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mrsmarch

mrsmarch

Joined September 2016

goodreads.com/mrsmarch ---- South of Boston. #dogsoflitsy #hufflepuff4lyfe https://www.leafandvinehistory.com
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My European Family: A Genetic Adventure Across 54,000 Years by Karin Bojs, Sigma, PPHU, Banecki, J., Jasniewski, I. i wspolnicy, spolka jawna
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Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin
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A Day in June | Marisa Labozzetta
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Guys I‘m falling apart 😭 I don‘t know where May went, but this is my June #bookspin board!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! May went SO FAST!!! 1w
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5 - Common People
12 - Valiant Ambition (audiobook)

A book and an audiobook! I love when that works out! Spot 12 was the one I had to fill at the last minute yesterday so I threw the audiobook I just bought in the empty space. Serendipity! #bookspin

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1mo
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May Day | Jess Lourey
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Out walking the dog when it occurs to me — rats! It‘s May 1st and I forgot to post my #bookspin board! Hurriedly filled the remaining empty spots and tossing it up here before numbers are called!

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#bookspin #doublespin An interesting April!

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Across Five Aprils | Irene Hunt
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Where did March go? No comment. #bookspin

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Eye of the Raven | Eliot Pattison
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Oooohhhh….. interesting. My European Family has been on my TBR for a long time, but Eye of the Raven is the second in a series of which I just read the first this winter. #Bookspin #March

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Book Lovers | Emily Henry
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My best read of February was the second in a series, which makes it hard to recommend (although I‘d also recommend the first book, The Wolf Den). But Amara makes my anxiety act up, so I don‘t love her any less, but she‘s frustrating. Which makes the winner, Book Lovers by Emily Henry — a devastating, emotional romance (they do get their HEA, don‘t worry).

mrsmarch I just realized that this bracket is not going to work. Does the Mar/Apr winner take on Jan/Feb or May/Jun? Does it compete against both and possibly get a reprieve if it loses to one but beats the other? 3mo
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Arundel | Kenneth Roberts
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March #bookspin board…I‘m not feeling the best about it, but I think it will work out.

Bklover Inheritance and Beheld are both really good! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
mrsmarch @Bklover Just realized 6 of these titles are one word -- Inheritance and Beheld, Local, Hester, Chains, and Arundel. 🤔 3mo
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Amara makes me so anxious. I don‘t know whether she‘s a good person making bad decisions in a bad environment or a bad person trying to make good decisions and failing miserably. I don‘t know whether she‘s selfish or brave or foolish. I‘m terrified that she‘ll end up badly and equally worried what harm her “success” might inflict (on herself and others). But it‘s atmospheric and real and you can bet I‘m coming back for the third installment.

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Raising the Horseman | Serena Valentino
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Finished the tagged book for #lmpbc … Started Love in the Time of Bertie while waiting for school to get out. Dang it‘s cold out there! And windy! 💨 🥶

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#bookspin #February Extremely excited to read these choices! Perfect for February — cozy and full of atmosphere. Thank you @TheAromaofBooks for doing BookSpin for us every month!!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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Of the books on my #auldlangspine list, I chose these ones to prioritize. I read 3 of these 6 this month, and have the other 3 in my #bookspin board for the rest of the year! I love discovering new books & new authors in recommendations from friends. Super glad that @monalyisha puts in the effort to make matches so thoughtfully every year and thank-you to @Amandajoy for the book list!

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Raising the Horseman | Serena Valentino
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It‘s here! #lmpbc

@persephone1408 I have the next one ready to mail today or tomorrow.

I‘ve had a lot of fun trying books that might be a little outside what I‘d normally choose. I love these YA Disney reimaginings, though. 🥰

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I got Girls Made of Snow and Glass in the mail just now!! @persephone1408 @ozma.of.oz 4mo
persephone1408 @TheAromaofBooks wow that was quick 4mo
mrsmarch @persephone1408 Just put this in the mail to you today! 3mo
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February | June Makle
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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The awkward moment when you‘re halfway through an audiobook and find yourself face to face with the author! Marilynne K Roach of the Watertown Historical Society at the 125th anniversary of the Joseph Coolidge Chapter NSDAR.

