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Tress of the Emerald Sea
Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?******Praise for Brandon Sanderson"Epic in every sense." -The Guardian on The Way of Kings"Brandon Sanderson's reputation is finally as big as his novels." -The New York Times on Words of Radiance"If you're a fan of fantasy and haven't read the Mistborn trilogy yet, you have no excuses." -Forbes on Mistborn"A fresh view of how a world can grow, building new dimensions into the best of the old. Sanderson continues to show that he is one of the best authors in the genre." -Library Journal (starred review) on The Alloy of Law"Sanderson's fresh ideas on the source and employment of magic are both arresting and original [...] Think brisk. Think fun. Enjoy." -Kirkus, on The Alloy of Law"Mystery, magic, romance, political wrangling, religious conflict, fights for equality, sharp writing and wonderful, robust characters...Sanderson is a writer to watch." -Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Elantris
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Just got a new sprayed edges version of Tress of the Emerald Sea (by PegacornPages on Etsy) so I needed to do a little reorganization of my Sanderson shelves 😊💚💛🖤

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Branwen This looks absolutely AMAZING! 😍 1w
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I‘ve never read a Sanderson book but I did get sucked into the Kickstarter hype 😝 but the boxes started arriving during my scramble to find a new apartment / moving back home / into a new place… so this is the first time I‘ve taken them out of the box…

julesG They are beautiful. Hope you enjoy the books. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I‘ll get to them one day 😅 1mo
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LeticiaToraci
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Another interesting quote.

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LeticiaToraci
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This book has such interesting quotes.

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LeticiaToraci
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I started the secret projects and so far I like this first one. It's so cute.

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CaitlinR
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Mehso-so

This story has solid bones somewhat mucked up with humor that often falls flat. At times, the tale really soars — I mean, IT IS Sanderson after all, but there are other moments that you trudge through just hoping to get out the other side. The author tells us he was inspired by “The Princess Bride” but wanted to show what happens when the Princess is the quester, and that pretty much the plot in a nutshell. Not (too) sorry I read it.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Why is that cover NOT emerald green? Anyway, re actual book: Sweet. Fantasy adventure with a side of sporror and snippets of sci fi. Somewhere between T.Kingfisher and Terry Pratchett: there's some funny, perhaps less social commentary and more advice for the YA crowd, does direct to reader well, retains that ability to go dark or gross for a moment. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Narrator exhibits the most studied effort in burying the lead/teasing his own background I've ever encountered.
I loved the growing (and changing 😉) motif in chapter headings art, and the pattern in chapter names 'THE X...' felt like a set of tarot cards.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? I'm still not eager to pick up other works by this author as he seems to have made his name in lengthy high fantasy/sci-fi, but based on this experience, I'm not ruling out future forays.
Didn't seem like there was anything objectionable in deaf rep, will let own voices' reviewers make that call.
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Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Tainted a tad by the 'not like other girls' introduction of the main character, but the wealth of complex female characters depicted makes up for it.

⚠️ fatphobia
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Talking rat with tiny pirate hat! I sincerely hope there's already fanart on Tumblr. ☺️🐀

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Robotswithpersonality
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😑

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Robotswithpersonality
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I MEANT to do that. 😉

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Robotswithpersonality
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LOVE the botanical progression in the chapter headings. 🌿

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Robotswithpersonality
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Darling little sociopaths! 😆

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Robotswithpersonality
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😏

lyradora ... wow ....
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Robotswithpersonality
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Not pulling any punches!

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staci.reads
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Mehso-so

I'm in the minority here, but I found this one just okay. There are some great characters, and the world building is unique. It has clever dialogue as well. For me, though, it dragged, and I found myself wanting to skim. It's my first Sanderson, but I've read it's very unlike his other work, so I may give him another chance.

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Lin3han
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A wonderfully fun fantasy filled with adventure, pirates, and some extremely beautiful and witty writing. Incredible all around. SPRINT to read this one!

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wordslinger42
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Really enjoying this one so far!! 💚

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Bookfan1414
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I don‘t know that I‘ve ever been more puzzled and intrigued by the first few sentences of a book:

In the middle of the ocean, there was a girl who lived upon a rock.
This was not an ocean like the one you have imagined.
Nor was the rock like the one you have imagined.
The girl, however, might be as you imagined - assuming you imagined her as thoughtful, soft-spoken, and overly fond of collecting cups.

AkashaVampie I agree with u!!! 4mo
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xicanti
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I meant to spend today reading and sewing, but it‘s 16:30 and I‘ve mostly just sewed. I finally put the darts in the shirt I‘ve been procrastinating on for months, and I made my first mini quilt! It ain‘t gonna win any prizes, but I‘m happy with it.

Hopefully I can read a whole bunch of TRESS this evening. It‘s great so far, but I‘m reading it too damned slowly and that‘s really impacted my enjoyment. Sigh.

