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Deblovestoread

Joined September 2016

“I cannot live without books!”
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The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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After a false start at the beginning of the month I picked it up, started over and became enthralled. Part 7 dragged for me a bit but otherwise it‘s captivating. #ChunksterMini @Amiable #Booked23 #Featuring3Generations @BarbaraTheBibliophage @alisiakae @Cinfhen #SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView #BuddyRead @Cuilin 4.5🌟

Cinfhen Perfect pick 🙌🏻😃 5h
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Our Fathers | Rebecca Wait
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#Two4Tuesday

🍁 Tagged is my one 5🌟read for September.

🍁🍁 Scarathalon…the reading, the games, the community, the fun 🎃

Tagging everyone!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 13h
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A story of two young women whose lives intersect during the years after WWII in Palestine. One a survivor of Dachau and a refugee in Palestine fighting for a place to call home, the other an Arab nurse trainee working in a hospital who serves both Arabs and Jews and wants to be an example of peace. I appreciated this look at the history but felt like all the emotions (fear, rage, love, loneliness) should have grabbed me but didn‘t. A low pick.

Deblovestoread This was my September #Roll100 pick @PuddleJumper 15h
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 14h
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Meredith, Alone | Claire Alexander
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What a fun Litsy mail day! A book from my TBR from the awesome @AmyG the 2024 #SundayBuddyRead schedule and goodies from our lovely moderator @TheBookHippie a letter from across the pond from @Mitch and Alaska moose mail from our new #LitsyLove member @TieDyeDude

Thank you all for making this day wonderful! I‘m blessed.

TheBookHippie 🤫🤐♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎉🎉😘 (edited) 1d
AmyG Enjoy! It was a good book. 😘 1d
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Happy Litsyversary! | Special Events
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It‘s my 7th year Litsyversary. I learned about Litsy from @Liberty on Book Riot and knowing my reticence I probably saw it a number of times before I actually became a member. And then once joining I lurked and maybe liked a post or two, slowly following people and who knows how long before I actually posted something. But I am so glad I did. Litsy is the best place to be and I thank you all for enriching my life and all your kindnesses.

Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! 2d
squirrelbrain Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 2d
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Desha Happy Litsyversary!! 🎊🎉🎊 2d
JamieArc Happy Litsyversary 🎉🎉🎉. Glad you are here! 2d
AnnR Cheers! 👏🥳🎉 2d
dabbe Glad you're here! 🧡💜💛 2d
Bookwormjillk Congrats! (edited) 2d
BarbaraBB So glad you did! I am always enjoining your reviews and comments 🩷 2d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So happy you are here!! ❤️❤️ 1d
Daisey Happy Litsyversary! 1d
BethM Happy litsversary! It‘s the best place on the internet! 1d
bthegood happy litsyversary - 23h
jlhammar Happy Litsyversary! 20h
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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#BookspinBingo

Unbelievable that October is a week away but here we are. Looking forward to all the fun that spooky season brings! 🎃👻💀

Thanks to Sarah for keeping us motivated!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!!! 1d
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#SummerEndReadathon

I don‘t really know how to review this book. I enjoyed listening to it and maybe came away with a bit of an idea of who he was as a human being but most of the entries are short without much commentary. Still a favorite actor.

TheSpineView Well done! 3d
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Book Report Beagle | Pamela A Klawitter
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#BookReport

I had a great reading week! First 2 are the best of the bunch, enjoyed Dear Reader and the two Bookers were ok. Reasonable Stout is a fun cozy and Most Likely is a Pan.

#WeeklyForecast is to finish Covenant (switching between audio and print) and Where the Desert Meets the Sea. I have no idea what comes next.

Cinfhen I just couldn‘t get into Madly, Deeply or 2d
Cinfhen So weird because we‘re usually so in sync 2d
Deblovestoread @Cinfhen Learned was a slow start for sure but did get better although it won‘t make my best of list and the Rickman I did audio while cross stitching. I wouldn‘t have made it in print and really don‘t think you missed much there. 2d
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These Silent Woods: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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Shelley! What a fun package you sent! I looooove the earrings! The tree of life is one of my favorite symbols. Love the pins, bookmarks and stickers and the book is perfect for Scarathon. Thank you so much! @ShelleyBooksie

#LitsyLoveFallBacktoBooksSwap

Bookgoil So cute! What a lovely package! 3d
ShelleyBooksie Yay!! I am so glad you like it ♡♡ 3d
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Learned by Heart | Emma Donoghue
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#SummerEndReadathon

Anne Lister fascinates me as do most women who live outside of societal norms back in the day. Donoghue has done her research and given us a tale of her first love during her year boarding at Manor School. 4 🌟

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3d
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#SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove23

While the mystery was a bit meh I do love the setting of this series and I‘m curious about the secondary plot of the MC‘s past.

TheSpineView Awesome!🤩📖📚 3d
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 3d
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Learned by Heart | Emma Donoghue
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My Dear Lister,

Last night I went to the Manor again.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl This HAS to be a reference to Rebecca, right?? It opens with, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again." 4d
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Sweet Bean Paste | Durian Sukegawa
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#Roll100 Might this be the month I read all three? Two work well for #Scarathalon so maybe.

PuddleJumper Get all of those points since this would count as a readathon 5d
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#Scarathalon #BucketList

I took a page from @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm ‘s playbook and made a bingo board for my bucket list. I threw some easy ones in as I‘m not home the first week and will be working some extra hours.

Go team #BatBrigade
@Catsandbooks @Clwojick @StayCurious

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yay! Glad I inspired you. 🥰 Have a pajama day sounds fantastic and I‘m looking forward to seeing your Halloween cross stitch. ❤️ 5d
Catsandbooks Great list! 👏🏼🧡 4d
Clwojick Halloween nails!! Can‘t wait to see them! 4d
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Wild Women and the Blues | Denny S. Bryce
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I had a hard time settling on a book for October #TitlesandTunes. Going with the tagged on audio. And while no one beats Etta James I also love Grainne Duffy.

BarbaraBB Great! We already have Etta so you‘ll be good 🥰 6d
Cinfhen book and song look fabulous 💙🩵 (edited) 6d
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#SummerEndReadathon

Littens know all the ways books and reading enrich our lives so this book was preaching to the choir but was a quick enjoyable read nonetheless. Thanks to @KT1432 for including it in my last years #FallingforFallswap box.

TheSpineView Well done! 6d
KT1432 Awww yayyy glad you enjoyed it! 🤗 6d
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Since I have several days away from home staring the end of next week I wanted to get a jump on getting swap boxes out.

#ModernWitchSwap is due to arrive in Texas on Monday. @BookwormAHN

#HauntedHallowSwap is due to arrive in Michigan on Saturday. @wanderinglynn

BookwormAHN Fantastic 🐈‍⬛️ 6d
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🙌🏻🎃 6d
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1) My first real job was working a concession stand at the beach. I was 13.
2) No
3) I think it‘s possible but not easy to obtain especially in certain professions.

Tagging anyone that wants to play.

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs Thanks for playing 🥳🥳 6d
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This Other Eden | Paul Harding
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#SummerEndReadathon

A small island community that survives despite all the adversity it faces until the government makes a decision that changes their lives forever. I haven‘t read enough of the Booker long list to say whether or not it should be short listed but it was a good read

TheSpineView Great job!👍📖📚 7d
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Scary Time | Liza Charlesworth
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#ScarathonWatchlist

It‘s unlikely I will get to all of these but this is what I‘ll choose from plus I have the last episode of Wednesday to watch and may throw in a few Bewitched episodes.

21 early bird points

Catsandbooks 👏🏼🧡🦇 1w
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Scary Time | Liza Charlesworth
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnawYo1IDsBAr2s_LlqzBQlxM8KGwIqDxE1Dm4...

Sign ups are still open! If you love spooky season, fun games and books and movies join in the month long event hosted by @Clwojick and @StayCurious

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Scary Time | Liza Charlesworth
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#ScarathonTBR #BatBrigade

Most of these run hand in hand with other October buddy reads and challenges. I haven‘t decided which St. James to read for #AuthorAMonth yet. If you leave your favorite in the comments I‘ll read the highest vote getter.

21 early bird points

Catsandbooks Excellent! Looks like a good bunch! 🦇 1w
IndoorDame You can‘t go wrong with Simone St. James, but my favorite is Broken Girls 1w
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If I Survive You | Jonathan Escoffery
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#SummerEndReadathon

Another long list Booker nominee. Connected stories about different members of a Jamaican family. Some of it I enjoyed and some of it made me roll my eyes.

TheSpineView Awesome! 1w
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The Most Likely Club | Elyssa Friedland
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I won‘t say much as we have our last discussion next Sunday but I felt each of these main characters were stereotypical tropes of middle aged women: the working mom with the oblivious selfish spouse, the clueless divorcee, the ball busting CEO, and I‘m not even sure about the 40+ woman whose parents are still paving her way. Not a fan.

TheSpineView Bummer! Hopefully the next book will be better! 1w
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Forecast | Chris Keith
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#WeeklyForecast

Hoping to finish both If I Survive You andThe Other Eden today and then it is all about Covenant. Next up are 3 library holds. I‘m expecting to love Learned by Heart not sure about the other two.

Cinfhen The Patchett memoir is excellent! And the Donoghue is on my TBR this week too😁 1w
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After finishing Old God‘s Time I dove into books 2 and 3 of The Boxcar children series as palette cleansers. I just let the child in me delight in their adventures. Will be glad to finish The Most Likely Club today.

#BookReport. #SeriesLove23

Cinfhen ♥️ 1w
TheSpineView 💜📖📚 1w
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The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Finally starting the tagged and about halfway on the other two.

#weekendreads

@rachelsbrittain

MissyD I feel like I‘ve found my tribe. I do print, digital and audio constantly 1w
Silverneurotic @MissyD I do the same! 1w
Megabooks Great choices!! 1w
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#BookedinTime #October #CanadaImmigrationStory

No posts on this book published in 2003. I‘d be interested in your thoughts if you‘ve read it.

@Cuilin @dabbe

dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 2w
Cuilin I found it on Goodreads and it looks great. I love a multi generational family saga. 1w
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Old God's Time: A Novel | Sebastian Barry
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#BookerLongList #SummerEndReadathon

I listened to this one and it took me a fair amount of time to settle into it but I‘m glad I did. Devastating slow burn of a story about a retired policeman and the trauma that infused his life but there was love and beauty as well. Please check out TW before attempting this book

TheSpineView Excellent!❤️📖📚 2w
Suet624 I liked this one a lot. 2w
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#SummerEndReadathon Book 9 of 20

#SeriesLove23

Book 2 in the series Lady Swift is back on the case when young Lord Fenwick-Langham is arrested for murder. She infiltrates the “bright young things” to find the real murderer and butts heads with the Deputy Inspector in the process. These are fun cozies so far.

TheSpineView Well done! 2w
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2w
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BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 2w
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Good Night, Irene | Luis Alberto Urrea
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Loosely based on the author‘s mother‘s experience Good night, Irene is about the Red Cross and their Clubmobiles. This was a completely new part of WWII to me and I can‘t get over the roll these women played in supporting our troops. This would have been a 5🌟 read except sometimes it read like a list of facts rather than story supported by fact. I‘d love to know more about these women. #BookedinTime

MissyD That‘s on my TBR. 2w
TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w
Cuilin WWII ✅🎉fabulous 2w
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Swaps | Sherree DeCovny
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BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 2w
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#HauntedHallowSwap

1) a black pug 😍🖤
2) a cozy mystery or thriller
3) Jack Sparrow
4) yes size 9
5) Hocus Pocus, Stardust, Beetlejuice
6) Reese‘s, candy corn

wanderinglynn 👻🎃🙌🏻 2w
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#Two4Tuesday

1) No, I‘ve been married longer than that. I have a good friend who has and she entertained me frequently with her experiences. I‘ve encouraged her to write a book.

2) Can‘t think of one.

@TheSpineView Fun questions!

Thanks again for the tag @Read4life

TheSpineView That would make for a good book! Thanks for playing! 2w
Read4life You‘re welcome 🤓 2w
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The Dead Queens Club | Hannah Capin
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After loving The Six I thought this might be a fun read. And it was just ok…a clever idea but too long. And I made almost to the end and then “A giant breath I didn‘t even know I was holding” happened. 😂. Certainly fit this months #Titles&Tunes #DramaQueen prompt.

#SummerEndReadathon Book 7 of 20

Cinfhen The cover art is really catchy and I love the song you chose! Perfect 🎉 2w
ShyBookOwl It does sound fun 🤷🏽‍♀️ 2w
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Swaps | Sherree DeCovny
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Thank you, Sharon! @DinoMom what a fun #ThingaDay package. I loooove the 🦕 and all the goodies!

I also picked up my #FallBacktoBooksSwap package. Thank you, @ShelleyBooksie Excited for opening day!

ShelleyBooksie Yay!! Glad the parcel made it. 2w
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Weekly Forecast | Thomas Gibson Inc
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Hope to get the top three read soonest so I can dive into The Covenant of Water. Continuing on with the LOTR buddy read with daughter and her boyfriend.

Cinfhen Now that‘s an interesting buddy read 😁😂🙌🏻❣️ 2w
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Best of the week is Our Fathers but all the others were good.

Most Likely Club is problematic but I‘ll finish because the comments are so good #SundayBuddyRead. I‘m struggling to keep up with Passage and will likely DNF. Boxcar Children is a sweet trip down memory lane.

Cinfhen I totally remember Boxcar Children ♥️yeah, Most Likely was definitely problematic 🙄 2w
MissyD Ahhhjj the boxcar children. One of my favorites from my childhood. 2w
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Our Fathers | Rebecca Wait
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Emily St. John Mandel‘s blurb on the front accurately describes this book. It will definitely be on my best of 23 list and I will be thinking about it and sharing it often. Excellent 5🌟

Thanks @jlhammar for starting #EuropaCollective This book might not have come to my attention otherwise. And I can‘t wait to read what‘s next. I think Europa Editions has magic sauce in picking out their publications.

#SummerEndReadathon Book 6 of 20

Tamra I agree - all the stars! 2w
BarbaraBB Wonderful review and I totally agree. I don‘t think I would have read it either without #EuropaCollective! 2w
jlhammar Great review! I‘m so glad I read this one. We‘ve got a wonderful group and some fantastic reads ahead, I think! 2w
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Our Fathers | Rebecca Wait
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BarbaraBB Enjoy! It‘s so good!!! 3w
jlhammar 💔 2w
Tamra So wonderful! 2w
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Our Fathers | Rebecca Wait
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#EuropaCollective

“He would never again forget that although he and John had grown up in the same house, they had each had a different set of parents, an entirely different childhood.”

I often wonder if this is always true or just in homes that are dysfunctional.

Loving this book so far!

jlhammar So glad you‘re loving it! This is one of the passages I found especially insightful. I think this can be true even for people raised in a relatively happy/healthy home. 3w
sarahbarnes I‘m hoping to get to this one soon! 3w
suvata Straight to my TBR 3w
Tamra Isn‘t it great?! I could not put it down last night and stayed up to finish. 3w
BarbaraBB @Tamra Me too! 3w
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A Spell of Good Things | Ayobami Adebayo
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#TBRTatot #BookerLongList

#SummersEndReadathon Book 5 of 20

This was slow to start but picked up after 50 pages or so. Told from two perspectives: one a family barely making it day to day and the other a family with wealth and education in Nigeria. The title suggests hope to me but there is very little to be found in these pages. 3.5 🌟

TheSpineView Great job! 3w
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Tom Lake: A Novel | Ann Patchett
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I feel like I might have been living under a rock. I had the pleasure of seeing Ann Patchett in conversation with Cheryl Strayed live last night and it was delightful. During the introduction I found out about The Archive Project. I believe last night‘s event will be available on the website after Sunday‘s airing on OPB radio. Thought those loving Tom Lake might be interested and there‘s tons of other great conversations on this site as well.

ChaoticMissAdventures I love the Archive Project! You can find most of the Book Festival interviews there too! That is how I hear about it, is during Bookfest. 3w
Sparklemn This is the first I've heard of this project. Looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for sharing! 3w
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Swaps | Sherree DeCovny
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Packages on their way today.

🍁 @CBee Book should arrive by 9\u00b

🍁🍁 @ShelleyBooksie @Bookgoil Unfortunately I do not have an estimated delivery date but hope it is there in time! #LitsyLoveFallBacktoBooks

🍁🍁🍁 @BookwormAHN @Chrissyreadit @Avanders Estimated delivery date is Friday the 8th. #FallingForFallSwap

Whew!

BookwormAHN Nice 😺 3w
CBee Thank you so much, @Deblovestoread 💚 3w
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉🎉 3w
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Hard to believe this is so close to the end of the series. I have enjoyed following Jane‘s adventures and Barron‘s weaving of tales around Jane‘s real life events. The end of this one brought some tears and I‘m kind of dreading the release of the last book in October. 4.5🌟

#SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove23 #JaneAndTheExcellentReadalong

TheSpineView Well done! 3w
Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏 2w
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This continues to be the year of celebrity memoirs. I enjoyed her essays and admire her take charge attitude. 4🌟

#SummerEndReadathon

TheSpineView Excellent! 3w
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Binti | Nnedi Okorafor
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Interesting world building. I enjoyed this but glad it was short. My one criticism will be in comments as a spoiler. Not sure if I will continue on with the series. 3.5 🌟

#SummerEndReadathon

Deblovestoread Way too much weeping from the main character IMO 3w
TieDyeDude Interesting. I remember feeling more sympathetic than annoyed 😅 I want to reread this series, I really liked it the first go-around, though it does leave a lot unanswered in the end. 3w
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This is a medieval time travel series that actually starts with Daughter of Time. It imagines a Wales if Llywelyn ap Gruffydd was not murdered on December 11 1282. I think Woodbury does a good job of describing time and place and I love reading about this time period. More palette cleanser than deep read for me. 3.5 🌟

#SummerEndReadathon #SeriesLove23

@TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Awesome! 3w
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2w
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🍁 My Grandma Hazel
🍁🍁 The early 90‘s when she was still cooking up a storm and we could hang out in the kitchen together. There are a few stories and recipes I didn‘t pay attention to and should have.
🍁🍁🍁 Always a travel memento (magnet, bookmark, mug)

@BarkingMadRead @StayCurious @CrystalE02

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs # 2 yes there are so many things I want to ask my mom 😢 3w
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