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3✨ Anne leaves college to pursue her career. There are lots of challenges outside of green gables, but she finds friends everywhere she goes. No matter the challenge Anne is always ready to take it on.

I just loved this. The initial humor makes room for more depth than I was expecting. Bud is an obituary writer. And after a botched blind date he drunkenly pens his own obituary and manages to publish it. Put on leave from his job, Bud has some time to spend with friends, start a funeral attendance habit, and examine his own life. The question: in light of your own mortality, how does one make a meaningful life?

After death comes for each character, they have the opportunity to portray their lives in photos, one from each year of life. The reader accompanies them for a revisit to a day that changed their lives. There is no morality check or judgement. These characters become dear by sharing their fears and joys. This book manages to be warm and comforting even as it focuses on endings.

A cute cozy fantasy about a witch who works in a bookshop and who must undergo a month of heavy training to retake trials to retain her magic. It‘s got fun characters, some you love, some you love to hate. While not written with quite the same skill, if you like Sangu Mandanna‘s books, it‘s worth trying this one. Loved the audiobook narrator.

Finally finished this one up today and meh. Maybe my mood lately just hasn‘t been right for this book, but as interesting as it sounded, it was less so. I‘m not sure I was a fan of the writing style and the author put snippets of the book with the “stolen” plot in question in between chapters. Not a favorite of mine, and the twist towards the end couldn‘t push it to a pick for me

Audio coloring and thought of you @TheBookHippie 😊 Isn‘t she gorgeous?

'Why, bless my life and soul!' said Mr. Omer, 'how do you find yourself? Take a seat. - Smoke not disagreeable I hope?'

'By no means,' said I. 'I like it - in somebody else's pipe.'

'What, not in your own, eh?' Mr. Omer returned, laughing. 'All the better, sir. Bad habit for a young man. Take a seat. I smoke, myself, for the asthma.'

(from Chapter 30, 'A Loss')

#classics #charlesdickens

There are a few twists in this one, none of which I can say without spoiling, obviously. The big one REALLY got me, & I wish that it had been the last one, because the last one was a step too far for me. But that one big twist was one of the best I've read. I'll still read her books. It was a crazy romp for sure!

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Maddie and her dogs have a lot to prove when the sheriff calls for her help to search for a lost senior named Eileen. When they hear the agitated older woman humming they break into “Come on Eileen” to let her know they are coming to help. (as one does) 😆 It‘s only natural after their success that the press and public decide to call them ‘The Midnight Runners.‘ Loved Maddie, loved her dogs, loved the eccentricity of the whole book. 👍🐕‍🦺🐾