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December 24th | Denys Cazet
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#JolabokaflodSwap package was sent today. Tracking number was sent to coordinator.

@MaleficentBookDragon

TheBookHippie What a cute pic! 1d
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Winter holiday | Arthur Michell Ransome
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Today I sent #NaughtyListHolidaySwap #NLHS
and the #WinterWitchSwap #WWS

tracking numbers were sent to swap coordinators
@BookwormAHN
@WildAlaskaBibliophile

Tomorrow I will be send one more swap box and most of cards swap😃

TieDyeDude 🖤😈❄️ 2d
BookwormAHN Fantastic 🩵🐈‍⬛🩵 2d
WildAlaskaBibliophile Awesome! ☠️❄️🎄 1d
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Auld Lang Syne | W Clark Russell
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Yes @JacqMac we are perfect match. I‘m so excited with your #AudLangSpine list. I read 2 books (Orbital & Killers of a Certain Age). I own 5 and 5 are in my wish list. Two books are part of a series I own. The rest sounds so interesting! It will be a great opportunity to read those books I own but I really want to start with Sunrise on the Reaping which I will buy. Hunger Games are one of my favorites series. I‘m glad you liked my list😃

Gissy I was nervous thinking if you @JacqMac could find something you will like and you did😊
First time participating in this buddy reading list Thank you @monalyisha for this opportunity 🥰
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The Winter Witch | Paula Brackston
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#WinterWitchSwap #WWS box arrived last Saturday but I picked it up today. 🧙🏼‍♀️ 💙 I don‘t know from whom….

@BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Yay, and that was @BarkingMadRead 🐈‍⬛ 3w
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April 2025 I only read 5 books
Read #BookSpin #DoubleSpin & #AuthorAMonth
No Bingos
I could say that with the exception of Scenes of the Crime, I enjoyed my readings

Best book: Hester
But also liked The Alice Network

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Knit One, Kill Two | Maggie Sefton
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April 2025 #Book 5 last book read that month.
This was for #CBBC I think the book sent was the second in the series but I wanted to read first book #1.
The typical cozy mystery. Here the mystery and plot was related with knitting 🧶 which I don‘t do but it was interesting. The murder was more violent I could say than the typical cozy stories I have read. I already read book #2. 3⭐️

Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo #DoubleSpin (#4) buddy read #ISpyBingo (author‘s name in white letters) @TheAromaOfBooks
#CoverChallenge (March books) #Booksandlala
#UltimateReadingChallenge2025 prompt #24 (Something I wish I could do) @Faranae
#GoodReadAroundtheyear #ATY prompt #48 (character dealing with death)
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3w
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April 2025 Book #4
I enjoyed this book inspired my true events. I was absorbed in the book but also I was searching for some historical events. I like the author‘s writing style. Love the cover. After I finished the book, I bought three more books by this author. Couldn‘t finish them this month but looking forward to read them later. 3.8/4⭐️

Soubhiville I like this author too 🙂 3w
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Amiable Excellent! I didn‘t realize this one was so hefty! 3w
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3w
Gissy @Amiable That edition has like 503 and then the acknowledgement and then the first chapter of a new novel😳so it will be more pages. I didn‘t want to read that first chapter because I bought the book and I will read it later. The book has deckled pages, which I love, and usually they looked like book have less pages. 3w
Gissy @Soubhiville I read The Rose Code and I also liked it and I bought like three more books😄 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese
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April 2025 Book #3
This one has mixed reviews but it works for me. I haven‘t read The scarlet letter but now I‘m intrigued. I liked the story and the writing style. 4⭐️Beautiful cover😍
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo #8 subscription book @TheAromaOfBooks
#UltimateReadingChalkenge2025 #30 Inspired in another book @faranae
#GoodReads#aroundtheyear #ATY prompt #43 title less than 10 letters
#LiteraryCrew (January) @librarybelle

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 3w
AmyG Worked for me, too. I really enjoyed it. 3w
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Librarybelle Yay!! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
KT1432 I‘ve been meaning to read my copy for a while now! 3w
Gissy @KT1432 I enjoyed it and I read it in conjunction with the audiobook. The narrator‘s voice is so pleasant. I always enjoy my audiobooks with her as a narrator. But, this book has mixed reviews, you like it or you don‘t. I don‘t see many comments in the middle side ☺️ 3w
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Invisible Guardian (the Baztan Trilogy, Book 1) | Dolores Redondo, Redondo Dolores
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April 2025 Book #2
This book starts so good with a crime scene. It is graphic during the crime description and it the victim/trope of crime could be a trigger for some readers. I like the plot, characters and development. However, I think it was unnecessarily long. The location, weather (rain) descriptions are extremely long😳It could be edited. But in general I liked it and I already read book 2. 3.5/3.8⭐️

BarbaraBB Just read this one too! 3w
Gissy @BarbaraBB How it was? Did you like it? Some novels in Spanish are so descriptive 😳 3w
BarbaraBB It was okay, I enjoyed reading it but it took a bit too long to my taste. 3w
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Panpan

Late post 🤷🏽‍♀️
April 2025 Book #1
Book received from a subscription in 2023 😳
It didn‘t work for me, I found it boring nothing catches my attention and it is so predictable. 1.5/2⭐️
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo #7 book from subscription #ISpinBingo green cover @TheAromaOfBooks
#CoverChallenge (for February skyline) #BooksabdLala
#offmyshelf @wanderinglynn

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 (edited) 3w
TheAromaofBooks Off the shelf and on to something better!!! 3w
Gissy @TheAromaofBooks Exactly☺️ 3w
wanderinglynn Yay for off the shelf! 🎉 3w
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March's End | Daniel Polansky
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#March2025 -8 books read
One bingo line very behind in my reading goals/challenges🤷🏽‍♀️

Best book(s) Strange Sally Diamond; Family Roundabout

I will say it was a good reading month. I enjoyed all books I read. Maybe The Safekeep was my least favorite because I expected too much but I really liked this author writing style and I will like to read something else by her.

