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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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#MotivationalMonday
@Cupcake12

1. Go to a tearoom and visit with my BFF from high school whom I haven't seen in 20+ years and go to Costco to get epilepsy medicine for my dog Pippa.
2. Depending on the book and other responsibilities, 1-? hours. 🤩
3. I'd write the great American novel, of course. No wait, that's already been written, right? What is it? Anyone want to give a thought? Mine: HUCK FINN.
Have a lovely week, everybody. 💚💙💚

julesG You'll just have to write the next great American novel. 10h
Gissy Enjoy the time with your friend! 🤗👌 10h
AnnCrystal Poor puppy🐕🥺😘💕🐶💝.

🤔There's always room on bookshelves for another 😉“Great American Novel“👍.

20+ years! 🎉Have fun🥳.
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Cupcake12 Write the book! Thanks for joining in x 9h
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dabbe @Gissy Thanks! 💚💙💚 8h
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Complete Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithPhysician
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Physician and one of literatures best sidekicks. 🤩

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 🧡🖤 9h
Eggs 🤎🧡🤎 Love the film w Robert Downy Jr @dabbe (edited) 2h
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Second Bloom: Poems | Anya Krugovoy Silver
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TheSpineView Like This take on the prompt. 9h
dabbe All the great “tub“ ones were taken! 🤩😍😃 8h
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MUTTS Sundays | Patrick McDonnell
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ReadingRachael Cute!! 1d
dabbe @ReadingRachael Everybody has to have a green sock, right? 💚☘️💚 1d
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AmyG Our Town! You should read Tom Lake by Ann Patchet….she writes of a woman‘s first love while playing Emily in summer stock theater at Tom Lake. Excellent. 1d
dabbe @AmyG I did! That's why I had to reread OUR TOWN (hadn't read it since high school). #greatminds 💚☘️💚 1d
AmyG Ha! 👊🏻 1d
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Beginner's Luck | Kate Clayborn
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BookmarkTavern Fun! Thanks for sharing! 1d
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Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare
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#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#tryst

Poem by Ellen Margaret Janson. 💚

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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin
#puzzlefun

If interested, click below for a jumble and cryptogram for “The Boscombe Valley Mystery.“ 😍
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3vd4Na4

Librarybelle Thank you! 2d
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The five orange pips | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
@Cuilin

Fabulous discussion today, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Five Orange Pips.“ Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion next Saturday!
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3Tj2QRp

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

CogsOfEncouragement Thank you for continuing this enjoyable buddy read. 2d
BeeCurious Yay! 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I'm thoroughly enjoying it myself! 🤩😃😍 2d
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dabbe @Liz_M I keep forgetting to do that! Thanks! 💚☘️💚 1d
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Just Because | Francesca Theodorou
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#justbecause
#LitsyLove
I came home from walking the dogs yesterday to find a little package waiting for me. Thank you, @Catiewithac! The book is right up my alley, and your card and words were as lovely as you are. You brightened up my day, weekend, week .... I just sent you a letter, too! 💚💙💚

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 2d
catiewithac I‘ve been slow to post here but I‘ve been busy reading true crime, Nancy and Cherry, fiction (😱), psychology. I received your letter yesterday! 🫶🏻 2d
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Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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dabbe @Eggs I just realized what you wanted posted. A title with either a (?) OR a (!). #doh 😂😂😂 How about a (;) and a (,) instead? 2d
Eggs @dabbe works for me 🤗 2d
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Hamlet | William Shakespeare
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TheSpineView Great quote! Shakespeare sure knows how to say it! 2d
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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Librarybelle I again had my suspicions about the conclusion, which I normally cannot figure out the guilty party until the reveal. I thought Conan Doyle is really getting into the storytelling groove - as we progress, the stories are a bit more polished, a bit easier to read. Or, maybe I am just getting used to Conan Doyle‘s writing style at this point. 2d
CatLass007 I think I‘m enjoying the short stories more than the novels. But that could be because Conan Doyle is hitting his stride with the character. 2d
IndoorDame I actually knew who the villain would be this time which never happens! though I totally didn‘t work out the details of why ahead of time. Not sure if that means I‘ve read this one before and don‘t remember it, or if the setup is just a bit obvious 🤔 I‘m leaning towards the latter. 2d
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dabbe @Librarybelle I think you hit the combo and that both apply because I also feel the same way! These Victorian writers can be long-winded, can't they? 🤩😂😃 2d
dabbe @CatLass007 It'll be interesting when we read the other two novels down the road if he polishes them up better than his first two. 2d
dabbe @IndoorDame There definitely was something “off“ with the elder McCarthy character. Who argues with their son when they just come home? I definitely smelled a red herring over that! 🤩😃😂 2d
CatLass007 It will be very interesting. 2d
kelli7990 I like the short stories better than the novels. 2d
CogsOfEncouragement I was amused when Mary says W is always interested in SH's cases & he replies: I should be ungrateful if I were not, seeing what I gained thru one of them. 😍 At the scene, W says SH gathered up what seemed to be dust. I thought this was ash SH would identify from cigar, etc & was happy to see I was right. Ballarat was a clever word to have Turner misunderstand. The culprit is - “Mr. John Turner,“ cried the hotel waiter... was very funny to me. 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement That was a cute thing W said to Mary! And good thing Holmes is a virtuoso when it comes to tobacco ash! 😂 2d
BeeCurious Just a general comment that I think this is my fav story so far. Perhaps Doyle has hit his writing stride or maybe my impatient mind just likes the short stories better. 2d
dabbe @BeeCurious There are quite a few gems in the Adventures! 🤩 2d
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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Librarybelle Anyone who reads British mysteries or has watched Midsomer Murders knows how dangerous the countryside can be! 😂 It‘s almost deceiving how the peaceful countryside can be deadly and hold secrets. 2d
CatLass007 People are people no matter where they live. I‘ve lived in urban, suburban, and rural areas and I‘ve discovered that kind, friendly people live in New York and that rude, inconsiderate people live in East Tennessee. 2d
IndoorDame I didn‘t really think about it until you asked, but the setup of the adjoining estate and farm is the perfect example of appearance obfuscating reality. It‘s not until the very end that you can pick apart what‘s really going on there. 2d
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dabbe @Librarybelle Especially because one is so isolated! You can yell your head off in the country if someone is attacking you, but no one will probably hear you! Yet in the city people might hear but do nothing because it's not their business. 2d
dabbe @CatLass007 Very true. I wonder where a killer would rather kill--the country or city? 🤔 2d
dabbe @IndoorDame Right? People “assumed“ Turner and McCarthy were friends based on their association in Australia, yet nothing could be further from the truth. 2d
Read4life I enjoyed their story outside of London. I think the different locale added to the more polished feel of this one. 2d
dabbe @Read4life It makes it more of a real quest, doesn't it? And with the train racing to their destination, it adds to the suspense. 2d
kelli7990 I liked that this story was set in Australia. 2d
CogsOfEncouragement I don't think there is a fundamental difference in the morals of city people and country people. Human nature is human nature. Evil can be found anywhere. 2d
dabbe @kelli7990 We've now had the western US, India, and Australia! 🤩 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement I agree. I do think the country setting could be scarier and lonelier perhaps, but people are people wherever they are. 2d
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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Librarybelle I was a little surprised over Holmes‘ response to the confession. I had not thought of this response in conjunction with his response to Identity…I must not be a very detailed reader! But, this response seems almost more sympathetic than his response in Identity. I didn‘t get the full patronizing feel from this one like I did with the Identity conclusion. 2d
CatLass007 I guess it means Holmes has a philosophy of “Let the punishment fit the crime.” I also think it means that Holmes isn‘t a completely cold-hearted bastard. 2d
IndoorDame I definitely saw a similarity in the “protecting the delicate sensibilities of women” sense. I also see that Holmes clearly thinks he‘s more fit than the justice system to judge people and dispense sentences 😂. I wondered in this one though… the happily ever aspect is sweet, but will the courts really just drop such a public case because James was acquitted or will someone else pay for what Turner did? And does Holmes care about that? 2d
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dabbe @Librarybelle @CatLass007 @IndoorDame ... I guess when you're the world's only private consulting detective, you can pass judgment however you'd like. Watson never tells us, though, why the police didn't keep looking for a murderer after acquitting McCarthy. This one didn't have the resolution sewed up so tightly as the others. And wouldn't McCarthy want to also know who killed his father? Even if he was a jerk? 2d
Read4life @dabbe And not just McCarthy wanting to know who killed his father. Wouldn‘t others in the area want to know if a killer walks amongst them? 2d
dabbe @Read4life You'd think that, wouldn't you? It's also hard for me to believe that Lestrade would just let McCarthy go without having someone (usually the wrong person when the police are involved) to take his place in jail. Doesn't somebody have to pay? 2d
kelli7990 I didn‘t notice any similarities but maybe it‘s because I‘m not a detailed reader. 2d
CogsOfEncouragement I took it that Holmes agreed that McCarthy got what he deserved. He wasn't concerned with some sort of justice for him. When Holmes says it is interesting that McCarthy had the Hatherley Farm rent free, I think Holmes suspected there to be a reason other than a gesture of friendship - such as blackmail. When he hears McCarthy wanted the marriage of the children and Turner didn't, he asks - Do you not deduce something from that? 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement There are quite a few stories where Holmes does not feel beholden to necessarily tell the police anything. And since Turner was dying anyway, Holmes thinks he's been punished enough. 2d
CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe I'll keep that in mind as we read on. In A Case of Identity there were a number of reasons SH doesn't tell Mary, or try to help get the stepfather prosecuted for something that would be considered against the law at the time. In this one there is more than just Turner dying soon. For example, McCarthy was no innocent, Turner's daughter is innocent and loves her father, and young McCarthy does not take after his father. 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Young McCarthy's no innocent either, having married a barmaid that he didn't love. I think Holmes even describes him as not being the brightest bulb. Still, like you said, he's nowhere near as bad as his father, and he does love Alice. The two young ones shouldn't have to pay the price for their fathers' mistakes. 2d
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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Librarybelle I honestly didn‘t read into anything wrong with the marriage. I‘m not married nor have a significant other, so I cannot speak from personal experience, but she knows hanging with Holmes makes Watson happy, plus it gives her some quiet time. As for his dress, I just accepted that comment as Holmes‘ snobbishness. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d
CatLass007 It never crossed my mind that the Watsons had marital problems. It‘s something to consider. 2d
IndoorDame 🤣🤣🤣 That comment jumped out at me for a totally different reason. This is the first place I‘ve noticed Doyle using formulaic writing. But he tends to interject a Holmes deduction about something unrelated to the case early on like that. And it becomes a staple of both Sherlock‘s personality and the whole genre. 2d
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dabbe @IndoorDame Excellent word choice with “staple.“ We do come to expect Holmes showing us his incredible power of deduction right at the very beginning, don't we? 2d
dabbe @CatLass007 Mary is quite accommodating in letting Watson jet around with Holmes. She needs to pay attention more to how he looks, though! 🤩😍😃 2d
dabbe @Librarybelle To not notice how your husband looks early in a marriage may not be a good thing or it may not be anything. I know my husband has (on a few occasions) questioned me as to why I let him go out the door with, say, wrinkled pants. My answer usually is: “25+ years of marriage, that's why.“ 😂🤩😍 2d
kelli7990 I don‘t have a husband or a boyfriend so I don‘t know but I didn‘t think about the Watsons having marriage problems. 2d
CogsOfEncouragement I saw it as a very loving, selfless move on Mary's part to encourage Watson to go. She knows how much he enjoys being a part of the cases. Why would she stop him from doing something he loves? They want each other happy. I took the bad shaving as an entertaining way for Sherlock to be observant and make an alarmingly accurate deduction. I don't think we need blame Mary or think Doyle meant to. 2d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement She is quite an amazing woman! 🤩 2d
BeeCurious I just thought Mary realized Watson needed a change of scenery but otherwise didn't read any troublesome motivators into the equation. 2d
dabbe @BeeCurious She also probably knows by now how much Watson loves to be involved with Holmes's cases, including her own! 🤩 2d
Aimeesue @dabbe Wrinkled pants! 🤣 I mean, men can use mirrors, can‘t they? But honestly, having married a military man myself, I have to say that the military drills that in to a person - attention to detail, starting with personal appearance. Watson‘s slipping! 1d
dabbe @Aimeesue my 1st husband and high school sweetheart (gasp) was in the Navy. He insisted that I always fold his t-shirts military style. When done, you could stack them like the folds of an accordion! 😂 1d
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The last time I read this was in AP English back in 1983. 😳 After reading TOM LAKE, I had to revisit it, and I'm so glad I did. I remember finding it pointless at the tender and stupid age of 17. What the hell was wrong with me? Such a poignant reminder to carpe diem--especially the most mundane moments of our lives because going about our daily business is the life of living and we must cherish every single second. Thanks, TW, for the reminder.

