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The Librarians of Lisbon: A WWII Story of Love and Espionage | Suzanne Nelson

Isn‘t it interesting? How within six months of each other two books get published about librarian spies in Lisbon?

It reminds me of when two books were written about the horseback librarians of Kentucky: The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek & the Giver of Stars 📕 🐴

These covers also have a similar color scheme

DogMomIrene Interesting indeed. Wonder what goes into choosing settings for historical fiction. How they determine trends…🤔 I mean they just have the whole of history! 3d

tpixie @DogMomIrene right?? I think with the giver of stars & the bookwoman of troublesome Creek books, there was an NPR article or some article that had been published prior to either one of them being published. But I don‘t know if they were already working on their books by the time that was published, or if they read the article & it gave them the idea … bookwoman was published before giver of stars, & there was a lawsuit. Don‘t know the outcome… 3d

DogMomIrene @tpixie Given how many forms of media writers are exposed to nowadays, yeah, what influences them can be sooo much, including lawsuits. 3d

tpixie @DogMomIrene yes! I bet you have to be careful about what you‘re reading or watching when you‘re trying to write a particular book so you‘re not influenced. 3d

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The Librarians of Lisbon: A WWII Story of Love and Espionage | Suzanne Nelson

Enjoying this newly published book about librarian spies in Lisbon during WWII. Portugal 🇵🇹 was a neutral country & was an important site of espionage, as well as a place refugees sought sanctuary. It has a strong sense of place, reminding me of the wonderful trip we had there in September.

Susanita This book takes place mostly in Spain and Morocco, but there‘s an interesting interlude in Portugal.

tpixie @Susanita yes, that‘s right! There were 2 main characters in Martin‘s book- 1 in Portugal. I‘m not far into the Librarians of Lisbon, but I think Martin‘s book addresses the refugees in Portugal a little more as well. I find it fascinating that some portion in history can spark two people around the same time. It‘s fun reading how they each interpret it & create their own story. (edited) 4d

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The Three Lives of Cate Kay | Kate Fagan

This is a well done debut ( fiction) novel. I can‘t wait to see what else she writes.
I went to the University of Kansas, so those references were fun! 💙❤️
The author played basketball at the University of Colorado and then played professional basketball for an Irish team. She then did sports journalism before writing this book.
Here‘s a Friends & Fiction interview with her

https://www.youtube.com/live/o_zqEYVP8cw?si=3mxlxBVuBHAKMtKD

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Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel | Laura Dave

#Chatterday

I‘m enjoying my visit with my sister. I‘m staying with her this weekend after her cataract surgery. I‘m a little nervous about leaving tomorrow and having her drive herself. Next week I come back for surgery her other eye!
Luckily my son lives in the same town, so I got to see him also.
I‘m reading Eight Hundred Grapes 🍇 🍷 and enjoying it.
#ChatterDay2025 @AllDebooks

kspenmoll What a joy to be the family! 1w

tpixie @kspenmoll yes! And I got to see my son as well! 1w

dabbe What a fab sister you are! 🩶🩷🩶 1w

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tpixie @dabbe thanks. It‘s good to be with my sister! She‘s a widow and I just can‘t have her be by herself after a surgery … she probably didn‘t really need me too much, but I think it is comforting for her to have me here. I‘m not certain so feel comfortable to drive tomorrow… it‘s weird after cataract surgery, you don‘t have glasses that work right for you. And she can‘t get a correct pair until four weeks after her next surgery next week. 1w

dabbe @tpixie I went through the same thing with my mom, though she was able to stay home and didn't drive. You'd think the docs in this day and age would be able to do something for just this situation! I'll be keeping my 🤞🏻 that all goes well. 🩶🩷🩶 1w

tpixie @dabbe thanks! Seems like first surgery was good. The 5 weeks of the wrong glasses will be tough! I‘m sure your mom was so grateful for your help 🩵 (edited) 1w

dabbe @tpixie I'd like to think she was. Thanks for that, m'dear. 🩶🩷🩶 1w

DogMomIrene A neighbor of ours had cataract surgery a couple years ago. Her son drove her for the actual surgery, but we drove her for the follow up. Does your sister use Uber or Lift? I know they‘re not ideal services, but in a pinch they may work. 1w

tpixie @DogMomIrene she can use uber. We talked about that. I had to leave yesterday because I work this week. And then I‘ll be back on Thursday for her second surgery. She did have a Friend drive her to bridge yesterday. Hopefully she knows her limits 1w

