Litsy

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands | Kate Beaton

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5⭐️ I really enjoyed this #reread and still felt horrified by Kate‘s experience at the Oil Sands in Alberta. #2025 #bookreview #nonfiction #memoir #graphicnovel #bookclub

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melissajayne

Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds | John Fugelsang

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3.5⭐️ I had different expectations when I started the book and what I thought I would get and what I did get was totally different. I also read the book too fast and should have read it slower. #2025 #nonfiction #politics #christianity

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melissajayne

The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel | Reshonda Tate

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4⭐️ I had planned on reading this book earlier but just didn't get around to it until November. I really did like the book and found it to be quite insightful. #2025 #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction #fiction

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melissajayne

The Village Beyond the Mist | Sachiko Kashiwaba

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4⭐️ I read this due to Libby doing a big read and my home library having a challenge related to this book. I was pleasantly surprised with this book and quite enjoyed it. #2025 #fiction #middlegrade #fantasy #magicalrealism

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melissajayne

The Woman in Cabin 10 | Ruth Ware

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4⭐️ an enjoyable read; probably didn‘t enjoy it as much as I did the first time around, but it was worth the #reread. #2025 #fiction #contemporary #mystery #thriller #suspense

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kspenmoll

A Christmas Murder | Mary Grand

#BookReport #November23to29 #2025
Finished the first 4 books: #sundaybuddyread #TLI #PasticheBR #ABrunoChiefofPoliceNovel #ChristmasCrimeChallenge #RailwayDetectiveBook15 #prompt7 #setontransport

Currently reading: #NFNovember #ChristmasCrimeChallenge #prompt4
#lockedroommystery #ChristmasCrimeChallenge #prompt6 #setinsnow #audiobook

Next week I predict my reading will slow down as I will be back to work after a 5 day Thanksgiving holiday!

Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Ruthiella, dabbe, RaeLovesToRead

Ruthiella Back to work after the Thanksgiving break is so hard! 😭 1w

dabbe #yahooyou! 🩵❄️🩶 1w

Cuilin Great reads. Good luck next week. 1w

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melissajayne

The Rose Code | Kate Quinn

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4.5⭐️ One of my favourite books; I really liked the strong female characters and liked that their work at Bletchley was the emphasis rather than the romantic aspects. It‘s probably one of the better #wwii novels out there. #2025 #bookreview #historicalfiction #bookclub #fiction

annahenke She is a new favorite author of mine - I devoured all her books this year! 2w

Texreader @annahenke Same!! 1d

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AnishaInkspill

Bridget Jones's Diary A Format Special S | Helen Fielding

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#2025 reads

I took a little break from reading a translation of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong and finished reading Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.

Bridget Jones's Diary is almost a pick. I did find the roundup to the story flat, and thought the romance between Bridget and Mark Darcy comes together better in the movie because of its multi-point-of-view. ⬇️

AnishaInkspill Putting this aside, in places this is a funny read and occasionally v. funny. Without this humour Bridget‘s pre-occupation with herself would have made this a chore.

What kept me reading is Bridget‘s ditziness as she fumbles through life, it‘s this that made it a feel-good tale that never gives up on hope. 2w

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melissajayne

The Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden