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DebinHawaii

DebinHawaii

Joined March 2016

Voracious reader, book hoarder, and book loving Hawaii food blogger at kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com. Love pairing my reviews with recipes.
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Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
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The Mysteries of Udolopho by Ann Radcliffe
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A Day Off | Storm Jameson
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Words can‘t express how happy I am for a “surprise” extra day off! 😂😂😂

TheBookHippie 😳🤣♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 13h
Bookwormjillk Sometimes those days are better than a week‘s vacation. Enjoy! 13h
JamieArc Enjoy!!! 13h
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Ruthiella Awesome! 😎 13h
bookandbedandtea How wonderful! Enjoy! 12h
mdemanatee Woohoo! 11h
LeahBergen 👏👏👏 10h
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Part of Your World | Abby Jimenez
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#ItTakesAllKinds

The two books in the author‘s Part of Your World Series are #WithPhysician as 3 of the 4 main characters in them are doctors. 🩺 💉💊🩹❤️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my list! 🩺❤️ 20h
Eggs Perfection 👌🏼👌🏼 11h
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Heidi | Johanna Spyri
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#HyggeHourReadathon

Tonight‘s #HyggeHour is being spent on my couch with Heidi for #ChildrensClassicRead2024 along with some dessert Cadbury rainbow mini eggs. 😋

My mood is mellow and sad the weekend is over & it‘s back to work tomorrow. Hopefully my work week is a bit less busy than last week. 🙏🏼

TheBookHippie 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 such a pretty copy! 1d
AllDebooks Love this story. You have a beautiful edition 😍 1d
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 23h
tpixie Beautiful edition! Yay! Monday is over! 5h
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#ReadAway2024 #TravelingStars

My first read for #TravelingStars2024 Mahalo @BookwormAHN ! 💜 This book is like going through a buffet with a small scoop of everything-it doesn‘t go deep into practice but is a good overview. I found several ideas in it that I will try & I appreciate the creativity.

@inthegreensandblues I mailed it (with lots of tabs & notes) plus some #Ostara goodies, to you on Saturday morning. It should be to you by 3/21.✨

DieAReader 🥳Graat!! 1d
BookwormAHN 🤎 1d
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What Feasts at Night | T Kingfisher
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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

A follow up to What Moves the Dead & second in the Sworn Soldier series (which I hope means more books). I love the mix of creepy gothic vibes & dark humor that Kingfisher infuses these novellas with. Alex Easton is a great character & I love Angus, their batman & Miss Potter too. In this book the trio is reunited at Easton‘s family‘s hunting lodge. The blend of fantasy, folklore & horror in these books is superb!

DebinHawaii Read this one first: 2d
DieAReader 🥳🤓Great! 2d
TheSpineView Awesome! 2d
BookmarkTavern I loved this one! 1d
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#ItTakesAllKinds

I have read & enjoyed several of this author‘s books over the years (pictured) but the tagged book with #ExitInTitle is still sitting in my #TBR stack.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great covers 📚❤️ 1d
Eggs Beautiful choices🙌🏻👌🏼🫶🏻 1d
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When all your library holds come in at once! Today‘s #bookhaul includes the tagged book for #SheSaid & Emma of 83rd Street for #Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent (not a fan of the audiobook narration so going for print) & I have catching up to do for both. Others for #SeriesLove2024 & the graphic novel is for a reading challenge prompt.

The book🐔🐔are worried that with the other 2 I have checked out & not read yet, I won‘t get to all of them.🤷🏻‍♀️

Crazeedi I have a stack like yours, and I hope I get through them before I have to return!! 2d
Suet624 Yikes. That‘s a lot. Good luck. 👍🏻 2d
TheSpineView Looks good! Enjoy 2d
monalyisha Love the book chickens! BO(o)K BO(o)K! 🐓🐓 2d
monalyisha I think it‘s okay to have a big stack of library books. I say that not impartially. 😅 It‘s not necessarily that you‘re going to get to them all…but a reader needs choices! 2d
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My Monticello: Fiction | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
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#ReadAwAy2024

The 3rd book from my #AuldLangSpine list from @Itchyfeetreader (I‘m trying to read at least one per month) is another WOW! This is a collection of 5 short stories & a 6th that‘s a bit longer, more of a novella. All are about belonging, or not & the black experience & while some hit harder than others, I appreciated all of them. I listened to it on audio & I recommend it that way as the readers knock the narration out of the park ⬇️

DebinHawaii …especially LeVar Burton reading “Control Negro” & Aja Naomi King reading the titular “My Monticello” where the tension just built & had me sitting in my car long after I got home to finish it. Thought provoking, moving, dismaying, & way too real. I will be thinking of these stories for a long time & I would definitely read more from this author. (edited) 2d
DieAReader 🥳Great! (edited) 2d
Itchyfeetreader Oh I am glad you liked it. This one has really stuck with me 2d
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Once There Were Wolves | Charlotte McConaghy
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Saturday morning vibes. It was a very long work week so today I am slowly running errands & took a breather for a dirty chai latte & a savory crepe at my local coffee shop while starting this book from my #Roll100 March books. (And I grabbed this card that came yesterday from my mailbox for the #NaturalitsyCardSwapSpring. Thanks @jenniferw88 🤗)

PuddleJumper Ooo looks yummy! 3d
TheBookHippie Oh yum! My cards are just starting to arrive as well! 3d
AllDebooks Lovely x 2d
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#ItTakesAllKinds

Some childhood favorites with #TitleWith?or! Or in the case of the tagged book, both an ! & a ? ❓❗️⁉️

TheSpineView I loved Harry! ❤️🐕 3d
tpixie @TheSpineView yes! Harry! 🐶🤎🤍🤎 3d
DebinHawaii @TheSpineView @tpixie Harry is the best! 🐕 💚 3d
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Eggs We love Harry 🦮🌹🐕 3d
LeahBergen I had that edition of Are You There, God and I totally remember the cover of Dinky Hocker but I don‘t think I ever read it! 2d
DebinHawaii @LeahBergen I had that AYTGIMM? & that Dinky Hocker cover too. A few months ago I found some After School Specials on YouTube & watched Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! 😆 2d
LeahBergen I need to look those up. I used to love them. 😆😆 2d
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Lady Chatterley's Lover | D.H. Lawrence
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dabbe One of my favorite shirts I loved to wear to school the day we would start reading a banned book (like CATCHER or OF MICE AND MEN) had “I teach banned books“ proudly worded on the front. 🤩😍😘 3d
DebinHawaii @dabbe That is awesome! 👏🏻 3d
ImperfectCJ I like reading lists like this. I feel compelled to point out, though, that the article got the name of the narrator of Lolita wrong (it's Humbert Humbert, not Herbert Humbert). 3d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🧡🧡 3d
Eggs Yeah! Humbert Humbert is much more dramatic than Herbert Humbert. Probably a spelling “correction” from the almighty algorithm 😁 3d
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Finished on Sunday for #NancyDrewBR I am giving this one a very soft pick, rounded up solely for nostalgia. I like that we have George & Bess now, even if their intro lacked (as did the mention of Ned that just dropped in). The mysteries lacked a bit & the problematic racism, cultural appropriation & fat shaming that appear in the 60s version are not great. Still, I love Nancy & these books with the good & bad, are a throwback to childhood days.⬇️

DebinHawaii …And in other notes, my unofficial “Nancy Noggin Knockout” count is that Nancy has been knocked unconscious in 3 out of the 5 books so far-including this one from a fall from her horse. Still worrying about her head! (And Carson Drew & Helen Corning‘s heads as they are also on the board!) 🤕😱 (edited) 4d
Librarybelle I think we seriously need to keep a “Nancy Noggin Knockout” count! 4d
dabbe Seriously needs to be a hashtag: #nancynogginknockout or the ol‘ #nnk Perfection! 🤩🤩🤩 4d
Librarybelle 😂 3d
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Celebrate!: Cookbook | Sheila Lukins
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While I really consider my first post on July 5, 2016 as my true Litsyversary, I actually signed up 8 years ago today on 3/15/16, so I‘ll take the reason to go ahead & celebrate! 🎉📚🎉

It‘s been 8 years of great books & even better friends, not to mention the ginormous TBR. 📚📚📚📚📚

Thank you to everyone who has made these years so special & fun! 🤗 I love you all! And yay 🎉 to @KarenUK my Litsyversary day/year buddy! 😉

Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary!!! 4d
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 4d
DieAReader Happy Litsyversary!🥳🎉🎊 4d
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BeeCurious 🎉👍🎉 4d
IuliaC Happy Litsyversary! 🍾🎉 4d
MaureenMc 🎊🙌🎊 4d
Lcsmcat Woo-hoo! 🍾 4d
dabbe HL! 💚💙💚 4d
Gissy Happy Litsyversary 🥳🎉🎊📚♥️♥️♥️ 4d
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 3d
Deblovestoread Happy Litsyversary 🎉 3d
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉💐 3d
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary! 🎉📚🥳 3d
mrp27 Happy Litsyversary! 🎉📚🎉📚 3d
Kristy_K Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 3d
BarbaraBB Happy Litsyversary! So glad you and @KarenUK did make that decision eight years ago! 🩷 3d
julesG Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉 3d
Crazeedi Happy Litsyversary!! 3d
KarenUK Wow! 8 years!! We haven‘t aged a day! 😉💕 @DebinHawaii @BarbaraBB 3d
Daisey Happy Litsyversary!! 📚 🎉 3d
DebinHawaii Thank you friends! 🤗😘❤️❤️❤️ You have all been a big part of this wonderful place! 3d
DebinHawaii @KarenUK @BarbaraBB Right?! If anything we look/are much younger! 😉😆 3d
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Life's Too Short | Abby Jimenez
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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

This book I just finished this week fits today‘s #ItTakesAllKinds prompt #WithLawyer as one of the MCs., Adrian, is a lawyer. It also includes an elderly chihuahua, a baby & the other MC, Vanessa, an influencer/vlog star. With this book, I‘ve now finished both Abby Jimenez‘s series & I‘m a bit sad because these are such sweet, heartfelt rom-com books but with some depth & poignancy. She makes me both chuckle & cry.💛

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛💛💛 5d
TheSpineView Great book! 5d
DieAReader 🥳Great! 5d
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CatLass007 So you just googled “baby with elderly chihuahua?” Because that‘s the perfect picture. I‘ve seen Abby Jimenez‘s name as an author of rom coms. I‘ll see what they have on Libby. (edited) 5d
DebinHawaii @CatLass007 Hah! I did in fact Google “Baby with elderly chihuahua!” 🤣🤣🤣 They have pretty long waiting lists—it took me a while to work through each 3-book series (in order because I must) but it was worth it! (edited) 5d
CatLass007 Absolutely series should be read in order! I already have reached the 20 hold max, so I just created a tag to remind myself to put in a hold on a book when one of my holds comes in. If you like Rom-Coms, I‘d like to recommend Hello, Stranger by Katherine Center. I listened to the audiobook last year and I loved it. And I‘m pretty picky about Rom-Coms. 5d
DebinHawaii @CatLass007 I love her books & that one is near the top of my TBR. I‘ll try & move it up sooner. I don‘t always read rom-coms but I do really like the good ones. 💛 5d
CatLass007 I tend to avoid Rom-Coms. I don‘t think most of the movies that bear that tag are very good (Pretty Woman? So not good.). And I generally feel the same way about Rom-Com books. I think part of it is that I‘ve aged out of the age range for the genre. Not completely, but… the story has to be well written and interesting. 5d
Eggs Sounds great 👍🏼 🤗 4d
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Spring Mail Order Catalog | Milliken Nurseries
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My #NaturalitsyCardSwapSpring cards were mailed out yesterday. Crazy work weeks so it‘s a little later than planned, but I had a meeting near the district post office by the airport which will shave a day off from the post office by my house.🤷🏻‍♀️ I just received my first few in & will post about those soon!

Happy Spring! 💚🍀🪼🐂🐙🌱🌸🌷

TheBookHippie 🥰💌 5d
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Thank you @dabbe for the #TLT tag! 🤗

Hard to narrow it to three, but…

1️⃣ The tagged book-love & grief in the life of a teenage girl in 1987. If you haven‘t read it, you must. 💙

2️⃣ Little Women -it‘s a classic & my first bildungsroman love. 💚

3️⃣ Never Let Me Go-I find people either love or really dislike this one, but it‘s love for me. Bleak, dystopian coming of age.🩶

Who else wants to share their three? Consider yourself tagged! 🤗

dabbe I'm making a list, and checking it twice; gonna share with everyone whether they're naughty or nice! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 5d
Leftcoastzen I‘ve been meaning to read tell the wolves for a good long while #TBRmountain 5d
AmyG @Leftcoastzen Move it to the top. Such a good book. And great choice! 5d
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Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag!🤗

1️⃣ The many things I learned from HB, the author of this book & one of my all-time leaders/mentors would take too much space but 3 are 1) Lead with your values & don‘t work for a company if your values don‘t match. 2) Put people over profits—a true leader serves people. 3) Build relationships & “trust banks” first.