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Book Lovers | Emily Henry
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Me, on my way to tell my best friend not to read this book under any circumstance right now. I am not kidding that I‘m utterly broken. I spent the last 1/3 trying to not sob out loud. Maybe it would be better in summer with a glass of wine, but I‘m chilled, curled in bed, fighting off depression lately (it struck during retrograde and won‘t let me go), then there‘s this enemies to lovers storyline that undid me. I‘m 💔& I may never fully recover.

Amandajoy Did you finish it? 4mo
mrsmarch @Amandajoy Yes! Devoured it in under 10 hours and that included sleeping and getting the kids to school in the morning! 4mo
mrsmarch I don‘t want to give the impression it‘s a bad book. It‘s a very _good_ book. But around the 60% Nora starts to hammer herself in to her own bespoke box of unhappiness because she thinks that‘s all she deserves and my heart couldn‘t take it (edited) 4mo
mrsmarch And I was upset because Charlie was going to _let_ her because he thought she‘d be happier without him and I wanted to smack him but I was so so sad for both of them 4mo
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Another #auldlangspine #bookspin completion. I love when memoirs are read by the memoirist in the audio edition. Tucci is a velvety and funny reader. He tells delicious and emotional stories. And he apologizes for dropping all those names — he‘ll pick them up later. 🤣🤣🍝🍷🥗🥖

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Amandajoy I love him as an actor & the book made me love him more! I‘m glad you enjoyed it! 5mo
mrsmarch @Amandajoy It was on my radar earlier and @Pinkmeghan recommended it to me as a read, so I‘m glad I had this sign to prioritize it — and an Audible credit! 5mo
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Finished one #auldlangspine and going on the next…also one #bookspin and on to the other! Stayed up way too late, but I think it was worth it. I‘m curious about the details of the next books in this series…

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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A Treason of Thorns | Laura E. Weymouth
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It‘s here! #LMPBC

persephone1408 I got mine today also 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 5mo
ozma.of.oz Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉 5mo
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The face of a creature with two children to keep track of, one sent home sick from school (in the black and white pants) and one chilled to the bone from jumping in puddles in the rain on the walk home (in the blue fleece sleeper). The solution: Sit on both of them at the same time. #dogsoflitsy

JenReadsAlot Beautiful dog! 5mo
Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 5mo
Texreader Love it! Hope the sick one feels better soon! 5mo
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mrsmarch @JenReadsAlot Thank you! Today (Jan 6) is her 5th gotcha day anniversary! 5mo
mrsmarch @Leftcoastzen My brain automatically interpreted these emojis as “good job, Dog“. 😁 5mo
AlaMich She looks like such a sweet dog! 4mo
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#Bookspin 17 … #Doublespin 7 … two of my #auldlangspine books! I just requested the tagged book from my local library and should be available in a few days. I already have Taste from Audible! This worked out great because I can have both going at the same time.

Amandajoy Taste is excellent on audio! 5mo
monalyisha Love this! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5mo
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I knew in Aug this would be my best read of 2022 😂 Dec was hard fought btwn The Real Valkyrie & Bone Rattler, but Bone Rattler was deadly slow moving & I can see it would turn some readers off. The Real Valkyrie was informative! That vs For the Wolf was another hard decision, but I really enjoyed the world building of For the Wolf.

I am OK with my top 4 books being Evelyn Hardcastle, For the Wolf, Once Upon a River, and The Real Valkyrie.

