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PaperbackPirate

PaperbackPirate

Joined March 2018

📚 My favorite place to read is under a pile of chihuahua mutts. 🐕🐕
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If It Bleeds by Stephen King
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Something I Might Say by Stephanie Austin
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The Cat Who Saved Books | S?suke Natsukawa
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I read this translated novel for my book club. I look forward to our discussion because it was a small book with a big punch. I loved the fantastical elements, and the love of books shining through. The cute cover is a bonus!
Read if you like talking animals, books, coming of age stories, or puzzles.
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📸 Taken outside of Winslow, Arizona last week.
Yes I was worried my book would fall off the bridge into the river. 🙃

rretzler I really enjoyed this book too! 5d
PaperbackPirate Wasn‘t it fun @rretzler ?! 📚📖 Lots of good book quotes. 5d
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I‘m joining @Andrew65 for the #MarvellousMarch Readathon!

My goals:
📱 finish If It Bleeds by Stephen King - 384 pages to go at this moment
👩‍💻 read Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows - 305 pages
🟰 689 pages

📚 Join the fun!

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Lucky's Beach | Shelley Noble
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I got this book in July 2022 and have been wanting to read it since!

☘️ Happy St. Patrick‘s Day @BookmarkTavern !
#SundayFunday

BookmarkTavern Sounds like a fun read! Thanks for sharing! 2w
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The Guest List | Lucy Foley
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👰🏻 This story takes place on a small Irish island where an extravagant wedding is about to take place. The only problem is that by the end of the night someone winds up murdered.
🤵🏼An excellent mystery that I could not stop reading after the first twist, & there are a lot of twists. My photo is from Wednesday night when I read with Nova past my bedtime to finish. Taken at La Posada in Winslow, Arizona.
☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

#DogsOfLitsy #reesesbookclub

Leftcoastzen 🐶how cool, I want to stay there sometime 2w
AnnCrystal 💕🐕💝. 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
PaperbackPirate I definitely recommend it @Leftcoastzen ! 😍 Especially if you don‘t mind trains going by all day and night. 💙🚂 2w
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The Cat Who Saved Books | S?suke Natsukawa
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It‘s the middle of March so that means time for my tbr stack. 😅

📋 Currently reading The Guest List by Lucy Foley for the February #keywordreadingchallenge (guest)
🐈‍⬛ If It Bleeds by Stephen King for the #LosersClub
🐈 tagged for book club
🪯 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal for the March #keywordreadingchallenge (story)

2 #reesesbookclub books and 2 books with cats on the cover - should be a good month.

#tbr #Marchtbr

rretzler I read The Cat Who Saved Books last year and really enjoyed it! Hope it‘s the same for you. 2w
PaperbackPirate Glad to hear you liked it @rretzler ! I love the cover. 🐈📚 2w
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Happy Mail: Keep in touch with cool & stylish handmade snail mail! | Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle, Alex Bronstad
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I mailed my #naturalitsycardswapspring cards today! I planned to send them earlier but parent/teacher conferences and report cards got in the way.
I got my first one from @dabbe ! Thank you! ☘️
Thank you for organizing us @TheBookHippie !

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w
dabbe 💚💙💚 2w
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I read some excellent books in February! This infographic doesn‘t show the one I spent half of the month reading, The Essex Serpent, because I finished it on March 1st.
I also dnf‘d a book for the first time in years. I watched the documentary instead. It was for book club!
Reading time was down due to getting sick 3 times. Lots of naps.
#bookly

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The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry
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I was initially drawn to this book because of the beautiful cover but luckily it‘s also fantastic historical fiction.
Taking place in the late 1890s, we meet newly widowed, Cora, who is ready to embrace her new freedom and, inspired by Mary Anning, explore the world around her. Tales of a killer sea serpent are at the center of the story. There were so many characters I grew to love.
Read if you like strong female mc bucking the norm.
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Librarybelle Thanks for joining! I am very drawn to the cover too! 4w
batsy It's a good one! So glad I read it too. 3w
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The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry
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I was so close to reaching my #FabulousFebruary #20in4 Readathon goal!
219/251 pages
Falling asleep during a readathon is my downfall too often.
But I loved this book and the motivation the readathon gave me to read a little more every day!
Thank you @Andrew65 !
#bookly

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏🙌🎉🎊🥳 3w
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The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry
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#20in4 #FabulousFebruary update!
I‘ve read 128/251 pages so far with Bombadil‘s help.

