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Moving | Jenny Eclair
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It only took one night to tear a family apart. Artist and illustrator Edwina Spinner used to have a busy family life. Now she lives alone, in a house that has grown too big for her. She has decided to sell it. As Edwina takes the estate agent from room to room, she finds herself transported back to her life as a young mother. Back to her twins, Rowena and Charlie, and a stepson she cannot bring herself to mention by name. As the house reveals its secrets, Edwina is forced to confront her family's past, and a devastating betrayal that changed everything. But Edwina doesn't know the whole story. And to discover the truth, she will have to face the one person she vowed never to see again.
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AmyG
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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1. Dec 13, 2019
2.Little Fires Everywhere

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

All are welcome to play!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Time flies!! 1mo
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Tuesday 1mo
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AprilMae
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Moving starts Friday. I hate that I had to pack up all my books 😭😭😭😭 this is only 1/4 of my books packed....ugh. I hate moving even though my new place is awesome with washer &dryer in unit, a dishwasher and a fireplace....... the stress is real and books not out makes me sad

keys_on_fire I love that your new place has a fireplace!! Super jealous! 1y
LiteraryinLawrence It‘s hard now but before you know it you‘ll be all settled in your new place! Hang in there! 1y
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VanessaCW
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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I loved this story and thought it was really well written. It‘s told in four different voices and they were very different. It was a story of reflection and reminiscing, a tale of family, love, betrayal and guilt. It‘s the first book I‘ve read by this author and it won‘t be my last.

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Cupcake12
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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My fourth book of the year so far, one of the most intriguing books I‘ve read in a while.

Clwojick 💖Way to go! 2y
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Cupcake12
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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#aestheticallymatched
Moving definitely matches with this picture as it depicts keys in a keyhole suggesting secrets being kept locked away. 🔑

Clwojick Oooo good match! 2y
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Cupcake12
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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My first book by Jenny Eclair -what a brilliant storywriter!
Edwina Spinner has lived in the same house for over fifty years. Each room has a story to tell but she has made the decision to sell it. Edwina takes the estate agent around the house and relieves happy and painful memories. She can‘t help but think of the lies, regrets, hurt and secrets that have haunted her family.
The characters made this such a dark, moving and compelling read.

squirrelbrain I read this a few years ago and really enjoyed it too. 2y
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Cupcake12
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Making the most of the peace and quiet before the birthday girl gets home from school 🥳

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Cupcake12
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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My book club read for this month. Need to read it by the 26th…here goes 😀

DinoMom Love the bookmark💋 2y
Cupcake12 Thank you. My teenage daughter keeps trying to pinch it 😂 2y
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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The library is packed for its cross-country trip! (Yup, 90% of that wall of boxes is books.)

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carmens.library
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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It has been a VERY long time since I've been on here! It's been a crazy few months since we decided to build on my family's property. Over the last 3 months we've been focused on designing a new house, selling our current house, and moving into a rental. Meanwhile, what's the thing that's giving me the most stress in the moving process??? How am I getting these safely from place to place and how am I going to store them all?! #bookhoarderproblems

BarbaraBB You succeeded! The result is wonderful 😍 3y
Blackink_WhitePaper Wow beautiful 🤩 well organised 👍🏻🥰 3y
persephone1408 OMG I wish I had those shelves!😳 I have bags of books on the floor cause I ran out of shelf! 3y
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Gissy 📚📚📚📚😍❤️❤️❤️❤️Beautiful!!! 3y
Amandajoy I‘ve started down a rabbit hole looking for Litsy home library inspiration! Those shelves look amazing! Are they the Billy bookcases from ikea? Do you like them and are they sturdy? 3y
carmens.library @Amandajoy Yes, they are Billy! There are definitely higher quality shelves out there, but for the price these are great shelves. They're much sturdier than I had expected so I've been very happy with them! 3y
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MsRadioSilence
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Cozzy is being very helpful while I pack tonight. Pictured: just a fraction of the 400+ books I have, apparently. I didn‘t realize I had this many??

