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AnnCrystal

AnnCrystal

Joined May 2023

Except comic books, I'm a slow reader unless a book demands otherwise. I don't order books by mail these days, only what I can find when out & about.
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Mrs. Miracle: A Novel by Debbie Macomber
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The Mistletoe Matchmaker by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
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Mated for Christmas by Terry Spear
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Here Comes Cowboy Claus by Diana Palmer, Kate Pearce, Delores Fossen
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California Readers by Californians
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card.

1- I try, then just go with impulse and woman-intuition 🤔😂💝.

2- Loved this read 📚💝.

#Two4Tuesday

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There is a legend in Native America (from different tribes across the two continents of the Americas). It is a prophecy.

I first encountered the Peru version.

I will shorten & summarize the legend...the full version should be available online. Maybe search for, “Peru prophecy of the Eagle and Condor.“

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AnnCrystal Basically, the Eagle represents foresight and technology (summarizing) while the Condor represents the old ways and living peacefully with the natural world (summarizing).

There are two groups of people who walk the world, people of the Eagle, and people of the Condor.

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AnnCrystal The people of the Eagle have successfully ruled over the world and created a future that is so completely removed from nature that both Earth and the people of the Condor have suffered greatly.

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AnnCrystal The legend says that there will be a day when the people of the Eagle realize what they have done...they have led us into a future that could destroy everything (e.g. end of the world).

Thankfully, while they may have suffered, the people of the Condor have kept the Sacred old ways safe and alive with each new generation.

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AnnCrystal The legend tells us that the people of the Condor and the people of the Eagle must learn to work together to save Earth and themselves from total destruction.

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AnnCrystal There is another version of this legend that adds that there will be those born across the generations who will be of both the Condor and the Eagle, who will help unite people from both sides and lead us into a better future.

#EarthHealingHopepostsbyanncrystal

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AnnCrystal This is the legend I commented that I would post about 😎 @dabbe . (edited) 2d
dabbe Love it! It reminds me of the European white man coming to the Americas to “conquer“ the native Americans--the ones who lived in harmony with the world--and the land itself. And look where it's gotten us. Thanks for sharing. 🧡🍁🤎 2d
AnnCrystal @dabbe in just a few hundred years too 😢🥺...glad you enjoyed reading this legend 😘👍💝. 2d
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📺💝 Here are 2 TV channels that feature mainly North American Indigenous cultural programming.

Check your local listings to learn more and how you may be able to access.

We lost FNX on our local over-the-air channel lineup in 2018 (I've written KLCS, KCET, PBS, my state Governor, and my Mayor about this over the years...still waiting for its return). I believe it's also available online, yet that's not currently an option for us.

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AnnCrystal USA
FNX | First Nations Experience is the first and only national broadcast television network in the United States exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content

Canada
APTN, the channel for Canada's Indigenous communities.
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Just spreading some hope and love...🙏🫂💝...

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Thanks @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and Thank You 💕🌺💝 & @TheSpineView 💕🐎💝 for the tags 😎👍💝.

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

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

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

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

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

#5JoysFriday

#thespellshopreviewedbyanncrystal

#rileythornreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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TheSpineView YW! 😘🥰😊 5d
DogMomIrene I noticed the Home Alone movies featured prominently on the Disney+ Home Screen. Husband has never seen the original, so we may watch that one this week. 5d
mcctrish I read The Marlow Murder club and I‘m so excited to see the show 5d
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView ❣️🥳👍💝. 5d
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 🎬👏😎👍💝...Haven't watched Home Alone in years! 🤩 Have fun! 5d
AnnCrystal @mcctrish Are the books graphic? I don't mind jumping over a few scenes yet try to stay away from the really gory.

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

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

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mcctrish I‘m didn‘t find them graphic, I‘m trying to remember ( so many books since then) I knew as soon as I finished I wanted another and I trusted no one during my reading 5d
AnnCrystal Thanks 📚😎👍 @mcctrish . Trusted no one 🤔🧐 Intriguing! Murder mysteries have the habit of suggesting that...it takes a really good story to make us take it serious. 😉👍📚💝. 5d
Sace For the past couple of years I had started Christmas music in early November, however this year I haven‘t felt quite ready for it. 5d
AnnCrystal @Sace 🎶🎄 that's when we begin, early November...yeah, a lot of people are down. I can feel it in my community. People are quiet. Worried? Fearful? Not sure 🙏💝. 5d
Sace I my case it was temps still being in the 80s and humidity 🙄 4d
AnnCrystal @Sace oh, the weather here is crazy too. Hot, cold, warm, cool, hot, cold...with each day...🤔🧐💝. (edited) 4d
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DebinHawaii A wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 I‘ll have to check out the book & series-I love a good mystery. Thanks for joining in! 🤗 3d
AnnCrystal Thanks @DebinHawaii 📚💫📺👏🥳👍💝. 3d
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We currently have no fur/feather babies living with us...this is an art piece that I have done showcasing three of my little sweethearts who have journeyed-on.

