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Joined July 2017

Apparently Amazon are starting a programme to get people to trade in their old books for an e-reader. They call it 'Kindling' 🙂🙃🙃
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Honeymoon | James Patterson, Howard Roughan
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My first James Patterson experience.
What a book! His style of writing with such pace means you never come up for air. The suspense he builds and questions he makes you ask are incredibly clever. Phenomenal book and definitely a new fan here.
Ps, I know I'm late the party!!
#JamesPatterson
#Honeymoon

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Rahh I want to write about what I loved and was disturbed by in this book but it'll be a spoilerrrrr!! But it's a classic, everyone has read it, right? But what if you haven't and it will be spoiled? Get out and read it if you haven't - and understand the connotations behind it dammit!!

#AnimalFarm #GeorgeOrwell #StraightUpSatireInYoFace #NoAnimalShallDrinkAlcohol #InExcess #AllAnimalsAreEqual #ApartFromNapoleon #Spoiler

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So yesterday @Spud and myself held our second book club to discuss or thoughts and feelings on two books; Ready Player One and Children of Time. Fair to say we gave them both a thrashing over and had a seriously good time. Time to start reading for the NEXT little get together 😁.

#BookClub #BoozeAndBooks #ChildrenOfTime #ReadyPlayerOne #HowMuchFood #SmashedItAll #Guilty #NotGuilty

MrBook Nice! Where do you meet? 6y
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Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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And we areeee done! Houston, it was pretty decent, so we have no problem. 8️⃣ out of 10.
It took a while and didn't engross me I have to admit. Adrian does some excellent story-telling work and the characters (both human and "non") are thoroughly fleshed out. I found, from chapter to chapter, having to remind myself that the time scale has changed significantly. Also, the science "crunch" sometimes is a little in depth. However, great read!

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Please tell me everyone around here feels the way I do about these books....? So strange but sooooo fun. Poor little Baudelaire children with their special traits and terrible Count Olaf with his relentless chase for their inheritance. And from the POV as the always pessimistic but wonderfully afable Lemony Snicket. Genius series!

#LemonySnicket #Shelfie #MustRead #LittleBitDepressing #LittleBitUnmissable #UnfortunateEvents #FortunatelyWritten

monkeygirlsmama Gorgeous covers. I must say though that I've never read any of them. 7y
Libby1 I ADORE these books. Funny, clever, twisted, and surprisingly deep. Which one is your favourite? Mine is The Ersatz Elevator. 7y
Pheonixlike @monkeygirlsmama you need to read them! Cracking books 7y
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Pheonixlike @Libby1 thank you! And written from such a unique perspective. I really liked book one, where it sets the parameters for the whole story. But Ersatz Elevator and Reptile Room are brilliant. I especially like Reptile Room because I really enjoyed the writing of Montgomery Montgomery 7y
leftoverjen These books are pretty much the only reason I want to have children. Just so I can read it to them 7y
Pheonixlike @leftoverjen who cares about having children 😂 I'll read them at any age haha!! 7y
leftoverjen Truuuuueeee 😂 7y
monkeygirlsmama @Pheonixlike I'm going to look for the first one. I might actually have a digital copy as my sister wanted me to read them years ago and I didn't, but think I might have picked up the first with the intent to. 7y
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When you realise your obsession with #RobinHobb and #FitzChivalryFarseer are a little out of hand. But hey ho, what a great set of books, what phenomenal writing and what an un-sorry SOB I am 😊

#HappyReading #FarseerTrilogy #TheLiveShipTraders #TheTawnyManTrilogy #RainWildChronicles #TheFitzAndTheFoolTrilogy #HelpMyObsession #SixDuchies #ReadThemAllInADay #NotReally

monkeygirlsmama Problem? I see no problem. 😉😁 7y
Texreader Welcome to Litsy!! Looks like you'll fit right in!!! 7y
Pheonixlike Thanks @Texreader, do we all have obsessions over here then?! 7y
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elemenopew My Kindle is in an extremely similar state at the moment. :) 7y
Pheonixlike Probably the best state it can be in 😎 @elemenopew 7y
RanaElizabeth The only problem I see here is that Hobb isn't writing more Fitz stories. 7y
Pheonixlike @RanaElizabeth all of Hobb's other stories are on page two! 😳 7y
RuthFrampton Reading and rereading robin hobb is never a problem 😎 7y
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Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Currently reading Children of Time. So far; bloody detailed and clever with words! Definitely need to make sure I'm not too tired when I read it!!! #ChildrenOfTime #AdrianTchaikovsky #GoodRead #LongBook #Detailed #NeedToStayAwake #WheresMyCoffee

TheKidUpstairs Welcome to Litsy! 7y
Pheonixlike Thanks for the kind message @TheKidUpstairs 7y
jfalkens Welcome to Litsy and happy reading 😊🎊📚🎉📖☺ 7y
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Pheonixlike Thanks very much! @jfalkens 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I need to read this. I love Tchaikovsky's epic fantasy/steampunk/insect people series Shadows of the Apt. 7y
Ms_T Welcome to Litsy! 7y
Pheonixlike @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I definitely recommend it; I'm not far through and it's such a different style of writing I'm used to, however I am absolutely hooked! 7y
Pheonixlike Thanks @Ms_T 😊 7y
IWriteInTheNight Hi! Welcome to Litsy😃 hope you have a fun time here😁😂 7y
IWriteInTheNight Oh and I really love the caption for your account (kindling)😂 7y
Pheonixlike @IWriteInTheNight thanks for the welcome and I'm so glad somebody finally finds it amusing!! 7y
Libby1 Welcome to Litsy! ❤️📚❤️ 7y
DebReads4fun Welcome to Litsy! 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Welcome to Litsy!! 📚📚👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Lacythebookworm Welcome! You'll love it here! 🙌 7y
Pheonixlike Thanks very much @DebReads4fun @BarbaraTheBibliophage and @Lacythebookworm , I'm already feeling quite a home and welcomed 😊 7y
MrBook Welcome to @Litsy ! Just warning you now, you won't want to leave. 😆👏🏻 7y
Pheonixlike Thanks @MrBook it's not a bad place, this 😊 7y
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