BkClubCare Quite a month! I think I mailed you something this week… but I failed to note that I did so? It might yet be buried on my desk somewhere 🥴 Wanted to thank you for the goodies in your letter ☺️🤗 1mo
Suet624 Great month! 1mo
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The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden
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March 2025 Book #8 last book read in March
I know this book was well accepted and won The Booker Price 2024 but I liked it not loved it. It didn‘t work for me. But I have to say that I like the writing style, it was the story that I didn‘t like much. Maybe my perspective about the relationship between these two women is different. I don‘t know but I saw a toxic dysfunctional relationship very manipulative and convenient. ⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) It didn‘t happen much in the story, it was slow and even boring for me. But I‘m a minority here. 3⭐️Maybe my expectations were so high based on reviews. 🤷🏽‍♀️But I bought the uk edition, so pretty. What I am going to do with it? No decision made yet😂
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#UktimateReadingChallenge #28 cover divided in sections @fanae
#Women‘sPriceForFiction
#BookSpinBingo #19 (wanted to read it) @TheAromaOfBooks
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳 1mo
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Hell Bent | Leigh Bardugo
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March 2025 Book #7 second book in Alex Stern series) I thought it would be a duology but not, third book is expected by September 2026. Well the ending suggests that a third book is coming. This book started very slow, I even thought if it was necessary a second book but then…the action starts. It has many twists and there is no way to describe it without spoilers. If you liked the first book, you will enjoy this one but ⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) stay with the story since it is a little slow at the beginning. This is the style I expect in this author. Never like Six of Cows but still good. 3.8⭐️
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#LitsyAToX @Texreader
GR AroundTheYear prompt #14 fantasy written by a woman
#BookSpinBingo #DoubleSpin (#12) book from subscription@TheAromaOfBooks)
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1mo
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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El tiempo de las moscas | Claudia Pieiro
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March 2025 Book #6
This is the second book in Tuya (All Yours) duology. Liked it but not loved it. The beginning was so slow and it was about flies if you have any kind of phobia with this insect, this book is not for you. It was interesting to know about this insect but this is not a nonfiction book. You will hate Inés who has l, let‘s say a different personality😬but half way of the book, it changed and kept attention with good twists⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) The title in English is The Time of the Flies. 3/3.5⭐️I still like this author writing style. She describes so well the characters, she gives you the psychological dynamic of their thinking process. For me she has this existentialist touch in her novels, mostly unlikeable characters. I have a couple of her books all in Spanish. I hope it is not banned to read in Spanish 😂I know… showing my sarcastic side 😊

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Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#UltimateReadingChallenge @Fanae #39 two people
GR AroundTheYear prompt #5 (intrigued title)
#SeriesFinished @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#BookSpinBingo #14 (book in Spanish language)
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
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March 2025 Book #5
I own like three special editions of this book because they are beautiful and I thought I would love this book. This book has mixed reviews. I‘m in the side of very disappointed team. The writing style is so different of what I use to read by this author, it was like someone else wrote it. The premise is so interesting but I found it extremely boring. Maybe because I was expecting action, intrigue, I don‘t know something else⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) It didn‘t work for me, sorry for the fans☺️2 ⭐️ What I am going to do with all these editions? Don‘t know yet, they are so beautiful and I really like this author but this one was not for me😬For now they still live in my shelf😊
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#UltimateReadingChallenge prompt #29 something dangerous
#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin (1) (AuthorAMonth)
#ISpyBingo (cover love) @TheAromaOfBooks
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Karisa Agreed. I ended up bailing on it and it had been one of my most anticipated books… Just didn‘t come to life for me. At least the books are pretty! 1mo
Gissy @Karisa Yes! I was asking myself if she used a ghostwriter 🤔 1mo
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Karisa @Gissy ooh, maybe? I see what you mean. It didn‘t feel like her other work 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1mo
DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 1mo
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Family Roundabout | Richmal Crompton
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March 2025 Book #4
I really enjoyed this book about two families and the matriarchal way to raise their families. So different. During my reading I was mad with Mrs Willoughby and more in the side of Mrs. Fowler. But then you follow each family, their sons and daughters through their lives and you will understand each side of the story. This is really a story about family dynamics and each and changes in each generation. So well written and⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) so well described. Loved it. 4.5⭐️
I‘m late @Leahbergen in my #PersephoneClub2025 and 2024😂But I will read them eventually because I‘m enjoying each book so much. And…I love my Persephone editions.😍
#Read2025 @DueAReader
#LitsyAToZ @texreader
#UltimateReadingChallenge @Faranae prompt #6
#BookSpinBingo (#2) Buddyread (late but was supposed to be buddy read😂) @TheAromaOfBooks
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rubyslippersreads I‘m glad I‘m not the only one who‘s behind. Somehow I completely missed reading October‘s #PersephoneClub book. 🫢 1mo
Gissy @rubyslippersreads I‘m currently reading a book from last year list Harriet. I eventually will read them but I‘m a slow reader and I wanted to read so many books from different challenges that I know I will be behind from the rest of the group☹️But I can‘t read faster😫 1mo
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Faranae @Gissy 😂 late is better than how i'm fudging “buddy read“ by reading someone else's buddy read! 1mo
LeahBergen I‘m glad you are enjoying all of our picks (and at your own pace)! ❤️ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
Caryl @Gissy & @rubyslippersreads I‘m late, too! Just posted about this one. (I loved it!) 2w
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I continue with my late book reviews but this help me to keep track of what I read in 2025 in GR. readers habits😂
I really liked this book. In some way reminded me Eleanor Oliphant is completely Fine. In this case I saw Sally as a woman with a neurocognitive condition (functional diversity) and how hard could be to adapt herself to a typical world. Family secrets, manipulation and even abuse. That‘s how I saw that family behavior (no spoiler)⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) Which means this not an easy book to read. Maybe because I‘m surrounded by my daughter‘s friends including her, where all of them have functional diversity. But the novel ended with hope…which in theses cases could be a long process with the help of professionals and family/friends support but knowing that we will see ups and downs…baby steps 4.5/5 ⭐️ 1mo
Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#Foodandlit @Texreader @Catsandbooks (Ireland)
GR AroundTheYear (#ATY) prompt #12 Irish author