TheBookHippie SAME GIRL SAME and then I saw the play too -the next year in 1984 🙃 guess I should reread it and the book you mentioned I‘ve been avoiding it . 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (edited) 3d
sarahbarnes This is such a good reminder that I should read this again, too. So many books I didn‘t appreciate in my youth. 3d
TheLudicReader So much love for Our Town and an appreciation of the play enhances Tom Lake, for sure. 3d
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dabbe @TheBookHippie Our high school performed it, too! Okay, we need to meet somewhere in the middle of our country (wouldn't THAT be interesting?) and see the play by a small, hometown school. 🤩 3d
dabbe @sarahbarnes I'm feeling that more and more. Books I hated in high school (I'm talking to you, MADAME BOVARY), I just loved reading as an adult. Did I actually acquire a little wisdom along the way? 🤔 Nah, probably not. I was a naive and obnoxious high school student. 😂 3d
dabbe @TheLudicReader I hoped you would write (I'm working on your next letter, btw). It's because of you I got off my ass to read TOM LAKE. You inspire me, m'dear. 💚💙💚 3d
ChaoticMissAdventures I haven't read or seen it, I feel like I need to after Tom Lake! Good to know others feel the same 3d
TheBookHippie @dabbe yes. Because you‘d be a better date than the one I had. Rest his soul. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 3d
KAO I liked parts of this when I read it for first the first time when I was in high school, but time and experience happened—and by now I have read it a handful of times and love even the minutiae of this play. I think of it often in moments of deep appreciation of “small things.” 3d
dabbe @TheBookHippie Should I cry or laugh? How about both? 😂😢🤩 2d
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures It's a fairly quick read, too! 🤩 2d
dabbe @KAO I will, too. How I missed that in high school, I have no idea why. Sometimes great literature is wasted on the young. 🤩😍😃 2d
TheBookHippie @dabbe I laugh. But I am not really that nice about boys who thought they could get in my pants..........LMAOROF. 2d
dabbe @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂 2d
Amiable Since I just picked up “Tom Lake” at the library, I took your advice and read “Our Town” as a refresher. (It‘s been so long, I don‘t think I could have intelligently discussed the plot.) It left me in tears. Holy cow, that hits differently in your 50s 😳 Thanks for the push to experience all the feels. 2d
dabbe @Amiable I cried, too! Act 3 just about did me in. I can't wait to read what you think of TOM LAKE. 💚💙💚 2d
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#ItTakesAllKinds
#controversial

