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Amabear

Amabear

Joined February 2018

Mama, writer, birth keeper and birth photographer, Proudly Autistic, Hufflepuff. I love old books, messy bookstores, and tea.
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A Court of Mist and Fury | Perfection Learning Corporation
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Ahhhhhh. That ending was a RUSH. Finally diving into this series and phew. I can‘t wait to get my hands on book 3!

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Happy birthday to me. I reflected and wrote and read a book this morning over a peppermint mocha. This year, 28, was so good to me. It was a step into freedom. Next year, this age, 29, is for nourishment and living out that freedom. 🥰🤍 I feel good. A sad dark chocolate rainy day good.

jdiehr Happy birthday! 4mo
Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎁🎊🎈🎂🎉 4mo
Amiable Happy birthday! May 28 be the best year yet. :) 4mo
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Graciouswarriorprincess Happy birthday! 4mo
kspenmoll Happy Birthday!!! 🎂🎈🎊 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎈🎂🎊 4mo
Blueberry ❤️ 4mo
kezzlou85 Happy birthday 🎂 4mo
CuriousG Happy birthday! 4mo
vlwelser We're birthday buddies! Happy Birthday! 🎂 4mo
Amabear @Amiable hahah meant to say 29 this year! Thank you!!! 4mo
Amabear @vlwelser oh that‘s so cool!!! Did you have a good birthday? Same age or just day? 4mo
Amabear Thank you allllll 4mo
vlwelser 😂 definitely just day. I had a lovely day. Though I do hate being so close to a holiday. 4mo
AmyG Happy Birthday! 🥳 4mo
erzascarletbookgasm Happy birthday! 🥳 4mo
Reggie Happy Birthday!!!🎂 4mo
JacqMac Happy Birthday 🎉 4mo
Amabear @vlwelser yea, my husband calls it the “months of giving” lol cause it‘s October for his and my son bday, mine Nov and thanksgiving, then Xmas, then our ann in Jan, then valentines lol 😂 4mo
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Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
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It‘s my birthday 🥰 spent the morning reading at Starbucks, and gonna see the new S&S hunger games movie tomorrow.

MaureenMc Happy birthday! Enjoy! 🎂 4mo
Graciouswarriorprincess Happy birthday! 4mo
Amabear Thank you! 4mo
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Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
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More photos of my costume that won the contest at my local B&N midnight release party for Iron Flame 🥰✨😍
#midnightrelease #ironflame #fourthwing

LiteraryinLawrence What gorgeous makeup! 4mo
SassyBookworm Love it all!! You look fabulous!! 🖤⚡️ 4mo
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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Had an amazing adventure at the midnight release party for #ironflame to my complete joy and surprise I won the costume contest! I‘ll post another photo of my wings I threw together. Last minute hyper focus for the win!

Chrissyreadit love it! great costume and i bet was fun! 4mo
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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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5✨
Obsessed! So good! I joined an in person book club and this was our first read. I will be attending a midnight release party for book two in a week or so and I am SO Excited!!!!
Strong character, disability representation in the lead character, steamy romance, dragons, so good. 😭🙌🏻🤍 I cried and laughed and loved every minute of this ride.

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Flashback from last years costume to a hippy festival. I‘m excited for Halloween!

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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Literally flying through this book. Started it at the request of a new book club I joined, and I am more then thrilled. Falling back in love with reading is a constant new joy in my life that ebbs and flows through its seasons. This book has hurdled me past that line. I want to live inside of it and I am dreading the ever too quickly approaching last pages!
Also- the weather is stunning right now! #fourthwing #dragons #fall #readingweather

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Invasion of the Tearling | Erika Johansen

This book completely utterly changed the series I was reading. Book one you are enjoying a cup of tea with magic and an amazing queen. Book two (this book) you open your eyes after that first sip and realize you are somewhere completely different, and the tea has morphed into some sort of terrifying distopian concoction. By the end it‘s a wow. A woah. A huh… very well told story. Conflicted and curious and glad I read it.

