Tonight's bedtime stories. This Rainbow Brite book was published in 2004, but I'm telling you I was taken back to 1987 and I was 5 years old again. Wow, talk about nostalgia.

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Tonight's bedtime stories. I didn't read any last night, so made up for that tonight. These were all 5 star reads for me. A total of 124 words found for #WGWordsearch for 1,240 points.

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Watched Michael Buble's Christmas special tonight. Definitely has the voice for those Christmas classics.

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Started this one tonight. My most anticipated of the season. We'll see if it can live up to my expectations.

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This was disturbingly good. I regret waiting so long to read this one. 5 stars for sure. Despite this not being a holiday book, I managed 22 words for #WGWordsearch for 220 points. Christmas was actually used on three occasions.

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@StayCurious, sorry Renee, I tried to get the numbers to you sooner, but you know... stupid work always gets in the way of the fun stuff. I did not participate in this week's game unfortunately, but I did get quite a few points from the wordsearch, so at least that's something.

I'll focus more on the bingo cards this week (hopefully).

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

BOOK MAIL! I got my Book Outlet package today! 🤗

An early Xmas present to myself. Of course I bought more holiday books for #WinterGames2021. We'll see if I can sneak them in. @StayCurious @Clwojick

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My current listen, a library hold that became available. A very interesting listen so far, I'm about 65% through.

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Finished this one yesterday and I really enjoyed it. If you're not into the holiday romance novels, then this is a good option. I found 247 words worth 2,470 points for #WGWordsearch

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My bedtime stories from the past three days. #WGWordsearch

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I started this one 2 yrs ago, feels good to finally finish it. I found 195 words worth 1,950 points for #WGWordsearch.

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Ahhh I'm so behind on my posts. Finished this one a couple days ago. Finally finished going through the book looking for the #WGWordsearch words. I found 310 for 3,100 additional points.

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Still listening to Mr. Dickens and His Carol and crafting. Painting rocks is the new thing now.

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Did some crafting while listening to this one. Made this cute Christmas tree from a pine cone. We haven't put our tree up yet because we have a 4 month old kitten that will no doubt destroy it. 😒

#XmasTreeContest #HolidayCraft #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

Up Next!

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Tonight's bedtime stories. I wasn't particularly crazy about either one. They were just okay. I found 37 words total for #WGWordsearch, total points 421.

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Finished this one today. I "heard" 116 words for #WGWordsearch I know I missed many, but I'll take what I can get. 1,186 points

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Watched Fred Claus and Four Christmases today. Vince Vaughn is another favorite of mine.

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Anyone else watching Annie live on NBC?

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Just watched Night Before. I had never seen it before. It was pretty good. I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Caught two episodes of The Holiday Baking Championship, a Chopped Holiday episode, and now I'm watching A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas while I update my #WinterGames2021 spreadsheet.

#TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

Here's my official December #BookSpinBingo #WinterGames2021 Edition.

#Bookspin - Wishin' and Hopin'

#Doublespin - Mistletoe and Mr. Right

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I started this last night. I don't own a copy of this one, so I'm trying to get those words. Over here like, "That's 3 Christmas, 2 Snow, and 1 Santa... wait... back up, did she just say snow again?" ?

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I finished this one last night. Wow, I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to try and get those holiday words in while listening to the audiobook. I'm a multitasker and I'm usually doing something else while listening to my audiobooks, so I don't have time to stop and add tally my words. Luckily I own a copy of this book so I'll go back and add those words in later.

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Bedtime stories... ummm... for me... a middle aged woman. Stop, it's perfectly normal. 😏

This time I snatched up those holiday words, found 68 total.

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My husband wanted me to watch TV with him. Lucky for me we watched the last episode of Season 5 F is for Family which was the Christmas episode.

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I read all these books this morning before work then gave them to a co-worker. This was before I remembered the new game this year. 🤦‍♀️

So I'll just count the words in the titles. 250+90+1 = 341

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Starting with this one! Go #TeamGameSleighers!

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My planned reading for the rest of the week. These are all my Libby holds that have currently become available. Some of these I only have a few days left on, so it's crunch time. Luckily I'm off work Thursday.

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Well, It's like I tried NOT to get a bingo this month! 🤷‍♀️

Bring on the #WinterGames2021!

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Well of course TODAY Rakuten is now offering 15% cash back at Book Outlet after I already placed an order on Friday. What a great deal!

