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Under the Lilacs | Louisa May Alcott
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I went to a vintage store today and saw some books I resisted buying! But the photos warm my heart also!
Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys & Cherry Ames Student Nurse are the older ones that are hard to see.
🕵🏻‍♀️ 🐴 🪻 👩🏼‍⚕️ 🐰

LeahBergen What happy photos! 15h
tpixie @LeahBergen it was a cute collection! 9h
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Heidi | Johanna Spyri
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I‘m reading the e-book, but there‘s no photographs. These are the library books I checked out.
The top Viking Press edition has very interesting historic information in the margins along with illustrations.
The bottom Julian Messner New York edition has some black-and-white illustrations throughout with a few colored as well. ( I thought Heidi had blind hair!)
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie Oh how lovely!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 3d
tpixie @TheBookHippie the insides are better than the covers would lead you to expect! 3d
CatLass007 I thought Heidi had blonde hair too! 3d
tpixie @CatLass007 yes! 👍🏻 🤔 3d
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Argylle: A Novel | Elly Conway
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So true! 🩵🦋🩵 #Orphan

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3d
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The Postcard | Anne Berest
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I‘m not certain if you can access this article. I‘ll copy a few parts I thought were interesting about the author and her Great Gma. This photo shows something that amused me. I was trying not to look up all these addresses in the book and then the authors character also mentioned she did not need all the street addresses. Her mom Said they were all important though. 👇

#europacollective

tpixie Berest co-founded a small publishing house, Porte-plume, “to write biographies of old people for their families,” she said. “We did the interviews, wrote them up, and published them in micro-editions.” 1w
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tpixie In 2017, she wrote “Gabriële,” a joint biography written with her sister Claire Berest of their maternal great-grandmother, Gabriële Buffet-Picabia. Gabriële was an art critic & intellectual engine of the early-twentieth-century Parisian avant-garde. 1w
tpixie Gabriële, A close friend of Guillaume Apollinaire & a lover of Marcel Duchamp, she had studied musical composition in Paris & Berlin before marrying Francis Picabia, then a successful post-Impressionist painter, at twenty-seven.
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tpixie “Gabriële” ends in 1919, well before what may have been the most dramatic chapter in its heroine‘s long life—when she was in her sixties during the Second World War and became an active member of a Resistance network known as Gloria SMH, alongside Samuel Beckett and others. These activities, touched upon in “The Postcard,” will be the subject of a future volume by the two sisters, who remain close. 1w
Deblovestoread Thank you for the article! I appreciate the rounding out of information. 💜 1w
tpixie @Deblovestoread so many newspaper Internet sites won‘t let you read their articles unless you pay for a subscription. I was at the “ Last time you can view this newspaper without paying for it” so I thought I better cut and paste some parts of the article!! 1w
BarbaraBB Thank you for sharing this. Very interesting 1w
squirrelbrain I‘ve just ordered this…. 1w
jlhammar Thanks so much for sharing. 1w
tpixie @squirrelbrain exciting!! I decided I wanted to try some of her other books if they were translated!! 1w
tpixie @BarbaraBB @jlhammar yes!! 😀🦋📘 1w
squirrelbrain I‘ve read that a fair few times @tpixie - in both English and French! 🇫🇷😃 1w
tpixie @squirrelbrain oh! So great you can read in French! I lost my ability. I‘m working on it but it‘s slow. I did find the book in English in Apple Books. I think I‘ll read this and then Saigon. Of course, I just bought 10 books at an author event & am skipping over them! https://books.apple.com/us/book/bonjour-tristesse-and-a-certain-smile/id15082815... 1w
squirrelbrain It‘s a while since I read in French - I‘d probably have to look up a lot of words these days! 1w
squirrelbrain And… 10 books?! Exciting! 1w
tpixie @squirrelbrain 😀 yes, I went overboard at a 12 Author event. 1w
Aimeesue I both love and hate this post, as it is very informative and interesting, yet I suspect it will dramatically increase my TBR pile! 1w
tpixie @Aimeesue lol I know how that feels!! 1w
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Heidi | Johanna Spyri
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For some reason, I cannot access the illustrations on my e-book. I went to my library and checked out a couple books. The illustrations in this The Whole Story Edition are really neat because they have historical information as well!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #March

TheBookHippie Oh how lovely!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 2w
tpixie @TheBookHippie it was a fun find! 2w
batsy That looks lovely! 1w
tpixie @batsy yes! I was excited to find this particular edition the librarian was excited for me too! 😀 1w
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A caper with Britain‘s first female crime syndicate!!

