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Branwen

Branwen

Joined October 2016

Librarian. Book Lover. Feminist. Nerd. Hufflepuff. Whovian. Targaryen. Bisexual. Virginia Woolf disciple. Dragon wrangler. 💕📚🐉
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Darkness of Dragons by Tui T Sutherland
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Heartsong by Tj Klune
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Jade City by Fonda Lee
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Fresh Water for Flowers by Valrie Perrin
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Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey
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Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
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A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer
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Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
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Imaginary Friend by Steven Chbosky
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Nemesis Games (Expanse, #5) by James S.A. Corey
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YASSSSSSS! My delightfully devious Goldsboro edition of Abercrombie's new book arrived today! 😍 #goldsboro

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Okay, I started this book because I've heard so many good things about it - but I was really not expecting to love it as much as I did! It is one of the funniest and most enjoyable books I have ever read! 😂 I'm immediately starting the second one because I can't wait to see what crazy shenanigans Carl and Princess Donut get up to next! 💕📚

Aims42 I am impatiently waiting for Book 2 to be delivered to my house, I‘m addicted 😆 #LongLivePrincessDonut 4d
Branwen @aims42 I am still completely blown away by how addictive this book was! 😍 TEAM PRINCESS DONUT!!! 🐱 3d
Aims42 @Branwen 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 3d
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My Friends | Fredrik Backman
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"The world has spent thousands of years practicing how to puncture the lungs of children who are different."

Ooof. I felt this in my soul. ??

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The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway | Virginia Woolf, Merve Emre
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A very happy 100th birthday to my number one favorite book of all time: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf! 🩷🩷🩷

On March 14th 1925, Woolf published one of the greatest pieces of literature! 🥳🎉 This book has influenced my life in so many ways, and I will forever love it and Virginia Woolf! 📖

Billypar I think I'm finally going to read it sometime in the next few months - looking forward to it! 1w
tpixie Do you recommend the annotated version for a first time VW reader? 1w
Clare-Dragonfly Wow, happy birthday Mrs. Dalloway! I should give it a reread—I haven‘t read it since high school, but I loved it then. 1w
Branwen @Billypar YES! That's awesome! I can't wait to hear what you think about it! 💕 @Clare-Dragonfly Now is the perfect time for a reread! 🥰 @tpixie Absolutely! I don't think it's necessary to read the annotated version, but you will definitely get the most out of it by reading it that way for the first time! 📖🩷 7d
tpixie @Branwen thanks! I‘ll have to order it on Bookshop.org 6d
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Reading a spooky book about a forest...while in a forest! 😱🌿📖 Happy Friday, Litsy family! 💕

ShelleyBooksie You are brave!! 2w
AnnCrystal 🆒🤩👍🏼📚💝. 2w
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Polybius | Collin Armstrong
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Two new recent horror books that I'm excited to dive into! 💕📚 I remember watching a mini documentary about Polybius a few years ago and thought it was fascinating! I'm really curious to see what they do with this one!

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Today starts the great Wheel of Time re-read! Dave, Rae, and I are super excited to read this series together! 🥰💕 @DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead

CSeydel Oh! I‘m currently on book 4. I‘m sure you‘ll catch up to me — I‘ll try to join in then 2w
HeyT those are the edition i have/read. It's so satisfying to see them line up and matching 2w
DaveGreen7777 @Branwen @RaeLovesToRead Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time! 🐉 2w
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RaeLovesToRead Guess who started 😊💕 @Branwen @DaveGreen7777 2w
Branwen @DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead YESSSSS LET'S GOOOOOO! 🐉💕 2w
Branwen @CSeydel Ooooh that's awesome! @HeyT I am literally obsessed with how great they look all lined up together! 🥰 2w
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Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson
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I can't believe it took me so long to read this! It was absolutely wonderful! Classic Sanderson - complex characters, a totally unique magic system, lots of action and twists, and a good smattering of humor! 💕📚

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"One kiss from the man had me marathoning scenes like I was Brandon Sanderson with a secret project."

Okay, I laughed out loud SO HARD when I read this! ?

vivastory 😂😂 3w
julesG Me too!!! I read the ARC late at night and my teenager knocked on the door telling me to put the book down and go TF to sleep, my cackling was keeping her awake. Her room is at the other side of the flat. 🤣🤣 3w
HeyT omg i'm dying. too real. 3w
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Branwen @vivastory 🤭 @HeyT RIGHT?! Too funny! 🤣 @julesG That's too funny! 🤣🤣 So I just finished this book today and I absolutely cannot believe how much I loved it! I laughed so hard and so often throughout the whole thing! 3w
julesG I think it's the best of hers so far. 3w
Cailey_Mac Omg I snapped a pic of this part too bc I LOVED it😅😂 2w
Branwen @julesG Agreed! 🥰 @Cailey_Mac It was so funny! 🤣 1w
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TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I had such a great day today! I spent a lot of time in Barnes & Noble! 🤭💕 And then hubby and I went to Olive garden and I ate approximately 100 breadsticks! 🤣😂 Life is good!

