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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep | H. G. Parry
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The ultimate book-lover's fantasy, featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world, for fans of The Magicians, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, and The Invisible Library. For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can't quite control: he can bring characters from books into the real world. His older brother, Rob -- a young lawyer with a normal house, a normal fiancee, and an utterly normal life -- hopes that this strange family secret will disappear with disuse, and he will be discharged from his life's duty of protecting Charley and the real world from each other. But then, literary characters start causing trouble in their city, making threats about destroying the world... and for once, it isn't Charley's doing. There's someone else who shares his powers. It's up to Charley and a reluctant Rob to stop them, before these characters tear apart the fabric of reality.
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CaramelLunacy
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Kind of Jasper Fforde-ian.
Lawyer Rob Sutherland's literary genius of a younger brother has the ability to "read out" or summon characters from the books he's reading. One such character, Uriah Heep, warns him that a rival summoner is afoot, determined to create a new world that threatens reality.
We have a heroine straight out of Famous Five, several Mr. Darcys, Heathcliff, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray and a number of Dickensian figures. Fun.

BookNAround This was such a fun book! 4mo
CaramelLunacy @BookNAround I really enjoyed it (though have clearly not read enough Dickens!). Loved spending time in Wellington - definitely not where I expected a Dickensian adventure! 4mo
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staci.reads
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A fun story with a cool premise! Charley is a summoner who can read characters out of books. He tries to control his ability until he finds himself the target of a mysterious villain who is also a summoner. It's an adventure, a love letter to literature readers, and a story about what constitutes family. The downside - it could have stood serious editing! A good 100 pgs could have been cut with nothing substantial lost. Still, I enjoyed it a lot!

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AmandaBlaze
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“At four in the morning, I was woken by a phone call FreeTime m my younger brother.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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HeatherBlue
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Same 🖤 😆

persephone1408 💯🖤 2y
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Sapphire
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I picked this up because someone or some site compared it to Mr. Penumbras 24 hour bookstore which I really loved. This book started with that same sense of fun. When it got to all the mythical battles I was bored but slogged on wanting to know what happened. I did enjoy the end. But the first 100 pages or so were the best for me, then the last 20 or so.

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Sapphire

“‘There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact,‘”

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smalldogs_bigbooks2419
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Who doesn‘t love a book with books on the cover?!? The story sounds fun too, but this cover caught my attention.

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BookmarkTavern
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Hey @Lucy_Anywhere ! I bought a physical copy of the book, and then immediately loaned it out! Thank you for introducing me to a story that I‘m enjoying sharing with others! ❤️💕❤️💕

Lucy_Anywhere Yay! It was a wildcard pick so I‘m chuffed you liked it @ozma.of.oz 2y
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Lunakay
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Fantastic read! I didn't know it, but Charley is exactly the hero I needed! I loved that he is exceptionally gifted with words, a phD in English Literature, not an action hero or scientist. His gift is to be able to read characters out of books and it gets him into all sorts of trouble, expecially when he asks his brother for help.
The setting in today's Wellington is also very refreshing.

All in all: 5/5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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BookmarkTavern
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Robert‘s brother Charlie has a unique ability. He can read things and people out of books & make them real. What happens when someone else can do the same thing? If you guessed literary shenanigans in Wellington, New Zealand, cookie for you.

This was an absolute delight! Literary references by the dozen, family secrets, an intriguing mystery I only guessed part of, gorgeous NZ setting, & 5 Mr Darcys. I need to buy a copy now to share! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern My first #NewYearWhoDis read! Thanks @Lucy_Anywhere for the recommendation! And thanks to @monalyisha for putting this together! 2y
monalyisha Huge win! 😍🎉 Love it. 2y
Lucy_Anywhere I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I‘m halfway through Under the Whispering Door and really enjoying it so far 2y
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Lunakay

"I thought I was fairly fluent, but you realize your limitations in a dead language when you're trying to explain to a legendary hero how the coffee maker works."

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BookNAround I thoroughly enjoyed this book last year. 2y
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Beccas
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I am loving this book, it is an absolute blast. May go on my all time favourites list.

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BookNAround
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Instead of reading characters out of books, I‘m diving in. 😂

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Smarkies
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@erzascarletbookgasm you are too kind! This really helped to perk up my day. 🤗🤗🤗🤗

batsy Lovely! 💖 3y
erzascarletbookgasm Enjoy! 🤗 3y
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Lucy_Anywhere
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So I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of literary characters running amok in Wellington, NZ! It may not work for everyone but I loved the literary aspect of this and the sly humour as well as the complicated sibling relationship that lay at the heart of it all. A five-star read for me #bookspinbingo 📚 it also means that I have read both my #bookspin and #doublespin books for March @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Moray_Reads
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Really enjoyed this clever literary adventure that brings a lot of classic canon characters to life. Refreshing that the central relationship is a sibling one rather than a romance.
Takes my free space in #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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BookNAround
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What a great #elfswap from @BethM this morning. I love it all! Thank you so much!

