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I‘d been meaning to check this out and finally cracked it open. I‘m definitely going to have to hunt down a copy for my shelf of loaner kidlit books.

📚📚📚 July reading wrap-up • Carrie Soto is Back • First Comes Summer • The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner • Lessons in Chemistry • The Wolves of Willoughby Chase • Garlic and the Witch

If you've ever received a swap box from me, it's probably had a candle in it from fromthepagecandles.com - I absolutely LOVE her book-themed candles!! She's currently having her annual mystery sale, where you tell her a book, and she sends you a custom candle based on it! It's SO much fun and every year my mom, sister, and I have trouble deciding which books to choose!! I think the tagged will be one this year. Check it out if you're interested!!

I first heard a bit of this story on a PBS show where an artist would draw scenes of a story while excerpts were read aloud as a voice over. I could never remember the book‘s title or author - until now.

Thanks for the tag @jenniferw88 😘

Not an actual chase but I loved this book as a child!

1. I had a hamster called Andy. (Named after Andrew Ridgeley from Wham! 😳) Showing my age here....
2. I‘m thankful for my cosy fire!

Consider yourself tagged if you want to play along - particularly if you had an embarrassingly named pet! 🤣

So this is weird:

I checked out The Wolves of Willoughby Chase from the library and read it in 2018.

Sometime this spring, I got a notice from Libby that my digital hold on The Wolves of Willoughby Chase had come in. I hadn't placed a hold, so I cancelled it and moved on.

Today I logged in to my library account - and a physical copy is in transit to me via ILL. What is going on?? Why does the library want me to have this book again?

A book a day from my shelves with a few random thoughts - Day 3:

This is one of the first chapter books I remember reading on my own, and it was deliciously frightening. I still try to read this one every winter and still relate more to quiet Sylvia than bold Bonnie! Set in an alternate England where wolves abound and not everything is as it seems. Highly recommended!

1. I literally don't remember a time in my life that I wasn't reading just for fun! Tagged book was one of many childhood favorites.
2. The Gulf War always comes to mind, because I had a cousin who fought in it.
3. I have a mom who loves to fuss over you when you're sick, so we were always bundled up & given lots of orange juice & rest time. Honestly, getting sick was kind of fun because Mom would fix up a special bed on the couch & completely ⬇

I wish this book and I would have crossed paths when I was a child. Nonetheless, it was an enjoyable read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Saturday morning. Reading a childhood favourite on the balcony.

Back to one of my favourites again! Sylvia and Bonnie skate on thin ice indeed as they're out and about when the wolves are likely to be around.

Yes, today's prompt has defeated me ... I've just gone ahead and replaced the tigers with wolves 😂

#RunningAcrossThinIceWithTigers #OrWolves #WinterWonderland @TrishB @Cinfhen

Joan Aiken's fantasy world of #wildcreatures is imbued with sublime magic & slowly mounting danger. Love this book 💙

#NoFemmeber @Billypar @Cinfhen

If you like Lemony Snicket, you might like this tale of adult deception and mistreatment of children.

Can't believe I never read this as a kid. Has all the elements I love and would have adored as a child - orphans, strong female lead characters, running away, and other assorted adventure...plus a mansion with secret passages. Will be continuing with this series and can't wait to read with my kids. Thanks to Gretchen Rubin for the recommendation. #strongfemalecharacter #childrensclassic

perfect read for tonight, the snow is piled high, the wolves are howling in the distance, and the evil miss slighcarp has just been given reign over willoughby chase. how shall we form a resistance? #seasonsreadings2016 #notmypresident

This beloved book was read aloud to my sixth-grade class many, many moons ago. I just finished reading it aloud to my ten-year-old. It's quite the adventure with resourceful children, a happy ending and a rich vocabulary. As well received today as when it was written.

"It was dusk - winter dusk. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees."