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staci.reads
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Loved settling in and visiting some of my favorite fictional friends ❤️ Book number 14 of the series did not disappoint! It had all the heart and atmosphere I've come to expect. Also, I got to break in my stemless, book spine wine glasses my daughter got me for Christmas🍷

dabbe I'm on to Book #2! 🤩😂🤗 2m
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The Colony Club: A Novel | Shelley Noble
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#OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew #OutWithTheOld
-Finished A Grave in the Woods.
Hope to finish 2 of the other 4 books pictured.
-All the Beauty in the World- going to the MET in January so hope to read this prior to my visit.
-The Dying Day #TBR #2 in a series-
-The Colony Club #librairybook due in 2 weeks(14 day loan) #hold
-Dark Fire- #2 in a series #TBR-a long shot
#serieslove2024 #YearEnd #20in4

Andrew65 Best of luck! 😍 5h
TheSpineView Lookin' great! 3h
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dabbe
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I mistakenly read #2 in this series last December and decided to start from the beginning this December. Happily, I believe I have found a new series to explore. Chief Inspector Gamache and the bucolic community of Three Pines, Quebec, has enchanted and engaged me with an intriguing murder of a beloved member of the village, one whose death shatters all who loved her. I look forward to learning more about the characters and this enchanting town.

Amiable The books get better as the series goes on, too! 23h
dabbe @Amiable Ooh, that's good to know! 🤩😂🤗 22h
Librarybelle I agree with @Amiable . I love the series and am up to book 8, I think. I miss Three Pines and really need to pick them up again. 21h
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Amiable @dabbe @Librarybelle Around book 4 (I think?) is when the larger plot thread starts to play out. I enjoyed each book/mystery individually, but the overarching narrative that carries across the entire series is even more compelling, IMO. (edited) 21h
Amiable @Librarybelle I‘m on the library waitlist for book #19 and I‘m very impatient! Everyone ahead of me needs to read faster. 😀 21h
Librarybelle @Amiable 😂 I like your comment about the overarching mystery. What really drives me to this series are the layers of info that Penny adds to them. I‘ve read Still Life a few times, and each time I pick up on another thread, another layer. She‘s an amazing writer. She‘s also an auto buy author for me, so I have the whole series waiting for me to read! 21h
Desha Yes this is such a great series! I‘m up to book 8 in reading all of them but I had to skip ahead and read her most recent one The Grey Wolf….wow so good!! She has gotten better over time!! 📚♥️ 21h
Mollyanna I agree with everyone, this is such a wonderful series. I am on book 4 and need to get back to it… 21h
dabbe @Amiable @Librarybelle @Desha @Mollyanna ... wow! Such intriguing comments! I'm on to my 2nd read of A FATAL GRACE and hope to continue on in 2025! 🤩 20h
staci.reads It's a great series! It gets better as it goes. I just finished books 14 yesterday. I'm trying to space them out and read one every few months. 19h
staci.reads @Amiable Agreed! Each book's plot is compelling enough to stand alone, but the arcing storylines and the character development makes it so much richer. 19h
dabbe @staci.reads This will be my big new series read for the year! 🤩😂🤗 17h
Susanita You‘re in for a treat! ❤️🌲🌲🌲 (edited) 15h
dabbe @Susanita Yay! 🤩😂🤗 9m
bthegood Glad you are enjoying the series! I love it🙂 now
dabbe @bthegood Already on to Book 2! 🩵💙🩵 now
bthegood @dabbe 🙂 now
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Gissy
The Christmas Guest | Peter Swanson
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Book 8 read this month. Short novella (96 pages). Two time lines: past, Ashley Smith, an American student, her experiences when was invited by a college “friend” Emma Chapman‘s, to spend Christmas at her house. There Ashley will fall in love and will know about a crime recently committed in the area. Present time, Ashley diary is read by someone. How these 2 time lines are connected?
I really liked the twists that occurred here. ⬇️

Gissy (Cont.) That ending remind me at some point The Kind Worth Killing but the conclusion is for those who liked Behind Her Eyes which I didn‘t like much. So I have mixed feelings with this story but I liked the way it was developed. 3/3.5⭐️ 4d
Gissy Gissy WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book8 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 3 hrs x 10 pts = 30 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Holiday read 75 pts
#WGWordsSearch 5 words (Christmas, snow, fireplace, party, Santa in various pages)= 50 pts
Previous pts 1, 530
Total= 1, 740 pts
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#AVeryMerryBingo -red @Jadams89
#ChristmasAToZ P author first name @Texreader
#WickedWords christmas @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy-set in winter #AVeryScaryChristmas -ghost
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Gissy
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Mehso-so

Book 7 read this month. Unpopular opinion. There were parts I really liked in this story, friendship and the relationship between Nicholas and Kris. The romance was cute but I think Nicholas was too dramatic in some parts. Didn‘t like much the plot. Maybe I was expecting too much from this novel. Didn‘t like much as I expected. But maybe I will try book 2?🤷🏽‍♀️2.5/3⭐️

Gissy WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book8 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 9 hrs x 10 pts =90 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Holiday read 75 pts
#WGWordsSearch 8 words (Christmas, giving, tradition, snow, fireplace, skate, candy, Santa in various pages)= 80 pts
Previous pts 1, 230
Total= 1,530 pts
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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #3 (holiday) Bingo board card#1-green on cover Card #2 -there is a meet cute card #3-title begins with the card #4-Someone has Christmas name card#5-someone talks about their dreams Card #6-something shinny on cover card#7-white colors on cover #ISpyBingo (turtleneck ) @TheAromaOfbooks
#AVeryMerryBingo -deer (tiny on cover) @Jadams89
#ChritsmasAToZ N-title @Texreader
#WickedWords christmas office @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy-romantic
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BookishMadHatter I'm reading this right not and am a little over half done. I find myself a little bored, like maybe the plot it trying too hard or there's a little too much filler dragging things out but at the same time I don't necessarily want to dnf... it's strange 4d
BarkingMadRead I liked the story but I hated that Santa was such an asshole. It hurt my heart 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d
Gissy @BarkingMadRead You are right, maybe in the second book the image change for something positive 🤞 4d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3d
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Gissy
Misery | Stephen King
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Book 6 read on December. What was this?? 😳I watched the movie, the old one, long time ago but this is the first time I read the book. As always Mr. King described so well the characters and the atmosphere. It was like watching everything, so dysfunctional, pathological, macabre, horrid. Do you think there are fans like that out there?🤔🫣😟

Love this old edition. 4⭐️

Gissy WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book6 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 9 hrs x 10 pts =90 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pt
Previous pts 1,085
Total= 1, 230 pts
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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #13 (impulse read) Bingo board card#1-published before 1990 Card #2 -set in place you don‘t want to visit card #3-red letters on cover card #4-travel trouble card#5-worst crisis Card #6-skyline card#7-someone apologizes(poor Paul) #ISpyBingo (silver font) @TheAromaOfbooks
#AVeryMerryBingo -silver (Misery) @Jadams89
#ChritsmasAToZ M-Misery @Texreader
#WickedWords office @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy-trapped
#AVeryScaryChristmas-blood
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Gissy
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Book 5 read this month. I really enjoyed this rom-com mystery. I didn‘t expect to like it and not with that retro cover☺️But it has mystery, romance, and it‘s funny. This was the most perfect rom-com crime mystery of the year😂🎄Maybe my Grinch heart 💚 felt something☺️ 3.8⭐️

Gissy WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book5 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 7 hrs x 10 pts =70 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Holiday read 75 pts
#WGWordsSearch 8 words (Christmas, party, presents, snow, fireplace, cold, blizzard, Santa in various pages)= 80 pts
Previous pts 785
Total= 1,065 pts + 20 pts line bingo #BookSpinBingo =1,085
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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #5 (holiday) one line b
Bingo board #1 more than 4 words in title Card #2 -man on cover card #3-someone has a party card #4-mistltoe card#5-weather causes problems Card #6-there is a storm card#7-odd number pages #ISpyBingo (Xmas tree) @TheAromaOfbooks
#AVeryMerryBingo -green (tree) @Jadams89
#ChritsmasAToZ A-author first name) @Texreader
#WickedWords Christmas office @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy -argument
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Gissy
The Christmas Tree Farm | Laurie Gilmore
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Book 4 read during month of December and 3rd book in the #Dream Harbors series. A new character but story is developed in the same setting which means you will see characters from books one and two. From the three books, I enjoyed this story more than the previous books. XcccvIt was funny even though I still think that spicy scenes could be cheesy. I love these covers 3⭐️

BkClubCare Merry Christmas Gissy! 🎄 4d
Gissy WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book4 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 6 hrs x 10 pts =60 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Holiday read 75 pts
#WGWordsSearch 5 words (Christmas, traditions, Santa, snow, Skate, fireplace, vacation, giving in various pages)= 80 pts
Previous pts 515
Total= 785
@Liseworks
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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #4 (holiday)
Bingo board #1 someone goes for a walk (Bennett) Card #2 -snow on cover card #3-blue on cover card #4-blue letters on cover card#5-someone can‘t stay in town long (Bennett) Card #6-Someone has a cutesy job card#7-no people on cover #ISpyBingo (wreath) @TheAromaOfbooks
#AVeryMerryBingo -wreath @Jadams89
#ChritsmasAToZ (L-author first name) @Texreader
#WickedWords Christmas @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy -blue cover
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Gissy
Five and Dime Christmas: Four Historical Novellas | Susanne Dietze, Cynthia Hickey, Patty Smith Hall, Christina Lorenzen
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I didn‘t know this was a Christian fiction book which is not my thing.😳I just loved the cover🤷🏽‍♀️There are four short stories were as always I liked some of them (2) more than others. All of them related with holiday. However, this book has strong religious content for my taste so nothing wrong with it but I didn‘t like it as much as you can imagine. But I think some persons could find it okay or good. It‘s just that it is not my taste 3⭐️

Gissy Gissy #WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book 3 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 8 hrs x 10 pts = 80 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Holiday read 75 pts
#WGWordsSearch 5 words (shop, cozy, Christmas, party, presents in various pages)= 50 pts
Previous 255 pts
Total= 515 pts
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Gissy #BookSpinBingo #2 (holiday)
Bingo board #1number in title (five)
Card #2 -two people on cover card #3- someone owns a business (1st story) card #4-holiday in title (Christmas) card#5-Christmas lights on cover Card #6-Door on cover card#7-snowflakes on cover #ISpyBingo (snowflakes) @TheAromaOfbooks
#AVeryMerryBingo -tree @Jadams89
#ChritsmasAToZ (F) @Texreader
#WickedWords Christmas office @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy - holiday
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Gissy
Edinburgh Midnight | Carole Lawrence
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Last book in this trilogy. I really enjoyed it and I will these characters. It‘s a historical fiction/cozy mystery with interesting characters and even Arthur Conan Doyle is amongst those characters. 3.8⭐️

Gissy #WinterGames2024 @Staycurious #HolidayBookDragons @Liseworks
Book 2 post 5 pts
Reading hours in Readathon ReadAway2024 @DieAReader 7 hrs x 10 pts = 70 pts
Book from tbr posted 50 pts
Previous pts 130 pts
Total= 255 pts

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Gissy #BookSpinBingo (#18-impulse reading)
Card #1- part of a series card #2- there is a cat(in the story) Card #3 two words in title Card #4 -small town setting Card #5- Someone has a scheme Card #6- set in Uk Card #7 - Published 2020
#ISpyBingo (snow globe) @TheAromaOfBooks
#AVeryMerryBingo good (letters) @Jadams89
#AVeryScaryChristmas (murder)
#ChristmasAToZ @Texreader
#WickedWords (office) @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy (mystery)

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