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TheAromaofBooks
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Mehso-so

This book gets full marks for being absolutely lovely, with tons of beautiful photographs. However, while the theme was good, the material was very repetitive. They gave the steps for planning a garden (found in virtually any gardening book: hardscape, focal points, anchor plants, filler plants, groundcover), then said, “you can replace any of your regular plants with edible plants!!“ and then covered the same steps for your front yard, back yard⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and containers, so they ended up saying the same things a lot. There were a few interesting ideas, but these authors are also from SoCal, so while they threw out some little possibilities for those of us who live where the land freezes half the year, it definitely felt like the focus was on people who can garden pretty much year round. A nice book to page through, but it didn't really bring anything unique to the table for me. 7h
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LiseWorks
This Fallen Prey | Kelley Armstrong
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Pickpick

This was an excellent listen. I managed lots of cross stitching while listening to this book. The MC does a really good job with this book. I managed 3 #Readathons but no #ISpyBingo. The cover is as complicated as the storyline. Twists and turns that are not expected. And a kind of cliffhanger for the next book on the series. #SeriesLove24 #ReadAwaya24 #BookinBloomReadathon. @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Catsandbooks

DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 1d
TheSpineView Well done! 1d
Catsandbooks Yay! 👏🏼 I've been cross stitching while listening to my audiobook too! 💖 1d
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CoffeeNBooks
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen
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Pickpick

Lady Georgiana leaves London to stay with her brother and sister-in-law at Castle Rannoch to help out while they have guests visiting from America. When a series of coincidental "accidents" occur, Georgie tries to figure out what's happening and why.
#LitsyLoveReads
#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadAway2024 @andrew65
#BookChain2024 @TheAromaofBooks
#ISpyBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick
#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge: Crossing the Border (2) @Yuki_Onna

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 14h
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Monica5
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The face group Psychological Thriller had a post about Charlie Donlea. They talked about what a great writer he is, so I decided to read 'Twenty Years Later' by him. Glad I read it bc it was good.

A murder of an author takes place and 20 yrs later the lead detective is asked to consult for a TV show looking at the case. There's more to the case and the host of the TV show then you will expect. I recommend this gripping thriller.

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CoffeeNBooks
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Mehso-so

This tells the story of Marie-Laure from France and Werner from Germany, both young teenagers at the start of WWII, and how their lives change in devastating ways because of the war. It was told in very short dual timelines and jumped back and forth a bit, which was sometimes hard to follow along with, which is what made it a so-so rather than a pick.

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TheAromaofBooks
Clouds of Witness | Dorothy L. Sayers
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Pickpick

When I was ambivalent towards the first Lord Peter book, I had SO many people tell me that the series gets better as it goes along, so I've had the second book sitting about for quite some time waiting for me to pick it up. I did enjoy this one more (and found Lord Peter less annoying), but I also thought the mystery was a little weak. Still, I'll get around to book 3 one of these days. Soft pick.

TheSpineView Great job!🤩📖📚 6d
Yuki_Onna Wow! 🤩 6d
Librarybelle I love that cover! 5d
BarbaraJean The series does indeed get better as it progresses! Books 4 and 5 are where it really hits its stride, I think. I keep slotting these into my #192025 list! 5d
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CoffeeNBooks
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Mehso-so

I probably would have bailed on this one if it wasn't my seasonal cozy pick. It seems like the story was a bit unnecessarily drawn out, and didn't have as much to do with the theme of St. Patrick's Day as I thought it would. Probably not a series I would read any more of.
#SeasonalCozies: @julieclair
#BookChain2024 @TheAromaofBooks
#ISpyBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick
#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge: Who Killed Laura Palmer? @Yuki_Onna

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1w
julieclair Too bad it wasn‘t more fun! We‘re the recipes any good?☘️ 1w
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CoffeeNBooks
Starter Villain | John Scalzi
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Pickpick

This was such a good book!! I'm so glad I let Litsy posts influence me to move this one to the top of my TBR stack!

Charlie unexpectedly becomes the heir to his uncle's businesses, both legal and not-so-legal, and unwittingly finds himself in the middle of the criminal organization his uncle was a member of.
#LitsyLoveReads
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65

Liatrek Loved this one! 2w
Yuki_Onna Uiii, perfect!👏 2w
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Yuki_Onna Uiii, perfect!👏 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
Andrew65 A popular choice, well done 🎉🎉🎉 2w
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maich
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#February #ISpyBingo

'A novel' - Divine Rivals (it was fav novel in February)
Flowers - The Secret Of A Heart Note
Title & Author in different fonts - I'm Okay
Red - Sinjebradec (Bluebeard)
Grey Hair - Remarkably Btight Creatures

Children's books:
Sweater - Enci benci na kamenci (local author)
Blue eyes - Nody's Pet Chicken
Triangle (there are 3 rabbits😄) - Mystery Thief Peter Rabbit
Moustache - Povodni mož (local)
Crown - The Snow Queen

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LiseWorks
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Pickpick

This was a great book. An apocalypse with a twist that starts right away. Tense moments for sure. Two Readathons and still working on January and February #ISpyBingo Dog and Backpack. #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove24 This is a new series for me. @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 2w
TheSpineView Fantastic!💜📖 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
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