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RaeLovesToRead

Joined September 2019

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#pop24 is here!!! 🥰🥰🥰

@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraBB @KarenUK @Laughterhp @Cortg @IndoorDame @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @MissHel @AshleyHoss820 @Ruthiella @OriginalCyn620 @BookBelle84 @jlhammar @graciouswarriorprincess

Who is doing the challenge next year? Let me know if you want me to add you or take you off the taglist.

Now to study the prompts...

@Branwen Recommend me a book for prompt #15 😉

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I enjoy that the challenges encourage me to pick up something I might not normally read. However, with increased work duties, I am reading fewer books and can't say I'm overly excited by these prompts. Quite a few are specific. Keep me tagged, as I love seeing what you all read. I may use this as a supplement if I'm choosing between a few, but won't aim to focus on it. I'll read more off my TBR and if things fit a prompt, awesome. 12h
Branwen This is super exciting! 💕📚 12h
BarbaraBB I am not sure yet, I don‘t like a lot of the prompt.. will think about it a bit more! 12h
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Laughterhp I‘ll have to look at the prompts. I didn‘t participate in 2023. 12h
IndoorDame There are some super cool prompts on the new list! But I‘m aiming to have a year that‘s challenge free/light so you can take me off the list. 12h
jenniferw88 I'm also unsure, but keep me on the list, please - I might do the same as @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 12h
squirrelbrain I‘m also not going to do this in 2024 so you can take me off the tag list please. 12h
Graciouswarriorprincess I‘m doing it. 12h
jlhammar Tempting, but I'm going to sit this one out. You can remove me from the taglist. Thanks! 12h
Ruthiella You can keep me. I‘ll give it a go! 😃 Thanks! 11h
OriginalCyn620 Woohoo! I‘m doing it so please keep tagging me! 😊 10h
RaeLovesToRead @IndoorDame @squirrelbrain @jlhammar Have taken you off the tag list! Will use #pop24 if you decide to join in or want to check out choices! 💕 10h
RaeLovesToRead @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @jenniferw88 Will keep you both on the tag list! 😊 Let me know if you change your mind! 💕 10h
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen Let me know if you want to join us!!!! And have a think what you would recommend me 😁💕 10h
RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB @Laughterhp Let me know what you decide about the tag list. I know there are a few repeats, but I'm excited about the prompts... a mix of easy and hard!!! 10h
RaeLovesToRead @Graciouswarriorprincess @Ruthiella @OriginalCyn620 Woohoo!!!! Welcome on board!!! 👋🏻😁 Hope you're all as excited as I am! 🥳 10h
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Texreader ❤️💚❤️💚 2d
dabbe What did Mamma do to Miss Pickles? 🖤🐾🖤 2d
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Leftcoastzen 😁😻 2d
batsy Oh no 😼😼 2d
Branwen NOOOOOOO Pickles! Not the shun! 12h
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These bookcovers know what they're doing 😄🍜🐈🐈‍⬛📚

rabbitprincess I‘ve read one, have a hold on another, and added the other two to my to-read list 🤣 great collection! 2d
julesG I think I have all of them on my TBR/or read already 2d
RaeLovesToRead @rabbitprincess @julesG Irresistible aren't they? 🥰 1d
Branwen Ooooh these look fantastic! I just recently read What You Are Looking For is in the Library! I quite enjoyed it! 12h
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Mistletoe Malice | Kathleen Farrell
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Tomorrow I will be a reformed character.

No more shopping.

No more chocolate for breakfast.

Tidy room...

To do list...

💃💃

AmyG But chocolate for breakfast sounds so wonderful. 3d
PathfinderNicole I wish I could do gifs on Litsy because I feel like this deserves the Treat Yo Self one from Parks and Rec 😂 3d
batsy What fun covers! The Book Tour is a graphic novel, I'm guessing 😍 3d
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RaeLovesToRead @AmyG My poor diet choices have gone too far... I pretty much subsist only on chocolate haha 😅 2d
RaeLovesToRead @PathfinderNicole I don't know the show, but I certainly did treat myself 😁 2d
RaeLovesToRead @batsy Book Tour, Mexikid and the online dating ones are all graphic novels / comics! 🥰 2d
AnneCecilie All those things are overrated. We only live once. Book shopping and chocolate for breakfast are some of life greatest things. 2d
Amiable Wrap the chocolate in pastry and call it a croissant! Heck, it‘s acceptable in France. 😀 2d
RaeLovesToRead @AnneCecilie Haha, true! But I want to be able to afford Xmas presents for my family 😅 Me: I'm sorry it's been a tough year... oh those? Don't know how they got there 😇😁 2d
RaeLovesToRead @Amiable Yes! My two-Wagon-wheels-to-start-the-day is actually just super continental and fancy! 😁😁 2d
AnneCecilie I can see that, but presents for yourself is important too 😊 1d
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The Drift | C. J. Tudor
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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView 💕
Thanks for the tags @The_Penniless_Author & @batsy 💕

1) Tagged - despite being bleak with a capital BLEAK, this was a great read

2) I'm looking forward to some festive mysteries!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!🎄📖📚 3d
batsy Nice! I'm looking forward to the stabby festive mysteries, too 😆 3d
RaeLovesToRead @batsy My plan was to do a video on my YouTube channel, but I'm such a slow reader... it'll probably be done by next Xmas haha 2d
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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Bookspin plan for Dec 2023 - @TheAromaofBooks 🎄🎁

I've gone for festive mysteries, translated bookshops, friend recs and a few blind dates...

