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charl08
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Apart from the Jimenez (TKMaxx) all thanks to Oxfam Books.
Bagpus is impressed.

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charl08
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How did I not know TK Maxx have books?

(Could turn into an expensive discovery)

TrishB I did not know this either! Are they much cheaper? 5d
Suet624 What a wonderful surprise 5d
AmyG Oh wow! 4d
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squirrelbrain O-oh - that could be bad news! 🤪 4d
Deblovestoread 😍😍😍 4d
charl08 @TrishB I'm not sure- I picked up a paperback for £3. These hardbacks were £12 (I have a bad record with buying classics I never read, so regretfully left them for someone else...) 4d
charl08 @Suet624 @AmyG I was v pleased! 4d
charl08 @squirrelbrain I wasn't sure if it's a one off... @Deblovestoread 🥳 4d
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charl08
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A reminder (for me) to check on the 4th!

Leniverse Coming up quickly! I better get my predictions together. 6d
charl08 @Leniverse ooh fun. I generally have no idea! 5d
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charl08
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charl08
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Ooh shiny new books.

Loved Private Revolutions, so hoping I can get (as many as I can read) through the library too...

ChaoticMissAdventures As always there are so many that were not anywhere near my radar! Which I always find exciting. The only one I have read and I felt it was fine (I am so surprised to see it because it came out in the US in 2020) 1w
AnneCecilie Private Resolutions was one of the books my library had, so I‘m happy you liked me, makes me more excited to read. I don‘t really put in much research when it comes to borrowing library books. 1w
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Mpcacher Autocracy, Inc was very good...scary stuff though. 1w
squirrelbrain Glad to hear you loved Private Revolutions - I just got that from the library today. 1w
charl08 @ChaoticMissAdventures I guess it had a bit of a trip to get here! 7d
charl08 @AnneCecilie hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 7d
charl08 @Mpcacher yes, I am a bit nervous of this one. The US news is already giving me blood pressure issues. 7d
charl08 @squirrelbrain look forward to hearing what you make of it. 7d
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Tkimsal
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Panpan

Bad. So bad. Title and author shall go unnamed.

Tkimsal @dabbe Amen to that! 👍 2w
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Tkimsal
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Current read. I got this in a white elephant gift exchange over the recent holidays.

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charl08
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"...a 'librocubicularist': one who reads in bed..."

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mcipher Doesn‘t every reader read in bed???? 4w
charl08 @mcipher not if they follow the sleep hygiene advice... 4w
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charl08
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Have picked up the usual winter bug from work. I am consoling myself with looking at lovely new penguins.

wanderinglynn Hope you feel better soon! But excellent reason to buy books. 👍🏻 1mo
charl08 @wanderinglynn thanks - mostly window shopping for now (or trying to keep it that way!) 1mo
Bookwomble I hope you're feeling more comfortable now ❤️‍🩹 1mo
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bookwyrm7
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Big news!
Two of my poems were published in “Sublimation Annual: The Best Of Volume 1“ (Edited by TS S. Fulk), under the pseudonym River Wilde. If you're into speculative poetry this magazine might just be your cup of tea.
It's availabe on Amazon.
Now this is a great way to start the new year! 🍻

#poetry #speculativepoetry #litsyauthor

Deblovestoread Congratulations 🎉 1mo
Ruthiella Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
Librarybelle Congratulations! 1mo
AnnCrystal 🎉📝Congratulations👏🥳👍💝. 1mo
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This collection of 13 short stories is an exploration of horror and the paranormal. Dean brings fresh ideas to scare her readers, allowing them to reconsider the concept of fear. Dean does a great job building that feeling you get when you read horror - a combination of anxiety, fear, isolation, and terror. The atmosphere of each story creates a fantastic backdrop for the characters, allowing the unbelievable and unknown to take center stage.

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charl08
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Great weather for staying inside and reading...