Buster, my angel dog.
Galaxy, my sweet cookie.
Autumn, my little rebel.

my loves 💝💝💝.

Mixed Media.
#craftbyanncrystal

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Bookwormjillk What a beautiful tribute 6d
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AnnCrystal Thank You @Bookwormjillk 🥰💕💖💝. 6d
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Deblovestoread Awww I love it! 💜💜💜 5d
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 📚🐎💝.

1- Dots. Every since I was a kid, I have loved polkadots.

2- I usually read too slowly. I've been tempted, to have a chance to read the books that I haven't made it to an actual bookstore to find (books from my really must read one day list). Still I'm such a sluggish reader...📚💝.

#Two4Tuesday

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TheSpineView You're welcome and thanks for playing! 1w
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📚💫This had good vibes woven into the text, or there has been a spell of optimism cast upon this book, or something because this was absolutely positively delightful 📚💝.

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

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

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

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

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AnnCrystal About Candy 🍫.

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

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

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🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲
🙏Thank You🙏
💝♥️🤍💙💝.

KadaGul A big shoutout and heartfelt salute to our amazing veterans for all their incredible service! 🙏🇺🇸🪖🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🫡🇺🇸 ❤️#VeteransDay #Nov11 1w
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Wanted to share something that combined Native American Month with Veteran's Day.

“According to the Department of Defense, American Indians and Alaska Natives have one of the highest representations in the armed forces, and Native American women are the fastest-growing population of veterans.“ -NAWW website.

To “All“ Veterans, Thank You 😘🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝.

🇺🇲🦅Hope you're having a Peaceful Weekend!

#californiananncrystal

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November 11th is Veteran's Day here in America.

(Note: Woman's Veteran's Day is officially on June 12th).

To ALL Veterans, Thank You 🙏.

🇺🇸🦅❤️🤍💙🦅🇺🇸💝.

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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card and for the tag ☺️💝.

Well, I'm apparently terrible at reading holiday books! Better at movies.

Last year, I've began to correct this about myself. This year I have four Christmas books planned.

My favorite from last year was actually more of a wintertime story: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw ❄️💫😉📚.

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#winterwoodreviewedbyanncrystal

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dabbe THANK YOU! I'm making a list, and checking it twice. Thank you for sharing and making the end of this week nice. 🩵❄️🩵 2w
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Candy Packaging 🍫💫🔖💝.

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TheBookHippie Oh fun! 2w
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Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and for the tag 💕🌺💝.

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

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

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

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

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


#5JoysFriday

#rileythornreviewedbyanncrystal

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TheBookHippie It was a STRUGGLE, for sure. 2w
AnnCrystal We will find a way to be ok, our positivity will always shine brighter than their hatred @TheBookHippie 💫🫂💝. (edited) 2w
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DogMomIrene Reading posts here about the election/state of the world helped me too. Feeling like I‘m in good company. We can figure this out. 2w
AnnCrystal 💕 @DogMomIrene absolutely 👏🥲👍🦅💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie one day at a time 💫😉💝. 2w
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This isn't for everyone...and some of these goodies are not of the healthiest of choices...but these help me calm myself.

Mint, peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen flavors in teas, chocolates, and etc. My personal remedy for calmness 🍫🫖😉💝.

Find what may calm you and devour responsibly.

My remedy basket has been stockpiled with calmness.

#remedybasket

#californiananncrystal

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Image found on WWW.

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag ☺️👍💝.

One -
Springtime: Garden.
Summertime: River, Seaside, or Creek.
autumntime: Garden.
Wintertime: snuggled and cozy with a printed book and hot chocolate during a rainstorm.

Two - The Spellshop

#WondrousWednesday

#TheSpellshopreviewedbyanncrystal

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Eggs Thanks for the thoughtful responses🙏🏻 2w
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Just before Halloween, over-the-air ABC showed the movie Hocus Pocus Two. We really liked it 🎬💝.

To my surprise, it was completely different from the book!

Which one I liked more 📚🤔🎬 is difficult to say...

Neither is perfectly good as part one, yet I enjoyed both continuations.

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

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Watching Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker returning as Winifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson was splendid fun.

My two favorite parts of the movie are:

1- The beginning, showing the Sanderson sisters as children and how they truly received their book.

2- And the ending, showing Winifred's love for her sisters is genuine.

I also liked the message of the movie, that magic is meant to be shared.

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With the book, it was equally as nice that the whole cast returns (or are mentioned).

While the novelization to the original was in the 3rd POV. This continuation is from Poppy's POV (Allison's and Max's daughter). I liked this.

Loved having an update on “all“ the original characters, which seemed respectful to the original story.

The very ending, which was focused on the Sanderson's Book of Shadows was surprising and interesting.

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AnnCrystal Weighing movie VS book...

The original movie and the novelization are amongst my five-star favorites ⭐⭐🌟⭐⭐.

With the continuations:

While the book had the extra add of a blooming relationship between Poppy and a character named Isabella, both movie and book focus on the power of friendship.

Yet I believe that there was something important missing from both versions.

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AnnCrystal The 1st. movie had a powerful foundation based on siblings. It is what I always loved about the movie.

The movie continuation kept this only with the Sanderson sisters.

I would have like a kid sibling mixed somewhere into both continuing storylines. Like maybe with the book, have given Isabella a little sister and kinda turn the tables on the first character setup...

For this reason, both continuations will always be four stars...sorry.
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕 🐎💝.

1 - Equally beautiful...there's something magical about both. Each makes me stop a moment and appreciate the change in atmosphere. 💕🌇🌞🌛🌆💝.

2 - just finishing Hocus Pocus Two (the book version). Trickery, heuristic, and friendship.

#Two4Tuesday

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe Thanks for the new word, “heuristic“! 🧡🍁🤎 2w
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AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag @dabbe, an interesting word indeed 😉👍💝. (edited) 2w
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From ICT News
Lyla June Johnston

Here are some more photos of horses from the, Sacred Way Sanctuary.

@TheSpineView I thought you may enjoy seeing these too.

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From ICT News
Lyla June Johnston

Here are some more photos of horses from the, Sacred Way Sanctuary.

@TheSpineView I thought you may enjoy seeing these too.

TheSpineView Yes! 🐎🐎🐎 2w
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Thank you @BookmarkTavern for creating this fun play-card.

Just found out about this, haven't found the Doc. nor companion book yet. Yet we really liked the first documentary. It's scary.

#SundayFunday

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BookmarkTavern That looks really interesting! Thanks for posting! 2w
AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern 🎬😉👍💝. 2w
DogMomIrene 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The sequel documentary was great! The politics around food and medicine equally fascinates and annoys me. 2w
AnnCrystal Thanks @DogMomIrene 🎬😉👍💝. I know, it seriously feels like we're stuck playing some kind of morbid, cruel game 🧐🤔🥺💝. 2w
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From ICT News
Lyla June Johnston

“Yvette Running Horse Collin‘s recent dissertation, historical documents and oral histories present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas.“

“Collin currently takes care of over 100 horses she claims to be descendants of the ancient horse of the Americas. Some have manes that grow down to the ground. Some have stripes on their legs. Some have spots all over.

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AnnCrystal Some are much smaller than most horses. Some have curly hair.“

“Collin seeks to inspire more research to illuminate the truth behind what the government has labeled as “feral” so that wild horses can be protected by the Indigenous Species Act. Currently, they are being run down and mass slaughtered if they are in the way of certain commercial projects.“

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AnnCrystal “The wonderful thing is that we now have Western technology that can provide very accurate dates,” said Collin in a recent interview. “Many studies show that these horses were present after the very same Ice Age that supposedly wiped out them all out.“
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TheSpineView I love Appies! I had one when I was young. 2w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView

Applies?? Forgive my lack of true equine knowledge. Appaloosa, like in the photo?? As in the The Nez Perce Horse? You had one! Wow, that is fantastic 💕🐎💝.
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TheSpineView Yes, I had an Appaloosa as my first horse. I had a pony when I was young. But my first "horse" was the Appie(slang in the horse world). Her name was Tarquita. Loved that horse. I put thousands of miles on those hooves. 2w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView
😘Tarquita🐎 💝💝💝. How amazing! They are a beautiful breed 🤩🐎💝. Thank you for sharing your Tarquita story 💝💝💝.
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💕🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝.

