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BethM

BethM

Joined August 2016

LibraryThing member BethM6

Book hoarder,tea/coffee/chocolate lover, dog and boy mom, proud Ravenclaw. Fav genres are SFF, cozies, historical fiction, romance, and YA.
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Pickpick

Munches is not feeling well, cold with a lot of congestion = clingy. I was able to get this one read and really enjoyed it. Fun and flirty. Great portrayal of anxiety. Now to get caught back up on my chapter a days. 👀

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Montana Sky | Nora Roberts
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Pickpick

I did not love this one. Pretty graphic in some spots and not a lot of love. There were some pretty humorous moments which kept this as a so so. #littensloveromance @StayCurious

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The Witch's Lens | Luanne G. Smith
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I can‘t choose which first reads I want! This never happens! Tagged book or Penelope- what do you think?

jdiehr I'm trying to remember what I picked... 6d
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Montana Sky | Nora Roberts
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This was written in 2006- why had no one asked for a picture of Jesse before chapter 17?!

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Captivatedbybooks You and that Potter boy 🤨😒 1w
BethM @Captivatedbybooks Potter for evvvvvvvaaaa!😂 1w
Avanders 👆🏽😂 1w
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Pickpick

Finished on ebook in my tree stand! Just in time for tomorrow. Loved it- it‘s like I‘ve never read it before. Now I‘ll be able to catch up on #readingwesteros before bed hopefully! #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday

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That‘s ominous. Sometimes I swear it‘s like im reading these for the first time😂 Hoping to finish tonight- hubs made me take a nap today so it threw me off. #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday
Family update- yesterday was hard to see my stoic dad so emotional. Mom‘s backsliding some and has contracted MRSA on top of everything else. Her release was supposed to be tomorrow which is now looking doubtful.

MaureenMc 💗💗💗 1w
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@ElizaMarie thank you for this awesome #cbbc package! @Gissy yours should be there tomorrow. @LaraReads #lmpbc was mailed Monday as well!

My family could use some prayers or good intentions. My dad‘s father died Friday (I‘m ok we weren‘t close) and funeral is sat. My mom was taken to the hospital Monday and has a blood infection in addition to some other things requiring emergency surgery. The dogs have kennel cough. It‘s been a week.

Libby1 (((Hugs))) 2w
Bookwormjillk Thinking of you and your family Beth 2w
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AmyG Mostly, hoping Mom‘s surgery goes well. 🙏🏻 2w
MaureenMc 💗💗💗 2w
LaraReads So sorry to hear about all of this! Sending you all the good vibes I can! ❤️ 2w
Gissy No problem🤗❤️ 2w
ElizaMarie I‘m thinking of you and your family 2w
Avanders 🫢🙏🏽🙏🏽 praying ♥️ 1w
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All caught up with #readingwesteros #gotchapteraday, #lmpbc, and #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub - now on to catching up with #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday- that Elrond chapter is soooo long and threw me off my game! I‘ll read and participate in all the posts as soon as I‘m caught up- which may be a minute yet lol.

JazzFeathers 😂 l know it's probably nerdy, but l love The Council of Elrond. 7d
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1- played softball most of my life, have also been a dancer and cheerleader. Adore watching football.
2- anything by Sarina Bowen
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3w
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Mehso-so

Hubby went fishing with the camp owner again in crummy weather 🎉 I love fishing but also as a wife/mom/fur mom, it‘s crazy wonderful to have time not caring for another creature. The setting of this book was excellent, and I liked a lot of the characters. The pacing felt odd, some of the proofreading was not great, and a few details were inconsistent. Overall, pretty good- a solid 3, though I won‘t be reading more.

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Storming out, hoping I get the night to finish this one!

Captivatedbybooks How‘s my lil man? 3w
BethM @Captivatedbybooks hey sweet friend! Glad to see you back here! He‘s good! Hubs and I are in canada fishing so he‘s hanging out with his grandparents this week :) 3w
Captivatedbybooks Oooo have fun girlfriend!!! 3w
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Same Time Next Summer | Annabel Monaghan
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On a fishing vacation in Canada and not getting as much reading time as I‘d like. Also as you can see- the air is trying to kill me here too. Hubs went out for 2 hrs with the camp owner and left me in peace to read a bit. Loved this #lmpbc from @Hazel2019 ! Fun, quick, and all the warm fuzzies.

KathyWheeler I‘m not sure where you are, but my cousin in Yellowknife was evacuated last week because of wildfires. She just got back home today. Looks peaceful where you are though. 3w
BethM @KathyWheeler were up in northwestern Ontario. The air quality is terrible. 3w
KathyWheeler @BethM I hate that for you. 3w
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Same Time Next Summer | Annabel Monaghan
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On a fishing vacation in Canada and not getting as much reading time as I‘d like. Also as you can see- the air is trying to kill me here too. Hubs went out for 2 hrs with the camp owner and left me in peace to read a bit. Loved this #lmpbc from @Hazel2019 ! Fun, quick, and all the warm fuzzies.

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Same Time Next Summer | Annabel Monaghan
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On a fishing vacation in Canada and not getting as much reading time as I‘d like. Also as you can see- the air is trying to kill me here too. Hubs went out for 2 hrs with the camp owner and left me in peace to read a bit. Loved this #lmpbc from @Hazel2019 ! Fun, quick, and all the warm fuzzies.

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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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I love cool mornings, can fall hurry up please?! #readingwesteros #gotchapteraday

MittenGirlPeach It‘s absolutely gorgeous here this morning too! Such a relief after the humidity. 1mo
5feet.of.fury …but then after fall… “Winter is Coming” lol 1mo
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A mug that always remind me of Litsy, my new tea, and #fellowshipoftolkien on this beautifully colder day.

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The Last Tudor | Philippa Gregory
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@MittenGirlPeach chose cozy English Christmas as the theme and nailed it! I confess- I‘ve never had lemon curd- what do I do with it? Thank you so much! #staycationintime

Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍😍 1mo
DinoMom Lovely package. My grandmother always made lemon curd. She used it on a lot of things. Put it in tart shells, on her ice cream or would dip short bread cookies in it when having her afternoon tea 1mo
MittenGirlPeach I‘m so good you like everything! What a great idea for a staycation; I may steal it next year. I‘m a tea and toast lover, and I use the curd on toast. I also put it on scones and ice cream. I love the idea of putting it on shortbread cookies! 1mo
squirrelbrain Yes, lemon curd on toast. In the UK we use it like jam (jelly!). 1mo
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@Jas16 thank you so much friend for the romances! I love the ripped bodice bookmark- I‘ve always seen such wonderful things about them ❤️

Jas16 Haven‘t made it to a Ripped Bodice store yet but want to. Still enjoy supporting them online. I hope at least one of the books works for you! (edited) 1mo
BethM @Jas16 haven‘t read any of them! 1mo
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All caught up! I could feel the Terror in this chapter for fellowship. Also Sansa is such a twatopotumus and Joff is the worst. #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday #readingwesteros #gotchapteraday

Roary47 I love that term! Now I need to catch up. Today was quite a busy day. 1mo
squirrelbrain Love that word! 🤣 1mo
5feet.of.fury 🤣🤣 1mo
JazzFeathers I'm envious. I'm - l think - three chapters behind. Let's see whether l can catch up in the weekend. 1mo
BethM @JazzFeathers the one night I didn‘t read at least part of my fellowship chapter out loud my son had a meltdown so it helps me stay somewhat on track 😂 1mo
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@Hazel2019 these came yesterday! Truthfully I don‘t know if I‘ll get the summer book done before I need to send to @LaraReads - we leave for vacay Tuesday night. #lmpbc

