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Balibee146
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Still neglecting my current fiction reads even though they are good.

In the mood for some non fiction. Early days but this is proving interesting.

#kindle

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Pickpick

A low pick for me. Easy to read and digest but felt a bit surface level to me. A useful bullet point summary at the end which is super quick and easy to reference.

Read on #kindle

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Need a #kindle book for dark nights so will try my final spin for #readyourkindle

@CBee

CBee Hope you love it as much as I did ♥️ 2w
DogMomIrene Loved this one. Hope you enjoy too. 2w
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Bailedbailed

Bailing at about 120 pages.... I may return when my mood is lighter but I'm not reading much this week because I don't want to read this right now.

#readyourkindle @CBee

Megabooks The narrator/MC in this really annoyed me, but I hope you enjoy it next time around. 2w
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Insomnia alert ⚠️
Sleep Not Found 🙄

4 am emergency #readyourkindle new title started. Inadvisable cup of tea also accessed ☕😜

@CBee

Karisa It‘s that kind of week for sure! 2w
Balibee146 @Karisa yup 💔💔 I'm realising how many signs of stress my body is showing! 2w
CBee Ugh, I‘m so sorry! I hope you can rest a bit today ♥️♥️ 2w
Balibee146 Thanks @CBee I had a power nap early afternoon and feel surprisingly OK this evening 💪👍😘 2w
CBee @Balibee146 yay! Hope tonight is better 😊 2w
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I am switching to the fourth book for #10beforetheend this weekend.

The Underground Railroad has been fantastic so far and deeply moving, but I just can't with any more white supremacist filth this week, even in a book like this. 💔💔 I will return to it soon.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures I am also struggling with a book that is hitting too close to home this week. Got to find those more hopeful and escapist ones. 3w
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures it's so hard. I'm in the UK, I can't begin to imaging how decent people in the US are feeling right now 🙏🙏 3w
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Strung | Per Jacobsen
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Bailedbailed

Bailed at 50 pages. Super creepy striking idea but the writing style is not for me and a quick look at reviews for the rest of the trilogy looks like the resolution is patchy.

#readyourkindle @CBee

CBee On to better books! 😊 3w
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Strung | Per Jacobsen
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Next #readyourkindle for this month. Another #kindleunlimited title I've had kicking about.

@CBee

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Drowned Girls | Loreth Anne White
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Pickpick

Low pick crime procedural and my first completed for #readyourkindle this month. This is a first of 3 so far all on #kindleunlimited and I may give the second one a go.

CW for extreme sexual violence. Also several sex scenes attempting to be explicit but fairly pedestrian.

@CBee

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Untitled | Anonymous
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My heart goes out to all of you in the US and elsewhere who are still reeling 💔💔

Word lovers will appreciate Susie Dent.

Chelsea.Poole That‘s the word for this 😣 3w
AmyG 😢 3w
Tamra Ugh, I wish it weren‘t a thing. 3w
Deblovestoread A perfect word for a horrid situation 💔 3w
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Drowned Girls | Loreth Anne White
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Have to switch away from my physical book as it gets dark.

Starting this #kindleunlimited read tonight - one of my #readyourkindle choices

@Cbee

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Finally starting this.

Book 3 for #10beforetheend

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures I hope you like it, I thought it was so creative and well done 3w
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Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson
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Pickpick

I took my time over this and enjoyed it hugely. A slight dip in the middle for me - maybe just a little bit bloated and drawn out - but Atkinson remains one of my favourite authors.

Ruthiella Love your Atkinson collection! She‘s a favorite of mine too. 3w
Balibee146 @Ruthiella I bought Behind The Scenes At The Museum the day after it came out and always loved her since.... Lost that copy years ago lending it though 💔 3w
Librarybelle So glad you liked it! 3w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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My #readyourkindle selections for this month. Lol just realised I switched nos 5 and 19.....oooops 😜

Hoping I can get to all of these @CBee

CBee You can do it! 😃 3w
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This is in today's UK Daily Deals and is #99ponkindle

squirrelbrain It‘s SO good! 4w
DogMomIrene My favorite book this year so far🧡📚 3w
CBee Really liked this! 3w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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October 2024 reading wrap up. Enjoyed almost everything this month, with one major dud that was a bail.

