tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357769710749916462024-03-14T11:50:06.398-07:00vvb32 readsvvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comBlogger5434125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-2428277051149450102024-02-04T00:00:00.000-08:002024-02-04T00:00:00.346-08:00Lovely Books and Things - 2.4.24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Lovely Books and Things</b><br />
My Books and Films Update</center><br />
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<b>HAPPY THINGS:</b><br />
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1. February is Loveuary Jane Austen movies at the Hallmark channel (<a href="https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/loveuary/loveuary-2024-movies">details</a>)<br />
2. A yummy cannoli from Mara's Italian Pastries on Columbus Avenue, San Francisco <br />
3. New York city themed collage piece using The New Yorker magazine images for art club<br />
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<b>Library:</b> audiobook<br />
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<b>Leslie F*cking Jones</b><br />
by Leslie Jones<br />
Memoir, Comedy | Published: 2023 <br />
<a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leslie-jones/leslie-fcking-jones/9781538706497/">[{ details/order }]</a></center><br />
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<b>Library:</b><br />
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<b>American Mermaid</b><br />
by Julia Langbein<br />
Literary | Published: 2023 <br />
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720095/american-mermaid-by-julia-langbein/">[{ details/order }]</a></center><br />
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<b>To Be Featured:</b><br />
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<center><b>The Blueprint</b><br />
by Rae Giana Rashad<br />
Dystopian, African American | Published: February 13, 2024 <br />
courtesy of author -Thanks! <br />
<a href="https://www.thedockbookshop.com/book/9780063330092"> [{ details/order }]</a><br />
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<b>The Secret of Lillian Velvet</b><br />
by Jaclyn Moriarty<br />
Fantasy, Middle Grade | Published: 2023 <br />
courtesy of publisher -Thanks! <br />
<a href="https://www.levinequerido.com/lillian-velvet">[{ details/order }]</a><br />
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<b>AND watched:</b> HBO Max<br />
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<b>True Detective</b> (2024)<br />
Night Country; season 4<br />
Director: Issa Lopez<br />
Stars: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis<br />
Crime, Drama, Mystery | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356777/">imdb</a><br />
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<em>In Ennis, Alaska, the men that operate a research station vanish. To solve the case, Chief Danvers and Navarro will have to confront the darkness themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.</em><br />
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<b>AND watched:</b> theatre<br />
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<b>American Fiction</b> (2023)<br />
Director: Cord Jefferson<br />
Writers: Cord Jefferson, Percival Everett<br />
Based on book: Erasure by Percival Everett<br />
Stars: Jeffrey Wright<br />
Comedy, Drama | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23561236/">imdb</a> <br />
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<em>A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.</em><br />
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<b>Zone of Interest</b> (2023)<br />
Director: Jonathan Glazer<br />
Screenplay: Martin Amis, Jonathan Glazer<br />
Based on book by Martin Amis<br />
Stars: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel<br />
Drama, WWII | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7160372/">imdb</a><br />
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<em>The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.</em><br />
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<b>AND watched:</b> Kanopy<br />
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<b>Four Daughters</b> (2023)<br />
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania<br />
Stars: Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikhaoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui<br />
Documentary, Tunisia | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27502426/">imdb</a><br />
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<em>Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.</em><br />
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Linking up with:<br />
<b>Sunday Post</b> (<a href="http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/">details</a>)<br />
<b>Mailbox Monday</b> (<a href="https://mailboxmonday.wordpress.com/">details</a>)<br />
<b>Sunday Salon</b> (<a href="https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com">details</a>)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by :-)<br />
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vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-46062228376177742492024-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:002024-02-03T08:42:57.936-08:00Happy release: The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHXJUhKUV760qhkJYXdc6feWOvxlHJTAUbIjzUiZ7lNUy_4yPwAD1v2kkQ1MyiNEnOAM7EQXBXt9J_3PJthaO6AuPUh64z8FxRxq4lJJtDIH7Qhw0Dhkvihlcu41SOOiUsyLqYpuJ1qFmbSU_vjqgUoBQ0gozR8phlBbg18bAOZgdwoXOHW-Y5ADpCL2p/s1132/Blueprint.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHXJUhKUV760qhkJYXdc6feWOvxlHJTAUbIjzUiZ7lNUy_4yPwAD1v2kkQ1MyiNEnOAM7EQXBXt9J_3PJthaO6AuPUh64z8FxRxq4lJJtDIH7Qhw0Dhkvihlcu41SOOiUsyLqYpuJ1qFmbSU_vjqgUoBQ0gozR8phlBbg18bAOZgdwoXOHW-Y5ADpCL2p/s200/Blueprint.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>The Blueprint</b><br />
by Rae Giana Rashad<br />
Dystopian, African American | Published: February 13, 2024 <br />
<a href="https://www.thedockbookshop.com/book/9780063330092">[{ details/order }]</a></center>
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<em> In the vein of Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood, a harrowing novel set in an alternate United States—a world of injustice and bondage in which a young Black woman becomes the concubine of a powerful white government official and must face the dangerous consequences.
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Solenne Bonet lives in Texas where choice no longer exists. An algorithm determines a Black woman’s occupation, spouse, and residence. Solenne finds solace in penning the biography of Henriette, an ancestor who’d been an enslaved concubine to a wealthy planter in 1800s Louisiana. But history repeats itself when Solenne, lonely and naïve, finds herself entangled with Bastien Martin, a high-ranking government official. Solenne finds the psychological bond unbearable, so she considers alternatives. With Henriette as her guide, she must decide whether and how to leave behind all she knows.
