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CBee

CBee

Joined April 2018

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/cydneybuchholz and Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cydbee
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Silent Scream | Angela Marsons
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I meant to read this last month in honor of sweet Elisabeth, but I think it still counts. I can see why she loved this series and Kim Stone! She‘s a fantastic character and can‘t wait to continue the series. #readyourkindle #4elisabeth @robinb @Andrew65

robinb @Cbee It was definitely one of her favorites, and I‘ll be darned if she didn‘t get me hooked too! 😊❤️ I‘m up to the 16th book! (edited) 1d
CBee @robinb oh wow! I have some catching up to do 😂😂 1d
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Untitled | Unknown
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In honor of #readyourkindle day, I present a haiku:
Today is the day
Trusty spinner thingie speaks
Which books will you read?
Have fun, friends! #readyourkobo #readyourebooks #readyournook

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TheAromaofBooks I'm in love with your poetry 😂 2d
MatchlessMarie First number is also my #DoubleSpin for #BookSpinBingo ✨fate✨😄 2d
TheSpineView Thingies... love it! 😂 2d
Amiable Nice!! 2d
PuddleJumper 🤣🤣 2d
CBee @TheAromaofBooks ha! Thank you 😂 2d
CBee @MatchlessMarie awesome! The stars aligned! 2d
CrowCAH I love your haiku! ☺️ 2d
BookwormAHN Nice 😸 2d
Hooked_on_books Love the haiku! 2d
dabbe L.O.V.E.!!! ♥️ Favorite phrase: “spinner thingie speaks“ ... love the alliteration and personification! 🖤🐝🖤 2d
JenlovesJT47 💛🖤💛 2d
CBee @dabbe thank you 💛🐝💛 1d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼💫🐝💝. 1d
julieclair Love the haiku!!! 20h
CBee @Desha here are June‘s numbers! 😊 15h
Desha Thank you so much! 13h
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Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg
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Thanks to @OriginalCyn620 for this month‘s prompt! Have fun, friends! #TBRtarot

MatchlessMarie You know what‘s funny I was just thinking about a book that has been languishing on my TBR and was like hmm I wonder if they ever made that into a series so I can purpose that book for this prompt and… it turns out that they did and I‘ve been living under a rock I guess 😂 4d
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OriginalCyn620 @MatchlessMarie I loved Dark Matter, the book! I watched the series too, but it had been a long time after I read the book, but from what I can remember, they stuck pretty close to the book. Hope you enjoy! 4d
OriginalCyn620 @cbee Glad to help! ☺️ And I already have one ready to go again…I‘ve seen the adaptation with Mr. Harry Styles, so now I‘ll read the book! (edited) 4d
CBee @MatchlessMarie oh yay! Love it when things work out like that 😊 4d
CBee @OriginalCyn620 😊😊😊 4d
Meshell1313 Ooh good one! I never read The Lord of the Rings series so I‘m starting that one. So I‘ll do 4d
Ruthiella The first book in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy was adapted for Norwegian television in the‘90s and I will be reading it in June for #KLBR ! Perfect timing. 4d
CBee @Meshell1313 okay, I am seriously jealous that you‘ll be reading that for the first time!! Enjoy!! ♥️♥️♥️ 4d
CBee @OriginalCyn620 awesome! 4d
CBee @Ruthiella hooray! 4d
candc320 Great prompt! I‘m going with 4d
CBee @candc320 I ♥️ Murderbot! Hoping to watch the series soon 🤞🏻 4d
willaful I'm reading Wives and Daughters with the #HashtagBrigade. 4d
CatLass007 @candc320 I ❤️ Murderbot also! Fugitive Telemetry, Book 6 in Martha Wells‘s series is warming up in the bullpen so I‘ll use it in response to this prompt. Or maybe I‘ll read Louise Penny‘s A Better Man, Book 15 in her Armand Gamache/Three Pines. I saw the TV movie based on the first book in the series, which was better than okay. I haven‘t seen the failed TV series mostly because, while I admire Alfred Molina‘s skills as an actor, I think (cont)⬇️ 4d
AmyG I need something mindless so I am going to read It Emds With Us. 4d
CatLass007 he was miscast as Gamache. Or maybe I‘ll read both. I am so far behind on my challenges and buddy reads that I don‘t know if I‘ll ever catch up. I‘m pretty much taking the month off from buddy reads and I think that will help me a lot. Feeling pressured to read steals my joy, although no one but me is putting on any pressure. 4d
CatLass007 @AmyG Please let me know what you think. It‘s available to me if I want it, I just don‘t know if I want it. 4d
willaful @CatLass007 I thought Malina was a good Gamache but literally everyone else was wrong. 😂 It didn't catch the vibe of the books at all. 4d
CatLass007 @willaful it played on Amazon Prime Video, right? I haven‘t had that for a while so there‘s another good reason that I didn‘t watch it. But I found out that I qualify for something called prime access so instead of paying $14.99 per month I pay $6.99 per month plus tax. So I have been 12 months without prime video and I signed up for the free trial and will pay at the end of June for the first month. 4d
AmyG @CatLass007 I‘ll let you know. Hoping it‘s decent. 3d
CatLass007 @AmyG Thanks! Enjoy!! 3d
Meshell1313 @CBee I know! I read soooo much fantasy that it‘s just wrong I haven‘t read the ones that arguably started it all! Excited for this journey! 3d
AshleyHoss820 Ooo! This one will be fun! 3d
CBee @AmyG I actually liked that one. It‘s not so mindless though, fyi - a few triggers. 3d
CBee @Meshell1313 and what a journey it is! Enjoy 😊 3d
CBee @willaful I liked Molina as Gamache as well. But, didn‘t continue with the series because it just was so off. Love the books so much! 3d
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Friends, here is my #readyourkindle list for June! This is also a reminder to post your list (if you already have, awesome!). Have fun and happy reading 📖😊
#readyourebooks #readyournook #readyourkobo

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TheSpineView I posted my list. I actually read four on my May list. Best month yet! 6d
jackilynn Shoot totally forgot about this. I best get on it lol 5d
CBee @TheSpineView amazing! 5d
Desha Hi there! Just wondering how #readyourkindle works? I‘m wanting to read more of my kindle for sure!! 😄 Thank you! 2d
CBee @Desha hiya 😊 So it‘s super easy and low key! You post a list of 20 Kindle books (or Nook, Kobo, really any ebook). I draw four numbers on the 3rd of each month and you aim to read at least one of the ones drawn! But, any books you read from your list count as progress. Let me know if you want to join, we‘d be happy to have you 😊♥️ 1d
Desha Thank you @CBee! I would love to join! 👏🏻♥️ 22h
CBee @Desha I‘ll add you to my tag list! You‘re welcome to join for June or wait until July 😊 21h
Desha Hi @CBee! I would be interested in this month…what are the number choices for this month? Thank you for adding me to the tag list!! 👍🏻♥️ 16h
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She's Come Undone | Wally Lamb
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So, back when Oprah started her book club, I was super into it and read quite a few of the first books she chose. This beauty was one of them. Decided to reread it this week and I‘m so glad I did. It‘s still wonderful, and 20 years later (omg I‘m old) it still resonates. Would you believe this is the only Wally Lamb book I‘ve read? 🤦‍♀️