DogMomIrene @tpixie Sounds like she does! And I‘m impressed with how quickly people recover from cataract surgery these days. I remember my grandmother having multiple surgeries with long recovery times and not always great results. Sending her some healing vibes. 1w

tpixie @DogMomIrene thanks! Great news! 🗞️ she went to where she buys her glasses regularly & he‘s going to set her up with a pair of clear lenses on top & readers on the bottom with 1 of her old pairs of glasses. For free! She‘s been a loyal customer for a long time. Great customer service! She did drive there & was nervous about it & now she has a headache and is a little nauseated. The clear glasses on top I think will help with that! (edited) 1w

DogMomIrene @tpixie That is great news and customer service! Also pretty clever solution. 7d

tpixie @DogMomIrene 🦚🦚🦚 have a great day! I‘m dragging myself from my book to get ready for work! 7d

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

I‘m a little behind, with work, grandkids, and driving to KC to nurse my sister before and after cataract surgery ( yesterday). This 5 page chapter with NINE pages of notes took me 2 days!
As Hugo writes, “Yet these details wrongly called trivial do serve a purpose. The features of the years are what the face of the century is composed of. “
Next: Two Foursomes
#READLESMIS

JanuarieTimewalker13 Great quote!!! 1w

tpixie @JanuarieTimewalker13 Yes! Especially since every sentence in this chapter reflected an historical event. After that heavy reading, he reminded me: Every moment in life is Important. 🩵 1w

dabbe My head ached after getting through it. 😂 1w

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tpixie @dabbe 😂 yes!!! 👍🏻 I‘m thankful these next 3 chapters are shorter and easier to read. A palate cleanser between the heavy stuff. People keep telling about the sewers and Waterloo- 😂 what are we in for??!! 😅 1w

dabbe @tpixie IKR? The two times I tried to read this before, I bailed at Waterloo. Here's hoping I can muddle through this time! 😂🤞🏻😂 1w

tpixie @dabbe yes! We need to persevere 🥺😅🤪🤣 1w

dabbe @tpixie 👍🏻❣️🤞🏻 1w

tpixie @dabbe ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads TBH! I skipped a lot of that part @tpixie 1w

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads understandable!!! 1w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @tpixie 😆 1w

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Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel | Laura Dave

Eight Hundred Grapes 🍇 was the 1st book of this author that I wanted to read- but it turned out to be the 3rd book of hers that I‘m reading. She may be becoming a favorite author of mine!
Did you know it takes 800 grapes to make one bottle of wine? 🍇 🍷 🍇
#ReadYourKindle

CBee

Lesliereadsalot Loved the two I read! 1w

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 🤩👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤩 1w

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Crown of Twelve: A Twelve Dancing Princesses Novella | R.L. Perez

Finished this novella, a retelling of the 12 Dancing Princesses. It was a fun take on the Grimms fairytale. I feel the writing was probably not the best, but I had fun reading it as part of #ChildrensClassicRead2025
She also has written retellings of sleeping beauty and beauty and the beast.

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

Part One: Fantime, Book 2: The Fall, Chapter VIII: The Deep & the Dark

is this chapter a metaphor of
drowning in the sea 🟰 Jean Valjean‘s despair?

#READLESMIS #Sharreadathon #LitsyLove

TheBookHippie Light verses Darkness and or wallowing in your darkness and also happy in others darkness or choose light is how I took his whole story. 3w

dabbe 🩵🩶🩵 2w

tpixie @TheBookHippie thanks 🙏🏻 2w

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tpixie @dabbe 🩶💙🩶 2w

Gleefulreader I took it both as that, and that it represented how quickly society leaves the poor and the jailed behind. That society leaves those people behind to drown and suffer. 2w

tpixie @Gleefulreader thanks!! I appreciate your insight. 💙🤍❤️🇫🇷💙🤍❤️ 2w

TheBookHippie @Gleefulreader YES. 2w

TheBookHippie I must say MERCY came up a lot for me during this part when I read it win. 2020, and I have thought a lot about that this week. 2w

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes MERCY does fit this chapter , and is a good lesson for us to remember (edited) 2w

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Crown of Twelve: A Twelve Dancing Princesses Novella | R.L. Perez

I‘m finishing up my last 12 Dancing Princesses book for the month of January for #ChildrensClassicRead2025
This is a fun novella retelling.
She‘s also written a Sleeping Beauty retelling and in August, a Beauty and the Beast retailing will be published.

