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Bluey: Bartlebee's First Christmas | Joe Brumm, Emily Baulch

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to our Litsy family! Love, Jen & Jace

❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️

TheBookHippie Awe, Holiday Jammies! 1d

JenlovesJT47 #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #Christmas #Jace 1d

Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 1d

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Traci1 Oh my goodness, so much Bluey happiness. Love those pjs and the paper! 1d

dabbe Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 1d

dabbe He is beyond adorable, too. ❤️🎄❤️ 1d

TorieStorieS Such joy!!! Merry, merry Christmas!!! 🥰 1d

TheBookgeekFrau Merry Christmas! 💚❤️ 1d

GingerAntics He‘s grown so much! 5h

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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The last read for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is another cozy feel-good read from the queen of cozy. I‘ve really enjoyed reading these stories every day. Thanks so much for hosting @BarbaraJean ! 🤗 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LucyMaudMontgomery

BarbaraJean You‘re welcome—this was such a fun daily read this year! 2d

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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey | Susan Wojciechowski

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. The Berenstain Bears Night Before Christmas 4⭐️
2. The Christmas Miracle Of Jonathan Toomey 5⭐️
155 points

Time spent reading today: 4 hours = 140 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen
#Christmas
#childrensbooks

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Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 3d

DieAReader 🎄🎄🎄 1d

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Garfield's Night Before Christmas | Clement Clarke Moore, Jim Davis

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I‘ve loved Garfield since I was a kid & love sharing him with Jace. This is a funny take on The Night Before Christmas complete with 8 Odie reindeers pulling Santa‘s sleigh. 5⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Garfield
#Christmas

Also spent 4 hours reading yesterday - 120 points.

#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen

MemoirsForMe Garfield! 🙌🏻 3d

JenlovesJT47 @MemoirsForMe Garfield is the best! 🙌🏻🧡 3d

TorieStorieS I had so many of the comic book compilations— though I think my younger brother ended up loving them to death!! I don‘t think I was able to rescue more than one or two from his destructive reading habits as a kid!! 3d

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JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS same. My favorite cousin who was basically my big brother also loved Garfield and we had a bunch of the books. I even had a Garfield phone at one point! 🤓 3d

TorieStorieS We had a Garfield window cling for our car— but I would have definitely preferred the phone!! I did have a pretty cool killer whale one, though all I really wanted was that translucent one my older cousin had! 3d

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ooh I always wanted one of those clear phones, they were so cool in the 90s 😆🤓 I also had a Garfield alarm clock. 3d

TorieStorieS They were the coolest! And now I am googling your clock! Definitely cooler than my Mickey and Minnie radio!🤣 3d

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Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A little book of festive joy | Beth Kempton

so-so

I read this for #MidwinterSolace - I didn‘t love this book but definitely took away a few kernels of wisdom & it makes you stop & think about what‘s really important & what your priorities should be around the holidays. 3⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Christmas

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TheBookHippie I bailed, 🤣🫠😝😵‍💫. Glad you found something in it. 3d

JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie lol I admit I skimmed about half of it and didn‘t do any of the exercises 😬 3d

kspenmoll @JenlovesJT47 I skimmed quickly because it‘s contents were not anything new 3d

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Chrissyreadit 🩵🤍🩵 3d

AllDebooks I skimmed through it too. 💙❄️💙 2d

TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 it irritated me 🤣🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤷🏻‍♀️ @kspenmoll @Chrissyreadit 2d

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas read is a good reminder to reach out to people who are lonely around the holidays & doing what we can to make a difference. 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#Christmas
#LucyMaudMontgomery

BarbaraJean

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Next up for #KindredSpritsChristmas is Uncle Richard‘s New Year‘s Dinner. Another family feud is ended when Prissy secretly goes to her estranged uncle‘s house & cooks his New Year‘s dinner while he is at work. Classic LMM. 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LucyMaudMontgomery
#Christmas

BarbaraJean

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The Year Without Christmas | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne

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The twins are hosting a Christmas Eve party & Jess wants everything to be perfect. But all of her ideas get shot down & Liz wants an old fashioned Christmas. Jess draws Liz‘s name for Secret Santa but she spends all her money on a new outfit & decides to steal Liz‘s Secret Santa gift for Lila & say it‘s for her. The whole party is a disaster & Jess wishes that Christmas will never come. She gets her wish when she wakes up the next day & it‘s ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 Christmas Eve all over again. She changes some of her bad behavior but not all of it & once again the party is a disaster. This goes on for 5 days of Christmas Eves until she finally wises up & does things the right way. Sweet Valley‘s spin on Groundhog Day was a fun one. 4⭐️80 points #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #SweetValley #SweetValleyTwins #SVT #twins #nostalgia 3d

TorieStorieS This one is new to me!! I‘m looking forward to getting to it!! 😊 3d

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS it‘s a good one! Although Jess is very dense right up to the end lol. 😆 3d

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TorieStorieS Hahahaha! Dense like the time she couldn‘t pick up on Janet‘s crush on her brother? 3d

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS lol man she was really dense that time. At least she wised up eventually 😆 3d

TorieStorieS Hahahahaha, true!🤣 3d

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The Magic Christmas | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne

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This is my all time favorite Sweet Valley Twins book. They are gifted twin Harlequin dolls for Christmas after a big fight. They solve the riddle on the dolls‘ medallions & get sucked into a magical world where their dolls come to life & are 2 very good looking princes. They come together to fight an evil sorcerer. I didn‘t read much fantasy when I was younger but I always loved this book. 5⭐️ 80 points. Also spent 7 hours reading yesterday = 210

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JenlovesJT47 #SweetValley #SweetValleyTwins #SVT #twins #nostalgia #Christmas #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #ReadAway2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen 5d

DieAReader 🎉🤓Awesome!! 5d

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄☃️🎅🏼 5d

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BookmarkTavern How sweet! 5d

TorieStorieS Did you ever read Lloyd Alexander‘s Chronicles of Prydain? In 4th grade I read them and they remain a favorite of mine, so I figured you would like them, too, book twin! 😊 5d

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ooh no I haven‘t will go get it now! 🤓 4d

TorieStorieS Yay! 🥳 4d

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A Kilt for Christmas | Tricia O'Malley

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This had its funny moments but it was also a bit silly. But it‘s a quick listen on audiobook at 5 hours. I didn‘t realize it‘s part of a series but it doesn‘t detract from the story. 3⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#audiobook
#Christmas
#Scotland

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Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble | M. C. Beaton

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I‘ve read all of the Agatha Raisin books in the regular series but somehow never got to this one. I usually listen to the audiobooks but I read this one with my eyeballs & it was pretty funny. The usual Agatha hijinks and a dead body or two. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#AgathaRaisin
#Christmas
#novella
#MCBeaton

LiseWorks

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A Kilt for Christmas | Tricia O'Malley

Time spent reading yesterday: 3 hours = 90 points.

Also watched Christmas episodes of Friends & Little House on the Prairie 10 points.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#LittenListen
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#Christmas

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Andrew65 Brilliant ☃️☃️☃️ 6d

DieAReader 🤓📺Excellent! 6d

BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 6d

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Another heartwarming read today for #KindredSpiritsChristmas - The large, poor but happy Josephs family gets a nice Christmas surprise from some wealthy visitors on Christmas Eve night. 4⭐️ 80 points

#HolidayBookDragons
#WinterGames2024
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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The Christmas Owl | Angela Muse

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Nightly reading with Jace last night:
1. Elf Pets 3.5⭐️
2. Mickey‘s Night Before Christmas 4⭐️
3. Mr. Willowby‘s Christmas Tree 4⭐️
4. Pete The Cat‘s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas 4⭐️
5. The Christmas Owl 5⭐️ 380 points
Watched Miracle on 34th Street & The Enchanted Christmas - 10 points
Time spent reading yesterday: 5 hours - 150 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen

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BookmarkTavern Wonderful! ❄️ 1w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎅🏼☃️ 1w

DieAReader Fantastic! 6d

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Next up for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is set in a women‘s boarding house. 5 young women who are good friends & can‘t go home for Christmas decide to try to make a happy Christmas for a lonely lady who‘s been living there for 14 years & has no friends & no money. It‘s really sweet & fun & reminds me of Anne & her roommates while she was in college. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean

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Special Christmas | Francine Pascal

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This is a fun SVH Christmas book. Todd is still in Vermont & is coming to see Liz over the break. But she‘s not sure if they still have that spark anymore. Meanwhile, Suzanne Devlin, who terrorized Liz & her friends the last time she visited, is coming for Christmas. She says she‘s changed & is sorry & wants to make it up to everyone, but Jess doesn‘t buy it. She comes up with some pretty mean pranks to try to get her to leave. But Suzanne has ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 A secret: she has multiple sclerosis & doesn‘t want anyone to know. One of Jess‘s pranks backfires badly when Suzanne mixes champagne & her experimental medication & she wrecks the Fiat. Oh, & she & Todd kind of have a thing for each other & Liz gives her blessing in the end. Oh oh, & she doesn‘t actually have MS, the doctors misdiagnosed her & she will be fine. I expect nothing less from Sweet Valley. 😆 4⭐️ 80 points 1w

JenlovesJT47 #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #SweetValley #SweetValleyHigh #SVH #twins #nostalgia 1w

JenlovesJT47 Also, time spent reading on 12/17: 2 hours = 60 points for 3 readathons #ReadAway2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen 1w

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JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS have you read this one? I was shook when I got to the part where the twins, Steven & Suzanne are getting ready to leave for a Christmas party & the Wakefield Parentals gave them a bottle of champagne! I have zero recollection of that lol. Don‘t remember them ever doing something like that 😳 1w

TorieStorieS I haven‘t read this one in probably 20 years!! And while I do remember Suzanne Devlin, I totally don‘t remember the champagne!! 🍾 🤯 1w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I had only read it once before, 8 years ago when I was doing my SVH read-through, and I really don‘t remember that. I guess it‘s just a plot device, because Suzanne crashed the Fiat after drinking the champagne mixed with her medication. It was just so weird seeing the Wakefields nonchalantly leave their kids a bottle of champagne 😆 1w

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The Complete Christmas Stories of L. M. Montgomery (14 short stories, Illustrated): The Red Room, A Christmas Mistake, A Christmas Inspiration and others | L. M. Montgomery

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Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas read is a really good one. There‘s nothing like making up with your best friends after a long estrangement, especially at Christmas. 5⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMontgomery
#Christmas

BarbaraJean

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Pete the Kitty's Cozy Christmas Touch & Feel Board Book | James Dean, Kimberly Dean

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. Pete The Kitty‘s Cozy Christmas 4⭐️
2. Trolls Holiday In Harmony 4⭐️
3. The Berenstain Bears & The Joy Of Giving 4⭐️
4. 5 More Sleeps Til Christmas 4⭐️
5. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell 3⭐️
6. Pooh: A Very Merry Christmas 4⭐️
7. My Christmas Tree 3⭐️ 530 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Christmas
#childrensbooks

LiseWorks

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The Shop Around the Corner | Samson Raphaelson

I‘m behind on posting yesterday. Time spent reading on 12/16 is actually 4 hours but I forgot to turn off my timer when I fell asleep. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 40 x‘s 5 = 200 points.

Also watched The Shop Around The Corner, the new Christmas episode of Bob‘s Burgers, & While You Were Sleeping. 20 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#LittenListen
#Adventathon
#MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscapeReadathon

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BookmarkTavern Good job! 1w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 1w

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Joyeux No�l, Mon Tout-Petit! | Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak

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I‘m finally done with all of my French reading for the year. I‘ve been reading 1 a day every day out loud for the past few years to help with my pronunciation, but it‘s become a bit of a chore and I won‘t continue doing it next year. But I read 366 livres en Français this year so I‘m happy.
5 Christmas books plus 1 TBR book = 430 points.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons

BennettBookworm Magnifique! 1w

JenlovesJT47 @BennettBookworm merci beaucoup! ☺️ 1w

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1w

JenlovesJT47 @Suet624 merci beaucoup! 🤗 1w

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Bright Lights, Big Christmas: A Novel | Mary Kay Andrews

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This is a warm & cozy Christmas read about Kerry & her brother, Murphy, who head to NYC every December to sell Christmas trees from their tree farm. They befriend & romance some of the locals. Sweet and a little sappy & perfect for this time of year. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Christmas
#cozy

LiseWorks

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Cendrillon - Disney Cin�ma | Walt Disney

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French reading for the week:
1. Babar Et Le Fantôme De L‘opéra
2 Babar Dans La Course
3. Babar Sur L‘île Déserte
4. Blanche-Neige Et Les Sept Nains
5. La Petite Sirène
6. Où Est Jaq?
7. Cendrillon
8. Aladdin
9. La Belle Au Bois Dormant
10. La Belle Et La Bête
10 TBR = 505 points

Time spent reading yesterday: 4 hours 30 minutes = 45 x‘s 5 = 225 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen

JenlovesJT47 #MidDecemberReadathon #OatmealEscapeReadathon 1w

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Big for Christmas | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne

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The twins are tired of being treated like little kids. They‘re invited to a party with both middle schoolers & high schoolers & their brother Steven is so embarrassed by them. So he tells the Parentals that it‘s going to be a wild & crazy party, then the twins are forbidden to go. They end up at a Christmas carnival & make a wish at a wishing well to be grown up. They wake up the next morning in the bodies of college-aged women. They get jobs ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 And are actually fairly successful at them, but they decide they‘d rather be 12 again. A fun Sweet Valley take on the movie Big or 13 Going on 30. 5⭐️ 80 points. #SweetValley #SweetValleyTwins #SVT #twins #nostalgia #Christmas #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons 2w

JenlovesJT47 Also spent 4 hours 30 minutes reading yesterday = 225 points #ReadAway2024 #LittenListen #Adventathon #OatmealEscapeReadathon #MidDecemberReadathon 2w

TorieStorieS I love them driving and the nods to their future cars! 🤣 1w

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Trapped in Toyland | Francine Pascal, Molly MIA Stewart

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Well this is a 7-year-old‘s fantasy come to life — the twins get trapped in a huge department store on Christmas Eve. Some Home Alone hijinks ensue when they cross paths with a thief. They trap him in the toy department then are rescued just before midnight. Fun fun. 5⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#SweetValley
#SweetValleyKids
#SVK
#twins
#nostalgia

TorieStorieS Definitely Home Alone inspired!! 🤣 1w

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Christmas Stories | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Since this audiobook is only 45 minutes long I decided to go ahead and listen to the whole thing today. This was new to me. I really disliked the narrator so I didn‘t enjoy this as much as the others we‘ve read but it‘s still good. I couldn‘t find anything but the audiobook. 3.5⭐️ 80 points

#KindredSpiritsChristmas
#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#LMMontgomery
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

BarbaraJean You're way ahead! 😄 I'm looking forward to starting my listening tomorrow. It's so puzzling to me that I can't find this anywhere except as a Hoopla audiobook! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @BarbaraJean yes, very weird. I found all of the other ones in various places, most you can read right in your internet browser, but all I could find was the audiobook on Hoopla. Wasn‘t a fan of the woman narrator because she sounds exactly like someone I know that I‘m not a fan of lol. Would have been better to read it with my eyeballs. But at least we can mark this one off our list! 🙃 2w

BarbaraJean @JenLovesJT I wasn't a fan of the woman narrator, but mainly because she kept pronouncing “Todd“ as “Toad“ and it bothered me!! The audiobook overall was weird. I would have preferred reading it in print as well! 1w

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Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree | Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain

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Reading with Jace part 2:
1. The Berenstain Bears‘ Christmas Tree 5⭐️
2. Thomas‘ Christmas Delivery 4⭐️
3. Construction Site On Christmas Night 4⭐️ 230 points.
Watched Mickey‘s Once Upon A Christmas 5 points.
Time spent reading yesterday: 3 hours (30 points x‘s 4 = 120 points.
#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen
#MidDecemberReadathon

