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Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Nessavamusic
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

This book is just pure dread and plays on childhood fear and the fear of parents. Not very gory but genuinely scary. 4⭐️
#doublespin done & another #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Kappadeemom
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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#NewYearNewBooks #fogcover @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Perfect mood for this stormy, dreary day here in Florida ⛈️

Kappadeemom Whoopsie, got a day ahead of myself..lol 3mo
Eggs Nice! 🌫️ 3mo
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TheLudicReader
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Mehso-so

I bought the hype, but the hype let me down. This is a slow moving, repetitive and relatively tame story about a man trying to remember a very specific time in his life that traumatized him. Except that nothing much happens and the novel‘s early promise is never really realized. It started its life as individual stories on creepypasta and was self published…an editor might have helped with some of the disjointedness and pacing.

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I enjoyed this one but I also knew nothing about it beforehand. I can see how it could be a let down if it was hyped up a lot. 😅 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
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Lauranahe
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to like this more than I did. It has so much hype. It has some genuinely creepy moments, especially the whole chapter about Boxes. But between the overly flowery language and the (non) choices of the mom, I dunno…I was disappointed.

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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5 ⭐️s
I don‘t know which one of you lovely people sent me this in one of the previous swaps I did, but THANK YOU! I don‘t think I would have ever found it on my own. It‘s an interesting take on horror. Anytime an author can bring back the childhood feelings of irrational fear and naïve innocence, it really gets me. Definitely a creepy read that I just couldn‘t put down.

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BilboBookends
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“The world is a cruel place made crueler still by man.”

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magyklyXdelish
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

If not for some plot holes and unanswered questions, this would be a masterpiece.

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TwoPeasInALibrary
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

This book was amazingly told and written. It is in our top 5 books of 2022. And the ending is devastating and made me cry. 20/10 would recommend. A quick read and a page turner, twists in every chapter.

#horror #bestof2022

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Bigwig
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

I read this 2012 novel in one captivated sitting, and spent much of that time shivering from the profound creepiness of the experience. The adult narrator reflects on disparate childhood events, weaving together their horrifying significance strand by strand. The plot builds a believable world with efficiency, clarity and subtlety - Auerbach leans heavily on the frightening power of implication. What you don‘t see or understand is always scarier.

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TheDaysGoBy
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Mehso-so

So I definitely got spooked a bit with this book, but the way things pieces out and kind of jumped around was a little confusing at times. It was an interesting premise and like I said, did give me chills at time but I think ultimately it was the structure of the story that just made this a so-so for me

It was my #bookspin for September though so that‘s another off the list

@TheAromaofBooks

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TheDaysGoBy
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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My TBR for the month of October and #scarathlon

Looking forward to some spooky reads! This‘ll be fun!

@Clwojick #TeamSlaughter

readingjedi Ooh, I just love that pumpkin! 🎃🐈‍⬛ 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love your pumpkin 🎃 1y
Clwojick I love this photo! 🦇🖤 1y
TheDaysGoBy @readingjedi @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Clwojick Thank you! My best Rite Aid find ever I think 😂 1y
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Mitch
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Woodford has just dropped your letter in the postbox! Don‘t hold your breathe though @DGRachel as post seems a bit slow at the moment!

squirrelbrain Cute pic! Hi Woodford 👋 🐕 2y
Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 2y
DGRachel Yay! Thank you, Woodford! 😍😍 2y
Mitch @DGRachel you‘re most welcome 🤗 2y
Mitch @squirrelbrain 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 2y
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anniebannanie
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
Pickpick

So creepy so good!

