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RobES

RobES

Joined July 2022

I like books and cats more than I like most people 😉
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The Ink Black Heart | Robert Galbraith
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Happy Saturday!!! Lily is horse riding (I don't actually need to stay....it's just so peaceful!) and I'm reading (a really good book) and drinking (a really good coffee) 🥰

Karisa I‘m spending my reading time with Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott today too. Love that world! 2w
bookaholic1 Love the series, myself 2w
RobES @Karisa @bookaholic1 I just finished it!!! Brilliant- just love Strike and Robin ❤️ can't wait to see how they adapt this one for the series! 2w
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Storm Debi is giving us a real battering today ... so hot chocolate is needed in my classroom! 🌧📚☕️🍫

KateReadsYA I love the mug 3w
RobES @KateReadsYA 🥰 love The BFG 2w
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Mehso-so

Woohoo! Completed my Good Reads Challenge!!!! The Haunted Hotel was pretty meh ... disappointing as I loved The Woman in White!

Gissy Congratulations 📚📚📚📚👏👏👏 1mo
BookmarkTavern Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
Jas16 🙌🏽 1mo
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Monica5 Congratulations. It always feels good when you complete your reading goal, at least to me. 4w
RobES @gissy @BookmarkTavern @Jas16 @Monica5 awww thanks- I'm a super slow reader, so I wasn't sure I'd make that challenge .... might try 45/50 next year 🤔 xx 4w
Gissy @RobES You read more books than most of the people out there📚📚📚💪What is important is to enjoy that time we spend in those stories❤️ 🤗 4w
RobES @Gissy 👍👍🧡🧡🧡 3w
PaperbackPirate Congratulations on getting to 40! 👏📚📚📚📚👏 3w
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Happy Halloween folks 🎃🍂🧡🕸🕷🧛‍♂️🧚‍♀️🦹‍♀️👻

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Learn My Lesson | Katee Robert
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This was super spicy 🌶🌶🌶 I love the worlds that Robert's creates... this one feels like it crosses into the world of Dark Olympus. However, the editing on this one wasn't great- there were so many typos and grammatical errors! However, the spicy smut kind of made up for it 😉

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AUTUMN CHILLS | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

Another cosy autumn read! Some of these short stories were great, with sharp twists that I didn't see coming and atmospheric settings.

peanutnine Love that book cover! 😍🍁 1mo
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Pickpick

Super! Fantastic read for ages 10 - 14 years. An important read in today's world ... raising compassionate young adults 🧡

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Mehso-so

Cute and cosy 🧡🍂🎃🧡 but the spelling and punctuation errors were wick and the overuse of certain phrases set my teeth on edge 😒🙄

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I absolutely did not buy this book for Autumn photos 😉🧡🎃🍂

marleed But if you had, it would‘ve been an understandable decision! 2mo
AnnR 🎃🙃👍 2mo
mom_of_4 Just put this on hold at my library 2mo
RobES @marleed 🧡🎃😉 2mo
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Stone Heart | Katee Robert
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Mehso-so

I don't usually use a kindle, but I borrowed my husband's to access this Dark Olympus novella. It was short and sweet (although a number of editing errors kind of soured it for me a bit). 🐍🐍🐍

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The Breadwinner | Deborah Ellis
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This was a super read, really emotive and impacting... such a good choice for young readers- encourages them to see beyond their own lives and circumstances and helps them appreciate some of our basic civil liberties that are denied to others in certain parts of the world. 💔🌍

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Prince of Mist | Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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I am reading a lot of Junior fiction at the moment as I started a new teaching job and am teaching new texts. Reading new material and making new resources are my favourite things to do. I have particularly loved 'Prince of Mist' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and 'The Good Thieves' by Katherine Rundell. Super choices for 11- 14/15 year olds.

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This was super! It was quite similar to 'Little Fires Everywhere' in that the types of characters, relationships and messages were similar, but they are so good that it doesn't matter... I love Ng's writing and the awareness she brings to the reader of different life experiences is so important ✨️

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Desperate Measures | Katee Robert
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It says a lot about my mood that I have just read two Katee Robert's back to back! Sometimes only a little romance and a whole lot of spice can provide the escapism that I currently need in my life! These are both great... but super spicy 🌶🌶❤️❤️😉

Soubhiville I like your mug ☕️🙂. 3mo
RobES @Soubhiville aww ta, my friend's husband is a potter in Portugal ( Olaria Pequenia ... I may have spelt that wrong) and it is one of his .... it fits a lot of coffee 😉 3mo
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Cruel Seduction | Katee Robert
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Sunshine and smut 🌶💛🌞
I love this Dark Olympus series!