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Queen of the Tearling | Erika Johansen

I enjoyed this novel so much. The magic and inner strength. The becoming. The power behind a girl who is not held back by youth, by innocence/naivity , or by love. But honored for it in a kingdom where all three are lacking until her arrival. Also, the daughter/mother rift was comforting to me for selfish reasons. It‘s difficult for me to connect with books with solid m/d relationships.
Amazing read. On to book two now!

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I don‘t know why but I have some inner complex where I feel like audiobooks are not “real” enough when it comes to reading. Happily changing this inner narrative. Through so many mental health struggles physical reading has been tiring and challenging. Audiobooks are giving me life and making me feel like myself again. I‘m so glad they have brought me back to this world this last year. Driving and audio booking is now my favorite way to de stress.

Clwojick I find audiobooks help me get through all the chores I don‘t want to do. It makes exercising, laundry, and grocery shopping SO much easier. 14mo
wanderinglynn Yes, I agree with @Clwojick – listening to audiobooks makes chores so much better. I‘ve also found that listening to books that I have previously read add a new dimension or new perspective to stories I love. And sometimes, with the right narrator, audiobooks are like meditation, taking me out of the swirling chaos of my brain & relaxing my mind. 14mo
Amabear @Clwojick 100% agree. 14mo
Amabear @wanderinglynn love it. I definitely am able to connect with some books via audiobook that I wouldn‘t otherwise. Also, the wrong narrator ruins everything 😂 14mo
wanderinglynn Totally agree. The wrong narrator ruins it. 14mo
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I loooooooooved this book. Fell in love with the characters and the world- which was immersive and well built. The author fed details at just the right times, by the end you feel like you could exist in this world. A convincing fun dystopian- of the few vampire books Iv read this is a huge favorite. I wish there were more steamy scenes but the romance was stellar without anything over the top. Lots of blood. Thrilling. Not too gross. Reading was✨

Clwojick Love the name and the cover! Screenshot taken for when I need some bookish inspiration! 14mo
Amabear @Clwojick 🙌🏻 I happened to finish it while driving at night on a cold foggy day and it was an amazing immersion 😂 14mo
Cheshirecat913 I absolutely loved this book as well! I have been thinking about rereading it, but I also want to read some of her other books. 😆 14mo
Amabear @Cheshirecat913 I‘m working my way through her books too! 14mo
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I have never enjoyed reading Christmas novels near Christmas. I can read them in July at the beach though 😂 Ug this year I‘m begging littens to change my mind! What‘s a book I can‘t help but love holiday themed?
I enjoy fantasy, YA, emo crap, and other random fictions. Open to much. I don‘t enjoy horror or too intense thrillers. Also avoiding anything with mother daughter bonds at the moment.
Any recs?

Pic from our beach day trip last week

TheBookHippie I enjoy children's holiday picture books this time of year. Library has loads of them generally! We just went today and got a lovely stack! 1y
Amabear @TheBookHippie that‘s true! I do like those. 1y
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The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides

I think I enjoyed this so much for two reasons 1. I listened to the audiobook which added a level of immersion I‘m not sure I would have gotten otherwise. And 2- I have never read this type of book before so I definitely wasn‘t expecting the ending at all.
It was a very enjoyable experience! I enjoyed observing the inner workings of psych wards and how the mind works and processes trauma in this particular story.

