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dabbe

Joined May 2018

Retired English teacher • Lover of dogs (liker of cats) • Sherlock Holmes Fanatic • Reading is Life

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@TieDieDude
@Read4Life (thanks for the tag! 😘)

I'm meeting three of my retired friends from the English department at my ol' high school for dinner and to discuss BABEL (we're a book club, too)--something fun to do over the “bleh“ that was last week. 💙🩵💙

Read4life 💙💙💙 17h

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 17h

TheSpineView 💜📖💜 17h

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 🤩 have fun!! 16h

dabbe @Read4life 💙🩵💙 15h

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💙🩵💙 15h

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 15h

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙🩵💙 15h

ShelleyBooksie Enjoy! 14h

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 💙🩵💙 14h

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#WonderousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. Without a doubt, my mom. I miss her every day.
2. Matt and my two GSDs.
3. I love the family-friend worlds of the PEANUTS and MUTTS comics. And HARRY POTTER.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 16h

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙🩵💙 15h

Eggs 💞🤗💞 9h

dabbe @Eggs 💙🩵💙 8h

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday #weirdwords @CBee

To be fair, I think we also need to add polyHERSter and polyTHEIRSter to the dictionary. 😀

CBee I agree 💯 10h

dabbe @CBee 💙🩵💙 8h

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#SpringSkies
#neurodivergent
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs “K-Mart sucks” wonderful film/actors☀️🤗☀️ 9h

dabbe @Eggs “Qantas never crashed.“ 🤩😂😘 8h

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An Incomplete List of Names: Poems | Michael Torres

#poetrymatters
#ultimatum
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 19h

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 17h

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REBECCA | Daphne du Maurier's

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My reactions to reading this in my teens and early 20s: what Gothic romance, oh, Byronic Maxim! Ah, love! I loathe Rebecca! #theylivedhappilyeverafter
My reactions as someone in her late 50s: The unreliable masochistic narrator is desperate for a father-like husband with the last name de WINTER (sterility, coldness) and a first name of Maxim (a rule of conduct) to be completely submissive to. But did I still love it? YES. #agirlcanstilldream

IndoorDame I still love it too!!! It‘s amazing how we‘re so willing to ignore the laundry list of things I‘d normally complain about and just get lost in the fantasy of it all 2d

TheBookHippie 💯🎯 2d

dabbe @IndoorDame The writing literally carries us all out to sea. 🤩😀🤗 2d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😀🤗 2d

TheBookHippie @dabbe also after THEBROS this was REFRESHING 😂😂🤭😅 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💯🎯🤩 2d

willaful I had a very similar reaction to My Cousin Rachel. My first read and my second read had miles apart reactions. I actually have a theory that MCR was intended as a response to Rebecca.

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My Cousin Rachel

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dabbe @willaful I've never read MCR; it's now on the TBR! 🤩 1d

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Outlander | Diana Gabaldon

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. A native Phoenician who still lives here but who harbors a heart yearning for mountains, pine trees, and lakes.
2. I couldn't think of a book taking place in Phoenix, but the opening of the film PSYCHO by Alfred Hitchcock was filmed here! 🤩 I also tagged my favorite D. Gabaldon book, OUTLANDER. She's lived in Williams, AZ (NW of Phoenix) for years, and is a local favorite.

Tag, you're it!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing and happy Tuesday! 2d

AmyG Ha! So now I will think of you whenever I watch Psycho! 🤣🙌🏻 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🧡💜 2d

dabbe @AmyG psycho🔪🤩🔪 2d

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#SpringSkies
#LieInTitle
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Back in the day ...

ReadingOver50 Love this movie 2d

lil1inblue Excellent choice. 😄 2d

dabbe @ReadingOver50 #metoo! 🤩😀🤗 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩😀🤗 2d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 2d

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#poetrymatters
#ultimate
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Perfect!🤩 2d

IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 2d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🧡💜 2d

dabbe @IndoorDame 💜🧡💜 2d

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Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters

#motivationalmonday @Cupcake12 (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. Clean, organize, #LitsyLove letters.
2. Kate and Pippa, my girls.
3. I'd be the goose Lyo-Lyok from THE SWORD IN THE STONE as she teaches Wart (disguised as a goose) how to fly over the North Sea.
4. √: THE CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK. Fun read so far.

