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BethM

BethM

Joined August 2016

LibraryThing member BethM6

Book hoarder,tea/coffee/chocolate lover, dog and boy mom, proud Ravenclaw. Fav genres are SFF, cozies, historical fiction, romance, and YA.
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Lost Coast Literary | Ellie Alexander
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@Avanders you are too kind friend! Having a high anxiety day only to find this lovely early birthday present outside my door :) Littens are the best people ever.

Avanders 😘😘 happy early birthday! Glad this could bring some joy ☺️ I‘d never heard of that book and am super curious about it! 16h
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Thanks @Mommamanzi ! I love our #cbbc group so much!

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Body in the Bookstore | Ellie Alexander
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I liked this one, and the killer was not immediately obvious. The setting lacked a bit for me as it seemed secondary to the characters. Not quite as developed as I‘m used to for cozies, but I‘ll give book two a shot. It did talk about a reader convention and I sorely miss the one that used to happen in WI.

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The only approved US marian apparition is about 2 hours from me and I had no idea. This was a great, engaging, quick read. A lot about the history of the area, the people, and the subsequent school/convent. I found it very interesting from a historical view too.

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Brooklynaire | Sarina Bowen
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1- routinely with the husband for non monetary items. My biggest flex was one year on the NFL draft and I got to spend a fleet farm gift card we had. I got some chocolate and a new loaf pan out of it 😂
2- love the tagged series
#two4tuesday

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You guys I was literally laughing out loud reading this tonight. Wes had zero idea why it was funny 😂

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A Dance with Dragons | George R. R. Martin
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This quote just leapt off the page at me. Love it. #readingwesteros

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Body in the Bookstore | Ellie Alexander
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Listening to this one at work yesterday and she mentions Trixie Belden and Cherry Ames - makes my heart happy! Then last night I find out there‘s a Bob White group on Litsy!

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Ever get to the point as a mom/wife that you‘re so overstimulated you actually end up in a bad mood?😂 tea and a book to the rescue. This book intrigues me as you can only buy it as part of an old school book club subscription. Trying to see if it worth it to go back to the library bookstore for more.

Avanders Um, absolutely. 💯 Book & tea can help… 😁😶‍🌫️ 2w
Avanders Also waiting to hear more about that book… 🤓 2w
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Murder in Black and White | Marilyn Thomas
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Met this lovely author at the library book store. I‘d read her autobiography, she‘s had quite a life and was a wonderful human!

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Library store haul. I‘m STOKED for the bbc Narnia. I watched them as kids!

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Well I feel seen.

Avanders ♥️♥️ 2w
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@Jas16 thank you so much my friend! I totally read regency. Funny thing- my mom highly regulated tv but in late elementary/early middle when I surpassed reading levels she handed me sex on the page regency 😂🤦‍♀️

Jas16 So glad! It would have been terrible to receive a box of books that don‘t interest you at all! Love that about your mom. My first romances definitely came from my mom‘s shelves as well although she would try to deny it. (edited) 3w
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Body in the Bookstore | Ellie Alexander
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We‘re back baby! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub
@Captivatedbybooks I‘ll mail yours (and #lmpbc) on Monday. We just got back from up north.

Avanders Eee!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 3w
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I love this setting- a year round Christmas town. This one definitely lived up to the name of a cozy mystery- all the warm Christmas feels.

dabbe #stacked! 🤩 3w
JazzFeathers A Christmas story in July? 😆 3w
BethM @JazzFeathers I‘m all about Christmas in July! Hallmark channel all month 😂 3w
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Arrows of the Queen | Mercedes Lackey
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1- I‘ve loved Isabella since I was little. Interestingly though it was not on my name list if we had a girl.
2- this trilogy has an Elspeth and a Talia both of which I love.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Cool name choice. Thanks for playing 3w
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Going to try to read while the hooligans run around.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 4w
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#two4tuesday #tuesdaygiveaway
@TheSpineView literally anything on my tbr :)

