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THERE IS NO HOPE BUT US. THERE IS NO MERCY BUT US. THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST US. ~ Sir Terry Pratchett, “Reaper Man”
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Lyman Frank Baum
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After Tip runs away from the witch who raised him, he teams up w/ the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, & new friends to save the Emerald City from an army of revolters.

I forgot just how silly this one is! My dislike of General Jinjur & her army & the revolution storyline is mostly outweighed by my love for the Woggle-Bug‘s jokes, the Gump, & the Sawhorse! & I love the reactions to Ozma‘s reveal. & so much new world building!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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Water Moon: A Novel | Samantha Sotto Yambao
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A pawnshop where clients can exchange their regrets. A missing father. & a visitor from another world. Hana‘s world gets turned upside down.

I‘ve seen this described as Studio Ghibli vibes, which is true! & it‘s also a moving story about letting our fears control us, & the purpose of regret & acknowledging our choices. & a sweet love story. I just wish we could have spent more time in the locations, especially the Library of the Lost!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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Bad news… I requested an ARC and got approved for it, and it‘s is the sequel to something I haven‘t read.

Good news… I apparently own a physical copy of book one, so I‘m diving into An Accident of Stars as soon as I finish the Land of Oz! 😂

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Happy Accident! 🌲🌲 21h
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#BookReport

Finished some great books this past week, and finally get to start the Oz book where we meet a few of my favorite characters! 💚

ChaoticMissAdventures I really enjoyed Water Moon, the world she created was so beautiful. 20h
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Lieutenant Kerensky is Miles O‘Brien, and I will not be taking criticism. 😂

#LitsySciFiBookClub

julesG 🤣🤣 1d
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Look to the Sun | Emmie Mears
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I was originally going to tag The Hunger Games, but then I remembered how much I enjoyed this book when I read it! It‘s always encouraging to read about the strength of a community coming together against a rising fascist power.

#SundayFunday Hope you all are staying safe and healthy, and don‘t forget to tag me in your posts!

dabbe Ooh, how apropos! 🤩 2d
Kerrbearlib This is perfect for today! 2d
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dabbe @Kerrbearlib #ditto! 🩶🖤🩶 2d
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Oo perfect - currently reading this that fits 2d
Leslie_Ak2Oh The Micheal Vey series is a great option 2d
Amiable I absolutely love this prompt topic! 2d
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Trixie & the BobWhites are at it again when sheep thieves are targeting the Belden‘s Uncle Andrew‘s farm!

We get to see the gang investigate another high stakes mystery, meet some new kids, some development on young love, & a dramatic rescue! More importantly, we get to see Trixie fail in her investigations, & then pick herself back up, apologize for her assumptions, & try, try again. It‘s always great to see failure treated as natural.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Purpleness I love your bookmark! 2d
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2d
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! This is going to be my next read. I'm so excited to jump back in with Trixie again!! 2d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2d
Charityann Love this! I read all these books when I spent summers at my grandparents as a kid. My aunt left her whole set with them.😄 2d
BookmarkTavern @Charityann These are my mom‘s copies! She first shared them with me when I was growing up. 💕 2d
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A diverse (in genre type and representation) collection of short stories.

Anthologies are pretty hit and miss for me, but there wasn‘t a story I disliked here. I did have my favorites, Meet Cute made me laugh & Why I Learned to Cook made me cry at work 😅. The narrators all fit the tone of their stories pretty well, and the stories were a good representation of the authors. Now I‘ve got a couple new authors to check out! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Don‘t Pass Me By, past parent death, racism; Tags, police brutality, racism; One Voice, racism; Catch, Pull, Drive, misgendering, deadnaming, transphobia; Superhuman, racism, police brutality 2d
shortsarahrose So glad you liked this collection! “Meet Cute” was one of my favorites, too. 2d
monalyisha Love the “made me cry at work” divulgence! Sometimes, you‘re not ready. 😅 2d
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Finally used that Christmas Barnes and Noble gift card! ❤️🎁❤️