SandySaga I‘m also listening to the audio book and I definitely agree 1y
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The Cruel Prince | Holly Black

Ahhhhhh i put this one off for a long time and I‘m kicking myself for it because I‘m obsessed with this series now. I‘m in the middle of book three- listening on audiobooks via Libby- amazing narration. Such a good book/series. #highlyreccomend #yesplease #5stars #fairies #fae

Clare-Dragonfly Your delay was smart! You‘re much closer to the release of The Stolen Heir! 1y
Amabear @Clare-Dragonfly is that a book@for the series that isn‘t released yet? How many books are there total? 1y
Clare-Dragonfly It‘s a trilogy, and I believe The Stolen Heir is a connected book with a different main character. There‘s also another book that is connected, I think. I don‘t necessarily pay attention or remember, I just see “new book by Holly Black” and smash that preorder button 😆 1y
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Amabear @Clare-Dragonfly hahahaha 😂🙌🏻 what‘s your fav book by her? 1y
Clare-Dragonfly Ooh, that‘s a tough one! On the one hand I feel like her books keep getting better and better. On the other hand I still have a soft spot for 1y
Amabear @Clare-Dragonfly I‘ll add it for sure! Thanks! 1y
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What. A. Book.
My heart stopped in the last pages and I don‘t know if it will ever beat the same way again. This is a book that doesn‘t solve. Doesn‘t answer. But leaves so many beautiful terrifying energizing questions. And some weird form of hope I‘d lost previously. Writer- you are magic. Writing, next to rainstorms, is my favorite form of magic. I will def be rereading this soon. More then once. #magic #women #love #live #5stars #fav

Deblovestoread Love this review! Will be reading next year for #IndependentWomen buddy read on March 5. 1y
Amabear @Deblovestoread cool!!! Enjoy! 1y
BarbaraBB Great review. We‘ll be buddyreading this like @Deblovestoread says above. You‘re very welcome to join the discussion then! #IndependentWomen @Cinfhen 1y
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Amabear @BarbaraBB wonderful! Are you doing other books in this too? 1y
BarbaraBB We do two or three a year, each with a different theme. Do you want me to tag you regarding this one? 1y
Cinfhen What a review!! You‘ve set the bar high!!! Please join us😃 1y
Amabear @BarbaraBB yes please! I‘d love to join for any upcoming 1y
BarbaraBB We‘ll tag you, glad you‘re joining! 1y
TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread TAG ME! I want to read this too! 1y
BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie This will be our #independentwomen #buddyread so of course you‘ll be tagged! Thanks for the shout out @Deblovestoread ❤️ 1y
TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB 😂😂😂😂😅♥️ insomnia stole my brain!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y
BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie tell me about it 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😉 1y
Rissreads Pick me, pick me! Can I be tagged too please? @BarbaraBB 1y
BarbaraBB @Rissreads Of course you can! Please join us for the buddyread. I‘ll tag you in upcoming posts about it! 1y
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It‘s my birthday!!!! My husband surprised me with these beautiful writing gloves with the never more poem on them. I‘m obsessed with them.
Ahhhh I‘m so happy today. Books and buttons and crepes and crows and adventures. 🤍✨🖤

wanderinglynn Happy, happy birthday! 🎉🎂🥳 Fantastic gloves! 1y
Amabear @wanderinglynn thank you!!!! 1y
TrishB Happy birthday 🎉🎉 1y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great pic!! Happy birthday 🎁🎂🎉 1y
Suet624 Happy birthday! ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
jdiehr Happy birthday! 1y
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 1y
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 1y
CaitZ Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉 1y
BookwormM Happy Birthday love the hat 1y
WorldsOkayestStepMom Happy birthday! 1y
Amabear @BookwormM thank you! My friend hand painted it for me 1y
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The Stolen Child | Lisa Carey
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I absolutely absolutely absolutely loved this book. It was strange, full of fae and magic and blurred lines and grief. Not for the feint hearted. Desperation and motherhood and loss and deep deep pain. Ireland and the dark side of fairy stories. ✨🖤🙌🏻 so good.