Ruthiella Oprah books are sometimes too sad for me. I did read this one though and also 7d
AmyG He has a new book coming out June 10….River is waiting. Looks potentially fabulous. 7d
BarbaraBB I read this one and enjoyed it but before I read the tagged one and I was blown away 7d
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CBee @Ruthiella I agree - the other ones I read when she first started were quite sad and intense. But, that‘s kind of my thing 😂🤷‍♀️😅 7d
CBee @BarbaraBB I have that one and have meant to read it a million times. Decided I‘m going to start it today - hopefully🤞🏻😂 7d
CBee @AmyG have you read any others of his? 7d
squirrelbrain I had a copy with the same cover, but it somehow got lost over the years - might have to buy another and re-read it. 7d
AmyG I read We Are Water, too. 7d
CBee @squirrelbrain I always loved the cover. This is the original one I bought 20 years or so ago! I found a couple places where I dog eared the corners to mark my place - gasp - I haven‘t done that in years! 7d
CBee @AmyG decided to start I Know This Much is True today and I think I‘m already hooked ♥️ 7d
AmyG EDIT: I read the tagged, I Know This Much is True and The Hour I First Believed. (edited) 7d
CBee @AmyG awesome 👏🏻 7d
Suet624 AmyG @BarbaraBB I Know This Much is True is my absolute favorite of his. My twin boys were babies when I read it and boy did it affect me. 7d
BarbaraBB @Suet624 That must have be extra special, while having your own twins (edited) 7d
BarbaraBB @CBee I Know This Much Is True is so good and I also enjoyed The Hour I First Believed @AmyG 7d
CBee @Suet624 I bet it did! 6d
Reggie I felt so bad for that girl in here. I remember to lose weight she imagined mold on her food. And that her grandma dies before she gets a chance to visit her but she finds her way to be ok in the end. 5d
CBee @Reggie yes! She does find her way after so much trauma 😢 5d
vivastory Remember when they used to sell the Oprah selections next to the cash register at Starbucks? 5d
CBee @vivastory omg total blast from the past - I didn‘t remember but now I do 😂😁 5d
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My #weirdwordwednesday pick! I remember discovering this word during a word game - maybe Words With Friends or similar - and always thought it was a bit silly sounding. This little googol mascot guy should have googly eyes, I think 😂 #weirdwords

CatLass007 Another great word! I was listening to Death Comes To Pemberley and decided to look up a word instead of just figuring out what it meant from its context. I actually should have stuck to my habit with this particular word because it was very difficult to find a real definition or even a picture. What on earth did the word jives mean in 1803? 1w
BookmarkTavern I heard the word googolplex (10 raised to the power of a googol) first when I was in school, and that‘s how I learned about googol. 😄 1w
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CBee @CatLass007 jives? In 1803? Hmm. I have no idea 😂😂 1w
CBee @BookmarkTavern I should have included googolplex! 1w
CatLass007 I‘ve heard of gewgaws but not googols. “Jives around the prisoner‘s wrists,” was the quote in the book. Shackles. 1w
CBee @CatLass007 gotcha. What are gewgaws? 7d
CatLass007 Gewgaws are what I would call “thingies.” I‘ve never actually looked up the definition. As usual. 7d
CBee @CatLass007 I looked it up 😂 Couldn‘t resist. “Gewgaws:
a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless.”
7d
CatLass007 Okay, so I was wrong. Thingies are useful. 7d
CBee @CatLass007 I agree! Thingies are very useful, especially when you don‘t know what something is called. “That thingie over there” and such 😂 7d
CatLass007 Exactly!! 7d
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Just a haiku inspired by the constant commercials for different medications. It could help you, or even cure you, but watch out for the crazy amount of side effects including death. It‘s wild 🤦‍♀️😅😮 #haikuaday #haikuhive

AmyG Ha, yes….we always chuckle that death could be a side effect. And don‘t take if you are allergic…duh. And…how many times have those stupid jingles gotten stuck in your head? 🤣 1w
TheSpineView So true. 💛🐝💛 1w
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JenlovesJT47 Side effects include things that are worse than what you are taking the medication for, including death💀😆. This is funny and so true. 💛🐝🖤 1w
CBee @AmyG oh my gosh, too many times to count - it drives me crazy!!! And it isn‘t just one jingle - there are so many 🤪😅😂 1w
CBee @JenlovesJT47 exactly! Like, this will help you! Unless you die 😂😅🤦‍♀️ 1w
AnnCrystal I know! Crazy ridiculous. How is that medicine? 👏🏼🐝🙏🏼☠️⚕️☣️🐝💝. 1w
Eggs I love this! The medicated people frolicking outdoors 🎶 while the announcer‘s voice gets fast and low and the side effects are shown in microscopic print at the bottom!#!*%$!! 1w
CBee @Eggs exactly! Especially the ones for things like Crohn‘s and anything stomach related - they‘re rock climbing and riding roller coasters! It‘s a miracle 😂😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 1w
dabbe Love the dark humor in this! #truth 💛🐝🖤 1w
Kristy_K So accurate! Great one! 1w
Eggs @CBee 😅🤣 1w
bellabella So true. 😂 1w
lil1inblue Love it! 🎯 🎯 🎯 7d
julieclair Truth! 7d
Reggie lol 5d
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An evening storm brews
Thunder rumble lightning flash
Rain drenching the night
#haikuaday #haikuhive 🐝 💛 🐝 💛

