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.
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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.
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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
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
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
A caper with Britain‘s first female crime syndicate!!
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
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
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...
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. 👇
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
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
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!
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!!!!
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 💖
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
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
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
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
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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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!!!
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#ChildrensClassicRead #ChildrensClassicRead2024
This is an adorable palate cleanser after reading the complex Cloud Atlas. It is written so cleverly 🐭🐭🐭#ChildrensClassicRead2024
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.
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
Starting Book 5 of Cloud Atlas
Work is getting in the way of my reading today!!!
#LitsyBookClub
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
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.
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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
More stats. Happy New Year 🥳🥂📚
It was a great reading year! Thanks to @jackilynn for helping me find the website myyearinbooks.com !
Happy New Years Eve! 🥳📚🥳
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. 💚 🪑 🍴 🛠️🧸💚
So far Molly doesn‘t disappoint. Nita Prose may be a good editor but she is a great writer ✍️
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.
Getting ready to jump into this bizarre book for our #Litsybookclub January pick!
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. 🪆
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 !
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!
📚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
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
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
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!
This is a very hard and enlightening read. We will have much to discuss this month at #LitsyBookClub!
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
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
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!
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#DraculaDaily
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
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.