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AllDebooks
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage | George Gordon 1788- Byron
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#NaturaLitsy

This is imprinted on my mind, body, and soul 💚

What nature poems speak to you?

dabbe My two biggies are Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ and Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.“ Love me some Byron, too! Romantics all the way! 🤩 6d
AllDebooks @dabbe oh yes 💚 6d
Kimzey @dabbe Yes! I also love Wordsworth's “There Was a Boy.“ Sad, but beautiful.
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dabbe @Kimzey 🧡🤎💛 6d
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ClairesReads
Our Evenings: A Novel | Alan Hollinghurst
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Pickpick

All the feelings of a big classic novel. This is old-fashioned storytelling, complete with lush prose, layers of characterisation, and a context that lives as much as the characters do. A really immersive story about struggles of class, race, sexuality, and family in post-war Britain. I wish I‘d been able to submerge myself in this more completely, a drawn out reading let me miss a bit of nuance I‘m sure. An excellent read.

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Graywacke
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Enjoying a little rain. I‘ve been hiding from the world in this 14th-century text.

Bookwomble Great mug 🍵🐈‍⬛😊 2w
dabbe Hiding from this world is sometimes good ... and necessary. 2w
Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
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AroundTheBookWorld
Marley: A Novel | Jon Clinch
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Perhaps his absence is a sign of hope. If there is mercy in the world, Captain Harry Balfour of the West Africa Squadron will spy this ship tossing upon whatever sea she sails and board her, set her captives free, right every wrong. It is not too much to ask. It is far too much to ask. It is not.
#Marlwy #JonClinch #book #books #bookcase #bookcases #HistoricalFiction #Fiction #Christmas #Retellings #Historical #BritishLiterature #Holiday 💚💚💚💚

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BarbaraBB
The Followers | Rebecca Wait
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Pickpick

“Slowly, over time, God had moved further and further away, until He was eventually nothing more than an idea - and someone else‘s idea, at that.”

No, it‘s not as good as Our Fathers, but this story about a young woman and her 12 year old daughter, falling under the spell of The Prophet, pulled me in from the first page and I read it in a day!

Suet624 😊 I agree - that was the thing about the story - I could not put it down. Glad it worked for you. 2w
TheKidUpstairs I bought this one after we read Our Fathers. Haven't gotten to it yet, but I will! Glad to hear it's another pick 😊 2w
BarbaraBB @TheKidUpstairs I did too. In the meantime I also read this one, which is another favorite 2w
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Cathythoughts Stacking 👍🏻 2w
squirrelbrain Stacking! 2w
sarahbarnes Agree with you that it‘s not quite as good as Our Fathers. But glad to see you also liked it. I really need to read The View soon. 2w
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Hannah_11
The Romantic | William Boyd
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Cosy autumn Sundays 🍂 #pick #theRomantic

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LiseWorks
Weathercock | Glen Duncan
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There were some little joys this week. But that's what makes my day sometime.
1. I sold a small painting and some wine glasses last weekend at the markets
2 Finally received a new microwave after mine died in only 1 year. It took a month 😳
3 All my Christmas cactus are blooming
4 I bought a new dis rack. They are hard to find
5. The weather has been really nice for doing things outside
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 3w
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AllDebooks
Night and Day | Virginia Woolf
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#VirginiaBloomsberries

I feel quite disappointed that I'm only just getting around to her work this late in life. Thank goodness, I've started now.
Anyway, let's talk about Night and Day?

☕️ Did you enjoy Woolf's intricate examination of romantic entanglements in 1920s London?
☕️ Did you like her characters? Does anyone stand out?
☕️ Do you think Woolf captured the changing societal times of post war England?

AnishaInkspill I read this a few years back and enjoyed parts of it but if I read this again, I would enjoy it more as there are many scenes that I can recall better than other books. Knowing little about that historical time, I can imagine the journey both Mary and Katherine are true of that time. 1mo
AllDebooks @AnishaInkspill I was completely surprised at how funny it was. Woolf sure does give good satire. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 1mo
AllDebooks I've never come across such a fickle character as William. His constant dramas were exhausting. As for backup plans, he did remind me of Austen's Mr Collins a lot! 1mo
AnishaInkspill @AllDebooks yeah, Woolf's sense of humour is a surprise, have you read her Flush: a biography? if not I won't say anything more and let you read it whenever you get a chance. 1mo
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dabbe
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#poetrymatters
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@TheSpineView

I adored MIDDLEMARCH but know nothing about her poetry. Yet. 🤩

TheSpineView Love this poem ❤️ 1mo
dabbe @TheSpineView 🖤🎃🖤 1mo
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