The principal at my school got fired, our English department chair lost that position, and the two teachers who assigned this book to AP English students got letters in their file ... #controversyoverload.

RebL I read this so long ago that I don‘t remember what in it would cause people to lose their job? My take was that we have to learn anew why we got rid of shaming in the public square. 3d
dabbe @RebL Ronson included real e-mails that were quite vulgar, racist, sexist, you name it. But he did that to show the unbelievable hate-rage of some people. All the ONE parent who started the whole s(*5-show read were the emails and not the entire book--which is my #1 peeve with anyone who tries to ban a book. You must read the whole darn thing, people! This parent went straight to the media and our school was “publicly shamed“ by the incident. 3d
RebL 😳😒😤 Not even sure what to say. Also, you probably already thought of the things I would say. 3d
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DebinHawaii I‘ve not ever read this but it sounds like I should! Stacking.📚 3d
Amiable This was a great book. It scared the crap out of me in that it really showcased the dangers of using social media. Which is a message high school students (and everyone else) should hear. 3d
dabbe @RebL I am with you 💯 on what you're not saying. Thanks. 😍 3d
dabbe @DebinHawaii It was bandaid-off-the-scab riveting. 😘 3d
dabbe @Amiable #amensoulsista! 🤩😍😃 3d
CarolynM 😡 Ridiculous! The media should be shamed for their irresponsible behaviour in stirring up controversy. 3d
dabbe @CarolynM Agree 💯. I guess controversy creates sales in this capitalistic society. #argh 2d
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Presumed Innocent | Scott Turow
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#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithLawyer
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Another one that's a good book and movie.

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Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
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#TLT #itsthursdayamyg @AmyG (a hashtag just for you! 😍)

For the moment, here are my choices (tomorrow it could be a whole different ballgame!):
1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS by good ol' Charles Dickens. “Ever the best of friends, Pip!“
2. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee. Because of course.
3. SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson. Heart-wrenching and beautifully written.

Play? All are welcome! Tagging a few below to get the ball rolling! 😃

BookmarkTavern Oh what a great question! 💖 4d
shortsarahrose Loved Speak when I read it for a class on YA literature. I also appreciated To Kill a Mockingbird so much more reading it as an adult than I did in high school. 4d
julesG Oh no, my most hated genre (in school). Have to give this a tiny think. Thanks for the tag. 4d
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Bklover Thanks for the tag- gonna have to think about this one! 4d
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! So many, I'll noodle on it. 4d
dabbe @shortsarahrose Two of my favorite books to teach. 😍 4d
dabbe @julesG Hope you love some now! 😍 4d
dabbe @Bklover 😘 4d
DebinHawaii Great list! Thanks for the tag! 🤗 4d
lil1inblue I need to add Speak to my TBR! 4d
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dabbe @lil1inblue It's fabulous. The movie is excellent, too--starring a 14-year-old Kristen Stewart! 🤩 4d
JanuarieTimewalker13 SPEAK was amazing!! 4d
Eggs Thx💜❤️🩵 4d
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LeslieO Speak is one of my favorites! Laurie Halse Anderson was an author visitor to my school soon after it was published. She was so lovely! (edited) 4d
dabbe @LeslieO You lucky! I would have loved to have seen her. That book was a must-read with my freshmen students. They loved it. 😍 3d
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The Dry | Jane Harper
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After being driven away from Kiewerra, Australia 20 years earlier under suspicious circumstances, Det. Aaron Falk arrives back in his hometown during the worst drought in the century to attend the funeral of his boyhood friend Luke, his wife, and his son. Many in this scorching town believe Luke murdered his wife and son and then himself; it's up to Falk and local Sgt. Raco to find out what truly happened while Falk faces his past.
#AuthorAMonth

MrsMalaprop I remember reading this, Jane Harper‘s first book, when it came out. Captured rural Australia very well. The movie adaptation was excellent. 5d
dabbe @MrsMalaprop I'm way behind the 8-ball on this series--and many others, for that matter. 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed it, though, and will have to read the others. I can also definitely related to the heat and drought, living in Phoenix, AZ. 🤩 5d
Gissy I loved that series. I‘m currently reading my last book by this author😩She needs to write something else. I really enjoy her writing style. 5d
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MrsMalaprop Just looked up your climate. Similar to ours here in Perth, Western Australia, the most isolated capital city in the world. 5d
dabbe @Gissy Oh, I hate when that happens! I'll have to savor these slowly then! 🫨 5d
dabbe @MrsMalaprop Yeah, we experienced the most consecutive days above 110 degrees (43.3C) last summer (31 days in a row ... I was just a WEE bit grumpy!) We also beat the world record for consecutive number of 115+ degrees in a row (46.11 C over 6 days). Our temps do look similar, don't they? Your city is gorgeous! 🤩🤩🤩 5d
MrsMalaprop Oh wow 🥵. Your summer temps beat ours. We had a week of over 40C days last month & that‘s as hot as it gets. Gets much hotter further north in Western Australia though. 5d
dabbe @MrsMalaprop I would love to visit someday! Even though you have lots of poisonous things there! 🤩😍😃 4d
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The Secret at Shadow Ranch | Carolyn Keene, Russell H. Tandy
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Maybe because I'm a native Phoenician, I liked this one the least so far. Too many stereotypical devices to count. We don't say “hombre“ or “sandstorm“ (it's a dust storm or haboob)--nor do we say “squaw“, which crudely refers to female genitalia. Dude ranches existed primarily around Wickenburg (The Dude Capital of the West in the 1950s), which is an hour NW of Phoenix. It was hard for me to take this story seriously.

