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Aims42

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A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse
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#TopReads2025 for August goes to “Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles” by Fabio Bartolomei. This was just such a fun, quirky read that I loved so much! I don‘t usually like translated books but this made me a believer that they can be good!

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My library used book sale haul from this morning 🤪 So much for trying to stick to a very restricted buying criteria 🤦‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Several of these I‘ve had on my Goodreads ‘To Read‘ list for years. So, now that I have a physical copy on my Mt. TBR pile there‘s no excuse to not get to them now 😏😜LOL yeah, right - watch me 🤣

Ruthiella It‘s a never ending process! 😅 2d
TheBookHippie 🤣🫣🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😊 2d
Tamra 😜 shelving/stacking and reading are different hobbies. 2d
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Aims42 @Ruthiella it really is 🤣 2d
Aims42 @TheBookHippie emphasis on the 🫣😆 2d
Aims42 @Tamra 🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯 so true!! 2d
TheBookHippie @Aims42 I worked our library book sale in June … 6 days- 10 hours each… I brought a bag home every day 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🫣 2d
Leftcoastzen I definitely feel your pain! I have so many in my home unread , but hard to pass up a bargain especially for a good cause! 2d
Aims42 @TheBookHippie I remember you posting pics!! You got so many great books 😍🤩 2d
Aims42 @Leftcoastzen That‘s how I justified it, the money goes to a great cause 🤓♥️ 2d
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A Novel Bookstore | Laurence Cosse
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#FridayHappyReadingHour is here after a very busy day 🤪 I‘m still sipping my Coke from 3pm that I got on my home from a lunch & thrifting date with my BFF and needed a caffeine jolt. It did the trick! Pictured are my IRL bookclub pick (Monte Cristo) and my fun reading book (A Novel Bookstore). Happy Weekend & Happy Bonus Monday off for Labor Day if you‘re in the US 🤩🥳🙌 Cheers!!

@kspenmoll
@tamara
@mcctrish
@thebookhippie
@BarbaraBB

mcctrish Long weekend in Canada 🇨🇦 too 🎉 McDonald‘s Coke is top tier 3d
Aims42 @mcctrish Yay for you guys having a long weekend too!!! 🥳🤩😍 They do! I intentionally drove out of my way home to get a McDonald‘s Coke 🥰 3d
BarbaraBB Looking good - the setting, the books and the long weekend! Enjoy 3d
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Aims42 @BarbaraBB Thank you! 😊🥰 3d
Tamra Happy Weekend! 😁 2d
Aims42 @Tamra Yessss! Enjoy your bonus day on Monday 🤩🥳 2d
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A Novel Bookstore | Laurence Cosse
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My view from earlier tonight at my husband‘s softball game 😆😎 My book, my snack, my water ✅✅✅

TheBookHippie Necessities!! 4d
Aims42 @TheBookHippie LOL, you know it 😂👍 4d
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Alchemy of Secrets | Stephanie Garber
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I DID IT! I finally found a BOTM pick that I‘m kinda, sorta intrigued by (the bar has drastically been lowered since the last book I ordered was forever ago). My reminder is set to cancel my membership before my card gets charged for next month. It‘s been fun BOTM, but the time has come to say good-bye 👋👋👋👋👋👋

bumpinthenight This book is really fun! I hope you like it! 5d
Aims42 @bumpinthenight Oooo, YAY! I don‘t usually gravitate towards fantasy, but the summary sounded really intriguing 😁 5d
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I read the summary on this and knew I had to read it ASAP! I‘m totally one of the people who watch what groceries people are buying, and wonder if my cashier can guess my dinners for the week 😆 I loved allllll the characters in this book, I was expecting “Schitt‘s Creek” level of humor, but it was much more dry and subtle, not a bad thing, just letting others know 😊 Definitely a “pick”!

Aims42 Themes: Magical Realism, Family & Friends We Make Into Family, A full cast of characters 1w
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#FridayHappyReadingHour is here in my house 🥳🥂🙌 Drinking Chateau Ste. Michelle ‘Light‘ Chardonnay & eating some Wheat Thins. I gotta say, Book 5 in the Brighton Series from Elly Griffiths might just be my favorite (tagged). I feel like she found her groove with the characters. Tag yourself with what you‘re drinking, snacking on, and reading to welcome the weekend. Cheers, friends!!🥂🍻🍾
@kspenmoll
@tamara
@mcctrish
@thebookhippie
@BarbaraBB

