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OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620

Joined August 2016

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” -Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Novel
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My husband is originally from Indianapolis and rooted for them growing up, hence the Colts snowman. My maternal grandparents were die-hard Cowboys fans, so I grew up rooting for them. Back in the day when the Troy Aikman Hallmark ornament came out, I bought one for me and one for them.

#wintergames #ornamenthunt #representssports #candycanecrushers

JenReadsAlot Go Cowboys!! 2h
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Hark! the Herald Angels Scream | Christopher Golden
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I usually read holiday romcoms and feel-good books this time of year…but next year, I might mix it up with this holiday horror anthology!

#wintergames #photochallenge #angel #candycanecrushers

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Pickpick

Enjoyed this! A feel good holiday read…I‘ll check out the sequel next year! 🎄

#adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo (my #doublespin for this month - meant to read last year) #candylandreadathon #holidayromance #ispybingo #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 19h
peanutnine Yay! Can't wait to read this one ☺️🎄📚💖 18h
BookmarkTavern That looks so sweet! ❄️ 17h
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MallenNC I read the sequel this year and enjoyed it. It was a nice world to spend some time in! (edited) 16h
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4h
PuddleJumper 💙💙 2h
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Three Holidays and a Wedding | Marissa Stapley, Uzma Jalaluddin
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Delightful! Read for #LittensLoveRomance and I just had to finish up ahead of schedule. Loved the multicultural holiday representation, but mostly loved the two female MCs, Anna and Maryam. They‘re two very different women, and I loved seeing their friendship blossom!

#adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo #candylandreadathon #holidayromance #ispybingo #littenlisten #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 19h
peanutnine I'm behind on this buddy read but enjoying it so far! Glad you liked it! ☺️💗 18h
StayCurious So glad you enjoyed it! I‘m loving it too 18h
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BookmarkTavern What a cute cover! 17h
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11h
TheAromaofBooks Watching Anna and Maryam become friends has genuinely been my favorite part of this story. 4h
PuddleJumper 💙💙 2h
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Over the past couple of days, I‘ve watched A Christmas Story, Elf (on the big screen!), 3 episodes of Frasier, and one Bob‘s Burgers.

#wintergames #holidaymovie #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks So fun!! ✨ 11h
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Eggs Cute cover! Love your tree and ornaments ❤️❤️ 14h
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11h
OriginalCyn620 @Eggs Thank you! 😊 5h
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The Snow Child | Eowyn Ivey
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I loved this book! And it has my favorite animal on the cover…love foxes! 🦊

#wintergames #photochallenge #wildlife #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks ❄️❤️🦊 11h
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I‘ve been wanting to make up one of these ornaments for about 3 years…finally did it! 😂

#wintergames #holidaycraft #candycanecrushers

Clwojick AHHHHH I love this! 2d
AmyG 🙌🏻 2d
Catsandbooks 😂😂🙌🏼❤️perfect! 2d
peanutnine 😂😂😂 13h
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A Little Christmas Spirit | Sheila Roberts
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Tree lights and lights on the cover!

#wintergames #candycanecrushers #photochallenge #lights

Catsandbooks ❤️🎄 2d
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Scrooge-ish | L. B. Dunbar
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I‘ve borrowed this from KU…will be starting on it today!

#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams #scrooge #candycanecrushers

DieAReader 💜🎄😏 2d
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 2d
Eggs Sounds fun 🤩 2d
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I plan to get to this one this month, then I want to watch the Hallmark adaptation!

#wintergames #photochallenge #greenfont

Catsandbooks Is the hallmark movie named the same title? 2d
OriginalCyn620 @Catsandbooks Yes it is 😊 2d
Catsandbooks @OriginalCyn620 thanks! ❤️ 2d
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Eggs So pretty ⛸️🎄🩵 3d
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I liked this one too, it was fun. 3d
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 2d
peanutnine How have I never noticed that they are ice skating on this cover? 😂 13h
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A retelling of A Christmas Carol, but with the steam of the Tangled series!

#adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo (free space) #candylandreadathon #holidayromance #ispybingo #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 3d
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️🌶️ 2d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2d
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It's a Wonderful Wife | Camille Pagán
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
peanutnine Nice! This is on my list ☺️🎄💕 3d
BookmarkTavern So cute! ❄️ 3d
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 2d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d
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Watched 3 episodes of HBC this morning and this afternoon I watched Gremlins this afternoon while wrapping presents.

#wintergames #holidaymovie #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 3d
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I tried to make a mini book tree on top of one of my bookcases…it‘s my first book tree ever!
#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams #booktree #candycanecrushers

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d
SG2014 Book trees are the best trees 4d
Catsandbooks Turned out great! 🎄 3d
Eggs It‘s beautiful 🎄📚💚 3d
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The Ex-Mas Holidays | Zoe Allison
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This book is on my tbr for this month!
#wintergames #candycanecrushers #photochallenge #holiday

Clwojick All these cute illustrated holiday covers! 😍 4d
Catsandbooks The central perk mug! ❤️ 3d
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Holly Jolly Cowboy | Jessica Clare
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peanutnine Looks fun! 🐎💕🎄 5d
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5d
Catsandbooks I like all the animals on the cover! ❤️ 4d
TheAromaofBooks I have a couple of the earlier books from this series on my shelf for this month!! 4d
BookmarkTavern So cute! 💖 4d
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Whiteout | Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D Jackson, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk
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I enjoyed all the different couples and their stories, and how they all interconnected! A sweet read!

#20in4 #adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo #candyland #holidayromance #ispybingo #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy

#wintergames #candycanecrushers

peanutnine Ooo I didn't realize there was a holiday anthology like this! I've been meaning to read 5d
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5d
willaful This is on my list for the month. 5d
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Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 5d
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 4d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
BookmarkTavern What a great picture! 🎄 4d
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Eggs Love, love 💕❄️⛄️ 5d
Catsandbooks Pretty cover! ❤️ 4d
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Caught a Christmas episode of Parks and Recreation this morning - Chris drank full-fat eggnog! 😱
And this afternoon, I watched Home Alone 2.

#wintergames #holidaymovie #candycanecrushers

CindyMyLifeIsLit I never get tired of Parks and Rec! ❤️ 6d
OriginalCyn620 @CindyMyLifeIsLit Oh, me neither! It never gets old! 🤣 6d
Catsandbooks One of my favorite shows! And home alone 2 is my favorite of the home alones 5d
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The Santa Suit: A Novella | Mary Kay Andrews
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I absolutely adored both of these books! 🎅🏻

#wintergames #photochallenge #santa #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks I'm hoping to read the Santa suit this year! 5d
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Kiss Her Once for Me | Alison Cochrun
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This book‘s title is a lyric from one of my favorite Christmas songs, Holly Jolly Christmas. I read this last year and really enjoyed it!

#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams #faveholidaysong #candycanecrushers

DebinHawaii This one was a fun read! 6d
Eggs It sounds good! 6d
Catsandbooks It's on my very long tbr 😂 5d
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Another one of our #holidaytraditions is that every year each of my girls picks out a wrapping paper and that‘s what I wrap all their gifts in. During the first part of December while I‘m in the process of wrapping all the gifts, they love to look under the tree to see their presents growing in number! This year my oldest picked Snoopy and my youngest the holiday pets.
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

Tamra Adorable scissors! 6d
Clwojick Cute! I seen a post on Pinterest to do this, but hide a small scrap in the bottom of their stockings, so they don‘t know which wrapping is there‘s until right before! So many fun holiday traditions out there! 6d
dabbe Snoopy! 🤩🤩🤩 6d
Catsandbooks That's so fun! And those scissors are adorable! ❤️ 5d
peaKnit I have always wrapped my girls‘ in their own paper too! Aw. 5d
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These are all my new ornaments! At least all my new ones so far. 😂

#ornamenthunt #wintergames #candycanecrushers

JenReadsAlot The friends one 😢 6d
Clwojick ❤️ 6d
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Catsandbooks Where did you get the matthew perry one? 😭 6d
OriginalCyn620 @Catsandbooks I got it from Etsy. There‘s lots of them to choose from. I ordered it a couple of days after his passing. 😢 6d
Catsandbooks @OriginalCyn620 thanks off to Etsy I go! 6d
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One of our #holidaytraditions is that when the tree goes up, the girls put the ornaments on. We started that tradition when our youngest was 2. Of course, daddy had to help them reach the top of the tree back then. Not anymore! 🤣
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

Clwojick ❤️❤️❤️ 6d
Catsandbooks What a wonderful tradition! ❤️🎄 6d
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A #whitestack! These are all the physical books I have that fit the prompt.

