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RE: Nancy Drew: What do you do when you're halfway finished with a library loan you've already waited 52 days for, and it expires, and you're told you have to now wait 96 days to borrow it again? You cave into Amazon and buy the damn thing because (of course), you can't wait that long and have to finish it--even though you've read it before in your youth. #oy 🙄

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AnnCrystal That's why I can never borrow from the library...and you seem to be a fast reader. Me...by the time I begin reading chapter four, it's time to return 😂🤔📚👏😉👍💝. (edited) 1d

dabbe @Read4life 🤩😘😀 1d

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dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩😂😘 1d

KadaGul @AnnCrystal I can't believe how lucky 🍀 I am to have a library 📚 that doesn't charge fines 💲💳, especially because I'm a medium-pace reader 🤓!#FineFeeLibraries 1d

dabbe @KadaGul Amen! 🤩🤩🤩 1d

AnnCrystal @KadaGul that's grand 👏😉👍💝. 1d

bthegood comment for Week of May 18th has me laughing out loud - thank you!! 😂 1d

Lesliereadsalot 96 days! Who knew so many people were reading Nancy Drew?? 22h

dabbe @bthegood 😂😂😂 I had quite a slump in May. I hope to get back at it this month! 15h

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot There are only TWO ebook copies at my library--the so-called biggest library in Phoenix. They need more! 🤩 15h

bthegood @dabbe 👍 2h

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dabbe

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)
1. My high school copy of THE GREAT GATSBY. All my notes as a 16-year-old are still in it. I have kept it through the years (now 42 years old). It is held together with a rubber band. 💚
2. That would be early 1980s: all books by Sidney Sheldon, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Rosamond du Jardin, and my precious Harlequin romances.
3. THE SECRET GARDEN.

Play @PageShifter, @Catiewithac?

AmyG Ha…I read so much Sidney Sheldon when I was young. 1w

dabbe @AmyG He kept those pages turning! 🤩 1w

Eggs Great choice - # 3👏🏻🙌🏻 1w

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TheBookgeekFrau Sidney Sheldon was a staple of my mom's and therefore little teeny bopper me 😆 1w

dabbe @Eggs 😘 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau I couldn't believe my mom actually let me read them; they could get quite steamy! 😂 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Not as bad as Harold Robbin's books, which I had to sneak 😂 I remember my mother recommending SS bc she loved his strong women characters 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau Oh, man, I forgot about Harold Robbin's! That now reminds me of me sneaking in SCRUPLES by Judith Krantz. #oy! 🤩 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Ditto Scruples - thanks for the reminder 😁 (edited) 1w

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 🤩🤩🤩 1w

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dabbe

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#TLT @dabbe

1. Gulp. I scored 38/100 bildungsromans that I've read. 😱 I have LOTS more coming-of-age books to read! 3 that I haven't read from the list: TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, and IT.
2. 3 I'd like to add to the list: DOGSONG, FOREVER, HUCK FINN.

LINK!!! https://www.listchallenges.com/litsys-favorite-bildungsromans

Tagging all who participated in this TLT list a few weeks ago. Pass the fun on! 😀

AmyG Where is the link??? And I had to google bildungsroman 😭 (Tell the Wolves I‘m Home is EXCELLENT) (edited) 3w

dabbe @AmyG Shit. I knew I had forgotten something! I'll post again! 3w

ShananigansReads I only got 8/100 if we are counting books I enjoyed and 11 if it‘s just books I read. I haven‘t been posting but I had to let you know I love a list vote. Spent a whole day on the app after last week‘s list. 😄🫢🤷🏾‍♀️ 3w

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dabbe @ShananigansReads That website is ADDICTING! I've spent hours there myself! Expect more in the future! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures 56! I love these list challenges! 3w

slategreyskies Only 18 for me! 😳 🤣 3w

JenReadsAlot 23 😔🤣😳 3w

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards 53 - not surprising as a former English teacher now professor who frequently teaches Children's Lit & YA Lit! 3w

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures Yay! Plus you kicked my butt! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

dabbe @slategreyskies That just means you have more to add to your TBR! 🤩😂🤗 3w

dabbe @JenReadsAlot Just means more for the TBR! (that sorta rhymes, doesn't it?) 🤩😀🤗 3w

