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Tender is the Night
Tender is the Night | Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the "Roaring Twenties". A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Diver's troubled marriage and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth which springs from the quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal experiences on which the book is based. This edition is being superceded by ISBN 9781840226638 Tender is the Night / The Last Tycoon
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RedCurly
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Bailedbailed

This book is not binding me. And I cannot read about cheating (or near cheating) right now.

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sdbruening
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Mehso-so

I love his writing style in this book but the plot was dull. The surprise of finding out that Nicole was previously a psychological patient of Dick‘s was interesting, but it didn‘t get much more interesting after that. The back and forth in the chronology was a bit confusing at times. Annoyed at the infidelities on both parts. For how beautiful the writing was, I wish I liked the story more!

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sdbruening
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The writing of this sentence. So beautiful. So vivid. F. Scott Fitzgerald, I tell ya!

TheBookHippie This one is my favorite of his. 4mo
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BarbaraBB
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Bailedbailed

This book feels too “much to do about nothing” to hold my attention. Rich Americans being lazy on the French Riviera and in Paris, semi-witty conversations… no. Not now at least. #1001books

Ruthiella I pretty much hated it this book. 😂 It does move away from the Riviera to Paris and Switzerland, but it doesn‘t improve as a result IMO. 4mo
BarbaraBB @Ruthiella I expected as much 😜 4mo
Graywacke I think I have a copy languishing around here somewhere. I‘ll allow to continue to languish 4mo
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TrishB My least fave genre I think…..rich people being……rich 🤷‍♀️ 4mo
merelybookish I had my fill of Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby. 4mo
Susanita Yeah I think I only made it through a chapter or two. 4mo
BarbaraBB @TrishB 😂 so right! 4mo
BarbaraBB @merelybookish @Susanita Glad to know I‘m in good company 😀 4mo
quietlycuriouskate Not a fan. I read it a while back and recall wondering if and when it was going to "get good" but it just stayed... meh. Wished I'd bailed. ? 4mo
jenniferw88 Unfortunately, I had to stick with this as it was an a-level set text. It would have been a bail for me, too. Like @merelybookish says, I had my fill of Fitzgerald with Gatsby (and that was bad enough!) 4mo
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Pip2
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Mehso-so

Started out stronger than I expected but also fizzled out midway faster than I expected. The story became a little placid and the ending was very blasé. This book had a lot of potential but it just wasn‘t up to snuff. Fitzgerald was just going on his name at this point and seemingly just wanted to sell another book, good, bad, or ugly.

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OriginalCyn620
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Panpan

Okay, the book blurb sounded good and since I do like Gatsby, I thought I would like this one too. I did not. Although I get the major themes of this book - relationships are complex, the need to belong, the need to be loved, mental illness - I just never got invested in the characters. Honestly, I was mostly bored.

#bookspinbingo - my #doublespin for this month & also a bingo!
#pop23 - book I bought secondhand

Susanita Yeah I tried to read this a few years ago and only got to about page 10. 11mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 11mo
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plemmdog
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“He used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was all pretty difficult. He wanted to be loved, too, if he could fit it in.”

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ajmayorquin
Tender is the Night | F. Scott Fitzgerald
Panpan

I found this hard to read.

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CogsOfEncouragement
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Mehso-so

I think maybe I simply do not enjoy the tragic romance genre. I don‘t relate to the appeal of this or Gatsby.

BkClubCare Yeah, this was a tough one for me, too. 2y
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CogsOfEncouragement
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The book was first published 1933 and a character who goes by Dick and is married to Nicole signs a note to a friend of theirs as being from Dicole.
Did F. Scott Fitzgerald invent “ship” names???

SRWCF I love this! 2y
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SusanLee
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#falltreasures #lesserknownbook @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I have yet to read this but it‘s in Goodreads for this prompt! A tattered old copy given by a friend 😅

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love old copies! 3y
SusanLee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks likewise! Old is gold, they say 😘 3y
Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 3y
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Chab256
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Three classics that I really disliked!
#3Books

Scochrane26 I‘m not sure why I finished Tender is the night, maybe I used it for a book challenge. It was horrible & extremely boring! 4y
Chab256 @Scochrane26 I agree! I loved Gatsby, tho. 4y
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BkClubCare
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LibrarianChels
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“I don‘t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there‘ll always be the person I am to-night.”

