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Morning Star
Morning Star: Book III of The Red Rising Trilogy | Pierce Brown
Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Sonchanged the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating conclusion to the Red Rising Trilogy: Morning Star.Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Societys mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come. But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long deniedand too glorious to surrender.Advance praise for Morning Star Multilayered and seething with characters who exist in a shadow world between history and myth, much as in Frank Herberts Dune . . . an ambitious and satisfying conclusion to a monumental saga.Kirkus Reviews Praise for Pierce Brown and the Red Rising Trilogy Red Rising [A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Browns dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Enders Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.Entertainment Weekly [A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.USA Today Pierce Brown has done an astounding job at delivering a powerful piece of literature that will definitely make a mark in the minds of readers.The Huffington Post Golden Son Brown writes layered, flawed characters . . . but plot is his most breathtaking strength. . . . Every action seems to flow into the next.NPR In a word, Golden Son is stunning. Among science fiction fans, it should be a shoo-in for book of the year.Tor.com The jaw-dropper of an ending will leave readers hungry for the conclusion to Browns wholly original, completely thrilling saga.Booklist (starred review)From the Hardcover edition.
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ReadWithHannah
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Mehso-so

Against popular opinion, I wanted to DNF Morning Star and only didn‘t because it was the final in a trilogy. Darrow should have died a hundred times and the war went round in circles. Perhaps I just don‘t like space fantasies. I was surprised by the twist at the end which was interesting and well-thought out but again, unrealistic. An aspect I liked was the development of this one from the first one in terms of maturity, language and gore though.

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LiseWorks
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November 29 #HumbleHarvest Star This is on my TRB list. Hopefully next year! @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect✨ 4mo
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Branwen
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"I think the shittiest part about getting old is now we are smart enough to see the cracks in everything."

This series is so fantastic! Definitely some of the best sci-fi books ever! Hoping to finish this one today so I can move on to the next series set in this world! The newest one just came out earlier this week and I'm eager to get to it! ?? Rumpel is relaxing and reading with me today since I'm working this weekend! #catsoflitsy #rumpel

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great quote! Hello Rumpel 😽 8mo
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bookaholic1
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Pickpick

#40
Gruesome but good..onto the next one

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Branwen
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When you're in a parade representing the library, it only makes sense that you bring a book with you! (actually I brought two!) 😂 Founder's Festival is this weekend in my town, and a big part of the celebration is the parade! The library is in it every year, and I always sign up to join in because it's so much fun! The theme this year was under the sea which is why I have such a silly hat on! 🦀🌊

vivastory 😂 👏 This is awesome 8mo
TrishB Fabulous! 8mo
ShelleyBooksie You made my day. This is awesome 8mo
tpixie Fun! Perfect a book in a parade 📚 8mo
Branwen @vivastory I had a feeling you'd approve! 😂📚💕 @TrishB Thank you so much! 🥰 @tpixie I thought so too! 💕📚 @ShelleyBooksie Awww, I'm so glad! 🥹❤️📚 8mo
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Nessavamusic
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An excellent epic finale to this fantastic sci-fi trilogy. Though it starts a little slow, this dark space dram is full of twists and turns. I‘m really enjoyed this series and I have no idea why it took me so long to get to it. I look forward to starting the next era in the world. 4.5⭐️ just because of the slightly slow start.

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BacklistReader
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Staying on that trend of continuing or finishing series this year. So far this one‘s my favorite in the series so far.

This will also complete my May #doublespin

@TheAromaofBooks

#morningstar #piercebrown #redrisingsaga

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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BacklistReader
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My life has been taken over by Disney Dreamlight Valley so reading has not been a thing at all for about a week now….That being said I would really like to continue the Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown with Morning Star and complete the A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R. R. Martin with A Dance with Dragons.

#disneydreamlightvalley #redrisingtrilogy #asongoficeandfire #gameofthrones #piercebrown #georgerrmartin #finalbooksupportgroup

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Bookish_Viking
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#AlphabetGame #LetterM @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I'm ready for book 6! And apparently 7 too since that's a thing apparently.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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kplovesbooks
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#12BooksOf2021 #5thbookof2021 #6thbookof2022
I'm putting #May and #June together since they're part of the same series. My favorites on consecutive months, particularly Morning Star, which was spectacular! ⭐⭐⭐ to Golden Son, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ to Morning Star.
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Great books. 2y
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Kimberlone
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It took all summer, but we finally finished listening to this audiobook on our drive home from a weekend out of town. This was a reread for me, but first time listening to the whole series on audio; last year I introduced my boyfriend to the series starting with the first book, and after a year we finally made it through the original trilogy. I have not read the subsequent books, so we will start Iron Gold on our next road trip.