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😭 me and my 6year old son had a rough morning. With our addressed mail in hand, we strolled into our library in our new town ready to get our new card. We had to leave empty handed, because at this branch they won‘t give one unless your license has the current address on it too. We‘re both autistic, and we just were not prepared for the change in plans/rules from our last library to this one. So disappointed. Now we will have to wait weeks. 💔😭

TheKidUpstairs That's so disappointing! 2y
Avanders Oh I‘m so sorry 😔😔 That‘s a rough day! 2y
Amabear @Avanders thank you! We made the best of it but it was hard for us both for the morning. 2y
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MaureenMc 💗💗💗 2y
CarolynM I'm sorry. That seems most unfair. 2y
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Corners Of Salt | Cordelia Grey Oriana Allen
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I can‘t believe I forgot to post about this here!
I published my first book 🤍✨✨✨✨✨ yay! It‘s available on Amazon! I‘m so excited 🤭🥺😍#published #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥 2y
mcipher Wow, congrats!! What an amazing accomplishment!! 🔥 2y
Amabear @mcipher thank you!!!!! 2y
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Amabear @Suet624 😍🤍🤍🤍 2y
Librarybelle Congratulations! 2y
MaureenMc Congratulations! 2y
Cathythoughts Congratulations 👍🏻❤️ 2y
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Shatter Me | Tahereh Mafi
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Probably one of my favorite series ever. And upon searching for the titles to add to my shelf, I discovered there are soooo many mor ebooks by her and even possibly in this series besides the main 5. Her writing is DELICIOUS. Beautiful. Sensual the way she strings words. I want to bathe in her words. I can‘t wait to read more of her work. audio books read by Kate simses- STELLAR
100 stars. #newfavorites

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Saw a slide for this movie on a streaming service and remembered it was on my shelf. I‘m absolutely loving it. All the dystopian novels for me please! #dystopian #playerone #hellolitsy

StaceGhost This was a fun read! RP2 wasn‘t a terrible follow up either 2y
Amabear @StaceGhost ohhh I didn‘t even know there was a sequel 😍😍 2y
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Such a Fun Age | KILEY. REID

It starts out so fun. The characters are lovable, and then as their flaws are uncovered you are slapped with your own choices. To support them? To love them? To despise them for their actions? Very intense subjects hidden under a playful story. Very easy to apply to the real world. An important complex book that‘s easy to read. I‘d love to shake hands with the author of this one. The audio book was excellently read.

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This place was ENCHANTING. Bahavana in Raleigh. The most amazing food experience, a dine in library, and a bookshop. Just incredible. I‘m still dreaming of bao rolls.

CaffeineAndCandy ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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Working through electively chosen reading for birth worker certification. Book one... while I‘m sure I‘m not the authors target audience- this book has pulled me in and held me. I am so glad I found it.

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The Essential Poe | Edgar Allan Poe
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Always a wonderful Christmas since my husband discovered books make me eeeek #ilikebigbooksandicannotlie #christmashaul that top book though 😍

Branwen That top book! 😲😍📚💕👍 3y
Amabear @Branwen right? Iv never seen such a thick pocket sized book 😍😂 I‘m so excited and intimidated. 3y
Suet624 Fantastic! 3y
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My book haul. Minus a cookbook. And whatever I get tomorrow at round 2 Christmas with parents.
😍😍😍📚📚📚😍😍😍
But now WHAT should I read first?
???????????????????????????????
#christmashaul #books #dystopia #poetry #jolabokaflod

TEArificbooks I loved Year One, The Stand, and Ready Player One 3y
Amabear @mdm139 which was your favorite? 😍 3y
TEArificbooks If I really had to pick The Stand. Then Ready Player One then Year One. They are all really good for their genres/ writing styles. 3y
Amabear @mdm139 awesomeness thank you! I can‘t wait to read them all! 3y
Avanders 😍😍 3y
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Year One | Nora Roberts
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Happy Jólabókaflód friends! ?????

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Mehso-so

The first part of this book was hard for me to get through and grasp, I wasn‘t a fan of the writing style, and I feel like so many of the “dystopian” details could have been better explained. I couldn‘t get a good grasp on a lot of it. However the theme of the book was such an overwhelming and great message that it was worth muddling through. I wouldn‘t read it again, but feel it‘s an important book to read at least once.

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So good

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Bird Box: A Novel | Josh Malerman
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Reading (a different book) on the beach alllll dayyyyy ❤️
I need recommendations. I LOVED bird box and have never read anything like it. I don‘t do horror or thriller usually... but I‘m inching that way. Nothing too scary. What should I read next??

sprainedbrain How about The Mist by Stephen King? 😱 3y
Amabear @sprainedbrain I believe that is the only scary movie I ever liked 😂 may have to try the book 🙌🏻 3y
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Amabear @Sharpeipup is it scary? 3y
Sharpeipup I didn‘t think so. 3y
Amabear @Sharpeipup ok I‘ll check it out! 3y
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Bird Box: A Novel | Josh Malerman
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Dudes. This book is intense.
Iv never read any kind of sci-fi thriller before.
But this one just intrigued me so much.
One of many books I got for my birthday yesterday 😍
Sweet potatos, popcorn garland making, crochet, and reading. It‘s starting to set in- the holiday vibes. I‘m so cheerful!

marleed Happy Birthday! I liked this and it was fun to contrast with the movie - which I saw right before reading the book! 3y
Amabear @marleed I haven‘t seen the movie yet so it will be interesting! 3y
marleed I liked both. I preferred how the kids were portrayed in the book. But I loved Sandra Bullick‘s badassness in the movie. Both wins for me! 3y
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Hello litsy friends! Just checking in. Reading, crocheting, and recovering from major spinal surgery! 2020 has been so crazy 😂 it my birthday and I‘m full of joy. Hope y‘all are well

LiteraryinLawrence Good to see you again! I hope your recovery goes well and happy birthday! (edited) 3y
AmyG Hope you are well soon! And...Happy Birthday! 🎂 3y
Traci1 Happy birthday! Hope your recovery goes smoothly. 3y
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Mollyanna Happy Birthday! And speedy recovery! 🎉🎉🎉 3y
jdiehr Happy birthday 🎂 3y
MaureenMc Happy birthday! And get well soon! 3y
Deblovestoread Happy birthday! And best wishes for a speedy recovery! 3y
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#Two4Tuesday
1- yesssss. I especially love used book stores, and hunting for old beautiful books, different versions of my favorite classics, and books with inscriptions written inside.
2- tea!
It‘s been sooo long since Iv had a cup of tea or went hunting. It‘s definitely overdue.

TheSpineView I miss hunting also! Thanks for playing! 💕📚 4y
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Midnight Sun | Stephenie Meyer
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Loving this book so much! Peaceful morning reading time today.

BittersweetBooks Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy!! 4y
Amabear @BittersweetBooks yes! It‘s worth it! 4y
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Midnight Sun | Stephenie Meyer
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Cheers! Today I dressed up and wandered book isles for self care. It was glorious. Also, I‘m so excited to finally read this after 10ish years of waiting!

tracey38 Love those self care times! Sounds glorious. 4y
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1- water- I knew it but the quiz confined it! Iv been binging avatar all week too lol.
2- the Eragon series in jr high school saved my mind from so much.
3-not sure yet! Something from my shelf of unread books. Currently reading Oliver Twist.
Thanks for the game! This was fun! Who hasn‘t played yet? @wanderinglynn @Librarybelle ?

Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! 4y
wanderinglynn Thanks for the tag 😘 4y
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Can‘t believe it‘s been so long since Iv been on here. T‘Was the season. How‘s everyone? Why are you reading?

wanderinglynn Great photo 💜 4y
CarolynM Nice to see you back🙂 4y
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Dinosaurs Before Dark | Mary Pope Osborne
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Happy Jólabókaflod litsy friends!!!
We celebrate this holiday every year, and do our book exchange on Christmas Eve. I got bill clinton and James Patterson‘s book- a president is missing. I‘m excited to start it. And I got my husband and son a book to read together- tagged. They both struggle with reading so hearing them share this and bond over the story makes my heart happy. Especially since I so loved these books as a kid!

