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Deblovestoread

Joined September 2016

β€œI cannot live without books!”
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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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Hope to get to both of these in April. I have planned to read Honor every month since January but it keeps getting bumped. #AuldLangSpine I tried to listen to Trespasses on audio and it didn‘t work for me so hoping print will be better. #WomensPrize

#TBRTarot @CBee

CBee I want to read Trespasses! 10h
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Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse
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It has been a while since I committed to participating in the monthly photo challenge but April‘s prompts look fun.

I hope to highlight all books sitting on my owned TBR so I don‘t forget they are there.

#TemptingTitles #Withacolor

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

JenReadsAlot Same here! 9h
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover πŸŒ™ 6h
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Count the Ways: A Novel | Joyce Maynard
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The tagged book was the best of the bunch. There was some repetition and it was a bit long but a great story of family, how we fall apart and ways we come together. Another fine #AuldLangSpine pick. 4.5 🌟 Memphis was another good story of family 4 🌟. I think I would have gotten more out of Homesick in print rather than audio.

Slogging through In Dubious Battle only because it‘s a favorite of my dad and a brother.

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh interesting, I enjoyed Homesick much more than Memphis - I listened to Memphis and read the physical Homesick book. I do think HS works much more in print you lose a lot without the graphics. 6d
Cinfhen Agree with SO MUCH of this post since I read the same three books last week!!! Loved Count the Ways although it definitely dragged in places, I switched to print after starting Homesick on audio and I was just meh over Memphis. It‘s already fuzzy in my memory 6d
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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Ready for April and along with great books I hope it brings lots of sunshine. I‘m over the πŸ₯Ά

Looking forward to the 2nd, one of my favorite Litsy calendar days.

Soubhiville Me too! It‘s like a monthly bookish holiday πŸ˜πŸ’•πŸ“š 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I can't believe we're only a week away from April! I need to post my BookSpin reminder post already! 😲 1w
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Count the Ways: A Novel | Joyce Maynard
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I‘m not anticipating having much reading time this weekend but I will be reading this book every spare moment. I‘m only 60 pages in and I‘m hooked.

Andrew65 Great to have you with us no matter how much or how little reading time you have, good luck 😁 1w
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One location, three different time periods and women who are doing their best to make it in their world through the constraints and events of their time. #LMPBC #Round17 #GroupS. It is on its way to you today @julieclair

@Jerdencon @Reggie

julieclair This sounds like my kind of book! Looking forward to it. @Jerdencon @Reggie 1w
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For those interested in the #WomensPrizeLonglist this ebook deal showed up this morning.

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First quarter of #Booked23 complete. I made a plan and didn‘t stick to it at all. I think this will be the theme of my 2023 reading. πŸ˜‚ My β€œany part of a trilogy” is a bit of a fudge as this is book 2 but there is a fourth being released later this year so not really a trilogy.

Cinfhen Well done!!! And I think the trilogy prompt is totally fine!!! Did u see the post with the link for #Booked2023Drawing ??? 1w
Deblovestoread I did. Found it after my post and submitted it. Thanks! πŸ₯° 1w
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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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I use #Roll100 to get me to pay attention to the approximately 600 unread books I have on my kindle. I went and found the reviews for each of these and none of them are wowing me. At this rate I will never get them read. πŸ˜‚

PuddleJumper Good luck! 1w
peanutnine I read the tagged a few years ago and I remember liking it. Pagan writes great complicated relationships 1w
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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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#BookReport I enjoyed all 4 books this week but especially Stone Blind. It really lifted my mood. I am finally making progress on The Last Garden for #LMPBC and changed to In Dubious Battle for my next Steinbeck on my dad‘s recommendation.