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Kimberlone
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Happy Sunday everyone! Took about an hour‘s drive out of town to hike Twin Peaks trail in Chugach State Park. Great views of Eklutna Lake (in the background), the last of the summer wildflowers, and lots of blueberries above the tree line. The drive allowed us to listen to more of our shared audiobook (tagged). Only about 4 hours left, so hoping to finish this book before the end of the summer.

Megabooks Cool! Glad you had a great day! 3y
BarbaraBB Looking good!! 3y
Reggie Awww, this is a great pic! 3y
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erzascarletbookgasm Great view! Lovely photo 👌 3y
Gissy Beautiful view!😍I hope you both enjoyed the hike!🤗 3y
wanderinglynn Great photo! 3y
kspenmoll Looks like an amazing hike! Great photo of you both! 3y
Kimberlone @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @Reggie @erzascarletbookgasm @gissy @wanderinglynn @kspenmoll thank you! It was a lovely day and might have been one of the last nice days of the summer. My legs are sore today though! 3y
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Kimberlone
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CarPlay has made audiobook listening on road trips so much easier. After two road trips in two weeks, we‘ve made it about 2/3 through the audiobook. Still hoping to finish before the end of the summer. We have more driving planned in July. +4 hours for #LittenListen.

View from our drive down to the Kenai Peninsula for camping on Friday. Chugach Mountains to the left, Turnagain Arm to the right, and Kenai Mountains in the background.

bthegood I will be in that area in August - with my nephews - looking forward to seeing that beautiful scenery - enjoy your trips. 3y
SamAnne Oh I love that drive! See any Dall Sheep? 3y
Kimberlone @bthegood I hope you have good weather! 3y
Kimberlone @SamAnne no dall sheep but we did see lots of eagles flying around the coast. 3y
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deliasson
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WOW! Ok this book had so many twists and turns that kept me completely surprised, especially the ending. I LOVED it!!

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Kimberlone
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It‘s been awhile since we listened to our audiobook, but driving to visit my parents for Father‘s Day gave us the opportunity to fit in about 4.5 hours of listening this weekend. Added to my #LittenListen count too. We are about halfway through now, and hopefully will finish after a few more road trips this summer.

Bookish_Viking I don‘t know about you, but I‘m still patiently (sort of) waiting for the final Red Rising book...or at least any information on it. 3y
Kimberlone @ReaperOfTerrasen I‘ve only read the original trilogy (when they were first released). Working on listening to the audiobooks again now with my bf. I do have the two more recent ones in the queue (I have them both physical and audio), but just haven‘t gotten to them yet. I hope that pierce brown creates a new world when he finishes this series. I love his writing and would like to read an entirely new story with new characters. 3y
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Kimberlone
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Didn‘t get a *ton* of reading done this weekend, since the weather was so nice, and my boyfriend and I spent a weekend out of town. We stayed in a yurt in Talkeetna, AK and ended up with way better weather than we were expecting. The skies were clear enough on Friday that we had amazing views of The Great One (Denali).

I did read ~30 pages of Bleak House, and we listened to ~6 hours of Morning Star during our drive.

Deifio Lovely! 💖💖 3y
reading_rainbow Gorgeous 3y
readingjedi Great view! Also I love the word yurt. 3y
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BarbaraBB Gorgeous! 3y
EvieBee 😻 3y
LeeRHarry Wow! 3y
Tanisha_A Gorgeous! 3y
Trashcanman Great...view 3y
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Addison_Reads
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#SeriesRead2021 @TheSpineView

I'm still loving my re-read of this series so I can finally read book 5. 💙

Brown once again delivers a stellar story full of heart, complex characters, and non-stop action. The betrayals in this addition still caught me off guard even though I knew they were coming.

