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AuntCourtney

AuntCourtney

Joined June 2017

Top 5 books - | Swan Song | The Stand | Outcast | we are alive | The Great Alone | GR - SimplyCourtney
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I'm Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy
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This was hard to read at times. Learning so much about her life and behind the scenes was fascinating but sad. Multiple times throughout the story I wish I could give her a hug. I do highly recommend the audio. this book deals with with some heavy topics. I‘ll admit the title caught me off guard but after reading it is well deserved in my opinion. Jennette deserved better. She deserved a childhood to grow and learn who she was. Check TWs

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Duma Key: A Novel | Stephen King
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This week has been a dousey. Spent a night in the Ed with my brother then to find out he might have cancer to the next day saying it‘s not it might be a severe infection. So here‘s to hoping this next week is better. What‘s an author you collect? I collect Stephen king. I‘m slowly making my way through his books. So far the stand and cell are my favorites.

Nikki_E The Stand is one of my top reads of any author. I collect copies of Anne ofGreen Gables. 2y
AuntCourtney @Nikki_E I‘ve some beautiful editions of Anne of green gables 😍 2y
KathyWheeler The Stand, of course, is one of my favorites but I also loved 11/22/63, Salem‘s Lot, Duma Key, and Doctor Sleep. The Institute was also really good. 2y
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BookBelle84 Misery and The Eyes of the Dragon! Everyone seems to have a favourite King book 2y
AuntCourtney @KathyWheeler 11/22/63 was so good 2y
AuntCourtney @BookBelle84 I‘ve heard misery is good 😊 2y
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Idiot Verse | Keaton Henson
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Ask Again, Yes: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane
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Some of my favorites right here 🥰

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Last Time I Lied | Riley Sager
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Man could write anything and I‘d buy it

RedxoHearts I've been meaning to try out one of his books but haven't yet. Do you have a favorite? 2y
AuntCourtney @RedxoHearts I‘m so sorry I haven‘t been active on here very much. My favorite by him is final girls 💛 1y
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Angels & Demons | Dan Brown
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Book haul from the thrift store today. Sadly they didn‘t have all 5 in this series, but I will hopefully find them when I go back. $4 for these isn‘t bad 😍

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I have a little watermelon growing 😍 also sorry for no bookish content. Slumps suck. Any recommendations?

julesG Short stories? 10 minutes reading sprints? 2y
Rachel.Rencher How about Lion - Saroo Brierley? It pulled me out of a pretty deep slump a few weeks ago. 2y
AuntCourtney @Rachel.Rencher I will have to look that one up on Goodreads. Thank you 😊 2y
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AuntCourtney @julesG short stories might be a good idea. Thank you 😊 2y
TEArificbooks When I am in a slump I try to read a genre so don‘t normal read or a nonfiction or a genre that is predictable like cozy mysteries/harlequin 2y
KathyWheeler When I‘m in a slump, I read things that are mostly light and easy to read and have short chapters. Robert Parker‘s Spenser novels were good for getting me out of reading slumps. 2y
AuntCourtney @mdm139 I don‘t think I‘ve ever heard of a cozy mystery. I will look into them. Thank you 😊 2y
AuntCourtney @KathyWheeler yes, another person recommended short stories. I‘m think I‘m gonna look for some under 100 pages and see what I can find. Thank you 😊 2y
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Do any of you garden? I absolutely love seeing what I can grow 😁

Bookwormjillk I do but we‘re only getting herbs and lettuce so far. Can‘t wait for tomatoes! 2y
AuntCourtney @Bookwormjillk yes, I love tomatoes 🍅. I‘ve never grown lettuce though. 2y
LiseWorks Wow, your garden is just like mine for zucchini 2y
willaful We have a ton of zucchini, a reasonable number of cucumbers, and are just starting to get baby green beans! Not much luck with peppers this year. Tomatoes are just starting to ripen. And lots of marigolds and zinnias. 2y
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After that gripping first novel this one is a bit slower but we are getting some backstory on characters and more of the mystery. This series is fantastic, I can‘t wait to continue on.

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This was fascinating to me.Demon possession and somehow he is a weapon against them.

You meet Kyle who all is life someone around him ends up possessed and trying to hurt him.First his mother then his wife.Now he teams up with the local reverend after a young boy is possessed the same way.The boy ends up saying things and Kyle wants answers.

Overall 4/5 for me.I love a good mystery especially in the angel demon category. It‘s just a good time.

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This was really good and so sweet. I loved their adorable relationship. I loved watching their romance and seeing them together. I know this book was short, but it didn‘t feel that way you know? Also could you imagine being naught with a hunkie tattooed Santa 🥵. Highly recommend this for your naughty reads Christmas list.

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Dana is becoming one of my new favorite authors. Dana just writes smut so good and a smutty Christmas novella? Sign me up 🤭. This was absolutely amazing and fun. A plus size main character. A salt and pepper silver Fox. A fun way to use Christmas lights 😏. This book was everything I needed to get me out of a slump.

TW - Daddy Kink, BDSM, Bondage, Sexual Content 18+

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I‘ve done so good in the past two years of avoiding Covid but sadly I popped positive Monday. Today is day three and luckily I am feeling way better. The worst was the chills and fever. I finish Supernatural yesterday so binge watching ghost adventures today.

Darklunarose Hope you fully recover fast ❤️ 2y
Christy2318 My teenager tested positive yesterday. We are all isolating in our own rooms. I was watching Supernatural last night but I‘m still in season 1 so long way to go. Warm wishes for a speedy recovery. 2y
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AuntCourtney @Christy2318 yeah thankfully it‘s just my husband and I and our roommate but our roommate and me have it so we are disinfecting and using paper products to eat and drink. Also you are in for a ride with supernatural. It is my favorite. We finished last night and I didn‘t want it to end 2y
LiteraryinLawrence Hang in there! You‘ve got this! 2y
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Priest | Sierra Simone
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Gah all the feels and smut in one book. I was living for this story. I listened to it in 3 sittings on audible and the narrators did fantastic at bringing the characters to life. I loved watching Tyler and Poppy‘s relationship play out. The ups and down and them learning to deal with the emotions and actually communicate it to each other. The smut scenes was fabulous 😏. There‘s a lot of smutty scenes and I was living for it.

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The Silence: A Novel | Don DeLillo
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I don‘t know what I expected going into this but it wasn‘t this. The plot had me interested as power and internet have gone out. Your living in the world without them. How would you cope? What would you do? It intrigued me when I first read the synopsis, but the story was just meh for me and kinda all over the board. You follow a group of people in the apartment and what there doing after everything goes off. That‘s it.Just wasn‘t for me

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Swan Song | Robert McCammon
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I absolutely loved two aspects of this book. One that this book is about never giving up hope. That there is always something worth fighting and taking that next step for. Two, there is so much character development throughout this book.

One thing I want to note is the comparison between this novel and The Stand by Stephen King. I don‘t really see them being the same except for in the aspect of good verses evil.

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KathyWheeler I‘ve had this book for years but haven‘t read it. I did wonder if there was any similarities between it and The Stand. 2y
AuntCourtney @KathyWheeler it is but it isn‘t. The only similarity it really has for me was the good vs evil aspect. As far as plot it‘s two very different scenarios. Plague and religion compared to nuclear war and magic 2y
KathyWheeler @Curlybookowl I might pull out my copy and finally read it. 2y
AuntCourtney @KathyWheeler I hope you enjoy it. It was my number 1 read of 2021 2y
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Under Currents | Nora Roberts
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How many books did you read this year?

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Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo
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Do you put sticker on your kindle? I normally wouldn‘t but it felt so blank 😫. Now if only I could find some good supernatural stickers.



#readerlife #bookshelf #readerofinstagram #bookcommunity #bookphotography #kindleoasis #readersofinsta #readingcorner #readergram #stickerporn

GondorGirl Mine is covered in stickers. I spent WAY more time than I care to admit figuring out which stickers to put where. 😁 3y
AuntCourtney @GondorGirl same, I have so many more. I just can‘t fit them on it 😂 3y
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Wow this was good. Temperance takes a walk on the wild side going to a sex club and gets exactly that. Her brother warns her not to but temperance doesn‘t listen and meets mystery man.