Cinfhen Im struggling with Stone Blind, and I usually LOVE re-telling!!!! I can‘t keep track on audio πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ 2w
Deblovestoread I had a bit of trouble in the beginning and then it came together for me. Maybe print would be better? 2w
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The Quilter's Apprentice: A Novel | Jennifer Chiaverini
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In honor of National Quilting Day here are 3 of my favorite quilts that I‘ve made. The top two were wedding gifts and the other was for myself from fabric gifted to me by a friend. I loved the Elm Creek Quilt series of books and hope to make quilts from the companion quilting books one day.

@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

#MarchMadness #DailyChallenge #MarchMadnessReadathon

dabbe Stunningly beautiful. Wow. ❣️ 2w
TheSpineView Beautiful! 2w
DieAReader Gorgeous!πŸ’•πŸ’• 2w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful πŸ’œ 2w
bthegood beautiful 😊 2w
Andrew65 These are wonderful πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ«Ά 2w
DivineDiana What creative talent you have! ❀️ 1w
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#FunFacts #Oregon

Oregon lays claim to the deepest lake (Crater Lake), the shortest river (the D river), the deepest river gorge (Hell‘s Canyon) and the smallest park (Mill Ends Park). Portland is the home of the most breweries in the US (not surprising) and also the home of the most strip clubs in the nation (What!?!). We also have the most ghost towns, 1/4 of the nation‘s llamas and the hazelnut is our state nut. The only state to have one.

Sparklemn Definitely would not have guess about the strip clubs! πŸ˜‚ 2w
Susanita A state nut. Brilliant! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures My office is right by Mill Park! 2w
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dabbe Very interesting, and it gives me an idea. We should all have a state NUT that's in our legislature. We can vote for him/her/them every year--kind of like giving out a Darwin award. Yeah, I'm not looking forward to election season. 🀣🀣🀣 2w
Deblovestoread @dabbe. Me, too but I have some prime candidates for the state Nut elections πŸ˜‚ 2w
RebelReader My grandparents lived in Oregon for years. I want to go back and visit because all I got to see was their house when we‘d visit. 😏 2w
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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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I have never been a fan of Medusa‘s story…because SNAKES…UGH, but I loved this book on audio. It has a cheekiness to it that I adored. I may not remember it down the road but the reading experience was perfection and I can see myself revisiting it in the future. 5 🌟. #WomensPrize #Longlist

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#MarchMadness #DailyChallenge

Happy St. Patrick‘s Day. I‘ve started my day with coffee in the appropriate mug with holiday appropriate nails and threw in a picture of my very first Guinness from 2018.

Wishing you all a blessed day!

DieAReader πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€ 2w
jamield1993 Ooooh, I love a Guinness! 2w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy St. Patrick's Day!! πŸ’š 2w
julieclair I love that blessing! And those nails! πŸ‘πŸ˜€β˜˜οΈβ˜˜οΈβ˜˜οΈ 2w
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Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
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I really enjoyed this multigenerational debut novel although the ending lost me a bit. Looking forward to the #LiteraryCrew discussion at the end of the month.

Librarybelle Hooray! So glad you liked it! 3w
Cinfhen I just couldn‘t keep track of all the charactersπŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ and the name changes - I did audio and was probably too distracted to fully appreciate the various threads 3w
Cinfhen Im glad you enjoyed😁 3w
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#BookReport Enjoyed my top two books for #SeriesLove23. Finished Adult Assembly early. It was ok. Maus was the winner of the week. I read Tortilla Flat for AuthorAMonth and it was ok. I‘ve started The Red Pony. Loving Stone Blind on audio and enjoying Tales from the Cafe. Haven‘t made much progress in Garden or Black Cake.