Read this for free if you sign up for her newsletter:

https://www.rlperez.com/crowns-of-the-fae

TheBookHippie Oh I‘m going to look this up! Fun! I have had fun with this story!! 3w

tpixie @TheBookHippie I‘m reading it on hoopla - it‘s about 140 pages. I did edit my post and put the link to her website. If you subscribe to her newsletter, you can get it for free. 2w

TheBookHippie @tpixie OH yay!!! And I love Hoopla. Sounds like a nice edition to my tea this afternoon! 2w

tpixie @TheBookHippie I love Hoopla- I had to drive to a library about 1.5 hours away to get access to Hoopla, since my Library just has Cloud Library. I‘ve got three other library cards from 3 other cities in Kansas for Libby. Trying to save some $$$. Happy Reading 📖 🍵 2w

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGi9k_yr9u/?igsh=bXVlczc1YjBpMzNx

How timely! #AuthorAMonth

The Queens of Crime: A Novel

TiredLibrarian I'm doing this book for a discussion in March; hope I like it!

tpixie @TiredLibrarian Awesome. I bet you will. She‘s a great author and does great research! 3w

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Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese

A lovely analogy for intergeneratinal resilience juxtaposed to intergenerational trauma.

#LiteraryCrew #buddyread

Librarybelle

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 3w

lil1inblue 🩵❤️🩵 3w

tpixie @Librarybelle @lil1inblue 🩵💙🩵 3w

kspenmoll 🩵💙🩵 2w

tpixie @kspenmoll 🩷🤍🩷 2w

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

DL Sayers was the leader of the clever advertising campaign for Colman‘s Mustard!
Secret Sign of the Mustard Club: place the mustard pot 6 inches from your neighbor‘s plate 💛🧡💛
#AuthorAMonth

https://system1group.com/blog/mystery-mustard-and-marketing-the-birth-of-the-flu...

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

Here‘s an add for the book at the end.
Yay! I‘m finally done with this book. I didn‘t realize I was so close to the end, the notes in the back of the book start at about the 50% mark! I‘m glad I read it & sad I didn‘t enjoy it, since the author is a famous female author. The historical notes at the end of the book an interesting, so I‘m reading them. #AuthorAMonth

Leftcoastzen I love the old book ads at the end. 3w

tpixie @Leftcoastzen yes! It‘s a fun touch. A peek into the past 🦚 3w

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

@bookishbitch Pt 2 - What Oscar Wilde said.

( Pt 1 see previous post re: Fox Hunting 🦊 🐴 🐶 😢)
Last bit: It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
#AuthorAMonth

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The Rose Code | Kate Quinn

Scrolling through my photos and I saw this Enigma machine that I saw at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris.
It made me think of Kate Quinn‘s The Rose Code!

Leftcoastzen Cool! 4w

tpixie @Leftcoastzen 🩵 🕵🏻‍♀️ 🔎 🩵 3w

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

Pg 205 (Part 1)

Fox Hunting 🦊 Yuck! 😡
It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
Incredible it took that long to band it sounds so cruel. #AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville Yes truly terrible. 4w

tpixie @Soubhiville I remember hearing that these fox hunts were horrible, but I just thought it was because it was unfair that they use dogs and horses to chase a fox instead of just walking. It was so much worse…. 3w

bookishbitch What did Oscar say? 3w

tpixie @bookishbitch lol 😂 I‘ll post it and tag you!! After I posted that I thought well I kind of left that hanging… 3w

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Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese

Starting this #buddyread
Hester Prynne is one of my favorite heroines. ♥️🟥🔴
This book is starting off great. I already love Isobel- both of them.
How men treated women and accused them of witchcraft is just appalling.
Halloween 2017 my husband and I went to Salem Massachusetts. It was a fascinating day.

#LiteraryCrew @Librarybelle

Librarybelle So awesome! 1mo

Cortg My daughter and I went two years ago in October. It was fascinating and a day we‘ll always remember. I remember going quite a bit as a kid when we lived in MA but todays Salem during the month of October is something else! 1mo

tpixie @Cortg @Librarybelle Yes! A day to remember. Riding the train & subway with everyone in costume was also fun. Salem it was so interesting. There was a beautiful art museum there that we were pleasantly surprised about. Inside was a reconstructed Chinese house, which was incredible. 1mo

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Librarybelle So cool! 1mo

tpixie @Librarybelle yes! One of our favorite vacations. Boston was amazing also. 1mo

kspenmoll Salem is a wonderful town/seaport to visit. I have bern several times with school, relatives, & friends over the years. 💕 going in October is such fun! Also visiting the memorial stones to the “witches” burnt or hanged as memorialized in

The Crucible

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tpixie @kspenmoll we had such a great time. We‘ve only been to Salem once. I would love to return to both Salem & Boston again. I‘d also love to go back to Washington DC to look at the different Smithsonian museums, & New York for the Frick museum and Metropolitan Museum of art. 2w

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

Don‘t count your chickens before they are hatched

Chapter 12 Monsignor Bienvenu‘s Isolation
Pages 49–50
Perrette, the milk maid, and her pot of milk

https://aestheticrealism.net/poems/the-milkmaid-and-the-pot-of-milk-by-jean-de-l...

