - it arrived in the post a couple of days ago. I have replied via email as I've broken my hip so can't get down to the Post Office. I'm not sure if you've seen it but it should have come from irene_gulliver@yahoo.co.uk 1d
dabbe @jenniferw88 Hi, Jennifer! I did get your email, and I am so sorry to read that you broke your hip! I hope you're resting and getting well. Glad you got my letter, and I'll be replying back soon--via snail mail across the big pond! 🩶🧡🩶 (edited) 1d
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#hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #frightclub

Quick question: Do buddy reads count as readathons? Ex.: #NoPlaceLikeHolmes is reading Halloweeny SH stuff the entire month of October. #NancyDrewBR is reading a mystery in October. #ShardlakeSeriesBR is reading a dark Tudor-mystery read in October. The #hashtagbrigade is reading DRACULA for the entire month of October.

Jadams89 I‘ll find out! 2d
PuddleJumper Yes, it does. 'Readathon' is being very loosely used. It means any reading challenge, bingo board, buddy read etc 2d
dabbe @PuddleJumper Can they be placed on the “October Readathons“ spreadsheet, or should we just get the word out to the people who belong in the buddy reads? 🩶🧡🩶 1d
PuddleJumper @dabbe I'll add them to the spreadsheet 17h
dabbe @PuddleJumper Thank you! 🤗🥰🤩 5h
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#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag; you, too, @Eggs! 😘)

1. Mailing out my #LitSolace autumn cards.
2. Writing postcards to get people to vote in November.
3. Getting ready to high-five Randy Johnson's Bobble-Mascot at the D-Backs game on Wed.
4. Tuesday night's debate + a hat to show how easy it is to pronounce Kamala's name. Perhaps Trump should wear it so he'd remember. 😂
5. Pippa, Kate, & Matt. #always

Play? @AmyG @batsy

Lesliereadsalot Great joys! Love the hat!! 2d
AmyG Thank you fpr the tag. I will try tomorrow. I have a horrible cold…feeling miserable. And Yes to the hat!!! (edited) 2d
Suet624 Yes to all of this. 2d
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Mimi28 Great everything especially the hat 😉 2d
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🤩😂😊 2d
dabbe @AmyG Oh, no! Feel better soon! 🧡🩶🧡 2d
dabbe @Suet624 🤩😂😊 2d
dabbe @Mimi28 🤩😂😊 2d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2d
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛Yay to autumn cards 🍁🧡🍂 & writing postcards & yes, that hat is everything!!!🧢💙 Thanks for joining in & helping spread the joy! 🤗 1d
dabbe @DebinHawaii 🩶🧡🩶 1d
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#ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead (thanks for the tag! 😘)

AUTUMN: DRACULA by Bram Stoker: a recurring fall read for me.

WINTER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens: a recurring winter read for me.

SPRING: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen: I always think of Pemberley in the spring.

SUMMER: THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald: nothing says summer to me like the climatic scene at the Plaza Hotel.

IndoorDame I‘m so psyched we‘re reading Dracula next month! It‘s been several years since my last read 🖤 2d
RaeLovesToRead Yes to all of these!!!!! 2d
dabbe @IndoorDame It is just the PERFECT autumn/spooky read, isn't it? 🖤 2d
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#SchoolSpirit
#graduation ... #graduate
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. 🥂

IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2d
peaKnit “Jesus loves you more than you will know” - uh oh my ear worm of the day lol! 2d
Eggs Great film 🎥 1d
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dabbe @IndoorDame 🩶🧡🩶 1d
dabbe @peaKnit Time to get out the Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits! 😂 1d
dabbe @Eggs 🤩😊🤗 1d
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TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 2d
IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 2d
dabbe @TheSpineView 🩶🧡🩶 2d
dabbe @IndoorDame 🩶🧡🩶 2d
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One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote | Bonnie Worth, Katherine Ross
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Look what arrived, @Catsandbooks! And two adorable bracelets! I'm starting to write them right now while watching ASU football. Glad to be doing a little something for this momentous election! ❤️🇺🇸💙