wordslinger42 Your care package will be in the mail by the end of this week 💜 I'm so sorry for taking such a long time in getting it to you! We're taking care of my grandma at home with the help of hospice and don't have much time left with her, so life has been a bit crazy. But I'm so excited to send you your package!! Just wanted you to know I hadn't forgotten! 😊 4y
Amabear @wordslinger42 your so sweet thank you for remembering me ❤️ I hope you are able to slow and enjoy this time with her! So hard to go through these things around the holidays 4y
wordslinger42 @Amabear Of course!! It's been a joy spot to pick out things for you! My mom, @curiouserandcurioser got in on the fun, too 😊 Thank you so much. I agree. It's hard at any time of year, but it seems especially hard at this time 4y
Amabear @wordslinger42 I keep reminding myself that Christmas isn‘t about pretending to have joy when your hurting, but about celebrating the light that conquers the darkness❤️ tis the season for healing. 4y
wordslinger42 @Amabear Oh wow, I love that!! Thanks for sharing that with me 💜 4y
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Untilted | Autechre
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I need audiobook suggestions! Listening on Libby
Finishing Christmas projects and need a background story

Mdargusch Any Liane Moriarty. I love the narrator for her books. 4y
alisiakae I‘m listening to Elton John‘s memoir right now and really like it. (edited) 4y
alisiakae If you like psychological thriller, check this knew out: 4y
LiteraryinLawrence I don‘t do a lot of audiobooks, but I remember loving the audio of 4y
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Pride and Prejudice | Austen Jane
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I know many of you all have been checking on me and I so appreciate it. Posting another update because I can‘t not share with you all, you‘ve been so uplifting. A few days after my grandma passed, 4 days after my birthday and 2 after her funeral while I was out of state in Colorado- away from my home, I had a miscarriage, a full labor still born. 💔 💔 prayers appreciated. We are doing good and I‘m home now, but man it‘s been a month.

tournevis *huggles* 4y
ljuliel I‘m so very sorry. Thinking of you and your family. 💕 4y
hermyknee Sending you all love & strength ♥️ 4y
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sprainedbrain I‘m so sorry. ❤️ 4y
Laughterhp I‘m so sorry 💚💚 4y
rockpools I‘m so sorry. Sending hugs and best wishes ❤️ 4y
BookNAround I‘m so sorry. What a devastating loss after an already devastating loss. Sending love. 4y
Clare-Dragonfly Oh, that‘s so hard. I am so terribly sorry. ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
TheSpineView Words are not enough to say how sorry I am for your losses. Sending prayers and hugs!❤ 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so sorry 💔💔 4y
Hestapleton So so so sorry. Sending prayer. 💔 4y
wordslinger42 I am so so sorry 💜 I will be praying for you and your family. I'd love to send you a Litsy care package! Would that be OK? If so, email me at amiracola42@gmail.com 4y
maich I'm so sorry. Sending prayer.❤❤💕 4y
Amabear @wordslinger42 that‘s so so sweet❤️ sent email thank you 😭 4y
Amabear Thank you all soo much. Your words make my heart hurt less!❤️❤️❤️ 4y
Librarybelle I am so sorry 4y
wordslinger42 @Amabear No need to thank me! It's my pleasure! But you're welcome 💜 4y
zezeki So sorry to hear this. Sending love your way ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
Sleepswithbooks What a heartbreaking month @Amabear Sending you and your family prayers. Know that so many people care about you and are thinking about you 💛 4y
MaureenMc 💗💗💗 4y
Kalalalatja I‘m so, so sorry 💔 4y
AnneCecilie I‘m so sorry 4y
kezzlou85 I'm so sorry. Thinking of you. ❤❤ 4y
Redwritinghood So sorry. 💔💔 4y
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Pride and Prejudice | Austen Jane
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Reading books and enjoying my birthday in a beachside hotel. I haven‘t been on litsy in too long 💔
It‘s been a rough season. Pregnancy complications, mental health illness take overs, and yesterday my grandma passed away. Today is bittersweet.
So happy for this day of rest before I am planebound to CO for the funeral.
Reading through Austen‘s books currently. Which is your favorite??