ElizaMarie I love whatever sheet cloth thing you have going there! Also have fun on vacation!!! 1mo
BethM @ElizaMarie they‘re actually bed sheets I‘ve had since I was a teen lol 1mo
LaraReads If you need it a little longer, that‘s ok! I‘m fine with waiting until after vacation if you want! Sorry, just seeing this! Didn‘t pop up in my notifications & the last 2 weeks have been horribly busy for me! 1mo
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BethM @LaraReads I wouldn‘t be able to mail out til sat 9 or mon the 11 if I wait for vacay. 1mo
LaraReads I‘m ok with that, but it‘s completely up to you! If you are still wanting to read it & mark it up, I can read it in the 2nd half of the month. But totally your call! 1mo
BethM @LaraReads thanks I‘ll take it with! 1mo
LaraReads @BethM awesome! Have a great vacation! 1mo
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Post Office | Julie Murray
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Today has been a day. Most of it was spent processing apples and now I have fruit flies 🙄🤦‍♀️ I also yelled Shakespeare at Wes to stop a tantrum- not sure if that was a #parentingwin or a #parentingfail 😂 I did manage to get my #staycationintime mailed!

DinoMom First off- fruit flies are a pain in the ass, we have had so many this year. Secondly, I say parenting win and totally using that method ! Thirdly- yay for getting pack out ! 1mo
BethM @DinoMom I yelled the do you bite your thumb lines from R&J- feel free to try it and report back 😂 1mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️ 1mo
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Bklover Applesauce!!!! What are you doing with all of your apples? Oh, I‘m very impressed that you can yell Shakespeare!❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 1mo
BethM @Bklover I made applesauce and apple butter. I failed at cider. Tried pie filling but it was waaaay too much work. We have ONE apple tree and it produces a metric ton of apples. 1mo
Bklover Sounds wonderful! I love to make applesauce (on a much smaller scale)! 1mo
Roary47 I have a terrible twoer myself hang in there. That is awesome you have a fruit tree. We tried to grow oranges and it didn‘t make it past a year. 😅 1mo
BethM @Roary47 I‘ve heard three is worse- how do we survive that?! 🙃😱also this tree is well established pre us- we probably couldn‘t have grown it either! 1mo
Roary47 My 2 yr old is 3 on Friday… I‘m scared. Lol. I mean I have a 5 year old too… and she is going on 15 with her Sass! 😵‍💫😬😵 1mo
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I prefer to read print for LotR because it helps me keep the characters straight. I was struggling with prologue so audio it was- I found that helpful! #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday

JazzFeathers That Rings of Powers cover makes my heart ache 🙄 1mo
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Happy Litsyversary! | Special Events
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7 years with you beautiful people. I think I qualify as an OG now 😂 Seriously- I‘ve created some beautiful friendships here and I can‘t imagine not having you all in my life. Book people are the best people. Love and hugs to you all!

LiteraryinLawrence Hugs back! 1mo
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🥳📖 1mo
Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 1mo
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Hooked_on_books Look at you, 7 years! 🥳 1mo
julesG Happy Litsyversary! 1mo
LeeRHarry Happy Litsyversary! 😊 1mo
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 1mo
IndoorDame Happy Litsyversary!!! 1mo
Megabooks Happy litsyversary!! 🎉 1mo
Gissy Happy Litsyversary!📚📚📚📚🎉🎉🎉🥳❤️ 1mo
Avanders 7 years!! Happy litsyversary!! 🥳🤩😘 1mo
Chrissyreadit Happy litsyversary to one of my favs!!! 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉 1mo
BethM Awwww @Chrissyreadit 🥰 1mo
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Long days used to end with a nice glass of wine and a book or movie. Now they end with hidden Oreos and stolen moments after everyone is in bed 😂 #lotrchapteraday #fellowshipoftolkien

JazzFeathers Ehi! I have that edition too! And love it, honestly 🤩 1mo
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1- I honestly have no clue.
2- The wayside school series as a kid.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 🌞 1mo
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The Ferryman: A Novel | Justin Cronin
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Thank you so much my sweet friend! This unexpected surprise made my week! @Avanders

Avanders You‘re so welcome!! 😘😘 1mo
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Books I got with my bday gift card! Plus two ebooks. #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday

JazzFeathers 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 You are so lucky. People give books to you for your birthday!!!! 1mo
Chrissyreadit love!!!!! 1mo
Daisey Wonderful! 1mo
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I Sang You Down from the Stars | Tasha Spillett-Sumner
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Today was long and ridiculous but I came home to lots of book mail! I won a prize package for our summer reading program at the library!! The artwork is from the tagged book.

