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Aims42

Joined May 2016

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My husband hung up my newly framed prints along with the Pride & Prejudice poster that was my “design inspiration” for my home office/library 🥰 (Please don‘t look too closely at how level they are. Our house is older and the walls are not square, we did our best 😆)

mcctrish The colours are gorgeous in that poster 😍 absolutely decor inspiration level 10h
Aims42 @mcctrish Thank you so much!! ☺️😊 10h
LeahBergen Beautiful! 10h
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TheSpineView That's awesome! Love the colors!🩵 10h
Aims42 @LeahBergen Thanks!! 🥰 10h
Aims42 @TheSpineView Thank you!! This room just makes me so happy 😊 10h
BooksandCoffee4Me This is a happy place! 💛 10h
AmyG Gorgeous poster!!! 9h
dabbe Lordy be, its absolutely GORGEOUS! Love the aqua/teal colors! 🤩🤩🤩 9h
squirrelbrain Looks gorgeous! My home office / library is painted a very similar colour - so calming! 8h
Hooked_on_books I think they look great! And I love your wall color! 😍 5h
Aims42 @BooksandCoffee4Me Mission accomplished 🥰 5h
Aims42 @AmyG Thank you! 5h
Aims42 @dabbe Thank you so much! I‘m glad I went with my gut and just went for it 😁 5h
Aims42 @squirrelbrain Everyone deserves a calming space 💕🥰😍 I love this color so much! #HomeOfficeLibraryTwins 5h
Aims42 @Hooked_on_books Thank you!! It was a labor of love a few years ago 😆 Had to paint over 3 orange walls and 1 dark grey one 😳 5h
Prairiegirl_reading I love it! We will be renovating our house this summer and I have been considering a very similar colour for my office/library. 🩵🩵 3h
Aims42 @Prairiegirl_reading Thanks for the love! 🩵🩵🩵 I highly recommend this color, it‘s soothing no matter the time of day. And I love how many fun colors there are to coordinate with it; pink, yellow, orange, etc, it‘s very versatile 👍 2h
BookmarkTavern Gorgeous! 🤩🤩🤩 6m
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My Friday night plans: The Office (my comfort show, I‘ve seen every episode hundreds of times but I still love it!), a glass (or two) of red wine, my current read, and a face mask (not pictured, you‘re welcome 😆). Hello, weekend!!

Aims42 Update: I just remembered I have Ben & Jerry‘s ice cream 🙌🙌🙌🙌 That‘s dinner sorted then 😇 2d
sherrisilvera Favorite dinner! 2d
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Prairiegirl_reading That sounds delightful!! 2d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2d
Sace Happy Friday! 🍷 2d
LeahBergen Wine and a face mask = perfection! 😆😆 2d
Aims42 @Prairiegirl_reading It was just what I needed 🥰😌☺️ 2d
Aims42 @dabbe 💛🧡🩷 2d
Aims42 @Sace It was a very happy Friday night! 😍 2d
Aims42 @LeahBergen It was! Definitely what I needed after the week I had 😵‍💫 2d
tpixie 😂 🎭 Fun night! Ooo and ice cream 🍨 1d
Aims42 @tpixie Haha, it really was a fun night! 🤩 1d
tpixie @Aims42 🧡💛🧡 1d
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I finished an amazing book (“Daring Daughter”) and started another amazing book (cover in my picture) that I found it at Dollar Tree for $1.25 🙌
2. This stupid week is almost over 🤪
3. Coffee & Wine, not at the same time though 😂
4. Family members that feel more like best friends 🥰
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Aims42 5. My aunt-in-law gave me two prints from her dad‘s house and I just got them home from the frame shop and I LOVE THEM! Weekend project is hanging them up 👍
Consider yourself tagged if you‘d like to share!
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TheBookHippie Book pictured I LOVED! What a great find! Love the prints!!! ♥️ 3d
Aims42 @TheBookHippie I‘m almost 150 pages into it and I am loving it so much!! It‘s rare when I like all the characters and don‘t cringe and say, “Ugh, you again?!” When a new chapter starts with a character I don‘t like 🤣 I‘ll post a better pic of the prints when they get hung up, they‘re so neat! 3d
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LiteraryHoarderPenny That book was at Dollar Tree for $1.25?!? I bought it here for full price. It sits in my shelf unread so far. But you and @TheBookHippie make me want to move it closer to me to read (going to move it to my book cart! 😊) 3d
Aims42 @LiteraryHoarderPenny It was! It has a Target 30% sale sticker on the cover so I‘m thinking it was a remainder or close-out from them, but that‘s my gain 😏🤩 It‘s a chunkster, but the writing is very well done so it moves quickly 👍 3d
TheBookHippie @LiteraryHoarderPenny it was so well written!!! Not usually my genre even. It reads quickly! 2d
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Themes: Easily digestible Non-Fiction, Women kicking a$$ and taking names, Hollywood History

