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#AVeryAustenHolidaySwap
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LeahBergen
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Day 29: #Tea

This was a gift from the lovely @CrowCAH for #AVeryAustenHolidaySwap 💙💙

#200PnPCovers

@mabell

Cathythoughts Gorgeous picture 👌💙 2y
CrowCAH Beautiful tea cup and saucer! 😍 OMG that swap was already a year ago; how time flies! 2y
Amiable “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James ❤️ (edited) 2y
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Suet624 That‘s beautiful. 2y
BookBabe Love the cup & saucer! The book sounds fun too. 😃 2y
BookBabe @Amiable That‘s a great quote! 😄👌🏻 2y
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts Thank you! 😘😘 2y
LeahBergen @CrowCAH I know! I noticed that when I looked back at the posts. 😩 2y
LeahBergen @Amiable So true! I love that quote. 😊 2y
LeahBergen @Suet624 😘😘 2y
LeahBergen @BookBabe 😘😘 2y
mabell ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
Centique And you let them photograph your cup for the book cover!! 😍😋 2y
LeahBergen @Centique I thought I‘d allow it, just this once. 😆 2y
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DebinHawaii
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This is VERY late but somehow I missed it until today so I‘m going to post anyway. Thanks for the #wondrouswednesday tag @wanderinglynn 🤗

1️⃣ Youngest of 8. Blended family so all but 1 are/were half-siblings.💙

2️⃣ Cooking/souping, word puzzles, newly into junk journaling, collage/paper crafts.📘

3️⃣ So many faves but 2 more recent ones are this tote bag & thermal tumbler from @Gissy for #averyaustenholidayswap I 💜the colors, design & quote!

wanderinglynn Love that bag & tumbler! 😍 3y
Eggs Thanks so much for playing 👏🏻 beautiful bag and cup 👍🏼 3y
rubyslippersreads I haven‘t done any junk journaling, but the idea (and the photos on Instagram) fascinate me. 3y
DebinHawaii @rubyslippersreads I am just starting which mainly has been assembling supplies & making a few tags & bookmarks so far and just starting in a pre-made journal but I love it & hoping to devote more time to it & do some #audiojunkjournaling too. The YouTube videos on it are amazing. I plan to do a reading journal of favorite books first. 🤗 3y
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LeahBergen
The Clergyman's Wife | Molly Greeley
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An impromptu rainy weekend binge of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries has reminded me that:

1. I love the odiousness of Mr. Collins‘ character, and
2. I still needed to read this novel about poor Charlotte Lucas‘ life after she becomes Mrs. Collins.

I‘ve VERY pleasantly surprised, thus far!

(And thanks again to @CrowCAH for this lovely #AVeryAustenHolidaySwap gift 😘).

CrowCAH You‘re welcome ☺️ Glad you‘re being surprised by this author‘s take of events for married Charlotte! (I still haven‘t read it) 3y
sprainedbrain I LOVED that book. 🥰 3y
Ruthiella Me Collins is a wonderfully odious character. I find covers where a person‘s head is cut off disconcerting...🤔 (edited) 3y
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Cathythoughts I‘m watching it at the moment ... Collins is really well played. We have the Kiera Knightly movie available at the moment too ... ( I find her hard going ... so staying with the 1995 BBC series 👍🏻 3y
rubyslippersreads I haven‘t read this yet, but I enjoyed 3y
LeahBergen @CrowCAH I think you‘ll enjoy it, too. 😊 3y
LeahBergen @sprainedbrain I‘m not finding any of the characters disconcertingly different from the originals (unlike in so many other pastiches). 👍🏻 3y
LeahBergen @Ruthiella I know! And I purposefully cut even more of the head off with my bookmark placement. I‘m not a fan of this cover art. 😆 3y
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts The later movie sure has its fans but (for sticking closest to the original novel) nothing can beat the 1995 series! 3y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Oh, good to hear! I‘d been eyeing that one. 3y
Ruthiella @Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I‘ve only seen snippets from the Kiera Knightly version but I don‘t think I could manage to watch it because I want to brush their hair in every scene ! I know they didn‘t have hair spray back then, but COME ON! 😆 3y
LeahBergen @Ruthiella Yeah, it‘s definitely a “feral” Pride and Prejudice. 😆😆 3y
Cathythoughts @Ruthiella 😂 😂🤣 3y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Ruthiella Is that the one where we see Mr. & Mrs. Bennet being, um, more intimate than Jane Austen ever depicted? Certainly too feral for me. 😏 3y
Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads oh gosh! Now I REALLY don‘t want to see it. 😂 3y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Epiphany #Pemberlittens on not liking when originally read as a teenager. Now I have Elizabeth Bennet's Obstinate Headstrong Girl attitude, back then I was Fanny Price. Quiet, shy, & afraid. Often I compare my hypochondriac mother to Mrs Bennet. Yet so many times with reading(especially w/Juliet Stevenson audio) Mrs Norris sounded exactly like my mother. Verbal abuse & neglect of Fanny I think just hit to close to home for me back then....⬇️

Crinoline_Laphroaig Another reason for disliking - Fanny got her HEA but Edmund is no Mr Darcy or Henry Tilney.