2️⃣ Talent Development & Training

3️⃣ Independently wealthy bookstore owner! 😉

UwannaPublishme Yay on all 3…especially #3! 🙌🏻📚🙌🏻 5d
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 #3 sounds great! 5d
Kitta Oh yes a bookstore would be great! 5d
DebinHawaii @UwannaPublishme @Eggs @Kitta I added the independently wealthy so I don‘t have to struggle & can enjoy it & all the books! 😉😆 5d
Eggs @DebinHawaii Of course! 4d
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#ItTakesAllKinds

I love a book #WithMap so I kept picking this one up at my local indie bookstore last weekend. I was very tempted to buy it but I maintained my willpower.🙅🏻‍♀️📚 It‘s full of maps of the places authors have created & essays on what inspired them & maps in general. 🗺️ 💙

kspenmoll I can understand why you were tempted! 6d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cool 🗺️ 6d
Eggs Absolutely agree - maps are extra special inside a book🗺️ 6d
Bluebird 😍looks wonderful! 5d
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#ItTakesAllKinds

The tagged book is one #WithTherapist or a kind of therapist. The MC (Nora) is a bookseller & bibliotherapist who recommends specific books & book stacks to help her customers get through their issues. 📚

The author‘s website has the lists of book Nora recommends in this book https://www.elleryadamsmysteries.com/downloads/BibliotherapyBookTitlesfromTheSec...
& in the series https://www.elleryadamsmysteries.com/bookrx.html

Eggs Fascinating! Love ‘bibliotherapist‘ 6d
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#ItTakesAllKinds #LoveTriangle

TBH, I missed the 🔻on the prompt when I looked this morning (in my defense it was the butt crack before dawn & I was at the airport) & I started pulling Love-titled cookbooks so I just went with it! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Here‘s a 🔻of 3 cookbooks I own & love. ❤️🔻❤️ About to take off back to Oahu after a looong day in Kona.

TheBookgeekFrau Don't feel bad, I also missed the triangle part too and I'd already had my coffee and been functioning for an hour and a half 🙇🏻‍♀️🤣 (edited) 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I missed it too and I‘m a cohost 😂😂😂 7d
Eggs You are the Cookbook Goddess - well done! 7d
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Emma of 83rd Street | Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding
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#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon #Hygge

My #HyggeHour is working on my #NaturalitsyCardSwapSpring cards while listening to the first chapters of the tagged book for #JaneAdjacent with the #PemberLittens & My Monticello which is one of my #AuldLangSpine titles.

I meant to have the cards out earlier but work life got in the way. I‘m going to Kona all day tomorrow, so my new goals is mailing them all out by Tuesday.

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛 1w
AllDebooks What a lovely evening x 1w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w
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A small #bookhaul from my local bookshop‘s 6 years in business yesterday. I told myself I could buy one book & I kept picking this one up, plus it was 30% off. It‘s about stories of “generosity” in nature & interactions that benefit the natural world. It‘s a gorgeous book & looks fascinating. I also got their tote because…it‘s grey 🩶 & a shaka 🤙🏼😊sticker.

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Pieces of Blue | Holly Goldberg Sloan
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#ReadAway2024

I ended up finishing this one last night & overall I enjoyed it even though it had a stronger start than finish. A highlight for me is that it‘s set in La'ie on the north shore of Oahu so lots of recognition of beaches & places & (although it‘s been 23 years) that feeling of being a new resident of Hawai‘i. The characters, especially the kids, were likable & while the ending felt rushed and a bit too neatly tied, it‘s still a pick.

DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 1w
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#ItTakesAllKinds

If someone asks me #AboutMarriage I always hear it in my head as “mawwiage” & I have Peter Cook as The Clergyman in The Princess Bride to thank for that… 💍🤷🏻‍♀️

“Mawwiage. Mawwiage is wot bwings us together today. Mawwiage, that blessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam. And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva. So tweasure your wuv.” — The Clergyman

dabbe 😂😂😂 1w
CatLass007 🤣🤣🤣 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😂🤣😂🤣 1w
Eggs Classic 🤣😅😂 1w
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The Naturals ((The Naturals #1)) | Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

This one was a dark, twisty YA thriller. Great if you are a Criminal Minds fan like me. Cassie is 17 & gifted with the natural ability of reading people & she is offered the opportunity to move to Quantico, VA to work with 4 other teens in a secret FBI program set up to solve cold cases. Cassie hopes to learn more about her mother‘s murder & when it seems that case is linked to an active serial killer case her FBI ⬇️

DebinHawaii … handlers are working on & the unsub starts sending her messages, she‘ll get a chance. The ending was a bit abrupt, but I liked Cassie as a character & the rest of her team & their dynamics so I will definitely be moving on to the next book in the series. (edited) 1w
DieAReader Sounds intriguing😏📚 1w
TheSpineView Awesome! 1w
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rretzler I liked this one as well and I really enjoyed her Inheritance Games series! 1w
CatLass007 This sounds good! I‘ll see if/when I can get it at the library. 1w
CatLass007 Welp, the wait on this one is several months but the wait on The Inheritance Games is only six weeks. 1w
DebinHawaii @CatLass007 Yes. The wait time for the second e-book in this series is 12-weeks for me. 😔I have not read the Inheritance Games series yet but have heard good things. I liked this one as well from her (it‘s a duology) 1w
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Romantic Comedy | Curtis Sittenfeld
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#ItTakesAllKinds

There‘s a part of this rom-com novel where the MCs are separated by distance & COVID & communicate through emails & other electronic communication & a #LongDistanceLove begins to form. 💕

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩷🩷🩷 1w
Eggs 🩷💛❤️ 1w
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Pieces of Blue | Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Saturday morning errands: bookstore, gas station, grocery store... Stopped by my new neighborhood coffee shop to read for a bit. Even as an introvert, I appreciate friendly service & the barista remembered my name from last week, impressive! This time I tried their chai latte with oatmilk, made “dirty” with espresso. They made a mistake & added 4 shots!😱She offered to remake but I hate waste. I guess you could call this a “filthy” chai latte!😆⬇️

DebinHawaii P.S. I am really enjoying the tagged book so far which is set on Oahu. 🌈🌺💙 (edited) 1w
Bookzombie Did you bounce home after your drink? 🙂 1w
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Da Shop: Books & Curiosities | Honolulu, HI (Bookstore)
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#ItTakesAllKinds

Honestly, I feel like my book shelves need some serious love (& dusting) before a #Shelfie is taken & I‘m working all day & too busy to do it so, here‘s some shelfies from my local bookstore (tagged). They celebrate 6 years in business this Saturday & I‘m hoping to head over there for the gathering & sale. 🌈📚🌺

dabbe I'm with ya! Mine are HORRIFIC right now! 😂😂😂 2w
Eggs I think we can all identify with that…. 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It‘s amazing how dusty they get so quickly! 1w
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Thanks @Eggs for the #TLT #ThreeListThursday tag! 🤗

Hard to narrow it down to 3 but:

1️⃣ The tagged book is set in Kauai & I love the combo of memoir, science/plants & history. 🌺

2️⃣ The View From the Cheap Seats-Neil Gaiman essays, many about writing & books—what‘s not to love? ✍️🖤

3️⃣ I‘ll Be Gone in the Dark: Amazing true crime (I had to read it in daylight) but the whole story around Michelle McNamara & the Golden State Killer, wow! 😱

Eggs You‘re welcome ☺️ 2w
dabbe You've given me even more to explore! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 2w
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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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#ItTakesAllKinds

The #OnceUponABookClub box for February that I received yesterday has this book about the Vietnam #War

I have avoided Kristin Hannah books & many war books because I have to be in the *right* mood for sad stories & that‘s been harder lately. But hey, the #OUABC box includes 4 mystery gifts to open while reading so I may have to dip in soon.😉

Eggs OUABC ! Sounds cool, opening the boxes! BTW this book was amazing , for me; I was in high school in 1968. We‘d watch reporters‘ filmed coverage of Vietnam combat on the evening news every night. It made people really see war up close and how senseless it all was❤️‍🩹😔💔 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 2w
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The Naturals ((The Naturals #1)) | Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag!

