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Born.A.Reader

Born.A.Reader

Joined September 2016

? "A little reading is all the therapy a person needs sometimes."❤https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9890131-jenn
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The Paper Palace: A Novel | Miranda Cowley Heller
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Thank you, my dear friend @HeatherBlue for picking out such different but all intriguing books, as always. I don't know where to begin! I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas, and hopefully, 2026 slows down for the both of us. 💕

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*Squeals* thank you so much @MommyOfTwo for my #Jolabokaflodswap gifts! I was hoping for this book, and Lindt is just amazing. I absolutely adore the handmade bookmark and chapstick keychain (adorable and practical 😍). Merry Christmas to you & yours! 💚 ❤️
@MaleficentBookDragon thank you as always for hosting this Listy fav event! 💕

MommyOfTwo Glad you like it all! 10h
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Born.A.Reader
An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 24 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Hollow City Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

What was your favorite Mini from the last month?

#adventcalendar

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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 23 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels & Stories.
#adventcalendar

dabbe #foreversherlocked 💚🤍♥️ 17h
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"What do we do when our hearts hurt?"
"We wrap them with friendship, shared tears and time, till they wake hopeful and happy again."

My best friend loaned me this book, and now I'm on Thriftbooks finding a copy for me. Such a sweet, positive book for all ages.

TheBookHippie I love these books. 1d
lil1inblue 💓 20h
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Born.A.Reader
The Christmas Card | Dilly Court
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Thank you @Gissy @Readergrrl and @ncsufoxes for the beautiful cards and surprises! 😍 📬 🎄
#Litsyholidaycardswap

Gissy 🎄💚❤️💚❤️ 21h
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Can't remember when I picked this one up, but it's starting off well. Has anyone read the Bibliophile Mystery series? Is it good? I'm always up for a cozy bookish mystery-bonus if it's Christmas related.

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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 22 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
#adventcalendar

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My English 🇬🇧 themed #Nutcracker collection. My medieval Queen is my favorite. #DashingthruDecember
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

TheBookHippie Love!! 3d
kspenmoll Beautiful! 3d
Eggs Oh yes! Love the queen 🥰 2d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 2d
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Happy Solstice to all! ❄️

Suet624 Same to you! 3d
TheBookHippie To you too! 3d
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Born.A.Reader
An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 21 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Hardcover copy of Eloise.
#adventcalendar

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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 20 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Goosebumps The Haunted Mask
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MommyOfTwo I love the mini brands books. I didn‘t know there was an advent calendar! (edited) 4d
Born.A.Reader @MommyOfTwo Yes! I found it this year whilst searching for bookish things. If you collect the Mini books already, there are some duplicates, but it's still fun to open! 3d
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Thank you all for the lovely cards and goodies, @Cuilin @TheBookHippie @Tkimsal @EclecticBookLover @Bookzombie 🥰🤩 The mailbox was certainly packed with good cheer today!
#Litsyholidaycardswap

Tkimsal Happy Holidays! 4d
Bookzombie ❤️ 4d
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A Surprise in the Mail! | Amye Rosenberg
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@TheBookHippie thank you so much for the card and stickers for my little one!! She was so excited to get mail! You absolutely made her day ❤️
#Litsyholidaycardswap

TheBookHippie ♥️💚💙❄️💙💚♥️ AWE. Yay! Joy of little ones is such fun. 4d
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An early 1900s or possibly late 1800s edition (no copyright date) that I found for $6. Not in super great condition but it had to come home with me. Can't wait to add it to my vintage shelf.

dabbe 💙🤍🩵 5d
Tamra Perfect! 5d
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 19 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Colleen Hoover's Never Never.
#adventcalendar

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Twelve Monet Bookmarks | Claude Monet
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One of my team members at work gifted me these beautiful Monet and Van Gogh themed bookmarks.😍

Amiable Those are gorgeous! 6d
tpixie Gorgeous! So thoughtful! And I can‘t believe you found this book title! 6d
AmyG Those are beautiful. 6d
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RaeLovesToRead Wow 😍😍 6d
dabbe 💚🤍♥️ 6d
Gissy 😍 5d
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Born.A.Reader
An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 18 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Hardcover copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Thank you, @HeyT and @BookwormAHN for the lovely cards and goodies! #Litsyholidaycardswap

BookwormAHN 🩵❄️🩵 6d
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 17 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Little Women
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TheBookHippie Awe! So cute! 1w
mcctrish ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 16 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Huckleberry Finn.
#adventcalendar

tpixie 🧡🧡🧡 1w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 15 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Roald Dahl's Chsrlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Thank you for the lovely #Litsyholidaycardswap card @lauraisntwilder I love the goodies! 😍💚❤️

lauraisntwilder ♥️♥️ 1w
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Received my #jolabokaflodswap today, but there's no name or tag, so thank you whoever sent it! 😊
@MaleficentBookDragon

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#holidaymystery #DashingthruDecember
I have 2 of this series that are Christmas themed and adore them both. I'm going to make it a goal for #serieslove2026 to read all of them. Cozy mystery with British Royal mentions is right up my alley.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs How fun! 1w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 14 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Stranger Things Suspicious Minds.
#adventcalendar

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We had our Christmas with my folks today as they're going out of town for the actual holiday. My mother made me this gorgeous book quilt. I absolutely love it! 📚 😍

sherrisilvera So awesome! 2w
Chelsea.Poole Oh, it‘s beautiful!! What a special gift. 🤍 2w
tpixie Wow! Beautiful and thoughtful! 2w
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Tamra How fabulous! 2w
Amiable Gorgeous! 😍 2w
BennettBookworm Love this!! 2w
Jas16 That is beautiful! 2w
dabbe ♥️💙💚 2w
MallenNC Beautiful! What a great gift 1w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 13 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback edition of The Secret Garden.
#adventcalendar

TheBookHippie So cute! 2w
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How appropriate for today's prompt that my dear friend gifted me this lovely #ornament for Christmas yesterday.
#DashingthruDecember
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Oh how sweet 🎄💚🤗 2w
BookishMarginalia 😍😍😍 2w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 12 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback of The Prince and the Pauper
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Kshakal I got that one yesterday too!! 😊 2w
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My bookish swaps are usually the only books I get for Christmas, but it doesn't stop me from having a long #wishlist #DashingthruDecember
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Absolutely 👍🏼 2w
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Thank you for the lovely #holidaycardswap cards @dabbe and @BookishMarginalia 😍 My daughter pounced on the stickers!

BookishMarginalia You are very welcome! I love cats and stickers! 2w
TheBookHippie I‘m sending yours back out it got mailed back to me 😵‍💫 2w
dabbe YAY! Isn't it just the best to receive such lovely cards from everyone? 💚💙♥️ 2w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 11 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Moby Dick.
#adventcalendar

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My first #holidaycardswap card! Thank you for the card and lovely bookmark, @Amiable 😍

Amiable Happy holidays! 🎄🕎 (edited) 2w
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Eggs How pretty 😍!! 2w
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It's not Christmas to me without these little trees and poinsettia flower Spritz cookies #holidayreceipe 🍪 #DashingthruDecember @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

JenlovesJT47 These little things are so freaking good!! ♥️💚🤍 2w
Eggs As I recall, I think they are buttery delicious!! 2w
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#WDNCW We do not care about whatever you had going on. A quick text or phone call at the least, to tell my sweet little girl (whom you've said you care about) Happy Birthday isn't too much to ask. She had a great birthday regardless, but that annoyed me, and hurt me on her behalf. Do better.
@dabbe

TheBookHippie UGH. That so sucks. 2w
ImperfectCJ Which day is your little one's birthday? Mine was yesterday (the 9th), and I wondered if we were birthday twins. I can relate to that disappointment, both for myself and on behalf of my own children. We're kind of used to it, but it's still crummy. 2w
Kerrbearlib As a child whose relatives frequently forgot her birthday, thank you for this. One of my cousins has the same birthday as I do and yet they still forgot year after year. My mother told my aunts it bothered me once & they got so angry at me that I had to apologize to them. It was awful. I‘m so sorry that happened to your little girl. Thank you for speaking up about this. (edited) 2w
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Born.A.Reader @ImperfectCJ It was yesterday, the 10th. @Kerrbearlib It probably bothered me more than her, but I know she would have been so happy to have gotten acknowledged at the very least from them. I am sorry this was a common occurrence for you. No child should be made to feel like they aren't important. 💕 2w
Born.A.Reader @ImperfectCJ It would have bothered me as an adult as well, but again, I would have preferred mine go unnoticed versus hers. I'm sorry this has happened to both you and your littles. 2w
kspenmoll Happy birthday to your little girl! Birthdays mean so much, especially to little ones. I am sorry that happened. Hugs to you both! 2w
Lesliereadsalot My kids are in their 30s and I still remember all the slights from when they were little. I put everyone‘s birthday on the calendar so I don‘t forget. I suggest your relatives do the same. My stepdaughter didn‘t remember this year and that really annoyed me even as an adult. 2w
AmyG This makes me so mad. It is SO easy and quick to text. There is no excuse for that. Happy Birthday to your girl! And to you @ImperfectCJ 🎉🎂🎁🎈 2w
ImperfectCJ @Born.A.Reader Well, a very happy birthday to your girl! My littles are big now (16 and 20), and probably the saddest but also most educational part is that they've developed an understanding of the limitations of some of their relatives, which people they can trust to care about/for them and which they can't. Of course, it's not just birthdays and it's part of a whole set of circumstances, but birthdays highlight it. 2w
dabbe It just stuns me how self-focused some people can be. And like @AmyG said, it only takes SECONDS to send a text. Happiest of birthdays to your darling girl. I hope she had a lovely day. 💚💙♥️ 2w
lil1inblue That's so lame and self-absorbed. But happy birthday to your sweet girl! 🎉 2w
Born.A.Reader Thank you @lil1inblue @dabbe @ImperfectCJ @AmyG @kspenmoll 💕 she did have a lovely day regardless. 2w
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Eggs Beautiful 🤗🧡🤗 2w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 10 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Stranger Things Darkness on the Egde of Town
#adventcalendar

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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 9 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Colleen Hoover's It Starts With Us.
#adventcalendar

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Swapsies | Fiona Roberton
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UPS kept telling me I had a package out for delivery and I said, "No, I don't." ? Come to find out, I had this lovely #YuleSeasonSwap package from @MrsGagnonreads2024 waiting for me! Thank you!! I can't wait to open! ??
@thebacklistbook

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#holidaysweater #DashingthruDecember 🧥🧣
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Link for this sweater, that I just found:
2025 Are You Reading Ugly Christmas Sweater https://share.google/nf7kWMMNeTrP6SjK0

Eggs Sweet! Love the 🐱🐈‍⬛🐈 2w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 8 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Roald Dahl's The Twits.
#adventcalendar

kspenmoll I love that you are sharing these little books! 2w
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I'm in a landlocked office currently, but last night I was watching the rain move in which was rather soothing. 🌧
#majicmonday @Eggs

Eggs Brilliant response 👏🏻☔️ 2w
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##DashingthruDecember #holidayfilm
Every Christmas morning as far back as I can recall, my folks would put the 1966 version of The Grinch on the TV while we were waiting for the family to arrive. It wasn't Christmas quite yet without having watched this delightful classic.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Wouldn‘t be Christmas without Grinchy 2w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 7 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 6 of Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback of Roald Dahl's BFG.
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1. Got to see my 💙 yesterday.
2. Saw my daughter in her first musical performance at school last night. 🎶
3. Visiting Santa for photos tonight. 🎅
4. I *think* I'm done Christmas shopping 🛍
5. The last of my mailed 📦 are going out tomorrow.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

dabbe 💚💙♥️ 3w
TheBookHippie 💙☃️💙 3w
DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! ❤️💚❤️ 3w
Bookperson96 Especially joys 2 and 3. 🥰🎶📸🎅 3w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 5 of the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Paperback copy of Roald Dahl's Matilda.
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BookishMarginalia So cute! 3w
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An Advent Calendar | Shena Mackay
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Day 4 of Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar 📅:
Hardcover copy of Nancy Drew's The Hidden Staircase.
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wildwoodreads It‘s so cute 😍 3w
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