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DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
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March 2025 Book 2 A re-read for me but I only read the first 2 books. Now I‘m planning to finish the series, obviously, next year 😂It was enjoyable to go back to this world and I could say I enjoyed more the story now than the first time. Looking forward to see the dynamic of this “romance?” triangle. We know things will drastically change in the next books. I have the first edition cover and this new hardcover edition🤦🏽‍♀️book collector⬇️3.8⭐️

Gissy #Read2025 @DieAReader
#LittensLoveRomance @Staycurious (I know the series was read already but I will finish this one in my own reading pace 🤷🏽‍♀️I‘m a very slow reader🤦🏽‍♀️)
#LitsyAtoZ @TexReader
Goodreads AroundTheYear (#ATY 2025) prompt #6
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I‘m extremely late for my 2025 year books reviews but this is something I‘m doing to keep a track of what I read this year. Yeap, this is for March 2025😳I really must add to my reading goals/challenges for next year to post my book reviews at the end of each month😂
March 2025 Book#1
I enjoyed this story, the mystery was interesting but with many convenient coincidences🙄😂Always reminding myself that I‘m reading the series as an adult 3.5 ⭐️ ⬇️

Librarybelle Baby steps are good! 1mo
Ruthiella The coincidences in the Nancy Drew books are ridiculous! 😂 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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You chose so well @Avanders Great books for this season. The Devils is gorgeous. Under dust jacket the design is so pretty 😍 and the end pages?😱beautiful. Can you believe I haven‘t read anything by this author yet? This will be my first book. The Bewitching cover is so pretty. Swaps are amazing I have so many book in my tbr and is amazing to see what my match will choose😃Thank they are amazing! The shawl has beautiful colors and so soft! ⬇️

TheBookHippie Ohhh yummmmmies!! 2mo
Gissy (Cont) Cocoa!!! for those cozy night readings…hot cocoa is the best👌I love to have theme socks, is like wearing part of the season. I literally have/buy socks for every season and book theme😃The candle smells great😌 @Avanders Thank you so much. It was so great to open the box and my expression priceless when I saw the books you chose. Loved everything..every single item (including the wrapping paper😂). Thank you 😘🧙🏼‍♀️🖤🖤🖤 2mo
Gissy Thank you also to @MaleficentBookDeagon for another successful wonderful #AllHallowReadSwap 🥰🧙🏼‍♀️🖤🖤🖤 2mo
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AmyG Great swap box. So many treats! 2mo
Gissy @AmyG Yes!!! It is a great package! Love it! 2mo
Gissy @TheBookHippie yes, fortunately I have control. I can eat them slowly. The bad thing is that I eat them at night while I read 😳 2mo
Avanders Yay!! I‘m so glad you like everything!!! Happy Halloween & All Hallows Read!! 🧡🖤🎃🖤🧡♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
MaleficentBookDragon Wow! This is all so lovely! (edited) 1mo
Gissy @MaleficentBookDragon Yes! I‘m very happy, eating a lot chocolate 🍫 😋 1mo
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All Hallows' Eve: A Novel | Charles Williams
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What? @Avanders This package is amazing. All caddies past the quality control test😋🍫🤣I love chocolate, what can I say? And you sent a variety of them🙌Definitely I need to go to the 5K Turkey Run race next November😂The tea smells so good and is caffeine free👌perfect for those nights when I want to drink something hot but nothing with caffeine. The wrapping paper is so pretty. I wish I could find a similar design here for my match.