CrowCAH Happy happy birthday!!! 🎂🎁🎈🎉📚 3w
Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎂 3w
JenReadsAlot Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 3w
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ravenlee Happy birthday!!! 3w
Librarybelle Happy Birthday! 3w
Julsmarshall Happy Birthday! Great book haul :) 3w
Aims42 Happy Birthday!! 3w
RamsFan1963 @Branwen Fun Fact: Breadsticks have no calories if it's your birthday. Happy Birthday!! 🎉🎊🎁🎈 3w
dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Chelsea.Poole Happy birthday! 3w
Meshell1313 Happy Birthday! Sounds like a perfect day! 🎉 3w
marleed Happy Birthday 🎉🎈 3w
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 3w
vivastory Happy Birthday, friend 🎉📚🎂📚 3w
MaureenMc Happy birthday! 🎉 3w
Ddzmini Happy belated birthday 🎂🎁🎊🎈🎉 🥳📚 3w
Branwen @RamsFan1963 Okay, I absolutely LOVE this fact! 😂 Thank you so much, friend! 💕 3w
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Silver Elite | Dani Francis
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The May Book of the Month choices are live! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 They have a lot of really great picks this time around! It was hard to narrow it down to just these five! 😂 What is everybody else getting? #botm

vivastory I selected the new Alex North! So excited! 3w
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Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson
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Spending a lazy afternoon with a tall glass of limeade and Brandon Sanderson! 💕📚 AHHHHHH, pure bliss!

TheSpineView ❤️🧋 3w
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King of Envy | Ana Huang
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YESSSSS! The latest book in Huang's Kings of Sin series came out today and I couldn't be happier! 💚💚💚

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Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson
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Spent all afternoon reading Sanderson in the park! This is the first time I've read this older work of his, and I'm absolutely loving it! 🌿💕📚 I'm also really happy to see that everything is starting to turn green and vibrant again! Hooray for Spring!

Meshell1313 Right? I‘m loving it also! 3w
rabbitprincess Great photo! 3w
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This Book Will Bury Me | Ashley Winstead
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My bookstore haul! 🙈💕📚

TieDyeDude 😍 4w
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Kittentits | Holly Wilson
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The ARCs I came home with! 💕📚

HeyT I am both extremely intrigued and horrified by the tagged at the same time. lol 4w
Branwen @HeyT Hahaha! I had the same reaction when I saw it! And after that I just couldn't pass it up! 😂🤣 3w
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Schuler Books | West Bloomfield, MI (Bookstore)
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HAPPY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I've been so excited about this day for weeks now! I got up extra early and went to my two favorite local indie bookstores - Schuler Books and Road Less Traveled Books! It was a blast! They had a ton of free ARCs they were handing out, lots of other goodies, and of course I came home with a huge stack of new books! 🤭📚💕 What a great day! #indiebookstore #independentbookstoreday

Hooked_on_books I had a great time celebrating, too! 🥳 4w
Leftcoastzen Pretty store 4w
TieDyeDude 😍 4w
Branwen @Hooked_on_books Yay! 💕📚 @Leftcoastzen It's an amazing store! 3w
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I am so so so happy! 💕 Today is the start of my 10-day vacation! Next week is my birthday! 🤭 I'm going to spend the whole thing reading, eating snacks, visiting bookstores, and running around the park! 🌿📚 I decided to kick off the festivities by picking up lunch (chicken shawarma! 🤤) and eating at the park! It's a beautiful day!

mcctrish What a glorious plan 4w
AmyG Sounds wonderful! 4w
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Happy early birthday! 4w
kspenmoll What a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday!!!🎉 4w
Branwen @mcctrish @AmyG @kspenmoll Right? I couldn't plan a better birthday week! 💕📚 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Thank you so much, friend! 🥰 4w
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Happy Emily Henry Day for everyone who celebrates! 🥳🎉💕

marleed Currently in celebration! 1mo
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Aunt Tigress | Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
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Okay, I really really loved this! I feel like it definitely needs more hype because it was such a fantastic urban fantasy! 💕📚 #catsoflitsy #jupiterjazz

Leftcoastzen Awww!🥰 😻 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Happy Easter, Litsy family! 🩷🐰📚🩷

dabbe HE! 🧡🐣💛 1mo
Ruthiella Happy Easter! 🐣 1mo
AnnCrystal Happy Easter 🐰🐤🐇💝. 1mo
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Okay, after reading the first book in this series, I can see why it's getting so much hype! I really loved it a lot!

