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BennettBookworm

Joined November 2016

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There was a sale today at a local book store, so naturally I made a day of it ☺️ Here‘s my eclectic #bookhaul, plus a puzzle for good measure! Bookish Sundays are the best kind of Sundays. Besides, I was chomping at the bit to get the second Thursday Murder Club book after finishing the first late last night!

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Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman
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SOOOO good!! Wow, this one really had my heart pumping at the end there. So many brilliant twists and turns that had me guessing all the way through. And the MOST lovable characters you‘ll ever meet!

Lucy_Anywhere I really enjoyed this as well! I was feeling smug at one point because I was confident I‘d figured it out only to be proved completely wrong 😂 3w
Karisimo The series gets even better with each book! 3w
dabbe Lovable characters and a murder? #stacked 🤣🤩🤗 3w
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BennettBookworm @Lucy_Anywhere same here! @dabbe I hope you love it! And @Karisimo I‘m so pumped to start book 2! 3w
dabbe @BennettBookworm With your excellent review, what could go wrong? 🤗 3w
paper.reveries Absolutely adored this one, too! I got the sequel but haven't touched it yet. Maybe this is my reminder to get to it!! 1w
BennettBookworm @paper.reveries I‘m halfway through the sequel and loving it! Highly recommend! 2d
paper.reveries @BennettBookworm So happy to hear!! 2d
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YAYYYY highly anticipated #bookmail!!

JoyBlue I'm reading Puppets now and Happy Place is on-deck! 1mo
BennettBookworm @JoyBlue ahhh so exciting! 1mo
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Bailedbailed

Nope. Super predictable plot and the writing is just not good in my opinion. Disappointing because I liked Penner‘s previous book. Anyone else feel this way?

Hooked_on_books Yup! This was a disappointment. And I liked her first one. I‘m hoping it‘s just a sophomore slump. 2mo
BennettBookworm @Hooked_on_books thank you! I‘m glad I‘m not the only one! 2mo
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The Cloisters | Katy Hays
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Mehso-so

So-so instead of pan because a) I live right next to the Cloisters and I enjoyed reading about a setting I know so intimately, and b) the last two pages were really well done.
Otherwise, I found the characters all deeply unlikeable and the central conflict just didn‘t hold enough weight for me. The plot felt really contrived and I skimmed a lot.
Tarot cards are now so mainstream that I also don‘t see how the story hinged on their “darkness.” 🧐

BennettBookworm I chose to highlight these two passages (they‘re not spoilers at all) because they connect to my love of studying art history and my love of living in NYC - two things that made me initially excited to read this book. Some insights to be had in an overall disappointing read. 2mo
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The Matchmaker's Gift: A Novel | Lynda Cohen Loigman
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This book was an absolute GEM! So heartwarming and beautifully written from start to finish. I loved the interlocking timelines between the grandmother and granddaughter, mixing historical fiction with a more contemporary story. It felt like it was written for a Jewish audience (which I am ☺️) so I‘m curious if it would be as enjoyable for readers of other backgrounds. Still, definitely one I‘ll be recommending!!

LaraReads This cover is so gorgeous! 💙 2mo
BennettBookworm @LaraReads absolutely agree! 2mo
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Sign Here | Claudia Lux
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2023 Quidditch Cup Reading Challenge! These are my first 6 prompts!

🧹Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland: Set in the British Isles -Boyfriend Material
🧹Holy Head Harpies: Includes a group of strong females- Memphis
🧹Katie Bell: Includes a character who gets cursed- Sign Here
🧹Alicia Spinett: Written by a female author- Dream On
🧹Draco Malfoy: A book that has a large fandom - Saga
🧹Body Blow: With a body part on the cover - Bodyguard

LiteraryinLawrence It‘s always fun seeing what you do for these challenges! 2mo
BennettBookworm @LiteraryinLawrence thank you!! ❤️ they‘re sooo much fun 2mo
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Memphis | Tara M Stringfellow
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Gorgeous, poetic writing. Painful, gruesome story. Can‘t say it was an enjoyable read, but I was absolutely in awe of the mother-daughter-sister bonds and found the ending especially moving.

