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kspenmoll
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Pickpick

The Tiffany Girls, a historical novel,is set in a boarding house & L.C. Tiffany‘s factory in Corona neighborhood of Queens NY.It is 1899 & Tiffany is feverishly preparing for the Paris World Fair.Tiffany‘s “girls” are the designers, glass cutters & assemblers of his visions.Clara Driscoll, a real life designer of stained glass windows & lamps in her own right,supervises the girls on the factory floor.Among the boarding house residents are Emilie🔽

kspenmoll 🔼 the daughter of a Parisian art forger,who leaves Paris to embark on a new life in NY, hopefully to be accepted as a Tiffany girl. Her roommate & friend,Grace,is an expert copyist with aspirations to break into the news world as a social/political cartoonist. We follow them in NY, to Paris for the World Fair, & back to NY. This novel opened up a previous unknown world to me- that of Tiffany, stained glass, & his “girls.” 1d
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kspenmoll
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#HyggeHourReadathon
Pictured: Awe inspiring sunrise; late afternoon cloudy, windy,river walk; flowers found on the walk: tete-a-tete a miniature daffodil, regular daffodil shoots trying to form buds. #lotsolace experiences during the day. Read this thoroughly enjoyable novel during readathon time. Peaceful ending to a full day.

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kspenmoll
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It‘s about 42 degrees but I heard the chorus of bird song out my car window- I had to enjoy my latte & croissant to their tunes. Bliss. #Coffeeandbooks #coffeeandbirdsong 🐧☕️🥐 📖 #readyourkindle #TBR

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Enjoy 😊 💛 2w
CBee Sounds lovely ♥️ 2w
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kspenmoll
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#Fridaynightshare #Naturalitsy #litsolace #springequinox #idesofmarch

Reading The Tiffany Girls tonight,which has taken me down a rabbit hole hole of stain glass, artists,Tiffany‘s life story, & the “Tiffany girls” who worked for him-Apparently there was an exhibit in 2017 at the New York Historical Society that featured these women & their stories. I want to know more about them. https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/gallery-tiffany-lamps

AllDebooks Sounds interesting x 2w
TheBookHippie It‘s my favorite!!!! ♥️ 2w
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉 2w
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Librarybelle The book looks very interesting! 2w
kspenmoll @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle I found on the NYHS website an article on the exhibit & posted it. Also the college that I went to get my Masters has the big catalog book that is based on the exhibit,Clara‘s letters etc. i think as an alumni I can borrow a book. Have to check this all out. (edited) 2w
TheBookHippie @kspenmoll the art institute Chicago has a ton but the city just recently did a tour of all of it in Chicago. Amazing. 2w
Crazeedi This was an excellent book! 2w
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BethM
The Virgin's Lover | Philippa Gregory
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1- No? My mom has intermittently claimed that my middle name- Marie was for her bff at the time 🤷‍♀️
2- I will straight binge any Elizabeth 1 historical fiction. I find her fascinating.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2w
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Cathyloves2read
The Wharton Plot: A Novel | Mariah Fredericks
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Mehso-so

I‘m giving this one a very generous rating of 3 ⭐️s. It just didn‘t do it for me. The mystery wasn‘t all that much of a mystery. I had to reread the last few chapters to ensure I did t miss a twist in the plot that I thought would be there. None of the characters were particularly likable. On the plus side, the story kept me reading at a quick pace, as I really wanted to know who dun-nit. I can‘t say I‘d recommend this book.

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Aims42
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Themes: 1920‘s Historical Fiction, Women Gaining Independence, Speakeasies and Jazz Clubs

This was a fun romp of a book! It held my interest throughout and you cannot help but love Zora and root for her!! Definitely a pick that I‘d recommend to all the 1920‘s historical fiction fans out there.

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BookmarkTavern
All Our Yesterdays | Joel H. Morris
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Mehso-so

“What‘s done is done,” the story of the woman who grew to be Lady MacBeth and queen of Scotland.

I wanted to like this so much! But this took an ambitious, active character & turned her into a passive, fearful woman whose entire life was driven by the men around her. She makes so few choices, it frustrated me. Very well written, w/ the supernatural atmosphere I wanted from one of my fave Shakespeare plays, but ultimately disappointing. 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

BookmarkTavern Release Date: March 12th, 2024 #ARC #NetGalley CW 👇🏻 3w
BookmarkTavern Section I: deals party with main character‘s marriage and pregnancy as a child bride; Section II: The Autumn, brief recounting of incestuous SA of a child, brief child abuse; Section IV: The Spring, child death, miscarriage 3w
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kspenmoll
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If you look closely you will see 3 women reading during intermission at UConn Women‘s Hockey East Championship. My kind of people! I have the tagged book on my kindle. #readyourkindle

TheBookHippie I love this! 3w
Chelsea.Poole Me too! 3w
TheSpineView 😎😎😎 3w
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kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @Chelsea.Poole @TheSpineView I was reading on my phone‘s kindle app but I applaud their self possession … they took their books out in unison- I wonder if they were reading the same book? I meant to say something to them after the game but it so wild with the win & cheering etc! 3w
BethM I‘m on my way to a work dinner for my husband and wishing I could do this lol. 3w
kspenmoll @BethM It would be great wouldn‘t it?! 3w
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