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Gifted & Talented | Olivie Blake
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Sinking into a new Olivie Blake book is always so delightful! I'm only about 80 pages in and I'm already hooked! 😍

Trashcanman Hi Rebecca! 🙌🏽❤️ 1mo
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Reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's new book outside in the woods really is a perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon! 🌿☀️

AnnCrystal 😍🤩📚💝💝💝. 2mo
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This book came at me as sort of a surprise. A co-worker was reading it and mentioned that she thought I might like it. I had never heard of it before, but as soon as I started reading it I was hooked! Definitely helped cure some religious trauma, which I was not expecting! This book is phenomenal! If you have ever felt like an outsider, and especially if you have ever been a queer kid growing up in a super religious family - this book is for you!

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Sun Was Electric Light | Rachel Morton
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The Book of the Month choices dropped this morning! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 This is what I chose, and one of them was free because April is my birthday month! What did everyone else pick? 💕📚 #botm

AnnCrystal 🥳👍🏼🎂🍰💝. 2mo
vivastory I ended up skipping this month. I *almost* selected your tagged book. 2mo
Branwen @vivastory I will let you know how it is when I get to it! 💕 Hopefully next month BOTM will have some books that excite you! 2mo
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Wind and Truth | Brandon Sanderson
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"Journey before destination..."

I finally finished this, and I am just a roller coaster of emotions! Truly devastating and yet filled with joy and hope. This series has always meant a lot to me, not just because of how much I love Sanderson, but also because each book of The Stormlight Archive I have read with my bestie, @DaveGreen7777 !

DaveGreen7777 @Branwen We‘ll be buddy reading the next five books in the series, too! The Readers Radiant must stand again! 🤓 2mo
Branwen @DaveGreen7777 BRIDGE FOUR FOREVER! 😭💙💙💙 2mo
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So in the last couple of weeks I've discovered this manga and I absolutely fell in love with it! It's called The Summer Hikaru Died and while it's technically classified as horror it's so much more than that! And also, the artwork is absolutely gorgeous! 🥰

vivastory I have heard a lot about this & am super intrigued. I need a new horror manga to follow now that I finished Blood on the Tracks 2mo
Branwen @vivastory It's honestly so good! I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I do! 2mo
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Oops! I was determined to leave the bookstore with only one new purchase... well, you can see how that turned out! 🤭📚

Ruthiella Have you ever left a bookstore with only one book? 😂 2mo
AnnCrystal 😂📚💝. 2mo
Branwen @AnnCrystal 😂📚📚📚 @Ruthiella You know what.... NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, NO I HAVE NOT! 😂😂😂📚 2mo
AnnCrystal @Branwen you are so not alone! 😂👍🏼📚💝. 2mo
Hooked_on_books You did make only one purchase. You purchased ONE stack of books! 2mo
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I wandered into my local bookstore after work yesterday, and found this really cool sign hanging up! 🥰📚

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Do they have a banner for every month? 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼📚🆒. (edited) 2mo
Branwen @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I don't think so, this is the first banner I have seen there! 🩷📚 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Branwen - every month should be reading month! Especially in a book store 🤣 looks like a great shop 2mo
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Idolfire | Grace Curtis
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My March Goldsboro book arrived! I've actually been really wanting to read this book anyway, so I'm excited to start it! And look at those gorgeous page edges! 😍 #goldsboro #goldsborobooks

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 2mo
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Wind and Truth | Brandon Sanderson
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I've reached page 1100! 🎉🎉🎉 Only 250 pages to go! 📚 This book is destroying me in the best way possible!

kspenmoll 💖💖 2mo
CrowCAH Congratulations 🎉 I only started the series a couple years ago, so the next book in the Stormlight Archive for me to read is 2.5 Edgedancer. At least I know I‘ll have some good reading ahead of me! ☺️ 2mo
rabbitprincess Holy moly, over 1000 pages! And I thought The Well of Ascension was on the chunky side when I read it last month 😂 Love Sanderson‘s work though! 2mo
Branwen @CrowCAH YES! You have so much wonderful-ness ahead of you! 😍😵‍💫💕 @rabbitprincess Me too! It's amazing to me how he always can tie so many different threads of a story together! 🥰📚 2mo
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It's here! 🎉🎉🎉 Pretty much dropping everything to start reading this!

