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The Girl in the Blue Coat
The Girl in the Blue Coat | Monica Hesse
Amsterdam, 1943 Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black-market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the front line when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion. But one day Hanneke gets a very unusual request. One of her regular customers asks her to find a girl. A girl who has disappeared from the secret room in her house. A Jewish girl . . .As she searches for clues Hanneke is drawn into a dangerous web of lies, secrets and mysteries. Can she find the runaway before the Nazis do?Meticulously researched, intricately plotted and beautifully written, The Girl in the Blue Coat is an extraordinarily gripping novel from a bright new voice in YA fiction.
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Eggs Amazing 🤩 6mo
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Deblovestoread
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Thank you Misty for the book and cards! I appreciate you!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re very welcome!! ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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This is a light pick. I haven‘t read a mystery set during the Holocaust before and I‘m just not 100% sure it worked. It wasn‘t a bad story but there wasn‘t anything that stands out as brilliant in this novel. I previously read & liked another by Hesse and plan to give her another chance in the future.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Eggs This was so good! 3y
Bookwormjillk Love that cover 3y
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JenReadsAlot
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Great historical fiction set in Amsterdam. I met the author at the National Book Festival in 2019.

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Went to the bookstore with mom @AmyK1 and picked up these two! I‘ve already read the one on the left, and loved it, so had to get the other too!

Jess861 I was looking at They Went Left today at the bookstore. Almost bought it. 3y
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This was such a good book. I was transported to 1943 Amsterdam. I‘ve been to Amsterdam & it was great to read a book that takes place there. It was well-paced. Perfect mixture of character development & action/story. It was so well researched & that‘s always appreciated in a book. I felt for Hanneke & those she meets along the way. You could feel the strain of the Nazi occupation. I will definitely be reading more by this author!

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staci.reads
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Loved this one! Historical fiction set in Amsterdam during WWII and the German occupation. This one got lost in the mail for about a month and a half 😮 I'm so glad it finally arrived! #LMPBC #GroupG @suvata
Denise, it's getting dropped in the mail today! @Jerdencon @shellleigh33

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Gissy
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Inspired in true facts that happened to Jewish infants during WWII in Amsterdam. Hanneke thought was surviving the war in the best way she could but she will learn that there are other terrible trues. Then, she will try to accomplish a promise, she will look for the girl in the blue coat. A fast pace read that goes from past to present. Hanneke sometimes is impulsive in her decisions putting in danger others. I like the writing style. 4⭐️

Gissy My heart is broken every time I read about WWII or about any other war. But how there are still persons that believe that the Holocaust was not true? How? How one person controlled others to commit all those atrocities? It was terrible and I like to read how was the situation in different countries. We can‘t allow anything similar to happen, just kill persons because they are from different race, culture, or because any other reason. 3y
Gissy This is May #BookSpin (late read) @TheAromaOfBooks
June #BookSpinBingo (Free space) @TheAromaOfBooks
Late read for #MarchMysteryMadness prompt-color in the title
}PrideMonth there is a male-male romance in the story
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TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 3y
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staci.reads
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@shellleigh33 @Jerdencon Look what arrived yesterday while I was out of town! Woot woot 🙌! Postage date April 28...arrival June 12 😂 I'm so glad it was found! I'll get it read and send it on soon! Have either of you heard from Lauren? She no longer has her Litsy account and didn't respond to my email. #LMPBC #groupG

Jerdencon Yay! Glad it made it there finally. 3y
Jerdencon I haven‘t heard from Lauren and am still waiting for this months book from her. 3y
shellleigh33 Lol So glad it arrived. I just bought a new copy from Amazon and was sending it out tomorrow with other book. I guess I will save it now 😊 3y
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staci.reads @Jerdencon @shellleigh33 I am finishing Girl in the Blue Coat today. I'm wondering if I should send it directly to you, Denise, since Lauren is no longer on Litsy and isn't answering emails. Should I bypass her? What are both your thoughts? 3y
shellleigh33 Did she write anything in either of the other books she sent you @Jerdencon bc I noticed she sent mine with hers to you? Did she say anything when she mailed those to you about her not being on Litsy or changing her name? 3y
Jerdencon @shellleigh33 @staci.reads I haven‘t heard anything from Lauren at all - and haven‘t gotten this months book either. Two months ago she had sent me the two books at once with no writing in it and no note or anything - just the books. So does everyone else have their books back now? Im so confused with the order! 3y
staci.reads @shellleigh33 @Jerdencon OK, if she didn't wven write in the first 2 I sent her, then I will just bypass her for Girl in the Blue Coat, and return it directly to you, Denise. It should be your original and the final book you get. Lauren should have sent Leave the World as your April book, Girl, Woman, Other for May, and Tell the Wolves I'm Home for your June book. Looks like she just passed them on when I sent them to her. 3y
staci.reads @Jerdencon @shellleigh33 I don't have mine back yet. Michelle is reading it this month. Lauren would have been reading yours this month, Denise, if it hadn't disappeared in the postal system for 6 weeks 😄. I'll get it to you soon! I should be getting Leave the World Behind any day now, so I will go ahead and mail that back to Lauren. I hope all that makes sense. 3y
shellleigh33 I agree with you @staci.reads. I hate that she hasn‘t responded and disappeared? Has anyone tried to email her? 3y
staci.reads @shellleigh33 I've emailed her twice and gotten no response. 3y
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shellleigh33
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Meant to post this yesterday. #LMPBC book headed your way @staci.reads I really enjoyed this one!

