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Avanders

Avanders

Joined June 2017

LibraryThing member avanders

I'm a Hygge girl, in a Hygge world. On LT I'm avanders; on Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/avanders
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Coffee Bean Therapy | Brett Stiles
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Yay!! #CoffeeBeanBookClub #cbbc time!
Thank you @Callemarie for sending these books & yummmmmmeeeee coffees!! ♥️☕️📖♥️☕️📖

Callemarie I‘m so so so so so incredibly sorry for being the worst last month but im glad they both made it to you ok 6d
Avanders @Mommamanzi these are your Sept & Oct reads - I‘ll read the first quickly & send prob within about a week, and the second at normal time ☺️😘 6d
Avanders @Callemarie no worries at all!! ♥️😘🤗 6d
Mommamanzi No worries! I have been in over my head with school reading so it will give me time to catch up on that! 2d
Avanders @Mommamanzi ooh I bet! Hopefully you get some relief soon! 2d
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The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown
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For my #hyggehourreadathon #hyggehour today, a bubble bath, my fave soda, coffee scented candle (amaze), and The Book of Doors (#reallifebookgroup).

It took me a while to get into it, and I still phase out sometimes, but overall a good read. 📖🚪✨

Also spotlighting Barnes‘s new $5 cafe special — which of course I bought. 🤭😎

Happy Sunday and Hygge Reading Hour all!
♥️🍁💚🍃🧡🎃💛🍰♥️🍎💚☕️🧡👻💛🍂

TheBookHippie Looks so zen!!!! 1w
Avanders @TheBookHippie it sure is a nice break from everything! 😌🧘🏻‍♀️🫠 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m listening to this one now! Really good! 😊 7d
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Susanita Looks cozy! 7d
Meshell1313 Barnes and Noble got me again with that one too! Every. Single. Time. I‘m so weak! 🤣💵 (edited) 7d
Chrissyreadit ♥️🎉😍 7d
AllDebooks What a perfect evening x 6d
Avanders @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I really enjoyed it! 😄👏🏼 @Susanita @AllDebooks it was just right for last night!🙌🏼✨ @Meshell1313 I mean…. $5, what are we supposed to do?! 🤫😎 @Chrissyreadit ☕️📖🛁♥️ 6d
Chrissyreadit 🛀🧘🕯️🕯️💛 6d
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Received all my #botm #bookofthemonth #aardvark #aardvarkbookclub books today! 👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼

Also, found this fun notebook for my sister who will find great use of it… 🤭😂

Hope everyone is enjoying Septemberrrr 🧡🧡🧡

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I think I see these and just black out for a couple-two-tree minutes and next thing I know I‘ve signed up.
😳🫢🫠

Head over to @wanderinglynn for #HauntedHollowSwap #HHS24

Or @BookwormAHN for #ModernWitchSwap #MWS

🧡👻💚☠️♥️🎃💜🔮🖤☠️🧡🪄💚🧙🏼‍♀️♥️

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 🎃 1w
BookwormAHN Thanks for sharing 😺 1w
Texreader I‘m doing both as well!! 1w
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Time Shelter | Georgi Gospodinov
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Discovered this at B&N today… anyone read it? Sounds intriguing ☺️

Also, settling in for my #hyggehourreadathon in the bath 🛁 with The Book of Doors 🚪✨🌉

TheBookHippie Oh looks interesting! 2w
Avanders @TheBookHippie doesn‘t it?! i love this cover too… 2w
Ruthiella Yes, I‘ve read it. It was good and a tangentially also learned a bit about Bulgaria. 🇧🇬 2w
Avanders @Ruthiella oooh cool bonus! 🤩 2w
sarahbarnes I did like this one! Although I was salty that it won the Booker instead of another one I preferred. 😁 2w
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So Thirsty | Rachel Harrison
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I mean, but really. How could I not?! Full box yet again… 🫣🫣🫣

#aardvark #aardvarkbookclub

Megabooks So similar to mine!! They have the best horror picks! 2w
MaleficentBookDragon I got this one too. 2w
AardvarkBookClub 😍❤️👌 2w
Avanders @Megabooks I knooow right?! 🩸🙌🏽 @MaleficentBookDragon 👏🏽👏🏽😎 2w
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Recipient of Secrets | LeAnne McKinley
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A peek into the process and a box ready to go (same box ;)).

Dear Secret Recipient:
Be on the lookout for your #autumncomfortswap package soon!!