Ruthiella Cute bookmark! 😍 3d
peaKnit Grover ❤️ 3d
AkashaVampie That book used to scare the crap out of me... the Grover book. 3d
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willaful Best bookmark ever! 3d
Sace Omg I want that bookmark! 3d
DGRachel That bookmark is awesome. The Monster at the End of This Book was my FAVORITE as a kid. 3d
TheLudicReader Like everyone else…that bookmark! 3d
SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Love your bookmark! I have such vivid memories of my father reading that book with the voice to either me and my sister or my much younger brother. 3d
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Emma | Jane Austen
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Emma Woodhouse‘s favorite pastime is to arrange the love lives of the people around her. What could possibly go wrong?

I wanted to enjoys this as P&P was foundational in my decision to pursue an English degree, but god I did not like Emma or Knightley. 😅 There‘s also not a lot that happens, plot wise. And, more importantly for me, I did not feel invested in literally any of these romances. On to Persuasion! 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

Kerrbearlib Love Persuasion! 4d
BookmarkTavern @Kerrbearlib I‘ve heard good things! 4d
KathyWheeler I liked Persuasion, but I‘ve been reading Emma off and on for years! Maybe 2025 will be my year to finish it! 😄 3d
BookmarkTavern @KathyWheeler You can do it! 🎉🎉 3d
KathyWheeler @BookmarkTavern I hope so! 😄 2d
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Usually, I not a huge fan of crab. But wow this turned out beautifully! #DinnerBytheBook

julesG I read "carb" and was "who doesn't like crabs?" and read it again ??‍♀️ 4d
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A fascinating work exploring the queens of Medieval England from Matilda of Flanders through to Elizabeth of York.

Very interesting! Dense, and I would have appreciated it more dipping in and out instead of reading it straight through. The best part though is the conclusion which examines the historical queens through the fictional lenses of Beowulf and Mallory‘s Arthurian saga. 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

AnnCrystal Your kitty cat blends into your blanket 🤩💕😻🐾💝. 5d
Ruthiella Yes, it‘s hard to tell where the cat ends and the blanket begins! 😻😹 4d
PuddleJumper 😻😻 4d
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Lily‘s high school year is greatly complicated by McCarthyism, developing feelings for a new friend, & a desire to shoot for the stars.

This was a hard listen, but fantastic. High school stories are always tricky for me, but this was beautifully done. Lily‘s strength of character dealing w/ homophobia, her father getting investigated for links to communism, & a toxic friendship was amazing. Wasn‘t a fan of the time skip @ the end. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Judy: Three and a Half Years Earlier, miscarriage 6d
TheBookHippie We absolutely loved this when we read it for #sundaybuddyread and it‘s follow up book. 6d
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shortsarahrose Totally agree with your review. I thought it handled the emotional elements of the story well without getting overly angsty like some YA. I didn‘t mind the time jump, but also didn‘t think it was necessary. 6d
BookmarkTavern @shortsarahrose My biggest issue with time skips is usually they skip over a time I wanted to see! I wanted to see Lily settle in with Judy, talk to her about the space program, become the more confident young woman she was at the end. @TheBookHippie I‘ll have to add the follow up to my TBR! (edited) 6d
shortsarahrose Yes! I think that could‘ve been a good sequel book, perhaps with flashbacks to Judy as a young person (I would also like to know more of her story). 6d
PuddleJumper Sounds good! I was torn between this one and Scatter of Light 6d
IMASLOWREADER this is on my list and on the waitlist at my library 5d
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Babylonia | Costanza Casati
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Semiramis was born a commoner in a village in Assyria. Through her own ambition & machinations, she eventually becomes Queen of Assyria.

Castati‘s luxurious scene setting was present throughout the novel & her character work remains unparalleled.We see the evolution of her from an abandoned orphan to the most powerful woman. I did want to see more, & see Semiramis‘s control when she was on the throne, not just leading up to it. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Release Date: Tomorrow! #ARC #NetGalley CW 👇🏻 1w
BookmarkTavern General warning for incest, violence, war; specific warnings for Prologue, suicide; Chapter three, fratricide; Chapter five, domestic abuse; Chapter 21, references to past child marriage; Chapter 22, threats of sexual assault; Chapter 25, child murder; Chapter 30, patricide; Chapter 31, domestic abuse; Chapter 32, infidelity; Chapter 38, suicide 1w
AnishaInkspill this fiction looks interesting, this is one of the many parts of history I am trying to get to better grips with 7d
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AnishaInkspill unrelated question - how did you get the spoiler work, I clicked the skull and bone but didn't work, just wondering if I've missed a step or something 7d
MonicaLoves2Read Loved this book. I read Clytemnestra by her and was so happy when I got approved by Netgalley for this E-ARC. I just love her writing. 7d
BookmarkTavern @AnishaInkspill Hmmm… I‘m not sure. You can also post the comment and then press it for a menu to come up and click Mark as Spoiler ! That should also work! 6d
AnishaInkspill @BookmarkTavern thanks for the tip, I'll try that next time. 2d
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#WeeklyForecast

I am so looking forward to starting Fresh Ink! It‘s been on my TBR for years, and @shortsarahrose ‘s recommendation through #AuldLangSpine is just the push I needed! I‘m also really enjoying Telegraph Club!

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I am enjoying Babylonia so much! ❤️

MonicaLoves2Read Babylonia was so good. I was lucky enough to get an E-ARC through Netgalley. I really enjoyed it. Glad you are, too😊 1w
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Tomb of the Sun King | Jacquelyn Benson
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The 2nd Raiders of Arcana book is just as fun a historical treasure hunting romp as the 1st!

Have I already read this book? Yes. Did I request this arc entirely for Picard‘s narration? Also yes. She does a fantastic job giving each character such a strong individual voice that I know whose POV we‘re in w/out any other clues. & the emotion she conveys throughout is amazing. I‘m ready to seek out books she‘s narrated w/out any more info.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Release Date: January 14th, 2025 #ARC #NetGalley 1w
shortsarahrose Love finding a good audiobook narrator! 1w
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This is the first book I mostly read in 2025! It‘s an adorable middle grade fantasy retelling of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. I‘d highly recommend it for anyone who likes fairy tale retellings and tales of girls taking control of their own stories.

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful day, and don‘t forget to tag me!

CaramelLunacy That sounds fun! 1w
SilversReviews My first book was THE SECRET HISTORY OF AUDREY JAMES by Heather Marshall. It was FANTASTIC!! 1w
jitteryjane724 Legends and Lattes. A very fun, light, easy read! 1w
BookmarkTavern @CaramelLunacy It was! @SilversReviews Sounds fun! @jitteryjane724 I just read that one last year! I liked it a lot! (edited) 1w
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Look what came in the mail today! Such a cute decal! 💖

Cupcake12 Love it 📕 2w
AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 2w
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One of my favorite #ThreeListThursday lists so far! It was a delight to look through all these books from my childhood!

Favorites include A Wizard of Earthsea, Howl‘s Moving Castle, and A Wrinkle in Time! ❤️

#TLT @dabbe

dabbe Yay! I had fun, too, and I added quite a few to my TBR that I hadn't even heard of before! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🖤🩶 2w
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Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked | Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee
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Years after his family is split up, Jun decides to take control of his destiny & fight in the competition to be the next Guardian. The stakes of the fights turns out to be more dire when a war mongering general wants to take control.

Intense! A little info dump heavy at times, a lot of violence, & an unresolved ending, but also an intriguing examination of propaganda, the monetization of violence, w/ really interesting characters!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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This vodka cream sauce turned out absolutely delicious! #DinnerByTheBook

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An in depth, pre-Snowden journalistic investigation into the world of whistleblowers and data leakers.