I love Mallory O‘Meara‘s books so much!! I recently told a friend that this is a non-fiction book but told in a “Can you believe it?!” sort of way. O‘Meara‘s voice is that perfect combination of fact and sass. I highly recommend this, even if stuntwomen or Hollywood isn‘t your jam, you‘ll learn so much without even realizing it!

TieDyeDude My local bookstore's distributor has this on back order 😭 Good review, can't wait to read it! 4d
Aims42 @TieDyeDude Bummer!! It‘ll be worth the wait though!!! 4d
peanutnine Loved this one! I like the photos you included! Helen was a badass 4d
Aims42 @peanutnine She really, truly was! 🤩🙌 4d
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Hubby is having a guy‘s video game night in our living room, so I‘m enjoying some Antiques Roadshow and a great book upstairs!

dabbe I love ANTIQUES ROADSHOW!!!! 🤩 5d
Leftcoastzen Yay , Antiques Roadshow 5d
Aims42 @dabbe @Leftcoastzen it‘s the best! Definitely in my Top 5 Comfort Shows 🥰 5d
dabbe @Aims42 I've youtubed their most spectacular finds many times--if you ever just want a 10-minute clip! 🤩 4d
Aims42 @dabbe I will check that out, that sounds amazing! 🥳😍 4d
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I have no idea how or where I stumbled upon this book but I‘m so glad I did! Fans of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and Garrison Keillor will appreciate the themes and the storytelling. Reading the descriptions of Trevanian‘s other books, I‘m not sure if I‘ll continue reading his stuff but this one was a good read. Full disclosure though, I did just skim the chapter “Love on Pearl Street”, and got the gist on what 11 year old Jean-Luc got up to 🤭🙄

Aims42 Themes: Downtown Albany, NY during the Great Depression, Historical Fiction, Coming of Age 1w
AmyG I read his books in High School….The Eiger Sanction being a wonderful book. This one sounds so different. (edited) 1w
Aims42 @AmyG I‘ll add that one to my list 🙂👍 5d
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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I‘m on a roll of reading great books! No DNFers!! 😆
2. Had a great bookclub meeting on Sunday with excellent discussions about the tagged book.
3. Went to my first ever Silent Book Club “meeting” with my sister in law on Tuesday. It was so much fun!! Definitely check your area for a group! The pic above is all the books that people were reading.
4. Coffee.
5. I have a low-key weekend ahead 😮‍💨

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 1w
mcctrish Silent book clubs ‘sound‘ delightful 1w
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Another day, another petition to sign so this backwards, asinine, utterly embarrassing administration hears our voices! #ReadersAssemble

https://action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025?recruiter_id=910315

Hooked_on_books Thanks for posting this link. Libraries are so important! 1w
Aims42 @Hooked_on_books 👊🏻 Definitely!! 1w
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I wish you guys could hear the pouring rain in my picture, it‘s just perfect reading weather! A rainy night with no plans, a good book, and a Guinness leftover from Monday 🍀🍺 -Logs off-

LiteraryHoarderPenny Perfect reading weather!! 2w
ferskner Gosh that looks cozy! 2w
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I am on a ‘non-fiction, women kicking butt‘ kick right now (hmm, I wonder why? 😒) and I am LOVING IT! My latest book mail arrived today and I hope to get to this one soon!!

