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Librarybelle
Six Sweets Under | Sarah Fox
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I‘m a bit behind on #TitlesAndTunes , but this was my choice for June‘s #GuiltyPleasures ….a fun first in a new series set in Vermont in a town that sounds a lot like Venice (the town is a bunch of canals). I really liked the setting and the characters, and I did not guess the murderer. Definitely worth a read, and I‘ll continue with the series!

Today is Zeke‘s 12th birthday, so have to get a shot with him and the book! 😂 #Zeke #CatsOfLitsy

IndoorDame Happy birthday Zeke!!! 😽😽😽🎂🎁🎊 9mo
rubyslippersreads Happy Birthday Zeke! That‘s a great feline name, since Zeke is the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. 🦁 9mo
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batsy Aww! Zeke's a Leo like me (and Fritz the hippo! 😆) 9mo
RaeLovesToRead Happy Birthday, Zeke!!! 🥰🥰 9mo
dabbe Happiest of birthdays, Mr. Zeke! 🖤🐾🖤 9mo
mabell Happy Birthday Zeke! 🎂🎉 He doesn‘t look thrilled about it though 🤣 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly Happy birthday Zeke! 😻 9mo
TNbookworm 😻 9mo
UwannaPublishme Aww! Happy Birthday Zeke! 🎉 9mo
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Jari-chan
The Wicked and the Damned | Phil Kelly, David Annandale, Josh Reynolds
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Ah yes, my #GuiltyPleasures - and a pleasure it was. Three people meet at a strange location. Three authors write how they got there. Of course it's bloody, dirrty and wicked. Especially the first two stories are rather psychological horror. The third reminded me of the movie Alien. Rather fitting for a sci-fi horror novel, right? 😄
This book would also make a good start to get into Warhammer 40K.

#TitlesandTunes @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Love the cover art!!!! 10mo
Jari-chan @Cinfhen It's a great cover, I totally agree 😁 10mo
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Bookwomble
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#TitlesAndTunes #GuiltyPleasures
Sax Rohmer's adventure thrillers are a guilty pleasure due to their racism and Rohmer's journalistic role in contributing to the racist trope of "The Yellow Peril". His best-known creation is criminal mastermind / anti-colonial patriot, Dr. Fu Manchu. Less well-known is his female counterpart, Sumuru.
Tunes are Desmond Dekker's Fu Manchu, and the original China Girl by Iggy Pop, both of which I love without guilt!

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dabbe My roommate in college (back in--gulp--1983) had a 90-minute cassette tape (45 minutes each side) with only “China Girl.“ She played it over and over and over and over ... to this day when I hear it, my hair literally stands on end. Love David Bowie, though! 🤣🤣🤣 10mo
Bookwomble @dabbe And your roommate is now my wife! 😮 (Well, perhaps not 😂). David wrote the music for Iggy Pop's original version, Iggy improvising the lyrics about a failed love affair he'd just come out of. As might be expected, the Iggy version is more raw than David's - I love them both ♥️👨🏻‍🎤🧑🏻‍🎤 10mo
dabbe @Bookwomble My hubby ADORES Iggy Pop; me, too! Both are just out of the universe. 💚💙💚 If your wife's name is Brenda, then she is the one! 🤣🤣🤣 10mo
Cinfhen I never knew Iggy Pop had the original version 🫢 #LiveAndLearn 10mo
Bookwomble @dabbe Brenda?! Brenda Bookwomble? A-no! 😄 Iggy is manically fabulous 🦎😊 10mo
Bookwomble @Cinfhen David and Iggy recorded it for the latter's "The Idiot" album while they were in Berlin. Iggy was having some financial problems a few years later, so David included the song on his "Let's Dance" album to earn Iggy some royalties. 10mo
Rissreads Love that story! ♥️ 10mo
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merelybookish
Miss Buncles Book | D.E. Stevenson
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One of my #GuiltyPleasures is watching Miranda Mills's 'cosy' reading vlogs. (If you know you know. If you don't, be glad. ?)
So for this month's #TitleandTunes, I'll be reading one of Miranda's recommended cosy reads.
As for a song, no guilt at all. I just straight up love TikTok by Ke$ha "cuz the party don't start till I walk in." ?
@cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Hahaha 🤣 perfect 🙌🏻🎶 11mo
Cinfhen And I DON‘T know 😁 11mo
merelybookish @Cinfhen I wish I didn't know, because now I cannot look away! 🙈 11mo
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Cinfhen 😂😂😂 11mo
LeahBergen Ah, I‘ve been following her for years! She‘s great. And Miss Buncle‘s Book is so good. 11mo
merelybookish @LeahBergen Not surprised to hear that! You could be her Canadian counterpart. 😁 11mo
LeahBergen 😆😆 11mo
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Cinfhen
Guilty Pleasures | Cathy Yardley
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The moment you‘ve all been waiting for …. Our June #TitlesAndTunes #GuiltyPleasure(s) playlist🥳🥳🥳Please feel free to join this month‘s challenge and add a book and song that fits the prompt 🎶🍒📚Don‘t forget to tag @BarbaraBB & me!! Link for Spotify playlist below ⬇️

