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🎉🎉♥️EIGHT YEARS!!!!! ♥️🎉🎉

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What a beautiful eight years 💜💜💜💜

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The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

My Bubbe Grandma in the years we are reading about ♥️

See you Sunday #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

tpixie Adorable 🥰 2d

slategreyskies I love this pic! 🥰 2d

IndoorDame Gorgeous photo!!! 2d

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RowReads1 She‘s lovely! 2d

LeahBergen She‘s so pretty! 1d

Avanders Wow! So cool! 🤩 1d

dabbe Cowabunga! Those eyes are mesmerizing! 💙🩵💙 1d

TheBookHippie @dabbe We all have them. 💙💙 1d

vlwelser Did you see this? If only it was Danielle Steel.

Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙💙💙 1d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser I DID 👀 I actually had the same thoughts 🤣🤣🤣 1d

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BarkingMadRead

The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

Hey #sundaybuddyread gang! I‘m reading Taste by Stanley Tucci and he used a Dorothy Parker quote! @TheBookHippie

tpixie 😂 funny quote!!! I love the coinkydink of you reading 2 books with a quote from the same person!!!! The stars align! 🌟 2d

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TheBookHippie

The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

https://classic.esquire.com/article/share/3189e551-05f0-4dac-983c-902558a09682

May have to use reader view ♥️

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

IndoorDame Fascinating! Thanks! 5d

plemmdog i am always amazed and impressed she left het entire state to MLK. 4d

TheBookHippie @plemmdog Yes. NCAAP gets her royalties to this day. 4d

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TheBookHippie

A Scatter of Light | Malinda Lo

This is our JUNE #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
Scheduled reading sections
I have the hardcover
June 30 OFF

No chapters 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
Hopefully this works out 😝🤷🏻‍♀️🤞🏻

IndoorDame We‘ll manage 💜 5d

vlwelser We will manage. It's fine. How many total pages is your copy. I 🖤❤ math. 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 335 numbered 338 total 👀 4d

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vlwelser Ok. We have 23.37%, 47.93%, 67.46% and 100%. Estimated. 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 🏆 also this proves I suck at math 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♀️😝👀 4d

vlwelser Meh. We all have skills. I wouldn't be able to organize all of this stuff and post detailed questions (often with additional material) every week 4d

TheBookHippie @vlwelser 😘 4d

willaful @TheBookHippie It's close enough! 4d

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A Scatter of Light | Malinda Lo

repost for @TheBookHippie

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD JUNE 🏳️‍🌈

Schedule coming soon
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🩷

Original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2733851

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Murder Road | Simone St. James

JULY and our SIMONE! YAY!!
We do so love our reads with her!!
#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD 🖤

Librarybelle I‘m so excited for this! 6d

FlowerFairy Really enjoyed this one! 6d

mollyrotondo I can‘t wait! My copy‘s been waiting since I got it from BOTM!! 3d

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TheBookHippie

A Scatter of Light | Malinda Lo

#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD JUNE 🏳️‍🌈

Schedule coming soon
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩵🩷

slategreyskies Oh, I‘m looking forward to this one! I‘ve already got my copy! 6d

willaful I'd like to join! 6d

AmyG Yay! 6d

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TheBookHippie @willaful 😊 yay! 6d

Read4life I‘ve got my copy and have been (im)patiently waiting 🤓 6d

Catsandbooks Gonna jump in on this one! Got my copy! 5d

TheBookHippie @Catsandbooks YAY!!! 5d

peanutnine Planning to join this month! I loved the last one! 3d

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TheBookHippie

The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

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I personally know too much of Dorothy to not see the timeline changes, people left out of the story, I‘m not sure this is her- rolling with it. And I‘m enjoying it. I cannot imagine being a woman in the 1920s and I hope we don‘t go all the way back there.

Happy Sunday All!

*If this day is awful for you I‘m sending so much love and a big hug. If you love this day I hope you enjoy it. If it‘s complicated I get it (I hate it.)

Librarybelle My knowledge is limited to Dorothy Parker and her group, so thank you for sharing there are gaps and people missing! I like that historical fiction can introduce you to a topic or a person and then act as a springboard to research more information. 7d

IndoorDame This isn‘t really my image of Dorothy Parker either, but I know less about her than you so it‘s easy to roll with the book, and I‘m totally enjoying the story for what it is. Turning all the way back to the 20s is a terrifying thought! Thanks for that image 🤣 and I‘m sorry you hate this day, sending love ♥️ 7d

Sargar114 I‘m surprised there wasn‘t a discussion about the suicide scene. It felt incredibly irresponsible for the author to be as graphic as she was. I know nothing about Dorothy Parker so this was surprising, but more so just because of the level of detail. I‘m taking this with a grain of salt. It doesn‘t seem like the author paints her in a very flattering light though compared to her friends. 7d

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IndoorDame @Sargar114 I totally agree that so far the author isn‘t painting Dottie in a particular flattering light compared to the others, which I was really surprised by, and I‘m extremely curious to see if that changes by the end of the book. But I actually didn‘t find the scene with her suicide attempt at all graphic, so maybe it just depends on your background and perspective. 7d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 I thought it was highly irresponsible as I posted earlier in the week. As I‘m grieving someone who just took their life I just didn‘t have the energy for it today. It is problematic to write of it the way she did. 7d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍🤍 7d

Sargar114 @TheBookHippie I‘m so sorry to hear that. Hugs lady ❤️❤️❤️ 7d

vlwelser I hope you have a lovely and relaxing day. Try not to think about this book too hard today if it's not bringing you joy. 7d

AmyG @TheBookHippie I am so very sorry for your loss. 7d

AmyG As for Dottie….I know nothing about her life so like @IndoorDame it‘s easy for me to go with the flow. Again, I think (according to the book) she is an alcoholic and has some mental health issues (obviously) that pushed her to attempted suicide. She needs real help which I am not sure she will get being it‘s the 1920‘s. 7d

AmyG I am also….really enjoying this book alot more than I thought. 7d

mcctrish I feel like this book travels at light speed, it reads so fast for me. The subject matter is very heavy and while I know some of DP‘s famous lines I thought her life was much easier than this besides the usual woman in a man‘s world shit. I‘m not not liking the ease of this read but it‘s a disservice to the heaviness of the topics. 7d

mcctrish Christine I am so sorry for your loss 7d

TheBookHippie @mcctrish it does read quickly. I keep reminding myself if someone followed me 7-28 I wouldn‘t read much differently -although I abhor drinking to this access and was more fiercely independent than Dottie. I have quite a bit of compassion for all of them. Trauma is just hard. I‘m with @AmyG in 1920s not much help for any type of mental health, outside of institution. 😵‍💫 7d

IndoorDame @TheBookHippie it‘s odd how much of a NY upper class/Intelligencia thing that kind of drinking is. I naturally gave it up when I left NY because it‘s essentially social drinking, but if I go back for a weekend I definitely drink more 7d

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame I agree. It‘s definitely a thing. 7d

slategreyskies Just a quick note to say that I‘m still following along, but I didn‘t really have much I wanted to say about today‘s reading. Mother‘s Day is a tough day for me, and I didn‘t want to touch the topic of suicide with a ten foot pole, so I‘m just gonna coast on past it and hope to contribute more in next week‘s discussion. 🤍 7d

TheBookHippie @slategreyskies I hear you. I hate this day. I just try to get through it. And I‘m coasting this week. Fair warning IRL Dorothy attempts twice. Shouldn‘t be in this timeline but the author isn‘t really following one closely. 7d

Karisa @slategreyskies @TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍 6d

mollyrotondo I don‘t like that this focuses so much on Dottie‘s weaknesses. I love Jane‘s storyline with her work as a reporter and I love Winifred‘s storyline with her acting career and the monster stalking her. I wish Dottie‘s story focused more on her writing. Peggy feels like she has no story. 6d

TheBookHippie @mollyrotondo I agree! I don‘t think she likes her😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 6d

mollyrotondo @TheBookHippie I am so sorry to for the loss of your loved one❤️ 6d

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The Manhattan Girls | Gill Paul

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Peggy should she have called Dotties husband?👀

Also Poor Dottie
Get it together girl
Ask for HELP

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170605-dorothy-parkers-stunning-wit-and-tr...

“I wish I could have met her, just once, held her hand and whispered, “I understand.”
https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-707770

IndoorDame I felt super weird about Peggy calling her husband! It seems like overstepping in a major way. Also he was awful! And opening that door again is almost guaranteed to backfire. 7d

Librarybelle Totally agree, @IndoorDame ! I was not a fan of her calling Dottie‘s husband. I think that was overstepping. 7d

Sargar114 This was so weird!!! This is where Peggy took a step down in my opinion. A terrible husband is NOT better than no husband. Dottie needs to learn how to live on her own. 7d

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vlwelser I think Peggy was desperate and didn't have any better ideas about keeping her friend safe. She may have just thought he would send more money. 7d

AmyG I felt Peggy overstepped a bit but I also felt SHE felt she was helping. Dottie is one hot mess. She is lucky she has such devoted friends. 7d

mcctrish Dottie couldn‘t be left alone. Neysa was away so the easiest of quick check ins was off the table, moving to Jane‘s house should have been insisted on - not only the animals. But Dottie refused, so what‘s left ? There are 2 men responsible for Dotties mental duress and one of them needs to stand up. Just take care of her for a month or 2 (edited) 7d

mcctrish @Sargar114 she does need to learn to live on her own 7d

Sargar114 @AmyG agree that Dottie does have wonderful friends. She is incredibly lucky and I like seeing them all step up for her in different ways (even if I don‘t agree with how). I also like that they step up regardless of their personal beliefs, but because a friend needs them. Love women helping women! 7d

Sargar114 Especially cause the men in this particular subgroup are terrible 7d

TheBookHippie @Sargar114 So terrible. 😵‍💫 7d

AmyG @Sargar114 I agree, the men are awful. Reminds me of the men in The Golden Notebook. 🤣 7d

TheBookHippie @AmyG 🤣😵‍💫🤣 7d

kspenmoll @Sargar114 I so agree- Dottie seems like a dependent child. I keep thinking was she really like this ?! (edited) 7d

Karisa @mcctrish That‘s what I think it came down to too. Peggy just realized that Dottie was not safe and needed help. I didn‘t think he would come back either @IndoorDame I thought at the most he‘d just send more money. It was like he was just waiting for that call (probably thought it would come from Dottie though) 6d

mollyrotondo I thought Peggy was overstepping but I also understand that she wanted to help her friend and Neysa wasn‘t going to be around. Just feel like calling in the men isn‘t necessarily the best idea 6d

BarkingMadRead This shocked me. He left her. Why would calling him fix anything? This has to be temporary, I can‘t imagine him sticking around for long! 6d

julieclair @BarkingMadRead Agreed. And I was also shocked by his reaction. He started sobbing? What? After all he had done to her? 6d

Read4life @BarkingMadRead & @julieclair I agree. It definitely wasn‘t the reaction I expected. 6d

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