tpixie Fun!!!! 🤩 2w
TieDyeDude Mallory O'Meara is an author to check out for this sub-genre. I just ordered her new book :) 1w
Aims42 @TieDyeDude I love Mallory O‘Meara‘s books too!! Her writing is so fresh and approachable. I have her newest on my pile to read, it sounds like another great read 🤗 1w
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Another day and another way to tell your reps to stand up for libraries & museums #ReadersAssemble 👇 https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=9CyapZUB9sorxFLO4J0c&lang=en

dabbe 👊❤️👊 2w
Sparklemn Thanks for sharing! 4h
Aims42 @Sparklemn No problem! I actually did get email replies from my reps, they are listening 👂👊 4h
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Had to start this one today for obvious reasons lol 💚🇮🇪🍀

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If you only read 1 Non-Fiction book this month, read this one! March is ‘Women‘s History Month‘ and this one packs a ton of amazing stories about kick-ass women into very readable chapters. Krefft‘s voice throughout the book is knowledgeable and genuine, being a history nerd is not required (but if you are, you‘ll doubly love this book!). Read it. Loved it. 100% Recommending it!!

Aims42 Themes: Women Kicking Butt!, Unknown Histories Brought to Life, Gripping Non-Fiction 2w
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Ugh, this week has been A WEEK! And Mercury turns retrograde starting tonight and that always bums me out 😖 My joys are tiny this week, but I found some:

1. Finished 1 great book and started another GREAT one
2. Didn‘t have to scrape ice off my windshield to drive to work
3. Coffee
4. A cardinal came to visit my bird feeder
5. Getting excited to see my family in IA in a few weeks for a 4-day weekend 🤩

TheBookHippie Coffee is life. 2w
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Preach 🙌 2w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2w
mcctrish Not scraping ice off the car is a WIN!!!! 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Lol, yes it is! 🤗 2w
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This book was SO GOOD! I love reading a historical fiction book that makes me fall down a rabbit hole of needing to find out more. And nobody writes a multiple POV plot quite like Brianna Labuskes, in my opinion. We‘re introduced to Millie, Alice and Colette and how these brave, complicated women impacted not just their community BUT the whole state of Montana!

Aims42 Themes: Historical Fiction, The Great Depression, Book about Books. For even more info on the real-life “Boxcar Library”:
https://fortmissoulamuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Lumbermans-Library...
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The world is still a roaring dumpster fire, but for the next 45 minutes, I‘m going to unwind in the sunshine with a great book and a summery drink ☀️🍋‍🟩📖

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Of course I checked to see if my library hold was available before taking my lunch, and it wasn‘t. I check now (with no time left to go get it because I‘m my own worst enemy) and yep, now it‘s available
🤪🫠 Hurry up, 5:00!!!

Hooked_on_books A couple times, I‘ve picked up holds then had my other hold come available later the same day. Arg! The frustrations of a bookworm! 3w
Aims42 @Hooked_on_books Oh no!! That would be sooooo frustrating 😖 3w
Susanita I once arrived at the library 2 minutes before closing and went running inside just in time to get my hold. 3w
Aims42 @Susanita 🤣🤣🤣 I would‘ve run too! You don‘t get between a reader and their library hold 🏃🏼‍♀️ 3w
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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Is it possible to get whiplash from a book? I went in thinking (based solely on the cover and summary) that this was going to be a fluffy, “behind the scenes of Hollywood” type book. And while it was the latter, it is most definitely not fluffy. There is real, raw emotion with all of the characters, and they‘re so well formed that I was trying to match them to a real celebrity. I‘m looking forward to my bookclub‘s discussion on this.

Aims42 Themes: Romance, Hollywood from 1950s-1980s, Complicated/Thought-provoking read 3w
Suet624 I‘ve been meaning to read this for ages. 3w
Aims42 @Suet624 Same! I was relieved when it was picked for our March read because then I had no excuse to keep pushing it down my TBR pile lol 3w
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Had to share this from Instagram 😂 I will stop reading when this happens and move on #InstantDNF

📸: https://www.instagram.com/bookstrofficial?igsh=aTkwaHRhamozY2Fp

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I got 4 boxes of my favorite Girl Scout cookies this week! AND I haven‘t eaten them all yet 😂
2. I am on Day 5 of staying off Facebook. I realized that app doesn‘t bring me any joy anymore so, bye-bye 👋
3. I‘m seeing my favorite Aunt tomorrow for breakfast & thrifting! She‘s actually my husband‘s Aunt, but I‘ve claimed her as my own 🥰
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Aims42 4. I put in a lot of PTO days for the year at work and they were allllllll approved! My manager is so great!
5. Spring is coming!! 🪻🌷🌹
Consider yourself tagged if you‘d like to share!
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TheBookHippie Cookies!!! A good thrift day is heaven!!!!! PTO !!!! I stopped book of face in 2016 😵‍💫 3w
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Good for you! I don‘t know why I waited so long to quit 3w
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Ruthiella Thin mints! 😋😋😋 3w
dabbe 🩶💚🩶 3w
mcctrish You had me at girl guide cookies 3w
DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! 💛💛💛 Yum to Girl Scout cookies! 😋🍪 3w
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This was such a creative, fun read! There were a few passages that transitioned kinda rough; I‘m not sure if that‘s a result of it being translated or if that was intentional. All in all, a fun read and I can‘t wait for Book 2 to publish later this spring!! ***CORRECTED AFTER POSTING*** Pictured here are some of the main characters: Othello, Miss Maple, the flock consisting of Heather, Maude, Zora, and finally Mopple the Whale.

Aims42 Themes: Murder Mystery, Sheep Detectives, Picturesque Irish landscapes 4w
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Tartufo | Kira Jane Buxton
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#TopReads2025 continues with my February pick 🥁🥁🥁 ‘Tartufo‘ 🙌 I didn‘t have any expectations going in besides the author of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures‘ recommended it on her Instagram stories and gave a cover blurb. It was very quirky and fun and had some real heartwarming moments too. Don‘t read it if your hungry though, her descriptions of pasta will make your mouth water 🤤🍝

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. My Canadian Forest track on my BetterSleep app. My jaw immediately unclenches when I turn it on 😆
2. Started a very funny, quirky mystery called “Three Bags Full” 🐑💚🐏
3. Warmer weather this week, opened all the windows in the house to air out 🌬️
4. Successfully transferred my old iPhone 11 data to my new iPhone 16 💪 No crying or stress!! Woo!
5. -See Below-

Aims42 5. Joyful that I have so many fellow Littens who don‘t support anything the Mango Mussolini says, does, thinks, stutters, mumbles, etc. #RantTime

Consider yourself tagged if you‘d like to share!
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Deblovestoread That first spring airing out is the absolute best!! 1mo
Aims42 @Deblovestoread isn‘t it? 🥰😍 1mo
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KadaGul @Aims42 With Mango 🥭 Mussolini and #RantTime, my annoyance vanished because I couldn't help but laugh 😆. 1mo
Aims42 @KadaGul 🙌🙌🙌 1mo
dabbe 💚🩶💚 1mo
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The first of my haul from the Barnes & Noble preorder sale arrived today #Bookmail #PerfectTiming
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Hooked_on_books I loved this one. Such a fun book! 1mo
TEArificbooks I loved this one too. Glad it is being turned into a movie. 1mo
Aims42 @Hooked_on_books @TEArificbooks Yay!! I am so excited to start it! I loved “The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp” so I knew I had to read her other books 🤓 1mo
TEArificbooks @aims42 I also just found out that there is going to be a sequel to this one in a few months 1mo
Aims42 @TEArificbooks 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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Bailedbailed

Based on what @TEArificbooks said in their review, I went into this with low expectations. I was just looking for a fluffy, non-challenging read, and I still bailed 😑 I agree with Melanie 100%, the trivia bits were fun but there wasn‘t a single character I cared about. I love this premise, but I feel like Clare Pooley or Freya Sampson could‘ve done it better. Definitely check out their books for great characters and a fun plot! #Hailthebail 🚀

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This book comes out in May ‘25 and if you‘ve enjoyed the other two books in this series, you‘ll enjoy this one too! Just as an fyi, there is a note at the beginning stating that this is a stand-alone novel BUT the solution to ‘Magpie Murders‘ (Book 1) is revealed. I really appreciated not having to re-read the previous 2 books, Horowitz provides background on everything so no recap is needed 👍 You can just dive in!