🧡🍁🍎🍃🫖☕️🧦🧣🍂🧡

Avanders Mailed and set to arrive at recipient on Friday. @thebacklistbook 2w
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Sleep Tight: A Novel | J. H. Markert
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Love that #bookofthemonth #botm made books available early this month!! They‘re already on their way as of yesterday! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

KT1432 I ordered late this month and got Someone In the Attic already! Can‘t wait to start it! 2w
Avanders @KT1432 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 so fun!! 2w
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Falling for Autumn | Sherelle Green
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Everyone- that program completely messed up the merge and just pulled whatever from wherever. That form means nothing - COMPLETELY DISREGARD.

New emails will be sent out shortly that say: CORRECT MATCH. That‘s the right one. Sorry for the confusion!!

Readergrrl No worries!! I just sent you an email before I saw this post. Sorry!😃 2w
MommyOfTwo Same I emailed you before seeing this. 2w
Avanders @Readergrrl @MommyOfTwo no worries!! I love the convenience of the program, but it sometimes just does whatever it feels like. AI, right? 🤖🥸 2w
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Avanders @Meshell1313 could you please email me your email address again? System says it‘s wrong 🤔 I‘m at leathy18 at gmail. 2w
forestandcrow I got it 😊 thank you! 2w
Jess861 Got my match - thanks :) 2w
Meshell1313 @Avanders just sent! Thanks! 2w
dabbe Thank you! 🩶🧡🩶 2w
KT1432 Got it, thank you!!! 2w
julieclair Got mine. Thank you for all the extra effort you had to put into this! 🧡💛🧡 2w
kspenmoll Thank you. Will check my email. Did not get match. No Correct Match .Do you have kdspenmoll@icloud.com? I have a gmail too but it has been acting wierd kdempoe@gmail.com sorry! (edited) 2w
Avanders @kspenmoll let me check and resend! 2w
Injeanious Got mine! Thank you! 2w
Avanders @Readergrrl just making sure — you got the correct match email? 2w
Readergrrl @Avanders Yes, I did! Thank you! I thought I had sent you a reply email. I‘m so sorry! 2w
Avanders @Readergrrl wonderful! No worries - you probably did and I just can‘t find it! 🍁♥️ 2w
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Falling for Autumn | Heather Topham Wood
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Last call to sign up for #FallingforFallSwap #fffs - we‘ll close sign-ups tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug 28th.

🧡🍁🧶🤍🍂☕️🩶🍃🧣🩵🫖🧦💙

Jess861 @Chrissyreadit @Avanders - Didn't get a match...I know you might still be working it but just wanted to make sure you got my sign-up? 2w
Avanders @Jess861 sooooo my bad!!! They‘ll come out this morning! Sorry!! 2w
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Jess861 @Avanders Oh no worries, I knew I was probably being too eager!! Lol 2w
Avanders @Jess861 not too eager!! I totally get it and normally send matches early… just zonked out last night 🤪 2w
Jess861 @Avanders 😂I hear you - I usually fall asleep when I read the kids to bed, lol. 2w
Cupcake12 Hi. I haven‘t received my swap details yet @avanders 2w
Avanders @Cupcake12 hi! I understand you‘ve chatted with Chrissy about this — sorry we couldn‘t match you this round - hope there‘re a bunch of UK littens for the winter/Christmas swaps! 2w
kspenmoll I have not received email with “ correct match” yet. 2w
Born.A.Reader Oh no I missed it! 😔😩 I love this swap. 2w
Avanders @Born.A.Reader @Born.A.Reader oh no! 😟 Sorry we missed you this year 😔 There‘re a couple others pending, I know… the hallowswap and the witch swap, and hopefully @MaleficentBookDragon does her #allhallowsreadswap again… 🎃👻 2w
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Yay #autumncomfortswap package arrived! It‘s so cute! Thank you @KadaGul — I can‘t wait!!!
🍁🧣🧶🍂🧦🍃💛🤍🩵

Cupcake12 That is so pretty 🤩 3w
KadaGul I wanted to wrap the #autumncomfortswap ☕️🎃🍂🍁 things in Fall ☕️🎃🍂🍁wrapping paper to make it more fall-tastic! It's going to be so cozy and festive! Happy Fall Y'All 3w
Avanders @KadaGul perfect!! Happy fall to you! 🍁🍂🍃🧡💚 3w
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Steeped in Secrets | Lauren Elliott
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Finished the tagged cozy for August‘s #SeasonalCozies and really enjoyed it! It has a pinch of magic (or more) and a dash of international intrigue, along with family secrets and, yes, of course, tea and cozy vibes. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

So I went out and got book 2 right away. 😁

Also, I started Book of Doors for #reallifebookgroup - so far, so good!😊

And while I‘m not displaying my hygge here, it‘s there. #hyggehourreadathon 🫖🍦📖

TheBookHippie 🙃🙂🙃 3w
Chrissyreadit 🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛 3w
julieclair Running out to buy Book 2 is the best endorsement you could give ! 👍 3w
AllDebooks 💚😊💚 3w
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I mean, given what everyone else has already said, it‘s no surprise that this was so good.