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Heidi | Johanna Spyri
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I‘m just starting this book & am reading the introduction. I‘m reading the free Kindle version, and I think the intro about the translator is interesting. I love the way he values childrens‘ intelligence!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #March

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w
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The Postcard | Anne Berest
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I thought this quote was funny because I had just complained about it to myself When I first started reading this book, I was worried about all the addresses because I am compulsively always looking up addresses to understand the places in a book. This time I decided I would just listen and not look up every address. It was hard at first. I‘m getting better at it. #EuropaCollective

jlhammar That is funny. How are you finding the audiobook narrator? I‘m doing print, but I was curious about audio. 2w
tpixie @jlhammar the narrator is good. I won‘t say marvelous, but she has kept my attention. I do go to the e-book sometimes to find peoples names or the street addresses or the French words 2w
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The Postcard | Anne Berest
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This is such a moving biographical novel. I‘ve been wanting to read this and am glad it was picked for March‘s #europacollective by @jlhammar I can‘t stop listening to & reading it. 📖 🎧

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-anonymous-postcard-tha...

jlhammar Thanks for sharing that article. I can‘t wait to get started! 3w
LeahBergen I must pick up a copy soon! 3w
mcctrish I‘m on hold at my library for print, ebook and/or audio 😬 I will only wait so long and then I‘m ordering it 🤣 3w
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Tamra I‘m 70% in and the mystery is compelling! 3w
squirrelbrain Fascinating article - thank you. 3w
tpixie @jlhammar I a m really enjoying it! I love that it‘s based on a read postcard and search for the author‘s family. 2w
tpixie @LeahBergen lol 😂 yes you should! 2w
tpixie @mcctrish good luck on the library loan! I was lucky to get both the e-book and the audiobook from the library. Thank goodness for Libby! 2w
tpixie @Tamra yes it is! I‘m at 85% and now have to quit reading to do some life. Ugh 😩 (edited) 2w
tpixie @squirrelbrain yes!! 🌺✉️🦋 2w
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Argylle: A Novel | Elly Conway
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I‘m reading the companion book to the movie Argylle. The movie was a fun, campy caper involving an author whose books appear to come to life. It reminds me of Romancing The Stone. The book is supposed to be a book she has written- not a copy of the movie. There was big secrecy on the author- with a fake IG account, etc. That‘s a story in itself. I‘m enjoying the book, but it‘s doesn‘t have the campy humor as the movie. 👇

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Bandette thinks she needs to be right in the middle of my “office “!
Researching for my trip with my sister in April it will be here before you know it!

dabbe It's the best place to be, right, Bandette? 🖤🐾🖤 3w
tpixie @dabbe yes !! 🐶 3w
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Ace of Spades | Faridah Abike-Iyimide
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Finishing up this book about two black students at an elite private school. This debut YA novel is tackling many social issues, including racism, homophobia, and generational trauma.
I can‘t wait to discuss it tomorrow for #LitsyBookClub

