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Balibee146

Balibee146

Joined September 2016

Scottish and dog obsessed, also cat person ❤️
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Strange Flowers | Donal Ryan
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I've not had much reading time the last couple of weeks. Friday morning treat is some quiet time with my second Donal Ryan novel 🫶

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Summer Frost | Blake Crouch
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Continuing with the Amazon Originals short stories before my final Kindle Unlimited sub ends.

Enjoying this one about the evolution of an AI so far. There's a quiet dread about it....

This is 2/6 in the Forward collection of stories.

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Ark | Veronica Roth
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Quickly reading some Amazon Originals short stories before my final Kindle Unlimited sub ends.

This is 1/6 in the Forward collection of stories.

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Legend | Sam Sattin
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I read this for the graphic prompt for #tbrTarot

I enjoyed this bind up of the first 5 comics. Unfortunately it seems to be an unfinished story and is quite old now - I've owned this for yikes 7 years. Still the artwork and the armoured cats sold me on it and I'm glad I finally read it.

@CBee

TieDyeDude That's frustrating! Glad you liked what is available, though 😏 3w
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Going off piste with a bit of non fiction to alternate with my current novels.

I've always been interested in brain research so this looks interesting and motivating to move my 🍑 more.

#kobo

EKonrad Thought this one had some really interesting stuff. 🤔 3w
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Next up is one of my March #readyourkobo choices.

@CBee

CBee Hope you enjoy 😊 4w
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Leave No Trace | Jo Callaghan
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New eBook while I wait in the car to collect my lad from College.

I'd just done my first ever eBook library borrow of this yesterday and then it came up as a #99ponkobo deal today lol.

Book 2 of this series featuring an AI police partner set in the UK

squirrelbrain I thought this was even better than the first one. 4w
Balibee146 @squirrelbrain i agree and I was very happy with the pronouns situation by the end 👍 4w
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Legend | Sam Sattin
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I don't read much in the graphic novel format but have had this on my TBR shelves for a while.

Graphic is the prompt for #tbrTarot this month so finally getting to it. The artwork is amazing.

What if a biological terror agent wiped out most of humanity, and our domesticated animals were left in charge? How would our dogs and cats set about ruling and rebuilding the world?

@CBee

CBee Love the art! 4w
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Some fantastic choices for #readyourkobo this month. Hope I can get to several of these even though I am tackling The Stand as well this month.

@CBee

CBee The Mountain in the Sea was great! 1mo
IMASLOWREADER loved how to sell a haunted house…def gave me the creeps 1mo
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Making Money | Terry Pratchett
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Norovirus is rife in our part of the UK and I feel rubbish today with nausea 😬

So will be reading this and looking at my smallest cat who has stolen the large dog bed.

#kobo

Soubhiville I hope you feel better soon. 1mo
charl08 You have my sympathy: one bug after another here too. 1mo
Leftcoastzen Feel better soon! 😻 1mo
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AnnCrystal May you recover from this bug swiftly...💕😻💝. 1mo
julesG Feel better soon! 1mo
Ruthiella Hope you feel better soon. 🥴❤️ 1mo
Ruthiella P. S. Classic cat power play! 😹 1mo
Balibee146 @Soubhiville @charl08 @Leftcoastzen @AnnCrystal @julesG @ruthiella thanks lovely people and yes @Ruthiella classic unconcerned grooming right in the middle of doggo's bed 😸 1mo
youneverarrived Feel better soon 🩷 1mo
Balibee146 @youneverarrived thank you 🫶 feeling OK again now 👍 1mo
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This was a comforting, cosy read which was what I needed. Perhaps a little stronger in its first half than the second but gentle and heartwarming.

#kobo

LoverOfLearning Sounds like a great cozy read! 1mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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While the world enters its Rats Fighting In A Sack publically era, I am getting back into my favourite Litsy challenges and buddy reads to try and cope.

First up is a re read of Making Money for #OokBookClub with @julesG (discussion starts 7th March).

