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I picked up these 2 DVL books at the Friends of the Lib book sale last January. Being short I read both for my #BookSpin category. Funny, each is a different story, but both have female MCs in which life has them headed to the same small town and both find an unanticipated DNA match to a close relative. I was calling the story each time - turns out both inspired Hallmark Christmas movies🤣

Nov #DoubleSpin Cat: Holidays @TheAromaofBooks

AnnCrystal 🧐☺️📚💫🎬💝. 4w

JenlovesJT47 Lol my mom loves these books and also watches Hallmark constantly 😆 4w

monkeygirlsmama I read one of the books in this series about 6 years ago and really liked it. Didn't realize there were a bunch of them. 4w

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marleed @AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 @monkeygirlsmama a highlight of my Januaries is heading to our friends of the library warehouse for their sale on holiday books. I‘m a heat seeking missile for these little DVL and the Richard Paul Evans books that I read and decorate with every year. They are cozy little simple reads that help for finding calmness in a hectic season. 4w

AnnCrystal @marleed that's a cozy and fun tradition 📚💝. 4w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w

marleed @AnnCrystal It‘s the simple pleasures! 💕 4w

marleed @TheAromaofBooks So far I‘ve read all my BookSpins and DoubleSpins this year so I‘m pretty confident for December! 4w

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Gabbymags123

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land

June2024. 5/10 somewhat repetitive….good read for teens … eye opener for how difficult life can be…. Not to take things for granted!

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LeahBergen

The L-Shaped Room | Lynne Reid Banks

A couple of oldies that I found at the bookshop this weekend (and that I‘ve somehow never read 🤷🏻‍♀️).

Leftcoastzen Cool! 6mo

BarbaraJean I have that same edition of Goodbye, Mr. Chips! The L-Shaped Room was the first (maybe only) “adult” book I read by Lynne Reid Banks. Quite different than the books of hers I read as a child! 😆 6mo

merelybookish Great covers! 6mo

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Tamra What iconic covers! 6mo

Ruthiella I‘ve long had The L-Shaped Room on my TBR because of your book twin Simon Thomas! 😅 6mo

LeahBergen @Leftcoastzen @merelybookish @Tamra I‘m quite liking the pink and black. 😆 6mo

LeahBergen @BarbaraJean I liked this Mr Chips because it‘s illustrated! And yes, the subject matter of this Banks is a bit different than her children‘s stories. 😆 6mo

LeahBergen @Ruthiella Haha! It‘s long been on my TBR, too (maybe because of Simon Thomas? I can‘t remember now 😆). This is actually a replacement of an uglier old edition - maybe I‘ll actually get to it now?? 6mo

MemoirsForMe Love these vintage covers. What treasures! 😍 6mo

Cathythoughts You found two good oldies ♥️♥️ 6mo

LeahBergen @UwannaPublishme @Cathythoughts I‘m always drawn to these oldies. 😆 6mo

Centique Oh they‘re glorious! I will have to look out for that edition of L Shaped Room, it was my mother‘s favourite book ❤️💙 6mo

Centique @LeahBergen @Ruthiella its worth a read, pretty ground-breaking for the time! But there is a really nasty racist remark or two in there about one of the other boarders in the house. Maybe its part of the protagonist‘s naïveté but yikes. ? 6mo

LeahBergen @Centique It was your Mother‘s favourite? Now I really must get to it soon. 🥰 6mo

rubyslippersreads Great covers! 6mo

AnishaInkspill I;ve not read goodbye Mr Chips but seen a couple of screen adapatations, and this fictional biography of the Brontes by Lynne Reid Banks got me better aqcuainted with the 3 sisters.

Dark Quartet: The Story of the Bront�s

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LeahBergen @AInkspill I have a copy of Dark Quartet waiting on my shelves! 3mo

AnishaInkspill @LeahBergen awww fanstastic!!! 3mo

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CoffeeK8

The Bright Side Of Disaster | Katherine Center

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I‘m slowly going through and savoring Katherine Center‘s back-category and loving everyone one. This one was such a sweet story of Jenny dealing with becoming a new parent when her unreliable fiancé leaves her the day before her baby is born.

marleed I love reading through an author‘s canon! 7mo

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Lenamarcela339

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land

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HeyT

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land

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I was going through my reading challenge records today and realized I forgot to review this on all of my logging sites. This is an interesting look at life below the poverty line. I think it's easy for those of us who do not have this lived experience to judge Land and people like her but I doubt we would honestly do any better if we found ourselves in similar circumstances.

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DieAReader

Maneuver (Men of Inked: Southside #1): Contemporary Romance - Single Mother | Chelle Bliss

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#Wardens2024 #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #ReadMyRoom #MarvellousMarch #BookSpinBingo

🤓📚Different branch of the Gallo family tree: new strong, sassy & 🌶️🔥characters to go with a new city setting. My love for all that‘s Gallo continues…🤤❤️‍🔥