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The #Secret Garden is one of my all time favorite books. I still own only the copy that my au pair read to me when I was little, but it‘s one I‘m constantly tempted to buy duplicates of. #JanuaryJazz @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#KindleInMotion: I thought I would try this new-ish format before the end of the year. I‘m impressed. 5-stars for this childhood favorite.

THE SECRET GARDEN was initially published as a serial story in 1910 and was brought out in novel form in 1911. The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic.

#Secret 🪴 🌱 🤫 #DivineDecember 🎄❄️🎁

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

@Andrew65 tells me that today is the National Day of Joy and a book that has always brought me joy, as well as introducing me to the love of a garden, is The Secret Garden! I knew Mary Lenox as well as a person could; we were so similar as I was growing up. I still read this every year or so!

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #WinterReadathon

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.
#TheSecretGarden #FrancesHodgsonBurnett #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookbag #bookbags #bookbinding #bookbeau #bookblog #bookblogs #bookblogger #bookbackpack #bookbackpacks #booknerd #booknerds #nerd #Classics #Fiction #Childrens #YoungAdult #HistoricalFiction #MiddleGrade #Fantasy #Historical 💛💛

#secret is todays prompt for #scarathlon2022dailyprompt and while I could have gone creepy, or Nancy Drew I just went with my beloved Secret Garden.

My last visit to this garden was for my sister‘s wedding photos 14 years ago. We always seem to talk about books in this beautiful spot.

Simple. Delightful. Takes you back into the wonder of childhood. Magic. Imagination. And the power of hope for healing and love♡

I‘m cheating just a little bit because I‘m picking this house not for the house itself, but for its grounds.

Misselthwaite Manor and The Garden. What would you pick?

#SundayFunday I hope you all have a marvelous day, and don‘t forget to tag me so I can see your posts! 💚

There are so many great books that begin with the #letterS. I decided to go with an old favorite today because I couldn‘t pick from the rest lol

#alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Well, it‘s finally happened. My first positive COVID test.

1. Friar Hugo from Redwall Abbey. I need someone to cook for me, because I don‘t have any energy. 😅
2. Misselthwaite Manor. Mostly so I can hide in that garden.
3. Time outside doing nothing. Could be ten minutes, or two hours. No gardening, no multi tasking. Do nothing.

#SundayFunday Stay safe today and don‘t forget to tag me! 💖

Mary Englebreit is drawing artwork for her favorite childhood books and posting them on Instagram. This one is for Secret Garden. I‘m loving seeing them. Here‘s the link to this artwork:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfUb9R5O6p3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser June My garden is coming along. Zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, beans and peas

#WonderousWednesday

1. Mainly my Mom has the garden, but I did have select flowers of my own.

2. Irises are my favorite, so there‘s some of those.

3. I don‘t really read books about gardens, so I‘ll have to go with The Secret Garden.

@GondorGirl @Cadyly @TheRiehlDeal @DinoMom

1. I don't have a garden but I have a balcony that every year I put flowers. Also my house have plants all around. No garden when you live in a building 😩

2. I have 6 orchids. Some of them more than 5 years old! I have in my balcony something that is a small strawberry and soon I will have the first ones of the year!
3. I am not into reading about flowers or gardens. I think I have never read about the topic

#wondrouswednesday

1. We plant a garden every year. / 2. Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, chilies, rhubarb, raspberries, basil, chives, rosemary, strawberries, and a few flowers. / 3. I ❤️ The Secret Garden. #wondrouswednesday

1 and 2. As a kid, our family had a vegetable and flower garden. Now we mainly have random collection of flowers that have lasted through the years, such as phlox, daffodils, crocus, and Lily of the Valley. Unfortunately, the bleeding hearts didn't survive.
3. The Secret Garden
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Tagged.
I do not garden, but I like plants and flowers.
I love to read outside.
Iced tea with lemon.
#thoughtfulthursday
@MoonWitch94

Sorry #ThoughtfulThursday is a bit late. (In fact, it might be Friday by the time some of you see this, but that‘s okay!) I‘m struggling with a wicked sinus infection 🤧 & chest cold.

🪴Yes! My garden will have 🍅🍆🫑🥒🌿like dill, rosemary, basil & mint
🪴I love reading in the warm sunshine ☀️
🪴 Cold Brew iced coffee 🧋or lemonade

Anyone can play! Remember to tag me in your posts!

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Oh my heart! I have loved this book my whole life and especially love revisiting it in the spring.

In the background is my little bird friend, who makes her nest in my hanging planter every year. This is her 4th spring with me.

