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wen4blu

wen4blu

Joined July 2016

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What the River Knows by Isabel Ibaez
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Hester: A Novel by Laurie Lico Albanese
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What the River Knows | Isabel Ibaez
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Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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Weekend plans

Meshell1313 Ooh I LOVED this! 2w
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My plans for this rainy night.

BittersweetBooks Sounds perfect to me! Love a rainy day or night in especially when it involves a good book 🩶 (edited) 3w
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Frozen River | Ariel Lawhon
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I‘m a few chapters into this book and just realized the main character is based on a real person.

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Ruthless Vows | Rebecca Ross
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There was never any doubt in her mind, even after all these dust-streaked mortal years, that Dacre would one day come for her.

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Finally starting this one.

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The foot would not fit in my briefcase, so I wrapped it in cloth and wrestled it into an old knapsack I sometimes carry with me on expeditions.

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ShyBookOwl Ooh I really want to read book 1! 1mo
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Trust | Hernan Diaz
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Up next…..I‘m really trying to read through my TBR and not get distracted by all the new books.

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Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson
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As a kid growing up in South Africa, Elon Musk knew pain and learned how to survive it.

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Abe Kalotay died in his front yard in late February, beneath a sky so pale it seemed infected.

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Starter Villain | John Scalzi
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No idea what I‘m getting into with this book, but I like the dedication.

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My library hold for this one finally came in.

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Try Try Again | P K Hallinan
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Ugh, so close!! I‘m using the same goal in 2024.

Gissy But still...great number of books read📚📚📚🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳👏👏👏 3mo
Megabooks Barbara should count as 2! Great job! 3mo
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Starting my last book of 2023.

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My Name Is Barbra | Barbra Streisand
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I finally made it to the top of the library hold list for this one. 48 hours long and 21 day loan, eek!

TheBookHippie I‘m waiting to be snowed in for this! 3mo
Suet624 Good luck! 3mo
bookishbitch I'm waiting for it to come.out in paperback so I can buy it. 3mo
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The Housemaid | Freida McFadden
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Thank you @JessieKB !! I‘ve been eyeing this book for ages and I‘m so excited to have it. Time to ignore the holiday stuff to read and snack on chocolate. Thanks again and happy holidays!

@MaleficentBookDragon #jolabokaflod is the best swap!

JessieKB Yay!!!! I am so glad. ❤️🎄💚 Enjoy!!! 3mo
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@julieclair Thank you so much for this great #jolabokaflod package. The wrapping was beautiful! I‘m excited for this book and all the chocolates.
Happy holidays!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks for a great swap.

julieclair Yay!!! I‘m so glad you are happy! Enjoy, and Happy Holidays. 😁 3mo
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The Book Tree | Paul Czajak
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Spotted a book tree in a NYC window.

Lindy Wow! That‘s a lot of books! 3mo
ShyBookOwl 🤯🎄👏🏽 3mo
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Post Office | Julie Murray
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Two #jolabokaflod packages headed to the post office!

@MaleficentBookDragon packages scheduled to arrive Tuesday

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julieclair Yay! Hope you love it!!! ❤️🎄❤️ 3mo
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Untitled | Untitled
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Listening to this one while running errands and this quiet book feels like the perfect counterpoint to all the holiday craziness.

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The Goodbye Cat | Hiro Arikawa
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Not sure starting out the week with a sad-ish book is a good idea, but here goes.

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Up next, this seems like a good way to kick off holiday reads.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love her books! 4mo
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Homecoming | Kate Morton
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Next up, another book I bought the week i it came out and never started.

GondorGirl Same! I've been waiting until slow season so that I can read it without interruption. 4mo
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Great Gatsby | F Scott Fitzgerald
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I re-read the book last month in anticipation of this, now let‘s see how closely the musical will follow.

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The Best Halloween Ever | Barbara Robinson
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@Gissy I love it! I‘ve only read one book by this author and I‘m excited to give these both a try. Thank you so much for all the extras! The book sleeve is perfect and I can‘t wait to start snacking.

Happy Halloween!

@MaleficentBookDragon
#AllHallowsReadSwap

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The Best Halloween Ever | Barbara Robinson
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@Gissy This wrapping is so fantastic it deserves it‘s own post! I‘m excited to open this #AllHallowsReadSwap

Stay tuned for the “after” pictures.

@MaleficentBookDragon

Gissy I hope you like them🤞 5mo
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Night Before Halloween | Natasha Wing
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Thanks so much @BookNAround ! This #HauntedHollowSwap package is amazing and I feel so spoiled! I can‘t wait to dive into the books and I think my favorite is the little ghost in a jar. It‘s the cutest thing ever! With the tote bag and the book sleeve and books I‘m totally in the season.