#bookspinbingo

TrishB Loved the tagged book- old school horror. 4d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
RaeLovesToRead @TrishB I'm some way into it and I can say I was NOT prepared for the Ceremonial 🤣🤣🤣 2d
TrishB @RaeLovesToRead there are many unprepared for bits! 2d
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Black Friday triple stamps at Waterstones!

Liz_M Lady Audley is a fun read! 4d
batsy Agree with @Liz_M ! 4d
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Mehso-so

Have just finished the first of my Litsyversary recs 😊 Thanks for suggesting Last Smile @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage 💕

It wasn't always my cup of tea, but I did enjoy it more as the story went on, and fans of urban fantasy with a noir feel will be entertained!

I didn't like the MC much, and I kept having to re-read large passages because I'd fall asleep and forget what had happened 😅

Still, easy to read and nicely noir.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Sorry you didn‘t love it, but thanks for giving it a try! 5d
RaeLovesToRead @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage No, I'm sorry for being so hard to impress 😅 I really appreciate the recommendation! 🥰🥰 Also, love the new Litsy name. I'm all about the blankets and beverages too!!! 5d
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Lol thanks :) I won‘t recommend the rest of the trilogy to you, but I feel like these got better as we got to know all the characters more and the main character was redeemed at the end (in my eyes). There are so many good books out there, it‘s hard to pick one that will hit at the right time. Happy reading!😁 4d
RaeLovesToRead @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I would actually consider reading the others in future... 😁 4d
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Click above for my unboxing video of this month's Illumicrate 💕💕💕

I love getting bookish packages in the post 🥰

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage What a fun book box and a cute dog! ❤️📚🐶 6d
RaeLovesToRead @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Aww, thanks! Noki is my sister's dog 🐶 I love Illumicrate. They do such great items! 6d
Branwen The mug was my FAVORITE part of this box! Other than the book, of course! 🤭 12h
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Nao of Brown | Glyn Dillon
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Mehso-so

This beautifully rendered graphic novel depicting a young girl's struggle with OCD goes someway toward showing what it's like to live with this horrendously debilitating condition.

It does a better job of conveying the acute distress than the chronicity & repetition (i.e days/weeks/months of the same mind-torturing thoughts.)

Despite moments of emotional warmth and poignancy, the story itself is a bit of a mess.

Gorgeous art though.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

quietlycuriouskate Having had two episodes of life-wrecking OCD, I'll give this a miss! (Still scared of going back there.) 1w
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I may have spent a CRAZY amount of money to acquire this beauty... but how can I regret it? Look how amazing it looks on my shelf 💕💕💕💕

Welcome home, beautiful 🥰

Chrissyreadit those are so gorgeous!!! where did you get them? 1w
RaeLovesToRead @Chrissyreadit They are Illumicrate book pots. I got some of them in my Illumicrate boxes, and a couple from ebay. I'm obsessed with them! ❤🧡💛💚💜💖 1w
Chrissyreadit i can completely see why 😍 1w
Branwen I absolutely cannot get over how amazing they all look together! 😍 6d
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen I know right!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 6d
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The Drift | C. J. Tudor
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Wow. That was bleak.

This could easily have been a 5 star read, but I feel so empty inside now!

Tudor gives me Harlan-Coben-does-horror vibes, and boy does it make for a page turner. Short, twisty chapters, non-stop action, mystery galore... The Drift was incredible.

But grim.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BarbaraBB I just read this too and felt the same 1w
RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB 😭😭😭 1w
batsy Sounds good! (Grim is my thing...) 1w
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RaeLovesToRead @batsy This book was so so good. But, yes, very bleak. Be prepared! 1w
jlhammar I've got the audiobook checked out - can't wait to get started! 6d
RaeLovesToRead @jlhammar It's such a good thriller, but don't expect it to be heart warming lol 😅 6d
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Magpie Murders | Anthony Horowitz
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I HAVE QUESTIONS, FOLKS!

- Magpie Murders, closely followed by 8 detectives. Also loved A Fatal Crossing & The Woman in Cabin 10

- My festive stack 🎄🎁💕

- Locked room - especially a country house, or a secluded island. Also a decent cast of zany characters!

#Ihavequestions

Let me know your answers!

