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bookandbedandtea

Joined January 2017

Wife. Mama. Nana. Avid reader. Over thinker.
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This telling of world history by focusing on ruling families (rather than only rulers) is fascinating but my main take away so far is that it was very dangerous to be a member of a ruling family. The source of the danger most often being other members of said family.

AllDebooks Brilliant review 😅 16h
TheBookgeekFrau Yeah, I got that when I read about Cleopatra. Talk about your sibling rivalry!! 😱😬 14h
bookandbedandtea @AllDebooks Thanks! 😄 11h
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Yep, they were one of the families that was just covered (I'm only up to about 30 AD- this is very thorough!) and it was wild! 11h
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The Hangman's Song | James Oswald
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I'm enjoying a wee visit to Scotland with my morning tea 😊

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Frenchman's Creek | Daphne Du Maurier
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Planning 🤞🏻 to make some good progress on this today #LMPBC #GroupO #BookWormJillK #TheBookHippie @ElizaMarie

5feet.of.fury I love this book 3d
bookandbedandtea @5feet.of.fury It's my first time reading it. I love how descriptive the writing is! 3d
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Natural Causes | James Oswald
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In Edinburgh, several gruesome murders, a spate of public suicides, a possible demon, a couple interesting women, a string of robberies, an obstructionist superior, and a missing girl are keeping DI McLean awake nights. Or maybe it's that the grandmother who raised him has just died. All in all he has his hands full and I was quite interested to watch this come together.

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This was interesting and extensively researched. I'm low-key fascinated by the Shakespeare authorship question. I'm team Kit Marlow. 😉

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True Crime | Charlotte Barnes
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This was pretty good. The first reveal was a genuine shocker but the second one was too obvious so the last quarter of the book was just a wait for the MC to find out what the reader could see coming. The very end was unsatisfying but I don't think there was any other way it could have ended. Soft pick.

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Untitled | Unknown
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Tea instead of coffee but otherwise yes yes yes! 😊

CourtneyA This is peak happiness ☺️ 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 1w
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The Secret at Shadow Ranch | Carolyn Keene, Russell H. Tandy
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Appreciation post for the pictures at the front of the 1930s version. Nancy is apparently traveling with her gun again.🙃 And Bess will be in this one! 💗

Charityann I love these vintage illustrations!😃 2w
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
julieclair Love these! 2w
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I feel like this explains a lot.

(Why has Litsy started magnifying photos such that they don't quite fit?? Is this happening to anyone else? 😟)

Ruthiella I‘ve not noticed that? 🤔 2w
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Nancy Drew Starter Set | Carolyn Keene
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I fell down an amusing/ ridiculous rabbit hole this afternoon 😁

Librarybelle 😂 2w
ravenlee 😆 2w
kspenmoll 😂😂 2w
Jeg 😂😂 2w
Ruthiella Oh yeah. Those memes are hilarious! 😂 2w
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Jackaby | William Ritter
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Considering finally reading Dire King and saw that this series has all new covers. I think I liked the old ones better. 🤔

DGRachel I agree. I‘m not a fan of the new ones. 2w
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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These are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books for March @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2w
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I didn't like this quite a well as the last book I read by this author. I really liked the storyline and characters from the 1853 timeline but wasn't into the 1918 timeline. I wish the book had focused on the first plot and done more justice to those characters. Dividing the story meant we got the beginning of the interesting plot and the end but none of the meat in the middle. Soft pick.

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In a Victorian England where faery & the human world are fully integrated Deri is indentured to a merchant in the goblin market where anything can be bought: time, strength, destiny, even love. Deri has been slyly accumulating enough funds to buy out his contract when he meets Owain who is indentured to a human factory.The race is on to see if Deri can orchestrate enough deals to change both his destiny & Owain's before they are both trapped in ⬇️

bookandbedandtea ⬆️ their miserable circumstances forever. I was really stressed, worrying that Deri wouldn't be able to juggle everything- and even more at the thought of every conversation being a potential trap- but it was so fascinating that I couldn't stop reading. 3w
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This was really interesting and I learned a lot. I maybe didn't like it quite as much as Salt, which I read years ago, but it's whetted my appetite for similar books. I think I'll get Cod next.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this account of the discovery of Homo naledi in South Africa. It was well told, thought-provoking, and entertaining. 🎧

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Starting this beauty this morning

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It's on its way home to you, @robinb 😊
@TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon
I'm a little sad my first #LMPBC is over. Looking forward to the next one with you ladies!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! It's been a fun round with some good books!! 3w
robinb Thank you! 3w
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Untitled | Unknown
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Do any of these sound good (and are unread by you) #LMPBC group @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie @TheBookHippie ?