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Shatter Me | Tahereh Mafi
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So I did a thing and ended up ordering this box set! I remember reading the first few books when they first came out and loved them! Now that a new book in the series is coming out next month I decided that it might be a fun time to revisit the series! 💕📚

Meshell1313 Gorgeous!! I can‘t wait for the new release! 😍🙌 2mo
Branwen @Meshell1313 Me too me too! 😍📚💕 2mo
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I was at Subway the other day and saw this picture of a book made out of cheese hanging up on the wall and got WAY too much amusement out of it!😂📖🧀 A book made out of cheese?! What's not to love?! 🤤

tpixie Unique 🧀 📒 2mo
AmyG Ha! 🙌🏻 2mo
Suet624 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
BookNAround Two of my favorite things combined. Cheese and books, perfection! 2mo
AnnCrystal 😋🧀📚🧀💝. 2mo
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Swordheart | T Kingfisher
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Sunshine, FINALLY! ☀️ Also, I think this is definitely my new favorite Kingfisher book! It's amazing! 📚

TorieStorieS So exciting! I just bought a copy of this! 2mo
AnnCrystal 🤩💕🌞📚💝. 2mo
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Swordheart | T Kingfisher
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The best part about having a weekend off from work is getting to spend it reading! 💕📚 The kitties have also been very grateful for all the cuddles this weekend! Happy Sunday, littens! #catsoflitsy #jupiterjazz

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2mo
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Ava Reid's new YA dystopian book just came out this week too! I love everything she's written so far, so I'm really excited to start this! Also, look at those page edges! 😍📚

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Oathbound | Tracy Deonn
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EEEEEEK! THE THIRD BOOK IS FINALLY HERE! 💜💜💜

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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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I was so excited to see the Book of the Month choices today! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I absolutely could not resist the pretty page edges of The God of the Woods! Do I already own a copy of it? Yes! 😂 But that's okay, because the new one will have pretty pink pages! 🤭💕 What did everyone else end up ordering? #botm

BookwormAHN I also got Wild Dark Shore and the new prettier God of the Woods 😸 3mo
Branwen @BookwormAHN Oh I'm so glad! I'm in really good company then! 🤭💕📚 3mo
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I decided I wanted to reread books one and two in the series since the third one comes out next week! 📚💕 I'm super excited! Sometimes when you revisit a series you find it loses some of the magic, but in the case of this book every time I read it I am more and more amazed and entranced by it! I honestly think this is one of the best YA series I have ever read! 🤩

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The Rose Bargain | Sasha Peyton Smith
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So I got the Barnes & Noble special edition for The Rose Bargain, because I liked the color change on the cover, but I had no idea that the end papers were so beautiful too! 😍🩷🌹

TheBookHippie Gorgeous!!! 3mo
AnnCrystal 🤩🌹📚🌹💝. (edited) 3mo
Karisa 😍 3mo
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Hungerstone | Kat Dunn
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Despite the snow, I ended up going to Barnes & Noble over the weekend! 💕📚 TOTALLY WORTH IT! 🥰

julesG You need books when you're snowed in 3mo
Meshell1313 Ooh cursebound just came out! Waiting on my library hold! #exciting! 3mo
Branwen @julesG Right?! It's a necessity! 📚 3mo
Branwen @Meshell1313 YESSSSS! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 3mo
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Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales | Hannah Moskowitz, Sara Farizan, Amy Spalding, Malinda Lo, Lilliam Rivera, Natasha Ngan, Laura Silverman, Rebecca Barrow, Gloria Chao, Claire Kann, Julian Winters, Mason Deaver, Rebecca Kim Wells
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Happy Valentine's Day, littens! 🩷❤️🩷❤️

dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 3mo
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Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver
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YES! I can't believe I'm reading the final book in this trilogy! I'm so excited! So far I'm totally hooked! 💕📚

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great photo 🖤 3mo
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I feel like the last couple of weeks have been really rough. And why does 2025 feel like it has already lasted a decade?! 😵‍💫 So I'm very grateful to have off today and the weekend too! Of course, no long weekend is complete without a trip to the bookstore! Books always make everything better 🤭💕

TheBookHippie ♥️ 3mo
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Aims42 💛🧡🩷 3mo
AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 3mo
dabbe Books brighten everything. Enjoy your time off! 🩶🩷🩶 3mo
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My happy place! 🩷📖📚

AnnCrystal 🤩📚🥳👍💝. (edited) 3mo
DogMomIrene An excellent spot! 3mo
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LOOK WHAT CAME OUT TODAY! BEST DAY EVER! 🩷🩷🩷

Magpiegem Eek! 4mo
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I think this is Random Riggs first book since his Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series! I was never a huge fan of that series, but this one is absolutely fantastic so far! Also, how did I never know before that he is married to another awesome YA author - Tahereh Mafi!? 😱 So very cool!

Meshell1313 Ooh wow! I didn‘t know that either! I have that book on my TBR shelf and Mafi is one of my favs!! 4mo
Branwen @Meshell1313 AHHHH THAT'S SO COOL! 🥳🎉 4mo
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Pretty much obsessed with these covers! 💛💜💛💜 The second book (tagged) came out today, and I pre-ordered it to spite not having read the first one yet! 🤭 I have a hard time resisting pretty covers!

CrowCAH I agree those are pretty 😍 and the paper edges have a design too! 4mo
AnnCrystal 😍📚💝. 4mo
InkedBookworm13 Gorgeous 4mo
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