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So deep into this one, very evocative and effective prose

now convinced St. Vincent Millay was essentially Edwardian Noah Kahan and thank god we need more New England angst

The whimsicality and clever honest humor of Irving is always such a treat

The atmosphere is so palpably gothically good

The esoteric subgenre of Jane Austen fanfic murder mysteries is becoming a personal favorite

"Many [Sea cucumbers] are not especially endearing. ... Some, however, are quite handsome"

LOVING this blue LED light slander

This is the coziest most hygge winter book of all time in chapter two

I DESPISE the misunderstanding trope

How could she destroy this darling book with the goddamn misunderstanding trope

I am just so in love with Mary she writes in such a deeply connective way

"No worries, there is no cow on the ice" is my new favorite proverb

50 pages in im enchanted as expected. This is very special prose indeed

"I've certainly never been accused of being charming before."

"Don't worry - you are not."

Helen is iconic

This is crazy in the best sense thus far, I can't believe I've put this one off for so long

This is so excellent, total five star volume if not for all the "winter is bad" thematic material

Poor Sadie needs emotional healing real bad

Reading this in the Trapp family lodge in Vermont whilst overlooking mountain leaves (the dream)

"Her company had become as healing as being alone"

Time for ample gratuitous coziness

This page is so lovely and resonant and sad. I've felt exactly that way, and I love Hulda as a character dearly

Okay this may be in many places terribly dull, but there's a couple jewel one liners, this statement prompted by "we were betrayed into this brief extravagance by the quiver of the moonbeams."

I, too often "wistfully await the opportunity to nibble"