#weeklyforecast

TheSpineView Doing great 3w
Cinfhen I had similar feelings about Adult Assembly - I‘ll be curious to see what u think about Black Cake!! 3w
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Maus is the second of the two graphic novels I‘ve read. The first was They Called Us Enemy. While they may not be my go to, both books were excellent and important. Maus was on my #AuldLangSpine list from @Amiable and I‘m glad to have had the incentive to pick it up. 5🌟 And now I need to read Part II of this story. Thanks for the great recommendation Amy! #52Books #SurvivalStory

squirrelbrain I really need to read this one - it sounds so good. 3w
Amiable I'm not a big reader of graphic novels, either -- I picked this one up because of the school board in Tennessee banning it last year. I'm so glad I read it, too! 3w
Librarybelle Such a good book! 3w
Cinfhen I don‘t read too many GN either but this one is really powerful 3w
Cinfhen As is this one 3w
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | Alexander McCall Smith
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I always forget how much I enjoy the #1 Ladies detective series as it can be months in between them. Back to working Saturdays so I‘m leaning into comfort reads at the moment with cozy mysteries, Hobbit reread and Last Garden in England for #LMPBC.

Cinfhen I was hoping to get to seven moons before TOB begins but I don‘t think it‘s gonna happen - 4w
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Finished last night in time for our #independentwomen discussion tomorrow. I had a hard time getting into the writing style in print so switched to audio at an increased speed which helped a bit. I have mixed feelings so a so-so for me.

#Pantone23 #ElectricBlueLemonade

Cinfhen So-so for me too πŸ™„ 1mo
Clwojick Well done! 4w
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#BookspinBingo. A few buddy reads and lots of room for where my mood takes me.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Cinfhen Yay!!! Love this one ❀️ 1mo
vivastory Joan Jett 🀘 1mo
BarbaraBB Fab list! Pat Benatar πŸ’•πŸ’• 1mo
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The top row are Google images of the unsung women who fought for the rights we have today. The middle right are my stepmom and Grandma who are my foundation. And a few of the youngsters who give me hope that with their advocacy and voices the world may become a better place. Greta Thunberg, Amanda Gorman and X Gonzalez.

#independentwomen #suffragettes #roev.wade #civilrights

JamieArc Great compilation ❀️ 1mo
IndoorDame ❀️❀️❀️ 1mo
BarbaraBB Love those various generations ❀️ 1mo
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Cinfhen Fantastic representation!!! 1mo
TrishB Brilliant β™₯️ 1mo
kspenmoll I love this! ❀️ 1mo
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#FebruaryWrapUp. 3 bingos and #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin read. It was unusual month as I normally read equally between print, digital and audio but half of my February books were in print. 16 books 5958 pages a very good month 😊

wisherwishinguponastar Congrats! I must say that I love a good graph, especially when it has fun info! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Great month!! 1mo
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Black Buck | Mateo Askaripour
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Yay for #TBRTarot! Fourth from the left, top shelf of the TBR bookcase. I received this book in a #blitsyswap a couple of years ago and am excited to add it to my March reading plan.

CBee Perfect!! 😊😊 1mo
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Foster | Claire Keegan
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No 5🌟 reads for February. The Rabbit Hutch was close but Foster is my favorite of the two.

psalva May I ask where you got this graphic from? I have been considering doing a bracket for my reading and I‘m curious. 1mo
CSeydel @psalva it‘s made by @chasjjlee 1mo
CSeydel Link to chasjjlee's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/ZDhKRUE2VjdL 1mo
psalva @CSeydel thank you! 1mo
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I only read one non fiction book in February but it was a winner off my #AuldLangSpine list and is the best of the year so far.

Amiable It's long enough that it should count as 2! :) 1mo
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An Island | Karen Jennings
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#20in4 wrap up. I didn‘t quite make 20 hours as planned and I didn‘t quite read as planned either. I finished How the Penguins Saved Veronica Thursday. I did finish An Island on audio and then decided to listen to The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida instead of diving into The Women Could Fly.

Jari-chan The Penguin one looks cute! 🀭 1mo
Andrew65 Still brilliant, well done πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ™ŒπŸŽŠπŸ₯³πŸΎπŸ₯‚πŸ˜ 1mo
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White Chrysanthemum | Mary Lynn Bracht
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March #Roll100. Goal is to get at least one of the three read and off my kindle.