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GatheringBooks
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JennyM
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#7days7books

Day 2: I adore this book.

7 books that left a deep impression on me.

BarbaraBB Great edition as well 😍 4y
JennyM @BarbaraBB it‘s a little worse for wear from so much loving 🥰 4y
ju.ca.no Oh I have this on my tbr at home, I hope I will get to reading it soon😍 4y
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erzascarletbookgasm I haven‘t read this but I like the cover 👍 4y
TrishB Definitely much loved copy! 4y
jillannjohn One of my favs! 4y
TheBookHippie I love this book! 4y
Buechersuechtling One of the books I only know the title of. But, guess what, now I feel the urgent need to read it. #BlameItOnLitsy 😊 4y
CarolynM I liked it a lot too 4y
JennyM @ju.ca.no @erzascarletbookgasm @TrishB @jillannjohn @TheBookHippie @Buechersuechtling @CarolynM - I must have read it at least 10 times. I really love it! 4y
Rissreads I‘ve never read it, so I think I should fix that! How you doing? 4y
JennyM @Rissreads hi my lovely. We are good, thanks. Keeping our spirits up and getting into the home school routine. How are you and your family? Have you got all your kids back home with you? Hope all is well 😘 4y
Rissreads I just picked this book up at a secondhand book store, my boys needed some new books to read. That‘s one good thing to come out of ISO is them reading again! Reid and I will be back at school next week, he is in yr 11. Lane is doing Uni from home and Shannon is still in Melbourne. We have been binge watching Brooklyn 99 and playing some card/board games, which I love to do! I‘ve also been trying to get some jobs around the house done. 4y
Rissreads I have been dancing everyday as I set myself a challenge to dance for 100 days straight. Today is day 26! I‘m really enjoying it but I‘m not loosing any weight which is a bummer because I cannot stop eating everything in sight!!!!! Working again will fix that! Stay safe xxx 4y
JennyM @Rissreads I love this, Riss! A dance challenge is what I think we all need! Hope you go ok back at school. Mine are doing well with the challenge it all brings - I actually think they are quite enjoying the less hurried schedule and being home with the dogs 🐶 Enjoy the book when you get to it. 😘 4y
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jenniferw88
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Not really #aboutmentalillness but it does feature one. Also this is a postcard for the #litsylove challenge, not a book cover - decided to make a start on it. #magnificentmarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💌💗 4y
OriginalCyn620 I have this one but haven‘t read it yet! 4y
Ephemera Fitzgerald used his life with his wife Zelda as the seed for this book. 4y
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YOMFD
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Fitzgerald and love, a perfect combo! ✨

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kspenmoll
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#DearDecember #greencovers

@Suet624 What do you spy in the left bottom corner? !

Eggs Great selection💚📚💚 4y
Suet624 I've gone from my phone to my ipad to my computer and I still can't tell what it is!!! I'm intrigued though. 4y
Eggs Yes! Someone please tell me what it is 4y
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kspenmoll @Suet624 @eggs. It is truly hard to see. Small patch in lower right hand corner is a hint of a felt book mark Sue sent me a while back. Can you see it now? Little rounded orange brown print, some bluish green underneath. A small corner of the bookmark. (edited) 4y
Suet624 I do now!! 4y
kspenmoll @Suet624 ❤️ didn‘t mean to rope you into an I Spy or Where‘s Waldo type game!! 4y
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Awk_Word_Smith
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Trying to keep this sentiment ever-present in the forefront of my mind.

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Nymphette91
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That moment when the end of the day comes, no more chores to do, everything is quiet... And you grab your book and just keep reading in peace. Oh, that moment.

