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TheDaysGoBy

Joined January 2017

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Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda
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My last read of #NFNovember and fits so nicely with 2024 being my year of Hamilton (finally watched it on Disney+ in July and quickly became obsessed, watching it live in person when it came to my city on my birthday). This book was interesting - love learning more about the process and Lin‘s notes about each song were fantastic. Love getting into musician‘s brains and he‘s someone I wouldn‘t mind chatting with

@Bookwormjillk

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 16h
Bookwormjillk How interesting! 15h
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 15h
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I signed up! This swap is great - nice and easy with just one book and some chocolate so it‘s low stress. And super fun! Join in!

#jolabokaflodswap @MaleficentBookDragon

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Got this for my birthday a few years ago. I was an NSYNC fan and haven‘t missed a tour Justin‘s done (my mom and I went this past summer and it was a blast!). This isn‘t a biography. More musings about his life/music. I enjoyed it though - I love hearing musicians talk about their process and where inspiration comes from

#NFNovember @Bookwormjillk

Bookwormjillk I had no idea he wrote a book 3w
TheDaysGoBy @Bookwormjillk More of a coffee table book with pictures than anything but was still interesting 3w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w
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Yes!! Just signed up! One of my favorite events - Winter Games - is back! Lots of holiday themed fun. Join in, won‘t you?

@StayCurious @LiseWorks #wintergames2024

StayCurious Thanks for sharing! 3w
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Mehso-so

Got another read off the list. This one was just ok for me. I‘d almost bailed on it a few times. The book was advertised as one thing but was something else entirely. I won‘t say more and risk ruining the twist for anyone who wants to experience it but it wasn‘t for me

#HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 4w
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Second book in the series. Still enjoying it so far. I‘ll have to pick up the next one from the library. I like the easy read after a long work day

Scochrane26 I liked all the Percy Jackson books. Most I listened to. 1mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Thanks for the tag @BookwormAHN ! I got 7/100. Whomp whomp 😂 I love the idea of it though - trying to knock off more on the list

#threelisthursday #tlt #300-201 @dabbe

BookwormAHN 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 2mo
dabbe LOTS of oldies to see in this list! I wonder how many of them you can actually stream? Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🖤🧡 2mo
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🍁 Both!
🍁 Green
🍁 Spooky
🍁 Tangible. I‘m no stranger to audio though
🍁 Halloween
🍁 Gloves
🍁 Low-key group

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs Thx for playing 🤎🧡 2mo
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Murder Road | Simone St. James
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I was pretty excited about this one, and I liked it fine but not as much as I hoped. I feel like the story jumped in logic in weird places - I can‘t explain it but something felt off with the writing at times which I think took me out of it. Did have some spooky vibes for sure though

#HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 2mo
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My first time with the Percy Jackson series. I always thought it sounded interesting and it definitely kept my attention. The characters were pretty great and fun. I‘ll probably continue with the series and see how the rest of the prophecy turns out

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐈 🐾 ❤️ 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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My ambitious TBR for October and #HauntedShelf

And some Poe thrown in for good measure. I probably won‘t get through them all but maybe I‘ll surprise myself

#BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 2mo
ShyBookOwl Murder Road is soooo good 2mo
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Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel | Alexandra Potter
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Mehso-so

Emily goes on a Jane Austen tour in England and runs into the “real” Mr. Darcy. They have a handful of encounters while she‘s having her own version of Pride and Prejudice on the tour. There‘s a bit of a whimsy with a fictional character coming to life, and ultimately this was ok. I saw where it was going a mile away, and even though I understood the point the author was making, I didn‘t agree with how Emily saw Darcy. Wasn‘t a fan of Emily either

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
KT1432 The fur baby looks disappointed lol 2mo
TheDaysGoBy @KT1432 😂 you‘re so right! He just happened to be looking down when I snapped this but so fitting for my review 2mo
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I thought this was great! Really dissected the wellness culture/trends and while I usually consider myself pretty good at not falling for the hype, a few things I‘d had my eyes opened to. Definitely makes you side eye some of the wellness fads more and question if you really need it/they‘re right for you

