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JessClark78
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Day 2 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four hours. Finished two chapters of Winter‘s Tale and almost done with Jamaica Inn.

#ReadAway2024 #FirstSnowReadathon #20in4
#ChristmasAtoZ #Adventathon #WinterCosy
+40 each

Watched:
📺 Supernatural: A Very Supernatural Christmas +5

+250 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

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JenlovesJT47
Winter Solstice | Elin Hilderbrand
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Time spent reading today: 9 hours (😳) x‘s 2 = 185 points.

Also watched The Santa Clause today. Makes me feel old as dirt because I saw this in the theater when it came out. 👵🏻 5 points.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#20in4
#ReadAway2024

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Pickpick

Remie Yorke took a job at the MacKinnon Hotel in the Scottish Highlands to be close to her brother, the only family she had left. Now he is dead & Remie has one shift left before she catches a flight & leaves for good. Only Remie & 2 guests are left at the hotel so it should be an easy shift but then Storm Ezra threatens to derail her plans as a blizzard hits.

OutsmartYourShelf As the lone member of staff at the hotel, Remie is manning Reception when a man raps on the door. He is injured & says he is PC Don Gaines who was escorting a prisoner out on the mountain road when an accident killed everyone else involved except the prisoner who escaped. Remie lets him in reluctantly & he says he needs to check the hotel & grounds for the escaped prisoner. A short while later, a second stranger arrives. 21h
OutsmartYourShelf He is also injured & his name is...PC Don Gaines.

I've been looking forward to reading this one for a while & it mostly lives up to its promise. The plot is simple & yet effective with two men claiming to be the same person & no way to tell who is telling the truth. Good pacing & intriguing characters helped the story along, but it lost me in the final third when Remie decided she was John McClane.
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OutsmartYourShelf Overall it was entertaining but it became less & less believable as time went on.
3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4962954295
Read 1st-2nd Dec 2024

3099 points (including 267 words found)
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Andrew65
Nation | Terry Pratchett, Terence David John Pratchett
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Started a new audiobook, Nation by Terry Pratchett, for #AuthoraMonth. This one is read by Tony Robinson (of Blackadder fame) - a cunning plan!

Look forward to listening to this and not really sure what to expect. Wasn‘t on my #20in4 plan, but I am ahead of schedule.

@soubhiville
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

DieAReader 🤓Enjoy!! 22h
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks, out of my usual comfort zone. 20h
Soubhiville @Andrew65 I haven‘t read this one yet 🙂 20h
Andrew65 @Soubhiville It‘s an interesting concept, especially for children. 20h
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Andrew65
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Pickpick

3rd book finished for #20in4

A fun and engaging read, a good way to start the month. Always seem to enjoy stories by this author. Loved the main characters in this story, and their slowly developing story.

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses My 205th book for this year.

DieAReader 🎄💖🤓 22h
Andrew65 @DieAReader Thanks 🥰 20h
kezzlou85 I love a Phillipa Ashley festive book. 19h
Andrew65 @kezzlou85 I agree, have another one on my list for this month, Escape for Christmas. 18h
kezzlou85 @Andrew65 I'm currently reading that one. It's good so far 11h
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Andrew65
RushAThon | Readathon
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On day 3 of #20in4 I finished one book (Four Weddings and a Christmas) and read for 7 hours 8 mins (the best for many months). First time in a while I‘ve totally got lost in a book (The Cuckoo).

Summary of the 3 days :
Books Read : 3
Pages Read : 1114 Pages
Time Read : 17 hrs 49 mins (well on track to get to my target of 20 hours).

#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses @TheSpineView

DieAReader 🎉🫂Excellent job!! 22h
TheSpineView Well done! 22h
AnnCrystal To become lost within pages of a book is always magical...just pure magic 🪄📚💫. 20h
Andrew65 @AnnCrystal Yes, and great when it wants you to keep reading on and on and on. 20h
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JessClark78
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Day 1 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

I had a busy day yesterday. I managed to squeeze in a couple hours of reading. Read a couple chapters of Winter‘s Tale, and continued with Jamaica Inn.

#ReadAway2024 #FirstSnowReadathon #20in4
#ChristmasAtoZ #Adventathon #WinterCosy
+20 each

+125 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

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TheSpineView
Readathon: Occasional List : Geleentheidslys | Gauteng (South Africa). Education Media Service
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#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65
@GHABI4ROSES

I finished Twisted Lies yesterday. I should finish both The Truth and The Naughty, the Nice, and the Nanny today.

#OokBookClub @julesG
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

julesG Wow, look at all the hours you've managed to read. 1d
DieAReader 🎄🎄🎄 1d
TheSpineView @julesG 👍🤩😊 1d
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TheSpineView @DieAReader ❤️📖🎄 1d
Andrew65 Another excellent day - well done 👏👏👏🙌 22h
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JenlovesJT47
Winter Stroll | Elin Hilderbrand
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Time spent reading today: 6 hours 30 minutes = 65 points x‘s 2 + 5 = 135 points.

#ReadAway2024
#20in4
#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons

DieAReader 🎅🏻🎄🎉 (edited) 1d
Andrew65 That‘s brilliant - well done 👏👏👏 22h
31 likes2 comments
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OutsmartYourShelf
Darkly | Marisha Pessl
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Mehso-so

Arcadia 'Dia' Gannon applies for an internship with Louisiana Veda Foundation. Veda was a feted creator of intricate board games which now go for thousands of dollars apiece. Although Veda is dead, her foundation is apparently carrying on her work & 7 lucky applicants will have the chance to work for the company. The application is surprisingly simple, just answer one question: what would you kill for?

OutsmartYourShelf When the 7 successful young people converge on London, they are drawn into a mystery surrounding one of Veda's games - one that was thought to be just a myth 'Valkyrie'. It seems the game is real & it has already claimed one victim....

This could have been epic, but for me it ended up confusing with an unsatisfactory conclusion. It is very fast-paced, so fast in fact the pace seems to outrun the plot.
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OutsmartYourShelf The whole thing is supposedly built around these fantastical board games but for me there wasn't enough explanation about how they were supposed to work. The reveal at the end wasn't really surprising & I thought the conclusion was disappointing. Complete miss for me I'm afraid but others really enjoyed it. 2.5⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6883767474
Read 29th-30th Nov 2024

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Ruthiella Hmmm. I hated “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” and loved “Night Film”. Wonder where I‘ll fall on this one, if I read it. 🤔 2d
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 2d
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2d
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