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Kshakal
Meet Your Baker | Ellie Alexander
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#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

I would love to visit and enjoy the delicious coffee and treats from Torte the bakeshop in the bakeshop mystery series by Ellie Alexander!

BookmarkTavern Oh yes! Those are some delicious treats! Thanks for sharing! 3d
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mandarchy
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Happy #DEAR day! 🥳

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DebinHawaii
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#DynamicDs

I got behind so here‘s yesterday‘s #Dream prompt. I often dream of food so these 5 books on my shelves are either foodie novels or cookbooks. 🍽️

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 4w
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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

This book looks at numerous disasters through Oregon history (mostly natural) and tells each story in brief. I enjoyed it but do wish it had been a bit meatier. It‘s a good nonfiction companion piece to Tilt, which depicts the coming at some point Cascadia event.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Amiable
Sleeping Giants | Rene Denfeld
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Mehso-so

I was surprised by the pedestrian writing in this book. After 20 pages, I looked to see if it‘s tagged YA. Nope. Maybe it's a debut novel? Again, no. I kept going, but my eyeballs continued rolling. Several plot points strained credibility. Was I supposed to believe that a 6-year-old child who had received almost no education could read and understand a book with words like "indigenous" and "captivity"? In the end, this book disappointed me.

BarbaraBB O wow that is disappointing. I loved her other books. 2mo
Amiable @BarbaraBB In another section, two characters are exploring an old hospital. In one paragraph the same sentence is repeated several times: “Larry signaled to Amanda to stop.” They aren‘t trying to be quiet in their search —why not say, “Amanda, stop”? Or why not write, “He motioned/cautioned/waved at her to stop” if you‘re going to include the sentiment multiple times? It was like reading a high-school English essay. 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Oh how interesting. I haven't liked her books that involve children but it has been awhile since I read one, but I absolutely loved her first book The Enchanted. She lives in my area and has had a really interesting life. Sorry to hear this one was a let down 2mo
BarbaraBB @Amiable That sounds annoying indeed. Like @ChaoticMissAdventures I loved 2mo
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KCofKaysville
Bad Houses | Sierra Hahn, Carla Speed McNeil, Sara Ryan
Pickpick

Good short tale of hoarding and value of things with romance. Graphic novels go fast! Well drawn.

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KCofKaysville
Bad Houses | Sierra Hahn, Carla Speed McNeil, Sara Ryan
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Also reading a graphic YA novel found at local library.

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Coleen
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Mehso-so

Can‘t decide how I feel about this one. It‘s got to be frustrating to not be able to get justice for such a heinous crime. But the author‘s writing style annoyed me at times. And the audiobook reader had a lisp (have never experienced that before), so that was distracting to me.

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DebinHawaii
Fudge and Jury | Ellie Alexander
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#FeelinTheLove 🍫♥️

The Bakeshop Mystery series is a favorite of mine & it‘s currently at book 20. I loved Book 5 as it‘s set in a #Chocolate festival in Ashland, Oregon where the series takes place.

I read it for review in 2017 & made the Mango Chai Latte & Chocolate Truffles with Coffee & Almond from the recipes in the back. https://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-book-tour-stops-here-review-of_1...

PuddleJumper I'd still eat that cake 3mo
Eggs Brilliant 🍫 3mo
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Moss_Croft
Lean on Pete | Willy Vlautin
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Deblovestoread Love Vlautin! 3mo
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