Aims42 I hope there‘s a warm drink nearby! 🥰🥰🥰 1mo
tpixie Lovely horses 🐎 1mo
TheSpineView Perfect indoor weather! ❤️🐴 1mo
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RavenclawOwlCat
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Me with the 16/17 books I managed to read this year! Top favorites were An Echo in the Bone, All the Lost Things, and Iron Flame. Really enjoyed some of these! Not pictured is My Dark Vanessa.

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Tkimsal
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What gracious, friendly, good people readers are! Merry Christmas! #LitsyCardSwap

TheBookHippie Happy Holidays to you!!! What a pretty pile of goodness! 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoha to Charleston, 1777 -1780 by Rick Atkinson

Babylonia by Costanza Casati

#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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LittlebearReads
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Hobson (and I) are wondering if this might be my #JolabokaflodSwap package?! It‘s got no markings to indicate that it is, but I didn‘t order anything and my name isn‘t spelled like a family member would. I suppose we shall see on Christmas Eve!

LittlebearReads Update: another identical box has arrived, and thus the #Jolabokaflod plot has thickened. Could it be elves? Quite possibly. 2mo
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charl08
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"Every reader of Singer is at home in Krochmalna Street, the heart of Warsaw‘s Jewish neighborhood, where the author lived from 1908 to 1917 and where he set many of his books. When you read Singer, Krochmalna becomes the center of the world. The feeling is even more powerful because the street now exists only in these texts... and a few black-and-white photos..."

https://europeanreviewofbooks.com/the-underbelly-of-krochmalna-street/

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TheBookHippie Thanks for this!! 2mo
Soubhiville Very cool, and I love the illustration. 2mo
Kristy_K Wonderful list. Thank you for sharing! 2mo
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charl08 @TheBookHippie so many books! 2mo
charl08 @Soubhiville I'd not realised the graphic moves on the website - v smart. 2mo
charl08 @Kristy_K hoping I can pick up a few more in 2025... 2mo
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LittlebearReads
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The #JolabokaflodSwap package is all put together and ready to get mailed tomorrow! Thanks again, @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this super fun swap!

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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🎅🏼 #Jolabokaflod has been sent @MaleficentBookDragon @merelybookish 📚 #LCS has also been sent @bookish_wookish @TheKidUpstairs ❄️ Both are arriving via UPS and should be there before Xmas 🤞🏼🎄

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo
merelybookish Exciting!! 2mo
bookish_wookish love it! 🤣 2mo
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TheLudicReader Fantastic! 2mo
bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 2mo
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Tkimsal
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It‘s happening! #LitsyCardSwap

LibrarianRyan Nice!! 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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charl08
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Love a book list!
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/25/g-s1-34679/npr-books-we-love-2024

(See previous post for the NYT free access link)

charl08 I do like Nora Lange 3mo
charl08 This sounds worthwhile for me! 3mo
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charl08 How did I miss this? 3mo
TheKidUpstairs I always love the NPR list! It's so much fun to explore 3mo
charl08 @TheKidUpstairs yup, I like how you can filter by genre. And nice to hear from the different people at npr too. 3mo
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charl08
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Yay! A list...

How many have you read? (8) How many do you want to read? (Well, I've ticked 9, but I think that's likely to rise).
100 Notable Books of 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/26/books/notable-books.html?unlocked...

Next up, NPR's list!

