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The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown
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Bk16 of my ongoing #BookMail is this gorgeous edition. NYC, bookseller Cassie Andrews is given a gift by a fave customer, a book full of strange writings & drawings.In front is a handwritten message to Cassie telling her this is the Book of Doors & that any door is every door. It gives who possess it extraordinary powers. Cassie & her bf Izzy are swept away by what it can do, but it‘s not the only magical book & dangerous people want what she has.

Crazeedi What a great cover!! Intriguing book!! 18h
Read4life I love the cover! 💙 16h
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An Education in Malice | S. T. Gibson
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Bk15 of my ongoing #BookMail is this Dark Academia novel. Set in Saint Perpetuas College in Massachusetts, it‘s isolated,ancient & not a place for timid girls.Secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood & strange ceremonies welcome new students.Her 1st day, Laura is thrust into a rivalry with Carmilla. Together they are drawn into the confidence of poetry professor De Lafontaine who has her own obsession with Carmilla. Full of dark magic & blood.

Soubhiville Love the cover! 2d
ElizaMarie Stacked this based on the beautiful cover! 2d
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The Spy Coast: A Thriller | Tess Gerritsen
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Bk14 of this years #BookMail is the latest from the author of Rizzoli & Isles. This is a spy thriller about a retired CIA operative who lives in Purity, Maine, a seaside town with a few ex CIA residents. When she wakes to find a dead body in the driveway of her chicken farm, Maggie Bird knows it‘s a message that her former foes haven‘t forgotten about her. Turning to her local circle of old CIA friends, she tries to find out who wants her dead.

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Elysium Fire | Alastair Reynolds
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Bk3 of March is the 2nd Prefect Dreyfus Emergency. I‘m loving this series, so much so I‘ve put the authors backlist on my wishlist.Dreyfus is now Senior Prefect after Aurora & the Clockmaker but still works in the field when people start dying after their neural implants melt their brains. A world of hyperpigs, abstraction, light hugger ships, augmented humans & quickmatter! #SeriesLove2024 #BacklistReadathon #Readaway2024 #BookspinBingo

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7d
DieAReader 🥳 Great! 6d
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Caliban's War | James S.A. Corey
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Bk13 of this years #BookMail is the red special edition of The Expanses 2nd book that matches Leviathan Wakes pink one. After Eros crashes onto Venus, strange things are being built on its surface. Meanwhile on Ganymede Station, the bread basket of the Belt & outer planets, a monstrous super soldier tears through a Martian platoon before disappearing. Avasarala tries to hold a diplomatic balance in check & the crew of the Rocinante are back.

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Aurora Rising | Alastair Reynolds
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Bk2 of March is the 1st in the Prefect Dreyfus Emergency series. A brilliant blend of SciFi & police procedural, Dreyfus is a Prefect of Panoply, the beat cops of The Glitter Band. Made up of 10,000 different habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, Prefects enforce the voting laws of the system. Until an entire habitat is killed, an open & shut case,but Dreyfus starts looking deeper & encounters things powerful people would rather stay hidden.👇

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Bk12 of this year‘s #BookMail is the 3rd in McKenzies Detective Kate Miles series. Set in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Kate is a 2nd generation cop with 2 kids & a father that was under investigation for corruption. Now her estranged brother Luke is back for the funeral of a friend, dead by suicide. But when another of his friends turns up dead, Luke is a suspect, putting Kate in the middle of another media storm & torn between family & the force.

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My 1st bk of March is the latest in the Crescent City series. I enjoyed it, but I thought the connection to ACOTAR could‘ve been used more effectively. I like how it concluded I suppose but it wasn‘t the big finish I was hoping for. Bit of a bummer, but still a good read. #SeriesLove2024 #BookspinBingo #FourFoursIn24 #Readaway2024

TheSpineView Awesome! 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Bk11 of this years #BookMail is a unique horror novel. Jack Sparks died while writing this book. Researching the occult for his new book, he‘d already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he‘d witnessed. Then there was the 40 seconds of chilling video that he claimed he didn‘t make yet was posted on his YT account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed, until now.

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Bk10 from this years #BookMail (so far!🫣)is an historical magical realism novel. In the slums of 19th century New York a tattooed mystic fights for her life. Whilst living as a canvas for an abusive tattoo artist,Flora meets Minnie,a circus performer who offers her love & a home. While reading tarot for money, her gift, the Knowing, accidentally summons a murdered boy prostitute, setting off a deadly chain of events. Circus, tarot & tattoos.🙌

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 🖤❤️ 2w
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The City of Stardust | Georgia Summers
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Bk9 of my recent #BookMail is a fantasy.A young woman descends into a magical underworld of power-hungry scholars & fickle gods bent on revenge to break her family‘s curse. For centuries Everlys have seen best vanish, payment for a crime no one remembers & a purpose no one understands.Their tormentor Penelope,never ages or gets sick & never forgets a debt. Violet is the last Everly, given 10yrs to find her mother before the family is gone forever.

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To Hell and Back | Lilith Saintcrow
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The 6th book I read in February is the 5th & final book in the Dante Valentine series. After being violated by Lucifer in Hell, Danny‘s dropped back in the real world with her mind & body scrambled, barely knowing her name let alone who to trust. A pawn in Hells war, she has to decide whether Japhrimel is on her side or if she on her own against both Lucifer & his daughter. #SeriesLove2024 #BacklistReadathon #ReadAway2024

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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DieAReader 🥳Great 3w
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Aurora Rising | Alastair Reynolds
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Bks6, 7, & 8 of my recent #BookMail are the first 3 books in the Prefect Dreyfus series. A SciFi Cop drama, set in the utopia of the Glitter Band of Space Habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone.Panoply enforces the law, but when Dreyfus investigates an attack against a habitat it looks open&shut, until he looks under some stones that very powerful people rather he didn‘t.10,000 city-state habitats orbit Yellowstone & Panoply ARE the law.

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My Name Is Barbra | Barbra Streisand
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Bk5 of my recent #BookMail is the memoir/autobiography of the goddess herself, Barbra Streisand! One of the few to win the EGOT(Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)she is one of the most recognisable voices in music. I grew up watching her movies, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly, What‘s Up Doc, The Way We Were etc, she‘s a total iconoclast with a nose to match. Absolute Legend!

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Saint City Sinners | Lilith Saintcrow
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Another one finished last week is Bk4 of the Dante Valentine series. After the betrayals in Bk3, Danny is called back to Saint City to help her oldest friend track down a murderer. She ends up losing way too much & is hunted by police for something she did not do while Lucifer has his hot dirty little fingers in nearly every pie. This book is not perfect but it is heartbreaking & well worth a read. #SeriesLove2024 #BacklistReadathon #ReadAway2024

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
DieAReader 🥳Great 3w
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 3w
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Bk4 of my #BookMail is the last of my #RoyalMail This one‘s about Dickie Mountbatten, King Charles fave uncle, and his wife. Mountbatten was Prince Phillips uncle & a major figure in his life, manoeuvring him into Princess Elizabeth‘s notice then blatantly enjoying his proximity to the crown. His wife also had a colourful life with many lovers & questionable decisions. And there‘s a lot that was covered up as “damaging to the crown”. Hot pick👍

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Spin with Me | Ami Polonsky
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Not a great photo but here‘s my March #Bookspin #Doublespin & #BookspinBingo list! First one for the year I think🤔There‘s some great books on here, all books from my #TBRShelvesAndStacksOfDoom Can‘t wait to get stuck into most of them, hopefully my health gets with the program too! PS: Why are so many book titles so LONG lately??