Meghan didn‘t not disappoint in this romance/erotica. The writing and story is amazing and I was sucked in from the start. This book is a intense rollercoaster of hot sex, mystery and crime.

This book was so good. You will not be disappointed.

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Entice | Stacey Lynn
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Do you download any kindle titles that go on sale for free? I‘ve downloaded way more than I should have recently 😂. Also if you don‘t and want to Bookbub is a fantastic website to show you some free ebooks that go on sale everyday.




#bookaddict #bookphotography #bookcommunity #readersofinstagram #readerlife #readerofinstagram #readerscommunity #readerslife #readerofig #kindle #kindlebooks #kindlereads #ebookstagram #ebooksale #kindleoasis

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There not much to really review with this short graphic novel. But this is the most relatable thing I‘ve ever read as a curly girl and highly recommend it.




#bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #readersofinstagram #readersgonnaread #readingaddict #readerlife #readerofinstagram #bookreader #notjustaprettybook

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The writing paced a bit faster in this one more than the others. I loved how this one wrapped up and included more of their pasts. You learned more about Cray and got to understand where some of his issues come from. You also got to see Holly grow as a character and do her best to get past her self-doubt. They went from both doubting and not trusting, to becoming comfortable with each other and actually falling in love.

BethM I‘ve not read this series but I love her as an author! 3y
AuntCourtney @BethM it is so good. I just finished one of her others savage prince and it was amazing 🥰 3y
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I enjoyed this one much better than the first one. The pacing was good and the writing was even better. I think this book gave more depth to the characters than the first book did. It does get a little more graphic with the sex scenes but was a great smutty read. Meghan March does not disappoint at all with these books.

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Dirty Billionaire | Meghan March
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This novel was just what I wanted it to be, a quick and dirty read. It was just that and more. It was a very sexy read, I did have a few issues with the book, but it was overall really good.I loved the characters and the story. It was a simple and easy read to get through. It is very dirty during most of the book, so if that‘s something you are uncomfortable reading about, I don‘t recommend this novel.

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Neon Gods | Katee Robert
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Did you know Spotify has audiobooks? I found neon gods last night and I‘m stoked to see they have audiobooks. They have some of everything. I do have a premium account, so not 100% if you can listen with a free account or not.




#spotifyaudiobooks #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #bookaesthetic #booknerds #booksarelife #readersgonnaread #readingaddict #readingaddict #readerlife #readbooks

DarkMina I have Spotify premium and didn‘t realize they had books. 😆 Thanks for the heads up! 3y
AuntCourtney @DarkMina absolutely 💚 3y
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The Stand | Stephen King
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Who‘s your most owned author? Mine is Stephen king 😍

TrishB Same. 3y
RaeLovesToRead Agatha Christie, I think! 😁 3y
BookDadGirlDad Louis L'Amour. I own all them plus some of the leather bound editions 3y
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KathyWheeler King is my most owned author as well. Joe Hill comes close in that I own most of his books, but his output is nowhere near as large as his dad‘s. (edited) 3y
dragondrool Agatha Christie and Stephen King.
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AuntCourtney @BookDadGirlDad Louis is one of my husband favorite as well 💚 3y
BookDadGirlDad Coming back for #2 Anne McCaffrey....Love the Pern books!!! 3y
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The Memory Agent | Matthew B. J. Delaney
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Okay, I almost DNF‘d this book because when I first started it, it was very strange and hard to keep up with. As you went along the pieces started to go together. I really enjoyed this novel, but I didn‘t quite understand any of the writing till the end of the book.

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Currently packing for a family reunion and have no good pics 😅😂. I am currently reading a spicy book though and living for it. It is savage prince by Meghan March, ✨chefs kiss✨ what are you currently reading?




#bookstagram #booklover #bookshelf #shelfie #bookaesthetic #bookaddict #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readerlife #readerforlife #stephenking #noraroberts #leighbardugo #victoriaschwab

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The Sweetest Oblivion | Danielle Lori
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What is a series you really want to read this year? I‘ve heard so many good things about Danielle loris books and I‘m so curious to read them. Have you read any of these? What did you think?