Always loved how the Eagle is an important symbol for both my American and American Indigenous roots.

#californiananncrystal

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🙏🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝.

As many Littens already know, November 5th is Election Day here in America...

If you live outside the U.S. please send us Americans good vibes...Thank You!

Just hoping for peace
✌️❤️🫂💙🙏.

DogMomIrene Sending lots of calm kind vibes for my fellow Americans and disruptive as all get out vibes to the trolls creating deep fake videos trying to stir up the poop!💩 3w
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🙏❤️🤍💙💝🫂.
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🙏🕊️🫂💝💝💝.
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😍💝.

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The Art of Coco | John Lasseter
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Happy Second Day of Day Of The Dead to those who celebrate. Hope these two days have been peaceful and sweet.

💕👻🙏👻🫂👻💝.

Image found online.

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The Spellshop | Sarah Beth Durst
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For November and early December...most excited to finally begin reading, The Spellshop!

💝📚🌲💫🎄📚💝.

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday, hope that by next Friday, one of your own joys is that you're all well 🙏💝.

Thank you 🌺💝 and @TheSpineView for the tags 🐎💝.

1- Halloween was fun & peaceful 💕🎃💝

2- Today begins day one of Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) 💕👻💝.

3- Completed eight books for #HauntedShelf and & #SpookOWeen...never really tracked how many books I read per-month, yet this feels like a record for me.

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AnnCrystal 4- November is Native American Heritage Month!

5- Over-The-Air ABC showed Hocus Pocus part two (on the Sunday before Halloween)! That was an unexpected Halloween treat!

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

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AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe 😘💕💝💝💝. (edited) 3w
TheSpineView YW! 😘🤣😊 3w
bthegood 💕 🎉 3w
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne reignited my love for Dragons 🐲💝.

Except, I can't find any dragons among my books! I must have them packed in storage where books (both read and unread) from my younger years have been stashed away.

Although 🤔, my dragon obsession from years ago may have been focused on movie dragons. Less for the dragons and more for the gorgeous men (knights) who were usually cast in such movies 😍😂.

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Anyways...👀

In mid-October, went looking for the Batman Resurrection book by John Jackson Miller. Didn't find, yet I did find this beauty.

I believe this is book 3 in a series. I don't believe I've read/watched the first books/movies 📚🎬🤔, yet this seems a promising standalone?

This book is Beautiful! Dragons 📚🐲😍💝.

I have books ready for November and early December, therefore this will have to wait until after Christmas...☺️💝.
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📚🪄👻🎃💃🏚️🗝️🎶🥳💫💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

#californiananncrystal

bthegood Happy Halloween!! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @bthegood, have a good-spooky day 💕🎃👍💝. 3w
BookwormAHN Happy Halloween 🎃 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks @BookwormAHN Have a Spooktacular day 💕🎃👍💝. 3w
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Thank You @Catsandbooks for hosting
#FallJamboreeDoodles
#LitsyCrafters. I had a splendid time creating. It was fun and relaxing 🎨💝.

Happy Halloween!

Catsandbooks So glad you had a great time! Thanks for joining in! 🧡☺️ 3w
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I won't complete part two of Hocus Pocus until after Halloween...yet, not bad if I do say so myself, eight books! 📚🥳.

Total this second half: 210
Total overall: 660

Thanks for Hosting #HauntedShelf @PuddleJumper 🌺💝.

Thank You Team Leader of the #BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN🐈‍⬛💝.

And another thanks to @TheSpineView 🐎💝 for hosting #SpookOWeen.

I've truly had a Spooktacular time!

Happy Halloween!

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Was playing for fun, yet really wanted a whole board! Not even close👀📚😉👍💝.

Thank You for hosting #SpookOWeen @TheSpineView 🐎💝, I had a Spooktacular time 📚🥳💝...I claimed free, just because 😂...

Happy Halloween!

TheSpineView Better than I did! It was all in fun anyway! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView true, and it was grand fun 💕📚🥳👍💝. (edited) 3w
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 📚☺️💝📚. Happy Halloween!

🤐 Seriously...an embarrassing score...seriously! 😂

TBR - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (on my bookshelf).

TBR - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (should be somewhere in my bookshelf).

Seems intriguing - Hollywood Homicide.