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Mitch
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Thank you so much for your lovely letter @Cupcake12 I love your homemade cards - your so creative. And the dogs… what can I say ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Cupcake12 You are very welcome! ❤️ 2y
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Mitch
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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The only upshot of storm Eunice - time inside trying to blot out the noise of the wind and stop worrying about my greenhouse whilst spending time on the page with friends ❤️

CBee ♥️ 2y
Magpiegem Stay safe, it‘s very windy in Brighton xx 2y
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TheBookHippie Don‘t blow away!!!! I‘d send my weather but no one wants that either! 2y
UwannaPublishme Hold onto your hats and stay safe over there. Hope the weather calms down soon. 🤗❤️ 2y
BookNAround The storm they‘re talking about sounds unpleasant at best. Hope you weather it okay. 2y
Mitch @TheBookHippie @UwannaPublishme @BookNAround awe seem to have survived storm Eunice with minimal damage - prepping now for storm Franklin arriving here tonight! Man this is a wild February ! 2y
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Staci
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

It was good. I liked it

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TamTracy
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

Interesting premise and creepy atmosphere. I read this one very quickly. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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TheLudicReader
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Look what was waiting for me when I got home, @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego . I am still waiting on something for yours, but I think these boxes ship really quickly. 😁

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Yay! 🧡🍁🦃 3y
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BookMaven9
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

🌟🌟🌟🌟

This is a difficult book to categorize. It‘s definitely unsettling, creepy and sad. I found myself confused by portions due to the non-linear timeline.

What unfolds is an unnaturally way of storytelling, so it leaves you with a feeling of discomfort. The thing is, i read this book in like 2 days because i needed to keep going back to unravel this mystery. I felt so compelled.

It‘s an interesting way of telling a mystery.

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FantasyChick
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick

This one is hard to review. The story itself is chilling. A terrifying account of a young boy's gradual recollection of the darker parts of his past. It's really something to read. The author originally created this story thread on reddit and it blew up. I like the original threads better than the novel. I don't think it needed to be fluffed up. I highly recommend reading these but maybe save a few bucks and check the Reddit post or 👇👇👇

FantasyChick Head over to YouTube where MrCreepyPasta does an excellent reading of this chilling thread! I'm going to be thinking about it for a while. #bookspinbingo #awesomeaugust @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 3y
TheDaysGoBy I had no idea it‘d started as a thread on Reddit. Might have to check it out after I read the book 3y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I want to check out the YouTube reading now. I thought this book was so creepy. 3y
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Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
FantasyChick @TheDaysGoBy Please do! I love a good creepypasta and this one got me! Search out nosleep. 😊 3y
FantasyChick @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego It's really unnerving. I love it! Let me know how you enjoy the reading. His voice changed the experience for me. 3y
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FelinesAndFelonies
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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This book is creepy AF. At work I am constantly surrounded by some pretty terrible humans (the inmates, not the officers... Most of the time). I read this in just under 6 hours on the midnight shift. When I say my heart was pounding from one chapter to the next I am not exaggerating. There are few books that truly give me a scary vibe but this one did! The author created so much suspense. The human behavior is what makes this one so unsettling.

FelinesAndFelonies If you read this one and LOVED it, can you please recommend some equally creepy AF books please? 3y
Reggie I read this when I worked graveyard and I remembered being the only one in the break room one night with the hair standing up on my arms. Also, this made me glad I don‘t have kids. 3y
Reggie Try maybe the tagged books… 3y
FelinesAndFelonies @Reggie For real. I was sitting at my desk with the lights on. It was uncharacteristically quiet for the prison and I could hear my heart racing. I got goosebumps several times. Thank you for the suggestion! I'm going to look them up. 💜 3y
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ElizaMarie
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Bailedbailed

So this was one of those … not the right fit (probably more like not the right time to read it). I just couldn‘t really get into it.