Daisey I‘m also looking forward to hearing everyone‘s thoughts on this one. 3w
tpixie @Daisey yes! Talk to you tomorrow!! 3w
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Misty of Chincoteague | Marguerite Henry
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One of my favorite books & authors from childhood. I always wanted to go to the pony round up. Now I‘m afraid to go because I might buy a pony! Now, as an adult I do question whether we really should be buying wild horses instead of letting them just roam…
I will always have a special place in my heart for Misty and Stormy, Misty‘s foal 🐴 🩷🐴
*This book is $50 at the used bookstore in town*
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie Woe!!! I loved reading this book. I agree horses should run wild. 1mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie 🩷🐴🦋 1mo
Aimeesue They sell the young ponies in order to keep the island‘s pony population in check. Too many ponies on too little land means starving ponies eventually. 1mo
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tpixie @Aimeesue good point! I was hoping something like that. 😂 we need to build another island! 🏝️ 1mo
HeatherBookNerd Love this. I had a serious horse phase when I was 9. 1mo
Aimeesue @tpixie Every couple of years they have to bring hay and pony food out and drop it in spots when it snows too much so they can‘t find food. Doesn‘t happen often, thankfully! 1mo
tpixie @Aimeesue interesting! I‘m glad they help them out! 1mo
UwannaPublishme What a beautiful cover! This is my first book by this author and I just loved it! 🐴❤️🙌🏻 1mo
tpixie @UwannaPublishme yes!! This is the cover I had as a child. I‘m so glad you enjoyed it. (edited) 1mo
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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax | Dorothy Gilman
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1. Mrs. Pollifax
2. Miss Marple
3. Nancy Drew
Bonus: Encyclopedia Brown
#TNT
Thx for the tag @dabbe

Ruthiella Loved, loved, loved Encyclopedia Brown as a kid! ❤️ 1mo
dabbe #1 is on the TBR now. And Miss Marple! 🤩 Of course, Nancy D, right? And OMG Encyclopedia Brown! Thanks for playing! ❤️💜🩷 1mo
tpixie @dabbe it was fun! I hadn‘t thought of Mrs Pollifax in ages! 1mo
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No One Can Know: A Novel | Kate Alice Marshall
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I‘m so excited to have been selected to win these most anticipated books & bookish gifts for @booksparks Winter Reading Challenge 2024.
Just my cup of tea!

Gissy Congratulations! 📚🎉👏👏👏❤️ 1mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Congratulations! 1mo
tpixie @Gissy thanks! It was exciting to win! @Graciouswarriorprincess I can‘t believe I won these! I saw one was on your library stack! Now the pressure to post on IG! (edited) 1mo
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Soubhiville Woo hoo! Enjoy! 1mo
tpixie @Soubhiville thanks! It was fun #bookmail 1mo
kspenmoll Yay!!! 1mo
tpixie @kspenmoll 💖 🥳💖 1mo
monkeygirlsmama Lovely tea cup and saucer. 1mo
tpixie @monkeygirlsmama thanks! I have a few of my great grandma‘s 💖 1mo
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One Last Stop | Casey McQuiston
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Thanks so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for hosting #sharreadathon and this giveaway! The book looks great- I love the PINK 🩷 cover!
The bookish pin, Valentines & St Pat‘s stickers, little notepad, and the sparkling 🔆 little bag are special extra treats! Thanks!!!!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re welcome!! Thank you for participating! 🤗🩷 2mo
Gissy Congratulations 👌❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
tpixie @Gissy thanks! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks it was a nice rememberance 🩷 2mo
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A very interesting story of artists Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Manet, and their contemporaries.
I‘m reading the backlists of authors for
#SuperBookV 📚 and for #Sharreadathon 💖

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
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The Book Club Hotel | Sarah Morgan
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This author writes well written chick lit that may be predictable, but isn‘t too sappy. I read it for my IRL Bookclub #FriendsWithBooks during #Sharreadathon

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Reading this backlist book before an author event in San Diego. It‘s not as great as I was hoping. More San Diego name dropping than about the zoo. But I‘m going to plug along. #Sharreadathon #readathon #SuperBookV

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
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The Rescuers | Margery Sharp
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I finished this adorable story of Miss Bianca, Bernard, and Nils.
Last night, I went to an event at an art gallery and saw these two cute little mice which reminded me of the book!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #sharreadathon #readathon

TheBookHippie Awe!!!! I enjoyed this read very much! 2mo
AnnR 🐭🙂🐭 2mo
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batsy Cute! I just finished, too. Such an adorable story 🐁 2mo
tpixie @batsy yes! 2mo
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Reading the backlists of the 20 authors attending #SuperBookV hosted by #AdventuresByTheBook & #NovelNetwork 2/18/2024 in San Diego. It‘s a wonderful all day author event.
Today I‘m reading to celebrate the life of @sharread
She is missed. #Sharreadathon #Readathon

