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kspenmoll
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#libraryfind #coffeeandbooks 1891. Set in NYC & the Berkshires(MA). Pamela Thompson,intelligent,gutsy, & bold,lost everything,is in debt due to her husband‘s bad investments,& resulting suicide.She is hired by her lawyer Prescott, to catch suspecting thieving at Macy jewelry counter.A success,she is placed with the wife of a ruthless robber baron, H.Jennings, to investigate threats to her life.Complicated shenanigans & red herrings go on ⬇️

kspenmoll 🔼 before Mr.J‘s murder. Social issues such as the wide gap between the incredibly wealthy & the unemployed “ tramps”, & lower classes are explored, as well as the utter ruthlessness,lack of empathy & blissful ignorance of the rich. Light pick. #GildedAgeMystety (edited) 17h
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Bookwomble
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#TuesdayTunes @tiedyedude

🎵 With a Little Help from My Friends
👨‍🎤 Joe Cocker
💿 With a Little Help from My Friends
📽️ https://youtu.be/rUVEFkjqiEE?si=EwZr4UI8UeG8-5-d

I've loved Joe's cover of this Beatles' song for years, but hadn't listened to the full album until this week, & it's magical! Joe covers a couple of Dylan songs, too, to which he does justice, but WALHFMF is definitely the standout track.
YT vid is his Woodstock performance🌻

TieDyeDude Thanks for sharing! I can't help but think of John Belushi's impersonation, but Cocker was such a powerful singer. I didn't realize how prolific he was in his later years. I feel a deep-dive coming on 😋 11h
Bookwomble @TieDyeDude His version of "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" on this album is fantastic. Apart from his big hits and the odd TV appearance I don't know his music as well as I think I'd like to. Another one to be on the watch for while I'm rummaging through the second-hand music bins ? 11h
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LiseWorks
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#JulyJazz Cheer the Lonely A Solitary Man by Johnny Cash @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice! 5d
Eggs ❤️ 🎶 💔 4d
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Rissreadswithcats
Searching for Charmian | Suzanne Chick
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After @MrsMalaprop review I listened to this. What a fascinating family. The writer Suzanne Chick finds out in her 40‘s that her mother is a famous Australian author. This is the story of that journey. I then watched her daughter Gina Chick find out who her grandfather was on the Australian series Who do you think you are. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #oznonfiction

MrsMalaprop Yay! Glad you saw the Who Do You Think You Are too! 7d
Rissreadswithcats @MrsMalaprop I couldn‘t wait to start it! 7d
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rubyslippersreads
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It‘s always interesting to find the same historical figure in two books. I‘m currently watching #TheGildedAge and #Outrageous and wanted some coordinating reading material. #MitfordSisters

kspenmoll I am watching Outrages too! Must start The Gilded Age! 1w
Butterfinger I have been fascinated by the Mitfords since I read Nancy's Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie. I have been looking forward to the show. 1w
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bibliothecarivs
Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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★★★★★

A wonderfully informative and readable biography of one of my favourite writers. It was so well-done that I didn't want the book to end and I am today in mourning for Hardy, though he died nearly a century ago. This American edition was beautifully designed by The Penguin Press, including a reference map of the area around Dorchester by Andrew Farmer.

Suet624 Sounds wonderful. 2w
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JenlovesJT47
Love, Janis | Laura Joplin
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This little hourly history book isn‘t in the system so I‘m only writing a blurb. I‘m trying to get my history fix in with these quick reads once a week. This week I chose Janis & decided to take inspiration from @jdiehr & do my review haiku style.

Rocker, trailblazer —
she took a piece of our
hearts, left us too soon.

These little bios are great for a quick overview of the pertinent facts. 4⭐️

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #haikubookreview

JenlovesJT47 @Susanita I just realized that when I do my tag list it has been autocorrecting to Susanna. I‘m sorry about that! Fixed it on this one and will pay closer attention from now on! 😱 2w
Susanita No worries! 2w
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Suet624 I was a teenager when she died, and I cried for days. 2w
dabbe Too many wonderful artists in the 27 Club. 🥺🥹🥲 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎸🎶🐝💝. 1w
jdiehr 💛 1w
lil1inblue 💔💔💔 1w
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bibliothecarivs
Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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'If he went to church, he explained that it was not "because he believed in it, which he did not, but because it was good for the people to get clean and come together once a week - like discipline in the army."' p. 345, taken from the diary of Elliott Felkin.

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bibliothecarivs
Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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'The problem of who was to live at Max Gate apart from ghosts remained.'

A wonderful sentence conveying the truth of the complicated situation at Hardy's house after the death of his first wife and displaying Tomalin's great skill as a popular biographer.