Thanks so much and Happy Halloween!

@wanderinglynn Thanks so much for coordinating a great swap.
#HHS

LeahBergen That‘s a cute little ghost jar! 5mo
wanderinglynn Fantastic! 🎃🖤👻🧡 5mo
quietjenn I love the little ghost jar! 5mo
Gissy That potpourri smells so good. Love the booksleeve 😍 5mo
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Lore Olympus: Volume One | Rachel Smythe
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Rachel Smythe did a book stamping event at Comic Con last week.

charl08 Oh. What did the stamp look like? 4mo
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Night Before Halloween | Natasha Wing
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A sneak peek inside the #HauntedHallowSwap package, already headed west and scheduled to arrive on Tuesday.

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wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃👻🧡 Great wrapping! 5mo
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The Best Halloween Ever | Barbara Robinson
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After a very rainy day, I arrived home to two slightly soggy book swap packages. The kid opened them, confirmed everything inside was still dry (hooray!) and packed them away so I‘m not tempted to sneak a peek.

#AllHallowsReadSwap #AHRS
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#HauntedHollowswap #HHS
@wanderinglynn @BookNAround

Mailing mine early next week!

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wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃👻🧡 5mo
BookNAround I‘m so glad it got there because after I got home from mailing it, I realized I hadn‘t brought home the receipt with the tracking! 5mo
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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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The night I watched Athena Liu die, we‘re celebrating her TV deal with Netflix.

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Beware the Woman | Megan Abbott
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Listening to Megan Abbott (on the right) at the Morristown Book Festival.

SamAnne Oh! Planning to start Beware the Woman next week! 6mo
quirkyreader Is it just me or does it look like that Jesus has the scarlet letter on his robe? 6mo
Bookzombie @quirkyreader I see it!😂 6mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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Up next. Three generations of Weyward women connected by a cottage and an affinity for nature.

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Readergrrl I just started this last night! 🩷 6mo
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Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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Light and fluffy with a crown-wearing frog? I‘m in.

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Sea of Tranquility: A Novel | Emily St. John Mandel
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I read this book last year and remember feeling annoyed that I didn‘t predict the ending. I‘m giving it a reread, this time on audio, to see how it feels now that I understand where it‘s going.

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David Copperfield | CHARLES. DICKENS
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This is the longest book I‘ve read on Serial Reader. 150 episodes means I started somewhere in April. Phew!

DivineDiana 👏🏻📚👏🏻 7mo
Bklover I‘m impressed! I‘ve either bailed on mine or switched to the book so I could read faster! Congratulations! 7mo
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Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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Up next. Went with the audio book on this one just to listen to Meryl Streep‘s narration.

Cinfhen Great choice! Narration is perfection 😁 7mo
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Taking this one, and my own shoes, to finish the weekend.

Tamra Love that bag! Where did you get it? (edited) 7mo
wen4blu @Tamra It‘s from Rifle Paper Company. 7mo
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Our Missing Hearts | Celeste Ng
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Up next. Just released in paperback, I decided to pull the hard copy from the bottom of my tbr pile.

Leftcoastzen Happens to me more often than I like to admit. Rush out & get hardcover , then not get to it till it comes in paperback 🙄 7mo
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“All of them?”

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I‘m stepping back into the world of Inspector Gamache and Three Pines.

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Chain-Gang All-Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Sunday plans.

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Curtis McCoy was early for his ten o‘clock meeting so he carried his coffee to a table by the window, where he could feel the watery April sun.

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Gissy I like that photo😍 7mo
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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Time to see what all the hype is about.

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You aren‘t born knowing you will die.

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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
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For the first six days of William Water‘s life, he was not an only child.

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I liked the murder in the midst of a reality baking show story, but something about the ending just didn‘t work for me.

Gissy Love your photo👌 9mo
DivineDiana Agree with @Gissy ! Fun photo! 9mo
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“ I must confess that I did not witness the ship strike the rocks or the crew tie up the captain.”

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The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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I haven‘t read an Oprah pick in ages, but this multi generational saga seems to be just what I was in the mood for. His writing is beautiful and I don‘t want it to end.

Gissy Pretty tote!😍 9mo
tpixie Great tote! 9mo
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Megabooks Love the tote! I picked this one up too. 9mo
DivineDiana Thank you @tpixie for the podcast info! 9mo
tpixie @DivineDiana yes! I just fell upon it right before seeing your post! Serendipity 🌺 9mo
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