Avanders 🧡🎃🖤 2mo
MaleficentBookDragon I adore those wrapping paper designs! 😻🐈‍⬛ 🦇 👻 🧙🏻‍♀️ 💀 (edited) 2mo
BkClubCare Wow! 🤩 1mo
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Ahhh! Everything @Chrissy is so pretty! The light is already on my table. You have gave me beautiful lamps. I still have the pumpkin one which I use during thanksgiving. Love them❤️The books are great, Blood Moon is gorgeous and the 2026 Sabbats Almanac is great. Just a wonderful spiritual way to start the new year…soon it is a significant book for me😘The candle is so pretty that I don‘t want to use it😂But I think that I could use it….⬇️

Gissy (Cont.)…at the beginning of the year just to give it a spiritual meaning, a fresh good start❤️Chocolate passed the taste test😂and I need to try the coffee ☕️ I know I will like it😋but I used already the beautiful mug, love the design and colors👌Thank for the bookish items and the card is so pretty😍
@Chrissy thank you so much. I really appreciate everything and loved it. My expression when I opened the box and gifts was priceless. ⬇️
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Gissy (Cont.) I know you choose everything with care, thinking on the person, you put love, I have seen it every time you send a gift to a Litsy friend, so personal, knowing the person so well, which means for me that you are present😘

Thank you friend🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
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5feet.of.fury I have Blood Moon on my TBR, it sounds so good! I love that book sleeve! 2mo
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Gissy @5feet.of.fury Yes! Sounds good and it so pretty😍 2mo
Chrissyreadit 😘😘😘😘I am so glad you like everything ❤️ 2mo
Avanders Ooh and happy birthday!! 🎂🎈🎉 2mo
Gissy @Avanders Thank you!😊 2mo
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Birthday Present | Pamela Oldfield
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@Chrissy what a wonderful birthday 🎂 birthday package🥰I love how you wrapped that book with surprises inside. Loved it👌and that wrapping paper😱It is so gorgeous, so gothic, proper for this season. It is just stunning 😍 I still have it, don‘t know when I am going to put it away😂The pen it is so pretty. She loves it. Maybe I can use it too🤔if she allows me🤣Thank you! 😘Let‘s see what‘s inside 😃

Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Gissy Thank you! 🥰 2mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉❤️ 2mo
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All Hallows' Eve: A Novel | Charles Williams
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#AllHallowsReadSwap #AHRS2025 was sent today. It is expected to arrive next Saturday. Tracking number was sent to @MaleficentBookDragon Hoping my match like what I sent🤞

I also sent your books @JenslovesJT47 😃 and your book too @MommyofTwo #CBBC

Trying to send my last cards and other packages 😅

TheBookHippie 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 2mo
MaleficentBookDragon Thanks! 🐈‍⬛ 🔪 🧙🏻‍♀️ 🧛🏻‍♂️ 🐺 👻 2mo
MommyOfTwo Yay! 2mo
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2nd photo: love the books you chose and Babylonia edition is beautiful, look that map😍and you prepare me to read them with the pens and lovely pocket notes👌I really use them. My books are full with sticky notes and tabs, it is like I interact with my reading. A book light is always handy in this country, we can have electricity interruptions at any time🙄I track my reading in reading journals👌That candle😱smells delicious and that title😍

Gissy (Cont.) I will keep it on my shelf for now. It is so pretty that I don‘t know when I will use it 😂I almost forgot, the turrones, the past the taste quality control😆not once but twice were tasted by me and daughter 😋delicious.

@mabell Thank you so much. I‘m so grateful for everything but mostly for sharing this friendship from the distance. I know someday we could meet in person🥰Thank you! Love the gifts! A big hug from PR to you and family😘
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mabell I am so glad you liked everything! I thought the book light so cute! Hopefully it works well, but also hopefully you don‘t have to use it because your power is out! I found the books on your list, except for Babylonia which I got because I thought it was so pretty! 😂 I‘m looking forward to seeing what you like of Detective Aunty - it looks cute! 2mo
mabell I‘m so happy you love the candle! I saw that it was book-themed, pumpkin, and a wood wick - sounded perfect! And I am so glad the turrones received your approval! I was little nervous sending them to the experts 🤣 Thank you so much for your friendship, and I hope you had a wonderful birthday! ❤️ 2mo
Gissy @mabell I don‘t know why I didn‘t have Babylonia in my wish list because I was interested. That edition is gorgeous. Yes, I am excited to read Detective Auntie too m, the second book is coming soon. It sounds cozy. Usually I read cozy books in between books with heavy topics/intense drama. The other two are also that type of books😍Thank you! They were great choices. The pens and pocket notes are so practical. My friends wonder why I write⬇️ 2mo
Gissy (Cont.) notes in my books. I know that activity takes time but for me is like I‘m interacting with the book. Sometimes I read my notes just to refresh what I read and see reaction. I tell my friends that they can read my comments😳after I die, some comments are only for me😳😂but I would be dead, so I wouldn‘t care, I hope, unless my spirit think differently 👻 😆They will have work by removing all those tabs and notes before they can sell them😅 2mo
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Three Happy Birthdays | Judith Caseley
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@mabell thank you! Posting late, waiting for my daughter who wanted to open the box with me🙄Amother sacrifice…first photo: love the wrapping paper and I can comment of those unwrapped gifts. Love that bookmark. Did you go to that museum? Like the title: Cabinas Telefónicas (public telephone 📞booth). A memory to the past ❤️So unique the Jane Austen lip balm. Ahh the hair crunchy band is from empowering refugee women artisans from your state😍🙌

