A little recent outside #BeautyBreaks in #NewEngland

@AnnCrystal @dabbe @Dilara @JessClark78 @Amiable @Tamra @OriginalCyn620 @Sace @AmyG @thebookhippie @kspenmoll @LiseWorks @ImperfectCJ
@uncommonlycozies @Karisa @jenlovesjt47

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

There are lessons everywhere. Choose wisely.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#ReadLesMis

We‘re at the barricades!!

https://www.thecollector.com/june-rebellion-les-miserables/

@Thebookhippie @lillinblue @dabbe @librarybelle @quietjenn
@Andrew65 @JenlovesJT47
@MatchlessMarie
@Dieareader @tpixie
@julieclair @Deblovestoread
@Gleefulreader @DRachel
@DrSabrinaMoldenReads
@PageShifter

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Another seasonal poem 🤎💜💛🧡❤️

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#WeirdWordsWednesday @CBee

I know this is a beautiful word, but I laughed when I saw it because when you learn Irish, one of the first things you learn is I am hungry, sad, tired etc Ta mé tuirseach. I just think it‘s funny that I was telling the world I had a soul deep fatigue at the age of five!! Maybe that‘s why the Irish are known for their melancholy. Lol

#APoemaDayish #PoetryPals

“What matters is the gathering,”

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzkewit check-in

I‘m so enjoying this one. How are you doing? Thoughts so far?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks
@lcsmcat @bornareader @cogsofencouragement @thebookhippie @thearomaofbooks @bookwormjillk @Lin3han @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser

#5joysFriday @DebinHawaii I‘m combining two weeks here.

- Trip to Vermont to celebrate wedding anniversary
- Last visit to Fenway for the season
- Visited Botanical Gardens Massachusetts
- Art gifts from my husband from a local artist https://maryiselinfineart.com/
- Gorgeous sunsets

#ChildrenClassicReads2025

This is a great introduction to the Salem Witch Trials. It would make for some really good discussions in sixth grade and possibly some parallels to the present would be made unfortunately.

10/10 illustrations

#PoemaDayish #PoetryPals

Baseball at night, cricket in the morning. Wildcards and Women‘s World Cup. ⚾️🏏

#PoemaDayIsh #PoetryPals

Ode to Autumn stanza III

@lil1inblue @dabbe

#OctoberReads

Some books I will continue and some I will attempt in October. No promises. 😏

#BookedInTime #NaturalLitsy #ChildrenClassicReads2025 #ChristieCapers #WhatTheDickens #ReadLesMis #MonthlyNonfiction #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Why do I feel I‘ve forgotten something?

#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

Beautiful book, I really enjoyed the illustrations!!!

#PoemADayish #PoetryPals

Ode to Autumn stanza II

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeOctober #BookedInTimeColdWar

I‘m predicting more success for myself with this prompt as I DNF‘d a few this year!!🤦‍♀️ I plan on starting with the Berlin Letters recommended by @kspenmoll I also have two Graham Greene novels to try. What are you reading?

#APoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

Monday, Stanza I, Ode to Autumn

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#PoemADayIsh #PoetryPals

I‘m out of town for a few days, so have not been keeping up with all my reads and posts 💁‍♀️

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#ChildrensClassicsRead2025 @TheBookHippie

One finished, one started!!

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Loved this Peter Pan retelling.

#poemadayish #poetrypals #WilliamButlerYeats

Strolled a Forest Canopy Walk with this hawk (Harris) yesterday in Vermont. It was just what I needed. Nature truly is the antidote to anguish.

VINS Nature Center https://share.google/L2VwBW94S4Hn9GEGo

#Poemadayish #poetrypals

Ugh it‘s been a rough few days. Anxiety 😟 Trying to focus on being present.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#ReadlesMis #wildwomen #WomenWhoRunWiththeWolves #WhenBooksCollide

“You can try all you like you won‘t go in, I‘m not the daughter of a dog, I‘m the daughter of a wolf. There are six of you, what‘s that to me? You‘re men. Well, I‘m a woman. I‘m not afraid of you, not one bit”. Eponine- Les Miserable.

#poemadayish #poetrypals

Another time of unrest, so many parallels.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#WildWomen #WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves

Chapter 1
So many emotions, “Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs” says a character in another current read. I don‘t see regrets as much as methods of survival. I marked many passages, “bad wolf” stood out to me. The decal is on my car. Most whovians will recognize this. Rose stared into the heart of the TARDIS and absorbed the power of the time vortex, she becomes God like, omnipotent, she saves 🔽

#Poemaday #PoetryPals

I‘m feeling nostalgic!

@lil1inblue @dabbe

@Ruthiella It‘s amazing what a little closer reading will do, I must‘ve missed this on previous reads or else I was just too sympathetic to Charles.