I can't wait to start book 4! 😀

TheSpineView Awesome! 💜📖 3y
Copwithabook This is one of my favorite series. AND they are making a card game based on it. Available for preorder now 3y
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Addison_Reads
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-3 degrees outside here in TX this morning and 40 degrees currently inside my house. 😬 Rolling blackouts and no water means I'm going to crawl back in bed, try to stay warm, and hopefully finish the tagged book. We are definitely not used to this here. ❄⛄

Bookwormjillk Yikes! I hope your power comes back soon. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Oh my goodness!! Hopefully it comes back on soon!! 3y
Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk thank you. I have plenty of blankets and fur babies, so we're all just snuggled up and making the best of it. 3y
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britt_brooke Gosh, I hope you get power bank soon. That‘s awful. 3y
Tattooedteacher Wow! Hoping the heat comes in soon. 3y
TheSpineView Oh no! Stay safe! 3y
Deblovestoread Oh my! Hope you get power soon! 3y
Megabooks Oh dear!! That‘s very cold! I hope you get heat soon! 3y
Elizabeth2 Stay safe. I‘m worried about my TX family and friends. I hope your power and water come back soon. 3y
Addison_Reads @TheAromaofBooks @Megabooks @Kdgordon88 @TheSpineView @Tattooedteacher @britt_brooke Thank you everyone. 💞 I'm thankful my situation isn't as bad as some here in Texas. Some of my neighbors have been without power for 32hrs now. Plus the cold just means I have no other option but to stay in bed reading. 😀 3y
Addison_Reads @Elizabeth2 I hope your family and friends are safe and warm. 💚 Texas definitely wasn't prepared for this. 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yikes!! Hoping they can get your power working ASAP! 🥶 3y
zezeki I just watched the news here in Croatia and heard about the extremely low temperatures in Texas. Glad you're okay and I hope the power comes back soon. 🤞🏼 3y
dylanisreading That is so cold! I hope your power comes back soon! 3y
readordierachel Yikes! Stay warm and enjoy the reading time. Hope you get your power back soon! 3y
vivastory Stay safe & warm as possible! Hope you get some good reading time in. Fingers crossed that your power is back on! 3y
bthegood stay safe and warm - hope you get power back soon - 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I hope today is a better day. Stay safe & warm! 3y
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BooknerdsLife
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Read the 2nd book Golden Son & Morning Star back to back! Well with that big cliff hanger you just have to! The whole Red Rising series is AMAZING & I haven‘t loved a series this much since forever (Or maybe since The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare) Never knew I‘d love reading a SciFi but Brown is brilliant in writing his characters which had me hooked from the start! #SciFi #MustRead #booknerdslife #nerdymom

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Nelnjali
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4.5🌟 What a rollercoaster ride this book was! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and felt that it was a solid wrap up to the trilogy. Brown's writing only improved with each book, so I'm excited to see what is in store with the next trilogy of books.

@TheAromaofBooks
#BookSpin (Square 9)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Monnntannnya
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The final book in The Red Rising Trilogy. I really enjoyed the way Pierce Brown wrapped up this opening trilogy. He has continued to add book too this series but the story of the opening trilogy is wonderful I will most certainly be reading them over and over

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451Degrees
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When you recommend a series to your best friend and she sends you updates on how it‘s going 😬😂 #redrising #morningstar #recommendations #hedidntactuallydie

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Lizpixie
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Well I‘ve surpassed my goal of 24hrs reading in my #SuperSeptemberReadathon and this is Bk3 of my goal of 4 books off my #MountTBRShelvesOfDoom Go me! My house is a construction zone with my yard full of building crap so I‘m reading more than gardening. The 3rd book in Browns SciFi series was brilliant, Darrow & Sevro are so much fun to read, I‘m definitely getting the next books. I‘m also parallel reading Dune, guess it‘s #SciFiSeptember too.

Andrew65 Definitely go you! Sensational. 👏👏👏😊 This 3rd book was my favourite. 4y
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Aussie_SFF
Mehso-so

I am afraid to say it but book number one did not live up to book number 3. That is to say I did not hate this book. It brought the threads of the story to a nice and convenient conclusion but I was not surprised by any of it and I picked it about 200 pages out and frankly that does not for a good read make! I will have to hear some fantastic things about the next trilogy for me to continue with it. 3/5 stars.

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crowlows19
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One of the best hard sci-fis you can read. Excuse me while I'm off to join the Rising.

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Bookish_Viking
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#ManicMonday #LetterM @JoScho

Book: Morning Star (Red Rising 3), Pierce Brown
Author: Maas, Sarah J. (Like I‘d choose another lol)
TV Show: MacGyver (the old, good one with Richard
Dean Anderson, not the new)
Singer: Miranda Lambert
Song: My Masquerade, Delain

JoScho Thanks for playing ♥️ 4y
Bookish_Viking Double letter score on Song! Lol 4y
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jackilynn
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InLibrisVeritas
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This turned out to be such a fantastic conclusion to this trilogy! So many twists and turns, and truly unexpected gambits. Ruthless strategy and headstrong ideals clash in ways that make me bow to Pierce Brown's terrifying mind.

Definitely going to try and get a copy of Iron Gold at some point in the near future.

wordslinger42 It's been quite a time since I read this trilogy, but I remember not liking Morning Star as much as the first two books. If I remember right, I think I found it really difficult to connect with the main character in the third book 4y
InLibrisVeritas @wordslinger42 I can definitely see how that would be an issue. For me personally this series is all about the insane strategies they come up with, and the side characters like Sevros and Ragnar. Darrow is hit and miss for me most of the time. 4y
wordslinger42 @InLibrisVeritas Haha yes, the way Pierce Brown's mind works as far as the strategies and plot twists is impressive! I just have a hard time sticking with a series if I don't care about the MC. It's definitely made me hesitant to try Iron Gold (especially when I can't get it from the library right now!) 4y
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InLibrisVeritas
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About half way through this and loving it. My heart hurts though.
I am currently trying to pin down my TBR for the next 7 days. I am thinking either Manga or library books. I am a mood reader so this TBR thing is new to me, but I am enjoying the change up.

Do you have TBRs or are you a mood reader?

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jackilynn
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Ahhh, remind me to never make Sevro angry 😳😜

BooknerdsLife He is my favourite !!!! 😆 3y
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AvidReader25
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I loved rereading this series. It was so different to see the story unfold after knowing the ending. I‘d forgotten some things, but knowing which characters were lost or survived, who betrayed who, etc. just made it a whole new experience. It‘s a dark story, but there is so much joy to be found in the relationships and loyalty between the characters. I know I‘ll return to these books again.

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Chrissyreadit
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#Ispy a book with a black cover @JaclynW
Can you spy a book with a lavender cover @megnews @MeganAnn ?

JaclynW Nice! 🖤 4y
MeganAnn Lavender might be tough! Searching my shelves and I‘ll post in the morning... 💜 4y
Chrissyreadit @MeganAnn it seemed like a fun twist and challenge- I was noticing shades of books on my shelves so thought fun to try. 4y
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Kimberlone
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I visited my local used bookstore yesterday for the last time before they close indefinitely today due to our city‘s hunker down order. I‘ve been looking for a copy of Morning Star in paperback to round out my set of the series, and picked up a few others that caught my eye.

Saknicole Yah! Morning Star! Dillon and I always seem to go back to those books. 4y
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Elodin
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This was a solid end to the trilogy. Tons of action, some betrayal splashed in, and another helluva ride. This was an extremely fun series to read.

TheLibrarian There‘s 2 more in that series - Iron Gold and Dark Age. 4y
Elodin I do have Iron Gold, but this certainly felt like an ending. I thought it was just a continuation of the world. Good to know! 4y
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BreakingRad1977
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4.5 Stars. Excellent conclusion to an epic story. Great to see and hear more of the other characters instead of all the focus being on Darrow. Loved all the twists and turns towards the end. Really kept you on your toes. Can't wait to read the second trilogy!

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NAM99
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Excellent read while cooking

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tessavi
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Fast paced with lost of twists. This is my favorite in the trilogy and will definitely continue the series! Brown's style is improving with every book.

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TrishB
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#underneaththestars #ayupaugust
This morning I was going to do The Fault in Our Stars but forgot to take a picture. Late in from work and I thought someone is bound to have already done that, I‘ll do this one instead 😁
And no one‘s done my original.

squirrelbrain I nearly did The Fault in my Stars but didn‘t... 😁 Hope your day wasn‘t too horrendous - that‘s a very late evening... 5y
TrishB @squirrelbrain all those things that need doing before the start of term 😱I‘ve already taken Friday and Tuesday off so am panicking to get things sorted! But long weekend ahead. (edited) 5y
Cathythoughts Nice cover 5y
Cinfhen Oppps, missed this 😜 5y
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La_Cori
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“Maybe that‘s just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be. It takes more to hope than to remember.”

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La_Cori
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6.30 am, let the readathon begin!! #24B4Monday
(I have just 30 minutes before getting ready to work, but every minutes count)
Also, reading in bed is one of my favorite things! 🖤

Have a nice day Littens! ☀️

Buechersuechtling You, too. And yes, reading in bed is a pleasure that cannot easily be beaten. – And your first week in the new job is almost over. Hope it went okay. 👍🏼 5y
La_Cori @Buechersuechtling It went well!! I'm working for a few more hours and then the weekend can begin!!! 😉😊 5y
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