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Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 2w

BookmarkTavern Very nice! 2w

DieAReader 🤓🎉Fantastic!!! 2w

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Mater Saves Christmas | Kiel Murray

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Reading with Jace part 1:
1. Mater Saves Christmas 5⭐️
2. Twas The Night Before Christmas On Sesame Street 5⭐️
3. Pete The Cat Saves Christmas 4⭐️
4. Pig The Elf 3⭐️
5. Muppet Babies Christmas 4⭐️
6. My Butt Is So Christmassy 2.5⭐️ 455 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Christmas
#childrensbooks

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Whiteout | Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D Jackson, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk

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I am just now joining the #SundayBuddyRead & I got behind on the last 2 weeks. But I sat down to catch up today & ended up finishing the whole thing. This is sweet & fluffy with a lot of characters to keep it interesting. Looking forward to the group discussion! 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons

TheBookHippie, LiseWorks

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The Berenstain Bears and the Nutcracker | Jan Berenstain

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. Little Red Sleigh 4⭐️🛷
2. Goodnight Santa 4⭐️🎅🏻
3. The Berenstain Bears & The Nutcracker 4⭐️🌰
230 points

Time spent reading today: 3 hours x‘s 3 = 90 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen

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DieAReader 🤗🤓💖 2w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 2w

BookmarkTavern Good job! 2w

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Lucy Maud Montgomery's Holiday Classics (Tales of Christmas & New Year): Including Anne Shirley Series | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Another fun Christmas story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas - I wish more people were like this these days. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMontgomery
#Christmas

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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Holiday Mischief | Francine Pascal

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This is another super edition I haven‘t read since I was a kid & it was a lot of fun! SVMS‘s choral group is going to Washington, D.C., to perform in a music competition in December. The twins cover for their friend, Anna, who can‘t sing a lick but wants to go to D.C. to meet her long lost sister. Jess & Anna sneak out to the Australian embassy (where her sister lives) & catch a spy who‘s threatening national security. Because of course they do.😆

JenlovesJT47 5⭐️ for campy nostalgia. 80 points. #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #SweetValley #SweetValleyTwins #SVT #twins #nostalgia 2w

TorieStorieS This one is a fun one! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I loved this one. The rivalry with that witchy Sherrie was really funny. I had forgotten almost everything about this book. 2w

TorieStorieS I love the rivalries that spring up throughout the series! Sherrie is really a rat, though! 🤣 2w

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Today‘s story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is another good one. An absentminded teacher accidentally invites the wrong family to his landlady‘s house for Christmas dinner, but it‘s a happy mistake. Another reminder of what‘s really important this time of year. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#Christmas
#LMMontgomery

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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Pick a Pine Tree | Jarvis, Patricia Toht

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. Pick A Pine Tree 4⭐️
2. Happy Narwhalidays 4⭐️
3. Christmas In Wellsworth 4⭐️
4. Christmas With Pooh 3⭐️ 305 points

Time spent reading today is actually 9 hours, I forgot to turn the timer off when I fell asleep 🤦🏻‍♀️ 90 points x‘s 3 = 270 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#LittenListen
#childrensbooks
#Christmas

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DieAReader 🎉Fantastic!!! 2w

BookmarkTavern Good job! 2w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 2w

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Untitled | Untitled

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I‘m a big fan of the OG Forensic Files & the case of the Rogers women, who were murdered in Tampa Bay by Oba Chandler, has always haunted me. Thomas French wrote a 50,000+ word article for the Tampa Bay Times in 1997 about the case & won a Pulitzer. It‘s grim reading but very well done & I will post a link in the comments. Recommended to anyone interested in this case. 4⭐️ 30 points for impulse read.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons

JenlovesJT47 #truecrime #ForensicFiles 2w

JenlovesJT47 https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/classics/angels-and-demons/chapter-1-suns... There are 8 chapters & it takes 2-3 hours to read but well worth it. 2w

