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TheBookDream
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One of the more interesting pieces I saw yesterday as a hobbled my way around the museum. Palmer‘s “Indian Girl, or The Dawn of Christianity” where she supposedly is hit by a spiritual bolt of lightning by finding a cross in the woods. Beautiful statue, sad re-writing of history. #themet #nyc

ImperfectCJ Probably this says not-good-things about my relationship with technology, but at first glance I thought she was looking at a phone. 12mo
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Melismatic
The Shining | Stephen King
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These dresses were featured in the current #Camp exhibit at #TheMet and when I saw it, my King brain swooned...even if it is just for the movie. 😆💁🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

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kspenmoll
That Summer: A Novel | Lauren Willig
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When at the Met in her younger years Julia thought: “Sometimes she would imagine herself taking up residence in one of those rooms, like the runaway children in From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.”

#bookinabook #theMet #ThatSummerRead #BuddyRead #porchreading

I realize you must all be thinking: that porch again?! I am back to work Tuesday so will have less porch reading time. 😥 so relief is in sight!

merelybookish That porch is lovely! No need to apologize! 6y
kspenmoll @merelybookish Thank you; you are so sweet! 6y
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Blueberry You must be a teacher. 😃 I go back Monday. 6y
kspenmoll @Blueberry Good guess, I am! #teachersofLitsy. Spec ed teacher in a HS; co-teach freshman English. (edited) 6y
kspenmoll @SandyW Thank you! 6y
Suet624 We missed an August visit. 😳😭 6y
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Dogearedcopy
The Center of the World | Thomas Van Essen
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The tagged book is a novel about the modern-day pursuit of a rare and fantastic JMW Turner painting that the artist created while in residence at Petworth House in Suffolk. Both the art caper and the historical-fiction sections ask the reader to imagine a glorious (and alas totally fictional) painting that would render the viewer awestruck.

It boggles the mind.

Image: Venice, from the porch of Madonna Della Salute, ca 1835 (At The Met)

Swe_Eva I‘ll believe that - first time I saw a Turner “in the flesh,” I was pretty gobsmacked. 👍🏻 6y
Dogearedcopy @Swe_Eva This last time, I rounded the corner, and the two Turners that were mounted in the gallery hit me like headlights! I audibly gasped! #TheMet 6y
Swe_Eva @Dogearedcopy The pictures of his paintings are NOT a good representation of reality! 😁 I had a similar reaction first time I saw a Rembrandt in real life - I suddenly realized why he's considered a master, something images of his work doesn't quite relay. 6y
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Travelinglibrarian
Can You Hear It? | William Lach
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