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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Just returned Sunday from Disney World. It was my nephews‘ first time, and it was fun sharing it with them! The weather didn‘t always cooperate but we made the best of it. And I‘m getting over another cold after getting one a few weeks ago. This hasn‘t been my month as far as staying healthy 😂

#whatsneweednesday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

Read4life I hope your nephew had an amazing first visit. 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m glad you had fun! Hope you get to feeling better ❤️‍🩹 2mo
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Firekeeper's Daughter | Angeline Boulley
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This guy is always grumpy when I take his picture 😂

This book had been on my bookshelf for a while, but the mood finally struck. I enjoyed this a lot! A Native American woman getting caught up in a drug investigation. The characters in this were so well developed. Maybe a little slow going at first but once it hit its stride with the investigation I didn‘t wanna stop reading

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
dabbe #grumpygus 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
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Ready or Not | Cara Bastone
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This guy has been hanging with me while I finished up this one this week. I liked the characters in this one a lot! Thats really what sells these romances for me. If I don‘t like the characters, it‘s game over. I actually laughed at some of the banter between Shep and Eve. A fun one to be sure

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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https://open.spotify.com/album/1kCHru7uhxBUdzkm4gzRQc?si=VagpDDfvTQ2VwMVdkbAANA

I‘m that person who‘s so late on this, but I just watched Hamilton for the first time around the 4th. I liked it but all of the sudden last week I was like “I‘m gonna listen to the soundtrack” and it‘s been on legit repeat since 😂 Honestly the songs/story are so compelling. Hard not to enjoy even though hip hop isn‘t my typical genre

#tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude

Ruthiella Never too late to discover this awesome soundtrack! 🎵🎶❤️ 4mo
TieDyeDude Yes! It just digs into your brain. Just typing this, the Skylar sisters song is begging to be heard 😅 4mo
LiteraryinPA Right!! Just an amazing score. 4mo
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TheDaysGoBy @TieDyeDude I swear I hear the songs running through my brain while I‘m lying in bed trying to sleep 😂 It‘s honestly the best though. Definitely digs in and doesn‘t let go 4mo
TheDaysGoBy @LiteraryinLawrence it‘s incredible. I‘m mad it‘s taken me this long to get into it honestly 😂 4mo
TheDaysGoBy @Ruthiella When I watched it on Disney+ at first I was like “uh oh, I don‘t think I‘m gonna like this” but somewhere it flipped and I started enjoying it. I think part of me was expecting it to not live up to the hype but it‘s honestly just incredible 4mo
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1. Spoiled. Often it‘s not the ending but getting there that‘s satisfying
2. Favorite character
3. Romance I guess. So not my typical answer - must be all the romance I‘ve been reading lately 😂
4. Historical fiction. Sci-fi is not my jam
5. Skip the last

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs Thx for playing 🦋 4mo
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Finished up this audiobook during work today. I didn‘t do too many of the exercises but I loved the message the author conveyed and the tools provided to help you actually care for yourself. There was one part in particular that resonated with me - talking about how you‘re not entitled/deserving of help/charity/whatever because other people have it worse. I do that all the time. So yeah makes you self-aware about things and how to change it

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Till There Was You: A Novel | Lindsay Hameroff
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My reading buddy. I finished the tagged book - overall was enjoyable. Lexi honestly annoyed me for a while towards the end. Felt like she just kept fighting with Jake about the same thing. Also I couldn‘t understand her relationship with her dad - just didn‘t get her feelings on that at all particularly since it clashed with the rest of her personality. All in all, I‘d say low pick