TheBookHippie Love this. 1w
TheSpineView Great! 💛🐝💛 1w
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JenlovesJT47 ☔️☔️☔️💛🐝🖤 1w
dabbe Powerful. 💛🐝🖤 1w
AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🐝👍🏼⚡🐝💝. 1w
DebinHawaii Lovely! 🖤🐝💛 1w
Eggs Visceral👏🏻👏🏻 1w
BooksandCoffee4Me Love the energy of the 2nd line!! 💛💛💛 1w
Kristy_K Love the imagery! 1w
bellabella I agree with @BooksandCoffee4Me and @Kristy_K ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1w
lil1inblue So ominous, but powerful! 🌟 7d
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Totally gave this five stars just for that ending. Great, fast read. #readyourkindle

vivastory Hope you're having a great weekend 1w
CBee @vivastory thanks, Scott! Hasn‘t been too bad. Hope you‘re getting much needed down time ♥️ 1w
vivastory @CBee The extra day off is def nice 💙 1w
CBee @vivastory enjoy, you deserve it!! 1w
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The song “Wolf,” by First Aid Kit, has been in my head this morning, prompting this haiku. Including the link (in comments) for that song plus another I love by Brandi Carlile (Mama Werewolf). #haikuaday #haikuhive

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TheSpineView 🖤🐺🖤💛🐝💛 2w
JenlovesJT47 Ooh I love this! 🐺💛🐝🖤 2w
AnnCrystal 🤩 Pretty 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🐺🎶🐝💝. 2w
dabbe L🐾VE. 🖤🐝🖤 2w
Eggs Beautifully written 👏🏻👏🏻 2w
Reggie Very nice! 2w
DebinHawaii I can just picture the stare—so descriptive! 🐺🖤🐝💛 1w
bellabella Beautiful... I practically feel her behind me. 1w
lil1inblue Excellent! You can feel her eyes! 💫 🌟 💫 7d
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I barely get out of this house and when I do, I somehow catch my death (okay, it‘s just a cold, but I feel awful) 🤯🤧😷😂 #haikuaday #haikuhive

TheBookHippie UGHHH. So sorry!!!! Hydrate & rest! 2w
Jas16 I hope you feel better soon💐 2w
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TheSpineView Yikes! Hope you feel better soon! 2w
Roary47 Feel better soon! 💛 2w
Soubhiville Get well soon! 2w
Ruthiella Hope you feel better soon. ❤️🤒 2w
AmyG Spring and summer colds are awful. Feel better!!! 2w
JenlovesJT47 Hope you feel better and read some good books! 🤗🖤🐝💛 2w
dabbe Oh, no, you poor thing. That's why I hardly ever leave mine! 🤣 Your words express it all! Feel better soon! 💛🐝🖤 2w
Kristy_K At least you got a haiku of it? Feel better! 💛 2w
AnnCrystal Oh no! May you feel better again swiftly 🐝🙏🏼🐝💝. 2w
Eggs Hope you feel better soon 😔 2w
bellabella So annyoing!! 😩 2w
vivastory Hope you feel better, friend! 2w
peaKnit The cough recently came home from college with my daughter, my husband now has it…I think I‘m next. Feel better! 2w
CBee @peaKnit ughhhhh I‘m sending you good vibes that it doesn‘t get you! The cough is the worst part 😣 Luckily I am feeling a bit better yesterday and today! 2w
Reggie Oh. I‘m sorry, I hope you felt better today. 2w
DebinHawaii Ugh! Still have the remnants of one myself! Why do colds seem to be worse to get over since COVID? Great haiku though! 🖤🐝💛 1w
CBee @DebinHawaii I agree! No idea why 🤷‍♀️ 1w
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Um, Denise? I think you‘re my good luck charm 😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻 How the heck did I do this? I also have to mention @Sace because she gave me the tip to start with “adieu.” I‘m never doing it again, it‘ll just be a disaster 😂😂😂 @dabbe
Edited to add: sorry if I just spoiled and gave away today‘s answer - you must understand this never happens to me 😆