Catsandbooks Yay! Glad they arrived safely! 💙❤️💪🏼 3d
ChaoticMissAdventures I have done this the last couple of elections it always feels good to DO something. Especially in my state where we are all mail in with no voting locations we can volunteer at. 3d
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉💛💛💛💛♥️🤍💙 3d
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dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🎯. I could never do the phone bank thing; I can't stand talking on the phone! But I feel good doing just a little part. 🥰 3d
Charityann I love the bracelets!😄 3d
peaKnit I need to make these bracelets! Adorable. 3d
dabbe @Charityann Isn't she creative? 🤩 3d
dabbe @peaKnit 🤩 3d
Seabreeze_Reader Really cute bracelets! Good luck with your postcard writing. I'm slowly doing the same but for AZ. 3d
dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader How funny! I live in AZ! 🤩🤩🤩 3d
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The Elementals | Michael McDowell
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#TLT
My October recommendations! #frightclub #hauntedshelf @jadams89

1. THE ELEMENTALS: McDowell is the one who wrote the original screenplay for BEETLEJUICE. true horror at its Southern Gothic best.
2. HALLOWE'EN PARTY: gotta have at least one Christie, right?
3. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: My #1 book of all time. The scary moors, a howling hound, a man literally scared to death, and Holmes & Watson. #perfection

BookwormAHN I loved the Elementals 🖤 3d
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kspenmoll Perfect!!! 3d
IndoorDame 👏🙌👏 3d
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 🤗🙌🏻👏🏻👌🏼 3d
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Leftcoastzen The BEST field trip!😃⚾️ 3d
dabbe @kspenmoll 🤩😂🤗 3d
dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩😊🥰 3d
dabbe @Eggs 🤩😂🤗 3d
dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🤩🥰😂 3d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Brilliant 🙌🏻 3d
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#poetrymatters
#variant ... variations 🤷‍♀️
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Perfect!🤩🤩🤩 3d
dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 3d
lil1inblue 💛 😍 💛 2d
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And it's off! Here's hoping my Litten likes it! Thanks for being such fabulous hostesses, @Chrissyreadit and @Avanders! 🩶🧡🩶
#FFFS #FallingForFallSwap

Avanders Woo hoo! 🍁🍎🍂 3d
dabbe @Avanders 🩶🧡🩶 3d
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

I've been seeing lots of Halloween posts lately, and I need help finding some fantastic spooky reads. I bet others do, too! So, for this week' #TLT, please share some of your favorite spooky reads by filling out the survey below. I'll then create a spreadsheet for ALL of us to share. The more people who do this, the better the list we'll have! Please tag a few, too!
Here's the survey link: https://shorturl.at/Npiu0