#book #bookstagram #bookseries #mafiaromance #trilogy #daniellelori #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readersgonnaread #smutreader #smutbooks #smuttybooks #mafiareads

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All the Missing Girls | Megan Miranda
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I honestly didn‘t enjoy this has much as I had hoped. The writing and overall story were just lacking for me. First the story is told backwards to you up until you get back to present day. This just made the book super confusing at times for me and I didn‘t think it added anything special to the book. I would have rather had things told in order to make sense.

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The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah
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Happy Wednesday 😝. Here‘s a shelf pic. Hope your having a fantastic day 💚

AuntCourtney @BookishMarginalia thank you 😊 💚 3y
The.Great.Catsby So beautiful and uniform. I love it! 3y
AuntCourtney @The.Great.Catsby thank you 😊 💚 3y
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Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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These are my July TBR plans but let‘s be real I‘m a mood reader and may not touch a one of these 😂. What do you plan on reading in July?

BookishMarginalia I‘m also a mood reader, so who knows! 3y
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The Stand | Stephen King
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What‘s your favorite genre? Mine is apocalypse/post apocalyptic. I love a good doomsday book. I‘m fascinated the challenges and obstacles people have to over come along with how the world fell apart.

RaeLovesToRead I like mystery followed by fantasy. Have read lots of post-apocalyptic fiction though... I liked Station Eleven and I loved The Day of the Triffids. Other dystopian faves are 1984, The Handmaid's Tale and The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) - I've got a dedicated shelf on my Goodreads ❤ 3y
AuntCourtney @RaeLovesToRead I love fantasy too. 💚💚 some of the worlds these authors create are beautiful 3y
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Year One | Nora Roberts
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What‘s a series you really really want to finish this year. For me it‘s the year one trilogy from Nora roberts. I including the awakening because I believe it ties into the trilogy somehow. This is one of my favorites trilogies but I‘ve only finished book one and two. So I‘m really hoping I can finish book three sometime this year.

Jess861 I'm hoping to get through Mistborn. I really enjoyed the first book. 3y
AuntCourtney @Jess861 I‘ve heard that series is amazing 3y
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The Arrangement | Kiersten Modglin
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I‘ve been out through the ringer with this one 🤯. The first half was a bit flat and the characters drove me crazy as you are getting to know them and their lives. the second half had so much happening and I never expected anything like what I got. That last 5% was just mind blowing. A bit out there, but mind blowing none the less.

Huge thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape for an audiobook of this one. I‘m so glad I listened to it.

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Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo
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Who are your favorite Litsy‘s? Who do you go to for recommendations? Tag them and show them some love

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The Whisper Man | Alex North
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I have nothing to post 😂 so here‘s a pretty pic. I did finish one book this week so I guess that‘s an accomplishment 😂.



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BookishMarginalia Which book did you finish? 3y
AuntCourtney @BookishMarginalia I finished the arrangement by Kiersten Modglin. I believe it comes out on the 30th of this month. 3y
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Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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What did you pick for your @bookofthemonth this month? I love Taylor Jenkins Reid and her books so much. I‘m looking forward to reading this one.




#bookofthemonth #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #booknerd #booknerdigans #readersofinstagram #readerlife #readersgonnaread #readerscommunity #bookcommunity #bookofthemonth #taylorjenkinsreid #maliburising

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The Therapist | B A Paris
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This was nothing like what I expected going in. I was guessing the whole time through. About the middle I had three theories, but that ending holy crap. The whole time reading this gave me the silent patient vibes with the writing. So if you loved that one, give this one a shot.

Huge thank you to netgalley and Macmillan audio for a audiobook of this one. Fantastic book.

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Alfoster Yep! Loved it too!❤️👏 3y
AuntCourtney @Alfoster that ending was 🤯. So glad you loved it too 💚 3y
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Ordinary Grace: A Novel | William Kent Krueger
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This book goes into a lot of faith and how it changes throughout tragic events. Can the minister stay a man of God after these events. What happens when his wife denounces her faith and says there is no God.