Having survived and thrived despite of my childhood, I can now read through older eyes and appreciate Fanny Price. #musingsonmansfield
@sprainedbrain #pemberlittens
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Crinoline_Laphroaig I can definitely see myself reading Mansfield Park. Especially this beautiful copy I received from @Mitch for #AVeryAustenHolidaySwap. I treasure it. #forevershelf 3y
Andrea313 Feels wrong to "love" this comment. I'm sorry to hear about all you have been through. But I appreciate your words on appreciating Fanny, and of course I love your beautiful photo. ❤️ 3y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 Thank you. I tell my story because I'm proud of what I've become. I really appreciate this Readalong giving me a new perspective of Mansfield Park. 3y
Mitch What a wonderful setting you have to be reading in xxx 3y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Given to me by @mitch as part of #Pemberlittens #AVeryAustenHolidaySwap. I've been saving this tea for a special occasion. Celebrating Pride and Prejudice Publication on this day in 1813 seems the perfect time to sip. 🎂📖🫖
#prideandprejudiceday

Mitch Perfect! Enjoy! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
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jenniferw88
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@Palimpsest Thank you so much for everything, I ❤ it all but especially the writing gloves (which have text from Sense and Sensibility on them!)

#averyaustenholidayswap @Chrissyreadit @sprainedbrain

sprainedbrain What lovely gifts! 3y
Chrissyreadit I love it!!!! Happy Finally Opening Day! 😍 3y
Palimpsest 😊💜I‘m so glad it finally arrived. Again I‘m so sorry for the delay. I‘m glad you like everything! 3y
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jenniferw88
Untitled | Anonymous
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#averyaustenholidayswap @Palimpsest @sprainedbrain @Chrissyreadit

Look what's finally arrived! 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

sprainedbrain OMG!! I had given up all hope. 🤣 3y
Chrissyreadit Yay!!!! I KNEW it would arrive 🎉🙌🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡open that baby up!!! 3y
Palimpsest Oh my gosh!!! It‘s been weeks!!! I was just thinking I was going to have to send you another package and wondering if that would get there too! So relieved, I‘ve been feeling terrible! I‘m so so sorry, but thankful it‘s finally there! 3y
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alisiakae
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#averyaustenholidayswap

These Chanukah socks are adorable! I wish the ISPS had been able to deliver this box when it was supposed to (24 days ago 🤣🤣), but I have no qualms about wearing holiday socks after the holiday has passed! 😜 Maya already snatched one of these as I opened the box; it looks like I‘m going to have to share. 😂 Thanks again @quietjenn !

LeahBergen Those socks are so cute!!!! 3y
Chrissyreadit I love the socks so much!!! 3y
AmyG Cats in yarmulkas 🙌🏻 3y
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MySharonaK I love these !!! I must get some too 3y
quietjenn I know! I didn't want to spoil things by saying, “There are Chanukah themed things in there“ but each night that passed ... I'm glad that you and Maya think they are as cute as I did. 3y
BookishMarginalia Great socks! 3y
bnp 👏👏👏🌹🌿🌿🌿 3y
Clare-Dragonfly Sooooo cute! 3y
CoffeeK8 So cute! 3y
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alisiakae
Sandition | Jane Austen
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#averyaustenholidayswap

It was worth the wait!! @quietjenn you really outdid yourself! I love everything! The treats all look yummy, I finally have a complete Austen collection with Sandirion, and the candles smell SO good! Excited to dive into these books!

Those Chanukah socks are getting their own post. 🕎😍

Thank you so much! #PemberLittens

LeahBergen Jane Austen at Home is so good! 3y
Chrissyreadit This looks amazing! 😍😍😍 3y
quietjenn Yay, I'm so glad to hear that. It honestly got to the point where I couldn't even remember what I sent, so I was just thinking, “Man, I hope it doesn't suck when it finally arrives.“ So pleased to return the goodness. 3y
sprainedbrain What a great package! I‘m so glad it finally made it. 🥰 3y
Gissy Nice! And that edition is just stunning! 😍❤️❤️ 3y
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alisiakae
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I was standing in the kitchen making lunch when I got a tracking alert, ans look what has finally found it‘s way to my doorstep!! 🎉 @quietjenn It‘s arrived!! I‘ll open it up shortly!

#averyaustenholidayswap

Chrissyreadit Yes!!!! I‘m so happy!!!! 3y
sprainedbrain Oh thank goodness!! 3y
quietjenn Oh, what a journey that poor little box has been on. I'm so, so, so glad that it finally made it's way to you! Almost a month after it was sent. Good thing it was sent Priority 😂 3y
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