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- Thursday Reading Links (on a Sunday) #28
  
  Posted at 6:50 pm by Jane Rosebery, on October 13, 2019
  
  Mariage Frères in Tokyo.
  
  Having just returned from Japan, I was so sorry and sad to hear about the typhoon. I was happy that Japan beat Scotland in their rugby match. They really needed a win as a morale boost for the nation.
  
  We had a lovely tea at Mariage Frères in Tokyo.
  
  Four Most Haunted Hotels in Washington D.C.
  
  I am craving a good slice of battenberg cake and can’t seem to find one in my neck of the woods. Which makes sense since I live across that little pond from Britain. How to make the perfect battenberg cake. I just need to stop being lazy so I can make it myself. I have a great recipe in my Fortnum’s cookbook.
  
  Renovation Romance Novels to Read if You Love HGTV.
  
  Meghan Markle vs. The Daily Mail. One of the comments in this article made a good point. The media keeps crucifying the Duchess, but Prince Andrew can get away with pedophilia? I’m as baffled as you are.
  
  A Creative Life: Sophie & Spencer.
  
  I’m reading The Gown by Jennifer Robson. It is so, so, so good that I don’t have words for it (yet, review to follow). If you love couture, royals, history and royal history then you might like this book too.
  
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  A cup of Countess Grey with my book today. I’ve been waiting for this book since March and I only have two weeks before it’s due back to the library. Now that I’m reading it, I see why there was such a long hold. It’s the story of three women: Frenchwoman Miriam, she survived the Nazis but lost her entire family and Ann, a working-class English girl. They are chosen to work on the wedding gown for Princess Elizabeth and this job changes their lives. Then we meet Ann’s granddaughter, Heather, in 2016 Canada who travels to England to discover secrets of Ann and Miriam. So far, very touching and I’m intrigued to learn what the secrets are.❤️📚☕️ #countessgrey #teaandbooks☕️📚 #bookstagram #currentread #jenniferrobsonthegown
  
  A post shared by Jane ✍🏼 (@janerosebery) on Oct 12, 2019 at 10:34am PDT
  
  And just for fun, the blog one year ago: Trinket Tuesday: Tour Eiffel
  
  Have a great new week!!
  
  xoxo, Jane
  
  | 4 Comments Tagged afternoon tea, Japan, links, lists, Mariage Frères, reading links, tea, traveling
- Thursday Reading Links #27
  
  Posted at 5:58 am by Jane Rosebery, on October 3, 2019
  
  Here is a small hodge podge of reading links. Grab your cup of tea and have yourself a little read!
  
  10 Creative Ways to Store Books.
  
  This is so me because I’m royally-obsessed. Are you? 14 Perfect Gift Ideas for Your Royal-Obsessed Friend.
  
  Young Girl Reading by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is one of my favorite paintings. Do you have a favorite painting or drawing?
  
  6 Nail Colors That Are Trending for Fall. I love the forest green. I think I’ll try that at my next manicure appointment. Which colors are you partial to for nails?
  
  The Queer Eye crew is fierce in this picture. I need to channel some of that attitude.
  
  In case you missed my most recent book/tea pairing.
  
  A Granta story for your weekend reading: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak.
  
  I’m no longer in my 30s (and that’s ok!) but I still found this article fun to read and useful for me. 35 Things a Stylish Woman Should Have in her 30s. In fact, it inspired me to think about what every woman in her 40s should have. I’ll be thinking about this and will post my list when I’m ready. Feel free to do the same. xoxo, Jane
  
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- Thursday Reading Links #26
  
  Posted at 4:36 am by Jane Rosebery, on September 26, 2019
  
  Five Places to Travel This Fall. It’s a nice list because it doesn’t mention the usual suspects.
  
  This historical romance by Anne Harrington sounds wonderful.
  
  Wow, if you are in the Denver area: there will be a Monet exhibition this October. You lucky Denver ducks!
  
  Speaking of Denver, there is also the Molly Brown House Museum to see and the house is steeped in history. Molly Brown was a Titanic survivor.
  
  Did you read any of the Sweet Valley High books as a kid? I think I read them all. This Book Riot article pairs Sweet Valley High characters to their Saved by the Bell doppelgängers. So funny!
  
  A really great review of the novel The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls.
  
  The Ribbed Bodice sells book-themed tea now, but I don’t think it’s available for online orders just yet. If you go in and buy some, please let this tea-lover know what you think of it!
  
  A bed canopy made of plants. So romantic!
  
  Signs The Book You’re Reading is Great. Haha, this is me for sure!
  
