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AnnCrystal

AnnCrystal

Joined May 2023

\“...scars can destroy...even after...wounds...healed. ...survive them, they can transform... can give...power 2 endure, & ...strength 2 fight.\“ -🦇
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To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
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Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
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Terciel & Elinor by Garth Nix
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Untitled by Anonymous
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California Readers by Californians
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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 😉🌹💝.

1- “being kind“ and “always believing in the magic of hope“ are my starter points...and “becoming a garden parent.“ 🌞🪄🌱💝.

2- 😜🤩🦉.

3- garden critters...those silly rascals 😂😍💝💝💝.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Eggs Thx for playing 🥳 20h
AnnCrystal @Eggs ☺️👍🏼💝. 18h
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#unrelated2books

Been spending quality time over the last two weeks with Lucifer, what a character!

☀️😜💖.

#californiananncrystal

julesG Tom Ellis' Lucifer? 2d
AnnCrystal @julesG 👏🏼🥳👍🏼 Interesting fun humor! Ellis' plays Lucifer Morningstar too well🥂📺🤩☀️💖. 2d
julesG Love how he says "Bloody Hell". 2d
AnnCrystal @julesG 🥂😂👌🏼💖. 2d
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- Absolutely.

2- The first book that jumped to the surface is, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

kspenmoll Fantastic, sobering book. 2d
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll it was a true masterpiece. I had to keep checking that it was indeed nonfiction because I just couldn't believe it was based on truth. Too scary! 📚💝. (edited) 2d
TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing 2d
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌞☺️👍🏼💝 1d
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#unrelated2books

My new garden shoes were a bit too bland, so I decided to zazz them up 🪄🎨🖌️💝.

#craftbyanncrystal

Ruthiella 👍Nice work! 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @Ruthiella 🥰👌🏼🪴🌞🦎💝. 3d
Read4life Looking good!! 3d
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Leftcoastzen Very fun! So cute ! 3d
AnnCrystal Thanks @Read4life ☺️👌🏼🦎☀️🌱💝 2d
AnnCrystal Thank You @Leftcoastzen 😉👌🏼🌱🦎🌞💝. 2d
BooksandCoffee4Me Love them!!! 😃👍💛 2d
AnnCrystal Thank You @BooksandCoffee4Me 🥰👌🏼🪴🦎🌞💝. 2d
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A little orange notebook that I saved for special jottings. I added the drawing 🪄📜✍️🐝💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

AnnCrystal P.S. it looks smudged but isn't.

#craftbyanncrystal
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kspenmoll Love this! I have enjoyed so much reading everyone‘s haikus . So much creativity! 4d
TheSpineView 😎💛🐝💛 4d
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Eggs Beautiful cover! And a great concept👏🏻👏🏻 I agree absolutely 💯 about the therapeutic benefits of writing haiku 💝 (edited) 3d
lil1inblue So therapeutic! I have love our #haikuhive! 😍 And I LOVE your notebook! 3d
JenlovesJT47 Well you just inspired me to go buy a bumblebee notebook to use for this! 💛🐝🖤🐝🐝🐝 3d
dabbe LOVE!!! 🖤🐝🖤 3d
bellabella So cute 💕 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @kspenmoll, reading everyone's Haiku has been just as therapeutic as writing them 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3d
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌞🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @Eggs it is! Helps inspire me and focus myself 😉🪄📜✍️🐝💝. (edited) 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue it's perfect to just slip into my pocket and carry with me wherever wander ☺️🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3d
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 can't wait to see which one you find for your Haiku writings 👏🏼🥳👌🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 🪄📜✍️🐝💝...as I've noted, I write everyday, but I'm Haiku shy and only share the ones that I like...sorry 🤗🐝💝. 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella ☺️🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal No need to be sorry! Share when/if/whenever you want! We're here to love and listen! 💚💜💚 3d
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 😘👌🏼🐝💝. 3d
julieclair I love everything about this post! 1d
AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🥰🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 23h
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Raymond Burr was gay? This makes the fourth Gay Hunk that I've crushed on 😂🤔, I blame those stunning eyes of his.

How have I been a fan for so long and not known about this fact?

I found it tragic that Burr had to hide his relationship with his partner, of 35+ years, Robert Benevides.

As a Perry Mason fan, I want to publicly post a toast to the actor who made the Perry Mason character a Hollywood legend and the one who was his partner.

👇

AnnCrystal Raymond Burr and Robert Benevides, may you two have reunited in the hereafter and discovered that your love for each other remains alive. May the two of you forevermore be happy together.

I hope to one day visit the vineyard you began as a couple, and (even though I don't drink) properly sip a toast to you both with Raymond Burr wine.

Alway a fan 🥂💝.

#californiananncrystal
#pridemonth
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kspenmoll News to me too! I watched his show religiously with my dad! The I introduced my son to him…. 4d
dabbe Love him and wish he could have been out in the open. People should be free to love on their own terms and now have to be secret about it. 🌈 3d
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Deblovestoread Love this! 3d
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll 👏🏼🥳📺💝. Love that. I introduced Perry Mason to my mom, we both just love his show no matter how many times we've watched each episode before 📺💝. 3d
AnnCrystal @dabbe Truly. I found it tragic that he had to lie and make up stories about his personal life.