#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams
#candycanecrushers

Eggs Looks great! 6d
Catsandbooks Cute little tree! 🎄 6d
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Home Alone | Kim Smith
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Managed to watch 2 movies today!

#wintergames #holidaymovie #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks Yay! 👏🏼 I love home alone! 6d
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And this one just made it onto my TBR! 😂

#wintergames #photochallenge #love
#candycanecrushers

Clwojick This looks cute! I wish we had a Xmas market here! 7d
Catsandbooks @Clwojick I wish I had one too! 6d
OriginalCyn620 @Clwojick @Catsandbooks One of my bucket list items is to go to a European Christmas market! Brussels or Edinburgh would be my first choices, but any of the ones in Germany would be good too. A girl can dream! 🎄 That was one reason this book caught my attention. 6d
Catsandbooks @OriginalCyn620 such a good bucket list item! I'd love a whole winter in Europe just exploring! 6d
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Finally got my #bookspinbingo board done! 🎄🎅🏻
So excited!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks fabulous!!! 7d
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So last weekend me and my husband were both sick with the flu and couldn‘t decorate for Christmas, which we always do Thanksgiving weekend. We are healed and today we‘re bringing it! I feel like I‘ve lost a whole week of decoration enjoyment…
#wintergames #candycanecrushers

vonnie862 Love that sign! 1w
Clwojick I love this! ❤️ 7d
Catsandbooks Love the sign! 😂 And glad you both are feeling better! Enjoy the decorating! 🎄❤️ 6d
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So, I finally got my holiday #bucketlist together, and made it into a bingo board. Extra points, baby!

#wintergames #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks Such a fun list! ❤️🍭❄️ 1w
Clwojick Yay! Great job! 1w
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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This morning I caught a Christmas episode of Bob‘s Burgers, and this afternoon I watched 2 episodes of Holiday Baking Championship. BTW, Linda Belcher is my spirit animal! 🤣

#wintergames #candycanecrushers #holidaymovie

Catsandbooks I love the meme where she puts up the tree and then it pans out and it's still halloween 😂 1w
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Got this one from KU…such a pretty #redcover!

#wintergames #photochallenge #candycanecrushers

Clwojick ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
Catsandbooks So sparkly! ✨❤️ 1w
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I was so excited when The Happy Planner announced their sticker advent calendar and swiftly purchased one. I love my Happy Planner and playing with stickers! 😂

#decemberdreams #advent #wintergames #candycanecrushers

Eggs How fun 🤩 1w
peanutnine Ooh that's so cool! I love stickers 😍 1w
Catsandbooks Oh I love happy planner stickers!! I'm gonna have to see if I can still get this! 1w
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Holly Jolly Cowboy | Jessica Clare
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My goal for #20in4 is to read 20 chapters among these books. So excited to kick off #wintergames!

Andrew65 Best of luck, look good choices 😁 1w
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Pickpick

A hot hockey player and a cute dog? Yes, please! This was a cute sports romance!

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!

TheAromaofBooks Yay bingo!!! 1w
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A good sports romance with plenty of steam, but also a lot of depth. Some heavy emotional stuff going on here, which I didn‘t expect, but it made for a good story.

And I can‘t even get started on that cover 🔥

#bookspinbingo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick If I lick it, is it mine?! 😁 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Candy Cane Lane | Scott Santoro
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1. I love the Grinch movies and the book. I also reread A Christmas Carol every year!
2. This time of year I love all the peppermint treats!
3. Reading holiday books, photo challenges, and bingo boards!
4. I have 2 - riding around looking at Christmas lights and letting our girls each open a gift on Christmas Eve.
5. I make my bed every day. It automatically makes the bedroom look tidier!

#wintergames #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks I love those traditions! They are so special! ❤️❄️🤍 2w
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Did this little cross stitch on memory of my beloved Bailey, who we lost in 2015. He was the best boy ever and he was like my first child. I had dogs growing up but they were ultimately my parents‘ responsibility, so Bailey was the first living thing that I chose to love and take care of. I still miss him but have so many awesome #memories. 😢
#litsycrafters

dabbe 🩵🩶🩵 2w
AmyG Awwww ❤️….it‘s lovely. 2w
Catsandbooks That's so sweet! My sister is dealing with this right now. Her dog is in late stage kidney failure and unfortunately is in his last days now. 😭 2w
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IndoorDame ❤️💜❤️ 2w
Read4life That is beautiful! 💙 2w
Deblovestoread I love this so much! We said goodbye to my heart dog over a year and half ago. It still hurts. 2w
ElizaMarie This is beautiful. I‘m so sorry for your loss. It‘s so hard to say goodbye to our babies. 2w
TheBookgeekFrau That's beautiful!! 2w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Doing something different with my December list…instead of titles, I made a list of prompts. I have so many holiday books and just didn‘t want to be tied down to specific titles!

#bookspinbingo

Clwojick Love this!!! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
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The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
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#NovelNovember was good…all goals were met!

Goals:
📚finish my current read (tagged book) ✔️
📚 complete my #bookspin book (Shopping for a Turkey) ✔️
📚complete my #doublespin book (An Autumn Crush) ✔️
📚at least start the other 2 books ✔️

Andrew65 Fantastic, thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🍾🥂🎉🎊 2w
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These are the books I‘m going to prioritize for #wintergames…it‘s so hard to narrow down a TBR since I have SO many holiday books! But hopefully I can get all these read! 🎄🎅🏻

#candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks Great stack!! ❤️🤍❄️ 2w
AllDebooks The Christmas Bookshop is a delight 😊 2w
MallenNC I liked The Christmas Bookshop. I think there‘s a sequel that I need to look for! 2w
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Clwojick 😍😍😍😍😍Holly Jolly Cowboy looks so CUTE! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @MallenNC I didn‘t know there‘s a sequel…that‘ll go on next year‘s list I‘m sure since I‘ve heard nothing but good things! 2w
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Mehso-so

This was a reread for me for #LittensLoveRomance. I read it 2 years ago and still stand by my original review - it‘s just okay and the MC is a doormat for most of the book, which makes it hard for me to root for her. But, the ending is hopeful, so that‘s something! It was fun to discuss with the group, though.

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
StayCurious I‘m surprised you re-read a book you thought was just so-so but I‘m glad you joined us! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @StayCurious Well, I wanted to see if maybe I was too harsh the first time around! I loved Dear Emmie Blue by this author so I thought it was a good possibility that I was. And it‘s not a long book, and I thought it would be enjoyable to read with the group. 2w
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An Autumn Crush | Milly Johnson
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Another cute installment to the series! And the cover is too cute!

#bookspinbingo - this is my #doublespin for this month!
#NovelNovember

Andrew65 Excellent, she‘s on my list for next month. 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
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This was a cute little Thanksgiving read! A hot Scot football player stuck in the States over the holiday and an American MBA student clash while trying to deny their attraction. And it‘s pretty funny - I LOLed several times! The ending was very, very abrupt so you‘d move on to book 2, but I wish it hadn‘t been.

#bookspinbingo - this is my #bookspin for this month!
#NovelNovember

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Thanksgiving | Janet Evanovich
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To US Littens celebrating, I wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁

Deblovestoread Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃🍁 2w
Ruthiella Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 2w
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The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
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Oh, poor Britney! It‘s like no one has ever had her back, even when she was a kid. And to be treated so horribly by the two people who were supposed to love her the most. I hope writing this helps her healing process and that she finds peace.

And side note - Kevin and Justin are both total Douchecanoes. Yes, with a capital D!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#NovelNovember

TheBookHippie Yes. Agree. ASSHAT DOUCHECANOES.. 3w
Deblovestoread 100% agree!! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3w
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 3w
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The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
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Goals for #NovelNovember:
📚finish my current read (tagged book)
📚 complete my #bookspin book (Shopping for a Turkey)
📚complete my #doublespin book (An Autumn Crush)
📚at least start the other 2 books

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 3w
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Hello Stranger: A Novel | Katherine Center
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Delightful! When struggling artist Sadie acquires face blindness after brain surgery, she must learn to navigate the world in a different way. She also learns to see the world in a different way…kindness is the way to go is the message here! And of course, there‘s a sweet romance too!

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
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