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5mo
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Rich and Pretty | Rumaan Alam
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I got 87 pages in and I‘m just not feeling it so I‘m gonna bail. Normally it‘s not something I do, but I‘ve seen so many Littens take this route when they‘re not feeling a book because our TBRs are long and life is short - and they‘re so right! Story about two best friends but I‘m hardly convinced they actually are. Definitely more character driven which is fine if I like the characters but not the case here

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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Why We Swim | Bonnie Tsui
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Finished this up on audio today. It was pretty interesting. I definitely learned some things I never knew before

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Waiting for Tom Hanks | Kerry Winfrey
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This was SO fun. At times I was annoyed with Annie, particularly in the beginning because she seemed to take immediate offense to Drew and never even considered she might be approaching the situation wrong. But she grew on me. What I enjoyed most about this though was I had literal laugh out loud moments - pretty rare for me with a book. It surprised me every time but in the best way. It was a lot of fun

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
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Finished this up before bed. It‘d been on my shelf for a while. A story about a pandemic that wipes out most of the world leaving some people with magical abilities as well as without. Not my first pandemic book since living through the covid pandemic but it‘s still so weird and eerie - the stuff the author describes hits different after living some of it. Overall, I liked it. Likable characters and I‘m intrigued. Gave The Stand vibes

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Mr. Wrong Number | Lynn Painter
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I never used to be much of a romance fan but I had a couple good ones hook me a year or two ago and now I like to throw one in every so often as it‘s nice to just blow through a book. I liked this one - not a favorite but mostly enjoyable

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo
RaeLovesToRead Hello floofy! 💕 7mo
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Just finished this one up during lunch today. It was interesting. I do think there were some missed opportunities but I thought the story was unique

#litsylovereads

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 8mo
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Listened to this on audio while working this week. I enjoyed it a lot! I found it so interesting. I‘m not outdoorsy in the least but I can appreciate why people hike these trails. Not that you‘ll ever talk me into it 😂 But yeah, fascinating and heartbreaking all the while

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Finished up this book while watching March Madness. I enjoyed it a lot! A memoir about adopting a blind kitten and how the cat‘s spirit impacted her life/way of thinking. Definitely makes me appreciate my kitty all the more, especially given my Sammy is turning 16 in a couple months. Was a nice reminder to love him even in those moments of frustration

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 8mo
RaeLovesToRead Aww Sammy 💕💕💕 8mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 8mo
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#tuesdaytunes

You guys are all picking cool stuff for this, but I can‘t help sharing this. A new *NSYNC song off Justin Timberlake‘s new album - the song is Paradise. As a die hard *NSYNC fan it‘s brought me so much joy

https://open.spotify.com/track/6tcYpyw4rr5mTqDidS29IY?si=CMjq9YrgTJm0LdPmzP1LIQ

@TieDyeDude

BethM Yaaaassss 8mo
TieDyeDude Nothing wrong with this! Solid song. I didn't realize the album was out. The couple songs I've heard have been a bit auto-tune heavy, but I'm reserving judgement till I listen to the whole thing 8mo
TheDaysGoBy @TieDyeDude Overall it‘s a great album! Feels like there‘s a bit of range on it which is always nice having a song that‘ll fit basically every mood. That *NSYNC song made me so emotional though 😂 8mo
TieDyeDude Have you seen his Tiny Desk? Such an entertainer! How is anyone that charismatic?? 8mo
TheDaysGoBy @TieDyeDude I did! It was so good! I‘ll be seeing him on tour this summer too. He always puts on a great show! 8mo
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks just got my book in the mail. Thank you again so much!

#litsylove

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!! 🎉🎈 8mo
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Everything Is OK | Debbie Tung
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My BFF gifted me this for my birthday and I just got around to reading it. I‘ve been struggling with stress and general displeasure with my job so I appreciated this book and a lot of the comics spoke to me. Nice to have a reminder it‘s ok to be down sometimes and to step back and take care of yourself

#litsylovereads

dabbe 💚💙💚 9mo
LiteraryinPA 💗💗💗 9mo
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Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
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Wasn‘t a huge fan of Fourth Wing but figured I‘d give the sequel a go to see if more time with the characters/plot changed my mind. Unfortunately, it didn‘t. I can see why people enjoy this story but for me the “shocks” and “twists” don‘t have a huge impact. I think because nothing ever really get explained in the detail needed so when those things happen you don‘t have an emotional reaction to it. Surely there will be another book but I‘m out

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 9mo
RamsFan1963 I never made it past the first book. 9mo
TheDaysGoBy @RamsFan1963 I probably wouldn‘t have bothered if I hadn‘t gotten the sequel for Christmas. For such long books the author could‘ve done way more world building 9mo
RamsFan1963 @TheDaysGoBy I couldn't get past the, IMO, school girl romance elements that brought the story to a screeching halt every time they popped up. 9mo
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I listened to this on audio. Really short audiobook but it had some good info/tips on how to stop yourself overthinking everything - habit I‘m definitely prone to

#litsylovereads

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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Unpopular opinion here. This was so overhyped. The premise sounded amazing but the writing style wasn‘t very successful - at least not for me. The author struggles to develop characters and relationships properly. We‘re expected to believe Violet is friends with people because the author says so rather than actually showing it and letting the readers see the growth. And the romance? Ugh. Felt so one sided with Violet and suddenly it‘s not? ⬇️

TheDaysGoBy I wanted to like this so much but the author didn‘t even do any real world building. Nothing is really explained about the ongoing war or what things are really like outside the walls of the city - what are they heading out into after graduation. I did like the dragons and thought all that was interesting. Just wish this was written better. That said, I‘m still planning to read the sequel so we‘ll see if that changes my feelings at all 10mo
dabbe As a former English teacher, this is what I loved most about teaching. When the kids would challenge each other's thoughts on a piece of literature. When I'd tell them that they could have opposing opinions and as long as they could accurately and intelligently defend their analysis (which is crucial to literary development) and they'd SMILE, ready to critique and support. You nailed all of this in your post. Thank you. 🖤💜🖤 10mo
TheDaysGoBy @dabbe Thank you! I feel like I‘m overly critical sometimes because I write (not published or anything but just for fun and yet I take it quite seriously) so I feel that makes me less sympathetic sometimes. Reading other people‘s reviews that praise the world building and character development makes me feel like I‘m missing something but I guess I have a different idea what that looks like 10mo
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I enjoyed this a lot! The characters were all wonderful. I love stories where I have characters I can connect with/root for and I got that in spades here. It was a cute, feel good story. Good way to start the new year!

#litsylovereads

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
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Winter Games: A Mystery | John Feinstein
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My final total for #GhostsOfXmas #wintergames

I had a blast! I‘m sad it‘s over - the holidays go way too fast but it was a great event! @BookwormAHN thanks for being a great team captain! 🙂

BookwormAHN Nice 🩵🤍🩵 11mo
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Really happy I hit my goal - for a while there wasn‘t sure it was gonna happen. Trying to decide what my new goal for 2024 should be and if there are any challenges I should join. I‘m not very good at finishing them but it feels weird to not join one either 😂

Ruthiella Nice work! 👏👏👏 11mo
PaperbackPirate Congratulations! 📚 10mo
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Some more ornaments:

Too big to fit in palm of my hand
With an animal on it
Character
Favorite color
With a date on it

#GhostsofXmas #wintergames #christmasornamenthunt

@BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Lovely 🤍 11mo
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1. The tagged book
2. The Most Likely Club. Ugh, literally the worst book I‘ve read in so long
3. Nothing yet. I‘ve got a cold so I‘ll see how I‘m feeling. Might just kick it at home just me and my kitty and I‘m perfectly fine with that
4. No but I did end up at the mall for an hour or two
5. I guess kinda brown because it‘d been raining. I always want a white one and never get it 😂

#ghostsofxmas #wintergames @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN I would love to have a white one too ❄️ 11mo
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It‘s been a crazy few days with the holiday and then of course I had to come down with one of the many illnesses flying around so apologies on the late posting of this. I got 435 words on the word game which was where I‘d left it the night of the 23rd so 4,350 points

#GhostsOfXmas #wintergames

@BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN I hope you are feeling better 🤍 11mo
TheDaysGoBy @BookwormAHN I think it‘s just a cold but today was rough. Hopefully this was the worst of it and I‘m on the upswing now! But on the plus side I got some Hallmark Christmas movies watched being on the couch all day lol 11mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🩵 11mo
dabbe Feel better! 💙❄️💙 11mo
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Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
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Wow, thank you so much @CindyMyLifeIsLit - you spoiled me! I don‘t think I‘ve seen a bigger bag of the peppermint bark in my life, but it‘ll still get eaten 😂 The socks too look nice and cozy. This book has been on my TBR - a friend of mine and I were planning a buddy read for it.

Thank you so much! So generous. Merry Christmas!

#jolabokaflod @MaleficentBookDragon

Karisa Oooh, just finished that book. It‘s a fun ride! 11mo
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Here‘s some of my ornaments starting with the top row:

Ornament that sparkles
Ornament that represents sports
Ornament I got this year
Oldest ornament on my tree

#GhostsOfXmas #wintergames #christmasornamenthunt

@BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Lovely 🩵 11mo
PaperbackPirate Beautiful ornaments, and a good reminder to do this challenge! ❤️💚👻🎄 11mo
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Home Alone | Kim Smith
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Another classic I make a point of watching every year. Also been watching a lot of specials I haven‘t been posting about. Love this time of year!

#GhostsOfXmas #wintergames @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Fantastic and just keep a tally of those specials 🤍 11mo
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On a Night Like This | Lindsey Kelk
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This was almost a so-so for me. I liked the MC Fran, but it took so long to get to the romance part of the book. I did appreciate it was about more than that but I was annoyed with Fran at times as she did things that made me second guess her professionalism as an assistant. I did enjoy most of it, but in the end I think I needed more guy time than I got

#GhostsofXmas #wintergames @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Fantastic castle clock 🤍 11mo
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My #jolabokaflod package came today! Love this tradition and can‘t wait to open it 🙂

@MaleficentBookDragon

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A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens
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Got our first #teamread for #GhostsofXmas read. I‘d read it in high school so it‘s been a good 15 years or so. It was nice to revisit a classic, especially given how many versions there are of this story in movie form now. Is it my favorite? No, but it is a classic you have to appreciate and who doesn‘t love a bit of a redemption story.

@BookwormAHN #wintergames

BookwormAHN Absolutely ❄️🤍❄️ 11mo
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Some of my watches the last couple days. I also watched a Hallmark Christmas movie with dinner last night. I hadn‘t seen that Beauty and the Beast one in a decade and Belle was always my favorite princess so it was fun

#GhostsOfXmas #wintergames @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN Nice 💚❄️💚 11mo
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I got 110 words total for the word game related to winter/holiday. Not too bad for doing it in the nth hour 😂

#GhostsofXmas #wintergames

@BookwormAHN @BookwormAmber

BookwormAHN Fantastic 🩵 12mo
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The Santa Clause | Daphne Skinner
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One of my favorites I make a point of watching every year.

#GhostsOfXmas #wintergames

@BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN A classic 🤍 12mo
PaperbackPirate Me too! Do you like the sequels? 11mo
TheDaysGoBy @PaperbackPirate They‘re alright. Definitely not as good as the original. I‘ve been watching season 2 of the show. Have you watched that at all? 11mo
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Absolute crazy day but wanted to post I got my #jolabokaflod swap in the mail today. Love this tradition and also happy to check another thing off my to-do list

@MaleficentBookDragon