Texreader Well that might be a tad heavy! And cute kitty photo!! ❤️🐈‍⬛ 3y
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Maggy.reads
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Hello everyone ! So long since I've been here ! It's the third time we move this year because of the Covid and because my hubby found a new job 800 km far from here. So I negotiated with him to have an emergency supply during the process 😁. Here's my shelf and it'll be my TBR during the packing, the travel and the installation 😝🤩 + three magazines about History and literature. I hope it'll be good for October 🤣

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sarahbarnes
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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When you‘re moving, unpack the books first. Obviously. 🤓

BookmarkTavern Priorities, right? 😁 4y
Hestapleton I always unpack books first! It makes it feel more like home. 4y
merelybookish I see Ducks, Newburyport. 😄 4y
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swishandflick
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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My bookshelves are being moved so I'm slowly but surely carting all of my books downstairs in preparation. About half way through and rediscovering some unread stuff in the stacks that I'll need to get to asap 😆📚

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SheReadsAndWrites
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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We are moving in 2 weeks so all Christmas is being taken down 😕 and life is being packed up. 😊 Trying so much to take breaks to sit and read - just wishing I could wiggle my nose like Bewitched and just be there! ☺️

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BookDame
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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It‘s been a while since I‘ve been here. Life happens. Well, I just bought a house that has room for a full library. I‘m really excited to start putting everything together. Almost everything I own is in boxes, with the exception of the kitchen. My challenge is to set everything up before Christmas, including the 14 IKEA Billy bookshelves I have to put together and fill it with my books, which are also in boxes! Wish me luck.

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GatheringBooks
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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#SelfImprovementSept Day 7: My #FavoriteReadingSpot is packed in one of the over 300 boxes in this 20-foot container van that has yet to arrive from Singapore to our new home in Al Ain. Please send positive energies that all my books will come in one piece soonest.

merelybookish Good luck with the move! 5y
GypsyKat Good luck to you!!! 5y
batsy All the best with the move 🍀 5y
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EadieB Books travel well! Never fear! 5y
Birdsong28 Good luck 🤞 🍀📚📖 5y
Velvetfur Oohh I'd be worried about my books too! But like @EadieB said, books travel well - they won't get broken! I'm sure it will all be fine 🤗 5y
CarolynM Hope the move goes well🙂 5y
Texreader When my future husband at the time had to ship his 1000 books from Norway via ship to Texas (30 years ago now!), we were in great turmoil. It all ended well as I am positive it will for you. 5y
Crazeedi Positive thoughts💞 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 5y
OriginalCyn620 Sending positive thoughts your way! 5y
Cinfhen Moving is so stressful 😓Hope you‘re all doing well 😘 5y
CouronneDhiver Wow! That‘s a giant collection. May they arrive safely in their new home very soon 5y
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SkeletonKey
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Oh lord. I haven‘t even boxed half my books and I‘m already overwhelmed by boxes.

Remind me again how you all cut down your book collections?