mabell So nice of you to wait for her! 😄 I thought your daughter might like the scrunchy 💕 Yes, we went to the Thyssen! (A lovely museum) I studied in Madrid 20 years ago, and the 3 of us went there this summer. The turrones came from Madrid, as well. 😊 2mo
Gissy @mabell I thought that because the label is in Spanish. They are so good. I bet you had many wonderful flashbacks during that visit😍I follow a couple of YouTubers who live in Madrid. I follow their book recommendations, I can‘t always find the books here, but there is a bookshop in Old San Juan that has many books coming from different Hispanic countries specifically from Spain. You also can order some books from Spain. It takes time to get them. (edited) 2mo
Gissy I need to read my books in Spanish. I have a stack😳but curiously, I don‘t listen audiobooks in Spanish, I don‘t know, I can‘t understand some accents…weird because they are in my language 😳🤷🏽‍♀️I prefer to read physical copy but then, it takes me time.

Yes, my daughter thought that the crunchy band was for her 🙄😂That‘s why she likes, wants to open the boxes with me…always looking something she can use…or taste😆
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Package | James A Rozhon
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Today, I received this package 📦 😍from @Avanders Is this the #AllHallowsReadSwap 2025 box? Thank you in advance 🥰

Avanders Ooooh I forgot to post! Yes! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 And apologies in advance I did go just a little overboard w a few extra little thingies 🫢 @MaleficentBookDragon 2mo
Gissy @Avanders Yes, the box was heavy. Now…the waiting time to open it🤗 again, Thank you in advanced I know I will love everything 🥰 2mo
Avanders 😘🥰🎃 2mo
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Grave Witch | Kalayna Price
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I hope I am understanding this chain of books. First book is The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike. I‘m posting this book because they have something in common: witch.

Let me know if I‘m doing it right. If that is the case then:
10 points + 25 pts (tbr before October 1st)
🟰 35 points

@CSeydel

Gissy Let me add to this title the word grey #ScavengerHunt (15)

Total 🟰 50 points @CSeydel #GrimReaders
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CSeydel Hi Gissy! I think it works better if you add your book as a comment on the original post - that way the chain is in a single location for everyone to add to, if that makes sense? If everyone makes their own posts it gets hard to follow. Thanks for playing! 3mo
Gissy Perfect! 👌 3mo
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She Is Haunted | Paige Clark
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#Hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper These are possible books I will like to read during October. Some of them have been in my shelf for a long time. Some are news. Possible because I have some other books I need to finish first.

Do I have more books haunting my shelves?
📚 👻 Yes! Many… but I don‘t have a book buying problem..,no no…my problem is that I don‘t read faster enough 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣

TEArificbooks I keep saying that. I need to read faster and life needs to stop preventing me from reading. 3mo
Pogue The Hacienda was good. 3mo
PuddleJumper Good luck! 3mo
Gissy @TEArificbooks Agree😄 3mo
Gissy @Pogue Yes, sounds so atmospheric ghotic 3mo
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Another box that I waited for my daughter to open it. Thank you so much @Bookwormjillk 😘for this beautiful #AutumnComfortSwap box. The candle smells so good and the gnome is so cute😍It is already in one of my tables 😃About the book, my daughter is already looking what we can bake😋Love the autumn stickers, the bookmark and the card. Thank you so much. Also thank you to @Thebacklistbook for the organization of this swap 🍁🤎🍂💛

Avanders The sight of that book makes me want to bake! 🤩 (edited) 3mo
Bookwormjillk Yay! I‘m glad you like it! 3mo
Gissy @Avanders Yes, if you see those illustrations….ahhh….everything looks so delicious😋 🥧
@Bookwormjillk Yes, Recipes instructions seem easy to follow, they are short, indicates amount of calories per piece and other info. and some recipes include a test kitchen tip👌What I like more, something I appreciate in cook books, not always included, are illustrations. This book has an illustration for every recipe❤️ Thank you again, great choice😋
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Autumn's Touch | Elizabeth Rose
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Sorry, my daughter, (functional diversity) wanted to open the box with me so I waited for her. I think my match litsy name is @Deblovestoread ? This box is so pretty!😍 that tote!😱it just killed me. So practical with pockets and zipper. Then inside there were those beautiful bookmarks and sticky notes which I use a lot to annotations and comments which I include in my books. The frame with message🤩amazing so pretty! 👌The candle smells so good⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) love the journal title👌The books? OhhhJane Austen Year?😱What?? Great choice! The tote just match! I can use it with my Victorian books. I love to coordinate books, bookmarks sticky notes😂I love too Ali Hazelwood new book❤️Yes! Thank you, thank you for this amazing #FFFSwap 2025 box LOVE it! @Deblovestoread 🥰 Great choices😌