kspenmoll Thanks for your input- I would have no clue about some things you mentioned. I am starting it tonight. 5d
dabbe @kspenmoll It still has all the ND bells and whistles, and I hated to be a Phoenician-snob, but ... 🤩😃😍 5d
Librarybelle Definitely not the strongest in my series, in my opinion 5d
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dabbe @Librarybelle Still a fun romp through the meadow, though! 🤩😃😍 5d
Ruthiella But you do have secret passageways on all your horse ranches…right? Right? 5d
Aimeesue @Ruthiella Lol! One would hope so! 5d
dabbe @Ruthiella Of course! 🤩😂😍 5d
Yuki_Onna But the cover...!!! 🤩👏 Spooky! 5d
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#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4Life @TieDieDude

I'll be going through my closet of clothes I no longer wear now that I'm retired to contribute to my sister's garage sale this weekend! 😃

Read4life I recently did this. It felt so good to get rid of stuff that didn‘t fit and things I no longer wear. Thanks for sharing! 💙💙 5d
dabbe @Read4life I'm afraid when I'm done, I'll only have a few things hanging on the racks. Oh well, time to buy some retired clothes! Muumuus, anyone? 🤩😂😍 5d
Read4life 😂😂💙 5d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I really need to do this!! 5d
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Me, too! Actually, I need to do this with my whole house! 🤩😃😂 5d
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One from the AP Literature Guide. 😃

willaful That is far-freakin'-out! 5d
dabbe @willaful 🤩😃😍 5d
CBee Once again, I‘m fan-freaking-tastically surprised and happy to learn a new word 😂😊 5d
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dabbe @CBee I'm happi-flipping-ly thrilled myself! 🤩😍😃 5d
CBee @dabbe 😂😂😊😊 5d
Aimeesue Abso-fricken-lutely one of my favorite things to do 😁 5d
dabbe @Aimeesue 🤩😂😍 5d
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#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! ... you, too, @TheSpineView! 😘💚😘)

1. Even if they don't like you or you don't like them, you still have to work together, so find a way! 😃
2. Retired dog mama. 😍
3. I'm happy with #2! I once wanted to be an astronomer until my first astronomy class where the professor said something like: “If you're here to look at the sky, you came to the wrong class. Physics first, people.“ Me: 🤔😳#dropclass😃

TieDyeDude 3. Ha! But sky so pretty! 5d
dabbe @TieDyeDude Exactly! That's all I wanted to do. Physics? #nothanks 😂 5d
ravenlee I took an astronomy class in college. The Monday class conflicted with a required rehearsal, so I took the Tuesday class. Friend in M class got to go “oh, stars so pretty!” while I had a Romanian professor teaching astrophysics nobody could understand (accent+material). Half the class dropped the first month, another quarter by midterm. I took it pass/fail and had to call my engineer brother every week to tutor me just so I could make a C to pass. 5d
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ravenlee And the two courses had the same course number and credit! 5d
TheSpineView 😘🥰😊 5d
dabbe @ravenlee Yowza! You're way stronger than me to have gutted it out. I lasted one class period! 🤩😂😍 5d
ravenlee Thanks, but it was desperation more than dedication. There were very few core courses I could fit into my schedule, and it was too late to find/add something else. 5d
dabbe @ravenlee You're still a trooper IMHO. 😍 5d
Eggs Thanks for joining in 🙌🏻🩷👍🏼 5d
dabbe @Eggs 💚💙💚 5d
Kitta What a way to dissuade people away from a fascinating topic! Even if it contains a lot of physics I‘d want to encourage people to do it not get them to drop the class. But honestly if presented with the topic that way I‘d probably have dropped it too. Not that I took astronomy, I took only biology courses because I was in the UK and the structure of degrees is different there, but still. Boo to that professor. The sky is so pretty! 5d
dabbe @Kitta Your words made my day! This prof was known for his rather crusty demeanor, but still! Now I follow the skies whenever and however I want to. 🪐🪐🪐 4d
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#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithMap
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This map was for the 1st book in this tetralogy: THE SWORD IN THE STONE. 💚