#WhatImReading #Relax #Readlax #SummerBooks
#BookLover

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toofondofbooks
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JennyM I so love this book. 5y
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CoffeeNBooks
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Saturday morning #coffeeandabook.

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CoffeeNBooks
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My next TBR Jar pick. #TBRJar

ephemeralwaltz LOVE this one! 5y
CoffeeNBooks @ephemeralwaltz I'd forgotten how much I love F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing style! 5y
TheShaggyShepherd I keep meaning to read this after I read a new release called Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda - it has their letters to each other in it and is so beautiful. 5y
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Cathythoughts We/I are so used to hearing the title of this book. But you know, isn‘t it a beautiful title 5y
CoffeeNBooks @IvoryLunatic I'll have to put that one on my TBR list! Welcome to Litsy! 📚 5y
Scochrane26 It may be just me, but I barely made it through this book. I almost didn‘t finish, if it hadn‘t been a classic, I wouldn‘t have. 5y
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Schlinkles
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Mehso-so

Finally reading this further cements for me that Fitzgerald is just not my jam. I found all these characters rather unlikeable and while it‘s not necessary to like the characters in a book, it certainly makes reading it more pleasurable.

LapReader 😭I love it. 5y
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Schlinkles
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July‘s Tequila Mockingbird book club pick is another classic that I‘ve managed to have never read before now.

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Hestapleton
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Bailedbailed

Okay so I started this one on audio and I like the story, but I‘m having a hard time focusing. I picked up a paperback copy, but the print is too small to read without my glasses. They broke last night and I can‘t afford new ones until August, so I‘m putting this one down for now!

Smrloomis Sorry your glasses broke! 😢 5y
Hestapleton @Smrloomis I mean, they‘re like 6-8 years old and needed replaced anyway. I wish they could have held on another month, but it‘s not a surprise. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y
Smrloomis @Hestapleton yeah, 6+ years is a good run! Hope you can replace them with a good pair. 5y
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callielafleur
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Mehso-so

The beginning and the end were good, but the middle was kind of a narrative mush. I stuck with it because I love Fitzgerald's prose, but this took me like 2 months to get through. I probably should have just DNF'd.

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emilyhaldi
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Loving this spring weather 🙌🏻 After some yard work and gardening I can finally enjoy reading on my porch swing! This threeway situation between Nicole & Dick Diver and Rosemary Hoyt has some #taintedlove vibes....
#anglophileapril

Julsmarshall lovely cover! 5y
Mdargusch Fun! Pretty pansies 💜 5y
Reviewsbylola I can‘t remember if I‘ve read this one or not but I need to read some more Fitz! 5y
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Cinfhen Yeah, a three way usually leads to some tainted love 🙄your house looks lovely!!! Love the columns and a porch swing sounds 😇 5y
emilyhaldi Thanks ☺️😉 @Mdargusch 5y
RohitSawant I'm hoping to start with this soon! 5y
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BestDogDad
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Mehso-so

I thought it was OK. Through the first third of the book I was uninterested but as I pressed on the plot began to darken and motivations of the characters became more evident. And everyone got more drunk and depressed and I became more interested. I didn't quite buy the ending.

Fun facts: I play basketball weekly at the high school F. Scott Fitzgerald attended: St. Paul Academy. Go Spartans!I‘ve spent many a night in F. Scott‘s theater.

Centique That‘s so cool to hang out at his high school - wow! 😍 5y
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Rachbb3
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Library book sale! 😍

#bookhaul

Bklover Good stuff!!!👍👍👍 5y
merelybookish Nice!! 5y
CarolynM Elizabeth Peters❤️❤️❤️ 5y
wordzie 😎😍 5y
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24in48
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New challenge up on the site! Tell us your favorite series for a chance to win. And don‘t forget to check past posts to see if your name was listed. Happy readathoning! #24in48

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GregZimmerman
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“Well, how can one tell what‘s eccentric and what‘s crazy?”

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toofondofbooks
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jenniferw88
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@IamIamIam I see your American Psycho in Humour and Entertainment and raise you Tender is the Night in Crime, Thriller and Mystery!