Aims42 Themes: Murder Mystery, Dysfunctional families, 3rd book in Susan Ryeland series 1mo
Ruthiella This books are such quick and satisfying reads - like popcorn for me. 1mo
Aims42 @Ruthiella Lol, same 😆 I try to pace myself but in the end I can‘t put them down and end up devouring them lol 1mo
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MaureenMc I‘m so excited for this one! (I also hope they make a television series of this installment, too. 😁) 1mo
MaureenMc Yay!! 🥳 I‘ve got to tell my brother (he loves the series, too.) Our last name is McMullan, so he & I have taken to referring to the actor as “Cousin Tim.” 😄 1mo
Aims42 @MaureenMc Haha! I love that! I‘d totally call him that too 🤣👍 1mo
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LOL! I love when you read a book and you find a little bread crumb from a recently read book 😂 I get this reference now, but definitely wouldn‘t have a month ago #christiecapers @Librarybelle

Librarybelle That‘s awesome! Love when this happens! 1mo
Aims42 @Librarybelle 🙌💛🙌🧡🙌🩷 1mo
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I‘ve finally set up my new bookshelf 🙌 Still moving in, but we allllll know that‘s a work in progress forever 🤪 I had to laugh when my husband said, “Well, just make sure this room doesn‘t get too cluttered” and I replied, “Oh, we passed that about 50 books ago” 🤣

Ruthiella Beautiful! 🤩 1mo
Aims42 @Ruthiella Thank you 😊 The other half is my home office, I love this teeny room so much!! 🥰 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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Tamra Love the color combos! Pop 🍾 (edited) 1mo
Aims42 @dabbe @Tamra Thank you!! 🥰🥰 1mo
Susanita The wall color is gorgeous! 1mo
Aims42 @Susanita thank you so much, I love it too 🤩🥰 The room was previously painted orange, so now this room is nice and calming. Plus books! (edited) 1mo
DogMomIrene Very calming color! I see room on those shelves. Not clutter🙌🏼 1mo
Aims42 @DogMomIrene Thank you 🤩🙌 1mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Spent the past weekend with family in IA and got to hang out with my cat sister, Millie
2. Finished 1 amazing book (‘Tartufo‘) and started another great book (‘Marble Hall Murders‘)
3. Warm weather is on its way (highs in the 30s - 40s F)
4. Went to bar trivia with my hubby 2 times this week and we didn‘t come in last both nights
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Aims42 5. The joy (okay, more like spitefulness) of learning that those who voted for Mango Mussolini are now saying, “I didn‘t vote for this!”

Consider yourself tagged if you‘d like to share!
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Susanita Nice tabby kitty! 1mo
Aims42 @Susanita She is so sweet, definitely a tabby though - lots of energy 😂 1mo
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DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Millie is adorable! 😻 1mo
Aims42 @DebinHawaii Thanks for doing this hashtag! Yesterday I was feeling pretty “meh”, but this morning while sipping my coffee I started thinking and BOOM! Five Joys! It‘s like an “factory reset” button on my mood 🤗🩷🧡💛 1mo
dabbe 💚🩶💚 1mo
KadaGul @Aims42 LOL 😆 on Mango 🥭 Mussolino 🤣🤣. In Chicago, it gets chilly pretty quickly, so we crank up the heaters, and Ceto loves curling up on her favorite vents (multiple, not just one) for many naps. She gets annoyed when we walk 👣 too loudly. It feels like our cat 🐈🐈‍⬛runs the place, and we're just here to take care of them. #Petslife 1mo
Aims42 @KadaGul I saw someone call him that and I was like, “Yep. That‘s what I‘m calling him too” 😆 Haha! That‘s exactly what my parents say too; it‘s Millie‘s house, they just get to sleep there 🤣 1mo
TieDyeDude My wife and I got 3rd place in bar trivia last week! It's tough with a team of two that have no knowledge of sports 😅 1mo
Aims42 @TieDyeDude Oof, sports is not my wheelhouse either 🙈 We‘ve also found that we stink at geography. Give us all the music and literature questions lol 1mo
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Tartufo | Kira Jane Buxton
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Themes: Family, Food, Fungi

“What does one do upon finding the world‘s biggest epicurean diamond?” This story was a delight from beginning to end! I loved all the characters, their zany personalities and the beautiful setting of the rural medieval village of Lazzarini Boscarino. Definitely a five star read, the cover is just as beautiful as the story inside
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TheBookHippie Cute plant holder! 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Thank you ☺️ My husband gave it to me for my birthday 🥰 Can‘t ever go wrong with bookish themed planters lol 1mo
AmyG I love the planter!!! 1mo
Aims42 @AmyG Thank you! 😊🩷 1mo
LoverOfLearning Adorable plant holder and wow that cover is stunning! 1mo
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The Secret Adversary | Agatha Christie
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I LOVED this book! After finishing it I immediately added the rest of the series to my library TBR list 👍 I can‘t wait to discuss it @Librarybelle #christiecapers

Librarybelle Yay!!! 1mo
dabbe Wow! I have to get reading! 🤩 1mo
Aims42 @dabbe It was fun, not at all what I was expecting 😁 1mo
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Tartufo | Kira Jane Buxton
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I visited the local indie bookstore by my parents‘ house this afternoon. I didn‘t need another book (I mean, I was extremely tempted!) but I still wanted to support them. This springy book sleeve just hopped in my hands 🤩😇

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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. Hubby and I are going to visit my family in IA for the long weekend
2. I bought myself another bookshelf AND I haven‘t filled it up yet!
3. The snow we got on Wed wasn‘t as bad as they were predicting (forecast was for 3-5” and we got 2.5”)
4. A problem project at work actually ended up being fixed with our “best case scenario” which never happens 😂
5. The joy of knowing that 48.4% of voters did not vote for 🍑🤡

TheBookHippie 5!!!!! Yes. And alllll the non voters aka its not a majority of 🍊…Snow: we got about 7 inches and no blizzard so I was glad as well. 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Nope, his “landslide win” is as accurate as his shade of foundation for his skin tone 😝 1mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤮 1mo
dabbe If only the non-voters had voted ... love your joys! 🩶🩷🩶 1mo
Aims42 @dabbe -sigh- if only 😔💔 1mo
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The Secret Adversary | Agatha Christie
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I am LOVING this book @Librarybelle #christiecapers I didn‘t know I wanted an Agatha Christie meets PG Wodehouse book, but here we are and I LOVE IT! I‘m going to add the rest this series to my TBR 🙌

Librarybelle Yay! And that is a great quote!! 1mo
Aims42 @Librarybelle I literally cackled when I read this quote 😂🤣 1mo
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Glamorous Notions | Megan Chance
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My best friend saw this book as an Amazon Prime First Reads and she told me about it, which I‘m glad she did because sadly, I don‘t think this would‘ve crossed my radar - it pub‘d 2/1 and I have yet to see anything about it on my usual channels 😔. It intrigued me so I bought a copy and I enjoyed it so much!! I don‘t want to say too much because I‘ll end up spoiling something, all I‘ll say is if my themes below interest you, READ THIS BOOK! 🤐

Aims42 Themes: Historical Fiction, Hollywood 1950‘s, Murder & Spies & Intrigue 2mo
Amie I picked this as my First Reads book so I'm glad to hear that it's good. I'll have to try to read it soon. 2mo
Aims42 @Amie Oooo I hope you also enjoy it!!! 2mo
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1. The B&N.com preorder sale finally happened!! Yay!! Love having #bookmail to look forward to 🥰
2. I found an ARC of Anthony Horowitz‘s upcoming “Marble Hall Murders” and I can‘t wait to devour it!!
3. The houseplants that I divided and repotted last week are all still alive!
4. Looking forward to a low-key weekend that‘s not jam-packed with stuff to do
5. IT‘S FRIDAY!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Consider yourself tagged if you‘d like to share!

TheBookHippie Replanting and separating plants always makes me nervous!!! Hurrah for the plants! 2mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie Lol, right?? 😬🫣 I had a snake plant baby that I left go too long and had to cut it from the mama plant. I said a prayer and hoped for the best (and talked to the baby plant to reassure it would be okay 😆). Hopefully they both continue to thrive 🤞 2mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻I did that with a spider plant. 😅😵‍💫 2mo
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Aims42 @TheBookHippie Oof, replanting spider plants is a process 🫠 2mo
TheBookHippie @Aims42 I know 😩 2mo
Aims42 @TheBookHippie 🙏🙏🙏🙏 2mo
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Themes: Oceans 11 meets Downton Abbey, Early 20th century London, Women settling scores

I read Alex‘s debut work in 2023 (“The Housekeepers”) and enjoyed it enough to be excited for his next book. As soon as I could I put a hold at my library for this and… -sad trombone- 🫠 It wasn‘t bad, I didn‘t consider bailing on it, but it wasn‘t amazing.

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Yay!! So stoked for some upcoming #bookmail 🥳🙌 25% off preorders today through 2/7 at Barnes & Noble (online only!!!)

RamsFan1963 I was unaware that there was a sequel to the first Agnes Sharpe book. I'll have to look for that, I did enjoy the first one. 2mo
Aims42 @RamsFan1963 Yes 🙌 The hardcover is out now but since I bought a paperback of the first Agnes Sharpe book, I have to wait for the paperback in September 😆 2mo
RamsFan1963 @Aims42 Yes I understand. I've tried explaining to my GF why I want either all hardback or all paperback of a series or trilogy. She looks at me like I'm crazy, because as she says, it's the same book inside. 2mo
Aims42 @RamsFan1963 Lol!! I‘m with you 100%! Yes, she‘s correct that it‘s the same book inside, but a series on a bookshelf that‘s mixed hardcover and paperback? It‘s so unpleasant looking 😝 2mo
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It is TIME!! -Kermit flailing arms- 🏃🏼‍♀️-Runs to get all the Barnes & Noble giftcards I‘ve been hoarding since Christmas for this exact purpose- 📚📚📚

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#TopReads2025 kicks off with my first five star read of the year 🥁🥁🥁 ‘Death in the Downline‘ 🙌 It was fun and an unexpectedly gripping read - I couldn‘t put it down once I started. Highly recommend for a fast-paced read that‘ll leave you thinking about it after you finish it, check this one out 👍

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The Secret Adversary | Agatha Christie
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Love a little ‘lunch hour library hold pick-up‘ date 🥰🤩

Librarybelle 😁 2mo
Aims42 @Librarybelle As a librarian, I would love to know…. do you get kinda nervous of patrons requesting multiple murder mysteries? 😂 2mo
Librarybelle @Aims42 I never did, because I tend to do it myself! 😂 2mo
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Aims42 @Librarybelle Haha, phew 😮‍💨😅 I felt like I should have said something but I think that would‘ve just made it weird so I left it alone and said, “Thanks!” As I took my tote bag full of murder and left 🤣 2mo
Librarybelle 😂 Definitely not strange! 2mo
Aims42 @Librarybelle 🥳🙌 2mo
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I haven‘t devoured a book in what seems like ages, but I sure did with this one! If it was a Netflix show I would‘ve been pressing the “Yes, I‘m still watching” option and would‘ve binged the whole series in a night 😂 This is such a great read! It has it all; an awesome (and believable) plot, great characters and fantastic story telling, you have to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. A five star read!!

Aims42 Themes: MLMs, Murder, Female Friendship 2mo
Ruthiella Sounds great! 2mo
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@debinhawaii #5joysfriday
I was off on Monday (MLK Jr Day) and enjoyed a lovely day of reading 🥰
I cooked dinner every night this week 🙌
I cleaned my house and it looks great 🧼
I was able to WFH every day this week 💻
I have a clear conscience because I didn‘t vote for “he who shall not be named” and that JOY in itself feels AMAZING 🥳 I hope we make it through these next 4 years (1,458 days), these last 5 days sucked more than I prepared for.

dabbe #clearconscience LOVE that + your joys! 🩵🩶🩵 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe Thank you for saying this, I kinda felt like a Debbie Downer posting it 😆 2mo
TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2mo
dabbe @Aims42 #youaintnodd!!! 🩵🩶🩵 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe 😂 Thank you! 🥰 2mo
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Ugh, preaching to the choir, Poirot 🥶🥶🥶

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Going into this book you will need to suspend all belief that this unexpected adventure could actually happen 😆 However, this is a very entertaining read! I recently watched “The Man on the Inside” on Netflix and this has very similar vibes to it; retired amateur sleuth, great location (Chicago instead of San Francisco though), and good characters. A pick once you relax and just go with the flow of the entertaining absurdity 👍

Aims42 Themes: Netflix‘s “A Man on the Inside” vibes, Unlicensed Private Investigator, Chicago 2mo
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Alexa is telling me it‘s currently 7 degrees F with a real feel of 5 degrees F. Well, that‘s my day sorted 😂👍 If you‘re in the polar vortex, I hope you‘re staying warm & cozy today! 🥶🧦🧣🧤

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Currently sitting at the high of -1. Stay warm! (edited) 2mo
Aims42 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Oof! Hope you stay warm too 🩵🙏💙 2mo
MeganAnn Same here! ❄️🥶 At a high of -6 F today that says it feels like -16 F. @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Aims42 hope you both are keeping warm and cozy too! 💙 2mo
Aims42 @MeganAnn 🥶🥶🥶🥶 Yikes!!! A good excuse to stay home and read today 👍 Stay safe with those temps!! 2mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Aims42 @MeganAnn Yes! Staying in this weekend. Blankets, books, and hot drinks ❤️ 2mo
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I saw this on Facebook and it made me giggle 😆 You just never know when you can sneak a few pages in 😎

Texreader I saw this too! Loved it!! 2mo
Aims42 @Texreader 😆😂🤣 2mo
TheKidUpstairs I saw this too! I need him to tell us what he was reading! 2mo
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KadaGul During the game, Packers Vs. Eagles 🦅 , A.J. Brown was very frustrated 😖😠; I don't think 🤔anyone expected him to pull out a book 📚 and start reading 📖. What a great way to DECOMPRESS 2mo
dabbe 🤩😂🤩 2mo
Aims42 @KadaGul I agree, a great way to decompress and recenter 😁👍 2mo
Aims42 @dabbe 💯💯💯 2mo
Kerrbearlib Love it! 2mo
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The Lost Bookshop | Evie Woods
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Themes: Historical Fiction, Dual Timelines & Multiple POVs, Magical Realism

This book made me laugh, made me tear up, made me angry, but I loved it! Usually with mutilple POVs there‘s always “that” character that I dread when their name is on the chapter heading, but I loved Opaline (even though I kept wanted to call her Ovaltine), Martha and Henry. And Madame Bowden too! A solid pick to read if you want something truly magical!

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This was a great book to borrow from the library; it was good but not one I‘d need to own to re-read again. I loved Veronica (I don‘t know what it says about me that when I see ‘Curmudgeon but charming old woman‘ in a book summary I instantly think, “I have to read this!!”), she was feisty and fun. My only complaint was that this book dragged for me in the middle. All in all, it‘s a soft pick for me.

Aims42 Themes: Curmudgeon but charming old woman, Finding Family, PENGUINS! 🐧♥️ 3mo
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Themes: Golden Age Murder Mystery, Hercule Poirot & Hastings

I read this for January‘s #ChristieCapers - I can‘t wait for our discussion on 1/26 🤐🔎🙌

@Librarybelle

Librarybelle Yay!!! 3mo
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