Overall I loved this book. The writing, the importance of faith, forgiveness and letting go.

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Erinreadsthebooks One of my favorites! 3y
Erinreadsthebooks In fact, I named my dog Nathan because of this book :) 3y
kspenmoll So good!!!!💕💕 3y
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I do admit the first half of the novel is okay. I found myself wanting to put the book down at times, but the second half picked up and quickly took off. I was so interested in some of the characters and what happened to aurora that I couldn‘t put the book down. The Second half has a bunch of info dumping but it spaces it out to where it‘s not so much at one time.

There are some major trigger warnings for rape in this book. Fullreview ongoodreads

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The Winter Sister | Megan Collins
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I loved the scenes between Sylvie and her mother the most. Her mother shut her and the rest of the world out and became an alcoholic after her sister‘s murder and to see the issues and sadness confronted was really good and helped them to heal. They both thought they had each other figured out. I love the toxic mother-daughter relationship in a thriller/mystery. I think it adds a bit to the story for me personally.

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City of Bones (Reprint) | Cassandra Clare
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There is also a bit of romance in this and what I loved most is that clary never hesitated to stand up to that person and call them out. Most of the time when there‘s romances, the female characters is shrunk a little bit. But clary never lost her fiestyness and herself. I liked that.

Overall I loved this book and the characters. I can‘t wait to continue on my reread and finish the rest of this series.

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Elevation | Stephen King
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Scott loosingweight is the plot of the story and I wish it would have went more in-depth.Scott while loosing this weight yet he looks the same, is having trouble with his neighbors dogs pooping on his lawn.His lesbian neighbors I might add who are having trouble with the restaurant because the town is apparently too goodey to go eat at there restaurant.Scott makes it his mission to help his neighbors and fix his relationship with him before 0 day.

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The End of October: A novel | Lawrence Wright
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This novel turned out to be fantastic, easily a 4 star read. A virus has turned up and Henry and his team along with the world can not stop it. You seen him go to country after country trying find a way to form a vaccine all while finding a way home to his family in Atlanta.
The writing does go in depth medically about the history of viruses and diseases. But fairly easy to follow as some is explained throughout the book.

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The Four Winds: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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The first half of this book I admit was slow and meh. But as the second half came in I was fascinated with the characters and story. The writing and descriptions of the dust bowl are fantastic yet horrifying. I‘ve learned some about the dust fowl growing up and I genuinely couldn‘t imagine the hardships these people faced. Elsa and her character growth are immensely huge.

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My little thrift haul for $2. 😱. These sound really good and I can‘t wait to read them. Have you read them?

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Goodnight Beautiful | Aimee Molloy
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I never really expected what I got. Sam and Annie are really great characters to follow along. They move back to chestnut hill to visit sams mother and watch over her to make sure she‘s taken care of while he opens his own psychology practice in the Lawrence house thanks to a generous landlord. This book genuinely reminds me of the silent patient in the way the twists and turns are. The second half of the book is something new at every corner.

TheBookAddict I enjoyed this one as well. Every time I thought I had it all figured out I was shown that I was wrong. I immediately handed it over to my husband so he could read it and we could talk about it. 🙂👍🏽 3y
AuntCourtney @TheBookAddict yes, I thought I had it figured out 😯but I was wrong every time 3y
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Ruin and Rising | Leigh Bardugo
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I truly didn‘t think I would enjoy this series as much as I have but I did. I also still love the darkling more than mal as I have throughout this series.I will say the ending of this one had me wrecked on a roller coaster of emotions. I wanted to throw the book and cry, to be honest. I loved the ending and thought that Bardugo gave a fabulous ending. Alina never really asked for any of these powers or gifts.

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Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo
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When I thought book 1 left me with a book hangover I didn‘t know how Bardugo would top it in book2The Darkling is still my favorite character throughout this series and I‘m probably going to hell for it,but to me,he accepts Alina as herself and everything she is where Mal doesn‘t,and that‘s just not truelove to me.True love is accepting someone for everything they are good and bad.Mal wants the old version of Alina and not what she has grown to be