Play? @AmyG @AnnCrystal @KateReadsYA

Cupcake12 Kate and Pippa 🐾 thank you for joining in, have a great week x 3d

AmyG Thanks for the tag! 3d

dabbe @Cupcake12 💜🧡💜 (edited) 3d

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dabbe @AmyG 😘 3d

AnnCrystal Thank you! 😘💕🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺💝🫂. 2d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 😘 2d

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Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls

#SpringSkies
#tragedy
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The first tragedy I ever read. 😭

ElizaMarie This one hit me so hard! I can still remember balling in class when we read this! 3d

dabbe @ElizaMarie #metoo! 4th grade reading right after lunch (to supposedly calm us down). The teacher cried so hard she had to leave the room to compose herself! 🤩 3d

Eggs Well played! 2d

dabbe @Eggs 💜🧡💜 2d

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#poetrymatters
#ulcer
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 3d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🧡💜 3d

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Some #LitsyLove going out tomorrow. Be on the lookout @Sleepswithbooks @Booknaround @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Bookbuyingaddict @catlass007 @DebinHawaii @KadaGul @Maria_Pulver @Princess-Kingofkings @WorldsOkayestStepMom ... hoping to get all caught up by the end of the week. What a lovely “problem“ to have. 🤩😂🥰
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDieDude @Read4Life

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4d

Princess-Kingofkings Oooh, I‘m excited! 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💜🧡💜 4d

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dabbe @Princess-Kingofkings 💜🧡💜 4d

AmyG Yay! 4d

CatLass007 Thank you!🐾 4d

Sleepswithbooks Yaaaaay - Fun 📬💌🌼💛 3d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊💛📝 3d

Bookpearl Awesome! I‘ve been catching up as well! It‘s been such a pleasure to actually sit and write. ✍🏽 💜 3d

dabbe @AmyG 💜🧡💜 3d

dabbe @CatLass007 💜🧡💜 3d

dabbe @Sleepswithbooks 💜🧡💜 3d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜🧡💜 3d

dabbe @Bookpearl 💜🧡💜 3d

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The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life | Laurie Notaro

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

I have (sorta) two:
1. I never met him, but Charles Shulz called me when I wrote him, asking if he'd sell me one of his comics to give to my mom for her 50th birthday (she was a PEANUTS fanatic). He called me long distance on his dime and gave me one of his strips for FREE, even paying to ship it to me (see pic above). He said I wrote a heckofa letter. 🤩 #2 is ⬇️.

dabbe 2. I had AP English with the tagged author, Lauria Notaro (she's like a female Dave Barry). I should have known she's be a humorist because one day in class I dared to ask what a “nymph“omaniac was (we were studying nymphs in mythology). She piped up loudly for all to hear: “Denise, you of all people should know what that means.“ 😳 4d

vivastory That's amazing that Schulz did that. What an incredible person! 4d

Bookwomble Fantastic story about Mr Schulz - and the comic strip he sent you was a cute one, too 😊🐶🐤 4d

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ReadingRachael The comic from Charles Schulz is adorable! Such a nice story 🥰 4d

jdiehr Great stories! 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures What an amazing story 😍 4d

BkClubCare Aw, too wonderful on Chuck and too funny about the nymphs! 4d

AnnCrystal 👏WOW☺️EPIC👍💝. (edited) 4d

dabbe @vivastory The kindest, most gentlemanly man. He sounded like my grandfather on the phone. 🥰 4d

dabbe @Bookwomble He even asked which characters my mom liked best. I said Snoopy and Woodstock, and he gave me one with only the two of them in it. 🥰 4d

dabbe @ReadingRachael 🥰 4d

dabbe @jdiehr 🥰 4d

dabbe @BkClubCare 🥰 The nymph story followed me to college. I wrote the story as an extra credit essay in my biology class, and the prof READ it out loud to the whole class. I got to relive the experience all over again! 😂 4d

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🥰 4d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🥰 4d

BookmarkTavern That is the most adorable story about Schulz! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. 💕 (edited) 3d

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🥰 3d

Blueberry ❤️ I live about an hour from the Charles Schulz museum. It is where he did his comic strip making. I've been a few times when homeschooling. 2d

dabbe @Blueberry Oh, it must be lovely where you live! 💜🧡💜 2d

monkeygirlsmama That is amazing! 💗 2d

dabbe @monkeygirlsmama 🤩🤗😀 1d

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Out of the Dust | Karen Hesse