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Saga Compendium One | Brian K. Vaughan
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Mind is blown right now. This is such an incredible collection. I feel emotionally very hungover 😳😭

Leftcoastzen It‘s a great series! 4mo
LiteraryinLawrence 💗💗💗 4mo
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Saga Volume 1 | Brian K Vaughan
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Why didn‘t I read this sooner?! I am so in love already. I just got the first volume today from the library, not knowing how long a volume is— now I need to get volumes 1-10! Gorgeous fantasy world building, relatable characters and dialogue and social commentary, stunning art. Ahhhh I‘m so excited to dive in to this fandom!

LiteraryinLawrence That‘s so cool! 4mo
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The Bodyguard: A Novel | Katherine Center
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Thanks for such a great start to 2023 @Read4life @monalyisha !! #AuldLangSpine
I‘m excited to keep reading from your list! Let the fun continue…

Read4life I hope you enjoy them! 4mo
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The Giveaway Box | Michael Dostillio
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Winners have been chosen! @BarkingMadRead and @TheQuietQuill , congrats! Please email me at suzannehutt@gmail.com with a wishlist of books, plus your address!
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated! It was such a joy to see all of your bookstores and memories. Thanks to you all, we will have over 40 indie bookstores to add to the world map! I‘ll retag when the map is complete and I post the link. Hopefully something for everyone to enjoy!!

BarkingMadRead Ahhhhhh how exciting! Thank you so much!! 4mo
Deblovestoread Congrats to the winners! Can‘t wait to see the map 😊 4mo
ETALTON Congratulations winners!! 4mo
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TheSpineView Congratulations to the winners! 4mo
wanderinglynn Congrats winners! 🎉 4mo
TheQuietQuill Oh wow!! Thank you so very much!! 💕 4mo
Meshell1313 Congrats and the map sounds awesome!!! 4mo
Nessavamusic Congratulations!! 4mo
AmyG Congrats to the winners! 4mo
Bklover Congratulations to the winners! @BarkingMadRead @TheQuietQuill ❤️❤️ 4mo
Ruthiella Congratulations @BarkingMadRead and @TheQuietQuill ! 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
LeahBergen Congratulations! And I‘m looking forward to the map. 😀 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Congratulations!!! And the map sounds so fun!! 4mo
IndoorDame Congratulations to the winners!!! Can‘t wait to see the map! 4mo
KateReadsYA Congrats to the winners, looking forward to the map :) 4mo
SamAnne The map is such a great idea! 4mo
Hooked_on_books What a wonderful idea to make a map! I can‘t wait to see it! 4mo
Chrissyreadit What an awesome idea❤️ 4mo
dabbe Congrats winners, and great to see all the lovely bookstores! 📚 4mo
Amiable A map to bookish treasures? We‘re all winners! 4mo
Eggs Congratulations to the winners🎉🎉 and looking forward to seeing the map!! 4mo
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The Giveaway Box | Michael Dostillio

Reminder: #20kgiveaway ends tomorrow (1/28) at midnight!! See my original post for details! 🙌🏻📚🌎

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Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger
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I‘m hosting a giveaway for reaching 20k! Winner will receive a book from their wishlist plus some goodies!
To enter, please repost or post a picture of your favorite bookstore! Please include name of the store and city/state/ country. And tag me :) #20kgiveaway
**This is Bookman‘s Alley, my favorite bookstore in Evanston, IL that sadly closed down several years ago, but now there‘s a store there called Bookends & Beginnings.
Giveaway details👇🏻

BennettBookworm Open internationally! As many of you know, I‘ve been on a total kick of visiting indie bookstores in new places lately - after the giveaway, I‘ll compile a list/map of our Litsy bookstore recommendations!! Can‘t wait to learn about your favorite spots… 4mo
BennettBookworm Closes Sat. 1/28 at midnight. Thanks! 4mo
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mabell Congratulations! 🎉 And lovely giveaway! ❤️ 4mo
peanutnine What a fun idea! 4mo
mrp27 🎉📚🎉📚 4mo
Itchyfeetreader Congratulations on the milestone ! 4mo
Chrissyreadit Congratulations!!!!! 4mo
erzascarletbookgasm Congrats! 🎉💫 Fun & lovely giveaway. 📚 4mo
Sharpeipup Congratulations! 4mo
kstadt929 Such a fun idea!!! Congratulations friend 🎉 4mo
RealLifeReading Bookends and Beginnings is a lovely bookstore name! 4mo
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Dream on | Angie Hockman
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I read this in one sitting because it was THAT captivating. Loved it just as much as Shipped! I predicted one of the twists but still found it super exciting! The characters were believable and lovable. Highly recommend! I will read anything Hockman writes :)