kspenmoll I need to read this series! Cheers to you from CT! 1w
Aims42 @kspenmoll I read books 1-3 a few years ago and just picked up book 4 last weekend. I enjoyed it so much that when I finished it I immediately put a request at my library for books 5-7 😆 1w
mcctrish Lovely kick off to the weekend 1w
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Aims42 @mcctrish Yessssss! What a week 😵‍💫 Oh! And no ‘Nana Pour‘ this Friday 🤣 (edited) 1w
mcctrish Sometimes we have to be responsible 😆 1w
Aims42 @mcctrish -sad trombone noise- it‘s true 😆 1w
Ruthiella Cheers 🥂! 1w
Aims42 @Ruthiella Thank you!! You too 💛🧡🩷 1w
Tamra 👏🏾 Cheers! 1w
BarbaraBB Gorgeous setting to start the weekend 😍 1w
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣ Spent a lovely weekend visiting my family for my Mom‘s 70th birthday! 🥳🎂🍾🥂 2️⃣ Enjoyed a fun Sunday afternoon at the pool, got there early enough for the shaded loungers😎 3️⃣ My parents‘ sweet kitty, Millie 🍤♥️ 4️⃣ Silent Book Club meeting 🍷📖 (that‘s me smiling next to my SIL in the blue sweatshirt 😁) 5️⃣ 16 days until my vacation!!

Play along if you had joys (big or small) this week!

TheBookHippie The cat! To be that comfortable …🙃 1w
Aims42 @TheBookHippie OMG, right?! 😹 1w
kspenmoll Wonderful week! 1w
Aims42 @kspenmoll It really was 🤩🥰 1w
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I‘m making progress in my IRL bookclub‘s September pick, and it‘s actually pretty good! Definitely not one I would‘ve picked up otherwise 😊 I did have to print off a character list since names are just thrown out all Willy-Nilly 🤣 (Green tabs on top are for quotes, the tabs down the side are my reading chunks so I don‘t get overwhelmed 😆)

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No #SundayScaries here 🤩😌 One more day with my parents and then back home to reality tomorrow. I‘m enjoying this book (tagged here) but more so as a snacky “Cheeze-It” read. Nothing fancy, not mind blowing, but a good read 😊

Tamra Cheeze-It read? 😉 2w
Aims42 @Tamra 😂🤣 Yes, actually that‘s even better! I‘m editing my caption with that 😂 Great catch!! 2w
Tamra @Aims42 I love them since I have a salty tooth. I wish they qualified as a veggie! 😆 2w
Aims42 @Tamra I am definitely Team Salty for snacks 😍🤩 LOL! We‘d totally be set if they counted as a veggie 🤣 2w
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The Cloisters | Katy Hays
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I‘m visiting my parents in Iowa this weekend. We‘re home from dinner and a trip to Menards (yes, the home improvement store 🤪) and now they‘re watching the Indiana Fever WNBA game and I‘m sipping from my wine that my very heavy handed Mom poured 😂 Glad there‘s no early morning plans tomorrow #FridayHappyReadingHour
@kspenmoll
@tamara
@mcctrish

TheBookHippie 😂🍷 2w
Tamra Any trip to Menards deserves a treat. 😄 2w
mcctrish We call that a “nana pour” in my family 2w
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Aims42 @Tamra LOL, I agree 😁🤗 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish 😂🤣 I love that! Cheers to the women who always make sure everyone has a good time 🤗♥️🥂 2w
mcctrish Women taking care of women ✊🏻✊🏻 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Hell yeah! 🙌🙌🙌 2w
LeahBergen Family visits and a heavy pour go hand in hand 😆 2w
Aims42 @LeahBergen LOL! So true 😂 2w
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#FridayHappyReadingHour is here! Cheers to the weekend everyone! Use the hashtag to share what you‘re reading and what you‘re sipping to welcome the weekend 🍺🍷🍸🍹🥃☕️🧉🥛🧃🧋

I‘m visiting my folks in Iowa so I hope to enjoy a little something something a bit later 😊
@kspenmoll
@tamara
@mcctrish

mcctrish Can‘t wait for the little something something hour 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Me too 🤗♥️ 2w
Tamra Cheers for later! 📚🥂🍻 2w
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣ Sunday I went with my hubby and his family to a Milwaukee Brewers Game AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! 2️⃣ I had an amazing Old Fashioned along with my hot dog & French fry lunch at the game 3️⃣ Our seats were amazing! 4️⃣ Coffee (always lol) 5️⃣ This amazing community, thanks for being the light in these dark times 🕯️♥️

Play along if you had joys (big or small) this week!

mcctrish Is it even summer without a baseball game?! 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Totally agree!!! 😎⚾️♥️ 2w
TheBookHippie 💙⚾️🧢 2w
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Susanita Yay! 💙💛⚾️ 2w
Amiable Hot dogs always taste the best at baseball games! 2w
AmyG Looks fun!!! 2w
Tamra Classic summer fun! 2w
dabbe 💛🤎🧡 2w
Bookwormjillk ❤️⚾️ 2w
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#TLT

1. Scholastic book fairs and the book flyers - I‘m still searching for the high these two things gave me 😂
2. The smell and feel of new school supplies. Each folder and notebook was color coordinated and the “ugly” colors were always my math ones 🤣
3. New clothes for the school year! Omg! Is there a better feeling than feeling 100% confident in your first day of school outfit?!