LeeRHarry I‘m reading Bride atm - hope this is the one the bookspin gods pick for you! 😊 hope your health continues to improve too. 3w
Lizpixie @LeeRHarry Me too lovely! On both counts🙏♥️♥️ 3w
TheAromaofBooks I've also noticed the long book title trend. An attempt to be unique? Sometimes it works and sometimes it just feels clunky haha 3w
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Bk3 of my recent #BookMail is another #RoyalMail book! I saw an interview with this author by Andrew Gold on YT & he said the Govt tried to block him accessing info for his research on the next book up. The above book is about QEII uncle, who abdicated for his lover & forced her father to take a throne he did not want. Then him & his new wife aligned themselves with the fascist govt rising in Germany ie: Hitler. One of the OG Royal Scandals!

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Bk2 of my NY #BookMail is one of a few new ones about the British Royal Family. As a citizen of a Commonwealth country, I‘ve always been fascinated with our “ruling” family, especially now with the death of QEII & the hijinks the current crop of royals are increasingly displaying. This one is about the power behind the throne, the “men in grey suits” Diana complained about, their history & what they‘ve been involved in since.

LeahBergen I have this one, too. 👍 3w
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The 3rd book in Dante Valentine is not my fave in the series but still a good read.After defeating the ‘ka‘ of her evil headmaster, Danny & Japhrimel have left Saint City to recover from the psychic damage to her mind. But Lucifer doesn‘t let go so easily & wants Danny to roundup 4 Demons for him. But everyone knows the Devil can‘t be trusted. For people who like dark, violent fantasy & don‘t mind a lot of swearing & hellraising. Like me! 👇

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3w
DieAReader 🥳Great! 3w
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
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I finished this whole series last week but I‘m still having ups & downs with my health, which is honestly worse than being flat on my back constantly. Just when you think you‘re getting up it‘s WHAM! Sucks balls. But this book was great👍The 2nd Dante Valentine, Danny‘s struggling after the death of her mate with Lucifer double crossing her. But psychics are being murdered & it‘s all tied to the boarding school hell she lived through as a child.👇

TheAromaofBooks Sorry you are still not feeling your best!!!!! So frustrating!! 3w
Lizpixie @TheAromaofBooks thanks lovely! It‘s the unpredictability that taking the biggest toll I think. 3w
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Lizpixie @Lauredhel I‘ll be getting back to you with the email in the next day lovely! Sorry it‘s taking forever🙏♥️ 3w
TheSpineView Great job! Hope you feel better soon! 3w
Lauredhel @Lizpixie it's ok! Just glad you received it 3w
Rissreads Feel better soon! 🤞🏼♥️ 3w
Read4life I hope things even out and you‘re feeling better soon! 3w
DieAReader 🫂❤️‍🔥Sending healing vibes your way! 3w
Andrew65 Health is a very frustrating thing especially when it seems tangible and then recedes gain. Sending best wishes, and positive energy. Well done on finishing this. 🎉🎉🎉 3w
Ruthiella So sorry you are still suffering. Sending you healing thoughts. ❤️ 3w
Lizpixie @TheSpineView @Rissreads @Read4life @DieAReader @Ruthiella Thank you all so much! I keep saying #LittensAreTheBestPeople and you keep proving me right. Love you all♥️ 3w
Lizpixie @Andrew65 That‘s exactly it! I‘ve had 26yrs of putting up with this(well more really but dealing with SFPN in particular)but since COVID it‘s been 1000% worse. People don‘t realise what it can do long term, esp if you‘re already chronically ill. I heard you‘ve been struggling lately too, I‘m so sorry lovely. Hope you & your wife are doing the best you guys can, some days just getting out of bed is a huge accomplishment isn‘t it? Sending love♥️🇦🇺 3w
Andrew65 @Lizpixie Yes, living with a chronic condition is so tough, and as you say COVID has only exacerbated these issues. Unfortunately it seems to have made others even more insensitive to sufferers. I say walk a mile in someone‘s shoes before you try to pass judgement. Ableism is everywhere these days. Sending love and best wishes, take things slowly and carefully, we are always here for each other. ❤️ 3w
Lizpixie @Andrew65 I‘m so glad to have people who get it, even if they live so far away! Being able to open an app and talk to someone who‘s living through similar crap makes dealing with it so much easier. Thank you & every Litten who has made my day just that much easier to bear. I love you all so so much. 😘♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3w
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Working for the Devil | Lilith Saintcrow
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Bk2 of February was the 1st in another Saintcrow series. It‘s fitting seeing as my year so far has been touched by the 😈I think this was her debut novel? Dante Valentine is a Necromance,minding her own business when the demon Japhrimel knocks on her door & tells her she has an appt with Lucifer. He wants her to track down an escaped demon by whatever means & gives her no choice in the matter. It‘s another dark & violent ride👍 #SeriesLove2024