Tagging @The_Penniless_Author @julesG @Ruthiella @ravenlee @dabbe @squirrelbrain @jenniferw88 @Susanita @TheSpineView @Leniverse @Oryx

The_Penniless_Author You're going to have to wait until I'm out of my post-Thanksgiving feast daze. Still cooking at the moment. 😋 1w
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author I should know better than to ask questions on Thanksgiving. Also, have you even read any mysteries this year?? 1w
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LeahBergen Thanks for the tag! 😘 1w
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 🧡🖤💜 1w
IndoorDame Country house is my favorite too!! 1w
wanderinglynn How fun! Thanks for the tag! 💚 1w
Kimzey Thanks for the tag! Love a locked room and country house - especially isolated by a storm! 1w
ravenlee I…don‘t actually like mysteries! I keep trying and I keep not liking them. 🤷🏻‍♀️ That said, I have enjoyed the Jane Austen mysteries starting with (edited) 1w
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!💜🏷📖 1w
batsy Thank you for the tag! I've had Magpie Murders on my shelves for so long now and should get to it. 1w
Clare-Dragonfly I thought I would answer this. I even looked at my StoryGraph stats to see if I‘ve read any mysteries this year. Then I stared blankly at the other questions. I have no idea 😂 But here‘s my favorite mystery this year: 1w
RaeLovesToRead @ravenlee But mysteries are the best!! 😅😅 I would try to convert you with recommendations, but a lot of my faves are crazy complex and meta (Stuart Turton etc) 🤣 1w
RaeLovesToRead @batsy Do it! It's fantastic. Two mysteries for the price of one. Poirot pastiche. Cosy vibes. Right up my boulevard! 1w
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Interplanetary mystery!!!! Space cruise ship!!!!! I feel I may need this 1w
ravenlee I‘ve tried! I‘ve read procedurals, thriller/mysteries, cozies, classics (some are pretty good, but still not my cup of tea), and kids‘ (usually the ones I like best). It‘s my mom‘s number one genre; I just can‘t get into them most of the time! 1w
RaeLovesToRead @ravenlee Try reading The Drift. It's a great book, but it'll bum you out so much you'll never pick up a thriller again, haha. 1w
Clare-Dragonfly Oh, you do! It‘s so much fun! 1w
jlhammar Fun, thanks for the tag! I‘ll have a little think and try to post mine soon. 1w
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The moment I sit down to have some food and look who's all up in my plate! 🤣🤣

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1w
Texreader That‘s so cute!!! ❤️🐈‍⬛ 1w
dabbe Pickes says, “Please?“ 🖤🐾🖤 1w
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Roary47 😻 1w
GondorGirl How could you tell that sweet baby, no? 1w
Velvetfur Aaawww that little cutie face! 🥰 1w
Leftcoastzen 🥰😻 1w
ravenlee “What are we having?” 1w
RaeLovesToRead @GondorGirl @ravenlee I don't think spaghetti carbonara is good for kitties... even those as cute as Pickles 😅 1w
Gissy 😹🧡🤎💛 1w
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The prompts are so good! I want to do #cloakanddaggerchristmas @Ruthiella 💕 I always enjoy it...

The thing is, can I make it gel with my other December project... reading Christmas mysteries so I can make a review video 🤔

Loving all your suggestions, folks! You're making me feel so festive 🥳🔪🌰🎄🎁✨️🧣🔎📚🔨🩸🎅🏻

Ruthiella You can make it work! Any mystery will do, or feel free to get very creative with the prompts! 😂 1w
jlhammar Fun! Excited you‘ve also got the Hallett and Fremlin in your plans. Can‘t wait to hear what you think of the others - I might have to get some for next December‘s reading! 1w
batsy All those covers! 😍 I'm planning to read the Fremlin for the challenge, as well. 1w
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RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella Can't wait to do some planning! 🥰 1w
RaeLovesToRead @jlhammar I hope I can read them in time... otherwise there'll be a review video in time for xmas 2024/5 🤣🤣 1w
RaeLovesToRead @batsy Which prompt do you reckon???? 1w
batsy I'm using it for the 3rd one—set during the holiday season. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @batsy Looks like I might be doing prompt 3 six times haha 1w
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The Drift | C. J. Tudor
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Thanks for the #two4tuesday tags @TheSpineView @julesG @The_Penniless_Author 💕

As a UK litten, everything I know about Thanksgiving is from Family Guy and American Dad, so I'm pretty sure any answer I give would be completely inappropriate 😅

So, have a nice, late Autumn picture from this evening instead 😊😁

Currently reading The Drift by C.J. Tudor.