Thank you to @Chrissyreadit and @Avanders for this swap which I love and wait for it every year 😘
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AmyG Beautiful tote! 3mo
Chrissyreadit 🧡💛❤️🤎❤️💛🧡 3mo
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TheBookHippie Oh this is just lovely!!! 3mo
Avanders Ooooh lovely! 😍🍂🍁♥️ 3mo
Gissy @Avanders @AmyG @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie Yes, so appropriate for Victober readathon 😍 3mo
Deblovestoread I‘m so glad you are happy with everything. It was a fun box to put together for you. I love that your daughter got to open with you. Sorry it wasn‘t wrapped very well. 3mo
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Fun Fall Foods | Gooseberry Patch
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#ThreeList Thursday #TLT @Dabbe pumpkin 🥧 🍬 🧇🥞🍞🧁🧋🥤😋

dabbe L🎃VE pumpkin, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🧡🩶💜 3mo
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Autumn is Here! | Heidi Pross Gray
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#Today I received my #AutumnComfortSwap 📦 🍁🐿️🍂 I don‘t see the name of my match but thank you in advanced, I know I will like everything 🥰🍁🍂

@thebacklistbook

Bookwormjillk Yay!! 3mo
Gissy @thebacklistbook Thank you @Bookwormjilk I think the box arrived to PR after a hurricane☺️but the box survived🙌😅 3mo
tpixie Fun!!! 🤩 3mo
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Autumnal Tints | Henry David Thoreau
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#FallingForFallSwap 2025 box 📦 was sent today🍁🐿️🍂Love this Ffffffffff….swap
🍁🍄‍🟫🍂
Thank you to @Avanders and @Chrissyread it for coordinate the swap every year🥰

Also, I sent first #FallCardsSwap and other belated, overdue, behind, (and all the possible synonyms to describe very late cards 😳Some litsy friends will receive a small package which have the past and current card❤️

@TheBookHippie

Avanders ♥️🍂🍁🧡 love the pic! ☺️ 3mo
TheBookHippie 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 3mo
BkClubCare TY! The summer card arrived! I will send a note sometime soon 😉 1mo
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#FFFS box arrived last Thursday and I picked it up on Friday. Sorry for posting late. I was sick over the weekend, so dizzy 🥴couldn‘t walk or eat, I just stayed in bed. I couldn‘t read much nor watch too much tv. I started to feel better today. I don‘t know my match Litsy name but thank you in advanced, I know I will like everything🥰Just waiting for open date 😃
@Chrissyreadit
@Avanders

TheBookHippie Hope you feel much better soon! 3mo
Gissy @TheBookHippie Thank you! It comes and goes. I have an appointment at the end of the month. 3mo
AmyG Hope you are back to feeling well soon! 3mo
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Avanders Oh no - glad you‘re starting to feel better!! 💙💙 3mo
Cuilin Oh no. Hope you feel better soon. 🩵 3mo
Tamra Feel better! ❤️ 3mo
Suet624 Scary that you have those symptoms. Wishing you well. ❤️ 3mo
dabbe Hope you're feeling better! 💜🩶🧡 3mo
mabell Oh Gisela! I‘m sorry the symptoms are recurring! Take care, Friend! 💕 3mo
Chrissyreadit @Gissy sending you love and hope for quick healing and answers! 3mo
Gissy @Chrissyreadit @mabell @dabbe @Suet624 @Tamra @Cuilin @Avanders @AmyG Thank you! 🥰I‘m feeling better today. Sometimes it comes and goes…maybe because I‘m not doing exercises as I used to do, maybe because I‘m so busy that skip some meals or maybe….maybe….im older…you know….age???? 😂😂😂😂Years passed…signals will be seen🤣 (edited) 3mo
Avanders lol 😂 I know, getting older is not always fun! Sometimes, though… 😎 3mo
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My #AutumnComfortSwap package was sent last Tuesday. It should arrive tomorrow or early next week 😃🍁🐿️🍂🍄

@thebacklistbook

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Autumn's Touch | Elizabeth Rose
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Sorry I a late🤦🏽‍♀️ #AutumnComfortSwap

🍁Both
🍂Coffee but I like tea too
🍄‍🟫both
🐿️ journals but I love stickers too
🍁Knick knack?? I don‘t know what is this but I like candles
🍂socks but like blankets too
🍄‍🟫Both
🐿️chocolate
🍁either
🍂bookmarks

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Happy anniversary! | Robin Kring
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Yesterday was my 9th Litsyversary! 📚🎂🎉
9 years!!! Wow!🤩

Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Happy Litsyversary!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 5mo
Texreader That‘s awesome!!! Congrats! 🎊🎈🎉 5mo
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BarbaraBB Here‘s to many more 🤍 5mo
dabbe HL! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
mabell Happy Litsyversary!!! 🎉🎉 5mo
julesG Happy Litsyversary!! 5mo
Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎊 5mo
Prairiegirl_reading Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 5mo
LeahBergen Woohoo! 🎉 5mo
CSeydel Wow, congratulations! Happy Litsyversary! 🎉 5mo
BiblioLitten Woohoo!! Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 5mo
Gissy Thank you so much! Because of you, this amazing community, I am still here, active, for your support always
😘🥰 📚❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
 @BiblioLitten @CSeydel @LeahBergen @Prairiegirl_reading @TheBookgeekFrau @Librarybelle @julesG @mabell @dabbe @BarbaraBB @Texreader @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella
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PaperbackPirate Happy Belated Litsyversary! 📚📚📚 4mo
Gissy @PaperbackPirate Thank you🥰 4mo
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The #CBBC package arrived yesterday. Some neighbors complaint that packages were left too near the stairs, now the post service are leaving packages outside the building😳which means that when is raining packages can be damaged like yesterday. A neighbor saved my package and put it in front of my door 🙌Of course I complained and now they are looking for alternatives to solve the situation👍So, @mommamanzi everything was saved. ⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) @mommamanzi thank you so much for coordinating #CBBC for your patience in this round❤️I always opened your boxes with enthusiasm because I knew it would made me happy. Thank you for your details with my daughter. This last package was so significant because this summer I‘m using lemon scents🍋for my hand soap, body wash and candles. We were connected🙌I already tried the coffee and loved it ☕️ Love the cookies😋The candle smells so good⬇️ 5mo
Gissy (Cont) The bookish things are so practical. A couple of months ago, you sent me pens and sticky notes which I‘m using to write my comments while im reading. The kitchen towels are so pretty so summery😍 In last email I informed @MommyOfTwo that I am still reading her book because it is a third book in a series and I wanted to read book 1 & 2 first. Once again, thank you @mommamanzi for everything 🥰Thank you to my match this year❤️ 5mo
kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary! 9 years! 🎉🎉 5mo
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Summer Fridays: A Novel | Suzanne Rindell
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
☀️ I felt dizzy this last Wednesday and fell, losing consciousness but after a check up, no major injury was found. 🙌
☀️I bought some new books
☀️I acquired 3 free amazing books
☀️Spent few days with a friend and daughter. We went to the movies
☀️#StaycationInTime2025 unboxing 😍

Thank you @LiseWorks for tagging me 🥰

TheBookHippie I‘m so glad you‘re okay. ♥️ 5mo
Ruthiella Yikes! Glad you are ok and didn‘t injure yourself falling! 5mo
Deblovestoread Scary! So glad you are ok Gisela! 5mo
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Gissy @Deblovestoread @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella Thank You🥰❤️❤️❤️ 5mo
LiseWorks Oh no, did they tell you why you were dizzy in the first place? I'm glad there were no injuries 5mo
Gissy @LiseWorks A syncope but the tests came ok even the CT in the emergency room they discarded anything cardiac or neurological. I have to send everything to my cardiologist just in case because I was supposed to have my stress test next month. I don‘t know if he wants to do it sooner. In my opinion maybe could be a couple of reasons: dehydration, I started to do exercises and the day before it was hot, I was tired and I admit didn‘t eat well⬇️ 5mo
Gissy (Cont.) They said maybe I woke up too fast from bed🤷🏽‍♀️there is a name but forgot it😂I used to get dizzy even when I swim. I‘m still not a 💯% well. The bump in my forehead is still remembering me is there, it hurts a little bit. I‘m drinking a lot of water, trying to rest which is not easy with a daughter with diverse dysfunction. Maybe was also the presence of stress but I work pretty well with stress I use techniques but you never know. 5mo
LiseWorks Oh dear! Well, drink lots of water 💧 I hope tests are good. 5mo
Amiable The getting up too quickly in bed —did they say it might be positional vertigo? I have that —it can be horrible. 😖 Take care of yourself as best as you can! 🩵 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Oh no!! Take care ❤️‍🩹 5mo
DaveGreen7777 Oh, no! Hope you feel much better soon and have no more dizziness! 5mo
dabbe Do you think you might have vertigo? I have it, and dizziness is the classic symptom. I've had to train myself to move the head slowly no matter what the activity. Rest, hydrate, and relax! Hope you feel better soon. 💙🩵💙 5mo
AmyG Oh wow, glad to read you are ok. Dehydration can be a huge issue where I live-high altitude. I fainted once from it and luckily was ok. Hope you remain well. 5mo
Gissy @AmyG @dabbe @DaveGreen7777 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Amiable @LiseWorks Thank you to all of you
😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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mabell Oh my Gisela!!! I‘m glad it was no worse! That sounds like a scary situation, and I hope you are able to rest and recover! 5mo
CSeydel I‘m so glad you are ok! This happened to me once several years ago - I managed to break my ankle falling - but they couldn‘t find anything wrong either and decided it must have been dehydration. Now anytime I feel dizzy I sit down and have a glass of water. 5mo
Gissy @CSeydel Thank you! It good to know what could cause those symptoms. The weather is hot here and definitely I need to constantly drink water. 5mo
Gissy @mabell Thank you! I‘m still in the recovery mood. I feel better but not 💯 % but I‘m drinking water and planning to do some low impact exercises next week like walking. 🤗 5mo
tpixie @Gissy I‘m so glad you weren‘t injured to badly. Yes! Keep hydrated and when you change positions from lying to sitting to standing, wait a minute before you get up or start moving so your blood pressure can readjust. 🩷🩷🩷 ( Positional syncope, also known as orthostatic syncope/ hypotension) (edited) 5mo
Gissy @tpixie I‘m doing that now. I try to remember all those steps before get up from bed. I don‘t want to experience that terrible sensation😳. I‘m still experiencing some headaches but maybe is for the same reason…hot weather. I‘m conscious to drink water. Sometimes weather feels so hot 🥵 because humidity is high and sometimes Saharan dust is present. Thank you for the recommendation 🥰 5mo
PaperbackPirate I hope you feel better soon and it doesn‘t happen again! 5mo
Gissy @PaperbackPirate Thank you🥰 5mo
tpixie @Gissy yes humidity is really hard and I bet it is really tough there where you live. I‘m out camping and fishing this long weekend and did not drink as well as I should‘ve yesterday and your post reminded me I need to do better. 5mo
Chrissyreadit Gissy!!! i‘m so glad nothing came back wrong- also if you did not eat or drink enough could your blood sugar have gotten too low??? I hope this week has been better! Sending you a big virtual hug 🫂 5mo
Gissy @Chrissyreadit Thank you friend 🥰❤️❤️❤️ 5mo
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The Fourth of July Story | Alice Dalgliesh
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#JulyJazz #Stars&Stripes
Happy Fourth of July to a united and diverse United States 🇺🇸 ❤️💙🤍
Latina and part of that heritage