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Inspired by the lives of enslaved concubines to U.S. politicians and planters, The Blueprint unfolds over dual timelines to explore bodily autonomy, hypocrisy, and power imbalances through the lens of the nation’s most unprotected: a Black girl.</em><br />
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<blockquote>First sentence: <br />
The men called her Henriette, but it wasn't her name. She promised herself she would never think it, never say it, never answer to it. It wouldn't be her name.</blockquote><br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-73419209849862643182023-07-01T00:00:00.003-07:002023-07-01T00:00:00.131-07:00Rabbit rabbit: The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-dyQmP8o5a-mYlXrTRKXHA669GoicwaU0Nu4avyaJQo0fEiWNqCBkb6911Egd1ZlpMhqU38XMNntWl2j1ABhCip-mZV0wbrjW3puQeX11JNXp2hssBcWO_JnP-5HcqqjjzXa9d9DuoRZ04OZX8crYs5bp6EM0GMom1vbJYcpUjDEhCUiYX0IHYL_7Q/s475/HareAmberEyes.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-dyQmP8o5a-mYlXrTRKXHA669GoicwaU0Nu4avyaJQo0fEiWNqCBkb6911Egd1ZlpMhqU38XMNntWl2j1ABhCip-mZV0wbrjW3puQeX11JNXp2hssBcWO_JnP-5HcqqjjzXa9d9DuoRZ04OZX8crYs5bp6EM0GMom1vbJYcpUjDEhCUiYX0IHYL_7Q/s200/HareAmberEyes.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance</b><br />
by Edmund de Waal<br />
Memoir, History | Published: 2010 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9284082-the-hare-with-amber-eyes">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined.<br />
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From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.</em><br />
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<blockquote>First sentence(s): <br />
In 1991 I was given a two-year scholarship by a Japanese foundation. The idea was to give seven young English people with diverse professional interests - engineering, journalism, industry, ceramics - a grounding in the Japanese language at an English university, followed by a year in Tokyo. Our fluency would help build a new era of contacts with Japan. We were the first intake on the program and expectations were high.</blockquote><br />
vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-2890105626550600592023-06-01T00:00:00.017-07:002023-06-01T00:00:00.136-07:00Rabbit rabbit: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_7jLRRJOmywJZZ0c_DhgBKPgzjg2Y8Wsp4V0Kbhz9eL_fgdZ762mHkDGAEdvfnO0HtiU-8rFv403Dt3ybzmhw8jpziGhFYhPH9YtEXoHRxaeiC9Kg-h_hL5CzGEBHL54PBu9lJo4owEGQv6csCrzpOjd356UlFXN_xVzLbHNI6Ti3W7b2UauU11QmQ/s2159/EveryoneRoom.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="2159" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_7jLRRJOmywJZZ0c_DhgBKPgzjg2Y8Wsp4V0Kbhz9eL_fgdZ762mHkDGAEdvfnO0HtiU-8rFv403Dt3ybzmhw8jpziGhFYhPH9YtEXoHRxaeiC9Kg-h_hL5CzGEBHL54PBu9lJo4owEGQv6csCrzpOjd356UlFXN_xVzLbHNI6Ti3W7b2UauU11QmQ/s200/EveryoneRoom.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead</b><br />
by Emily Austin<br />
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Published: 2021 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55711706-everyone-in-this-room-will-someday-be-dead">Goodreads</a> </center>
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<em>Gilda, a twenty-something lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.<br />
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In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence. </em><br />
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-66052105436056132832023-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:002023-05-01T00:00:00.137-07:00Rabbit rabbit: Rabbit Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJheDQ28ZCONecpi8lav53AnWB7O7GnTO-X-_IGH3evnZzGVtO0o2SSLnyED38DYdfIm9J_5lwy4nUGENTrzbr3EMMaXb4Z9CKgZe5oJn8DSAaXncIGrBI4aoX76a4FNyJmIz8mBd_YeD_cLf_Qt4NFjI5I6xChBxUVSxMRgUtxNyG4On3ORx9Gyr_3w/s475/RabbitIsland.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJheDQ28ZCONecpi8lav53AnWB7O7GnTO-X-_IGH3evnZzGVtO0o2SSLnyED38DYdfIm9J_5lwy4nUGENTrzbr3EMMaXb4Z9CKgZe5oJn8DSAaXncIGrBI4aoX76a4FNyJmIz8mBd_YeD_cLf_Qt4NFjI5I6xChBxUVSxMRgUtxNyG4On3ORx9Gyr_3w/s200/RabbitIsland.jpg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Rabbit Island</b><br />
by Elvira Navarro<br />
translated by Christina MacSweeney <br />
Short stories, Horror, Spain | Published: 2021 (first 2019) | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53961811-rabbit-island">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Combining the gritty surrealism of David Lynch with the explosive interior meditations of Clarice Lispector, the stories in Elvira Navarro’s Rabbit Island traverse the fickle, often terrifying terrain between madness and freedom. In the title story, a so-called “non-inventor” conducts an experiment on an island inhabited exclusively by birds and is horrified by what the results portend. “Myotragus” bears witness to a man of privilege’s understanding of the world being violently disrupted by the sight of a creature long thought extinct. Elsewhere, an unsightly “paw” grows from a writer’s earlobe; a grandmother floats silently in the corner of a room.<br />
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These eleven stories from one of Granta’s “Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists” are psychogeographies of dingy hotel rooms, shape-shifting cities, and graveyards. They act as microscopes fixed upon the regions of our interior lives we often neglect, where the death of God and the failures of institutions have given way to alternative modes of making sense of the world. They are cracked bedroom mirrors. Do you like what you see? </em><br />
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-92024594113186022042023-04-01T00:00:00.006-07:002023-04-01T00:00:00.232-07:00Rabbit rabbit: Finding the Bunny<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-X3arNVcZG4LwZm9GdAnPNvG-ppdJ_6xcDmvxLZe2ussjQtz54FdtI3chDZUQ10kpTXor5aprHoZTyhFGC4Tlmmbr0urUOEl6m8d6FwrBtZ-_ho4qq_c3-idlXAvpw8dZmH8PDsHsi8wWGiN6hFw4TASd0eavo3Zp4KUllCl6dvYeu0TmNH8VCF-gg/s462/FindingBunny.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-X3arNVcZG4LwZm9GdAnPNvG-ppdJ_6xcDmvxLZe2ussjQtz54FdtI3chDZUQ10kpTXor5aprHoZTyhFGC4Tlmmbr0urUOEl6m8d6FwrBtZ-_ho4qq_c3-idlXAvpw8dZmH8PDsHsi8wWGiN6hFw4TASd0eavo3Zp4KUllCl6dvYeu0TmNH8VCF-gg/s200/FindingBunny.jpg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Finding the Bunny</b><br />