AmyG I‘m so sorry for your loss. 4y
Laughterhp Sorry to hear about your struggles. Happy birthday. I hope your trip is exactly what you need. 💚 (edited) 4y
erank58 I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my grandmother last Christmas Eve, and it's been increasingly difficult as we get closer to the holidays. I hope you find peace and comfort 💙 4y
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Thndrstd I‘m sorry for your loss 4y
Eggbeater Wishing you a peaceful birthday. I am sorry you lost your grandma. 4y
Librarybelle So sorry for your loss! Hoping for a peaceful birthday for you. My favorite Austen is Pride and Prejudice; my second favorite is Persuasion, because it is so different - more mature, less satirical. Almost a peaceful feeling, though it‘s a book about second chances and hope. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so sorry 💔 sending lots of love your way... 4y
Amabear @Librarybelle that‘s the next one on my list! I‘m looking forward to it.thank you! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm Sorry for your loss and recent tough times. Sending positive vibes. My favourites are Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. 4y
kezzlou85 Sorry for your loss and tough times, hope things settle down soon. ❤ 4y
Alfoster Hugs coming your way!❤️ 4y
Graciouswarriorprincess I am so sorry. Sending prayers and hugs! 4y
Jerdencon So sorry for your loss ❤️ 4y
Redwritinghood So sorry to hear that. I hope life gets a little better for you soon. 4y
JennyM Sending you much love ♥️ 4y
sprainedbrain So sorry for your loss and the other difficulties you are having. ❤️ My favorites are Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion... I can‘t pick just one. 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Amabear ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
CarolynM Sending love and wishes for better times ahead 💕 4y
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The Dovekeepers: A Novel | Alice Hoffman
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Reading day
Feeling much better thank you all for the kind comments

LiteraryinLawrence I‘m glad you‘re on the rebound! 5y
tammysue 💗🤗 5y
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Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bront
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My hands down favorite book. Rereading again. Because comfort is needed.
Seems one thing after another lately, I am not a complainer ever. But after I recovered from food poisoning fully, this week I threw my back out. I can‘t walk or move at all. Excruciating pain. My family all moved too recently so I‘m on my own with my toddler. I can‘t catch a break! Thank God for good books❤️ needing the escape more then usual right now.

DarcysMom I hope you feel better soon. 🤗 5y
marleed Ohh, positive thoughts sent your way! 5y
BookishTrish May the power of Jane heal you! Feel better soon! 5y
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erinreads Read this for the first time last year and loved it! Hope you feel better soon! 💕 5y
LiteraryinLawrence 💜💜💜 5y
emilyhaldi Hope you feel better soon 🙏🏻 5y
tammysue Hoping you feel better soon! 💕🤗 5y
Amabear @BookishTrish yesssss 🙌🏻 thank you! 5y
Amabear @erinreads I think everyone should at least once in their life! 5y
Amabear Thank you all! 5y
cobwebmoth Hope you feel better soon! 5y
JennyM Sending you good wishes. And I love this one, too. I reread every few years ❤️😘 5y
Redwritinghood Hope things are better soon! 5y
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The Orphan's Tale | Pam Jenoff
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Phenomenal. This book was so rich, full of characters, culture, heart wrenching moments that made your heart break in two. This book really got to me in the best way. Circus life in the time of hitlers reign. It was so beyond something I‘d ever imagine with my own brain, I love when a book brings me somewhere I‘d never go on my own. Highly recommend.