kspenmoll ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸 5mo
Chrissyreadit I love this! 5mo
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Deblovestoread 💙💙💙 5mo
Eggs Beautifully done! 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🤍💙 5mo
AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 5mo
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Loyalty in Death | J. D. Robb
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#JulyJaz Day 3 #Loyalty One of my favorite duology. I still think in this story and the loyalties of each character within the group. Highly recommended 👌

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love the cover 🐦‍⬛ 5mo
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Super Magic Staycation | Alexandra West
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#StaycationInTime2025 2nd photo 😱Amazing books👌lovely headband (trying to explain my daughter that is not for her😂) delicious chocolate🍫😋A moment when a mother has to sacrifice herself😜and share her chocolates with her daughter🤣I already tried your favorite and yes, it‘s delicious😋 Thank you so much @BarkingMadRead grateful for everything 🥰

Thank you @Chrissyreadit & @DinoMom for coordinate again this wonderful swap 😘❤️❤️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great gifts! 5mo
BarkingMadRead I‘m glad you like everything, and the paper is a fave of mine, it‘s so elegant. 5mo
Chrissyreadit 😍🎉😍🎉😍🎉😍 5mo
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Gissy @BarkingMadRead It is. I saw it and I didn‘t want to open the gifts☺️ 5mo
TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead that paper is gorgeous!!! 5mo
TheBookHippie What a fun package! 5mo
Gissy @TheBookHippie Yes, I didn‘t want open the gifts☺️I almost bought one of the books😅So happy to read them. The Amalfi Curse end pages are gorgeous 😍 5mo
DinoMom Beautiful package 5mo
Gissy @DinoMom Yes! 😃 5mo
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Staycation | Dennison Berwick, Simone Pertuiset
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I‘m posting this first photo of my #StaycationInTime2025 gifts because I found the paper so pretty. It looks so summery with elegant traces of gold😍So pretty. The card is so cute 👌

Thank you @BarkingMadRead 🥰

@Chrissyreadit @DinoMom

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this paper 💛 5mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉😍🎉😍🎉😍 5mo
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#MadeInUSA a nation made of diversity, is in our history….…diversein culture, race, sexual diversity…colors…opinions…but I hope will continue offering us love..respect…acceptance…safety…with free expression…the land that we used to know…of opportunities, made in USA ❤️Love the speech I have A Dream…To be proud that our diversity make us stronger if we are united.

#JulyJazz @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

AmyG 🙌🏻 6mo
BookmarkTavern ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo
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Eggs Well said 🙌🏻❤️👏🏻 6mo
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Canada Day | Molly Aloian
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A big hug from the distance to all my Canadian Litsy friends.
🇨🇦 ❤️🎉Have a great day 🥰

#JulyJazz @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You too 🤗 🇨🇦 6mo
LeahBergen Thank you!! 😘 6mo
Eggs Good to hear from you @Gissy ❣️ 6mo
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Book of the Month | Jennifer Probst
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No self control🥹 books 📚 make me happy😃

kspenmoll 🙌🏻🙌🏻 6mo
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#StaycationInTime swap box arrived last Tuesday, I picked it up yesterday and posting today😃Excited already! Resisting the temptation….until July 4th 😳Don‘t panic…. box is in a safe place, away from me🤣Thank you so much in advanced @BarkingMadRead I know I will love everything 🥰

@DinoMom @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛🎉🎉🎉💛💛💛💛 6mo
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Beautiful Day: A Novel | Elin Hilderbrand
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A beautiful, sunny, hot 🥵 but with breeze day in Old San Juan Puerto Rico

BarbaraBB Gorgeous photo 🥰 6mo
Cathythoughts Beautiful ❤️ 6mo
mabell 😍😍 6mo
Gissy @mabell @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I love Old San Juan but no a place to live. So expensive and too noisy for me like any capital in the world😊Some houses have an interior patio😍You can have an idea how they look like because some houses are now restaurants or stores. Yesterday was crowded with locals and tourists. That place in the photo is popular to fly kites (we call them chiringas). You will see many families with their kids. (edited) 6mo
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Yesterday I received #CBBC box. I already tasted the coffee ☕️ 😋👌Thank you for the extras😍My daughter looking to have the candle vase after I use it😂 The book looks so interesting. It is the third in a series so I already ordered the first two🤗Thank you @Mommamanzi 🥰❤️❤️❤️We are almost done with this #CBBC round ☹️but I have read amazing cozy mystery books 📚 👍