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It's that time of year to start thinking about 2026 #buddyreads 🤯 I know, I know, I'm thinking of 🎅 lists. 😏

Please post your recommendations to the themes in the comments below. It's easier for me if you clarify which theme your recommendation is for.

All are welcome to join our nature group. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
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AllDebooks Would you be interested in another year-long read? 17h

AllDebooks @rockpools @Chrissyreadit @Blackink_WhitePaper @MilesnMelodies @Dilara @Mitch @jenniferw88 @Chelsea.Poole @TheBookHippie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MelisK @Soubhiville @wanderinglynn @SamAnne @claudiuo 17h

AllDebooks @PageShifter @Addison_Reads @BarkingMadRead @CaitZ @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Aimeesue @tdrosebud @Soscha @ElizaMarie @Larkken @Caterina @sebrittainclark @bnp @TEArifficbooks @BookBelle84 @Jess861 @TheKidUpstairs 17h

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AllDebooks @Readergrrl @AmandaBlaze @Cazxxx @Cuilin @Morr_Books @Read4life @vonnie862 @Eyelit @Roary47 @Knitmaths @mjdowens @SaltyMac @Bluebird @yourfavouritemixtape @Deblovestoread 17h

Dilara For poetry, how about Sight Lines by new Poet Laureate Arthur Sze? I've only just discovered his poetry and I love it. He's so very good at evoking the natural world.

Sight Lines

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AllDebooks @gossamerchild @julieclair @Bookwormjillk @quietlycuriouskate @Faranae @DebinHawaii @kspenmoll @Smarkies @JenReadsAlot @bookwyrm7 @Vansa @CBee @Lunakay @Seabreeze_Reader @Texreader @PaperbackPirate @StaceGhost @Schnoebs 17h

Cuilin My recommendation for Birds

A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey

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Cuilin Not sure what category ( memoir ish) but I think this would be a great buddy read

Weathering

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TEArificbooks

The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness

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TEArificbooks For memoir or birds

Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

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TEArificbooks

The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession

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TEArificbooks

The Wildlife Year: How to Reconnect with Nature Through the Seasons

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TEArificbooks For poetry

The Lost Spells

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TEArificbooks For memoir

Raising Hare: A Memoir

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TEArificbooks

Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie

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TEArificbooks

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

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TEArificbooks For classic

A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River

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Bookwormjillk Researching for these challenges is almost as fun as reading the books. I'll be back 😁 14h

TEArificbooks

The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog

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TEArificbooks

Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

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Chrissyreadit i second @Cuilin ‘s Weathering 13h

Chrissyreadit I really want to do better with a monthly nature book! 13h

Chrissyreadit I agree with @TEArificbooks Birding to Change The World too! 13h

Seabreeze_Reader Could I please be removed from the tag list? Thank you. 🙂 10h

AllDebooks @Seabreeze_Reader of course. Sorry to see you go. X 5h

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk IKR 😅📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 5h

AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit ❤️ 5h

AllDebooks Thank you for all the great recs. Please keep them coming. I'll close for suggestions on 30th September . 😊 5h

kspenmoll For forest: forest

Your Guide to Forest Bathing: Experience the Healing Power of Nature

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kspenmoll Forest:

To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

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kspenmoll Poetry:

Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet

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kspenmoll Poetry:

A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997

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kspenmoll Memoir:

Life in the Garden

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kspenmoll Landscape -equity

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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kspenmoll Wellness- nature

The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World

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kspenmoll Ocean- fiction

Night Swimmers

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kspenmoll Rewilding

Rewild Your Garden: Create a Haven for Birds, Bees and Butterflies

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Location, Location, Location: A Plant Location and Site Selection Guide | Marcel De Meirleir

#NaturaLitsy #SpookySpots bingo board.

I made a fun little board for #HauntedShelf 🖤

I took my inspiration from nature and used environments as the prompts. Have fun collecting them through your October reads. 🍂

@PuddleJumper @CSeydel @BookwormAHN @ImperfectCJ @LitsyEvents
Team #GrimReaders

CSeydel Love it! 2d

Bookwormjillk Ohhh caves are so spooky I love it 2d

PuddleJumper Ooo fun! Thank you 2d

BookwormAHN Fantastic 🎃 2d

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How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature | George Monbiot

My #Roll100 books for October. 📚

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 2d

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ScandiKitchen: The Essence of Hygge: Discover the essence of hygge as revealed by Brontë Aurell, Danish owner of London’s ScandiKitchen in this honest ... & Hygge, to help you enjoy a ‘hyggelig’ time | Bronte Aurell

I'm looking forward to a relaxing #HyggeHourReadathon tonight. I will be snuggling up to finish Katabasis.

What will you be reading?

All are welcome to join us.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit 🧡💛❤️🤎❤️💛🧡 3d

dabbe 💛💜🧡 3d

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I caught this comment on Threads. TRUMPELTHINSKIN!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love learning a new word of the day. 🍊

#Daymade

Kerrbearlib 😂😂😂 4d

AnnCrystal
“...TRUMPELTHINSKIN's rage after the Queen guesses his name, leading to him stomping his foot so hard into the ground that he sticks in it and then is otherwise never seen again.“ -A version of the ending to the fairytale. 4d

AllDebooks @AnnCrystal we can wish ⭐️ 4d

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PuddleJumper 🤣🤣 4d

AmyG That‘s a good one. I‘ve never heard of that. 🤣 4d

JenReadsAlot Omg that's a new one and quite like it!! 3d

Deblovestoread Spot on! 🎯 3d

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Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville | GEMMA. HOLLMAN

I have 3 fiction and 3 non-fiction recommendations for #HauntedShelf 🧙‍♀️
Royal Witches is my favourite history book on witches, by far.
Last Days creeped me out for weeks.
Team #GrimReaders

@PuddleJumper @CSeydel

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk @Gissy @hes7 @JenReadsAlot @JoeMo @LadyCait84 @MatchlessMarie @OutsmartYourShelf @PaperbackPirate @Skygoddess1 @zezeki 4d

Bookwormjillk Great minds think alike 😄 4d

CSeydel Oh these look good! Adding to my teetering stack … 4d

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JoeMo I heavily agree on Bright Young Women, it‘s among my faves from the past few years 4d

Gissy I love The Last Days cover that appears in Amazon, creepy. It is now in my wish list 👍 2d

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 🖤 2d

AllDebooks @CSeydel we just have to accept the tbr stack as an immovable gravity-defying force. 📚📚📚📚📚 2d

AllDebooks @JoeMo it is very good. 2d

CSeydel @AllDebooks 😂 2d

AllDebooks @Gissy I found it very disturbing but thrilling. 👀 2d

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Kindred | Octavia Butler

My #HauntedShelf bookshelf is all set up ready to go. 🖤👻🎃👻🖤

Team #GrimReaders
@PuddleJumper @CSeydel

CSeydel Love it! 4d

PuddleJumper Looks great! 4d

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @CSeydel 🖤 4d

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Bookwormjillk That makes me want to just hide inside and read 4d

AnnCrystal 🆒📚👏🏼🤩💝. 4d

JuniperWilde I haven‘t read that Naomi Novik book - did you like it. 4d

AllDebooks @JuniperWilde I haven't read it yet. I did like her other books, so here's hoping. 🤞 4d

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Haunted: A Novel | Chuck Palahniuk

October is creeping up on us. Does a #happydance 🖤🎃👻🖤

It's not too late to sign-up for #HauntedShelf hosted by @Puddlejumper

Link in comments.

AllDebooks Sign up form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs7yHyeyWN9K9pSE-dbPvoNTyyJ9RJVSoKDzbd... 4d

PuddleJumper 🖤🖤 4d

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World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed | James Hoffman

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

AllDebooks I'm feeling blown away by the response to @TheLittensSociety quite emotional that it's so needed. It's a dreary rainy day in the UK. I'm spending the day planning out for #TLS 🫂 planning my new kitchen, scoffing the chocolate banana bread that my son just baked, and getting lost in Hell.

Katabasis

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AllDebooks All are welcome to join us. https://litsy.com/p/cllrbDBSWE1k 4d

Bookwormjillk Sounds like a great day! We all have colds here so who knows but at least we‘re together. 4d

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melissajayne Another sunny day shaping up here in “Lotus Land” 4d

AllDebooks @melissajayne 😅 4d

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk oh no, wishing you all a speedy recovery x 4d

Sace @AllDebooks 😋 chocolate banana bread sounds delicious! 4d

AllDebooks @Sace so yummy 😋 4d

melissajayne @AllDebooks as much as I love the sunny weather, my hormones and taking tamoxifen are making me run warmer than usual; can‘t wait for the cooler weather to arrive. (edited) 4d

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Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win | Clara Zetkin

The whole world is a terrifying place with the rise of authoritarianism and fascism. The UK has turned into a sea of flag-shagging ignorance and dangerously misdirected hate and anger. I feel very afraid of where we are headed. Over the summer, a huge number of roundabouts and crossings have been defaced to depict St George's flag. It's funny that people fighting back have re-imagined these by changing them. One was turned into the 🇩🇰 flag, ⬇️

AllDebooks another into a battenberg cake. The government tolerance for such thuggish and threatening behaviour towards protesters at the Tommy Robinson protest last weekend was in stark contrast to the peaceful protests of Palestine Action demos over the summer. This world rn 😱🤬🤯 5d

AllDebooks https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/13/unite-the-kingdom-far-right-rall... Elon Musk did a live broadcast inciting violence. This guy!!! 🤬 5d

AllDebooks Arrests at rally against Palestine Action ban rise to 890 - BBC News https://share.google/p0VXs08hN2l0tS2e3 5d

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Bookwormjillk You would think we would know better by now...yet here we are. We must all use our voices. 5d

Bookwomble It's a fucking shit-show, isn't it! Hearing King Charles praising Trump recently put me in mind of Spike Milligan's comment about him: Grovelling little bastard! It's sickening the way our establishment is sticking up to fascists. Didn't we say we'd learnt from the rise of Hitler that appeasement doesn't work with power-mad narcissists? 5d

Cuilin @Bookwomble I also thought about Chamberlain and the policy of appeasement this week. Ugh!!! @AllDebooks I can‘t believe they‘re arresting pensioners for protesting it‘s sickening. I have to brace myself checking the news in the US too. 5d

AllDebooks @Bookwomble honestly, it's absolutely terrifying. 5d

PuddleJumper I think Charles is a twat but it was disgusting to hear him praise Trump 4d

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper Absolutely vile. 4d

quietlycuriouskate The St George crosses showed up five minutes from my home this week, on a zebra crossing next to a school. Made my stomach drop when I cycled over it. I was scared as a kid growing up in the 80s that the bomb would be dropped any minute: I am in greater fear now than I was back then, and that is a horrible sickening thing to realise. 4d

AllDebooks @Cuilin I thought of Chamberlain and his 'peace in our time' mantra, too. There is little integrity in our elected politicians atm. It's going to be interesting when they are held to account. 4d

AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate I know what you mean about the nuclear threat in the 80s. That fear was something that was always there but just under the surface. The state of the world now feels like constant danger 24/7, from multiple threats, and it is terrifying. 4d

quietlycuriouskate @AllDebooks Yep, that's about the measure of it. 😱 4d

AllDebooks @quietlycuriouskate look for the hope. There is hope. There are people fighting back and pushing for change. ✊️ 4d

Prairiegirl_reading Watching the royal family kiss his ass was just repulsive!! 🤢 I‘m constantly thinking why won‘t anyone just tell him no??? And then I remember, oh yeah, money. 😞 4d

AnnCrystal Truth, “look for the hope.“ We must have endurance! Be safe out there everyone 💝🫂💝.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.“ - Upton Sinclair. 4d

Sparklemn @Prairiegirl_reading I always tell my nephews to “follow the money” when they‘re puzzled about something they read in the news. Hopefully they won‘t be as jaded as me when they get older. 3d

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On Anarchism | Noam Chomsky

Truth bomb from Noam

AmyG TRUTH INDEED. 6d

lil1inblue 🎯 6d

dabbe BAM! 🎯✊🏻🎯 6d

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Susanita Shouldn‘t be that hard but it is … 6d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😎✊🏼🎯💝. 6d

Cuilin Absolutely 💯 6d

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The sign-up form for #TheLittensSociety is all ready to be completed.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6-KyYynn5hrCXcaO6uPZWMA-RKk-R42QwgcXG...

Original post - https://litsy.com/p/QkpIRlRDOWdD

MittenGirlPeach I love this so much! Signed up. 1w

AmyG After some thought, I am going to have to pass. This is an amazing idea but I just have alot on my plate for now. Thanks for tagging me. (edited) 6d

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A Very Close Conspiracy: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf | Jane Dunn

The #VirginiaBloomsberries October #buddyread is Jane Dunn's 1990 biography of VW and her sister Vanessa Bell. She explores the complex relationship between the sisters and the effect this had on their creative lives and the Bloomsbury Group.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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The Light Eaters | Zoe Schlanger

The #NaturaLitsy October #buddyread is Zoë Schlanger's 2024 book The Light Eaters. This is an examination of plant intelligence and sentience.

Make sure you have your copy ready.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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I've set up a new social club page called @TheLittensSociety
Please come over and check it out.
Litsy is such a lovely community of people. I wanted to support and encourage the Litsy camaraderie. I hope you can join me.

Original post - https://litsy.com/p/T1NXVmRCdE1y

dabbe 🧡💜💛 1w

Meshell1313 Wonderful! Joined the page! ❤️🩷 1w

kspenmoll Please add me-how do i join the page? 1w

AllDebooks @kspenmoll I have you on the taglist. Just follow the page. I will be adding a sign-up form. 🙂 1w

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

kspenmoll I will be there tucked in bed with a book & beverage! 1w

dabbe 🧡💜💛 1w

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#NetGalleyGroup #NGGReadathon

⭐️ Share your recommendations of past or current titles?
⭐️ Do you have a favourite genre?
⭐️ Do you prefer established authors or look for new authors?