tpixie Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🩵 3d
Librarybelle Oh! I‘ll have to think about titles! 3d
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 3d
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KateReadsYA Can you tag me in the list when it's done?! I'd like to add more to my spooky tbr! 3d
AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag ☺️👍📚💝. Spooky fun 👻 😎👍. 3d
IndoorDame Favorites added. Can‘t wait to see the final list! 3d
PurpleyPumpkin Ooh this is a great idea. Looking forward to seeing the final list as this isn‘t really a genre I know much about! 3d
dabbe @tpixie 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @Librarybelle 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @Deblovestoread 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @KateReadsYA You betcha! And what a fabulous idea! I'll tag as many as Litsy will let me! 🤩😊🤗 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @IndoorDame 🩶🧡🩶 #metoo! 3d
dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Same here! 🩶🧡🩶 3d
Larkken Good idea! 3d
mcctrish Oh I‘m such a scaredy cat I‘m not sure I‘m much of a spooky suggester, but I do like to read outside the box so I‘m here for the spreadsheet 🧙🏻‍♀️ 3d
dabbe @Larkken 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @mcctrish I know you read murder mysteries; how about sharing 3 of those? They would definitely fit the bill, so to speak! 🤩 3d
TheBookHippie ✔️ 3d
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😂😂😂😂😂same there‘s a few I read but never any new ones 😂😅😳🤪 3d
mcctrish @TheBookHippie The Chestnut Man and The Whisper Man both intrigued me but not enough to do anything about it 3d
Mollyanna Great idea! 3d
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag 💛 🏷 3d
TheBookgeekFrau Thanks for the tag 💜 Survey done 😊 3d
dabbe @Mollyanna 🩶🧡🩶 3d
dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😘 3d
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau TY! 🩶🧡🩶 3d
Sara_Planz Added Memorials! 3d
dabbe @Sara_Planz Cool beans! Thanks! 🤗 3d
AnnCrystal Always believed I had several scary books in my reading history...this has made me realize that I need to focus more on the spooky genre! They've been waiting for me on my bookshelf 😳 that sounds like a scary story in the making...the scary stories have been waiting for me 😂. I guess fantasy has always caught my attention foremost 🪄😉💫💝. 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal Scary fantasy works! So do mysteries! 😊 3d
AnnCrystal 😎👍 @dabbe I entered some scary ones, 🤔 one is more on the mysterious side of paranormal 👻📚💫😉👍💝. 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal Yay! 🧡🩶🧡 3d
Lynnsoprano Thanks for the tag, but I‘m passing on this one. I don‘t do spooky anything! 3d
dabbe @Lynnsoprano 👍🏻 3d
julieclair Fabulous idea! 3d
Catsandbooks Such a good idea! I filled out the survey! 🧡 3d
BookwormAHN I think I added 8 and could of kept going. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone came up with 🖤 3d
dabbe @julieclair 🤗😘🤗 3d
dabbe @Catsandbooks Yay! 🤩🤗😘 3d
dabbe @BookwormAHN #metoo! 🤩🤗😘 3d
Seabreeze_Reader I hope it's okay if I join in. Will post later, as I need to put my thinking cap on for this one. 🎃 2d
dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader Of course it's okay! Anytime! I can't wait to see what you choose! 🤩😊🤗 2d
peaKnit I am struggling to think outside of Stephen King or true crime🤣 2d
dabbe @peaKnit Those will work, too! 🤩😊🤗 1d
Itchyfeetreader This is not one I can answer I am afraid! I don‘t seek out the more spooky reads and as I get older am even more susceptible to laying awake all night after a psychological thriller event 2h
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader No worries! 🧡🩶🧡 9m
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. The number one place I want to visit is Dartmoor, to see the moors.
2. Because of this book, my all-time favorite. ❤️

Play? @TheLudicReader @Sleepswithbooks @AmyG

Eggs Thx for playing and sharing 🖤🤍🩶 4d
dabbe @Eggs YW! 🩶🧡🩶 3d
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#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Somehow “Bartleby the Amanuensis“ doesn't have the same ring to it. 😂

psalva How fun! This has been my job for a number of years now. 4d
dabbe @psalva Cool! 🤩😊🤗 4d
ShelleyBooksie Cool word! Adding to my LinkedIn profile - hehehe 4d
dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🩶🧡🩶 4d
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#SchoolSpirit
#mascot
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Some of Arizona's mascots: upper level are the pros, lower lever are our three biggest universities. 😊

Eggs Love these 👏🏻🩷🙌🏻 4d
dabbe @Eggs 🩶🧡🩶 3d
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IndoorDame 🩷💜🩷 4d
lil1inblue 💙 💖 💙 4d
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TheSpineView 🩶☁️🩶 4d
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Metropolitan Stories | Christine Coulson
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#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag--you, too, @The_Penniless_Author! 🤩🤩🤩)

1. I've not traveled much, but I was lucky enough to visit the MET in NYC. Here is my face the whole time I was in there: 😮
2. Tagged!

Play? @lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf @Karisimo

TheSpineView Love the MET!! ❤️🎨 5d
dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 5d
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ShelleyBooksie Love this movie. Back in the day my friend and I wore out the VHS - LOL 5d
Eggs Perfect 🤩 🚎 🧡 5d
dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🤩🤣🤗 5d
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dabbe @Eggs 🧡🩶🧡 5d
kspenmoll 🩷💙❤️ 5d
dabbe @kspenmoll 🧡🩶🧡 5d
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TheSpineView 💙💙💙 5d
dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 5d
lil1inblue 🩵🌊🩵 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙🩵💙 5d
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#LitSolaceFallCardSwap
@TheBookHippie

Cards went out today! 🩶🧡🩶

TheBookHippie Mine too! 6d
dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩶🧡🩶 6d
DebinHawaii Me three! 😉🍂💌🍁 5d
dabbe @DebinHawaii 🧡🤎💛 5d
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lil1inblue 😍 😭😍 😭 😍 6d
KadaGul Robert Redford another Fine Fine Man 🤤🤤🤤 #FineFineMan 6d
dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 😭🤗🤩 6d
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dabbe @KadaGul #heckya! 🤩🥰🤣 6d
Eggs Absolutely 💯 6d
dabbe @Eggs 🩶🧡🩶 6d
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TheSpineView Beautiful ❤️ 6d
IndoorDame ♥️💜♥️ 6d
dabbe @TheSpineView 🩶🧡🩶
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dabbe @IndoorDame 🩶🧡🩶 6d
lil1inblue 🌟 💛 🌟 6d
dabbe @lil1inblue 💛💛💛 6d
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Towers Falling | Jewell Parker Rhodes
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#middlegrademonday
@karisimo

I can't believe it'll be 23 years on Wednesday. 😔

Karisimo This is a great one for kids! 6d
dabbe @Karisimo 🩶🧡🩶 6d
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#GridironGab @Kadagul
🏈 All-Time: U of A Wildcats (my college alma mater)
🏈🏈 I still root for ASU (U of A's big rival) because my dad brought me up on the AZ Sun Devils. Also root for the AZ Cards, Detroit Lions (whole family is from Michigan), and Michigan
🏈🏈🏈 I love to watch with Matt and sometimes family (as long as they're not too obnoxious! 😂 We're serious about watching the game. 🤩
🏈🏈🏈🏈 Watching at home is our favorite place.

KadaGul @dabbe 🏈Aww, loyal College football family fan, love it 🫶. 🏈🏈I love the Detroit Lions 🦁 Dan Campbell; he greatly loves his players. Also, I root for the underdogs. 🏈🏈🏈 Do you guys have any superstitions or rituals you do for teams 🏉 for them to win 🏆? 🏈🏈🏈🏈 I love watching games in my PJs and easy access to the Kitchen. Thanks for sharing. 7d
dabbe We tend to always root for the underdogs, too! Matt went to ASU, and I went to U of A, so the last game of the season is between those two, and we have fun rooting against each other! Games in PJs sounds perfect, and we've been known to do that, too! Sometimes if we see the Super Bowl with others, we'll have a “betting“ game where we bet on the commercials a la a tic tac board. How about you? 7d
Lesliereadsalot I went to U of A my freshman year of college! Sadly I wasn‘t into football like I am now. College games are so fun. 7d
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot How cool is that? 🤩 I'm glad you like it now ... it's my favorite thing to watch at this time of year! 6d
Lesliereadsalot Same here! 6d
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1984 | George Orwell
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#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

The tagged, 1984 by Orwell. Where would the country be now since so much of what he predicted has come/is coming true. 😱

MartinaLove I have to read that book! 7d
BookmarkTavern Wow! That would be a fascinating sequel! Thanks for answering! 6d
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#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

I think quite a few of us chose this one this week. 🧡🩶🧡

AmyG Such a heartwarming book. 7d
dabbe @AmyG IKR? 🩶🧡🩶 7d
Read4life It was my pick! Definitely a favorite of many. 💙💙💙 7d
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dabbe @Read4life 🧡🩶🧡 7d
SilversReviews This is a cute idea. So you post your favorite book of the week? 6d
dabbe @SilversReviews Yep! And it was all @Read4Life's idea! 🤩 6d
Read4life Thanks, @dabbe 💙💙💙 @SilversReviews I post a new graphic each month & we use the #WeeklyFavorites tag. You can find the graphic on my post and I‘d be happy to add you to the tag list if you‘d like. 💙 5d
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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 7d
dabbe @Eggs Who knew you could dress like that at a boarding school? 🤩😂😀 7d
Eggs @dabbe IKR?!? 7d
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#poetrymatters
#vanilla
@TheSpineView