Eggs Looove this map 🩵💛🖤 5d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🗺️ 5d
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Her | Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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TheSpineView 😍😍😍 5d
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#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView! 😘

1. I wasn't named after someone, but my mom and aunt were pregnant at roughly the same time. I was born 6 months before my cousin. My aunt wanted to name her child “Denise“ if she had a girl. Since I was born first, my mom chose to name me Denise. Luckily my cousin David didn't mind. 😂
2. The tagged book, which I've never heard of--not many books with characters named “Denise.“

TheSpineView You won on the name department! Thanks for playing 6d
dabbe @TheSpineView 🤩😂😍 6d
Gissy 🤣🤣🤣 5d
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Ordinary People | Judith Guest
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AmyG I just watched this yesterday. Great book and movie. 6d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I haven‘t seen it! 6d
dabbe @AmyG Agree 💯! 6d
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dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Oh, it's so good! Heartbreaking, though. 😢 6d
TheLudicReader Excellent movie. I remember what a revelation everyone thought MTM was in that film, but everyone else was just as good. 6d
AmyG @TheLudicReader I remember that. She was a TV comedy actress and she turned out to be amazing in the movie. 6d
Eggs Excellent book and film 😢 6d
Leftcoastzen Mom was a nasty piece of work! 6d
dabbe @TheLudicReader And it was the first movie Robert Redford directed! #bestillmyheart 5d
dabbe @AmyG The good ol' Mary Tyler Moore show. 💙💚💙 Ah, the 70's! 5d
dabbe @Eggs Agree 💯! 5d
dabbe @Leftcoastzen One of the most chilling performances ever! 😱 5d
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TheSpineView Read this before and I still love it. Thanks for posting it! It's a great choice 6d
IndoorDame 💜💜💜 6d
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AnnCrystal 😍👍💝. 1w
Eggs 🥰😍🥰 1w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Mooch sort of looks like Tux. 🖤🐾🖤 1w
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Unaccompanied | Javier Zamora
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TheSpineView Wow! Great poem! 💜 1w
dabbe @TheSpineView Being in Phoenix, the saguaros spoke to me. 💚🌵💚 1w
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The Dry | Jane Harper
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#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life

Definitely this one. 😃

Read4life Adding it to my TBR! Thanks for participating 💙💙 1w
dabbe @Read4life It was simply stunning. 💚💙💚 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve been debating this one! 1w
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It's night and day compared to YELLOWFACE. I can't even believe the same person wrote both of them! 🤩 1w
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The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare
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#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern

I interpreted this to mean the oldest story I've read in its ORIGINAL form. So, I didn't say THE ILIAD because I did not read it in Homeric Greek; I read the much more readable translation by Robert Fagles. Having said that, this is the earliest one I can remember where I read it in its original form: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW was published in 1592.

BookmarkTavern … I completely forgot about Shakespeare. I took two classes on him in college. 😅😅 Thank you for sharing! 1w
dabbe @BookmarkTavern 💚💙💚 1w
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A Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻📚👍🏻 1w
Eggs Great cover 👌🏼 1w
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TheBookHippie We do this book for IB English and have students write an ending. It‘s a lot of fun. 1w
dabbe @Eggs It says it all, doesn't it? 💚 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie I bet those would be incredible to read! I just reread this last year and had forgotten how powerful it was. 💚 1w
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
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@Cuilin

Fabulous discussion today, Sherlockians! Next up: “The Boscombe Valley Mystery.“ Below is a study guide with summary (spoiler alert!) Discussion next Saturday!
Here's the link: https://bit.ly/3TxrcZa

Have a lovely week! 💚💙💚

kelli7990 Yay! 1w
Librarybelle Thanks! 1w
dabbe @kelli7990 🤩😍😃 1w
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dabbe @Librarybelle 🤩😘😃 1w
BeeCurious Thank you! 🙂 1w
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Ladyhawke | Joan D. Vinge
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#LongDistanceLove
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Not really long distance ... but a definite separation by species and a fave movie. 💚💙💚 #longlivethe80s

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 1w
dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Rutger Hauer in this movie makes me simply swoon! 😍 1w
Eggs Excellent choice👌🏼 1w
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TheLudicReader I love this movie. Funny and swoon-worthy. 1w
dabbe @Eggs 😍 1w
dabbe @TheLudicReader Matthew Broderick is a stitch, isn't he? And Rutger ... whoah. I think I'll have to watch this again. 😍 1w
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Hagar Poems | Mohja Kahf
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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#FreebieFriday
#LitsyLove

As much as I would love picking Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's brain re: all things Sherlock, I'd also be interested to hear about the so-called fairies that he believed in and why. 😃

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDieDude

AnnCrystal 👏 I'd love to chat with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about that too! And about his relationship with Houdini and why he believed the guy to be a powerful wizard. (edited) 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🤩😃😍 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🤍❤️ 1w
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Read4life I‘d want to know that too. 💙 That would be a conversation I would love to sit in on. 1w
dabbe @Read4life I know, right? 😃😃😍 1w
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#FreebieFriday
#LitsyLove
#favoritechunkster

I truly enjoyed MIDDLEMARCH by George Eliot; it remains my favorite chunkster that I actually loved and finished! 😃

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDieDude

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤎🤍🤎 1w
Read4life I haven‘t read it. Thanks for sharing. 💙💌💙 (edited) 1w
dabbe @Read4life It's (obviously) long, but it's good! 💚💙💚 1w
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Outlander | Diana Gabaldon
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#FreebieFriday

So hard to choose! But the one whose books I continually go back to would have to be Diana Gabaldon. Thanks for the chance to win!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life

Read4life Great answer. Thanks for sharing. 💙💌💙 1w
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A case of identity | Arthur Conan Doyle
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#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

“ 'My dear fellow,' said Sherlock Holmes as we sat on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street, 'life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind could invent.' “

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#shelfie
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My real shelves are horrific right now, so here's a pic of the kind of library I hope to have ... someday.

Eggs Looooove !!! 1w
dabbe @Eggs 🤩😍😘 1w
AnnCrystal 👏💕📚💫🤩💝 ...I will put a library like that in my dream basket too🧺😉👍. 1w
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dabbe @AnnCrystal I love that idea! #dreambasket 💚💙💚 1w
AnnCrystal @dabbe Epic, a hashtag! 🎉👏😉👍. 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Omg beautiful 💙💙 1w
Gissy I guess I will do the same☺️ 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal YES! 🤩😃😍 1w
dabbe @Gissy 🤩😃😍 1w
Hooked_on_books OMG THAT COUCH!!!! 🤩 1w
dabbe @Hooked_on_books I know! Couch, bed, recliner ... I could be lost in that all day! 🤩😍😃 1w
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Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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A lovely tale of a mother's “carnival“ past in summer-stock theater at Tom Lake, Lara feeds her three-robin-daughters with stories of her 20s actress life and first-love affair with Duke, a fellow actor. Set during the 2020 pandemic at a cherry farm in northern Michigan, Patchett weaves Lara's story between the past and present to show how to come to terms with the choices one makes and how to live an intentional life. Time now to reread OUR TOWN.

rubyslippersreads This is the book for my IRL book club in April, so I‘m glad to know it‘s good. 2w
dabbe @rubyslippersreads It was for me! 🤩😍😃 2w
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Eggs Great book 💔 2w
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