TheSpineView Good luck! 🤞 1mo
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Well fellow Littens- we have no more driveway 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I‘m going to go read 😂

Ruthiella Oh no! 😱 1mo
Pogue I am glad you are ok. 1mo
JenReadsAlot Omg girl. These storms are out of control this year. 1mo
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BethM @Pogue thanks me too! Also very thankful it didn‘t make it into the house. Now we‘re just praying that insurance covers it because she‘s gone gone and will be several thousand to fix. 1mo
LeeRHarry Wow! Glad everyone is ok. 1mo
AmyG Oh no. And yes…very happy to hear you and the family (and the house) are ok. 1mo
Bookwormjillk Wow! Was that from a storm? I‘m glad your family and house are okay and hope you didn‘t have any cars parked there! 1mo
Deblovestoread Wow! That storm had to be intense. Glad you and yours are safe! 1mo
Librarybelle Oh my! Glad you‘re safe! 1mo
DGRachel 😳 As others have said, I‘m glad you are safe. Crossing my fingers for you with the insurance company! 1mo
staci.reads So sorry. Stay safe! 1mo
Jas16 Woah. I am so sorry you lost your driveway but so glad you and your family are ok. 1mo
kspenmoll I am so sorry! I am glad you are all safe- hope the floods keep out of your home!💙 1mo
TheLudicReader Wow! Glad your house is okay. 1mo
Meshell1313 Woah. Stay safe!!!! ❤️ 1mo
Gissy Im glad you and your family are okay♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
Avanders 😧 glad you‘re safe!! ♥️ 1mo
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Audio cooking in my apron I got during a round of #cbbc! I was going to audio bake but I ended up with a helper for the cake :)

Ruthiella Cute! 😊 1mo
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Joshua | Joseph Girzone
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My friend saw this at a library sale and read and loved it years ago. She surprised me with it today just bc she thought I‘d like it :)

rwmg I've read the first two, I didn't know there was a third 1mo
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So happy to be back with #readingwesteros ! Come join us!

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Scooby-Doo: Picnic Panic: A Pop-Up Fun Book | Leslie McGuire, Press Bedrock
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I got kicked in the teeth with some sinus respiratory combo at 11p Monday night 😂 Wes usually gets a half hour of books a night but I could only breathe through one until tonight. So every night he‘s been “reading” to me to make me feel better ❤️

TheBookHippie Awe. I hope you feel better soon! It lasted here two weeks 😵‍💫😫 1mo
Ruthiella Wishing you a speedy recovery. 🤒❤️ 1mo
Leftcoastzen Awww! Hope you feel better soon 1mo
Crazeedi Get well soon! 1mo
Avanders Ohmygosh he‘s so big 🫢 How do they grow so fast!!😩 (and hope you‘re both feeling better!!) (edited) 1mo
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The Black Bird Oracle | Deborah Harkness
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Check out this beauty! Share and tag @KateReadsYA then comment on her post your most anticipated release! (Mine is the tagged book)

KateReadsYA Thank you for sharing. :) I love the book cover of this book. 1mo
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Harry Potter: fun book | J.K. Rowling
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Is there any answer other than Arthur Weasley? #sundayfunday

Any swaps happening? I missed StaycationinTime.

BookmarkTavern A good pick! Thanks for sharing! 1mo
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Adverse Possession | Rebecca Zanetti
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This series is so good! I didn‘t even figure out the twist. Highly recommend.

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Feast for Crows | George R R Martin
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Easily my least favorite, though still a pick. You can tell this is where he got popular and let the story start to wander. #readingwesteros resumes 6/14!

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The Wednesdays | Julie Bourbeau
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1- beach reds or actually Xmas ones 😂
2- not really
3- puppy snuggles!