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards You kicked this former English teacher's butt! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

TheLudicReader I only scored 38 as well. Some of those titles I have never heard of, so there's that. 3w

dabbe @TheLudicReader Just one more thing we have in common! I haven't heard of over half of them myself! And I taught middle school for 12 years! 😳 You'd think I would know a few more, but no. Of course, the last year I taught those grades was 2005, so maybe it's the newer ones we haven't heard of. #oy 3w

julieclair 21 🫤 3w

dabbe @julieclair I hope I didn't make you feel bad! 😱 It's just for fun--and to maybe make our TBR's even bigger beasts than they are already! 🤩😂🤗 3w

Karisimo 46!! 3w

dabbe @Karisimo #yahooyou! You kicked my butt! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

thebacklistbook 17% that's how many I've read. 3w

Teresereading 24% 3w

julieclair @dabbe No worries! I just continued taking bookish list challenges until I found one where I finished in the top 50% ! 😀😆 That‘s a fun website… I hadn‘t seen it before… but it could be a major rabbit hole for sure. 🐰💙 3w

bthegood 17% - many of the books I have not read but saw the movie 😅 Obviously these are not my genre! Thanks for sharing - fun as always - 3w

dabbe @thebacklistbook If you're like me, I didn't even know half of them! And I once taught middle school! 🤩😂😀 3w

dabbe @Teresereading More for our TBR's, right? Such a wonderful, never-ending problem! 🤩😂😀 3w

dabbe @julieclair Lordy, you ain't kidding! I've spent hours there! 🤩😂🤗 3w

dabbe @bthegood They were my genre when I taught middle school, but now I didn't even recognize over half of them! 🤩😂😀 3w

kspenmoll 43- so many unread books! 3w

dabbe @kspenmoll You kicked my butt! That TBR list keeps on growing! 🤩😂😀 3w

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slategreyskies

Untitled | Anonymous

Want to answer? Feel free to comment here and also to screenshot and make your own post. Tag me if you do! My answer‘s ⬇️

slategreyskies My “I can‘t believe I still haven‘t read this” book is Jane Eyre. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 📚 💕

Jane Eyre

lil1inblue I know, I know. I just...haven't gotten to it.

To Kill a Mockingbird

dabbe Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. #oy 4w

Hooked_on_books I haven‘t read Jane Eyre yet either! And I actually started to maybe a year ago but it wasn‘t the right time so I put it back on my shelf after a chapter. 3w

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Grab some popcorn; it's movie time! 🍿
1. GONE WITH THE WIND. Scarlett & Rhett. Vivien & Clark. Sigh.
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Because of course.
3. JURASSIC PARK. The original one. That T-rex. #oy

Play and then tag three? Easy as A, B, C! 🤩
@AmyG @TheSpineView @Eggs

Hope you'll play and pass it on! Happy Thursday, everyboy! 💚🩷💚

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!💜🏷 2mo

AmyG Ooooo definitely #2….I just watched it last week. 2mo

Eggs Thx 💜💚💙 2mo

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Suet624 Great choices. 2mo

dabbe @TheSpineView 💚🩷💚 2mo

dabbe @AmyG 💚🩷💚 2mo

dabbe @Eggs 💚🩷💚 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 😘🤗🤩 2mo

TheBookHippie Oh Gone with the Wind!! Yes. ♥️ 2mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😂😘 2mo

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BarkingMadRead

Rebecca | Daphne D Maurier

Ch 4: and now we know what happened to Rebecca #butfirst #hoppyissick #ummmmmm #whatdowecallthenarrator #suggestionsplease #asiwassaying #narratorisfreefortheday #awkardlunchwithmax #awkwardcarridewithmax #almostsuicidewithmax⁉️ #yikes #howhetalksaboutmanderleythough #staytuned #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @willaful @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @quietjenn @mcctrish @catlass007 @cuilin @dabbe @ruthiella @indoordame @peanutnine @kwmg40 @5feet.of.fury @roary47 @julieclair
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IndoorDame The intro to my copy points out that she is only ever “the second Mrs de Winter” (and it has some very pointed things to say about that 😂) but that‘s quite a mouthful so I think she‘s gonna need a nickname 2mo