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Nightcrawling: A novel | Leila Mottley
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#TOB23 My first year of participating. I lucked out as my top 3 books were ones I had already read and loved and I didn‘t read anything to change that. BUT I did read a bunch of books I might not have otherwise read and enjoyed. I appreciated how different each book was from the others. I couldn‘t get into my two bails and didn‘t read the two others as they held no appeal based on reviews. Looking forward to voting!

BarbaraBB Lovely graphic and choices! You can vote already for the matches in the opening round. I posted the link to the GoogleDoc, did you see it? Or I can send it again! 1mo
squirrelbrain I love seeing everyone‘s faves / not-so-faves! 1mo
kwmg40 Nice graphic! I bailed on Manhunt but I did like My Volcano. 1mo
jlhammar Great wrap- up. Really like your graphic! I‘m working on finishing-up a few more this week. 1mo
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The Fortnight in September | Robert Cedric Sherriff
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#LMPBC #Round17 #GroupL

I‘m am really looking forward to a round of feel good reads. Here are some I found. What do you think? I‘m leaning towards the tagged book but the others sound fun too. They are tagged in the comments.

@TheAromaofBooks @inthegreensandblues @Maggie4483 @suvata

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marleed Input from a random Litsy member… I love Fortnight In September and have purchased it two additional times for gifts. I would recommend reading the history of how and when it was written and published prior to reading because I believe it helps the reader appreciate the simplicity in the story. 1mo
LeahBergen I enjoyed all of these! 😊 1mo
inthegreensandblues I haven't read any of them and they all sound good. 😊 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I'm so excited about this round of reading!! I recently read Diary of a Provincial Lady, but haven't read any of the others, so I would be fine with any of them!! 1mo
Maggie4483 These all sound great! I‘d be happy with any of them (and I‘m adding all of everyone‘s picks to my TBR). 1mo
Deblovestoread I appreciate the input especially the tip about reading the history first since this is going to be my pick. Thank you 😊 @marleed 1mo
Deblovestoread I‘m going to go with this one 1mo
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Finished two more off the TOB23 short list, both were fine. I had tried Seven Moons in print and wasn‘t feeling it but switched to audio and am enjoying it. It will be my last before voting. Will post a wrap up then. Rereading The Hobbit with my daughter and her boyfriend. Not very far in to Women Could Fly and great to be back in Botswana with The Good Husband.

Cinfhen I think im gonna try Seven Moons on audio too, as I bailed in print. 1mo
rmaclean4 @Cinfhen it worked better on audio for me. 1mo
Cinfhen Good to know - thanks @rmaclean4 πŸ˜ƒ 1mo
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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel | Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
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Keia! What a great box you sent me. I am so excited to have these books and love all the other items. Cherry blossoms are one of my favorite things so I can‘t wait to try the tea and LOVE the mug warmer. I bought one for my dad last Christmas and was sorry I hadn‘t gotten one for myself. Love the bookmark, candy and masks. I love the introduction to witchy world with Everyday Spells. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You‘re the best!

Bookgoil What a fun package! Ill be interested to see how that mug warmer works! 😁 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome package πŸŽ‰πŸ“šπŸŽŠ 1mo
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A World of Curiosities | Louise Penny
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Entertaining is not my strong suit and because I‘m lazy today I‘m choosing a comfort food potluck with all of my favorite Three Pines characters from the tagged series. I can look forward to lively and weird conversation with a few f*cks thrown in from Ruth‘s duck. That and a glass of wine would make a perfect evening.