#SpringSkies
#AwardWinner
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Top five favorite book of all time. All poetry, all about a girl's life during the Great Depression. #1998NewburyWinner

tpixie I remember when my kids read that for school. It is good! 4d

dabbe @tpixie It was one of my favorite middle school books to teach. 💜🧡💜 4d

Eggs A favorite topic of mine! Have you read

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Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

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tpixie @dabbe 💜🧡💜 3d

dabbe @Eggs No, I haven't, but I just put it on my TBR! Thanks! 💜🧡💜 3d

Eggs @dabbe My pleasure 😍 2d

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War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon | Siegfried Sassoon

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#ugly

TheSpineView Fantastic! Great poem!❤️ 4d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🧡💜 4d

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The Secret of Red Gate Farm #6 | Carolyn Keene

#WeeklyFavorites
@Read4Life 💜🧡💜

MaGoose I haven't read Nancy Drew novels since I was much younger. Maybe I'll get one from the library soon. Egads, more stuff to read! 😁😆 5d

dabbe @MaGoose Such a problem to have, right? 🤩😂🤗 5d

MaGoose @dabbe Yeah. I wish all my problems were so pleasant and easy to solve 🤣 4d

Read4life I enjoyed this one as well. Thanks for sharing! 💙 4d

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Anne Bront�

#SpringSkies
#2ndChanceRomance
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚🖤💚 4d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 4d

Aimeesue Coralie cover! 💚💛💚 4d

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dabbe @Aimeesue 🖤🖤🖤 4d

Eggs 🌱🖤🌿 4d

tpixie I love Anne Brontë ??? (edited) 4d

dabbe @Eggs 🖤💚🖤 4d

dabbe @tpixie #ditto! 🖤💚🖤 4d

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The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851 | Joanna Baillie, Jennifer Breen

#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#tyrant

TheSpineView Perfect! 5d

dabbe @TheSpineView 👍 5d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#FunWithSherlock
@Cuilin

Finally, here is a link for some word puzzles for today's story (with answer keys) if anyone is interested. 🤩

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/4b45Gkp

kelli7990 Thank you 4d

dabbe @kelli7990 💜🧡💜 4d

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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin #LitsyEvents

Fabulous posts AGAIN, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb! 🤩 Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion with @Cuilin on 4/27.

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/4aVpF52

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

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Librarybelle Thank you! 5d

dabbe @Librarybelle 💜🧡💜 5d

kelli7990 Yay! 5d

dabbe @kelli7990 💜🧡💜 5d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

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Librarybelle I think this one was well constructed, had a sinister feel, and was a good overall mystery. 5d

IndoorDame I loved it!!!!! But can you train snakes? And assuming you can, aren‘t there easier, less dangerous, ways to kill pesky family members or their unwanted fiancée‘s? 5d

CrystalE02 I loved it!!!! I found it very interesting. 5d

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Daisey This is one of my favorites of the short stories. 5d

dabbe @IndoorDame Good question! I know people do the cobra-dancing thing, but I don't know that the cobras are truly trained (since quite a few get bitten and even die in the process)--plus, snakes aren't mammals, and milk is like poison to them. 5d

dabbe I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for an excellent detective story, however, if you have time for dying words, Julia, maybe you should avoid metaphors: “Oh, my God! Helen! It was the band! The speckled band!“ is nice and all, but in that same amount of time you could have said, “I was bitten by a damn snake! Here's the wound!“ Roylott would then have been in jail long ago. Just sayin'. 😀 I know--it might have been too quick to totally see. 😂 5d

IndoorDame @dabbe you‘re so right! That was especially cryptic for last words 😂😂😂 5d

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement A snake behaving this way is pretty crazy, but I suppose if an author invents a snake, an author can decide how it behaves and what it needs to survive. lol
I enjoyed this entertaining short story. 5d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement That sounds like a great game, too: Invent-a-Snake! 🤩 5d

Aimeesue Look, ACD, I‘ve HAD a pet snake and Jeffery did NOT drink milk. He was cute when he drank out of his water bowl though. He was not about to obey commands either. Maybe I could‘ve left him a trail of crickets leading up to my intended victim, I guess. Even then, it‘d be iffy. And he wouldn‘t have come back, that‘s for sure. 🐍 4d

dabbe @Aimeesue 🤩🐍🤩 #jeffery #perfectsnakename 4d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

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erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

IndoorDame Sherlock was WRONG! I mean only for a second, and mostly to teach us a lesson about jumping to conclusions, but still, for a second there he was WRONG! This guy is good! 5d