This was a fun trip down memory lane @dabbe Thank you 😁

Leftcoastzen Love your choices! 3w
Aims42 @Leftcoastzen Awww, thanks!! 🥰 3w
dabbe Boy, are we alike! As an English teacher, I furnished my whole room library thanks to Scholastic! Handling all the money, though, whoah! Same for #s 2 and 3! Thanks for sharing. 🧡🤎💛 3w
Aims42 @dabbe Lol!! I can‘t imagine all the money that would come in, and it was all cash and checks back in the day too 😆 No Zelle, no Venmo lol 💛🧡🩷 3w
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This book was a total #BlameItOnPangoBooks purchase; I loved the cover and the summary sounded right up my alley. It was a hoot! I love Mrs Pollifax, she‘s like a feistier version of Jessica Fletcher from ‘Murder, She Wrote‘. I also appreciated this being a quick read, only 233 pages - no lull in the action. I don‘t necessarily need to binge the entire series right now, but I‘ll definitely keep it mind when I need a fun palate cleanser.

Aims42 Themes: Feisty 60+ year old widow in the CIA, Quick Read, Book 1 in a long series 3w
Bookwomble I liked this book and felt I wanted to read them in publication order, but then could only find a later entry, which remains tbr. It's probably not important to read them in order, I guess 😏 Given the premise, I thought Gilman did a good job of making Mrs Pollifax's adventures credible as well as exciting. 3w
Aims42 @Bookwomble I was surprised to see this book originally published in 1966 🤯 I don‘t know what I was expecting, like maybe references to Woodstock or something 😆 Gilman did a terrific job of making the adventures credible and exciting, and timeless too apparently LOL 3w
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Cooking with Fernet Branca | James Hamilton-Paterson
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Themes: Italy setting, Neighbors, Humorous but not everyone‘s humor

For me, the humor in this book bounced between “general audience” funny and crude South Park/Family Guy sense of humor. I don‘t personally enjoy the latter style so more of a “soft pick” from me, but I still found it an entertaining read. The premise is funny and I loved the dual POVs. I don‘t know who I would recommend this book to; it‘s bonkers, very quirky and unique.

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Cooking with Fernet Branca | James Hamilton-Paterson
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The recipes in my current read (tagged here) are disgusting 🤢 I haven‘t begun skimming them yet, but I‘m not exactly giving them my full attention. The rest of the book is good, but the recipes, YIKES! Keeping my snack simple and my drink is a non-alcoholic seltzer since hubby‘s not home yet and I‘m hoping we‘re going out for dinner 😏
#FridayNightReadingHour @mcctrish

mcctrish I hope you get to go out to dinner - take your mind off of the 🤢recipes in the book 3w
Aims42 @mcctrish Ooo 2nd best option happened; hubby has a friend in town for the weekend so he‘s going out with him tonight. That means #GirlDinner for me! Yay for popcorn and a glass of wine (my favorite lazy meal) 🥰🍿🙌 3w
mcctrish #girldinner 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w
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kspenmoll Popcorn is my go to dinner too when I am home alone. Enjoy!!! 3w
Aims42 @kspenmoll Thank you 😁 I‘m 10/10 excited to have a lazy night lol 3w
BookNAround I enjoyed this one and actually ordered fernet branca when I was out one night as a result. I didn‘t much like it as a drink so can‘t imagine actually cooking with it! 3w
Aims42 @BookNAround LOL! I was thinking I‘d check the liquor dept when I was grocery shopping on Saturday to see if they carried it, but totally forgot. Does it have a “herb-y” taste? Thanks for taking one for the team, I might skip looking for it after reading your thoughts on it 😝 3w
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣ Coffee2️⃣ Homegrown tomatoes are coming in H🔥T 3️⃣ I‘m joyful that I‘ve kept my lavender plant and their container buddy, Petunia alive 😅 4️⃣ My new Kindle case that I splurged on (pictured) 5️⃣ Coworkers in other depts who are helpful and don‘t make my job harder

Play along if you had joys (big or small) this week!

mcctrish Summer time tomatoes are so good! My mouth is currently raw from how many I‘ve eaten and I have no regrets 3w
Aims42 @mcctrish LOL! It‘s totally worth it! 🤪👍 3w
kspenmoll Summer tomatoes are the best! 3w
Aims42 @kspenmoll I‘m such a tomato snob because I know how good homegrown ones are! 🤣 3w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3w
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words | Graham Chapman, Monty Python
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Okay, where‘s the petition to bring these stamps to USPS??

Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/britain-monty-python-stamps-royal-mail-d3f6f873f2ac30...

Ruthiella Love it! 😍 4w
lil1inblue How cool! I'm so jealous! 😍 4w
TheBookHippie Love!!! 4w
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I haven‘t LOL‘d while reading a book in a while. I‘m sure my neighbors loved the peace & quiet in their backyard and then my random “Pffft! BWAHAHAHA!!” 🤷🏼‍♀️ #OhWell The minute these characters were described, I immediately thought of who I would cast in the movie 😆 Enjoy! And go read this book for a good time and some good laughs!!
Claudio: Stephen Merchant
Fausto: Dave Bautista
Diego: Ron Livingston
Abu: Don Cheadle
Sergio: Kristofer Hivju

lil1inblue I'm sold. Stacked. 😅 1mo
Aims42 @lil1inblue I hope you enjoy it!! 1mo
mcctrish I love this casting, regardless of the story, I am all in 1mo
Aims42 @mcctrish it was just one of those things that once I thought of them as these actors I was that much more invested 😆 1mo
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My work week is done and in the books 🏃🏼‍♀️ Now to grab my book, wine, and snackies and “un-wine” 🤪 Tag yourself if you‘d like, and let‘s raise a toast to #FridayHappyReadingHour

Aims42 I‘m having issues with the tagging feature🙃 Toasting you ladies, Happy Friday @kspenmoll @Tamra @mcctrish 1mo
mcctrish Have one for me, I‘m driving and who knows when I will finally get to sit down with a drink and snacks 😭 1mo
Aims42 @mcctrish Drive safe!! And have fun this weekend!! ☺️😎🤗 1mo
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Ruthiella Pub cheese! 🧀 😋 1mo
Aims42 @Ruthiella My biggest weakness 😅 I never have to worry about it going bad, it‘s long gone before that can happen 🤪 1mo
kspenmoll Looks so festive! Enjoy! 1mo
Aims42 @kspenmoll Thank you! Happy Friday!! ☺️💛🧡🩷 1mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1️⃣ Noticed these sweet birdies hanging outside my bedroom window and they made me smile 2️⃣ Loving my current read, I‘ve been laughing out loud reading it 🤣 3️⃣ Won 2nd place at bar trivia! 🏆 4️⃣ Able to enjoy some morning coffee & reading time on my patio 5️⃣ Cooler weather finally!

Play along if you had joys (big or small) this week!

mcctrish Yay for winning at trivia ( placing is a win) and outside reading weather even more 1mo
Aims42 @mcctrish Anytime we don‘t finish last is a win for us 🤣🤣🤣 #LowExpectations #ThereForTheBeer Yessss, so glad the humid weather moved out and cooler weather is here for a few days 😌 1mo
TheBookHippie Finallllllly it‘s cool!!! 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Hallelujah 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
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The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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#TopReads2025 for July (WTH?! How??? When????) goes to “The Listeners” by Maggie Stiefvater. This was such an atmospheric read that once I started it, I couldn‘t put it down. It was one of those reads that I didn‘t want to finish because I didn‘t want it to end, but I just HAD to finish it so I knew how it ended 🥰😍😌

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I first learned that Monopoly board games were used in WWII from, “The Ways We Hide” by Kristina McMorris. Her book was good and I‘d recommend it, but I wanted more of the Monopoly story. Imagine my surprise when I discovered this book 🤩 If you‘re looking for a fascinating, less than 300 page non-fiction read, THIS IS IT! I want to tell everyone I meet now about this amazing, almost lost forever, story from WWII.

Aims42 Themes: WWII Espionage, Extremely Interesting Read, Less than 300 page Non-Fiction book 1mo
TheBookHippie Ooooooo yes! Will read! 1mo
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#WeDoNotCareWednesday #WDNCW @dabbe

Ohhhh, I do not care for this today, tomorrow, next week, EVER! Hard pass on this anti-vaccine, anti-science administration getting their hands on my health data. Nope. Nope. Nope.

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-30-2025?link_source=ta_threa...

