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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#hislastbow

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#hislastbow

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#hislastbow

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#hislastbow

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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His Last Bow | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#hislastbow

Thoughts, Sherlockians?

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Untitled | Untitled

#moodboardcontest #mbc @dabbe

Congrats to @TheBookHippie! 🤩😍🤩 E-mail me your top three books, Christine, when you have a chance! 😍

Thanks to all who shared a mood board in celebration of my Litsy points. My heart is full. 🩵💙🩵

I would also like to send a wee something to all of you, so if you're interested, please fill out your address information at this link: https://forms.gle/hCCichm5u7shKEZz9

Thanks again, everybody!

AmyG, kspenmoll, Amiable, Susanita, TheKidUpstairs, Deblovestoread, Chrissyreadit, Bookwormjillk, monalyisha, bookandbedandtea, CSeydel, Ruthiella, ElizaMarie, Karisa, PageShifter, julieclair, BooksandCoffee4Me

monalyisha Thanks for the tag! I'm pleased to see I was assigned a blue slice of pie. It's one of my favorite colors. ;) Congrats, @TheBookHippie! 4h

monalyisha And what a sweet message on the form, @dabbe, too! You're a lovely person. 4h

dabbe @monalyisha #minetoo! 🩵💙🩵 (can you tell?) 🤣 4h

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AmyG Congrats! 🎉 🎉🎉 @TheBookHippie 4h

Karisa 🥰 Thank you, @dabbe! Congratulations, @TheBookHippie! 🥳🎉 4h

TheBookHippie WOWOWOWOW!!!!!! 🤯 4h

CSeydel Congrats! @TheBookHippie (edited) 4h

Bookwormjillk Congratulations 🎉 4h

CSeydel Aww what a nice thing ☺️ thank YOU for being here and helping make Litsy the best social media! 4h

kspenmoll Thanks Denise & Congratulations to Christine! @TheBookHippie 💕💕💕 4h

Ruthiella Congratulations @TheBookHippie ! 🥳🥳🥳 3h

Read4life Congratulations, @TheBookHippie 🎉🎉 3h

dabbe @monalyisha 🩵🥹🩵 #soareyou! 3h

dabbe @Karisa YW! 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @CSeydel #youtoo, m'dear! 🩵💙🩵 3h

dabbe @kspenmoll YW! 🩵💙🩵 3h

TheBookHippie Thanks all!!! Especially @dabbe ♥️♥️♥️ Litsy is better with you in it! 2h

Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie Congrats! 2h

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 2h

TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit ♥️ 1h

julieclair Congrats to @TheBookHippie ! 🎉🎊🎉 And thanks, @dabbe , for hosting this fun celebration of your impressive achievement! 🥳👏 1h

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵💙🩵 54m

dabbe @julieclair Aww, TY! 🩵💙🩵 53m

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The Catcher in the Rye | Jerome Salinger

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#time
#catcherintherye

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The Joy Luck Club | Amy Tan

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#daughter

Eggs Love this book and film 😢 heart wrenching but wonderful 7h

dabbe @Eggs 🎯🩵🎯 6h

Susanita Fun fact! I convinced my husband to see this movie with me on our honeymoon. He was so bored! 🤣 4h

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dabbe @Susanita I have to truly beg to get Matt to watch a “chick-flick“ with me! 😂🤣😂 4h

Leftcoastzen Great choice 3h

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! 🩵💙🩵 2h

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Christina Rossetti: The Complete Poems | Christina Georgina Rossetti

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wayfarer

lil1inblue 🩵💙💜 8h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 8h

TheSpineView 💜💜💜 5h

dabbe @TheSpineView 🩵💙🩵 4h

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

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Taking place in Tudor England in 1545, Matthew Shardlake is approached by his patron, Queen Catherine Parr, to investigate alleged wrongdoings of a ward at a rural estate in Hampshire. As Shardlake delves into the case, he uncovers dark secrets, including abuse, corruption, and long-buried scandals, all while the shadow of war with France looms in the background. A fascinating, harrowing, and extremely well-researched read.

TiredLibrarian Love the Shardlake series ❤️ 7h

dabbe @TiredLibrarian 🎯🩵🎯 6h

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

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

April has not been my best reading month this year. 😮‍💨

willaful I don't have anything good for at least the first egg either. 6h

dabbe @willaful 🎯🩵🎯 6h

Read4life On the bright side, a new month is just around the corner. Hope it brings better reading with it. 🦋🦋🦋 6h

dabbe @Read4life YES! 🩵💙🩵 5h

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#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#allusions

One day late.

