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Today after getting my nails done I popped in to the op shop next-door to see whether I could find myself a Georgette Heyer @LeahBergen . I did not find a Heyer, but I did find these two 😍. For $2 each! #bookhaul #winning

BarbaraBB What I loved is so good!! 3mo

LeahBergen Well, those are some good finds! Let me know if you can‘t find a Heyer… I‘ll send you one! 😘 3mo

MrsMalaprop Thanks @LeahBergen I‘m sure I‘ll find one. Especially with @rissreads sending me links to book sales in our town. She‘s such a bad influence 🙄😂 3mo

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MrsMalaprop @BarbaraBB That book keeps coming up & then I spotted it today. 🙏 3mo

CarolynM Keep looking out for the Heyer‘s, you are bound to find a few soon. And I agree with @BarbaraBB about What I Loved. 3mo

Rissreads I‘m on the hunt for you now Serena! It won‘t take us long! 🤣 3mo

Rissreads So what Heyer are we looking for? Which are the best @LeahBergen ? 3mo

Rissreads Which would you recommend @CarolynM ? 3mo

MrsMalaprop @Rissreads @CarolynM @LeahBergen the one my colleague suggested is

Venetia: a heartfelt and charming clean Regency romance

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CoffeeK8 Venetia is good! My favorite is

Cotillion

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LeahBergen @Rissreads Let‘s see … maybe be on the lookout for Cotillion, The Grand Sophy, Frederica, Arabella, These Old Shades (this one is Georgian era rather than Regency), or The Corinthian. Or whatever you can find! 😆😆 I‘ve actually not read Venetia yet but it seems to be a favourite of a lot of Heyer fans. Happy hunting! 3mo

CarolynM @Rissreads I‘ve only read a couple of the romances so I‘m not much help with those. The mysteries will be harder to find but, for what it‘s worth, No Wind of Blame and Behold Here‘s Poison are my favourites.🙂 3mo

LeahBergen @CarolynM I‘ll make a note of these titles! 👍 3mo

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Sarahreadstoomuch

Wedding Song | Naguib Mahfouz

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This has been on my shelf forever… and while it took a few pages (I had to reread the first 5 pages) to get a handle on the writing style, and then it blew me away. I could almost feel this story settling over me like a blanket while reading. Set in Cairo, this tells a story in 4 different perspectives.

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TheBookHippie

Under the Glacier | Halldor Laxness

#JOLABOKAFLOD package has arrived 🎄🎅🏼

Chili, MaleficentBookDragon

Chili Yay!! I‘m glad it arrived safely. I was beginning to worry because it was supposed to be there Tuesday. 4mo

TheBookHippie @Chili the mail here is SLOW. 😵‍💫it‘s safely here under the tree! 4mo

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TheLudicReader

Iceland's Bell | Halldor Laxness

My #JolabokaflodSwap23 has been sent @MaleficentBookDragon . Thanks for organizing this fun swap.

TheLudicReader @ShelleyBooksie I should tell you that when I went to mail that today the card I'd written wasn't in my bag...so it's cardless. So, yes, the cat is out of the bag re that jolabokaflod swap. 5mo

ShelleyBooksie LOL - it's that time.of year ♡ Thank you for the heads up. 5mo

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merelybookish

Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska | Wislawa Szymborska

excerpt from "No Title Required" by Wislawa Szymborska
Full poem https://inwardboundpoetry.blogspot.com/2007/09/489-no-title-required-wislawa.htm...

#title #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Wow ... 5mo

dabbe 💙❄️💙 5mo

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Graywacke

Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee

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What to make of a novel of essays? Apparently JMC took his own published essays and their criticism (good, tough criticism) and made a novel out of it, with an afterlife confrontation added in. Of course, these are Elizabeth Costello‘s speeches in the book.

So it works and also doesn‘t. First chapter of Realism is fantastic. Later obsession with the morality on veganism was ok - but, i had trouble caring. But i still kind of liked it overall.

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Graywacke

Elizabeth Costello | J.M. Coetzee