kspenmoll 🤬😡😱 (edited) 1mo
Deblovestoread 💯🎯💯🎯😬🤬🤯 1mo
Bookwormjillk This is horrible 1mo
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AmyG Agree. Not a chance. And I read now they are going to privatize social security. GOOD TIMES. 1mo
Aims42 @kspenmoll @Deblovestoread Accurate emojis 😵‍💫🤢🤮👍 1mo
Aims42 @Bookwormjillk Agreed!! I have no words 1mo
Aims42 @AmyG Oh, that‘s just gross 😵‍💫🤮 Why does every service need to be privatized?? How about just providing services to your citizens to be nice? Oh wait… being nice is WOKE now, isn‘t it? 1mo
Susanita Privatize everything so that it‘s more expensive and less efficient. His cronies get rich. 1mo
mrp27 Share all your private information unless you are trying to buy a gun or ammo… then it becomes private information. Please someone make it make sense! 1mo
Aims42 @Susanita Ding, ding, ding! There it is 🤪🤡💰💰💰💰 1mo
Aims42 @mrp27 RIGHT?! There is zero logic in anything this administration pushes through 🙄 1mo
ncsufoxes Yeah, I‘m so over this “health” part of the administration when everything is a contradiction to health. You‘re not tracking my health data so that my insurance company can deny me or charge me anymore than they already do. It‘s all about privatization. We don‘t need government services when they‘ve privatized it all (all part of Project 2025). My husband is an oncology research scientist at NCI & every day is something new & ridiculous. 1mo
Aims42 @ncsufoxes “Everything is a complete contradiction to health”, that‘s it exactly!! For a party that‘s real set on “govn‘t should mind its own business” they‘re sure welcoming it with open arms 😒 I bet your husband has some real stories 😬 Oof. 1mo
dabbe I can‘t even … 🩵🎯🩵 1mo
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When hubby is having his friends over to play video games (I swear he‘s an adult, but definitely an ‘elder millennial‘ 🤣) but it‘s too hot to read outside, we improvise by reading in our bedroom by the window and 2 fans blowing on us 🤣🤗👍

Bookwormjillk I tried to read on the porch but it was just too hot. 1mo
Aims42 @Bookwormjillk Right? It‘s hot, it‘s humid, it‘s gross 🥵 I am living for the weather beginning on Wednesday. Highs in the 70‘s 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk I tried to read outside with my lemonade… I lasted 5 whole minutes… 😬🥵 1mo
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Aims42 @TheBookHippie And I bet all the ice in your lemonade melted in those 5 minutes 🥵🔥 Yuck! 1mo
KadaGul Weather 🤬😡🤬!! The Chicago weather sucked this year. Last year, we were grilling and chilling from May to mid-July. But this year? It was freezing until the first week of June, and then it just got super hot and humid or ridiculously high in pollen. #GlobalWarmingIsReal 1mo
Aims42 @KadaGul You are so right! 😩 I told my coworker in mid-June that it was too early for this silliness BUT THEN IT DIDN‘T GO AWAY 😭😭😭 Now when we have a seasonably warm day with low humidity I‘m like, “what‘s up? Is there a big storm blowing in??” 🤨 Your hashtag is spot-on accurate 🎯 1mo
TheBookHippie @KadaGul 🎯🎯🎯🎯 1mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 it was warm when I came inside WTH 😵‍💫 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Boooooo 👎🙈 1mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 this humidity and air quality alerts daily is madness… 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie It is! I can‘t recall another summer this bad. I remember heatwaves in the 1990‘s but this is a whole other beast. And a beast that isn‘t going to get better or go away 🫣 1mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 I know 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1mo
ncsufoxes I can‘t read outside because of the heat but also the lantern fly invasion plaguing MD. 1mo
Aims42 @ncsufoxes I just looked up what a lantern fly is and OMG! 🚫🚫🚫 No, thank you. I wouldn‘t be able to read outside with those flying around either 1mo
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When your relaxing hobby takes your right back to reality 🧊🧊🧊🧊 -Sigh- #FDT #8647

Amiable 😖 1mo
Aims42 @Amiable I think that was the exact face I made 😒 1mo
kspenmoll 😡 1mo
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Channeling @mcctrish for my “FINALLY FRIDAY after work wine down time” 🤩👍 Started this book during my lunch and so far it‘s good!! #HelloWeekend #FridayHappyReadingHour

mcctrish It‘s time for me to get my snacks out 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
Aims42 @mcctrish Awwwwww yesssssss 😎🥳 1mo
Tamra Time for a glass here too! 🍷 1mo
Aims42 @Tamra Cheers, friend! We made it 🥂 1mo
Susanita Looks great! 1mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1️⃣Pics of earrings and keychain I made with my Aunt on Sat (she has a XTool Laser Cutter) 2️⃣Bookclub on Sun 3️⃣Took a personal day off work on Tues, and honestly, I really needed that. Even on Mon during work, I was feeling a bit recharged knowing I was off the next day 😌 4️⃣Attended 2 Silent Bookclub Meetings 5️⃣I won a Goodreads giveaway for “The Antidote” by Karen Russell 🤩

Play along if you had joys this week!

