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#currentlyreading This gem had been languishing in e-reader purgatory and, finally, is getting its turn. I’m not sure why I waited so long to read it (#somanybookssolittletime) since I was intrigued by the premise from the start. Two women living a century apart—eccentric rich girl Annie Aster in 1995 San Francisco and cantankerous retired schoolmarm Elsbeth Grundy in rural Kansas in 1895—are connected through a mysterious portal and communicate via letters placed in a mailbox between their worlds. The unlikely new neighbors must race against the clock to discover what connects them across time and work together to prevent a murder. ... I knew it was a keeper when I read this passage early on in the story: “The only company [Elsbeth] kept these days was a tattered scarecrow she’d dressed in a seersucker suit, a Panama hat, a mop of white hair, and a thick mustache made of cotton to honor Mark Twain, her hero. There was a chalkboard hanging from his neck on which Elsbeth would occasionally scribble her favorite Twain quotes.” ... #miamibeachreads #greatstorytelling #books #bookstagram #booksofig #read #reading #novels #thelemoncholylifeofannieaster #scottwilbanks #sourcebooks #sourcebookslandmark
This month’s #bookclub pick. I’m out of town and can’t make our group’s #nyc meetup tonight, but even when I can’t attend I like to read the selected book anyway. I’m sorry not to be discussing this one with the group. Loving this quiet, quirky story about a middle-aged writing professor who inherits a grief-stricken Great Dane after a friend’s suicide. #thefriend #sigridnunez #greatstorytelling #currentlyreading #bookclubread #bookclubpick #igreads #bookstagram #igbooks #booklovers #book #books #booked
Oh, the possibilities. This is the fiction room at Books and Books in #miamibeach. All those stories to get lost in.... #books #reading #greatstorytelling #lincolnroad @booksandbooks #bookstagram #indiebookstore

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