The secrets of America's most influential and invisible art <br />
revealed through the struggles of one woman's journey<br />
by Samantha Paris<br />
Biography | Published: 2018 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39508402-finding-the-bunny">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Through narration, flashback, inner monologue, and snappy laugh-out-loud dialogue, Samantha Paris's Finding the Bunny--now optioned by Warner Bros. for development into a television series-- artfully peels back the curtain on the fascinating world of voice-over, and much more. With untethered honesty and humor, voice-over genius Paris reveals her intensely personal story— that of a woman in mid-career, recovering from a disastrous childhood, dealing with a failed but far-from-loveless marriage, running a hugely successful business, shepherding thousands of students through the learning process so that they can realize their dreams, while dealing with a burning internal conflict about what happened to hers.</em><br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-25563106058767205192023-03-07T00:00:00.005-08:002023-03-07T00:00:00.229-08:00Happy release: Confidence by Rafael Frumkin<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP8uUUKSbxwceeePfM_WjUzDecFc0vagSFaXukWZPxEfQLVNpF-uTuHUlCtw6QcESdM_Iss9-znUXvV1cuDXpj2-2Oc8yq_7t6IxD1dzbptZQjs_ErHNpjWlVErr4LI4wT8KuRR8ButVzFWKvLgaHm7dUMZBCmDKVqrPkyuFpeclz18EfqoQFPApoXw/s2125/Confidence.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP8uUUKSbxwceeePfM_WjUzDecFc0vagSFaXukWZPxEfQLVNpF-uTuHUlCtw6QcESdM_Iss9-znUXvV1cuDXpj2-2Oc8yq_7t6IxD1dzbptZQjs_ErHNpjWlVErr4LI4wT8KuRR8ButVzFWKvLgaHm7dUMZBCmDKVqrPkyuFpeclz18EfqoQFPApoXw/s200/Confidence.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Confidence</b><br />
by Rafael Frumkin<br />
Contemporary, LGBTQ | Published: March 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57580217-confidence">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>At seventeen, Ezra Green doesn’t have a lot going for him. He is shorter than average, gap-toothed, internet-addicted, and halfway to being legally blind. He’s also on his way to Last Chance Camp, the final stop before juvie. <br />
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Ezra's summer at Last Chance turns life-changing when he meets Orson, brilliant and Adonis-like, with a mind for hustling. Together, the two embark upon what promises to be a fruitful career of scam artistry. But when they try to pull off their biggest scam yet--NuLife, a corporation that promises its consumers a lifetime of bliss--things start to spin wildly out of control. </em><br />
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vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-17570218947841580392023-03-01T00:00:00.013-08:002023-03-01T00:00:00.238-08:00Rabbit rabbit: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHL9X92e099CqMUKFI6WnmqDybwMaHzNINDQy0ESOuQk2ZEW7OItyBRvK3038a-cNNiMWfipuCb62N5AoQhi3Ero_tHWJIyFPvGyx9hIqcmF7XEWIW-dPvDF9Y_S-fDauQ5q6UgRGIyYq3BH-CdPz0KpgC1ZnfIUBqWdbQ74CfiQ6CaKne-FEF1ty3A/s475/WhatMovesDead.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHL9X92e099CqMUKFI6WnmqDybwMaHzNINDQy0ESOuQk2ZEW7OItyBRvK3038a-cNNiMWfipuCb62N5AoQhi3Ero_tHWJIyFPvGyx9hIqcmF7XEWIW-dPvDF9Y_S-fDauQ5q6UgRGIyYq3BH-CdPz0KpgC1ZnfIUBqWdbQ74CfiQ6CaKne-FEF1ty3A/s200/WhatMovesDead.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>What Moves the Dead</b><br />
by T. Kingfisher<br />
Horror, Gothic, Retelling | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58447680-what-moves-the-dead">Goodreads</a> </center>
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<em>What Moves the Dead is Kingfisher's retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher.”<br />
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When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.<br />
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What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.<br />
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Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all. </em><br />
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-15730844497116823242023-02-11T00:00:00.010-08:002023-02-11T00:00:00.252-08:00Febregency 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga8D-4Tyk-_5gtdu8zQmRYMezU69wBh3wS84oXAH_0zzYygak7TdyXay0RLE1EOPO6jYuG3gDzT1v81bcGqIVd0pqMFSOTuwhGGqKRFi2ZbF9R_ecFXkJJYfMTNZqp-G-m_J1e0O9rtTHPeNJgIHZK7SI7mHN6VyLft7tXSOGcDtEeyzGUF62Mnq4og/s336/febregency_2023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga8D-4Tyk-_5gtdu8zQmRYMezU69wBh3wS84oXAH_0zzYygak7TdyXay0RLE1EOPO6jYuG3gDzT1v81bcGqIVd0pqMFSOTuwhGGqKRFi2ZbF9R_ecFXkJJYfMTNZqp-G-m_J1e0O9rtTHPeNJgIHZK7SI7mHN6VyLft7tXSOGcDtEeyzGUF62Mnq4og/s320/febregency_2023.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Febregency</b> on YouTube <br />
<em>a regency readathon</em>
details (<a href="https://youtu.be/RybeIWBmlAI">here</a>) <br />
#Febregency</center>
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<em>The main goal is to read a work that was popular during the regency era/written by a writer who lived during the regency era (1795-1837).</em> <br />
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<b>Group read:</b> <br />
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<center><b>Evalina </b><br />
or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World<br />
by Frances Burney<br />
Classics, Regency | Published: first 1778 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4964207-evelina">Goodreads</a></center>
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-49447008036709122742023-02-08T00:00:00.001-08:002023-02-08T09:57:37.430-08:00Read Christie 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPRTLF2_4lUcxGQQVSaP5FPAPltCfgKjLtbx0mJRVeMd9L75_ArMxds1Q_22WJcYdHNACjbzamgesfvmzVBNb2a_61CkKxN3Bg2cwFA4kKXcVHMWs_EfzAKsDvGZ-MuBigE0HMZI15sY50VANQiG2Ir2TQK3sMDdBdmfwIvH4sQn6v89VNMO3RSfwig/s1400/readag2023.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPRTLF2_4lUcxGQQVSaP5FPAPltCfgKjLtbx0mJRVeMd9L75_ArMxds1Q_22WJcYdHNACjbzamgesfvmzVBNb2a_61CkKxN3Bg2cwFA4kKXcVHMWs_EfzAKsDvGZ-MuBigE0HMZI15sY50VANQiG2Ir2TQK3sMDdBdmfwIvH4sQn6v89VNMO3RSfwig/s320/readag2023.jpg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Read Christie 2023</b><br />
