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The Rules of Magic
The Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic, to date Alice Hoffmans biggest ever selling novel, became a major Hollywood film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman who played sisters Sally and Gillian Owens. In this sparkling prequel we meet sisters Frances and Jet and Vincent, their brother. From the beginning their mother Susanna knew they were unique: Franny with her skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, who could commune with birds; Jet as shy as she is beautiful, who knows what others are thinking, and Vincent so charismatic that he was built for trouble. Susanna needed to set some rules of magic: no walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles and certainly, absolutely, no books about magic But the Owens siblings are desperate to uncover who they really are. Each heads down a life-altering course, filled with secrets and truths, devastation and joy, and magic and love. Despite the warning handed down through the family for centuries Know that for our family, love is a curse they will all strive to break the rules and find true love.
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Marquis784
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“What is meant to be is bound to happen, whether or not you approve.”
This follow up book to Practical Magic focuses on another generation of the Owens Family of Boston. Susanna Owens escapes MA to pursue a career as a model in Paris, marries a psychiatrist and move to New York. She never speaks to her children about their ancestry or her family. It is 1950's and the Owens children are noted at the Starling School for their odd behavior.

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LadyCait84
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Excited to be participating in this year‘s #HauntedHollowSwap!

In case it could be helpful to my match, here‘s an overloaded collage of my seasonal and/or thematic loves — witches! gothic (haunted?) houses! campy vamps! anything written/directed by Mike Flanagan! crafted costumes of Disney villains! fall foliage! pumpkin patches! a homemade Halloween tree with spooky ornaments! candelabras!

#hhs #hhs23 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Love it! 🎃 7mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼👏🏻😊 10mo
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JenReadsAlot
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Bailedbailed

A little over 100 pages in and sadly I'm just not interested....

AudiobookingWithLeah I felt the same way...I felt bad because so many love it. 😳 11mo
JenReadsAlot @AudiobookingWithLeah Glad I'm not alone! 11mo
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katlyn447
Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Lucky days 🍀

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JenReadsAlot
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Mine too!! ⭐️💛📚 12mo
Eggs Such a great series 👏🏻💯🤩 12mo
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Kshakal
Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Eggs My choice as well🧡 12mo
carolcharityhome Hi are you there. 12mo
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mrp27
The Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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Eggs Great choice 💛✨🌼 12mo
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Eggs
Rules of Magic, Volume 1 | Alice Hoffman
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This is a wonderful magical treat - I think everyone should try an Alice Hoffman novel.

#WithMagic #TemptingTitles @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

dabbe Agreed! I have to read more of her! 🥰 12mo
dabbe @Eggs Just tagged it! 🤗 12mo
Eggs @dabbe 👍🏼👏🏻🤗 12mo
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iread2much
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This was a surprise for me, it was a very well written book with an interesting story.
Siblings must navigate growing up in the 1960s as cursed witches. As long as they don‘t have in love, they can live relatively normal lives, but as they try to avoid love, they complicate their lives.
3.5/5 beautifully written, but kind of sad.

dabbe Da sweetest puppy belly! ❣️🐾❣️ 12mo
iread2much @dabbe yes! Very fuzzy and soft. 😊 12mo
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LibrarianBecky
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Finally finished Book 2 in the Practical Magic series. Since I already read book 3 it‘s onto Book 4 and final in the series .. if you like witches .. you will love this series!!

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fredamans
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Megzmarie5
Rules of Magic, Volume 1 | Alice Hoffman
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I always enjoy books from Hoffman, but this one wasn‘t on the top of my list. Interesting narrative that weaves between character development, lessons of magic and the actual storyline. The book does a great job of giving the reader glimpses of history, love, family, and the inner wickedness we all must navigate. Using your powers to help or hurt in order to achieve what you want, very intriguing overall!

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fredamans
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Mehso-so
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Gissy
The Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash
#ScarathlonDailyPrompt #19 curse (“...Owens family, love is a curse...”)

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Total= 6 points

@Staycurious

Clutterbucks_Queen I love the snow globe!! 😍 where did you get it from? 1y
Gissy @Clutterbucks_Queen That wonderful store called Marshall‘s ☺️Every year I find amazing Halloween decorations. I‘m planning to check what is left after Halloween to take advantage of those discounts
🧙🏼‍♀️🍁🍂🖤🧡🖤
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JenReadsAlot
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This has been on my shelf a long time... #scarathlondailyprompts @Clwojick

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LittlebearReads
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This was such an interesting exploration of how Franny and Jet came to be the Aunts we know in “Practical Magic.” Heartbreaking at every turn, yet still sweet and life-affirming. The inclusion of Dickenson‘s quote “unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality” feels especially poignant.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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Love having any extra day off to sit in my library with some iced coffee and a book 😊 ☕️ 📖

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

BethM Omg where did you get that glass!?! 2y
marleed What a beautiful space! 2y
JuliaTheBookNerd @BethM I got it from The Bookish Shop a couple years ago 😊 2y
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Katie.happens
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I always love a Practical Magic novel. The stories always tug your heart strings and the characters are so painfully human, you can‘t help but want them to find happiness.