  Fragrance sensitivity: why perfumed products can cause profound health problems. I love wearing perfume and own a number of different bottles (I should do a blog post on perfume so we can talk about it together), but I am extremely mindful of other people and wear perfume very lightly.
  
  Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!!!
  
  xoxo, Jane
  
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  | 0 Comments Tagged books, links, lists, reading links, romance novels
- Thursday Reading Links #25
  
  Posted at 5:58 am by Jane Rosebery, on September 19, 2019
  
  This gold toilet on display at Blenheim Palace was stolen. The first thing that comes to mind is that Donald Trump must have hired people to steal it for him. Gold is his thing, in case you didn’t know.
  
  In less weirder news, Fortnums (my happy place) released a brand-new Tea Lovers Advent Calendar. I would buy it now, but I’m afraid that I might not be able to contain myself.
  
  If you like tea, follow me on Instagram. I usually post pictures of my daily cup of tea (and some other stuff too).
  
  I like this set of pearl ear crawlers, but I can’t justify the price. I’m keeping an eye on them though, in case they go on sale. But if they get sold out before I buy them, then it wasn’t meant to be.
  
  How to Harness the Stress-Busting Power of Lists. This is true for me. I sleep better at night if I keep to-do lists.
  
  The Most Gorgeous Entryways We’ve Ever Seen.
  
  I’ve added What’s Her Name Podcast to my listening reportoire. Because women never get their due and we don’t really learn about them in school (at least I didn’t). I love podcasts that focus on women’s history.
  
  Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!
  
  xoxo, Jane
  
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- Thursday Reading Links #24
  
  Posted at 5:22 am by Jane Rosebery, on September 12, 2019
  
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  This week has been a bit of a blur because everyone in my house is sick, including yours truly. Let’s hope for an illness-free weekend for us and you!
  
  xoxo, Jane
  
  2019 Guide to Paris in the Fall.
  
  Leonardo da Vinci may have pained another ‘Mona Lisa.’ Now, there’s a legal battle over who owns it.
  
  Another Nazi-looted painting is discovered.
  
  25 Best Georgette Heyer Quotes.
  
  This is so cool! Ahh, memories! Sony releases a Walkman for its 40th anniversary.
  
  The Fall Bag Trend You Will See Everywhere This Season. I don’t know…I’m not sure I’m a fan. What do you think?
  
  I need to pick up some of these writer habits. Habits of Highly Effective Writers.
  
  You’d think you were reading a spy thriller, but it’s very much non-fiction. Russia investigated disappearance of suspected US spy as possible murder.
  
  | 3 Comments Tagged art, links, lists, reading links
- Thursday Reading Links #23
  
  Posted at 5:54 am by Jane Rosebery, on September 5, 2019
  
  Using leftover flowers to create a teapot bouquet.
  
  It’s still very much summer in my neck of the woods. Sticky, humid, hot, thunderstorms…but I don’t want to wish the year away, so I’ll take it.
  
  This report about the separated migrant children’s devastation and onset of PDSD broke me. When does it end? I truly despise this president and his entire administration and every lawmaker who refuses to stand up to him. If I could have one wish granted to me with the caveat that I’d never ever ask for anything else again, then my wish is to stop this barbaric separation and give these families the love, care and support they need.
  
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  Conan flying to Greenland to buy it is too funny.
  
  I’m so pleased with my new Kate Spade 2020 Mega Planner. It looks so chic too. I wrote about it here.
  
  Earlier this week, I reviewed Tan France’s Naturally Tan (best book title ever, btw). In case you are interested, Architectural Digest wrote an article about Tan’s renovated attic-turned-closet. Warning: it will give you major closet envy.
  
  In case you are in a Parisian mood, Thursday Reading Links #8 Paris Edition.
  
  This was interesting to read. It’s about the witch hunts in Scotland. A witch hunt with a difference — Scottish officials are seeking the remains of an 18th-century woman accused of witchcraft.
  
  On Being a Great Aunt. I hope I pass the test!!
  
  I sign off with a broken heart because I ache for the families who are being abused by the US government.
  
  | 2 Comments Tagged 2020 planner, Kate Spade planner, links, lists, reading links
- Thursday Reading Links #22
  
  Posted at 5:22 am by Jane Rosebery, on August 29, 2019
  
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  Well, hello there! Another Thursday is upon us. The weeks seem to go by faster and faster. Sigh.
  
  New stories of Thornbury Castle to be told in book. This is really excited and I have to get my hands on a copy of this book. I stayed at Thornbury and it was a dream come true for me.
  
  Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?
  
  The 19 ‘Extroverted’ Behaviors That Annoy Introverts The Most. This is so me. I am the biggest introvert and sometimes (all of the time) I want my extrovert friends to just leave me alone. Am I awful?
  