What I loved and didn‘t really expect: it‘s more like 4 mysteries, rather than just 1; it‘s pretty literary, and not really thriller‘y, and really well done; it is and it isn‘t what you expect. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Also started Steeped in Secrets for #SeasonalCozies and started this audiobook that … probably someone here recommended. 😁 it‘s intense! 🫨

AmyG Loved this book. Favorite of the summer. 4w
Avanders @AmyG yes! 🙌🏽❤️😘 4w
julieclair Great review! Stacked! 4w
Avanders @julieclair 👏🏽👏🏽hope you like it! 😘 4w
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Falling for Autumn | Heather Topham Wood
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It‘s tiiiiiiime…. @Chrissyreadit and I are back with
#fallingforfallswap #FFFS

Click here to sign up!
https://forms.gle/gyc4novtyUNxMyzT6

Sign up by 8/28
Matches by 8/30
Send by 9/20
Open on 10/1

(tagging some folks who may be interested - pass it on! ☺️)

🧡🍂💜🔮💚🧪❤️🩸🧡🍁💜💀💚🍃🖤👻

TheBookHippie 😅🤯😳 4w
Deblovestoread Yay! So happy you tagged me! 🍁 4w
Avanders @TheBookHippie 😂😅🫢 4w
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JamieArc Thanks for the tag!!! 4w
AmyG Giddy up!!! 4w
TheKidUpstairs Signed up! 4w
Meshell1313 Love this swap! Just signed up. Thanks so much for hosting! 🍂🍁🍃🍎 4w
Catsandbooks So excited! Thanks for hosting! 🧡 @Avanders @Chrissyreadit 4w
TheAromaofBooks Thank you so much for tagging me!!! This is my favorite swap!! @Avanders @Chrissyreadit !!! 4w
Avanders @JamieArc @amyg @TheKidUpstairs @Meshell1313 @Catsandbooks @TheAromaofBooks yay!!! 🍁🍂❤️ I‘m so excited! And y‘all have @Chrissyreadit to thank for making sure we keep this tradition alive! 🧡🖤❤️ 4w
AmyG @Chrissyreadit 😘you‘re the best! 4w
Jess861 I'll be signing up this weekend 🙂🙂 4w
Avanders @Jess861 👏🏽👏🏽🍁♥️ 4w
MittenGirlPeach So happy you‘re doing this again! All signed up. 3w
julieclair Thanks for the tag! This is my favorite swap! 🧡💛🧡 Thanks for hosting again this year, @chrissyreadit @avanders . 3w
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The Book Lover | Ali Smith
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Late, but present! #nationalbookloversday
1. A Fatal Grace
2. Ballerina (Stewart)
3. Annie Bot!
4. Bossypants
5. Harry Potter
6. Maybe Six of Crows?
7. HP1
8. Vampire Diaries?
9. The Vanishing Stair
10. Cozies, for some reason 🤔
11. Harry Potter
12. Jonathan Strange…
13. HP again… Also, The Neverending Story
14. Night Film
15. Impossible 😏 But I have a slew of candidates on my “favorites” Goodreads shelf…

Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit ! 😘

Chrissyreadit Several of those are on my IRL shelves yet to be read!!! i swear when this brain fog clears i will have a bookcation! 1mo
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A perfectly hygge read for a perfectly #hyggehourreadathon (perhaps a smidge early, but whose counting 😉)

TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 1mo
peaKnit I‘m reading this one too, you may inspire me to turn in early and hyyge☺️ (edited) 1mo
Avanders @peaKnit ☺️ sometimes it‘s hard to walk away from the call of the hygge 😁😎 1mo
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Avanders @TheBookHippie 🩵💚🩶🤍🩵💚🩶🤍 1mo
AllDebooks @Avanders Lol, the call of the hygge. Love it 😀 💚 1mo
Chrissyreadit 🤣🤣🤣😘love The Call of the hygge! 1mo
Avanders @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit 😁🙂‍↕️😎 All the 🕯️☕️🧁🧦🧶🤍 1mo
mabell Oh I love this!! 1mo
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The Winter Garden | Alex Bell
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@Chrissyreadit it came!!!!
Thank you - I‘m so excited!!

Let‘s wait until winter to read ☺️
🩵🩵❄️🧤🌨️🧣☃️🩵🩵

Chrissyreadit 🙌🙌🙌🙌😘😘😘😘😘🎉🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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Bury Your Gays | Chuck Tingle
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Iiiiit‘s Aardvark day!! 💃🏽🪩🕺🏿

I picked 2 new books & 1 I wished I could have gotten last month but didn‘t have the space 😄🤩♥️

#aardvark #aardvarkbookclub @AardvarkBookClub

peanutnine I love that they hide their little aardvark logo on the covers whenever they can! 1mo
Avanders @peanutnine 🤯 I hadn‘t even really clocked that!! Love it! ♥️ 1mo
vivastory I got Bury Your Gays, too. I also selected the new Lev Grossman 🙌 1mo
AardvarkBookClub ☺️🩷🩷🩷 1mo
AardvarkBookClub @peanutnine it‘s like a little game every month 😂 1mo
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Dead in the Water | Denise Swanson
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I gave this one a soft pick (⭐️⭐️⭐️). Seems if you know Scumble River, you‘ll probably be into it. For me, a fine but not great cozy. Not as cozy as I‘d have liked…

Excited to be reading God of the Woods next! (For #reallifebookgroup)

And excited for my #botm #bookofthemonth August box! The pick was a stretch for me, but seemed interesting, but Moreno Garcia is a #mustbuy #autobuy for me and the Shafer sounded fun! How ‘bout y‘all?

mabell Same! I definitely want a cozy to be cozy! 😂 1mo
Avanders @mabell so much. 🤭 ☕️🫖🧦🍁🎄❄️🩸♥️🛋️🕯️🛼🍭🧣🧶 1mo
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Thank you so much @sblbooks for this awesome #staycationintime to the future!!! 🤩😍🤩I‘m so excited for these books & I love the extra goodies you sent!! The alarm clock was a stroke of genius 🤓😉 Thank you thank you!!! ♥️🧬🩵🔭🩶🧪💚

And thanks to wonderful hosts @Chrissyreadit and @DinoMom for such a fun swap! #staycationintimeswap 🤗😘♥️

Also showing me-at-pool to give some street cred to the idea of me taking a staycation 😜🏊🏽‍♀️🩵

Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍😍 2mo
sblbooks I'm so glad you liked my spin on "time travel". I think I'll choose this theme for myself next year.? 2mo
DinoMom Fun package 📦 2mo
Avanders @sblbooks so much!! And such a good idea 😉😘 2mo
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Dead in the Water | Denise Swanson
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Welp, it turns out this book is set in September, not August, so not a #SeasonalCozies head start after all 🫢. Never fear, I found an August and am ready to go for next month. 😁 Still reading this though… a little cozy palate cleanser.

And thank you @Mommamanzi for these sweet little surprises!! I‘m so happy to be back with #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub ☕️🫘📖♥️

Also posting a nod to my cozy evening for #Hyggehourreadathon #hyggehour 🥰🕯️🧦🩶

Chrissyreadit Cozies are literally saving me these days. 2mo
Avanders @Chrissyreadit I completely understand that! Hoping you have easy days this week! 🙏🏽🫶🏽❣️ 2mo
TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚💚💚 2mo
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AllDebooks Cozies are blessed relief and distraction. ❤️ 2mo
Avanders @TheBookHippie 🤍🩶🩵🤍🩶🩵 @AllDebooks 🍻💖 2mo
julieclair Sounds like you have an impressive super-early start on September! 😂😉 1mo
Avanders @julieclair lol very early…. Or just a random cozy, which is never a bad addition to the oeuvre 🤓😁 1mo
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The Lost Bookshop | Evie Woods
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TheBookHippie 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 2mo
kspenmoll So soothing! Enjoy! 2mo
AllDebooks I feel relaxed, just looking at this 😊💚 2mo
peaKnit I love the book holder and mug 🩷 2mo
Avanders @TheBookHippie 🩵🤍💜🩵🤍💜 @kspenmoll 🙌🏽🫶🏽 soothing times needed! 😘 @AllDebooks you know, it‘s amazing how much little things can do… ☺️🩵 @peaKnit thx! I found that bookholder before I started seeing them … around (☺️) and I loooove it! 💜 2mo
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Finished this book a few days ago…

4.5⭐️. Super funny at first. And then like a wall of bricks right at your face.