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BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame I totally agree. We have to call her something 🤷🏻‍♀️ poor thing never has a name, although we know it‘s a pretty one and also unique. Super helpful. 2mo

IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead I‘ve often wondered what constitutes a “unique” name for a white woman in England in the 30s 2mo

BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame probably something so chill now 2mo

Ruthiella Her name is Jan Brady, forever doomed to be overshadowed by Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! I mean, Rebecca. 2mo

IndoorDame @Ruthiella 👏👏👏 Sold! call her Jan 🤣 (edited) 2mo

Ruthiella Also, it‘s so awkward when your first date is an attempted murder/suicide! 😱😆 2mo

CatLass007 @Ruthiella You have a wicked sense of humor! I like that in a person. 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Ruthiella 🤣☠️🤣☠️ 2mo

BarkingMadRead Omg @Ruthiella #janbrady FTW 2mo

Bookwormjillk Jan 😂 🏈 2mo

rubyslippersreads @Ruthiella Jan is perfect! 2mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig I need to find a book about gardens in DDuM books. "The daffodils were in bloom, stirring in the evening breeze, golden heads cupped upon lean stalks, and however many you might pick there would be no thinning of the ranks, they were massed like an army, shoulder to shoulder. On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like pallid snowdrops.⬇️ 2mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig The primrose was more vulgar, a homely pleasant creature who appeared in every cranny like a weed. Too early yet for bluebells, their heads were still hidden beneath last year‘s leaves, but when they came, dwarfing the more humble violet, they choked the very bracken in the woods, and with their color made a challenge to the sky....People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals; he had forbidden it at Manderley." 2mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig So many flowers in this Chapter. I highlighted so many. 2mo

Roary47 @Ruthiella I love it! Jan is who I will imagine her to be. Plus we don‘t know her actual age either. Are they on a date showing she‘s older than a child? 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Roary47 I get the idea that she‘s an adult, but maybe a bit younger than Max 2mo

Ruthiella @Roary47 I am reading a bit ahead. I think in chapter five it‘s confirmed she is 21. 👍 But Maxim is “old enough to be her father”, so 35 to 40 years old, I imagine. 🤔 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @Crinoline_Laphroaig Yes, the descriptions are so vivid and wonderful! I can see the flowers so clearly! 2mo

Bookwormjillk These chapters are long but they don‘t feel like it. 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk I totally agree! 2mo

Graciouswarriorprincess @Crinoline_Laphroaig These descriptions are so vivid! 2mo

julieclair I am really appreciating du Maurier‘s beautifully descriptive prose this time around. I don‘t remember noticing it as much the first time I read this. 2mo

ElizaMarie I agree with “Jan“ as her name for now... But wouldn't it be wild if her name is Daphne? I mean, if I were an author, maybe I would name a character after myself and then say how beautiful the name is repeatedly. 2mo

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s a brilliant point! 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Oh, my nose! Oh,my nose! 😂😂😂 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk As opposed to our last book! #oy 😂🤗🤩 2mo

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Cuilin

A case of identity | Arthur Conan Doyle

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious

IndoorDame I have mixed feelings about this. I found the fiction vs. reality part of it very satisfying, but the perception of women part infuriating. So the solution itself was actually very satisfying, but then the fact that the law couldn‘t touch her her stepfather, that Sherlock didn‘t bother to tell Mary what he discovered, that he clearly hadn‘t intended to tell her even before she left his office, & how nonchalant he was about it all really rankled. 3mo

CatLass007 I completely agree with @IndoorDame! Holmes is a creature of his time, and I suspect Conan Doyle was as much of a misogynist as his creation. But I sometimes wonder if the term misanthrope would be a more apt description. Holmes is extremely condescending to his male clients and even his supposed friend Dr. John Watson. Did anyone else notice that all the female clients and/or suspects are named “Mary”? 3mo

SpellboundReader Shame on Holmes for judging Mary as having a vacuous face and then not telling Mary who the perpetrator was. How is she to protect herself? It seems Homes just took the case for his own self- gratification. 3mo