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  I am hunting for a new 2020 planner. I want something that’s better than my 2019 planner because I need monthly, weekly and daily break-down pages, plus goals/anniversary/days to remember pages that aren’t at the end of the planner, but near the beginning of each month. And I don’t want to spend a fortune on it. I’m appalled that planners cost as much as $60.00. What? Anyway, do let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions for me to consider. But during my planner research, I stumbled across Passion Planner and they have free PDFs, if you’re interested. (Passion Planner is over the top for me, so I’m not going for that one either.) UPDATE: I found my 2020 planner!
  
  Speaking of planners, these Washington Post articles on planners were interesting to read. Who knew the planner business was a multi-million dollar business? A journey through the fancy day planners that promise to fix our broken, millennial lives and It looks like an ordinary calendar. But Passion Planner aims to be the cure for millennial angst.
  
  How to Collect Antique Jewelry. I love jewelry, new and old. This was a fun and interesting read by the Garance Dore team.
  
  How exciting! Fortnum & Mason has a new tea, Celebration Blend tea. “A jubilant blend of strong Assam and hint of fragrant Jasmine, our new Celebration Blend tea is just the cup for every hooray-worthy moment, and only the beginning of another perfect teatime.”
  
  Happy Birthday, Prince Albert! Monarchy’s moderniser: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
  
  I hope you have a great day! And do leave me a comment if you use a planner that you can’t live without! xoxo, Jane
  
  | 9 Comments Tagged 2020 planner, agenda, links, lists, planner, royal history
- Thursday Reading Links #21
  
  Posted at 5:29 am by Jane Rosebery, on August 22, 2019
  
  The big news of the week is that I have caught up to the 21st century and joined the Twitterverse. But it’s a politics-free zone. I just want to talk about books, history and tea (and other pleasant stuff).
  
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  Also, I’ve decided to do away with bullet style for the links. It looked too clinical to me and I like this free-flowing style better. I hope you do too. Happy Reading!
  
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  Dreamy Closet Library Ideas to Add to Your Home. Yes, please!!
  
  I think I might have found a new podcast to listen to. It’s a romance novel bookclub.
  
  President Obama, my president forever, shares his summer reading list.
  
  The Rabbit Girls by Anna Ellory is going to be my next read. It’s historical, heart-wrenching novel of hope and love. It’s set in 1989 in a divided Germany. It will be published on September 1st, but you can pre-order now.
  
  I’m currently reading Tan France’s memoir, Naturally Tan. Tan is charming and funny. I like his tv show, Queer Eye, but the reason I’m reading this book is because I’m curious how a gay Muslim from the UK ended up with a gay Mormon in Utah, of all places. He also has a YouTube channel where he talks about fun things like his home renovations, clothes and beauty. He just seems like such a great guy. I wish he was my friend!
  
  Speaking of books, I’m over the moon about Sophie Kinsella’s latest in her Shopaholic series. Christmas Shopaholic will be released in October. I’ve read every book in this series and while I think I outgrew the series and the characters, I can’t seem to stay away. I guess that’s the magic of a good writer.
  
  The Boston Globe wrote an interesting article about romance novels. Reading into the rise of the romance novel.
  
  Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com
  
  From earlier this week, Four Books Set in London and a new tea/book pairing.
  
  Queen Elizabeth I’s Only Known Surviving Dress Is Going on Display This Fall.
  
  The Vatican Library has been digitized and is online.
  
  In Reykjavik I found I couldn’t write. But then I started to notice small things.
  
  “Icelanders read more books than anyone else, and writing and storytelling are highly valued.”
  
  This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn’t cost you anything extra to use the links. Thank you for supporting my book-loving blog. xoxo, Jane
  
  | 5 Comments Tagged books, Cold War, history, links, lists, reading links
- Thursday Reading Links #20
  
  Posted at 6:10 am by Jane Rosebery, on August 15, 2019
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  It’s almost Friday! I live for the weekends where I can kick back with a book or go for a long walk. What do you like doing best on weekends (or on your designated days off)?
  