TheSpineView Fantastic! 4w
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 4w
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The Drowning | Bryan Brown
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Kicking off the #BookMail that has trickled in since January is this crime thriller by one of Oz‘s greatest actors. If you haven‘t watched Two Hands with him & Heath Ledger you‘re missing out! A young teenage boys body is found on the beach of a sleepy NSW north coast town. 3 weeks before a backpacker went missing after her shift at the local cafe. And a bikie gang is waiting for a large consignment from South America. Murder, drugs & lies.

CarolynM Rose Byrne is lovely in that film too. Is the book any good? 4w
Lizpixie @CarolynM hey lovely👋I haven‘t read it yet, it‘s on my absolutely ridiculous pile of unread books! I‘m torn between loving having my grandbaby living here(he‘s growing so fast!)and pushing him & his mother out the door so I can put more bookcases up! I totally adore them both but sometimes it‘s a tossup😂 (edited) 4w
CarolynM I know what you mean. My daughter has just moved out and guess what will be happening to her old room?😂 4w
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Angel Town | Lilith Saintcrow
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I have been extremely unwell the last month. Apologies for disappearing but there are reasons. I‘m slowly getting better but I‘m hanging by fingernails still. My 2nd book of the year(that should say how sick I‘ve been!)is the last Kismet novel. Jill wakes up in her own grave & is given a message that she‘s the only one to stop Perry from opening the doors of Hell. I love this series, very dark & violent, a lot like Constantine but a badass woman.

Suet624 I‘m so sorry to hear of your health struggles. 💕💕 1mo
Caroline2 I‘m sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon. 🌷 1mo
lazydaizee I hope you soon feel well again. 1mo
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CarolynM I‘ve been thinking of you💕 Glad you‘re feeling well enough to post about this book. Hope it continues. Take care🤗 1mo
Librarybelle I hope you feel better soon! 1mo
Soubhiville Sending healing thoughts. 1mo
Crazeedi Oh no, so sorry to hear, I hope your recovery is starting,my prayers being sent across the miles 1mo
GlassAsDiamonds Love Lilith StCrow (& your absence is nothing in mine & ppl have been lovely - I always forget how nice Littens are). 💛 1mo
LeeRHarry Sorry to hear that Liz, hope you‘re feeling a lot better very soon 💕x 1mo
BeeCurious Hope you continue to heal and feel better. 💐 1mo
MamaGina I‘m so sorry you‘ve been struggling, sending good thoughts and healing vibes your way! 🫶🏼 1mo
Jas16 Hoping you feel better soon 💐 1mo
dabbe 💙🩶💙 1mo
MaureenMc So sorry 💗 Hope things turn around soon 💗 1mo
LeahBergen Oh, that‘s too bad, Liz. I hope you‘re on the mend! ❤️ 1mo
Lizpixie @Suet624 @Caroline2 @lazydaizee @CarolynM @Librarybelle @Soubhiville @Crazeedi @GlassAsDiamonds @LeeRHarry @BeeCurious @MamaGina @Jas16 @dabbe @MaureenMc @LeahBergen Thank you all for your love & prayers, it‘s been a VERY rough start to the year and I am sending as many prayers to whomever is up there for the rest of it to be SO much better. Please?!? 🙏 4w
GlassAsDiamonds @Lizpixie 💯💯💯 💛 3w
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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Bk2 of my #BookMail sounds like a horror road trip! A father & son set out after being devastated by the death of the wife & mother they both loved. Traveling to her ancestral home they face her family, called The Order, that commit horrible acts to achieve immortality. Gaspar, the son, is pulled in to their evil but his father will stop at nothing to save his boy. Moving from London in the 60s to Argentinas military dictatorship & its aftermath.

