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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Joined February 2017

Creator of #LitsyLove (an international pen pal group) “Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.” Wife, Mother, friend, book lover
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King of Ashes | S. A. Cosby
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Starting this one!! I‘ve had 2 recent dnf‘s unfortunately so I decided to go with a favorite author! I‘m getting more and more picky with my reading. At what point do you dnf a book?? 📕

#BOTM

Aims42 I try to make it 100 pages but sometimes I‘ve DNF‘d past that point too 🤷🏼‍♀️ I hope this book is the one that gets you out of your DNF slump 🤞 6d
kspenmoll I don‘t wait- too little time to dally! 6d
Octoberwoman I‘ve DNF‘d after only 20-30 pages, and as far as 2/3 in. I used to never DNF but I‘ve learned to let go in the last three or four years. Too many other books waiting for me! 5d
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Susanita I heard this discussed on a podcast. The suggestion was 100 pages minus your age. 😉 5d
TheBookgeekFrau I find myself getting more picky, too. I DNF at whatever point reading becomes a chore. 5d
ReadingOver50 @Susanita I love this idea 5d
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The Guest | B.A. Paris
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Happy Hump Day!! ❤️❤️

Fresh fruit from the local orchard 🍓 🍑

Edited to add that I had to dnf this one… it seemed so cheesy and read like a b rated movie 🤷🏻‍♀️

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My favorite #egg 🥚 🫶🏻

Love you my bestie!

#JuneSpecials

Cupcake12 Love this photo of you both ❤️ 1w
PurpleyPumpkin 💜💜💜 1w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 1w
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TheBookgeekFrau ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
Eggs Oh my sweet loving friend, how lovely to see this pic again!! 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cupcake12 thank you!! 😊 ❤️ 7d
Sleepswithbooks This picture makes my heart smile! 😃 5d
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Starting this one today! 🎤 💿 🎵

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Lies and Other Acts of Love | Kristy Woodson Harvey
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One of my favorite authors! 🌊 🏖️

#Barefoot 🦶 🌺

#JuneSpecials

Eggs They look good 👍🏼 1w
AnnCrystal 🌸😍💝. 1w
RedxoHearts Those are so pretty! 1w
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Happy Sunday!!

🌺🌸🌼🪻💐🌷🪷🌻

RaeLovesToRead My two favourite colours! 1w
JenReadsAlot So pretty! 1w
PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful! 😍 It‘s so cold where I am that our hydrangeas are barely budding. 😅 1w
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BooksandCoffee4Me Love these!! 💛💛💛 1w
AnnCrystal 💮😍💮🤩💝💝💝. 1w
Sparklemn Beautiful. Mine are patiently waiting for warm weather. 1w
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The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald
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Lots of great books this month!

4 audiobooks 🎧
4 physical books 📚

#MayWrapup
#readingwrapup

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Happy Caturday!! 🐾 🐈

Finishing up this nail biter 😬😬

Leftcoastzen Awwww!😻 2w
AnnCrystal 😍💕💤😻🐾💝. 1w
Susanita I love the crossed paws 😻 1w
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This is exciting news!! 🎥

I visualize Denzel as Titus! ❤️

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The Night Olivia Fell | Christina McDonald
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“To feel love was to feel fear—you just couldn‘t let it dictate your life. Love was a risk, but it opened up a world of possibility, one you would never experience without it.” ❤️

I can‘t say many thrillers have made me cry, but this one sure did! I absolutely loved it! 😭😭

My marigolds are showing out 🌺

AnnCrystal 🏵️ Marigolds 🤩💝💝💝. 2w
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Eggs Beautiful 🪴📗🌿 2w
AnnCrystal
😍🌿🌱💝.
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Yes it‘s almost June!!!!

This month the challenge is based on special days, that can be federal holidays, global interests, food/drink, and many other unusual themes. Just post a book, poem, story, play, movie or ?? that expresses the daily prompt! Enjoy 😊 We love your posts❣️

Please share 💗

#JuneSpecials

Eggs Thanks 🙏🏻 🤗 2w
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New books!! 📚 ❤️

Anyone read these?

Mimi28 I 🩷🩷🩷 Dawn Staley but I haven‘t read the book yet. I didn‘t even know she had a book. Thanks for posting this! 🫶🏽🙏🏽😊 2w
Mimi28 It‘s on order at the library. I put it on hold I am number 79!! lol 2w
ShelleyBooksie Really enjoyed Blood and Ash 12h
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Eggs Amazing photo capture💚🌳🩷 3w
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#LongTitle
#Bibliophile

🌷🪷🪻🌸 🌱 🪴

Eggs Pretty plants 🪴 💚 🪴 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩🌱💝. 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you! 😊 3w
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The Air You Breathe: A Novel | Frances de Pontes Peebles
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“When we are young, we give ourselves completely. We allow our first friends or first lovers or first songs inside us, to become a part of our unformed being, without ever thinking of the consequences, or of their permanence within us.”