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The Bodyguard: A Novel | Katherine Center
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What a wonderful romance! I really needed this! Katherine Center gave me ALL the feels with this one. I hadn‘t loved her book How to Walk Away, but this one was a home run for me. She made the premise - a Hollywood star falling for a non famous person - feel really believable. All of the dialogue and personalities were so well done, I didn‘t want it to end. **Swoon** !!

@Read4life thank you for this rec!!
@monalyisha
#AuldLangSpine

Read4life Yay! So glad you liked it. 🤓 5mo
LiteraryinLawrence Yay! I thought this one looked good but now I know I want to read it! 5mo
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Sign Here | Claudia Lux
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OMG!!! First book of 2023 and it was a ROARING success! Last night I could not put it down and had to see it through to its heart-pumping end. I love when authors can just shock you and do something so different and cool, both with their writing style and plot - this book was definitely like that for me. So many genres rolled into one genius book. A story that raises questions about fate, love, and the relationships that shape us - and also hell!

BennettBookworm Got this suggestion from @LiteraryinLawrence !! 5mo
LiteraryinLawrence I promise I‘ll read this one next so we can talk about it! 😋 5mo
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I had a blast doing the OWLS HP reading challenge this year! Finished 39 prompts in all! Here are my faves from the challenge. Now I‘m excited to start planning the new challenge for 2023, themed around Quidditch!
#owlsreadingchallenge

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More details about the Hudson Valley Book Trail for anyone interested!!

The original site I found was https://www.hvbooktrail.com but the tote bags have updated and longer lists! Also used this blog for ideas: https://m.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/local-independent-bookstores/Content?oid=1...

So many goodies to explore! 📚📚📚

Ruthiella Cool! Thanks for sharing! 😃 5mo
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Meshell1313 Ah maz ing!!! Thanks for sharing this!! 5mo
Amiable Fabulous! I‘m going to make plans for a weekend trip! 5mo
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My fourth stop on the Hudson Valley book trail: Magpie Bookshop in Catskill! A used bookstore with heaps of charm and two adorable zebra finches! The owner even offered me more recommendations of HER favorite indie bookstores! I got the tagged book which sounds right up my alley.

Such a successful day of visiting bookstores of the Hudson Valley! Check out my previous posts for more recs ;)

BennettBookworm The fifth and last one I went to - for anyone who‘s counting haha - was Rough Draft Books in Kingston. It felt more like a bar than the bookstore vibe I was seeking, but also it was late at night by then so I understand. Seemed like a fun place to go with friends. 5mo
Chrissyreadit I love this!! And I love the Hudson Valley! @Nan2 I think this would be fun! 5mo
staci.reads Thanks for sharing your adventure and all these beautiful indie stores! I'm putting that on my bucket list! 5mo
BennettBookworm @staci.reads I‘m so so happy to hear that, yay!! 5mo
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The Mapmaker's Daughter | Laurel Corona
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A treasure trove of used books can be found in the magical Rodgers Book Barn, tucked away in the hills of Hillsdale! They have been there for 50 years! I got the tagged book plus a deliciously ancient copy of The Marble Faun. Would be fun to go back in the spring and see the gardens in bloom.

Ruthiella That looks incredible! 😍 5mo
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Memphis | Tara M Stringfellow
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Second stop on my Hudson Valley book trail was Oblong Books in Millerton! Absolutely could‘ve spent all day there. Really effective displays with so many outward-facing books, plus a robust section with stationary, calendars, games and more. They also have an attached kids bookstore and a secondary location. I got the tagged book (by a fellow NU alum!) plus two others I‘d been itching to find!

