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AllDebooks
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Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

Bookwormjillk Hello! I am waiting in my car for my son to get out of the SATs (testing for college) hoping he doesn‘t get out too soon because I want to catch up on my reading. After that it‘s a beautiful day and I want to be outside as much as possible. 1d
ElizaMarie Husband and I are seeing KPop Demon Hunters sing-a-long. It so cute to see all the kiddos dressed up! But also- we don‘t have kids and hey - it‘s okay and doesn‘t matter! It‘s a great movie with great soundtrack 1d
ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk ooo hope y‘all go for a treat after! Maybe a place you can continue to read :) 1d
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kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk I hope your son was not too fatigued after testing - and that you got a couple if reading hours in! 24h
kspenmoll @ElizaMarie Sounds like a fun movie! 24h
kspenmoll My family went to Mystic Ct by the shore & indulged in lobster roll( me) & fat belly fried clams( hubby & son)- a last hurrah as I return to work Monday. Beautiful sunny day, if we hit 80 degrees the sea breezes made it seem cooler. I am stuffed & happy! 24h
kspenmoll Can you tell me the author of #Naturalitsy sept book? I found 2 books with same title, Around the world in 80 trees 24h
Bookwormjillk @kspenmoll @elizamarie he didn‘t think he did very well but was maybe just hungry because he came home and ate a huge lunch and was much happier. Hope you both enjoyed your days. 22h
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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

So much fun reading about dinosaurs this month with #Naturalitsy

Weirdly my favorite parts were not about the dinosaurs but about the ferns and the appendix where the author explained the thought process behind each chapter. I wish this was available for every book!

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DebinHawaii
Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Missing Heiress | Kathryn Kenny, Larry Frederick (Illustrator)
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending tonight‘s #HyggeHoyr with Trixie & the gang for #BobWhiteBudfies August. Drinking ice water & eating a few peanut butter & jelly M&Ms for my chocolate fix.

Mood is fine. Not at all excited that it‘s Monday already & I have 2 day trips to Hilo this week. 😬😵‍💫 The weekends go way too fast.

AllDebooks You do have a busy life. x 6d
TheBookHippie I do love M&Ms! How‘s your asthma been? 6d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm so happy you've been reading along with me!! I'm so enjoying rereading this series!! 6d
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Chrissyreadit
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Happy #hyggehourreadathon day! 8-9 PM your time!! Everyone welcome to join us in cozy community reading. #naturalitsy

TheBookHippie That is a fun looking nook! 1w
AllDebooks That's a sweet nook. 😍 1w
AnnCrystal We All Need This Nook 🤩📚💝. 7d
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DebinHawaii
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

My #HyggeHour tonight is spending time solving mysteries with Encyclopedia Brown for #EBBR & then reading more of The Small & the Mighty for #SheSaid. I‘m drinking this fun iced tea (white tea, honey, white grape & lavender) because it‘s so humid & snacking on this pineapple custard pastry.

Mood is quiet & sad that it‘s Monday tomorrow & another crazy work week with an overnight to Hilo.

AllDebooks ❤️😋❤️ 2w
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PaperbackPirate
The Fireman | Joe Hill
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Finally got my August TBR picture ready!

Currently reading
👨🏻‍🚒 The Fireman at home
(Instagram group read for August and September)
🦖 The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black in my purse
(for the #naturalitsy group)

Up next
🗣️ Language City by Ross Perlin for my book club

🌵 Taken with our Prickly Pear

#tbr #AugustTBR

Bette Nice 📸 🌵 👍❤️ 2w
bookishbitch I really enjoyed The Fireman. Horns is another good one by him. 2w
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Bette ! 🙌❤️🌵 2w
PaperbackPirate I liked Horns, but my favorite is NOS4A2 @bookishbitch ! 2w
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AllDebooks
Untitled | Unknown
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#NaturaLitsy

The Wainwright prize shortlist has been announced. The longlist had so many incredible books, I do not know how the judges managed to whittle it down to a shortlist.
Have you read any? A few might appear in the 2026 #NaturaLitsy #buddyread list.

Shortlist 2025 - Wainwright Prize https://share.google/yQLaQVyqLAojxOEtg

Jane121 Congratulations on your book what an incredible milestone!

What challenges or experiences did you go through while writing it?
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AllDebooks
The Salt Path | Raynor Winn
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#NaturaLitsy

An interesting article on the future of the nature memoir following the allegations surrounding Raynor Winn.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/02/the-end-of-the-road-what-the-salt-...

Faranae Winn's claims *now* that she wasn't trying to claim their walks healed Moth - she did make that claim! Many times!

I remember reading her books for my blog and thinking that things seemed fishy, but I wasn't in a position to confirm details (while PRH was), and I try to be generous and assume good faith, so I chalked it all up to them being ignorant, naive, and terrible at risk assessment. I also thought they'd be dead in less mild terrain. 😂
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AllDebooks @Faranae the whole story is so shocking, especially the embezzlement claims. 3w
Faranae @AllDebooks The embezzlement claims don't shock me much (and I take them with a grain of salt, too), but a court case is something PRH should have been able to find fairly easily, so they really didn't do due diligence. The rest of us couldn't because those are pen names, but PRH has their wallet names. The medical diagnosis is the one I find the most galling. 3w
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AllDebooks @Faranae the embezzlement claims ate tough because if true, she took advantage of a lot of innocent people. The health issues stated repeatedly in her book are outrageous as they gave people with similar conditions hope. 3w
AllDebooks @Faranae you're right, PRH should have done more. This is such a staon Penguin when they should be celebrating 99 years of publishing. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/so-what-did-the-publisher-actually-... 3w
Kitta Interesting. I‘m reminded a bit of the scandal surrounding 3w
Faranae @Kitta And James Frey and his editor basically got away with it - he has a successful career, and she continued on at PRH more or less as if nothing had happened. I guess PRH hasn't learned any lessons, or just knows that it won't matter to the bottom line in the long run (well, there is that disclaimer that I suppose will protect them from legal liability). 3w
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DebinHawaii
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour with Nancy Drew for #NancyDrewBR & ice water & an apple-cinnamon turnover.🍎

Mood is tired, the weekend went by quickly & I‘m behind on so much. I‘m not ready for Monday & another busy week with 2 Hilo trips for meetings. 😵‍💫

AnnCrystal
🫂💝...🍎🥟🍏😋👍🏼💝.
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AllDebooks ❤️ Wishing you a pleasant week. x 3w
Librarybelle Great way to spend the hour! 3w
TheBookHippie ♥️ 2w
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