Word to your mother. 💙😂💙

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#readtheceruleansea @CBee

What don't I love about this book? Nothing. I laughed, I cried, I got goosebumps in all the right places. Then I read a bit more about the background, and it was partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop, where the Canadian government removed Indigenous children from their homes and placed them with unrelated white, middle-class families. What they endured was beyond horrific, so perhaps Klune felt the need to show ⬇️

dabbe the positive effect of what can happen when children are given a loving, nurturing environment in which to embrace their differences. Some reviews I read lambasted Klune for writing such a feel-good story when the origin of it was so abominable, but I choose to see the story for what it is: a fantasy story about six magical kids, their loving mentor, Arthur, and dear Linus, the hero of this novel. I can't wait to read the sequel! Thanks CBee! 1w
BkClubCare And there are plenty of pie mentions! ❤️ 1w
dabbe @BkClubCare 🤩😂🤗 1w
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Texreader What a marvelous review. I hope I‘m able to get to it this month! I‘m currently reading his Wolfsong and it‘s so good. 1w
CBee @dabbe I had no idea about the background! Thank you for posting about it ♥️ 1w
CatLass007 @dabbe I loved this book too! Thanks for the info about the partial basis for the story. It‘s horrific but it‘s something that needs to be known and never forgotten. 1w
CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 1w
AnnCrystal 📚 Did you make the model? 🤩👍💝. 1w
dabbe @Texreader 🤩🤗😘 1w
dabbe @CBee 🤩🤗😘 1w
dabbe @CatLass007 Agree 💯. 🤩🤗😘 1w
dabbe @CoffeeNBooks 🎯 🤩🤗😘 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal I wish! I stole the image from good ol' Google! 🤩🤗😘 1w
AnnCrystal @dabbe ☺️😎👍💝. 1w
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Butter: Roman | Asako Yuzuki
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It only took me almost 3 months, but I finally finished this, #CampLitsy! I thought of quitting many times, but something inside of me wanted to finish. Learning about the culture and delicious descriptions re: food was what made me want to finish. The story itself dragged on way too long, and I found most of the characters unlikable, especially Kajii, the so-called serial killer who is set to go on trial. Too much telling and not enough showing.

kspenmoll Like your “ too much telling and not enough showing.” This book took me some time to get through too- very unlikeable characters. 1w
dabbe @kspenmoll That's probably the one thing I would tell students over and over re: their writing: “Show, don't tell!“ 😂 1w
Texreader Excellent review. But I loved this book—I thought it was a such a good description about how women focus so much on their weight and what other people think about them. I loved how the main character came into her own and was happy with that. But yes, the serial killer was awful and some descriptions were just gross 1w
dabbe @Texreader Agree 💯. There were parts I loved (like what you described), but overall, it fell flat for me. It tended to feel like it was going on and on and on, and I wanted Rika to figure herself out more quickly! 😂 1w
Texreader @dabbe I agree!! 1w
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Ruth | Elizabeth Gaskell
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RUTH? pub. 1853
MADAME BOVARY? pub. 1856
ANNA KARENINA? pub. 1873
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES? pub. 1891
All four are about women adulterers (referred to as “whores/harlots/wicked women“ in some of these novels, thanks to the societies they lived in). Gaskell paved the way for the other (perhaps) more famous novels. Her writing? Exquisite. Ruth's story? Tragic. Do I want to read more Gaskell? Absolutely.

mjtwo I read North and South last year and loved it. It had a lot more depth than many more renowned 19th century novels. (edited) 1w
dabbe @mjtwo Good to know! I've only read CRANFORD and this one, so I'm adding it to the TBR list. Thanks! 🤩🤗😀 1w
Texreader Well, another excellent review. Stacked 1w
dabbe @Texreader I read it with the lovely #hashtagbrigade ... I can't wait to read what you think about it! 🤩🤗😘 1w
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#SaturdayChatterday
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Thanks for the tag, @Eggs!
1. So far, yes. Slept in, and am staying in as it is currently 105º outside. 🥴
2. Matt's watching the D-backs, I'm doing Litsy and #LitsyLove and #LitSolaceFallCardSwap cards. We're lying low today, reading and watching college football once the D-backs are done.
3. Cozying up in the den with Matt and the pups.
4. Books: THE GOD OF THE WOODS and THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA: both rock!

