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Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral | Kris Radish
27 posts | 9 read | 10 to read
Katherine Givens, a corporate attorney and divorced mother of one, finds her uneventful life turned upside down when she receives an unexpected bequest from her late friend, Annie G. Freeman, taking her and four other women on a wild and life-transforming road trip from the deserts of New Mexico to the shores of Lake Superior, as they celebrate the bonds of female friendship. Reader's Guide available. Original. 100,000 first printing.
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TheBookgeekFrau
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God how I Loved this story, the writing, eh, not so much, but the story 🥰

Annie Freeman wants her five friends to spread her ashes in six places around the country that were significant in her life. And what an absolutely incredible journey this turns out to be!

#ScaryFebruary #Funeral

MatchlessMarie This looks pretty fun actually! 14mo
TheBookgeekFrau @MatchlessMarie It was! Also, very heartwarming 14mo
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Clwojick
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#ThingsinCommon FIVE STAR PREDICTIONS! ⭐️

I was right about Hook, Line and Sinker, so here‘s to hoping that Annie Freeman is a 5/5 too!

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jb72
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#bookspin #readmyroom

Here is my bookspin list. My plan is to have a better reading month in April.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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jb72
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#sundaysoapbox

My reading tastes are sometimes not really in line with mainstream.

Some I do recommend are:

Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral
Dracula
A Walk In The Woods
Ex Libris
I Hate Fairyland
Pumpkinheads
Night
The Snowy Day
IT
What‘s Eating Gilbert Grape
The Gargoyle
To Kill A Mockingbird
Unbroken

Nonfiction and horror are my two favorite genres. I‘ve really come to enjoy horror graphic novels.

ElizaMarie Oooo some great ones there! I think its time for me to re-read I Hate FairyLand. I loved that one so much! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Good ones! Thank you for playing!! 📚🙌🏻 2y
Blueberry I enjoyed listening to A Walk in the Woods with each of my sons in the car. 2y
jb72 @Blueberry I listened to it at work a few years ago and laughed out loud a few times. 2y
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Kshakal
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Pickpick

A cute book about life, death and the way people cope with it...

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jb72
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AmyG Always! 🙌🏻 3y
Deblovestoread Love it! 3y
kspenmoll 😂😂😂😂 3y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!! I have picture to send you that sounds similar! I may make it into a magnet ❤️ 3y
sudi Best advice ever 😂 3y
Crazeedi Yes❤❤❤ 3y
ElizaMarie YASS!!! 3y
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jb72
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#TwoforTuesday

1. Tagged - Annie Freeman really helped define friendship.

2. The Greatest Secret - was very philosophical and transcendental - it took me about four chapters to push through and really feel the depth of the book.

I haven‘t played in a bit due to life and surgery, but thanks for always posting @TheSpineView

TheSpineView You're welcome and Thanks for playing! ❤📚 3y
Crazeedi Thank for tag!?❤❤ 3y
ElizaMarie (because its been so long since the was posted I am just gonna answer here)
1. PetSemetary (its one of my favorite favorite books and I just would love to experience it again for the first time), 2. Les Mis? That was such a difficult read for me (but I really enjoyed it) --- reminds me what will be our next #BuddyRead ?
3y
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jb72 @ElizaMarie We definitely need to pick a buddy read for May. What do you fancy? 3y
jb72 @ElizaMarie My SO daughter is always telling me to read Pet Semetery. I just haven‘t gotten to it yet. 3y
ElizaMarie @jb72 Ooo I don't know!!! Anything you can think of? And if you like Dexter then you should listen to Pet Semetary on audible. Its a great read and listen. 3y
jb72 @ElizaMarie I just started listening to The Jetsetters. 3y
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#30daysofgratitude

Nov 28 Prompt Books I wish I could read again for the first time. What are some books you‘re so grateful for you wish you could read them again for the first time?
Gratitude
1. Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral
2. Dracula
3. IT 🤡
4. Ex Libris
5. What‘s Eating Gilbert Grape
6. The Gargoyle
7. The Snowy Day
8. Binky the Space Cat
9. Unbroken
10. The Thirteenth Tale
11. Plastic-Free
12. Night
13. The Way I Heard It

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jb72
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#wondrouswednesday

1. My favorite friendships are in Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral.

2. I‘d say Ashley Spires who writes the comics featuring Binky the cat.

3. There have been a few that intimidated me. The last one being Moby Dick with the current book I‘m reading being Les Miserables.

Thanks for the tag @ElizaMarie

Eggs Tagged book sounds like a great ride👏🏻👏🏻 4y
jb72 @Eggs it was the first book of hers I read and I absolutely loved it. 4y
ElizaMarie you liked Moby Dick right? 4y
jb72 @ElizaMarie Yes I‘d say I did. There were some long winded parts but overall it was good. 4y
ElizaMarie @jb72 I am considering tackling it soon 4y
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#Litsylovegetting2knowu

1. None
2. So many but let‘s say Kris Radish
3. Scout 🐶 Jack 🐶 Mallie 🐱 Wednesday 🐢 Pugsley 🐢 Fester 🐢 Gomez 🐢 and 14 🐔
4. My days aren‘t a whole lot different. I read and watch TV and do chores.
5. Oh so many...a dripping faucet
6. Books (hoard)
7. Mainly reading and staring at my craft supplies
8. Aerosmith, Maroon 5

TheBookHippie Dripping faucet 🤣 4y
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jb72
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#myidealbookclub

Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral - Kris Radish
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
Night by Elie Wiesel
It by SK
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Ex Libris - Anne Fadiman
The Covenant by Naomi Ragen
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
My Life in France - Julia Child
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

Kaila-ann Sounds like a good book club! 4y
jb72 @Kaila-ann Thanks! I have such a hard time picking books. 4y
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I always buy the new Kris Radish books. The first I read was Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral, and it‘s been a favorite ever since. I‘ve read a lot of her other books. My plan is to purchase the last two I haven‘t read next year.

#keeplitsyactive

ljuliel I‘ll have to give one of them a try. I‘ve seen the one you tagged but have yet to read it. 🙂 4y
jb72 @ljuliel Annie is my favorite of her books. 4y
ljuliel Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂 4y
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jb72
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#7days7covers #covercrush #krisradish

Day 4 - Love this cover and the book

Is there anyone left to tag? @speljamr have you been tagged? Post 7 covers for the next 7 days that you love. No explanation needed.

AceOnRoam I need to get my act together and find my covers!!! 5y
jb72 @AceOnRoam No pressure! But I would be interested in what you post. 😏 5y
AceOnRoam I have been busy socialising for a change! I will look at my covers tonight. 5y
jb72 @AceOnRoam nice! That‘s a good thing. 5y
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Tex2Flo
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These have been on my shopping pile for a while and I finally dusted off the purse strings to get something new.
Sorted is by: Non-Fiction, then General Fiction, and Mystery Thriller. Usually that last stack is biggest.

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jb72
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1. I bought tickets to Waverly Hills for their haunted tour.
2. Tagged
3. Uh - no sports stuff for me - the only thing I might occasionally watch is the Xterra Ironman.
4. All‘s Quiet on the Western Front
#HumpDayPost
Thanks for the tag @xxjenadanxx
I tag @Erin7 @JaclynW

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jb72
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#recommendsday
Kris Radish - writes wonderful stories about women
Juliet Blackwell - writes a great witchy mystery series
Dominique Demers - writes a wonderful children‘s series
Neil Gaiman - writes amazing stories
Ali Benjamin - writes a wonderful children‘s book

Clwojick I have Annie Freeman‘s on my tbr for this month! I‘ve had it forever! And it was a random thrift store find. Had never heard of it before. 5y
jb72 @Clwojick My friend and I really like her books. Annie was a great read. I hope you enjoy it. 5y
BeansPage I have only read Coraline by Neil Gaiman. But I have The Graveyard Book sitting on my shelves. 5y
jb72 @TheReadingMermaid I just finished The Graveyard Book. It was pretty good. 5y
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GingerAntics It sounds interesting. 5y
Clwojick I have this! And I also still haven‘t read it 🙈 5y
RohitSawant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
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jb72
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Day 1 - #adventrecommends
Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
This is such a wonderful book. Full of life.

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jb72
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#agameoffavorites #favoritefemaleauthor #krisradish
One of my favorite female authors is Kris Radish. She writes books about women for women. She grew up loving Nancy Drew stories. My favorite book of hers is: Annie Freeman‘s Fabulous Traveling Funeral. This book shows how interconnected our lives and friendships really are. I was lucky to find it and make good book friends.

Erinsuereads That looks like such a sweet book! Great choice! 6y
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Pickpick

It‘s #Recommendsday! I‘ve been trying to only read books that are positive and happy lately, and I was worried about this book club read. Grief? Loss? Funerals? Not stuff I want to think about right now! But I was very pleasantly surprised with the heartwarming, uplifting nature of this book. Yes, there is some sadness…but this book helps teach you how to cope with it and work through it. It‘s all about the importance of friendship and kindness.💖

LitLogophile Hmmm great review. I‘m also trying to avoid sadness and could probably use this uplifting read. Any other good recs? 6y
Elizabeth2 I read this with my book club, many years ago, shortly after my mother was given a terminal breast cancer diagnosis. Sometimes the books you read get tied to major events in your life. We loved this book. My girlfriend and I even made a special stop in Islamorada on our way to a girls‘ trip to Key West. Another has mentioned she wants a similar send off. 6y
BookBabe @Elizabeth2 I‘m so sorry for your loss. *big hugs* Yes, it‘s a wonderful idea for a send off. This book really emphasized the importance of deep, caring relationships to me. 💙 6y
BookBabe @LitLogophile I had to give that some thought. I really haven‘t managed to find any books completely devoid of sadness, but some of the most uplifting that come to mind are: Anne of Green Gables; Pollyanna; Saving CeeCee Honeycutt; A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy 💙 Do you have any recs for me? 🙂 (edited) 6y
LitLogophile Thank you for the recs!! You know, it‘s funny, for someone who claims that I‘m looking for something uplifting, I normally read very dark books. A few that just put me in an overwhelming positive mood are Yes Please, Northanger Abbey, Milk and Honey, and The Alchemist — all for different reasons, they definitely keep the demons at bay. 6y
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Molly_the_mezzo
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Lying in bed all day, reading and recovering!

JaclynW Best recovery wishes to you! 6y
AmyG Feel better 6y
rwmg Good luck 6y
vkois88 *hugs* 6y
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KarenUK
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#emojinov #🚦Made me think of road trips, and this cute sounding novel from my #TBR that a friend recommended to me recently.... sounds like a good #palettecleanser ... Anyone read it?

Godmotherx5 @KarenUK I read it about 10 years ago. I felt the end was wrapped up too quickly. As if another writer stepped in to write it. Cute up until the last chapter or so. 6y
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Avanders
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Day 23 in #sizzlinsummerbooks is #roadtrip! I bought this one years ago, but it hasn't yet topped my "up next" list... anyone read this one?

rwmg I like the title 7y
Avanders @rwmg Yeah it sounds fun! And the road trip originates in New Mexico... perhaps why I bought the book in the first place 😁 (edited) 7y
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julesG
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#Womance #SplashIntoSummerReads @Tiffy_Reads

Basically any story with a strong W/W friendship could be listed here.

kspenmoll Should try reading this. Loved her 7y
julesG @kspenmoll Oh, another book for Mount TBR. 🙈😉 7y
RaimeyGallant I just finished writing one. 7y
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MelissaS
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Got to play in the city this weekend and our priority was a stop at The Strand! This is my mini-haul. #LitsyAtoZ @strandbookstore

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MelissaS
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I'd better get started!! still have 5 letters blank: J, Q, U, V, and X. Suggestions? #LitsyAtoZ

the.bookish.valkyrie J: Lab Girl - Jahren
Q: A Quick Bite - Sands
U: Ink and Bone - Unger
V: The Veiw From the Cheap Seats - Gaiman
X: X - Grafton
7y
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Amandajoy
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Books with #planestrainsandautomobiles for #photoadaynov16. 📚✈️🚂🚕

Caterina Anna Karenina for trains... 😳😫😂 7y
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