staci.reads Yay! 4y
staci.reads @shellleigh33 Girl in the Blue Coat never arrived 😔 I wonder if by chance you have tracking for it. I hope it's not lost. 😟 3y
shellleigh33 I just sent you an email @staci.reads 3y
shellleigh33 @staci.reads did you get my email? I have contacted the Post office and they are working to try to locate the packing and see where it is at in transit. Hopefully it will be to you soon. I am so sorry for the delay 3y
staci.reads @shellleigh33 I did see it- sorry I didn't reply! No worries- I was just hoping it wasn't lost. Glad they're on the hunt! 3y
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BookishGirl06
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Book haul from today. The HP one was purchased second hand. And was 12 when they sell for 40 normally according to the tag

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shellleigh33
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Excited to start this for #LMPBC @Jerdencon @laurenashley @staci.reads

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This is a gripping, well-written historical mystery that I must say—I kind of loved!! I totally recommend this! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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A book about teenagers living in 1943 in an Amsterdam, that is occupied by Nazis. Main character Hanneke is good at finding and delivering black market things - but everything changes, when she is is requested to find a jewish girl- before the Nazis do. I was very much invested in the story, even though I didn‘t always like the main charakter‘s headiness- but she was just a teenage girl after all and is allowed to act like one😅 5/5🌟

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AmyK1
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Hanneke supports her family during WWII by working with the black market in Amsterdam. When one of her customers asks her to find a girl she‘d been hiding who had disappeared, Hanneke finds herself involved with the resistance & with a mystery to solve.

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks You're making great progress!!! 4y
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#ispy with my little eye a book with a light blue(ish) cover @julesG

Can you #ispy a book with a dark blue cover @ephemeralwaltz @Tanisha_A @Louise @MayJasper @BookishMe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @marleed ?

julesG Oh, those look interesting 5y
squirrelbrain I loved Tin Man! 5y
ephemeralwaltz loved Tin Man yes!!! 5y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks These are on my list!! Thank you 😊 when I get more awake I will go in search!!! 5y
BookishMe Done spying 😉😉 5y
ju.ca.no @julesG so far I‘ve only read tinman but I‘m very much looking foward to the others😊 5y
Tanisha_A Whhhhat! I never got the notification 😭! Let me go see some dark blue covers here 5y
ju.ca.no @Tanisha_A oh no; that‘s annoying 😞 5y
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Butterfinger
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My club's next read - Didn't want to read it. Dreaded it. Procrastinated.

New generations of readers and learners are coming. They won't choose Anne or Corrie first to learn.

Hesse wrote a brilliant young adult novel along the lines of Ruta Sepetys. A jealous teen, not thinking, ruins lives. And while trying to fix her mistake, loses hers. Teens will understand and learn about the resistance movements. Then will research on their own.

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ThePinkMoose
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My current read for my library book club, but wanted to say sorry for the flood. I've been behind on my posts and trying to catch up.

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“There has to be a rational explanation. I tell myself again people don‘t just disappear into thin air. But that‘s a lie, actually people disappear into thin air every day during this occupation. Hundreds of people taken from their homes.” #botm

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SassenachTheBookWizard
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I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this! I honestly haven't read many books set during World War II outside of Germany, Russia, France and the United States so this was a nice fresh perspective. I loved the mystery of this with the missing girl and I have to commend the author for not taking the easy way out in this ending. I loved the main character and her interactions with the resistance.

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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Next up!

Cailey_Mac Oooo I loved this book! 5y
Velvetfur Reader In The Blue Nails! 😂 Seriously though, love that blue nail colour 💙 5y
SassenachTheBookWizard @Cailey_Mac just finished! Me too 5y
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Mirazzles I love it!! 5y
LeahBergen What a great mug! 👏🏻 5y
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megnews
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Some #middlegrade fiction from my tbr.