Also, bugga loved his trip to the planetarium w his summer camp… now I just have to go! 🤩🌌🪐♥️

UwannaPublishme What a cutie! ❤️ 2mo
Avanders @UwannaPublishme 😘♥️ 2mo
Chrissyreadit how is he growing so fast?!?!? So cute!!! 2mo
Avanders @Chrissyreadit I know!! It‘s so crazy. 😘😘 2mo
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The Staycation | Cressida McLaughlin
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#StaycationinTime package received! 💃🏽🪩🕺🏿
Thank you @sblbooks !! 🍹♥️

Now to wait…..

sblbooks Woohoo! I'm glad it made it there safely.📚 2mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2mo
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Did some much needed (aesthetic) book rearranging today… hard to see all that‘s going on, I know, but trust that it‘s better now. 😜 #shelfie

Turning, then to #Hyggehappyhour 🥰 This book is thoroughly enjoyable during the work scenes… not as into the mom scenes. Too close to home? 🧐

Oh! Also, I mailed my #StaycationinTime package yesterday — set for delivery Monday!

Avanders I mean #hyggehour … right? #hyggehourreadathon (edited) 2mo
AllDebooks @Avanders 😅 combine it with cocktailsand you can have a very #hyggehappyhour 😂 2mo
Avanders @AllDebooks 😂 sounds like a good idea to me 🍹📖☺️ 2mo
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sblbooks Can't wait!🎉📚📦 2mo
kspenmoll You do look so organized! You should be proud! 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Avanders @kspenmoll thank you! 😊😘 2mo
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The Lost Bookshop | Evie Woods
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Yay!! 💃🏽💃🏽 Received my first (in a couple years!) #cbbc #CoffeeBeanBookClub book! ☕️🫘📖 (tagged) Also thank you @Callemarie for the yummmy smelling coffee and the yummy tasting chocolate!! ♥️♥️♥️

Also, added a couple cozies to the ol‘ #mounttbr
… need to … refrain …. So hard…. 😓😅😘

Callemarie Yayyy I‘m glad it made its way to you! 2mo
Captivatedbybooks @Callemarie hey love did you get your‘s? It was supposed to be delivered on the 6th 2mo
Callemarie @Captivatedbybooks oh I did! I‘m so sorry I forgot to post- forgetting is my main occupation nowadays 🥴 thank you!!! 2mo
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Captivatedbybooks @Callemarie you are allowed to forget with those beautiful babies 2mo
BethM I cannot express how excited I am this is backz 2mo
Avanders @BethM same!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 2mo
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Love and Coffee | Bryce Main
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Omg what a spectacular birthday surprise!! Thank you so much @Chrissyreadit !!! You are always so *thoughtful* and generous and send just the perfect things!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ So very blessed by this community. 🙏🏽🫶🏽♥️😘💫🥹🥹🥹

(Ps that coffee smells amaaaaaazing)

Chrissyreadit 😘😘😘😘😘😘 2mo
mom2bugnbee What is the personalized item? Is it a dish towel? Adorable! 2mo
Avanders @mom2bugnbee it‘s like a placemat, but I may use it for a wall hanging in my office! 😍😍 2mo
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TheBookHippie 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 2mo
dabbe HB! From one 🦀 to another! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Avanders @dabbe thank you!! Though I‘m actually a 🐏 and this is a little belated 😁😉 2mo
Avanders @dabbe (and if I haven‘t said it on your page already… happy bday to you!! 🎂🥳🎈) 2mo
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
dabbe @Avanders 🤩🤗😀 2mo
kspenmoll Happy belated birthday!!! 2mo
Avanders @kspenmoll thank you!! 💃🏽♥️😘 2mo
sblbooks Happy belated birthday! 🎉 Sorry I missed it. My birthday is in July too. 2mo
Avanders @sblbooks thank you and no worries at all! I don‘t usually post about it 😜 it was actually in April… 🙃 2mo
Avanders @sblbooks and happy birthday to you!! 🎉🎉♥️ 2mo
BethM Love this! @Chrissyreadit is a hell of a human! 2mo
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Mehso-so

And with that, I met my Goodreads goal for the year! I initially set a goal of 12 bc that‘s what I read last year (😅), but changed it to 30, & still met it! 🙌🏽

As for the book, it was dated. 2003 in small town MN was riggedy-rough with .. out-dated .. perspectives on “existing as women,”mental disabilities, *and* race. Ooph! It did not age well. But the mystery was fun & I loved the recipes. It‘s like ⭐️⭐️💫 (2.5)

#SeasonalCozies for July!