#crocodiletears

CBee Better late than never 😊 18h

dabbe @CBee 😍 9h

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The Once & Future King | T. H. White

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe
My score reeked. Quite a few are on my TBR; I just haven't read them yet. Three faves:
1. THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: “The fantastic thing about war was that it was fought about nothing--literally nothing.“
2. OUTLANDER (called CROSS STITCH in the UK): “I am your master…and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.“
3. THE 39 STEPS: “The men who knew that he knew what he knew had found him.”

ChaoticMissAdventures I am trying to get to once and future king I think this summer, I have had it for years and just have not gotten around to it. 1d

rubyslippersreads One of my favorite books. 1d

DGRachel I didn‘t realize Cross Stitch was Outlander! That brings my dismal total up to 16. 🤪 1d

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rwmg 45 I am at a severe disadvantage never having read any Jacqueline Wilson 1d

BethM I‘ve had Once and Future King recommended to me a few times. 1d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures It's in my top five of all time. It's actually 4 novellas rolled into one big chunkster. 😍 9h

dabbe @rubyslippersreads TOAFK? 🎯🩵🎯 9h

dabbe @DGRachel I was only 22, so we're in good company! I looked it up because I never heard of that title by her (she lives in Scottsdale, AZ, so I know a bit about her!) Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @rwmg 🎯! Plus I've never read one Terry Pratchett either! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @BethM In my top 5 of all time. 🩵 9h

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Dr. Heidegger's Experiment | Nathaniel Hawthorne

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#fountain (s)
#drheideggersexperiment

TheBookHippie OMG!!!!!! Love! 1d

dabbe @TheBookHippie TY! One of my fave short stories; I loved teaching it! 💙💚💙 9h

TheBookHippie @dabbe I have it here somewhere. Time for a reread! 9h

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🎯! 9h

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Untitled | Untitled

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dark

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 1d

Readergrrl I listened to this album today for the first time in years!! How funny to open Litsy and see your post!! 1d

LiseWorks Oh yes, I remember this. Loved it! 20h

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dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🌑🖤 9h

dabbe @Readergrrl #goodkarma 🖤🌑🖤 9h

dabbe @LiseWorks IKR? 🖤🌑🖤 9h

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Les Miserables (Illustrated) | Victor Hugo

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#way

My favorite song from LES MIS. If you've not heard it, here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deUgUoJ4z5I

Susanita I always think of Joey Potter singing this for the talent show in Dawson‘s Creek. 1d

TheSpineView 💜💜💜 1d

TheBookHippie My favorite too!!! 1d

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kspenmoll Beautiful song! 1d

Deblovestoread Love! 1d

Lesliereadsalot My favorite too! 1d

marleed 2 faves: This and Bring Him Home ❤️ 1d

bellabella Embarrassed to say I sing this all the time 😂 1d

Cupcake12 I love this musical. 🎵 23h

dabbe @Susanita Y'know, Katie Holmes has a great voice! 🤩 9h

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @TheBookHippie #greatminds Eponine just makes me 😭! 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @kspenmoll 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot IKR? 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @marleed When he hits that high note at the very end, I get chills every single time! 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @bellabella I've been known to belt this one out every so often, too! 🤣 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Cupcake12 This and PHANTOM are my two faves. I was lucky enough to see both of them on Broadway way back in the day. 💙💚💙 9h

Cupcake12 @dabbe I‘ve not seen Phantom but it‘s on the list 😀 3h

dabbe @Cupcake12 Oh, I think you'll love it! 🩵💙🩵 2h

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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-bbcs-big-read-200-101
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 those who played last week. Thank you. 😍

P.S. If you read only 1 book in a series, it counts!