This was a tough read to get into. Interesting, but dry and dense. Every chapter is also an interweaving of multiple people‘s stories. Pair all that with intentional misgendering and deadnaming of Chelsea Manning and glossing over Julian Assange‘s sexual assault allegations, this is not a book I need to keep or revisit. 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

BookmarkTavern Part Three, Chapter 6, brief threatened sexual molestation of a minor 2w
willaful How disappointing, such an interesting title. (edited) 2w
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2w
jitteryjane724 Thanks for saving us the time!! 2w
PuddleJumper That's disappointing! 2w
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@Princess-Kingofkings thank you so much for the wonderful gift! I adore the book, and I haven‘t tried the sugar cookie Reese‘s cups, so I‘m so excited to try them! ❤️💚❤️💚

And thank you again to @bookish_wookish for hosting this lovely swap! #LCS #LittleChristmasSwap

emz711 Fantastic! 2w
bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 2w
Princess-Kingofkings You are welcome! 2w
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Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett
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Polly, in an effort to save her brother & their inn, dresses as a man & joins the army. She discovers that everything, from her friends in the army to the war itself aren‘t quite what they seem.

I apparently need to reread a lot of these. I really appreciate the satire of nationalism (proud of being proud🇺🇸) organized religion, & gender more than the 1st time I read it. I do think there were too many characters to keep track of.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern General warning for war, violence, threats of sexual assault 2w
julesG See you later for the discussion 😉 2w
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#WeeklyForecast

Almost done with the #OokBOokClub book, and I‘ve got two ARCs coming up this week that I‘m really excited about!

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Ended 2024 and started 2025 with some great reads!

jitteryjane724 What a nostalgic background to your post as well! 2w
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The newest installment in the Wayward Children series, and immediately up in my top three favorites of the whole series!

#12BooksOf2024 Thanks for hosting such a fun way to share and reminisce about my favorite reads over the last year! Here‘s to many more amazing books in 2025! @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks a good choice.

Thanks for playing along, it‘s been great seeing everyone‘s books. Hope to see you on the First day of Christmas later this year for #12Booksof2025. 👏👏👏😊🎉🥳
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Babylonia | Costanza Casati
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I am so looking forward to starting my #ARC of the tagged book!

But also! Lucy Holland has started talking about her third book, Of Splendid Song, over on Bluesky and I am practically vibrating with excitement, hoping it releases this year! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

#SundayFunday Happy new year! And don‘t forget to tag me in your posts!

jitteryjane724 Fingers crossed, I'm hoping Philip Pullman will release the third book of his latest trilogy (Book of Dust). Here's to a great year of reading! 2w
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This queer historical retelling of The Selkie Wife manages to combine a sweet sapphic love story while also examining the horrors intrinsic to stealing a selkie‘s skin to get a wife. And the audiobook narrator was the perfect voice for this!

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Looks good. 2w
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Ella, living in her stepmother‘s cellar, & Belle, searching for a way to save her father find themselves magically swapped into each other‘s stories.

This was really adorable! The bones of each fairy tale were there, but they way they got reinterpreted was so interesting! & the final twist was really well done! None of these characters acted as young as they were supposed to be, but otherwise this was a lovely middle grade retelling! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Release Date: January 7th, 2025 #ARC #NetGalley CW 👇🏻 2w
BookmarkTavern Ella‘s chapters deal with the typical Cinderella storyline, dead parents and abusive stepmother 2w
Kenyazero Sounds super cute! 2w
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This was a lovely little cozy story about magic and teaching and building community.

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

CatLass007 I enjoyed it when I read it. I‘d like to read more books by the author. 2w
Littlewolf1 I have been trying to read this book since July. I hear it‘s so light hearted and fun, but it keeps getting pushed back on my TBR. I‘m gonna have to make it a goal to have it read in the next three months. 2w
Andrew65 Sounds an excellent read. 2w
Scochrane26 I think her next book comes out in a few months. I‘ve had it on tbr for awhile. @CatLass007 (edited) 2w
CatLass007 @Scochrane26 Thanks! I have it on my radar but it‘s always good to have a reminder. 2w
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December‘s #MonthlyRoundup was full of amazing reads for #WinterGames2024 !

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Stars Uncharted | S. K. Dunstall
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The score of a lifetime, & it will take a rag tag group racing against a powerful company to get there first.

There was a lot I liked. Found family, space heists, wide expansive worlds, corporations are the bad guys. But we didn‘t actually get to the heist, it felt like we only got the first half of the story, the romance felt forced, & I‘m not a big fan of futuristic sci fi that tells me that fatness shouldn‘t exist. 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

BookmarkTavern Nika‘s chapters deal with her fleeing from a past abusive relationship; chapters 37 and 39 contain instances of domestic abuse 3w
Bookzombie “I‘m not a big fan of futuristic sci fi that tells me that fatness shouldn‘t exist.” Ugh. Me either. I didn‘t have this on my radar, but I‘m definitely not stacking now. Thanks for the review! 2w
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BookmarkTavern @Bookzombie Yeah, it was mostly just Nika‘s chapters, but I got very tired of her internal thoughts talking about she wanted to put various people into her machine to help them lose weight. 2w
julesG Nika's thoughts about what she'd change on which person made me roll my eyes. Yes, she's an artist and as such she sees how she could use her craft on the people she meets, but the fat shaming was too much and too often. I'd rather have her go on about how to recreate an interesting nose or brow ridge. 2w
BookmarkTavern @julesG Right! Like every time she got excited about a really unique hair color or patterning on the skin, I was excited too! 2w
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Empire of Shadows | Jacquelyn Benson
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I forgot to post yesterday!

Think The Mummy and Road to El Dorado had a baby! This was a fun treasure hunt novel with a plucky female protagonist, the ruggedly handsome mapmaker who helps her, and a hidden city with untold treasures.

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Sounds fun. 3w
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So, the boxty on the griddle is a little too salty for me. 🤣 But I‘m always down for any recipe that‘s mostly potato cooked in bacon grease. #DinnerByTheBook

Ddzmini Looks yummy 😋 3w
tpixie Yummy 3w
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2025 here we come!😬#BookSpinBingo #BingoBoard

#BookSpin This Machine Kills Secrets, #DoubleSpin NetGalley

#Roll100 Queen‘s Consort, This Machine Kills Secrets, Grace of Kings

#OokBOokClub Going Postal

#BobWhiteBuddies The Happy Valley Mystery

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Land of Oz

#QueerBC Last Night at the Telegraph Club (an #AuldLangSpine read!)

#ThematicCozies Karma‘s a Bitch

#LitsySciFiBookClub Redshirts

#AuldLangSpine Fresh Ink

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks fantastic!! 3w
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I listened to this audiobook back in August for The Sealey Challenge, and I feel like this collection of poetry fundamentally changed me as a person. I immediately bought a physical copy, and it will be a regular reread for me for years to come.

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 Wow! That‘s some impact. 3w
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Happy end of #WinterGames2024 ! And wow! I did so much better this half!

17,885 points! Woohoo for #HolidayBookDragons ! And shout out to The Nightmare Before Kissmas for giving me over 370 instances of the word Christmas! 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you all for a lovely month! And happy new year!

AnnCrystal
🎆 Happy 🥳 New 💖 Year 🎇.
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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As part of my New Year‘s Resolution to read a quarter of the books I own but haven‘t read, I‘ve created myself this bingo board!

With the understanding that I am not allowing myself to buy a new book until I have a bingo! I‘ll be using the hashtag #UnstackMyShelf if anybody wants to use this.

@PuddleJumper ‘s #NoBuy2023 challenge was an enormous inspiration for this!

BookmarkTavern @Seabreeze_Reader This is it! 💖 3w
kspenmoll This is great! 3w
julieclair Love this! 3w
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PuddleJumper Looks good! 3w
julesG Very good idea!! 3w
Magpiegem This is great! I set myself the challenge of only reading my shelves last year, which was great- it turned out I‘ve got great taste in books that I then totally ignore on my shelves 😂 I hope you find the same! I love the idea of having to get a bingo to buy a book. I may use this! 3w
Seabreeze_Reader Thanks for the tag and wishing you good luck with your tbr reading goals. 🙂 3w
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Happy New Year everybody! May your coming year be filled with good reads, good friends, and good food. 💖

I‘m really excited about these goals for my reading for 2025!

Ruthiella Happy New Year to you! 🍾🥂🥳 3w
AnneCecilie Happy new year 🎆 3w
mrp27 Happy New Year! 3w
AnnCrystal 🎉📚👏 🎆 Happy 🥳 New 💖 Year 🎇. 3w
DogMomIrene 🎉Happy New Year! 3w
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I‘m always a sucker for any story asking what happens to the children of portal fantasy stories when they return home, and this book I read in July did a fabulous job!

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

willaful I strongly suspect this will be my September choice... 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag What a great premise! 3w
Andrew65 This sounds good. 3w
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Babylonia | Costanza Casati
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Thanks to @TheSpineView for the tag!

1. A few! I‘m going to read 1/4 of the physical books I own, read more poetry, and get caught up on my NetGalley backlog (if I sound confident enough, it‘ll happen, right? 😅)
2. Babylonia by Costanza Casati, the tagged book (I adored her Clytemnestra retelling)

#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing and Happy New Year 3w
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Nadya, born in Russia, adopted to Colorado, falls into a pond & discovers a city beneath The Lake of giant turtles, river songs, talking foxes, & love.

I haven‘t fallen in love w/ a character this quickly in this series since Lundy. I loved Nadya‘s curiosity, her determination, her comfort in her own body even w/ the lack of an arm. & the world! I wanted to sink down into this Drowned World. Immediately want to reread the whole series! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

PuddleJumper That's a cool trolley/side table 3w
TheBookHippie Love your mug! 3w
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Bookwormjillk I love your setup there. 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! And that really is just a super fun little reading cart!!! 3w
MaleficentBookDragon Lundy is my favorite. 9h
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Former child superhero Velveteen is sucked back into the world of heroics when she discovers that the corporation that owns most heroes in North America is not what it appears to be.

A combo of the previous 2 volumes, & a fascinating look into a world where corporations own superheroes & all the horror that comes w/ that. Loved Veleveteen & all her friends, & the nods to superhero media. A little let down on the villain, but loved it!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

BookmarkTavern Velveteen vs The Flashback Sequence, brief reference to child abuse; JACKIE FROST vs. Four Conversations and a Funeral, references to past suicide 3w
BookmarkTavern The actual book isn‘t in the database right now, so I tagged the online short stories. 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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A magical realism story of Orquídea Divina fleeing Ecuador and her grandchildren discovering her secrets. Two timelines, with magic, secrets, mysteries, generational trauma, and a resolution that left me gasping! Undoubtedly, my favorite read of June.

And the audiobook was, pun intended, divine.

#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65

Andrew65 I love these type of books. 3w
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Got my read for #ThematicCozies all ready! I‘m going to use this challenge to try and make a little dent in my unread kindle books!

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julieclair Yay! Love that cover. 3w
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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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I‘m so excited for the first picks for #Roll100 ! Got a couple chunky ones here, so we‘ll see how it goes! 😁

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PuddleJumper Grace of Kings is so thick! 3w
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Weekly Forecast | Thomas Gibson Inc
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#WeeklyForecast

I am sooo not ready for 2025! 🤣🤣 But I am so ready to start my first #Roll100 read of the new year!

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Book Report Journal | Journals for All Staff
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#BookReport

I really loved all of the books I finished this week!