I‘m going to make it @Librarybelle and @Andrew65 !#LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead

#DogsOfLitsy #TomBombadil

Jari-chan Aww 🥰😍 1mo
batsy Bombadil is too cute! 🖤 1mo
Librarybelle Hooray! And our pet families help us a lot with reading! ❤️ 1mo
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BookmarkTavern What a sweetheart! 💕 (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕😍🐶💝. 1mo
Traci1 Aww. I love that little face. ❤️ 1mo
dabbe That face! 🤩🖤🐾🖤🤩 1mo
Gissy 🐶😍❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
Andrew65 Well done 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry
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He‘s back! @Andrew65 won‘t let anything stop him from getting a Readathon going for us each month! Thank you! 💙

My #20in4 #FabulousFebruary goal is to finish The Essex Serpent just in time to discuss it with the #LiteraryCrew.
I have 251 pages to go and my Bookly app predicts I need 7 hours to do it.

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The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry
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A young man walks down by the banks of the Blackwater under the full cold moon.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
#LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead @Librarybelle

With help from Nova!
A young dog walks in front of a book under the warm desert sun. 😂
#DogsOfLitsy

Soubhiville 😆🐶 1mo
Librarybelle Gotta love animal photobombs! 1mo
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Almost every year I go to a local book sale with my friends on half price Sunday. We get up early to wait in line, shop till we fill our baskets, and then get lunch. The best part is all of the money goes to charity!
This year I got 31 books for $55 (2 gifts and 2 magazine style books not shown)! 💙📚🦉
The left side is books by favorite authors and from my wishlist. The right side is impulse purchases - oops!
Now where to put them…
#vnsa

Texreader This is so awesome!! Score!! 1mo
TheBookHippie Wow!!! 1mo
Ruthiella That sounds like so much fun! 1mo
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Leftcoastzen VNSA? I checked , they made 501k this year, as you mentioned, all for charity. 1mo
Hooked_on_books Woohoo! Nice shopping! 1mo
Branwen Old school Dean Koontz books make me so happy! 😊 1mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Texreader ! I definitely feel like I scored! 1mo
PaperbackPirate I had a blast @Ruthiella ! 🤓 1mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Hooked_on_books ! 💪🏻 1mo
Leftcoastzen @PaperbackPirate yes , I was there! Both days . I‘ve been going since I was 8, when I moved away, couldn‘t really come back for it. When I moved back, it was on the top of my list of things to do! (edited) 1mo
PaperbackPirate There were so many old school Dean Koontz books that I had to limit myself @Branwen ! 1mo
PaperbackPirate Omg wow what an amazing tradition @Leftcoastzen ! I‘ve never been on a Saturday. Is it a different vibe? 1mo
Leftcoastzen @PaperbackPirate extremely competitive & packed on Saturday. They do take a count of people going in & stop the line. 1mo
PaperbackPirate I don‘t think I‘m tough enough for Saturday then @Leftcoastzen ! 😂 1mo
Leftcoastzen Sunday is more pleasant. I have had great conversations with people in line on Saturday mornings! I make friends so they will hold my spot when I need to put my chair back in the car or run to the restroom! 1mo
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Currently reading This Changes Everything and feeling like my book club hates me. Over 400 pages of doom ahead of me I‘m afraid. Not like it‘s not important, but it‘s what I already know. Why did everyone vote for this?!

But on a sweeter note…it‘s Nova‘s first photo bomb. I‘ll never be mad at a cute dog photo bomb.

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#DogsOfLitsy

Jari-chan Nova sure wanted to be in that picture 😄 🐶 ❤ 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏💕🐶💝. 2mo
PaperbackPirate @Jari-chan 😂 She‘s very curious! 1mo
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I finished this series today and I loved it! I really could not imagine an ending I would like because I loved and hated the main character, but somehow Mr. Goldberg pulled it off. There were lots of great twists at the end as well.
Read if you like dark humor, rooting for the antihero, Jewish characters, Bruce Springsteen, or a new type of mob man story.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I finished a series for #serieslove2024!
😎 Photo with my friend & Tod, AZ 9/20/23

TheSpineView Great pic! 2mo
Ruthiella Awesome! Did you listen to the Literary Disco podcast. They appear to be on a permanent break, but it was fun while it lasted. 2mo
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PaperbackPirate No I had never even heard of it before now @Ruthiella ! I bet it was good. I love listening to him talk. 2mo
Ruthiella @PaperbackPirate You can still listen to older episodes. If you like Tod, I say give it a whirl. 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you for the recommendation @Ruthiella ! I‘ll have to check it out. 2mo
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It‘s a leap year so that means extra time to meet reading goals, right?

✡️ Gangsters Don‘t Die by Tod Goldberg - almost done with this trilogy! #serieslove2024
🇵🇸 Power Born of Dreams by Mohammad Sabaaneh for Palestine
📋 The Guest List by Lucy Foley for #keywordreadingchallenge
🐍 TheEssex Serpent by Sarah Perry for #literarycrew #buddyread with @Librarybelle
☁️ This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein for #bookclub

#tbr #februarytbr

Librarybelle Great February! 2mo
BookmarkTavern Good luck! 🍀 2mo
PaperbackPirate It‘s been good so far @Librarybelle ! How about you? 1mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @BookmarkTavern ! 🙌📚 1mo
Librarybelle Can‘t complain! I‘m a little behind on what I wanted to read in February, but I still have a couple of weeks! 1mo
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Lots of 4 star books last month but I am loving Gangsters Don‘t Die! I hope I can finish it this weekend.
#bookly

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Elevation | Stephen King
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🧨 Yesterday I finished reading Elevation. This little book was very quirky - made me think of this author called Richard Bachman. If Thinner and The Long Walk had a sweet baby this might be it.
No horror. No N words. A lesbian couple. I recommend it for the feel good vibes.
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Thank you for hosting this #LosersClub buddy read @BarkingMadRead !

DaveGreen7777 Stephen King and Richard Bachman similar authors? I just don‘t see it! 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 2mo
5feet.of.fury It is quite uplifting. (Pun intended lol) 2mo
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PaperbackPirate 😂 🥸😎 @DaveGreen7777 🤣 2mo
PaperbackPirate Are you trying to get a rise out of me @5feet.of.fury ? 😂🤣 2mo
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Reading Challenge | Lesley Yates
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🙌 My library hosted a fun reading challenge in 2023! I didn‘t get a blackout but I filled 2 complete rows.
✅ I used one copy for tracking prompts completed, and another for photos of the books I read for the prompts. I loved using my book stamps and washi tape for this challenge.

#LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks
#BookJournal #justreadppl

Catsandbooks Love this! 👏🏼🩷 2mo
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Joyful January | Kirsten Osbourne
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I hope everyone had a #JoyousJanuary! I did!

My goals from 1/13-1/21 were:
✅ finish The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda - 90 pages
❌ finish The Book of Delights by Ross Gay - 119/255 pages
❌ start Elevation by Stephen King - 16/30 pages
🟰 225/375 pages

Thanks again for hosting @Andrew65 ! 📚

Crazeedi I love your graphic! 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Crazeedi ! It‘s from the #Bookly app. 2mo
Crazeedi @PaperbackPirate is that a free app? Not heard of it, but I'm not very "techy", lol 2mo
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PaperbackPirate There‘s a free version and a paid version. I‘m not techy either and find it fairly simple to use. You might want to try the free version first to see what you think @Crazeedi 🤓 2mo
Crazeedi @PaperbackPirate thank you!! 2mo
PaperbackPirate Happy to help @Crazeedi ! 🙌 2mo
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The Last House Guest | Megan Miranda
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Today I met my first #JoyousJanuary goal and finished this book (with Nova‘s help). I read it with my sister and we both liked it.

It took a little while for me to get into this mystery, but the multiple twists at the end of the story made it worth it.
Read if you like an unlikely detective, or summer resident/year long resident class struggle stories.
♾️♾️♾️♾️

#ReesesBookClub
#DogsOfLitsy

Julsmarshall Sweet pup! 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕🐶🧁💝. (edited) 2mo
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Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Julsmarshall ! She really is! 💙🐕 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Andrew65 ! 📚💙 2mo
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Joyful January | Kirsten Osbourne
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Happy 1st Day of #JoyousJanuary everyone!

My goals are:
🕵🏻‍♀️ finish The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda - 90 pages
😊 finish The Book of Delights by Ross Gay - 255 pages
🏔️ start Elevation by Stephen King - 30 pages
🟰 375 pages

Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !

PaperbackPirate It look me a little while to get into it, but there were so many good twists at the end it was worth it! @mom_of_4 2mo
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I would like to thank my fellow Littens for your book recommendations, book warnings, challenges, swaps, games, quotes, likes, comments, and pet pictures!

#litfluence

Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 3mo
kspenmoll Congratulations!!!! 3mo
ShelleyBooksie Congratulations!! 3mo
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Librarybelle Congratulations! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
Gissy Congratulations ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Ruthiella ! 🥳 2mo
PaperbackPirate 🥳🥳🥳 @dabbe 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Gissy ! 💙📚📚 2mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ! 🥳💙📚 2mo
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I‘m almost done settling up my book journal for the year. This page is dedicated to #SeriesLove2024.
I‘ve finished 2 books so far this year that completed 2 series.

I stamped an orange book for the last book in the series. When I finish a series I color in the rest of the line with a brush marker.

Thank you @Andrew65 and @TheSpineView for hosting again this year.
Thank you @Catsandbooks for keeping #litsycrafters going.
#bookjournal

Catsandbooks This is fantastic! I'm still setting up my journal too lol. ❤️ 3mo
TheSpineView You're welcome! I'm trying out a book journal for this year for the first time. I like how you care tracking your series. ❤️📖📚 3mo
Andrew65 Love your system, best of luck with the reads this year. 😁 3mo
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PaperbackPirate Thank you @Catsandbooks ! Good luck setting up your journal! Are you going to share any of it on here? 3mo
PaperbackPirate Good luck with your journal! I hope you enjoy it @TheSpineView ! 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Andrew65 ! 💙📚 3mo
ElizaMarie I love this layout! Thats awesome! 3mo
Catsandbooks @PaperbackPirate Thanks! And I'm not sure yet if I'll share it. It's not a book journal, just my regular one. Basically a calendar/scrapbook with memories and such. But I am making a spreadsheet for my book series this year so I'll share that at least. 3mo
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This month I hope to read:

🏔️ Elevation by Stephen King for #losersclub
☺️ The Book of Delights by Ross Gay for book club
🌊 The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda for #keywordreadingchallenge
✔️ Kill Joy by Holly Jackson for an alphabet challenge - done and finished a series for #serieslove2024!
🦷 Sharp Teeth by Toby Harlow - already changing my mind…

#januarytbr #tbr

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Happy Mail: Keep in touch with cool & stylish handmade snail mail! | Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle, Alex Bronstad
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I hope my #naturalitsy #midwintersolace card swap friends are still enjoying the winter solstice! I‘m still enjoying my cards, the goodies, and the good wishes you all sent!
This is the last batch I‘ve received! I hope I got them all! Thank you @Debs @jenniferw88 @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @Texreader @Blerdgal_Fenix @Captivatedbybooks @Sarahreadstoomuch @quietjenn @JamieArc !

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I‘ve been wanting to read Audre Lorde for a long time and now I‘ll definitely be reading more by her.

✅ memoir
✅ coming of age
✅ lgbtq author
✅ Black author
✅ 1950s New York

Thanks again for hosting #12booksof2023
@Andrew65 !

Andrew65 Excellent. Thanks for playing long, a great way to review 2023. See you for #12Booksof2024 on Christmas Day. 3mo
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Just After Sunset | Stephen King
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Not every story was 5 ⭐️ but the majority were scary and/or memorable!

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 He does write brilliant stories. 3mo
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Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir
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Also my favorite for the year!

✅ science fiction
✅ fast paced
✅ unique

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Jari-chan One of my favourite books ever ❤ 3mo
Andrew65 Love this book ❤️ 3mo
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle | Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
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This book covers a year of eating locally grown or sourced food, but I think a lot of people thought like me, Ok, but what happens in winter?!
Read if you‘re curious!