BkClubCare, DebinHawaii, Julsmarshall, wanderinglynn, peaKnit, DGRachel, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Kshakal, LeahBergen, Texreader, shortsarahrose, Susanita, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, thebacklistbook, Eggs, Lauredhel, Bookwormjillk, TheBookgeekFrau, TheSpineView, Butterfinger, kelli7990, emz711, ChaoticMissAdventures, RaeLovesToRead, lil1inblue, Lesliereadsalot, willaful, AnnCrystal, Cheryl_Russell, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

RaeLovesToRead Right.... let's do this..... 1d

Bookwormjillk 21% Who is Jacqueline Wilson? 1d

RaeLovesToRead I got like 26 :/ 1d

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RaeLovesToRead @Bookwormjillk Do people outside the UK not know Jacqueline Wilson?????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯 1d

willaful @RaeLovesToRead I do, but I used to be a children's book reviewer. 1d

willaful Only a 29 for me and if it wasn't Terry Pratchett I probably read it for school. -) 1d

peaKnit Only 16, yikes! 😮 1d

BkClubCare I seem to have read most of the well-known classics; scoring 31. Few of the kids books and none of the Pratchett 1d

TheLudicReader 21. Another weird list. 1d

shortsarahrose 9 😆 1d

Librarybelle 15. Plus, am currently reading Les Miserables! 1d

Bookwormjillk @RaeLovesToRead might be my age? The covers looks very 1990‘s. 1d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Only 7 from this list. A few are on my TBR, and I have seen a few film adaptations. 🫣 These lists make me laugh when they're are so many by the same authors. @RaeLovesToRead As for Jacqueline Wilson, I don't recognize the name, but I read lots of books as a kid that I have zero recollection of reading. 1d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! Will do soon! 1d

bellabella Thanks for the tag!
What I would love to read: Atonement, The Once and Future King, and The Pickwick Papers 💕 1d

Cheryl_Russell 14! I have Dracula on my Kindle. I‘ve not read any Terry Prachett or Charles Dickens. Most I read as a kid or in college. Heart of Darkness, The Handmaid‘s Tale, and House of Leaves are the ones that have stuck with me for decades. 15h

BooksandCoffee4Me 23 — which seems low for an English teacher. How have I not read Silas Marner or Moby Dick?! I did enjoy going through a Thomas Hardy phase. 😊 Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💛 14h

Faranae 42 now that I know Cross Stitch is Outlander, which I hated. 😂

My recs are: Terry Pratchett, Sir Pterry, and Pratchett. 😉 13h

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🎯🩵🎯 9h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? She and Pratchett were all over the place! 🤣 9h

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead You must not have read many by Pratchett or Wilson like the rest of us! Why are they so big in the UK? I bet the top 100 for next week will be much better scores for us! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead YES!!! 🤣 9h

dabbe @willaful I feel like Pratchett and Wilson should write a book together! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @peaKnit You're in good company with the rest of us! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @BkClubCare Same here, but your score still kicked my butt! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @TheLudicReader If only we had all read more Pratchett and Wilson! I think only one author should get one book per list. IMHO of course. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @shortsarahrose You're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick IKR? It should be one book, one author! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Deblovestoread 😍 9h

dabbe @bellabella I loved ATONEMENT, TOAFK is in my top 5 of ALL time, and I have yet to read THE PICKWICK PAPERS! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell I reread DRACULA every year with DRACULA DAILY (https://draculadaily.substack.com/). You might want to check it out! 🎯 re: Pratchett. LOVE Dickens. Of your choices I've only read HANDMAID. The other two are now on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me This English teacher agrees with you! 🤣 Guess we didn't teach enough Pratchett or Wilson! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

dabbe @Faranae Did you read most of the Pratchetts on the list? 'Cuz he had a ton of books on it! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 9h

RaeLovesToRead I've read LOTS of Jacqueline Wilson 🥰🥰 8h

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I'm going to have to check her out! 😍 8h

Amiable Yikes. I‘m embarrassed by my score: only 16. Although a few I might have read when I was younger? I couldn‘t remember so I didn‘t count them. Favs include “Garp” and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” (edited) 6h

dabbe @Amiable No need to be embarrassed at all! All you had to do was read Pratchett and Wilson, and you would have been near 100! 🤣 The top 100 are next week, and I think we'll all do better on that one! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 6h

Faranae @dabbe I've read all the Pratchetts on the list! That's 10 of my 42 haha. Any one of them is a pretty good entry to Discworld, too. 5h

julieclair 9. Guess I need to up my Pratchett and Wilson game. 🤪 1h

dabbe @julieclair Ain't that the truth? 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 52m

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Anonymous

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#green
#sirgawainandthegreenknight

TheBookHippie LOVE!!!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💚😍💚 2d

wanderinglynn 💚💚💚 1d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 💚💚💚 1d

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Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority | Dwight Jon Zimmerman

