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Thank you @BookmarkTavern for creating this fun play-card 🫂🙏 hope you like the qoute, and that your difficulties are soon in your past 💝.

Fantasy is my main go-to comfort read.

The Spellshop and Winterwood we're absolutely wonderful (slow going on Winterwood but I loved it).

If you enjoy wacky, I always enjoy, The RileyThorn Mysteries.

#SundayFunday

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If anyone hasn't' already read these, I recommend:

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
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Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
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Book One, The Dead Guy Next Door
Riley Thorn by Lucy Score.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The Spellshop was amazing!! I think there are going to be 3 more in that series! 1d
AnnCrystal @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks THREE More! How exciting 👏🥳👍📚💝. 1d
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JosueAngel Scary Stories to tell in the dark. 😂 1d
BookmarkTavern I loved The Spellshop! And I was just gifted Winterwood, so I think I‘ll move that up my TBR! Thanks for posting! 1d
AnnCrystal @JosueAngel 🤔👍📚💝. Those books are fun...have you seen the movie? Creepy. 16h
AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern 👏☺️ how wonderful that you were gifted Winterwood. It's a magical story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 📚💝. 16h
JosueAngel @AnnCrystal I have! I think it‘s pretty good. My expectations were low though. 2h
AnnCrystal @JosueAngel it was interesting, but not on my list of favorites.

📚🎬💝.
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I'm enjoying that the character, Weber is more weaved into this second book...he is the police detective that Riley is consulting for.

#SeriesLove2025
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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2025 Litsy book Challenges I've joined 📚🥳.

Thank you @TheSpineView &
@Andrew65 and @Amiable for hosting these Challenges 📚💝📚.

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AnnCrystal For SeriesLove2025, I'm excited to continue the RileyThorn Mysteries along with a seemingly endless-list of other series (some on my bookshelf, some not) that would likely take me until 2035 to complete 😂...🤔📚🥳.

#SeriesLove2025
@TheSpineView
@Andrew65

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AnnCrystal The tagged works for either challenge, since Murtagh is book five (?) in a series. It is the only book I have in this series, yet I've read that it can be a standalone...hope.

Been really excited to begin this read, yet I just recently realized how many pages...705! I was considering stashing this with some other big books to read another time when I saw the #ChunksterChallenge! Seemed like a “read now“ sign 😂.

@Amiable:
#ChunksterPetite

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AnnCrystal I will begin this challenge with Murtagh, and continue with a new Chunkster once I've finished...one Chunkster at a time 😂📚💝.

#ChunksterChallenge2025

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Amiable One chunkster at a time is a fabulous strategy! 👍🏼👍🏼 3w
AnnCrystal @Amiable too excited 💕📚🥳💝. 3w
Amiable @AnnCrystal The secret with chunksters is to just keep reading. Even if it‘s only few pages at a time. It‘s the forward momentum that propels you to the finish. I find that if I don‘t pick it up every day, it‘s easier to not pick it up at all. 3w
TheSpineView So glad to have you! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Amiable, that is absolutely true 👏📚📖💖. 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView 🎉📚🥳💖. 3w
Andrew65 That‘s your reading for the next 10 years sorted. 😂 I look forward to seeing your progress this year and over the other 9 years. 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks @Andrew65 👏😂🥳👍📚💫. 3w
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card and for the tag 💕🐎📚💝.

1- went back and forth, considering if I should highlight daily or seasonal 🤔...🧑‍🎄I like making a no-eggnog, which is just sweetened and spiced non-dairy milk. I drink it while reading beside the Christmas tree while C'mas jingles play 🥛🎄🎶📚💝.

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AnnCrystal 2- in the tagged book, MC Riley Thorn goes with the flow in her own quirky and clever way when encountering crazy situations. Love, love this read 📚💝💝💝.

#Two4Tuesday

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TheSpineView Thanks for playing 🥰 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 😊👍💝. 1mo
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Mated for Christmas | Terry Spear
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There is one day remaining of #20in4 by @Andrew65 and I am happy that I have been able to stay on track with my personal goals for this readathon: I went with twenty pages into four of my current reads a day 📚🥳.

Did miss a day with the, Mated For Christmas book...which is peculiar because it is my favorite of the Christmas books. Caught up with this read today.

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AnnCrystal I'm still unsure about Mistleoe Matchmaker. It has taught me to be more careful when selecting future Christmas reads (I will be sure the storylines have more ingredients that interest me along with being Christmas themed).

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Andrew65 Well done, you have done brilliantly 👏👏👏 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Andrew65 📚🥳👍💫. 2mo
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Always an adventure to return to these characters...I plan on reading these Riley Thorn books slowly, enjoy them longer, you know...hope this will be a long run series 📚💝.

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#20in4 @Andrew65


Andrew65 Looks a cute cover. 2mo
AnnCrystal @Andrew65 true, love this read 🥳👍💫. 2mo
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Thanks @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and Thank You 💕🌺💝 & @TheSpineView 💕🐎💝 for the tags 😎👍💝.

1- My Christmas artwork featuring three of my fur/feather babies. It was such a joy working on this piece. 🎨🖌️🦜🐕🦜🪶🐾💝.

2- Began reading two books, The Spellshop and the second book in the Riley Thorn Mysteries...and loving both! 📚💝.

3- Radio and Tv have both begun playing/showing Christmas 🎶🎬💝

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AnnCrystal 4- Discovered the TV series, The Marlow Murder Club, and learned that the show is based on a book 📚💫🎬💝. Love that the main character and supporting characters are mainly women.