#slowreader

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Untitled | Anonymous
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Here is my November list for #readyourkindle

I'd love to read all four of the chosen numbers if I can.
Well... I'd love to read all 20 but that's not likely as I am a #slowreader

@CBee

CBee #19 was one of my favorites last year! 4w
Balibee146 @cbee here's hoping #19 comes out this month 😁 4w
CBee @Balibee146 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 4w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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3 out of 4 for the October #readyourkindle ain't bad!

I can't read The Winter of The Witch until I've completed the previous books in the series - Doh! 🤦

#kindle

@CBee

CBee Excellent progress 😊😊 4w
Balibee146 @CBee thankyou 😘 4w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Spotted this on a random and otherwise somewhat depressing social media scroll....

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1mo
dabbe 😂😂😂 1mo
IMASLOWREADER lol makes sense lol 1mo
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Mehso-so

Third book for this month for #readyourkindle

Okay this book was frustrating. It is older then I realised so no doubt some research has moved on significantly. At times fascinating, at times subtly patriarchal (mostly he's progressive) and occasionally preachy.

As a carer for someone with dementia the very detailed breakdown into subsections of the 7 stages of it was sadly super accurate and informative I suspect of what to expect next.

@CBee

CBee My heart goes out to you - caring for someone with dementia is so difficult ♥️ 1mo
Suet624 💕💕💕 1mo
Balibee146 Thanks @CBee and @Suet624 we are getting to the final parts of stage 6 / shifting towards final stage 7, so it's hard going practically and emotionally. **** Dementia! So thnaksful both my parents were mentally sharp until there last day and had a sudden crisis without protracted suffering but enough time for us to get to the hospital and be with them 💔💔 1mo
Balibee146 Ach typos and the wrong "their".... Sorry!! 1mo
CBee @Balibee146 bless you ♥️♥️ I‘ll be keeping you in my thoughts 🙏🏻 1mo
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Mister Magic | Kiersten White
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Panpan

I got to page 120 but I have to bail.
This started off somewhat intruiging but it is oddly lacking in substance... The "weirdness" just feels vague and kind of trite. I'm so bored, I'm out!

Sadly this was Book 2 of my #10beforetheend

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Luke-XVX Told ya! 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Oh sad! But got it off that list! ✅ 1mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I feel like this author is a hit or miss. Her Paranormalcy was cute 1mo
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Balibee146 @Luke-XVX yep... If it wasn't already on the list would probably not even have tried given some of the recent reviews 🤷 #hailthebail 1mo
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures off the list and into the goodbye box at the door lol 1mo
Balibee146 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage ah good to know! 😄 1mo
TheLudicReader I have never been able to settle into this author‘s writing. 1mo
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Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson
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Next up and this has been on my shelves untouched for far too long.
This is a #buddyread and is the October choice by the #literarycrew

@Librarybelle

Librarybelle I like the cover! 1mo
Balibee146 @Librarybelle me too!.... Though I like the art deco look of the blue cover too. 1mo
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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A couple of #99ponkindle deals available today.

Picked both of these up after watching a recent YouTube video from CriminOlly https://youtu.be/C1Zq3Rf6Q0I?si=QcjwC7cjX9WYeI40

TrishB Our Share of Night is my favourite recent horror book. It‘s amazing. 1mo
Balibee146 @trishb I want to get to it soon... Looks a bit chonky too! 1mo
TrishB It flies by! 1mo
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Next up from my October #readyourkindle choices.

I just realised this book was published in 2010 so it may be a skim read or a bail depending.

@CBee

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Pickpick

This started as a So-So for me and I laboured to get through the first 50%....then the writing and the narrative came alive and it finished really strong. So a low pick overall but with high hopes for the next book in the trilogy.

#kindle

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The Girls Are Never Gone | Sarah Glenn Marsh
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Pickpick

This is just a low pick for me, though I am years over the target age range for this.

Nice easy, flowing writing style and felt like a YA version of the movie What Lies Beneath.

Could have shaved the length a bit and that would have made the narrative a bit tighter. I guessed the surprise character reveal very early but that's okay.

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Mister Magic | Kiersten White
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Book 2 for #10beforetheend

It's so stormy and dark in Central Scotland this morning, so I need #abookandacuppa

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures I love a stormy dark day, it is just dark here in Oregon. Happy reading! 1mo
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures same to you 😘 1mo
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Mehso-so

Book no 1 from my #10beforetheend picks.

