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A Bad Day for Sunshine
A Bad Day for Sunshine | Darynda Jones
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Marquis784
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This is book 1 of a series. Sunshine Vicram returns to her hometown of Del Sol, New Mexico. Vicram is surprised to discover she had won the election for town sheriff since she hadn‘t run for the position. The novel unfolds a messy and confusing case involving a missing classmate of Auri. There are many accusations being thrown around. It‘s up to Sunshine to weed through the lies and truths before times runs out in finding this missing girl.

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ShananigansReads
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It‘s a reread but still my first ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book of the year.

I wasn‘t loving my February background, so I changed it early. Honestly, not sure I love this one either.

#SeriesLove24 @Andrew65 @TheSpineview

#ShananigansReads24

TheSpineView Fantastic! 9mo
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ShananigansReads
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I‘m rereading this books for the third time and it still has me wanting to stay up all night and finish it. I‘m going f to be so sad/mad at 5 am.

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ShananigansReads
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I‘ve spent all day trying to figure out how to interpret day 2 of the #WinterGames #DailyPhotoChallenge which is love. I‘ve decided to go with a series I love by an author I love. Honestly I love all of her books but this series is really special.

#UglySweaterSquad #USS

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rebbyj
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Ennoyable.

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Itchyfeetreader
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Bought this thanks to it appearing on a readers digest list explaining what ‘sunshine noir‘ is for #booked2023— I‘m a third in and there is snow on the ground which feels at odds with what I assumed?!

Cinfhen Hahaha 🤷🏼‍♀️ 1y
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DebinHawaii
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#SummerSpecial

It‘s pretty grey this morning, so maybe a bad day for #SummerSun here today. ⛅️☀️ Here‘s a few books either read or in my TBR with summer sun titles & vibes.💛

Eggs Great pairing of books for the prompt ☀️🌻🌞 1y
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Magpiegem
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29/23 I‘ve just finished this and it is the most terribly written thing I‘ve put my eyes on in a while. I was also very troubled by some of the content. But it still got a so so because I was interested in the actual plot (I just had to ignore how terrible the rest of it was). Read for #booked23 #sunshinenoir ☀️

Cinfhen Love the photo and your review!!!! I‘ve also become some what of a #LiterarySnob when I come across a poorly written book 😂 UGH!!! No tolerance whatsoever 1y
Magpiegem @Cinfhen 😂 snobs unite! 1y
Cinfhen 👯‍♀️ 1y
dabbe I love, love, LOVE your iPad case! #lepetitprince 💙💚💙 1y
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Magpiegem
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The sunshine is finally out! So I‘m trying a little reading whilst the boys play… although not much as I have to count how long it takes to get down the slide🛝

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Rissa1
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I laughed, I cried, and I apparently jumped blindly into a series. On to book 2.

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Foragingfantasy
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Is there any possible way this isn‘t written by Janet Evanovich?? It reads exactly like a Stephanie Plum novel… I mean, I‘m here for it. It‘s my favorite kinda fluff novel when I‘m in a slump. But I think it‘s a pen name. 🤷‍♀️

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NikkiCureton
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Such a fun audiobook.Can‘t wait to get more into this series.

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Skeeterisme
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Excellent

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Susanita
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I finished this with 31 minutes to spare before it went back to the Libby ether! A light pick for me. The story was interesting and plausible (more or less). I liked the sheriff and her daughter. There were some humorous and witty lines. The setting is charming. BUT I agree with other Littens that the MC‘s constant focus on “hot guys” (and one in particular) was off putting. The flippant tone was also a bit much. Should be a good BC discussion!

Susanita This is the second book I‘ve read so far this year with a pair of broken sunglasses on the cover. It doesn‘t really make sense on either one! 3y
MallenNC I finished a book within an hour of it going back to Libby the other day. I felt so accomplished! 3y
wanderinglynn I think the broken sunglasses go with the whole bad day + the stereotype of a sheriff wearing the mirrored aviator sunglasses. 3y
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Susanita
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I should finish the tagged book in another day or two as I work through my #FebTBR slowly but steadily. 🐢

#ithadtobeyou

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow!! That‘s awesome!! 3y
Eggs Great selections 📚👍🏼 3y
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Danay
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21 #87 ooooohhh…another good series!

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Emmybird01
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5/5 for the first in this series! Darynda had done it again and I‘m now hooked on another of her series!! I need more now! Sunshine and her daughter Auri are my favorites! I love all the sarcasm. The side characters are so great too. I will be continuing the series.

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bookandbedandtea
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This was charming. I liked Sunshine, (and her daughter, deputies, and parents) as well as the town with its plethora of quirky inhabitants. This was definitely a good first installment in a series. The next one comes out next month and I'll be interested in reading it. I NEED to see how the fallout from Levi's DNA test is handled. #audiostitching

bookandbedandtea But, I do have to say that a flashback to Sunny's past (very young teen) gave me a great deal of anxiety. 3y
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Skeebies05
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.Bookstore run right before the pool.

Avanders What a perfect time for a bookstore run… 3y
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robinb
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I think I have a love/hate relationship with this author. I read the first in her Charley Davidson series and wasn‘t bowled over and never got back to the second. I enjoy her humor, and her characters are definitely colorful and out of the ordinary. But I had two issues here. First the abduction of a 14 yo girl seems to take a backseat to the protagonist‘s (Sheriff Sunny Vicram) preoccupation with the men in her orbit and the pace is unhurried.🔻

robinb Second, while I think Sunny is meant to be seen as a tough, independent abduction/rape survivor, she is often seen as being either overprotected or inappropriately flirted with by the male characters around her. Her young teenage daughter is also developing a relationship with a “knight in shining armor”. 🔻 4y
robinb For me there were also a couple of especially disturbing flashbacks of Sunny as a 12 and 14 yo being sexually harassed by boys 3 years her senior...and she doesn‘t seem that disturbed by it as an adult law enforcement officer. So while I won‘t pan it, it definitely had some issues. I have the second one as an ARC and will see how things play out. 3/5⭐️ (edited) 4y
Prairiegirl_reading I think maybe I dodged a bullet when chapters screwed up my order on this one! This sounds like something that would really irritate me. 4y
robinb @Prairiegirl_reading Yes, I was expecting something much more light-hearted. And while I think the author meant it to be (at least judging from the humor), there was more dark than I expected. And yes, annoyance that certain things weren‘t treated with the seriousness they should have been. 4y
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Soubhiville
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I chose this for #readingthestates2021 #NewMexico.

It‘s a cliche filled mystery, with characters I mostly didn‘t care for (no boundaries anywhere! Inappropriate flirting in a police station by high up officers... ugh)

I sped the audio way up to get through it, and would have bailed if it weren‘t to check off the state. Won‘t be recommending.

Hooked_on_books I wasn‘t a fan of this one, either. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4y
Eyelit I read one of her Charley Davidson books a couple years ago for library RBC (before it disbanded) - and pretty much all of us hated it. I was not impressed with her writing style or character ‘development‘ 4y
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MidnightBookGirl
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We read this for book club and it was a lot of fun, although most of us agreed that the author stuffed in A LOT of plot and characters. Looking forward to the next book and perhaps getting more answers. Very quirky despite some of the darker subjects, i.e. rape, murder, kidnapping. Book 16 of 2021.

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JoyBlue
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I am dismayed (to put it mildly) at this author's apparently consistent unhealthy portrayal of sex. I had the same problem with the first in her Charley Davidson series. [more]

JoyBlue In both cases, what could have set the stage for a fun and empowering series with a strong, sassy female protagonist—including relationship-building with supporting characters and a great deal of humor—instead, presents as a poor excuse for entertainment. No amount of the good parts of these books makes up for the sexual violence. [more] 4y
JoyBlue Sex is a normal, healthy, and wonderful act between consenting adults. A person who is raped *does not* have feelings of sexual or romantic attraction toward their attacker/abuser. Rape is not a sexual act—it is a violent and criminal act—a horrible violation that should never be sensationalized or normalized as desirable or sexy, and should never be considered entertainment. [more]
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JoyBlue I don't find this vile portrayal acceptable from authors of any gender, and I am aghast that any writer who uses this theme (and there are plenty) is wildly popular.
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JoyBlue @eggbeater: Now you know how my reading went. Thanks again for your warning. 4y
Eggbeater Thanks for tagging me. I wondered what you thought of it. Now I feel like I'm not crazy. 4y
JoyBlue @Eggbeater You're definitely not crazy! 💙 4y
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Eggbeater
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#JoyousJanuary #Readathon slow start 1 book finished

@Andrew65

This was a book club book. It was an awkward mixture of humor and serious issues that didn't quite flow for me. It dealt with kidnap in a light, frivolous manner, like it was cute or something. It was also heavy on the man-worship, which always makes me roll my eyes. There were many problematic incidences I didn't find believable.

Andrew65 Oh dear 😔 4y
JoyBlue I'm with @Andrew65—Oh, dear! Despite your review @Eggbeater—which I don't doubt for a minute (I wasn't a fan of the other DJ book I read, for similar reasons)—I'm already 20% in, so I'm going to keep reading, at least for a bit. My Overdrive/Libby pipeline is empty at the moment, and this was handy (no wonder). Thanks for your thoughtful review. 4y
Eggbeater @JoyBlue Most of my book club seemed to enjoy it, so it may have been just me. I can be sensitive. 4y
JoyBlue @Eggbeater I have that feeling a lot (that my tastes don't mesh with others'). I think we might be on the same page. 4y
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kimmypete1
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Reread for book club and my second #BookSpin book! I hope this isn‘t cheating, but I accidentally picked a book that doesn‘t come out till March for #20 so I replaced it with this one. My bad. Will be more careful next month! Just as enjoyable the second time around.

TheAromaofBooks Sounds good to me!! I'm pretty flexible with the rules 😂 4y
kimmypete1 @thearomaofbooks I appreciate that lol. I don‘t even know what happened. But I went to read the book and saw it was still under my pre-orders. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
TheAromaofBooks Wishful thinking, apparently! 😆 4y
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kimmypete1
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1. A Bad Day for Sunshine, You Have a Match and The Cousins.
2. The Hate U Give - Gave me a much needed different perspective.
3 Last book I read by A Black author - My Sister, the Serial Killer

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Cinsarly
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Fun crime book set in quirky NM small town. I assume this will be the first in the series and I'm curious to read the next one as there seems to be a secret society running the town in addition to a couple psychic residents and assorted oddball characters. The main characters were a little reminiscent of this author's last series (only with less supernatural powers) but I was ok with that.

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CBee
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This was my first Darynda Jones book (once again thanks @wanderinglynn 😁), and I loved it! Sun and her merry band of misfits kept me guessing (and laughing). I‘m really looking forward to the 2nd book in the series - because that ending was a total cliffhanger 😳🤪

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds fun!!! 4y
wanderinglynn Yay! So glad you liked it. 🎃 I love Darynda‘s books. 4y
CBee @wanderinglynn can‘t wait to start on the Charley books - SOON! 😁 4y
CBee @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks some heavier subject matter but the humor in it is just what I need right now 😊 4y
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Well-ReadNeck
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#audiobook was pretty good. A mystery series with heavy comedy bent similar in style to The Spellman Files books or the Stephanie Plum series. Entertaining but a few too many plot threads.

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wanderinglynn
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#3books I‘ve read in a day

I‘d like to savor the In Death books, but I can‘t put them down once I start.

Slayer was unexpected. I loved BTVS, & so I hesitantly went into Slayer (because who can be a better than Buffy?) But I ended up getting sucked into the story.

I‘m a huge Darynda Jones fan & I actually put off reading Bad Day because I wanted it to last. But once I picked it up, I didn‘t put it down until the last page.

All 3 read in 2020.

Wordsling You are right, the In Death series is 'unputdownable' 4y
OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 4y
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wanderinglynn
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Loved it! I‘m a huge fan of Darynda Jones and this book did not disappoint. I love her snarky humor and Sunshine is a great MC. Can‘t wait for book 2.

Book 1 of 4 finished for #jubliantjuly readathon.
Book 4/25 finished for July #bookspin bingo.

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 4y
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Jen2
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Not bad.

jouleian Accurate 😂😂😂 4y
JackOBotts TRUE! 4y
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Verity
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Not for me. Don‘t know why, just didn‘t grab me. Maybe now is not the time for break the rules cops and me?!

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Verity
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Latest crime read.

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Marquis784
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The novel unfolds a messy and confusing case involving a missing classmate of Auri. There are many moving pieces and accusations being thrown around. It‘s up to Sunshine to weed through the lies and truths before times runs out in finding this missing girl.

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K.Wielechowski
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Love it. Read it in a day. When does the next one com out?

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BridgetteM
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My first Darynda Jones book and I didn‘t like it. Sunshine Vikram is the newly elected sheriff of Del Sol, NM. She hits the ground running when a teenage girl goes missing. I did not connect with any of the characters and the mystery was uninspired. I‘m disappointed because I was really looking forward to this one.

Nebklvr Try her graves series. It is great. This was a dud 4y
BridgetteM @Nebklvr I will! Thanks for the tip. :) 4y
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kimmypete1
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Really enjoyed this one! Great audio and fast paced story.

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Nebklvr
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The mystery and high school part of the story were great. The way she had a professional law enforcement officer act like a hormonal teenager every time a good looking man was nearby (and apparently the average man in this community is model hot), not so much.

robinb 😂😂😂 “the average man is model hot”...currently reading and definitely agree! 🙄 (edited) 4y
Nebklvr @robinb I enjoyed the first book in her other series. This one just seemed annoying and predictable. However, it was a light read when i needed one. 4y
robinb @Nebklvr I‘m kinda getting that vibe too. Too many hot guys, too little time on a kidnapping case. 🙄 4y
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JoScho
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I loved the Charley Davidson books so I was super excited to see a new series from Darynda Jones. This is a strong first in that new series. Sunshine is fabulous and the relationship with her daughter feels real and is touching. I am looking forward to seeing where Jones take these new and awesome characters. Thanks to #Netgalley, St. Martin‘s Press and the fabulous Darynda Jones for this arc.

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JeaMar82
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This was a fun audiobook. Looking forward to book 2 😊

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Lisaw13
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Love this reference! Think I‘m going to like this book 😁

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JeaMar82
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"Skinny people are easy to kidnap. Stay safe, eat cake."

I might have laughed too hard at that ??

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Karen3
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In true Darynda Jones style, this was quirky, funny, and entertaining. Sunshine has returned to Del Sol as the newly elected sheriff. There‘s never a dull moment as she‘s faced with solving an abduction, dealing with past demons, and raising her daughter Auri as a single parent. All the love for a new Darynda Jones series! Thank you NetGalley for the ARC #NETGALLEY 4🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Nessavamusic
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What a great start to a new series! Darynda Jones‘ Charley Davidson series is one of my favorites, and I was sad to see it end. So I was thrilled to hear about a new series. It is fabulous! This is not paranormal, this is a mystery/suspense romance with comedic moments. I am already in love with this cast of characters and look forward to continuing the series. It does standalone but not all questions are answered at the end. #easterextravaganza

Andrew65 Sounds great and well done on a superb time! 👏👏👏🙌 5y
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Airykah13
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What a delightful read! I enjoyed all of the sarcasm, humor, and suspense. I look forward to reading the next one, hopefully I won‘t have to wait too long.

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AmyM43
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Anyone who has a Charley-size hole in your heart, Sunshine is here to fill it and maybe create a space of her own. You'll be pulled into the mystery and want to become a resident of Del Sol before it's all over. I'm ready to solve more mysteries with Sunshine #mystery #daryndajones

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wanderinglynn
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Yay! My preorder arrived 🎉 I can‘t wait to dive into it.

Also, this is perfect for today‘s white cover prompt for #acrossapril 😀

Eggs Yes perfect 👌🏼 5y
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Airykah13
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Taking a break from Animal Crossing to get some reading in

wanderinglynn What a cute reading buddy! ❤️🐶 5y
Crazeedi Love your fur friend! 5y
SW-T Oh, your reading buddy is such a cutie! 🥰🐶 5y
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