My idea behind this was a collection of items a Georgian lady might be given by her lover/sweetheart. So I created this keepsake envelope collection that can be used as a reading journal and included Persuasion by Jane Austen because of the letter near the end of the book. Any book where the characters exchange gifts or letters would work though.

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“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F.W… I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father’s house this evening or never.”

– Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Cosy Reading Night April 2020

Lauren and the Books has decided to host her Cosy Reading Night’s every other week while we’re all social-distancing. It’s a great idea but I doubt I will be taking part that frequently. I did join in in last Friday’s one though and had a lovely time 🙂 I made some tasty food, popped open… Read More Cosy Reading Night April 2020

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Cosy Reading Night March Vlog

Since we’re all staying at home right now Lauren and the Books hosted one of her Cosy Reading Night’s near the end of March. I always love when these nights are on for cosy vlogs people upload the next few days.

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by Elaine Howlin April 4, 2020April 4, 2020

Let’s Get Shameless Tag

Hi friends! I don’t usually do book tags but they are a great way to pass the time right now. Please consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do this one too 😁 1. Shamelessness Personified: Talk about a book, character, or writer who you feel best embodies what it means to be shameless. 2.… Read More Let’s Get Shameless Tag

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by Elaine Howlin March 30, 2020

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   Love it 😍

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   The mushroom dress and then I’d find a garden I could run around in like a faerie!

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   lol fingers crossed she won’t! Himself isn’t a fan of horror movies with ghosts in them but enjoys zombie movies…

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   My wife has a tendency to watch multi episodic programmes she finds on Netflix but I am awfully glad she…