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Librarybelle I completely agree with @IndoorDame - I enjoyed the fiction but the brush off of Mary and the unwillingness to share his findings is disappointing, though not out of character. Dare I say that I figured out the mystery/solution and I am - gasp - a woman!! Interesting thought, @CatLass007 - I had not thought of that! 3mo

CatLass007 @BeeCurious You‘re quite right. @Librarybelle What exactly had you not thought of? The misogyny, the misanthropy? All the above? 3mo

Librarybelle @CatLass007 Sorry - the use of Mary for the clients and suspects 3mo

CatLass007 @Librarybelle Even Watson‘s wife is named Mary, right. Of course, initially she was a client. Irene Adler is the only character we‘ve met so far which Conan Doyle seems to have used any imagination in choosing a name. Wait, if we were still in college, which I most definitely am not, this could make a fun drinking game. Every time a character named Mary shows up or is even mentioned, everyone drinks!🍷🤪 3mo

dabbe I can't help but be reminded that it is Watson who is writing this (supposedly). So, it's also him who is showing his misogynistic thoughts as well. Plus, a 1st-person narrator is never completely reliable, so how much of these damning words against women are Sherlock's? Or are they Watson's? Or both? 3mo

CogsOfEncouragement Some people change the system and some maneuver the best they can within it. Women don‘t have a lot of rights at this time. Holmes and Watson live within these laws. I feel like Doyle told stories that got people thinking about how someone like that stepfather should be prosecuted but he actually broke no law at that time. 3mo

kelli7990 Yeah. I feel like it was satisfying. 3mo

Read4life Good point, @dabbe Definitely something to think about. 3mo

dabbe @Read4life 🤩😃😍 3mo

Aimeesue I found it satisfying, though I‘m irate at mom for going along with scamming her own daughter. Mary, you need to be more suspicious! 3mo

SpellboundReader @Cuilin Thank you for posting these thought provoking questions. 3mo

Cuilin @BeeCurious you‘re welcome, apologies for lack of responses as I was at a memorial service and with family but hope to respond today. 3mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame agree, for Sherlock solving the riddle comes before caring for the client. 3mo

Cuilin @CatLass007 yes, for Sherlock the puzzle, case always comes first. 3mo

Cuilin @Librarybelle yes , me a woman figured it out too!! Shocking 😮 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe good point but they‘re definitely Doyle‘s and of their time. 3mo

Cuilin @Aimeesue oh that was infuriating!! No Mom awards there. 3mo

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement I asked my husband (prosecutor) what would happen today? He said they could be charged with conspiracy to defraud. 3mo

IndoorDame @Aimeesue couldn‘t agree more!!!! 3mo

IndoorDame @dabbe such a good point! I‘ve been thinking a lot about Doyle‘s POV as the writer, but basically ignoring Watson‘s. I need to start considering his influence too! 3mo

SpellboundReader @cuilin I'm so sorry for your loss. There is no need to apologize either, as there are other things far more important than Litsy. We all appreciate the time and effort you and @dabbe have put into making this buddy read fun and interesting. I'm learning so much and am not certain if I would have even attempted to read all these #sherlocked stories on my own. 3mo

CogsOfEncouragement @Cuilin Yes, so different today. Thankful for the fight the women before us took on to no longer just be property of their father or husband, to be able to vote, to serve on a jury, etc. Sherlock puts no blame on the mother, and I think we need to remember how limited her power was too. 3mo

dabbe @Cuilin Most definitely. Sorry about your loss, too. 💚 3mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩😃😍 These 3 men: Sherlock, Watson, Doyle ... #oy! 😂 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ch 9.4: the interrogation continues #enoughsaid 🤷🏻‍♀️ #thebros #handingtheirconfessiontolawenforcement #dudeneedsalawyer #iguessihadmoretosay 🤷🏻‍♀️ #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie @daisey @indoordame @librarybelle @mcctrish @cuilin @bookwormjillk @catlass007 @ruthiella @peanutnine @bluebird @kao @aimeesue @dabbe @currentlyreadinginco 3mo

BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury @willaful @teresereading @tineke @crinoline_laphroaig @samanne @graciouswarriorprincess @daena @deblovestoread @larkken @paintandprose @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @Vansa 3mo