Also my second time reading The Stand for the #LosersClub with @BarkingMadRead
I first read The Stand in February 2020 so I'm forming a habit of turning to it in, ahem, "interesting times"

#kobo

julesG Ook! 1mo
Bookwormjillk Ha! I read it in Feb. 2020 too! What timing… 1mo
Balibee146 @julesG ook! 🦧 1mo
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Balibee146 @Bookwormjillk it was an experience for sure! 1mo
BarkingMadRead I first read it in 1987 🙈 1mo
Balibee146 @BarkingMadRead thats so cool.... 1987 was my first year at University. I wish I had got into King sooner 😜 1mo
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Jumping back into this fun challenge after a break. For me it has now changed to #readyourkobo

This is my list for March 2025, wonder which will come up in the draw @CBee

#readyourkindle #readyourbooks

CBee I spy some good ones on this list - welcome back 😊♥️ 1mo
Balibee146 @CBee thanks 1mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Book haul alert. None of these are the single book I was allowing myself this year lol....using an unexpected gift card for these cancels that out right?

TheBookHippie Yes. For sure. 1mo
TheKidUpstairs 💯 I support your assertion that gift cards don't count towards book buying limits! It's a gift, not a budget line item! 1mo
Meshell1313 Ahhh dark mirror today!!!!! 1mo
annahenke Saw my Kindle preorder of The Dark Mirror came in this morning. Looking forward to it! 1mo
squirrelbrain You didn‘t buy them, someone else ‘bought‘ them for you, so perfectly acceptable. 🤷‍♀️ 🤪 (edited) 1mo
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Through Dead Eyes | Chris Priestley
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I have a soft spot for YA horror lol. Quickly reading this before it gets donated to the school used book fair.

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Looking for something easy and cosy to read on a Sunday night and this fits the bill.
Enjoying my new Kobo too.

#kobo

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Current read reflecting on the financial aspects of a life well lived. I'm glad it acknowledged very early on that globally a privileged few actually have disposable income with which they could take on board his viewpoint.

Already this is starting to feel like a lot of padding to get his central idea to book length though.....i think this will be a skim read.

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I picked up Blood Over Bright Haven on publication day.... And still it sits unloved on my shelves.... So that's a perfect reason to pick up this earlier book by the author instead.... Right?? 🤷🤦

michaelcoleman Hi 👋 2mo
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Reading via Amazon Prime subscription. There are lots of neurodivergent people in the family including my two young people. One seems sensory seeking and the other is avoidant and their sensory processing seems very easily overloaded.

The writing style on this is a bit clunky to me, but no matter as interested in what the author had to say.

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My concerns about the newer version of this book were unfounded. The sections about the concerning cosy relationships between industry and scientists / regulators in the UK is at the end of the book alongside a new section on what happened after the hardback was published.

Recommended read - non-judgmental, compassionate and wide ranging.

Luke-XVX I wish I had the garden space to grow more of my own food. I‘m a sucker for junk but we need more grains, whole foods and awareness of gut health 2mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX agreed! We were driving into Glasgow on different roads last weekend and we passed a group of allotments which looked amazing.... Wish I had the time and the talent! I have room in the garden but very poor soil, plus my tribe of cats, feral cat visitors and foxy visitors to contend with....we also have occasional hedgehogs that I adore. I digress..... 2mo
Luke-XVX I know what you mean. I‘m able to harvest small amounts of strawberries, raspberries and cherry tomatoes. It‘s a start but I wish I could grow more. I haven‘t seen a hedgehog in ages! I do regularly see foxes, owls, mice, badgers & rabbits on my early work starts 2mo
AnnCrystal
✊😉👍📚💝.
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Trying this short story today.

🤞 because I wasn't especially fond of Annihilation. I'm just finishing up various reads I have via Amazon before I get rid of my Kindle.... Plus my Prime subscription has all year to run so I will access the occasional amazon read until it expires.