CarolynM Just thinking of you, hope all is well💕 1mo
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A Cruel Twist of Fate | H. F. Askwith
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I‘m about 3/4 through Revenge so far but I‘m taking it slow. First time I‘ll have read 1 book in a month! Starting the #BookMail that‘s been trickling in since the NY, beginning with this gothic mystery. Billed as And Then There Were None meets The Woman In Black, it sounds right up my alley. Helena is sent to be governess in a beautiful but crumbling manor house on the edge of a causeway in the North Sea but storms & secrets soon cause chaos.

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I‘m back!! Well, at half working capacity but I‘m at least able to listen to audiobooks now. What an awful start to 2024😵‍💫Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes and asked where I was, I‘ve been very ill with a hospital stay & a week long migraine being the highlights. Still having trouble with reading & screens but I‘m trying! Well done too to everyone that‘s participating in #JumpStart2024 I‘ll be around for the rest of the ‘thon👇

Lizpixie Currently listening to the tagged audiobook & loving all the gossip about the Harkles! 2mo
Ruthiella Oh no! Glad you are on the mend. ❤️ 2mo
Texreader Oh my gosh I had no idea. Glad to hear you‘re starting to feel better! Please take care of yourself! 2mo
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Roary47 I‘m glad you are back and starting to be able to do more than just get better. I hope you continue to feel much better. 2mo
BarbaraBB Glad you‘re feeling better. Take care 🍀 2mo
TrishB Glad you‘re on the mend 😘 2mo
julesG Hope you feel better soon! Good to see you back! 😘 2mo
CarolynM That‘s awful Liz! Hope you‘re fully recovered soon💐💕 2mo
LeahBergen Oh, that‘s too bad, Liz! Sending ❤️❤️ 2mo
Bookwormjillk Yikes Liz. Take care of yourself and enjoy that audiobook ❤️ 2mo
LeeRHarry Oh no Liz! Wishing you a very speedy recovery! 💕x 2mo
OriginalCyn620 I‘m so sorry to hear this and that your start to 2024 has been awful. Take care and hope you‘re feeling 💯 soon! ❤️ (edited) 2mo
Read4life Wishing you a speedy and full recovery. Here‘s to 2024 getting better, too! 2mo
Librarybelle Hoping for a speedy recovery! 2mo
Jas16 Hate that you have had such a rough start to the year and hope you are feeling better soon 💐 2mo
JessClark78 Hope you‘re better soon. ❤️❤️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Feel better ❤️‍🩹 2mo
Cuilin So glad you‘re on the mend ❤️‍🩹 take care. 2mo
InkedBookworm13 Hope you feel better soon. 🌻 2mo
DaveGreen7777 Sorry you‘ve been through so much! Hope you feel much better soon! ❤️‍🩹 2mo
Tamra Wishing you speedy recovery from here on! (edited) 2mo
MaureenMc Hoping for a speedy recovery and better things soon. 💗 2mo
Andrew65 So pleased to see you back with us, was getting worried. Take care of yourself and take things slowly. Plenty of rest and fluids! ❤️ (edited) 2mo
Lizpixie @Ruthiella @Texreader @Roary47 @BarbaraBB @TrishB @julesG @LeahBergen @Bookwormjillk @LeeRHarry @OriginalCyn620 @Read4life @Librarybelle @Jas16 @JessClark78 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cuilin @InkedBookworm13 @DaveGreen7777 @Tamra @MaureenMc Thank you all so much for all the love, prayers & well wishes! It is all so very much appreciated. I‘ve said it before coz it‘s so true, book people are the best people. And Littens are the cream of the crop!!♥️ 2mo
Lizpixie @CarolynM @Andrew65 thank you both, I‘m sorry to have made you worry, believe me, I was worried myself! I‘m taking it as slowly as possible which is driving me nuts, but the last thing I need is that migraine back. Your love & concern is so much appreciated & if we met IRL I‘d give you both a huge hug. Hope your own health worries are also improving, even if it‘s moving at glacier pace as well! Much love to you both.♥️♥️ 2mo
Lauredhel Hi! You probably missed that you won #fourfoursin23 - shall I re send your prize questionnaire? 1mo
Lizpixie Hi @Lauredhel can you please resend it? I‘ve been very ill the last month and haven‘t really been online much at all. Thanks lovely! 1mo
Lauredhel @Lizpixie I'm sorry you've been so unwell :( Re-sent! 4w
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The Carrow Haunt | Darcy Coates
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Welcome to the new year my fellow Littens! My #JumpStart2024 #readathon starts today. I‘ve been very ill the last few days so no bingo board sorry, thinking is too difficult right now, but the readathon itself is a go! I‘m kicking off my New Year reading with a local author, Darcy Coates lives on the Central Coast of NSW where I‘ve spent a LOT of time, her horror novels are highly readable. Good luck everyone!

CSeydel Happy new year - hope you feel better soon! 3mo
Ruthiella Sorry you‘re not feeling well. Happy New Year to you! 3mo
JessClark78 Hope you feel better soon. 3mo
Andrew65 Hope you‘re feeling better. 2mo
DieAReader Feel better soon❣️ 2mo
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Jump Start! | David Herzog
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Announcing my annual #JumpStart2024 #readathon Starting 1st January, it‘s a no rules start to the reading year, make your own goals or have no goals! It‘s a jumpstart to your 2024 reading, coz lord knows I need a kick to start mine! My usual partner is busy planning a new addition to her family so it‘s just me this year, but I‘ll do my best to engage with you all. I‘m planning on adding a bingo board as well so Good Luck & Happy Reading!🙌

Lizpixie Please Repost!! @LitsyEvents 3mo
LiseWorks I'm in 3mo
LeeRHarry I‘m in Liz! 😊 3mo
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youneverarrived Sounds good 👍 3mo
IndoorDame Fun! 3mo
OriginalCyn620 Yay! I‘m in! Thanks for hosting this again. 😊 3mo
vonnie862 I'm in! 3mo
GirlNamedJesse Count me in, please! 😊 3mo
CogsOfEncouragement Sounds like a fun way to start the year 🎉 3mo
julieclair I‘m in! It will be a fun way to start off my reading year! Thanks for hosting. 🎉 3mo
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Under Currents | Nora Roberts
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Spending this storm tossed day in bed reading after a filled Xmas. It‘s perfect reading weather, it‘s thunder hailing outside, our lovely Aussie summer giving its regular 30C 80% humidity storms interspersed with blazing hot sunny skies. Just once I‘d love a cold White Xmas! At least the cover matches the sky outside. Without the lake unfortunately😔 Oh, I‘ll be announcing the annual #JumpStart2024 casual readathon for January later today too.

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The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
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Happy #JolabokaflodSwap Thank you @Teresereading (it was you right?)for my gifts! I‘ve been wanting to read this since it was released, a good trashy memoir is always fun! The chocolate looks lovely(I‘ve always wanted to go to Tasmania)& the notebook is so cute. Merry Xmas to you & yours😘♥️💚♥️💚

Thank you Chelle once again for organising what‘s always a fun swap. Merry Xmas!♥️💚♥️💚

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Aussie Jingle Bells | Colin Buchanan
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Thank you to my #aussiesecretsanta Whoever you are! I only know you‘re from Victoria. I‘ve been meaning to read the Stevenson but I‘ve never heard of the other. Everything else looks really nice too. Merry Xmas to you & yours♥️💚♥️💚♥️

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Oops, @kathy88 was too good at being secret! 3mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag I loved Crown Duel - I‘ve got an old paperback version on my shelf somewhere, due for a reread, I think ☺️ (edited) 3mo
kathy88 lol yeah well I do take the secret in secret Santa seriously. 🤣 I‘m glad they are books you were interested in. Crown duel is such a good book. Was one I found ages ago and Sharni and I have read it a few times. Got a good story line and some interesting characters. Merry Christmas. 3mo
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The Holiday Swap | Maggie Knox
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Lucky my daughter had to go to the post office to pick up a delivery for her coz my first #JolabokaflodSwap parcel was sitting there with the wrong address on it! The AusPost staff recognized my name luckily and gave it to her🙌Thank you to my gifter, I think I know who it is but I‘m not positive yet.

Lizpixie @MaleficentBookDragon I‘m still waiting on #JolabokaflodSwap package No2, if you‘re asking for updates. 3mo
Teresereading Hi what was the problem with the address? 3mo
Lizpixie @Teresereading hey lovely! Nothing major, just you put Crescent instead of Circuit. There‘s a street in the same suburb with a similar spelling but it‘s a crescent so I thought that was the issue. Can‘t wait to open it tonight! Merry Xmas!🎄 3mo
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Winter Games: A Mystery | John Feinstein
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Checking in with my #HalfwayPoints for #TeamEvergreen I know I haven‘t been posting much, but I have been reading & keeping records in my #WinterGames #bujo along with the Week1 games etc. which will be posted as soon as I get my crap together. Well done to my team & team leader @Clwojick

Clwojick Great job! ❤️ 3mo
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Aussie Jingle Bells | Colin Buchanan
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Sorry guys, I forgot to post that I‘ve sent both my #AussieSecretSanta parcel & both of my #Jolabokaflod swap parcels on Friday by express post. Fingers crossed they all arrive on time🤞

thegirlwiththelibrarybag 🥳🥳🥳 3mo
Lizpixie @MaleficentBookDragon just letting you know that neither of my #Jolabokaflodswap packages have arrived yet. Fingers crossed they arrive by Saturday. And the chocolates not melted!! 3mo
Lizpixie @CarolynM you have a parcel awaiting collection! 3mo
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CarolynM Thanks Liz 😘 3mo
Lizpixie @CarolynM check your email as well, there‘s an extra surprise there♥️♥️♥️ 3mo
CarolynM Thank you so much Liz😘 That Booktopia voucher has been put to good use already🥰 3mo
Lizpixie @CarolynM you deserve it lovely😘Merry Xmas 🎄 3mo
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52 Scavenger Hunt Ideas | Stephen Pepper, Stephen & Shae Pepper
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#SelfieScavengerHunt #WinterGames #SelfieWhileYoureShopping I very very rarely do instore shopping these days, it‘s easier on my health to do it mostly online(especially this close to Xmas!)so while I won‘t have a selfie of me, you‘re instead treated to my adorable grandsons mugging for the camera while waiting for Santa photos to be taken. I think these are better than the professional ones imho. Whadda you think? #TeamEvergreen 11pts

Ruthiella Adorable! ❤️ 3mo
mrp27 Precious! 3mo
AmyG Too cute! 3mo
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Tamra Xmas is so fun at this age & stage! (Exhausting but fun! 😅) 3mo
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Clwojick Adorable! 3mo
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1. I‘ve always loved Ancient History, in particular Roman, Greek & Egyptian with a dash of Mesopotamia & Celts. And Geography. I excelled at Geography & would‘ve loved to pursue that🏺🌏🏛️
2. The tagged book is set in a Classical College full of Shakespearean scholars until a tragedy ends with a death & another in prison.

#TwoForTuesday #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 1pt

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Clwojick The goose one is so cute! ❤️❤️ 3mo
Lizpixie @Clwojick it‘s one of a set, The Twelve days of Xmas! Been putting them on the tree for about 20yrs now🎄 3mo
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Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson
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Bk3 of #WinterGames is done. I‘m having an awful start to the games, sorry! Next book will be a Xmas theme though🤞Loved this classic Scifi, one of the first cyberpunk stories. He pretty much invented the terminology we use today like cyberspace, jacked in, AI,VR etc. Case is in a tailspin after having his ability to jack in stripped, until a girl with mirrored eyes & knives for nails gives him an offer he can‘t refuse. #TeamEvergreen 4246pts👇

TheSpineView Great classic! 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I love a pretty naked hardback!! 3mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3mo
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The Shoe Tree of Chagrin | J. Patrick Lewis, Chris Sheban
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#PoetryMatters #Day8 #Toad I totally love frogs, I have a family of green tree frogs living in my gutters that sing when there‘s rain( bwarrk brawwk brawwk)but I‘ll pass on toads. When I was in Queensland there were godawful cane toads everywhere. Now that‘s one ugly animal. #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 6pts

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Maud, and Other Poems | Alfred Lord Tennyson
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#PoetryMatters #Day7 #Titmouse Part of a poem by Tennyson from Maud & Other Poems. Tennyson wrote beautiful poems(The Lady Of Shalott is my favourite poem. Ever.)but they are mostly very very long. But this snippet is so sweet🐦‍⬛ #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 6pts

TheSpineView ❤️🐀❤️ 3mo
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Aussie Jingle Bells | Colin Buchanan
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#DecemberDreams #Day8 #Bells I couldn‘t resist posting the cover of the book we use for our #AussieSecretSanta swap every year. Pretty much what my childhood Xmas day looked like! I‘d love a white Xmas, yesterday & today were over 40C🥵 #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 6pts

Eggs ❄️🔔🩵 3mo
Teresereading Love it too and the song 🎵 3mo
Rissreads This book is still on our library shelves! 3mo
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A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens
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#DecemberDreams #Day7 #Scrooge I know Dickens can be a bit of a slog but I highly recommend this version read by Hugh Grant. It‘s a #WinterGames pick for me every year. #TeamEvergreen 6pts

Eggs Perfect ❄️🎄🧑‍🎄 3mo
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Possum Magic | Mem Fox, Julie Vivas
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#WinterGamesPhotoChallenge #Day8 #Wildlife This has to be one of my favourite children‘s books. Men Fox is an Aussie national treasure, not only does she write beautiful books she‘s also a specialist in child literature & has made campaigns for better reading in schools. And her possums are adorable! #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 6pts

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In a Holidaze | Christina Lauren
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#WinterGamesPhotoChallenge #Day7 #Lights This was my #WinterGames team group read a few years ago & I very much enjoyed it. Surprisingly. I‘m not much for romcoms but this had that touch of magic & was quite funny. #TeamEvergreen 6pts

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The Defector: A Novel | Chris Hadfield
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Bk2 of #WinterGames is done. A bit of a slow start so far but I‘ll get there. Loved his 2nd book, another featuring Kaz Zeimekas, a former Top Gun turned NASA Mission Control after losing an eye in an accident. Kaz is in Israel at the start of the Yom Kippur War when hes involved in an incident,a Russian plane is shot down.But the plane lands safely & the pilot wants to defect to the US. A bit predictable but a great read. #TeamEvergreen 3876pts👇

TheSpineView Great job! 3mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 3mo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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The Defector: A Novel | Chris Hadfield
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Currently reading this Cold War thriller by one of the US‘s most famous recent astronauts. The one who sang Space Oddity on the ISS. A signed edition, a former test pilot, he even drew a plane outline✈️I love that an astronaut has touched my book👨🏻‍🚀 #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 1pt

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#PoetryMatters #Day6 #Title Machiavelli may have been a bit of a bastard, but this quote of his is very true. #WinterGames #TeamEvergreen 6pts

TheSpineView Perfect!🤩 3mo
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