ChaoticMissAdventures Congratulations on goal met!! It's all gravy going forward! 2mo
Avanders @ChaoticMissAdventures thanks!! And I know, I love this point! 😄♥️ 2mo
Deblovestoread Well done! 🙌🏼 2mo
julieclair Hooray for reaching your goal! And it‘s only July! 👏🏆🎉 It‘s disappointing that the book didn‘t age well. I wonder if her other older books have the same problem. 2mo
Avanders @Deblovestoread thanks! 💃🏽 @julieclair yay, I know!! I try to not change my goal more than once in a year and just bask in it if it finish early 😁😁 Yeah I was wondering the same thing… the reviews weren‘t quite as informative on that point as I‘d hoped… 🤔 2mo
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Received #botm #bookofthemonth 👏🏽👏🏽

And what I assume is my #staycationintime package, @Chrissyreadit ? 💃🏽🪩🕺🏿 I‘ll be sending mine out soon! Need to get just 1 more thing….

Aaaaaand, shipped my #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub package this morning! ☕️🫘📖♣️💌 @Mommamanzi

Mommamanzi I did too! So excited! 2mo
Chrissyreadit @Avanders It‘s your super belated bday gift!!! OPEN ASAP 🎉🎉🎉🎉😘😘😘😘😘😘 2mo
Avanders @Chrissyreadit omg so exciting!! lol all your caps & gifs 🤣🤣😘 (edited) 2mo
Avanders @Chrissyreadit duuuude… it is 1000% amazing.. but I feel I should wait to post? 😶‍🌫️ 2mo
Chrissyreadit up to you!!! 2mo
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Got a couple-two-tree things for a couple-two-tree swaps (none of which are pictured), and figured, while I was there, I should get myself a couple-two-tree things too. 😇😎

*note: “a couple-two-tree” meant a somewhat ambiguous “few” in the 80s in Wisconsin as I was growing up… ✌🏽3️⃣👾👧🏽

AlaMich Ha! Took me a sec to comprehend “tree!” 2mo
Avanders @AlaMich 😂🤭 2mo
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Finished one cozy (not perfect, but perfectly enjoyable ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫), and onto the next (tagged), my July selection for #SeasonalCozies @julieclair
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And very excited to get my book boxes, esp to get my #RealLifeBookClub selection for this month! 👏🏽👏🏽 #sobuzzy

julieclair Enjoy! 🍋🍋🍋 2mo
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Creature Comforts | Trisha Ashley
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Reposting for @thebacklistbook :

If you meant to sign up but time got away from you, you can still sneak it in. #autumncomfortswap I'll close the form around 10 am PDT https://forms.gle/z2SdXkMhoDsAbzb17 . #swaps #solstice #litsy

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I Was A Teenage Slasher | Stephen Graham Jones
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😩😩 they‘rekilling me with these selections this month!!

I put *four* more in the waitlist (aka tbr) in BOTM too… (the ones on the left) (I know, I can order 4 add-ons now, but I just can‘t justify 8 new hardcovers this month… 😁)

Way to go #aardvark #aardvarkbookclub and #botm #bookofthemonth for July!! ♥️♥️♥️

vivastory I will def be going with the SG Jones for aardvark 3mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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You ever just feel like *all* you want to do is read, look at books, talk about books, go to bookstores…. I know, you all do. 🤗♥️📚

It‘s been one of those weeks…
🥸📖🥸☕️🥸📚🥸🫖

(Reading this for book group…)

LiteraryinPA I feel like that a lot! 💗 3mo
AmyG Ha….one of the best feelings! 3mo
UwannaPublishme Yes! 😁📚💃🏻🙌🏻 3mo
Avanders @LiteraryinLawrence same! 😄♥️ @AmyG it really is… esp if you can do something about it. 😁😘 @UwannaPublishme 💃🏽👏🏽📖☕️ 3mo
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Holy cozies Batman!
I‘ve been in a cozy mood lately! Went to local bookstore to get that stack, and the rest were mostly ThriftBooks… and one maaaaaayy be my selection for #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub 🤩☕️📚📖🫘🤎 (so excited)

PatriciaU That Juliet Blackwell series is one of my favorites 3mo
Avanders @PatriciaU I know it‘s so great, isn‘t it?! 😄 3mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉 3mo
BethM Yes I love this! 2mo
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First time doing this, and there was a surprising learning curve 🫣😂

Top 3?
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Dark Knight
Anything Harry Potter related..

