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Floating City: Poems | Anne Pierson Wiese

#poetrymatters #twist

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Love the imagery!💚💚💚 4d

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Maggie4483

Complete Stories | Dorothy Parker

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This quote wasn‘t actually in this book (and in fact may not have even been written by Dorothy Parker at all), but it‘s attributed to her, and one of my favorite lines about one of my favorite drinks. I love a Dirty Bombay Sapphire Martini with blue cheese stuffed olives. 🍸
There were a TON of short stories in this compilation. Some were funny, some were sad, many were forgettable, and a few were problematic. But overall I enjoyed it.

Maggie4483 This was my #1924 selection for the #192025 challenge. 5d

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all_4_kb

This Side of Paradise | F Scott Fitzgerald

Starting an old classic today…

CarolynM ❤️ 5d

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shawnmooney

Summer: A Novel | Edith Wharton

https://youtu.be/nfr88tCkaOk?si=vQa8FT1huiDYs6kD

Introduction

Mystery guest

A special literary reading

Week in Review

Summer by Edith Wharton

The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan

Johnny I Hardly Knew You by Edna O'Brien

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

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TheBookHippie

Twilight Sleep | Edith Wharton

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Finally finished my #WhartonBuddyRead

I enjoyed this one quite a bit and I hope she becomes a nun 💟.

I very much enjoyed the read and l like the ending non ending. I enjoy Wharton's prose very much, even when it's about vapid people...

I‘d have never read this without the group so thanks all! Sorry I fell so far behind!!

Graywacke

Graywacke Glad you finished and enjoyed it! I like your ending non-ending description (edited) 6d

TheBookHippie @Graywacke 🙃 6d

batsy Ha, yes! #NunLife all the way 😆 6d

TheBookHippie @batsy Revenge and peace all in one move. 5d

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Lcsmcat

The Children | Edith Wharton

Good morning #whartonbuddyread! Are we ready for the Children? (Is anyone ever really ready for children? 😂) This one‘s just under 300 pages and divided into 3 books. I‘m proposing starting April 27 for Book 1, May 4 and 11 for books 2 & 3. Does that work for everyone?

Graywacke

Lcsmcat @KathyWheeler @kspenmoll @Leftcoastzen @LitStephanie @llwheeler @Louise @rubyslippersreads @SamAnne @sarahbellum @Sparklemn @Suet624 @TheBookHippie 6d

Lcsmcat @mdm139 @graywacke @jewright @AllDebooks @amysisson @Ann_Reads @arubabookwoman @batsy @BookishTrish @CarolynM @catebutler @Catherine_Willoughby @Cathythoughts @Crazeedi @Currey @dabbe @emilyhaldi @IMASLOWREADER 6d

arubabookwoman i'm looking forward to this one. It's typical Wharton in many ways, but a darker theme--how the children, of the rich adults we've seen so much of, fare, as they are dragged around the world, but basically ignored, with constantly changing step-parents and step siblings and half siblings. When I read it years ago there are parts that reminded me of Lolita, to the extent I wondered if Nabokov had it in mind. 6d

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batsy Looking forward to it. Things are a bit hectic atm but I'll try my best to join in and keep to the schedule! 6d

Lcsmcat @arubabookwoman Interesting thought. I‘ll keep that in the back of my mind as I read. 6d

Lcsmcat @batsy Same here. What‘s up with this spring? 6d

Graywacke Sounds good @Lcsmcat ! I‘ll likely be quiet May 4, traveling. But this schedule works for me. Wish you and @batsy RL breaks. 6d

TheBookHippie Crazy busy but yes. 😵‍💫🙃 6d

Currey Sounds okay to me. Thanks 6d

batsy @Graywacke Thanks 🙂 6d

Lcsmcat @Graywacke Thanks. Chime in when you can, and safe travels. 6d

Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie @Currey Great. 6d

Suet624 I keep missing out on reading these. 🥴😫 6d

Lcsmcat @Suet624 Join us this time! It‘s a shorter one. 6d

Suet624 @Lcsmcat my problem lies in finding the book! Hoopla has it but I literally have to wake up at 2 am to grab it before the daily collective quota allowed for the entire library system is hit. It‘s weird. I‘ll try though. 🤨 6d

Lcsmcat @Suet624 I have the entire works of Edith Wharton as an ebook that cost 1.99 (I think. It might have been .99) Or you could try Project Gutenberg. I‘m not sure if it‘s under copyright still or not. 6d

Suet624 Shoot. I always forget about Project Gutenberg. I‘ll check that out now. 6d

jewright I‘m in! 6d

jewright @Suet624–I bought the Kindle complete works. It was pretty inexpensive and has had everything. 6d

Suet624 @jewright Thanks! However, I don‘t use Kindle because it‘s owned by Amazon. I know…my little protest amounts to nothing really, but I try not to give amazon any money. 6d

Lcsmcat @jewright Great! 6d

CarolynM I will try to join in, but I was lagging behind on Twilight Sleep all the way and I still haven‘t finished, so I‘ll just have to see how I‘m going at the end of the month🙂 6d

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TheBookHippie

The Buccaneers: A Novel | Edith Wharton

My adult daughter is addicted to this & keeps telling me to watch it, just started it ~but then said “I don‘t own a copy of this book”… “oh look TARGET has books buy 2 get one free”. How many did I get?!? 😵‍💫😵‍💫🤣🤣 #ICANTTALKABOUTIT #WHATHAPPENEDTOMYBOOKBUYINGBAN 😵‍💫

CBee Omg I‘m going to Target 😂🤪🤓 1w

TheBookHippie @CBee 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w

IMASLOWREADER ohhhh 1w

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IndoorDame I‘m avoiding book bans. I think it‘s like dieting, and as soon as you just ban junk somehow you‘re eating 🍕 all week. You need an anti book buying suggestion plan 😂😂😂 1w

TheBookHippie @IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w

bookwyrm7 What happens in the bookstore stays in the bookstore 🤫 1w

TheBookHippie @bookwyrm7 🙃🙃🙃 1w

kspenmoll I always have good intentions of instituting a book buying ban, but then that too good to be true deal appears… @IndoorDame Totally agree with your thinking! 6d

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Born.A.Reader

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

🌿A couple appointments, and generally work meetings. Hoping for a quick week.
🌿🌿Munchie type food, if I'm in the mood.
🌿🌿🌿Usually a bookmark, but if not, whatever is handy.
🌿🌿🌿🌿Tagged for my #classicschallenge
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

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The_Penniless_Author

Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth

#motivationalmonday

1. I have the good fortune to live directly in the path of totality AND for it to be sunny in Vermont at the beginning of April, so watching the eclipse is the one and only thing I have on my mind this week. 🌞🌛🌗🌑😎
2. Coffee
3. Bookmark
4. Tagged!

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