He gifted us with his incredible acting talent 🏆🎭 and I can't believe how he would have been lost to Hollywood if people had known back then.
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AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread
📚⚖️🎭📺💝💝💝.
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dabbe @AnnCrystal Sometimes people can be despicable towards one another. I'm so glad we're more in the open now, though we still have a long way to go. 💚💜💚 3d
AnnCrystal @dabbe Truth 🥲😘🙏💝. 3d
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.

1- My 2 Year Litsyversary 🥳📚💃🏽💝.

2- My Litsyversary Book, Story Of My Life by Lucy Score 📚💝 #futureread.

3- Made stuffed, mini Apply Crumb Cakes 😋🍎🥟🍏💝.

4- June is coming 🌞💝.

5- Fridays are normally overwhelming...this makes the second “nearly“ easy-going Friday in a roll 🥳.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheBookHippie Yay!!!! Happy LITSVERSARY!!!! ♥️🎉 6d
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheBookHippie 🥳🪄📚💝...have a wonderful weekend in Chicago 💃💝. 6d
dabbe 💙💚💙 5d
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AnnCrystal @dabbe 😉📚💝. 5d
Jari-chan 💖💖💖 4d
AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 🥳📚💝. 4d
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Made stuffed, mini Apply Crumb Cakes 😋🍎🥟🍏💝.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal a #futureread

#californiananncrystal

#craftbyanncrystal

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You @Deblovestoread for the tag 😘📚💝.

1- when my mom was a little girl, she had chosen the names Demetrius and Delilah for her future children. When she had my older brother, my dad wouldn't allow it. I always wondered how much power names truly had and how my personality might have changed if I had been given the name Delilah.

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AnnCrystal Nevertheless, I find “Crystal“ to be an epic name, and wouldn't change it now.

2- Buster 🐕, Galaxy🦜, Valentino🐇, and Autumn🦜. When I was a kid, I had named a friendly squirrel Pistachios 🐿️.

3- too many...Bruce Wayne, Sabriel, Lirael, Wednesday...there's more, but I will leave it there. I named one of my characters, Viola. A favorite of mine. She's a member of the, All Knowing Winds.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Eggs Love your names, including your own❤️❤️ 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Eggs, my mom chose Crystal because she grew up (for a time) across the street from Crystal Creamery and she sold Crystals around the time she had me ☺️👌💝. (edited) 1w
Eggs @AnnCrystal Very sweet story💞 1w
AnnCrystal @Eggs 😘💝💝💝. 1w
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Thank You HaikuHive and all Littens for making everyday a “Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood“ of Litsy 📚💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

bellabella Amazingly well thought out haiku! I never would have thought of that. 1w
JenlovesJT47 This is perfect! It‘s my 9-year Litsyversary today 🥳🥳🥳🐝🖤💛 1w
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BooksandCoffee4Me @JenlovesJT47 9!!! 👏👏👏👏 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella 🪄📜🐝📚💝. 1w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 🥳 Happy Nine Years a Litten 📚💝. 1w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 HL! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
dabbe Thanks to the #haikuhive, May has been the best month! I can't express how much I have loved all of your heartfelt haikus. Keep 'em coming! 1w
JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal @dabbe thank you!! 🤗🤗 1w
Eggs Happy L Anniversary- this is my 9th year also. @JenlovesJT47 1w
Eggs I agree with your sentiments about Litsy🥰🥰 1w
JenlovesJT47 Happy anniversary @Eggs !! 🥳🤗🐝 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe for HaikuHive, it has been a wonderful joy reading and creating Haiku. Therapeutic 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝💝. Happy Nine Years on Magical Litsy @Eggs 🥳📚💝. 1w
Eggs @JenlovesJT47 TY❤️🥰🧡 1w
lil1inblue You capture this community so well! It just makes me happy. 😍 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚💜💚 1w
julieclair You have perfectly captured this wonderful community. Well done! 😀😀🐝 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue 🥰🪄📜🐝💝. (edited) 7d
AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🌞🪄📜🐝💝. 7d
Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 6d
AnnCrystal @Reggie 😎🪄📜🐝💫. 6d
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Purchased early for my two year Litsyversary 📚💝. Even wrapped it up and placed on my bookshelf especially for today's celebration ☺️📚💝...yeah, I'm wacky like that 😂.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsyversaryanncrystal

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, I love that you did that!! 💛💛💛 1w
AnnCrystal @BooksandCoffee4Me Thanks ☺️👌@PaperbackPirate gave me the idea during my first Litsyversary 🥳📚💝. 1w
PaperbackPirate Happy Litsyversary! I love that you wrapped it! 📚💙 1w
AnnCrystal Thanks @PaperbackPirate it kept me from peeking at the story 🥳📚💝. 1w
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It's My Litsyversary 🥳📚💃💝💝💝.

Thank You Littens of Litsy for making this place extraordinarily magical. I am so very grateful to have found this wonderful community.

🥳📚💝.

#litsyversaryanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Jari-chan Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 1w
TheSpineView Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 1w
NatalieR Happy Litsyversary! 🥳📚 1w
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TheQuietQuill Happy Litsyversary!! ❤️📚 1w
Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy Litsyversary 🎉🥳🎈📚 1w
AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 🥳📚💖. 1w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 💃📚💝. 1w
AnnCrystal @NatalieR 🥳📚💕. 1w
AnnCrystal @TheQuietQuill 💃📚❤️. 1w
AmyG Congrats! 🎉 1w
AnnCrystal @AmyG 💃📚💗. 1w
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 1w
Deblovestoread Happy Litsyversary 🎉 1w
dabbe HL! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
AnneCecilie Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🎉📚 1w
AnnCrystal @Ruthiella 🥳📚❤️. 1w
AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 💃📚💖. 1w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 🥳📚💕. 1w
AnnCrystal @AnneCecilie 💃📚❣️. 1w
marleed Happy Litsyversary! I‘m so happy you are in this world! 1w
AnnCrystal 🥰 Thank You @marleed 🥳📚😘, the feeling is mutual 🪄📚. 1w
BookmarkTavern Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 1w
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 1w
AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern 💃📚💗. 1w
AnnCrystal @JessClark78 🥳📚💝. 1w
Reggie Happy Litsyversary! 6d
AnnCrystal @Reggie 💃📚💫. 6d
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To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- I've four books that I'm currently reading. Been focusing on “Bless Me, Ultima,“ by Rudolfo Anaya. While not a favorite, it's an interesting read.

2- I began “The Blast from the Past,“ by Lucy Score & “Terciel & Elinor“ by Garth Nix. Triple excited about both, yet haven't really read too many pages/chapters into these stories because I really want them to last.

👇

AnnCrystal I only have one more “Riley Thorn“ book, and I've waited a long time to read the sixth book in the “Old Kingdom“ series...I'm going to take my time with both.

Therefore, in June, I plan to begin focusing more on, “To Shape a Dragon's Breath“ by Moniquill Blackgoose. Have read twenty pages already, and I'm really intrigued.

#blessmeUltimareviewedbyanncrystal

#nampeshiweisitreviewedbyanncrystal

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

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TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView ☺️👍🏼📚💝. 1w
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TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 1w
Eggs Fantastic 👏🏻🖤🦇 1w
dabbe #bravo 💛🐝🖤 1w
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JenlovesJT47 This is great! 😍💛🐝🖤 1w
julieclair Super! 🦇🐝🦇 1w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🐝💝🦇. 1w
AnnCrystal Thanks @Eggs 🐝💝🦇. 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 🐝💖🦇 1w
AnnCrystal Thanks @JenlovesJT47 🐝💖🦇. 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 🐝💕🦇. 1w
bellabella 👌 ❤ 1w
AnnCrystal @bellabella 🐝💕🦇. 1w
lil1inblue 💛 🐝 💛 👏 👏 👏 1w
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 🐝❣️🦇. 7d
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Note: US as in us Americans of the U.S. United States 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🌟❤️🤍💙.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

dabbe You put the US in USA. We need it. ♥️🇺🇸💙 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 😘🌟❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲 Together There Is Hope🙏🏼💝. 1w
TheSpineView Perfect 💛🐝💛 1w
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AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView 🌞🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🌟❤️🤍💙. 1w
DebinHawaii 🇺🇸🖤🐝💛🇺🇸 1w
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii
🤩🌟🇺🇸❤️🦅🤍🇺🇲💙.
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Eggs Well done 🇺🇸 🦅 ❤️ 1w
julieclair Nicely done. 🇺🇸♥️🤍💙🇺🇸 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Eggs ☺️🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🌟❤️🤍💙. 1w
AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair 😉🌟❤️🤍💙🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸. 1w
bellabella 💙Beautiful. ❤ 1w
AnnCrystal Thanks @bellabella ☺️🌟🦅❤️🇺🇸🤍🇺🇲💙 1w
lil1inblue Excellent. 🌟 ⭐ 🌟 1w
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 🌞🌟🦅🌟❤️🇺🇲🤍🇺🇸💙. 7d
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#unrelated2books

Have A Peaceful, Safe Day Everyone.

🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🌟❤️🤍💙.

#californiananncrystal

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.

1- My Magnolia fragrant neighborhood 🌳💖.

2- had an extra bit of time to read yesterday and today, an unexpected delight 🥳📚💝.

3- Fridays are normally overwhelming. Today was not too crazy 💝.

4- installed a new bathroom faucet a few weeks ago, and we finally are able to use it 🥳⛲💝.

👇

AnnCrystal 5- fixed our bathroom sink 🥳! It only took nearly 6 weeks 😂. 1st trip to the hardware store, purchased the wrong part. Correct pipe, wrong fittings. 2nd hardware store trip, we asked for help and was sold the wrong part! Couldn't find the correct part...trade war, discontinued??? Don't know. So my mom and I crafted a makeshift pipe using extra plastic pipes we already had, rubber bands, and tape. Problem solved 😉💦💝.
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dabbe Yay for the sink! 💚💜💚 2w
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Jari-chan 👏💪💖 2w
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 💦🥳👍🏼💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 💪🚰💃💝. 2w
kspenmoll Magnolia scented neighborhood! ❤️❤️❤️ And finally, a working faucet! (edited) 2w
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll ☺️ it is lovely and wonderful ❇️💦🥳💝. 2w
Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2w
AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 💝📚💃💝. 2w
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#unrelated2books

Have A Peaceful & Safe Memorial Day Weekend.

Forever gratitude for those who gave all...those who served and their families here at home.

🙏🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🌟❤️🤍💙.

🙏🏼💝 Prayers for the miracle that non of the military families were killed yesterday during the airplane crash in a San Diego, CA military neighborhood. Prayers for those who were injured and Prayers for the pilots and passengers.

#californiananncrystal

AmyG I keep forgetting it‘s Memorial Day Weekend. When did time start to move so fast??? 😂 2w
dabbe ♥️🇺🇸💙 2w
AnnCrystal @AmyG always moves way too fast! Have a good weekend 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸😉👍🏼❤️🤍💙. (edited) 2w
AnnCrystal @dabbe
🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲☺️👍🏼❤️🤍💙.
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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You, @kspenmoll @dabbe & @TheSpineView for the tags 😘📚💝💖💝💖.

#WondrousWednesday

1- I was going to give an answer about my everyday loves...yet, I've strangely been weighing a version of this question for awhile now.

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AnnCrystal I mean, on a less personal level.

I've been contemplating patterns, cause and effect on a micro level, and purpose.

Alway been fascinated by the ripple effect, and about how every single one of us participate every single day.

Knowingly or unknowingly, locally or globally, the tiniest of actions can build into something incredible.

The simple act of living and existing matters even on those days that feel humdrum.

👇
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TheSpineView YW! 🤩😊🌞 2w
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dabbe YW! 😍 2w
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Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya
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“Are you afraid?“ she asked in turn. She put her bowl aside and stared into my eyes.

“No,“ I said.

“Why?“

“I don't know,“ I said.

“I will tell you why,“ she smiled. “It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant...“

#blessmeUltimareviewedbyanncrystal

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

#binspired

Reggie I love this book so much. The part about the Golden Carp was so crazy to me as a kid. 2w
AnnCrystal 🤩 @Reggie I've just read when Antonio was taken to see the Golden Carp! Beautiful scene 👏🏼☺️📚💫. 2w
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Magnolia trees are everywhere in my neighborhood. Lovely fragrance throughout town. A highlight we enjoyed during a crazy, busy day.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

AnnCrystal P.S. Magnolias are my favorite flower 💝💖💝. 2w
CBee I love magnolias 😊 And they smell so good! 2w
TheSpineView Love the smell of magnolias! 💛🐝💛 2w
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Kristy_K I love that nature can make us pause. 💛 2w
bellabella I love magnolias!! I have a family member who has one in his backyard and I love to see it when it's blooming. 2w
Eggs Gorgeous and fragrant 👌🏼👏🏻 2w
lil1inblue Love that last line! I can almost smell them! 💛 2w
JenlovesJT47 💐 gorgeous 💛🖤💛 2w
dabbe That last line is a lovely theme to carpe diem! 💛🐝🖤 2w
AnnCrystal @CBee true, love their fragrance ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView their fragrance is truly Divine ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @Kristy_K true, there is such pure magic ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @bellabella 🤩 how wonderful! Wish we had one in our garden...yet they are everywhere in our neighborhood, so kinda the same thing as having one ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @Eggs loveliness ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue their scent is pure inspiration ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 absolutely ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe always a good thing to find something that helps make the most of the present ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
Reggie Awww love this! 2w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Reggie ❇️☺️🐝💫. 2w
julieclair The magnolias are so beautiful right now! 2w
AnnCrystal @julieclair they are! Simply incredible blooms ❇️😉🐝💝. 2w
DebinHawaii Mmm… I love the smell of magnolias! 💛🐝💛 2w
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii utter loveliness ❇️☺️🐝💝. 2w
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Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- One of my ancestral American Indigenous languages, mainly Oʼodham.

2- American English is my only language. Wasn't interested in learning Spanish (I do know a few words). The tagged has a lot of Spanish dialogue without direct translations.

#blessmeUltimareviewedbyanncrystal

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView I get the Spanish thing. I had no desire either. Thanks for playing 2w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView ☺️👌🏼💝. 2w
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Thank You @AllDebooks for #Chatterday, and Thank You @Eggs for the tag 😉👍🏼💝.

Movies with my mom, then I'm holding a gathering...I've invited all the characters from the worlds of my current reads.

😂📚💝.

Haven't had time for reading, therefore I plan to spend the later part of this evening on reading ✨📚💝.

Happy Saturday 💝💝💝.

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TheSpineView Love these nature haikus! This one especially calls to me. 💛🐝💛 3w
Eggs So lovely 🌳 3w
TheBookHippie Just beautiful!!! 3w
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bellabella I want that soundtrack! 👌 😌 3w
Deblovestoread Lovely! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @TheSpineView 🌱🎶💖. 3w
AnnCrystal Thak You 🐝 @Eggs 🌳🎶💖. 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @TheBookHippie 🌄🎶💖. 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @bellabella my #1 favorite music, available everywhere nature awaits ☺️ 🌷🎶💖. 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Deblovestoread 🌸🎶💖. 3w
JenlovesJT47 I love to bird watch, it‘s so relaxing 💛🐝🖤 3w
AnnCrystal True 🐝 @JenlovesJT47 utter tranquillity 🌹🎶💖. 3w
dabbe It's hard to go out this time of year, so you've brought the garden inside to me! 💛🐝🖤 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Lovely! 💛💛💛 (edited) 3w
AnnCrystal That's magical 🐝 @dabbe 😘🏜️🐝💝. (edited) 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @BooksandCoffee4Me 🌷🎶💝. 3w
DebinHawaii I love “garden soundtrack!” 💛🐝🖤 3w
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii 🌺🎶💝. 3w
Reggie I can hear all the nature in here. Nice! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @Reggie 🌞🎶💫. 3w
lil1inblue 🍃 🎶 💚 2w
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and Thank You 💕🌺💖 & @Eggs 💕🌼💝 for the tags.

1- Books...lovely books 📚💝.

2- Haiku possibilities are everywhere. Will be sharing one I was inspired to write Friday while in our Garden 🌱💝.

