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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today, I’m excited to be sharing all the books I read in August. From historical fiction to family drama to suspense to children’s fiction… There’s even a classic on the list. Grab a cuppa and let’s chat about some fantastic fiction! 🩵

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August Reading Wrap Up 📚 Amazing Australian authors & Jane Austen

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It’s Aussie August! Grab a cuppa and let’s chat about some wonderful Australian writers to pick up this month. I’m so excited about the line up I have to share with you! 🇦🇺📖❤️

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My Aussie August Reading List 🇦🇺📖❤️

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 02/08/2026

Ah, it's public! Proud to announce that I've written an essay on early Madness videos for the upcoming BFI release of TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Today, I’m sharing everything I’ve read since moving into my house of dreams. Grab a cuppa and join me for my first video in my beautiful new library. ❤️

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Everything I’ve Read Since Moving Into My House of Dreams 📖🏡❤️

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In today’s video, I’m shining a light on Irish writer Dorothy Lambert (1884-1967) through the 5 books that made me fall in love with her writing. Grab a cuppa and find out why I’m dubbing her books the Ultimate Gentle Read. ❤️

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Dorothy Lambert | The Ultimate Gentle Read 📖❤️

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We just bought our dream house! In today’s video I give you a first glimpse into our new home. I’ll also be chatting current reads, and new favourites. Grab a cuppa and join me as I share all of my exciting news! 🏡📖❤️

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A New Home, a New Look, & a New Favourite Book 🏡📖❤️

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You asked for it! Today, I’m sharing my top 5 favourite British Library Crime Classics. This is my most requested video topic, so I hope you will enjoy! ❤️

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My Top 5 Favourite British Library Crime Classics 📖❤️

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I have a new favourite book from @deanstpress.bsky.social! Scotch Mist (1936) has sharp, witty dialogue, an eclectic cast of characters, and many beautiful descriptions of the Scottish Highlands. Check out my full review linked below.

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Scotch Mist by Dorothy Lambert

Scotch Mist by Dorothy Lambert, Dean Street Press, Furrowed Middlebrow, Book Review, 1936, Scottish Highlands, Beautiful Descriptions of Nature

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Summer Solstice, friends! ☀️ In celebration of the longest day of the year, I’m sharing my seasonal TBR. Grab a cuppa and get comfortable, because I’ve been very optimistic about how much one person can read in a season! 🤭📚

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Planning My Summer TBR ☀️ A hot weather reading list

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

After three months away from social media, while I mourned the death of my dog Clark, I’m back with another YouTube video. Watch it with a box of tissues. ❤️

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My dog has died & I am struggling…

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today I’m sharing 10 classics to read this year. Hunker down with a hot cuppa, because I’ve got a bunch of classics to see us through the dark and cold winter. ✨☕️📚

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10 Classics to Read This Year 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

As well as talking about the top 10 best books I read in 2025 in a blog post, I also made a YouTube video about it. You can watch it here. ⬇️

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Best Books of 2025 📚 My Top 10 Favourites ✨

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I’ve finally narrowed down the top 10 best books I read in 2025. Among the list are newly republished fiction by women, mysteries, vintage children’s books, and a couple of wonderful new releases too. I wrote about them here. ⬇️

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Best Books of 2025 — My Top 10 Favourites

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

In today’s video I’m chatting about slow reading, slow living, conscious consumption, and getting myself organised (for once!). Perhaps it will inspire your own resolutions for the year ahead. ✨

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Resolutions for 2026 | Slow reading, slow living, & conscious book buying

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I’m sharing all the books I read in November and December. Grab a cuppa and let’s chat about our favourite subject! 🩵

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November & December Reading Wrap Up ❄️ Christmas, mysteries, Nancy Drew, & classic children’s books

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

One last video for the year! Thank you to everyone who spent the festive season with me. You helped to make my December so merry and bright. ✨

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Book Haul 📚 Vintage & new books, unwrapping gifts, & knitting 🎁 VLOGMAS 2025 Finale 🎄

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A new version of the final instalment in my Little Women reading vlogs. (This is the version that ISN’T missing the last 10 minutes. Whoops!) I have a lot of thoughts on this book, so you might want to put the kettle on. 😉

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Reading Little Women | Part 5 📖 Cosy Festive Vlog 🎄VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The Little Women reading vlogs continue today with part four. If all goes to plan, the fifth and final part should be available tomorrow 25 December. Happy Christmas! 📖✨❤️

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Reading Little Women | Part 4 📖 Cosy Festive Vlog 🎄VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I’m sharing my L.M. Montgomery collection, including all my copies of Anne of Green Gables. Grab yourself a cuppa, it’s a bit of a long one! ☕️📚💚

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Anne of Green Gables & L M Montgomery Book Collection 📚 VLOGMAS 2025 🎄

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Happy Saturday! And Happy Vlogmas Day 13! 🎄 The Little Women reading vlogs continue today with part three! Sharing my favourite quotations and my reactions as I read Louisa May Alcott’s heartwarming American classic. 📖✨❤️

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Reading Little Women | Part 3 📖 Cosy Festive Vlog 🎄VLOGMAS 2025

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Ali Hope 📚📚 @heavenalibooks.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Re-reading this lovely Christmassy novel from 1950. Ten Days of Christmas by G B Stern. The first big family Christmas after WW2. The children want to do a play, there are quarrels, tensions and a complicated family. A shame it hasn't been reissued. 💙📚

A hardback edition of Ten Days of Christmas. 1950 edition with dustjacket. A girl stands in a winter landscape looking toward a large country house.

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Time for a cuppa and a cosy chat. Talking current reads and upcoming ones, knitting, and snow. So. Much. Snow! ☕️📚❄️

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Cosy Chat ☕️ Current reads, TBR, knitting, & snow! ❄️ VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

For Vlogmas Day 11, I'm sharing my first bookshelf tour. And I’m starting with the children's books! Grab a hot bevy and settle in for a cosy show-and-tell. 🥰📚❤️

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Bookshelf Tour 📚 Children’s book collection 🎄 VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Grab a cuppa, I get chatty in this one! I’m geeking about about Nancy Drew and her author, while showing off all the vintage mystery series books for children I’ve added to my collection recently. Happy Vlogmas Day 10! ☕️📚❤️

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Another Book Haul! 📚 Series books for girls | Nancy Drew, Dana Girls, & more 🎄 VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It’s day 9 Vlogmas! I’m reading, chatting, and getting emotional about Little Women. This cosy classic by Louisa May Alcott is bound to fill you with festive spirit. 📖✨❤️

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Reading Little Women | Part 2 📖 Cosy Festive Vlog 🎄VLOGMAS 2025

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Happy Vlogmas Day 7! Find out which novels in my collection get my seal of approval for cosy, festive reading, and which ones don’t. ❤️

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 All the Christmas Novels in My Collection 📚 Mysteries, middlebrow, and comfort reads

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 07/12/2025

If there are any journalists, bloggers, students out there wanting to do a piece or some research on POSSESSED - the lost novel I discovered, please do get in touch, I think it's a very important work and a massive moment for the horror community.

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It’s day 6 of Vlogmas! Today, I’m reading and chatting about Little Women. Let’s get festive and cosy, settle down with a cuppa, and appreciate Louisa May Alcott’s heartwarming American classic. 📚🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading Little Women | Part 1 ✨ Cosy Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It’s day 5 of Vlogmas! Today, I’m reviewing all the books I read in my 5 Christmas mysteries in 5 days challenge. Oh, and sharing just how much I managed to read in 5 days, too. 📚🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading 5 Christmas Mysteries in 5 Days | Part 5 ✨ A Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

It’s day 4 of Vlogmas! I am feeling festive and getting cosy, hunkering down with a great mystery and my loyal dog, Clark. Come join us! 📚🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading 5 Christmas Mysteries in 5 Days | Part 4 ✨ A Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It’s day 3 of Vlogmas! My challenge to read 5 Christmas mysteries in 5 days continues. Can I do it? Or is this slow reader deluding herself? Regardless, we are having a lot of festive fun while trying. 📚🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading 5 Christmas Mysteries in 5 Days | Part 3 ✨ A Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Put the kettle on! It’s day 2 of Vlogmas and day 2 of my challenge to read 5 Christmas mysteries in 5 days. Check out today’s cosy reading vlog. ☕️🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading 5 Christmas Mysteries in 5 Days | Part 2 ✨ A Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It’s Day 1 of Vlogmas, the YouTube tradition of posting a Christmas themed video every day from 1-25 December. In today’s video I’m getting a jump start on my festive reading. I hope you find some inspiration for your own holiday TBR. Happy Christmas! 🎄✨

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VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 Reading 5 Christmas Mysteries in 5 Days | Part 1 ✨ A Festive Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

From horror to historical fiction. From gothic to Golden Age-ish. In today’s video, I’m chatting about all the books I want to read in what remains of 2025! ✨

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The End of the Year Book Tag! ✨

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 13/11/2025

POSSESSED HAS ARRIVED!!!