hosted by Agatha Christie Limited <br />
<a href="https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2023/read-christie-2023">details</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2EwCt90flAFdp3lofJWSbA">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/officialagathachristie/">instagram</a> </center>
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<em>This year we are focusing on the methods and motives used within Agatha Christie's books. </em><br />
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<b>JANUARY:</b> Jealousy<br />
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<b>Sad Cypress</b><br />
by Agatha Christie<br />
Mystery, Hercule Poirot | Published: first 1940 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433035.Sad_Cypress">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>FEBRUARY:</b> Blunt Object<br />
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<center><b>Partners in Crime</b><br />
by Agatha Chrisite<br />
Mystery, Tommy and Tuppence | Published: first 1929 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16325.Partners_in_Crime">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>MARCH:</b> Anger<br />
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<b>APRIL:</b> Poison<br />
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<b>MAY:</b> Betrayal<br />
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<b>JUNE:</b> Gunshot<br />
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<b>JULY:</b> Love and Lust<br />
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<b>AUGUST:</b> Fall from a Height<br />
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<b>SEPTEMBER:</b> Hatred<br />
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<b>OCTOBER:</b> Stabbing<br />
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<b>NOVEMBER:</b> Greed<br />
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<b>DECEMBER:</b> Strangulation<br />
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vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-88568462634048046872023-02-01T00:00:00.021-08:002023-02-01T00:00:00.279-08:00Rabbit rabbit: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wUQ7Jfj67ECZwucaAzIzoUue2d6SH26lraTKQKoVnW6kaEoXeY27QSiWK4A4M2lCs_51ol7rSpU4pejvKkEbRmRPXhsbj7Ya9inVVQ3ghzAxGiTPx28G0BmOYWfs5NOZ8ZO-D5g2TFEMiMSfrQHj696xgiInkyVbF7uutx7AdfVKMHsnc3igFfwasQ/s2560/HellBent.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="200" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wUQ7Jfj67ECZwucaAzIzoUue2d6SH26lraTKQKoVnW6kaEoXeY27QSiWK4A4M2lCs_51ol7rSpU4pejvKkEbRmRPXhsbj7Ya9inVVQ3ghzAxGiTPx28G0BmOYWfs5NOZ8ZO-D5g2TFEMiMSfrQHj696xgiInkyVbF7uutx7AdfVKMHsnc3igFfwasQ/s200/HellBent.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Hell Bent</b><br />
by Leigh Bargudo<br />
Urban Fantasy | Published: 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60652997-hell-bent">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.<br />
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Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls.</em><br />
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-51482594784037682862023-01-27T00:00:00.028-08:002023-01-27T00:00:00.212-08:00Partake in Parties<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmfA5TqdzOSYHERtxWdVNcKboANRWGjCjb5E2BszQ6_sqYlcjnB7cOg9sgdtLNy6rGWfHunDGSzU1fP_0kxKixtLbM7nFVwbi0ZbHI5BCeXYiTl42DgpkPVjLHcoLZkaA1a-y9-KU9IxapyAr_aJWgyuLITQTVGLMb_IIW_vLAU_qQaDWDizmEa2wuA/s317/LuncheoBoating2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmfA5TqdzOSYHERtxWdVNcKboANRWGjCjb5E2BszQ6_sqYlcjnB7cOg9sgdtLNy6rGWfHunDGSzU1fP_0kxKixtLbM7nFVwbi0ZbHI5BCeXYiTl42DgpkPVjLHcoLZkaA1a-y9-KU9IxapyAr_aJWgyuLITQTVGLMb_IIW_vLAU_qQaDWDizmEa2wuA/s320/LuncheoBoating2.jpeg"/></a></div>
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<b>Partake in Parties</b><br />
<em>doing things party-ish</em><br />
* read - watch - listen - craft - puzzle - etcetera etcetera *</center><br />
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<b>JANUARY:</b> <br />
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<b>The Last Party</b><br />
by Clare Mackintosh<br />
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60305071-the-last-party">Goodreads</a></center><br />
<b>FEBRUARY:</b> <br />
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<b>The Hunting Party</b><br />
by Lucy Foley<br />
Mystery, Thriller, Scotland | Published: 2018 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37642030-the-hunting-party">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>MARCH:</b> The Headmistress' Party<br />
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<b>Vilette</b><br />
by Charlotte Bronte<br />
Classic, Victorian, Gothic | Published: first 1853 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645082.Villette">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>APRIL:</b> aka Fiesta <br />
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<b>The Sun Also Rises</b><br />
by Ernest Hemingway<br />
Classic, Historical, Spain | Published: first 1926 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/602925.Fiesta">Goodreads</a></center>
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* header image source: cover of Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-40458106574840789302023-01-20T00:00:00.213-08:002023-01-20T00:00:00.231-08:00Lah Lah La-La La La-La... A Little Bit Jane<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qfrL1nsCstnxBhyBKiJoiWsSAmall_bdcEbcE3g0cHfB6aG_kWY77XCvWLUw_F5v3q6WhIxjzC82AobVrvqDOInG5pfqVydSQWLUz65OvdIIh-gLonLNv57eIt9YnVspaaT9N9SGwjWxE8yVGPRl6ukQf-D09zwltqLWOz7oRxXH5zorGDpW0kxbYw/s236/janeeyre3.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="200" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qfrL1nsCstnxBhyBKiJoiWsSAmall_bdcEbcE3g0cHfB6aG_kWY77XCvWLUw_F5v3q6WhIxjzC82AobVrvqDOInG5pfqVydSQWLUz65OvdIIh-gLonLNv57eIt9YnVspaaT9N9SGwjWxE8yVGPRl6ukQf-D09zwltqLWOz7oRxXH5zorGDpW0kxbYw/s200/janeeyre3.jpeg"/></a></div>