  Fear not, I bring you reading links!
  - I really enjoyed watching this! I’m a Greek-speaker (not fluent, mind you) so this may not mean anything to you, but if you know a little Greek or appreciate Greek culture, you might enjoy this youtube video! The Evolution of Greek music.
  - Ok, this was a pleasure to read. How to Handle a Lot of Books in a Small Apartment.
  - Toni Morrison remembered: ‘Her irreverence was godly’
  - This bookstore is the second romance-only bookstore in the US. New Romance-Only Bookstore Aims To Bring Love To Tinley Park.
  - I’m so excited to visit the National Book Festival. It will be a wonderful way to end August.
  - Pairing books with tea (Lessons from Madame Chic)
  - The Tale of Genji: The world’s first novel?
  - A fun little Q&A
  - What time do you get up in the morning? This was an interesting read, but I tell you, I have no desire to be up at 4:00 AM. Not even if there was a classic Chanel handbag under the tree on Christmas morning! The secret lives of extreme larks: what do people who rise at 4am do with their mornings?
  xoxo, Jane
  | 0 Comments Tagged book festival, links, lists, national book festival, news, reading links, romance book
- Thursday Reading Links #19
  
  Posted at 5:56 am by Jane Rosebery, on August 8, 2019
  I’m both excited and sad for August. August is a calmer month around here, but at the same time it marks the transition into fall. I’m going to try and enjoy as much as possible the last days of summer and I hope you do too.
  
  Here is a little mish-mash of what I’ve read this week. Enjoy!
  - Power Of The Pack: Women Who Support Women Are More Successful.
  - 50 Vogue September Covers Pulled From The Archive.
  - Ladies, please read this! ‘Sorry’ but these are things women should never write in an email.
  - 7 Ways to Find Happiness After Depression.
  - Of Barneys’ Bankruptcy, Pride and the Fall.
  - I am in anticipation of Amazon’s Jack Ryan. I hope we see way more of Matice this time around. I love a good action series. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ season 2.
  - Hillary and Chelsea Clinton co-write The Book of Gutsy Women. Yes, please.
  - I am happy and relieved this is happening! In New TV Series, Jay-Z and Will Smith Will Show the World Through Mamie Till’s Eyes.
  - The house of the first black congressman elected post-reconstruction is for sale. Oscar Stanton De Priest was the sole voice in Congress for 12 million African-Americans.
  - My current read is this romance novel and I’m enjoying every page!
  - I have to go and see this portrait! National Portrait Gallery to acquire landmark Beyoncé photograph.
  - How fun! Top ten libraries in fiction.
  xoxo, Jane
  
  This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It doesn’t cost you anything extra to use the links. Thank you for supporting my book-loving blog. xoxo, Jane
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- Thursday Reading Links #18
  
  Posted at 4:45 am by Jane Rosebery, on August 1, 2019
  This week’s reading links for your amusement and enjoyment are brought to you by my procrastination, delayed metro commutes and Visa (just kidding on that last one!).
  
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  - I’m engrossed by Netflix’ The Last Czars. It’s part documentary with historical footage and experts weighing in, part drama and part late-night risqué tv (the kind that children should not see). I’m not sure what my opinion is, but it has terrible reviews and yet I can’t look away. The Last Czars: the historical drama that the whole of Russia is laughing at.
  - This was fun! Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures.
  - To inject a little bit of education in my daily life, I’ve signed up for Merriam-Webster’s word of the day. I get one word per day emailed to me. Two of this week’s words were addlepated and phalanx.
  - Top 10 books about Baltimore.
  - My recent bookish quarterly wrap-up.
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  - First they came for the Socialists…(a poem to remind us to always be good to each other).
  - She went undercover to expose an insane asylum’s horrors. Now Nellie Bly is getting her due.
  - Inspired by Imperial Russia, Chanel’s New Jewelry Collection Recalls the Young Coco Chanel’s Affair With a Romanov Duke.
  - The Problem of the Improper Princess.
  Have a great weekend! xoxo, Jane
  | 3 Comments Tagged books, history, links, lists, reading links, TV, women's history, wrap-up
- Thursday Reading Links (on a Friday) #17
  
  Posted at 7:51 pm by Jane Rosebery, on July 26, 2019
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  Oh, gosh, where has the week gone? I have half a dozen bookish posts sitting in draft but wasn’t able to get to them because of my day job (the one that pays my mortgage) and my writing deadlines.
  
  This weekend all I want to do is catch up on blog posts and blog reading. I know I’m behind on reading your blog posts and I promise I’ll do so this weekend. Part of the joy of being a writer and blogger is interacting with other writers and bloggers.
  
  And for your Friday night reading pleasure, here is what I read during my commute this week.
  - 8 Tips to Help You Find Your Personal Style.
  - John F. Kennedy Jr. Special: Last Days of Magazine-Bred Fame.
  - How the ‘ideal’ woman’s body shape has changed throughout history.
  - The language of flowers.
  - Read More Books by Entirely Disconnecting From Reality.
  - And a special link: Thank you, Jennifer, for featuring my photo on your blog!
  Have a great weekend. xoxo, Jane
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