This was gearing up to be a pick but I found a couple of the latter chapters sketchy and sadly lacking. Still enjoyed the earlier chapters on media moguls which is clearly where O'Brien has the most knowledge and experience

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Cuilin I don‘t know much about him but I‘ve seen him push callers on his show to answer questions. I think he‘s got good journalistic integrity. He also doesn‘t let politicians get away with not answering the question. If only all journalists did this. 1mo
Balibee146 @Cuilin yeah he has done some good work holding politicians feet to the fire... Though my fab is still Eddie "you're a nasty price of work aren't you?" Mair.I have more of a ? around O'Brien after he remained pretty silent during the Sangita Myska situation at LBC.. But there was a lot to like here. 1mo
Balibee146 Typo hell lol *fav and also *nasty piece of work... 1mo
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Luke-XVX He‘s well informed but so bloody smug at times.I did enjoy him trashing Farage on air recently, I laughed my arse off 1mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX there's a transcript in the book of an old clash between him and Farage which is rather satisfying. 1mo
Luke-XVX That‘ll do it!! 1mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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I don't post much off-book content but my reading is about to get compromised as season 2 of The Devil's Hour is finally out today. Highly recommend.

I loved the first season and loved Peter Capaldi since Local Hero and seeing him and his brilliant wife Elaine Collins in The Tom and Sammy Jo Show at the Glasgow Tron Theatre in the 80s.... Plus I don't care what anyone says, 12 was my favourite 😉

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The Girls Are Never Gone | Sarah Glenn Marsh
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Next physical book - on Fridays I like to have a quick, easy and hopefully entertaining read I can whizz through on the go!

These are my planned reads for today.

I am also fighting to resist temptation of a colour eReader now #kindle have released one.... I'm more tempted by a Boox or Kobo device still...but trying to hold out as sure the tech will improve with further iterations.

#abookandacuppa

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Dreams Lie Beneath | Rebecca Ross
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I'm so happy it is candle season at last.

Next physical book from my TBR.

#currentlyreading
#abookandacuppa

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Weekend paperback haul

#bookhaul

CBee I just bought the Catherine Chidgey as well! 1mo
BarbaraBB What a haul 😍 Pet is fantastic! @CBee 1mo
CBee @BarbaraBB I hope to get to it soon 😊 1mo
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Starting a bit of non fiction... Not expecting any new revelations I wasn't aware of but sure having it synthesised into one place is going to get me #raging

Part of my #10beforetheend list so I may be a little early but wanting some non fiction on #kindle today, as it is so dark and dreary here today.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures Dark money and politics, seems to be happening so many places, that and old politicians who refuse to give up power. This sounds interesting! Good job getting a jump start. 1mo
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#10beforetheend

A truly rubbish PicCollage for my 10 book choices to finish before the end of 2024....but at least I haven't thrown my phone at the wall. I chose to give up making it look better instead 😉

Looking forward to all of these. One (The Secret History) is a reread but it was a decade ago I read it and it sailed though without making much of a dent, so will be like new.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Ruthiella I re-read The Secret History 20 odd years after I first read it and and liked it just as much the second time around! 👍 1mo
rwmg @Ruthiella That's interesting. I re-read it after a similar gap and didn't enjoy it nearly as much the second time round. It was pre-LT so I don't really remember why beyond finding the characters rather tiresome. 1mo
Ruthiella @rwmg The characters are all pretty awful people (even Richard the narrator), but I still found them interesting. I think like Richard, I was seduced (twice) by their aura. 1mo
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Luke-XVX I found Mister Magic to be such a letdown 1mo
Balibee146 @Ruthiella i do remember thinking they were all ****s! Lol. Oh no @Luke-XVX thats an inauspicious start! 1mo
Luke-XVX I was hoping for some S1 Channel Zero vibes but the ending just farts out into nothing 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I have a Donna Tartt on my list too! I am tackling The Little Friend. Hope this helps you #CrushThatTBR 🍀 1mo
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures great looking forward to hearing what you think....my opinion on TSH this time around will decide if I try anything else by her later on 1mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX ha ha I'm filing away that description for future recycling 1mo
BookmarkTavern I‘ve been eyeing Ariadne, so I will be anxiously awaiting your thoughts! 💙 1mo
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Next paperback starting tonight

#currentlyreading

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For some reason I put the second book in this series in my #readyourkindle choices.... So need to read book 1 first lol

@CBee

CBee This is on my Kindle too…. Languishing with so many others 😂😂 2mo
Balibee146 @cbee same I think I have enough physical and Kindle for a decade... Even without Kindle Unlimited.... And yet 2mo
Balibee146 .... And yet. I think this book is perfect for autumn / winter reading @CBee 2mo
CBee @Balibee146 I‘ve heard it‘s really good! 2mo
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Normal People | Sally Rooney
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Next up for #readyourkindle

I've seen a lot of love for this book but must admit the tag line of "A classic coming of age love story" doesn't really appeal. Finger crossed it is ???