#JazzyJune #TrueBlue

kspenmoll Great book! 5y
Eggs Loved this book and this author! 5y
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Book:. The girl in the blue coat
Movie: atomic blonde
Song; let me blow your mind by eve
#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho 🧡🤯🧡 5y
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SassyBookworm
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Wow! Just Wow! It‘s been a while since a read a book that was from the perspective of just one character, and it did not disappoint! Following Hanneke‘s story was just amazing! Everything made for a beautiful historical fiction, the love, the loss, the terrible war and the strength of those having to live through it. Absolutely loved this book!

#SassyBookworm😏 #HistoricalFiction #GirlintheBlueCoat #LateNightReading #LateNightPost

BekaReid Gorgeous cover! 6y
Eggs I loved this too💗 6y
mvegabec Thanks! Just added to my TBR 😁👍 6y
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Nebklvr
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Black markets, the Resistance, Nazis, and a missing girl make for a roller coaster ride of a story. Sad and atmospheric.

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Belated but amazing birthday presents from my dear friend @taza_de_te 🥰❤️

Tanisha_A How lovely! I have a little package packed for you since a month I think now. Haven't been able to post it, 'cause of work travel. Hoping to get to it next week! ♥️🤞 6y
ju.ca.no @Tanisha_A oh how sweet🤗🤗🤗 6y
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christinehk
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100% would recommend. The story takes place during WW2 and takes you through the journey of young adults. It encompasses mystery, love, friendship, heartache and life. It isn‘t AS predictable of an ending as one would think while reading. Easy to read book, will finish quickly.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I need to read The Girl in the Blue Coat!! 6y
Eggs I really like Monica Hesse (American Fire). She has a new one 6y
vkois88 How was The Summer I Turned Pretty? I'm so hit or miss with Han's books. I have the #UnpopularOpinion of not really caring for the To All The Boys series. Though I did enjoy the movie. Lara Jean was just... insufferable, at times. That's the only way I can think of to describe her. 6y
Eggs I liked the Pretty trilogy. The 3rd one made the other two more meaningful. Same with the Boys I've Loved trilogy. But I can see that insufferable thing in the movie 😂 6y
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Not your ordinary WW2 story. Setting is Holland, with Jewish and nonJewish teens risking their lives as part of the Resistance

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MrsGagnonreads2024
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It's told through the eyes of Hanneke Bakker, an eighteen year old whose boyfriend was killed fighting during the German invasion. She is involved in finding and selling black market goods to the wealthier people in town but then becomes involved in searching for a missing girl. This causes her to cross paths with a group of young people involved in the resistance and she sees for herself what is happening in her own town.I cried several times it.

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This book is about a brace girl named Hanneke who lives in Amsterdam during WW2. She works on the black market taking different items to people. But when one of her customers asks her to find a Jewish girl that she was hiding in her house and that has now disappeared. All Hanneke knows about the girl is she was wearing a blue coat. As she unravels the mystery she covers more than the truth. I can't imagine living in this time.

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This one has been on my shelf since last Christmas !!

#Sellmeacoat
#WinterWonderland

Eggs Looks like a good book 😊 6y
Eggs I just realized this author also wrote 6y
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LazyDays Love the colors. 6y
Hollie You‘re going to love it! 6y
Cinfhen Ha; story of my life!!!! 6y
TrishB We all have many of those 😁 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Hollie I‘ve heard it‘s great!! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen I‘m glad I‘m among friends!!! @TrishB 6y
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Lindsbooklover93
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I loved listening to this book on audio. It's during world war2. This time it was the Dutch Jews. The main character is looking for a Jewish girl in a blue coat before the germans find her. I loved this book! #litsy #kindle #kindlefire #paperwhite #library

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Amanda61
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Finished this one for #BackPackEurope and the #GenreSwapPBC and absolutely loved it. It was such a beautiful story touching on the entire spectrum of emotions, showing the human side of the Holocaust in ways I hadn't previously considered.

The above pictured Hollandsche Schouwburg theatre (now a museum) was a heavily featured location in the book, one I'd be honored to visit one day in person.

AAdamson I‘ll have to check this one out. We‘re actually going to Amsterdam next July. 6y
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Amanda61
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Joining in on the #BackPackEurope literary travel adventure with the tagged book set in Amsterdam.

Off to explore 1940's Amsterdam!

@JenP @BookwormM

BookwormM Enjoy I was physically there for work 2 weeks ago got to spend a whole hour in the city rest of the time was at office or airport 🤣🤣 6y
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introvertedbooks
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Here is my ambitious #tbr for the #thirteeninthree #readathon hosted by the lovely @Samplergal. The tagged book is an ebook hence why it was not included in the picture lol. Good luck to everyone participating.