Susanita Eat a lot and watch football 🏈 is all you really need to know. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @Susanita The former: YES!!!! I'm in... oh wait, I have to watch football?? *gets plane back to the UK* haha 1w
Susanita The first game usually has a good halftime show. By the time that‘s over, you can just sit in an easy chair and sleep off your food coma. Oh, and before football you can watch parades and the dog show. 1w
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RaeLovesToRead @Susanita OK, I can probably manage that. I have to be grateful for stuff too, right? But I'm English! Passive aggressively moaning about everything is kind of a lifestyle choice 😄😉 1w
Susanita 😂😂😂 1w
dabbe @Susanita 🤣🤣🤣 1w
dabbe @Susanita Especially the Macy's Day Parade! 🤩 1w
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦃 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead oh my gosh you're so right. Passive aggressive moaning and of course a good weather chat. I'm in the UK too. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @kezzlou85 How about this weather we're having though? 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead oh I know. You just never know what it's going to do. Definitely don't want to be queueing outside at the moment. 🤣 1w
RaeLovesToRead @kezzlou85 A queue? Where? I should go and join... 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead you should you wouldn't want to miss out. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @kezzlou85 And if anyone pushes in front of me I shall tut loudly and mutter "Well I never!" but never actually confront them ?? 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead and then you must complain with the others who have been inconvenienced by this terrible person 1w
RaeLovesToRead @kezzlou85 Am I right in thinking you are Northern? 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead nope I'm from Norfolk. The land of tractors and amazing beaches. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @kezzlou85 My friend who is a Londoner was scandalised because someone tried to talk to her at a bus stop ?? (I'm in the Midlands, but I kinda count it as "North" haha) 1w
kezzlou85 @RaeLovesToRead we're a little friendlier here. Love a chat or complaint. We're East so you would be north to us. 1w
Amiable “Family Guy” and “American Dad” are the best! 😄 Ha ha, so happy to hear that you watch them. 5d
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Mystery Man | Colin Bateman
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#two4tuesday Thanks for the tag ? @The_Penniless_Author
Great questions @TheSpineView ?

1) I asked a friend. His answers (that weren't insulting) were, "my transcendence of standard book appreciation", "appreciation of artwork on the outer edge of paper", "will turn up to a date in a Doom hoodie", and I "use my own invented language."

2) The Sisters Brothers (DeWitt), Convenience Store Woman (Murata), Bunny (Awad), and Mystery Man (Bateman).

RaeLovesToRead Mum says "my inability to order a single drink in a cafe" ??‍♀️? Rae "two drinks" Watts ftw 2w
julesG 😂😂😂 2w
TheSpineView Love your quirks! Thanks for playing! 2w
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The_Penniless_Author Say something in Rae language! 2w
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author OK, Randingle. Mai Picklefloof is be mai favourite Snoodlemuggins 🥰 2w
wanderinglynn I love your answers for 1. And I love that your friend gave them to you. 💜 2w
RaeLovesToRead @wanderinglynn Aww, thanks! The other friend I asked said I talk nonsense to my cat 🤣🤣 2w
wanderinglynn Who doesn‘t talk nonsense to their pets?! 😆 2w
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I miss Edinburgh already, but at least I have my Pickle buddy.

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

JenReadsAlot I bet Pickles missed you! 2w
Jari-chan Aw, Pickles 😻 2w
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dabbe PICKLES! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
Ruthiella Did Pickles let you know she missed you? Or is she playin‘ it cool? 2w
tpixie Hi! Pickles 🐱 Take care of your human 💚 (edited) 2w
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @tpixie She's mainly using me as an armchair 🤣🤣 2w
tpixie @RaeLovesToRead 😂🤣😜 2w
Branwen HI PICKLES! 💕 2w
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The Way Inn | Will Wiles
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Mehso-so

This had potential: a professional conference goer gets tangled up in a corporate-House-of-Leaves-esque situation. It starts slow, but with hints of the freakiness to come and I got drawn in.

Sadly, I found the final third got dull very quickly despite containing the bulk of the action.

Last night, I fell asleep with about 5 pages remaining.

With its sexist ass of an MC & uninspired ending, I can't go higher than ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars.

Hooked_on_books Well that‘s a bummer. Cool cover, though! 2w
Branwen That cover is trippy! 😵‍💫 2w
RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books @Branwen If House of Leaves is "oh no, my house is trying to eat me", The Way Inn is "oh no, this hotel is trying to eat me!" Haha 2w
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All's Well | Mona Awad
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When #ownitalreadyoctober goes bad, and #nobuynovember goes worse, it's gotta be #dontdoitdecember

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BEHOLD MAI TREASURES!!!!!

Supporting Independent book stores! 🥰🥰

Amiable @Clare-Dragonfly 😄😄 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Hahaha, yes!!!! And then #absolutelydestituteapril 😅😇 3w
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Topping & Company | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Bookstore)
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https://youtu.be/DqmG--iLl2M?feature=shared

What's this?

Another YouTube video?

MORE blind dates?!

Feel free to click the link if you want to watch me unwrapping some more beautiful books 🥰

Ruthiella There are booktubers who do wrap up their own books with wrapping paper and use that as a TBR method. I read this as a teenager and loved it. I hope it holds up. Let us know! 3w
LeahBergen @Ruthiella I read it in my teens, too! And now I‘m singing the song. 😆 3w
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Golden Hare Books | Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Bookstore)
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https://youtu.be/BxA0TjCP50Q?feature=shared

Got myself some Blind Dates with books at Golden Hare Books!!!! If you want to watch me unwrap them, click on the link above.

It's my first YouTube video so go easy on me 😅

Ruthiella You are a pro! 👍 I‘ve never been brave enough to do a blind date with a book. 3w
Kimzey Fun video! Hope you enjoy your blind dates! 📚 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Kimzey Aww, thanks for watching! 🥰 I shall have to post a review vid when I've read them... although reading books takes longer than buying them hahaha 3w
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Edinburgh!!!!! 🥰

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Edinburgh! 🥰

JenReadsAlot Oh I love Edinburgh! 3w
AmyG What a great city. Enjoy! 3w
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Horrorstr | Grady Hendrix;
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Mini-haul, Waterstones Edinburgh 🥰

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When you arrive at the hotel with your creepy hotel books 😎

Soubhiville 😆😆 great idea! 3w
wildwoodreads Ohhh that‘s the best! 3w
AmyG Ha! 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
quietlycuriouskate That's brave of you! 3w
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The Way Inn | Will Wiles

"I needed no one particular woman because there were plenty of other women and they were all basically interchangeable. And seeing them that way didn't make me even slightly guilty, because I am sure they saw me in a similar way."

Ugh. This guy! Amirite?! ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️

Cuilin Yeah, the objectification of women, right? If you see us as an object we‘re just interchangeable things. 😣 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Cuilin I hope the MC is supposed to be an arse! Otherwise Mr Wiles has some explaining to do, haha. 3w
Cuilin @RaeLovesToRead yes or some strongly worded op Ed‘s shall be written. 😆 3w
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Soubhiville What?! Ugh. 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Cuilin @Soubhiville I suspect that the MC's attitude is supposed to reflect the identikit nature of the environment he's inhabiting. That kind of everything is the same everywhere vibe. But REALLY?!?! Could he sound any more of a sexist bell end. 3w
Susanita He sounds like a real catch! 😳 3w
quietlycuriouskate What a treasure he is, to know how women perceive. Let me sit at his knee and take notes. 🤨 3w
DaveGreen7777 😳😳😳 The title is wrong! To put it in Star Wars terms (because I‘m a nerd 🤓) “This is NOT the way!” 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Susanita @quietlycuriouskate @DaveGreen7777 I'm really hoping that the MC is supposed to be a bit of a douche... Still made me do a double take! 😂 *light sabre emoji for Dave* 3w
Branwen Ugh. 😒 3w
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Will | Will Smith
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I've just given my thoughts at length on GR... how best to summarise?

Will doesn't make himself look good in this warts-and-all memoir. Although it's obvious that he has a tireless work ethic, determination, commitment and drive, he treats the people around him as accessories to his own success and empire.

Will (the book) is punchy, raw, and full of emotion, but expect shoddy behaviour and CONSTANT bragging.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bookwomble I wouldn't have the energy for it! 😴 Well done, you, for getting through it 👏🏻 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Bookwomble Haha, thanks! 😅 3w
Bookwomble @RaeLovesToRead I read your Goodreads review, so I understood the slog it had been getting past his ego! 😄 3w
RaeLovesToRead @Bookwomble Thanks for reading! 😊 It was quite an exhausting journey. But it's one more ticked off the TBR! 3w
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@thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'm kinda holding you responsible for these impulse purchases... 😅😉

Look! It's a crystal ball you can live in and a book that takes you under the sea!!!!!!

And if you think this is bad - I've got some keepsake collection Polly Pockets coming for Xmas 🥰🥰🥰

Now to hide these from my Mum who I'm trying to help de-clutter...

willaful Oh my goodness! *melts* 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Ooh! Well these are amazing - I‘m happy to take responsibility! 4w
SayersLover Ahhh! Polly Pockets so much nostalgia right now @RaeLovesToRead 4w
GondorGirl Oh, I loved these when I was younger! 🥰 4w
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The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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Mehso-so

Unpopular opinion time.

I was disappointed by this one. It had the potential to be really brilliant, but all the directions it could have taken seemed to fizzle rather than pop.

We have a decent eerie set up, but instead of tension building to a tense climax, it comes in dribs and drabs and then peters out in a rushed ending.

Between mysterious ambiguity and frustrating lack of clarity, we have the latter.

Unsatisfying 😔

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Ruthiella The ambiguity was just right for me in this case, but I understand where it might be too opaque for others. 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks like a great place to relax and read 💚 1mo
Kimberlone Nothing I‘ve read by Shirley Jackson has lived up to the horror of The Lottery. I didn‘t care for this one or We Have Always Lived in the Castle. 1mo
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RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella It felt a bit unfinished to me. I liked the atmosphere, the writing and there was one bit that really made me shudder, but I wanted more!! 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks! Is a local cafe 😊 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Kimberlone Now I NEED to read The Lottery..... 1mo
Branwen I think about the opening lines of this book a lot! 💕📚 Also, I want to come visit and read books together in that cozy, lovely cafe! 🥰 4w
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The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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"Well," Luke said after a little silence, "I'm sure we will all be very comfortable here."

Yes, Luke, I'm sure you will ?

In your evil, scary house.

That may be haunted...

dabbe Luke's happy with a martini in his hand. 😃 1mo
DaveGreen7777 Luke‘s like that idiot guy from Paranormal Activity who was told the worst thing he could do was try to communicate with the ghost and then immediately went out and bought a Ouija Board so he could communicate with the ghost! 🤦🏻‍♂️👻 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly I kind of figure Luke is being sarcastic here. But it‘s hard to tell with Shirley Jackson characters! 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Quite possibly! Or just optimistic 🤣 @DaveGreen7777 😅 @dabbe 🍸 1mo
dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I also think that's what makes him all full of his bravado! 🤩 1mo
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Autumnal kitty 🥰🐾

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

Leftcoastzen 🥰 awww😻 1mo
JenReadsAlot Oh Pickles! So adorable 😻 1mo
IndoorDame 😻😻😻😻 1mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
dabbe PICKLES! 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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Yuki_Onna That handwriting! 🤩 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Yuki_Onna Aww, thanks! 😁💕 It varies depending on my mood so I must be feeling tidy today! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Yuki_Onna 😂😂👏 1mo
The_Penniless_Author I don't see my book on here, Rae. Don't tell me Waterstones still hasn't shipped it! 😕 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author They genuinely haven't despite me emailing and complaining. I shall complain again. If it doesn't come I shall have to just get it on Kindle or something. Blame your publisher! I'm all the way out in the UK trying to buy!!!!!! 1mo
The_Penniless_Author I blame the Royal Mail! 🤴📮👎 1mo
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The Premonition | Banana Yoshimoto
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Got some yummy covers in my latest book haul 😍😍😍

(Sushi Pusheen is also excited!)

yourfavouritemixtape Oh, a bookshop-book I haven‘t heard of yet. *puts it on her tbr immediately* 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @yourfavouritemixtape The cover is so pretty! 🥰 1mo
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This book was great, but prepare to do some heavy lifting emotionally and intellectually. Some of the science in here is degree-level stuff.

This is a highly technical rundown of all the factors underpinning the sociobiology and neurobiology of behaviour. It's fascinating stuff & quite an achievement.

I'm not sold on the theory that free will doesn't exist, but otherwise a solid, rational, & cerebral read.

Plus a tasty wagon wheel.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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"that we personally can cause change."

But not through any volition of our own?

Make up your mind, Sapolsky. Do we have agency? Can we effect causality? I'm not sure you're as committed to this "no free will" as you make out ?

If he is simply saying that our ability to make decisions and act is organic rather than magical, I wouldn't argue.

I shall have to read his new book "Determined" to explore his thoughts further...

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Follow on from previous post.

Maybe a more pertinent question is what is sentience?The difference between the mechanical decision and the less easier to define WILL and IDENTITY behind an action.

Perhaps what neuroscience is yet to discover is the basis of sentience; whereas the field has made enormous leaps in the neurobiology of behaviour, we are yet to uncover the physiological basis of our sense of self or recreate it artificially.

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This chapter argues with alarming sense against free will & I am shaken.

I need an equally intelligent person of science to counter Sapolsky's conclusions in this chapter!

The thought that there could be no essence to our personhood beyond predetermined biological mush is terrifying. What about meaning? Identity? Sentience? Morality?

If we are without agency, operating as robotic products of essential biology... what's the point in anything?

Ruthiella It is a bit terrifying. I don‘t have the smarts, however, to provide any counter arguments. 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella I am getting my thoughts in order. I don't think Sapolsky is right about free will. Just because choice has a biological basis doesn't mean it isn't free. I suspect that part of our brain that makes up sentience is ridiculously complex. Neuroscience may one day explain it, but although our choices are influenced by just about everything and we are products of our environment, doesn't necessarily mean life is predetermined. 1mo
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Photo of Rae several years ago, pre-Litsy, pre-shelves...

It's bumming me out how few of the books behind me I've read 🙈🙈 TBR from like 2018-ish?

Yes, that monkey is wearing a bikini, and no, I've never been to San Francisco.

MatchlessMarie I‘ve been thinking about doing a “notice me november” themed TBR next month because I have the same problem 😂 1mo
willaful I find the #BookSpin challenge really helpful for that! 1mo
LiteraryinLawrence One thing I‘ve tried to do is really gauge whether I still WANT to read books that have been on the TBR forever or whether I feel I should. If it‘s the latter, I‘m ok to allow my reading interests to change. But of course for many of them I still do want to read them. 1mo
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RaeLovesToRead @MatchlessMarie Yes! Or a NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT NOVEMBER haha... I totally will get round to them eventually. I just keep buying newer ones and getting distracted 🤭 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @willaful Yes! I'm in the process of assembling my November list... there are more books I want to read in November than slots though... and I'll probably only read about 4 🤭 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @LiteraryinLawrence Haha, yeah.... it's all the former! I just wish I could pause the world for like 20 years while I catch up with my reading! 😅 1mo
willaful Those damn authors just KEEP WRITING! 1mo
thegreensofa How cute is your octopus! 🐙 💕 1mo
marleed Boy I understand. I think I could fill a floor to ceiling Billy shelf with just my unread books published in 2020. It‘s glaringly obvious that my pandemic comfort was ordering new books on Tuesday‘s! 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @willaful I knoowwww!!! 😆 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @thegreensofa He is adorable. I have a whole family of them, including really smol ones! 🥰🐙 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @marleed The plan is to just keep adding library trollies until I basically live in a library 😊😇 1mo
willaful Plan approved! 1mo
Branwen I love this picture of you! You look so happy with your books! And it's exciting to see how much your collection has grown! 💕📚 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen Awww, thanks! I'm a bit disturbed by how many of these books are still on my TBR though 🙈🙈🙈 1mo
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Eventually it will get to the stage where this becomes a cosy book nook and set up for video games. It's a work in progress, so have a semi-shelfie!!!!

Or this can be like Where's Wally?

Can you find:

A) 2 dragons and a dinosaur

B) Some cumbersome art books that won't fit on my shelf

C) Illumicrate coasters!

D) A Pokemon terrarium and a Pokemon

E) Some epic tunes

F) LEGO that needs assembling

G) A bunny and an angry adipocyte

dabbe I see E and G! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @dabbe What colour is the bunny? 🙃 1mo
dabbe @RaeLovesToRead If it's the one on top of the pink bookstand, I'd say beige? At least I think it's a bunny! 🤩🤣😃 1mo
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RaeLovesToRead @dabbe The bunny is purple and you can see his ears poking out under one of the dragons 😉 The angry adipocyte is on the pink trolley though! 💕💕💕 1mo
dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Sheer awesomeness. 😎 1mo
Branwen OMG this was so fun! 🤣😂 1mo
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The Secret | Rhonda Byrne
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Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView & @The_Penniless_Author 😊😁

#two4tuesday

1. I was thinking about pizza earlier and it manifested 🍕

2. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Possibly my least favourite book ever written. (If you're a fan, perhaps don't read my review on GR... it's quite a rant!)

I should give positive thinking more of a chance. My current tactic of wallowing in self pity hasn't exactly been paying off 🤔

TheSpineView ❤️🍕 Thanks for playing! 1mo
Branwen That first answer! 😂🍕 1mo
DaveGreen7777 Pizza manifestation! The greatest superpower of all! 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 1mo
BiblioLitten I love your answers! All the times I have rolled my eyes whenever someone mentions The Secret. 😅😅 1mo
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Hooman, it is damp outside. Were you aware?

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

TheSpineView 😹😹😹 1mo
Jari-chan Those eyes 😻 1mo
willaful So pettable! 1mo
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dabbe Hi there, Pettable Pickles! 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
JenReadsAlot So adorable 😻 1mo
Gissy 😻🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
peanutnine 😻😻😻 1mo
BekaReid positively too cute! 1mo
Branwen You better get that weather changed for her right now! 😹 1mo
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Pickles: Now that I have dried off my wet floofs on you, Raehooman, plz re-open door so I can find more soggies...

#picklescat #catsoflitsy

Jari-chan Typical cat😸 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
sarahbarnes 😂😂😂 1mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Too cute 😽🐾 1mo
MaureenMc 😄😄🥰 1mo
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Cards on the Table (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView ?
Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author ?

I think this is between ? ? ?
Although I have been known to enjoy a cheeky ?
Non face emojis... ???

Now Mum and I have to do some soul searching as to why "We need to talk about Kevin" was the first thing we both thought of in association with ? emoji...

NOT APPROPRIATE ??

I'm gonna change the subject and say Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie for ?

The_Penniless_Author Yours is definitely 🤨 It's not even close. 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author Ohh you mean I use 🤨 most? Haha 1mo
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TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1mo
The_Penniless_Author Yes 🤨 Rae 🤨 that 🤨 is 🤨 what 🤨 I 🤨 mean. 🤣 1mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author I'm just saying, if I'm 🤨'ing you more than 😊'ing you, maybe you need to be more 😊😊😊 to your Rae pal? 😘😋 1mo
The_Penniless_Author I count four 😊s to only one 🤨 in your last comment, so I guess I'm doing OK. 😇 1mo
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National Bookshop Day! (Apparently) 🥳

dabbe Yahoo! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Branwen Great stack! 📚 1mo
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Cat sitting continues...

#catsoflitsy #pebblecat

Jari-chan Awww 😻 2mo
Gissy I see a little tail...😂 🐈‍⬛ 🖤🖤🖤 2mo
Susanita Charming! 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @Jari-chan @Gissy @Susanita Your guess is as good as mine what she's doing down there! 😄 2mo
dabbe Look like tail-sitting! 🤩🖤🐾🖤🤩 2mo
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#ihavequestions

🌒 For me, it would probably be a social horror like The Circle by Dave Eggers

🌒 I like my horror to be more creepy than gory. And I HATE body horror 😅

🌒 Did I write this question to get gothic recommendations? Yes. Yes I did 😉

@The_Penniless_Author @Branwen @DaveGreen7777 @CBee @IndoorDame @dabbe @Caroline2 @julesG @TrishB @Susanita @jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB @Bklover @ravenlee @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

@ ALL OF YOU 😘

julesG Great picture. Now I want a wall of mirrors. 2mo
Caroline2 I‘ve just preordered this as my next gothic read. 👍 (edited) 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @julesG It was taken in a pub restaurant in Exeter 😁 2mo
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RaeLovesToRead @Caroline2 Ooh, I have this!!! Thanks to @jenniferw88 🥰🥰🤗 2mo
julesG @Caroline2 This was in my book mail on Tuesday/Wednesday. 2mo
dabbe Thanks for the tag; will do! 🖤🧡🖤 2mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Thanks for the tag, Rae! I'll mull this over and see what I come up with. 2mo
Branwen Ooooh this is excellent! Okay, I need to think of my answers! 🤔 2mo
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The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison
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Pickpick

A harrowing examination of the racism underpinning society's notions of beauty. I feel I should say more about it, but the writing is poetry and left me with more feelings than words.

Brutal and devastating.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Mehso-so

I have 3 beautiful copies of this book, so I really wanted to love it. Sadly, it irritated me.

The MC is wetter than a haddock's underpants & prejudiced & whiny to boot.

Also the BLUSHING, oh my days, if I'd taken a drink every time someone's cheeks got warm, I'd be wrecked!

Hiraeth itself was a triumph. A decaying, waterlogged house on a crumbling hill, oozing atmosphere & mystery. There were things I liked, but disappointing overall.

⭐️⭐️

julesG 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love your review 2mo
Bklover Great review! ❤️ 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly That‘s unfortunate, it sounds really good! Is she wet because she‘s been crying or because of the drowning mentioned in the title? 😂 2mo
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RaeLovesToRead @julesG @Bklover Thanks! 😁 (I may have plagiarised the haddock line from Blackadder, haha) 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Don't let me put you off trying it! If you like YA, it was certainly an atmospheric read. The MC was a total drip though (and so mean to poor Preston for no reason!) Seriously, I'm not even exaggerating about the blushing ☺️ 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly I own one of her other books, so I probably won‘t come near this one until I‘ve read that! 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Confession: I hate whimsy! So I would probably steer clear of a book with that title on account of knowing that I'm a MASSIVE GRUMPY KILLJOY! 😅 Reid is clearly a good writer though, so definitely give her a go 🙃 2mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick This review made me laugh. I find that wasting time on a so-so book isn't fun, but writing a snarky review makes me feel better! 🤣 2mo
GondorGirl I really enjoyed the book, but I can see where it wouldn't be for everyone. 2mo
GondorGirl @Clare-Dragonfly I really enjoyed Study In Drowning and Wolf and the Woodsman, but HATED Juniper and Thorn. 😅 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Thanks! 😅 I had to be quite concise cause I ran out of letters, but I go into more detail in my GR review 😊 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @GondorGirl I'm glad you loved it! I really wanted to 😭 I did think the atmosphere and the blending of fairytale and reality was cleverly done, but everytime I tried to fall into the story, something happen to annoy me 🙁 2mo
Branwen You already know how much I loved this one! 😂 But honestly, I can completely agree with your points! 💕📚 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen Haha, I'm sorry! 😅 The blushing though, Becky! The blushing!!!!!! 2mo
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Cat sitting this week!

Here is my smol buddy Pebble 💕 She is checking out the book loot that I have brought with me!

Plan is to rest and do some reading and (hopefully) some writing 😊

#catsoflitsy #pebblecat

IndoorDame She‘s gorgeous! Hope she‘s good company and not too much trouble! 2mo
julesG Hello Pepple! You're a beauty. I also admire your servants' courage to have a Pothos plant on the floor, my cats would start nibbling on it. Which by no means should give you any silly ideas! 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @IndoorDame She's a total sweetheart! 🥰 2mo
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RaeLovesToRead @julesG I'm at my friend's house... not sure what the plant is, but the way it seems to be growing across the floor in search for freedom is a bit freaky!! 😅 Don't know what I'll do if she suddenly starts eating them Garfield-style 🤣 2mo
julesG If Pepple hasn't munched on it so far, she probably won't start now. Pothos grows long vines, but is poisonous for cats. I've put it on a shelf where the cats can't get to it. Ghost tends to nibble on any greenery. 🙄🙄🙄 2mo
AmyG Awwwww ❤️ 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @julesG Oh crap, I thought you just meant that the plant would not survive long... I will move them to the kitchen side post-haste and inform my friend 2mo
RaeLovesToRead @AmyG She's adorable 😊 2mo
Larkken @julesG the struggle to keep our kitty from munching on greenery is real, too! It's amazing how many houseplants are toxic. But then, sometimes I think he also just likes barfing; we keep cat grass and he munches that to the soil and then hairballs like mad 😖 I agree that if Pebbles has lived with those plants for a while and never munched they're likely fine, but don't introduce new, tasty smelling plants if you can help it! 2mo
RobES Hey Cutie 🧡 2mo
dabbe Hello there, Precious Pebble! 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
julesG @Larkken Cat grass; my cat seems to think that's mainly for decoration. She'd rather gnaw on spider plant than eat cat grass. 🙄🙄 2mo
Branwen PEBBLE! 💕 2mo
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