Litsy

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Charles Dickens

I listened to 3 versions of the audiobook and chose this one. It is also on sale for two more days for slightly more than the one in my previous post. #whattheDickens @Cuilin

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Texreader

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Charles Dickens

It‘s not very expensive to begin with but if you want a deal, this version of the audiobook is on sale for two more days.

#whattheDickens @Cuilin

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vivastory

Mrs. Dalloway | Virginia Woolf

This recent NYRB Classic is not the version I read. The one I read was included in a box set I picked up at hpb which includes 5 other Woolf books. The only other one in the set I've read is Orlando. Due to recovering from a cold I honestly don't have the energy that Woolf's masterpiece deserves. Stream of consciousness doesn't always work for me, it is either laborious or very engaging depending on how it is structured. MD follows several (CONT)

vivastory characters around over the course of a day (with flashbacks). The shifting POVs, the lyricism, the relentless clinical truths of life which land like emotional gut punches... Needless to say I was floored. Not only a favorite of the year, a new all-time favorite 💙💙 14m

LeahBergen I felt the same way when I read it: absolutely floored. And stream of consciousness doesn‘t always work for me either! I remember actually gasping at a few parts. 😆 now

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peanutnine

Persuasion | Jane Austen

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Finished last month for #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig
1. This was my third time reading but first time in print instead of audio. Still tied for my favorite with P&P! 💌
2. This time around my favorite side character was Charles Musgrove. He acts truly brotherly towards Anne, with genuine care. Plus he is a saint to put up with Mary
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peanutnine 3. Favorite scene is the letter of course, but also right after the accident in Lyme when Wentworth appreciates Anne's competency and asks for her opinion. It's such a turning point for them
4. A quote that stood out to me this time: "She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped." 18m

peanutnine 5. I'd choose Bath in Northanger Abbey only because I'd want to go dancing
6. Sir Walter rates pretty low in my opinion. Not just because he is financially irresponsible but because of the pure indifference he shows Anne
7. Retire to the country
8. I normally don't like second chance romance but this story is just so beautifully told with wonderful characters. Anne's inner monologue, especially when meeting her past lover again, is so relatable 17m

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RosePressedPages

Finn Family Moomintroll | Tove Jansson

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My favorite so far!

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Eggs

Santa's Secret | Fern Michaels

“She stared at the castle. She had actually been summoned to a castle. A week before Christmas.”

#SecretSanta

#DashingThruDecember

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Texreader

The Old Curiosity Shop | Charles Dickens

Finally posting my November stats

Eight books read last month, four were chunksters: two with 500+ pages and two with 400+ pages! Litsy challenges:

Curiosity Shop for #whattheDickens
Democracy for #authoramonth
Happy Isles for #Samoa and the remaining 5 for #Algeria for #foodandlit

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EmilyM

The Bewitching | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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This was a great book--4.5 ⭐'s. The only thing keeping it from a 5⭐ was the relationship between Alba and her uncle bothered me. I don't mind that it was there, but the graphic nature of it was a little much for me in terms of being open door.

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Karisa

Winter in the Blood | James Welch

Reading the tagged book for #SundayBuddyRead and the J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts) for #AuthorAMonth this chilly weekend.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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