Librarybelle I was going to say the same thing, @IndoorDame ! 5d

CrystalE02 I agree with @IndoorDame 5d

dabbe And not only is Roylott a match intellectually, but physically as well. I think Holmes is a bit intimidated by Roylott (even though his words are witty, and he hides it well)--proven by the fact that he has to bend the poker back to show he's equal to Roylott in physicality as well as mental abilities. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement Roylott gets away with the first murder for years. Roylott isn't so secure in his genius when Holmes is brought in to the mix though. He tries to physically intimidate him, but that just makes him more of a suspect. I was impressed by the poker being bent, but then Holmes straightened it and I realized it wasn't the brag Roylott thought it was. 5d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

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IndoorDame The country house mystery is definitely my favorite, and this one had an especially sinister vibe… sketchy family history, renovations, mostly empty, evil stepdad type, townsfolk who keep far away, useless stuff, cheetah roaming around… 5d

Librarybelle I‘m a big fan of the country mystery setting - it seems more isolated, and it‘s really easy to build up the isolation aspect and the suspenseful feel behind that. Also…the wild animals on the ground! Just wow…the country setting is perfect for the cheetah and the baboon to hide. 5d

Cuilin Country house? Yes. Quasi locked room? Also yes. The setting was perfect. 5d

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CrystalE02 The setting was perfect!!! I loved the country setting. 5d

dabbe @Cuilin Am I right in thinking this is the first SH locked-room mystery? Or would “The Red-Headed League“ fit that bill a little, too? 🤔 5d

Cuilin @dabbe oh good question though neither are probably true locked room mysteries. 5d

kelli7990 The setting was perfect for this story. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement The sisters should have been able to enjoy walks together on the grounds, instead they were on guard for wild animals their stepfather imported. What an unnecessary danger to the whole community. Having so much of the house unused was creepy to me too. I would have been begging my aunt to take me in long ago! lol 5d

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#TheAdventureOfTheSpeckledBand
#Discussion

What did y'all think? 🤩

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IndoorDame That‘s so funny, it is so far! But I seriously thought it was just because I enjoy going back and thinking more about the ones I know the best and this one is super familiar. If it‘s everyone‘s fave I‘m gonna have to do some serious thinking about why! 5d

Librarybelle I‘m not sure I can really say it‘s my favorite - I don‘t think I have a favorite at the moment - but this one felt more sinister and suspenseful to me than the others so far. I really like that about this story. 5d

CatLass007 I don‘t know if it‘s my favorite but it certainly is the most straightforward mystery. All of the clues were presented to the reader at the same time as Holmes learned about them. I was able to reach the conclusion that a poisonous snake was involved, even though I didn‘t know the exact breed of snake. So maybe it is my favorite SH story so far, because nothing was hidden from the reader. 5d

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Cuilin I loved it!! It reminded me of a Jonathan Creek episode. 5d

CrystalE02 I enjoyed it. I don't think it is my favorite Sherlock Holmes story. 5d

dabbe I agree with all of you. I'm going to have to read the whole canon again before I decide which short story truly is my favorite. Up until now, it's been in my top five, but not my #1. We'll see if that changes! 🤩 5d

Bookwomble @CatLass007 The exact species of snake mentioned in the story doesn't exist in nature, so it's forgiveable that you didn't know it 🐍😊 5d

dabbe @Bookwomble So true. And many critics have tried to figure out exactly what snake Conan Doyle was talking about. Just like playing the Sherlockian game, I guess. 🤩 5d

CatLass007 @Bookwomble Ha! 5d

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story but I don‘t really have a favorite story so far. 5d

CogsOfEncouragement I don't know if I have a favorite. So hard to choose. I can see how the swift justice is appealing though. 5d

Aimeesue @Cuilin Jonathan Creek! Yes! 😂 4d

Cuilin @Aimeesue So glad somebody got that reference. While a lot of mysteries focus on the who (done it)? or why? Sherlock and Creek seem to focus on the how, which I like. 4d

dabbe @Cuilin Another series I have on the TBW! 🤩 4d

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

After my mammogram/ultra sound on Wed., it's kind of hard to find 5 joys this week. My “questionable cells“ have grown, and now I need an ultrasound biopsy to see if it's the “C“ word. Many people on Litsy wanted to know the results, so I am sharing. I'm scared but joyful that I have health care and that I'm in good hands. 💜💜💜 to all who have sent + thoughts. My #1 joy this week is looking at these gals. 🖤🐾🖤