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mrp27
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#bookmoods #celebbookclubpick

A Reese book club pick.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love this cover 🌼 2y
Eggs Love this book! And Hoffman! 2y
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Conleyheather
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Yellow dandelions always let me know that warmer days are just around the corner. I‘m so ready to be reading outside. #reesesbookclub

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WriterAtHeart
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Finally picked this book up and so happy that I did. I had been putting off reading my first Hoffman book, but I finally read something by her! I was hooked from the beginning and loved the creation of the mysterious ethos surrounding the Owen's family. I know that this is technically the second book published in the series, but I didn't mind reading it first given that it is a prequel to book 1. I am looking forward to the next book.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this cover 🌞💛 2y
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I was really into this at first, but unfortunately the dreamlike writing style really started to drag. I felt like I was being told what to think and how to feel—which is a sure way to keep me detached from the narrative. I also thought the characters‘ reactions to the curse were nonsensical.

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Clare-Dragonfly
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Why has it taken me so long to read Alice Hoffman?! This is a delight so far. And I enjoyed encountering a kindred spirit in some past borrower who corrected a typo 😆

Amiable Love that edit! 🙌🏼 2y
monalyisha Love everything about this post! 2y
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katlyn447
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43 Books this year; my goal was 40. A busy and crazy year so I'm glad to have reached my goal even if it's less than past years.
Tagged my favorite of the year. I reread the whole series this year, and I just love it so much!

#PracticalMagic #Goodreads2021

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sprainedbrain
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I‘m continuing my first trip through the Practical Magic series, and so far have loved every book. The Rules of Magic is a gorgeous book! Vincent was such an unexpectedly great character, but Franny and Jet… oh my heart. ❤️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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MeganAnn
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I finished my chronological reread of this series last week with Practical Magic on Saturday. However the Rules of Magic remains my favorite of the series — I think because Franny and Jet‘s stories resonate the most with my own past experiences figuring out who I am and what I want.

We spent Halloween evening handing out candy and watching the movie Practical Magic 🖤✨🔮

Practical Magic was my October #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

MeganAnn Many additional thanks to @DebinHawaii for the witchy tattoo on my wrist in my #basicwitchswap box. I put this on yesterday afternoon along with my witchy tshirt, hat and earrings to answer the door for trick-or-treaters. 2y
DebinHawaii @MeganAnn That actually looks pretty cool! I wasn‘t sure how the silver would show up but I thought they‘d be fun/different. 🤗 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Chrissyreadit I love how the tattoo looks 😍 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
Rules of Magic | Alice Hoffman
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My latest sewing project is a witchy #booksleeve with ghosts haunting the inside.

BookwormAHN Cute 👻 2y
GondorGirl I love your fabric choices! 🥰 2y
Gissy Beautiful books sleeves!😱 ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon @GondorGirl Thanks. I bought some sharks fabric for myself to make next. (edited) 2y
TheSpineView 🖤🖤🖤 Especially that you used a different material for the lining 2y
tracey38 Nice one! 2y
Avanders Beautiful! 👏🏽👏🏽 2y
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Lizpixie
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Andrew65 100 hours up soon. 👏👏👏🙌 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Lizpixie @Andrew65 I know. It‘s the best time I‘ve had so far, I haven‘t been sleeping well I‘m reading pretty much constantly with just a few hours of sleep. 2y
TheSpineView Fabulous 2y
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Lizpixie
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Trying to decide between these three books for my next #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #OutstandingOctober read but I can‘t make up my mind! I‘ve just finished the last two Merry Gentry books(posts upcoming)and need something different but just as readable. Magic, Vampires or Murder?🤔 1pt #TeamSlaughter

TrishB I read the vampire one recently and really enjoyed 👍🏻 2y
Clwojick All such pretty colours! 2y
Andrew65 I‘d have gone for murder. 2y
Lizpixie @Andrew65 I did actually! Great minds huh🙌 2y
Andrew65 @Lizpixie 🤣🤣🤣😍 2y
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Linsy
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Eggs Brilliant 👍🏼👏🏻 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love this cover 💛💫 2y
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angelamarie1029
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Loved this book so much more than I ever expected!

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BarkingMadRead
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Omg I loved this and I‘m so glad I have the others to read as well! So much fun and theme related for #teamhendrix plus it mentioned #halloween a few times. Score! This was also my #doublebookspin #scarathlon2021 @StayCurious @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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BarkingMadRead
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Loving the tagged book! Week one of the #scarathlon2021 I scored 1874 points! @StayCurious @Clwojick

Clwojick Awesome job!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
StaceGhost I just finished this one! I liked it as much (if not more than) practical magic 2y
BarkingMadRead @StaceGhost this is my first one, I‘ve seen Practical Magic but haven‘t read it yet. I have all 3 though, so I‘ll be reading them all! 2y
StaceGhost @BarkingMadRun oooh yay! I just read them all for the first time too! I liked how much more realistic the sister relationships were in the book version of practical magic. It‘s definitely a different vibe though 2y
StayCurious Wow you're amazing! 2y
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mklong
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#Screamathon Book 2! I know it isn‘t scary, but it‘s about witches so I‘m counting it. I‘m so glad I decided to reread this series in chronological order, but this reread made me itch for a Susannah in Paris spin-off novel. Where do I put in my formal request for that?

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Kimberlone
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I didn‘t love this one as much as Magic Lessons, but it was a very sweet book nonetheless. I loved the time period and getting to experience the journey through life and love of Franny, Jet, and Vincent, as they try to circumvent the magic curse established by their ancestor, Maria Owens.

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix #Screamathon #LittenListen #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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KatieDid927
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Chrissyreadit Yay!!!! 2y
Chrissyreadit Hope you‘re not sick of me…. 2y
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Palimpsest
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I loved this story about Frances, Jet, and Vincent growing up in N.Y.C. on the cusp of the 1960s and spending time in Massachusetts with an aunt whose presence would help to alter their lives and become who they were really meant to be. This book made me feel a bit melancholic and thoughtful, but in a good way knowing that life is short and how even small decisions can change lives. A really beautiful story that I can tell will linger for awhile.

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Julsmarshall
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I loved this book! So lovely to learn the backstory of the Owens family in this lyrical, magical tale of family, love and loss. #BookspinBingo #authoramonth @TheAromaofBooks @Soubhiville

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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StellarDoc
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AmyG
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The story of Vincent, Franny and Jet Owens…and how they navigate the laws of the magical family they were born into. I enjoyed this so much. I couldn‘t help but love the Owens family.

@Soubhiville #AuthorAMonth September

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BookwormAHN
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This is the story of Frannie and Jet the Aunts from Practical Magic. It was a really fantastic and at times heartbreaking story. I loved it 😻
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville #aamah
#LittensDressdInBlood #Superstitions @MidnightBookGirl

KathyWheeler I liked Practical Magic, but loved this one so much more. 3y
AmyG I am reading this now and really enjoying it. 3y
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Scochrane26
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Really enjoyed this story of Franny, Jet, & Vincent. It was sad, and I wanted all the characters to find hope & some happiness. I read Practical Magic a few years ago but don‘t remember much about it. Think I liked this one more. #authoramonth

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Skygoddess1
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I really enjoyed this prequel to Practical Magic about the Aunts. It was great getting a deeper glimpse into the Owens family and the events surrounding their curse and how the sisters and their brother work to try and outwit the curse. #BookSpinBingo #AuthorAMonth

Read-y_Picker Just loved this one! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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Eggs
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The irresistible story of the Owens family, who for many generations, were blessed/cursed with magic. The colorful 1960s is the setting that begins the novel—the Owens‘ siblings‘ mom Susanna forbids any foray into dark arts, but.....
Amazing, wonderful, compelling book!

#authoramonth2021 @Soubhiville
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

librarygoddess619 I loved this one, too! Glad you liked it. 3y
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Texreader
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I adored this book, my first Alice Hoffman book, and of course now I have to read Practical Magic (& see the movie?). Siblings Franny, Jet, and Vincent learn they are witches, and about the rules of magic as they grow up in in NYC and Massachusetts during the turbulent 1960s and 70s. We follow their lives and tragedies—and adoringly, their familiars. Easily my fave #authoramonth book so far this year. @Soubhiville

Scochrane26 The movie is great but very different than the book. 3y
Soubhiville Oh yay! You have made me want to read it 😁 3y
Texreader @Scochrane26 Always so weird when that happens but sometimes that works 3y
Texreader @Soubhiville It was a great read 3y
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Q84
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Reread... listened to this for #AuthorAMonth

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Q84
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Started this one on my way into work this morning.

#AuthorAMonth #BookSpinBingo

AmyG I am reading this one, too. 3y
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Read-y_Picker
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Can I say I LOVED this one?? Super pick from me. 5 🌟 maybe due in part to how disappointed I was by the audiobook of Practical Magic. I didn‘t have the highest of expectations for this prequel but it ended up being a perfect origin story. The plot never got dull. The characters were well written, everything flowed seamlessly and tied beautifully into the next part with which I‘m already so familiar. I can‘t wait to dig into the next one.

Texreader What an excellent review!! 3y
DanaManiac I loved this one so much! I can‘t wait for the next installment coming in October! 🥳 3y
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Texreader
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Kitty cuddle time while I read.

Leftcoastzen 😻 3y
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