@RaeLovesToRead #ihavequestions

RaeLovesToRead Aww, sounds chill! (I was planning on getting someone else to do the actual murder mystery arrangements and catering, hahaha!) 1mo
Amiable Oh, I would attend that dinner party! As long as the person who is going to be killed in Three Pines that day is already dead. Because I don‘t want to become the plot line for the next party. πŸ˜€ 1mo
Karisimo That's exactly who I thought of when I read this prompt! πŸ˜‰ 1mo
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Hey #LLWBS swappers it is opening day! Thank you @Desha for posting and reminding us. Can‘t wait to see everyone‘s posts and all the things that will help us beat the winter blues. #LitsyLove

@TheBookHippie @Read4life @Pigpen_Reads @AprilMae @MatchlessMarie @kspenmoll @actualdisneyprincess @ImperfectCJ @BookwormAHN @quietjenn @AmyG @DinoMom @dabbe @Escapinwithbooks @catiewithac @BookNAround @Blerdgal_Fenix

actualdisneyprincess I saved mine until after work, so that I had something to buoy me through working on a sunny Saturday! πŸ˜‚πŸ’– Two hours until I‘m home! 1mo
Blerdgal_Fenix @Deblovestoread did your box make it there? 1mo
Deblovestoread @Blerdgal_Fenix Yes! I commented on your original post. Sorry you didn‘t see it. I‘m opening it soon 😊 1mo
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quietjenn Unfortunately, it seems like mine was either misdelivered or stolen, as the post office insists it arrived, but I never got it. I'm sure it was wonderful, @amyg and thank you so much for sending it, but I've had bad luck with swaps lately πŸ˜’ 1mo
Bookgoil I have been out all day or I would have posted sooner i forgot I had an early conference lol! 1mo
AmyG @quietjenn OH NO. Can I send you another box? Is there a safer place to send it??? 1mo
Deblovestoread @quietjenn I‘m so sorry your box went missing! I hate that it happens. 😞 1mo
Escapinwithbooks @catiewithac thank you sooooo much for the box. It was amazing! Unfortunately I wasn‘t able to get a picture, for reasons beyond my control, but the socks are soooo soft! Where did you get them? I need more! 1mo
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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How can we be heading toward March? I swear yesterday was January. Here‘s my #BookspinBingo list with a few titles but lots of room for mood reading.

Read4life Love your graphic πŸ’™ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Illyrian Spring | Ann Bridge
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Excited for #Round17 #LMPBC #GroupS

Let me know what sounds good to you @Jerdencon @julieclair @Reggie

I did not know Agatha Christie had written under a pseudonym so that‘s interesting.

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Jerdencon They all sound good - but Agatha Christie and the last garden in Eden would be my top 2 picks 1mo
Reggie I‘m good with any of them. I‘ve never read Agatha Christie before so that would be cool. But really, any book would be good. 1mo
julieclair These all sound good. The Last Garden in England has been on my TBR for awhile, so that would be my first choice, but I‘m fine with any of them. 1mo
Deblovestoread I‘m going with The Last Garden in England. For someone who hasn‘t read Christie before you should probably start with her mysteries instead. Looking forward to this round! @Jerdencon @Reggie @julieclair @suvata 1mo
julieclair Yay! 1mo
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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Excited for #20in4 Readathon this weekend. I‘m shooting for 20 hours and reading these 3 books. How the Penguins Saved Veronica for #LMPBC, The Women Could Fly for #IndependentWomen buddy read and An Island my last TOB23 book.

Husband has to work both days this weekend and I have no other plans except enjoy the peace and quiet and read to my heart‘s content.

Cinfhen Good luckβ™₯️sounds like a perfect weekend plan 😁 1mo
Andrew65 Best of luck, great to have you with us. 😁 1mo
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This was on my instagram feed this morning. Perfect for #weirdword Wednesday as a new to me word and also perfectly describing my current state. I think I will be using this word a lot.

UwannaPublishme Great word! I can relate! πŸ˜† 1mo
Magpiegem I am currently dumfuungled! 1mo
IndoorDame I think that is my permanent state! Thank you for teaching me this word! 1mo
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RaeLovesToRead As a fellow dumfungler, I hear you! 1mo
ItsAnotherJen This is my word for the rest of the month!! Lol Love it! 1mo
julesG Thanks for sharing this word. @IndoorDame Same. 1mo
CBee I feel this word. SO MUCH πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ 1mo
Sparklemn Love it! 1mo
dabbe I want to hear it in a Scottish accent! 🀣❣️🀣 1mo
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1) It‘s been awhile since I‘ve experienced a book hangover.
2) 5🌟 Gave me all the feels and I rave about how much I LOVED the book
4🌟 Really good, would definitely recommend
3 🌟 Not sorry I read it but nothing to shout about
2 🌟 Shouldn‘t have wasted my time and anything less will be DNF
3) Rarely and only classical. I enjoy finding songs mentioned or an associated playlist in my books.

#WondrousWednesday Tagging all

Eggs Great idea #3 1mo
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The Bride Test | Helen Hoang
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A low pick. The writing for me was a little lackluster. I didn‘t feel the tension one would expect in this situation and it wrapped up almost too neatly. But it was a nice palette cleanser.

@CBee Another book off my kindle for #TBRTarot

@Clwojick #Pantone23 #BeetrootPurple

CBee Awesome! 😊😊 1mo
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Five books finished, four in progress. Enjoying Olga on audio and the Jane mystery on kindle. I started MPP a few days ago and am going to read a bit more but think it will be back on the shelf.

4.5 🌟 The Family Roe #AuldLangSpine #NonfictionBingo
4 🌟 Death by Dumping #SeriesLove2023 #Book1
3.5 🌟 Severance #Roll100 #Bookspin #Booked23 #Pandemic
The Bride Test #TBRTarot
Malibu Rising #AuthorAMonth

Cinfhen Unfortunately MPP was such a slough 1mo
Cinfhen Great week πŸ™ŒπŸ» 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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This book was 11 years in the making and I think it would have been incredibly hard to write an unbiased account of all the players in Roe v Wade. I think Prager did that. It is long. I listened on audio, got lost a couple of times and cringed a bit at some of the descriptions. It is complete account of the woman behind Roe, her family and children as well as the religious leaders and politicians of the time. Another great pick from my #ALS list

Amiable I'm so glad you liked it! It is a complicated story and I thought Prager told it completely and well. (edited) 1mo
Deblovestoread @Amiable I am glad you had it on your list! I might not have picked it up otherwise and it was fascinating. 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Just checking! Did you get the package we sent? I may have missed a tag πŸ₯° 1mo
Megabooks Stacked! 1mo
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Weird and Wonderful Words | Roz Chast, Erin McKean
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This word came up in one of my books this last week. I had never seen it before and wondered if it might be Vulcan as I‘ve been watching The Big Bang Theory…I was only off by a little bit as it is Martian πŸ˜‚

#WeirdWordsWednesday

@CBee

CBee Oh wow! I‘ve seen it before and never knew what it meant 😊 1mo
vivastory I haven't read Heinlein's book but I had heard that it introduced a new neologism. According to this article, Heinlein also invented waterbeds (?!)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64993/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-str...
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Deblovestoread @vivastory Thanks for the interesting article, Scott. I haven‘t read it either but intend to one day 1mo
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Love my #MugLove23 package! @staci.reads The mug is the perfect size and I love Harney & Sons teas. The book looks great and you sent me my new favorite bookmark! Thank you so much for everything.

Thank you for hosting this swap…dare I suggest it become an annual tradition? πŸ˜€ @Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen Harney & Sons hot cinnamon is my FAVORITE flavor 🧑it‘s sweet & spicy and that bookmark is hilarious πŸ˜‚ 🀩 2mo
Deblovestoread @staci.reads I missed the Apple Spice Chai tea in the pic. Can‘t wait to try it….sounds amazing! 2mo
LeahBergen I love that Hot Cinnamon tea! 2mo
Chelsea.Poole Oh I love a travel mug! I need to try that tea…. 2mo
TheKidUpstairs Love the mug :) I don't know about annual, but maybe we'll bring it back before another 5 years pass! 2mo
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Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Taylor Jenkins Reid can form a compelling sentence and string them together to keep you reading. This is only the second book of hers I‘ve read and once I started I did want to go along on the journey. It was a pleasant read while keeping an eye on the Super Bowl.

#AuthorAMonth #Pantone23 #GrayLilac #52Books #Meanttoreadlastyear

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You don‘t need to be a gamer to enjoy the tagged book as it is ultimately about friendships and family. It‘s about connection and sometimes how those connections fade due to lack of communication or our own faulty thinking. There is one story thread that I am not 100% on board with which I will mention below if anyone whose read it wants to chime in.

#Pantone #BlazingYellow #bigfabbeatles #PleasePleaseMe #52Books #TypographicalCover #TOB23

Deblovestoread The Sadie/Dov storyline threw me when Sam mentioned seeing the injuries to Sadie during her relationship with Dov. The reader knew it was with consent but Sam and Marks did not. Wouldn‘t they have at least once asked her about it not just mentioned years later? 2mo
Clwojick Can‘t wait to get my hands on this one! 2mo
CSeydel Nice choice! 2mo
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Librarybelle On my to read list! 2mo
ashw21 Loved this book!! 2mo
KarenUK Loved this one so much! πŸ’• 2mo
Bluebird Loved this book! And yes, i agree with your comments about the Sadie/Dov storyline. Their β€˜inaction‘ seemed out of character. 1mo
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A good reading week with two more off the TOB23 list. I should finish Severance today on Kindle and will start The Bride Test next, I think. Have a little under 6 hours to go on The Family Roe, not sure what‘s next on audio. Mercury Pictures has mixed reviews but since I like old time Hollywood hoping I will land on the positive side. I dip in and out of the Worsley so hope to finish soon.

#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

Cinfhen Yay!!! You‘re on a roll - I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts on 2mo
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Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn
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1) Hated the tagged book with a purple passion and read one miserable half of Fates and Furies. Thankfully, Lauren Groff redeemed herself with Matrix.

2) I will never read another Kristin Hannah after reading The Four Winds which I know is a huge unpopular opinion. I also will never read Emily Giffin due to racist comments made on social media and I have no interest in Colleen Hoover.

#Ihavequestions

RaeLovesToRead Lot of people seem to hate Gone Girl and The Silent Patient πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜… I loved both of them, hehe. (Although I wish gone girl had ended differently) 2mo
BkClubCare I loved Gone Girl πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ, hated The Silent Patient, and also can NOT deal with Kristin Hannah - I think I am allergic to her writing. But Gone Girl was a hoot! 2mo
TheLudicReader I liked Gone Girl, but enjoyed Dark Places more. Silent Patient irritated the crap out of me. CoHo is a hack. 2mo
Suet624 I felt that way about Hoover and then a friend handed me Verity. I feel a duty to read it. 😫 2mo
actualdisneyprincess HATED GONE GIRL!! And The I finished reading The Four Winds one day while I was covering in our Children‘s Department, and HOO BOY was it a good thing that nobody was there at that moment, because I said Some Words out loud. 😬 I loved The Great Alone, though, so it pained me how much I hated TFW. 2mo
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Untitled | Unknown
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My #LLWBS is on its way. Due to arrive Monday the 13th. @Bookgoil @Blerdgal_Fenix

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Dearest Josephine | Caroline George
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Cinfhen I‘m loving all the color matches I keep seeing!!! Sorry this book was a low pick - what‘s next months book?? 2mo
Clwojick Love the cover, and it matched perfectly!!! 2mo
TheBookHippie @Cinfhen I love it -weβ€˜re still reading Josephine 🀣 - http://bookhippie.com/index.php/2022/08/01/2023-list-for-my-sundaybuddyread-on-l... hereβ€˜s our schedule -next up 2mo
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Cinfhen Ohhhh count me in for March @TheBookHippie 😘 2mo
Cinfhen And now I‘ve taken a screenshot of the Sunday Buddy Read books so im in the know!!! 2mo
TheBookHippie @Cinfhen β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️β™₯️ 2mo
CSeydel Fantastic! 2mo
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