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Eggs Sounds fun 🐶🥳🐕 1w
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AllDebooks What a fun weekend x 1w
dabbe @AllDebooks 🧡🩶🧡 1w
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Galatea: Short story | Madeline Miller
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FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs! 😘

“It was almost sweet the way they worried about me.“

One day late. 🧡

Eggs 🧡🧡🧡 1w
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Can anyone relate? 😂😂😂

#catsoflitsy #dogsoflitsy #furballsoflitsy

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AnnCrystal 😹🐶😂👍. 1w
dabbe @Yuki_Onna I adore guinea pigs! I had two when I was a teenager: Mamoo and Friya. 💚🧡💚 1w
BkClubCare 😂 1w
Dilara 🤣😹 1w
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#SchoolSpirit
#sports
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A few fave movies. 🏈⚾️🏀⛳️🥊🥋

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome choices! 1w
Eggs Wow I watched and liked all of these! “Adrian!!!” 1w
dabbe @Eggs Do you have a favorite? 🤩 1w
Eggs @dabbe too hard to choose…maybe League of their Own 7d
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#poetrymatters
#vanguard 😳
@TheSpineView

ChatGPG to the rescue. Again. 😂

TheSpineView 👍😊🌞 1w
IndoorDame 💜🤍💜 1w
dabbe @TheSpineView 🤩😂🤗 1w
dabbe @IndoorDame 💚🧡💚 1w
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful 1w
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AllDebooks I think the Stapleton's are more suspicious as they are new arrivals. Who are they? Everyone else has long-standing connections to the area and the family. They're evidently distraught upon Sir Charles's death. 1w
Librarybelle The Barrymores are hiding something, and I think the Stapletons are a bit suspicious. 1w
IndoorDame I still maintain that the good doctor is totally creeptastic, but I‘m not saying he‘s the killer. Can‘t wait to learn more about the Barrymore‘s so many secrets there! Why are they really resigning? Why was Mrs. B crying? Why is Mr. B just denying it and not even making up some lame excuse? 1w
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Cuilin @AllDebooks Dr Mortimer is very new to the area too. Though he brought Sherlock in on the case. He‘s the only one who gave him the details regarding Charles‘s death. He is a man of science admitting to a belief in the possibility of the supernatural. 🤔 1w
AnnCrystal I agree that Dr. Mortimer seems a suspect, somehow. Yet, why would he go to the famous Sherlock Holmes for help??

Did Beryl Stapleton send the warning note to Sir Henry Baskerville??
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dabbe @IndoorDame I hope to meet the doctor's wife as well! 🤩 1w
dabbe @Cuilin Sounds like Doyle to me! 😂 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal Interesting point! 1w
dabbe @IndoorDame The Bs have GUILTY OF SOMETHING written all over them! 1w
AllDebooks @Cuilin oops,my bad must have misread thatbitor fell asleep 😴 1w
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AllDebooks It was my favourite part. Brooding, enveloping, and isolating atmosphere, and that was before the fog dropped! 😱🐾👀 1w
Librarybelle It‘s perfect! The moors are mysterious and atmospheric and isolated. I kept waiting for the Brontes to make an entrance 😂 1w
IndoorDame So oppressive! I actually found that section difficult to read. Literally difficult. My brain kept wandering off to less gloomy destinations. 1w
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AnnCrystal The journey to the estate seemed lovely.