#SetinSoAmerica
#Bibliophile

🌍 ❤️

Eggs This quote!! Bittersweet💝💔 4w
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Happy Friday everyone!!

🌼🌸🌺🌹🥀🪻🪷🌷💐

AnnCrystal 🤩 Beautiful 🌸💝. 4w
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Tux is just living his best life!! 🖤 🐾 🤍

Happy Tuesday! 🌞

#Adayinthelifeoftux
#catsoflitsy

AnnCrystal 😍💕😻🐾💝. 1mo
lil1inblue 😻 😻 😻 1mo
Aims42 😹😹😹 How is that even comfortable?? I love cats 1mo
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Aims42 idk! I was watching tv and looked over there and died out laughing 😆 1mo
Aims42 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks LOL! Seriously 😂🤣🤣 1mo
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon | Sarah Addison Allen
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Eggs Lantana 🌼💛🫶🏻 1mo
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Silver Elite | Dani Francis
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#BOTM day!!

#BookMail is the best mail!

MittenGirlPeach I got this one too! 1mo
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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again.”

#Bibliophile

AnnCrystal 🤩🌸💝. 1mo
Cathythoughts ❤️ 1mo
Eggs Beautiful!! 1mo
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I found some long lost #LitsyLove that I misplaced! Be on the lookout 👀 @MaGoose @TheSpineView @iread2much @Bookwormjillk @AprilMae @catiewithac @Kappadeemom @MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ life has been a little crazy lately!

TheSpineView ❤️🖋📫 1mo
iread2much 😁💌📫 1mo
MemoirsForMe 🤗🤗🤗 1mo
MaGoose Life is crazy for me, too. I look forward to receiving your letter. I'll respond when I can. 🥰❤️💯💥 1mo
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“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”

#TimeTravel
#Bibliophile

One of my favorites 💫 ⭐️

Eggs Oh I agree 💔 1mo
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Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter | Samantha Crewson
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Starting this one on audio 🎧 Several trigger warnings already…

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I saw this on facebook and it was fun! 🤩

#IfIHadtoChoose

❤️ ⛈️ 📖 💫 📷 😍 🎨 🦉 🫶🏻

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I said I wouldn‘t buy the tagged and I didn‘t! My husband did! I‘m curious what she has to say… I‘ve seen Crying in H Mart everywhere so I picked it up!

🌺 ❤️

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Started this one today!! Just chose a random book off the shelf 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cupcake12 Sometimes those are the best books x 1mo
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King of Ashes | S. A. Cosby
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Preordered!!! Can‘t wait! He is such a phenomenal author ✍️

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Behind Her Eyes | Sarah Pinborough
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One of my favorite psychological thrillers! The ending 👀 iykyk!!! I still haven‘t watched the adaptation though!

#Psychthriller
#bibliophile

AnnCrystal The mirror effects are brilliant 😉👍🏼🆒📚💝. (edited) 1mo
Eggs Excellent photo👏🏻🫶🏻👍🏼 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you 😊 1mo
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1) I mostly read sitting in my recliner or on my porch. I do read lying down every night before falling asleep, but usually have to reread those pages!! 📃 😴

2) I just started this one and already love the quirky fmc, Isadora 💛

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView I had a screen porch growing up and miss it. It would be great to read without the bugs eating me up. 1mo
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The Patient's Secret | Loreth Anne White
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This was so entertaining! Loosely based on a true story with lots of twists and turns! I will definitely read more from this author! Highly recommend!!

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It‘s a beautiful day here in the sip! 🌞 a great day for a pina colado daiquiri tea and sending #LitsyLove 📚📖

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The Nest: A Novel | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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#birds
#Bibliophile

Still on my tbr shelf! 🐦 🪹

Leftcoastzen Cool Birdhouse! 1mo
AnnCrystal 🤩💝. 1mo
IuliaC So beautiful! 😍 1mo
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Eggs Stunning photo 🦜💚 🪺 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @IuliaC thank you!! 💚 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you 💚 1mo
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The Velvet Hours | Alyson Richman
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One of my all time favorites ❤️

#Bibliophile
#Bkbasedonpainting

Eggs Unforgettable 🥲💛🫶🏻 1mo
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I‘m letting Lil Bit have my chair today! Now I know why my flowers aren‘t coming up!! Miss Priss 🐾 🌺 and Tux looking all handsome!!