TorieStorieS What?? We are TV twins, too!! The original Forensic Files is a hotel staple for us! We always have it on! And since it‘s become available in streaming services, it‘s been on at home more now too!!! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS yes I always end up watching it at hotels too! It‘s a must. I love Peter Thomas, the OG narrator. Just isn‘t the same without him! 2w

TorieStorieS Definitely!!! He‘s the best!! 2w

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My December Darling | Lauren Asher

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If you love Hallmark movies then you‘ll probably enjoy this book. The audio has dual narration & I must say the male narrator has a very sexy voice. 🤓 But I‘m not a huge fan of the female main character. That being said, this is a 5-hour audiobook that is perfectly fluffy & fitting for this time of year. 3⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#audiobook
#Christmas
#LittenListen

LiseWorks

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The Secret of Red Gate Farm #6 | Carolyn Keene

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Book 6 is finished for the #NancyDrewBR - I find it funny we are only 6 books in yet Nancy has met another new person with a property in trouble. 😆 This time it‘s a cult of counterfeiters! And they would have gotten away with it if it weren‘t for those meddling kids! 😅 3.5⭐️ 55 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#NancyDrew

Librarybelle, LiseWorks

Librarybelle Oh yes! The counterfeiters! 2w

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Anne of Windy Poplars | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Today‘s short story for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is from the 2 chapters in Anne Of Windy Poplars when Katherine Brook comes to Green Gables for Christmas. I‘m a big fan of both Anne miniseries from the 1980s & now I‘m ready for a rewatch! Katherine is an interesting character & it‘s great to see her come out of her shell. Added bonus that she comes for Christmas in the book, as she comes for the summer in the movie. Love this series. 5⭐️

BarbaraJean

JenlovesJT47 #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #AnneOfGreenGables #LMMontgomery #Christmas 80 points (edited) 2w

TorieStorieS I just saw the actress who plays Katherine in Orphan Black and I was so excited to recognize her! My husband was laughing because he grew up watching, too, and it was driving him crazy until I said something! 🤣 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ooh that show is on my watch list! Her name is Rosemary Dunsmore, right? She plays the aunt of the kids on the Road To Avonlea show (which is a must watch for you if you haven‘t seen it because it‘s a Kevin Sullivan show), which is also due for a rewatch. 2w

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TorieStorieS Yes, that‘s her! And what?? How have I never seen the Road to Avonlea?! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS omg you HAVE to watch the show, it‘s so good. Kevin Sullivan is the one who directed the AOGG miniseries and I think the show has 7 seasons. It‘s based on The Story Girl but is set in Avonlea. Rachel Lynde and Marilla and even Gilbert have parts in it. And there‘s also a book series

The Journey Begins

TorieStorieS What?!!! Oh this is so exciting!! I always love to have something fun to watch while I make my planner for the year and I know what I‘m going to be watching now!! Thank you!!! 😊 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I‘m thinking about seeing if anyone is up for a buddy read for the Road To Avonlea books next year. They have most of the books on Anna‘s Archive but I always run across them at used bookstores as well. 2w

TorieStorieS Well you can count me in! 😊 2w

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The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas | Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain

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Started a new to me Christmas audiobook today (My December Darling), have been doing rereads of my faves for the past week. Does anybody have any good Christmas audiobook recs for me? 🙃

Nightly reading with Jace:
1. The Berenstain Bears Save Christmas 5⭐️
2. Bear Stays Up For Christmas 4⭐️
3. Llama Llama Holiday Drama 4⭐️230 points

Time spent reading: 5 hours x‘s 3 = 150 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon

BookmarkTavern, DieAReader, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES, aperfectmjk, LiseWorks

JenlovesJT47 #LittenListen 2w

DieAReader 🎉Excellent!! 2w

BookmarkTavern I own like 5 different audio copies of A Christmas Carol, so that‘s one I recommend! 😅 2w

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JenlovesJT47 @BookmarkTavern thanks! Which version do you like best? 2w

BookmarkTavern Oh tough question! Probably a tie between the Tim Curry edition and the Levar Burton one! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @BookmarkTavern ooh that‘s a toss up, I love them both! 2w

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 2w

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Spider-man/deadpool Vol. 8: Road Trip | Robbie Thompson

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I got about a month behind on my Marvel Unlimited graphic novel reading and have been playing catch up this past week. 67 graphic novels total for the week (TBR reads) = 3355 points.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#graphicnovels
#MarvelUnlimited

LiseWorks

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Today‘s #KindredSpiritsChristmas read is another sweet reminder of what‘s really important at Christmastime. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMontgomery
#Christmas
#novella

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll! | Eugene Bradley Coco

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It was a Chipmunk kind of night! Nightly reading with Jace:
1. Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll! 5⭐️
2. The Reason For The Season 4⭐️
3. Santa Harry 4⭐️
4. A Chipmunk Christmas 5⭐️
5. A Chipmunk Family Christmas 4⭐️ 380 points

Time spent reading today: 7 hours x‘s 4 = 280 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#ChristmasCardReadathon
#Adventathon
#LittenListen
#Chipmunks
#Christmas

BookmarkTavern, DieAReader, StayCurious, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES, aperfectmjk, LiseWorks

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2w

BookmarkTavern Amazing job! 2w

DieAReader 😝❤️‍🔥Fabulous!!! 2w

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Barbara Robinson

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I freaking love this book and try to listen to it every year. It‘s so funny and heartwarming. It‘s only an hour and a half on audio and it‘s on Hoopla if anyone is interested. And now I‘m excited to watch the movie! 5⭐️

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#audiobook
#Littenlisten
#Christmas

80 points

LiseWorks

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Death of a Witch | M. C. Beaton

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Book 24 in the Hamish Macbeth series has quite the stack of dead bodies by the end. Not my favorite but I love this series. 4⭐️ 55 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#cozymystery
#MCBeaton
#audiobook

LiseWorks

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Une Surprise Pour Maman Hello Kitty | Collectif

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I‘m catching up on my daily French children‘s book reads (I read them out loud to help with my pronunciation).
7 Hello Kitty books
6 Babar books
And Ne Laissez Pas Le Pigeon Conduire Le Bus 😆

10 TBR = 500 points
4 Christmas/Winter Themed = 305 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#LivresEnFrancais

LiseWorks

DieAReader ❤️‍??Bravo!! Continuez le beau progrès. La pratique rend parfait? 2w

JenlovesJT47 @DieAReader merci beaucoup! 🤗 2w

DieAReader @JenlovesJT47 💖💖💖 2w

PaperbackPirate Tres bien! 🇫🇷 2w

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Christmas with Anne: And Other Holiday Stories | L. M. Montgomery

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Up today for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is bittersweet & gives you all the feels. Nanny is worried everyone has forgotten about dear Miss Avis, who passed away during the previous year. One by one each member of the family visits the cemetery to talk to Avis while Nanny is hiding in the bushes. I‘m not crying, you‘re crying! 5⭐️

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#LMMontgomery
#Christmas
#novella

80 points

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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Merry Christmas, Splat | Rob Scotton

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping 4⭐️
2 Winnie The Pooh & The Christmas Tree 3⭐️
3. Thomas Gets A Snowplow 4⭐️
4. A Lucky Christmas 4⭐️
5. Merry Christmas, Splat 4⭐️
6. All Aboard The Polar Express 3⭐️ 455 points

Also watched Mickey‘s Christmas Carol 5 points

Time spent reading yesterday: 4 hours = 40 x‘s 4 = 160 points.

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#Adventathon
#ChristmasCardReadathon

BookmarkTavern, DieAReader, StayCurious, Andrew65, GHABI4ROSES, aperfectmjk, LiseWorks

JenlovesJT47 #LittenListen #Christmas #childrensbooks 2w

DieAReader 🎄🤓 No. 5 is an all time favourite🎥of mine. 2w

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 2w

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The Case of the Magic Christmas Bell | Francine Pascal, Molly MIA Stewart

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A fun Christmas fantasy where Jessica‘s toy elf, a present from Great Aunt Helen, comes to life and tasks the Snoopers club with finding a missing magic bell that belongs on Santa‘s sleigh. Would that we all had such chill parents when we were 7 years old. 😆 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Christmas
#SweetValley
#SweetValleyKids
#SVK
#twins
#nostalgia

TorieStorieS Great Aunt Helen always is the best!! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS yes! I was trying to figure out the other day where she belongs in the Wakefield family tree. I was a huge nerd for the SV sagas. 🤓 2w

TorieStorieS How did I never look for her in the family tree?? I think she‘s Ned‘s aunt, but I don‘t remember her being in his side of the family‘s story… I am enjoying these SVT books, but I am really looking forward to getting to the high school and college ones!!! 2w

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JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS yes me too. I‘ve never read the SVU books and I‘m very excited lol. Have to finish Senior Year first but I think I‘m going to finish the other two series before I pick those up again. 2w

TorieStorieS I‘m getting to some new-to-me SVT books which is exciting! I‘m looking forward to the re-reading of the later books, but I‘ve definitely read all of them before (some many more times than others!)! And I am still looking for those last few unicorn club books (and one senior year) that aren‘t on the archive but I haven‘t had any luck yet! And the online prices are still obscene! 2w

TorieStorieS Plus the SVU books are so much fun! Such drama (more dead boyfriends, surprise hookups…) I am so excited for you to read them for the first time! I am having such fun and so happy to share in this fun experience with you!!😊 (edited) 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS 🤗 same! I read I think maybe 3 SVU books total. Just the first 2 plus another random one. But I‘ve heard things over the years lol. Since you haven‘t done your SVH read through yet you should keep track of all the dead boyfriends and serial killers 😂😅 sooo many. Jess would be in therapy for life! 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 For sure!! I will continue to count holidays and add tallies for the dead (and undead— one of them dates a vampire as I recall!)🤣 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ah yes, the vampire books! And Liz dates a werewolf as well. I love those books. 🤓 2w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 How could I forget the werewolf in London!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I mean this series really has it all!! 2w

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The Christmas Ghost | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne

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This was another fun Sweet Valley Christmas book. This time, it‘s Sweet Valley‘s take on A Christmas Carol. Jess does something very selfish where Liz is concerned & is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present & future. I must admit the part where she sees her high school self alone & unpopular was especially funny to me, because that would never happen lol. 4⭐️

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#SweetValley
#SweetValleyTwins
#SVT

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TorieStorieS I remember so distinctly reading this as a kid while staying with my grandparents— maybe that‘s part of why this is one of my favorite Christmas ones! 2w

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I used to read a Sweet Valley book every day at my grandma‘s house after school. Lots of good memories tied in with these books! 💚 2w

TorieStorieS That sure is the truth!! 🥰 2w

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Lucy Maud Montgomery's Holiday Classics (Tales of Christmas & New Year): Including Anne Shirley Series | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Today‘s read for #KindredSpiritsChristmas is a great reminder of how it‘s more blessed to give than receive. 4⭐️ 80 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#LMMontgomery
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
#Christmas
#novella

BarbaraJean, LiseWorks

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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 13 Days of Christmas | Steven Davison, Carolyn Gardner

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Nightly reading with Jace:
1. The 13 Days Of Christmas 3.5⭐️
2. The Berenstain Bears Trim The Tree 3⭐️
3. The Enchanted Christmas 4⭐️
4. Donald‘s Christmas Gift 4⭐️ 305 points

Watched:
1. The Christmas List (it‘s on YouTube FYI!)
2. The Bridge 10 points

Time spent reading yesterday 2 hours 30 minutes = 25 points x‘s 4 = 100 points

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#ReadAway2024
#ChristmasCardReadathon
#Adventathon
#LittenListen

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Andrew65 That‘s excellent 👏👏👏 3w

BookmarkTavern Amazing work! 3w

DieAReader Excellent!!! 2w

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