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January #bookspin! Stocked with #auldlangspine picks, #LMPBC, and others!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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Getting ready to start probably my last book of the year! #bookspin #outlander

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@Amiable @monalyisha @ImperfectCJ Here‘s a map from 1775 with my neighborhood on it. The main road in and off of the peninsula, the dark line down the middle of the “island,” has not moved in over 250 years 😂 #massachusetts

ImperfectCJ If it ain't broke, don't fix it? Gotta love Massachusetts! :-) 6mo
mrsmarch @ImperfectCJ I mean…..the potholes on that road have probably been lingering since 1783, soooo 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😂 6mo
Amiable Hey, the founders were like, “We got it right the first time… why would anyone need to change it ?” 😀 6mo
ImperfectCJ @mrsmarch Historic potholes! (Man, do I remember the Massachusetts potholes. They were epic!) 6mo
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass | Melissa Bashardoust
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#AllAboutMe #AuldLangSpine
❄️ I‘ve lived in MA since 2002 & we‘re getting ready for a big storm tomorrow!
❄️ Here are my 3 favorite mammals. I call them “Blondie, Brunette, & Redhead”!
❄️ I designed the quilt block & my mom hand appliquéd it, but I stitched the red for Paul Revere‘s ride.
❄️ I‘ve read 75 books this year & plan to finish 77.
❄️ The pic of me & Riv was taken this summer at Pres J.Adams‘ carriage house at a book signing.

Amiable I love your quilt block! Where in MA do you live? My husband and I went to college in Boston and lived in Northborough for about 12 years before moving to CT for his job. I still miss MA! 6mo
ImperfectCJ @Amiable Not to butt in on another conversation, but I don't hear many people mention Northborough! My family lived in Marlborough for almost 7 years. Our church was in Northborough, and our house was only about a mile from the town line, so we were in Northborough a lot. Loved the little candlepin bowling place there! 6mo
monalyisha @MrsMarch @ImperfectCJ @Amiable Not to butt in on the butt-in but(t) I grew up in Worcester! My parents are still in the area (though they moved a few years ago to Shrewsbury). (edited) 6mo
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mrsmarch @Amiable @ImperfectCJ @monalyisha I‘m out in the coast in Quincy! 6mo
Amiable @monalyisha I used to work at the Telegram & Gazette in downtown Worcester! 😀 @ImperfectCJ So funny —our church was in Marlborough! 😄When did you live there? We moved in 2003. And the candle pin bowling place is still there, I think! 6mo
Amiable @mrsmarch I love visiting the Adams family homes in Quincy! 6mo
ImperfectCJ @Amiable We were there mid-2011 to New Year's Eve 2017. The candlepin bowling place is such an institution! We tried to take visitors there whenever possible because it was such a quintessential Central Massachusetts place. 6mo
Amiable @ImperfectCJ We have good friends who still live in Northboro so we are up there several times a year. Love that town. 🥰 6mo
Amandajoy Massachusetts is one of the few states I‘ve never been too. One day I‘ll make it! 5mo
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Shady Hollow | Juneau Black
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I read nine books in November and there were quite a few good books: City of Brass, House of Salt and Sorrows, Right Sort of Man, and the tagged book among them. Even the romance I read was a great one (A Night Like This)! But Shady Hollow was good enough that I went right out and bought the next book in the series, and I‘d recommend it to almost everyone I know — the other great reads of the months were more niche-y.

mrsmarch I can see where December is going already and I feel like I‘m going to be hard pressed to choose from among 3 great reads for my Book of the Year! 😅 6mo
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#TiredMom with a #NewSweater. I‘m having a fun time finishing the tagged audiobook. I love genetic genealogy and know that my maternal (umbilical) line goes back to the people of Starya Ladoga and Birka of the 10th century. How we got from there to here, there‘s no way of knowing, but someone‘s son or brother went east to Ladoga and died there, and his sister, mother, maternal aunt, or sister‘s daughter went west to Scotland.