<center> Jane, but not Jane Austen </center><br />
<b>JANUARY:</b> Jane Eyre<br />
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<center><b>Jane Eyre</b><br />
by Charlotte Bronte<br />
Classics, Historical, Gothic | Published: first 1847 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55935617-jane-eyre">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>FEBRUARY:</b> Jane Capel<br />
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<center><b>Gentleman Seeks Bride</b><br />
by Megan Frampton<br />
Romance, Victorian | Published: 2021 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57280446-gentleman-seeks-bride">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>MARCH:</b> Jane Marple<br />
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<b>4:50 from Paddington</b><br />
by Agatha Christie<br />
Mystery, England | Published: first 1957 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2450544.4">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>APRIL:</b> Jane Mixer<br />
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<b>Jane: A Murder</b> <br />
by Maggie Nelson<br />
Poetry, Memoir | Published: 2005 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101453.Jane">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>MAY:</b> Jane Cornell<br />
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<b>Jane</b><br />
by Dee Wells<br />
1970s, Women's Fiction | Published: 1978 (first 1973) | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9481227-jane">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>JUNE:</b> Jane Shen<br />
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<b>Fiona and Jane</b><br />
by Jean Chen Ho<br />
Short Stories, LGBTQ, Taiwan | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57238523-fiona-and-jane">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>JULY:</b> Jane Chisholm <br />
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<center><b>Miss Jane</b><br />
by Brad Watson<br />
Historical, Southern | Published: 2016 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26530309-miss-jane">Goodreads</a></center>
<b>AUGUST:</b> Jane Wyatt<br />
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<center><b>Jane's World</b><br />
Volume 1<br />
by Paige Braddock<br />
Graphic Novel, LGBTQ | Published: 2003 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1275077.Jane_s_World">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>SEPTEMBER:</b> Jane Peck<br />
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<center><b>Boston Jane</b><br />
An Adventure <br />
by Jennifer L. Holm<br />
Middle Grade, Historical, Adventure | Published: first 2001 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/235185.Boston_Jane">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>OCTOBER:</b> Jane Stanford<br />
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<center><b>Who Killed Jane Stanford?</b><br />
A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of A University<br />
by Richard White<br />
True Crime, Mystery, Biography | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58999197-who-killed-jane-stanford">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>NOVEMBER:</b> Jane Morris<br />
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<center><b>Jane Morris:</b><br />
The Pre-Raphaelite Model of Beauty<br />
by Debra N. Mancoff<br />
Art, Biography | Published: 2000 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776535.Jane_Morris">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>DECEMBER:</b> Jane Doe<br />
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<center><b>On Borrowed Crime</b><br />
(Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #1)<br />
by Kate Young<br />
Mystery, Cozy | Published: 2020 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51123474-on-borrowed-crime">Goodreads</a></center>
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<center> ~*~ </center><br />
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* header image source: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 2018 cover by Harper Perennial
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-39753916327941894522023-01-17T00:00:00.009-08:002023-02-03T09:31:45.714-08:00Jane-austenesque 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnw_bqqkC8TipFZTP6xPmC3_jImnys1sm6E_6KAaudzLp_G_vSFVrS0a-nHGKak0WLz1U2vXwDoWQTbqm92nLj1rJgbhSPPdBwfJEadJV5Pztc0LcjUQA4aK_yBF9s1rTYOmRByiJHr71x7lo8FsdcD95kWh8mU9CeJfVBaFihPTHPqMR9AgStiJF85Q/s309/austenland3.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnw_bqqkC8TipFZTP6xPmC3_jImnys1sm6E_6KAaudzLp_G_vSFVrS0a-nHGKak0WLz1U2vXwDoWQTbqm92nLj1rJgbhSPPdBwfJEadJV5Pztc0LcjUQA4aK_yBF9s1rTYOmRByiJHr71x7lo8FsdcD95kWh8mU9CeJfVBaFihPTHPqMR9AgStiJF85Q/s320/austenland3.jpeg"/></a></div>
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<b>Jane-austenesque 2023</b><br />
<em>doing things Jane Austen related</em><br />
* read - watch - listen - craft - puzzle - etcetera etcetera *</center><br />
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<b>JANUARY:</b> audiobook
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<b>Pies and Prejudice</b><br />
by Ellery Adams<br />
Mystery, Cozy, Paranormal | Published: 2012 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13055971-pies-and-prejudice">Goodreads</a></center><br />
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<center><b>Austen Mondays</b><br />
September 19, 2022 to March 20, 2023<br />
<a href="https://rosenbach.org/events/austen-mondays/">details</a> | <a href="https://rosenbach.org/austen-mondays-past-episodes/">episodes</a></center>
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<center>~*~</center>
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* header image source: cover of Austenland by Shannon Hale