My current and final March #BookSpin read (tagged) and my April list. In the end I read five books in March, and finished on a high note. The penultimate book, yet to be reviewed, was terrific. Some of the others were a freaking SLOG. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1. Tulips! Cannot wait for mine to bloom, they're just starting to pop up. I also love grap hyacinths
2. The Secret Garden 🌷
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

1. Daffodils! Or tulips! 2. The Secret Garden!!

1. Crocus
2. The Secret Garden
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Happy Tuesday everyone! Here are the #Two4Tuesday questions for today. Hope you have a fantastic day!

My answers:
🌷 I love all flowers! Yet in spring I am especially fond of seeing Phlox bloom. It looks like a carpet of color.
🌷🌷 The Secret Garden (tagged)

I am going to tag a few Littens to get us started. @Eggs @wanderinglynn @EadieB @Lcsmcat @bthegood @Texreader @Crazeedi @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheAromaofBooks

#gardens #savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

one of my childhood favorites 🥰

#Gardens 🌳🌷🌿🌼🌱🌻 #SavvySettings 💚🍀

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

March 28 #SavvySettings Garden This is one of my favorite stories @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#gardens #savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Happy Tuesday everyone! Thanks to everyone who played last week! Here are the questions for today! Have a great day!

🌷 On occasion. I read numerous in school; therefore, there are not many left unless I want to reread.
🌷 Tagged.

Want to play? @wanderinglynn @Eggs @Crazeedi @EadieB @Texreader @The_Penniless_Author @RamsFan1963 @DarkMina @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mavey @Gissy @IndoorDame @Librarybelle @bthegood

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs
#Beginswith Secret

Day 4

#secret #beginswith @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#garden #beginswith @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My favorite narratives about gardens🌼🍃🌺🪴

It‘s been forever since I read this book, might be time for a reread ☺️

#BeginsWith 🥳📚 #Garden 🌸 #TheSecretGarden 🌺

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

DAY 29 Secret, I thought of this book when I saw this prompt. The other photos are of my art, I love to paint flowers, done in acrylics #WinterGames2021 #photochallenge #WishesandBlessings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“Magic until they burst and uncurled into cups of scent delicately spilling themselves over their brims and filling the garden air.“ --Frances Hodgson Burnett, “The Secret Garden“.

16/2021

1. The Secret Garden. Or the Boxcar Children series. Or Harriet the Spy.

2. Sunny fall or sunny spring. 🌞

3. That my partner and parents get along so well. 🧡🧡

Thanks for the tag, @hannah-leeloo

#WonderousWednesday @eggs

This is one of Mrs Bookwomble's favourite childhood books, although I've never read it myself. When I saw this cover peeping out from the pile on the charity book table, I couldn't resist it, so now I may just have to read it in order to justify my purchase 😏📖

Starts at the end of summer/beginning of fall, and the characters nurture a garden to grow all throughout the fall and winter. One of the most magical books I've ever read.

#haunted October 2021 day 12: sweater weather @eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

💚 I am super surprised I have never read this book before now. I feel like it was “right up my alley“ when I was younger so.. it confuses me. But I love love loved it! 💚 Hmm.. I am gonna say, Gomez Addams. I am in an Adams family kick. Ooo. Or Michael Myers! I am so looking forward to the next Halloween movie! 💚

#NovelWatchingCrew (#NWC)
@AkashaVampie @AnansiGirl @jb72 @AsYouWish @mollyrotondo @Bibliobliss @Butterfinger

“I Shall Live Forever—and Ever—and Ever!" –”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

What did you think of the book this month?

Who is your favorite Classic character?

#NovelWatchingCrew #NWC

“I Shall Live Forever—and Ever—and Ever!" –”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

What did you think of the book this month?

Who is your favorite Classic character?

#NovelWatchingCrew #NWC

💚 1. Love, nature, happiness! 💚 2. Couldn't think of one offhand, so I looked up classic movies. Wizard of Oz has always been a favorite of mine :) 💚

NovelWatchingCrew (#NWC)
@AkashaVampie @AnansiGirl @jb72 @AsYouWish @mollyrotondo @Bibliobliss @Butterfinger

“Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

What is something you find magical?

Favorite Classic Movie?

#NovelWatchingCrew #NWC

🌷 🌷My garden would be filled with lovely beautiful flowers, light fragrances. I would love to have a nice huge hammock and some shade and just a place to relax and escape 🌷 🌷

#NovelWatchingCrew (#NWC)
@AkashaVampie @AnansiGirl @jb72 @AsYouWish @mollyrotondo @Bibliobliss @Butterfinger

“Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

If you found a secret garden, what would you hope to find there?

Favorite Classic Meme.

#NovelWatchingCrew #NWC

The tagged book was one the favourites of Audrey Hepburn...
A love this pic with her having a breakfast while reading...

#spanishreading #audreyhepburn

Wow !! I can't believe I hadn't read this one before. It was so adorable!

#NovelWatchingCrew (#NWC)
@AkashaVampie @AnansiGirl @jb72 @AsYouWish @mollyrotondo @Bibliobliss @Butterfinger