Also, I had a low‘ish number… only 57/140! But I noticed that while I picked a lot in the beginning, it tapered off to almost nothing sharply after my son was born… 🤔😜

Thanks for the tag @MaleficentBookDragon !😘

#tlt #threelistthursday

dabbe It's amazing. When LIFE happens, that takes top priority! Thanks for playing and sharing, and you still beat my sorry 🫏! 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
Avanders @dabbe lol so true! And funny — I do like me some cartoons and superhero movies 😁😁 3mo
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Live and Let Chai | Bree Baker
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Progress! 🙂‍↕️

Read/finished the 3 smaller ones:
Murder Your Employer ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Marsh King‘s Daughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tagged: a strong ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - just all the right elements to a perfectly enjoyable cozy! This also satisfied my summer/June cozy read for #SeasonalCozies @julieclair 😄

Now reading Weyward for #ReadLifeBookGroup #rlbg

julieclair The tagged would also work for July. Stacked! 3mo
Avanders @julieclair 👏🏽👏🏽😘 3mo
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Yay! Local bookstore coming through with some fun new finds, including the Witch of the Winter Moon by a local ABQ author and the super fun looking tagged w sprayed pages 😍

Our book for my #RealLifeBookGroup - Weyward - I had to get from Target though 😯

BookmarkTavern I really enjoyed the tagged book! 💕 3mo
BethM Totally have the tagged on my tbr list! 3mo
Avanders @BookmarkTavern good to know!! 😄 and @BethM happy to pass it on once I‘ve read it ☺️ 3mo
BethM #cbbc news in your email @Avanders ! 3mo
Avanders @BethM 💃🏽🪩🕺🏿 3mo
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Live and Let Chai | Bree Baker
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Captured: Buggy sitting in his book nook (closet), reading 4 books at once 😂😍

Also, received this new long-anticipated book (I‘ve met Vladeck on numerous occasions and find him intelligent and engaging… let‘s see if he‘s also a good writer ;))

And the tagged is my chosen book for June for #SeasonalCozies (summer). 🧊🍹☀️🌸🪻

Soubhiville Oh my gosh that‘s adorable! 3mo
TEArificbooks Love that cozy series 3mo
Ruthiella So cute! 😊 3mo
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Texreader Now that‘s a child that‘s being raised perfectly! A book closet! 💜 Four books at a time! ❤️ 3mo
julieclair Oh my goodness, that little cutie pie!!! 💙💙💙 3mo
mabell Love it! 🥰 3mo
Gissy Hi Buggy🖖!❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
Avanders @TEArificbooks can‘t wait to read it! I have a 5-day weekend coming up… 🤔☺️ 3mo
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It‘s that time of the month!!

So for #bookofthemonth #botm I was disappointed, but kind of accidentally picked an audio book — hey, something to try (not the author, who I like, but audio through BOTM 🤔)! Let‘s see if I can listen at speed 😉

But #aardvark #aardvarkbookclub did not disappoint! So excited 👏🏽👏🏽 (the 3 in the upper left)

Also, here are 3 of my current reads… the Lawrence is pretty dense, but so interesting— anyone read it??

AmyG I enjoyed The Marsh King‘s Daughter. 4mo
Avanders @AmyG it‘s so interesting so far! ☺️ 3mo
AardvarkBookClub Wahooo!!! Happy June box!! 📦💞 3mo
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New books!
The bottom (also shown with dust cover off and with front cover shown, along w World of Wonders 🤩) is a gift from a friend — brought from London! She knows how I feel about their pretty covers 😉

The next 2 are regular old purchases (😎) from my favorite local book store (tagged)

And the top was a gift from SIL that I‘ve been wanting for a while!

📖♥️😍

TheBookHippie World of Wonders is such a pretty book inside and out. 🙃 4mo
Avanders @TheBookHippie I know, it was essentially impossible to pass it by 😁🤭 4mo
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Swaps | Sherree DeCovny
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I did a thing…. Or 2! 🫣 (signed up for pending swaps, yay! 🎉)

@thebacklistbook #autumncomfortswap

@Chrissyreadit @DinoMom #staycationintime24

AmyG 🙌🏻 4mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 4mo
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Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson
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Even though I have the tagged in audio and kindle (Kickstarter campaign), I had to have it in paperback too 🤦🏽‍♀️

Also discovered this beaut at Barnes today — anyone read it?

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The Garden | Clare Beams
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Received #aardvark #aardvarkbookclub and #botm #bookofthemonth books! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Did anyone else get Volume 0, the short story collection??