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-74139357921525456072023-01-12T00:00:00.046-08:002023-01-12T00:00:00.222-08:00Books and Tea in January<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLYlAb0L2Op7mToIOUeLYivconEQDmGZ6QOLvLGCADX6xMkTDq9OgnKDNBVcHLWbaGQDypByC0hHZrIvvbHN7oz_1X0ctY_XA58MJThRO7QYl7Xm9OwjLtloZH5WfsrrFyjt-vC0DHIwNvQLSuAwJA2imtztncbf7q6XwLsIpEmEFF4gY6a3EYyuK3Q/s2369/MingTea2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="2369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLYlAb0L2Op7mToIOUeLYivconEQDmGZ6QOLvLGCADX6xMkTDq9OgnKDNBVcHLWbaGQDypByC0hHZrIvvbHN7oz_1X0ctY_XA58MJThRO7QYl7Xm9OwjLtloZH5WfsrrFyjt-vC0DHIwNvQLSuAwJA2imtztncbf7q6XwLsIpEmEFF4gY6a3EYyuK3Q/s320/MingTea2.jpg"/></a></div>
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<b>National HOT Tea Day</b><br />
with <br />
<b>Ming Tea Murder</b><br />
by Laura Childs<br />
Mystery, Cozy, Tea | Published: 2015 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24385651-ming-tea-murder">Goodreads</a></center><br />
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vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-78118713108078536952023-01-09T00:00:00.001-08:002023-01-11T15:52:02.414-08:00Foreign Intrigue Book Club 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lxztcqFi3k8/WkcYn_v3itI/AAAAAAAAsUk/4tshWtUP6PgY9dSk8QvabhZ033KAuuzCwCLcBGAs/s1600/booksIncClub_eiffel-tower.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lxztcqFi3k8/WkcYn_v3itI/AAAAAAAAsUk/4tshWtUP6PgY9dSk8QvabhZ033KAuuzCwCLcBGAs/s320/booksIncClub_eiffel-tower.gif" width="252" height="320" data-original-width="276" data-original-height="350" /></a></div><center><b>Foreign Intrigue Book Club</b><br />
face-to-face (<a href="https://www.booksinc.net/foreign-intrigue">details</a>)<br />
Books, Inc. Laurel Village</center><br />
<em>Do you like to travel? Experience a country through the eyes of a local? Try the food of another country? </em><br />
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<blockquote><center>2023</center></blockquote><br />
<b>DECEMBER/JANUARY:</b> <br />
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<b>The Silver Pigs</b><br />
by Lindsey Davis<br />
Mystery, Historical, Rome | Published: first 1989 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11890911-the-silver-pigs">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>FEBRUARY:</b> <br />
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<center><b>The Opium Prince</b><br />
by Jasmine Aimaq<br />
Mystery, Historical, Afghanistan | Published: 2020 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54267153-the-opium-prince">Goodreads</a></center>
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<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-26662699514697580542023-01-07T00:00:00.000-08:002023-01-07T00:00:00.231-08:00Sunny's Book Club 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-Cn1ub2FgNEvyPOG6RgWNZf2cfHzVFgqIPZjgyKDhOUGpDMPTCRkuNcekt51h9xcJc6ZMzdsC3udMWkwNZVbkGPZzgLoKl03MtXN9tmEpVfESjkXxFQS1bflRcJ9z0IpL7aaFWA6UurthU5Xrb4efe6Rjbp2-DKWkv_sotUnnq5fNDAI1Ko8sRgFug/s580/SunnysBookClub.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-Cn1ub2FgNEvyPOG6RgWNZf2cfHzVFgqIPZjgyKDhOUGpDMPTCRkuNcekt51h9xcJc6ZMzdsC3udMWkwNZVbkGPZzgLoKl03MtXN9tmEpVfESjkXxFQS1bflRcJ9z0IpL7aaFWA6UurthU5Xrb4efe6Rjbp2-DKWkv_sotUnnq5fNDAI1Ko8sRgFug/s320/SunnysBookClub.jpg"/></a></div>
<center><b>Sunny's Book Club</b><br />
hosted by CJ Reads<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKJE2-Ys8KQ">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.sunnysbooktruck.com">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sunnysbooktruck/">instagram</a></center>
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<em>Sunny’s Book Club is a monthly book club highlighting both new releases and backlist titles we love. </em><br />
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<b>Jane: A Murder</b><br />
by Maggie Nelson<br />
Poetry, Memoir | Published: 2005 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101453.Jane">Goodreads</a></center><br />
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<b>Brutes</b><br />
by Dizz Tate<br />
Mytery, Thriller, Coming of Age | Published: February 7, 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61324696-brutes">Goodreads</a></center><br />
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<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-61457625237043980072023-01-05T00:00:00.001-08:002023-01-05T00:00:00.255-08:00Stitching Book Club: Jane Eyre<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkHTAP6N5rnV9pIRD1gT3qFhM_7sVfWK9JqEXv1lVIt5XX_1_m1wbzZf2DyajLb8MIvF-jr0c9AUQ5OhHeBNsSiVXARLGA8sgy2H4zKwvNkcS_6x9N_DVK6EA-quAnaC8vDAXyxZSrGEFAOS1h8kS0T2v46eUak4XaiMsSjbXDchNMoW-c2I821CG4hw=s532" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkHTAP6N5rnV9pIRD1gT3qFhM_7sVfWK9JqEXv1lVIt5XX_1_m1wbzZf2DyajLb8MIvF-jr0c9AUQ5OhHeBNsSiVXARLGA8sgy2H4zKwvNkcS_6x9N_DVK6EA-quAnaC8vDAXyxZSrGEFAOS1h8kS0T2v46eUak4XaiMsSjbXDchNMoW-c2I821CG4hw=s320"/></a></div>
<center><b>Stitching Book Club</b><br />
stitch along December 2022 to March 2023 <br />
hosted by Sapphire Mountain Handcrafts <br />
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/stitchingbookclub/">details</a> | <a href="https://stitchingbookclub.blogspot.com">blog</a></center>
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<center> ~*~ </center>
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<b>Jane Eyre</b><br />
by Charlotte Bronte<br />
Classic | Published: first 1847 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard.<br />
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But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again?</em><br />
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<center><b>The Snow Hare</b><br />
by Paula Lichtarowicz<br />
Historical, WWII | Happy release: January 31, 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61030534-the-snow-hare">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Is it possible to fall in love at the edge of life?<br />
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Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything.<br />
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Memories less welcome return, too. Her Polish village, transformed overnight by the Soviets, and the war that doomed her entire family to the frigid work camps of the Siberian tundra. And buried in that blinding snow, amongst the darkness of survival, the most haunting memory of all: that of an extraordinary new love.
