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The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America | Monica Potts

My haul from today‘s #bookshopcrawl in Liverpool.

The tagged and Prophet Song are both from Waterstones, even though Prophet Song isn‘t supposed to be published until next Thursday. The Peter May is from Oxfam, for hubby.

Bottom left and right are gifts from @Oryx and @TrishB 😘😘, from Dead Ink (my favourite shop of the day!) and finally the Aoyama is a complete #covercrush from News From Nowhere.

Deblovestoread Lovely haul. 1y

Suet624 These look great! 1y

TrishB Lovely ♥️ 1y

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LeahBergen I have A Wreath for an Enemy waiting on my shelves. 👍 1y

Cinfhen How wonderful! 1y

Oryx I'll remember to save my Forgotten Girls for Gladstone's 1y

julesG Great haul! The Aoyama looks interesting. 1y

youneverarrived 😍😍😍 1y

batsy Great haul! I was wondering who picked up Jawbone... It sounds good but scary/weird so I look forward to your thoughts! 1y

squirrelbrain It does sound rather weird doesn‘t it? @batsy 1y

squirrelbrain @LeahBergen do I hear the faint call of a #buddyread ?! 1y

LeahBergen @squirrelbrain Yes, please. Just let me know when and where. 😆 1y

squirrelbrain @LeahBergen - I‘ve *just* put it on my holiday pile, which is the second week of September, if that suits? 😃 1y

LeahBergen That sounds perfect! 1y

squirrelbrain Yay! 🥰 @LeahBergen 1y

Caroline2 Oh I‘ve got Prophet Song burning a hole in my basket!! Can‘t wait to hear what you think. 👍 1y

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squirrelbrain

Oxfam Shop - Liverpool | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom (Bookstore)

On my way to Liverpool for a #bookshopcrawl with @TrishB and @Oryx (yes, because I haven‘t got enough books!)

Two Booker books for the train journey - All the Little Bird-Hearts on audio and Study for Obedience on Kindle.

#litsymeetup

LeahBergen Yay! Have a wonderful day! ❤️ 1y

charl08 Photos of the book hauls please! 1y

Hooked_on_books That sounds like fun! And, quite frankly, one can never have too many books. 😉 1y

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TrishB See you soon 😁 I have no books in mind to buy so it‘s basically a free for all! 1y

julesG Have fun! Wish I could join you. 1y

Caroline2 Oh have fun! I just order bird-hearts (I had some Waterstones vouchers that were burning a hole in my pocket 😆) so wish I could join you all today. ❤️ 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s not much more than a month to Gladstone‘s @julesG 😁 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s very good so far @Caroline2 1y

batsy Enjoy! Looking forward to the hauls 😁 1y

youneverarrived Have a lovely day 😘 1y

CarolynM Enjoy your day together 😘😘😘 1y

DivineDiana What fun! ❤️ 1y

Soubhiville Have fun! Can‘t wait to see your stacks! 1y

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Oryx

Under the Blue | OANA. ARISTIDE

Also started this one today - another #bookshopcrawl purchase - it's really good so far - it's about an AI and I'm loving the way it is developing.

Caroline2 Oh I love books about AI 😯 2y

Oryx @Caroline2 how are you with reading about pandemics? If that's not too off putting, I can send it to you? I really liked it. But I know pandemic reading is not everyone's jam at the moment... 2y

Caroline2 Oh thank you! 😃 That would be fab. I‘ve not read any pandemic books since the pandemic… 🤔 but I think it‘ll be ok. 👍 2y

Oryx @Caroline2 I'll post it soon. The AI bit is also set in the Arctic btw, so another reason you might like it ❄️ (although it's only peripheral). 2y

Caroline2 @Oryx Oh sounds fab!! 😃 Thank you! 😘 2y

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Oryx

Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima

Starting one of my #bookshopcrawl purchases - isn't this a beautiful cover?

Soubhiville It is pretty, and the book sounds strange. I look forward to your review. 2y

squirrelbrain Interested to hear your thoughts on this one. 2y

DrexEdit Love it! 😍 I would have snapped that book right up also! 2y

AnneCecilie I bought this today. That cover drew me in, it‘s so beautiful. 2y

Caroline2 That is a fantastic cover! 😍 2y

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Leniverse

Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike | Tim Tate

My #bookhaul from yesterday's London #bookshopcrawl with @squirrelbrain @Oryx @LeeRHarry and @scripturient

Some of these were planned, others were total impulse buys. Some are gifts for the fam.
Books bought at Waterstones, Foyles, Daunt, and Gay's the Word. (And I lost my self control almost completely in Foyles. If we hadn't been on a schedule I might have ended up with twice as many books (and possibly a fraud check-up from my bank) 😅)

Oryx Lovely stack. Foyles' best customer yesterday 😁 2y

merelybookish It looked like such a fun day! And what a stack! 2y

Leniverse @Oryx @merelybookish 7 books and a very sturdy tote bag from Foyles. I winced when it was totalled up, and the book seller jokingly said he hoped I hadn't come in for just one book. 😂 I assured him that I'd come to London for the express purpose of buying lots of books. 2y

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BarbaraBB Quite the stack 😍 2y

squirrelbrain You win the prize for the biggest stack! 2y

batsy What a stack! I'm totally drawn to that Ransome spine. 2y

Leniverse @batsy They're great! My 11 y/old has four of them already with that cover so I got him one he hasn't read yet for his collection. 2y

LeeRHarry Stack of the day! 😆 2y

LeahBergen What a haul! 2y

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Oryx

Beautiful Star | Yukio Mishima

My beautiful stack from yesterday's #bookshopcrawl
Only one of those (O Pioneers) was on my tbr, the rest I had never heard of before, but something drew me to them in the shops - I love the sound of them all. Anybody read any of these?

@scripturient @squirrelbrain @Leniverse @LeeRHarry

TrishB Not read any and they all look fab 😁 2y

squirrelbrain You certainly found some ‘never-heard-of-that-before‘ books! 2y

Caroline2 Great looking stack! 2y

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andrew61 A great looking selection. 2y

Dragon Great haul! 📚💚🐉 2y

MicheleinPhilly I‘ve heard of Miss Buncle and O Pioneers (I think I may have read that in high school) but am otherwise unfamiliar with all the rest. That‘s impressive! 2y

LeahBergen Miss Buncle‘s Book is good! 2y

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squirrelbrain

Marchpane | London, London, United Kingdom (Bookstore)

Pretty spines @LeahBergen at Marchpane Books. I can‘t remember who else you were chatting with about spines so please do tag them!

I bought a copy of What Katy Did At School. I have the other two, but lost this one ages ago. The new copy isn‘t the same edition as the others but it was my favourite of the 3 so I want to read it again.

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LeahBergen Gasp!! Look at those beauties!! I see a Chalet School book, too. 👀 2y

LeahBergen Ooo, and a Green Knowe book to the left of it! 😆😆 I love this photo! 2y

LeahBergen And please share a photo of your Katy book! 2y

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squirrelbrain Yes, it‘s A Princess at the Chalet School @LeahBergen . Some books there were *very* expensive! Like, hundreds of pounds! ? Mine was only Qd, I hasten to add! ? 2y

Leftcoastzen Beautiful photo ! I love vintage books. 2y

squirrelbrain It was a lovely shop @Leftcoastzen - all vintage children‘s books! 2y

CarolynM Beautiful 😍 2y

batsy Oh wow, look at those! This bookshop seems like a magical place 😆 2y

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Oryx

Foyles | London, United Kingdom (Bookstore)