Bookwomble I'm going to predict "zero" - now, let's look at the list ? 3mo
Bookwomble 🔮🧙‍♀️ Correct 😜 3mo
TheBookHippie 12 and 1 😂 3mo
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tpixie 4! And 0 😅 3mo
CSeydel I‘ve only read two of these, but I have a few on my list - particularly interested in Adam Higginbotham‘s account of the Challenger disaster 3mo
lauraisntwilder 0 and 4. 😬 3mo
CocoReads 1–I read The God of the Woods. There are some I‘m interested in though. 3mo
charl08 @TheBookHippie @tpixie I admire your restraint... 3mo
charl08 @CSeydel I have this out from the library already. 3mo
charl08 @CocoReads "some" all or "some" one or two?! 3mo
tpixie @charl08 lol 😂 apparently I don‘t read enough NYT book favorites!! 3mo
CocoReads @charl08 some just 1 or 2. Don‘t ask me which ones—I can‘t actually remember. The Women-that one for sure 3mo
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Tkimsal
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 3mo
dabbe 🧡🤎💛 3mo
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Amie
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Pretty frustrated with #botm. None of the selections since July have appealed to me (enough to want to own them) so I've been skipping, but there are some add-ons that I want!

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Tkimsal
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For the first time, my book club has chosen to try themed readings. In 2025, we will pick selections that fit (in any way we choose) that month‘s theme. I‘m excited to try this. #FirstSaturdayReaders

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LittlebearReads
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I just signed up for my first swap, the #JólabókaflóðSwap hosted by @MaleficentBookDragon , and I‘m very excited to see how it goes!

MaleficentBookDragon Welcome! I hope you love it as much as I do. 3mo
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The 2024 shortlisted authors are:
Out of Gaza: New Palestinian Poetry
Lana Makes Purple Pizza
The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine
48 Stories of Exile from Palestine
Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit
Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine
Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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It's a swap day. #LittleChristmasSwap @bookish_wookish hosting.

bookish_wookish Thanks for sharing!! 🎄 3mo
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charl08
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From recent research by the Literacy Trust [UK]. (I think, of course for adults too, it's just they only asked the youngsters for this research!)

Their programmes work to give more children access to books and reading.
They're looking for support and volunteers: https://literacytrust.org.uk/reading-for-pleasure/

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MonicaLoves2Read
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🍬Sweet Candy
🎃Make
👻Ghost
🦉Owl
🎃Mummy
🎉Party
👻Carpet
🪄Spell
🕸Cobwebs
🎃Carved
🪦Graveyard

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

MommyOfTwo Carpet? 🤣 4mo
Eggs 🧡🎃🖤 4mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
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I can't believe November is Friday! Ugh! Where as the year gone.
@TheAromaofBooks here's my November #Bookspinbingo list! Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to do each month. 🥰

DogMomIrene 2024 has flown by. Pretty much the only goal I‘ve kept up with has been my reading goal😂 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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Translation (original language published) stats for 2024 so far.

Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4mo
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charl08
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Sorely tempted by these.

"The First Decade Collection is a limited edition series of ten hardbacks celebrating the breadth of Fitzcarraldo Editions‘ publishing over the first ten years. With a run of 1000 copies, each book is casebound in fine linen cloth ..."

https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/first-decade-collection/
#LotteryWinnersOnly

squirrelbrain Oooh, so pretty! 😍 4mo
charl08 @squirrelbrain yeah, shame about the £££! 4mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
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Great day to sit outside and read with the boys. 📚🐶❤️

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 4mo
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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🎃📚

Texreader 😃 4mo
Gissy 🎃👌🧡🤎💛 4mo
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charl08
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Rather than pretending to know the answers, be there to share your questions. Don't be afraid of saying, "I don't know". We are mudlarkers, walking by the shores of our civilisation, and through the muddle, we find discarded and unloved beauties: shards of ceramic, pieces of lapis lazuli.

5. Trust in the power of words. Both written and spoken, words are magic.

From Elif Shafak's substack.
https://elifshafak.substack.com/

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Leanestaystrong1995
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Pickpick

Coconut cream pie cheesecake 🥰

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charl08
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I don't mean to blow my own trumpet, but I'm a very fast reader, and good at filtering out gibberish....

