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I‘ve lived in Gloucestershire for 35 years, so it‘s shocking that I‘ve only just read Laurie Lee‘s tales from his post-WW1 childhood growing up in Slad. The tales vary from almost whimsical to quite brutal recollections, covering both the hardship and the happiness of a lifestyle that no longer exists.

#HomeForTheHolidays #FictionalTraveler @julieclair
Book 8 #10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures
Book 102 #Read2025 @DieAReader

julieclair This book keeps popping up on my “recommended for you” lists on various websites. It does sound like a nice “quiet” book. 1d

TheEllieMo @julieclair it‘s not as “quiet” as it seems, there are some quite dark moments in it, which I was not expecting. 1d

julieclair Oh! That‘s helpful to know. Thanks for the heads up. I‘m looking for quiet, cosy and sweet right now. 19h

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 19h

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BarbaraBB

Forbidden Notebook | Alba de C�spedes

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It‘s the 1950s in Italy, a country recovering from WWII. Valeria is 43, her children are grown up and she works and takes care of the family. Then she buys a notebook and from the moment she starts writing in it, she starts questioning everything in her life. Her marriage, motherhood, the expectations she had of her life. Is this all? The unrest grows along with her entries in her forbidden notebook.

Aims42 Oooo I have this one on my TBR mountain!! 3d

BarbaraBB @Aims42 I had it for a long time too but am glad I finally picked it up. It‘s absolutely worth it 🤍 3d

Aims42 @BarbaraBB That‘s so good to hear! I should start doing a checklist of books from my physical TBR pile to read in 2026 🤔 3d

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BarbaraBB #FoodAndLit #Italy #FictionalTraveler #HomeForTheHolidays @julieclair @Texreader @Catsandbooks 3d

Suet624 @Aims42 as I tried in 2025 and failed, in 2026 I‘m going to attempt to make it through a good number of the books on my shelf. That being said, I just grabbed two library books to read. The library is always my downfall. 3d

Aims42 @Suet624 LOL, it‘s my downfall too 😆 And of course all my holds come in at once so those take priority 3d

merelybookish So glad you liked it! Such a powerful story! 3d

julieclair This sounds fascinating. Stacked. 3d

Texreader Glad to hear it‘s good. It‘s on my tbr list. 3d

BarbaraBB @merelybookish I bought it ever since you and @batsy recommended it and you were right to 💕 3d

BarbaraBB @julieclair @Texreader It‘s a quiet but very powerful read. 3d

merelybookish I miss @batsy. 7h

BarbaraBB @merelybookish Me too. Really. 5h

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DebinHawaii

Murder in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery | Meg Muldoon

My picks for December‘s #FictionalTraveler #HomeForTheHolidays (the tagged cozy mystery is set in a fictional holiday town in Oregon which is my old home/stomping grounds) & #ThematicCozies #Holidays (Jingle All the Slay which is a witchy holiday cozy). ❤️🎄💚

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Where will everyone be traveling for the #FictionalTraveler #HomefortheHolidays prompt this month? I‘ll be traveling to Virginia with Dashing Through the Snowbirds. 🎄

#FictionalTraveler will continue for 2026! I‘ll do a separate post with the new prompts, but feel free to comment below if you already know you‘d like to be added to or removed from the tag list. Everyone welcome!

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TheEllieMo Home for me is Gloucestershire in the UK, with the aid of Cider With Rosie, by Laurie Lee 1w

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I have the Owlcrate version of the tagged for some holiday vibes.

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BarkingMadRead I have a whole stack of holiday books, not sure which one will count, I have to check them! 1w

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dabbe I'll be in London with my annual reread of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Thanks for hosting us again in 2026! 💙☃️🩵 7d

DebinHawaii Still deciding where to be “home” for the holidays. 😉 I‘m excited for 2026! 7d

Zuhkeeyah I'm heading back to MI for the holidays. Not sure if I'll find a book set in the mitten, but hoping for at least the midwest. 7d

Enchanted_Bibliophile I'm not aware of any good Christmas books from Home. So I'm sticking with my all-time favourite Christmas read: A CHRISTMAS CAROL 6d

TheAromaofBooks I'm quite excited because I actually have a book I picked up at a local bookstore, written by an Ohio author!! Not in the database - Falling Home by Libby Kay 6d

Itchyfeetreader So I told myself am doing no challenges this year other than making way with the 4 geographic ones I have left in my wake since 2021 … but this looks fun and like it might let me double up. I may dive in and out therefore ! 6d

ferskner Please include me for next year! Excited to do better this time. 20h

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kspenmoll

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#SongsofDecember #homefortheholidays #sleightheshelves #celebration #AndersonandAndy

Bringing the New Year in with CNN. 🎉🎊🥂

Happy New Year from my house to yours. 🥰

2021 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Cinfhen, Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

AmyG I love Andy and Anderson so much. I just want to see Anderson go into a giggle fit. 5y

batsy Happy new year! 🎉💜 5y

Eggs Happy 2021! 5y

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Cinfhen Perfect way to celebrate 🎉 Happy New Year 💓💓☮️ 5y

Cupcake12 Happy new year to you too 🎉 5y

Simona Happy New Year 🥂🍾 5y

Cathythoughts Happy New Year 🥳 5y

kspenmoll @AmyG They are such fun- and the baby stuff was sweet! 5y