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HELLO FEBRUARY

A YEAR OF BRONTE

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

LITTLE HOUSE SERIES BUDDY RE-READ

*stumbled upon*

BOOKISH FINDS

I'm linking up with THE SUNDAY POST hosted by The Caffeinated Reviewer

A YEAR OF BRONTE

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In January I buddy re-read Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, with Liis from Cover to Cover. This month I started reading Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal. I was led to believe by a blog review I had read that this was the collection of stories the Brontë siblings: Charlotte, Anne, Emily, and also their brother Branwell wrote as preteens and younger teens, edited into novel form; it is not. I really hate it when reviewers don't actually read the book they are talking about. There's a lengthy introduction by the editor with some wonderful facts like Charlotte's favorite childhood book being The Arabian Nights, but these little biographical gems are hidden amongst detailed nonessential analysis of the siblings feelings towards each other; mostly that of Charlotte and Branwell. I had to set it aside. I think the fact that I was disappointed it wasn't in novel form, and only contains a few of the sisters' short stories about Glass Town, Angria and Gondal in original form, ruined my mood. I am going to start over and also read a Graphic Novel I have about Glass Town.

GOODREADS

BRONTES IN FILM

TO WALK INVISIBLE

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Last month I watched the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights with Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier. This month I plan to watch the two hour PBS Masterpiece Theater biopic, To Walk Invisible. Both of these are available on Hoopla through your library.

LITTLE HOUSE SERIES BUDDY RE-READ

I found these two hardcover special edition Little House series books, from Book Outlet, for my buddy re-read with Jolene, who used to blog at Jo's Book blog. I thought maybe they had just done the first two in this edition; however I saw the third book, Little House on the Prairie, with this style cover on Better World Books. The BWB book was only in used "good" condition and more expensive than the new cutouts from Book Outlet so I passed on it. I left it on my BWB wishlist hoping a used like new shows up, and I'll keep checking Book Outlet. I don't have a set because I originally read them from my school library and my sister has the boxed set I bought to read to her at bedtime. She's sixteen years younger than me and lived with me from age twelve until she was nineteen years old. Anyway, I would love an entire set of these editions.

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Jolene sent Pioneer Girl, Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography, to me for Yule and I started reading it today, February 7th, on Laura's birthday. We are going to start buddy reading Farmer Boy, about Laura's huband's childhood, on his birthday February 13th. Even though Farmer Boy was published as second in the series we are reading it first because it is first chronologically.

This is Jolene's book overlooking the prairie towards the Ingalls farmstead. She has visited all of the Little House locations.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MY BLACK VOICES GOODREADS SHELF

GOODREADS

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 Right now I'm reading The Street by Ann Petry for Black History Month. This will be next. It will also fill a space in my NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century personal challenge. I read diversely as a norm most of the time, but in February I make it a point to read Black Voices Historical Fiction and History Nonfiction.

*stumbled upon*

REUSABLE BOOK DESIGN GLASSES/CAMERA LENS CLEANING CLOTHS

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There are twenty-four book designs to choose from! There are also novelty designs like: a pizza slice, a chocolate chip cookie, cats, a full moon, a pickle, and flowers. NERDWAX is a small family-owned business and their cleaning cloths are made from recycled materials.

They also have a SECRETLY NERDY collection of prints like this houndstooth made up of tiny Star Trek Enterprises.

I hope your February has had a wonderful start!

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