Cathythoughts I did like Annihilation. Stacking this short story 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
Balibee146 @Cathythoughts I think you might enjoy this then and it is beautifully written. 2mo
AnnCrystal Never had Prime or Kindle, yet we were once upon a time addicted to ordering from Amazon. It felt like the, The Jetsons...magically order and it arrives at your door 😂. We gave up all mail ordering back in 2019/20. Became more committed to buying only in person and locally. 1mo
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Revisiting this in the eBook form. It now has an additional chapter detailing what happened with Big Food after the initial hardback publication which I'm looking forward to.
I don't have the original hardback now but I'm sure the earlier chapters have quite a lot of structural change. Notably a large early section which detailed the problematic closeness of food researchers to industry funding.

👇Continues in commemts

Balibee146 That information now seems to be peppered through the book in little snippets and it is the weaker for it. I'm about halfway through and the critical risk of research findings having potential to be shaped by the research funders doesn't seem to come over as forcefully 🤷 I will reserve judgement until that final new chapter. 2mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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New baby alert lol!

I have been considering a move away from Kindle and the Amazon walled garden for a while.

Then I read that the newest Kindles that came out a few months ago had quietly removed the ability to readily download books to PC, from which users are then able to port them to the eReader they choose.

More importantly, though I'm in the UK, I am sickened by the actions of 🍊 and his billionaires and voting with my feet.

Amiable 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Good for you! I‘ve never been a Kindle user or buyer. We all need to vote with our pocketbooks—it‘s the only way they ever listen. 2mo
BookishMadHatter I've always preferred my kobo over a kindle. Enjoy the new toy 2mo
janeycanuck I got the same one a few months ago. I‘ve always had Kobos but this is definitely the best one yet. I hope you love it!! 2mo
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Fitness Confidential | Vinnie Tortorich, Dean Lorey
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Hey long time no post!

I'm still reading but I changed phone and without the app available in the Play store for android I forget to come on.

Sure I kept a screenshot somewhere of a way to sideload the app 🤷

Anyway been back weight training since November and I found this on my shelves. I have no memory of where or when I got it. Not sure if it will be a bit Bro Science for me - the cover does not look promising - but in I go to find out!

Ruthiella See if this helps- Download the APK file and open it. link: https://litsy.en.uptodown.com/android Open the APK file. Your phone might say it's from an unreliable source, but you can tell your phone it isn't. This should install the Litsy App on Android.

https://m.apkpure.com/litsy/com.catch84.litsy

https://www.appbrain.com/app/litsy/com.catch84.litsy

Make sure you click the correct download button and not one of the ads on those sites.
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Balibee146 @Ruthiella thanks so much you are an absolute diamond. Will do 😘😘😘 2mo
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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic | John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor
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Still ignoring all my part read novels for non fiction on #kindle.

Christmas shopping season seems to have triggered my anti consumerist mindset lol.

This is the 3rd edition from 2014. Still has plenty of relevance but will be behind the ever increasing curve, given the horrors of Tik Tok shop, Stanley Cup frenzy etc

Luke-XVX No book updates in awhile, hope you‘re doing ok! 2mo
Balibee146 Hey @Luke-XVX thanks for your ask - that's so thoughtful of you. I got a new android phone and not having the app is a barrier to coming on here for me. Still reading - though a lot of non fiction always at this time of year. Hope you are well and all is good! 2mo
Luke-XVX Ahh that‘s a tad frustrating! Coming down with something but I‘m generally ok. Desperate to stick to my new book ban for the year! 2mo
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Balibee146 @Luke-XVX ah no.. 2mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX hope you feel better quickly. I am allowed one specific book that is out in April and that's it. Not an easy ask but I have so many tbr I already own lol 2mo
Luke-XVX Thank you! I‘ll dose up and hit the lemon ginger teas hard! 2mo
Luke-XVX What book are you waiting on? 2mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX nice tea choice. The book I'm allowing myself. Is the third. One in the Mark Lawrence Library trilogy 2mo
Balibee146 An easy and fun read and I like things that are timey-whimey 😂 2mo
Luke-XVX I had to look him up on Goodreads and it turns out I‘ve read one of his and have that library on my “want to read” list. One day! 2mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX "one day" is my book reading motto lol. Which one did you read before? 2mo
Luke-XVX Prince of thorns. I was quite surprised by the language in it. A decent read though. 2mo
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This is a fantastic read. Using the UK context it examines mental health from a sociopolitical and economic context. It is critical of the shift made during the Thatcher era to all cause medicalisation and depoliticising, shifting to centre responsibility for mental distress on to the individual. Big Pharma and their cosy and close ties with regulatory bodies are also covered.