#READLESMIS

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I hate it the Chapter titles are so different in my translation 1mo

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads that is interesting. 🤔 https://youtu.be/1rsbLJ6Iioo?si=0W72izujV_ECT2ij 1mo

tpixie That link ⬆️ reads 3 different translations. I‘d love to follow his Patreon page, but it‘s $25/month! #READLESMIS 1mo

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads @tpixie I found this to be helpful. She speaks about the version that I have. https://youtu.be/U3wC4Od6g7s?si=pB0rqrL-StH0L9L6 #Readlesmis (edited) 1mo

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads thanks!! 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I ordered the Julia Rose translation to see if that increases my enjoyment of the book @tpixie #ReadLesMis (edited) 1mo

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads that one is more modern than the one you have now, so it probably will be easier to read! Good luck! 1mo

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

Chapter 8 pg 30.
If I keep going down rabbit holes Googling about Voltaire & Needham and Diderot, I may never catch up! 😀😆😂🤣🤪

And, I‘m too busy reading to take down my Christmas 🎄 decorations!

#READLESMIS
@TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie My tree is still up!!!! And that was me in 2020- my first read of this- I had out books, was googling, got out Bibles, talked to a nun … it‘s allll so fascinating. 1mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie Good to hear I‘m not the only one- Christmas decorations and rabbit holes! 🩵💙🩵 1mo

Lcsmcat Same! We still have ours up. 1mo

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tpixie @Lcsmcat yay! Welcome to the club!!! 🎄 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m reading this right now, too 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie @TheBookHippie I want to hear more about talking to the nun 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Feel free to join us we are reading a chapter a day for the year. Follow the hashtag #ReadLesMis . 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads The Nun who had since passed away at age 99 was an art history, theology and fine arts professor. My daughter took all her classes in college. We aren‘t Catholic but we made many friends with the younger nuns . Summer classes were held at the place were the nuns lived. I when reading this had questions about what religious life and priest were like at the time of this book. Most were social justice warriors, as were these ⬇️ 1mo

TheBookHippie Nuns. They went to many protests with us. At any rate I just wanted the history of the bishop, priest ,religious order… during that time, or a synopsis-their lives had been threatened severely under many rulers for the good they did and was seen as socialism and rulers didn‘t want the poor helped or elevated. It was always fascinating to talk with them. 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads at any rate this was 6 years after my daughter graduated and they welcomed me back like I was just there. So much history they knew. They told me all about the vicious Protestants and hiding places for priests and all kinds of history I never knew in such detail. I wish I would have asked more. The nuns now live at the college as their numbers are smaller and dwindling of course. Sad. These nuns do so much good. 1mo

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads yay! I‘m glad you are also reading this! And thanks for the follow up nun question! I‘m curious about this also. 1mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie fascinating! There‘s so much history to learn - we just need to ask. That‘s great you spent time learning from them. 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m going to order the same edition and join in @TheBookHippie and @tpixie 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads YAY!! Welcome! 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads What is the title of Chapter 8 in your edition. @TheBookHippie ? 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads After Drinking Philosophy 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Is there a special day and time that you discuss the chapter? 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads My edition is way different @TheBookHippie @tpixie I don‘t have a chapter with that title 1mo

TheBookHippie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads No, we are all reading and post using the hashtag as we wish. I check in once a week & at the beginning and end of each month I post a discussion thread and the scheduled if anyone needs it. If I or anyone finds anything interesting we post. Very loose. IF you follow the hashtag you can see some of our previous discussions. #ReadLesMis
-you may stumble upon my five years ago posts I'm not sure. I read it with a group in 2020 1mo

tpixie @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Perfect! I‘m really enjoying it so far. The chapters are short- except for chapter ten- but it was a great chapter!!! I started on Jan 6 & was able to catch up on the 11th- I‘m a slow reader with not much sit-down reading time, but I caught up!! 🆙 (edited) 1mo

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When Crickets Cry | Charles Martin

I‘m reading this for my IRL Bookclub, #FriendsWithBooks.
It‘s a lovely work of literary fiction. I‘m enjoying it so much more than I thought I would. There are many different ways a heart needs healing.