3- Reading all the wonderfully creative Haiku posts from our HaikuHive 🪄📜✍️🐝. @dabbe #HaikuADay #HaikuHive

4- Litsy 📚💝.

5- Garden Music 🪄🎶🎶💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Jari-chan 💖💖💖 3w
AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 💕☺️💝. 3w
Eggs Lovely! You‘re welcome ☺️ 3w
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AnnCrystal @Eggs 💖😉💝. 3w
dabbe 💛🐝🖤 3w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 3w
julieclair 3 cheers for haikus! 3w
AnnCrystal @julieclair 🥳💝💝💝. 3w
kspenmoll Enjoying your haikus! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @kspenmoll 😉👌🏼❣️.❣️ 2w
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Thank You @dabbe for #TLT #ThreeListThursday & for the tag ☺️👍🏼📚🎬.

My total was laughable...again 😂🤔...at least it wasn't zero this time😉.

I have watched AND read the The Hound Of The Baskervilles 📚💫🎬🥳.

When it comes to books-to-movies....I “usually“ select to watch “the movie“ and save reading for the books that haven't been adapted. Usually.

👇

AnnCrystal
Book

The Hound Of The Baskervilles.

Read here for @dabbe's #NoPlaceLikeHolmes reading group. #sherlocked.

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Movies

The Hound Of The Baskervilles
(Different versions).

Little Women (Different versions). A favorite is the 1994 adaptation with Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, and Christian Bale (👀🦇💝).

#thehoundofthebaskervillesreviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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dabbe Adore those choices! Which BASKERVILLE movie did you see? I love the one with Basil Rathbone! And I love the 1994 LITTLE WOMEN version, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 3w
AnnCrystal @dabbe That's the most recent version I've seen of The Hound of the Baskervilles. We have Rathbone's Complete Sherlock Collection of fourteen movies 📚🎬💝. 3w
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#unrelated2books

🙏🏼❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💙💙💙.

bellabella Back the blue!!! 💙 💙 💙 3w
AnnCrystal @bellabella 😉👍🏼💙💙💙. 3w
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The Half King | Melissa Landers
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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and for the tag 😉📚💝.

#WondrousWednesday

1- The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen. To this day, it remains a favorite.

#themudponyreviewedbyanncrystal

2- I have a strange connection with Bruce Wayne. I don't know why, I just understand his character. I would have said Batman in the past, but it is Bruce Wayne's Batman that I understand.

👇

AnnCrystal Of course, right now, Batman has become impossible for me...due to reality being so vary Gotham-like.

#zeal4batman
#batmanreviewedbyanncrystal

3- The Half King by Melissa Landers. five🌟. This book was surprising. I began it believing it was going to be a Beauty & The Beast infused love story...it was something else entirely. A storyline of a woman finding her power in a male controlled world.

#thehalfkingreviewedbyanncrystal
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Eggs Thx for joining in 💖 3w
AnnCrystal @Eggs ☺️👍🏼💝💝💝. 3w
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Parked near a Harley Davidson. Motorcycles are not rare in my neighborhood, but they're not common either.

I stepped out of my car and admired the art that is the Harley when the biker came and started his motorcycle to leave.

I do believe it was the closest I had ever been to a Harley when is was woken up.

It was like a dragon, coming alive. I could feel the rumble of its roar through the concrete. Incredible 🤩🐉💝 absolutely incredible.

👇

AnnCrystal First dragons 🐉 than Harley Davidsons🏍️... apparently, some of what I believed (mostly) no longer interest me were just dormant. Waiting for me to rediscover them!

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TheBookHippie No sound like a Harley! 3w
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bellabella My grandpa loves Harleys, and he often would let me ride his. It was orange. My uncle also owned a motorcycle and allowed me to be a passenger.
😍 Good haiku, @AnnCrystal!
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JenlovesJT47 This is why I love haikus. Seeing what kind of smells, sounds, thoughts, memories, feelings you can evoke in just 17 syllables. 💛🖤💛 3w
lil1inblue Oooh. Good one! 🤩 3w
dabbe I fondly remember entering a Harley biker bar on Speedway in Tucson, AZ with my senior sorority sisters on our Speedway pub crawl back in (gasp) 1987. A few of them (male and female) showed us their treasured bikes and took us for a spin around the block. Such power I have never felt since. Thanks for the fond memory! 💛🐝🖤 3w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie absolutely truth 🪄🏍️🐉💝. 3w
AnnCrystal @bellabella Thank You for sharing, that is epic family time. My favorite color is orange! 🏍️💝💝💝. 3w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 it is truly magical. It helps remind me about the power of words 🪄📜💝. (edited) 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue 🪄🏍️💖. 3w
AnnCrystal @dabbe That is wild! It must have been an incredible experience. Thank You for sharing 🪄🏍️💖💖💖. 3w
TheSpineView Great analogy. I miss riding bikes! Thanks for playing! 💛🐝💛 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks @TheSpineView you did! That's fantastic! Truthfully, I'm a coward. I could probably start one and wave for pictures 😂🪄🏍️💝. 3w
Eggs Love the dragon/harley analogy!! 3w
Reggie Now when I see a Harley I will think of dragons. Great job! 3w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 😍🤩🤗 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks @Eggs 🏍️🐉💝. 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks @Reggie I am honored to have inspired this 🪄🏍️🐉💫. 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me The power and beauty that seems untamable! 👏👏👏 3w
AnnCrystal @BooksandCoffee4Me absolutely ⚡🏍️🐉💝. 3w
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- I've recently discovered a few writers. I just read a book by Christopher Paolini. When a beautiful deluxe edition of one of his books caught my attention, I purchased because it was about Dragons. The writing was just as beautiful as the packaging. 🪄📚🐉😍👍🏼.