Check out Rakuten if you're doing some Cyber Monday shopping. You might be able to get yourself some cash back. Also there is a $40 cash back sign up offer if you use this link. https://www.rakuten.com/r/APERFE112?eeid=44753

Started this one today. There's a lot of mixed reviews for this one. We'll see how it works for me. Believe it or not, I have not read this author.

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Here's the bingo card for #LittenListen, #WinterGames edition. I'm sorry it took so long to get this together. Hopefully many of your selected titles will fit many of the prompts. If not, maybe you'll discover some new titles to add. 😆

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I decided to do some painting last night. Not my best work. Went with something whimsical which is not typically my thing. I usually do pop culture of some sort, so I'm used to more precision. It was hard for me to let go and just do something different. On the plus side, I did finish Shadow of Night! 👍

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At 71% and there is still 7hrs left. 🥴

This is one looooong book. 😩

#bookspinbingo Digital Library Loan 15 @TheAromaofBooks

Yep! I got sucked in my the Black Friday sale at Book Outlet. Do I need more books? No. Can I stop buying more books? No. Is my husband going to be happy with me? No. Do I have an addiction. YES.

Tip... if you haven't checked out Rakuten, I suggest you do. You can get 12% cash back right now on top of your Black Friday savings.

Here's a referral code, you'll get $40 in cash back if you use it. 😉 https://www.rakuten.com/r/APERFE112?eeid=44753

Hey everyone! I'll be hosting another round of #LittenListen to go along with #WinterGames for those audiobook fans out there. I'm working on the bingo card, I should have that finished this weekend. Everyone have a great Thanksgiving!

@StayCurious @Clwojick #TeamGameSleighers #MistletoeManiacs

You guys! My library holds are already coming in... eeeeek! Is it too early to start? I'm ready to get those points!!! 🤗🤗🤗

#WinterGames #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

Got my list together for #Bookspinbingo #WinterGames! I can't wait to get started. It's going to be a great way to finish off the year! ❤

Go #TeamGameSleighers!

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Oh man!!!!! Just in time for #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

🤗🤗🤗🤗

@TheAromaofBooks Sarah, I just want to say THANK YOU! What an amazing thing you have created for the Litsy community. This has turned into something bigger than I'm sure you ever imagined it would, and yet you continue to take on the challenge.

Also, thank you for the giveaway that you offer with this challenge. You inspire readers everyday, so we really should be gifting you!

Above is a recap of my #bookspin and #doublespin reads.

So I shared some photos of my book collection in a Facebook Group, then I get this random message. I'm not sure what to think. I can't help but think this is how people get lured into scams. I work in the financial industry so my trust for people is VERY low. 🤷‍♀️

NOTE - This is not my pic, I stole this from someone else's post. READ the titles from top left to right. They were arranged by a librarian. BRILLIANT!

Progress update on #NovelNovember and #Bookspinbingo. I finished both Girl With a Pearl Earring and Pretty Little Liars both a solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars. Currently reading Lilac Girls.

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#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @RaeLovesToRead

1. My kitten Dinah hanging out with me while I reorganized my books to make room for my recent additions.

2. My wonderful trip to the book fair, not once, but twice. Sad that all the unwanted books were destroyed though. 🥺

3. I am grateful for my husband who is always supportive of my crazy interests or ideas. He may grumble along the way, but he always goes along with the plan.

This was such a cute poetry book for kids, though let's be honest, this is perfect for book lovers of any age. Simple and sweet, right to the heart. 🥰

#booklover #poetry

I found a few other random children's books at the book fair that I didn't post, and this was one of them. When I took one look at this book, I thought "Hey, that looks familiar!" So I added it to my bag, and sure enough, I read through it this morning and it all came flooding back to me.

My mother collects mice figurines, so as a child I would always seem to be drawn to books with mice. ?

#relivingchildhood #memories #treasure

Okay, the stack on the left are the books I've chosen for #WinterGames #TeamGameSleighers and #Bookspinbingo (along with some audiobooks) the stack on the right are additional options that I may mix in here and there. Some of them include short stories, so I may just read a few stories for additional points. 🤷‍♀️

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Book Haul post 2 of 2. I did snag a few more Christmas novels. I imagine I'll read them eventually.

I WENT BACK! ?‍♀️ I couldn't stand knowing that they were just going to "recycle"... basically shred all the leftover, unwanted books. Today was clean sweep day, all the books you want to take for $1. I came home with 59 books. I have no room for these... but... at least they aren't being shredded.

Book Haul post 1 of 2.