TheBookHippie #isthisacomedyoratragedy #whatthewhat 3mo

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BarkingMadRead @TheBookHippie these guys are salivating over this confession. #silverplatter 3mo

dabbe Interrogator to Dmitry: “I didn't say you WERE the murderer; I said you were ACTING LIKE the murderer.“ #oy 😱 3mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m not a lawyer but I don‘t think MYOB is a good alibi 3mo

TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead #droolingtheyare 3mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk I‘m sure it‘ll be fine 😵‍💫 3mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe #oyindeed 3mo

BarkingMadRead #cackling MYOB 🤣🤣🤣🤣 3mo

Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie what‘s the worst that could happen 🤦‍♀️ 3mo

Cuilin I will be using the phrase pettifogging details from this day forward. Lol (edited) 3mo

mcctrish Mitya is insane, right?! 😵‍💫 “I‘m not saying another word, all the way to the scaffold. Where was I ? Okay here‘s my story “ #ifitquackslikeaduck 3mo

Aimeesue @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂 3mo

Aimeesue @mcctrish And I will withhold just enough details for no apparent reason and incriminate myself. So there! 3mo

mcctrish @Aimeesue and then take it back. “Who‘s telling the truth? What is the truth?” 3mo

Aimeesue @mcctrish YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH, NIKOLAY PARFENOVICH!! Er, wrong movie. 😁 (edited) 3mo

Graciouswarriorprincess @Aimeesue 🤣😂😅😁 3mo

mcctrish @Aimeesue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I laughed right out loud 3mo

BarkingMadRead @Aimeesue oh man #missedopportunity (edited) 3mo

Ruthiella @Aimeesue 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

Bookwormjillk @Aimeesue 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

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BarkingMadRead

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Ch 31-32: Tess finally sets the date #newyearsevewedding #ihavesomuchstress #justdoit #twochaptersofnothingness #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @staycurious @thebookhippie
@indoordame @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @currentlyreadinginco @annr @eeclayton @deblovestoread @julieclair @ruthiella @jenniferw88 @dabbe @bklover @julieclair @cuilin @mcctrish @clare-dragonfly @quietjenn @jewright @daisey @covertocovergirl @rubyslippersreads @kao @currentlyreadinginco @kwmg40 8mo

Bookwormjillk I couldn‘t figure out why she wouldn‘t want to get married right away. Is she still hoping to tell him? 8mo

Ruthiella I think she knows it will matter to him… 8mo

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Cuilin #SayYesToTheDress lol 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly I feel like her mom is not wrong. It actually doesn‘t matter so she shouldn‘t worry about telling him. But also, her mom clearly doesn‘t know her if she doesn‘t realize Tess‘s conscience will bother her forever like this! 8mo

dabbe These stupid 1800s. It wouldn‘t matter now (she did nothing wrong!). This whole purity thing makes me sick. Tess, however, is pure of heart. The truth is going to come out; I just feel it. And Angel (heaven, right? won‘t be able to handle it. 😟 8mo

Bluebird @dabbe I agree wholeheartedly. I didn‘t enjoy reading these chapters because I feel a big black cloud moving in. 🥺. I have anxiety…just waiting for the storm to strike. 8mo

currentlyreadinginCO Agreed! @Clare-Dragonfly 8mo

Clare-Dragonfly Also, it drives me up a wall how Angel is always interrupting her and guessing what she‘s going to say, refusing to think that she might possibly say anything that would surprise him. Let the lady speak! 😡 8mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly yes! Like she‘s just soooooo sweet she couldn‘t possibly have an actual thought in her head 🙄 8mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead But she'll be good on the farm with those hardworking hands! #oy 8mo

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dabbe

The English Patient | Michael Ondaatje

#BookBinge
#SchoolSubjectInTitle
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Well done 3> 10mo

dabbe 💙🖤🩵 I hope Litsy gets up and running soon! #oy 10mo

BarbaraBB If you're using the app, please visit the Onward Litsy group to tell the technicians if you're seeing images. If you're not a member of the group, tell me here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnwardLitsy 10mo

dabbe @BarbaraBB I'm seeing some pictures, and some I'm not. ??? It's all over the place. 10mo

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