2- Tagged 🐉📚💝.

#murtaghreviewedbyanncrystal

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView I'm a fan of dragons!💜📖🐲 3w
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView such beautiful beasts🐉💝💝💝. 3w
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5JoysFriday Part Two

Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💝. Hope you don't mind, had this one all planned before a new Pope was chosen, therefore, decided to double my Joy post 🥳💝.

1- Mother's Day 💐🎁🍫🎁💝.

2- made some of my mom's favorite cookies 🍪💝.

3- gave some early gifts, and we've been having movie night all week long 🎬💝.

👇

AnnCrystal 4- was going to make a special meal...except, we had pizza remaining from our making a bundle to celebrate the announcement of our new Pope. Pizza, Pizza! 🍕💝.

5- Our Garden. Always 🌱💖.

Hope Everyone has a splendid Mother's Day Weekend.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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kspenmoll ❤️💛🩷 4w
dabbe 💚💜💚 4w
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll 💝💐💝🍫💝. 4w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 💝💐💝🍫💝. 4w
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and for the tag 💕🌺💝 .

1- Pope Leo The Fourteen. A surprising new Hope has been announced 🙏🇺🇲🇵🇪🇺🇸🇻🇦💖.
I will always miss and love Pope Francis...I'm sure our Pope Francis will soon be recognized as the Saint he is meant to become 🙏😇💖.

2- Joined #HaikuHive by @dabbe. 🐝💝💝💝.

👇

AnnCrystal 3- Discovering the magic of Haiku has been a wonderful addition to my day. Even makes me stop and pay attention during those times when rushing “seems“ necessary 🪄📜✍️.

4- Our Garden. Always 🌱💖.

5- An American as Pope! Seemed worthy to count this joy twice 😉💝.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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Deblovestoread I'm not Catholic, but felt this choice to be a hopeful one. ❤️ 4w
AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread Truly Hopeful indeed 🙏🇻🇦💝💝💝. 4w
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TheBookHippie I‘m quite hopeful about the Pope as well! ♥️ not Catholic either.. 4w
dabbe 💜💚💜 4w
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie we were beyond surprised 🙏🇻🇦💝💝💝. 4w
AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕💖💝. 4w
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For Pope Leo The Fourteenth
May 8th 2025

Update Note: The Full Armor Of God is a spiritual metaphor from the Bible. I know using metaphors in Haiku is breaking the rules...👀📜✍️...

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@TheBookHippie 🐝@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunitylittenanncrystal 🐝

TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 4w
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AnnCrystal @marleed ☺️🙏🌄💝. 4w
JenlovesJT47 🐝🐝🐝💛 4w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 ☺️🌇🐝💝. 4w
BooksandCoffee4Me Beautiful post. 💛 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @BooksandCoffee4Me 😉🌅🐝💝. 4w
julieclair Beautiful! 4w
dabbe Loverly. 💛🐝🖤 4w
bellabella 💕 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @julieclair ☺️🌻🐝💝. 4w
AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe 😉🏜️🐝💝. (edited) 4w
AnnCrystal @bellabella ☺️☀️🐝💝. 4w
DebinHawaii 💛🐝🖤🐝💛 4w
AnnCrystal @DebinHawaii 😉🌞🐝💝. (edited) 4w
Reggie This is great! 4w
kspenmoll 💕💕 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @Reggie ☺️🌇🐝💫. 4w
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll 😉🌅🌷💝. (edited) 4w
lil1inblue Excellent! I love this! 💛 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue ☺️🌄🐝💝. 3w
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TheSpineView Love it! 💛🐝💛 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView 😘👍🏼🐝💖. 1mo
lil1inblue Wowza! I love that last line. 🐝🤩🐝 1mo
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bellabella “Blooming delights“ indeed! That was a delightful haiku! 😍 1mo
JenlovesJT47 💛💛💛🐝🐝 1mo
dabbe Love the words “glide the wind“! 💛🐝🖤 1mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh yes, “Those who glide the wind.” 💛 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @lil1inblue 🌬️🐝🍃🦋💝. 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella 💕🌷🐝🌷💝. 4w
AnnCrystal @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😘👍🏼🌸💝. 4w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 😉👍🏼🌼🐝💝. 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe Magical 🪄🌬️🍃🌻🐝💖 (edited) 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @BooksandCoffee4Me 💕🌬️🐦🌹💖. 4w
DebinHawaii Perfect imagery for the hive! 💛🐝💛 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You @DebinHawaii 🌞👍🏼🌺🐝💝. 4w
julieclair “Those who glide the winds” Love that! 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @julieclair 🌬️🐝🍃🦋💝. 4w
TheBookHippie Love this !!! Beautiful word picture ! 3w
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheBookHippie 💕🌼🐝🌼💝. 3w
AnnCrystal Hi, my apologies, I accidentally edited this post when I meant to edit another post... 3w
AnnCrystal ...I believe that retags! Sorry everyone 🤗💝. 3w
dabbe “glide the winds“ ... loverly. 💛🐝🖤 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks 🐝 @dabbe 💝💝💝. 3w
lil1inblue 💛 🐝 💛 🙌 🙌 🙌 2w
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue 😉👍🏼🐝💝. 2w
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The Lost Dreamer | Lizz Huerta
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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You for the tag ☺️🌷💝.

1- I just purchased some books that have been on my TBR list for a long while. The tagged book was among the purchased 📚💝.

2- I enjoy reviewing books. Litsy, Goodreads, and Library Thing. Mainly Litsy 🪄📚💝💝💝.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Eggs Thanks for joining in🥳💙🤗 1mo
AnnCrystal @Eggs ☺️👍🏼💝💝💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks 4 The Tag @TheSpineView 😉📚💖💖💖. 1mo
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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#HaikuADay #HaikuHive @dabbe

Note, I will likely be posting Haiku periodically.

Curiosity got the best of me 😂. Reading all the fabulous Haiku posts, I became curious about what this wordplay called Haiku was about.

Last night I read about Haiku, and Kigo, and Kireji, also about the basic rules...an hour later I realized I had a new obsession 😂.

It's been years since I've written poetry. This seems like a fun way to re-spark my interest.

👇

AnnCrystal Murtagh-man is a nickname used by a brother-like best-friend of Murtagh (an Urgal named Uvek).

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
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kspenmoll I am so happy for you & looking forward to your posts! 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You ☺️👍🏼 @kspenmoll . This is relaxing. Can't believe I never heard about this before 📝💝💝💝. 1mo
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AnnCrystal P.S.Thank You for introducing this to Litsy @dabbe 👏🏼📝☺️👍🏼💝. 1mo
DebinHawaii It‘s relaxing & fun! Happy to see your haikus! 💛🐝🖤 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @DebinHawaii 😉👌🏼. I'm beginning to consider Haiku's for everywhere I go and everything I do 📝💖💖💖. (edited) 1mo
dabbe I am in happiness-haiku heaven! You're now part of the #haikuhive! Please share with all of us, so that we all can be sure to see your lovely haikus. Here's a list of us: @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii@bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal

And post whenever you want! We're here to enjoy and metaphorically listen! 🖤🐝💛
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TheBookHippie Yay!!!! 1mo
TheSpineView Yahoo! 💛 1mo
bellabella Welcome, @AnnCrystal! 💕 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @dabbe 🥳📝💖. Haiku is wonderfully addictive 🪄📝💖. I've chosen a little writing book that I've been saving for something special, it is perfect for building Haikus. 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 📝💕💖💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🥳💕❣️💖. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @bellabella 💖💕💝. 1mo
julieclair Welcome to the hive @AnnCrystal ! 🐝🐝🐝 4w
AnnCrystal Thank You 🐝 @julieclair love being a member of the magical HaikuHive 🪄📜✍️🐝💝. 4w
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Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card 💕🐎📚.

1- I usually only read at bedtime, so at an incline 😂. My favorite is sitting in the garden or inside beside seasonal decorations or a fountain.

2- I expected a Grandma-like character, and a cozy-kind of story. This is a very serious, deeply meaningful story.

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

TheSpineView Reading in a garden sounds wonderful. Thanks for playing 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView true serenity 🌱⛲🐦🌳🐿️🌷🦋🐞🌹🐝🌱🦗🌻🐛🌺📚💝. 1mo
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To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose
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Thank you @Cupcake12 for creating #WhereAreYouMonday.

I am on the Island of Masquapaug in a reimagined world based on a what-if history 🌍🥚🌎🐉🌏.

Love it when fantasy books include maps 🆒🗺️🤩💝.

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#unrelated2books

🦸‍♀️👨‍🚒🙏🏼🚒🦸‍♂️👩‍🚒🦸‍♀️🚒🙏🏼🧑‍🚒🦸.

May The 4th Be With You!

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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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This was an amazing read.

I had always enjoyed, during my Dragon obsession years, watching dragons. This is my first book with a deeply dragon infused storyline and I absolutely loved it.

Thorn had me smitten🐉💖, and this world is incredible!

This is a quest story. Murtagh, half-brother of Eragon, follows a path of clues that lead him to a witch who he must outwit.

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AnnCrystal Yet it is also a journey of healing. Murtagh's and Thorn's connection is beautiful. The traumas they experienced in their past is tragic, and their individual healing journeys are sweet.

I've never read the the Eragon books, and I was worried about being able to understand the characters and overall story. This was wonderful because it gave the info needed to be able to read as a standalone. It does hint at more books.

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AnnCrystal I will certainly never imagine a mushroom forest quite the same way again 😂🍄💝.

#murtaghreviewedbyanncrystal

The image is a positively sweet message from the author.

#binspired

#ThinkPositiveBePositive

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AnnCrystal #SeriesLove2025
@TheSpineView
@Andrew65

@Amiable
This was not 705 pages (I read about 601 pages). There's some back content before the bonus content of this deluxe edition. About 14 pages plus 90 pages I skipped (after Murtagh gets Thorn and himself captured by the witch). This is, therefore, more of a Bitsy Chunster than a Chuckster Patite for #ChunksterChallenge2025

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AnnCrystal Book Warnings ⚠️📚👇.

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AnnCrystal Murtagh and Thorn have healing to do and we are shown, in small flashbacks, why. They both suffer from PTSD.

Childhood abuse and trauma.

Animal abuse.

Magically forced to serve a tyrant king. Slavery.

Imprisonment. Torture. Mental torture.
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TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 1mo
Amiable @AnnCrystal You get bonus points for being so precise! 1mo
Andrew65 That‘s excellent. Well done 👏👏👏 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @TheSpineView ☺️👍🏼🐉📚💝. (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @Amiable Yea! Epic 🥳👌🏼🐉📚💝. (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @Andrew65 😉🖖🐉📚💫. 1mo
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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My current reads...

I've finished Murtagh, which I will review this weekend.

Just realized the book, To Shape A Dragon's Breath is 511 pages...a BitsyChunkster! It's the first book in its series.

The long awaited (for me to purchase) Bless Me, Ultima. A standalone novel.

The Third Book in the Riley Thorn mysteries.

The Sixth Book in the Old Kingdom series.

TheSpineView Lookin' good!📚📚📚 1mo
Amiable 🎉👍🏼 1mo
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Andrew65 Best of luck with these, I hope you have many hours of happy reading. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @TheSpineView 😉📚💝💝💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @Amiable 🥳👌🏼📚❤️❣️❤️. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Andrew65 many happy readings to you too ☺️💫📚💫📚💫 . 1mo
Andrew65 @AnnCrystal Thanks 😍 1mo
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday and Thank You 💕🌺💝 & @TheSpineView 💕🐎💝 for the tags ☺️👌💖.

1- May has arrived 💝.

2- I was tending a rose bud, who became stuck in a wood gap. As I freed the bud, the Winds came in a breeze and the leaves of the rosebush I was tending softly brushed at my left cheek...like a kiss of thanks 😉🌹💖.

3- the Magic of Books 🪄📚💝.

4- Our Garden 🌱💖.

5- I'm back on Litsy 📚💝.

Suet624 You‘re back!! And kissed by a rose! 1mo
TheSpineView 😘🥰😍 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Missed you! 🌹🌹🌹 1mo
TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1mo
mcctrish Welcome back 💞 1mo
AnnCrystal @Suet624 Magic 🥳🌹💝💝💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌞🥂💖💖💖. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Bookwormjillk missed my Litten friends 😘📚❣️❤️❣️. 1mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie ☺️🌱💕💖💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @mcctrish wonderful to be back 😉💫♥️💖❤️. 1mo
dabbe How lovely to be kissed by a rose. You deserve it! 💜💚💜 1mo
Deblovestoread ❤️🌹❤️ 1mo
kspenmoll What a lovely experience with a rose. 🌹 🩷💛❤️ 1mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @dabbe 🥰🌬️🌹💝💖💝. 1mo
AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 😉🪄🌹❣️💖❣️. (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll truly magical ☺️🌹💫♥️❣️❤️. 1mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Hi Littens!

How's everybody?

Hadn't meant to disappear. I needed some time for my Catholic Faith 🙏🕊️💝.

Hope all is well with everyone. Excited to rejoin this amazing community.

📚💝.

#californiananncrystal

dabbe Good to see you! 🤩😍🤩 1mo
AnnCrystal 💕Thank You @dabbe 😘💝. Wonderful to be back ☺️👌🏼💖. 1mo
kspenmoll Happy to see you back! 1mo
AnnCrystal 💖Thank You @kspenmoll 😘❣️. Litsy is truly a magical place 📚💝📚. 1mo
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To all who celebrate, may you and yours have a Very Happy Easter 🐥🐣🐤🐰🥕🐇💖.

#californiananncrystal

Ruthiella Happy Easter 🐣! 2mo
dabbe HE! 💛🐣🧡 2mo
AnnCrystal @Ruthiella Happy Easter 🐣🐥🐤💖. 2mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe Happy Easter 🐣🧺🐇💖. 2mo
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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 2mo
TheBookHippie I hope you get lots of chocolate!!! ♥️ 2mo
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AmyG Happy Easter! 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @mcctrish Happy Easter 🐣🐇💝💝💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie dreamy chocolate 😋🍫🥚💝💝💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @AmyG Happy Easter 🐥🐇💝💝💝. 2mo
Sace Happy Easter! 2mo
TheSpineView YW! 😊🌞🥰 2mo
AnnCrystal Thank You @Sace Happy Easter 🐰🐤💝💝💝. (edited) 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🌷🌼🌸💝💝💝. 2mo
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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. 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 🆒😎👍🏼📚🐺💝💝💝. 2mo
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. 💙📚💚 2mo
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AnnCrystal @dabbe will do ☺️👍🏼📚💝. 2mo
PaperbackPirate I love Bless Me, Ultima! I hope you do too! 💙📚 2mo
AnnCrystal
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 ♥️👻 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie 😉🎬💝💝💝. 2mo
GingerAntics Isn‘t everything better with ghosts? 2mo
AnnCrystal @GingerAntics always better 😉👍🏼🎬💕💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 you probably already know about these shows, yet I wanted to share just in case you want to search for them. 🎬💝. 3w
JenlovesJT47 That‘s so awesome! I love the Psycho franchise. Bates Motel is great. And the Psycho sequels are actually pretty decent for sequels, especially the second one. I‘ll have to track this down! 🤗💛🐝 3w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 😉👍🏼💝. 3w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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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! 2mo
AnnCrystal @TheSpineView 📚☺️👍🏼📚💝. 2mo
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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 2mo
AnnCrystal @emz711 👏🏼🆒📚💝. Yeah, I couldn't find Arkana listed anywhere for sale yet. I look forward to reading your review on Enigma 😉👍🏼. 2mo
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