1️⃣ Current read (tagged) is set in a “group home” set up by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia where the MC is in a program where gifted teens help solve cold cases.😱

2️⃣ I‘d love to visit any of the settings (fictional or the real areas) in Jenny Colgan‘s books. Places in the Cornish Isles, UK, Scotland, Highland Islands, etc where there are small towns & puffins! Her books always make me feel cozy!🤗

Eggs #1 sounds really good. #2 I concur 👍🏼 Canada 🇨🇦 Ireland 🇮🇪 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Denmark 🇩🇰 Norway 🇳🇴 Finland 🇫🇮 2w
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The Art Thief | Michael Finkel
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#ItTakesAllKinds

The latest #TrueCrime book in my TBR, I‘ve been waiting on the library e-book hold for a while now & it‘s still 16 weeks out. ??‍♀️

(I borrowed the background from a New Yorker article about the book‘s subject, art thief Stéphane Breitwieser) ?️

Eggs Fascinating 🖌️ 2w
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Thanks @Eggs for the #Two4Tuesday tag! 🤗

1️⃣ I honestly don‘t want a roommate but I guess I‘ll say Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice so I could enjoy the grounds & library of Pemberley. 1️⃣

2️⃣ The boarding house in this book sounded absolutely charming & the group of roommates were fun too.

TheBookHippie #2 for sure!!! 2w
TheSpineView Thanks for playing!🌞 2w
Eggs ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
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Radar Girls | Sara Ackerman
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#ItTakesAllKinds #F&NFwithSameTopic

After reading the tagged book , a fictionalized account of the Women‘s Air Raid Defense & their work in WWII in Hawaii, I had to find & read Shuffleboard Pilots, non-fiction about the WARD. #FandNFwithSameTopic

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2w
Eggs Excellent pairing 👌🏼👌🏼 2w
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#ItTakesAllKinds

I inherited some of these books #InspiredByTVorFilm from my older sister (still dating myself) & I remember thinking they were pretty groovy! 😉☮️🌻🧡

Leftcoastzen They ARE pretty groovy!😄🌈☮️ 2w
Deblovestoread Groovy, indeed! Saw a clip of I can Feel Your Heartbeat last night. My 11 year old self might have swooned a bit 😂 2w
LeahBergen 😆😆 They ARE groovy. 2w
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TheBookHippie Love it ALLLLL!!! 2w
AmyG Ha! Childhood Amy swooned a bit, too. 2w
Eggs Wow 😮 🎶 2w
TheLudicReader I had some of those books, too. I definitely still have a copy of Marked for Terror. ❤️ 2w
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Thank you @TheSpineView for the #MotivationalMonday tag! 🥺

1️⃣ Does survive the week seem defeatist? It‘s a tough work week for me.😬I bought cute local cards this weekend for #SpringCardSwap & want to get them out.

2️⃣ I have 2-the tagged book & Somewhere Beyond the Sea (follow up to The House in the Cerulean Sea) are both out in Sept!

3️⃣ Mystery as I feel I can work in lots of sub genres-historical, thriller, cozy, etc.

Want to join in?

TheSpineView You're welcome! 2w
Amiable Survive the week sounds like a victory, not a defeat! 2w
Cupcake12 Hope your week goes ok. I loved The house in the Cerulean sea so will be looking out for the second one. Thanks for taking part x 2w
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#HyggeHourReadathon #Hygge

My #Naturalitsy #HyggeHour tonight is on the couch with blankets (blankets are underneath as it‘s 72 degrees F.) getting into the latest Nancy Drew for #NancyDrewBR while eating some Cadbury mini eggs. My favorite Easter candy.😋🐣

Mood is mellow, a bit tired & sad it‘s Monday already tomorrow.

AllDebooks 😍 2w
Librarybelle I love how the mini eggs complement the cover of Nancy Drew! 2w
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 I always struggle that it‘s Monday already. 2w
JenReadsAlot Those are my favorite too!! 2w
TheBookHippie Oh yum! It looks so pretty together. 2w
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Lone Women: A Novel | Victor LaValle
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#ReadAway2024

A pick overall for my first #Roll100 (# 79) of March. I loved the first half, felt the second half got bogged down with more tangents than it needed, but I did like the way it all resolved. (Not giving much detail on plot as I think it‘s best to just jump in.) I loved all the “lone women” characters & the representation. While I‘m not normally a western fan, add a horror element & guess I‘m in.🤷🏻‍♀️ A quick & nail-biting read.