Is Ludwig a Litsy member?
#BBC

ChaoticMissAdventures Is that David Mitchell? 4mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @charl08 oh wow! This looks so fun, he can be really funny will have to check it out!! 4mo
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Bookwomble We rather binged this - fantastic series, and can't wait for the next one! 4mo
charl08 @Bookwomble yes, six episodes were not enough... 4mo
Bookwomble @charl08 No, I was disappointed to get to the end so quickly, but that's the sign of a good programme, I guess 🙂 4mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
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Bailedbailed

Darkness, Darkness by T B Crattie not in database.

I didn't finish this ARC. Got to page 80. I didn't care for the f word and mf word being used in every chapter. I read books that occasionally have the f word in them, but the author overused it and mf in my opinion

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Leanestaystrong1995
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Pickpick

Going to San Francisco 🥹

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MonicaLoves2Read
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☕️ Coffee
🟤 Brown
😂 Funny
🎧📚 Both
🦃 Thanksgiving
🧤 Glove
🎉 Low Key Group

Want to play? @SilversReviews @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @CoverToCoverGirl @RamsFan1963

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Eggs Thanks for joining in🧡🍁🧡 4mo
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charl08
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Goals for the week (18/10)

This Dark Country
The Persian Boy
Hitting a Straight Lick...
Body Kintsugi (Women in translation)

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MonicaLoves2Read
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Pickpick

Not in database

5⭐️

Deader Than A Wet Hen is the second book in the Dixie French Mystery Series. Dixie visited Loblolly, SC, and fell in love with the small town. She found a little home and 3 friends. Mariam owns the dog grooming/bakery store. Ada owns the coffee shop that Dixie likes to write in. Toni is a deputy with Sheriff's Department.

love Dixie French and her friend, Miriam. They crack me up. Two older women whioseem to be ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read ⬆️near when someone is murdered. They are amuter detectives who are not very good at all. In fact, they stumble into solving cases.

Ella Duke has written a cozy mystery series that makes solving a murder fun. She has picked older single women as solvers of murders. What I like is that all 3 women are involved somehow throughout the book, though in this one, Dixie and Mariam take the lead. If you're looking for a new cozy mystery to read, I think you might like The Dixie French Cozy Mystery Series.

Published October 8, 2024

Thanks to Booksiern and Ella Duke for the E-ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

😊Happy Reading😊

#Booksiern #elladuke #deaderthanawethen #thedixiefrenchseries #arc #readaway2024 #serieslove2024 #cozy ##cozymysyery #readmytbr
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MonicaLoves2Read
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I had to stop at my local library bc I was having trouble with Libby App. With 3 bookcases and my Kindle full, I leave with 4 books🤦‍♀️. I think I have a book problem 😂🤣😂📚❤️📚

#libraryhaul #needmorebooks

dabbe That\'s the best kind of problem to have! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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charl08
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Autumn sale: 25 per cent off everything on our site with the code AUTUMN2024

https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/

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MonicaLoves2Read
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It finally cooled off enough, we can sit outside and I can read. My reading buddies, Lil Spot standing and Max pn the swing. 📚❤️🐶❤️

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 5mo
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MonicaLoves2Read
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October #Bookspinbingo Board. For some reason I do better when I don't name books. 📚😊📚
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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AlaSkaat
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If anyone is wondering why I‘m suddenly following them again after being sure I already followed them - this app unfollowed almost everyone for some reason!
So ignore me - just passing through again…

Ruthiella Yikes! 😳 Do you have an android phone? 5mo
AlaSkaat @Ruthiella an iPhone. But it‘s so slow that I‘m surprised it still works at all! It‘s been through multiple people and multiple hells 😅 a few inconveniences like this happen quite often ☹️ 5mo
Prairiegirl_reading Oh jeez! I just checked and my following and followers numbers are the same. That‘s not how it was before. I don‘t know who I‘m missing. 😞 5mo
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AlaSkaat @Prairiegirl_reading it could be the app glitching then!! 5mo
Prairiegirl_reading I just did my iOS update so that‘s probably got something to do with it. Who knows? 5mo
AlaSkaat @Prairiegirl_reading oh it could be ! 5mo
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