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#danger

TheSpineView Love that song! 💜🎶💜 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView It's already in my head for the day! 🖤🧡🖤 (edited) 2d

lil1inblue @dabbe Aaaand now it's in mine. 😂 Love it. 2d

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Eggs Great choice👏🏻 Liked the movie 🍿 2d

TheSpineView @dabbe IK! 😅 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue #greatmindssingkennyloggins 🤣😍🤣 2d

dabbe @Eggs TY. 💙 2d

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Untitled | Untitled

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wax

TheSpineView Beautiful! 💓 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 2d

lil1inblue 💙 💙 💙 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙💚💙 2d

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Last Words | George Carlin

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#earth
#theplanetisfine #thepeoplearef***ed #georgecarlin

wanderinglynn Mother Nature does like to slap humans every once in a while to show that we are not in charge. 😉😂 3d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 🎯🩵🎯 3d

TheBookHippie 🙃😊 3d

dabbe @TheBookHippie A wee bit cynical, but that's been my mood lately. 🤷‍♀️ 3d

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The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 😍

1. I try to carry $20-40, just in case.
2. I think of wealth, I think of GATSBY. And yes, money is the downfall of it all. 💰

Play? @TheLudicReader @PageShifter @Deblovestoread

TheSpineView Agree with #2. People forgot that true wealth is not money but a state of mind. 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🩵🎯 3d

willaful I've started carrying it again. 3d

dabbe @willaful 👍🏻 3d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 3d

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What the Living Do: Poems | Marie Howe

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#waver (ing)

TheSpineView Great choice. Made me think of moments that have been powerful enough that I thought the earth stood still. 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚💙💚 3d

lil1inblue 🌱 💚 🍃 3d

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙💚💙 3d

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The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#broken

lil1inblue 💙 🦄 💜 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩷🦄🩷 4d

kspenmoll 💖💖 4d

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dabbe @kspenmoll 🩷🦄🩷 4d

wanderinglynn So sad! 😢💙 3d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 🩷🦄🩷 3d

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Yentl: Based on the Short Story Yentl, The Yeshiva Boy by Issac Bashevis Singer ; a Barwood Film Revised September 3, 1980 | Isaac Bashevis Singer

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#sky

wanderinglynn “Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?” #yentlquote 3d

dabbe @wanderinglynn 🎯🩵🎯 3d

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The Odyssey | Homer

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dilemma

Graywacke I wouldn‘t want to be part of that crew 4d

dabbe @Graywacke 🎯🩵🎯 4d

kspenmoll 😂😂 4d

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dabbe @kspenmoll 🤣😍🤣 4d

Eggs Perfection 👌🏼 4d

dabbe @Eggs 🤣😍🤩 4d

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Barry Manilow | Patricia Butler

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#wave

My favorite Manilow song, too. 💔
Link to Trisha Yearwood singing this song with Barry accompanying her!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC6rf1-ArPM

lil1inblue 🌊 💙 🌊 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 4d

TheSpineView I remember this song! 💜🎶💜 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🩵💙🩵 4d

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The Secret Garden | F. Burnett

#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

A childhood favorite. Still is. 💚

BookmarkTavern What a perfect choice! Thanks for sharing! 5d

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The Devil and Daniel Webster | Stephen Vincent Ben�t

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloveofbooks

Definition of irony: the word “devil“ on Easter. 🤣

Eggs 🧡🖤💛 5d

dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 4d

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Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems | David Wagoner

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#waterlily

TheSpineView Love the imagery! ❤️ 5d

dabbe IKR? 🩷💛🩷 5d

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Johnny Tremain | Esther Forbes

250 years ago today, the battle of Lexington and Concord occurred. Wonder what our forefathers would think now? My favorite line from JOHNNY TREMAIN, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal and about the outbreak of said battle, is from James Otis as he's questioning all of the patriots as to why they were fighting: “We give all we have, lives, property, safety, skill...we fight, we die, for a simple thing. Only that a man can stand up.” #resist ✊🏻💙✊🏻

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie To the greatest fighter I know. 🩵💙🩵 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe 😘 6d

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Chrissyreadit ❤️🤍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 6d