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads @mcipher @JoyBlue 2w

AllDebooks @Justmissc87 would you like to be added to the #NetGalleyGroup taglist? 2w

Bookwormjillk I started a good one last night. It‘s about women and community and small farms.

Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System

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Librarybelle I‘ve yet to start a title for this weekend, but to respond to other questions: I read a mix of new and established authors. If it‘s an author I like, and I‘m invited to pre-approved to read the title, I grab it. If it‘s a new author but the story sounds good, and perhaps it has a good blurb featuring another author liking the book, I‘ll try it. Kind of like bookstore shopping too! 2w

Deblovestoread Hey Deb! You can remove me from the tag list. Everything is a bit overwhelming right now so I‘m taking a break from challenges etc. Thank you! 1w

Bookish_Thoughts Recommend-Murder in Miniature. It‘s the second book in the series, but you don‘t need to read the first to enjoy the second. Carlene O‘Connor Irish Village mysteries, Kate Khavari‘s Saffron Everleigh historical mysteries, Jacqueline Frost‘s Christmas Tree Farm mysteries, Amanda Flower‘s Amish Candy Shop series, Colleen Cambridge‘s Phyllida Bright series (Phyllida is Agatha Christie‘s housekeeper with her own secrets to keep). (edited) 1w

Bookish_Thoughts As the ARC recs shows, I read mysteries. 🤣 I also read new and established authors and have discovered new favorites that way. Back to the recommend list-I‘ve read most, if not all, of the ARCs for the listed series, and then bought/pre-order the physical books. 1w

DGRachel When it comes to any book, ARC or already published - new or established author, I‘ll read it when pre approved if it sounds good. I don‘t request books because I (silly me) rejections feel personal and I‘d rather wait for publication than be told no. 😅 As for genre - I tend to specialize in spurts, but my fallback/old standby is mystery/thrillers. I just finished the tagged, and I will read anything Morgyn writes. It was phenomenal.

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JoyBlue One of my favorite ARCs ever was The Collected Regrets of Clover [2023], which was a fiction debut.

My favorite genre is mystery.

I request a mix of established and new authors. It has paid off handsomely! I have picked up quite a few new or new-to-me authors by being adventurous in my requests, including things I never would have tried on my own!

[This weekend, I finished A Mannequin for Christmas ARC and started The Killing Stones ARC.] 1w

Justmissc87 I am currently reading Ladies in Hating ARC and am really enjoying it. 1w

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Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug | Augustine Sedgewick

Hi, 👋
My apologies for my absence over the last few weeks. How are you all?
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

Librarybelle Life has been hectic; no apologies necessary! I think I can relax most of this weekend. I‘ve barely had much downtime the last few weeks, and I have a few things on the horizon that will make it even less the rest of the year. But, it helps pay Zeke‘s medical bills (he‘s doing very well) and distracts from the world at large. I‘ll snatch reading time when I can! Hope all is well with everyone. 2w

Cuilin No apology necessary, life can be that way. Hoping to relax, read and get a little outside time this weekend. Health has been up and down. Med changes, more testing. I‘m boring myself talking about it. 😴 2w

Cuilin @Librarybelle Glad to hear Zeke‘s doing well. 2w

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AllDebooks @Librarybelle it's good to hear Zeke is still doing well. Have a relaxing weekend. X 2w

AllDebooks @Cuilin oh no. Chronic illness is the worst. I hope you're okay and enjoy a bit of time in the sunshine. X 2w

quietlycuriouskate Hello! I had hoped to be one month closer to menopause but, alas, this morning I've had to reset the timer to zero again. 😒 On the plus side, I went out and bought my spring-flowering bulbs. Just thinking of all the colour and joy they secretly contain is making me feel better. 2w

TheBookHippie @quietlycuriouskate UGHHHHH my sympathies… yuk. 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin Ha. Same. Hoping it ends up good for you. 2w

TheBookHippie Migraine Clinic Monday. One of my meds side affects are too much so I‘m weaning off it… which will be 😵‍💫 it helped my essential tremor, anxiety, hot flashes and vertigo…. So yah. That‘s me. Otherwise trying to get by in this dumpster fire world and find joy. My sunflowers are starting to open up to show their flower and I am beyond excited. (edited) 2w

TheBookHippie @Librarybelle glad he‘s well and you have the funds!!!! Sometimes busy helps!! ♥️ 2w

Librarybelle Thanks, @Cuilin @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie ! I hope everyone feels better and has an opportunity to relax this weekend. ❤️ 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle Yay for Zeke! Glad you're having a relaxing weekend and hope you can snag lots of reading time. 💜🧡💛 2w

dabbe @Cuilin I never thought I'd have to say this, but isn't it nice when you have one day when you feel good for the ENTIRE time? I hope many more of those for you. Crossing everything I can for good testing results. 💜🧡💛 2w

dabbe @quietlycuriouskate That beyond sucks. Glad you have the perfect way to handle that news. Have a relaxing day with your planting, and I'll be wishing for menopause to come soon! Such a hump to get over. 💜🧡💛 2w

dabbe @TheBookHippie AUGH! Sending 💜🧡💛, my friend, and crossing my everything that you get these issues solved. Glad you have your zen garden and can't wait to see more pictures of it; it's zen for all of us. 2w

dabbe No worries! Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes. 💜🧡💛 Finally got rid of all my sutures on my shoulder and had my first PT yesterday, which went amazingly well. Had to take pain meds later, but still! Looking forward to a walk with Matt & the pups, and a quiet day of reading and college footballs. Such a combo, right? Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. 💜🧡💛 2w

Librarybelle Thanks, @dabbe and glad to hear PT went well! 2w

dabbe @Librarybelle TY! 💛💜🧡 2w

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It's Friday! Are you ready to start our monthly #NetGalleyGroup readathon?

Share your goals for the weekend.
Connect with other #ARC readers.
Do you have an end of year goal?

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads @mcipher @JoyBlue 2w

AllDebooks I'm concentrating on reviews this month. If I have time, I may start the Vivienne Westwood biography.