Interviews a range of fascinating contributers.

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#readyourkindle November was a mixed bag for me. Two bails, one finished and one I'm still reading (having a mini slump with fiction right now).

@CBee

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My December #readyourkindle list is ready

@CBee

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Salem's Lot | Stephen King
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Part way through a re read for this month's Losers Club but I don't think I will be finished until early December.
Next month the read is short though (Rage) so will get caught up again 🤘

@BarkingMadRead

#LosersClub
#StephenKing
#StephenKingInOrder
#KingFromTheBeginning
#ConstantReader
#ReadAlong
#buddyread

Luke-XVX I spy The Leftovers, nice reminder for me to read it! Thanks 4mo
Balibee146 @Luke-XVX I still haven't read it yet either so it is prominent on my shelves 4mo
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Still neglecting my current fiction reads even though they are good.

In the mood for some non fiction. Early days but this is proving interesting.

#kindle

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A low pick for me. Easy to read and digest but felt a bit surface level to me. A useful bullet point summary at the end which is super quick and easy to reference.

Read on #kindle

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Need a #kindle book for dark nights so will try my final spin for #readyourkindle

@CBee

CBee Hope you love it as much as I did ♥️ 5mo
DogMomIrene Loved this one. Hope you enjoy too. 5mo
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Bailing at about 120 pages.... I may return when my mood is lighter but I'm not reading much this week because I don't want to read this right now.

#readyourkindle @CBee

Megabooks The narrator/MC in this really annoyed me, but I hope you enjoy it next time around. 5mo
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Insomnia alert ⚠️
Sleep Not Found 🙄

4 am emergency #readyourkindle new title started. Inadvisable cup of tea also accessed ☕😜

@CBee

Karisa It‘s that kind of week for sure! 5mo
Balibee146 @Karisa yup 💔💔 I'm realising how many signs of stress my body is showing! 5mo
CBee Ugh, I‘m so sorry! I hope you can rest a bit today ♥️♥️ 5mo
Balibee146 Thanks @CBee I had a power nap early afternoon and feel surprisingly OK this evening 💪👍😘 5mo
CBee @Balibee146 yay! Hope tonight is better 😊 5mo
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I am switching to the fourth book for #10beforetheend this weekend.

The Underground Railroad has been fantastic so far and deeply moving, but I just can't with any more white supremacist filth this week, even in a book like this. 💔💔 I will return to it soon.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures I am also struggling with a book that is hitting too close to home this week. Got to find those more hopeful and escapist ones. 5mo
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures it's so hard. I'm in the UK, I can't begin to imaging how decent people in the US are feeling right now 🙏🙏 5mo
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Strung | Per Jacobsen
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Bailed at 50 pages. Super creepy striking idea but the writing style is not for me and a quick look at reviews for the rest of the trilogy looks like the resolution is patchy.

#readyourkindle @CBee

CBee On to better books! 😊 5mo
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Strung | Per Jacobsen
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Next #readyourkindle for this month. Another #kindleunlimited title I've had kicking about.

@CBee

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Drowned Girls | Loreth Anne White
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Low pick crime procedural and my first completed for #readyourkindle this month. This is a first of 3 so far all on #kindleunlimited and I may give the second one a go.

CW for extreme sexual violence. Also several sex scenes attempting to be explicit but fairly pedestrian.

@CBee

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My heart goes out to all of you in the US and elsewhere who are still reeling 💔💔

Word lovers will appreciate Susie Dent.