Amiable Love it there! Did you pop into Harney & Sons across the street for some tea, too? 5mo
BennettBookworm @Amiable yes!! ☺️ 5mo
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First stop on my Hudson Valley book trail was Scattered Books in Chappaqua! Home of three precious book bunnies! Highly recommend checking out this friendly and inviting bookstore 🐰I got the tagged book (a new cookbook by one of my fave authors) and another by a local author, plus one of their signature mugs!

Ruthiella Bookstore bunnies! 🐰🐰🐰 5mo
LiteraryinLawrence I‘ve never seen bunnies in a bookstore before! 5mo
BennettBookworm @LiteraryinLawrence I know right? Hehe! 5mo
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What a fun adventure! I was looking for cute indie bookstores in the Hudson Valley in NY and came upon this map: the Book Trail! This shows 17 but there‘s actually 37 bookstores on their list with even more to be found thru other blogs!

I chose 5 to visit and made a day out of it, driving in a big loop from upper Manhattan to the Catskills. Met SUCH lovely shop owners, discovered exciting new titles, and would love to do it again!
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wanderinglynn How fun! 5mo
Chrissyreadit Where did you find the map? This looks like something I would love. 5mo
Meshell1313 This is amazing!!! What a great way to spend the day! 5mo
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Amiable What a fun day! 5mo
LiteraryinLawrence I love that you did this!! 5mo
mrp27 Love this, how fun! 5mo
mabell It looks like a perfectly lovely day! 5mo
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Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt
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Happy #jolabokaflod!! Thank you so so much to @BookNAround !! I‘m SO excited to read this book and WOW you have made my Reese‘s heart the most content in the world! Yummmm! Also the cutest card lol!

Thank you to @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing! 🥰🙌🏻🥳

BookNAround I‘m looking forward to this one this coming year too. 5mo
Soubhiville Yay! I‘m really hoping this one is under my tree. Enjoy!🙂 5mo
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The tagged book is btwn a pan and so-so for me. #unpopularopinion but the hard science/tech + an overwhelming amount of world-building and interspecies cultural context = too exhausting to be enjoyable for me.
The real redeeming quality was that the main characters were fantastic and my heart ached for them by the end. Still, not going to continue with this series right now.
BUT HEY I‘ve finally finished my next #promptmaze!! @TheAromaofBooks

BennettBookworm 401 or more pgs - diamond eye;
Borrowed from library - long way planet;
Set in the city - violin;
Pro owns a business - something wilder;
Red letters - true biz;
Fantasy or Sci Fi - prayer for the crown shy;
Green spine - women dragons;
Depths of TBR - Britt Marie
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking fantastic!!! 5mo
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The Art of the Swap | Jen Malone, Kristine Asselin
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Your #Jolabokaflod package should arrive by Friday! @CoveredInRust hope you enjoy!! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon !

CoveredInRust Thank youuuuu! I will look out for it! 6mo
Wesleypaker Hey 👋 there 5mo
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The Art of the Swap | Jen Malone, Kristine Asselin
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EEEEEE I‘m so excited, thank you @BookNAround !! #Jolabokaflod package arrived! Also umm your handwriting is so beautiful, can you sign my name all the time for me? Haha @MaleficentBookDragon Thank you for your expert organizing!

BookNAround I‘m so glad it‘s already arrived! 6mo
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Boyfriend Material | Alexis Hall
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SOOO excited for this!! #AuldLangSpine
@monalyisha @Read4life
We have similar taste bc some of these are my faves, too! I loved Soulmate Equation, Book Lovers, and Aristotle&Dante!
I‘m going to start with these three! Thank you so much 🥳

monalyisha I read a Katherine Center book when I was called upon to lead my library‘s book club one month (which I don‘t normally do, being in Children‘s, but there was a hole in the schedule). I went into it begrudgingly (I think because pieces of the plot didn‘t speak to me when I read the blurb) but I ended up enjoying it *so much*! I hope you love the one you‘ll be reading — and the rest of your list! 6mo
BennettBookworm @monalyisha Thank you!! Aw that sounds like such a good outcome! Yeah I really am intrigued by the description of that one! 6mo
Read4life I hope you enjoy them. 🤓 I‘ll be posting my reads in a bit. Loving the list you created. 6mo
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BennettBookworm @Read4life I‘m so thrilled! 6mo
Sapphire I loved Winter Garden but kept turning away from it. 4 different people recommended it to me and two other people bought me copies before I gave in and listened on audio (which I already had but didn‘t like the narrator at first). So glad I finally read it lol 6mo
BennettBookworm @Sapphire that‘s so good to know! 6mo
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Hoping to qualify for early sign ups for #AuldLangSpine, formerly NYWD with @monalyisha ! Here‘s my pen from voting Tuesday in NYC and a vaguely relevant book haha, thanks!! Love this opportunity to swap favorite book lists from the past calendar year :)

monalyisha Love “vaguely relevant.” Perfect. Thank you! 7mo
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After I finished this book, I just lay there clutching it to my chest for a while. I wanted the words to seep into me. Sue Monk Kidd‘s writing was so lyrical and beautiful and feminist. The research that went into the novel was so extensive and I learned a ton, on the edge of my seat all the way up to the heart-wrenching end. Now I feel motivated to learn more about the development of early Christianity after reading this fictional take.

BennettBookworm @Readergrrl Thank you for this gift!! 7mo
LiteraryinLawrence Wow, what an endorsement! 7mo
ETALTON I completely agree, I felt the same way! 5mo
BennettBookworm @ETALTON I‘m so glad!! 5mo
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Added 4 more books to the #owlsreadingchallenge !!

🧮Arithmancy:
Magical numbers: a book with a magical number - 7 husbands

🔭Astronomy:
Telescope: a book you saw on litsy - red white and royal blue

🐉Care of magical creatures:
Comc: a book with a magical creature - when women were dragons

🪄Charms:
Cheering: funny or happy book - good omens

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HOW BOUT THAT TWIST?!?! I haven‘t gasped like that since Big Little Lies. This book was so well written and I loved hearing how everything unfolded in their fictional golden age of Hollywood. The deep love and friendship TJR explored was heartbreaking and beautiful. Thrilled to finally know what all the hype is about.

CoffeeNBooks I loved this book! 7mo
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Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
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Devoured! Absolutely lives up to the hype! What took me so long?!

I totally mistook this with the description of Boyfriend Material (aka no issue about being queer in the public eye) so then I was super surprised that a large part of the plot is grappling with that. But that just made the book feel really real.

Alex + Henry are #relationshipgoals. Almost nauseatingly so, but hey, that‘s romance novels!

Also LOVED all the friends + sisters.

BennettBookworm Thank you to @LiteraryinLawrence for this gift!! 7mo
peanutnine Super six = squad goals for sure 7mo
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Good Omens | Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
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A friend lent this to me ages ago and I finally just read it- what an absolute joy! This was like everything I loved about the show Lucifer: witty banter, satire, lovable characters, gray area between good and evil, Biblical commentary, surprisingly heartwarming.. and I love that it was a collaboration btwn these two incredible authors!

shanaqui Have you seen the Good Omens TV show? It was directed by Neil Gaiman himself and it's just lovely; not a 100% copy, updated in some ways, but a very good adaptation. 8mo
BennettBookworm @shanaqui No I haven‘t! Thanks for this glowing rec, I really want to see that! Didn‘t know Neil Gaiman directed! 8mo
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So excited about this #bookhaul of used books! Some that I‘ve had on my TBR forever and some that are new to me.

See any titles you loved? Where should I start??

Cazxxx Evelyn Hugo was a surprise love for me, always recommend it to others 8mo
TEArificbooks Loved Murmur of Bees and 100 foot journey. 8mo
Ruthiella Becky Chambers! ❤️ 8mo
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BekaReid I adore Becky Chambers! She is a phenomenal world-builder. 8mo
LeahBergen I enjoyed The Hundred-Foot Journey. 👍 8mo
LiteraryinLawrence Evelyn Hugo is my vote! 8mo
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Just discovered this bookstore, celebrating their 1 year anniversary! Check them out if you‘re in Philly!

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One of my favorite places in Philly! This used bookstore is volunteer run and supports the local library. Always so many good finds!

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I entered into this with a bias because I felt like, similar to a movie adaptation, “How can you depict The Giver in a visual medium without giving away its brilliant twist?” And I still feel that way. You just can‘t do it. However, this is a total classic, and I enjoyed reliving it.