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

There are 10 things that help me keep my sanity, when my brain is too cluttered to focus on reading. And they just might help you too. 🧡

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10 Tips for Finding Joy When You Cannot Concentrate on Reading ✨ Advice for Bookworms 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Sharing a cosy autumnal vlog/video diary/scrapbook today on YouTube. Expect lots of autumnal colour, favourite books, favourite quotations, & Clark. Come on over, friends. Let’s look for joy together. 🍂📚🐶

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Farewell October 🍂 A cosy vlog 📖 Books, walks, & moments with my dog 🐶📚

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

From spooky to cosy, from academic to children’s books. I’m sharing everything I read in October in my newest video. Grab a cuppa and let’s chat about our favourite subject! ☕️📚🧡

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October Reading Wrap Up 🍂 Spooky, cosy, academic, & children's books 📚📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I’m getting emotional about books and lovely friends, while sharing a big beautiful book haul with you. Lots of new and vintage books, lovely things from friends, and a couple of bits and bobs that I’ve acquired in the past month. Come on over, friends. 🧡☕️📚

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Big Beautiful Book Haul! 📚 New & vintage books, cards, mugs, and an unboxing ☕️📦

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Happy Publication Day! Ysenda Maxtone Graham’s book, Love Divine, comes out today with @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social If you enjoy books centred around village life that will make you laugh, and cry a bit too, then this one is for you. Find my full review of this wonderful book in the link below. ❤️

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Love Divine by Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Love Divine by Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Slightly Foxed, Foxed Quarterly, Book Review, 2025, Books Set in Small Communities, Church Life, Village Setting

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

A little show and tell. A bit of unwrapping… I’m sharing all the books I got for my birthday in my newest video. And let’s just say, I was cherished this birthday! 🎁📚🎂

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My Birthday Book Haul! 📚 Vintage and new books, unwrapping gifts, and eating cake! 🍰🎁

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The 2nd vlog of my wonderful trip to Prince Edward Island is now up on YouTube! Come along with me as I visit the houses and places significant to LM Montgomery, the writer of Anne of Green Gables. This one is for all the kindred spirits out there who long to visit PEI. 🍂🍁🍃

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🍂 Visiting Prince Edward Island 🍁 Anne of Green Gables Literary Travel Vlog 📖

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’ve just uploaded my first literary travel vlog on YouTube. I would love for you to join me in the delights of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Prince Edward Island in all its autumnal glory! 🍂🍁🍃

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🍂 Literary Travel Vlog 🍁 Autumn on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Prince Edward Island 🍃

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🎄 Bringing together murder, mystery and Christmas cheer, this festive crime story has been republished for the first time in over 70 years. 'Death in Ambush' is the perfect winter-y read for fans of golden age crime. Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/death-in-ambush-a-lost-christmas-murder-mystery

Death in Ambush: A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery, against a green background with holly leaves around it.

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I’ve started a YouTube channel where I’ll be chatting about books. My first video went up today. I’m so excited!

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Hello Booktube! 🥰 An introduction ✨ Favourite books from my childhood 📚

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Visiting the Anne of Green Gables Museum in part three of my blog series, “Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Prince Edward Island”. Let’s visit Anne’s Lake of Shining Waters, open Rachel Ward’s blue chest in The Story Girl, and fall in love with Silver Bush alongside Pat.

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Lucy Maud Montgomery's Prince Edward Island, Part 3: Anne of Green Gables Museum

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Caro Arnett @carosbookcase.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Visiting Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Birthplace in part two of my new blog series, “Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Prince Edward Island”. There are enough photos here you could make a flip book out of them, and feel like you’ve been there yourself!

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Lucy Maud Montgomery's Prince Edward Island, Part 2: The Author's Birthplace

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