SilversReviews I loved learning about the circus during this time too. 5y
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Hey everyone! I haven‘t been on in so long- my apologies. I was severely sick in the hospital for a bit, and then I had like 6 clients in a row the last few months (I‘m a birth photographer) so Iv has very little time to post about my reading.
Alas, I need your help!!! Why does this say condensed from the book?? Am I not reading the full version?

callielafleur I'm sorry you've been ill! I would say that the condensed version is not the full version. 5y
Amabear @callielafleur why would anyone do such a thing 😂 5y
callielafleur Google says that the illustrations in that version are gorgeous, so enjoy it! It was apparently done in the 60s for Readers Digest. Goodreads says that the full version is 510 pages, how long is your version? 5y
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Amabear @callielafleur 176! And it has no illustrations lol. 5y
DivineDiana Glad you‘re back! 5y
Amiable Hope you‘re on the mend! 5y
Amabear @Amiable thank you I am! 5y
Amabear @DivineDiana thank you! 5y
LibrarianRyan It means it has been shortened. they remove some scenes, or take out descriptions. The idea is that it makes it easier to read. 5y
Eggs Welcome back 🤗 5y
Amabear @LibrarianRyan well I dislike this idea. I feel like it‘s unfair to the author. I suppose I understand why but still. 5y
Amabear @Eggs thank you! 5y
LibrarianRyan @Amabear I completely agree. RD abridged books that never needed to be abridged. But then again I hate classics retold for kids. Do t even get me started on The Great American Classics series. 5y
Amabear @LibrarianRyan oh really? Tell me 😂 I want to know all the things! 5y
LibrarianRyan @Amabear I wrote it wrong. The great Illustrated classics are and old and still popular series for kids that dumbs down the classics. They also “clean” them up and take out controversial things. So kids think they have read all these classics and as they get older and actually have to study them, it can lead to difficulties in classrooms. 5y
Clare-Dragonfly I had a similar thought and read the full, unabridged Les Miserables. But it had so much unnecessary description that I‘m sure an abridged version would have been better. My husband argued with me when I said the Battle of Waterloo was boring 😅 5y
Amabear @LibrarianRyan oh yes I just read something on that. That would be frustrating (edited) 5y
Amabear @Clare-Dragonfly lol! I haven‘t read that one. I tend to like long drawn out rants so we‘ll see how I feel about this one. 5y
Clare-Dragonfly In that case, maybe you will! I hope you love it 😄 5y
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I LOVED this book.
The author did a stellar job at telling an amazing twisted story, while connecting the era and its issues to modern day points of view. This book was SO readable, it was a pleasure read and I forsake my book clubs to finish it. I was so caught in the story, so torn between characters, if drove me wild in the best way. So much meaning and great quotes too! I will have to read this one again at some point.

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Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery
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I have a new reading corner and it‘s lovely 😊

Slajaunie Looks cozy! 5y
candority I love how bright it is! The doggo is a nice touch as well 😍 5y
Amabear @candority lol! Her and my son fight over who gets to sit in the window now 😂 thank you! 5y
candority That‘s adorable! 5y
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Untilted | Autechre
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Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery
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My son has been practicing taking photos of my with my iPhone (he‘s 3) and I found this gem in my camera roll 😂 pregnant, cooking, and reading in my kitchen by my plants while my bacon crackled. This pretty much sums me up in this season of life.

wanderinglynn That actually is a pretty good photo composition especially considering he‘s only 3. 👍🏻 And congrats on your forthcoming blessing! 🎊 5y
Britt_Bratt That‘s an awesome photo. Hope you paid him with lots of bacon. 🥓🥓🥓 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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JennyM ❤️ 5y
CouronneDhiver Lovely 💕 5y
Amabear @wanderinglynn thank you! Yes he‘s getting good! 5y
Amabear @Britt_Bratt he doesn‘t like bacon but it‘s all I‘m craving so 🤷🏻‍♀️ more for me lol! 5y
CarolynM Beautiful! Take care of yourself❤️ 5y
mariaku21 I love the random pics kids take. I remember my nephew at that age and have so many of his surprising selfies on my phone from that age 5y
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