LeahBergen Sending ❤️❤️❤️! 6d

IndoorDame ♥️♥️♥️ 6d

TheBookHippie Sending so much love. ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6d

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Read4life I love you, Denise. 💙💙💙 Sending you love, hugs and prayers. 6d

TheSpineView Sending hugs!💞 6d

Mollyanna Sending hugs, positive healing thoughts and prayers! ❤️❤️❤️ 6d

kelli7990 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 6d

ravenlee Sending love and positive vibes. 💕💕💕 6d

Mimi28 Sending love and prayers 🤗🫶🏽🩷😊🙏🏽😉 6d

sblbooks 🙏❤ 6d

rubyslippersreads Sending you lots of ❤️❤️❤️! It looks like you have two lovely nurses ready to take care of you. 🐶 6d

lil1inblue Sending healthy, positive, loving vibes. 💗 6d

dabbe @LeahBergen 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @IndoorDame 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Read4life #gulp 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Mollyanna 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @kelli7990 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie #gulp 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @ravenlee 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Mimi28 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @sblbooks 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @rubyslippersreads #gulp 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @lil1inblue #gulp 💙🩵💙 6d

jdiehr Keeping you in my prayers, Denise 6d

quietlycuriouskate Wishing you good health and ease of heart. 6d

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 6d

Leftcoastzen They are so cute ! Hoping your heath concerns get better. 6d

marleed Ohhhh. Every inch counts for positive energy I possess is directed at you today. Wrapping you in piles of Litsy love ❤️ 6d

AnnCrystal 💝💕🙏💝. 6d

dabbe @quietlycuriouskate 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Ruthiella 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @marleed #gulp 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @jdiehr 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 6d

Princess-Kingofkings Honest lament is welcome here. Hugs to you 💞 6d

Suet624 May you be blessed with love and good health. 6d

Librarybelle Thinking of you ❤️❤️❤️ 6d

dabbe @Princess-Kingofkings 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Suet624 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Librarybelle 💙🩵💙 6d

dabbe @Librarybelle 💙🩵💙 6d

peanutnine Sending good vibes and hugs 🤗💖 5d

Deblovestoread Sending all positive vibes your way. 💜🌸💜 5d

UwannaPublishme Sending good vibes, healing hugs and 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 5d

dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙🩵💙 5d

TheBookgeekFrau Good vibes heading your way ❤️🙏🏼❤️ 5d

dabbe @UwannaPublishme 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 💙🩵💙 5d

Cupcake12 Positive thoughts being sent your way. All my love xx 5d

curiouserandcurioser @dabbe sending love and prayers, Denise❤❤❤❤🙏 5d

Aimeesue All the hope and good vibes to you! 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @curiouserandcurioser 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @Cupcake12 #gulp 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @Aimeesue 💙🩵💙 5d

Bookwormjillk Just saw this. I‘ll be thinking about you ❤️ 5d

bthegood 💙 💛 ❤ 5d

Daisey Sending positivity and 💕! 5d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @bthegood 💙🩵💙 5d

dabbe @Daisey 💙🩵💙 5d

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#SpringSkies
#FallInTitle
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Been in a music groove lately. 🎶

TheSpineView Love Tom Petty. Saw him in concert about 25 years ago. He was awesome!🎶💜🎵 6d

lil1inblue Yes! 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView He sure was! 💜🧡💜 6d

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dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🧡💜 6d

Eggs 🩵🎶RIP 6d

dabbe @Eggs 💜🧡💜 6d

Leftcoastzen Love this song. 6d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen #metoo! 🤩🤗😀 6d

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this one! 6d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #ditto! 🤩🤗😀 6d

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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#typical

Immediately thought of this song, the theme from the movie WHITE NIGHTS. #lovephilcollins 💜

TheSpineView 💜🎶🎵 6d

dabbe @TheSpineView 💜🧡💜 6d

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Help! My friend's middle-school-aged son got suspended for bullying. She would love for him to read a book while he's at home about bullying but doesn't want a book that would give him more ideas on how to bully. It's been years since I've taught middle school. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? I trust this community completely and would welcome any advice. Thanks! 💜🧡💜

Caroline2 Hmm, I think Wonder has some bullying in it which might make him think…

[tagged book]

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TieDyeDude Rise of ZomBert and the sequels by Kara LaReau have a bully turned ally, but it is three books and I don't remember exactly when the relationship changes. It is also very much as subplot.

