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Kerry's avatar

Wearing a red skirt right now! And too many favorite books to list, but a few that come to mind right now:

When Breathe Becomes Air

Anything by Janet Evankvich

Mad Honey

Good for a Girl

Anything Catherine Newman

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Yay for pops of red! And what a great list!

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Nicki's avatar

My fave book this year was The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

fun! I haven't read that one!

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Liz's avatar

Kristin Lavransdatter is of my favorite books...and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Emma by Jane Austen, He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek, and way toooo many others to list.

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

it is so hard to pick favorites!

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Annabel Youens's avatar

I've been ogaling sheer socks....maybe I go red. Fun post!

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

yes! red socks for the win!

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Isabel's avatar

I love the red socks for a pop of color! So fun! And those prints are beautiful - some of my favorites (impossible to list them all) include:

Pride & Prejudice

Circe

I Capture the Castle

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

A Gentleman in Moscow

Anxious People

Nora Goes Off Script

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

The Great Gatsby

Just Last Night

The Phantom Tollbooth

Cloud Cuckoo Land…

And so many more!!

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Nora Goes Off Script is one of my "new" faves too!

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Jessica D's avatar

Not easy to choose favorite books, and I feel like it may sway with season of life? A few I find myself reflecting on now:

- Circe

- Tmrw, Tmrw, and Tmrw

- Cutting for Stone

- olive Kitteridge

- How to be a Woman

- Between the World and Me

- The Mothers

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

I have got to read Circe! It's been recommended to me so many times and I've never gotten to it!

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Jessica D's avatar

I have never felt more compassion for a fictional character than Circe! Madeline Miller is an incredible writer.

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Heidi's avatar

Ohhh that print!

My favorites (hard to choose!!):

The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Hearts Invisible Furies

Harry Potter

Great Gatsby

Shark Heart

Time Travelers Wife

Water for Elephants

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Great Gatsby - how could I have forgotten that one! It's so hard to choose!

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Barbara Ward Thall's avatar

Funny, I was just stress-scrolling last night looking for a red ribbed scarf, but now I want red socks!

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Barbara Ward Thall's avatar

Oh I’m sure our numbers are plenty! Especially this time of the year. Lol.

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

I'm so glad I'm not the only stress-scrolling shopper!

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Kendra S's avatar

Red is so fun!

What a delightful gift! It's hard to choose seven!

Anne of Avonlea

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Return of the King

Belles on Their Toes

Daddy-Long-Legs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Ruper Piper and the Boy Who Could Knit

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Lion Witch and Wardrobe is on my list too!

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Rachel's avatar

There There, Writers and Lovers, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, On Beauty, The Mothers, The Leavers, Behold The Dreamers

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Such good ones!

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Brigid Strait Johns's avatar

I love too many to list, but here are a few:

Leerie by Ruth Sawyer

City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge

Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Driftless by David Rhodes

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

It's so hard to choose favorites!

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Sara Jane Mercer's avatar

I am actually currently wearing red socks! I love them!

Also in no particular order and I am sure I am leaving some out:

A Little Life

The Secret History

The Night Circus

The Midnight Library

Never Let Me Go

The Covenant of Water

Demon Copperhead

and now I have to stop because I could go on forever!!!

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

So many great books, it's so hard to choose!

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Brigid Strait Johns's avatar

I loved The Covenant of Water and have Demon Copperhead waiting unread in my purse. So glad you recommend it.

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Nina P.'s avatar

I have a red satin suit that I bought at target last year from the prestigious “A New Day” line. It’s pure happiness and insanity.

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Wow!!!! I hope you're wearing it a lot!

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Cynthia McWilliams's avatar

Getting Rick some red socks for paddle!!

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

Essential!!

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Jolene Handy's avatar

I love red and own a lot of red tops! And I only ever wear red lipstick 💄 I’d feel naked without it!

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

You are the queen of red lipstick!

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Jolene Handy's avatar

😆💄 👑

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Ashley's avatar

That print is insane! Thanks for sharing and the opportunity!

My favorite books:

Invisible Man

The Nightingale

James

Rust In The Root

Seven Days In June

The Vanishing Half

A Court Of Mist And Fury.... and so many more. lol

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Amelia Wilson's avatar

So many good ones here!

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