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Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes | Karen Rose Smith
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Posting timely! 🤓🙂‍↕️

It‘s Sun eve & it‘s #hyggehappyhour or #hyggereadinghour or #hyggeforthewin … 😜 Just finished What Mother Won‘t Tell Me (3.5 ⭐️), and starting the tagged for #SeasonalCozies for May! (Mother‘s Day + tea 😉)

Also tried to read You Be Mother… did not enjoy it. Cut out at p. 100… maybe some feedback from #RealLifeBookGroup (rlbg) will persuade me to keep going. For now, a bail.

But read next month‘s #rlbg also: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😄

Chrissyreadit 🎉💛🎉💛🎉💛 4mo
julieclair I can‘t resist a cover with a tea pot! 🫣 Hope you enjoy it! 4mo
CarolynM I‘ve read a few in that Karen Rose Smith series. They‘re fun. Enjoy! 4mo
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My office was doing a special Olympics fundraiser at Barnes today… so I *had* to buy some books. 😁 These looked fun… anyone read any?

Oh yes of course I also went to my favorite independent bookstore today (tagged) — we bought bugga a bunch of things. 😄

BethM Just like there was a free rummage sale at a school letting you shop their scholastic book fair today… clearly we had to support it. 5mo
Avanders @BethM lol obvi 😂🫢 5mo
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Sociopath: A Memoir | Patric Gagne
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Updates…

Acquired: Destroyer of Worlds, 3 (grouped) books related to autism, and the tagged, which I am *geeked* about

Read: Ghostwritten - 4 horror novellas on how books can be evil ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reading: Emotional Vampires - so far, en-💡-ning and Murder at the PTA (for #seasonalcozies & great so far!!).

Found: these amazing fish stickers. 🫢🤩

Not separately depicted: enjoying #hyggereadinghour

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛💛 5mo
TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍🤍 5mo
julieclair Those stickers!!!! 😂😂🐟🐠🐡 5mo
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The Husbands | Holly Gramazio
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Welp, I did it. 🥸 #botm #bookofthemonth

Also, did you know these cookies existed?! 💜🤍

AmyG Ha….I saw the cookies and said to myself “WHAT IS THIS?” 🤣 5mo
Avanders @AmyG lol same reaction! 🤣🤤 5mo
mabell @AmyG @Avanders My mom loves the London fog tea latte! Not sure how she would feel about the cookies 😂 5mo
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Avanders @mabell London fog is one of my faaaavorites (has she had Satellite‘s version?)… the cookies are on point, if a smidge sweet. I actually found them perfect dipped in coffee… 🤔☕️ 5mo
TheBookHippie Ohmyword!! Looks yummm 5mo
mabell @Avanders No, I don‘t think so! I‘ll have to mention it to her! Interesting combo with coffee, but it sounds yummy 😄 5mo
tpixie @Avanders oh my! Those cooks sound great!! 4mo
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The Husbands | Holly Gramazio
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@AardvarkBookClub #aardvarkbookclub #aardvark picks: easy… there was even 1 more I was seriously considering! 🎉

#botm #bookofthemonth not as much… anyone read this? Thoughts? Nothing else really spoke to any desire to acquire immediately/in hardback… 🤔

vlwelser I wanted every single one of these Aardvark picks. 6mo
Megabooks I‘m on the library list for Husbands. It sounds cool! 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5mo
BookNAround The owner of my local indie and the bookseller whose taste I jibe with the most both thought The Husbands was super fun. 5mo
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Kitta I wasn‘t loving the BOTM selections either this month. I went for the historical fiction. 5mo
Avanders @vlwelser I know they‘re so good at picking!! 😎 @Megabooks yeah I totally gave in 🥸🫣 @BookNAround nice - “super fun” is right up my alley 😄 @Kitta I could see that - the historical fiction also sounded interesting! I gave in w this one and then added another bc they told me it was my birthday month! (I mean, I knew that, but I forgot it came w a perk 😁) 5mo
Kitta @Avanders happy birthday month! 5mo
Avanders @Kitta thank you! 🥳☺️ 5mo
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Pickpick

I flew through this and loved it. Maybe it wasn‘t *perfect* but it‘ll sit there in my brain for a long time, and what more can I really ask for…

(& another solid pick from @AardvarkBookClub 🎉)

tpixie We read her 1st book for #litsybookclub 6mo
Avanders @tpixie ooh I don‘t think I‘ve read anything else by her, so I‘ll have to check it out! 6mo
tpixie @Avanders 🩷 I do tend to like @Sourcebooks Books! (edited) 6mo
Avanders @tpixie good to know! ♥️ (edited) 6mo
tpixie @Avanders 🩷 6mo
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