NikkiM5 Love that cover 😍 8mo
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Paper Girls #1 | Brian K. Vaughan
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My tenth OWL Reading Challenge category! I met my goal of ten!! 🙌🏻 but it‘s so much fun I think I‘ll keep going because it‘s only October ☺️

POTIONS:

🌟Amortentia: a book with romance - Meet Me in the Margins
🌟Severus Snape: a book w page 394 - Diamond Eye
🌟Liquid Luck: choose a book randomly - Paper Girls vol 1.. visiting my bff and found it on her bookshelf!

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Britt-Marie Was Here | Fredrik Backman
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Completed my next OWL reading challenge category! I was reading this HP book in French for so long! 😅

ANCIENT RUNES:
🌟Ancient runes: A book in translation - Britt Marie Was Here
🌟Beedle the bard: A fairytale (folktale?) retelling - Sistersong
🌟Mistranslation: A book whose title is translated differently - HP French - “The school for sorcerers” rather than Sorcerer‘s or Philosopher‘s Stone

mabell Nice reading HP in French! 👏👏 I think I have one of the HP books in French on my shelf! But picture books are more my current level 😆 8mo
BennettBookworm @mabell Thanks! It took a long time to read but I might try Book 2 in a French audiobook! 8mo
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When Women Were Dragons | Kelly Barnhill
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Thank you @LiteraryinLawrence for this epic swap!! I‘m so excited to read both of these immediately!!
😍🐉👑

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Eighth #owlsreadingchallenge subject passed!!

Charms:

🌟Charms: a book by a fave author - Book Lovers (Emily Henry)
🌟Flitwick: short book or short stories - Prayer for the Crown Shy
🌟Time turner: a book with dual timelines - Metropolis

lirahlu Book Lovers was sooooo good! 😍 9mo
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A beautiful second volume. I really think it could‘ve been longer, though- I get wanting to keep things short and sweet, but it felt to me like a lot more could have been developed, even while keeping it short. I just love the world Chambers has created and want to soak in it even longer!

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Seventh #owlsreadingchallenge subject passed!!

Care of Magical Creatures:

🌟Niffler: a book with a shiny cover - True Biz
🌟Fantastic beasts: a book with an animal on the cover - Snow Child
🌟Unicorn: most anticipated book - Violin Conspiracy

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THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING!! I want to recommend it to every single human I know. A master class in originality and writing that is just so COOL! I felt like reading it was a privilege. And SO educational, as someone who came in knowing next to nothing about ASL and Deaf communities.

I read this with my sisters and Mom as a markup book club - very grateful - so now I need to acquire my own copy!

Chelsea.Poole Agreed! 9mo
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Kate Quinn has done it again! Her books are riveting, filled with such fascinating history, humanity, humor, and heart. This one might just be my favorite- bold statement, I know!! Brilliant storytelling with the shifting timelines and characters hiding in shadow, heartwrenching love stories, and a war heroine with so much grit and ferocity that I want to emulate in my own life. And nearly all the people and plot points are factual in this one!

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Metropolis: A Novel | B. A. Shapiro
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I actually felt like this story had no “psychological suspense” whatsoever. I love Shapiro‘s other novels so I was expecting a lot more. Some parts and some characters were interesting, and there was a decent twist, hence the so-so rating, but overall this fell flat for me.

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Congrats and thank you for this generous giveaway @Hazel2019 !! #Hazel201925K

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Book Lovers | Emily Henry
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At first I felt like this was playing too much into the rom com clichés, but then the characters won me over.
I think if you have sisters you‘re incredibly close with, and/or you live in NYC (yes and yes for me!) this might resonate even more - I was sobbing for the last 50 pages. SO good!

BennettBookworm Also did anyone else feel bothered by using the name Curl Up N Dye without acknowledging that was taken from Runaway Bride, I mean, c‘mon! 11mo
LiteraryinLawrence Yay!! I bought this recently (when I was visiting PA and didn‘t want to leave my old bookstore empty handed) and am going to bring it on vacation! 11mo
Smartypants I do love her books! 11mo
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