@cbee

CBee Making great progress 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
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You Shouldn't Be Here | Lauren Thoman
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Be still my happy geeky heart to find this random TNG reference in a modern thriller 🤟

#kindle
#readyourkindle

Ruthiella Love it! 🖖 2mo
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You Shouldn't Be Here | Lauren Thoman
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Next up evening reading

#kindle
#readyourkindle

@CBee

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You Shouldn't Be Here | Lauren Thoman
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My selections for October #readyourkindle

I think I will start with You Shouldn't Be Here tonight. I'm a newbie to the tag list so not sure if there's any expectation on the order you read them in over the month?

@CBee

CBee Nope, it‘s totally low pressure! You can read all of them, or one of them, in any order you‘d like 😊 2mo
Balibee146 @CBee fantastic thanks 😁 2mo
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Carrie | Stephen King
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I am joining the new cycle of the Losers Club with my first read of #Carrie. I had to buy a new copy and I like these new editions but 🤮 the fake sticker printed on it. I had no idea this was such a short book!

@BarkingMadRead

#LosersClub
#StephenKing
#StephenKingInOrder
#KingFromTheBeginning
#ConstantReader
#ReadAlong
#BuddyRead

5feet.of.fury I HATE the printed on stickers! The real question is: who likes them? Why do they do this 😩 2mo
Sace I hope you like it. It‘s great! 2mo
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury nobody likes them 🤣 it is a great cover otherwise! 2mo
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Balibee146 @5feet.of.fury agreed and thanks @Sace looking forward to getting started on it. 2mo
Sace @Balibee146 I even ordered a copy so I could read it again. Thanks for reminding me about a great book from my past. 2mo
Balibee146 @sace cool hope you enjoy it anew 2mo
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The Treatment | Sarah Moorhead
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Joining in on the #readyourkindle tag - hope that's OK! It looks like a 20 book target list.... So here is mine..... Complete with tippex because I put September, not October 🤣🤦

@CBee

CBee Of course it‘s okay! Happy to have you along and I can barely believe it‘s October myself 🤪🤦‍♀️😂 2mo
Balibee146 @cBee thanks this year has gone so fast.... My younger teen is now on the countdown to Christmas - his favourite holiday 🤦🤦 2mo
CBee @Balibee146 I agree! My 12 year old loves Christmas too 😊 2mo
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The Treatment | Sarah Moorhead
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Starting this while I wait for a friend.
#kindle
#readyourkindle
#abookandacuppa

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September wrap up.... A good reading month in part as I was in bed with flu for a week or so.

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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Next up on #kindle

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The Light Between Worlds | Laura E. Weymouth
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Next up. I've seen this described as a kind of reverse Narnia set up. Hoping for a Friday comfort read.

I've just noticed the publisher, who I've never heard of or noticed before is called Chicken House, which I'm finding oddly hilarious.

Luke-XVX So not heavy handed with the Christian symbolism? 2mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX Hah! Yeah hopefully not! The first two Narnia books still give me the nostalgia filled good feeling, but I have to hold my nose and just ignore the allegory. I found the remainder of the series unbearable and never read most of them. 2mo
Sace I love the cover! 2mo
Balibee146 @Sace me too and it has lots of pretty and relevant little nature illustration details throughout 2mo
Luke-XVX Yeah I still like them and can appreciate them for what they are. I think my anti-religion stance has mellowed in my old age 2mo
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Night Will Find You | Julia Heaberlin
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Next #kindle thriller

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Long Time Dead | T. M. Payne
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Current #kindle read. 30% in and so far it's just a So-So.

It is quick and easy, which I need while I'm recovering from the flu, so will finish it this morning.

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Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo
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Next #kindle read

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Not What She Seems | Yasmin Angoe
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Next up on #kindle

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