BoardingSchool

Realizing there are ten weeks left in the year is ridiculous, and I can‘t resist #10beforetheend. I have 10 books left for the #192025 challenge, so that‘s my list! For some of the years I‘m still debating between a couple options, so that‘s why there‘s more than one book cover in several slots. Fingers crossed I can get all of these read by the end of 2025!

ChaoticMissAdventures

Librarybelle Good luck on finishing #192025 ! You have some good titles for the last 10 reads! 18h

ChaoticMissAdventures Some great titles! I will always vote Baldwin, but Agatha Christie is so much fun. Good luck! Hope the 10 Before the End gives you that extra push! 14h

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay

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The chokehold that Miranda has on the Australian psyche is absolutely fascinating (no doubt in part due to Peter Weir‘s 1975 film adaptation) - this was a reread for me and I was amazed at how much of the story I‘d forgotten and how few pages we have with Miranda (and Marian), given the extent to which her absence haunts the narrative.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag Originally published in 1967, when Joan Lindsay was 71 years old and with Picnic at Hanging Rock beginning on St Valentines Day in 1900, a time not so far removed from when the author was a school girl herself… the book starts by implying that it‘s based on true events and the author herself was always noncommittal when asked, which has lead to quite a lot of people buying into it as being a true story. 4d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Reading it with modern eyes, there are parts that sit awkwardly- from the only mention of Aborigines being a passing mention of a “black tracker” being bought in to help search for the missing school girls to aristocratic folk who have made Australia their home thinking of the help as peasants. 4d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag It‘s a very white, very colonial Australia - but it is that version of Australia and in those rarified circles that Joan Lindsay grew up and went to school in. 4d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I had forgotten 90% of this story and was honestly in a state of shock at how the ripples of this story played out. It‘s kind of rare for a story to focus more on the ripples than the “crime” (especially as this is a mystery without a solution, unless you track down the chapter that was cut by the publisher - which imo was the right choice, I don‘t think the book would be a classic if the book had ended the way the author initially intended) 4d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Justice for Sara Waybourne! (I had an absolute blast rereading this and plan on rewatching the movie and maybe even the 2018 miniseries sometime soon) 4d

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Bookwormjillk

In the Hall with the Knife: A Clue Mystery #1 | Diana Peterfreund, Hasbro, Inc.

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This was a fun locked door boarding school mystery with shout outs based on the board game clue. I enjoyed the story even if the ending was somewhat obvious

Bookwormjillk #erasghostbingo The Life of a Showgirl @charityann #JustOneMoreChapter #Bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks #OneSnackToRuleThemAll #AllThingsApple #SPNBookBINGO2025 Croatoan @Outsmartyourshelf 7d

OutsmartYourShelf 👍🏻Love locked room mysteries! 7d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6d

AnnCrystal Cool, creepy book staging 😳😉👍🏼📚💝. 6d

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AmandaBlaze

The Grounding of Group 6 | Julian F. Thompson

#Hauntedshelf #ScavengerHunt #Group
@BookwormAHN #BlackCatCrew

BookwormAHN 🩶🐈‍⬛🩶 2w

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AnnCrystal

To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose

Really enjoyed this tagged read 📚🐉💝, and can't wait for book two.

Thank You @BookmarkTavern for #SundayFunday 👏🏼☺️👍🏼 Have a Fun & Happy Birthday Week 📚🥳🎂💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

BookmarkTavern Oh this was such a good one! The sequel is coming out in January! Thanks for sharing! 3w

AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern That's Wonderful 👏🏼🥳👌🏼📚🐉📚💝. 3w

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Jen2

The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum | Lisa Yee

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Super cute

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TheEllieMo

First Term at Malory Towers | Enid Blyton

I very clearly remember reading the Mallory Towers series when I was a child, but at some point in my life, for a long time, I conflated it with the Chalet School series. A couple of years ago, I tried to find the Mallory Towers book that included a visit to Oktoberfest, only to find that it was actually one of the Chalet School books that I was thinking about!

#SchoolDays
#Falling
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 🙌🏻 3w

Eggs These look fun❣️ 3w

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Stargazer | Claudia Gray

#Stargazing ✨??

#Falling ༄˖°.?☕️.ೃ࿔*:･

#BookNerd ???

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Now that‘s a cover I haven‘t seen for awhile! 3w

Eggs 💜🌟💜 3w

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LadyCait84

A Deadly Education: A Novel | Naomi Novik

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It has a whole lot of expository world-building. Especially for being the start of only a 3-book series.
So, maybe not for everyone.

But I really enjoyed it.

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AnnCrystal

To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose

I always say that my mom is not a reader, which is unfair, because she read alot in years past to teach my brother and I...and if you place a history book, a geographic book, an old tome, or somekind of info. book in her hands, she will still become glued within seconds.

Me, I'm terrible. If it doesn't have legends or mystical written into the text, I get bored...quickly 🤔👀🤗.

👇🏼

AnnCrystal And so, I somehow believed William I the Conqueror Former King of England had lost the second battle against the two Anglo-Saxon brothers and the resistance...yeah, kinda feel like I'm in a alternate world right now...

Love Viking history, but I'm more interested in the legends and their old religion...the battles and conquering fall into the “read later“ folder 🤔👀🤗.

This is boggling my mind...😂👀🤗📚💝. (edited) 4w

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