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Canadiana | William White
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We‘re in vacation in Canada (with the munchkin 🙃) so I‘m a bit late.
1- never ruined but Witch of Blackbird Pond was well loved.
2- oof- idk. I grew up a reader so most of my formative phases were much younger.
3- Potter, Twilight, or Princess diaries

KadaGul Where are you in Canada 🇨🇦 ? 2mo
BethM @KadaGul northwestern Ontario- Perrault Falls 2mo
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Posted on Facebook fyi!

DaveGreen7777 I think the real news here is finding out that you follow Disturbed! 😁🤘🎤🎸🎶 2mo
BethM @DaveGreen7777 😂rock is my default happy place lol 2mo
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BAILED OUT | Rebecca Zanetti
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Another fantastic installment that I stayed up way too late for! At the point I hit 79% I was like well- we‘re going for it.😂

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Vocabulary 4000 | Jeff Kolby
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1- not unusual here but I regularly get a hard time for my vocabulary 😂 I once argued with my supervisor about the correct use of tumultuous 🤷‍♀️
2- all of Game of Thrones or HP 😂
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!🌞 3mo
peaKnit I have that talent too;) reading really increases the vocabulary. My nickname in the office for many years was …word champ! 🤣 (edited) 2mo
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1- my son‘s laugh
2- stumbles across a delicious granola
3- found a great romance book
4- found someone to fix my rosaries
5- iced coffee

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#two4tuesday
1- Disorderly Conduct
2- book 2 in that series and Feast of Crows
Tagging @peaKnit @Kshakal @TheSpineView @JenReadsAlot

TheSpineView Loved A Feast of Crows. Thanks for playing 3mo
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Holy cow was this good! I stayed up past 11 with a migraine to finish it 😂 Spunky, self saving heroine, hot guys, the works. 5⭐️

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1- more rural the better
2- I want to live in the middle of nowhere lol. #two4tuesday @TheSpineView

Sace I would love to live in the middle of nowhere! As long as I have indoor plumbing and internet! 3mo
TheSpineView I get you on the rural. Thanks for playing! 3mo
Avanders You‘re so much like my bestie, who lives in gb, loves little house, and also wishes she lived in the middle of nowhere! Being a city girl myself, very rural feels like the middle of nowhere 😁 Though I have to admit, I love that peace… (oh, And she also lives in wisco…) (edited) 3mo
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BethM @Avanders having to work in Milwaukee is sufficient for me 😂 when we go to Canada we‘re 30 mins from civilization and even then it‘s the size of a suburb. It‘s beautiful. 3mo
Avanders It does sound beautiful! Have you read any of the 3 Pines books? I *would* like to retire there… 😉 3mo
BethM @Avanders I have not. Aren‘t those like sci-fi/horror lol 3mo
Avanders @BethM lol 😂 no - maybe you‘re thinking of wayward pines? Wait you did read the first one and I think you didn‘t love it 🤔 3mo
BethM @Avanders yeah I was totally thinking of the Blake Crouch series lol 3mo
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A Storm of Swords | George R. R. Martin
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I apparently finished exactly ONE book in March, so I‘m stealing storm of swords which I finished in early April. #readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

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Mehso-so

This was absolutely zany and not at all what I thought I was getting. It read really fast for the length, but could easily have been shortened. Very formulaic, but engaging. Not bad. #lmpbc

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This was super cute, fun, and fast! Been in a bit of a slump and this was a good palate cleaner.

Captivatedbybooks Wasnt it cute? I liked that it made me laugh. 3mo
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Mehso-so

This came highly suggested in a Google search. While I‘ve reconnected with my faith, That wasn‘t the draw. Just trying to learn to be a more present, less anxious and triggered mom. Just out here trying to break generational trauma- no easy task. This was honestly only ok. Pretty mediocre as parenting books go.