This was my #BookSpin book. Had to DNF it :(

#BookSpinBingo
@TheAromaofBooks

jb72 I had a DNF on my bingo as well. Just not in the right mind set. 3y
ElizaMarie @jb72 I think that was the case for me too. Like ts just not my thing right now. Maybe later it would have been okay. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just doesn't click. Too many good ones out there to waste time on the ones that don't work!! 3y
ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks totally agreed! This DNF-ing books is a new development for me. I used to NEVER DNF a book. I felt too guilty! How silly is that!? 3y
TheAromaofBooks It took me a long time, too. I feel like when I was growing up, going to the library was such a big deal, walking around & choosing the books for the next few weeks & I always felt obligated to finish them no matter what. But now I have a HUGE list of books I want to read/try so I don't have time to waste on books that aren't for me... but it's taken an effort to get over that guilty abandoned-book feeling!! 3y
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ElizaMarie
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I‘m really tempted to DNF this book. I went back and read people‘s reviews and people just loved joy. I am a hard time “getting into” it and I‘m really about half way …. (Pic of my baby just because)

TheSpineView Awww ❤🐾 3y
AmyG Adorable ❤️ 3y
OriginalCyn620 So cute! 🐶❤️ 3y
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Sleepswithbooks I had a hard time too 😕 Meh. 3y
Tera66 Cute, puppy! 3y
ElizaMarie @TheSpineView @AmyG @OriginalCyn620@Tera66 - thanks thats my little monster baby JuJuB 3y
ElizaMarie @Sleepswithbooks I am so glad I am not the only one!! 3y
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ElizaMarie
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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This is my #BookSpin (@TheAromaOfBooks) book :) So I have decided to work start this one today. Thank you @SleepsWithBooks for this one! Its been a while since you gifted it to me but... Better late than never!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
Sleepswithbooks Yayyyyy 📖 3y
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LapReader
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Just got the keys to my inner city pad. It‘s just down the road from my beach house. I feel like I am 10 years younger again as I am downsizing massively. Making use of my house warming chocolates, champagne and candle and reading my Litsy Love mail and Readings paper on my yoga mat to relax and give the place some good vibes. This is my first time living in a brand new place. I have a grocery store, bottle shop and restaurants downstairs. Yay!

Jeg Perfect. 🍾🍾🍾 3y
LazyOwl Yay, congratulations on the new place. 💕 3y
bookseller_cate Those windows! 🤩 3y
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AmyG Wishing you all the best in your new home! 3y
Reviewsbylola It looks lovely! 3y
Cathythoughts Looks great 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
JennyM Congrats on the move - sounds perfect! X 3y
CarolynM Looks like a cool place. Do you have a view? Don't forget to send me your new address. 3y
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LapReader
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Love receiving #Litsylove in the mail. Thanks peeps. Kids are enjoying the ocean this beautiful, sunny morning and I am enjoying reading my letters in ✌️. I love school holidays. Especially these ones as Easter, my birthday and our neighbour‘s wedding falls during the two blissful weeks. I‘ve also been getting lots of time to book shop and relax. How was everyone‘s Easter? I got an Old Gold egg from Stew because I am old and cost a lot of gold. Ha

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LapReader
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Popping this #Litsylove in the post when I get off the tram this arvo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📬💌💗 3y
Desha I received your letter and just read it! I will respond as soon as I can! Thanks for posting to me! ☺️💖 3y
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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Pickpick
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 I‘m not getting notifications 😩 3y
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Patchshank
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Sending out my first ever batch of #LitsyLove tommorow. So excited.

For anyone who might be concerned I used a damp paper towel a tape to seal the envelopes.

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Vanillacourt
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Pickpick

This is one of the few books that creeped me out at times, and I loved that. Definitely one of my favorite books this year.

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Sleepswithbooks
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^ Me after a coworker texts asking if I want to come in and work for a few hours.
(TRANSLATION: I just started a new book so Noooooooooooo)

#Priorities #BlanketBurrito #Thecouchiseatingme #booksbeforebosses #daysoffareforreading #Shhhgrownupsarereading

sharread 🤣😅❤ That's me all year. Thanks for making me laugh. 3y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh the cat‘s expression! 😂👍 3y
Cupcake12 Such a great photo 🐱❤️ 3y
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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
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Pickpick

Hey @robinb I want to thank you for my birthday card and send you #litsylove letter ~ I can‘t see your address in the list! Please email me :)

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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
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Pickpick

