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13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear
13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear | Walter Moers
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
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jen_the_scribe
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1. Lately I‘ve been into seltzers, specifically High Noon. They‘re low calorie and don‘t give me acid reflux lol.

2. Tagged. Such a fun read!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Anyone who feels like playing, consider yourself tagged!

TheSpineView 🍷🍺🥂 Thanks for playing 3mo
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jen_the_scribe
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Captain Bluebear is the luckiest bear in all the universes and in all the dimensions. Or, depending on your perspective, he‘s the unluckiest. He seems to always find himself in the worst predicaments, but then finds a way out in either the cleverest (or luckiest) of ways. This is a chunky book full of adventure, whimsy, humor, and silliness. There are creatures and places you‘ve heard of, and many you‘ve never heard of before… (continued ⬇️)

jen_the_scribe And intermingled in all the chaos and adventures are friendships that keep Bluebear going. A book full of the zest of life and a reminder of what makes it all worth living: going on adventures, building friendships that last a lifetime (or many), and making a home for ourselves even when we feel like we were basically born adrift at sea 😉 3mo
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jen_the_scribe
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Lunch with a book while I wait for my car to be serviced. The waiter saw me reading and started talking books… he recommended an author I haven‘t heard of before: L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Has anyone here read his work?

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jen_the_scribe
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After a long day, nothing‘s better than bedtime reading by amber light… 🥰

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jen_the_scribe
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Attempting to be more extroverted later tonight for an event with the awesome people from my gym… so I‘m enjoying some me-time as I mentally prepare lol. Also, Captain Bluebear is constantly getting himself into trouble and I‘m rather enjoying the crazy and extremely lucky ways he gets out of it.

SW-T Cute mug. Hope you enjoyed your event! 4mo
jen_the_scribe @SW-T Thank you! And I did! 😊 4mo
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jen_the_scribe
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A quiet moment before anyone else is awake… I‘m really enjoying this one, it‘s wonderfully strange.

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jen_the_scribe

“The sole purpose of my life was to love her… I felt capable of boiling away the ocean to a bowl of fish soup, just with the flames of my passion. I could have stopped the world rotating, then reversed and restarted it, just for one more glimpse of the gesture with which she stuck a daisy behind her ear.”

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jen_the_scribe
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Yet another reason why women keep choosing the bear; they‘re attractive and mysterious lol.

Cuilin This is great 😊 🐻 4mo
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jen_the_scribe
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This one was just strange enough to catch my eye at the bookstore, and seems a bit less suspenseful than my last read lol… a palate cleanser, so to speak.

julesG Enjoy! 4mo
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HiMyNames_Alyssa
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Pickpick

This has become an auto-pick author for me even though I think I already have all his books. I've read 2 and have 2 on the shelf for later. I love the whimsy and fantasy mash-up perfect for when I want low-med stakes and something that will make my heart bubble up with happy feels. (vs the stress I usually have while reading lol)
You'll love Bluebear and all his friends and adventures. And the art *chef kiss* def worth reading the physical copy

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HiMyNames_Alyssa
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Back on Walter Moers ❤️ you want an easy cozy read with low stakes but beautiful worlds and whimsy? Walter Moers is your guy.

julesG ❤️❤️❤️Captain Bluebear - I should re-read 6mo
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Becker
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What am I reading? 😆😆🤣I think I‘m going to like this.👍💘

julesG Go with the flow. I'm sure you'll like it. 12mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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A treasure trove of imagination. Adventure & nonsense in equal measure, there are shaggy-dog-story stretches but also a lot of fun. Cover does well to reference Adams and Silverstein, I'd add the absurdities of Terry Pratchett's Discworld & Alice in Wonderland to the mix. Beware: certain creatures & scenarios could be nightmare fuel, and being published in 1999 means certain insensitivities crop up. ⚠️ Fatphobia

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Robotswithpersonality
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Yes, please.
Let's put it to a vote, shall we? 🙌🏻

julesG Moers and my father would get on like a house on fire. My father has always had a piece of cake every Wednesday declaring it's the middle of the week holiday that has to be celebrated, even if he had to go to work that day. 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG I love that! 😄🍰 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
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Taking a dim view of math and panicking in a crisis - I find this to be a very relatable bear. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Robotswithpersonality
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Forests: such wonderful things that even fantasy is hard-pressed to improve upon them. 🌲💚

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Robotswithpersonality
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Props to the book designers: I didn't know it was possible to do that with font and page colour on a diagonal!

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Robotswithpersonality
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The keyboard: a reliable source of inspiration. ⌨️

julesG It's Quertzuiopü in German (different alignment of keys on the keyboard). Fredda is my kids' favourite. 1y
julesG Also, your posts a) inspired us to dig up my copy only to notice b) one child took my copy to their father's and c) it's now in storage because their father had an accident while moving house and no boxes have been unpacked so far. 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG Nifty! I had no idea the keyboard was different but that makes total sense if it's based on the letters used most in the language. I love the 'hairball that stuck a finger in a light socket' look of Fredda, but I've been weaving my mind because I feel like I've seen the character design before...maybe there's a muppet that loops similar? 🤷🏼‍♂️🤔 1y
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Robotswithpersonality @julesG *wracking my brain not weaving my mind, making up new phrases now! 1y
julesG I got the meaning 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG Noooo! Stranded book! ☹️ 1y
julesG Maybe you're thinking of Beast from the muppets? 1y
julesG Or was it called Animal? 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG just Googled both names and got the same creature/Muppet - he's certainly got the right hairdo...I'm sure whatever Fredda is reminding me of will come to me in the middle of the night three days hence 🤦🏼‍♂️ 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
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A challenge for those choosing to read passages aloud: this one's a tongue-twister! 😵‍💫

julesG I had to read it out loud for each kid. 😬 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG I am exhausted just thinking about that. Kudos! 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
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Cannot get over this bear's face.
Dude looks like they've seen some shit! 😅

julesG Love this book! 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG Just found out about it, glad to hear a positive endorsement. ☺️ 1y
julesG Can't say anything about the English translation, but I've read the OV several times since it was published 25+(?) years ago. 1y
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Robotswithpersonality I was bummed to find out that for some reason the second book in the series was never translated into English, but I'm especially looking forward to the fourth, translated as: "The City of Dreaming Books." 1y
julesG They probably only translated the books that sold exceptionally well. ?‍♀️I've read all of them and Captain Bluebear is my favourite. My son liked "City" best. 1y
Robotswithpersonality @julesG ah, yes, money talks 🤑 Glad we've got most in English, and among those the arguably best/personal favourites. 😊 1y
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hissingpotatoes
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Bailedbailed

2/5⭐ Not my thing. It's a lot of whimsy and fantastical adventures for the sake of the fantastical but without trajectory. #roll100

You might like this if you like: Abarat by Clive Barker

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nosferatu
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I didn‘t really care for all of the episodes (or lives) and found some of the characters a bit too generic. Yet I devoured this 700-page tome within a few days, so I guess I did like it after all?! Strange!

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swynn
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#20Series20Days Day 13: Zamonia

It's like, if L Frank Baum dropped acid and ....

No, wait, it's like if Daniel Pinkwater took all his ideas too crazy to develop and ...

No, it's like a love child of Jim Henson and Robert Crumb ...

Ah, never mind. It's Walter Moers's Zamonia and it's like nothing else.

@Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds very interesting. 4y
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Author_Chelsea_Warren_PA
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So excited to start this one!!!

Heideschrampf It‘s so good! Enjoy! 4y
swynn Hope you like it half as much as I do. So. Brilliant. 4y
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Ashley_Nicoletto
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This is one of the weirdest books I‘ve ever read. I have so many questions about the brain that put this together. It was delightful and strange and unique and perfect for this weird time we‘re living in. I‘m 9ish hours into #24B4Monday and this is my first book finished.

Andrew65 Going well 👏👏👏 5y
Amandajoy If you loved that, there are others in the series. I loved 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto @Amandajoy I‘ve been wanting to read that one! 5y
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Kicking off #24B4Monday with a giant mug of coffee and 3.5 hours left in my current read.

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Ashley_Nicoletto
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In case you missed it- this sweet girl was completely and totally paralyzed two months ago. It‘s been a long two months. Today is her first bed snuggle since January. My book might be open, but I‘m mostly admiring her.

Lindy 😎 5y
merelybookish ♥️♥️ 5y
Soubhiville Aw, I‘m glad she‘s getting snuggles. 5y
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kspenmoll ❤️❤️ 5y
Crazeedi Oh no, so sorry to hear , but so happy she has you to care for her, sending a big squeeze to your precious kitty❤😻❤ 5y
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
sprainedbrain ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Bookzombie 💕🐶 5y
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Ashley_Nicoletto
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I am entirely mentally unable to choose a TBR currently. So my #24B4Monday goal is to finish this book, make progress in Roots, and the rest shall remain a surprise.

AshleyHoss820 Put your TBR titles in a jar and let fate choose for you!! That‘s what I have to do! 😂😄 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto @AshleyHoss820 this is a great idea! I‘m such a moody reader regularly so it‘s extra bad currently. 5y
AshleyHoss820 @Ashley_Nicoletto Yes!! Me too! I‘m a terrible, chaotic mood reader. When I get like that, I just pull titles, read a chapter, repeat until I settle on one that grabs me. In this case, it‘s never the book. It‘s me. 😂🤣 5y
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Ashley_Nicoletto
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We made it home and there‘s plenty of coffee and food. We will be reading and snuggling for the foreseeable future. ❤️

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amber_ldsmom
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Pickpick

Great book! We read it out loud as a family. My kids loved listening each night. Lots of giggles!

julesG One of my family's favourite books. 5y
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GatheringBooks
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Pickpick

#LetsTravelJuly Day 20: Captain Bluebear‘s journey has taken a great deal of #detour but this novel is one epic ride! Some may find Moers longwinded while others might find his imagination too absurd for words and abandon the reading of the novel altogether. But no book has ever made me laugh out loud in such abandon – tears streaming down my cheeks in utter hilarity. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-4IK

julesG One of my favourite books. 5y
glitterkitty459 Love this one. It's a classic! 😍 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds good!!! 📚📚 5y
OriginalCyn620 This sounds really cute! And Captain Bluebear is adorable! 😊 5y
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Pasteluniverse
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Pickpick

I was a big fan of this book! The land of Zamonia that author Walter Moers created is whimsical and quirky and the illustrations that accompany the story are fantastic. It‘s 703 pages but it flies by and ended up being a fairly quick read. If you want an adult fairytale, this book is for you. Highly recommend!

mellissimo I absolutly love all his books and illustrations. When reading his books I always can't wait to flip the page to see the next illustration. I'm actually kinda sad that I already read all of them and can't read them for the first time again ;) 6y
Aimeesue I lovelovelove Walter Moers! ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
sebrittainclark I love Walter Moers, especially the City of Dreaming Books! 6y
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swynn Another Zamonia fan here! 6y
ReadingRover I have this on audiobook. I‘m excited to read it. 6y
Forgetmenot2 I love Walter Walter Moers! But I can never find his books in used book stores😞 (edited) 6y
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Tahoe
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Of course! When I come to think about it the best books I read had mostly over 400 pages 🤔😄
I try now and then to convince some of my not-so read-obsessed- friends to not be intimidated by size/length.
@SilversReviews

SilversReviews I like 350 and under. 😊 Thanks for playing and re-posting. 6y
Tahoe Only the first two Harry Potter books have under 350 pages 😉 Lord of the Rings, the city of dreaming books it just goes on and on ^^ 6y
Tahoe No offense though! @SilversReviews 😮 6y
SilversReviews @Tahoe 😊 Not offended...thanks again for playing and replying. 6y
Tahoe Sure thing @SilversReviews 😎 6y
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Tahoe
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It was absolutly stunning. Its a harmless, very enjoyable Fantasy book. I read the following books first so I loved how some Characters I already knew showed! But I am amazed every time about the wealth of ideas Walter Moers has :)
#Zamonien #WalterMoers

LittleBug 💜💜 6y
LittleBug Book 1 in our reading challenge done!! 👍🏼👏🏼 6y
Tahoe Yesss time for the next one :) (how do you do the emojies? 6y
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rather_be_reading welcome to litsy!! 📚🎃📚 6y
Nute Welcome to Litsy! It‘s a warm and friendly community. I know that you will enjoy yourself here. I‘m looking forward to getting to know you.🙂 6y
Tahoe Thank you @Nute that's really kind 😊 6y
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yourfavouritemixtape
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A book in the Douglas Adams kind of weird mindscape. Be open to every weird idea. The story gets going and it‘s very entertaining.

Sarah83 One of my favourite books 6y
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Bailedbailed

I officially give up! This has been sitting on my table since there was still snow on the ground and I have had no desire to pick it up. It reminded me if Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy- quirky and a little out there. But it became repetitive and predictable. I didn‘t finish it but it still should have ended 300 pages ago.

LazyDays Oh no! That's to bad, I have been wanting to read this since I accidentally read the "series" out of order.? 6y
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Meghan1
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Pickpick

Well, this was a delightful book! #chunkster

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Meghan1
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This passage is cracking my 7 year old son up!! I love this book! ❤️

julesG I love this book. 6y
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Eki
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I always have beach parties alone in my appartment. 😉

#ReadingResolutions #BookAndBeachTowel

CoffeeAndABook Ahoi to Bremen from Cologne ⛵️🏝🐬 6y
Eki @CoffeeAndABook Ahoi zurück. Oder Alaaf? ? 6y
CoffeeAndABook @Eki Ein Alaaf erfreut immer 🤠 6y
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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyApril18 Day 23: Take a #Chance is all that Captain Bluebear is asking. If you haven‘t discovered Walter Moers yet, and you love fantasy and word play and strange art - then you will have to HAVE TO find him and read him. Translated from the German language, I pride myself in reading all of his translated works, thus far. I am a committed nerd that way. Get to know Zamonia, book nerds! It‘s an acquired taste, I admit, but well worth it.

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This is our current family read aloud, a tale of Bluebear‘s lives #inthewild of Zamonia. I love the amazing vocabulary it exposes them to, and the kids loves the giggle-inducing silliness of it all. Great stuff in spite of its 700 pages, lol.
#hopintospring

vkois88 That cover is too cute!! 7y
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Buechersuechtling

Seems you love Walter Moers – or you don‘t. I tried once or twice with his books but I could not relate to neither his characters nor the way he writes.

But as I saw @Sarah83 's post about the English edition I remembered that one of my friends offered me to lend me the audiobook. Which is what I‘d really look forward to because I think this might be a story suiting my ears better than my eyes.

Sarah83 You try the TV edition first, than the book is really amazing 😍 7y
Buechersuechtling You‘re not talking about „Die Sendung mit der Maus“ (The Show with the Mouse) pieces/stories, are you❓🤔 It‘s that kind of nonsense displayed there that made me initially dislike the author and that book. I never thought this is funny or witty humor. For me it‘s only stupid and dull. 🤷🏽‍♀️ 7y
Sarah83 I liked the story when I was little, don't know, if they are dull today 7y
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Sarah83
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Tagged for #colourinthetitle. Thank you @scripturient . So this was pretty difficult, I really had to look for right edition, so that title and colour fit. 😉

So this is the German paperback, the English one is yellow and the German hardcover is brown. 😂😂😂

Tagging @DeborahSmall and @ju.ca.no

ShookBelf I LOVED this book when I read it years ago. Have a couple of other books by Moers but they don't seem to have the same appeal 😣 7y
Sarah83 @ShookBelf it's my favourite one aswell, but I have only read four books written by him. 7y
GatheringBooks one of my absolute favourite moers book! i think i‘ve read all of his novels translated in english. 7y
Sarah83 @GatheringBooks 👍 I really do understand this. 🤗 7y
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Kelican17
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**sigh** #catsoflitsy sorry, mom 😬 @Wife

suvata Yikes! 7y
Reviewsbylola 😱😂😂😂 7y
Wife Did she slice my page?😳😱Bad kitty. 😾 7y
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Wife Etta is now an official member of #KAL (Kitties Against Literacy) Lots on members on Litsy 🐾 7y
HOTPock3tt LOL!! 🤣 7y
Sg1224 Your 🐈 just made my day! 😆🤣😂 6y
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Kelican17
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When grown-up books have pictures. 👍🏻☺️👍🏻

Wife So it‘s good so far? 7y
Kelican17 @Wife I‘m not very far along, but yes. It really reminds me if Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy. 7y
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TheSloanRanger
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Giving the 7 Days, 7 Book Covers Challenge a go!

Simply post a book cover you love - no explanation, no information on the book!

Day 1 is The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers.

Cinfhen Cute cover 7y
ApoptyGina69 Different cover than the one I have. I like yours better! 7y
TheSloanRanger @ApoptyGina69 It's a very old one! My mum bought it for me back in 2000 😀 This dust jacket has been all around the world with me 💖 7y
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kathytrithardt
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I finally finished this brick of a Tome.

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kathytrithardt
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Perfect chapter to read at brunch.

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kathytrithardt
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The first book on my Time Topple TBR... I guess I better start reading, since it is after midnight. 😃