IamIamIam 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's great!!!! 5y
Reviewsbylola Definitely an interesting classification 🤔 5y
britt_brooke 😆 5y
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twohectobooks
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Panpan

Yet another #modernlibrarytop100 book that seemed a whole lot longer than it actually is. This book about a married couple and their various issues and infidelities felt so pointless and mostly lacked any kind of energy. There were very brief flares of beauty and insight but I was too bored to give them much notice. I really hope that Gatsby is better than this!

Notafraidofwords I‘m starting to think that is his only good book was Gatsby although I did enjoy the ending of the beautiful and the damned. 6y
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twohectobooks
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Very glad that “Baby” seems to have fallen out of favour as a nickname for adult women.

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twohectobooks
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Once I knew a man who fell in love with his nurse—

Is this Fitzgerald throwing shade at Hemingway?! #modernlibrarytop100

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Purrsistently
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“It was only a sunny little smile, and little it cost in the giving but like the morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”

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twohectobooks
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Next up for #modernlibrarytop100 is a library book that smells like it‘s been doused in perfume. This could be an interesting reading experience.

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Tashreads
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Just in: Fitzgerald Penguin Classics 😍😍😍

thereadingowlvina Pretty pic! 🤗 6y
Bookcation74 Awesome picture! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Fab pic! 👌🏼 6y
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JennyM Ah sooo beautiful. Tender is the night is one of my favourite books of all time. 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Lovely editions and I love this pic! 👍 6y
saresmoore I love these editions. 6y
LauraWeasley Oh, I love these editions and I really want them on my shelf but I haven't read any of Fitzgerald's books yet so I'm kind of hesitant... Beautiful picture! 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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#poetrymatters #smile
Not a poem but it‘s poetic and beautiful. 💛

Cathythoughts ❤️ 6y
Tanisha_A Love it! 6y
batsy Ooh, well played 👍🏽 6y
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laurieluna 😍 this is lovely! 6y
LazyDays 💙👏 6y
tammysue ❤️ 6y
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JennyM
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15 | #HeatOfJuly #CrazyInLove

Fitzgerald used real letters his wife, Zelda, wrote during her breakdown in his fictionalised bestseller. Can‘t say I would have appreciated that if I were Zelda but the book is so good - my all time favourite and annual re-read.

Can‘t seem to tag you Cindy and Barbara.

LapReader I have a soft spot for both of them. 6y
JennyM @LapReader me too. I‘m fascinated with this era - Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Pound. 6y
TrishB Tagging isn‘t working for a lot of people (me included!) Great pick 👍🏻 6y
Cathythoughts I havnt read this in many years. Must reread 6y
BarbaraBB Really? I still need to read it, I do have a copy. 😘 6y
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SLSbooks
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Pickpick

This one I will have to read again. Initially confusing, then compelling, then finally revealing. Anyone who is interested in Fitzgerald‘s complicated life will see it on display here. Was going to give it a so-so, but can‘t do it to him.

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Wilkie
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The beautiful back cover of my new/old copy of Tender is the Night. They don‘t make them like this any more! #ififell #heyjune

umbrellagirl And only .35 6y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa No they don‘t! That‘s gorgeous! 6y
Cinfhen Amazing 6y
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GypsyKat I‘m loving seeing your collection of old paperbacks! 😍 6y
Wilkie @gypsykat 21 vintage books arrived in the post today....I have a problem☺️ 6y
Wilkie @umbrellagirl We need to build a time machine! 6y
youneverarrived 😍😍 6y
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Wilkie
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A suggestion to all psychiatrists out there...do your best not to fall in love and marry your patient. #ifIFell #heyjune

blithebuoyant Is very bad idea. Very bad. XD 6y
Cinfhen Thirty Five cents!!!! 6y
GypsyKat Haha! For sure! 😂 6y
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jenniferw88
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Eggs My favorite flower 6y
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OhMeaghan
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Pickpick

This book is killing me. It‘s so good.

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OhMeaghan
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Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people‘s lives.