5- it is still Native American Heritage Month 🥳💝.

#5JoysFriday

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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie ❣️😘💕💫💝. 2mo
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TheSpineView YW! 😘🥰😊 2mo
DogMomIrene I noticed the Home Alone movies featured prominently on the Disney+ Home Screen. Husband has never seen the original, so we may watch that one this week. 2mo
mcctrish I read The Marlow Murder club and I‘m so excited to see the show 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView ❣️🥳👍💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 🎬👏😎👍💝...Haven't watched Home Alone in years! 🤩 Have fun! 2mo
AnnCrystal @mcctrish Are the books graphic? I don't mind jumping over a few scenes yet try to stay away from the really gory.

The TV show is truly engaging, it has the mysterious/funny/serious all balanced nicely. The 2024 Show, The Marlow Murder Club is from BBC. Four episodes in season 1. Was able to watch it thanks to PBS.

Cast
Samantha Bond as Judith Potts,
Jo Martin as Suzie Harris,
Cara Horgan as Becks Starling, and
Natalie Dew as DS Tanika Malik
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...We still have one episode to watch...

😉📚🎬💝.
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mcctrish I‘m didn‘t find them graphic, I‘m trying to remember ( so many books since then) I knew as soon as I finished I wanted another and I trusted no one during my reading 2mo
AnnCrystal Thanks 📚😎👍 @mcctrish . Trusted no one 🤔🧐 Intriguing! Murder mysteries have the habit of suggesting that...it takes a really good story to make us take it serious. 😉👍📚💝. 2mo
Sace For the past couple of years I had started Christmas music in early November, however this year I haven‘t felt quite ready for it. 2mo
AnnCrystal @Sace 🎶🎄 that's when we begin, early November...yeah, a lot of people are down. I can feel it in my community. People are quiet. Worried? Fearful? Not sure 🙏💝. 2mo
Sace I my case it was temps still being in the 80s and humidity 🙄 2mo
AnnCrystal @Sace oh, the weather here is crazy too. Hot, cold, warm, cool, hot, cold...with each day...🤔🧐💝. (edited) 2mo
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AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕☺️💝. 2mo
DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 I‘ll have to check out the book & series-I love a good mystery. Thanks for joining in! 🤗 2mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @DebinHawaii 📚💫📺👏🥳👍💝. 2mo
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📚💫This had good vibes woven into the text, or there has been a spell of optimism cast upon this book, or something because this was absolutely positively delightful 📚💝.

Every time I came to read more of this wacky book, I was smiling extra and my mood was extra uplifted. I loved how the psychic ways were written, and loved every character, and loved the wackiness 💝💝💝.

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AnnCrystal
I had paused reading this during the October Readathons here on Litsy, and I'm glad... because I really, really needed this book right now.

Glad to have the next three books already waiting on my shelf! Lucky that Walmart stocked each one and that I was able to purchase them before they sold out! How wonderfully lucky 📚🥳💝.

OK, this means that I am all caught up with my reading...my Nov. books, here I come 📚😉📚💝.

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AnnCrystal About Candy 🍫.

Been dropping a wedge of this chocolate bar into my coffee each morning, and have melted with sweet bliss with each cup 🍫☕💝.

Caved with some of the unhealthier chocolate choices this previous week and weekend...yet this is one of the better options and will probably continue buying this chocolate bar. It's wrapped in gold foil beneath the outer wrapper (Wonka👀style), and each bar wrap comes with a bit of printed poetry 🆒!
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AnnCrystal Although...I do wish these chocolate bars were organic.

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Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and for the tag 💕🌺💝.

1- took awhile for me to process my feelings. When I read through posts here on Litsy, I became extra greatful for this community. Knowing I was not alone in my anxiety helped. Thank you Littens for making Litsy such a lovely place 🙏🫂🦅💝.

2- my remedy basket (view my previous post) 🪄🍫😋🫖💫.

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AnnCrystal 3- The Riley Thorn Mysteries...there is something about this book that makes me smile while reading it, just my kind of wacky I guess 📚💝.

4- New, Upcycled bookmarks 🪄🔖💝 (will post about next).

5- my family begins decorating for Christmas Nov. 3rd ✨🌲🎅🤶🎄🦌💫💝...it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶🌌💝.


#5JoysFriday

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TheBookHippie It was a STRUGGLE, for sure. 3mo
AnnCrystal We will find a way to be ok, our positivity will always shine brighter than their hatred @TheBookHippie 💫🫂💝. (edited) 3mo
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DogMomIrene Reading posts here about the election/state of the world helped me too. Feeling like I‘m in good company. We can figure this out. 3mo
TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal on we go.. 3mo
AnnCrystal 💕 @DogMomIrene absolutely 👏🥲👍🦅💝. 3mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie one day at a time 💫😉💝. 3mo
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AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕📚💝. 3mo
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1- The main Character, Riley Thorn is a proofreader...she is also a psychic and stumbles into becoming an investigator.

2- Artist, writer, and crafter.

AnnCrystal Thank you @Cupcake12 for creating this fun play-card & @PageShifter for the tag 😎👍💝.
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bthegood Need some uplifting books, adding to my stack. Thx for the review🙂 2mo
AnnCrystal Magnificent @bthegood 📚🫂💝 Hope you discover this to be as fun and wonderful as I do 👏☺️💝💝💝...happy reading 🥳👍. 2mo
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