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
TheSpineView 👍🤩😍 1mo
Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍 1mo
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Went to Renaissance Faire today and got to play in a Hobbit village! Also brought home a dragon bc of the book. Indoctrination is going well! #fellowshipoftolkien #lotrchapteraday

Texreader Oh this is fantastic!!! 1mo
Roary47 So cool! 😍 1mo
JazzFeathers Good job and well done 💪😁 1mo
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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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Went to Renaissance Faire today and couldn‘t resist! #readingwesteros #gotchapteraday

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I listen to HP to fall asleep at night but don‘t have a current audio read. Hubs got stuck at work so Wes and I had to drive an hour ten to a friend‘s house for dinner tonight. Enter HP. Two things really struck me: 1 the adults should‘ve prevented Hermione from overdoing it 2- Snape is a horrible bully. Like no redeeming qualities.

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Mehso-so

This is between a pick and a so/so. I was entertained. The sex was hot and the story line pretty good. The male MC was a caricature and I‘m pretty sure someone dared the author to find as many different words for genitalia as possible. Quivering mound of love jelly- I kid you not and that was only the tip of the slab 😂😂

Avanders oooh my gosh, look at that adorable profile picture!! 1mo
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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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Welcome to #ReadingWesteros ! My hubs and I binged the show last year finally and loved it. He bought me the first 5 books for my bday last year. I got through 2😂 I‘m so excited to. Do this! Keeps me motivated and accountable to giving myself that time to read everyday :) #GoTChapterADay

KathyWheeler I really like the books and found them to be quick reads in spite of their lengths. (Except for book 4.) (edited) 2mo
BethM @KathyWheeler want to join us on our read along? 2mo
KathyWheeler @BethM Thanks, what‘s the schedule for it? 2mo
BethM @KathyWheeler @5feet.of.fury is running it- we‘re just doing a chapter a day, today would be chapter 3 of book one. I‘m sure there‘s a schedule around somewhere, but it puts us finishing the first two by year end. Our hashtags are #readingwesteros and #gotchapteraday 1mo
5feet.of.fury @KathyWheeler @BethM it is 63 chapters and I am not great at making graphics, I can take a picture of the calendar I drew on a piece of paper when I get home! 😂 1mo
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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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Working from home so I‘ll get to read my chapter later, but keeping the vibe with my morning coffee! #readingwesteros #GoTChapterADay

Chrissyreadit great mug!!!!!!!!!!!! 2mo
5feet.of.fury Love ittt 2mo
Gissy Love that mug😱😍 1mo
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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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#GoTChapteraDay #ReadingWesteros starts tomorrow! I‘m soooooo excited to be doing this with you all!! ❤️❤️ Like I said on fb- they can pry Litsy from my cold, dead hands 😂

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Pictures are back baby! We were close to withdrawals! I used the website 😱 Shameless share of today- he grabbed my blue light glasses and wanted to help me work 😂❤️

JenReadsAlot He's gotten so big!! 2mo
BethM @JenReadsAlot I know right 😱🤦‍♀️ 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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marleed So sweet! I‘m leaving bing today‘s pics! 2mo
robinb Awww, he‘s a real cutie! And his mom is lovely. 😊 2mo
BethM @dabbe @marleed @robinb you are all so sweet ❤️ 2mo
Avanders 😍😍😍 1mo
Desha Soooo cute! ♥️ 1mo
Chrissyreadit ADORABLE ❤️ 1mo
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Potter while I telework. I couldn‘t take it anymore and switched to the web version of Litsy. It‘s not terrible on your phone folks! The photo editor is not user friendly if you‘re taking a pic though 😂😂🙃

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Not that anyone can see this, but go to the onward Litsy Facebook page and answer their poll please about whether or not you‘re still having issues with the app only. (I am) @LitsyEvents

LaraReads Done! 2mo
SassyBookworm I‘m trying! I have to be approved by the page 2mo
Librarybelle Done! 2mo
BethM @SassyBookworm you can also comment directly on @timspalding post on here 2mo
rwmg Already done. Thank you for bringing the post to a wider audience 2mo
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The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers | Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
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Pickpick

1985 man- it had the answers. This is the best stranger book I‘ve ever read, and that‘s coming from someone I law enforcement.