I did find this list. I haven't read any of them, though https://www.readbrightly.com/8-middle-grade-books-on-bullying/ 6d

Caroline2 I think this one is about a bully… The night bus hero

[tagged book]

The Night Bus Hero

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dabbe @Caroline2 Many thanks; I'll look into it! 🤗 6d

dabbe @Caroline2 Ooh, looks good, too! Thanks! 🤗 6d

dabbe @TieDyeDude Wow! What a valuable website! Thanks for researching it for me! 🤗 6d

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

1. Vivien Leigh. Favorite movie: THAT HAMILTON WOMAN. Olivier and she are magnificent together. 🤩
2. Nicole Kidman. Favorite movie: a toss-up between DEAD CALM and THE OTHERS. 😱
3. Lauren Bacall. Favorite movie: THE BIG SLEEP, but my favorite line is from TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT: “You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.“ 😀
Play and tag 3? @AmyG @TheBookHippie @bthegood

ImperfectCJ I love The Others! 7d

AmyG I was going to pick Vivian Leigh. 7d

dabbe @ImperfectCJ 🤩🤗😀 7d

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dabbe @AmyG You can still pick her! Another thing we have in common! #greatminds 🤩🤗😘 7d

Leftcoastzen That Hamilton Woman is so good! 6d

slategreyskies I was so pleased with myself for being the person who introduced my husband to that movie and that iconic line. Come to think of it, we watched that film again not too long ago. I love it! 6d

dabbe @Leftcoastzen Yes! Love them together, too! 🤩🤗😀 6d

dabbe @slategreyskies Those two were magic together. My husband and I rewatch the two I mentioned and KEY LARGO all the time. 🤩🤗😀 6d

Dragon Key Largo is my favourite performance ❤️🐉 6d

slategreyskies Agreed! They‘re probably my favorite on screen pairing. 🥰 @dabbe (edited) 6d

slategreyskies @dragon it‘s so good! 6d

Dragon 👍❤️🐉 6d

Texreader Vivien Leigh 🩷 6d

dabbe @Dragon 🤩🤗😀 6d

dabbe @slategreyskies 🤩🤗😀 6d

dabbe @Texreader 🤩🤗😘 6d

IMASLOWREADER love nicole kidman 6d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER #metoo I'm so happy she's with Keith and not the other guy. 🤩😂🤩 6d

Dragon Thanks @slategreyskies still one of my favourite hurricane/storm movies 🍿 💚🐉 4d

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#SpringSkies
#Powerful
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

How about a 🎶 ?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💿 💙 6d

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 6d

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Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash: 650 Rhymes, Verses, Lyrics, and Poems | Ogden Nash

#poetrymatters
#typhoon
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Love it! That word tarradiddle! 🤣👍🤩 7d

dabbe @TheSpineView I think I could make up a whole song just to that word! 🤩😂🤗 7d

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#WeirdWordWednesday
@CBee

I didn't know there was a word for this, but of course there is! 🤩

CBee Ooo! So if I see a cloud that looks like a dragon, this is what it‘s called! NEAT 🤩🤩🤩 (edited) 1w

Daisey I used this word a while ago. It‘s such an interesting one! 1w

dabbe @CBee 💜🧡💜 1w

dabbe @Daisey 💜🧡💜 1w

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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4Life (thanks for the tag! 😘)

It's all about the health stuff this week.
1. Good news! My lab results have my A1C in the PRE-diabetic range--1st time since being diagnosed with diabetes 10 years ago. 😀
2. Have my MRI/ultra sound on the “questionable cells“ in my right breast today--very nervous but excited to get it over with.

Hope everyone's week is going well. 💙🩵💙

lil1inblue Hooray for your lab results! Good luck with your MRI/ultra sound. 1w

RaeLovesToRead Fingers crossed for you 🙏🏻🤞🏻 Nice work on the sugars 💕 1w

Bookwomble Wishing a good result for you 🩷 1w

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Cupcake12 Fab news on your lab results. Fingers crossed for results you are awaiting xx 1w

Jari-chan Yey! 💪And fingers crossed 🤞 1w

willaful Good job! I hope your upcoming results will be equally excellent. 🤞 1w

SamAnne Fingers crossed for you on the cells. 1w

Mimi28 I hope everything turns out well!! 🙏🏽🤗🫶🏽🩷😊😉 1w

Deblovestoread Well done on the A1C and hope the other goes well. Thinking of you. 💜 1w