#midwintersolace #naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

IndoorDame Loved this book! 3mo
AllDebooks Oooh 😍 3mo
Crazeedi Sounds interesting 3mo
TheBookHippie I love this book! 3mo
DebinHawaii An old favorite of mine. I should reread it! 💚💚💚 3mo
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Gangster Nation | Tod Goldberg
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I got to meet this author for the second time in September, and his brother had a book to promote too. Very funny to watch them together and I of course had to buy both of their books.
This one is second in a series and one of my most anticipated books to read in 2024 is the conclusion.

✅ Jewish author
✅ snarky humor
✅ dark humor
✅ rooting for the bad guy

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

RamsFan1963 I enjoyed the whole Gangster Land trilogy. 3mo
Andrew65 Excellent choice. 3mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Thank you everyone! I have had so much fun playing #WinterGames; I only wish I had more time!

First ✔️: 284 points
Second ✔️: 1,276 points
Total 🟰: 1,560

Thank you especially to @BookwormAHN for cheerleading the #GhostsOfXmas on!

#dogsoflitsy

AnnCrystal Precious Doggy 🐶 Ear 💝. 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
BookwormAHN Yay 🩵🤍🩵 3mo
PaperbackPirate lol thank you @AnnCrystal ! 💙🐕 3mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you again @BookwormAHN ! 3mo
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Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir
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I read 40 books in 2023 and these 15 were my favorites.
Top Row: Nonfiction/Memoir
Middle Row: Fiction
Bottom Row: Science Fiction/Horror/Middle Grade

If I had to pick just one favorite I would say…Project Hail Mary!

Another great year of reading!
Happy Reading to all in 2024!

Littlewolf1 I‘ve read Wool and it was pretty good. Lessons in chemistry is on my list though. 3mo
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Finished in September but I read it for a big chunk of August so I‘m counting it here!

✅ Black history
✅ biography
✅ US history

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The Summer Wives: A Novel | Beatriz Williams
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The Summer Wives was a birthday gift from my aunt in 2022 and what a great gift!

✅ historical fiction
✅ Montagues and Capulets romance
✅ seaside summer home

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 A wonderful book. 3mo
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Wool | Hugh Howey
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My favorite book read in June was Wool! Definitely need to continue the series in 2024.

✅ dystopian
✅ mystery
✅ fast pace

#12booksof2023 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Good choice. 3mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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🐻 Pajamas
👀 Stay up!
🥂 champagne
🛋️ couch
👠 slippers

🥳 Since 2001 my typical New Year‘s Eve is with my friend Stephanie in some capacity. This year my husband has to work at 3:30 am New Year‘s Day so we got dressed up & had dinner at 4:15 pm. 😂
🐕 Since 2011 we haven‘t stayed out late because we are needed at home to console our dogs during the fireworks which go all night. 🧨

Happy New Year @BookwormAHN & #ghostsofxmas! #wintergames

RobES I completely agree with all your picks 👍 3mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🩵 3mo
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The Lottery Ticket | Anton Chekhov
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Saw this on morelandmelanie‘s account on Instagram 😂

#wintergames #ghostsofxmas #holidaylaughs

RobES Love this lol 😂 3mo
Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 3mo
BookwormAHN 😸😸😸 3mo
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Party of Two | Jasmine Guillory
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Somehow I managed to finish this book despite this dog demanding many snuggle breaks.
Even though I‘m not a big romance reader I enjoy this series for the humor and meaningful sub plots. This one tackled the school to prison pipeline.
And just when I thought I finished the series, there‘s one more now. 🤬😂 Sorry #SeriesLove2023.
💙💙💙💙💙

#ghostsofxmas #wintergames #20in4 #dogsoitsy
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Obviously a Party of 3, you the dog and the book. 😂 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
Gissy Awww🐶 🐾🐾🤎🤎🤎🤎 3mo
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AnnCrystal 😍💕🐕💝💝. 3mo
PaperbackPirate @Andrew65 😂😂😂 3mo
BookwormAHN Cute 🤍 3mo
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May was so good I can‘t pick just one!

I read Lessons in Chemistry after the author came to my local bookstore. What an incredible woman, the story follows suit. Fun fact, she hates the cover! It‘s misleading, I agree.
The Wind Through the Keyhole was my final stop on my Dark Tower journey. Just a character from the series telling stories. But wow.
The final book I read in May was Becoming by Michelle Obama & it was also 5 stars amazing!