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe My TBR list is much heftier now, too! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎃🖤 3w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 📚👏😉💝. 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You for the tag @WJCintron, hope you had a spooky-good Halloween 🥳👍💝. 3w
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Thank You @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 📚😉👍💝. Happy Halloween!

Sweet Candy 🍬
Make Costume 🧶
👻Ghost👻
🦉Both🦇
Neither
ScaryMovieThon🎬
🎬both🎬
🌿🥣Both🪄
Drink “Good WitchesBrew“ 🍶(double emphasis on GOOD👀😂).
🎃🔪Both🎃🎨
🏚️Both🌃

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Eggs Thanks for playing 🙏🏻👍🏼👏🏻 3w
AnnCrystal @Eggs 💕🥳👍💝. 3w
dabbe 🖤🎃🖤 3w
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card 🐎 & for the tag ☺️👍💝.

1 - I try to dress up every year, even if it is low-key-simple...like saving a new pair of character slippers for Halloween night 😂.

2 - Hocus Pocus! Probably won't finish part two until after Halloween. Part one (a novelization of the original movie) was Spooktacular 🧹🧹🧹🎬📚💫!

#Two4Tuesday

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag @Texreader 🥳😉👍💝. 3w
TheSpineView 🧡🎃🖤 YW! Thanks for playing! 3w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 📚🎃👍💝. 3w
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Found on WWW from a site called Book Riot.

📚🙏📚.

AnnCrystal I believe California has already protected school libraries...this is for public libraries. (edited) 3w
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Breaking News for ALL Harry Potter Fans!

🪄📚🎬📺💝.

DogMomIrene I‘m not usually a fan of reboots, but I‘ll be watching this one✨ 3w
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 😉👍💝💝💝.

I usually give reboots a try just to weigh them against the original.

The best reboot I've seen lately was Fantasy Island on FOX TV. It only lasted for two seasons. I had never cared for any of the previous attempts to rebook this show until this one. Roselyn Sánchez played Elena Roarke, the niece to the original Fantasy Island's
Mr. Roarke which had been blayed by the legendary actor Ricardo Montalban.

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AnnCrystal It was more of a continuation that was respectful to the original storyline...

Miss that show.

With Harry Potter, I will have to wait for a DVD release...Hope it's good 🤞😉.

📚🎬📺💝👍.
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DogMomIrene @AnnCrystal I liked the reboot for Battlestar Galactica years ago, but I think it‘s because I love science fiction and I was pretty young when the original came out. 3w
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 🚀✨📺☺️💝.

Wonder if it will be mostly a new generation who comes to the new Harry Potter TV series????
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Harold and the Purple Crayon | Crockett Johnson
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My mom raised me to believe. It was never about real VS fictional. It was about the freedom to believe in the fantastic and all the wonders of fantasy without restrictions.

Even with the boogieman, I was never told that the boogieman didn't exist...my mom told me “how not to show fear, to be brave and the boogieman would have no power to taunt.“ Or my mom would gave me something “mystical“ to repeal the bully 🪄😉💝.

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AnnCrystal While I wasn't raised with the original books, this Movie has gone directly onto my all-time favorites list, a genuine gem that is the definition of my childhood upbringing 📚🎬💝.

Pure imagination is magical and powerful.

Believe!
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PageShifter This movie sounds intriguing 🧐 4w
AnnCrystal @PageShifter I had no idea what it was about...it was a pleasant surprise that I have fallen in love with. Pure perfection 🎬💝. 4w
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I have not read many novelizations, yet this is the best written one that I have come across.

Novelizations can seem impersonal. Events of the story more reported...told instead of shown. Even my Batman Begins book felt this way in some parts.

A.W. Jantha did an exquisite job taking Hocus Pocus from movie to book. Beautifully written and given respect on the page. There is true feeling weaved into the storyline all the way through.

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AnnCrystal This is nearly identical to the movie, with a few minor exceptions: hidden in next three comments 👇 4w
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1- Some omissions (When Thachery was pushed away by his father and called a beast after he was first transformed into a cat. And the cop who wasn't a cop).

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2- Although the flow remained intact, there were a few differences in a few scenes and/or dialogues.

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AnnCrystal 3- And a few additions to the storyline (the most interesting was when Winifred recalled a cemetery wedding from over 300 years ago just before the bus driver scene. And the name Elizabeth Sanderson as being logged as the last mistress of the Sanderson's Book of shadows which is added to the scene when Allison opens the book in Max's room to try and find a way to help Binx).

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AnnCrystal The “added scenes“ must help build a foundation for the new continuation...which I should begin tonight 😉📚💝.