#moving #ohno

wanderinglynn I did it before I moved & it was hard. I basically sorted my books into 3 piles: (1) absolute keepers (signed, special editions, favorites I reread), (2) books I‘d already read, and (3) TBR. For pile 2, I considered whether I‘d be likely to reread it. If not, it went into the giveaway pile. For pile 3, I considered how long I had it & the likelihood of me reading it in the next 6 mos. The older the book, the more likely it went into the pile 👇🏻 5y
wanderinglynn because it was likely that older books I could easily check it out of the library. I tried to keep in mind that I wasn‘t giving up my books, but spreading the love of reading to other people. I ended up sharing over 100 books. Although it was hard, it felt good to cleanse my shelves. 5y
diovival @wanderinglynn that's a really nice way to look at letting go 5y
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wanderinglynn @diovival Thanks. ☺️ And it also opened quite a bit of space for new acquisitions! 😉 5y
CaliforniaCay I second what @wanderinglynn said, it's hard to whittle down your collection but look at it as you spreading the love ❤❤❤ I've been donating ones I dont want to little free libraries, or giving then to friends 🤗 5y
SkeletonKey @wanderinglynn @CaliforniaCay - I‘ve let go of about 800 so far but I‘m still over 2000, I‘d LIKE to be under 1000 but... good lord, lol. It‘s hard to put all these in piles but I‘ll try to keep the “will I actually read this soon” part in mind! 5y
CaliforniaCay 800 so far wow! That's quite a feat. No wonder it's so overwhelming for you. But atleast you're making progress. If you're really at a loss you can always do a litsy giveaway 😉 5y
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MolliesaurusRex
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Life update since I haven‘t been as active on here lately: my life is chaos rn. Still working on cert exams. Still applying for new jobs. Still packing. Still getting beat up. BUT! We close on the house on Wednesday & move in on Saturday. We got info on getting the child into counseling ASAP to help with things. And two weeks until spring break! (&

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Regi_C
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Stuck waiting for the cleaners for the new house, so I started unpacking my books just for something to do.

Lreads Nifty bookshelf! Love the Pusheen plushies! 5y
CrowCAH Wonderful! Glad they found a place in the new home! 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your shelf!! 5y
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Judybskt Love the bookcase! 5y
Erofan 😍 5y
Regi_C Thank you! This shelf came built with the house, but I was AMAZED how much fit on it! The furniture move is next week! 5y
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TheReadingNurse
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Packing up my books to move to my new apartment. I have to leave quite a few behind because I just won't have the space. It makes me extremely sad to part with some of my dearest reads.

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daydreamin_star
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Thank you so much @squirrelbrain for the surprise package. Sorry I've only just got to it. I've been in limbo between two houses!

#LitsyHugs

Looking forward to reading this and it's so perfect as I am packing the last of my stuff for my move this week!

squirrelbrain I didn‘t know you were moving - good job it got there in time! And how funny it‘s a book about moving! Hope the move is going OK - you‘ll have to let me have your new address sometime...📦📚📦📚 6y
daydreamin_star @squirrelbrain fortunately the address you have is my mum's so it will always end up in my hands somehow 😉 6y
daydreamin_star @squirrelbrain where I'm moving to isn't a permanent place to stay but I'll let you know the new address once I am somewhere more permanent :) for now just setting up a redirect 😊 6y
squirrelbrain Cool, as long as you‘ll get stuff in the end! 😁 6y
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dawnsworldblog
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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I didn‘t expect to enjoy this book as much as I did it was one that‘s sat on my kindle for a while and I‘m so glad I decided to start it. The story, told from various perspectives, is really interesting and captivating. Shows that one night can change a whole host of people‘s lives forever. Would recommend!

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ReadingRover
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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1-12 2-8 hours away 3-at least 70 last time it was over 50 4-yes to my forever home hopefully 5-Anyone who will help but unpaid is better 😝 @JoScho #packingdistractions

JoScho 😊❤️ 6y
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Deblovestoread
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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In the last 30 years, twice. Maybe a mile. 20 - 25? Maybe if we decide to retire in Central Oregon. In my current home since 98. I hate to move, but I am a control freak so will do it myself.

#packingdistraction @JoScho

JoScho Thanks for playing 😊❤️📦 6y
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bookish_wookish
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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1. 3 times
2. 10 mins away or less each time
3. i had soooo many boxes because i have hundreds of books. and half are still in boxes 4 years later 😂
4. def not moving! i finally found my perfect place and buying/selling is a huge pain in the ass
5. nay this last time i did everything by myself 😩 the other two times my sons father had two of his sons help

JoScho Thanks for playing ❤️😊📦 6y
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wanderinglynn
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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#packingdistraction
1. 3 times as a child, 19 times as an adult (not counting “moving” in/out of college since I lived in a dorm)
2. 3,092 miles PA to CA (made a slight detour on my way to the west coast)
3. varies between 8-12 - but this last move has motivated me to reduce the load since VA is not my final destination & book boxes are heavy
4. 👆🏻
5. YAY! I‘ve done it by myself and with movers. Movers are definitely worth it.

JoScho I hear movers are worth it. Think we might have to splurge on that this time. 📦❤️ 6y
wanderinglynn @JoScho They are so worth it. I‘m single, so doing it completely on my own is often not an option. I recommend using Thumbtack or Hire a Helper - it‘s a great way to get a decent price. And also read reviews. While you have to take some reviews with a grain of salt, I find it a good way to weed out the not-so-good movers. And so far, I‘ve had pretty good experiences. 6y
JoScho Thanks so much for the info! 6y
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ReadingRover
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Congratulations on your upcoming move @Rachel.Rencher and @Lucas.Rencher and of course Winston! #movinggiveaway

BibliophileMomma Happy Birthday!!! 🎉🎉🎉 6y
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SauerPatch
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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When your upcoming cross-country move is confirmed and the first thing you want to know about the area is what bookstores are nearby! 🤣

If you or anyone you know lives in the Seattle/Tacoma area, introduce yourself or tag 'em... I'd love to (virtually) meet you! 😃

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brandymuses
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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1. Taurus
2. We recently moved states and I had every single box unpacked a week after our stuff was delivered.
3. My most recent DNF was Windfall by Jennifer Smith.
4. Ummm...we‘re going to an amusement park tomorrow to see the Christmas light displays but that‘s not for Veterans Day. Just a coincidence.
5. ✔️

#friyayintro

BarbaraTheBibliophage Wow! You are a great organizer / unpacker! 6y
brandymuses @BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘m an Air Force kid and my husband‘s job is also transitory so I‘ve moved every 2-5 years my entire life. Practice makes perfect and all that. 6y
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arlenefinnigan
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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#BooksFromBoxes #TuneIntoNovember 🍾 #emojinov
Thankfully the house now looks more like a home. We are NEVER moving house again.

@Cinfhen @robothugs @RealLifeReading

DeborahSmall I think it‘s the most stressful thing to go through in life. I‘ve moved house twice as an ‘adult‘ and it was 2x too many!! Good luck 😘 6y
merelybookish I say that after every move! ☺️ Congrats on getting settled! 6y
RealLifeReading Hooray! 6y
Cinfhen Amen!!! Moving sucks! Glad you're feeling settled 🙂 6y
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squirrelbrain
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Pickpick

Pleasantly surprised by this - was lent it by a friend and it's perhaps not something I would have picked up myself but I really enjoyed it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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brandymuses
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Oops. No path. At least they‘re out of the boxes. I HAVE MY BOOKS BACK!!!!!

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BarbaraBB
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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We‘re getting a new floor in the basement. This means all my bookcases have to be emptied temporarily. 140 book boxes have just been delivered. I love to reorganize my books; now I have a few weeks time to pack them, think of a new ordening system, unpack them and fill the cases again 😍!

Lindy Good luck with your project. The nice thing will be handling all your books. 7y
BarbaraBB @Lindy Exactly! Discovering them again! 7y
Izai.Amorim Each book a memory, it‘s like looking at old pictures. 7y
BarbaraBB @Izai.Amorim Yes! It really is! 7y
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silentrequiem
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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I had friends over to help me pack. While I was upstairs, they packed up all the donation books... 😟

readordierachel Oh no! I suppose they will be easier to donate now they are all boxed up? 7y
silentrequiem @ReadOrDieRachel I'll have to sort them out on the other end. No clue what boxes are what... 7y
readordierachel Sorry you have to deal with the extra stress. Moving is stressful enough. 7y
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Oblomov26
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Sorry to have been absent recently- been moving house. About half of my books out in no order - think I need some more bookshelves

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SG2014
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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When we knew we were moving (to the city I work in...yay, no more 1.5hr commute!), my husband told me I had to move my books. As soon as I had possession of the new place, I faithfully lugged up all my books to my new apartment, a little at a time, each day, for a week. I'm paper books all the way!
FYI...books and yarn were the first thing into the apartment...pretty good start, eh?
#6666giveaway @Booksandcooks

Mccall0113 You are my spirit animal. Books and yarn!! 7y
Megabooks Definitely good start! 😃👍🏻 7y
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pitou215
Moving | Jenny Eclair
Panpan

Took me a while to finish. The stories really didn't click together and weird perspectives.

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pitou215
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Another day another book! Back to my 2017 reading challenge that I have neglected!

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krismlars
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Littens, how I miss you all and my reading time! But soon all of my books and belongings will be packed into this pod and on the road to Boston.

PurpleyPumpkin Good luck with your move!👍🏽 7y
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ElizaTodd
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Starting on box four of books for the upcoming move! @kylienoele and I will probably have more books than anything else to pack! 😅

BeckaroniAndCheese Books are the easiest to pack but the hardest to move. Hope all goes well! 7y
LiteraryinLawrence Good luck with the move! 7y
ElizaTodd @BeckaroniAndCheese Yes and SO heavy! Thank you! @LiteraryinLititz Thank you, I'm gonna need it! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Not looking forward to this part of my next move either. 7y
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erinreads
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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Current situation. Got all of the books moved yesterday, all of the furniture moved today, and now the great re-shelving has started. All in 90 degree heat and no air conditioning. 💀

kspenmoll Drink drink! Not fun in such heat, even though anything bookish is a labor of live! 7y
OrangeMooseReads Boo on the heat and no AC! Yay book organizing! 7y
MrBook Whoa! 😮 7y
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JoeStalksBeck Wow!! Moving books is harder than anything else you will move 7y
shawnmooney My room looks like that, and I'm not moving! LOL 7y
TheLibrarian Ugh I'll be enduring this in June. 😭 7y
[DELETED] 206653737 Ugh moving is bad enough minus the heat being that high and no AC. Good luck! 7y
MyNamesParadise The other day my dad came in my room and said my room was a warehouse 🙈 7y
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Tcip
Moving | Jenny Eclair

What do you hate more than moving? Currently putting in work on this moving day. (The correct answer is "nothing moving is the worst thing in the world, fuck moving")

annkuch13 So true. I'm still working on unpacking and it'd been 2 weeks. Best of luck during your move! 7y
Desha Yup...moving totally sucks 😜😥 Hang in there!! 👍🏻❤ 7y
youngreadrshelf Totally agree. My family and I are undergoing a move in stages. Half the house down south and the other in the northeast. HATE it. 7y
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DogMomIrene Oh yuck! Do you have to paint anything at the new place? Painting is a close second in yuckiness for me. Hang in there! Stay hydrated! 7y
josie281 Moving is the worst. Seriously. 7y
Tcip We are moving to a better an bigger house so that is a plus but I freaking hate moving so much. I just want to die in this house and never move again. 7y
minkyb Good luck with the move. There is nothing cheery I can think to say. The process sucks. 7y
readinginthedark Moving and trying to find a new car and trying to get my son ready for kindergarten...this is where I am right now. 😂😭 7y
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merelybookish
Moving | Jenny Eclair
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My books! My books! (And some other stuff.)

rubyslippersreads I'm picturing that pod as being stuffed full of books. 😄📚 7y
ValerieAndBooks Safe travels to your books (and you)! 7y
merelybookish @rubyslippersreads not quite...But there's a few boxes in there. 😊 7y
merelybookish @ValerieAndBooks oh thank you. Happily we are on the other end. It's been nearly 3 months since we moved out of our house and we are finally moving into a new one! 😁 7y
Cinfhen Happy unpacking!!! 7y
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