After the walk with Mr. Stapleton, I made a, “note to self“ to never visit a moor 😳😯🤔.
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dabbe @Librarybelle 😂😂😂 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂😂😂 1w
dabbe @IndoorDame The 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone shows that atmosphere quite well--the movie being in black and white. Oppressive is a profound description! 1w
dabbe This book, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and THE SECRET GARDEN (IMHO) capture the awful beauty and vast loneliness of the moors throughout England. Why then, is it my #1 place I want to visit? When I looked up pictures of Dartmoor, some were heart-wrenchingly glorious and some were absolutely spooky. Weather and the clouds contribute to the effect, too. I just love the wildness of it--GRIMPEN MIRE and all! (which is really the Foxtor Miles). 1w
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AllDebooks Pretty obvious Holmes was up to something! 🔍 He was on the hunt. 1w
Librarybelle Holmes‘s excuses did not ring true for me. He‘s following a lead! And yes, Watson leaving Henry alone…sigh… 1w
Cuilin He gave Watson two instructions, to keep an eye on Henry and, search out and gain intelligence on the people in the neighborhood . I‘m not sure how he was meant to do the two things at the same time. This leads me to believe Sherlock is definitely up to something. 1w
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IndoorDame I agree, Sherlock is definitely playing a double game. Since he‘s usually so eager to follow clients home for almost no reason with a mystery that interests him this much I‘d say he‘s definitely playing a double game. Possibly he‘s even there himself in disguise? (I actually don‘t remember the details even though I love this one, so it‘s fun to make genuine predictions all over again) 1w
AnnCrystal 😂 “What the heck“ is exactly what I said...I also don't believe that Sherlock Holmes remained in London.

Dr. Watson should have waited to work out some sort of “bodyguard“ schedule with Dr. Mortimer.
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dabbe Excellent possibilities, everyone! Holmes could still be following leads in London, which would not make us privy to what's going on there. Or, he's in disguise and is there, but we just don't know it yet. This plot device reminds us that it is Watson who is our storyteller because we follow him to Baskerville Hall and leave Holmes behind. What a bold move--to leave your detective out of the book for a few chapters! 1w
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AllDebooks A lot of emphasis on the missing boots suggests there is a real animal involved. The return of the new boot supports this (no scent). 1w
Librarybelle It‘s interesting that the one boot is found in a corner that has already been checked. My guess would be it is tied to the mystery. Good point, @AllDebooks ! 1w
Cuilin @AllDebooks yes!! Also someone was able to get really close to return the missing new boot. 1w
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IndoorDame They definitely highlight the importance of footsteps, and throw Dr. Mortimer in the light of a prime suspect. 1w
CatLass007 The bit about the boots makes me wonder if someone is trying to drive the new heir crazy. Or make others believe he is crazy. 1w
dabbe @Cuilin So close and yet being able to evade the hotel workers. 1w
dabbe @AllDebooks Bravo! 🤩👏🤩 1w
AnnCrystal That was my guess too @AllDebooks since it seems what was needed was something used by Sir Henry Baskerville. 1w
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Bookwomble The literary trope of giving authenticity and authority to an account by attributing it to an older (invented) source. I can immediately think of Geoffrey of Monmouth using the device for The History of the Kings of Britain, but I'll bet it goes back further. 1w
Bookwomble Inspiration for the back story probably came from the legend of Squire Richard "Dirty Dick" Cabell. Doyle was assisted in plot elements of the story by Bertram Fletcher Robinson, who researched Dartmoor legends of the phantom hound, and after some acrimony received ⅓ of the royalties of the book. The tagged book is a fictional account of Doyle's & Robinson's collaboration and falling out ? Robinson died young, allegedly due to the Mummy's Curse! 1w
AllDebooks I agree with @Bookwomble it adds authenticity 1w
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Librarybelle Perfect catch of that trope, @Bookwomble ! It adds authenticity to the story. As for the length of it, I think it‘s really setting a mood. Conan Doyle has created a spooky scene, on the moors no less. 1w
Cuilin Definitely lending authenticity and creating an atmosphere that sets the tone for the rest of the novel. 1w
IndoorDame We‘ve definitely had several stories before that have started with someone recounting a family legend or history verbatim to set the scene. Since the family member isn‘t the client initially, a written document makes sense so we know it‘s “true”. 1w
dabbe There seems to be nothing better historically than a primary source document, even if said document refers to the supernatural. I think Doyle learned from his past two novels because this one gives us multiple subplots; diverse characters; and a plethora of suspects, clues, theories, and red herrings. Plus, the story spans hundreds of years. No wonder it's his magnum opus.

Thanks for the deets, too, @Bookwomble!
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AnnCrystal I agree with @Bookwomble & @Librarybelle!

It gives more accountability to the legend, or to set atmosphere for the reader.

Also, Doyle was said to be a believer in the paranormal, maybe this was his chance to write such a scene.

It is interesting info you shared on this scene @Bookwomble.
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