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MatchlessMarie
Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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This book was a lot of fun and my first book complete for #AuldLangSpine I think it‘s a good fit for people like me who often feel intimidated by the fantasy genre. This story was just so easy to get into. I didn‘t love that it ends on a cliffhanger but I feel like I am invested and will be continuing the series for #SerieLove2025 also I need more Kingsley 🤭🐸👑 #LitsyAtoZ #LetterA

Texreader Yay for #letterA!! 13h
monalyisha One of my good friends loooooved this book! I don‘t think it‘s for me but I love the love! 12h
TheSpineView Fantastic! 2h
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xicanti
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Throwback to this morning, when I read my book while Casey styled his hair into a crest by rubbing his head against my duvet.

I wanted to finish DON‘T WANT YOU LIKE A BEST FRIEND today but, while it‘s good, I haven‘t found it as moreish as I hoped it would be. We‘ll see what happens later this afternoon. #AuldLangSpine

AmyG Looks 🙌🏻🤣 17h
Sace He looks so edgy! 16h
Mollyanna Love it 🐾 16h
dabbe 😂🖤🐾🖤😂 15h
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CBee
The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring
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@CSeydel my heart is full of so many emotions after reading this beautiful book. I loved every minute of it. I wish I could write more but I‘m really just basking in this feeling that will without a doubt develop into a book hangover. Thank you for putting this on your list! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ #auldlangspine #ALSpine @monalyisha

CSeydel I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I read it with #europacollective - never would have heard of it otherwise. I‘m looking forward to reading the second one 19h
CBee @CSeydel I had an Amazon credit and I immediately used it to buy the second 😂 16h
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Laughterhp
Untitled | Untitled
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8 years of Litsy!! That‘s wild!

Happy #litsyversary to my current #auldlangspine match too! @rachelsbrittain 🎉🎉

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Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 1d
Meshell1313 Congrats!!! 🎉 1d
AmyG 🎉🎉🎉 1d
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wanderinglynn Happy Litsyversary! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1d
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🙌🏽 1d
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 23h
CrowCAH Happy Anniversary!!! 23h
dabbe HL! 🤩🤩🤩 21h
Deblovestoread Happy Litsyversary 🎉 20h
AnneCecilie Happy Litsyversary 📚🎉📚🎉 20h
julesG Happy Litsyversary!! 19h
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 17h
rachelsbrittain It's hard to believe! 11h
inthegreensandblues Happy Litsyversary! 🎉 10h
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MatchlessMarie
How Not to Die Alone | Richard Roper
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So.. this book had been on my TBR since last year‘s #AuldLangSpine but as I am writing this I now realize the book on last year‘s list was actually the same title but a different author 😅

But it worked out and was a pick for me. I think fans of Emily Austin will enjoy it. Lots of dark humor and existential themes. Kind of Six Feet Under meets Dear Evan Hansen in terms of the pickle the main character puts himself in. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie These are the same book but it was republished as Something to Live For which I realized when I went looking for the audio. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterR 1d
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MeganAnn
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#auldlangspine Book 6 This is my favorite book so far from @Zuhkeeyah ‘s excellent list! I was immediately drawn in by Margo‘s voice & stayed up much too late reading it the last two nights. I loved Margo‘s grit. Her way of making mistakes, then finding a way to keep going & learn from them. I also found the author‘s use of switching between 3rd & 1st person to be masterfully done. It added so much to Margo‘s character. All the stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

monalyisha I know it‘s a divisive…but I really liked that bit of self-conscious artifice, too! Still thinking about this one. 💖 2d
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monalyisha
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“A Well-Trained Wife” is Tia Levings‘ memoir about narrowly surviving abuse at the hands of her husband and under the leadership of the fundamentalist church. For nearly 15 years, she hides her longing to “awaken as ONE Tia, a woman with a name.” With this book, she‘s made a name for herself, which is no small thing.

While timely and illuminating, the narrative is relentless. 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/4: Tia describes her suffering in unflinching detail. She explains the Quiverful movement and their goals. They believe that a woman is a tool — specifically, a “quiver.” It‘s a man‘s job to utilize this tool, created expressly for his use. A man must fill his quiver with arrows, aka children, and prepare for battle. 2d
monalyisha 2/4: Their mission is to create an army to bring to the polls. Tia herself bears 5 children. Reading this leading up to the second inauguration of Donald Trump was too chilling, and, frankly, verging on too much for me. (edited) 2d
monalyisha 3/4: Levings‘ writing grows stronger as the chapters progress. She begins with a metaphor that feels unconnected and out-of-place (falling dominoes); unfortunately, it‘s carried throughout the text. Horribly and beautifully, the most powerful passages are a tribute to Tia‘s infant daughter, Clara, who died when she was nine weeks old. 2d
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monalyisha 4/4: Tia‘s strength in sharing her story is commendable. If her identity were limited to any tool now (which it‘s not), she would be a torch. She uses her story to shine a light on the path to hell (which I have trouble believing is paved with good intentions at this point). I‘m glad Tia was able to find a trapdoor, despite the darkness. I hope there‘s still enough light in our country to find ours. #AuldLangSpine @Christine 1d
thecheckoutstack I agree that the domino metaphor didn‘t really work. 19h
monalyisha @thecheckoutstack It was so strange! It made me think I wasn‘t going to like her writing at all, which (thankfully) didn‘t turn out to be the case. Bizarre that it made it in and stuck around. 18h
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MeganAnn
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#auldlangspine book 5

A delightful graphic novel where Lady Camembert disguises herself as a man to avoid marrying one, then falls in love with Princess Brie. I loved all the cheese names! It really fleshed out the world in a very humorous way that had me chuckling each time a new one was named. Loved Brie‘s friends along with Feta, Cam‘s servant. The conversations about women‘s rights were well done & didn‘t take away from the overall coziness.

MeganAnn In the author‘s note at the end it‘s mentioned that the story is based on the author and their wife which I loved. Overall another fun, heartwarming read that doesn‘t skip over the hard parts but rather deals with them in a way that feels authentically hopeful. 5⭐️ 3d
Zuhkeeyah The cheese names for everything cracked me up. I'm holding onto Gouda as a potential dog name. This is a book I return to when I need a cozy happy read. 😊🥰 3d
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Zuhkeeyah
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An emotional roller-coaster highlighting the struggles of clinical depression through poetry. Whimsy sees her world through a magical lens of fairy tales. Her story mirrors that of the original Grimm tales where the world was full of danger and small glimmers of hope.
 @MeganAnn I finished this book a couple of weeks ago, but I found myself immediately diving back in. McBride incorporates so much into her poems and I wanted to catch it all.

Zuhkeeyah #auldlangspine book 3 was another great one @monalyisha 3d
TheBookHippie I loved this read last year! 3d
MeganAnn Yes! I‘m so happy you liked this one! I do not read a lot of novels in verse but this was so brilliantly done I couldn‘t put it down. I too had to reread sections after finishing to dive deeper and savor her words. And I thought about this one for months afterward. 💙 3d
monalyisha Interesting! 2d
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bookwyrm7
What Feasts at Night | T Kingfisher
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Hard pick, but I'm not surprised, T. Kingfisher is a great author. The second book in the Easton saga (if we can call it that) and, even though this one is slightly different, it has all the creepiness, wit and pleasant story-telling of the first book.

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