Vivienne Westwood: Provocateur

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sebrittainclark I'm behind on reviews, so I want to catch up. 2w

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rubyslippersreads Like the rest of you, I need to catch up on reviews. 2w

ShananigansReads I‘m just behind on reading. The library holds are coming in fast and furious. New releases I‘ve been waiting for are dropping left and right and I haven‘t touched an ARC in way too long. 2w

DGRachel I do my reviews as I finish the books, so like @ShananigansReads I‘m just behind on the actual reading. I started the month with a plan to keep up with new due dates and then decided I was tired of stress-reading. I started an ARC that publishes next March and took a leisurely 11 days to read it. It was glorious and I missed the pub date for 2 more books. My goal for the weekend is to start another ARC. Maybe. 🤔 2w

mcipher I‘m so behind on reviews! Also behind on books (library holds and new shiny books keep distracting me) but I keep letting the reviews stack up because it‘s not as fun as reading 😝 2w

AllDebooks @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @ShananigansReads @DGRachel @mcipher Do you write reviews for post publication books? I've missed the pub. deadline by months on some of my #arcs. It seems polite to still write a review, but is this still of any value to the author/publishers? 2w

DGRachel I write them when I finish even if I‘ve missed the pub date if for no other reason than I don‘t want to my % worse than it already is. Plus. I think reviews are always helpful, even if the publisher doesn‘t go back. I copy my review in NetGalley and The StoryGraph and I review everything I read so it‘s just as easy to post in both places as one. 2w

Julsmarshall I do reviews right after I finish, even if it is late, like @DGRachel . I‘m in the middle of 2 ARCs, one printed, one in netgalley. I‘m going to try to finish both of those and maybe one more. I am going to try to let other things go this weekend and read, read, read. I‘ve been working a lot and haven‘t had a reading weekend in awhile 😍 Thanks for the push, @AllDebooks ! 2w

ShananigansReads @AllDebooks I still write them after party because it‘s the only way I remember anything that happened in the book, partly because I said I would when I signed up. 2w

sebrittainclark @AllDebooks I've written reviews over a year after the book published 🙈. I figure better late than never. 2w

Bookish_Thoughts I‘m going to try read both an upcoming ARC and a past pub date ARC. 2w

AllDebooks @DGRachel @Julsmarshall @shenaniganreads @sebrittainclark thanks for the feedback. I'm going to write reviews for all of my loans. I'll post on amazon, too, to make amends for my tardiness. 😅 2w

mcipher @AllDebooks I do, and I post them to Amazon/b&n because I‘m assuming it still helps the author some 🤷‍♀️ 2w

Librarybelle I like the catching up on reviews idea! I‘ll concentrate on that this weekend as well and maybe finish one of the “in progress” books I have. 2w

Zuhkeeyah I finished two ARCs in the last couple weeks and wrote my reviews on Thursday. I‘m feeling very accomplished so I might not tackle anymore this weekend. 2w

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks I work backwards and write a review for the most-recently read books. That‘s about the best I can do. 😏 2w

AllDebooks @rubyslippersreads that makes sense. It's a good tip. Thanks. 🙂 2w

AllDebooks @Zuhkeeyah oh well done! 🙂 2w

AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts good luck. Enjoy. 📚🙂📚 2w

AllDebooks @Librarybelle I hope it's a productive weekend. 🙂 2w

Justmissc87 I just started on NetGalley this month. I‘ve got some pretty good reads going right now. I‘ve been trying to review as soon as I finish the book. So far I‘ve only finished one book. I‘m trying to pace myself. Plus, I still have a huge fall TBR. 2w

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A quick reminder of September's #NetGalleyGroup monthly readathon, starting this Friday. I will check in on Friday as to your goals for the weekend.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads
@mcipher @JoyBlue 2w

PuddleJumper I'll skip this month. I'm traveling home that weekend and won't get much chance to read 2w

Librarybelle I cannot believe we‘re already at the NetGalley weekend! I have to find the list I created last month—must have stuck it with receipts somewhere!—but will have a plan in place soon!! 2w

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Julsmarshall I‘m in! Need to get caught up :) 2w

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper No worries. Safe travels x 2w

AllDebooks @Librarybelle It's come around way too fast! 😅 2w

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall Yay! 🫶 2w

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Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

All set for #hashtagbrigade September buddyread.

If You Read One Novel This Year, Make It “Brideshead Revisited” - Word on Fire https://share.google/M8EGBda8YFTSs32CF

@BarkingMadRead

Cuilin Thanks for the link. I‘m linking this one too but beware of ✨spoilers ✨ https://emilygorcenski.com/post/book-report-brideshead-revisited-by-evelyn-waugh... 2w

lil1inblue Thanks for the links, @alldebooks and @cuilin! 2w

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Hi 👋

The last few months have been a real struggle for all of us. I've had a bit of a rest off the socials, and I'm coming back with a plan.
I take great comfort from connecting with and helping others. I'm thinking of starting a new page called #TheLittensSocietyClub as a means to do just that.
Postage has become too expensive, and I miss all the camaraderie of the card swaps. Ideas include an email check-in, ⬇️

🎨 @toyoufromsteph

AllDebooks Cont. quizzes, regular events and activities, etc. Please let me know if this would be of interest to you. I'll make a decision depending on your responses. X 2w

Sace That‘s something I would be interested in. 2w

dabbe Glad to see you! I'd love to be part of this! 💜🧡🤎 2w

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ShelleyBooksie Sounds fun!! 2w

Deblovestoread Love this idea! 2w

Bookwormjillk Yes, love it 2w

ElizaMarie I love everything about this! Please let me know what you end up doing. 2w

Faranae I'd be interested! I've always wanted to do the card swaps etc, but couldn't justify the cost to myself. 2w

Born.A.Reader It's been a rough few months in my end too. If be interested for sure. 2w

peaKnit I‘d be very interested in positivity and community. Great idea! 2w

Librarybelle Lovely idea! 2w

PageShifter I'd be interested! 2w

AllDebooks Wow, I'm overwhelmed at your responses. I didn't dare look last night. 🙈 2w

AllDebooks @Sace @dabbe @ShelleyBooksie @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie @Faranae @Born.A.Reader @peaKnit @Librarybelle @PageShifter thank you for your kindness in response to my query. I will set this up over this week. I think we need it. 🫂 2w

peaKnit Thank you! I am so glad to find many kindred spirits here. 2w

kspenmoll I too would be interested to stay connected with you! 2w

AllDebooks @kspenmoll ❤️ working on it now x 1w

kspenmoll I am in! Thank you! 1w

PuddleJumper I'd be interested. It's very isolating at the moment and I can't justify the cost of penpals/card swaps even though they look fun 1w

Roary47 Yes, my finances have been really tight. I‘m interested in just loving and caring for one another. 💛 1w

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

Chrissyreadit 🧡💛🤎💛🧡 2w

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Emma (Vintage Classics Austen Series) | Jane Austen

Trying to relax after an awful week. So much so, this is the first book I've picked up in 4 days! Unheard of.

@Crinoline_Laphroaig #Emma #Pemberlittens

mcipher Awwww I hope it gets better!! ❤️ 3w

Bookwormjillk I hope this week is better for you! 3w

BookmarkTavern Here‘s to a better week! 🩷 3w

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DGRachel I hope your week gets better fast! 3w

Crinoline_Laphroaig Jane Austen is my comfort read. Here's to a better week. 3w

AnnCrystal 💝🫂💝 may your reading relax the stress away 📚💝. 3w

dabbe Time to lose yourself with EMMA. 💛💜🧡 3w

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I managed to tick 10 books off of my tbr pile during #14booksin14weeks 📚
My favourite reads were North Woods, James, An American Marriage, and A Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.

