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AnnCrystal

AnnCrystal

Joined May 2023

Except comic books, I'm a slow reader unless a book demands otherwise. I don't order books by mail these days, only what I can find when out & about.
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon by Christopher Paolini
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California Readers by Californians
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To all who celebrate, may you and yours have a Very Happy Easter 🐥🐣🐤🐰🥕🐇💖.

#californiananncrystal

Ruthiella Happy Easter 🐣! 5d
dabbe HE! 💛🐣🧡 5d
AnnCrystal @Ruthiella Happy Easter 🐣🐥🐤💖. 5d
AnnCrystal @dabbe Happy Easter 🐣🧺🐇💖. 5d
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💝 & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag ☺️🐎💝.

1- Easter Is Sunday 🐣🐇🍫💖.

2- Family 💝💝💝.

3- I had fun trying mail ordering again 🪄📦💃, been years yet I won't be making a habit of it...waiting for those packages made me loony 😂 ⌚🧐🤔🧐😜🧐📦🤩.

4- I can begin reading book three of the Riley Thorn Mystery series Sunday (or maybe Monday) night 📚💝.

5- Easter 🐣🐇💝.

mcctrish Happy Easter 7d
TheBookHippie I hope you get lots of chocolate!!! ♥️ 7d
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AmyG Happy Easter! 7d
AnnCrystal Thank You @mcctrish Happy Easter 🐣🐇💝💝💝. 7d
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie dreamy chocolate 😋🍫🥚💝💝💝. 7d
AnnCrystal Thank You @AmyG Happy Easter 🐥🐇💝💝💝. 7d
Sace Happy Easter! 7d
TheSpineView YW! 😊🌞🥰 7d
AnnCrystal Thank You @Sace Happy Easter 🐰🐤💝💝💝. (edited) 6d
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌷🌼🌸💝💝💝. 6d
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Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card 📚💝 & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag 💕🐎💝.

4/100 · 4% I watched many as movies 👀📚🎬.

Read & watched the Twilight series

Just purchased
Bless Me, Ultima

Been meaning to read the Harry Potter Books, I have most of them...maybe missing one or two.

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView I still have all the Twilight books in my library. 1w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🆒😎👍🏼📚🐺💝💝💝. 1w
dabbe Let me know if you like ULTIMA. I've never read that one, and it's been on my TBR forever! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 1w
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AnnCrystal @dabbe will do ☺️👍🏼📚💝. 7d
PaperbackPirate I love Bless Me, Ultima! I hope you do too! 💙📚 5d
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Thanks @PaperbackPirate 👏🏼☺️ I couldn't believe I found it available. I've read about how it was banned and even burned 📚💝.
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The story of the two, Bate Motels.

My mom always told me about a Bates Motel series from 1987. It had supernatural elements and was all so good!

A few weeks ago my mom found this complete series of the Bates Motel. We were so excited to find this, and I was thrilled to finally be able to watch this supernatural series I grew up hearing about.

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AnnCrystal We were extra excited that they obviously continued the series because the collection contained five whole seasons.

When I questioned about how “new“ it looked, we wrote it off as being remastered...until after about thirty minutes into the first episode...

A quick web search explained what exactly it was that we were watching 😂. A&E made a new Bates Motel, and it was a modernized backstory for the original movie. No ghost, just...a thriller.👇
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Thankfully I was able to mail order the 1980s version to surprise my mom for her birthday 🥳🎁💝.

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AnnCrystal The 1980s version was incredible, just as it had been described to me. Laced with the supernatural instead of murder. Too bad it didn't make it. Perhaps if the story had been a bit more to-the-point at the beginning it would have captured more of an audience.

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AnnCrystal Well, we're still watching the new Bates Motel...while not our type of story, the drama caught us and it has become like an addictive soap opera...one we have to fast forward a lot, but good nonetheless. Although, it would have been better with ghost!

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TheBookHippie ♥️👻 1w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😉🎬💝💝💝. 1w
GingerAntics Isn‘t everything better with ghosts? 1w
AnnCrystal @GingerAntics always better 😉👍🏼🎬💕💝. 1w
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card 💕🐎💝 & Thank You for the tag 😎👍🏼.

1- We always do ours before the due date rush

2- Pursuit

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing! 1w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 📚☺️👍🏼📚💝. 1w
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The Enchanted Greenhouse | Sarah Beth Durst
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Book News

Found on web, not sure how accurate or availability details 📚💝.