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TheBookHippie The Wives of Los Alamos looks so good but I‘d read any!! 4w
Bookwormjillk These all look so good but Frenchman‘s Creek and The Round House are jumping out. I‘d be happy with any though. 4w
ElizaMarie I haven't read any of these!! They all look good. I vote “no“ on The Lost Alamos - just because Hippie read it. I will post 4 of mine today. 4w
ElizaMarie Sounds great!!!! Excited for my “turn” 4w
TheBookHippie Sounds good! 3w
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Murder on the Tracks | Bruce W. Most
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What do you think of either of these for #LMPBC #Round20 @Jerdencon @robinb @TheAromaofBooks ? They both have good (but few!) reviews. The Steal was a total cover buy. Murder On The Tracks is by a Colorado author recommended by my dad.

Jerdencon They both sound good to me - if I had to pick one would be murder on the tracks… but I‘m fine with either. (edited) 4w
robinb I'm good with either! They both sound good. :) 4w
TheAromaofBooks Ooo these both sound intriguing for different reasons, so I'm happy with whichever one you pick!! 4w
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A small #bookhaul from yesterday's day out with friends.

Chelsea.Poole I love North Woods…also, pretty picture ☺️ 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Chelsea.Poole Thank you! 😊 I'm eager to read North Woods. 1mo
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This was a hot mess y'all. It was entertaining but it veered too far into the ridiculous for me. There were several mysteries, which we saw varying degrees of them working and clues which occasionally turned up like magic. I wanted more on their backgrounds, which we deliberately didn't get. I assume this is to draw readers to another book but I don't wanna. It's such a good premise that I'm extra disappointed it didn't turn out better.

elkeOriginal Love a review that says it‘s a hot mess😆 1mo
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Argylle: A Novel | Elly Conway
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I have not heard great things about this book- and had not heard the TS theory!- but this article is entertaining and I'm kind of interested in seeing the movie. 🤔🙃

https://www.vox.com/culture/24047134/argylle-elly-conway-taylor-swift-authorship...

vivastory I just read today an article about the reveal of the actual authors behind it. It was interesting. 1mo
bookandbedandtea @vivastory I'll see if I can find that article. 1mo
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The Book Club Hotel | Sarah Morgan
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This ode to female friendship hit the spot. I loved all four of the MCs and they were all very relatable. I don't think I've read this author before but I will make a point to do so again.

intothehallofbooks Sarah Morgan‘s books are among my favorites! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @intothehallofbooks That's good to hear! I'm definitely ready to read another one. 😊 1mo
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The 30s version vs the one from the 50s aren't even the same story. 🤯 Lilac Inn and Emily's jewels play a part in both- and many character names are the same- but the plots are quite different. I enjoyed both though I liked the 50s version a bit more. I was surprised at how much danger Nancy was in, in this book.

Librarybelle Oh! This will be a very interesting discussion then! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Librarybelle I think so! I'm looking forward to it. 1mo
jlhammar Oh wow, so cool that you read both! Interesting that they are so different. I‘ll be finishing up my 1961 edition tonight. 1mo
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bookandbedandtea @jlhammar I only have 2 more of the 30s versions so I'm enjoying the comparisons while I can. Happy reading! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Until we started doing these buddy reads, I hadn't realized how drastically the editions changed. Now I want to read both editions of all the books! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks Me too! Unfortunately I only have two more. I started looking for them on online last night but I only found a couple I don't already have. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks I own almost the entire series, but in a mix of old and new, since I didn't realize they were different when I collected them back in my teenage years. Now I'm torn!! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks I have all of the original 56 in the yellow spines and I have the first 6 in the 1930s version. I'm wishing I had a full set of each! I'm really enjoying comparing them. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks It's super fun to revisit these. I'm surprised at how much comes back to me when I'm reading them! And some of the scary stuff really did stick with me through the years. There is one book, no idea which one, where the villain leaves Nancy tied up in an attic and then releases a deadly spider! Nancy, struggling to free herself in the dark room, with a silent, tiny killer heading towards her is truly one of the most terrifying things ever!!! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks I love revisiting these! I don't remember much of these early books- I think child me preferred the ones with Bess and George so I didn't reread these much. I remember one book (don't know title) where the patriarch saved money in his books. Any book that had a variation of his last name in the title, he would put money in. It's funny what sticks with us. 1mo
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The Mystery at Lilac Inn | Carolyn Keene
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Mrs Willoughby and Mrs Potter stop at Lilac Inn after picking up the Cranston jewels and we have an entire chapter of conversation and events which Nancy isn't present to witness. I can't recall that ever happening in the previous books; does anyone else recall similar scenes? It feels weird. 🙃

Ruthiella This was not in the 1950s edition. 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella Interesting! This is one of the titles that I have both versions of, so I planned to read the 50s version real quick, too. Hoping I have time for that tonight. 🤞🏻 1mo
Librarybelle Very interesting…don‘t remember this! 1mo
AnneCecilie I noticed that too 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Librarybelle @AnneCecilie It sounds like it's another difference between the two versions. 1mo
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The Ink Black Heart | Robert Galbraith
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I love Cormoran. I love Robin. I love their complicated relationship. I love how intricate and detailed (long!😁) these books are- though I'm glad most books I read aren't so long and detailed! I think I like them because they are an anomaly to me in that sense. Anyway, I enjoyed this and look forward to reading the next one soon.

TheSpineView I'm looking forward to the next one. The ending was not expected and wonder what is going to happen next. Will it always be missed opportunities? 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheSpineView I suspect C & R won't be ready at the same time for a while yet. They both have things to work out first but I think they're both finally ready to start that work. 💜 1mo
TheSpineView @bookandbedandtea Agree. At least they aren't dancing around ot anymore. 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheSpineView Yes, having both of them finally be honest with themselves is a big step! 1mo
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The Ink Black Heart | Robert Galbraith
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Same, Strike. Same.

Texreader 😂 1mo
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You're Next | Kylie Schachte
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As already mentioned, I'm not the target demographic for this book but I wasn't thrilled. I appreciated Flora's determination to find justice for her murdered friend but she was so unlikable that I didn't care much about her. The plot was unbelievably, melodramatically, over the top and the final chapter just pissed me off. I would have DNFd but a friend recommended it so I felt compelled to finish. I'm marking it so-so as I'm not a young adult.

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You're Next | Kylie Schachte
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I almost choked when I read this. Flora has spent the whole book thus far running headlong into danger (usually after promising someone she'll wait for backup or more information) and then being flat out unable to apologize, or even express any emotions whatsoever, to her nearest and dearest. And somehow she believes she's been showing restraint? And remorse, when things go wrong???
I'm finding this girl hard to stomach. #ProbablyTooOldForThis

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Sweet Talk | Cara Bastone
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I didn't like it quite as well as her "Sweet Talk" (tagged since this one isn't in the database) but this was cute ?

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Fanfic has had me in its grip for more than a week. 🤪 Time to return to books. 📺📚

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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February's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin sound good! (I've had them both so long I didn't remember anything about them 🙃)
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 1mo
robinb I love the Weaver series! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @robinb It sounds really good! I'm looking forward to it. 1mo
robinb My #LMPBC book came today! 👍😊 1mo
bookandbedandtea @robinb Yay! I'm glad it finally got there! 1mo
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Good Girl, Bad Blood | Holly Jackson
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I'm not sure how to rate this or even what to say about it. I was invested in finding out what happened to Jamie so the mystery aspect was mostly satisfying. But the end left me sad & annoyed. I don't much like the people of this town & by the end of this book I didn't care much for Pip either. Soft pick but I'm not feeling inclined to read the last one.
Has anyone read the British version of this series? Is the location the only difference?

erank58 I started the third and DNFed it almost immediately, which makes me sad because AGGGTM was a rare 5-star YA for me! 2mo
bookandbedandtea @erank58 I feel validated for my decision to abandon this series! 😁 Which is a bummer because I, too, really liked the first one. 2mo
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Worst Wingman Ever | Abby Jimenez
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The current crop of Amazon Originals is cute and sweet and fun! The first two 💛🩷 are tied for my favorite (with the third 💙 being a very close second) but they were all fun.

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A Cold Day for Murder | Dana Stabenow
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Finished!
I have plans after work Monday, @robinb, so I'll plan to send this your way Tuesday. #LMPBC
@Jerdencon @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2mo
robinb It arrived today. Thanks! 😊 1mo
bookandbedandtea Good grief, that took longer than expected. I'm glad it's there. 😁 1mo
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Tangled Up in You | Christina Lauren
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This has started off cute, and I expect to love it, but listening to the narrators read off the email addresses over and over in the audio version is annoying.
(Book not in database so I tagged another title of theirs)

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A Nancy Drew Christmas | Carolyn Keene
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I enjoyed listening to this while working. Since I'm on a Nancy Drew kick this year I may search out more of the Nancy Drew Diary series.

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A Cold Day for Murder | Dana Stabenow
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Starting this today at my favorite place on earth 🌲
#LMPBC @Jerdencon @TheAromaofBooks @robinb

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
robinb Beautiful! Is this at home or on vacation? I just finished mine last night! 😊 2mo
bookandbedandtea @robinb I'm at my parent's cabin this weekend. 😊 This month is getting away from me. I was a little surprised when I focused on the date and realized I hadn't started the book yet. 😬 2mo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Where is the cabin? It looks like a cozy place to be!! 2mo
robinb Enjoy! It looks like the book pairs nicely with your view. 😉 2mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks It's near Fairplay CO. And, yes, it's cozy and wonderful here! 😍 2mo
bookandbedandtea @robinb Yes, cold and snow outside AND in the book. Brrr 😊❄️💜 2mo
Jeg What a view!! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh in the mountains! Now I'm even more jealous! 😂 2mo
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This was fine. I liked Anna. And the inhabitants of the boarding house- including the new, mysterious tenant, & the various villagers we meet. But it was kinda boring. Also, this reads like the 3rd in a series as there are frequent mentions of other cases Anna has solved & of her acrimonious relationship with the police detective assigned to the island but it's the first one. I checked several times! Again, fine. But I won't continue the series.

bookandbedandtea Miss Bailey refused to look at me because she knew I wanted to take her picture 😒 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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Sworn to Silence | Linda Castillo
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Another cold read for this extremely cold weekend 🧊

BittersweetBooks Cute mug! 🦉 2mo
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Second Shot | Cindy Dees
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Saturday morning reading

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This West Plains, Missouri library understands us! Though, I'm not sure why Facebook is offering up MO info to this CO girl. 🤔

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I've only read the first 4 chapters but this isn't appealing to me at all. I don't usually give up so quickly but I'm thinking I might this time.

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I love this book. I love Martha, I really, truly love Ephraim, I love their children, and I love the town and many of its inhabitants. I love the descriptive writing and the astute observations, which infuriated me more than once. I fully expect this to be on my end of year best books list. 💜💜💜

JanuarieTimewalker13 That‘s a great photo!! 1w
bookandbedandtea @JanuarieTimewalker13 Thanks! I took that through our windshield 4 or 5 years ago before my hubby scraped it off. ❄️ ❄️ 1w
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A Cold Day for Murder | Dana Stabenow
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This arrived today @TheAromaofBooks and it was appropriately cold and snowy today. 😊❄️
@robinb @Jerdencon #LMPBC

robinb 😄😄😄 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! @Jerdencon - Yesterday I got the book you sent as well!! @robinb 2mo
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Excavations | Kate Myers
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This had so much potential but it fell a little short for me. 4 women involved in a dig in Greece discover that their boss has been both selling artifacts and suppressing the truth about the ancient people who used the site. They eventually band together and take him down but it took too long to get to that point. I feel like this might have worked better with 3 MCs instead because we jumped around too much to really connect with any of them. I ⬇️

bookandbedandtea ⬆️ like how things finally came together: Charles' comeuppance was perfect and I liked the future each of the MCs was carving for herself at the end. A soft pick. 2mo
bookandbedandtea ⬆️ I did really enjoy the snarky writing. There were many one-liners and observations that I reread several times because they were so well phrased. I'll watch for more by this author. 2mo
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Ok, guys and gals, here's a little PSA for ya: even if you're a strong swimmer, make sure the boat contains life vests BEFORE setting out for a day on the water 😒

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Starting this on my lunch break

Librarybelle Yay!! 2mo
dabbe Look at all those ND's! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau Are all those Nancy Drew's yours? 2mo
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bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Yes 😊 My grandparents slowly bought me the whole set when I was a child. 🥰 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea That's so cool! 💞 2mo
dabbe @bookandbedandtea Sheer awesomeness. 🖤💙🖤 2mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau I agree! I totally credit my grandparents and Nancy Drew for my love of reading! 2mo
bookandbedandtea @dabbe Thanks, I agree! My grandparents set me up to be a reader. 😊 2mo
jlhammar Wow, love your collection! 2mo
bookandbedandtea @jlhammar Thank you! 💜😊 2mo
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I would happily read a book about Lillian's aunt Sadie.