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Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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In February 1959, Switzerland held a referendum on women's suffrage. The men voted 'no'. In this powerful novella, Clare O'Dea explores that day through the eyes of four very different Swiss women. Vreni is a busy farmer's wife, longing for a break from family life. Her grown-up daughter Margrit is carving out an independent life in Bern, but finds herself trapped in an alarming situation. Esther, a cleaner, is desperate to recover her son who has been taken into care. Beatrice, a hospital administrator, has been throwing herself into the 'yes' campaign. The four women's paths intersect on a day that will leave its mark on all their lives.
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#BakerStreetIrregulars it‘s time to vote for our April historical mystery. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/DkTUP2TZqUriJ74t7 and please let us know if you have book suggestions for future votes.

BarkingMadRead Voted!!! 4w
CatLass007 Voted! Hard to choose. 4w
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mcctrish Voted but there are a few that are interesting 4w
LiseWorks Voted 🗳 4w
MrsV Voted, but I‘d be happy with any of them. Great choices. 4w
Read4life Voted. 🗳️ 4w
PageShifter Voted! 4w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I voted, but these all look good!! 4w
julieclair Voted! Great choices! 4w
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance it‘s time to pick our February read and the theme is: Billionaire romances! Click on the link to vote: https://forms.gle/8TyERhWiB61FrEdV9

LiseWorks I voted, let's hope I can get the book that gets voted from the library lol I love the theme for February 3mo
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julesG Voted! 3mo
OriginalCyn620 Voted!! ❤️ 3mo
Catsandbooks Voted 💖 3mo
mcctrish Voted 3mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Voted. 💕 3mo
Pigpen_Reads Voted ❤️ 3mo
CoverToCoverGirl Voted 💙 3mo
julieclair Voted💜 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh these all sound so fun!! 3mo
Read4life Voted 💙 3mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance it‘s time to ring in the New Year and for our January read I thought Neighbour romances would be fun! Please vote here: https://forms.gle/NmApknUsRpiWw3qu8 If anyone has any trope suggestions or book suggestions please let me know!

Graciouswarriorprincess Voted! 😊💕 4mo
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julesG Thank you for all you do to make this 'book club' fun. I've voted. 4mo
Julsmarshall Thanks so for continuing this fun group! I‘ve voted too-some great options! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, another fun batch of choices!!! 4mo
Catsandbooks Voted! 4mo
BethM Billionaire boss , motorcycle club as tropes 4mo
BethM And I echo @julesG ! 4mo
Read4life I‘ve voted! 4mo
LiseWorks Voted 4mo
julieclair Voted. Good choices! 4mo
StayCurious @BethM ooh good ideas! 4mo
OriginalCyn620 Yay! I voted! Thank you so much for hosting this fun group, Renee. I‘m sure it‘s a lot of work and it‘s appreciated. One romance trope I‘ve not read a lot of is forbidden love. IDK if you‘ve done that in this group, but it seems like it could be interesting! 4mo
PageShifter Voted! 4mo
StayCurious @OriginalCyn620 ooh are we thinking like best friend‘s sister type romances? Boss-employee? Anything that need to remain secret? (edited) 4mo
OriginalCyn620 @StayCurious Yes, exactly! Secret or “taboo” type romances. (edited) 4mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance it‘s time to pick our December holiday read! Vote here: https://forms.gle/icRgdp9CuJZXjKKD8 All are welcome! Let me know if you have any theme, trope or book suggestions or if you want to be taken off the main tag list.

mcctrish Voted and I honestly like them all ( maybe not the shirtless guy - that might be too romance-y for me 😝) 5mo
peanutnine So many of these are already on my TBR so I'm excited 😃 5mo
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Cupcake12 Voted. Can‘t wait for December x 5mo
OriginalCyn620 Such good choices! Voted! (edited) 5mo
Read4life Voted! 🗳️ 5mo
BethM Voted! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks These all sound so fun!! 5mo
Catsandbooks Voted! 🎄❄️ 5mo
julesG Voted. Could you include me in the tag list, please? 5mo
julieclair Voted! 🎄♥️🎄 5mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#Pemberlittens it‘s time to vote for our next #JaneAdjacent read - we‘ll start this in a couple weeks to give people a chance to get the book that‘s chosen. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/TRvSAsVq9K2z9GyG7 as always let me know if you want to be removed from the main tag list.

