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Austenland: A Novel | Shannon Hale
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Jane Hayes has always been obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, and is looking for her Mr. Darcy. When her aunt passes away, she finds out that her aunt has left her a trip to an immersive Jane Austen-themed resort as part of her will. This was a very light, fun read!

CogsOfEncouragement I really enjoyed this as well as Midnight in Austenland. I remember going to the movie with a friend when it came to theaters. Hilarious. 11h
CoffeeNBooks @CogsOfEncouragement I watched Austenland and really enjoyed it! I just downloaded Midnight in Austenland so I can read it next. 11h
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CogsOfEncouragement Enjoy! ✌🏼❤️📚 10h
Librarybelle So glad you liked this! It is so fun (and so is the movie)! 9h
Lynnsoprano Such a fun book! And I owe you an email. Life‘s been crazy the past few months, but I‘ll definitely write 9h
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LiseWorks
Emma of 83rd Street | Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding
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I really enjoyed reading this with #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent #BuddyRead with @StayCurious it was great to see the two main characters grow. I found one spot for each #ISpyBingo month of Jan Feb and Mar. #ReadAway2024 #MarvelousMarchReadathon @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 19h
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 16h
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TheAromaofBooks
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | Daniel Manus Pinkwater
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Either you find Pinkwater's snarky, offbeat humor to be hilarious, or you find it to be completely bizarre and not particularly funny. I'm in the pro-Pinkwater camp and while this isn't as funny as The Snark-Out Boys and the Avocado of Death, it's still great fun.

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3d
UwannaPublishme This Jersey girl loves to see any book that mentions Hoboken! 😁 3d
TheAromaofBooks @UwannaPublishme - So many of his books take place in and around Hoboken!! He's lived there a long time. Even when he doesn't specify Hoboken, you still get that feeling haha 3d
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TheAromaofBooks
The Lost Man | Jane Harper
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I think I'm in the minority here, but this one just wasn't for me, despite having really enjoyed some of Harper's other books. This story was just relentlessly depressing. With a strong focus on abuse and how that reverberates through a family even when the abuser is gone, plus some bonus content regarding rape, divorce, community ostracizing, depression, suicide, isolation, etc. I was just honestly sad the entire time I was reading this. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) I did really care about these characters and there is a (mostly) happy ending, but it was a long slog through a morass of sadness to get there. Plus, while I was interested to find out what happened to Cam, this book wasn't particularly suspenseful. It's really about a sad, lonely, depressed man trying to make sense of his life and figure out what happened to his brother. Not a bad story, but not remotely a nail-biter. 1w
Yuki_Onna Oh my... How brave of you to get through this!👏 1w
Lauredhel I hear that -- I really struggle to read grim books these days. 1w
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LiseWorks
Unlucky 13 | James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
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Just finished this one, and I have to say it is one of the better ones in this series. Unfortunately, there are no #ISpyBingo spots with this, but #Readathons are in. #SeriesLove24 #ReadAway24 #BooksinBloomReadathon. @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Catsandbooks @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
TheSpineView Awesome! 1w
DieAReader 🥳Great! 1w
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 👏🏼🌸 1w
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Lauredhel
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I've decided to run #ISpyBingo as a whole-year challenge, and am having fun! I don't know if anyone else thought you wouldn't be able to find a 5 W's book cover for the Buzzword Bingo square, but if you were, I got you - I combed through my TBR and found a whole lot to share. Enjoy.

 @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks I am really enjoying the I Spy challenge as a full-year extravaganza 😂 1w
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks all-singing! All-dancing! EXTRAVAGANZA!!! 1w
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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. 2w
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LiseWorks
This Fallen Prey | Kelley Armstrong
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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! 2w
TheSpineView Well done! 2w
Catsandbooks Yay! 👏🏼 I've been cross stitching while listening to my audiobook too! 💖 2w
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Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen
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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!! 2w
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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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