Andrew65 Two very popular books. 3mo
willaful I was so surprised to learn my mom had read because I would've thought the cover would turn her right off! But she probably saw a review of the British edition. ;-) (edited) 3mo
PaperbackPirate I see why now @Andrew65 ! 3mo
PaperbackPirate It‘s funny how a cover really can influence you, right @willaful ?! 3mo
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Part of a favorite:

HOW TO TRIUMPH LIKE A GIRL
I like the lady horses best,
how they make it all look easy…
I like their lady horse swagger,
after winning. Ears up, girls, ears up!
But mainly, let‘s be honest, I like
that they‘re ladies. As if this big
dangerous animal is also a part of me,
that somewhere inside the delicate
skin of my body, there pumps
an 8-pound female horse heart…

#naturalitsy #midwintersolace #poetry
Photo: Flagstaff AZ 2019

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Party of Two | Jasmine Guillory
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I‘m going to join @Andrew65 for the #YearEnd #20in4 #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew reading challenge.

My goals by Sunday:
🥳🥳 finish Party of Two - 8 chapters
🧛🏻‍♂️ read Bite Me by Christopher Moore - 25 chapters
👻🎄 score some points for #ghostsofxmas in the #wintergames

My goal by Tuesday:
🔪 read Kill Joy by Holly Jackson - 12 chapters

🟰 45 chapters

Wish me luck!

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 3mo
BookwormAHN 🤍🩵🤍 3mo
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Angie Thomas came to our local independent bookstore in April. She is a treasure, and I loved this book too!

✅ middle grade
✅ fantasy
✅ girl power
✅ BIPOC main character
✅ adventure

#12booksof2023
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Great choice. 3mo
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The Hearts of Horses | Molly Gloss
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This was my favorite book read in March.

✅ historical fiction
✅ girl power
✅ horses!
✅ found family

#12BooksOf2023
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Andrew65 Sounds interesting. 3mo
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Sea of Tranquility: A Novel | Emily St. John Mandel
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My favorite book of February was also read with my book club.

✅ science fiction
✅ dystopian
✅ connectivity

#12booksof2023
@Andrew65

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Bloomsbury Girls: A Novel | Natalie Jenner
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Catching up with #12booksof2023!

I read this with my book club and I loved it, even though we didn‘t realize this was a sequel.

✅ girl power
✅ historical fiction
✅ set in a bookstore

Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !

robinb Great one!! 3mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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1. My favorite read of 2023: Project Hail Mary
2. Least favorite: Death Comes for the Archbishop
3. NYE we are having an early dinner with friends because my husband works at 3:30 am Monday.
4. No Boxing Day celebrating for me 🥊
5. We had a green Christmas. The weather has been beautiful lately so I was not disappointed. We walked the dogs around our neighborhood to look at the lights. This is a picture of our neighbor‘s house.
#ghostsofxmas

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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Time for my #DashingDecember Readathon wrap up!

My goals:
✅ 👻 finish The Haunting Season with my #naturalitsy group
❌ 📚 read 2 more books
(I read PART of 2 more books 😂)
✅ 👻🎄 score some points for #ghostsofxmas in the #wintergames
✅🎄 get the tree up

That was fun and motivating @Andrew65 ! Thank you!

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄🙌🍾🥂🥳 Thanks for playing along. 3mo
BookwormAHN Yay 🩵 3mo
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Skeletons | Kenneth Buff
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#wintergames #photochallenge Day 4: Santa!

🎅🏼 Well I thought I knew him! This Santa seems like a grinch, and his pirate buddy too. ☠️

🎄 Taken while driving around with my husband looking at Christmas lights the other night.

#ghostsofxmas 👻🎄
#holidaylaughs

Gissy They were celebrating #CreepyChristmas 😂 3mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🩵 3mo
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#selfiescavengerhunt in front of your Christmas tree 🎄 Taken after we finally got the tree up last Sunday.

but also

#christmasornamenthunt ornament that is bookish 📚 The book stack ornament is from my sister.

#Wintergames
#ghostsofxmas 👻🎄

Gissy Nice photo👌and that bookish ornament is unique!💚❤️💚 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
BookwormAHN Fantastic photo 🤍 3mo
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