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In most cases I only stumble across a series around the publication of its second or third book, or in rare cases around the time book 12 was published. But there are a few series I've read from book one (sometimes as ARCs) and have had to wait for the next instalment impatiently.

Duologies or Trilogies that were blown up and then divided for marketing reasons often read like it and I don't finish them.

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Anne of Green Gables is the first one that popped into my mind!

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I am not but always welcome any recommendations!! 🤓

My childhood library has such nostalgia for me that I would say that it is my favorite!!

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Two audiobooks were so good that I listened to them every free minute and stayed up to finish. Books that long and that good-when you‘re so close you just have to go for it. The Fireman and Wolf Hall.

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I did all the time when I was younger… now I need my sleep!

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Hermione and Ron from Harry Potter 💗

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Jumping in on this because I can't resist sharing my bookish bicep! 🥰🥰 @BookmarkTavern #sundayfunday

I feel that a child should read whatever they are interested in, even if the author or books are problematic. Yes this includes the Harry Potter and the Little House books. The reason that I feel this way is because I feel that people, including children, should be exposed to a variety of points of view, whether they agree with them or not.

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There are so many… boxcar children, babysitters club, the land of stories, Harry Potter…

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I sure do! I love all books and it doesn‘t matter to me what age they are targeted for!

I am currently in the middle of 3 books, set in LA, New York, and Montana… I would gladly visit any of those places!

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I am currently reading a cozy and thankfully I am not in the middle of trying to solve a murder… so no! 🤓

I‘m addicted to audiobooks! I listen while driving, while bathing, and while performing other mindless tasks. I make sure I always have a book waiting in the queue, ready to start as soon as I finish one. I only listen to less complex books, like YA, thrillers, or horror, so that if I miss a sentence here or there it‘s not that important. I enjoy them because it enables me to consume books even when I‘m not physically able to read.
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Although I engage in all of them, my favorite is reading a physical book… there is something about having it in your hands that adds to the whole experience to it!!

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01. The Body; The Illness Lesson
02. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
03. Nope, but we‘re watching Hocus Pocus tonight!

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01. The Body and A Good Neighborhood
02. A Woman is No Man
03. Cooler temperatures and fall leaves 🍁

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01. The Body, by Bill Bryson + The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
02. This isn‘t the last one, I‘m sure, but the one that comes to mind is Sourdough, by Robin Sloan
03. My comfort reads tend to be happy(ish): Anne of Green Gables, Harriet the Spy, Fangirl, etc.

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01. Summer, by Karl Ove Knausgaard
02. Feed, by Mira Grant comes up a lot, but I usually try to customize my recommendations.
03. I don‘t have non-Litsy social media. 😳

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01. A Woman is No Man, by Etaf Rum
02. Emma, by Jane Austen
03. What Are You Going Through, by Sigrid Nunez

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01. A Woman is No Man (I‘m still in a bit of a slump, but this is my next planned read.)
02. A Million Junes, by Emily Henry
03. Gilgamesh, by Stephen Mitchell

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01. I‘m in a bit of a slump, but I will be starting A Woman is No Man and The Woman I Kept to Myself.
02. Big Magic
03. I‘ve read several recently: Untamed, Fun Home, and Wayward Son.

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1. Yes, they usually do, especially if they include the person‘s flaws & struggles.
2. Jane Austen at Home
3. I‘ll probably read House of Dreams (LM Montgomery). #sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz
And now I‘m going to get ready to go hiking at my favorite spot! Only have a 2 hour time frame because of restrictions.

01. You‘re Not Listening 🎧; The Glass House 📖
02. Fantasy more than sci-fi but both
03. Saga

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01. You‘re Not Listening; The Glass Hotel
02. Utopia Avenue
03. Gilgamesh

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01. Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell
02. The Heart‘s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
03. Onward

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01. Fountains of Silence, by Rita Sepetys
02. Edenbrooke, by Julianne Donaldson; Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell
03. Powell‘s Books; The King‘s English

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🧡 Bitch on Wheels by Gregg Olsen- it‘s meh
🧡🧡 If You Tell by Gregg Olsen- Love!
🧡🧡🧡 One of my Neurofeedback kids is on the spectrum and he was acting up Tuesday so his g‘ma called to say he wasn‘t coming to see me and he was crying in the background. I wasn‘t happy he was struggling but incredibly happy he had this level of emotional expression. And he was just happy as could be Thursday when I saw him! 😊

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01. Writers & Lovers, by Lily King
02. The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
03. Finishing The Golden Book of Fairies Tales with my kid

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01. Just finished The Dutch House and can‘t decide what‘s next. Maybe Fun Home.
02. It depends on my mood, but Fangirl or Edenbrooke usually hit the spot.
03. Packing for a trip!

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01. The Dutch Girl; Tender at the Bone 🎧
02. Save Me the Plums 🍽
03. When people say they don‘t have time to read 🙄

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01. Just starting The Testaments in physical form and The Poppy War on audio.
02. Mary Toft, by Dexter Palmer
03. Part of a The Hate U Give movie

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01. Your House Will Pay
02. Both! But lately I‘ve been listening to way more audiobooks.
03. It‘s been a long long time. I should remedy that.

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01. Optic Nerve
02. Powell‘s Books in Portland, Oregon
03. Wolf Hall or The Testaments

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01. The Water Dancer; Come Tumbling Down
02. Penguin Classics clothbound editions
03. I generally kill plants, but I have a small one from Trader Joe‘s that has survived for a few months! 🌱

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01. Benjamin Franklin, by Walter Isaacson (audio); Girl Waits with Gun, by Amy Stewart
02. Notorious RBG, by Irin Carmon
03. To read all of the books shortlisted for #tob2020

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01. About to start Mary Toft for #tob2020
02. Maybe Mary Toft?
03. Reading 100+ books

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01. The Bear and the Nightingale (in progress); The Water Dancer (up next)
02. Dasher, by Matt Tavares
03. Christmas Eve reading of The Polar Express

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01. The Bear and the Nightingale; Trust Exercise
02. Girl, Woman, Other
03. The Water Dancer

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01. Invisible, by Paul Auster 📖
02. To the Bright Edge of the World, by Eowyn Ivey 🏔
03. Decorating for Christmas with my kid 🎄

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01. Girl, Woman, Other
02. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone; Fleishman is in Trouble; Conversations with Friends
03. The Starless Sea

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Switching it up with the elliptical today • #BFCr4 #bookfitnesschallenge

Kids have just left for their father's.

I intend to get some eARCs read, drink strange coffee (the ex brought a hand full of beans because I was out of coffee and it's very bland), enjoy the silence of my home without two kids bickering,...

First, checking up on you all. 😀

Yes!! Finally a lazy Sunday in the garden reading 😊❤📚☀️

01. The Valedictorian of Being Dead (audio); A Woman is No Man (physical)
02. City of Girls
03. Father‘s Day hike

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01. I‘m picking a new book today - maybe Bowlaway
02. Love, Simon
03. Where‘d You Go Bernadette

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01. Still Cassandra at the Wedding...
02. Where the Crawdads Sing, Alice, and The Last Man
03. Becoming, by Michelle Obama

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1. Holy Ghost by John Sandford
2. “Wardell Holland, the mayor of Wheatfield, Minnesota, was sitting in the double-wide he rented from his mother, a Daisy Match Grade pellet rifle in his hands, shooting flies.”
3. If you don‘t like to read, you haven‘t found the right book—J. K. Rowling. I use this one with my students all the time!
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