monkeygirlsmama I really feel like I have read this, but it's not logged on my GoodReads so I'm not sure. 1mo

tpixie @monkeygirlsmama I hate that when that happens. That is one good thing about Goodreads- if I remember to use it. Sometimes I see the cover of a book or read the back of the book so often that it confuses me of whether I really read it or not! Because just reading the back of the cover makes it seem familiar… 1mo

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Twelve Dancing Princesses | John Cech

It‘s so much fun reading the different versions! Each one is slightly different. All the illustrations have been beautiful. Soon I‘ll start the Crown of Twelve: A Twelve Dancing Princesses Novella which is the 1st of the Crowns of the Fae Trilogy ( or novella + duology)
Thanks @TheBookHippie
#ChildrensClassicRead2025

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

The end of Chapter 6 has lovely quotes of Bishop Bienvenue. We could have a charming book of just Bishop Bienvenue- isms!

Clarification:

Part One: Fantine
Book 1: A Good Man
Chapter 6: Under Whose Protection He Placed His House

Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition translated by Christine Donougher

#READLESMIS
@TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie I‘ve always thought so! 1mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie 📖 😇🩵 1mo

PageShifter I don't know if I have counted chapters wrong: I didn't find these phrases. In my edition aren't chapter numbers 🙄 What was the title of this chapter? (If you don't mind to check)

At this point Jean came and we got to know why he was shunned. 4w

tpixie @PageShifter Sorry, it‘s at the beginning Part One: Fantine Book 1: A Good Man Chapter 6: Under Whose Protection He Placed His House. i‘m reading the Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition translated by Christine Donougher (edited) 4w

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

I‘m reading the version of the book with annotations and this morning came across an annotation about this once famous and now forgotten author. It made me think of all the lost books in the past, and which books will be lost and that so few will be saved in the future! I hope I have read some of the memorable ones!
#AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville What a sad and interesting thought. I‘d never really considered this. 1mo

tpixie @Soubhiville yes! It really struck me. We lose so many things to time! Books, art, architecture, people. On that happy note, have a great day! 💔❤️‍🩹❤️ 1mo

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Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

My book finally came in the mail! Starting this #chunkster for #READLESMIS I‘ve always wanted to read this, and there‘s no better way than with a #buddyread with fellow Littens! Hopefully I will catch up soon!
I‘m loving Monsignor Bienvenue. He is giving, kind, and insightful.

#chunksterchallenge2025 #ColossialChunkster
@aimiable
#AllergicToChunksters
@julieclair

#ReadLesMis
@TheBookHippie

julieclair Hooray! 🎉 1mo

tpixie @julieclair yes!! And most people canceled at work today and so I brought my book!! Maybe if I‘m caught up enough I can get some reading in!! 💙🤍❤️🇫🇷 1mo

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!!! I love him as well! One of my favorite characters. 1mo

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tpixie @TheBookHippie Yes, I think he will continue to be one of my favorites, even though I understand he‘s not in the whole book… 1mo

dabbe Yay! Glad we're all in this together! #readlesmis 🖤🇫🇷🩶 1mo

tpixie @dabbe yes! 👏🏻 1mo

julieclair Well, I've succumbed and have joined the Les Mis madness! My book arrives on Friday. 🇫🇷 1mo

tpixie @julieclair yay!!! Mine just arrived yesterday. 1mo

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Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance | Bethany Morrow

Great series of short stories of differing groups that feel marginalized.
Thanks! #LiteraryCrew @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Yay!!! Glad you liked it! 1mo

tpixie @Librarybelle yes, more than I thought I would. I‘m not a real fan of short stories, but these were well written! I listen to the audiobook, which was very good. Thanks! 1mo

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

This is how I feel when I do someone else‘s dishes- not the bossy part, but it seems easier than doing my own!!
#AuthorAMonth

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When Crickets Cry | Charles Martin

#ReadYourKindle
I‘m going to try a new challenge this year thanks to @dabbe and @CBee
Thanks for letting me join @CBee
I‘ll start with When Crickets Cry

CBee Welcome! Glad to have you. The Scarpetta books are what got me hooked on the mystery/thriller genre - I started reading them in high school. There‘s a Scarpetta series coming with Nicole Kidman playing her 👏🏻 1mo

tpixie @CBee I‘ve enjoyed the Scarpetta series. There were a few in the middle where everyone was a little too dysfunctional, but I do enjoy the mysteries. I‘m so excited to hear about the series! 1mo

CBee @tpixie see, I like dysfunctional sometimes 😂😂 But I know what you mean. I‘m excited about the series too! 1mo

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dabbe @CBee @tpixie Kidman as Scarpetta? Count me in!!! 🤩🤗🤩 1mo

dabbe 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

tpixie @dabbe @CBee 🥳🥳🥳 (edited) 1mo

DogMomIrene @CBee You are freaking me out! I loved the early Scarpetta, but stopped reading when she changed PoV in her writing. Have they gotten better again? Because I may need to pick this series up again with NK playing KS! 1mo

CBee @DogMomIrene honestly I haven‘t continued the series, I read all of the earlier ones but none of the new-ish ones. BUT I will happily watch Nicole Kidman play, I don‘t know, a crazed blowfish or something - as I love her that much 😂😂😂 She could play anything or do anything and I‘d watch it ♥️ (edited) 1mo

CBee @dabbe RIGHT?!? I‘m so stoked. 1mo

CBee @tpixie also, Jamie Lee Curtis is in it. And I adore her. @dabbe @DogMomIrene 1mo

dabbe @CBee @tpixie @DogMomIrene #woohoo! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

tpixie @DogMomIrene I think they‘ve gotten better since the ones in the middle. I can‘t remember which one I read that I started enjoying again more. 1mo

tpixie @CBee Jamie Lee Curtis is amazing 🤩 1mo

DogMomIrene @CBee Have you seen her in The Sticky on Prime I think? It‘s about the great maple syrup heist and she‘s freaking hilarious in it! As Americans living in 🇨🇦 we appreciated her character‘s perspective. 1mo

tpixie @DogMomIrene No! Sounds great! My daughter and I are looking for something else to watch. We‘ll have to look into this. 1mo

DogMomIrene @tpixie Im going to do some internet sleuthing on this one then. Because I‘d love to love her books again! Thanks! 1mo

tpixie @DogMomIrene I love Margo Martindale also- from The Americans 1mo

CBee @DogMomIrene let me know what you find! 1mo

CBee @tpixie I LOVED The Americans!! 1mo

CBee @tpixie check out Black Doves on Netflix. It‘s great and Sarah Lancashire is sort of a “Margo-esque” character in it. Plus Keira Knightley! 1mo

DogMomIrene @tpixie Yes! The Americans was so good. And she‘s sooooo great in The Sticky. The whole thing is just wacky fun. 1mo

DogMomIrene @CBee Will do! I‘m expecting someone has a fan wiki about this series where plenty of people will weigh in with their opinion of which book revived the series. 1mo

CBee @DogMomIrene oh, there has to be something like that 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

tpixie @CBee @DogMomIrene The Americans was great!! Oh a wiki page- smart idea! I also like Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennon series. Forensic Anthropology

Deja Dead, Volume 1

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tpixie @CBee ok! I‘ll check out Black Doves! 🕊️ 1mo

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

I find it interesting to learn about authors who take over other another author‘s series once the original author has died.
This annotation came up on page 56 in reference to ‘Lord Attenbury‘s emeralds‘ which was in reference to Lord Peter Wimsey‘s first case.
#AuthorAMonth #AuthorAMonth2025 #AuthorAMonthJanuary

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Sandwich: A Novel | Catherine Newman

Enjoying this short book about a woman ‘sandwiched‘ between her grown children & her parents. A great read with great characters, family secrets, & family dynamics.
I can‘t remember which Litten love this book and triggered me to read it, but thank you!
#BlameItOnLitsy

squirrelbrain There‘s a few of us that loved it - I think it was mentioned by someone on a post comparing it to/ contrasting it with All Fours. 1mo

tpixie @squirrelbrain yes, I just scrolled through the book‘s posts and it been popping up for the last 4-5 months. I‘ll have to check out

All Fours

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The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

This cover freaks me out every time I open my kindle, ( the shape of the face!), but I‘m enjoying the maps and hyperlinks with annotations. #AuthorAMonth

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses | Brothers Grimm

I‘m planning to go to the library to find the Grimm‘s Brothers version, but here are three versions I‘m reading of our #ChildrensClassicRead2025 book for January

TheBookHippie Fun!!! 1mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! 1mo

lil1inblue Gorgeous covers! 🤩 1mo

tpixie @lil1inblue yes! I was excited to find them! The blue one is a YA/ adult novella - a prequel to a fairy series - Crowns of the Fae series 1mo

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Author's Guide to Murder | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig

I‘m afraid I‘ll have 2 leftover books from this year to finish next year. But I‘ll keep reading in case I get at at least one more book finished! #CleanSweep

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Merry Christmas: Notebook Hardback Ruled Notepad Notes Lined Journal Diary | tolerance | Abby Keller

Round One Over!
I need to clean up the house again and set up 12 gingerbread houses so when the family comes, we can all decorate them. Our whole family celebration will be Saturday the 28th. 🎄🎁📘🎄🎁