#Cats
#Bibliophile

Happy Caturday!!! 🖤 🐾 🤍

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Leftcoastzen Awww 😻😻 1mo
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Mimi28 Yea!! Post more pictures of them!! 😻😻🩷🫶🏽lol 1mo
kspenmoll 😂😂😂😂 1mo
ElizaMarie No flowers but --- grew some purrfectly beautiful kitties! 1mo
AnnCrystal 😍💕😻🐾😻🐾😻💝. 1mo
Eggs Love the #potcat 🐈‍⬛ 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @ElizaMarie thank you 🖤😻🤍 1mo
TNbookworm 😻😻😻 1mo
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💛 our baby boy is healthy 💙
💛 my flowers are coming along!
💛 my daughters and their significant others!
💛 my kitties and hubby are doing great! I love my new facial products!
💛 back porch reading with the birds singing 🎶 🐦

#5joysfriday

Aims42 Ooo, what facial products are you loving? 😃 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Aims42 FarmHouse Fresh! All natural and organic plus their proceeds help animals they rescue!! 1mo
Aims42 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😍🤩 I love that!! I‘m going to check them out 🙌 Thanks! 1mo
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kspenmoll Flowers & family!🩷❤️💛 1mo
Mimi28 Did you get my letter? 1mo
Mimi28 Great list 😊🫶🏽🩷 1mo
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo
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The Patient's Secret | Loreth Anne White
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Happy Friday everyone!! 🖤 🐾 🤍

I‘m reading the tagged and it‘s so good! Maybe I‘m out of my slump!

“That‘s all everyone wants—to be loved. To belong. To be forgiven for their sins.”

TheSpineView Hate slumps! 😬 1mo
Bookpearl Slumps are the worse! 1mo
Mimi28 😻😻 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1mo
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Not the greatest reading month, but I‘m going to be a Nana in October 💙 👶🏻 super busy month!!

I really wanted to love The Sirens, but it didn‘t happen 😩 🎧 I figured the twist out really early.

I couldn‘t get into Gifted & Talented… NOTHING was happening 😩 🎧

I enjoyed the audio of This Book Will Bury Me 🎧

I loved that Great Big Beautiful Life was two stories in one and it‘s great on audio 🎧 love Julia Whelan!

#ReadingWrapup 4/25

Aims42 Congrats on the Nana news!! How exciting!!! 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Aims42 thank you!!!!! 💙💙💙 1mo
iread2much I just got a copy of Gifted and Talented and I can‘t believe how big it is! 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @iread2much I listened for several hours and just couldn‘t get into it! Let me know what you think!! 🤔 1mo
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I really wanted to love this #duo 🥴😩

The covers are gorgeous though!!

#Dynamicds

Eggs Yes gorgeous! 1mo
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The Patient's Secret | Loreth Anne White
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Starting this one today! Hopefully it will get me out of my slump!!

💛🖤💛

Sharpeipup 🤞 2mo
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Happy weekend 🩵💐 🌼

#LitsyLove

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Leftcoastzen That‘s lovely! Hope yours is great! 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Leftcoastzen thank you 💛🩵 1mo
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Happy World Book Day!! 🌍 📖

What are you reading? 📚❤️

#LitsyLove

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I am in the biggest reading slump 😫

Give me your favorite recommendations!!

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Jess861 I recently read The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable and quite enjoyed it. 2mo
AmyG Ugh, the slump. Maybe something rom-com? I like Abby Jimenez. 2mo
ShelleyBooksie Boo for reading slump!! 2mo
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Read-n-Bloom Yikes 😱 reading slump 😬😫 I don‘t know what I would do with myself 🤔 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Oh no! I hate slumps. When they hit I sit down with a dozen or so books and read the first few pages of each, which ever one I can't stop thinking of when I am done is the one I pick up. I also sometimes just let myself be (pushing through books often makes me hate all books and makes the slump worse) 2mo
Susanita Ugh. Reading slumps are frustrating. Maybe something light and fluffy? Romance? Cozy mystery? Reread something you love? 2mo
Ruthiella I definitely suggest re-reading a favorite. 👍 Good luck! 2mo
lil1inblue Oof. Sometimes, reading some middle grade fantasy gets me out of a slump - something a little light-hearted and not too long. Graphic novels have also helped. 2mo
AkashaVampie Hey hun.... check out my posts for #StartASpark. Maybe u will see something u can do/read. 2mo
shortsarahrose Favorite book of the year so far has been Every Heart a Doorway. It was good on audio and it‘s short, too, which might be an easy win during a slump. Though sometimes you just have to accept that you‘re in a slump and try not to force it. I haven‘t finished a book since February (I‘ve been reading but hopping between books and can‘t seem to finish anything), but I *have* watched almost the entire series of Yellowstone in a month (7 episodes left). 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you to everyone for your suggestions!! 💕💕💕 2mo
MemoirsForMe Hope you‘re feeling better and back to reading again. When all else fails, I turn to children‘s classics and humor, especially funny celeb memoirs like 2mo
Andrew65 I can echo this Misty, in a massive reading slump here too. Not even motivated to pick up a book. Most unlike me. Hope you get through this quickly. 💕 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65 thank you Andrew! It‘s nice to hear from you! I hope that you can find something to break yours too 💙💙 2mo
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks, been another tough few months with my health issues, but trying my best to make forward progress. 2mo
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Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan
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💰 I always have a $100 bill in my wallet! Just in case!