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sweet pup 🐶 🐾 2mo
tpixie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks yes. She‘s a great reading companion 🐶 #dogsoflitsy 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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tpixie @dabbe 🩷🐶🩷 2mo
Suet624 What a sweet dog you‘ve got there. 2mo
tpixie @Suet624 Thanks, she‘s a good girl 🩷🐶🩷 (edited) 2mo
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The Rescuers | Margery Sharp
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Nils equates himself:
A story about King Richard involves the quest of his loyal minstrel Blondel to find King Richard who disappeared on his way back from the Holy Land.
Blondel traveled from castle to castle throughout Europe, singing the 1st verse of Richard‘s favorite song until he heard the king answer with the 2nd verse.
Blondel‘s discovery of the king‘s location led to Richard‘s return to England to assume his rightful place as king.👑
👇

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The Rescuers | Margery Sharp
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What a name for a big scary cat 🐈‍⬛ in a prison!!
We can only hope this cat happens to LIKE mice (as friends! Not food!) or our Miss Bianca is in real trouble!!!
The suspense! 😬 😱 😥
I can‘t read it until tonight! Hold on Miss Bianca!!!
🐈‍⬛ 🐭 🐈‍⬛
#ChildrensClassicRead #ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie 😬😬😬 2mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie where there‘s mice 🐭 there‘s cats 🐈‍⬛ !! 2mo
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The Rescuers | Margery Sharp
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This is an adorable palate cleanser after reading the complex Cloud Atlas. It is written so cleverly 🐭🐭🐭#ChildrensClassicRead2024

TheBookHippie I just love it!!! 2mo
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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell
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Another great day to stay inside and read. It‘s only 5* out!! 🩵🥶🩵
Ready to start the 2nd 1/2 of the 5th book for #Litsybookclub The stories have become more intriguing as I read on.

Daisey I didn‘t read much after my post yesterday, but I plan to read more this evening. It‘s just about as cold here and the perfect weather to stay snug and cozy reading. 2mo
tpixie @Daisey enjoy your day! I‘m going to start the end of Robert‘s story now 2mo
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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell
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We had about 8 inches of snow today. Work was delayed until 10:00, now noon. My partner and I just decided to cancel all day. I‘m gonna curl up in my reading chair with my dog and try to tackle this book!
#LitsyBookClub

Tamra Perfect! We finally got a little more than a dusting. (edited) 2mo
tpixie @Tamra yes! A real snow! 2mo
Bklover Beautiful! Enjoy your cozy day! 2mo
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tpixie @Bklover Thanks! Snow Days are fun! 2mo
Read4life Beautiful! 💙❄️💙 2mo
IndoorDame So pretty! Enjoy the view and the day off! 2mo
Daisey Perfect! I got a few inches and it‘s still snowing here. I‘ve got online classes this morning, but I also plan to fit in some reading time as well. 2mo
tpixie @Daisey stay warm and cozy!! My daughter‘s school isn‘t doing virtual classes anymore. You‘d think everyone would on snow days… 2mo
Gissy It looks beautiful ❄️🌨perrrrrfect to read📚👌💙💙💙 2mo
tpixie @Gissy yes! A great day to read! ⛄️⛄️⛄️ 2mo
dabbe Lovely. 🖤💜🖤 2mo
tpixie @dabbe yes!!! ⛄️❄️⛄️❄️⛄️ 2mo
LeahBergen Perfect! 2mo
kspenmoll How nice!!!‘ 2mo
tpixie @kspenmoll yes! It‘s a beautiful snow ❄️ and I‘m thankful I got a snow day from work! I kind of want to take a nap, but I also want to be awake for this day! It‘s a great reading day! 🩷📗🐶❄️ 2mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Lovely! I want snow! ❄️❄️❄️. Happy reading! 2mo
tpixie @Graciouswarriorprincess thanks! 😊 it‘s a fun day! 2mo
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Cloud Atlas: A Novel | David Mitchell
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Starting Book 5 of Cloud Atlas
Work is getting in the way of my reading today!!!
#LitsyBookClub