Chelsea.Poole That‘s the word for this 😣 5mo
AmyG 😢 5mo
Tamra Ugh, I wish it weren‘t a thing. 5mo
Deblovestoread A perfect word for a horrid situation 💔 5mo
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Drowned Girls | Loreth Anne White
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Have to switch away from my physical book as it gets dark.

Starting this #kindleunlimited read tonight - one of my #readyourkindle choices

@Cbee

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Finally starting this.

Book 3 for #10beforetheend

@ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures I hope you like it, I thought it was so creative and well done 5mo
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Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson
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I took my time over this and enjoyed it hugely. A slight dip in the middle for me - maybe just a little bit bloated and drawn out - but Atkinson remains one of my favourite authors.

Ruthiella Love your Atkinson collection! She‘s a favorite of mine too. 5mo
Balibee146 @Ruthiella I bought Behind The Scenes At The Museum the day after it came out and always loved her since.... Lost that copy years ago lending it though 💔 5mo
Librarybelle So glad you liked it! 5mo
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My #readyourkindle selections for this month. Lol just realised I switched nos 5 and 19.....oooops 😜

Hoping I can get to all of these @CBee

CBee You can do it! 😃 5mo
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This is in today's UK Daily Deals and is #99ponkindle

squirrelbrain It‘s SO good! 5mo
DogMomIrene My favorite book this year so far🧡📚 5mo
CBee Really liked this! 5mo
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October 2024 reading wrap up. Enjoyed almost everything this month, with one major dud that was a bail.

#slowreader

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Here is my November list for #readyourkindle

I'd love to read all four of the chosen numbers if I can.
Well... I'd love to read all 20 but that's not likely as I am a #slowreader

@CBee

CBee #19 was one of my favorites last year! 5mo
Balibee146 @cbee here's hoping #19 comes out this month 😁 5mo
CBee @Balibee146 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 5mo
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3 out of 4 for the October #readyourkindle ain't bad!

I can't read The Winter of The Witch until I've completed the previous books in the series - Doh! 🤦

#kindle

@CBee

CBee Excellent progress 😊😊 5mo
Balibee146 @CBee thankyou 😘 5mo
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Spotted this on a random and otherwise somewhat depressing social media scroll....

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 5mo
dabbe 😂😂😂 5mo
IMASLOWREADER lol makes sense lol 5mo
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Third book for this month for #readyourkindle

Okay this book was frustrating. It is older then I realised so no doubt some research has moved on significantly. At times fascinating, at times subtly patriarchal (mostly he's progressive) and occasionally preachy.

As a carer for someone with dementia the very detailed breakdown into subsections of the 7 stages of it was sadly super accurate and informative I suspect of what to expect next.

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CBee My heart goes out to you - caring for someone with dementia is so difficult ♥️ 5mo
Suet624 💕💕💕 5mo
Balibee146 Thanks @CBee and @Suet624 we are getting to the final parts of stage 6 / shifting towards final stage 7, so it's hard going practically and emotionally. **** Dementia! So thnaksful both my parents were mentally sharp until there last day and had a sudden crisis without protracted suffering but enough time for us to get to the hospital and be with them 💔💔 5mo
Balibee146 Ach typos and the wrong "their".... Sorry!! 5mo
CBee @Balibee146 bless you ♥️♥️ I‘ll be keeping you in my thoughts 🙏🏻 5mo
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Mister Magic | Kiersten White
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I got to page 120 but I have to bail.
This started off somewhat intruiging but it is oddly lacking in substance... The "weirdness" just feels vague and kind of trite. I'm so bored, I'm out!

Sadly this was Book 2 of my #10beforetheend

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Luke-XVX Told ya! 5mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Oh sad! But got it off that list! ✅ 5mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I feel like this author is a hit or miss. Her Paranormalcy was cute 5mo
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Balibee146 @Luke-XVX yep... If it wasn't already on the list would probably not even have tried given some of the recent reviews 🤷 #hailthebail 5mo
Balibee146 @ChaoticMissAdventures off the list and into the goodbye box at the door lol 5mo
Balibee146 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage ah good to know! 😄 5mo
TheLudicReader I have never been able to settle into this author‘s writing. 5mo
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