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The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman
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I have to be realistic about how many books I can read in a month, so I chose my top 6….I already have the tagged book so I guess I should start there! Thank you @monalyisha for the hard work and passion you put in to curating #auldlangspine matches! Whiskey, laundry, food, books, murder mystery, and country music — it‘s like someone looked in to my soul 🤩

Crazeedi I'm reading book three of the Thursday Murder Club, I 💗💗💗 6mo
mrsmarch @Crazeedi it was a hand recommend from the bookseller who curated the murder tables because she saw me dithering over Shady Hollow too, and it turns out I loved that one so I have high hopes for Thursday Murder too! 6mo
Cinfhen Fabulous lineup!! Enjoy 6mo
Crazeedi @mrsmarch you won't be disappointed 6mo
Amandajoy Hope you enjoy! 6mo
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@LibrarianRyan “I doon care if she‘s in remote class, I wan belly rooberdoobers,” says Bunny in this throwback pic. #dogsoflitsy

Tamra 😆 so cute! 6mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗💗💗 6mo
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#Bookspin and #doublespin….14 & 2….Ancestor Trouble and Outlander. Have to read #LMPBC in to the bargain. Looking forward to this December!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass | Melissa Bashardoust
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@ozma.of.oz It arrived this morning! #lmpbc

ozma.of.oz Yay! I‘m excited to see what you think! 6mo
persephone1408 @mrsmarch I have not received the book yet. Did you send it to the PO box or physical address??? 6mo
mrsmarch @persephone1408 the sign up has the PO Box 😬 I think I still have the receipt with the tracking number maybe….let me look for it. 6mo
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persephone1408 @mrsmarch yes. PO box is where I need it sent. Ok thanks! 6mo
persephone1408 @mrsmarch update: I got it! 😄 6mo
mrsmarch @persephone1408 oh phew!!! 6mo
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Shady Hollow | Juneau Black
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I think I made it into #AuldLangSpine! Pic of Bunny yawning for attention. “Mom, you‘re too excited! Time for bed!”

Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 6mo
monalyisha You sure did! Love this pic. 😍🤩🥳 6mo
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December #bookspin board…. The blue theme continues with the addition of the tagged book in slot 11. The Cabinet in slot 6 is a January book club book so I have to tackle it regardless — and the #LMPBC book in slot 9! It‘ll just be luck if those two get picked!

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Shady Hollow | Juneau Black
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November #bookspin #recap — so far. I read The Right Sort of Man (👍🏻), City of Brass, Plaid & Plagiarism, and my #LMPBC book, House of Salt and Sorrows, & DNF‘d The Once and Future Witches. Currently reading Shady Hollow.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looking great!!! 6mo
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I have to write my little closing notes but then this is ready to mail to @persephone1408 ! It was a good retelling, Gothic, mysterious, and exciting! #lmpbc

persephone1408 I cant wait! 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! This one has been on my TBR forever so I'm super excited to read it. I'm almost done with Treason of Thorns so it should be in the mail either Friday or Monday!! @ozma.of.oz @persephone1408 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh and @persephone1408 I received Raising the Horseman yesterday!! 6mo
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mrsmarch @persephone1408 Just mailed the book, it should arrive Monday! 6mo
persephone1408 @mrsmarch excited to start it! Its been on my tbr for a while also. 6mo
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I went to Savers today to donate books among other things and it‘s always amazing to see when someone with my exact taste in books has already been and donated. Except I‘d never part with my Dictionary of Signs and Symbols and in fact, I was sorting books and calmly went right past it in the keep pile.

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Autumn is my favorite 🍂 season so…
Both hot chocolate and lattes
Definitely inside, looking out
Paperback
Both fairy lights and candles
Dress for comfort
Chocolate chip cookies, but 🎃 or 🍎 pie
INTROVERT
Cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom — the pie spices
Mountains 🏔

Thank you @persephone1408 for the tag!

