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Jenni Olson recommended Summertime (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
Summertime (1955)
Summertime (1955)
1955 | Classics, Comedy, Drama
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"It all started on an ordinary day, in the most ordinary place in the world.”—Brief Encounter David Lean’s depictions of two ordinary women (Celia Johnson’s Laura and Katharine Hepburn’s Jane) restraining their desires for Trevor Howard and Rosanno Brazzi, respectively, are two of my all-time favorite cinematic portrayals of forbidden heterosexual love. Incidentally, both use the writing of gay playwrights as source material: Brief Encounter is based on Noël Coward’s Still Life, and Summertime adapts Arthur Laurents’s The Time of the Cuckoo."

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Mary Gordon recommended Mrs Dalloway in Books (curated)

 
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
7.4 (10 Ratings)
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"I first read it because it was on sale for a quarter in a bookstore in Penn Station. I thought it was going to be something like the Albee play. I read it on the train to Boston, and I felt that the prose had broken one of my ribs: it was so powerful. I had been a poet until then, not thinking of writing fiction and “Mrs. Dalloway,” let me know you could do in fiction what I wanted to do in poetry."

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Hunting Prince Dracula
Hunting Prince Dracula
Kerri Maniscalco | 2017 | Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult (YA)
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8.8 (8 Ratings)
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Kerri has done it again! Something about her writing is so addictive, I hated interrupting my reading time for work. I think I liked Hunting Prince Dracula more than I liked Stalking Jack the Ripper, which is great, because sometimes a series tends to go downhill instead of getting better. Honestly, I'm not sure which I'm enjoying more: solving mysteries with Miss Audrey Rose or watching her relationship with Thomas unfold, at an infuriatingly slow pace. I look forward to seeing what's in store for these two!
  
This is the first book I have read by author D. Fischer and it certainly will not be my last! I was pleasantly surprised at how easily and quickly her writing style, character build-up and story-line foundation hooked me in. I actually got myself into trouble with the Mrs. the first day I started reading this book because I lost track of time and forgot to get anything out for dinner, let alone do any of the laundry we had piled up
  
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Morgan Sheppard (1030 KP) created a post

Jun 7, 2026  
The June newsletter has arrived, and it's a full one! 🌿

*Midsummer & Manuscripts* brings you an honest confession from my writing desk — I'm no longer a monogamous writer, and three very different stories are currently demanding my attention at once.

There are also two book birthdays, notable dates for June, three sweet romance giveaways, and a midsummer welcome to ease you into the longest month of the year.

Come and have a read. 💙

https://morgan-sheppard-author.kit.com/posts/midsummer-manuscripts-june-s-newsletter