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<blockquote>First sentence(s):<br />
A shadow is moving in Lena's bedroom.</blockquote>vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-79159562276529561852023-01-01T10:30:00.023-08:002023-01-01T10:33:49.114-08:00Lovely Books and Things - 1.1.23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Lovely Books and Things</b><br />
My Weekly Books and Films Update</center><br />
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~*~</center><br />
<b>HAPPY THINGS:</b><br />
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1. Kindness from strangers<br />
2. Holiday tea events<br />
3. Cozy art from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nettleandtwig/?hl=en">@nettleandtwig</a> <br />
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<b>Bought:</b><br />
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<b>Slightly Foxed</b><br />
December 2022; issue 76<br />
literary magazine | <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com">website</a></center>
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<b>Library:</b> audiobook<br />
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<b>Pies and Prejudice</b><br />
by Ellery Adams<br />
Mystery, Cozy, Paranormal | Published: 2012 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13055971-pies-and-prejudice">Goodreads</a></center><br />
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<b>Library:</b><br />
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<center><b>Legends & Lattes</b><br />
by Travis Baldree <br />
Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>Freebies:</b> from Free Little Library<br />
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<b>Pearls, Poison & Park Avenue</b><br />
by Colette Clark<br />
Mystery | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60755709-pearls-poison-park-avenue">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>For Review:</b><br />
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<center><b>The Snow Hare</b><br />
by Paula Lichtarowicz<br />
Historical, WWII | Happy release: January 31, 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61030534-the-snow-hare">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>Giveaway wins:</b> from Happy Hannukah Romance -Thanks!<br />
See archive of this author event (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nuNo3M6vI">here</a>) <br />
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<b>Love and Latkes</b><br />
by Stacey Agdern<br />
Romance, Holiday | Published: 2021 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58369714-love-and-latkes">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>Season of Love</b><br />
by Helena Greer<br />
Romance, LGBTQ, Holiday | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60383010-season-of-love">Goodreads</a></center>
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<b>Matzah Ball</b><br />
by Jean Meltzer <br />
Romance, Holiday | Published: 2021 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56383019-the-matzah-ball">Goodreads</a></center>
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<center>~*~</center>
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<b>AND watched:</b> Netflix<br />
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<b>Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha</b> (2021)<br />
Original title: Gaet-na-eul cha-cha-cha<br />
season one<br />
Stars: Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-Ho<br />
Comedy, Romance, Korean | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14518756/">imdb</a> | my rating: 4 <br />
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<em>A big-city dentist opens up a practice in a close-knit seaside village, home to a charming jack-of-all-trades who is her polar opposite in every way.</em><br />
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<b>AND watched:</b> theatre<br />
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<b>Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody</b> (2022)<br />
Director: Kasi Lemmons<br />
Writer: Anthony McCarten<br />
Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci<br />
Biography, Drama, Music | <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12193804/">imdb</a> | my rating: 4 <br />
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<em>A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.</em><br />
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<center>~*~</center>
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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently<br />
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Thanks for stopping by :-)<br />
<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-34173604527925910382023-01-01T00:00:00.002-08:002023-01-01T00:00:00.231-08:00Clink 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLw-BUJPureg_j3x1fnLyoTomsywp4KrDyftmAm1nA0-2V4oedLGh4pugqb_EqoCs480rU-ETf7iA3urXTTiojs929oIgtCj3DkVVjYetf8ii9BSrxn50ybFz_sCx0xi5MF-1LBhSQiiRF2iDnm-4aC1YWchvS8Br305Tw2o1vYBht0LAnkqjDx4Zgg/s712/newyearsvintage_angels.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPLw-BUJPureg_j3x1fnLyoTomsywp4KrDyftmAm1nA0-2V4oedLGh4pugqb_EqoCs480rU-ETf7iA3urXTTiojs929oIgtCj3DkVVjYetf8ii9BSrxn50ybFz_sCx0xi5MF-1LBhSQiiRF2iDnm-4aC1YWchvS8Br305Tw2o1vYBht0LAnkqjDx4Zgg/s320/newyearsvintage_angels.jpg"/></a></div>
<center><b><em>*! clink !*</em></b></center>
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<center><b>H A P P Y<br />
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N E W Y E A R !!!</b></center><br />
<center>~*~</center><br />
* image source: vintage new year's card (<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/vvb32/vintage-happy-new-year/">here</a>)<br />vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-12821681454859430722022-12-31T00:00:00.050-08:002022-12-31T13:47:05.245-08:00Favorite 2022 and Anticipated 2023 Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6Ai0P8U-3JNl5F2sxN8m4EIXGRVfrcKaQIqgLDbfxI4T87DNE6SFCF0Rk6YJcTPW5s5tcMenYlwzayVRGtVdYzgtif4rsLyBIzE0llNgT_TQQ-Hya36LsK-RpzmyIOPgMolDmb1zZxi8wEcls9ctm1htoNu5rloeg8wNTLHO4EJijqXcefMUhC1xeVg=s1104" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="918" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6Ai0P8U-3JNl5F2sxN8m4EIXGRVfrcKaQIqgLDbfxI4T87DNE6SFCF0Rk6YJcTPW5s5tcMenYlwzayVRGtVdYzgtif4rsLyBIzE0llNgT_TQQ-Hya36LsK-RpzmyIOPgMolDmb1zZxi8wEcls9ctm1htoNu5rloeg8wNTLHO4EJijqXcefMUhC1xeVg=s320"/></a></div>
<center>What are yours?</center>
<center>~*~</center><br />
<b>Favorite book in 2022:</b>
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<center><b>Eleutheria</b><br />
by Allegra Hyde <br />
Dystopia, LGBTQ | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58502668-eleutheria">Goodreads</a></center>
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<em>Willa Marks has spent her whole life choosing hope. She chooses hope over her parents’ paranoid conspiracy theories, over her dead-end job, over the rising ocean levels. And when she meets Sylvia Gill, renowned Harvard professor, she feels she’s found the justification of that hope. Sylvia is the woman-in-black: the only person smart and sharp enough to compel the world to action. But when Sylvia betrays her, Willa fears she has lost hope forever.<br />