@Avanders

Crazeedi Nice! Love the mug! Merry Christmas!❄☃️🌠🎄🎁💞 3y
BethM Glad you like it! 3y
Avanders 😍😍🧚🏽‍♀️♥️🎄 Merry Christmas! 3y
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Branwen
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"You know when you read a book, sometimes, and you suddenly realize that you've been missing something your whole life, and you weren't even aware, and all at once you've found it and are just a little bit more whole?"

THIS BOOK! ??? It's about a guy who can pull characters and objects out of books and it is SO GOOD! I adore it so far!

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Branwen
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"I'll be drifting in words, absorbing, and the words I absorb will be racing through my bloodstream. Every nerve, every neuron will be sparking and catching fire, and my heart will be quickening to carry it through faster, and my eyes will be tearing ahead to take in more and more."

Such a beautiful description of reading! I'm enthralled! ??? #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #roxas

Amabear Ooooo good! 3y
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Branwen
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Starting a new book today! 💕📚 Also enjoying some holiday cheese (it has cranberries!) and pastries! 😋🧀🥐 It's rainy and cold outside, which makes for an even cozier reading day!

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asterese
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This is certainly a book for book lovers to read. Recognizing famous characters and seeing how they might be outside the pages of their books was part of the fun in reading this.

It was nice to see a sibling relationship at the forefront of an adult fantasy. There's an interesting question posed in the reading guide as to whose story this really is, considering whose perspective we get throughout the book. Analyzing that is also part of the fun.

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asterese

"The opening lines of David Copperfield may be the most perfect in the history of literature; certainly they are among the most well-known, and the most well loved. Because they are all our opening lines. They are how our stories all begin."

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asterese

"We should all strive to be the absolute version of something."

Enjoying this book so far, although I feel like I'm going slow. Is it because it's an eBook? Does the book medium matter when it comes to pacing?? Anyhow, back to reading. ?

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JaneyWaneyB
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At four in the morning, I was woken by a phone call from my younger brother.

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

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Read-y_Picker
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I have so many books to read already! And a #bookoutlethaul on the way. When will enough be enough?
#stopit #cantstop #bookdeals #fomo #friday

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bookishnerd
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February is over! I read 26 books!

Not pictured: The Great Gatsby (audio), Unf*ck Yourself (scribd), Will my Cat Eat my Eyeballs (audio), Lumberjanes Volume 1 to 3 (Scribd), Love her Wild (Scribd), and Wishtree (Scribd).

I finally finished the Paper Girls series. I finally read The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery. I loved The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep! I managed my 1 Brandon Sanderson a month goal reading Starsight.

On to March!

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scripturient
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Book and tea. Is there a better combination? Well yeah, chocolate. Chocolate always works, too. 😊

Eggbeater I loved this book! 4y
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bookishnerd
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#WeeklyForecast

I am feeling a bit blah right now. Weather blues, I think.

I would like to finish The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep on audio, finish A Lesson in Secrets, and finish Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

For graphic novels, I want to concentrate on the Paper Girls series.

No pressure week!

KarouBlue How is Uriah Heep?? Seconding the weather blues! (edited) 4y
bookishnerd @MellieAntoinette I am really liking it!! 4y
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Cathyloves2read
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This was a very clever, intricately written book. HG Parry sure did her homework! It‘s a book about books! You‘d be doing yourself a favor by brushing up on Victorian literature before reading this book (Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, etc). I felt a bit uninformed at times, not recognizing the names of many of the characters. Otherwise, this was a very imaginative read. I think one of my next book might be David Copperfied.

RaimeyGallant Sold! 4y
kd_lawson I loved this book! 4y
SW-T I really liked this one. 😊 4y
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Ak_Savage
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I went into this book with little to no knowledge of Charles Dickens‘ work but it doesn‘t matter. The author weaves such an engaging tale that kept me riveted until the very end. I highly recommend this one!

RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon 4y
Ak_Savage Thank you @RaimeyGallant! I‘m still trying to learn how it all works. I love it here so far though. ❤️ 4y
RaimeyGallant Did you see the list of Litsy tips? It's linked in my bio. 4y
Ak_Savage No! I‘ll go check it out. Thank you! 4y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗👏🏻📚 4y
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yvo_about_books
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Happy February!! I couldn't resist sharing this little compilation of the 25 books I read during January 2020. Way more than expected as I didn't manage to read as much in the last two weeks or so... Although it does include a DNF and a lot of shorter reads. I had a total of FIVE new 5 star reads, which I don't think ever happened before. A new record! I also had a few more nearly perfect ratings too. 🥳

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Lel2403
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Someone else has Charley‘s talent and Rob and Charley need to put an end to nefarious plans and get various characters back in their books…

Along the way we meet Dorian Grey, Sherlock and so many more characters from classic literature. I loved their interactions and it really appealed to the book nerd in me.

https://orlando-books.blog/2020/01/25/the-unlikely-escape-of-uriah-heep-by-h-g-p...

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kd_lawson
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I don‘t care what everyone says, damaging books is worse than damaging people. People heal up. Books never do. The marks always show.

Cathyloves2read I love that line from the book!! 4y
kd_lawson @Cathyloves2read I know! It was just perfect. 4y
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Eggbeater
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Told from the perspective of a lawyer whose brother can pull fictional characters from the pages of books into the real world, this book was so much fun for a literature lover. I adored the book analyses and seeing what Victorian characters would do in modern situations. The Heathcliff personification was priceless.

#24B42020 #readathon 3rd book read
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @jb72

Andrew65 Sounds a very interesting book. Well done 👏👏👏 (edited) 4y
Lucy_Anywhere I'm intrigued! Stacked 📚 4y
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Eggbeater
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#24B42020 #readathon progress so far. I finished my second book today and I am deep into the Uriah Heep book, which I am loving. If you like Victorian literature, I recommend it. If you hate Dickens like @Trashcanman does, then I'd skip this one. 😂

Trashcanman Ha! The disdain still runs deep! 4y
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PedanticPastorMartha
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Highly enjoyable! What might happen if fictional characters could be “read” into life? We all have our own versions of those characters—some positive, some not so. How would the characters feel about being alive? What if one of them wanted to take over the world?

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JSW
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Imaginative, clever, fun, but way too dialogue-y. Characters a bit shallowly drawn. But a good read.

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JSW
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I‘m busy. There are a lot of books to read.

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mcipher
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Picture from a walk earlier this week - the leaves are getting way prettier now. Still reading and enjoying the tagged book but life has been continuing to feel super hard and I‘m not finishing books really (except the last Paper Girls on my phone). But my phone informs me that my steps are up from last week, overall up from last year at this time, and if I can just stop crying randomly... 😕 I think I need a vacation.

CallMeIshmael Just keep moving 4y
AmyG Sending a hug. Hope things get easier for you. 4y
Lreads Hugs. 💕💕💕 4y
mcipher @Callmeishamael Good advice! 4y
mcipher @AmyG @QuietlyLaura Thanks guys. It ebbs and flows but it helps to share it even though it feels embarrassing 😬 4y
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mcipher
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Reading this with Edie (and really enjoying it despite never having read any Dickens!) It‘s been a weird weekend after a rough week so I made beef stew and oatmeal bread for dinner (comfort food) and took it really easy today. The cats approve of turning the heat on so early in the season, too!!

shellleigh33 Hope you are having a better week 😘🤗 4y
mcipher @shellleigh33 Thanks my friend! I‘m trying my best 😉 Hope you‘re well and enjoying wedding planning!! 4y
brit91 😻😻😻😻😻 4y
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Jas16
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Rob‘s younger brother is able to read things out of books and into the real world. It is startling enough when it is a paperweight but when the Cat in the Hat is suddenly in your house it is even more alarming. When the two discover that there are characters in the world that Charles did not read out, they know something is amiss. This book was an absolute delight full of adventure, the love of literature, and a world with more than one Darcy.

JSW This is in my TBR and I can‘t wait! 4y
Jas16 @JSW I hope you like it as much as I did! 4y
mcipher This sounds awesome!! 4y
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Mimi28 Thanks to your review this is waiting at the library for me now! Thanks!! You‘re awesome!! I hope you are doing well. I need to start writing you guys again ❤️❤️ 4y
Jas16 @Mimi28 I can‘t wait to hear what you think of it! 4y
charl08 I like the sound of this, will have a look for this. 4y
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jackilynn
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August wrap up (I also got about 70% through Fleishman is in Trouble & 40% through the Fiery Cross).

Favorites: the Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep & Stay Sexy and Dont Get Murdered.

Least favorites: The Gone Dead & The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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SW-T
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An absolute delight from start to finish! A fun, satisfying read 🥰

If you like any of these things, you‘ll probably like this book: Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, books about books, books where the characters in books are real, well crafted fiction, original plot, great pacing, interesting characters, plots with lots of twists and turns, family tension, humor, literary criticism critique, adventure, allusions, Dorian Gray, and more!

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Morinen
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Hello, new followers! I'm sure a lot of you follow tons of people and haven't noticed, but I dont post frequently, and on top of that I've been having some trouble sticking to anything lately. In fact, I've only finished two prose books since 24 in 48. But you can see here what I'm reading now, and hopefully I'll finish it.

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SW-T
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Every time you open a book, a little magic falls out.

#justbecause

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AmyM43
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A wonderful book about books! See full review at Vampire Book Club blog http://vampirebookclub.net/review-the-unlikely-escape-of-uriah-heep-by-h-g-parry...

#fantasy

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jackilynn
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jackilynn
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Oh....chills!!!

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jackilynn
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I guess I won't be getting up to get more coffee anytime soon 🤔😜🐱📖☕

HeathHof 😻😻😻 What beauties! 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai 🖤😻🖤 5y
jackilynn @Mynameisacolour they can be so cute sometimes. Other times I swear I want to strangle them (especially the one with his head up). The joy of having cats lol 5y
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jackilynn
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I want to go to tea with Mr. Tumnus!!