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vonnie862

Joined July 2017

RSP teacher who loves to read, hike, travel, & dance. http://vonniesreadingcorner.blogspot.com
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The Lord of the Rings | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Visited a new-to-me Gastropub and they were having Lord of the Rings theme cocktails and food. It was a cool bar (a little pricey, though) with lots of tabletop board games. My husband and I will be visiting again.

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Heartbound Book Shop in Anaheim, California, is my new favorite indie bookstore!

It's a romance bookstore and it has an awesome selection of books! They also have constant events, which are so fun to participate in.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Soscha Oooh…New place to me! 5d
BookmarkTavern What a sweet name! I love it! Thanks for answering! 5d
Kristy_K That‘s near me! I haven‘t heard of it before, but I‘ll have to visit. 5d
vonnie862 @Kristy_K you must visit! 4d
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Ended my Spring Break with Harry Potter 🤗

BarbaraJean Ooooh—is that at the Pantages?! I just saw it there last week! 6d
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Oh, the drama! Katarina and Heath are so toxic yet so perfect for each other. But all of the back and forth and petty fighting did irritate me. And then all of that for that type of ending? Yeah...

Don't get me wrong, the audiobook was a fantastic production. I loved the documentary feel of it. I was just not satisfied with the ending.

3.5 ⭐️

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I haven't watched many of the films listed but my top three are:

Fiddler on the Roof
E.T.
The Color Purple

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

dabbe 🩵 all 3! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 1w
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Off the Map | Trish Doller
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Aww! My husband and I really enjoyed this book! We listened to the audiobook and enjoyed all the things that reminded of us. We love to travel and hike. Our favorite places were mentioned and we enjoyed the chemistry between the main characters. It was also emotional with Carla's dad as he went through dementia. It broke our heart. 4.5 ⭐️

#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks #ireland

Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇮🇪💚 1w
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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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This book! I was not expecting the feels!
I loved Rhys so much in this one that I can't wait to read the 3rd book.

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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Hammock reading on a crisp morning ❤️

The book was getting too good to only read 3 chapters a day. I'll try not to spoil it for those doing the buddy read.

ShelleyBooksie So jealous of your reading location. Lovely!! 1w
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A used bookstore tucked away in a corner amongst some shops in Big Bear. I almost missed it!

willaful Awwwwww! 1w
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Better late then never: Week found this restaurant in Big Bear that served food from Nepal. And omg! The Mo-mos (dumplings) were freaking amazing!

#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Butterfinger I keep thinking of my momos that I had. They were so good. 2w
Texreader Yay!! Yes momos are so good 2w
Catsandbooks Yum! 1w
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Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J Maas
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Much needed getaway to Big Bear 💗

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w
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Off the Map | Trish Doller
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Started on the tagged book today and went to our favorite Irish pub. We had Irish whiskey, Irish beer, bangers and mash, and shepherd's pie.

#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks #ireland

TheBookHippie Fun!!! ☘️🍀☘️ 3w
dabbe 💚🍀💚 3w
Texreader Awwww! 😁 💚🧡💚🧡 We tried to go to our neighborhood Irish pub and it was packed and overflowing into the parking lot. So jealous! We got Thai instead. 3w
Catsandbooks Awesome!! 🇮🇪💚 3w
kspenmoll Looks so delicious! 3w
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I love supporting my favorite small, romance bookstore, Heartbound Book Shop. ❤️ I wonder what I got?

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful wrapping 1mo
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Met this sweet local romantasy author, Madeleine Eliot, at a brewery. I got her dual book set on sirens. I'm looking forward to reading these!
*author is not on the data catalog

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I didn't read many books in February but I did enjoy the first book in the ACOTAR series.

#bookbracket @Catsandbooks

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The great gatsby | Scott Fizgerald
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Not the biggest fan of the book, but this ballet production was wonderful! The dancing was beautiful and the visuals were stunning!

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This memoir was about a Latina who climbed Mount Everest. It was filled with memories of growing up in Peru and in the United States, as well as her experience climbing up the mountain. It was very detailed and heartbreaking at times. However, I did feel that this could have been shortened. There were details that I did not need to know about. *trigger warning for child sexual assault

#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks #nepal

Texreader Oh two of our #foodandlit countries this year! Nepal and Peru!! 1mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇳🇵 1mo
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Difficult Women | Roxane Gay
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I'm not a big fan collections of short stories, so I'm not surprised that I was not really into this one. Some of the stories were good, some were weird, and some I did not care for. However, there were some stories that were hard to read due to the topics (e.g. rape). So trigger warnings before reading this one.

#authoramonth @Soubhiville #bookspin

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I loved it!
I get what the hype is all about! I was enthralled from page one and I kept turning those pages! Now on to book 2!

#BookspinBingo #doublespin

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Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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This is a coming of age story of a girl who is supposed to be an alien. The coming of age aspect was good but it kind of lost me with the alien thing. Was she really an alien, though? Or was she just a girl who felt like an outsider? 3 ⭐️

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First attempt of making ciabatta bread from the Turkuaz Kitchen book. 🤗

We're going to use these for our burgers today.

Ruthiella Looks delicious. 😋 2mo
Deblovestoread Looks yummy! 2mo
IuliaC They look perfect! 2mo
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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Top 3:
Night
Pride and Prejudice
The Picture of Dorian Gray

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo
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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Looks like James was my top pick for January. 😊
#bookbracket @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🎉 2mo
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The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. I had no idea that tulips were a big deal in the Netherlands. I was amazed at the obsession of the main character. It was a good story, but it did lose me at parts. 3.5 ⭐️

#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks

TheAromaofBooks Several years ago I read a nonfiction book about the tulip craze, and it was so interesting!! (Although pretty much devoid of pictures, which would have added soooo much.) What blew my mind was how much money they were paying for bulbs with no real guarantee as to what that tulip was actually going to look like! 2mo
vonnie862 @TheAromaofBooks It's so crazy to me! 2mo
Texreader What a great choice to read for #Netherlands! I ♥️ The Count of Monte Cristo. Trying to decide whether to read this one. 2mo
vonnie862 @Texreader it's a quick read so I would try it. 2mo
Catsandbooks 🇳🇱🌷 2mo
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Got to meet this awesome author! I'm looking forward to reading her book. #melissawhitney

LoverOfLearning Awesome! 2mo
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Frankenstein | Mary Shelly
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I read a little but more on this list. My top 3:

1. Frankenstein
2. The House on Mango Street
3. Kindred

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe I now have #s 2 and 3 on my TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo
LoverOfLearning Read and LOVED Kindred and Frankenstein. Guess I need to read The House on Mango Street! 2mo
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I tend to read children's books for comfort reads. My first pick is the Harry Potter series then I read The Story of Ferdinand.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Children‘s books are a wonderful pick! Thanks for sharing! 2mo
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Another great read!
I enjoyed all of the celebrities that were in the book and it was interesting to see a different perspective of WWII through the eyes of these glamorous people. 4⭐️

#sundaybuddyread #bookspinbingo

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Just came in!

I believe this is from you, @@TheAromaofBooks

Thank you!!!!

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The Ex Talk | Rachel Lynn Solomon
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I was so busy with work that I didn't realize that I was almost done with the book until the happy ending. 😅

This was a fun read! I enjoyed the characters, the plot, and the setting. I give it 4 ⭐️

#buddyread #bookspinbingo #littensloveromance

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Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo A. Anaya
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So...apparently, I haven't read many of the books listed, but here are my top 3:

1. Bless Me, Ultima
2. The Bluest Eye
3. The Color Purple

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

TheBookHippie The Color Purple read last December was so good. I love the Bluest Eye. 2mo
dabbe You are in good company; most of us scored under 20 and have added more books to the never-ending TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 2mo
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From the list, my top 3 are:

1. Island of the Blue Dolphins
2. The Giver
3. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe You're in good company! 🤩 Love your choices, too. The 17 books I read were ones I read while teaching middle school in the 90s! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 3mo
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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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I can see what the hype was all about with this book. This was a great re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but through Jim's point-of-view. Though this book was listed under humor, I didn't find funny. It was more tragic than anything else. What Jim and other slaves went through was just horrible. However, I loved Jim's determination to save his family. I give it 4 ⭐️.

#bookspin #3 #bookspinbingo

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The Story of Ferdinand | Robert Lawson, Munro Leaf
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My top 3 children's books from the list:

1. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
2. Matilda by Roald Dahl
3. Harry Potter by JK Rowling

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3mo
JamieArc I love Ferdinand! It‘s my top gifted book to families with mew children. 3mo
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El Péndulo- a café bookstore in Mexico City 😍

KadaGul 🥰😍🥰#Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙🎆💛 3mo
Ruthiella Heavenly! 😍 3mo
Amiable I want to live there! 😍 3mo
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An alley of books for sale in Mexico City.

Julsmarshall Great photo! 3mo
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Here's my contribution to the #wintergames2024 for #HolidayBookDragons

Thank you, @LiseWorks, for leading our group!

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I'm so proud that I was able to read many of the prompts each month and I had so much fun!

#foodandlit2024: 10 out 12 completed
#authoramonth2024 : 7 out of 12 completed

I plan to continue to do these this new year.

@Catsandbooks @Texreader @Soubhiville

Bookwormjillk Nice! 3mo
Soubhiville Great job! 3mo
Catsandbooks Awesome job! 👏🏼 🎉 3mo
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Some of the bingos I got during the #wintergames2024 challenge.
#HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

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I read 61 out of 60 books this year! Yay!
I have no idea how I did it. It was a very hectic and emotional year, so I am proud of myself for making time to read.

I'm keeping the same goal of 60 books for 2025. I am sending positive vibes for this new year.

Mollyanna Nicely done. Congratulations 🎉🥳🎉 3mo
Ruthiella Fantastic! 👏👏👏 3mo
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Happy New Year from Mexico City!!!

Ruthiella Happy New Year! 🥳🥂🍾 3mo
BookmarkTavern Happy New Year! 🎉🍾🎊 3mo
dabbe 🤩🥳🤗 3mo
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The Color of Magic | Terry Pratchett
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Oh my goodness! I did it! I wasn't sure I was going to be able to finish this book while on vacation.

This was my first book in the Discworld series. There was a lot of world building and strange things happening. I admit, I was confused the majority of the time. I enjoyed the wit, the setting, and how it ended. But for the life of me, I can't explain what the story was about. 3⭐️

#authoramonth2024 @Soubhiville
#BookspinBingo #wintergames2024

MariaW It was the first try of Discworld novel, they get better with each one. #gnuterrypratchett 3mo
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Librería Porrúa - Bosque de Chapultepec | Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico (Bookstore)
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I'm in Mexico City right now and found this cute bookstore next to the lake Chapultepec 😍

Ruthiella Beautiful! 😍 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Amazing 😻 3mo
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Eggs Absolutely 👍🏼 3mo
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The Lion Women of Tehran | Marjan Kamali
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I had some great reads this year, but The Lion Women of Tehran was my top read for 2024.

I wonder what my top read will be in 2025?

#readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

CSeydel Nice choices! 3mo
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Hmmm...I enjoyed the Finnish setting and the Ginish lifestyle of this book, but I was not fond of the main character. She was annoying and kept making dumb decisions. Her live interest, Tommy, could have done better. 3 ⭐️

#BookspinBingo #wintergames2024 #HolidayBookDragons
#foodandlit

mcctrish I have this on my kindle, I totally forgot I got it for #foodandlitfinland 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3mo
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Eggs 🌲💚 🦫 3mo
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TheSpineView Perfect! 3mo
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Eggs It had to be you 😂😂 3mo
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3mo
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