Amiable “Johnny Tremain” is one of those books that I didn‘t fully appreciate until I was an adult. Even as a kid growing up 2 hours from where the Revolution began and with a family history that includes ancestors who enlisted in CT militia regiments. We read it in 4th grade and I hated it. Wonder if it would resonate more in classrooms today? (edited) 6d

dabbe @Amiable I never read it as a child, but I taught it in 7th grade. Maybe 4th grade was a tad to young, because the 7th graders liked it. They needed lots of help to get through it, especially with the vocabulary, but that part I quote above really got to them. I even had everyone stand up at the end of that reading. It was quite moving. 💙♥️💙 5d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙♥️💙 5d

rubyslippersreads I might have read this in elementary school, but I‘m rereading it now in honor of 250 years, and really enjoying it. 5d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads This just makes my heart sing. I don't think I truly enjoyed and understood it fully until just a few years ago. I can't wait to read what you think about it. 💙♥️💙 5d

kspenmoll People at the protest held signs referencing this …🇺🇸 4d

dabbe @kspenmoll @kspenmoll What a powerful day to be a part of ... all around.
💙♥️💙

Funny, isn't it? That there are 50 white stripes on a 🟦 background? And only 13 🟥 stripes on the white background? #interesting 🧐 That's only 26% 🟥 but 74% 🟦. Do you think we both symbolically chose 2 💙💙 and only ♥️? Also interesting that the ♥️ is in the middle. 🧐 Yeah ... first and last drink for the night. #mondaynightponderings 🤣 4d

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On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin

Words of advice from Mr. Darwin. Luckily we can still do these things in this country. For now. 🤞🏻 #carpediem

Texreader 💙💙💙🤞🏻 6d

lil1inblue This reminds me of a quote I love from Goethe: “One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” 🩵🩵🩵 6d

dabbe @Texreader 🩵💙🩵 6d

MemoirsForMe 💙🤞🏻💙 6d

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💙🤞🏻🩵 6d

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Hamlet | William Shakespeare

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#mostly 😏👀🤣

TheKidUpstairs 🤣🤣🤣 I love this! 6d

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 6d

dabbe @TheKidUpstairs TY! 🩵🤣💙 6d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤣😍🤣 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe STILL LAUGHING 😂 WE ARE READING HAMLET in senior English right now!! 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie I don't know why, but I always thought of Gertrude in that way. Maybe because even her son lusts after her and basically calls her a whore? 🤣 6d

TheBookHippie @dabbe oh I agree! Bringing it to school Monday 😂😂😂😂 IB ENGLISH teacher is going to LOL 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍🤣😍 6d

wanderinglynn 🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant! 6d

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 🤣😍🤣 5d

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Untitled | Untitled

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dish

Ruthiella 🤢😂😂😂 6d

TheSpineView 🤣🤣🤣 6d

Eggs LOLOL🤗 6d

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dabbe @Ruthiella IKR? 🤣😍🤣 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤣😍🤣 6d

dabbe @Eggs 🤣😍🤣 6d

kspenmoll 😂😂 4d

dabbe @kspenmoll 🤣😍🤣 4d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😂😂😂 4d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤣😍🤩 4d

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On the Waterfront: The Play | Budd Schulberg

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#waterfront
#haikuheaven

If you can't find a poem, you create one yourself! 🤣

TheSpineView Perfect! 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 😍 6d

lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 6d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤣😍🤣 6d

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The Man in the Brown Suit | Agatha Christie

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

From THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT by Agatha Christie:
“Nadina, the Russian dancer who had taken Paris by storm, swayed to the sound of the applause, bowed and bowed again.“

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

#water

Leftcoastzen Nice ! 1w

Texreader Excellent!! 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

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dabbe @Texreader TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me That last line. 💛 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

wanderinglynn Fantastic! 💙💙💙 6d

kspenmoll Just love your poems! 6d

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! And thanks again for hosting this! It has made my April much more meaningful! 🩵💙🩵 5d

dabbe @kspenmoll TY! You just made my day! 🩵💙🩵 5d

wanderinglynn I‘m so glad you‘ve enjoyed it! 5d

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The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories | Rod Serling

#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#doll

My favorite Twilight Zone episode. “My name is Talking Tina. And I don't think I like you.“ 😱

shortsarahrose This is my mom‘s favorite episode, too! Her name just happens to be Tina 😆 My favorite episode is “To Serve Man.” 1w

Leftcoastzen 😱 1w

dabbe @shortsarahrose How cool is that? 🤩 Ooh, that's a SCARY one, too! I need to do a Twilight marathon! 🤣 1w

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dabbe @Leftcoastzen IKR? One of my favorite units I ever taught my juniors involved THE TWILIGHT ZONE. They LOVED this episode! 🤩 1w

AnnCrystal 📺👏🏼🤩 Brilliant episode 💝💝💝. (edited) 1w

AmyG This was so good. They don‘t make shows like this anymore. 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal YES! 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @AmyG No, they don't. We need to figure out how to do a marathon via Litsy! 🤩 1w

Ruthiella Also one of my favorites. 😱 1w

vivastory I've been making my way through the entire series and am a bit sad because I've almost reached the end 7d

TheLudicReader There was a Twilight Zone episode where the sun exploded and as a kid I remember being terrified! 7d

Eggs Some were so disturbing to me as a kid! 7d

AmyG There used to be a New Years eve marathon…but not sure if there still is. 7d

TheBookgeekFrau Damn that Talky Tina 😱 7d

dabbe @Ruthiella I wonder if there would be a Chucky without Tina! 😱 6d

dabbe @vivastory That just means you need to start over! Though I know it's not the same the second time around, but still! 😍 6d

dabbe @TheLudicReader I wonder if that one was “The Midnight Sun.“ 🤔 6d

dabbe @Eggs 🎯! 6d

dabbe @AmyG That's right! On the SyFy network! We'll have to be on the lookout this New Year's weekend! 6d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau IKR? 😱 6d

vivastory @dabbe After I finish, I plan on my watch through of Hitchcock Presents! 6d

IMASLOWREADER one of my favorites but also creeps me out everytime 6d

dabbe @vivastory Ooh, I've never done that either! Where can you stream those? (edited) 5d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER Me, too! I find it scarier than the Chucky movies! I just laughed through those, blood and all! 🤣 5d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView

#waterfall

TheSpineView 💙💧💙 1w

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Nursery Rhymes | Paula Rego

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#nationalpoetrymonth
@wanderinglynn

This one was harder for me today!

BooksandCoffee4Me 😁 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 😍 1w

TheBookHippie ♥️ 1w

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wanderinglynn I always wondered that too. And also why is Wednesday so full of woe? 😂 1w

kspenmoll ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn I know! It's Hump Day, for Pete's sake! 🤣 1w

dabbe @kspenmoll 💙🩵💙 1w

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#dynamicds
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#dessert

If you haven't seen this episode, here is the link to the clip of Rachel's infamous dessert trifle from FRIENDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky3KiiUK_D0
It's hilarious!

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 What‘s not to like? Custard? GOOD.! Jam? GOOD! Meat? GOOOOOD! 😋 (edited) 1w

Leftcoastzen 😂👏 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella “It tastes like feet!“ 🤣🦶🏻🤣 1w

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dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🤩🤣😍 1w

wanderinglynn “What‘s not to like?” 🤣🤣🤣 1w

Eggs Perfect 🤢🤮 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn 🤣🤩😍 1w

dabbe @Eggs 🎯💚🎯 1w

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#water

If you want to hear the audio from the ANCIENT MARINER BIG READ, where even Iggy Pop reads a stanza, here is the link:
https://www.ancientmarinerbigread.com/reading/1

TheSpineView Awesome! 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView I don't like that it turned out blurry, but, hey, it works! 😍 1w

TheSpineView @dabbe It worked. I read all of Coleridge's work in college in a romantic lit. Class. It brings back memories! 1w

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TheBookHippie Oh gosh this bring me back 😂 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView Hopefully happy ones! 😍 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie IKR? This is basically the only part I remembered! 😍 1w

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The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe

Only 45/100 for this retired English teacher. 😱 Thanks to all of you who played, I am reprioritizing my TBR! Favorites today are above; hard to limit to just three.