CoffeeNBooks Thinking of you, and hope everything is ok! 💗 1w

julieclair Huge congrats on the A1C! Sending up a 🙏 for your test results. 💙 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Bookwomble 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Cupcake12 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Jari-chan 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @willaful 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @SamAnne 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Mimi28 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @julieclair 🤗😘😀 1w

Read4life Congratulations on the lowered A1C!! You rock 🤘🏻 Sending you good thoughts and hugs that your tests have good results. 💙💙💙 1w

AnnCrystal 🫂👏 Congratulations and sending 🙏 that all is good news 💝. 1w

jdiehr 🙌🏻 praise and 🙏🏻 prayer 1w

dabbe @Read4life 🤩🤗😘 1w

dabbe @jdiehr 🤩🤗😘 1w

bthegood yay on A1C, sending hugs!! (edited) 1w

dabbe @bthegood 🤩🤗😘 7d

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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. Willpower to avoid the things that are bad for me.
2. Angst and anxiety.
3. Finding Matt and being able to walk through life with him.

Wanna share? #tagyouareit 🤩

julieclair Amen to #1 !! 1w

Eggs #3 🥲🥰 1w

dabbe @julieclair 🤗😘😀 1w

dabbe @Eggs 💙🩵💙 1w

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The Sword in the Stone | T. H. White

#SpringSkies
#MagicElement
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🖤 1w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤗😘😀 1w

Eggs Love Sword 🗡️ 1w

dabbe @Eggs 💜🧡💜 7d

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Rapture: Poems | Sjohnna McCray

#poetrymatters
#type
@TheSpineView

Oh, can I relate.

TheSpineView Can I ever relate!🤣 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤗😘😀 1w

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All Creatures Great and Small | James Herriot

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 🤩 ... you, too @The_Penniless_Author 🤩)

1. I Put the “I“ in Procrastination
2. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Play? @Chrissyreadit @AnnCrystal @rwmg

vivastory #1 😂 same, same 1w

JessieKB #1😆🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ 1w

TheSpineView Love both answers! 😊🤩😍 1w

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dabbe @vivastory 🤩😂🤗 1w

dabbe @JessieKB 🤩😂🤗 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView I should have said “I's“ since there are more than one. 🤩😂🤗 1w

AnnCrystal 👏😂that could be my title too 😉👍.

Thanks for the tag! 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩🤗😀 1w

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#SpringSkies
#SurpriseEnding
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I've never been shocked more than by this movie.

tpixie Very bizarre 1w

dabbe @tpixie Most definitely. 1w

Gissy Love this movie, so good, the cast? Fantastic 👌Yes, a very surprise ending 1w

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dabbe @Gissy 🤩😀🤗 1w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😱😱 1w

rubyslippersreads I loved this movie and never guessed the ending. 1w

Areader2 such a good movie! 1w

FlowerFairy Loooove this movie! 1w

LeahBergen I love this movie! 1w

Eggs Excellent 😳👌🏼😱 1w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes! 😱😱 1w

dabbe @rubyslippersreads Me neither! 🤩😀🤗 1w

dabbe @Areader2 🤩🤗😀 1w

dabbe @FlowerFairy 🤗😀🤩 1w

dabbe @LeahBergen 🤩😀🤗 1w

dabbe @Eggs 🤩😱🤩 1w

ChelseaM6010 I love this movie! 1w

dabbe @ChelseaM6010 🤩🤗😀 7d

IMASLOWREADER this movie terrified me…totally worth it 6d

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER That ending! 🤩😱🤩 6d

IMASLOWREADER @dabbe oh i know…i loved how simple the creepy jumpy parts were and no gore…just a classic ghost story kinda like 6th sense ending 3d

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#poetrymatters
#tycoon
@TheSpineView

I just had to see what AI could do with this word; plus, it's a hard prompt! 🤩

TheSpineView Not bad for AI. 😊 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 🤩 1w

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Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters

#motivationalmonday
@Cupcake12 (thanks for the tag; you, too, @Deblovestoread! 🤩🤗😘)

1. D-backs baseball game 🤩 and three different doctor's appointments. 😂
2. Out to my backyard with a globe mallow in full bloom. 🧡
3. Sunny Phoenix, Arizona ... temps to hit 99 degrees (37 C) by this weekend. I am NOT ready for this. 🔥
4. CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK--the weather fits perfectly for where I'm at. 😂
Play? @TheLudicReader @TheBookHippie @Cuilin

Cupcake12 Please send some sun to the UK! Thanks for joining in. Have a good week x 1w

dabbe @Cupcake12 Send your ☔️, and I'll send some ☀️! 💙🩵💙 1w

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#SpringSkies
#WomenInSports
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Another fave movie from the 80s. #shocking

TheBookHippie I played this love theme on the piano back in the day! 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie So did I! We sang it in choir, and I played the piano. I wonder if I still have the sheet music somewhere. 🤩 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe Well we definitely didn‘t sing it in choir OY my mothers demand for me to attend parochial school 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 thatda been a SIN secular music imagine what we‘d do if we sang it, sex I‘m sure… 🤭🤭🤭😳🙄 1w

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AlaMich A great, old cheesy movie!! 1w

Eggs A classic - watched it many X 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Laughed so hard I just spit out water. 😂😂😂 1w

dabbe @AlaMich Oldest and cheesiest! 🤩😂🤗 1w

dabbe @Eggs Same here. I've been having the song in my head all day since posting this. 🤩😂🤗 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe I‘m here to bring JOY. 🤣 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie Your last name says it all. 😘 1w

marleed Oh this movie, and the flowers all over the ice, and Robby walks out on said ice to get his girl. I mean is it possible to ugly cry over more than that! 😭😭🤣 1w

dabbe @marleed “We forgot about the flowers.“ 😭😂🤗 1w

marleed @dabbe Ha - well, maybe that saved you the ugly in your cry 🤣 1w

marleed @dabbe oh wait, that was Robby‘s line! 💕💕💕 1w

dabbe @marleed 🤩😂🤗 Robby was adorable. 1w

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Collected Poems | Thom Gunn

#poetrymatters
#twist
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 1w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 1w

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#CampLitsy24
@squirrelbrain
@megabooks
@barbarabb

Thanks for hosting this again, lovely ladies! Humbly I nominate the above-pictured books. 💙🩵💙

BarbaraBB Great choice! The Jimenez sounds real good! 2w

squirrelbrain Great choices! ❤️ 2w

JamieArc The Jimenez one would be a good palate cleanser I think. 2w

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AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 2w

Megabooks Abby is so funny on TikTok, but I‘ve never read one of her books! Nice choices!! 2w

mcctrish Ooo I want to read The Teacher too 2w

dabbe @BarbaraBB 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe @squirrelbrain 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe @JamieArc When it's got “summer“ in the title, I automatically think BEACH READ! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe @Megabooks Me either! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe @mcctrish 🤩🤩🤩 2w

wanderinglynn Abby‘s book was awesome! It might be my favorite of hers so far. 🩷 1w

dabbe @wanderinglynn Can't wait! 🤩🤩🤩 1w

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Ocean's 11 | Dewey Gram, Ted Griffin, Harry Brown, Charles Lederer

#SpringSkies
#InvolvesHeist
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Loved this film ❣️ 2w

dabbe @Eggs The best of all of them, IMHO. 💙🩵💙 2w

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#poetrymatters
#twirl
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView 💜💜💜 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView 💙🩵💙 2w

IndoorDame 💜💜💜 2w

dabbe @IndoorDame 💙🩵💙 2w

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The Lost Summers of Newport: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig

#FreebieFriday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@Read4Life
@TieDieDude

Look what arrived today! Thank you soooo much! 🤗🤗🤗 The spoon will stir my coffee every morning. I'll use the stationery for (what else) some #LL. And the book looks like a lovely read! 💙🩵💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!! ❤️🎊🎉 2w

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Adventure of the Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin #LitsyEvents

Fabulous posts AGAIN, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,“ my favorite SH short story! 🤩 Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion on 4/20.

Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3Jn6g0I

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

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erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, CrystalE02

Librarybelle Thanks! 2w

kelli7990 Yay! 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle 💙🩵💙 2w

dabbe @kelli7990 💙🩵💙 2w

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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle

#weeklyfavorites
@Read4life

One of my fave SH stories. Loved rereading it. Again. 🤩

Read4life Great choice. 💙💙 2w

dabbe @Read4life 💙🩵💙 2w

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Beloved | Toni Morrison

#SpringSkies
#onewordtitle
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 📚❤️ 2w

Eggs Powerful book 😞😥 2w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙🩵💙 2w

dabbe @Eggs 💙🩵💙 2w

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