Cozy, winter afternoon, tucked away in my duvet...writing away my #LitsyLove penpal cards :)

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Crazycatperson
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1. I haven't read any books that scared me but this one creeped me out a lot!
2. The thought of someone stalking you and living under your house is horrifying!
3. I don't like nightmare on elm street and I think found footage is the best horror sub-genre
4. Mummies and Cthulhu
5. Figurines, pins, stickers, and journals
@teebe #creepychristmas

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Reggie
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1. Penpal
2. Kids in danger, being stalked. I remember reading some of it at work and having the hair on my arms stand up.
3. I loved The Village by M. Night Shymalan. All my friends hate that movie. Lol
4. Zombies, they‘re so versatile.
5. Journals that I never write in. It‘s disgusting.
6. My vision board is all the delicious food. Fruit salad, tamales, carne adovada, biscochitos, Mexican wedding cookies, stuffing, missing are empanadas.😋

LeahBergen I just drooled at this post. 😆 3y
inthegreensandblues I really liked The Village too. I must rewatch it sometime! 3y
KVanRead 😋😋😋 3y
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NikkiM5 You are my Litsy twin; that is why I stack all of your reviews. And now I am hungry. 😂 3y
coffee_and_books_and_kids Another “The Village” lover! In ever understood what people didn‘t like about that one! 3y
vivastory #3 Yes!! 3y
vivastory Also #5 made me literally lol. Completely relatable. And I love stuffing. Sometimes I'll just have that for a meal 😄 3y
sprainedbrain Penpal! 😱 3y
Cathythoughts Any Mexican food I have ever tried I have loved ... absolutely yum 😋 3y
Reggie @LeahBergen @KVanRead @Cathythoughts indeed😋. And tortillas, forgot to show the tortillas. 3y
Reggie @inthegreensandblues @coffee_and_books_and_kids @vivastory Yeah, a lot of my friends said it was boring. I thought, did we watch the same movie? 3y
Reggie @vivastory last January when we did that #24in48 and the world went to hell I made a pan of stuffing the day before we started reading and ate it through the whole weekend. Soooo good. 3y
Reggie @sprainedbrain that‘s one of those books where I‘m glad I‘m not a parent. What do you do?!!!! 3y
Reggie @NikkiM5 we‘re twinkies!!!! 😊I know after I made this post I had to heat something. Lol 3y
batsy Thanks, Reggie. Now I wanf want to eat all of the food! 😋😋 3y
batsy So hungry I can't even type, lol 3y
sprainedbrain Freak out. Freak out a lot. 😂 3y
ValerieAndBooks Yum 😋 !! 3y
ValerieAndBooks I‘m referring to the food, not to zombies 😂 3y
Reggie @batsy 😁 🌮 🍔 🍕 🍨 it made me hungry too! 3y
Reggie @ValerieAndBooks Lololol thank you for clarifying that. 🧟‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ 3y
Palimpsest I‘m hungry! Empanadas sound amazing right now! Also the first time I saw the Village which was just last year I loved it. I was quite surprised. When I watched it again I thought how come I didn‘t “catch” the details like the teacher and the cruel deaths the family members of the villagers had, but I‘m glad I didn‘t because it made the movie for me. 3y
Reggie @Palimpsest ya know, I‘ve never had the meat kind. My grandma has only ever made the fruit kind for us. One day. Yeah, I think sometimes in movies we go so wide eyed into it. Like I watched the 2nd Blair Witch the other day and was like how did I know none of the end my first time watching it. Lol 3y
BookishTrish I love The Village too! 3y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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🎅🏼 The tagged book was creepy AF. Probably scared me because it was more about human nature type stuff, more realistic.
💀I don't love campy slashers. But it's been years since I watched one, so I should probably try again.
🎅🏼 Pennywise, Jigsaw, Beetlejuice, Pinhead
💀 Anything bookish, stationary, Xmas ornaments

#CreepyChristmas @teebe

Reggie Omg the tagged book is my answer! Kids in danger. Totally. Being stalked...😱 3y
teebe Haven‘t read Penpal yet but I just got it in a swap and I‘m looking forward to it! (edited) 3y
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Deblovestoread
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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Thanks to @Ash.on.the.line @BookNAround @AmyG @Stacypatrice @catiewithac and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for my first batch of #LitsyLove mail. You‘ve made me smile and I appreciate it. Will write back soon!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!! 😊📫💌 3y
AmyG 💕 3y
Sleepswithbooks Happy mail dance 💃🏽 💌☀️👯‍♀️ 3y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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This book is creepy AF.

#Screamathon 😱 @4thhouseontheleft

Reggie Omg, so I was reading parts of this during my lunch when I worked graveyard and hairs would stand up on my arm. Oof. I love this book. 3y
lucifare I haven‘t read this one yet but a couple years ago I bought it for my room mate and he said it was pretty creepy too! I will have to borrow it from him sometime! 3y
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AshleyB89
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CrowCAH
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Received the Jane Austen notecard today from @JenlovesJT47 as #PemberLitten #PenPal mail!

I‘ve already written a reply and it will go out soon!

JenlovesJT47 🤗 4y
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DGRachel
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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SQUEE!!!! @Mitch LOOK WHAT ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON! You‘re timing was perfect! 🥳🥳🥳

Mitch OMG that‘s amazing timing..... all perfectly orchestrated of course. Happy Birthday 🥳 4y
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DGRachel
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Another frustrating work day made instantly better by @Mitch

Thank you, my friend. I can‘t wait to grab a warm beverage (it‘s rainy here), tuck my feet under me on the couch, and read my letter. 😍

Mitch Wow - that was super quick! Enjoy your cosy time 😘 4y
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DGRachel
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Mail from my pen pal is always a ray of sunshine. Thank you @Mitch 😘

I had hoped to get a little something out to you yesterday, but according to tracking, it appears to be lost somewhere between Nevada and North Carolina (tracking hasn‘t updated since the 19th). Hopefully, it will arrive this week and I can send it on it‘s way next Saturday.

Mitch Thank you sweetie. I love feeling so connected to people - especially at this time 😘 4y
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olivia.ferz
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I tried a little wall decoration today. These beautiful cards were given to me by my #JB group penpals when I was in the group last year. They were just collecting dust in my shelf so I thought I'll give them a new life. They were too pretty to be just kept in a shelf.
I'm ever grateful for the friendships I made across the world and I hope all of you are safe and comfortable.❤

Tanisha_A Lovely 😍 4y
AmyG This is beautiful! 4y
Smrloomis Love this! ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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TheBookHippie
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https://about.usps.com/newsroom/statements/usps-statement-on-coronavirus.htm

Mail going as normal for now 📬📫📪💌✉️📩📮📭📦📨📧📧 #litsylove

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BookishGirl06
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#adventrecommends Day 16. I love this book. It‘s creepy but in a good way.

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DGRachel
Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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I *finally* made it to the post office with your letter @Mitch 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hopefully the contents will make up for my tardiness. 😘 Thanks for being such a great pen pal. Sending you lots of love. 💖💖

Mitch That looks a very fat letter! I‘ll watch for the postman with eagerness 😘😘😘 4y
DGRachel @Mitch It was six pages of Rachel-babble, but I think Santa may have snuck something in the envelope, too. 🤔😘 4y
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Mitch
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So lovey to hear from you sweet friend. Sending you the most enormous hug imaginable 💕

DGRachel Thank you! Really hoping to get to the post office after work tomorrow. 4y
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Macker11
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#LitsyLove went out today! I get flustered when I don‘t know what I‘m doing so I forgot to tKe a picture of the package! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎉🎊🙌🏻 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Macker11 awesome!! I‘ll check you off!! Thank you ❤️😘 4y
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Macker11
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#LitsyLove went out today! I get flustered when I don‘t know what I‘m doing so I forgot to tKe a picture of the package! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks