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Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Bront�s | Devoney Looser

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Fantastic biography of two groundbreaking sisters, novelists of great renown in their day, who have largely been forgotten. Engagingly written and so fascinating.

Cathythoughts Sounds good ❤️ stacked. 2mo

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LeahBergen

Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and her Children's Books | Noel Streatfeild

Well, @Centique , this latest purchase is completely YOUR FAULT.

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tpixie @LeahBergen @Centique omg I need this book! I loved E Nesbit ! 2mo

tpixie $45 used on Amazon… 2mo

LeahBergen @tpixie Amazon is usually outrageously overpriced for any obscure old titles. Here‘s a cheaper one: https://www.abebooks.com/Magic-Magician-E-Nesbit-Childrens-Books/8129926981/bd 2mo

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LeahBergen @tpixie Or this one but it‘s in rougher shape: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Magic-Magician-Noel-Streatfeild-Ernest-Be... 2mo

Centique Ha!! Im so pleased to have fuelled the growth of your collection! 😂😂 2mo

LeahBergen @Centique Thank you for the great recommendation! 😘 2mo

tpixie @LeahBergen oh! That‘s much better! Thx! 2mo

Leftcoastzen Pretty cool! 2mo

BennettBookworm This is the author of the Dancing Shoes series, right? I remember that from You‘ve Got Mail 😂 2mo

tpixie @BennettBookworm yes! Oh! I don‘t remember those books from the movie, but I did just look up the author to see if we had the book in our library. 2mo

LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen I‘m looking forward to it! 👏 2mo

LeahBergen @BennettBookworm It is! 😆 I love all the Shoes books. 2mo

LeahBergen @tpixie You must read Ballet Shoes! 😊 2mo

BennettBookworm 😄❤️ 2mo

tpixie @LeahBergen ok! That is at my library. 2mo

LeahBergen @tpixie Yay! 👏 2mo

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Philip Roth: The Biography | Blake Bailey

During a trip to Israel, in 1984, Roth took his friend David Plante---a gay, gentile writer---to the Orthodox quarter of Jerusalem, Me She'arim, where the two stood on a corner watching Hasidim milling about in their black coats and hats, the boys with their heads shorn except for long side curls.

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

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Centique

Magic and the Magician: E. Nesbit and her Children's Books | Noel Streatfeild

Oh my goodness @LeahBergen have you read this book? It is Noel Streatfeild examining (fangirling over?) the life and works of E Nesbit. It is just SO delightful. I think 2024 might be the year to revisit my favourite classic childrens literature - this is enticing me in that direction as surely as the smell of fresh cookies. 😍😂 (library copy - i need to find my own copy)

Ruthiella What‘s your top 10 children‘s books? 🤔 3mo

TEArificbooks There is a group reading a children‘s classic every month. I don‘t know the hashtag for it but the January book is

The Rescuers

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LeahBergen I haven‘t but I‘ve heard about it! Now you‘re going to make me hunt down a copy FOR SURE. 😂 And I‘ve been consciously adding a vintage children‘s book or two to my monthly reads for the last couple of years. I love it! 3mo

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Centique @Ruthiella oh wow thats a good question! I will figure it out and make a post and perhaps you and @LeahBergen can do one too 😘 3mo

Centique @LeahBergen thanks for letting me know! I did join in on something like that once. Ill go see if that one is still going. 3mo

Centique @LeahBergen those reads feel so comforting i think! And you NEED this book! 😂 3mo

LeahBergen Oh no! Top ten?? It‘s too hard! 😂 3mo

batsy Oh goodness, this sounds incredible. I had no idea this is a thing that exists 😍 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Oooo I love E. Nesbit!!! Definitely need to find a copy of this. Also the buddy read @TEArificbooks mentioned is led by @TheBookHippie ❤ 3mo

merelybookish I was thinking of rereading some Nesbit this year. I didn't discover her until adulthood (and even wrote a chapter in my diss on her 🤪) but feel it would be good to re-read her for fun. 3mo

Centique @batsy I know right? I stumbled across it when i was looking for a nesbit biography. 3mo

Centique @TheAromaofBooks thanks Sarah! 3mo

Centique @merelybookish wow - that sounds like the coolest dissertation ever! Streatfeild has convinced me i need to read The Bastable Series so im going to try that. 3mo

tpixie @TEArificbooks @Centique the # is #ChildrensClassicRead2024 and @TheAromaofBooks is correct - it‘s run by @TheBookHippie (edited) 2mo

TheBookHippie @tpixie 💕💕💕 2mo

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jlhammar

Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Bront�s | Devoney Looser

#bookhaul Part 2

I‘ll be reading Sister Novelists in February with my IRL book club. And, after having Hild waiting on my shelves for 10 years, thought I‘d get the sequel (such a gorgeous cover!) and try to read both in the new year.

Ruthiella Hild has been on my TBR for ages now too. I actually checked it out from the library once but never got to it. 5mo

steph_phanie Sister Novelists is also on my TBR for the new year! 5mo

HardcoverHearts I just sank into the world of Hild in both books. Tremendous world building in both books. I hope you love them. 5mo

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AllDebooks

The Making of Poetry: Coleridge, the Wordsworths, and Their Year of Marvels | Adam Nicolson

I adore this #Bookmory calendar visual of my monthly reads. Had another great month with some fantastic books. The tagged was my favourite read in September.

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bibliothecarivs

George Eliot | Marghanita Laski

Recent acquisitions:

📖 George Eliot by Marghanita Laski
📖 A History of the World in 100 Objects: From the Handaxe to the Credit Card by Neil MacGregor
📖 Irish Folk Music and Song by Donal O'Sullivan

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

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LapReader

Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her | A. N. Wilson

This was the 2nd op shop I visited yesterday. Despite checking the fan in the shop, it was broken when I took it out of the bag! I think I can fix it enough for it to be a spare fan to use to rehearse for my ballet exam which is the Spanish variation from Coppelia Act 2. I forgot my 🪥 & paste because before I left the 🏠 yesterday I forgot to brush my teeth, that is how tired my 🧠 is. I used the salts in the 🛀 last night. Grand total $19.25

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