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And then she finds a book in Sylvia’s library: a guide to fighting climate change called Living the Solution. Inspired by its message and with nothing to lose, Willa flies to the island of Eleutheria in the Bahamas to join the author and his group of ecowarriors at Camp Hope. Upon arrival, things are not what she expected. The group’s leader, author Roy Adams, is missing, and the compound’s public launch is delayed. With time running out, Willa will stop at nothing to realize Camp Hope’s mission—but at what cost?</em><br />
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<b>Most Anticipated book for January 2023:</b>
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<center><b>Age of Vice</b><br />
by Deepti Kapoor<br />
Thriller, Mystery, India | Published: 2023 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60177466-age-of-vice?">Goodreads</a> </center>
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<em>This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything,
and the family ties that bind can also kill.<br />
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New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It’s a rich man’s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell-shocked servant who cannot explain the strange series of events that led to this crime. Nor can he foresee the dark drama that is about to unfold.<br />
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Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family — loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.<br />
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In the shadow of lavish estates, extravagant parties, predatory business deals and calculated political influence, three lives become dangerously intertwined: Ajay is the watchful servant, born into poverty, who rises through the family’s ranks. Sunny is the playboy heir who dreams of outshining his father, whatever the cost. And Neda is the curious journalist caught between morality and desire. Against a sweeping plot fueled by loss, pleasure, greed, yearning, violence and revenge, will these characters’ connections become a path to escape, or a trigger of further destruction? </em><br />
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<center>~*~</center><br />
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<blockquote><center><b>READING WRAP UP</b><br />
(books from the tbr)</center></blockquote><br />
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<b>Hester</b><br />
by Laurie Lico Albanese<br />
Historical, Retelling, Scotland | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59807978-hester">Goodreads</a> | my rating: 5<br />
loved the journey of this character along with embroidery spotlight</center>
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<b>Going Rogue</b><br />
by Janet Evanovich<br />
Mystery, Humor | Published: 2022 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60321048-going-rogue">Goodreads</a> | my rating: 4 <br />
fun quips, action and donuts ;-)</center>
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vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-20671595003934703912022-12-25T00:00:00.011-08:002022-12-25T12:05:32.506-08:00Happy Christmas 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVE1IX4gWTvFHb2xLnCX3COqYy1rugDnvpXjHFTP4vLVMtG731o6x8VWhy04_DUnFSypA62Metf9lsig3teWrLwHSjGbphIGR5P4AQ6esUkqCJOSIG4mlz0roA4DqZ3fkgs4c-j9-Bkg1Mmkui2lidMiC3uf98FOUFB88-F6ZIhYXXPta8MU4v1jlnA/s1270/vintagexmas_flapper.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="998" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVE1IX4gWTvFHb2xLnCX3COqYy1rugDnvpXjHFTP4vLVMtG731o6x8VWhy04_DUnFSypA62Metf9lsig3teWrLwHSjGbphIGR5P4AQ6esUkqCJOSIG4mlz0roA4DqZ3fkgs4c-j9-Bkg1Mmkui2lidMiC3uf98FOUFB88-F6ZIhYXXPta8MU4v1jlnA/s320/vintagexmas_flapper.jpg"/></a></div>
<center>BE MERRY AND BRIGHT!</center>
<center>~*~</center><br />
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* image source: vintage card (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/162769551/there-is-a-santa-claus-art-deco-digital">here</a>)vvb32 readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924589941745430884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435776971074991646.post-72443077403242857852022-12-10T00:00:00.012-08:002022-12-31T13:10:04.486-08:00Explore: Vancouver<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMxE8r0yebNWYO-U1NViA60CtHZ5AXD8m3bTzBl5uTM8oYnxA0IJXLlTxWBQdF7AlQ-MuAdEKGesSXV7Sy9lr_D54t3Wfl4FxYQqqb3EUizDhZT7DqoPye5yrogb3sQDEx6pGPCP-YpdF9T6wVIPydI3iBL0eWEE27ikZ6U5Zsud3EZ6e9iF6XjsfBg/s2327/12vancouver.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="2121" data-original-width="2327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMxE8r0yebNWYO-U1NViA60CtHZ5AXD8m3bTzBl5uTM8oYnxA0IJXLlTxWBQdF7AlQ-MuAdEKGesSXV7Sy9lr_D54t3Wfl4FxYQqqb3EUizDhZT7DqoPye5yrogb3sQDEx6pGPCP-YpdF9T6wVIPydI3iBL0eWEE27ikZ6U5Zsud3EZ6e9iF6XjsfBg/s320/12vancouver.JPG"/></a></div>
<center><b>Explore The World 2022</b><br />
through books, films, etc. <br />
<b>December:</b> Vancouver</center><br />
<center>~*~</center><br />
<b>READ:</b>
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<center><b>Little Eyes</b><br />
by Samanta Schweblin <br />
translated Megan McDowell, Eugenie Schoolderman, Arie van der Wal <br />
Horror, SciFi | Published: 2020 | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48635845-little-eyes">Goodreads</a><br /></center>
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<em>They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us.<br />
<br />
In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, "kentukis" have gone viral across the globe. They're little mechanical stuffed animals that have cameras for eyes, wheels for feet, and are connected to an anonymous global server. Owners of kentukis have the eyes of a stranger in their home and a cute squeaking pet following them; or you can be the kentuki and voyeuristically spend time in someone else's life, controlling the creature with a few keystrokes. Through kentukis, a jaded Croatian hustler stumbles into a massive criminal enterprise and saves a life in Brazil, a lonely old woman in Peru becomes fascinated with a young woman and her louche lover in Germany, and a motherless child in Antigua finds a new virtual family and experiences snow for the first time in Norway.
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<b>VISIT:</b> <em>someday...</em><br />
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<center><b>The Paper Hound</b><br />
344 West Pender Street<br />
in downtown <br />
Vancouver, BC, Canada <br />
<a href="https://paperhound.ca">website</a></center>
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<em>The Paper Hound is a new, used and rare book store at 344 West Pender Street in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. We don’t specialize in one particular kind of book, but we favour the classic, curious, odd, beautiful, visually arresting, scholarly, bizarre, and whimsical. </em><br />
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<center>~*~</center><br />
* part of Explore the World (<a href="https://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/2022/01/explore-world-2022.html">here</a>)
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