What got me most about this list was how to rectify things like WAR & PEACE, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, 50 SHADES OF GREY, and THE TWILIGHT SERIES being on the SAME list! #whatthe 🤣
Here's the link again if you'd like to play: https://shorturl.at/SVh6e

BooksandCoffee4Me 42, not stellar. Loved DuMaurier‘s Rebecca! And so remember that day when my poor 6th-grade boys were trying so hard to hide their crying during Where the Red Fern Grows. Oh, and love that Hatchet got one of my inner-city guys to read a whole book! 1w

willaful @BooksandCoffee4Me My husband loved Hatchet. 1w

willaful 35 for me. And a lot of DNFs. 😂

It's an odd list! I have no idea what the theme is. 1w

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Librarybelle 36 for me, though I‘ve read parts of the Narnia series, not the whole series. Lots on my to read list. 1w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me My 4th grade teacher read WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS to us chapter by chapter after afternoon recess to calm us down. She had never read it before, and when she got to the end, she had to run out of the room sobbing while we sobbed without her. 😭

Loved HATCHET, too, though DOGSONG is my favorite of his. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @willaful From their website: “The Great American Read's criteria primarily focused on fiction books, specifically those loved by the American public. A survey conducted by PBS, The Great American Read, and a polling service formed the basis for the top 100 list.“

No wonder it's all over the place! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 Did you see that only ONE Christie made the list? And it happens to be my favorite of hers, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. I loved teaching that in high school! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

shortsarahrose 22 for me, which is better than I expected? Agree with The Little Prince. Moby Dick and Little Women are other favorites. 1w

Librarybelle Yes! That‘s my favorite Christie too. Maybe it made the list because it is so suspenseful??? In any case, a worthy mention. 1w

dabbe @shortsarahrose 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 for reading MOBY DICK. I got as far as “Call Me Ishmael.“ 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle That one had one of the best surprise endings I have ever read. 1w

Butterfinger I look forward to these each Thursday. Thank you. 1w

dabbe @Butterfinger Well, you just made my day! TY! 😍 1w

Amiable 46! I‘m surprised—I usually score much lower on these lists. I‘m with you —how dare this list include both “A Prayer for Owen Meany” (my favorite book of all-time) and “50 Shades of Grey”??? That‘s a travesty. 😖😠 1w

RaeLovesToRead Lol, there is a lot of crap on this list 🤣🤣🤣 i got 34/100 1w

TheBookHippie @RaeLovesToRead lots of CRAP. And I read a lot of crap on it 🤦🏻‍♀️😝 1w

RaeLovesToRead @TheBookHippie I think I made it through about 5 pages of Twilight. Nope. 1w

TheBookHippie @RaeLovesToRead I refused to open the book 😂😝 1w

BkClubCare If I count the first in a series, I hit 71. 🤪 1w

dabbe @Amiable Another thing weird about Americans, I guess. 🤣 You beat me by one! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Our country is just plain weird. Next week will be the BBC one, so we'll see what your list is like! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🎯🩵🎯 1w

dabbe @BkClubCare 1st in a series counts! W🤩WZA! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

RaeLovesToRead @TheBookHippie In my defence, it was a decade ago and I was very very hungover 🤣🤣 7d

RaeLovesToRead @dabbe Ooh, I MAY have seen the list before then.... which means I may do OK. BRING IT ON!!!! 7d

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I will! Next Thursday! 😍 6d

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Wow! I've gone over 200,000 Litsy points! My life has only become sweeter since finding this place and all of you wonderful Littens! @LitsyEvents

To celebrate, I'd like to host a giveaway for a book on your TBR (plus a little book merch) if you post (by 4/24) a mood board of where you are in life. Good, bad, a combo--wherever you are! Be sure to include the hashtag #moodboardcontest/#mbc and tag me @dabbe. 😍

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Congratulations 📚💝 Litsy is truly marvelous! 1w

tpixie Congrats! 🎈🎉📕 1w

mcctrish Congratulations 🎉 Litsy is the best place 1w

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AmyG Wow! That was fast. Congrats!!! 🍾🎉🎈 1w

Mollyanna Congrats! Litsy is the best and you definitely are an asset to the community. 1w

eeclayton Congrats on your milestone! 🎉🎉🎉 1w

DGRachel Congrats on the milestone!! 1w

CSeydel Congratulations!! Wow! 1w

PuddleJumper Congrats! 1w

kspenmoll Congratulations!!!! 1w

Deblovestoread Congrats! 1w

Read4life Congratulations!! 🎉 1w

dabbe @tpixie @mcctrish @AmyG @eeclayton @DGRachel @CSeydel @PuddleJumper @kspenmoll @Deblovestoread @Read4life Thanks, ya'll! And thanks for making my world brighter. And to you, @Mollyanna ... thanks for that special comment. You made me ☺️.

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wanderinglynn Congrats on your milestone! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳 1w

tpixie 🩷🩷🩷 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 🩵💙🩵 1w

Texreader Wonderful!!! Way to go!! 1w

Ruthiella Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳 1w

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉 1w

KadaGul @dabbe Huge congratulations 🥳 🍾 🎆 🎉 on this amazing milestone! 🚩 You‘re truly a ray of sunshine ☀️, adding so much sweetness to our lives.#DabbeRocks 1w

Sace 🎉🎉🎉 1w

TheLudicReader 200,000 is a huge accomplishment. So happy Litsy brought you into my orbit and even more excited about our upcoming in-person meeting! 🎉🇨🇦❤️ 1w

AllDebooks That's fantastic. Congratulations x 🍾 1w

BkClubCare Wowza!! 1w

dabbe @Texreader TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @KadaGul Awww shucks! ☺️ Right back atcha! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @Sace TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @TheLudicReader #dittomydear 💙🇺🇸🇨🇦♥️ 1w

dabbe @AllDebooks TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

dabbe @BkClubCare TY! 💙🩵💙 1w

Tkimsal Wow! That‘s great! 7d

bookandbedandtea Congrats! What a milestone! 👏🏻💜 7d

dabbe @Tkimsal TY! 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @bookandbedandtea TY! 💙🩵💙 6d

DebinHawaii Congrats on your Litsy milestone! 🎉📚🎉 We are so lucky to have you here! You truly brighten my days! 💛🤗💛 6d

dabbe @DebinHawaii Right back atcha m'dear! 🩵💙🩵 6d

julieclair Congrats and well-deserved! 🎉🎊🎉 You do such a great job of participating in all the Litsy-ness, helping to make this such a friendly, happy community! 🩵💚🩵 6d

dabbe @julieclair You, too, m'dear! It's amazing what one can do in retirement! 🩵💙🩵 6d

Chrissyreadit CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 6d

dabbe @Chrissyreadit TY, m'dear! 🩵💙🩵 5d

ShelleyBooksie What a huge accomplishment - 🎊 4h

ShelleyBooksie Congratulations ♡♡♡♡ 4h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 🩵💙🩵 3h

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Anniversary) | Harper Lee

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-great-american-read-2018-from-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 only 3 in the hopes that more of you will tag some people! 😍

P.S. If you read only 1 book in a series, it counts!

Susanita Great idea! 1w

dabbe @Susanita 🤩🤣😍 1w

tpixie 51% hmm 🤔 1w

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Kitta 41/100 IVe got some reading to do! 1w

CogsOfEncouragement 41 for me ✌🏻♥️📚 1w

dabbe @tpixie You kicked my butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @Kitta 🎯🩵🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

tpixie @dabbe well you are busy reading OTHER great books!! 1w

dabbe @tpixie 😘 1w

rwmg 50%, though that does include three I DNF-ed:

50 Shades of Grey,
100 Years of Solitude
This Present Darkness 1w

TheLudicReader 32…but several more on my tbr shelf. Very interesting list. 50 Shades? Really? 1w

dabbe @rwmg I tried SOLITUDE and couldn't finish either. I basically howled through 50 SHADES. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

dabbe @TheLudicReader IKR? Well, you know us Americans. We think WAR AND PEACE and 50 SHADES belong in the same category. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w

Lauredhel 52 here 4d

dabbe @Lauredhel Excellent! You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 4d

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Nancy Drew 18: Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion | Carolyn Keene

so-so

#NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle
A car accident that goes nowhere. Exploding oranges meant to be planted “in strategic spots“ at the Kennedy Space Center. 😳 Horrible house hosts at an orange grove farm. A tour-travelogue-like press release of the space center and museum. Tear gas in Nancy and her friend's faces at a photo-op. Ned & Nancy almost drowning in a vat of boiling water. Way. Too. Much. Going. On. And too over-the-top for me. On to book 19!

Librarybelle So much in this one! 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 1w

IriDas Which versions are you reading through? 1w

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dabbe @IriDas The 1971 one. 1w

lil1inblue Exploding oranges?!?!?! 🤔🤔🤔 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue I kid you not. 🧨🍊💥 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1w

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. I still can cry over BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY: a comic book by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS. So poignant!
2. The tagged: THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. #ugh I couldn't even get through this one with the #hashtagbrigade! That's really saying something! 🤣

Eggs Not familiar with either one ☝️ Thx for joining in 💖 1w

dabbe @Eggs You're lucky re: the 2nd one. 🤩 1w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean