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Joined May 2016

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#DaysDevotedTo Day 13: My mother passed away last Sunday. This poetry anthology on #Kindness, peace, and renewal comforts me.

TheBookHippie May her memory be a blessing. Sending so much light to you. 💕 1mo
Bookwormjillk I‘m sorry for your loss 1mo
LeahBergen Oh, I‘m so sorry for your loss. Sending love to you! ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
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Sace I‘m so sorry for your loss. ♥️ 1mo
kspenmoll I am so so sorry ! Sending love 💕 1mo
DeeLew So sorry for your loss. Losing your mother is one of the hardest things ever. ❤️ 1mo
Chrissyreadit I‘m so sorry. 💔 1mo
CoffeeK8 I‘m so sorry for your loss 💔 1mo
jen_the_scribe My condolences to you and your family ❤️ 1mo
TracyReadsBooks I‘m very sorry for your loss. 1mo
xicanti I‘m so sorry about your mother. 1mo
Eggs ❤️💔❤️ 1mo
Cuilin So sorry for your loss. ❤️ 1mo
BarbaraJean I‘m so sorry for your loss—losing a mother can be so, so hard. Poetry is such a healing balm—I‘m glad you‘ve found a volume that is bringing you comfort! 💜 1mo
Read4life I‘m so very sorry. ❤️ 1mo
MaureenMc I‘m so sorry for your loss. 💗 1mo
JessClark78 So sorry for your loss. 💔❤️ 1mo
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mrp27 My condolences to you and your family. 1mo
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BarbaraBB So sorry for your loss 🤍 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m so sorry for your loss… I just lost my dad and it cuts deep 💔 1mo
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 9: #ArtMuseum - these two books are the perfect fit.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great covers 🖤🤍 1mo
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Trilogy | Jon Fosse
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 8: #CoffeeTea with a Norwegian novel while I was in Bodo Norway early this year. This is part of the free “fika” offered by the hotel between 3-5 pm and- said to be a big part of Scandinavian culture. Reminded me of our merienda - byproduct of Spanish colonization.

Leniverse Fika is specifically Swedish, but it's basically the same thing in Norway only we call it "kaffekos" (yes, even if you don't drink coffee). 1mo
Eggs My maternal side of family is Norwegian💜 1mo
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Now and at the Hour of Our Death | Susana Moreira Marques
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 7: there are soul-stirring real-life #FamilyStories in this journalistic memoir of sorts by Portuguese author Susana Moreira Marques. This book will stay with me for awhile. Review is forthcoming.

Eggs Beautiful 🍹 1mo
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 6: #HealthyLifestyle means standing in awe and wonder at what the world has to offer - plus this viral cake with pistachio and kunafa filling.

Eggs Glorious 👏🏻 1mo
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Wild Song | Candy Gourlay
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 4: With multi-award-winning author, #Candy Gourlay here in Dubai during the Emirates Literature Festival last February.

Eggs How fun! Great photo 📚🍭📚 2mo
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Passing the Word: Writers on Their Mentors | Lee Martin, Jeffrey Skinner
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Eggs Bittersweet 2mo
dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 2mo
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I Have More Souls Than One | Fernando Pessoa
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#DaysDevotedTo Day 2: #AllSouls with Pessoa. Here is my book haul from Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon, the world‘s oldest operating bookstore in the world, according to the Guinness World Records: https://wp.me/pDlzr-qPD

Eggs Lovely! 2mo
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I Have More Souls Than One | Fernando Pessoa
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#DaysDevotedTo Portuguese #Authors while I was in Lisbon a few weeks back - at the ostensibly oldest running bookstore in the world, according to Guinness World Records - Livraria Bertrand founded in 1732.

Eggs Oh the lure of the bookshop 👌🏼 2mo
Kristy_K I‘ll be in Lisbon in two weeks! Adding this bookstore to my list. 2mo
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Faces and Masks | Eduardo Galeano
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#WickedWhispers Day 31: #Mask - I should begin Memory of Fire by Uruguayan literary author Eduardo Galeano. I fell in love with his The Book of Embraces and bought all his other books I can find. I should get to them soonest. 🙏🏼

Eggs Great covers 🧡🎭🖤 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 30: #Blood - brought this title written by Senegalese-French novelist David Diop while I was in Paris two months back. Naturally, I paired it with some escargot while in Paris, because French. Lols.

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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Crick, Crack, Crow! | Janet Lord
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#WickedWhispers Day 29: Crows are always met with a sense of #Dread - epicturebook find from Libby. Review is forthcoming.

Eggs 💀🖤🐦‍⬛ 2mo
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Ninth House | Leigh Bardugo
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#WickedWhispers Day 18: There are a lot of #Evil ghosts in this book, like seriously creepy. Too much exposition for the world-building and too plot driven for my usual fare, but ey its Leigh Bardugo, so will trudge on, hoping it improves towards the end.

Eggs Love the cups! 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty photo ☕️ 2mo
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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The Secret History | Donna Tartt
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Eggs Well played 👏🏻 2mo
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The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🧪 2mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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TheSpineView Great poem!❤️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 2mo
Eggs Exquisite 👌🏼 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 22: At the heart of the narrative is ten year old Karen Reyes, a comic book aficionado, lover of #monster(s) and all things gruesome, budding artist, and self-appointed private detective. This is a book that one should take time reading. It is hefty, fairly thick and detailed, and tears at one‘s insides. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jkn

Eggs Sounds good 👌🏼 2mo
ElizaMarie I love this! I have Book 2 that I haven't been able to start because I wanted to provide more time to it. 2mo
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Now and at the Hour of Our Death | Susana Moreira Marques
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#WickedWhispers Day 21: #Death - paired with broken cheesecake, lemon daiquiri and espresso martini - all mocktails, and utterly delicious.

dabbe Wowza! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Eggs Perfect 😋😋 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 20: #Scarecrow - took a photo of this Goosebumps collection while at Big Bad wolf book sale in Sharjah last January - and sent it to our college kid who has an entire collection. This boxed set looks yummy!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 🤩 2mo
Eggs Perfect 🤩 2mo
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SuperMutant Magic Academy | Jillian Tamaki
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Eggs Hungry now! 2mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this 💛 2mo
BookLineNSinker Beautiful! 2mo
kspenmoll Just love this. Thank you! 🩷🩵 2mo
Eggs Beautiful 💛💫💛 2mo
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The Human Line | Ellen Bass
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 💀☠️ 2mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 2mo
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The Haunted Bookshop | Christopher Morley
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#WickedWhispers Day 16: #Haunt - The “haunted bookshop” is essentially haunted by “the ghosts of all great literature.” Nicely put, right? My full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-gov

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent ❤️ 2mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 15: #Witch - found in a London bookshop last year.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🧙‍♀️ 2mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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Eggs 🖤🏮🤍 2mo
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Now and at the Hour of Our Death | Susana Moreira Marques
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#WickedWhispers Day 13: This title sounds particularly #Chilling in a moribund sort of way. Made sure I brought female Portuguese novelists with me as I travel to Lisbon in a few hours‘ time. Made sure I have posts now for the entire duration of my five day travel. 🧳✈️🛫🇵🇹

Suet624 Enjoy! 2mo
Eggs 🫣💙🥶 2mo
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Teddy: A Novel | Emily Dunlay
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#WickedWhispers Day 12: #TheUnknown is explored in the first few sections of the novel with a build up towards unwitting espionage or just a disingenuous interaction of unsympathetic characters leading to dire consequences and what counts for “scandal” in polite and seemingly-elite societies. Posting way in advance on account of my travel in two hours‘ time to Saramago‘s land.

Eggs Perfection ☝️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 11: #Candy shop found in Istanbul last year.

Eggs Love it-so charming 🍭🍬 2mo
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Gheorghe Bari?iu | Ioan Lupa?
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#WickedWhispers Day 10: Found this in a park in Sibiu, Romania last year. Looks a bit like a #Tombstone of one of Romania‘s political elites.

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2mo
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Take Six | Margaret Jull Costa
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#WickedWhispers Day 9: Possibly a few #Dark stories here and there in this short story collection. Brought this book as I will be flying to Lisbon in two hours‘ time; thus posting in advance because it will be crazy hectic again in the coming days.

dabbe I can\'t stop looking at the treats! 🤩 2mo
Eggs So classy 🥰 2mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 8: A Junji Ito graphic novel always looks like it could have #Zombie(s) on it. Recent book haul of college kid.

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 2mo
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The Lost Spells | Robert Macfarlane
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Eggs Gorgeous 🕊️ 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 2mo
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IndoorDame 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
Eggs 🩷🩷🩷 3mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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#WickedWhispers Day 5: Fairy tales would always have its fair share of monsters and #Cadavers. My review is forthcoming. 💕

Eggs Mmmmm breakfast 🫶🏻 3mo
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The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt
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Eggs Great quote! 3mo
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#WickedWhispers Day 3: The book begins with a curious mystery – something is causing the death of little brown #bats – so much so that they are in danger of becoming extinct! What does that matter, a curious child may ask? In simple, clear language, Sandra Markle explains how the little brown #bats are an important part of the ecosystem as they eat insects that do serious damage to crops. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-92L

Eggs Brilliant 🤎🦇🤎 3mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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#WickedWhispers Day 2: There are some #Gruesome scenes in this novel but I devoured it nonetheless. Maybe not Stephen King‘s strongest but I will read everything he writes.

Readergrrl I‘m not sure what that cocktail is, but it looks delicious!! 3mo
GatheringBooks @Readergrrl it is actually my absolute favorite mocktail: frozen lemon daiquiri. Delish!! 🍹 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks delicious 😋 3mo
Eggs Good-looking drink! Brain freeze 🥶 3mo
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TheBookHippie I love her. ♥️ 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🎃🧡 3mo
Eggs Love this 🫶🏻🫶🏻 3mo
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Lailah's Lunchbox | Reem Faruqi
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#SchoolSpirit Day 29: #Lunch can be problematic for those going through Ramadan fasting, especially after Leila was singled out for not having brought her #lunch box – with well-meaning classmates offering to share their #lunch with Lailah. A bit overwhelmed, Laila sought refuge in that one place where she felt safe, seen, and heard: the library. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-gAo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
Eggs Perfect 👍🏼👏🏻 3mo
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Aladdin: A Cut-Paper Book | Agnese BARUZZI
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#SchoolSpirit Day 28: This Cut #Paper Book Aladdin is hands-down stunning. The primary focus, here, I believe, is making the story come alive through the shadowy edges, the fine lines, and the intricate lace-like edges that are enough to make any bibliophile sigh in delight – and for that, I commend Agnese Baruzzi‘s vision. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-9PD

Leftcoastzen Pretty! 3mo
Eggs Stunning 💗💗 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🤩 3mo
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#SchoolSpirit Day 27: Essentially, this is an epistolary tale of #crayon(s) who had quite a number of complaints and concerns that they wished to raise to their owner, a young boy named Duncan. Hence, Duncan found a stack of letters when he opened his box of #crayon(s). My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j2m

Eggs Perfection 👏🏻👏🏻 3mo
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Imagine | Juan Felipe Herrera
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#SchoolSpirit Day 26: Based on the childhood of US Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, it speaks of what life was like as a young migrant boy unfamiliar with the English language, confronting the “new concrete school” with nothing but his red #backpack filled with dreams. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j5p

Eggs Beautiful 😍 3mo
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#SchoolSpirit Day 25: my #Homework (self-imposed) is to read as much banned books as possible. 📚📚📚📚

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
BookmarkTavern Love this! 3mo
Hooked_on_books Love this pic! 3mo
Eggs Great graphic👏🏻👏🏻 3mo
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#SchoolSpirit Day 24: My absolute favorite book of #Poems - paired with feta watermelon salad and strawberry mojito (the non-alcoholic mocktail we love).

Eggs Beautiful pairing👏🏻👌🏼👍🏼 3mo
kspenmoll Delicious! I have that poetry book too & it is lovely. 3mo
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The Patchwork Bike | Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van T Rudd
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#SchoolSpirit Day 23: #Bicycle - The entire story is uplifting, irreverent, and filled with energy. The Afterword written by both the author and the illustrator is also illuminating as it speaks of their influences, their background, and the visual codes embedded in the narrative. Definitely a must-read and must-have. My review of two picturebooks about #Bicycle: https://wp.me/pDlzr-lDS

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 3mo
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Early Child Care and Education in Finland | Kaarina Mtt, Satu Uusiautti
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#SchoolSpirit Day 22: We met a lot of #Principal(s) while we did our 3-day official university visit to strengthen ties and collaboration between our university and University of Turku. Arrived back home early Friday morning.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome photo ❤️ 3mo
Eggs Fascinating ❤️🏫🧡 3mo
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#SchoolSpirit Day 21: #Play was the theme for last year‘s festival for the Asian Festival of Children‘s Content where I served as Chair of Program Committee from 2012-2019. Tagged book is one of my five edited books for the festival. 💕

Eggs Lovely 😊 3mo
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Susanita That sounds adorable! 3mo
Eggs How fun 🤩 3mo
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