There‘s a parenting lesson in this somewhere. lol #hashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

#ThreeListThursdays #TLT @dabbe

I was convinced Jumanji would be on the list. I looked it up to see if it was a fall movie and no apparently it‘s a winter movie - set in a jungle. Now I‘m more confused. I live in the town, where it was filmed, and I do not live in the jungle 🤔 Anyway here are my top 3 from the list.

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that the positive results of the medication mean it is due to inflammation, we still want all the testing done, including genetic testing because I deserve all the healthcare. And it‘s possible for the body to have more than one thing going on. (Luckily I have the best rheumatologist who agrees) take that 🦵 insurance!! 🖕

#Poemaday #poetrypals

The bard himself.

@dabbe @lil1inblue

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

@lil1inblue @dabbe

#HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead

I had a regular paperback book and then I found this little gem in an antique store in Providence RI. This is one of my all-time favorite novels so I‘m excited to read it with the #HashtagBrigade. Do we start today or tomorrow?

#PoemADay #PoetryPals

“To defy power, which seems omnipotent”
“To Hope till Hope creates …” I read both these lines and changed my mind about posting something seasonal.

#ReadLesMis #FavouriteCharacter

“Monsieur complains?”
“About you!” said the pedestrian.
“The bureau is closed,” said Gavroche. “I‘m receiving no more complaints.”

I think I‘m a chapter behind, but this chapter 1 of book 6 is fabulous !!! ❤️Gavroche

#PoemADay #PoetryPals @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #September

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Introduction
“My name is Cecilia, and I live on Svalbard, an island close to the north Pole.”
Chapter 1
“Each year in late October, the sun says goodbye for the final time, plunging Svalbard into a state of uninterrupted darkness.”

#poemaday is a nice way to start the day @lil1inblue @dabbe

#Autumn #Harvest #September

Hopkins wrote this sonnet in September 1877 whilst in the Vale of Clywd in Wales, after a day of fishing in the Elwy.

@dabbe I pulled out my Wordsworth collection yesterday after reading your post. Gosh I love Wordsworth 🧡 So I‘m joining in on #APoemADay

#September #Autumn #Harvest #Reaping

The Age of Innocence is a wonderful novel. Yes, the characters are infuriating as they navigate the social constraints that they themselves create and willingly participate in. I love a novel of manners especially when the writer is witty. Wharton is masterful, laconic, controlled, and sardonic with a touch of empathy. Perfect 👌 Thanks #HashtagBrigade for the journey and our own witty hashtager @BarkingMadRead

#WDNCW #FirstTimeCaller @dabbe

We do not care that socks and sandals do not go together and my hair was pulled high upon my head rather like a rats nest. It was dusk and I wanted to see the deer in my neighborhood. The curtain twitchers can deal with it!!

#FallCardSwap2025 @TheBookHippie

And off they go!!! Best of luck, guys🤞

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit

I got so lost in Little Dorrit that I decided to be a touch more academic and do some character research. I found this little gem on course hero!!!

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#WhatTheDickens Martin Chuzzlewit Chapter Two

I‘m enjoying it so far, the writing is both beautifully descriptive and also mocking as though the writer and the reader are in on a little secret. 🤫

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#BookedInTime

We are going a-Viking, to travel, explore and possibly raid!! I‘ve Blood Eye lined up as I enjoyed other books by Giles Kristian. What are you reading?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader@deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47

#WhatTheDickens

This novel follows the young Martin as he navigates the world of hypocrisy and fraud. It is described as a satirical novel on selfishness. Who‘s in?

@texreader @CaitlinR @raelovestoread @fortifiedbybooks @BarbaraJean @Annececilie @LeeRharry @quietjenn @bookwormAHN @dabbe @alldebooks @Daisey @sparklemn @bcncookbookclub @TheAromaofBooks

#WomenWhoRunWithTheWolves @Chrissyreadit

I grew up in a family of four girls, lots of aunts, all girls school through high school, and an all women‘s college. Pictures of four women together always speaks to me. They‘re linked together yet each one is unique.

#WhatTheDickens @Texreader

A rags to riches story. Has all the usual Dickens themes of social inequality and injustice. This was a little more nuanced as it explored the idea of the corruption of wealth. Honestly not my favourite Dickens but probably a me issue as I was too distracted by other reads to give it the attention it surely deserves.

#ATreeADay #NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks

I‘m not sure who is doing this buddy read but tag people if you know. The Boston liberty tree was today‘s entry. I‘m just showing some pictures of the area (Liberty Tree District) today. It‘s part of the theater district. They have a monument for the tree. And some art on a building. ❤️Boston

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/boston-liberty-tree

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe

We Did It!!!
After some calculation of four novels divided in two parts, plus 56 stories made for 64+ Litsy discussion posts, spread out since December of 2023. Denise and I wanted to give a major shout out to @Librarybelle who participated in every single discussion!!!! You are a star. Thank you for making this buddy read extra special. Keep an eye out for a little something heading your way.

#CharacterCharm #Wounded @Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wounded, but how and why?