TheBookHippie I have to find a silent book club!!! 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie They‘re so much fun, I hope you have one nearby! ☺️💕 1mo
Amiable @Aims42 My friend just asked me to start a “silent book club at the beach” with her! We‘re going to start meeting next month. 1mo
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Aims42 @Amiable That is amazing!!! I would so be there in a heartbeat 🥰🤩 They‘re so much fun and renew my faith in humanity seeing a bunch of people reading. It does the soul some good! 1mo
DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! 💛💛💛 I need to see if any silent bookclubs happen here. Love the fun keychain & jewelry! 😍 1mo
Aims42 @DebinHawaii I hope there‘s a club nearby! This is their official website to search for chapters: https://silentbook.club/ 1mo
dabbe 💙🩵💙 1mo
Aims42 @dabbe 💛🧡🩷 1mo
kspenmoll 💕💕💕 1mo
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The Antidote | Karen Russell
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🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Now this is the kind of email I enjoy opening!!

CrowCAH Woohoo 🎉 congratulations!!! 1mo
Aims42 @CrowCAH Thank you! I‘m so pumped!!! 🤩 1mo
Sace Congratulations!!! How exciting! 1mo
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Ruthiella Neat! 👏👏👏 1mo
Aims42 @Sace @Ruthiella Thank you 😊🩷 1mo
TheBookHippie Oooo!!!! 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie 🤘😁 1mo
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Fire Must Burn (Main) | Allison Montclair
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Eeeeeek!! This is not a drill!!! Anyone who has read the Bainbridge & Sparks series - Book 8 is coming Jan. 6, 2026!!!

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Themes: Epistolary Format, “Looking back, while still looking ahead”, Never too old to fight

This was the perfect book for my somewhat melancholy mood this past weekend. I found myself at times loving the MC (Sybil) and then other times internally shouting, “What are you doing?!” and because of this, I was committed to reading her correspondence 😆 This debut is worth all the praise and accolades it‘s receiving 🧡

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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Sunday‘s are better with bookclub meetings (and delicious seltzers)!! 🤓🤩

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Thought this was cool as another way to support PBS, they have an affiliate link on Bookshop.org so part of your purchase will go back to PBS Books 🙌 #SupportPBS

https://bookshop.org/shop/pbsbooks

Ruthiella Thanks for the tip! 😃 1mo
Aims42 @Ruthiella 🤗🩷 1mo
Deblovestoread 💙💙💙💙 1mo
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Sace Thanks for the info! 1mo
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This week has been poopy and then the news of PBS and NPR getting defunded has just been the bird poop on top of a crap sundae. A new book and a pleasant day to read outside (low 80‘s and zero humidity) is very much appreciated universe.

Aims42 OH YEAH! And Colbert being canceled, a real shining moment for freedom of speech this week, America. Good job. 😒🙄😡 1mo
kspenmoll I feel you. 😡 1mo
Aims42 @kspenmoll Thanks, friend 😔💕 1mo
Eggbeater You are not alone in your disgust. 1mo
Aims42 @Eggbeater 🧡🩷 Thank you 🧡🩷 1mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣A Bookstore & Lunch date today with my BFF and her 2.5 year old 2️⃣ 3 bookish events next week that I‘m looking forward to 3️⃣ Didn‘t kill my in-laws plants (or them either @mcctrish 😉😆) that I took care of while they were on vaca 😮‍💨 4️⃣ A crafting day with my favorite Aunt tomorrow! 5️⃣ This amazing community 💛🧡🩷 Seeing your posts and pics really brings light to these dark times. Thank you!

mcctrish 😆😆😆 you are winning at adulting 🥇🥇 1mo
Aims42 @mcctrish 🤣 Thank you!! 1mo
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1mo
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Themes: Time travel (but no physics degree required to understand it 😆), A quick read, Book 1 in a new series (Book 2 is announced!!)

Elly Griffiths is an auto-buy author and this book just furthers solidifies that for me 😆 I loved Ali and Terry! I‘m so excited Book 2 was announced because I‘m not ready to say good bye to these characters. If you‘ve enjoyed Elly‘s other books or are new to Elly, definitely give this one a go 👍

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#WDNCW Corporate Edition: We don‘t care that it‘s Q3 (3rd Quarter), I‘m tired. It feels like it has been a decade and it‘s only been 7 months. Please respect my wishes to go take a 3 hour nap after lunch 🥱😴

Love this hashtag and all the posts, thanks @dabbe for some midweek fun! 🤩🤪 I tweaked your background because I‘m cheap and don‘t want to pay for no watermarks on Pic•Collage 😜

dabbe I L😍VE your board and creativity! Keep 'em coming. And yay to a 3-hour nap! Those are sometimes uber necessary! 🩵💙🩵 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe Awww thank you ☺️ Yes, ready to sign the petition for working hour naps 😆📝 2mo
KadaGul @Aims42 I 💯 agree with you that it's Q3 and I'm working like an indentured servant and I am aging by the second vs years 🫨🫥😬🫩😵‍💫 2mo
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Aims42 @KadaGul SAME!! Omg! People, relax! 🙄 2mo
KadaGul @Aims42 EVERYONE IS SHORT STAFFED and NO ONE wants to HIRE 2mo
Aims42 @KadaGul Yup 🫠 2mo
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FINALLY! After 2 weeks of either +90°F temps and 99.9% humidity or just flat out rain, I am finally back outside enjoying some Outdoor Sunday Reading Time ????? Counting this as my #HyggeHourReadathon because I also have a glass of Blueberry Watermelon sparkling water which is delicious ? @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @AllDebooks

AllDebooks ❤️ 2mo
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛💛 2mo
mcctrish Woo Hoo 2mo
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TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!! 2mo
dabbe Yay for cooler weather! And pretty toes, too! ♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe Thank you! It‘s kinda hard to tell in the pic, but they are the most obnoxious hot pink color. I love them! 😍🥰💓🩷💓🩷💓🩷💓🩷 2mo
dabbe @Aims42 Ooh, I love that color! 🩷🩷🩷 2mo
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Killer Question | Janice Hallett
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Yet another topsy-turvy, mystery from the Queen of epistolary whodunits (I‘m giving her this title, not sure if anyone currently holds it, but she‘s earned it! Haha!). I‘ve read most of her other works and so now I‘m trained to not overlook anything and I was still shocked at the ending 🤣🤯 Highly recommend if you‘ve enjoyed Hallett‘s other books!

Aims42 Themes: Bar Trivia, Nontraditional format (emails, text messages, police debriefings), Full Attention Required 2mo
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Killer Question | Janice Hallett
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Friday nights are for Old Fashioneds and Whodunits 🥃🤓📖 #HelloWeekend

mcctrish Yes they are 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
Aims42 @mcctrish Heck Yeah!! 🤩 I always love your window, book, drink photos. I think of your posts when I do one like this ☺️ 2mo
mcctrish 🥰🥰🥰 2mo
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Susanita I love a good old fashioned 2mo
Aims42 @Susanita They‘re my favorite mixed drink 😁 All out of cherries though lol 2mo
Leftcoastzen Nice ! 2mo
Aims42 @Leftcoastzen 💛🧡🩷 2mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣Snagged an ARC of Janice Hallet‘s upcoming book, “The Killer Question” 🤩 2️⃣Elly Griffiths‘ newest book was delivered 💌 3️⃣Haven‘t killed my in-laws plants (yet) that I‘m taking care of while they‘re on vaca 🌷🌻🌿🌱🪴 4️⃣Enjoyed some outdoor morning coffee & reading time before work this week 5️⃣Haircut tomorrow! Just a trim but looking forward to it💇‍♀️

DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! A fresh haircut coming up & the coffee/outdoor reading time sound especially joyful! 💛💛💛 2mo
Aims42 @DebinHawaii It‘s been a good week and love having something to look forward to ☺️🥰 2mo
dabbe When I first read your #3, I thought it said “Haven't killed my in-laws yet.“ 😂😂😂
Lovely joys. 🩵💙🩵
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Aims42 @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nah, I‘ll save that joy for after a family holiday, that‘s usually how I feel then 🙄 2mo
kspenmoll Let us know how the book is! 2mo
Aims42 @kspenmoll For sure! I‘m currently reading “The Killer Question” and I‘m going to ignore my TBR mountain and go straight to “The Frozen People” when I‘m finished 😆 2mo
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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Themes: Literary Fiction, Retelling, A book that sucks you in

What else is there to say about this book that hasn‘t been said already? It‘s riveting, it‘s compelling, and it sucks you in and you don‘t realize you‘ve been reading it for hours and you haven‘t moved an inch 🙃 I can‘t wait to discuss this at my IRL bookclub in a few weeks 👍

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I had to push myself to reach my 100 page quota before DNF-ing this book. I swear the author knew this and right around the 100 page mark I was intrigued enough to keep going. Wow. This book really made me appreciate my Dad because the fathers in this book -low whistle- they‘re not great. I don‘t want to spoil (Ha! Vegetable pun intended!) anything, but buckle up for some major family drama in this read. “So-So” rating bc I found myself skimming

Aims42 Themes: “Wow! My family isn‘t so bad”, Big Business, Father-Son Relationships 2mo
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What‘s the saying about if we ignore history, we‘re doomed to repeat it? 😵‍💫

Suet624 🙁🙁🙁 2mo
Sace 😭 I agree. And there are those that would have us ignore the problematic history…which is not the way to move forward IMO. 2mo
Aims42 @Sace Ignoring problematic history isn‘t the answer, I agree with you 100%. We have to grapple with it and learn from it, it can‘t be swept under the rug 2mo
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The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater
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Themes: Atmospheric, WWII Literary Fiction, Beautiful Writing

I would 1000% recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles. There are many commonalities, but also the magical realism in this book was such a beautiful addition. This was a book I didn‘t want to finish because I didn‘t want it to end, but I just HAD to finish it so I knew how it ended 😂 Loved it!!

Amiable You had me at “A Gentleman in Moscow” — stacking! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau Stacked--I loved A Gentleman in Moscow! 2mo
Aims42 @Amiable @TheBookgeekFrau I don‘t use that comparison lightly either because “A Gentleman in Moscow” will forever be in Top Ten Favorite books 🥰 I hope you both enjoy it when you get to it and I didn‘t oversell it🤞I just really got sucked into the writing like I did with AGIM 🥰 2mo
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Feeling this today. To echo what many others have already said, I didn‘t recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day in school for 13 years to now be called WOKE 😒 I‘m feeling grief for what happened yesterday. Feeling grief for what‘s to come in the future. I know I‘m not alone in this feeling so that gives me hope! Happy ‘Bonus Reading Day‘ & National Caesar Salad day to those feeling the same today🕯️

lil1inblue Grieving with you. 💓🫂💓 2mo
Aims42 @lil1inblue Thank you! That means SO MUCH ☺️💕 2mo
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Librarybelle It‘s National Caesar Salad day?!? I don‘t eat the dressing (I‘m a vegetarian) but love a good Caesar salad! Today is a hard day, for sure. ❤️ 2mo
Aims42 @Librarybelle It is! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/caesar-salad-day/ 🙌🥗💚 It‘s reassuring to not feel alone in feeling this way, thank you!! 2mo
Amiable This graphic is perfection. ✊🏼💙🩵🙌🏼 2mo
Aims42 @Amiable I agree! So simple but SO POWERFUL ✊ 2mo
Susanita Now I want Caesar salad! 2mo
Aims42 @Susanita When I learned it was today, I added the ingredients to my shopping list lol Picked up snacks, beer and Caesar salad ingredients today 😆 (edited) 2mo
dabbe 💙✊🏻💙 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe YES! 😍💙🩵💙😍 2mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣IT‘S CURRENTLY RAINING! I can literally feel our crispy front yard grass saying, “OOO! This is NIIICE!” 2️⃣Had a fun Thursday night out at a bar trying new drinks with family who feel more like friends 3️⃣I love my current read! (Sorry, repeat from last week but it‘s still true!) 4️⃣ Nothing to do today but read and relax 5️⃣ This community fills me with such JOY! Thank you for being the light in these dark times! 🕯️

Sace Yay rain!! 2mo
Aims42 @Sace YES!!! I heard it and literally threw open our living room curtains 😂 My husband jokingly said, “are you going to go dance in it?” And I kinda wanted to, it‘s been so long since we‘ve had any 🌵🍂🔥 2mo
Sace @Aims42 that was me last summer. This year I feel like we‘ve had a lot more. As much as my hostas love water I‘ve got one with crown rot 😢. I should probably repot it. Not sure how well it‘s draining. 2mo
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Aims42 @Sace Oh no! I love hostas, love their easy going, greenery in the garden 🪴 2mo
Sace They are usually pretty easy to care for too. This year I changed the pots they were in and I guess one of them isn‘t super happy. 2mo
Aims42 @Sace That‘s usually my experience with repotting plants lol 😆 There‘s one that‘s fussier than the others haha I hope some better drainage will help!! (edited) 2mo
dabbe Thank YOU, m‘dear! 💙🩵💙 2mo
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#WeDoNotCareWednesday #WDNCW @dabbe

It‘s 9pm and I‘m in bed for the night with my cooling blanket (thanks, Costco!), MLB Big Inning on, and my book. The sleep aids have been taken so, peace out ✌️

AmyG How is the cooling blanket? I am curious. And have a wonderful sleep! (edited) 2mo
Aims42 @AmyG It‘s nice 👍 I‘m someone that has to have a blanket or a sheet, I can‘t sleep without something covering me, which isn‘t a problem 9 months out of the year but it‘s real hard during the summer 😆 It does warm up, but then you shift your leg or your arm and BOOM! Instant Coolness again! 2mo
dabbe I'll have to look into the cooling blanket! L😍VE! 2mo
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AmyG I am the same. I may have to get that. 2mo
Aims42 @AmyG If you get it, I hope it helps 🥰 2mo
AmyG I‘m going away for a few weeks. If it‘s at Costco, I might pick it up. 2mo
Deblovestoread Same! Thanks for the link, definitely need this in my life. 2mo
Aims42 @Deblovestoread You‘re welcome!! 😁🩷 2mo
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Before Dorothy | Hazel Gaynor
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#TopReads2025 for June goes to “Before Dorothy” by Hazel Gaynor. This was such an amazing read that once I was hooked, I couldn‘t put it down. A must read for every fan of the ‘Wizard of Oz‘