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The Queen Mother | William Shawcross
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It‘s a hard week. A ridiculous week. I‘m continuing to downsize my “book footprint” in the house because my house is only so big and my husband and children take up more and more room every year. Books I‘ve read, ones I‘ve had on my TBR for ages, ones I just can‘t justify keeping when I haven‘t read them since college. I have to focus more on library checkouts, both physical and electronic, instead of sitting on physical TBRs for years! #anewleaf

Tamra It‘s difficult, but I do find a good cull refreshing once I‘ve decided to undertake the task. 7mo
mrsmarch @Tamra this photo doesn‘t even show the two piles of history books and mystery books that I decided to turn in to fundraiser baskets for an event in the spring! Just the ones I couldn‘t figure out how to “theme” for that occasion. 7mo
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Bookspin and double spin done, time for #LMPBC!

Erinreadsthebooks I‘m currently carrying Shady Hollow around in my bag. Pretty excited about it! 🤩 7mo
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Yeah, no. Language is way too flowery, and the book‘s pace suffers as a result #bookspin #bail #dnf

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The Right Sort of Man | Allison Montclair
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Three books I know I need to read this month…. The Right Sort of Man, The Once and Future Witches, and my #LMPBC pick which is The House of Salt and Sorrows. #busy #lotsofreading #bookspin #november

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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For the Wolf | Hannah Whitten
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If it comes down to Evelyn Hardcastle vs For the Wolf….I‘m going to declare a tie by default and refuse to pick a bracket winner! Lots of pressure on November and December to have good books!

persephone1408 @mrsmarch oooo I loved for the wolf! 7mo
mrsmarch @persephone1408 I did too! There‘s a sequel! Holy crow! 7mo
persephone1408 @mrsmarch it is also very good 7mo
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Some Robin Hood, some twelve dancing princesses, and some Little Mermaid. I‘ll tag titles in comments!

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TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, these all sound good!! I'm leaning towards House of Salt and Sorrows or The Sea Witch, but I'm fine with either of them!! Did you see my post of possibilities? I tagged you but sometimes Litsy doesn't like to tell people they were tagged lol 7mo
persephone1408 House of salt and sorrow is on my tbr but I happy with any of them really. 7mo
mrsmarch House of Salt looks like it got better reviews than The Sea Witch, so unless @ozma.of.oz has a passionate feeling, I think we‘ll go with 7mo
ozma.of.oz I haven‘t read any of these and they all look great! House of Salt and Sorrows is already on my TBR so I‘d be thrilled about that pick! 7mo
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Witchcraft | James Robinson
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#BWS opening…I didn‘t know where to start so I started with the card! Thank you Annie I‘m so excited!

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I guess this is my November #bookspin board?

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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This Is Halloween | James A. Moore
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sprainedbrain Hooray! 7mo
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Going Postal | Terry Pratchett
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My last #LMPBC experience was a dud….but I‘m hopeful this round will be better! @persephone1408 and I need at least one more in a group to read YA fantasy! I have a lot of books on my TBR that fit the bill and I need an excuse to read them!

persephone1408 @mrsmarch yay! I was starting to think no one else would sign up! 7mo
mrsmarch @persephone1408 There‘s one person in a fairy tale retelling group….we should find them and band together. A group needs three to function. (edited) 7mo
persephone1408 @mrsmarch do you have the names for our group yet??? 7mo
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persephone1408 @mrsmarch I don't have it. Can you email to gamblin.jenna1979@gmail.com 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Glad to be a part of this group!! I am getting ready to pull together some possible titles for my book!! 7mo
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Continuing my side-delving in to Maine history by mining the original town records of Thomaston, Maine for my ancestors. My great-great grandfather James Stackpole was one of the men who ran that northwesterly town line that crosses the Oyster River repeatedly.

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My September pick is a young person‘s book. But the characters and the story were really touching and close to my heart. What if a young woman with a sad past and a broken spirit was offered the opportunity to be a god? Can love save her life — and anyone else‘s?