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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance Let‘s vote for our next read which will be in October. I‘m thinking Fall Romances to keep us cozy 😊🍁🍂 here‘s the link to vote: https://forms.gle/vMatT56K4mr9Nhcb6 As always I welcome book suggestions and life advice here or at littensloveromance@gmail.com

LiseWorks Voted 7mo
OriginalCyn620 Voted! 🎃 7mo
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Kshakal Voted!!! Such good choices! 7mo
Read4life Voted 🗳️ 7mo
Catsandbooks Voted! 7mo
BethM Done! 7mo
mcctrish Voted 🍷🍁🧶 7mo
tdrosebud Voted! 7mo
julieclair Voted! Fun choices! 🍁🍂🍁 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Great choices!!! Can't wait to see which one wins!! 7mo
peanutnine Voted!! 7mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance It‘s time to select our September read and we‘re going out west! Contemporary Cowboy romances! And boy was it fun looking up books in this category 😁 Here is the link to vote: https://forms.gle/kniGes1WNj488P5t7 Please let me know if you want to join us, be put on or removed from the main tag list, and if you have any book suggestions.

willaful Montana Sky has a Willa in it, so of course I had to vote for it. :-) 8mo
LiseWorks Voted, boy was it hard to decide 8mo
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CoverToCoverGirl I‘m going to try join in this month. I really don‘t read Cowboy romance but I‘ll look for whatever is chosen. 🙂 8mo
BethM Yes! Somehow I fell off of this list- bring me back please! 8mo
BethM One of my favorite tropes! 8mo
Catsandbooks Voted! 🤠❤️ 8mo
Read4life Voted! 8mo
Kshakal Whoop whoop!! Voted!! (edited) 8mo
OriginalCyn620 Yay! I‘ve never read a cowboy romance…voted! 8mo
mcctrish @willaful and I have never read a Nora Roberts so I voted for that one too ( some of these covers scare me truthfully 🤣) 8mo
Pigpen_Reads I love western romance! 8mo
willaful mctrish you know what they say.... 😁 Honestly the period of early indie romance was truly terrifying. I'm not sure what they were doing but the cover art was so uncanny valley. 8mo
peanutnine Voted! Could you add me back to the tag list? ☺️ 8mo
CarolynM Voted. Thanks Renee. Looking forward to getting into some cowboy romance with you🙂 8mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance It‘s time to vote for our April Read! Here is the link: https://forms.gle/3UEZZnnJH9Xgd6Lu9 As always, you can reach me with book suggestions or comments or life advice at littensloveromance@gmail.com

MoonWitch94 Voted! 13mo
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willaful I was just thinking about rereading Sugar Daddy so went for that. 13mo
BethM Great theme! My comment (and I can‘t remember if we‘ve discussed this) is that I like the end of the month discussions vs the weekly ones. I can‘t always keep up or get my hold in time for weekly. 13mo
StayCurious @BethM hi Beth! So we do it both ways now. I do a daily buddy read and you can let me know if you want to be tagged in that, and now I also do an end of the month discussion on the final Sunday of the month. I can always tag you in that as a reminder if you choose to read the book. 13mo
BarkingMadRead It‘s my birthday month as well 🎉🎉🎉 happy birthday to us both! 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Happy birthday!! Can't wait to see what gets picked!! 13mo
tdrosebud Voted and it's also my birthday month! 13mo
CarolynM Voted. Thanks Renee😘 13mo
Pigpen_Reads Voted! 😁 13mo
Laughterhp Not sure if I‘ve ever read a billionaire romance! But voted! 13mo
Read4life Thanks, Renee 🤓 I voted. 13mo
TheSpineView Voted! Thanks bunches! 13mo
OriginalCyn620 Voted! It was a tough decision! 13mo
BethM @StayCurious thanks! I‘m always down for the end of the month one. @Laughterhp it‘s one of my favorite tropes :) 13mo
slategreyskies Voted! 🥰💕 13mo
CoverToCoverGirl Voted! 🤞 13mo
PageShifter Voted 13mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I picked one that I have already on my Kindle, but I'm down for most of these. 13mo
Kerrbearlib Voted 13mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#Pemberlittens it‘s time to vote once more - this time we‘re selecting our March #JaneAdjacent read. Please let me know if you want to be taken off the main tag list. All comments and book suggestions can be sent to pemberlittens@gmail.com. https://forms.gle/rqbXqcdLgJWUQeYf8

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MoonWitch94 Voted! 14mo
IndoorDame Voted! (And added 3 more titles to my TBR 😅 thanks for the suggestions!!!) 14mo
Cuilin May I be included in the list again? I already voted. I hope that‘s okay. 14mo
AllDebooks Voted 😊 14mo
StayCurious @Cuilin absolutely! 14mo
Cuilin @StayCurious thank you 🙏 14mo
Librarybelle Voted! 14mo
BarkingMadRead Voted!! 14mo
AnnR I'm going to skip voting this time, as I recently read one book on the list and the others aren't readily available through my local library. 14mo
kspenmoll Voted! 14mo
TheBookHippie Voted! 14mo
CrowCAH Voted 🗳️ 14mo
Ruthiella I‘m going to sit this one out. Thanks! ☺️ 14mo
LeahBergen Voted! ✅ 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Oh wow, this one was a tough choice!! 14mo
wordslinger42 I would like to be added to the tag list 😊 14mo
julieclair Voted! But honestly, no matter which one wins, I'll be happy. They all sound good! 14mo
StayCurious @wordslinger42 absolutely! 14mo
willaful Not voting because I don't know anything about any of them, so please pick a good one for me. 😁 14mo
PageShifter Voted! 14mo
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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#LittensLoveRomance So…a lot of us didn‘t like our January read. In fact I‘m so over it I think we‘ll even skip this Sunday‘s discussion because - well, what more can be said? Not every book voted for will be a winner - And sometimes I include duds in the choices without realizing it. I discover as we‘re reading together - and that‘s part of the fun. Anyway, let‘s start anew! Here‘s the link to vote: https://forms.gle/gEouQsZeJw6xxQof6 👇

StayCurious Please let me know if you want to be added or removed from the main tag list and as always, send suggestions comments and life advice to littensloveromance@gmail.com 1y
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Pigpen_Reads Voted 😁 1y
OriginalCyn620 Ha! Totally not your fault if a book is a dud…that‘s something that‘s only found out by reading a book and we all vote on the choice. You have the harder job of narrowing down choices for us to vote on, not to mention the daily summaries and discussions! I‘m glad to be a part of this group! Gonna vote now 😊 1y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I like it well enough that I'll continue reading but happpy that I don't have to rush to talk about it. A chapter a day is probably all I need of this story. I'll start looking at our next choices. 1y
Laughterhp Totally not your fault about the last book! Voted! 1y
Catsandbooks Groundhog day😂😂 voted! 1y
MeganAnn Voted!! 1y
BethM Guess I shouldn‘t be sad I couldn‘t get my hands on it 😂 1y
Read4life Voted 1y
MoonWitch94 I like discovering books together as a group. And WE voted for it, so who cares 🤷🏻‍♀️ It is part of the fun, and it had a good premise. 1y
MoonWitch94 Voted! 1y
Julsmarshall Voted! (edited) 1y
Vansa You really don't have to explain the choice,it was a choice all of us made!Of course we're all going to vote for duds sometimes-I mean,entire countries vote for duds to govern them😂Voted for this month! 1y
PageShifter Voted! I don't have had time to read January book yet but seeing everyone's comments it might be better to leave it unread 🤔😃 And especially because I should buy it 🤣 1y
julesG Voted. 1y
BookwormAHN Voted! Still reading January's book. I'm not particularly enjoying it but sadly curious to see how it ends 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1y
CarolynM I think it‘s really hard to know what will be good and what will be a dud in the romance genre, it‘s very much a case of taking a chance because sometimes you‘ll strike gold. I thought the January book sounded fun 🤷🏻‍♀️ Oh well… This time I‘ve voted for a author I‘ve liked in the past so a better chance I‘ll like it. 1y
TheAromaofBooks I've been really enjoying the reviews for January's pick, so that part has definitely been fun 😂 1y
Kerrbearlib Voted! 1y
BarkingMadRead I don‘t know how I missed the January book post, but I‘ll pay better attention for February lol voted! 1y
BarkingMadRead @StayCurious you still have me on your tag list as BarkingMadRun 😃 1y
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LitsyEvents
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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Repost for @StayCurious (oops, not cinfhen)

Voting is open for #littensloveromance January read. The theme is paranormal & vampires.
See the original post for more details and the voting form

https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2517924

Cinfhen Nope, not a repost from me 😄 1y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I was already confused 🫥 1y
StayCurious Thanks for the repost! 1y
Cinfhen 😂 @BarbaraBB glad @StayCurious got the proper shoutout xx 1y
LitsyEvents My apologies. 🙈 It had been a very long day!! Debs 1y
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StayCurious
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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It‘s time to vote for our January #LittensLoveRomance read! I‘m going paranormal and vampires in particular! Vote using the link below - I tried to pick a good variety. Also I haven‘t forgotten our December prize! I will be revealing the winner in a separate post tomorrow. Ps: If you want to be removed from the main tag list let me know. https://forms.gle/d5ytxiqJCpHTyEgn7

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Pigpen_Reads Voted! Great selection! 1y
CarolynM I‘ve voted😊 1y
Laughterhp Ooh fun! I‘ve voted! 1y
OriginalCyn620 I‘ll be honest, I‘ve only heard of one of these books. One of my sorority sisters has been trying to get me to read the Black Dagger Brotherhood books! 😂 But I‘m all in for vampires! As long as they don‘t sparkle, because WTH? I‘ll never understand that… 1y
MoonWitch94 Voted! 1y
TheSpineView Voted 1y
Read4life Voted 1y
Catsandbooks Voted 1y
BookwormAHN I would like to be added please 😺 1y
PageShifter Voted 1y
julesG Voted! 1y
julesG @OriginalCyn620 The vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood definitely don't sparkle. 😁 1y
OriginalCyn620 @julesG Definitely good to know! 😂 1y
TheAromaofBooks I do want to stay on the main list, but probably won't read January's book since vampires aren't my jam 😂 1y
Clwojick I‘ve only heard of the Series by Jeaniene Frost. Paranormal romance is generally not my jam, but who knows… maybe that‘ll change. 😂 1y
tdrosebud Voted. 1y
Gissy All of them sound so interesting 🧛🏼‍♀️ 1y
KristiAhlers I have voted! 1y
Kerrbearlib Voted 1y
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kspenmoll
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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Voting,a family event. 🗳
#vote #TariffvilleSchool #ElectionDay #2022 🇺🇸

Ruthiella 👍 1y
Reggie He looks so much like his dad! 1y
kspenmoll @Reggie He does! 1y
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Chelsea.Poole
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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I voted!! It was vital election for my local library — we had a renewal levy on the ballot— which also is my livelihood. We just got the unofficial results that the levy passed and I‘m so grateful. Been too nervous to post about voting prior to hearing the results of it! Looks like we‘ll be able to provide library services to our community for another 5 years, at least! 🗳️ #AuldLangSpine

monalyisha 👏🏻💯👏🏻 1y
monalyisha PHEW! 1y
Ruthiella Yahoo! 👏👏👏 1y
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Bookzombie Yay!!! 1y
Hooked_on_books That wonderful! What a great win! 1y
TheNeverendingTBR Ohio ❤ I used to visit Amherst often. 1y
bibliothecarivs Congratulations from one librarian to another. 🎉 1y
SamAnne Congrats!
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Megabooks Fantastic!! 1y
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shawnmooney
Voting Day | Clare O'Dea
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https://youtu.be/_anVeHtn__k

A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf

Chat #1: with Mikiko in London, Ontario

Voting Day by Clare O'Dea

The Naked Irish: Portrait of a Nation Beyond the Cliché by Clare O'Dea

The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths by Clare O'Dea

Chat #2: with Leo Bancroft from Portland

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

shawnmooney Chat #3: with Heather of Soggy Expat Booknerd, from Wales

The Blue Tent by Richard Gwyn

Chat #4: with Robin from Sacramento

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
2y
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