@Liz_M

Liz_M Nicely done! 3w

kspenmoll Fantastic! 2w

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A Haunted House | Virginia Woolf

#VirginiaBloomsberries

Our September read is a 1921 short story, A Haunted House. This was published as a collection by Leonard Woolf in 1944 after Virginia's death. It's up to you if you want to read the whole collection or just The Haunted House.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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Around the World in 80 Trees | Jonathan Drori

Next up for #NaturaLitsy is Jonathan Drori's 2018 travel guide around the world using trees as a base point. He uses history and science alongside quirky and curious arboreal tales.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

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Hygge: Comfort & Food for the Soul: A Cosy Collection of Comfort Food, Drinks & Lifestyle Recipes for You, Your Friends & Family to Enjoy | Cooknation

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

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Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug | Augustine Sedgewick

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

Bookwormjillk Hello! I am waiting in my car for my son to get out of the SATs (testing for college) hoping he doesn‘t get out too soon because I want to catch up on my reading. After that it‘s a beautiful day and I want to be outside as much as possible. 1mo

ElizaMarie Husband and I are seeing KPop Demon Hunters sing-a-long. It so cute to see all the kiddos dressed up! But also- we don‘t have kids and hey - it‘s okay and doesn‘t matter! It‘s a great movie with great soundtrack 1mo

ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk ooo hope y‘all go for a treat after! Maybe a place you can continue to read :) 1mo

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kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk I hope your son was not too fatigued after testing - and that you got a couple if reading hours in! 1mo

kspenmoll @ElizaMarie Sounds like a fun movie! 1mo

kspenmoll My family went to Mystic Ct by the shore & indulged in lobster roll( me) & fat belly fried clams( hubby & son)- a last hurrah as I return to work Monday. Beautiful sunny day, if we hit 80 degrees the sea breezes made it seem cooler. I am stuffed & happy! 1mo

kspenmoll Can you tell me the author of #Naturalitsy sept book? I found 2 books with same title, Around the world in 80 trees 1mo

Bookwormjillk @kspenmoll @elizamarie he didn‘t think he did very well but was maybe just hungry because he came home and ate a huge lunch and was much happier. Hope you both enjoyed your days. 1mo

AllDebooks @kspenmoll it's this one. x

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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth | Eric Carle

Here we go. Day 1 of Gina Luker's #75soft framework.
I've had a calm morning. I've set my intentions (sounds less stressful than goals, right?).
I really have been 'panic reading' over the last six months. I am tearing through book after book for a distraction. It's not helping. So, I'm going to slow my pace, choose books carefully around mood or curiosity, & read mindfully.

🤞 that works, cos my mind is frazzled rn.

@rockpools @TheBookHippie

AllDebooks The Shabby Creek Cottage - the art of making life magical https://share.google/2vBT5jaCFcdh9dPUh 1mo

AllDebooks @kspenmoll 1mo

willaful Having the same problem, needing constant distraction. 1mo

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lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 This sounds so lovely! 1mo

Cuilin This post is all too relatable!!! Thanks for sharing the link. 1mo

AllDebooks @willaful I've felt a lot better just thinking about #75slow over the last few days. It's certainly made me calmer. x 1mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin You're welcome. 🫂 1mo

AllDebooks @lil1inblue it really is! Reading the daily post and email today put a smile on my face. 1mo

kspenmoll I am joining in with this quest- thank you fir introducing it. Today I enjoyed a calm peaceful morning right after sunrise, listening to bird song & watching my hummingbird friends. Coffee of course! Then a walk with my neighbor, long conversation with 2 other neighbors, visited my garden, then drove to my happy place, the ocean on CT shore & gorged on lobster rolls, fried clams with son & hubby. Perfect day. My challenge will be how to ⬇️ 1mo

kspenmoll ⬆️ this lifestyle with going back to work on Monday. 1mo

Chrissyreadit just saw this!!! i‘m going to see how to be engaged in this project ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

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The Power of Protest in Healthcare: Lessons From a Doctor�s Journey to Activism | Meenal Viz

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#NetGalleyGroup #NGGreadathon #ARC

Dr Meenal Viz writes compassionately about the failure of the government to provide adequate PPE resources during the Covid19 pandemic. Her frustration at the unnecessary risks her colleagues, her husband, and her 6 month pregnant self were forced to take to give patients the care they needed is palpable throughout the book.
⬇️Cont.⬇️

AllDebooks Her solitary protest outside No 10 Downing Street is laudable and triggered change.

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers on 21st October 2025. 1mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🦅💝💝💝. 1mo

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#NetgalleyGroup

What #ARCs have you read recently that you would recommend? 'Cos our tbr pile always has room for more. 😅📚📚📚📚

Zuhkeeyah I enjoyed the tagged book because it was different second chance romance from others I‘ve read

Anderson in Bloom

1mo

AllDebooks @Zuhkeeyah that looks good. 👌 1mo

AllDebooks One of the best autobiographies I've read in a long time. I especially recommend the audiobook for his narration.

Track Record: Me, Music, and the War on Blackness

1mo

rubyslippersreads I enjoyed this by one of my favorite authors,

The Hired Man: A Novel

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

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World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed | James Hoffman

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

Tagging a few from my post earlier this week about coping. Please feel free to check in.

@Librarybelle @dabbe @TheBookDream @lil1inblue @willaful @Eggbeater @JenniferEgnor @AnnCrystal

Roary47 I‘m hoping to get more caught up today with a clean house, but a nap is definitely in the picture. 1mo

TheBookHippie I‘m on a me staycation in my house. No one can ask me a thing for a week. Nor am I cooking for anyone but me. No housework. Nada. Recharging. 😂🙌🏼🤭 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Y😍Y! 🧡🤎💛 1mo

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dabbe @Roary47 N😍PS are the best! Hope you have a long and restful one! 🧡🤎💛 1mo

Eggbeater I had a stressful day yesterday, and I am using this weekend to recover. No news, take-out, PBS, books, online book club, and snuggling with my dog. If I happen to get some chores done, that would be a bonus, but I'm not pressuring myself. 1mo

Librarybelle I think I can finally rest for the rest of the weekend! I still have minor chores to do, and always lots of kitty things to do, but I don‘t have to rush. What a week! Though, once I sit down, I may fall asleep. 😂 1mo

JenniferEgnor Hanging in there. Things to be grateful for and focus on today: gifted more books to my bookworm hospice patient this morning; a nice storm visited us at home; tacos tonight with friends. 1mo

willaful I'm missing my husband, who's been away for a week helping his sister recover from surgery. Spending too much time online and watching too much t.v. :-( 1mo

AllDebooks @Roary47 Nap roulette is the best game. Is it gonna be a 20 minute catnap or 3 hour food coma? Sweet dreams x 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie Yay for recharging. Wishing you a restful weekend. x 1mo

AllDebooks @Eggbeater oh no! I hope you have a restful weekend. X 1mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle Enjoy your weekend. X 1mo

AllDebooks @JenniferEgnor ❤️ Enjoy your evening with friends. 🫂 1mo

AllDebooks @willaful 🫂 that's tough. I hope she makes a speedy recovery and hubby is home soon. x 1mo

willaful @AllDebooks It's lovely and cool outside so I'm going to have a walk, which will be an improvement on my previous activities. :-) 1mo

AnnCrystal Thank you for the tag ☺️👍🏼💝. Relaxing today, working on a crochet shawl for my mom. Couldn't find purple cotton yarn, but found a lovely shade of green 🪄🧶💖. 1mo

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The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online | Simon Copland

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This is a tough but noteworthy read examining the impact on contemporary society and culture has had on men. It has taken me 3 months to finish this, as the subject matter of the manosphere, misogeny, racism, and loneliness was a lot to bear. However, that does not detract from the importance of Copland's work. If anything, it enhances the crucial juncture we are at in our societal values and how we engage with each other. This is a must-read.