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Librarybelle Yay! I recognized a number of good “ear worms” on the list! 😂 11mo
peaKnit Oh, I have to get mine posted, I was looking forward to a guilty pleasure read! 11mo
TrishB These playlists are fun! 11mo
Cinfhen Yay @peaknit SO TRUE @Librarybelle @TrishB they are whacky and wonderful just like our awesome crew of readers😁 11mo
batsy Love it! Whacky and wonderful sums it up 😁 11mo
CBee @Cinfhen I had trouble with this one for some reason 🤷‍♀️ I‘ll try again next month! Loving the playlist though!! 11mo
Cinfhen You can always just add a tune @CBee we love our playlists!!! And it‘s totally fine if you pop in & out - all our welcome whenever they feel like jumping in!! 11mo
paper.reveries Oooohhhhhh this looks fun!!! 11mo
Cinfhen @batsy maybe that should be a prompt for next year #WhackyAndWonderful 😁🎶📚 11mo
Cinfhen Join in @paper.reveries we love seeing new faces!!! Right @BarbaraBB !!!!?? 11mo
Cinfhen I think I forgot to add you Jessie @erzascarletbookgasm Im so sorry 😞 forgive me, please!!! And I‘ve now updated the master list 😉 (edited) 11mo
Deblovestoread Another fun playlist! And #WhackyandWonderful sounds like a fun prompt. Loving #Titles&Tunes @BarbaraBB 11mo
erzascarletbookgasm Thanks Cindy! Sure I‘ll join #GuiltyPleasures 😃 11mo
BarbaraBB That list is awesome!!! 11mo
CBee @Cinfhen that‘s true! I‘ll have a think 🤔 11mo
DebinHawaii I just posted. Love the playlist! 💜💜💜 11mo
youneverarrived I love this playlist!! 😁 11mo
paper.reveries @Cinfhen Do I pick my own song and book combination? Or do I pick a book linked to a song that's already on the playlist? 11mo
Cinfhen @paper.reveries you choose your own book and song combo! We add the song to the playlist you attempt to read your selected book during the month of June. You can always just add a song & skip a book if you aren‘t feeling the prompt! Honestly, anything goes 😉 11mo
paper.reveries @Cinfhen Perfect!! Definitely gonna think about this one and join up 11mo
Cinfhen @paper.reveries great!! Looking forward 🙌🏻🎶 11mo
Read4life I‘m on another road trip so I‘m ready to listen to our new playlist 🤓 11mo
Cinfhen That‘s right @Read4life the timing is perfect 🤩 11mo
Cinfhen Sorry @Books_et_al here‘s the start of the new June playlist link above ⬆️ 11mo
paper.reveries @Cinfhen Am I supposed to be adding to the playlist? Or just posting and tagging you guys and you'll add to the Spotify officially? 11mo
Cinfhen When you post & tag us we‘ll add it @paper.reveries 😁 can‘t wait 11mo
Rissreads This playlist is sooooooo good! ♥️🤣 10mo
Cinfhen It‘s NUTS ! Right @Rissreads 😂😂😂 10mo
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TheKidUpstairs
No Quest for the Wicked | Shanna Swendson
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How is it almost June? I feel little to no actual guilt about these #GuiltyPleasures, but I look forward to these brain breaks next month!

It's been a long time since I've read any of Shanna Swendson's Enchanted Inc series, but I think this is the one I'm on. Cheesy magic and cheesier romance, it's such delicious brain candy.

NKOTB was my first musical love. And I will always sing along at full volume when I hear this tune! (Link in comments)

Deblovestoread Those baby faces! 11mo
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Cinfhen I love how we‘re all showing our age through our musical picks 😂😂Fabulous choices 🤩 11mo
BarbaraBB That‘s a perfect Guilty Pleasure! 11mo
LaraReads Yaaas! Fellow NKOTB girl! My cousin who was 2 years my junior was a Joey girl & this was her JAM! I was Jordan all the way though! Love that falsetto! 🤣😍🤣 11mo
TheKidUpstairs @LaraReads I was 100% Joey all the way. Probably because his baby face was so unintimidating 🤣 and I loved his hat with the top cut out, I wanted one so bad! 11mo
LaraReads @TheKidUpstairs lol, for sure! I was all about the black jelly bracelets Jordan wore! I had so many ☺️ and that rat tail 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 Such good memories! 11mo
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Jari-chan
Frevler und Verdammte: Ein Warhammer Horror Roman | Phil Kelly, David Annandale, Josh Reynolds
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My choices for #TitlesandTunes for June's prompt #GuiltyPleasures are the following:

Book - I love Warhammer ❤️ A world where in one chapter more people die than in s whole George RR Martin book. Where guts are mostly found outside of people's bodies and even the air tries to kill you.

Song - I now admit liking listening to Kesha. Still 🙈 And I guess there's a lot of timber needed in the Warhammer universe 🤔

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Hahaha!! Love knowing your #GuiltyPleasure(s) ~ plus this song is so addictive 🎶 It's going down, I'm yelling timber🎶 👂🏼🐛 11mo
Jari-chan @Cinfhen I guess June's playlist will be filled with ear-worms 😂 11mo
Cinfhen Of that I‘m sure 😇 11mo
BarbaraBB Haha! Cool choices!! 11mo
Jari-chan @BarbaraBB Thank you ❤️ 11mo
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Clwojick
Final Justice | Fern Michaels
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It‘s taken me a while to sort out what author I‘m going to focus on for this months #backlistreadathon, but after looking through my #SeriesLove spread, I‘ve decided on the SisterhoodSeries by Fern Michaels. Hoping for at least 4 books!

TheSpineView Good luck! 11mo
Leftcoastzen Nice journal! 11mo
dabbe Very pretty, too! 💜🩷💜 11mo
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I started the next book in Jill Shalvis's Lucky Harbor series yesterday - hoping to knock three of those off the list this week!! I'm really enjoying combining the #BacklistReadathon with #SeriesLove2023 !!! 11mo
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks I‘m targeting 3 books at least in the DCI Daley series set in Scotland by Denzil Meyrick. Best of luck. 11mo
Andrew65 Hope it‘s going well 😁 11mo
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GatheringBooks
Married Lovers | Jackie Collins
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#ItHadToBeYou Day 14: My #Valentine for the past 31 years.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful couple ❤️ 2y
RosePressedPages That‘s wonderful 💕 2y
Ddzmini Awe ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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Cathythoughts Gorgeous ❤️ 2y
marleed Ohhhhh! 2y
Eggs 💖💘💖 2y
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