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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman | Thomas Hardy

Sunday ch 57-58: Tess and Angel play house #ontherun #itsonlyamatteroftime#angelhidesheraslongashecan #stonehenge #whataplacetogetbusted #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade

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Bookwormjillk Oops I must have been a chapter ahead. I finished today. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk that‘s ok, it was only one extra chapter, I‘m betting a lot of people will finish today! 6mo

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk yep I finished it too. 6mo

Cuilin I loved these chapters as they ran and hid together. They fact the novel begins with a pagan tradition of the May dance and towards the end at Stonehenge is interesting with all the Victorian morals throughout the book which was so damaging for Tess, I found interesting. (edited) 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly Oh my goodness, Angel ran into a big rock and I go, “it‘s Stonehenge!” I did not expect to be right 😂 6mo

Clare-Dragonfly I don‘t love that Tess‘s stated motivation for killing Alec is “maybe Angel will love me now.” How about “he‘s a horrible, asshole rapist who deserves it,” Tess?! 6mo

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 🤣🤣🤣 and also, yes! 6mo

currentlyreadinginCO The only time that Tess gets to enjoy a little happiness with the man she loves with all of her secrets laid bare ... andddd she's running from the law & living in delusion. Perfect! I did like these chapters, though. The image of Tess getting apprehended at Stonehenge has stayed with me since I read this in high school! Made myself safe the one-pager for tomorrow 🤓 6mo

Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly You‘re right about her motivation. I‘d like to see her get really pissed off just once. 6mo

dabbe It's interesting to me how many crucial scene take place “offstage“ as it were, like the rape scene, the killing scene ... even the 5 days of bliss only gets like two brief paragraphs. Hardy leaves us with a lot of imagining on our own. I like that I'm left to fill in the gaps; he truly respects his readers and wants them to visualize--maybe because we'll make it even more epic ourselves. This book will stay with me a long time. 💜 6mo

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On the Chase | Katie Ruggle

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Crazy!! This series is nonstop insanity and it‘s so much fun. There‘s bombs, stalkers, kidnapping, K-9 units and big bad guys.

Kaylee witnessed some bad stuff while visiting her boyfriends family and has to go into hiding. Hugh knows something is up with her and investigating sounds great while he‘s on leave due to injuries. But they both may be surprised about what‘s really going on around them.

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Delivery With A Smile | Megan Derr

@Kar2b Today I sent your packages for #StaycationInTimeSwap There are 2 packages that will arrive by 8/11. I hope you like the things I picked up for you. This swap was a little challenge for me because I couldn't order anything online due to a long story. But things were chose from your wish lists🤗 @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit 🙌😍🎉💗🥳 4y

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne

I loved this book from Litsy author @JonathanDunne and recommend it for @MrBook ‘s challenge this month #authoronlitsy for #readwithmrbook. I‘m hoping Jonathan Dunne is reading this and can recommend which of his books I should read next for this month‘s challenge. Is there a proper order?

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne

I‘ve been updating my 2019 book journal. I finished #litsyatoz back in August, but I want to keep adding the books I‘m reading in 2019. Books starting with “H” have been a big success this year! #letterH

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne

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I saw here on Litsy that Jonathan Dunne's books were free on Amazon so I got them and hoped that I would be able to give a good review since @JonathanDunne is on here! Readers, I am happy to report that I can honestly give this book a solid thumbs up.
Quirky, funny, sad. All the feels for this story. I even welled up a bit in the last few pages.
Looking forward to reading the other titles I picked up by Dunne.

JonathanDunne TY🐘👌🏻🤗 5y

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 I downloaded too. 5y

Insightsintobooks Oh. Thank you for the info. 5y

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne

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This is a completely wacky, totally heartwarming fun and short read about a zookeeper with Alzheimer‘s who steals and then must hide an elephant. If you followed my quotes from the book here on Litsy you‘ll note it has heartbreaking insight into knowingly losing oneself over time to Alzheimer‘s. Recommended to break a reading slump in record time.

JonathanDunne

JonathanDunne 👌Glad you liked the book. 5y

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne

Sorry for all the quotes but oh how I love how the author (a fellow Litten) describes things!

“It‘s like being on all seven continents at once.”

Brilliant!!

JonathanDunne

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Hide the Elephant | Jonathan Dunne