AllDebooks Copland details many decades' worth of research that recognises the shift in contemporary living, from loss of community facilities and support, rise in online hate groups, mental health crisis, isolation and loneliness, the list goes on as to how we got to here. Copland does offer hope, with solutions on how to break this cycle of hatred. 1mo

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Welcome to our 2nd #NetGalleyGroup mid-month #readathon 😀

📚 How are you?
📚 What are your #NGG goals for the next 4 days?
📚 What are you reading?

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

Have a great weekend. 🌞

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads 1mo

Bookwormjillk Hello! I got approved for a couple of cookbooks recently that I want to read and review this weekend. 1mo

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AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk that's great! Are you going to try out some of the recipes? 1mo

AllDebooks I want to finish

The Power of Protest in Healthcare: Lessons From a Doctor�s Journey to Activism

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Zuhkeeyah I have a cute romance I want to read this weekend

Last First Kiss: A Novel

1mo

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks If my sink gets fixed tomorrow yes I will! If not I will just keep dreaming :) 1mo

ShananigansReads I am exhausted. Had my biggest day of the school year yesterday and it took the wind out of me. I‘m currently reading Deep End by Ali Hazelwood. I hope to read my ARCs of Jilted by Vi Keeland and/or Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum this weekend while I let my body rest and mentally prepare for the kids coming back next week. 1mo

IriDas I didn‘t think I‘d have time to do this but I have to take the train to my mom‘s tomorrow. Six hour round trip, so I will have time at least then. I also have Monday off work. :) I hope to finish two of my current reads this weekend. A Wizard of Earthsea and The Betrayal. And get closer to the end with Mapping the Deep. If I drag my kids into it we‘ll work on Impossible Creatures. 1mo

DGRachel This is apparently my week (or month or year or…) of forgetting all the things, like this being challenge weekend. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have a ton of things I‘m behind on reading (technically due today and tomorrow) but I did manage to clear one NetGalley book and my LibraryThing Early Reviewer book off my list this week and as far as NetGalley goes, I have one that publishes on Tuesday that I would to read this weekend. That one is my goal.

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

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Bookish_Thoughts No time today because we babysat grandkids. Then I found out this evening we may be hiking tomorrow. SO…if I can I will either start Where Dark Things Rise, or one of 3 being published on Oct. 28th. I *should* start Where Dark Things Rise, but the other three are *really* calling my name. 😁 🤔 1mo

AllDebooks @ShananigansReads Wishing you a peaceful, restful weekend. X 1mo

AllDebooks @IriDas that's a lot of travelling time. Safe travels. X 1mo

AllDebooks @DGRachel Sounds good. X 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts isn't that always the way. I'm always afflicted by tbr-itis. 1mo

ShananigansReads @AllDebooks thank you. I ran errands early this morning so I can mostly lay around the house the rest is the weekend. Still listening to The Deep 3 hours left 1mo

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Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everyday Plants | Fez Inkwright

The wonderful Gina at The Shabby Creek Cottage is doing her #75soft framework again. I'm going to do this and thought I would share it after yesterday's post about everything being too much atm. It starts on Monday and runs until Halloween. 🎃

I'm trying to sneak a little #hyggehour every day if you would like to join me.
Reclaiming Your Magic: Why We Need #75Soft Right Now - The Shabby Creek Cottage https://share.google/qlpLdboKsl3Ywc5TP
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AllDebooks Please let me know if you wish to be added to the taglist. ❤️🧙‍♀️❤️ 1mo

AllDebooks https://www.instagram.com/theshabbycreekcottage?igsh=MWg1cDRhcXF6ZDh0 1mo

AllDebooks @LitsyEvents 1mo

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rockpools This is lovely! I‘m not really on Litsy enough to join the tag list (overwhelm control - even Litsy & WhatsApp are too peoply just now) - but a big thank you for introducing me to the idea. I‘m going to give it (or a version of it) a go. And 🤗 to you - wishing you a more peaceful autumn. 1mo

AllDebooks @rockpools I completely understand the overwhelm. It's why I shared it, to hopefully reach out and cope. We're all in this together x 1mo

TheBookHippie Me. 🙌🏼 1mo

rockpools Do you know what? Please tag me! Thank you 😘 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie ❤️ 1mo

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Evenings and Weekends | Ois�n McKenna

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This was such a blistering debut. I can't wait to see more from McKenna.
The characters are well formed, likeable and relatable. The group of friends are close-knit, this made me very nostalgic for my own misspent youth in London in the 90s. Although it's character driven rather than plot driven, so much is shown of these people. McKenna reminds me very much of Virginia Woolf in the way he encapsulates the minutiae of daily life.
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AllDebooks Reading about Maggie and Ed was fraught with emotion. The whale in the Thames seemed a good metaphor for the heavy weight hanging over most of the group, but particularly so for Ed and Phil. These intricate relationships are bound together through love, friendship, shared experiences and history. Found family living for their Evenings and Weekends.
Highly recommended. 1mo

AllDebooks I read this with Jack Edwards Inklings' book club on Fable and Instagram. https://fable.co/club/inklings-book-club-with-jack-edwards-467578424343?referral... 1mo

CBee This sounds great! 1mo

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TheLudicReader I recently started this one. 1mo

AllDebooks @CBee I really enjoyed it. 1mo

AllDebooks @TheLudicReader Enjoy. 😀 1mo

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Are you ready for another #Netgalley mid-month #readathon starting Fri 15th until Monday 18th August. 📚

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView

@throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts 1mo

Librarybelle Yay! I‘m already thinking of my plan for the weekend and will post my goals soon. 1mo

Bookish_Thoughts Yay! 🥳 1mo

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PuddleJumper I want to finish Homegrown Magic and maybe start Welcome to AuDHD 1mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle ❤️ 1mo

AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts ❤️ 1mo

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper ❤️ 1mo

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Burnout: Stress in the Ministry | John Davey

I spotted this on Goodreads socials today. I'm struggling so much with the weight of the world atm. It's too much. Too much sadness and sorrow, too much fear and terror, too much hate and intolerance, not to mention government approved genocide.

I'm trying to avoid social media, engage in books, & gardening. I can't meet up with people as most people I know have opposing views that I do not have the strength to deal with atm.

How are you coping?