Avanders There‘s this book re breaking generational trauma I was looking at… have you read it? 3mo
BethM @Avanders I have not, but The body keeps the score has been referenced in a lot of my trauma informed trainings. 3mo
Avanders Yes that‘s another one — I have it in the house somewhere but haven‘t read it yet either… 3mo
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Chrissyreadit @avanders my breathe work coach just recommended that book to me. 1mo
Chrissyreadit @BethM the body keeps the score is excellent and i also highly recommend The Myth of Normal 1mo
Chrissyreadit also i‘m obviously stalking all the posts i‘ve missed as i plot and plan 😁 1mo
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Better late than never? #two4tuesday
1- What is sleep? (PS normal sleeping kids aren‘t real) 😂
2- gosh I loved this book!

TheSpineView Never too late to play!💜📖📚 3mo
wanderinglynn I love that book! Great pick! 3mo
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The Soul Summoner | Elicia Hyder
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So good! Children‘s book to show Iliana as she grows up!

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Thank you my friend! @Captivatedbybooks

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A Storm of Swords | George R. R. Martin
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Sooo good! Love my #readingwesteros crew! Best way to read these! We‘re back with A Feast of Crows on 4/22!

Readergrrl I really enjoyed this whole series! Oddly, though, I have yet to read Fire and Blood!! 3mo
BethM @Readergrrl if you feel like a re-read jump on in! Or come along when we get to fire and blood! 3mo
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Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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DinoMom I feel seen! 4mo
CoverToCoverGirl Me too! I‘m reading the Farseer series by Hobb. No dragons right now but I‘m told they do eventually arrive. 4mo
Leftcoastzen 😄👏🐉 4mo
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5feet.of.fury 🐉⚔️ 4mo
Ruthiella 👍👍👍 4mo
Roary47 Yes! 4mo
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The Wednesdays | Julie Bourbeau
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1- both, though if I can wait for paperback I will just bc of cost.
2- always fiction
3-either just no WW2
4- recent, I usually find “classics” boring.
5- coffee in the am, tea whenever
6- both though I tend toward physical
7- both, I need to be surrounded by books
#wonderouswednesday tagging: @Avanders @Mommamanzi @Captivatedbybooks @Chrissyreadit

Eggs 🩷💜🩵 4mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉🎉 4mo
Avanders 💜🩵🤍 I have many of the same answers… 😁 But virtually no ebooks… I have ‘em but I can‘t bring myself to read ‘em 🤷🏽‍♀️ 4mo
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#two4tuesday thanks for the tags @Kshakal @TheSpineView
1- unsure I‘m a total mood reader
2- I have an indie romcom on preorder

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Alive: An Easter Story | Kirthana J Fanning
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Happy Easter to all who celebrate! Happy Sunday otherwise :)

Ruthiella Happy Easter to you! 🐰🐣🌷 4mo
Librarybelle Happy Easter! Great photo! 4mo
MaureenMc Happy Easter! 4mo
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AmyG He is so cute and so BIG! Happy Easter! 4mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy Easter 🐣 4mo
Captivatedbybooks My boy is soooo cute!!!! ❣️ Happy Easter momma! 4mo
Gissy 🐰🐣🌸💜 4mo
Avanders 💜💛🩵 4mo
BethM @AmyG @Captivatedbybooks thank you! And happy Easter! Jenny- I mailed the #lmpbc book today! 4mo
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@Kar2b I have no words- it‘s so perfect! I love Riddles Tea Shoppe tea! That‘s going to be my new work pen- is spectacular! You see my kiddo trying to steal the gummies and telling me it‘s important to share 😂#foundfamilyswap @KateReadsYA

BethM And your choice of book sounds perfect!!! 4mo
Meshell1313 😍😍 (edited) 4mo
Kar2b I‘m so glad you love it. I had a blast putting it together for you! 🥰 4mo
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Check out this wrapping! #foundfamilyswap

Gissy 😍👌 4mo
julieclair Wow! Gorgeous! 4mo
tpixie Creative & Beautiful ! 3mo
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