ReadingOver50 He is a great author. One of my favorites. 2w
DebinHawaii @ReadingOver50 I will definitely read more from him! 2w
Angitron I just picked this one up from my local bookstore. Glad to hear it‘s a good one! 2w
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DieAReader 🥳Great 2w
DieAReader @DebinHawaii I wanna jump into the #Roll100 challenge but, not sure if there‘s more to it than making a list & reading the books chosen🧐 2w
DebinHawaii @DieAReader That‘s how I have always felt about #BookSpinBingo but for #Roll100 this seems to be it & then just tagging @PuddleJumper 🤷🏻‍♀️She does have a StoryGraph challenge you can join to track but you don‘t need to. I like it because it pushes me to read things on my TBR for a while but I also filled spots in my 100 with “any library book,” “any ARC,” any BOTM etc. so I would get to pick some too. 2w
DieAReader @DebinHawaii ❤️‍🔥Awesome! Thanks so much☺️Have you done the #BookSpinBingo? 2w
DebinHawaii @DieAReader I have not—that‘s the one that seemed more complicated to me so I have never tried it! 😆 Have you? (edited) 2w
DieAReader @DebinHawaii I‘ve been doing it almost since the start! Super simple: Make a 1-20 (+ 5 FREE) or 1-25 book list of tbr books. On the 2nd of every month, 2 books are randomly picked to be a first choice read (bookspin) & a second (doublespin); the bingo card is a bonus to either do or not😏 2w
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w
Andrew65 Looks great, well done 👏👏👏 2w
Reggie The Mudges were my favorite characters in here. 2w
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What Feasts at Night | T Kingfisher
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Yesterday‘s smallish #LibraryBookHaul 📚 I went to pick up my holds on the tagged book so I can read the follow-up to What Moves the Dead & Relish, a reread for my virtual foodie book club & grabbed the latest (book 5) for #NancyDrewBR & saw Tales of Korea that I thought would be fun for #FoodandLit

The book🐔🐔approve!

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My Monticello: Fiction | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
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Thank you @TheSpineView for this #SundayFunday tag

Today, I‘m reading at least 3 of these 4 books. Continuing Lone Women, trying to catch up in The Golden Notebook & listening to the tagged book as I do some housework. I‘m planning on reading Nancy Drew tonight for #NancyDrewBR during #HyggeHour.

Anyone else want to share what you are reading? 🍀

TheSpineView You're welcome! 2w
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Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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#ItTakesAllKinds

A #Mythical Medusa retelling in my TBR, part of my #AuldLangSpine list from @Itchyfeetreader Hoping to get to it in the next month or so.🐍

Eggs Great cover and graphic👏🏻👏🏻 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this cover 💚🖤 2w
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#ItTakesAllKinds

I don‘t have a #FaveBookmark I have so many that I love & I rotate using them and try to fit them to the book I‘m reading. Here are three newish ones I‘m using that I 💙 The celestial one my friend gave me for Christmas (you can‘t tell here but it‘s 3-D). The pink one my director brought back from a paper store in Italy for me-it‘s so delicate & pretty. The sea creatures I recently bought at a local bookstore.

Dragon 💙🐉 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 2w
Eggs Beautiful ❤️ 2w
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Lone Women: A Novel | Victor LaValle
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Out running errands all morning so I decided to try a new neighborhood coffee shop for an iced latte with oatmilk . The barista made their Kai Breakfast Turnover sound so good I ended up having one for brunch/lunch. Scrambled eggs, cheese & Portuguese sausage inside a flaky turnover crust. Really ono. Also really good (so far) is the tagged book, one of my March #Roll100 picks. ☕️🥞 📖 💚

Leftcoastzen That sounds so good! 2w
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March | Geraldine Brooks
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My March TBR is aggressive & as usual, I‘m not planning to get to all of it. I‘m still unsure on this month‘s #SundayBuddyRead The Golden Notebook as I‘m only through the intro & not loving it but I‘m going to try for more this weekend. This month I‘m joining in: #ChloeGongReadAlong #JaneAdjacent #NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead2024 #Naturalitsy #SheSaid #SeasonalCozies #FoodAndLit #Roll100 & a reread of Relish for my virtual foodie book club.⬇️

DebinHawaii …Also working in an #AuldLangSpine book & some for #SeriesLove2023 & there‘s a few library books too. I haven‘t listed the 3 books I have in progress on my TBR as if I don‘t finish them this weekend, the library books have to go back. OK, wish me luck! 🍀📚🍀 2w
Catsandbooks Great stack! 💚 2w
TheSpineView Looks good! Enjoy! 2w
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AllDebooks Great selection. Enjoy 😊 2w
Librarybelle Good luck! I see a number of titles on your list that are on my to read list! 2w
Texreader ❤️❤️❤️ The Island of Sea Women. I‘m going to try to reread it this month. 2w
julieclair Great choices! Happy Reading. 😃 2w
sblbooks I loved Heidi! 2w
tpixie Enjoy! 2w
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February | Ellen Jackson
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My recap of my reading in February. I finished 19 books! Included are my buddy reads for #SundayBuddyRead #Pemberlittens #JaneAdjacent #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #ChildrensClassicRead2024 #Roll100 (all 3), #SeasonalCozies an #AuldLangSpine book & several #SeriesLove2024 books.

No bad books-I enjoyed it all & favorites were The Huntress, Hidden Pictures, You Are Your Best Thing, The Boy Who Cried Bear, Dangerous Alliance & the Lady Holmes series.📚🩵

Librarybelle A good reading month! 2w
TheSpineView Great job! 2w
KLyn1 Recently purchased Hidden Pictures - glad it was good!! 2w
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Andrew65 A brilliant month, well done 🎉🎉🎉 2w
julieclair Fabulous month! 👍🎉 2w
PuddleJumper Amazing! 2w
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#ItTakesAllKinds

It‘s been a while since I read this book about a couple driving a “pet”alligator from West Virginia “home” to Florida, but it made for a unique #RoadTrip 🐊🚙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds interesting! 3w
Eggs Homer Hickam was involved in rockets from an early age around the time of Russia‘s Sputnik. He also wrote October Sky, which became a movie-it‘s an anagram for Rocket Boys 2w
Eggs Great choice🙌🏻🙌🏻 2w
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Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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I feel pretty good about my #FabulousFebruary #20In4 #readathon results. My goals were to finish my buddy reads/challenge books for February as well as finish as many of my in-process books as possible & I did get 7 books completed & made progress on the 3 at the bottom which I should finish up this weekend.

Thanks @Andrew65 for hosting! 🤗

My overall February reading recap is coming later 📚📚📚📚📚📚

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The Boy Who Cried Bear | Kelley Armstrong
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#ReadAway2024 #FabulousFebruary #20in4 #Readathon
#SeriesLove2024

Second book in the Haven‘s Rock series (spinoff of the author‘s Rockton series) & a solid entry. The town is getting off the ground but of course things are not settling down. There are big changes for Casey & Dalton & danger lurking when the youngest resident disappears into the fiorest after Seeing a “bear man.” I liked the twists & turns the story took & hate to wait a ⬇️

DebinHawaii … a year for the next book. I listened to the audio (I couldn‘t wait for the library copy to come in so I used a credit) & Therese Plummer did her usual great job with the narration. 👍🏼👍🏼 3w
TheSpineView Awesome! 3w
DieAReader 🥳Great 3w
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The Cloisters | Katy Hays
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#ReadAway2024 #FabulousFebruary #20in4

I finished my 3rd book for the #Roll100 challenge (#44) On my #BOTM stack, I‘m glad I finally got to it. It‘s a lighter pick for me. I loved the setting of The Cloisters. I was in NYC in 2008 & we spent the day there (my first & only time seeing it) & I loved how atmospheric it was & thought the author captured that well. The arts, antiquities & academic aspects were interesting as was the tarot card ⬇️

DebinHawaii …details. It did drag a bit in the set up & I wished I liked the MC or any of the characters more. Still overall, it held my interest & had me Googling more information on multiple subjects, so while not a favorite of the month, still a pick . 3w
DieAReader 🥳Great 3w
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Murder Road | Simone St. James
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My #BOTM box for March! I was torn between Annie Bot & Listen for the Lie but since BOTM gave me a credit as my February books are either on a VERY slow barge to Hawaii or lost 🥺I used it & got both. I also added the tagged book (Yay, Simone! 🎉) as it‘s July‘s #SundayBuddyRead pick. My freebie for the 2024 Lolly is Shark Heart as I own/ have read all but it & the Lisa Jewell & it sounded more intriguing. Yikes! 4 more books to the pile! 🤦🏻‍♀️

TheBookHippie Yay Simone!!!! 3w
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