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 I‘m TIRED. 1mo

TheBookHippie I‘ve been picking up loads of gardening and flower books. I‘ve been on the hunt for tabletop decor books and playing with mine often with different items from the house. Poetry, collaging. Loud music. 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie I've been listening to audiobooks to distract myself. I'm glad you can find solace. I've gone full metal since Ozzy died. Helps vent the rage and frustration. 🖤 1mo

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Librarybelle It‘s absolutely scary. I‘m glad I pretty much stay at home now. But, I keep educating myself and hanging with the kitties. In some ways, dealing with Zeke‘s cancer has been a huge balm to this, as I have other terrors to deal with. So weird, but so true. 1mo

dabbe Reading mysteries allows me to escape from the chaos. Coloring, journaling, cleaning ... these help, too. Loving up my dogs is priceless as are walks with them. I usually get my news from the late night hosts; they're more truthful than the real news is. And knowing we're in this together helps. 💙✊🏻💙 1mo

TheBookDream Reading reading reading. Just so much reading. 1mo

lil1inblue I feel like some days I'm barely coping! I've been reading like it's going out of style (my favorite escape), and I go on long walks in the woods. I keep up with the news during the week, and then take the weekends off from it. And for some reason, having conversations with children and teens is really healing. It makes me think that maybe we have hope, after all. Oh, and our weekly organizing meetings keep me sane! 1mo

Amiable @TheBookDream Same 1mo

willaful Limiting social media helps a lot. 1mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle 🫂 1mo

AllDebooks @dabbe yes, a communal spirit is essential. That's why I adore Littens and Litsy. Even if there is disagreement, there is still respect and tolerance for each other. 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookDream that's what usually saves me. I can't remember a single thing I've read this week! 1mo

AllDebooks @lil1inblue 💯 I talk to my teens all the time, about what is happening at home and abroard. Tbh, they've usually heard the news thru TikTok before I've read it. They are very well informed on world events. It really does help. X 1mo

AllDebooks @willaful I avoid it at all costs most days. I just got hit by a flood of shared posts today regarding the Palestinian journalists murders. It was too much. 1mo

willaful @AllDebooks *hug* if wanted 1mo

AllDebooks @willaful always ❤️ Thanks x 1mo

Eggbeater I'm having the same problem. I live about 3 hours away from DC. I can only take in the news in small sips, and I always read it or listen to an NRR podcast. I never turn on the TV because his face makes me sick. I deleted Facebook. It was toxic. I only have a few people in my life who don't share my views, and we NEVER talk politics. There is no space in my heart left for any more supporters. I do the best I can every day. 1mo

AllDebooks @Eggbeater I feel your pain. Doing your best is all we can do. I think it's important to recognise overwhelm, too. Today was too much for me, so I'm planning an easy few days to restore my fighting spirit. I fully acknowledge what a privilege that is. ❤️🫂❤️ 1mo

dabbe @AllDebooks 💛🤎🧡 1mo

JenniferEgnor Having a very hard time. I read a lot, I try to cook healthy. I hold hands with dying people (hospice volunteer). It‘s not much of a distraction. But crying makes my head hurt and I already have too many headaches. My dogs and cats are the best distraction. I don‘t spend time with his supporters anymore. I can‘t. 1mo

AnnCrystal We must grasp onto hope, 😢🌏🌎🌍🙏🏼. 1mo

AllDebooks @JenniferEgnor Sending hugs. As @dabbe says, we have community here. You're not alone. X 1mo

AllDebooks @AnnCrystal ❤️ 1mo

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

AllDebooks I'm hoping to have an hour with

Evenings and Weekends

1mo

Chrissyreadit 💛 1mo

dabbe 💙🩵💙 1mo

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World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed | James Hoffman

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

Bookwormjillk Last full day of family obligations and I go home tomorrow! I miss my cats! I even miss working a little 😂 Have a good one all. 2mo

Librarybelle Good morning! It‘s been a crazy week—I started a WFH temp job to help pay for Zeke‘s medical bills, and it‘s been crazy. I like the flexibility to work whenever, but the work is not always available, despite a requirement to work a certain number of hours per week. I need flexibility with Zeke‘s care, so I‘ll see how long I can handle this. 😂 It has really cut back on my reduced reading time. Hopefully I can get a good rhythm soon. 2mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk enjoy your last day before heading home. 2mo

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AllDebooks @Librarybelle I hope it works out for you. Good luck. x 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle I hope you can get it worked out with your WFH job! 2mo

Librarybelle Thanks, @AllDebooks and @Bookwormjillk ! I am a planner and having to check for work several times a day at all hours of the day is not a good practice for a planner. 😂 That‘s on me. I guess I‘ll consider it a growth opportunity. 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle that would be hard for me too 2mo

Roary47 I hope you are able to find that balance @Librarybelle 2mo

Roary47 Yay! Almost time to go home to the kitties. I‘m happy for you @Bookwormjillk 2mo

Roary47 I‘m going to try to take back my house in cleaning. Finding my work life balance is always hard for me. I have forms to complete for my kids school, I have work still to do for my job, but today is audiobooks that my library holds are almost up on and cleaning my house that got out of control through the work/school week. 😅 2mo

Librarybelle Safe travels home, @Bookwormjillk ! 2mo

Librarybelle Good luck, @Roary47 ! 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Roary47 good luck! The forms are a real struggle this time of year! 2mo

melissajayne Had friends over on Thursday evening and I was just so drained yesterday. Did basically nothing. I just sat in my chair and watched stuff on my TV and listened to podcasts. Had a good sleep that I just woke up from and feel surprisingly rested and content. 2mo

AllDebooks @Roary47 bleurgh, cleaning and form-filling! Hope they're completed quickly so you can get back to doing what you want. 2mo

AllDebooks @melissajayne sometimes you just need a timeout to recharge. That's what I'm doing today. 😅 2mo

dabbe I can't believe how jet-lagged I still am from my trip (4 hours ahead in NB). Add to that, I need to relearn how to handle the heat. Since I've been home it's been 113, 115, 118, and 115. The dogs are grumpy because it's too hot to even walk outside. So, I need to stop bitching and find the good. I have a home with AC and pups who love me. What more do I need? 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Yay for home and cats! Safe travels! 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Yay for your job, though I hope it calms down for you soon! Glad Zeke's still enjoying life and love to you and those kitties! 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @Roary47 I'm so with you! My house is a disaster zone! It's so bad that I look around and don't even know where to begin. Yet, I don't have to work with students anymore. I hope you have a stellar school year, m'dear. 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @melissajayne It's so necessary to reboot after time spent with people. Glad you woke up feeling rejuvenated. 💙🩵💙 2mo

Deblovestoread I have had a busy, although mostly fun, three days since Wednesday. Even the DMV, while not fun, was easy with an appointment. I‘m so glad to be home today with just Pippin and some quiet time. 2mo

Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk Going home is always a treat. 💙 2mo

Deblovestoread @Librarybelle The work thing sounds HARD. Hope it goes in its most positive way for you. Give Zeke a pet from me. Hope he‘s doing well. 2mo

Deblovestoread @Roary47 Hope the necessaries can be accomplished quickly and you get time to relax. 2mo

Deblovestoread @melissajayne I so get the need to rest after peopling. 2mo

Deblovestoread @dabbe We are forecasted to hit 101° tomorrow and I‘m not a fan. Thankful for AC and that our nights cool down to mid 60‘s. Hopefully a good book can take your mind off the hell that is outside. 2mo

Librarybelle Thanks, @dabbe and @Deblovestoread ! Zeke is doing very well. He had a really rough patch a couple of weeks ago but has really bounced back. He also stopped eating the one food he had been eating but wanted a novel protein food he ate before his diagnosis, and he is so improved on this, acting mischievous at times. He still likes eating during the night, though, so I‘d love some restful sleep at some point! But, I‘d rather this than not have him. 2mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread I think I can probably find one or two. 100+ degrees in Oregon is just NOT correct. It's just not. 💙🩵💙 2mo

dabbe @Librarybelle 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

Roary47 Thank you @AllDebooks @dabbe @Deblovestoread I was able to get most of it done, and then played my video game. 😍 1mo

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Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls: 64 Wildly Wicked Logic Puzzles | G. T. Karber

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) #Bookhaul includes the new Murdle book. #Addicted 💀
2) Ankhway mushroom gummies 😀
3) International 🐈 day. Ronnie, our thief of seats.
4) Celebrating Mischief and Mayhem turning 16. ❤️🌏❤️
5) Girls' day out. ❤️🌏❤️

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2mo

Aims42 Love your joys and pictures! I love the Mischief & Mayhem nicknames 😆 And give Ronnie a nose boop for me 😻 2mo

AlaMich Wait, mushroom gummies?? 2mo

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mcctrish I hope Mischief and Mayhem have a great 16th birthday, your book haul looks ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

TheBookHippie Awe!!!! Lovely Joys!!! M&M is a riot! 2mo

AllDebooks @AlaMich 😅 Not THOSE kinda shrooms. Nutritional supplements 2mo

AllDebooks @Aims42 ❤️ 2mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish ❤️ 2mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie ❤️ 2mo

AlaMich @AllDebooks Ah, ok. 🤭 (edited) 2mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie I named them M & M when they turned two. It could easily have been Chaos & Carnage. 😅 2mo

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Untitled | Unknown

#NaturaLitsy

The Wainwright prize shortlist has been announced. The longlist had so many incredible books, I do not know how the judges managed to whittle it down to a shortlist.
Have you read any? A few might appear in the 2026 #NaturaLitsy #buddyread list.

Shortlist 2025 - Wainwright Prize https://share.google/yQLaQVyqLAojxOEtg

Jane121 Congratulations on your book what an incredible milestone!

What challenges or experiences did you go through while writing it? 2mo

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Birthdays!: A Keepsake Memory Book to Celebrate Each Year | Ruby Oaks

My beautiful boys, Freddie and Arthur turn 16 today. I'm so proud of the young men they've become.
Wishing the bestest of boys the best birthday.

I might try and get a more current pic when they're awake, but don't hold your breath.
❤️🌏❤️

Lesliereadsalot Adorable! It goes so fast, doesn‘t it? 2mo

AnnCrystal May your twins have the Happiest of Birthdays 🥳🎂🍰💝💫💝. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎉 2mo

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Librarybelle Happy Birthday! 2mo

Mollyanna Happy Birthday to your boys! 🎂 2mo

AmyG Twins! Happy Birthday! 2mo

Eggbeater Happy birthday to your boys/ young men! 🥳 2mo

Meshell1313 😍🥳 Happy Birthday to them both! 2mo

kspenmoll Such cuties! Happy birthday to your boys! 2mo

lil1inblue Happy birthday to your boys! What a precious photo! 😍 2mo

AllDebooks Thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes. It's been a great day. x 2mo

SilversReviews Happy Birthday!! Adorable!! 1mo

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The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

#NaturaLitsy

An interesting article on the future of the nature memoir following the allegations surrounding Raynor Winn.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/02/the-end-of-the-road-what-the-salt-...

Faranae Winn's claims *now* that she wasn't trying to claim their walks healed Moth - she did make that claim! Many times!

I remember reading her books for my blog and thinking that things seemed fishy, but I wasn't in a position to confirm details (while PRH was), and I try to be generous and assume good faith, so I chalked it all up to them being ignorant, naive, and terrible at risk assessment. I also thought they'd be dead in less mild terrain. 😂 2mo

AllDebooks @Faranae the whole story is so shocking, especially the embezzlement claims. 2mo

Faranae @AllDebooks The embezzlement claims don't shock me much (and I take them with a grain of salt, too), but a court case is something PRH should have been able to find fairly easily, so they really didn't do due diligence. The rest of us couldn't because those are pen names, but PRH has their wallet names. The medical diagnosis is the one I find the most galling. 2mo

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AllDebooks @Faranae the embezzlement claims ate tough because if true, she took advantage of a lot of innocent people. The health issues stated repeatedly in her book are outrageous as they gave people with similar conditions hope. 2mo

AllDebooks @Faranae you're right, PRH should have done more. This is such a staon Penguin when they should be celebrating 99 years of publishing. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/so-what-did-the-publisher-actually-... 2mo

Kitta Interesting. I‘m reminded a bit of the scandal surrounding

A Million Little Pieces

2mo

AllDebooks @Kitta yes! 2mo

Faranae @Kitta And James Frey and his editor basically got away with it - he has a successful career, and she continued on at PRH more or less as if nothing had happened. I guess PRH hasn't learned any lessons, or just knows that it won't matter to the bottom line in the long run (well, there is that disclaimer that I suppose will protect them from legal liability). 2mo

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Kew: the Witch's Garden | Sandra Lawrence

I'm all set up to start tonight's #Hyggehour readathon. I'm plotting a new bed for a witch garden. What do you have in yours? 🥀🧙‍♀️🥀

https://litsy.com/p/QUZzQmg3SW9y

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit i think i have most of these books- and need to read them! My witchy garden is working to be a place for bees, butterflies and birds- def a work in progress 💛 2mo

AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit it sounds perfect. That is my goal, too. 2mo

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness: The Complete Book of Hygge (Hygge Life, Hygge Books, Hygge Habits, Hygge Christmas, Hygge Lifestyle, Art of Happiness. Concept of Hygge) (Hygge Lifestyle Books 1) | Britta Olsson

Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax.

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

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Coffeetime Indulgences: 65 Irresistible Recipes to Serve with Coffee-Morning, Noon, or Night | Linda Hegeman

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

AllDebooks I'm planning a day in the sunshine, flitting between reading, gardening, and chilling with my teens. 2mo

Bookwormjillk Hello! I‘m doing some boring things like filing paperwork and renewing my passport this morning but this afternoon plan on puttering around my garden and kitchen (my favorite.) Enjoy the sunshine @AllDebooks 2mo

Cuilin Just pottering about with little tasks and plenty of reading. 2mo

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Cuilin @Bookwormjillk @alldebooks enjoy the sunshine and gardening 🧑‍🌾 2mo

Librarybelle Good morning! I‘m behind on chores and other things at home, so a weekend filled with catch up and hopefully naps. Enjoy the sunshine and day, @AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin ! 2mo

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk hope it's been a relaxing day 😌 2mo

AllDebooks @Cuilin pottering and bimbling are the best pastimes 😀 2mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle 🤞 you're all caught up with chores and can spend the rest of the day relaxing.😌 2mo

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