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Lightseekers | Femi Kayode
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Curled up in bed with Corey to finish this one. I flew through this, it was a pacey read that definitely kept me gripped. The context of Nigeria was central and was so interesting, as was the idea of mob mentality and the why did it happen, as opposed to whodunnit. I felt the narrative style was a bit jarring at times and because it was fast paced there were elements that felt under developed. However, I will def read the next one in the series.

dabbe Hello there, Cute-as-a-button Corey! 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
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Queen of Shadows | Sarah J Maas
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My fave in this series so far! I am feeling much warmer towards these characters and am beginning to understand the love people have for it . .. although, it's still no ACOTAR!

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Uncle Paul | Celia Fremlin
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This was not what I expected, I thought it was going to be a typical, comfortable whodunnit, but what it really was, was hilariously, darkly witty. Tension and suspense were combined with astute and beautifully crafted domestic observations- it was such a good read! A real surprising wee find- it is a rerelease of a Faber classic; it was Waterstones Book of the Month in July, and that's what made me pick it up, and I'm so glad I did!!!

Tamra Fremlin is gloriously witty & wry! 😄 3mo
rwmg Is there a connection with Poland or is that just a random mug? 3mo
RobES @rwmg lol just a random mug .... it used to say BOOK WORM, but the WORM bit has come off in the dishwasher 🙄 3mo
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Mehso-so

Made some pancakes and finished my book.... like my pancakes, this was fluffy and warm lol....unlike the pancakes, it was seriously spicy 🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Eating and reading rubbish 😉

Vansa I must defend one of the few non-rubbish Tessa Bailey has written 😀 4mo
annahenke I LOVE this book. 4mo
RobES @vansa @annahenke ok, you're both right, I'm ¾ through and enjoying it....it's very warm and fuzzy 😊 4mo
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Troubled Blood | Robert Galbraith
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Excellent! I love this series and this was possibly the best yet! It is so much more than a murder mystery or whodunnit .... it made laugh out loud and even managed to make me feel quite tearful at certain moments. There is definitely a complicated underlying discussion on feminism and the way it impacts all relationships- it is subtly sewn into the characters and plot. There is just so much to enjoy and digest her- loved it 🧡👍

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Troubled Blood | Robert Galbraith
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Happy Saturday! Coffee and a book (a good book) while Lily has a riding lesson .... best time of the week 💞🐎☕️🍫📚

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Persuasion | Jane Austen
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Matching my nails to my current reread! I've had a spate of not terrific reads, so I've delved into an old fave to boost my desire to keep reading ... I get a bit discouraged when I get a run of not-so-terrific books. I'm going to follow this up with the next Cormoran Strike novel, Troubled Blood, as I know that won't let me down 👍✨️

dabbe #coverandnaillove 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
Suet624 I was disappointed too recently with some blah books. I was starting to get nervous that I just didn‘t like anything anymore. 😳 4mo
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theokiereader Those are beautiful nails!! 4mo
Gissy Love that edition and your nails 💅 4mo
RobES @Suet624 I get like that....nothing excites me, but I find if I read something 'safe', an old fave or a series I'm enjoying it shakes me out of the rut 💛😉 4mo
Suet624 @RobES I agree. Sometimes though I get that bleak feeling: “what if I never again find a book I really enjoy??” 😊 I have to talk to myself to snap out of it. 4mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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The cover is fabulous .... the rest of the book is not! Oh dear, it was only sheer pig headed determination that made me actually finish this .... ugh! Sorry, that is harsh, but it really is just a mish mash of other stories and King even allows that there is nothing new in there, nothing original.... Mind you, everyone is different and I get that some people will love it- fair play! 💖

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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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Literally haven't read any Stephen King since I was a teenager!

BarkingMadRead That‘s a cool cover!! 4mo
RobES @BarkingMadRead isn't it gorgeous! I love the colours! 4mo
BarkingMadRead I‘ve never seen it before! So cool! 4mo
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Great Circle | Maggie Shipstead
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Mehso-so

This is a tough one for me to review as it was so gorgeously written that I really enjoyed reading it ... that being said it was sllllooooowwwww! I love a slow burn but this was so slow it was fizzling out. Also, the parallel story of Hadley the actress wasn't present enough to make any real impact... although I did like the ending! Also, does anyone want to come sort out these bookshelves for me!?

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Great Circle | Maggie Shipstead
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Summer reading has started 🌻🌞📚

Tamra Fabulous blooms! 5mo
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Priory of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon
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Mehso-so

I am ridiculously stubborn and forced my way through this book.. and about ¾ of the way through I kind of got why some people love it! The world building and politics are intense... I know more about the history and religions of this world than I do about the real world! It felt like it could have been 3 or 4 separate books, but the epic rush to the final battle was very clever and I did enjoy it ... to a degree. 🍊🍊🍊

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I'm only 124 pages in, and not going to lie, I'm struggling ... do I keep going!? This gets so many good reviews, but I'm just not feeling it 😕 Cody the kitten is more interested than I am lol

Bookwormjillk I eventually finished this one but it took me a few tries and I didn‘t love it 5mo
bthegood I tend to DNF any book that I feel is a chore after 50-100 pages - my TBR is too long and life is too short! 🙂 5mo
TrishB If you‘re not liking it now you probably won‘t. I loved it- but straight away. It‘s a big book if you‘re not loving it. 5mo
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IuliaC Don't waste your time with it, it does get any better. There are so many wonderful books waiting out there 😊 5mo
Slajaunie I had to audiobook it because I could not sit and read it. 5mo
RaeLovesToRead Keep going! There is a lot of info dumping at the beginning. I found it got better. Hello kitten!!!! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻❤ 5mo
dabbe Hello, Cuddly Cody! 💚🐾💙 5mo
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Lethal White | Robert Galbraith
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Pickpick

You know it's good when the plot is nearly secondary to the writing and characters! These just keep getting better 💙 Also, peony season is my fave 😍

PaperbackPirate Beautiful flowers! 😍 5mo
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Lethal White | Robert Galbraith
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The weather is gorgeous in N Ireland at the mo, so lots of reading in the garden in these lovely warm, bright evenings 🌤💛

TheSpineView ❤️ this series 6mo
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The Blue Castle | L. M. Montgomery
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Matching my nails to my novel! Love this sweetly funny book. My Senior book club have chosen this as their summer holiday read- a perfect choice for sunny days 💙💛

RaeLovesToRead Great colour! 💅🏻 6mo
Gissy 💅 😍 💙 6mo
Tamra Perfect for summer! 6mo
Ruthiella Perfect match! 6mo
AllDebooks Wow that blue is perfect 🥰 6mo
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Heir of Fire | Sarah J. Maas
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Mehso-so

Unpopular opinion- this series is not a patch on ACOTAR or CC! I genuinely don't get the fuss! I appreciate SJM's world building and characters.... but the writing...... the repeated cliche phrases and the timing!!! Wtf with pace.... it always explodes in the last 50 pages!? Sorry, it's not awful,it's just frustrating.

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Not a book recommendation, but a good one all the same! This is so clever and funny and moving and heart wrenching.... just watch it 💞💞💞💞💞

marleed It‘s going to be my holiday weekend binge! 6mo
RobES @marleed oooh enjoy 💞 6mo
AllDebooks I watched it 3 weeks ago and still haven't recovered from that last episode 6mo
RobES @AllDebooks Brimsley dancing by himself and George and Charlotte under the bed at the end 😭 big ugly sobs over here!!! 5mo
AllDebooks @RobES yep, so moving 😭 5mo
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Finished my reread of this beautiful book. I think loved it even more the second time round- it is so moving and human. Highly recommend...although the themes of grief, death, suicide and Cancer are dealt with in a sensitive but brutally honest manner- it's good to be aware. Can't wait to see the film...although I'm nervous, I've heard it isn't a patch on the book. Anybody seen it? X

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Rereading this before I go to see the film ❤️

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I had forgotten just how good this is! It really leads you through the full spectrum of emotions- from laughter to tears to heartwrenching moments of gentle beauty....one of my all time faves! All pupils should have to study this! I reread it to help my son who is currently studying it ❤️

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Lessons: A Novel | Ian McEwan
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This is fabulous! The lessons we learn from those that care for us (or don't care) and those we learn from the world around us, shape us and we, often unintentionally, pass those onto the next generation...and so the cycle continues....unless it is intentionally broken. This is heart breaking, 'triggering' and darkly amusing. This took me some time to get through as it was one that required all my concentration; I probably need to read it again!

Suet624 Sounds great! 7mo
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Jolly Olly Octopus | Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees
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Happy Sunday morning! This is my daughter, Norah's, current fave book. She can quote it and finish the sentences and I am reading it in my dreams 🙄🦑🐙

bthegood Fantastic - a young reader - love it 🙂 7mo
RobES @bthegood 🥰🥰🥰 i know, seeing children and young people read gives me a bit of hope for the future x 7mo
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Nutshell | Ian McEwan
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Birthday book haul! Going on an Ian McEwan binge as I'm going to hear him speak at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy at the end of the month! Any McEwan recommendations? I'm reading Lessons at the minute!

AmyG Happy Birthday 🎂 7mo
MicheleinPhilly Atonement. Forever and ever and ever AMEN. 7mo
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 7mo
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jlhammar Happy Birthday! I second @MicheleinPhilly ‘s Atonement recommendation. Loved that book. Nutshell was also surprisingly wonderful (I did audio). I also really enjoyed On Chesil Beach, Sweet Tooth and Amsterdam. Looking forward to Lessons! 7mo
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 7mo
IuliaC Happy birthday! 🎁🎈 7mo
UwannaPublishme Glad you‘re treating yourself! Happiest Birthday to you! 🥳🎂 7mo
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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas
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Coffee and a good book is happiness....I'm easy to please. I'm still not entirely convinced by this SJM series.....it's no ACOTAR! At least I now know who Aelin is!!!! Not sure how I feel about Chaol.... or Dorian!? 🤔

carolcharityhome anyone here wanna support our homeless orphans with disabilities in our orphanage homes? 8mo
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Daisy Jones & The Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Great wee read! Loved the narrative structure and the pace of the novel. It covers a number of years but it isn't at all laborious .... and the ending is really moving. Look forward to watching it on Prime! 🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I thought the Amazon adaptation was really well done too. 8mo
Vansa The Amazon adaptation is very very well done! Definitely watch it! 8mo
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Happy Easter everyone! I got this gorgeous edition of 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' in a charity shop- it was 3 books for a £1!!!! 💛

IuliaC Happy Easter! 8mo
AmyG Happy Easter 🐰🐣🐇 8mo
dabbe Da sweet kitty! 💚🐾💚 8mo
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Career of Evil | Robert Galbraith
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Best in the series so far! These just keep getting better and I really didn't see the twist coming at the end 🙊 Highly recommend... I'm off now to watch the 3rd series .... I won't let myself watch until I've read each book lol.

BarkingMadRead Gasp! There‘s a show?!? I haven‘t started the books yet, I really need to get on it because I have a bunch of them! 8mo
RobES @BarkingMadRead the first book is just ok but the second and third are v good! You can get the series on BBC iplayer! 8mo
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This was recommended by a student! It was a pretty powerful read. I haven't read any other Heather Morris books, but I will now. I felt the writing style was a bit sparse and straightforward.... but because this was a true story, and a gut wrenching one at that, maybe that was a good thing!?

carolcharityhome Hello are you there 8mo
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One of my all time faves. I finished this today with my Year 9 class! C S Lewis's childhood home, 'Little Lea' is literally around the corner to the school I teach in ... I have been known to peer through the gates 😉

Jeg One of my favourite kids books. I first read it as an adult doing a childrens literature course. 8mo
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Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck
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I've been teaching this novella for 17 years and it never gets old. Every year, even the hardest pupils, react to the ending... I love seeing my students react to literature 💛

IndoorDame Gorgeous edition!!!😍 8mo
Alfoster Seriously! Just finished teaching this to my grandkids in homeschool after having taught it in high school. We were all teary at the end!🥲 8mo
dabbe I cried every single time I taught that book. Every. Single. Time. ❣️ 8mo
peanutnine LOVE that cover! 😍 8mo
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Loved this because it made me so conflicted .... was I supposed to dislike Margery Kemp so much? I loved Julian the Anchoress! Is this a normal response to these women???? Anybody read this and feel the same? Corey, my cat, had no strong feelings on the matter 🙄🐈‍⬛

Tamra I really enjoy contemplating (pun 😏) anchoritism. Stacked! 8mo
Suet624 Corey is clearly thinking about something though. 8mo
RaeLovesToRead Corey!!!! 👋🏻😁💕 8mo
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Happy St Patrick's Day from N Ireland ☘️🍀
This is my book of the year (so far).....flipping gorgeous! Bittersweet and so clever; spanning countries and time periods with beautiful threads that tie the whole thing together 💚

BkClubCare Happy ☘️ St Patrick‘s Day! (From Kansas🌻) I have this book on my tbr. 9mo
SamAnne Happy St Patrick‘s Day from Spokane WA….a big Irish town in its own way! 9mo
dabbe Happy SP Day from sunny Phoenix, AZ! ☘️💚☘️ (edited) 9mo
bthegood Happy Saint Patricks Day from Lebanon Ohio - 🍀 9mo
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Radiant Sin | Katee Robert
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Smut, snow and seriously good coffee ... don't judge, but this is bliss.... although I really do HATE driving in snow!!!

dabbe Sounds like the perfect Saturday! ❣️ 9mo
Suet624 And you forgot to mention horses! 9mo
RobES @Suet624 lol....I was distracted by the book 😉 9mo
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