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Ellen_C
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Another novel set in WWII featuring brave teens. This one is set in Amsterdam and features a teen girl named Hanneke who works on the black market and is asked to help find a Jewish girl who has run from her hiding place. Hanneke will get involved with the resistance and will have to come to terms with her own past if she wants to succeed. Won a 2017 Edgar Award https://cannonballread.com/2018/04/another-tale-of-brave-teenagers-in-time-of-wa...

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Wow! This Iowa Reads selection is excellent! Amsterdam in 1944-Nazi occupation-what would be your act of resistance?

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IheartYA
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Thank you @cathysaid Wonderful goodies! Both books are on my goodreads TBR. Would you have any book recommendations to ease me out of my YA obsession?

My package will be sent by next weekend. I've enjoyed round 1 of #LMPBC #groupf and I hope all of you have too! ☺
@Mdargusch @ItsAngel

cathysaid You're quite welcome! I see nothing wrong with your obsession! I say embrace what you enjoy. And I wouldn't have read YA if you hadn't introduced me. Rabbit Cake isn't a YA; maybe you'll like that? Do you like non-fiction or do you prefer fiction? 7y
JessReads No shame on a YA addiction! I‘ve been there, for sure. The other genres will be there when you‘re ready for them ☺️ 7y
IheartYA @cathysaid Definitely fiction. I'm not fond of romance so maybe that's why I like YA dystopian and fantasy. 7y
cathysaid @IheartYA I'm with you there. Not a romance fan either, unless it's a minor part of a larger non-romantic storyline. Have you tried any of Kent Haruf's work? I really enjoy his fiction; my favorite is 7y
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cathysaid
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Your book is on its way home, @IheartYA ! Should be there Saturday. #LMPBC #bookmail

IheartYA Cool. It should be interesting! 7y
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@ItsAngel Got it, thanks! Diving in soon. #LMPBC @IheartYA @Mdargusch

ItsAngel Yay! Hope you enjoy it. 😬 7y
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@ItsAngel @Mdargusch @cathysaid
It's almost over! Should we do a small swap with our mailing this month?
#LPMBC #groupf

cathysaid Sure! You mean at the end of this month? (Also, I just finished January's book and will put in the mail to you tomorrow. I'm sorry for the delay.) 7y
Mdargusch It works for me. What are we thinking? 7y
IheartYA Yup-at the end of the month when our books are sent home. How about an extra book (maybe one of the sender's favorites?) and several bookish gifts? I don't know if it's tacky to put a monetary value. *shrugs* 7y
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IheartYA Its OK @cathysaid I have been in a weird nonreading mood anyway. I think because my coworkers and I started Weight Watchers at Work this week so my attention has been elsewhere. 😕 7y
IheartYA Ack, I forgot to tag so you would come back to the thread lol @Mdargusch @ItsAngel 7y
Mdargusch Sounds like a plan. One book and some bookish things @cathysaid @ItsAngel @IheartYA 7y
ItsAngel Sure!! I‘m good with this! 😊 @cathysaid you should be getting your next book today or tomorrow. I‘m going to stalk your page to see what kind of book I should send you! 7y
Mdargusch Are we sending gift books to everyone in our group F? Just checking on if it‘s a gift swap for the person we send our last book to or if I‘m supposed to get gifts for all 3of you? 7y
IheartYA I thought it was just to the person we send to but I'm ok sending books to all if that's what you gals wanna do. @cathysaid @Mdargusch @ItsAngel 7y
cathysaid @Mdargusch @IheartYA I just did it because I wanted to...that's what I like to do instead of participating in so many swaps. Please don't send anything in return! Technically we agreed to "extras" when we returned the book to the original owner. (edited) 7y
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Mdargusch
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This book is headed your way @ItsAngel 😃
#LMPBC #groupF

ItsAngel @Mdargusch yay! I‘ll be on the lookout! #LMPBC 7y
emilyhaldi Looks cold out there ❄️☃️🌬 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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#Bookishgifts
#Seasonsreadings2017
Book and gift card from my son in law (to be) and pillows from my daughter!! Aren‘t they beautiful?! Anyone read this book? It sounds really good!!

peaKnit How thoughtful! 7y
RealLifeReading Great gifts! 7y
Christine11 Such lovely cushions! 💕 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @peaknit very thoughtful!! 💕📚😘 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Christine11 thank you!!!!! 💕😘❤️ 7y
Lmstraubie One smart son-in-law to be 😉 7y
Eggs Sweet gifts❤️ 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Lmstraubie yes!!! The only person in my family to get bookish gifts!!! 👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️ 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you!!! 😍 7y
kspenmoll I read the book with a student a year ago. We both enjoyed it. Worth the read. 7y
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