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Pickpick

I have loved this read along. I felt more present than last time. Had to assure Wes that there is another “orange dragon” book😂

Leftcoastzen So adorable , getting so big! 2mo
Gissy Adorable!❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
dabbe What smiles on both of you! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Avanders Seriously, too cute. 1mo
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The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Cupcake12 Love this and so true! 2mo
Daisey Yes, if only it had not taken Thorin so long to realize it. I had forgotten the context around the quote. 2mo
JazzFeathers @Daisey @Cupcake12 In the first version, Tolkien did save Thorin who became King Under the Mountain. When l first read it l though, such a pity he changed his mind, l would have loved that Thorin survived. But then l realised that Thorin is such a great, even tragic character dispute all the fun the narrator makes if him, precisely because he didn't survive. 1mo
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Beyond the Bean Bag | Rosie Hernandez
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I think it was on Litsy that I first saw these. Does anyone have one and do you like it? I was thinking about it for my kindle, particularly in the winter when I have hot cocoa on the couch 😂 wondering if it‘s worth using half my birthday gift card on.

Soubhiville I have one, a different brand though. I love it for heavy hardcovers when reading in bed. 2mo
BethM @Soubhiville what brand do you have? This one actually gets pretty poor reviews for heavier books. 2mo
Soubhiville Mine is an iBeani. It‘s like a mini beanbag chair 😆. @Mitch gave it to me years ago. I‘ll post a photo. 2mo
TieDyeDude I've thought about buying something like this, but I don't like reading while laying down, and I feel like I would have to bow my head too much if using while sitting 🤷 2mo
BethM @TieDyeDude I read laying down sometimes. But I‘m primarily thinking of winter and reading while I‘m drinking hot cocoa 😂 2mo
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Untitled | Untitled
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Birthday book from my sister :)

Soubhiville That‘s pretty! Happy Birthday! 2mo
AmyG Happy Birthday 🎂 2mo
BethM @Soubhiville @AmyG thanks! It was last Friday :) 2mo
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Soubhiville Celebrate all month! You deserve it. 2mo
AmyG I agree with @Soubhiville YOU GET A WHOLE MONTH 🎉 2mo
Chrissyreadit Happy Belated Belated Belated birthday 🥳 1mo
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These Happy Golden Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
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July was a slow and relatively uninspiring reading month. But look at how pretty I managed to get this months entry! It‘s never going to happen again 🙃 #readingbracket2023

LeeRHarry Love your style 😊 2mo
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The First Four Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Mehso-so

I didn‘t read these as kids and it‘s pretty easy to understand why now. It wouldn‘t have spoken to my fantasy loving soul. But I‘ve really enjoyed this read along with @megnews even joining late. This wasn‘t my favorite and was evident it hadn‘t been edited. Important though. Attached picture is for Laura Days in WI :)

megnews That‘s cool! 2mo
AnnR Dean Butler represents how I mentally pictured “Manly“ for many years. 🙂 2mo
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The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Cooking dinner and trying to catch up (still a chapter behind!), when munchkin crawled into my lap on the deck for mama to read about the dragon :) ❤️

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Gissy Lovely photo 🥰♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
AmyG He is so big! ❤️ 2mo
LiteraryinLawrence Aww, he‘s a bookster already! 2mo
BethM @Gissy @dabbe thank you! @AmyG you blink and suddenly they‘re tiny adults! @LiteraryinLawrence hoping to keep him that way! 2mo
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@ElizaMarie this came today- thank you so much! I adore the little notecard thing- where did you find that?! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

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Donut Fall in Love | Jackie Lau
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Not super substantial but cute. By the end I wanted to know more about dad and Vivian than the MCs. I‘ll have this in the mail as soon as I can! #lmpbc

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These Happy Golden Years | Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
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I‘ve really enjoyed reading these. The tone is a bit lighter but I‘d say overall more bittersweet. Despite being children‘s lit, I now understand why I didn‘t connect with them as a kid❤️