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We are rapidly approaching the end of the year so time to start planning the #SeriesLove2025. All welcome to join this yearly challenge to get to some books in our favourite series, no matter how few or many - every one counts.

Who is joining us, and if so what series are you hoping to read from? Both @TheSpineView love seeing all he series you are targeting and the series/books you‘ve read, so please do tag us.

Andrew65 @CBee @Q84 @Ms_T @kezzlou85 @Texreader @TrishB @AprilMae @TheSpineView @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @eanderson @margreads @Cinfhen @Lizpixie @Clwojick @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Book_Fiend_Melissa @LeahBergen @airykah13 1d

Andrew65 @Cathythoughts @MittenGirlPeach @AmyG @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @OriginalCyn620 @Eggs @TK-421 @TK421 @Trashcanman @Reggie @CoffeeNBooks @CaffeineAndCandy @Soubhiville @TheAromaofBooks @laurelchandler @pageshifter @librariana 1d

Andrew65 @Butterfinger @Marina_h @StayCurious @rubyslippersreads @DGRachel @robinb @wanderinglynn @CarolynM @crimson613 @andrew61 @RamsFan1963 @Johanna414 @ravenlee @MicheleinPhilly @janeycanuck @mhillis @Kenyazero @Cupcake12 @Susanita @FantasyChick 1d

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Andrew65 @BookishMe @hes7 @Laughterhp @Allylu @julesG @AnneCecilie @Lesanne @RainyDayReading @MaGoose @Ruthiella @rjsthumbelina @AllisonM89 @rachelk 1d

Andrew65 @Deblovestoread @TheEllieMo @Gissy @PaperbackPirate @slategreyskies @Eggbeater @Mollyanna @cleoh @Elizabeth2 @tenar @kwmg40
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Andrew65 @coffeeandbooks @Bookgoil @TheBookDream @Bookwormjillk @librarian @Bookworm54 @ferskner @Sresendez12 @Read4life @ElizaMarie @LibrarianRyan @veritysalter @AlobelThee @Charityann 1d

Andrew65 @rsteve388 @Charityann @Cairo @CaitZ @MegaWhoppiingCosmicBookwyrm @Alora @Bookjunkie57 @MatchlessMarie @amandablaze @JessClark78 @Jadams1776 @intothehallofbooks @KVanRead @Liatrek @Addison_Reads @CaffeineAndCandy @howjessreads @Bkwrm7 1d

janeycanuck Oh, I will be jumping on this train again! I have a few series in progress and a few more I‘d like to start. I need to get the page in my planner set up! Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65 and @TheSpineView 1d

Andrew65 @BookwormAHN @aperfectmjk @BarkingMadRun @Areader2 @Areader @Scochrane26 @Jess861 @Rissa1 @MoonWitch94 @Traci1 @Velvetfur @EadieB @Tove_Reads @gradcat @Crazeedi @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader @IamIamIam @TheBookHippie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 1d

Andrew65 @Crewgurl @JacqMac @BookwormM @jb72 @ValerieAndBooks @Itchyfeetreader @youneverarrived @InBooksILive @TorieStorieS @Januarie8Timewalker13 @CocoReads @thereadingpal @OutsmartYourShelf @monica5 @LitsyEvents @Yuki_Onna 1d

Andrew65 @RebelReader @JenReadsalot @julieclair @AnnR @nelnjali @Moll @liseworks @Crystal83 @Roary47 @Monica5 @alldebooks @CrystalE02 @Kelli7990 1d

Andrew65 @janeycanuck Always great to have you with us. Here‘s hoping you get to some great series in 2025. 😍 1d

OriginalCyn620 I‘ll join in! Need to start planning! 1d

Andrew65 @OriginalCyn620 Me too, I was a bit all over the place with my series reads this year. Need to be more focused in 2025. 1d

AllDebooks Count me in. I have so many new series I plan on starting but need to finish up a few first. 😅 1d

Andrew65 @AllDebooks I know that feeling! Best of luck. 😍 1d

kwmg40 Count me in! I did make good progress on a couple of my focus series in 2024 and hope to again in 2025. 1d

majkia I'll join! Trying to get a bunch of series read. 1d

Laughterhp I‘m hoping to join in 2025! I‘m not sure what series I‘m going to read yet though! 1d

Bookwormjillk I‘ll join but I haven‘t decided on a series yet. I‘ll figure it out this week. Thanks for hosting! 1d

CocoReads I‘m so very close to catching up on Lucas Davenport. Otherwise, not sure. But I‘ll try to remember to tag in when I‘ve finished something. 1d

PaperbackPirate I would love to join you both again! This challenge was good inspiration to get some of series finished or progressed this year. I‘m most looking forward to finishing The Lunar Chronicles in 2025. 📚 1d

julesG I'm a fan of series!! So glad we're about to start the third year together. 1d

TheBookHippie I‘ve got some Chloe Gong to do this year and then I‘ve got some Lucy Maud Montgomery books I‘ve always wanted to complete! 1d

Eggs 🙌🏻📚📚👍🏼 1d

Mollyanna I am in again next year. Love this challenge. Thanks to you and @TheSpineView for hosting. 1d

Andrew65 @kwmg40 That‘s great, good to have you with us again. 😍 1d

Librarybelle Nice! I‘ve been reading series this year but not using the tag, so hopefully this will be my reminder to do that for next year! Thanks for hosting to both you and @TheSpineView ! 1d

Andrew65 @majkia Great to have you with us. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @Laughterhp That‘s great, I am yet to make my choices- want to be more focused next year. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk Brilliant! That‘s why I posted today thought it gave time people to think about the choices in the run up to the new year. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @CocoReads You‘ve reminded I need to get back to the Lucas Davenport series, and think that will be one of the series I target. Great to have you with us. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @PaperbackPirate That‘s brilliant! I‘m wanting to explore the Lunar Chronicles. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @julesG Where does the time go!!! Great to have you with us. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Great to have you with us, and good choices. 😍 1d

Andrew65 @Eggs 😍😊😍 1d

Andrew65 @Mollyanna Great to have you with us again, and we both love hosting this. 😍 1d

Kenyazero I‘ll join! I‘m sure I‘ll come up with some other series I haven‘t finished later on, but I‘m going to say Ranma 1/2 because my husband picked it up when I recently reorganized my manga collection and he‘s in love with it, so I‘m going to read past the first four volumes finally. This is a continuation from when I was a teen! 1d

Andrew65 @Librarybelle Great to have you with us, and we do love hosting this. 😍 (edited) 1d

Andrew65 @Kenyazero Great to have you with us, always good to have some series with us through the years. 😍 1d

PaperbackPirate I think you will like The Lunar Chronicles- very fast paced with socially conscious messaging. 1d

Andrew65 @PaperbackPirate Thanks, definitely a series I would like to get to next year. 1d

PaperbackPirate Good luck! 1d

Andrew65 @PaperbackPirate Thanks 😊 1d

Roary47 Going to work on continuing to shrink my huge list. 😅 1d

Andrew65 @Roary47 Me too! Great to have you with us. 😍 1d

julieclair I‘m in! I‘m changing my approach. For 2024, my plan was “wide and shallow”, dipping in and out of a number of series. I discovered I lost the feeling of continuity that makes series reading unique and special. So for 2025, I‘m going “narrow and deep” and plan to read one book each month from the Kate Shackleton mysteries, starting with a reread of the first book,

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JacqMac I have been seriously considering diving into Brandon Sanderson. There is just so much, I keep putting it off. Maybe this is the time. lol 1d

Ruthiella @julieclair I love that approach! 1d

Ruthiella I am definitely back in for another round in 2025! 👍 1d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm nearly finished with the final book of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Next year, I'm focusing on #192025 and the #52books challenges, so I think I will be able to get a few more books read within series. 1d

DieAReader 🤓📚You know I‘m game!! So many series to choose from but here are a few: Chris Carter, Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs, Kat Martin. 1d

AnnCrystal First time that I'm joining on for this readathon 🥳📚📚📚...I've been planning. I will be continuing with the Riley Thorn Mysteries, hopefully finish the Chronicles of the Necromancer series by continuing with The Fallen Kings Cycle books by Gail Z. Martin, and...my growing list is becoming a bit too unrealistic 🤔😂📚💫. 1d

OutsmartYourShelf I'll be concentrating on finishing the Miss Marple & Poirot books by Agatha Christie as part of completing #192025

For the first few months I'll also be re-reading the Maeve Kerrigan series by Jane Casey ready for the latest one to be released in April/May. Still lots to read for JD Robb's 'In Death' series as well (I think I'm about halfway at the moment). There'll be more series that I can't think of atm. (edited) 1d

Texreader Im in again!! Yay!! 1d

mrp27 I plan on joining for the 3rd year in a row! Great way to keep myself current on all my series, to catch up on a series and to discover new series! 1d

Fortifiedbybooks I'll join in the series fun! I have several cozy mystery and SciFi series I need to get caught up on. 1d

julieclair @Ruthiella Thanks! We‘ll see if I can stick to it, and not get distracted by all the other “shiny objects” series out there. 🤪 1d

MonicaLoves2Read I'm in bc there's a ton I need to catch up on. Thanks for hosting 😀 1d

Meshell1313 I‘m so in again! Love sharing and seeing what series everyone is reading. In 2025 I‘m going to read all of The Lord of the Rings books- I never read them and love all things fantasy so it seems like a wrong I must right! I also might dive into the Brandon Sanderson world- it seems very daunting. 1d

Meshell1313 @JacqMac just saw this after I commented! I also want to dive into Sanderson! Was thinking of starting with the Stormlight triology- what are you thinking? 1d

JacqMac @Meshell1313 It‘s all kind of overwhelming. Everything I have seen says to start with Mistborn, so I think that‘s my plan. 1d

Andrew65 @JacqMac I‘m also wanting to start the Sanderson books. Planned for it this year but never got to it. Perhaps we can all support and encourage each other. @Meshell1313 1d

JacqMac @Andrew65 That would be really great! 1d

Andrew65 @JacqMac Sure we could pull something together and would be easier as a small group of people. 24h

TheSpineView @Mollyanna YW! So glad to have you. 23h

TheSpineView @janeycanuck Yw! Glad to have you! 23h

CarolynM I‘ve got a few series on the go that I hope to be going on with in 2025. The one I‘m most looking forward to continuing is Viveca Sten‘s Sandhamn Murders series which I discovered in Sweden (in Sandhamn, in fact)

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Jess861 Would love to join in as I am hoping to read more of the Mistborn series next year. 21h

ferskner I'm in! I'm not 100% how it works (I'm out of Litsy practice) but I'm eager to finish some series. 19h

JacqMac @Andrew65 A Cosmere buddy read perhaps? There are 20 Cosmere books in total. I found a suggested reading order that looks pretty good. I looked at Mistborn. The first three books, Era 1, are around 600 pages each. The first book is divided into five parts. Maybe one part a week is a good place to start? 13h

Meshell1313 @Andrew65 @JacqMac sounds like a perfect buddy read to me! ❤️ 9h

Andrew65 @JacqMac That sounds a good way to go. Which book are they suggesting to start with? May even be others who want to join. @Meshell1313 (edited) 9h

Andrew65 @julieclair Yes, last year I had a very wide, very shallow approach and need to be more focussed too in 2025. Sounds like you‘ve got a good strategy. Good to have you with us. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @Ruthiella Great to have you with us again 😍 9h

Andrew65 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick A great way to multitask. Great to have you with us. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @DieAReader I will definitely be continuing with Kathy Reichs, Chris Cater and Michael Connelly. Currently have the next two Reichs books out from the library. Great to have you with us again. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @AnnCrystal Great to have you with us! Sounds like you have some great plans, I over reached on series this year so trying to narrow it down. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @OutsmartYourShelf I love the Maeve Kerrigan series. Some good choices you have there. Great to have you with us. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @Texreader Great to have you with us again 😍 9h

Andrew65 @mrp27 Great to have you with us again, this challenge certainly helps us target the books. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @Fortifiedbybooks Be great to have you with us! Best of luck 😍 9h

Andrew65 @MonicaLoves2Read Love hosting this. Great to have you with us. 😍 9h

Andrew65 @Meshell1313 Some great reading ahead of you, great to have you with us 😍 9h

Andrew65 @CarolynM Great to have you with us. Love where you found the Sandhamn Murders Seriws. 😍 9h

JacqMac @Andrew65 @Meshell1313 Excellent!! I will break it all down and make a post with the details in a little bit. I‘ll tag you both and open it up for others to join us. 9h

Andrew65 @Jess861 We‘d love to have you join us. Looks like a few of us are targeting that series and would make for a great buddy read. 9h

Andrew65 @ferskner It‘s very easy going. You can choose any series you want to target in 2025, as many or as few as works for you and you can add any to it as you go through the year. When you‘ve read any books in the series just post it with the hashtag #SeriesLove2025 and tag me and @TheSpineView.

Great to have you with us 😍 9h

Andrew65 @JacqMac Great, as well as @Meshell1313 it looks like @Jess861 is wanting to read the Mistborn books so she might want to join us for any she hasn‘t read yet. Love it when a plan comes together. (edited) 9h

peanutnine Yes I love this challenge! Sometimes I feel like all I read are series since I'm always starting new ones! 😂 8h

Jess861 @Andrew65 @JacqMac @Meshell1313 - I'd absolutely love to join 😊! I've only read the first book in the trilogy (Mistborn: The Final Empire) and I really enjoyed it....it's been a while since I read it so I wouldn't mind re-reading it. (edited) 8h

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Etta and Otto and Russell and James | Emma Hooper

The #20in4 Readathon his at a challenging time. I have a bit of a Friendsgiving later tonight and a birthday get together tomorrow with my brother & his family. I'm keeping my goals simple. Finish Red Rabbit (about 30 pages left) and see how far I can get with this one. This one covers Canada for #foodandlit and the #52books Palindrome on cover prompt.
@Andrew65 andrew65

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, best of luck 😍 I look forward to hearing about the Emma Hooper book, it looks interesting and not a book I know. 3w

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

I still have a few of the previous months' selections unfinished, but here I am, being hopeful that I'm getting through more in November. As I get closer to finishing the #52Books prompts for 2024, I'm looking to make more progress on the #192025 challenge. I still have 14 months, but it's looking like it might become the 192026 challenge. 🤣
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Since You've Been Gone | Morgan Matson

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Emily was ready to spend the summer with her best friend Sloane, but when summer came, Sloane and her family disappeared without a trace. Just when Emily thinks all hope is lost, she receives a list in the mail from Sloane - thirteen things Emily likely wouldn't do without Sloane's prompting. If she completes the list, will she find Sloane?
Overall, this was a cute and tame book about older teenagers. Emily's parents are preoccupied ⬇️

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick with writing a play, so Emily has the freedom to complete the list with little interference. Early on, Emily makes a few new friends who help her cross items of the list, and thank goodness she does. Emily doesn't have much of a life outside of Sloane. We see Emily become comfortable with being herself, not who Sloane wanted her to be.
The current storyline was stronger than the flashbacks to include Sloane in the story. ⬇️ 4mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Unless Emily is just that shy, which it doesn't seem that way, I just didn't see much about their friendship that would cause Emily to be so enamored of Sloane that they had no other friends. It's a light pick for me.
#52Books #TitleMatchesLyricsFromASong 4mo

Gissy I have this one forever😱I need to read it☺️ 4mo

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Cinfhen

The Whalebone Theatre: A novel | Joanna Quinn

I had no idea when I requested this audiobook from the library it was nearly 19 hours long. I probably would‘ve skipped it, but I‘m really loving it 🥰 Narration is SUPERB🎧🙌🏻 Chose for #IspyBingo curtain and #52Books September mini challenge #BookBeginsWithProperNoun

Clwojick, TheAromaofBooks

Cinfhen @bookbelle84 @librarybelle @maclean4 @read4life @ravenlee @larareads @triplem80 @smarkies @bluebird @debbigrillo not sure if you guys are doing the mini challenge??? 1y

Cinfhen @Deblovestoread @ashleyhoss820 @barbarabb @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @karenuk @leerharry @carolynm @azulaco @lizpixie 1y

BarbaraBB I am not doing the mini challenges but now that you mention them I‘ll probabilities do so next year 😂 (edited) 1y

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TrishB Had this on my kindle for a while! 1y

Cinfhen I really think you‘d like it @TrishB 😄 1y

Cinfhen I wasn‘t going to do the mini challenges but then I saw I kind of did without really trying @BarbaraBB I think I‘m only doing #52books and hopefully #Booked2024 next year plus the other challenges on Litsy like #AAM and #BookSpin and of course #TitlesAndTunes 😁 (edited) 1y

jenniferw88 😍 book is set in my home county, and the author lives in Dorset too! 😍 1y

Caroline2 This is 99p on kindle at the mo in the uk. 👍 😁 1y

LeeRHarry Mini challenges? Guess I‘m not doing them. 😏 1y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Hopefully #Booked2024! I‘ll do them all again I‘m afraid (52books, ATY, Pop) and of course #TitlesAndTunes and #Roll100 but not #Bookspin. Might try #AAM. And of course the #TOB! 1y

Cinfhen Have you read it @jenniferw88 ??? It‘s really good!!! Definitely worth #99p @Caroline2 1y

Cinfhen There‘s only been a few @LeeRHarry they are usually set around an event/holiday( like Easter in March or back to school in September ) 1y

jenniferw88 @Cinfhen not yet! 1y

Cinfhen @BarbaraBB hard to believe we are almost at January !! A whole new year of challenges 😀 1y

Librarybelle I‘m not doing the mini challenges this year. Maybe next year??? Who knows! I didn‘t realize this book was that long - 19 hours is a nice size book! 1y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y

Bluebird Lol, like @LeeRHarry I did not know there are mini-challenges (edited) 1y

Megabooks Oh awesome! I‘d been avoiding it due to length, but I‘ve been burning up the audiobook hours this month! 1y

Cinfhen I really enjoyed the audio @Megabooks and I thought it was a remarkably written debut!! 1y

Cinfhen I hadn‘t planned on doing the mini challenges @Librarybelle @Bluebird but it sort of evolved organically 😉 1y

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Cinfhen

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation: A Graphic Novel Adaptation | Octavia E. Butler

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#Booked2023 #AfroFuturism #52Books #OctaviaButler I was worried about these prompts as I don‘t really enjoy Sci-Fi or fantasy but this Graphic Novel adaptation was really wonderful. I thought the artwork and story boards were beautifully done. It was so eerie to see how intuitive Octavia But.er was regarding the “future” (2024) of the world, specifically the United States. So glad I was able to borrow via #Hoopla.
Rec by @Megabooks ♥️

Megabooks So glad you enjoyed it!! 1y

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Cinfhen

Big Summer: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner

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I was so close to bailing when a very unexpected twist occurred that made me want to see this book through to the end. It does read a bit YA which I hadn‘t found in previous books from Jennifer Weiner but she managed to pull off a fun and interesting 🐥 lit mystery🩷Good choice if you‘re looking for a beach read🏖️ A plus size influencer gets drawn back into a toxic friendship with her HS nemesis when she asks her to be in her wedding party.

squirrelbrain Sounds like a good (beach) read. I just found a 50p used copy on Amazon, as it fits with one of my last challenge prompts. 1y

Cinfhen I almost forgot….Im using it for #BodyPositivity #52Books @squirrelbrain and bathing suit on cover for #ISpyBingo stick with it….because you‘ll probably be frustrated the first 1/3 of the book! 1y

squirrelbrain Hmmm…I‘m not sure now if it fits cos I just checked the prompt and it‘s #romancewithafatlead. What do you think? 1y

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Cinfhen She‘s a plus size influencer and there is a “romance” so it does fit @squirrelbrain - she also isn‘t one to cower to those that seek to shame fat people. She “owns” her weight in a positive manner. (edited) 1y

DivineDiana Years ago,I won a contest to be a guest of Jennifer Weiner at a concert for a band consisting of authors. She was singing with the band that night. Love her! Stacked! ❤️ 1y

Cinfhen I read her memoir a few years ago and she mentioned being in a band of authors @DivineDiana I think Ann Patchett might have been part of it at one time also! And she‘s a #PhillyGirl ♥️ 1y

DivineDiana My understanding is that the band members rotated. I don‘t think Ann Patchett was there, but I do remember Amy Tan and Mitch Album. Stephen King had toured with them. I was hoping to see him, but he was not there for that performance. So fun! (edited) 1y

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Deblovestoread

Saint X | Alexis Schaitkin

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I really enjoyed this multi cast audio book about the disappearance of a teenage girl during a family Caribbean vacation. Told mostly through the voice of her younger sister we also hear from other‘s who were on the island at the time. #Booked23 # SunshineNoir #52Books #publishedbyMacMillan

Cinfhen I thought this was really well done 👍🏽 1y

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Deblovestoread

A Rogue of One's Own | Evie Dunmore

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This was no more and no less than what I expected. An entertaining romp with a small side of historical facts about Britain‘s Married Women‘s Property Act. It is a gentle reminder of the women who came before who paved the way.

#Bookspin #TitlesandTunes #14Books14Weeks #52Books #FashionableCharacter

@TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @rmaclean4 @Read4life @LaraReads @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @KarenUK @LeeRHarry @Bluebird

Deblovestoread @BookBelle84 @CarolynM @azulaco @Lizpixie @DebbieGrillo 2y

squirrelbrain This is one of the few prompts I haven‘t done yet…. 2y

Cinfhen Sounds like a fun read 🤩 2y

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y

Librarybelle Good choice! 2y

Deblovestoread @squirrelbrain It is probably a bit of a cheat as the MC went to the modiste once for a few new stylish clothes but the description of her ball gown sold me 😂 2y

Read4life Sounds good! 2y

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