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Book News

Found on web, not sure how accurate or availability details 📚💝.

@emz711

emz711 I don't think so. A similar book by her is coming out soon. I have a hold on it from the library 1w
AnnCrystal @emz711 👏🏼🆒📚💝. Yeah, I couldn't find Arkana listed anywhere for sale yet. I look forward to reading your review on Enigma 😉👍🏼. 7d
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Purchased this issue because Dark Winds was featured on the cover, and discovered this article.

From Magazine,
Cowboys & Indians
The Spring Fashion Issue
April 2025, Page 110

Note: the following is not a direct qoute from article.

The Packhorse Librarians (during the great depression between 1936-43) filled their saddlebags with books and rode into the hills of the Appalachia to bring books to those who had none.

#californiananncrystal

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“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.“ -Jane Smiley

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

AnnCrystal From the web 👇 2w
AnnCrystal Aristotle emphasized the importance of education & learning in achieving happiness & a fulfilling life. That knowledge, gained through study & reflection, is crucial for personal growth and well-being. His writings suggest that the power of knowledge & learning, as found in books, can be therapeutic in the sense that it helps individuals understand themselves and the world around them, leading to a more meaningful and joyful existence. (edited) 2w
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Wayne of Gotham: A Novel | Tracy Hickman
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- Litsy is working again 👏🏼📚💝💝💝.

2- book shopping...because I had absolutely no more tbr books on my bookshelf 🤥📚👀😂😜🤣.

3- Garden 🪄🌱💝.

4- Reading Snacks 😋🍿📚💝.

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AnnCrystal 5- Batman...I can't seem to read/watch anything Batman right now because of the whole problem with reality being very Gotham-like...yet I found the tagged on my TBR to-buy list, and it seems more of a mystery focused on Bruce Wayne's family and not so much about chaotic Gotham City. I couldn't resist 🤞🦇💝.

#WayneofGothamreviewedbyanncrystal

#batmanreviewedbyanncrystal

#zeal4batman

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Jari-chan 💖💖💖 2w
mcctrish Thankful Litsy is back up!!! Felt like end of times even more than usual 2w
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AnnCrystal @mcctrish drives me nutty when Litsy is on the fritz. Thankfully it was only for a short time 😉👍📚💝. (edited) 2w
dabbe 💙💚💙 2w
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Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & thanks for the tag 😎🎬💝.

7/116 · 6% 🤔seriously👀...

Hugo (2011)

I haven't been able to catch the Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) movie, therefore it wasn't one of my seven. Yet Did read the book, and that was a terrifying masterpiece.

The Descendants (2011)

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#killersoftheflowermoonreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe You're in good company! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 😎👍🏼🎬💝. 2w
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Anyone else excited about this new series? 📺🔍🧐🔎🥳 Seems like the show is going to have a strong female leading character.

Haven't been this excited about a Sherlock book (influenced) to TV adaptation since the 2016 Houdini & Doyle, which was a historical-fiction based on Doyle's relationship with Houdini and not so much about Doyle's character, Sherlock.

@dabbe
#Sherlockians
#sherlocked
#sherlockholmes

#californiananncrystal 📚💫📺🥳💝.

dabbe I'll have to check this out! Thanks for the heads up! 🤩😍🤩 2w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 😎👍🏼 I believe this begins on the 16th on the CW channel 📺💝. (edited) 2w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵👍🏻💙 2w
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Thank You @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & Thank You @TheSpineView for the tag

1- a favorite is the late spring blooming White Magnolia that continues to blossom through the summer. 💝💝💝.

2- garden, family, our home, my state (California), my heritage, my art supplies, my library of books 🌱💖🏡🐻🦅🖌️🎨✏️📚📚💝💝💝.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 💖🌸🏵️🌼💮💝 2w
Eggs So much to be grateful for 💖💜💝 2w
AnnCrystal @Eggs ☺️👍🏼💝💝💝. 2w
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The Spellshop | Sarah Beth Durst
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & Thanks for the tag 💕🐎📚💝.

1- Since I was around 13 years old 📚💝.

2- The Spellshop 🪄📚💝💝💝.

#Two4Tuesday

#thespellshopreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing and have a wonderful day! 🌞😍🥰🤩📖📚💞 2w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView may your day be wonderful too 🪄📚🌞🥳💫💝. 2w
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- A ThunderStorm 🌬️⛈️🌧️🪄🦅💝 came on Thursday. When the Thunderbirds sung, the song was a roar... incredible, it has been years.

2- Read a little during Thunderstorm 🌧️🎶📚💝...just 2 enjoy the spooky atmosphere even more..

3- Grateful that the Thunderstorm rolled in before this weekend 🌬️⛈️🦅🌧️🌦️🌤️🌞.

4- April is here 🌻🐇🧺🐣.

5- Litsy.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheBookHippie ♥️ 3w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 🌦️😉💝. 3w
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TheSpineView I love listening to an good storm. Especially the rain hitting the windows and roof. 🩵🌩🌧 3w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView True 🤩👍🏼 truly beautiful music 🪄🌬️🌧️🎶💖💖💖. 3w
mcctrish We had thunderstorms on Wednesday and I‘m thankful they weren‘t the ice storms other parts of Ontario got ( still without power 5 days later 😬) 3w
AnnCrystal @mcctrish oh no! No power after five days, that's terrible 🙏💝. 3w
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 🎬😎👍🏼💝.

22/100 · 22%

There were a lot of good ones on there...🤔🎬💝.

Ghost (1990)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Chocolat (2000)

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe Fab choices! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵💙🩵 3w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 🎬😉💫💝. 3w
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#unrelated2books

Went out and got myself a pager 📟! Anyone can now reach me by dialing 📞 Pennsylvania 6-5000 😉💝.

#californiananncrystal

Bookwormjillk They still make those? 3w
AnnCrystal @Bookwormjillk just playing around on April 1st 🥳💝. This was an old family pager from way back when before mobiles were affordable. Dug it out from storage 📟🎶🎷😎💝. (edited) 3w
Bookwormjillk @AnnCrystal 🤦‍♀️that is the second time I‘ve been fooled today. 3w
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AnnCrystal @Bookwormjillk so you had a fun day 😉💖. 3w
AnnCrystal @PaperbackPirate 📟🎶🎹🥳💝. 3w
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎💝.

1 - Absolutely...terrible 👩‍🎓🤔.

2 - Just Beyond: The Scare School by R.L. Stine

#Two4Tuesday

#RLStinereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing ❤️ 3w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView ☺️👍🏼💝 3w
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Today is Cesar Chavez Day

✊☺️🇺🇸💝.

My late Aunt Linda (my Mom's sister) was involved in the movement during her younger days.

#unrelated2books

#californiananncrystal

Leftcoastzen 👍👏✊ 4w
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Terciel & Elinor | Garth Nix
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- Fruit 😋💝.

2- the magic of stumbling across something you have been looking for after having given up the search 🪄💖.

3- The 6th book in the Old Kingdom series has been added to my library 🪄📚💝 still super excited about this 😂📚💝.
#theoldkingdomreviewedbyanncrystal.

4- meeting a stranger in a parking lot who claimed to be psychic and who read me too well 🪄🤩🆒.

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AnnCrystal 5- had to go to Walmart for necessities that we haven't yet sourced elsewhere (I know 👀🥺🤐). Checked the entertainment dept. while there (Of course). There wasn't anything two-spirited, but there were woman/culture writers, fantasy, Spanish language books, etc. I know that Walmart is rolling back DEI, yet they haven't seemed to make it about their products, at least not yet. Perhaps they're reconsidering🥳🤞🏼.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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AnnCrystal *anything two-spirited (LGBTQTS+) that I noted...there may have been, and it escaped my notice.

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AmyG #2 so speaks to me. Truly a joy. 4w
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Sace Fruit is awesome! I have discovered that the best way to find something is to stop looking for it (or buy a replacement 🙄) 4w
TheBookHippie We use Walmart it‘s the least of the evils here. Plus I use delivery and it‘s the jobs of the immigrants here. 🤷🏻‍♀️ not perfect, but local is hugely expensive and owned by right wing extremist. 4w
AnnCrystal @AmyG truly indeed 👏🏼😉👍🏼🪄💖. 4w
AnnCrystal @Sace I absolutely love fruit 😋👍🏼. And that does seem like the best way to find something 🧐🪄🤩...I really do hate replacing something I already have. 4w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie I read that, “Walmart aims to power 50% of its operations with renewable energy by 2025 and 100% by 2035, while also aiming to reach zero emissions from all its vehicles and transportation network, including long-haul trucks, by 2040.“

We are trying our best to support mom and pop shops even more now, unfortunately, we've experienced some impossibly rude customer service from some. Thursday, we left a shop quite upset. 👇
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AnnCrystal I wondered, does this guy want to sell his merchandise, or is he trying to run an exhibit for show only. Perhaps he assumed we didn't have the funds?? What he did have prices on were extremely expensive... (edited) 4w
Bookwormjillk Fruit is the best! 4w
Texreader Your No 4: that‘s amazing! What fun! 4w
AmyG @TheBookHippie Same here….we just have Walmart and Costco. I try to buy atCostco as much as we can…but we still need Walmart. 4w
AnnCrystal @Bookwormjillk absolutely 😋👍🏼💝. 4w
AnnCrystal @Texreader it was strangely spectacular, 🤩🪄💖. 4w
TheBookHippie @AmyG Costco is 60 minutes away one way here 😵‍💫 I do order online some things from there. 4w
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card ☺️💝

14/100 · 14% 🎬💝.

ET 📞.

Mary Poppins 🪁.

Raiders of the Lost Ark 💼.

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

AmyG All 3 are favorites, too! 1mo
dabbe Fab choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 1mo
AnnCrystal @AmyG 👏🎬💝... genuine classics ☺️👍🏼💝. 1mo
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For Better Or for Worse: The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston | Lynn Johnston, Katie Hadway, Amber Landgraff
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💝💝💝.

A comic strip about a family.

Daily highlighted posts.

https://www.fborfw.com/

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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AnnCrystal @Eggs have you checked out the webpage? Like reading the daily highlight comic 😉💝. 1mo
Eggs @AnnCrystal Just did! Thx for the link 🥰 1mo
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card and Thank You 🌷💝 & @Eggs 🌼💖 for the tag.

1- sketch, garden, watch fantasy or comedy...

2- something light and fun like the tagged, or comics like “For Better Or For Worse“ By Lynn Johnston.

#Two4Tuesday
#rileythornreviewedbyanncrystal

TheSpineView 💜🖋⚘️ Thanks for playing along and have a wonderful day! 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🥳👍🏼💝. 1mo
Eggs Love FBOFW❣️ 1mo
AnnCrystal @Eggs Always a fav of mine 😉📚💝. 1mo
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The Half King | Melissa Landers
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I read the bulk of this during March, which turned out to be a perfect read for Women's History Month!

While this is fantasy fiction, it draws from real-life women inequality issues across society, religious orders, and political structures.

When I first began this book, I expected a “Beauty and the Beast with gothic undertones“. This is more “medieval, cursed king finds his sorceress“.

I very nearly bailed at the very beginning...

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due to a scene of animal cruelty.

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AnnCrystal Since this book had been a gift for my birthday, I gave it one more try...and I am very glad.

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I don't know why this began with such a terrible scene...perhaps to make readers worried for Blue (FMC Cerise's dog) once he is gifted to her by the king. I know I was freaked out worried for Blue throughout the whole book...

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AnnCrystal There was a little Beauty and the Beast at the beginning, but it quickly became it's own unique story that became better and better with each chapter. I didn't like the king at first, then I began to adore him right along with Cerise.

This book turned out to be a genuine gem that I absolutely loved. Those last scenes where dynamite 📚💝.

#SeriesLove2025
@TheSpineView
@Andrew65

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The Half King | Melissa Landers
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About true leadership 👑📚💝.

#thehalfkingreviewedbyanncrystal

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The Half King | Melissa Landers
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Thank You @TheSpineView for #BandBDay & for the tag ☕📚💝.

Hope to finish this tonight. This read turned out to have way more depth than I expected...in an incredibly good way...better conclude in a good way...📚💝.

#thehalfkingreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

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#unrelated2books

On the first day of Spring I was drinking tea...this was the quote connected to my tea bag...cheers ☺️☕💐💝.

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

#binspired

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

kspenmoll Synchronicity! Just love that! Happy spring! 1mo
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll 🥳🪄🌱💖 Happy Spring! 1mo
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- Litsy!!! So glad we all have access to Litsy again 🥳📚💝💝💝!

2- Springtime has arrived!!!! 🪄🌱🌺🌻🌼🌸🌷🌹🐛🦋🐝🐦💝.