CBee I‘d give you a prize for that adorable quilt! 🐶 💚 4mo
Tea_and_Starstuff I have, until right now, thought the book was named Tess, despite seeing it several times! Glad to have the name right, and your sewing project looks amazing!! 4mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
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Soubhiville That‘s so cute! 4mo
xicanti @CBee I think I‘d get a Participation ribbon for the cute factor, if nothing else! 4mo
xicanti @Tea_and_Starstuff slightly different names can be tough. I‘d literally read Neil Gaiman‘s STARDUST four times before I realized the main character was called Tristran, not Tristan. 4mo
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Roary47
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5✨I really like that Sanderson got to do this story slowly and at first just for his wife. I‘m glad they decided to share it because I loved it! Inspired by Princess Bride, with the question with what would it look like for a young girl to go looking for her love lost at sea. A unique world, but with pirates, curses, dragons, and intriguing characters. The characters are all very well developed and lovable.

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Roary47
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“Those stories always leave something out,” Tress said. “It‘s really not a problem that someone needs to be saved. Everyone needs help. It‘s hard to be the person who makes trouble, but the thing is, everyone makes trouble. How would we help anyone if nobody ever needed help?”

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BilboBookends
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“But lies have a way of diluting a person. The longer you live them, the more you become a bucket of mixed paint, steadily veering towards generic brown.”

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Roary47
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Cheer practice means mommy me time with a book. 🥰

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jahnna
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sixteenth book of summer.

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Roary47
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Yesterday, I did complete my Serial Reads, am almost halfway through a week of Bible reading, mostly keeping up with my pages for the tagged. Finished my physical read, and halfway through my first audiobook “A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe”. Going to hit on some more goals I hope by the end of today. #JubilantJuly #LitsySciFiBookClub @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Excellent! 5mo
Andrew65 That‘s great 👏👏👏 4mo
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Roary47
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My hubby is gone for the week doing training so it‘s late night reading with my boys. Gandalf and baby E via baby bump. This book is so good, but I‘m enjoying reading it slowly. #HometownBookClub @Littlewolf1

dabbe Hi, Gandalf and E! 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
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julesG Still waters.... 🤣🤣🤣 5mo
rockpools Fair comment 🤔. 5mo
Knitmaths First book I‘ve read by this author and I‘m loving his comments throughout the story! 5mo
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Roary47
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“Listen,Tress. I promise you. I‘m not going to get married. I‘m going to go to those kingdoms, and I‘m going to be so insufferably boring that none of the girls will have me.” 🥰💛

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Roary47
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Hopefully, what I‘m currently reading will be done by this time. However, I do know I have a reading plan to finish Tress of the Emerald Sea along with my Hometown book club book. I‘d like to keep caught up with my serial Reads, and finally finish the last 6 weeks of The Bible in 52 Weeks (Which was suppose to be done last December 🥺😬). I‘ll also try to finish another physical read that will TBD and an Audiobook also TBR #JubilantJuly

Andrew65 Be great to have you with us ❤️ 5mo
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SW-T
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Mehso-so

Bit of whimsy for adults and YA readers. Not quite a fairy tale but close. It is an adventure, coming of age, and young love story for sure. Tress is resourceful and smart and makes a great heroine. Quick read to pass some time.

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ghandigl
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Enjoy memories, yes, but don‘t be a slave to who you wish you once had been. Those memories aren‘t alive. You are.

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ghandigl
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Memories are fossils, the bones left by dead versions of ourselves. More potently, our minds are a hungry audience, craving only the peaks and valleys of experience. The bland erodes, leaving behind the distinctive bits to be remembered again and again.

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ghandigl
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You can‘t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Sail ⛵️💚 #AwolNation #VolumesAndVocals 🎶🌞🌈🌼

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 5mo
LittleBowBook So pretty! 😍 5mo
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LunaAubry
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As Sanderson wanted, Tress of the Emerald Sea is an adult fairy tale of wonderful proportions. The narrative style is whimsical but isn‘t childlike. It‘s a beautiful story at once predictable and, yet, surprising.

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LunaAubry
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“If you wish to become a storyteller, here‘s a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you‘ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”

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Krdugan
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5/5
I thought I loved Mistborn… but I love this one more. Gave me the nostalgic vibes of Treasure Planet and the Wizard of Oz. Fantastic book. Fantastic character development. So many wonderful nuggets of wisdom.

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Krdugan
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I can‘t tell you how much I‘ve enjoyed this story. I have always been a fan of Sanderson, but these characters have taken my heart!

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Branwen
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I loved, loved, LOVED this! 💕📚 Wonderful and witty and utterly whimsical!

StaceGhost What a gorgeous edition! 7mo
ravenlee Do I spy #Rumpel? 7mo
Branwen @StaceGhost Thank you! It's the Kickstarter edition! I'm absolutely obsessed with it! 🩷 @ravenlee YES! 😹 I couldn't get her to look at the camera! 😹😹😹 7mo
ravenlee I showed this to the kiddo and she shrieked, “IS THAT RUMPEL?!!!!!!” 7mo
Branwen @ravenlee 😹😹😹😹 Awww, that's so cute! 7mo
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Branwen
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"The preachers spoke about respecting the moons and about the meaning of life. Except every preacher who visited the island seemed to have a different idea of what the purpose of life was. Even two preachers from the same moonschool would disagree. That part had comforted her. If religion couldn't get it together, then she could be forgiven for being a mess herself."

?? I love Tress! ?

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Twainy
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I finished 36 books in April.

14,538 pages or over 440 hours if you‘re listening. All are reviewed.

16 pictured here were my favorites. Tress was an absolute shocker! ♥️ I bought the DragonSteel edition 😁

1 - Under 100 pages
5 - 201-300
15 - 301-400
9 - 401-500
4 - 501-600
1 - 688
1 > 800

Did you read or listen to a great book in April?

Jenken1998 I read 25 books. My favorite was a tie between The Cuban Heiress and Migrations. Looks like you had a great reading month! I am hoping to get to the new TJ Klune in May. 7mo
Twainy @Jenken1998 you also had a good reading month. The Cuban Saga & Migrations look intriguing & heart breaking. 7mo
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Branwen
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TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY! 🎂🎉🎈

I'm really happy to report that today has been a completely relaxing birthday - my FAVORITE kind! 😊 I've been spending most of the day with Sanderson! And soon I'll be going out to dinner! 😋

TrishB Enjoy ❤️ 7mo
BennettBookworm Happy birthday!! 7mo
mabell Happy Birthday! 🎉 7mo
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Ruthiella Happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 7mo
Tamra Happy Book/Birthday! 7mo
Hooked_on_books Happy Birthday! What a bright, happy cake! May your day be filled with happiness and books! 🌈 📚 7mo
Clare-Dragonfly Yay!! Happy birthday!!! 7mo
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Follow.my.read
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The are NO WORDS how much I LOVE artwork inside book covers! What amazing talent #BrandonSanderson has! NOBODY can transport me to fairy tale worlds like he can! #TressOfTheEmeraldSea#BrandonSanderson

BethM Wow! 7mo
jitteryjane724 I'm excited to delve more into Sanderson's own work once I finish the Wheel of Time series! 7mo
Follow.my.read I have read book one in Wheel of Time and hope to read through the rest of the series this summer! I am so hooked on Sanderson that I can‘t help myself whenever he releases a new title! 7mo
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julesG
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Full #BuddyRead review: https://scepticalreading.com/2023/05/tress-of-the-emerald-sea/

If you, like Sanderson, ever wondered what might have happened had Goldman's Buttercup gone looking for Westley, you should read this novel.

This book is the one book that redeems the (fairytale retelling) YA genre for me. Yes, there are certain YA Fantasy tropes, but they are used in such a way it outclasses all other YA books.

@DuckOfDoom @Maike

TrishB I went off Sanderson a couple of years ago 🤷‍♀️ this sounds good. 7mo
julesG @TrishB I've only read Mistborn (the first book) and the Starfleet(?) series. I didn't really like Mistborn - very epic. 😜 7mo
TrishB If you think Mistborn is epic don‘t try the Stormlight Archive 😁😁 too epic even for me! 7mo
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julesG @TrishB Will steer clear. Mistborn was one of those "I can take a nap while listening to the audiobook on 2.0x and not miss any part of what goes on" books. 7mo
DogMomIrene Oh, I love Sanderson and Princess Bride👏🏼 7mo
LazyLibrary This is possibly the best book pitch I've ever heard!!! Love this! 7mo
julesG @LazyLibrary Thank you! 😊 7mo
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wildwoodreads
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Look how pretty. 😍😍😍

I finally got my hands on a copy of Tress of the Emerald Sea. I can‘t wait to dive into it.

https://wildwoodreads.com/2023/04/17/tress-of-the-emerald-sea-unboxing/

5feet.of.fury So pretty! 8mo
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nitalibrarian
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I was in the very last group to get shipped the 1st book in Sanderson's Kickstarter. But it's finally here today. The book come with a beautiful bookmark, sticker, and an enamel pin of the character Vin. The book is absolutely gorgeous.

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Twainy
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🎧 Loved this book. Still not gonna read another one of his door stops. Nope.

This is The Princess Bride if Buttercup had got up and went after her man. I loved the seas that went from dry liquid to solid. Unique. Pirates! Interesting animal companion!

All around a fun book! I still am not a huge fan of his humor but I did laugh once or twice.

He said this is an adult fantasy but it could be a family fantasy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Twainy PS - good audiobook. Under $15 on Chirp. 8mo
Twainy Confession … I just went on Dragonsteel dot com & bought the special edition … $55 Unsigned … 8mo
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Branwen
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Okay...I promise I'll stop gushing after this last post...BUT LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATION! 📚💕🥰

TheBookHippie 😍😍😍 8mo
IndoorDame 🤩🤩🤩 8mo
Clwojick If you can‘t gush here, then where?! KEEP GUSHING! Lol. ❤️❤️❤️ 8mo
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Branwen
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I can't get over these endpapers! 😱

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Branwen
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Here is the back! I love the text! 🥰