Ruthiella Pesky work! ☹️ 2mo
tpixie @Ruthiella exactly! 😀😅😂 2mo
Daisey Completely know the feeling! 2mo
tpixie @Daisey 😂 I‘m taking my book tomorrow. We‘re supposed to get more snow and I bet several people cancel at work tomorrow. 2mo
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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell
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Starting Book 4. I want to jump ahead and finish Luisa Rey‘s story, but I‘ll read the book as the author intended. #LitsyBookClub

Daisey Luisa Rey‘s did have quite the ending to the first part. I finished Timothy‘s last night as well. I‘m definitely more interested now that I‘m further in. 2mo
tpixie @Daisey yes, I think book one was so slow. It was a hard start. I‘m hoping to get through before today, but the grandkids are here and I have laundry to do so it may be tricky. It‘s amazing how long 30 pages can take to read. 😂 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
tpixie @dabbe she loves to join me in my reading chair! 2mo
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Untitled | Untitled
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Does anyone else try to take photos of other peoples bookshelves to see what they are reading? This was a reporter on the news the other day.
😀😜🤪

dabbe I don't take photos, but I always look closely! 🤩😂😍 2mo
tpixie @dabbe the photos hardly ever work because the TV is focused on the person so it‘s really hard to get a good focus on the books!! 📚😅😂 2mo
AnnR I never know if the books are actually being read or it they are just for show. 2mo
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dabbe @AnnR I think I get more wrapped up in how the bookcases look and if they're color-coordinated or not--because my shelves currently look like crap! 🤩 2mo
ElizaMarie Ha! I love that I am NOT the only one that does this! 2mo
tpixie @ElizaMarie 😂🤭🤣 2mo
Meshell1313 Ooh so fun! I love it! 2mo
tpixie @AnnR that‘s why I wanted to try to look at this guy since he was a newscaster. I figured he probably bought a bunch of nonfiction books to put behind him!! some more nonfiction, but the focus was just too hard to get many of them 2mo
tpixie @dabbe my bookshelves are a mess also! 2mo
dabbe @tpixie #greatminds 🖤💜🖤 2mo
AmyG Hahahaha, no….but I always take a good, close look. 2mo
tpixie @Meshell1313 goody, but fun!! it‘s like I can‘t help looking and seeing what other people are reading when I see someone with a book! 2mo
tpixie @ElizaMarie @AmyG we‘re book spies! 2mo
marleed It‘s my favorite back drop! (Kitchens are kind of fun too!). I‘m a definite book spy. Btw, I take points away when the interviewee has their own current book prominently displayed for free advertising among their vast book collection! 2mo
tpixie @marleed yes! I love looking at kitchens also! lol 😂 I agree about not liking the free book ads- unless it is a bookish event! 2mo
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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell
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Starting story #3. I‘m seeing a few connections between the stories. It‘s slow reading, but I‘m interested in seeing how the author pulls it all together. January‘s #LitsyBookClub

I don‘t like the movie cover, but it was all that was available at the used bookstore

Graciouswarriorprincess It‘s a very slow read for me. I have to be truthful and say that I am not enjoying it all but struggling through it. 2mo
tpixie @Graciouswarriorprincess yes I‘m waiting to see how the writer pulls it off- I think that‘s where I make it the enjoyment, not necessarily the book itself. 2mo
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tpixie @dabbe yes! Bandette, she‘s a great snuggler ! #DogsOfLitsy 2mo
dabbe @tpixie She's adorable! 🤩😍🤗 2mo
tpixie @dabbe thanks!! 😊 2mo
Daisey @tpixie @Graciouswarriorprincess I‘m partway through the second story and enjoying it less than the first. I‘ve read several reviews making it sound like the payoff comes in making it through the second half. 2mo
tpixie @Daisey I think you‘re right. I think the payoff is at the end. 2mo
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The Mystery Guest | Nita Prose
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More stats. Happy New Year 🥳🥂📚

Ruthiella Awesome! 👏👏👏 3mo
tpixie @Ruthiella thanks 😊 3mo
Bookzombie Happy New Year! 🎆 3mo
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dabbe HNY! 🖤💙🖤 3mo
Mimi28 Happy New Year!! 🎆🎈🎊 3mo
tpixie @Mimi28 happy new year to you too! 🥳 3mo
Gissy Great! Congratulations 📚📚📚🥳🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏 3mo
tpixie @Gissy thx! 3mo
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The Mystery Guest | Nita Prose
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It was a great reading year! Thanks to @jackilynn for helping me find the website myyearinbooks.com !
Happy New Years Eve! 🥳📚🥳

Gissy Yes!!! Spectacular 📚📚📚🎉🎉🎉🥳👏👏👏 3mo
tpixie @Gissy thanks! 3mo
Ruthiella Happy New Year to you! 🥳 3mo
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tpixie @Ruthiella 🥳📚🩵 3mo
Cuilin 🎉🥳🎉 3mo
tpixie @Cuilin 💗 3mo
UwannaPublishme Woo hoo! Way to go! 🎉🙌🏻📚 3mo
tpixie @UwannaPublishme thanks! I‘m amazed by others who read so much more! But I have doubled my reading with Litsy over these last several years! 3mo
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This so far is the sweetest book.
Such a great premise: Providing a home for family heirlooms that people don‘t have room for, but can‘t bear to throw away. 💚 🪑 🍴 🛠️🧸💚

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The Mystery Guest | Nita Prose
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So far Molly doesn‘t disappoint. Nita Prose may be a good editor but she is a great writer ✍️

IndoorDame Love this distinction! I tried to get kids to glom onto it in a lesson once, but however I was phrasing it the concept was just too opposed to something they‘d heard in school before… 3mo
tpixie @IndoorDame yes, it‘s a fun description- I can see how a kid could have a hard time wrapping their mind around it… 3mo
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Fun spy caper!
Tongue- in- cheek humor, amnesia, & espionage. The male narrator has a Maltese Falcon, Film noir vibe. The author mostly writes younger children and young adult novels, but I‘ll be watching for more adult fiction from her.

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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell
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Getting ready to jump into this bizarre book for our #Litsybookclub January pick!

kspenmoll Your room looks so Christmasy! 3mo
tpixie @kspenmoll we do go a little overboard! Most are whimsical decorations I inherited from my Mom. It is a lovely corner to read in, glancing up at the festive site 🎄🎁🎄 3mo
Chrissyreadit I love your mug!! this picture is so much Christmas Coziness ❤️ 3mo
tpixie @Chrissyreadit thanks! I can‘t wait for Christmas time so I could pull out my Christmas mugs! Merry Christmas to you and yours!! 🎄📚🎄 3mo
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I can‘t remember where I heard about this book so that it ended up on my TBR ( I need to get better at labeling that).
It‘s Daphne du Maurier‘s Rebecca inside Rebecca inside Rebecca. A Matryoshka doll. 🪆

LeahBergen Intriguing! 3mo
Ruthiella I also usually forget to note where my recommendations come from. 🙃 3mo
tpixie @LeahBergen i‘m a little frustrated with the main character not recognizing warning signs but then of course, it wouldn‘t be a book. I‘m very intrigued on the premise and how it‘s going to play out though. 3mo
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tpixie @Ruthiella yeah I keep telling myself I need more shelves on my want to read Goodreads account, but then never really take the time to fill it out. Between Litsy, friends, What Should I Read Next?, Instagram, Friends & Fiction…. (edited) 3mo
Aimeesue Stacked! 3mo
tpixie @Aimeesue 😀 3mo
batsy That sounds intriguing! I'm all for Rebecca in however many layers 😁 3mo
tpixie @batsy 😀💙😀 3mo
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The Big Snow | Berta Hader, Elmer Hader
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This was a cute book. I listened to the audio & imagined the illustrations. I hope to go to the library this weekend and actually see the beautiful illustrations. A great book to round out the year with #ChildrensClassicRead2023
Thanks @TheBookHippie !

TheBookHippie It really did end the year nicely for us! (edited) 3mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! 👏🏻 Great job picking these books! I‘m so excited for next year! 3mo
TheBookHippie @tpixie ♥️ I am too!!! 3mo
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The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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Starting my 1st Tess Garrison book. I‘m enjoying the characters. I think I‘ve found another author & series to read. Apparently Tess realized that where she lives, a lot of spies 🕵🏻‍♀️ have retired in her community, and so this is what prompted the premise of this book!

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📚The Night Before Christmas; Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause
🎥 How The Grinch Tole Christmas ( 1967 & Jim Carrey)
🎶 Joy To the World

Thanks for the tag 🏷️ @AnnR

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

AnnR 🎄👍❄️ 4mo
dabbe Love 'em all! Even the “Joy to the World“ sung by Three Dog Night! Thanks for sharing! 🩵❄️🩵 4mo
tpixie @dabbe 😂 Yes!!! 4mo
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It‘s nice reading about a different country during WWII.

Another good Italian book that spans WWI & WWII Italy is Under the Light of the Italian Moon
#BuddyRead #LiteraryCrew

Librarybelle Thanks for posting about this! 4mo
tpixie @Librarybelle yes! 🇮🇹 4mo
Gissy I like the photo👌 4mo
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tpixie @Gissy thanks!!! 😊 4mo
kspenmoll Thanks for your book recommendation. I loved this read for a myriad of reasons. 4mo
tpixie @kspenmoll I‘m only 1/4 done, but so far it‘s a well- told story! Next I want to read a book about all the displaced Jewish children. Who do they belong to after the war? The Catholic & Protestant homes that took them in? Or back to some one of the Jewish faith? 4mo
tpixie @Librarybelle @kspenmoll I should clarify- they are not Jewish Italian women, but strong Italian women… 4mo
Librarybelle 👍 4mo
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time
I also enjoyed My Murder, Killers of a Certain Age,
and started a new-to-me series beginning with My Sister‘s Grave

The Spy Coast - a new Tess Garrison

I traditionally read police procedurals- Alex Cross, Eve Dallas, Kay Scarpetta, Temperence Brennan, and now Robert Dugoni‘s Tracy Crosswhite
#iHaveQuestions

RaeLovesToRead Yes, love a good procedural! 4mo
Chrissyreadit I love watching police procedurals too- like Shetland and Bones. Do you have one you absolutely recommend to read? 2mo
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tpixie @Chrissyreadit I haven‘t read a lot of them lately. But I was pleasantly surprised by the Tracy Crosswhite series- it‘s new to me and reminded me why I liked them. (edited) 2mo
tpixie @Chrissyreadit I was quite surprised that he wrote another book (totally different genre) that I loved 2mo
Chrissyreadit thanks!!! adding My Sisters Grave to my tbr. I‘m unsure i would like extraordinary life…. because i really struggle with serious , sad close to real life (although there are some exceptions) but murder…. no problem 🤣 2mo
tpixie @Chrissyreadit lol I understand! Paranormal things can scare me in my home when I read about them, but I can read a murder mystery!! 2mo
tpixie @Chrissyreadit Serendipity! I started listening to a podcast & Robert Dugoni ( author of My Sister‘s Grave) was on it! What a coinkydink. I had to share with you. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-what-you-read/id1707901821?i=10006... 2mo
Chrissyreadit @tpixie THANKS 🎉🎉🎉 2mo
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A memoir of a daughter in a cult, how she suffers, and what she learns. This cult is what you expect from cults. I do love the info about nature and edible plants. Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 Happy Thursday!

Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving to you ! 🥧 4mo
tpixie @Ruthiella thanks! 🦃🌻🦃 4mo
Bookzombie Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁 4mo
tpixie @Bookzombie thanks! It‘s been great! I hope you had a great day also! 4mo
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This is a very hard and enlightening read. We will have much to discuss this month at #LitsyBookClub!

Daisey Hoping to get to it this weekend! November is gotten somewhat #overbooked! 4mo
tpixie @Daisey the book is only 179 pages. But the preface is 54 pages!😂 xliv (edited) 4mo
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What a fun re-read! It held up over time. Nancy really is a great female protagonist for young girls As another Litten mentioned, she is spunky!
Great choice for #ChildrensClassicRead2023 & #NancyDrewBR

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Starling House | Alix Harrow
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Bandette and I are trying to get some reading time in before the winter sun blinds us through the windows.

Alix E. Harrow is weaving another wonderfully told story. 🐦‍⬛💚💜🐦‍⬛
#DogsOfLitsy

dabbe Hello there, snuggly Bandette! 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
tpixie @dabbe She says hi! 👋🏻 🐶👋🏻 4mo
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I‘m glad I finally read Dracula. I loved reading this epistolary novel on the dates corresponding to the letters. I can‘t imagine reading it out of order! Maybe next October I‘ll try to read it as Bram Stoker wrote it.
Thanks for joining in on the fun!
🧛🏻‍♀️ 🩸🧛🏻‍♀️
#DraculaDaily

Meshell1313 I agree!!! I‘m sad it‘s done! What an interesting way to read it! 🧛🏻 4mo
Daisey It was a great read! Early on I thought I would want to listen to the original as I finished, but now I think I‘ll wait a bit. Like you said, maybe next October. 4mo
tpixie @Meshell1313 yes! I am a little sad also!! 4mo
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dabbe It was a fun read and truly more realistic since we had to wait with the characters for the stupid snail mail and such. Club next year to read it the way Stoker wrote it? 🙋🏼‍♀️ 4mo
tpixie @Daisey yes, I think next October will be a fun idea 💡 4mo
tpixie @dabbe great idea! Yes! Let‘s do an October Buddy Read! 4mo
TheBookHippie Oh I‘d read it again add me! 4mo
Graciouswarriorprincess @tpixie I am in next year with you! 4mo
dabbe Sounds like a plan! October 2024 it is! 🤩 4mo
Daisey @tpixie Sounds like you better make a note to remind all of us next fall! 4mo
tpixie @Daisey Done ✅ I put it in my notes & screenshot the tagged people, then added it to my calendar for Mid- Sept 7️⃣😅🧛🏻‍♀️😅 4mo
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An incredible, and sad account of how the Osage Native Americans were systematically murdered for their oil money in Oklahoma- after being evicted from their homes in Kansas, Nebraska, & Arkansas.
#AmericanIndianHeritageMonth

I listened to the book and then saw the movie. The movie was extremely well done, but a slow long three hours.
#TheBookWasBetterThanTheMovie

kspenmoll Wonderful heartbreaking book- have not seen movie. 4mo
tpixie @kspenmoll I probably would‘ve enjoyed it better if it were a 530 or 630 movie instead of 730! Since it was 3 hours. ( I got tired) (edited) 4mo
Suet624 Such a brutal story. The author does a great job telling it. 4mo
tpixie @Suet624 Brutal is a perfect description of this story. I agree the author did a great job tackling this project and sharing this sad part of history. (edited) 4mo
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Today we celebrated w. a short documentary of her life. Last year our Bookclub met w. the 94 yo American born German descent author. She & family in East Germany were 1st displaced by Russia during & later by Poland after WWII. As a teen, she survived Russian work camps, displaced persons camps, & ocean voyage to America. 7 yrs later Mom & brother joined her in KS. Her strength, joy, & gratitude abounds. Here is the suitcase she brought to USA.

LeahBergen How wonderful! 4mo
AmyG Amazing! 4mo
tpixie @LeahBergen @AmyG she is smart as a whip & spry!! Her story is unique since she‘s American (although she did not know that until she was 17, because the family moved back to Germany when she was an infant) & a protestant. The Nazis would count their chickens to make sure the family was providing enough eggs to them. 4mo
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tpixie Then, when Russia became part of the Allies, they kicked her family off the farm, and they went to camps. Then, after the war, Poland was given that part of eastern Germany as reparations, and so they were kicked out of their home again! There are just so many untold stories. 4mo
Librarybelle What an amazing afternoon! 4mo
tpixie @Librarybelle yes! I then took my husband to an evening event at her home church (75 years!) about 50 minutes away. Whew! Luckily he enjoyed it & was impressed with her and the documentary! lol makes up for some of the ball games I watch with him! 😃 4mo
Suet624 What a life. 4mo
tpixie @Suet624 yes! She‘s still coming to grips with her earlier years, but she is very positive. 4mo
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