The movie and the novelization are equally excellent...now both are favorites amongst my movie-AND-book favorites.

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

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#SpookOWeen

Hi @TheSpineView 😊💝.

This gave me three Bingo Board Prompts: Cat, Pumpkin, and Potion.

Thank You 🐎💝.

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#HauntedShelf
#BlackCatCrew

Hi @BookwormAHN 🐈‍⬛😊💝.

This book gave me two search words, Pumpkin and Cider equalling 30 points.

I managed to read another four hours between the 23rd - 26th, equalling 40 points.

Plus 20 extra points for being a, Spooky or Autumn themed read.

These 90 points together with my previous 210 points all totals to 300 pts.

🐈‍⬛😉👍.

Thank You.

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AnnCrystal Thank you @TheSpineView 📚🎬🥳👍💝. 4w
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@TheSpineView 🐎💝.
#SpookOWeen

#HauntedShelf
#BlackCatCrew
@BookwormAHN 🐈‍⬛💝.

Search Word While Reading 📖🧐.

Cider 🥤😋.

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@TheSpineView 🐎💝.
#SpookOWeen

#HauntedShelf
#BlackCatCrew
@BookwormAHN 🐈‍⬛💝.

Search Word While Reading 📖🧐.

Pumpkin 🎃💝.

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Hopefully I will read the remainder of part one (which is the original movie) tonight.

Read while enjoying an Empanada 🥟 💝. Been meaning to snap a photo of my mama's pumpkin Empanadas every weekend...they usually vanish before I get a chance 😋😂💝. We didn't make apple this year, only pumpkin.

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

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PageShifter Now I want to have one too 😭 4w
AnnCrystal @PageShifter 💕🥟🤔🪄 wish I could wiggle my nose and Bewitch one to you 😉🫂💝. 4w
TheSpineView I love pumpkin anything! That looks yummy! 4w
AnnCrystal 💕 Thank you @TheSpineView 🥟🎃👍💝. 4w
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Thanks @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card & thank you 🌺 & @TheSpineView 🐎 for the tags ☺️👍💝.

1 - Halloween is just around the corner...came upon us way too fast, yet excited nonetheless 🥳💝.

2 - Finally reading the Hocus Pocus book 📚💝.

3 - We made a double batch of empanadas 🥟🥟💝.

4 - Loving the Hocus Pocus book 📚💝.

AnnCrystal
5 - Even while my participation was low-key, I've had a wonderful time with the Oct. Readathons that I joined up for here on Litsy.

#5JoysFriday

#HocusPocusreviewedbyanncrystal

#craftbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Sace I‘m so with you on the first item. Didn‘t October just start yesterday? 4w
AnnCrystal @Sace Right! I wish 🤔💝. Just hope the next two months go by slowly ☺️👍💝... 4w
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card.

51/100 · 51%

Had a bit of trouble selecting just three here 😂🎬💝...went with some classics.

Dracula
Safety Last
Gaslight

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe GASLIGHT is a fave. Charles Boyer was beyond the pail--so evil! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🖤🧡🖤 4w
AnnCrystal @dabbe Charles Boyer 💝💝💝. Brilliant actor. Loathed him in Gaslight, fell in love with him in Love Affair (even managed to get me to like his over Cary Grant's version👀... sorry Cary). 4w
TheBookHippie GASLIGHT!!! 4w
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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 🎬💝💝💝. Have you seen the 1940 version too? I like both, they both have their unique approach in telling the story. 4w
TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal I prefer the 1940 one. Probably due to my grandma. 🙃 4w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 🎬🤩👍💝. It did seem to have something extra, more mysterious vibes to the script. More depth??? 4w
dabbe @TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal There's a 40s version? Holy guacamole, Batman! And you both preferred it over Ingrid & Charles? That's going to the top of my TBW list. 🖤🧡🖤 4w
TheBookHippie @dabbe There is something about it. I can‘t wait until you watch it. We are lucky our library has it. Our library‘s DVD section is just amazing. It‘s also used consistently. 4w
dabbe @TheBookHippie What a fab idea! I don't check our library enough for dvds. I'll check out our Phoenix one. Thanks! 4w
AnnCrystal @dabbe & @TheBookHippie 🤩 the library still carries DVDs? 🆒🥳 really should check that out!

👏@dabbe be sure to tag us on how you like the 1940s version of Gaslight and how you vote on it 🎬😉💝.
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