Tamra 🤣 Looks like a holiday alright! 2mo

tpixie @Tamra senses overwhelmingly overloaded 🤣 2mo

LeahBergen Look at all those stockings! 😆 2mo

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

tpixie @LeahBergen yes! A lot for Santa to fill! 15! @dabbe and it‘s quite an ordeal if we decide to turn on the fire! 🔥 2mo

jewright So pretty! 1mo

tpixie @jewright thanks! It‘s a pretty busy decorated house at Christmas time! 1mo

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On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates | Zibby Owens

Happy Hanukkah for those who are beginning to celebrate today 💙🩵💙🕎

TheBookHippie 🕎💙🕯️ 2mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie 💙 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Hanukkah 🤍🕎💙 2mo

tpixie @TheBookgeekFrau 💙 2mo

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The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown

Reading this book gave me some nostalgia- I decided to walk through a door to see my kids young again!!
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and a Happy Day ☀️ to all!

TheSpineView Merry Christmas 2mo

Mollyanna Merry Christmas 🎄 2mo

Julsmarshall Merry Christmas! ♥️🎄🥰 2mo

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Daisey Merry Christmas! 🎄 2mo

Aims42 Awww 🥹 Merry Christmas!! 💚❤️💚❤️ 2mo

tpixie @TheSpineView @Mollyanna @Julsmarshall @Daisey @Aims42 Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎁🎄📕🎄📕 2mo

Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 2mo

tpixie @Ruthiella thanks! You have a wonderful day! Merry Christmas 🎁📘🎄 2mo

dabbe Adorable. Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 2mo

tpixie @dabbe thanks! You as well! This photo is about 27 yo! 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @tpixie Time sure does fly, doesn't it? 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

tpixie @dabbe yes it does! 2mo

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The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown

I love doors as portals!

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The Midnight Folk | John Masefield

I read this Book #1 in the Kay Harper duology in preparation for December‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2024. The premise of the stories is fun, but some of the slang in the book made it a little difficult reading. Kay goes on a treasure hunt in his dreams- ? Or is it in real life?
We‘ll see what Kay Harper up to in his next book- The Box of Delights

TheBookHippie It‘s weird. Interesting it‘s very beloved across the pond! They‘re celebrating its anniversary this year - some readers on IG. Box of Delights that is. 2mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie interesting! Midnight folk was very interesting. I‘m debating on whether I buy the Kindle edition of box of delights or keep trying to read the free version that you showed us. I might try to see if I can get my iPad working to use the free version that would be easier than my phone…. 2mo

Tamra What a cute floof!! 2mo

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dabbe #floofcutenessoverload 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

tpixie @Tamra @dabbe Ha! Floof is a perfect description! Her hair is getting long! She‘s going to the beauty shop tomorrow and I‘m going to get it shorter because it gets tangled so easily with her fine undercoat. I suspect she‘ll need to be wearing some Christmas sweaters for a while!! 2mo

Tamra @tpixie even better! 2mo

tpixie @Tamra 🐾🐾🐾 2mo

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Untitled | Untitled

@saguarosally I Searched “watch” in my photos and came up with a 6/20/2017 photo ( actually 3! 😝) of a post of yours!
#WelcomeLitten

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Author's Guide to Murder | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig

Love this movie reference! I loved this movie and it was a great scene!! 🎬🩶🎬

https://youtu.be/tvOxFU3wx4w?si=PIaX5hpCmqmGvc1m

JenlovesJT47 I love this movie ❤️ 2mo

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 yes! Me too. I‘m glad I‘m not the only one!! ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

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The English Wife: A Novel | Lauren Willig

Getting a little reading in before I start wrapping presents and cleaning the house. I‘m enjoying this book a lot more than I thought I would. The is a backlist from Lauren Willig, who‘s part of #TeamW - #WilligWilliamsWhite

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Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

Belle Greene was a remarkable woman!!! The Morgan Library owes its ‘ life‘ to her!
I cant imagine what it would be like to carry the secret of passing.
This was another great read for #EuropaCollective.