3- The 6th book in the Old Kingdom series has finally been added to my library 🪄📚💝 #theoldkingdomreviewedbyanncrystal.

4- The magic of Books 📚💝.

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AnnCrystal 5- Book Shopping! I have found some real gems over the years at big-box and grocery stores, yet it was wonderful to seek out and purchase books that are actually on my radar... deciding which book to select from my long list of TBR to-buy list was a bit of a task 😂...

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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kspenmoll All your joys! 💕 1mo
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Jari-chan Beautiful joys 💛💛💛 1mo
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Queen of the Night | J. A. Jance
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & Thanks for the tag 🌺🐎💝.

Wonderful time for #Two4Tuesday to return, Springtime 🥳.

1- Every Flower 🌺🌻. One of long-time favorites is the white magnolia 😍.

2- although the attached has a flower on the cover, the bloom happens in summertime. I fell in love with the Queen of the Desert before realizing that the flower has a connection to my heritage 😍.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

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#unrelated2books

💝🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🇺🇲💝.

#californiananncrystal

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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TheSpineView ❤️🐾❤️🐕❤️ Did you know that roughly 7M - 10M horses were used in WWII. Animals have served selflessly for centuries. 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 💝🐎💝🐎💝 Amazing!

K9 veteran's day honors dogs who served in military, police, and I believe other departments like fire. This day should also be for all other service animals who serve ❤️🐎🤍🐕‍🦺💙. I always love to see equestrian mounted police portals. Horses need to be honored too! 💝💝💝.
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To all who celebrate...

Happy St. Patrick's Weekend ☘️🥳🍀💚💚💚 and Day (March 17th 2025).

“May the dreams you hold dearest, be those which comes true; the kindness you spread, keep returning to you.“ -An Irish Blessing.

I always believed that the true pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 🌈 is not filled with actual gold, it is a collection of genuine magic...or a passage to a magical library 😉🪄📚💝.

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

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GingerAntics I always thought that‘s why it was Reading Rainbow. The books were the treasure at the end of the rainbow. 1mo
AnnCrystal @GingerAntics absolutely 😉👍🏼📚🌈💝. 1mo
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- ☘️🥳🍀 St. Patrick's Day Weekend 💝.

2- Coffee, Chocolate, Mint, and more Coffee ☕💝.

3- the Fantasy genre 🧚🧙🧛🐉🦸🧜🧝🦇🪄📚📺🎬💖.

4- reading 2 the soundtrack of rain 🌬️🌧️📚💝.

5- Fruit 😋💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Deblovestoread All of this 💚🍀💚 1mo
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mcctrish Fantasy is saving me right now 1mo
AnnCrystal @mcctrish 🫂 absolutely, me too 🪄📚☘️💚. 1mo
thecheckoutstack Lofi + rain soundtrack is my favorite reading sound 🎼🎵☔️ 1mo
AnnCrystal @thecheckoutstack 👏🏼☺️ utterly beautiful indeed 🌧️🎶📚💝. 1mo
DebinHawaii Lovely joys! 💚🍀💚 Reading to the sound of rain is always the best! 1mo
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii 🪄💝💝💝. 1mo
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Thank You @dabbe for creating this fun play-card and Thank You Dabbe 🎬😉💝 & @TheSpineView 🎬🐎💝 for the tags.

18/100 · 18%
Again...I'm sure I've watched some more...yet it's been years and I'm not 100 percent certain.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Suspicion (1941)

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView 🥰🎬🌞 1mo
TheBookHippie The Bishops Wife! ♥️ 1mo
dabbe Love Hitchcock! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️🎬 1mo
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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie my absolutely favorite movie with Cary Grant 🎬🤩💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe Hitchcock is truly iconic Hollywood, I hope he's work is valued well into the future 🎬📺💝. 1mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🎯🎯🎯! 1mo
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✊🏼😢📚💝📚.

“What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.“

https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/

@TheBookHippie

AnnCrystal While I believe in book warnings, I will never understand book bans. (edited) 2mo
TheBookHippie It is reprehensible and a tool to control and disenfranchise people and their identities and prevents knowledge of anything other than one narrative. Pure evil. 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😢📚💝...Little Free Libraries are going to need to be utilized all the more! ✊🏼📚💝. (edited) 2mo
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TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal Yes. For sure. 2mo
dabbe 🤯😤🤬 2mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe IKR 🧐😕✊🏼📚💝. 2mo
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I truly wanted to prolong this for a bit longer, but in this crazy world the RileyThorn Mysteries have become my favorite escape.

It was fun continuing the journey with these wacky characters. I love this series, I really hope this goes on for many books...although I don't know when I can go and add the next one to my library. Thankfully, I have the first four in this series.

And good thing, because this completed on a grand cliffhanger!

👇

AnnCrystal I didn't catch the killer, but did guess correctly about where one of the bodies was hidden. And I knew what an abandoned house next door would be perfect for...took Nick long enough!

I loved all the main characters in the first book, and they have all returned along with some new ones for this second installment.

This mystery had more moving parts than the first book. There are some warnings ⚠️📚 that I will hide in an ending comment.

👇
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AnnCrystal The third book in this series is one of my give ups on my Lent list. Which means I can't even read the sample for book three that was given at the back of this book! And this did have a splendid cliffhanger!

I do want to prolong this series and keep these characters a part of my life for as long as possible, so this 40 day spacing will help with that goal.

Good news, the character Weber should have an even larger role in book three 🤞🏼.

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AnnCrystal 1- Mentions of a past suicide, along with a hint about this suicide in a vision.

2- Mentions of bullying.

3- The personality shaping the above two had on the murderer-character.

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Andrew65 Sounds excellent. Well done 🎉🎊🎉 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Andrew65 🥳👌🏼🪄📚💫. 2mo
TheSpineView Hikes a cliffhanger!! 😲 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView an epic one! I'm a rare reader who actually loves a good cliffhanger...especially if I have the next book 😂.

While each has had a mystery that wraps up by the end, the next book seems to continue right where the last one leaves off...which is in a dramatic closing scene.

Characters Weber and Nick have a mystery from their past that the reader has been given hints about since the beginning. This book ends giving a huge revelation.
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There are different versions of this legend, my favorites are the longer ones. I found a shorter version of the beginning from the web so I could share here for International Women's Day 2025.

I always liked the beginning, because I felt it hinted how men need to show respect to all woman... whether they recognize the woman as a Holy person or simply human.

Have A Power-Infused Women's Day!

#EarthHealingHopepostsbyanncrystal

#MMIWG

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Thank you @AllDebooks for creating #SaturdayChatterday and thank you @TheSpineView for the tag 💕🐎💝.

After some errands, I plan on a mixture of books & movies...(watch something strong-woman focused to celebrate International Women's Day) while snacking on goodies 📚🎬😋.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

AllDebooks Sounds like a perfect day 👌 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You 💕 @AllDebooks 😉👍🏼💝. 2mo
TheSpineView 🥰🥰🥰 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 💝💝💝. 2mo
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Thanks @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- @TheSpineView has returned to Litsy! It's wonderful to know that you're alright and on the mend 🙏🏼💝.

I always keep my Litsy friends in my prayers and good wishes. When regulars vanish (TheSpineView, bthegood, @JudeCC, & other Littens), I remain hopeful that they're simply too busy 💝.

May your recovery be swift TheSpineView, I an enjoying reading your posts again 📚💝.

👇

AnnCrystal
2- we're staying strong with our store/shopping choices...not easy when no one else sells DVDs/CDs, yet since DVDs/CDs are not necessities we've remained committed ✊🏼😉🛍️🚫🛒.

3- reading to the soundtrack of rain 🌬️🌧️📚💝.

4- my Garden 🌱💝.

5- Litsy 📚💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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TheSpineView Awww... thank you!🥰 2mo
TheBookHippie I‘m so thankful for our libraries massive dvd collection. I too worry when Littens disappear. 2mo
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mcctrish I think of Littens I started here with and wonder about them - some I know just went in another direction but some I worry about so much. I can‘t wait to ignore all the things and just be in my garden 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🫂💝💝💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal Hopefully our missing Litten friends are alright 🙏🏼💝 @TheBookHippie.

I've seriously been meaning to check out my local library branch for DVDs...I'm way behind on so many good movies and series 🎬💝.
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AnnCrystal @mcctrish gardens are genuine therapy 🌱💝.

True, hopefully all the Littens who are no longer on Litsy are simply busy, or moved to another book community 🙏🏼💝.
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DebinHawaii Lovely joys! 💛💛💛 I too am so happy @TheSpineView is back. 🤗 2mo
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii Wonderful 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝. 2mo
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card 🎬😉💝.

26/100 · 26%
I'm sure I've watched more...yet it's been years and I'm not 100 percent certain.

-Love Affair (1939)
Love Cary Grant, yet this is my favorite version of this movie. Especially that last scene, I believe Charles Boyer captured the intensity of the moment incredibly more than Grant did (sorry Carry 😘 Grant).

-The Wizard of Oz (1939).

-Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).

dabbe Fabulous score and choices! Most of us scored between 1-15! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚🩶🩶 2mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕🎬👏🏼🥳👍🏼💝. 2mo
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#unrelated2books
#Ukraine
#Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky became a hero the day his country was invaded. He has shown that he has the endurance to be the warrior his people need. May Ukraine win the victory of true peace that they are fighting for 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝💝💝.

AnnCrystal It took a hot minute for me to calm down and not write an angry 🤬 post about the bullying that took place at the White House which only seemed to confirm that little t is a puppet to a very scary puppet master. And the V.P. 🤨...unbelievable!

Ok, maybe I needed another hot minute!
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AnnCrystal And the nerve to criticize a man's attire when he comes straight from a battlefield! Like he has the time or can waste the funds! And I thought Zelensky was dressed nice...just saying. (edited) 2mo
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CBee Yes to all of this 🙌🏻 (edited) 2mo
AnnCrystal @CBee 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝💝💝. 2mo
Deblovestoread You are spot on! A friend warned me so I didn‘t watch just read about it. Unbelievably shameful 🤬🤬🤬 2mo
Leftcoastzen 👏✊💛💙🇺🇦💝💝🌻 2mo
AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝💝💝. Every time I see the news footage again, I just want to cry all over again! 2mo
AnnCrystal @Leftcoastzen 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝💝💝. 2mo
Darklunarose ❤️🇺🇦❤️ 2mo
AnnCrystal @Darklunarose 🙏🏼🇺🇦💝💝💝. 2mo
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#unrelated2books

“There is a special magic and holiness about Women. They are the bringers of life to the people, and the teachers of the children.“ - Unknown (Native American qoute).

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

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This special was incredible. An amazing tribute to his father and a journey of healing for himself.

🦸‍♂️💝.

DogMomIrene Haven‘t seen this, but the documentary Super Man on HBO was fantastic. Adding this one to my watch list. 2mo
AnnCrystal 🦸‍♂️🎬👏🏼💝 @DogMomIrene I haven't seen the HBO documentary! It must have been really good.

This was sweet. Christopher's youngest son follows the journey his father made on his last journey before the tragedy. I knew that Christopher Reeve advocated for medical advancement in finding a cure that could help him and others, yet hadn't realized that he had been an avid adventurer and an environmentalist.
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Thank you @dabbe for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 🎬🎭🥳💝.

31/96

The Shape of Water (2017), The Artist (2011), & You Can't Take It With You (1938).

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

dabbe YW! And what interesting choices! I have your 1st and 2nd ones now on my TBW list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 2mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe 🎬👏🏼🥳👌🏼.

The Shape Of Water is on the stranger side of fantasy 🤗💝.

The Artist is a work of art, a brilliant masterpiece of a film 🌟🌟💝🌟🌟.
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I posted about this around a year ago...wanted to share again. This event happened to me many years ago ✌️💝.

“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.“ -Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief and warrior.

We are all members of the human race...🐴🌍✌️🌎✌️🌏🐘💝... #BehumanKIND

#EarthHealingHopepostsbyanncrystal

#californiananncrystal

#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal

#dreambasket

#binspired

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kspenmoll Such a beautiful post and reminder. Today I was in a grocery store & tried to reach something- a man stopped & helped me. I thought he worked there so then I asked him a question. He said to me that he didn‘t work there. He was just helping me and I said how kind that was and he said to me, he tries to teach his children to be kind and I told him I was a teacher and so happy to hear that -lovely encounter. #BEhumanKIND (edited) 2mo
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AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie ✊🏼😉✌🏼 💝💝💝💝. (edited) 2mo
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 @kspenmoll that is a beautiful example, thank you for sharing! Yes, #BEhumanKIND ✊🏼😉👌🏼💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You 🌞✌🏼 @Deblovestoread 💝💝💝. 2mo
bthegood 💕 💕 2mo
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AnnCrystal @bthegood 💫🌞😉👍💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal @Amiable 🌞😘👌🏼💫💖. 2mo
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Hi Littens, as some of you may have heard, our Pope Francis of the Catholic Church is facing a health crisis.

In case you haven't yet heard, I'm posting for all Catholic Littens (or those who don't mind offering a prayer, or good Vibes from your own personal belief perspective).

May all the global united prayers help our precious Pope.

🙏🏼💝.

dabbe I'm not Catholic, but I am holding him in my thoughts. ❣️ 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe this is absolutely appreciated 🫂💝. 2mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile I'll keep him in my prayers 🙏🏼 2mo
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AnnCrystal Thank You @Enchanted_Bibliophile wholly grateful 🫂💖. 2mo
kspenmoll He is an incredible human. 🙏 2mo
Leftcoastzen Yep , he‘s a dear one. My thoughts and hope is that he recovers. 2mo
marleed 🙏🙏🙏. He speaks of love and tolerance and without fear of American national politics 2mo
AnnCrystal Yes, Agreed @kspenmoll Truth 🫂❣️. 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Leftcoastzen a dear one indeed 🫂💕. 2mo
AnnCrystal Pope Francis truly needed in this dark world @marleed 🫂☀️. 2mo
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As commented on @dabbe a few minutes ago:

While I'm good with variety posts, I'm rather new here on Litsy and only know the Litsy as it has been since my joining this magical community.

I find Litsy a safe place, a gathering place that serves a community of members like a mom and pop bookstore. We recognize one another if we visit often. We learn about one another, celebrate each other, offer emotional support, etc.

👇

AnnCrystal Also, as a community of readers, teachers, and creatives, I believe it is important for us to keep each other informed in our crazy world. We are the ones the suppressors try to silence out in the real world.

Please know that Litsy has become a home on the world wide web. Thank all Littens who make this place absolutely wonderful 🫂📚💝.
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AnnCrystal Now, that being made perfectly clear, the last thing I want to do is annoy anyone here ✌️📚💝.

Therefore, for all future posts that do not relate to books, stories, writings, writers, or authors in some way will include the hashtag #unrelated2books...I hope this helps 😉👌💝.

As @dabbe offered with her hashtag, please feel free to use any of my created hashtags if needed, or put your own spin on them ☺️👍💝.
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DogMomIrene I‘m here for the non-book related posts too. They help me walk in someone else‘s shoes, like books! 2mo
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AnnCrystal That's wonderfully worded @DogMomIrene 👏🥳👌💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe ✊🏼😉👍💝. 2mo
DogMomIrene @AnnCrystal Thanks❤️ I kind of had a rant comment on poor @dabbe ‘s post, so I opted for concise. 2mo
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 👏☺️ I just read your comment on @dabbe. ✊🏼😉✌️💝.

Terrible that you felt the need to leave, not only your state, but the country. Thankfully, you seem to have found such a quaint community to make your home 🏡💝. Love your fur babies 💕🐕🐾🐕💝.
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dabbe @DogMomIrene And I loved it and welcomed it! 🩶💚🩶 #always BTW, maybe I'll have to move to Canada as well. 🤩 2mo
DogMomIrene @AnnCrystal Thanks! We love it here. And so do the fur kids 🐶❤️🐶❤️ 2mo
DogMomIrene @dabbe Thanks! Lots of people in US looking to move internationally. I‘ve talked to a few friends about it. Many options. Canada‘s looking for skilled workers, especially in healthcare. Hubby was a nurse. That‘s how we got a work permit and applied for PR. 2mo
bthegood Thanks for this post and #unrelated2books - I enjoy your posts - glad you are part of my Litsy world. 🙂 (edited) 2mo
AmyG Thank you. And if anyone doesn‘t like my views or posts, I welcome them to unfollow me….as I have done to those who don‘t interest me. 2mo
AnnCrystal @DogMomIrene 💕🏡🐕🐾🐕💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal 🥰 Thank You @bthegood I am equally glad you are part of my Litsy world too 💕🌞📚💖. 2mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @AmyG that's true and fair 👏😉✌️❣️💝. 2mo
dabbe @DogMomIrene Good to know! We'll see how much longer we can hold out, but Canada is definitely on the table! 🤩 2mo
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