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Claire Holden's avatar

Emily, thank you so much for including my P&P adaptations essay in your round-up! It was such a joy to write and it’s lovely to see it shared here ❤️ And amid such company … you’ve recommended some fantastic-looking reads. I’ve taken notes!

Emily Gale's avatar

Thank you Claire, delighted to have found your newsletter.

Philippa Moore's avatar

The matching birds and book covers is INSPIRED 😍🦅

Emily Gale's avatar

Thank you Philippa! It gives me a lot of pleasure to make the list and if it pleases anyone else I will be delighted.

Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen)'s avatar

Putting my hand up as another big 'haha' user! Now I'm wondering what the lol and haha equivalent will be for my kids who are well and truly in the six-seven stage right now (haha).

Emily Gale's avatar

Hello, fellow haha'er! I heard about six-seven from my (adult) children - who are also too old to know what it means! A taste of their own medicine at last!

Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen)'s avatar

HAHA! Love that 😂 My two are 8 & 5 and are well and truly driving their teachers nuts with six-seven.

Emily Gale's avatar

In my day it was 42. That’s inflation for you.

Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen)'s avatar

I haven’t heard of 42! What does that mean?

Emily Gale's avatar

It’s from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. 42 is the answer to life calculated by the supercomputer. We used to say it quite a lot without context and people who hadn’t read it would get annoyed! Everything in cycles…

Melissa-Jane Fogarty (Nguyen)'s avatar

Oh I see! Yes, everything in cycles for sure.

Marci Cornett's avatar

Brilliant recommendations! So many good things to check out. You definitely found a gem with Claire Holden. All of her Austen writing is top notch. ❤️

Emily Gale's avatar

Very happy to have stumbled on both you and Claire recently! Thanks for reading Marci.

Marci Cornett's avatar

Oh that's lovely to hear. Thank you, Emily!