I decided to see how much she inherited:
She I nherited $50,000 in 1913 from JP Morgan
Today‘s equivalent would be $1.6 million

She also inherited $50,000 in 1943 from his son
Which the equivalent today is $900,000

jlhammar

Tamra I‘m about 2/3 in and the 💵 is jaw dropping. 2mo

tpixie @Tamra 💰 yes!! Your post about the price equivalent of the art made me think of looking into her inheritance equivalent! 💰 2mo

jlhammar Wow! I‘m only about 70 pages in, but enjoying it so far. 2mo

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jlhammar Oh, and you read The Personal Librarian before? I‘m curious if you preferred one over the other. 2mo

tpixie @jlhammar they both are very good. This book is a more thorough history, and although it‘s a novel, I believe it reads a little bit more like a non-fiction book. The personal librarian did not go quite as deep, but did have interesting historical information and read more like a novel. 2mo

tpixie @jlhammar I am glad I read both… 2mo

jlhammar Thanks, good to know! 2mo

tpixie @jlhammar 🪻🌸🪻 2mo

squirrelbrain Just posted my review and came back to read yours - how funny that we both thought this felt more like NF! And that we liked both books. 😊 1mo

tpixie @squirrelbrain that is fun! 🤩 it was interesting reading about the same person by two different ( well actually three different ) authors! 1mo

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Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

Enjoying learning more about the fascinating Belle Greene for #EuropaCollective
Thanks for curating such wonderful books this year @jlhammar 🩵💙🩵
A great companion book is The Personal Librarian

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Author's Guide to Murder | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig

What a coinkydink!
I‘m reading this today, December 6!
❤️💚 🐑 💚❤️

( Happy St Nick‘s Day)

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Letters From Father Christmas | J.R.R. Tolkien

Starting this buddy read of this gorgeously illustrated book & loving letters.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #TolkienChristmas #BuddyRead

Daisey, JazzFeathers

JazzFeathers What a beautiful edition! I'm jealous 🤩 2mo

tpixie @JazzFeathers Yes! It‘s gorgeous! ❤️❤️❤️ It was a lucky Amazon purchase last year! (edited) 2mo

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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | Charles M. Schulz

Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃 🍁
I‘m so thankful for you all! Littens and our books are the best! 🍁🦃📙🦃🍁

#LitsyLove

AmyG Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 2mo

Mollyanna Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Thanksgiving 🧡🤎🧡 2mo

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Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 2mo

tpixie @TheBookgeekFrau @AmyG @Mollyanna @Ruthiella Thanks!!! as I‘m getting ready. I‘m thinking why is it guys can sit and watch football and fall asleep in front of the TV and that‘s OK, but if we bring a book and go into a room and READ, it‘s not ok? 😂 (edited) 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau @tpixie That's why we feed them turkey; so when fall asleep we have silence to read 😂📖 2mo

tpixie @TheBookgeekFrau lol 😂!! 2mo

dabbe 🧡🤎💛 2mo

tpixie @dabbe 🍁🧡📙🍁 2mo

kspenmoll Happy belated Thanksgiving! 2mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🦃🤎 2mo

tpixie @kspenmoll @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks!!! 😊 it was a great day with family and food! 2mo

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The Postcard | Anne Berest

“Man cannot live without nature. He needs air to breathe, water to drink, fruit to eat. But nature is quite able to live without man. Which proves just how superior it is to us”.
#EuropaCollective
#LitsyBookclub

Daisey, SoniaC, litsybookclub, Graciouswarriorprincess, Theresa, jlhammar

megnews 👍 2mo

kspenmoll This book is one of my top 12 for 2024! 2mo

tpixie @kspenmoll yes!! It is very moving. It‘s a top read for me also! 2mo

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The Authenticity Project | Clare Pooley

This is a sweet book so far.
It has the heart of The Red Notebook. 📕 It also has a green notebook! 📗
So very similar, but still fun!
It‘s kind of like reading both The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 💙💙💙 & The Giver of Stars ⭐️

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Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

The Postcard | Anne Berest

How do you survive surviving?

Once the catastrophe is over, the trauma is not over.
You have to learn to live, decide how to live, with these new circumstances.

These 3 profound books ask this question.

Tamra Martyr begs the same question. 💙

Martyr!: A novel

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shortsarahrose Slightly different because the focus is more personal, but this memoir asks the same. As someone who‘s dealt with/is still dealing with health issues, I related a lot.

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tpixie @Tamra thanks! 3mo

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tpixie @shortsarahrose thanks! Patti Callahan Henry is a breast cancer survivor and that is when she started asking that question for herself. … 3mo

tpixie @shortsarahrose after looking at the cover I realized that I bought that book in 2021 on Indie Bookstore Day on the advice of an Indie book seller. Maybe it‘s about time I read it…. 3mo

TheBookHippie Welcome to my daily life. 🙃 3mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie 🩷 from what I see online, you are doing a great job thriving your surviving 🩷 keep up the healing ❤️‍🩹 3mo

TheBookHippie @tpixie probably why memoirs are my favorite. 😊 3mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! 3mo

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