💴 these characters are beyond wealthy!!

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Excellent examples! Thanks for playing 💰💰💰 2mo
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May starts soon! Here is our new photo challenge -
We love to view your posts! Post something related to the daily prompt: book, poem, quote, play, film, image, or ?? Thanks to everyone who played in April 🌷

#Bibliophile 💜💜💜

lil1inblue How is it almost May?!?!?! 😂 2mo
dabbe @lil1inblue I'm still wondering where Christmas went. 🤣 2mo
Eggs My heart and brain wants October back 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs me too!!! Dreading the heat 🥵 2mo
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It‘s a boy!!! We can‘t wait to meet this sweet baby boy in October! 👶🏻💙🎊🎉🎈

#LitsyLove

Lcsmcat Congratulations! 2mo
Kappadeemom Congratulations! Is this your first grandchild? 2mo
Read4life Congratulations 💙🎉💙 2mo
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DaveGreen7777 Awww! Congratulations! 2mo
LiteraryChanteuse Congratulations 🎉 2mo
konlitsy Congrats 🎉🎉 2mo
LeahBergen 🩵🩵🩵🩵 2mo
Mimi28 Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉!! 2mo
Cupcake12 This is great to hear 🩵 🎉 2mo
sebrittainclark 🩵🩵🩵 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 thank you 👶🏻💙 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @konlitsy thank you 🩵👶🏻 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @LiteraryChanteuse thank you!! 🩵👶🏻 2mo
mrp27 Awww!!! Congratulations to you and your family! 💙💙💙💙 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝 Congratulations 💝💝💝. (edited) 2mo
marleed Congratulations! 2mo
Roary47 Yay! Congratulations! 💛 2mo
Ddzmini Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊 👶🏼 2mo
Leftcoastzen Wow! Big news ! Congratulations!🎉 2mo
kezzlou85 Aww congratulations 🎊 2mo
Meshell1313 Congratulations! Amazing! 💙🩵 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @mrp27 thank you so much 💙 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Roary47 thank you 💙🩵 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Ddzmini thank you 😊 🩵 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Leftcoastzen thank you so much 💙💙💙 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @kezzlou85 thank you!! 💙🩵 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Meshell1313 thank you 💙🩵💙 2mo
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#Dice 🎲
#Dynamicds

🩸 🎲

AnnCrystal Excellent book staging 😎👍🏼📚💝. 2mo
Eggs Stunning tableau 🖤🩶❤️ 2mo
PageShifter This feels intriguing 🧐 2mo
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Our Infinite Fates | Laura Steven
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1) yes… but I always did mine early before I was married!

2) unique!

#Two4Tuesday

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TheSpineView Excellent! Thanks for playing! 2mo
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One of the saddest, most heartbreaking books I‘ve ever read 💔 📔 😭

#Dynamicds
#Diary

TheBookgeekFrau I ugly cried so hard with this one! 2mo
marleed @TheBookgeekFrau Yep, the ugly cry on this one! 2mo
Eggs Agree😔 Your lilies are scrumptious 🧡 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookgeekFrau @marleed I read it in 2007 (I believe) and still think about it 💔 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you! 😊 2mo
Mimi28 How are you? I emailed you. I hope you are not mad at me 😓 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mimi28 hey! No I‘m not mad at you! Just haven‘t been on here as much 😊 2mo
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"The sky was crying outside, and as she watched the drops come down, she thought: A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.”

LOVE this book ❤️

#DifferentlyAbled
#DynamicDs

Eggs On my Litsy TBR!! 2mo
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