vivastory I played wordle a couple yrs ago, I remember that I solved it after the second try & after that I felt compelled to retire lol Although I am curious about Murdle 2w
TheBookHippie 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 2w
CBee @vivastory you got it in two?? That‘s so fab. Yeah, I‘d pretty much given up but decided to try it tonight and I dunno, got lucky? 🤷‍♀️😂 2w
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dabbe #yahooyou!!! Buy a lottery ticket!!! 💚💛💚 2w
CBee @dabbe I might! Then again I live in a state where we don‘t have a lottery 🤦‍♀️ 2w
dabbe @CBee Your state is smart. 🤩🤣😍 2w
AnnCrystal
Congrats
👏🏼🥳👍🏼🆒🏆🏆🏆💝.
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CBee @dabbe ummmmm maybe as far as a lottery goes. In every other way, not so much 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ BTW, my good luck charm (you) continues today as I got the Wordle in 3 again. What is happening 😂😂🤯🤯 2w
dabbe @CBee YAY! We're good for each other! 😍🤣🥰 2w
Sace I did? I don‘t even remember that. I start with the same words every day: prove, witch, gland, musky (I don‘t care if it uses more turns). 2w
CBee @Sace I think it was in a letter you wrote. Sort of an all about me thing 😊 2w
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This word came up in my last read (Saltwater 🙌🏻🙌🏻). It would be so fun to ride one of these! 😊
Here‘s an article about some well-known funiculars around the world: https://www.treehugger.com/fabulous-funiculars-from-around-the-globe-4863745

RaeLovesToRead I've been on funiculars! There was a small one in Scarborough. The biggest I've been on (I think) was Lake Como. Do you have them in the US? 2w
RaeLovesToRead Ok the ones in the article are enormous! I've not been on one that big!!!!! 2w
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CBee @RaeLovesToRead we do! Not sure how many, but there‘s one a couple hours from me that I might have to check out! 2w
TheBookHippie I‘ve been on a few and I‘ve been on the Lookout Mountain one, seen the LA one. There‘s one at our zoo it‘s a riot ! 2w
peanutnine A funicular was mentioned in my last read as well! What are the odds! These seem so cool, I want to ride one! 2w
ImperfectCJ The article missed this one, which is the one that taught me the word. (Until then, I just called them all trams, which is clearly wrong.): https://www.quebec-cite.com/en/businesses/funiculaire-du-vieux-quebec 2w
Bookwormjillk I rode one in Pittsburgh. Kind of fun and scary at the same time. 2w
CBee @TheBookHippie if you ever ever ever get back down to Chattanooga, you better let me know. I‘m like two hours from there! 2w
CBee @peanutnine small world! I sort of thought it sounded like a body part - like part of the spine or something 😆 2w
CBee @ImperfectCJ oooo how cool! 2w
CBee @Bookwormjillk I want to visit the one on Lookout Mountain now. 2w
Bookwormjillk @CBee I bet that's pretty! 2w
CBee @Bookwormjillk it‘s lovely up there! 2w
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Meant to post this yesterday but, it‘s been a hard start to the week. May 19 will always be hard, I think. #haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 💛🖤💛🖤💛 sending love and virtual hugs🐝 2w
TheSpineView This breaks my heart. 2w
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Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
CBee @JenlovesJT47 thank you ♥️♥️ 2w
CBee @TheSpineView it‘s been a rough five years 😢 2w
CBee @Ruthiella ♥️ 2w
TheBookHippie Sending love. ♥️ 2w
Amiable 🥺💙 2w
Bookwormjillk ❤️ 2w
AmyG I‘m sorry. Hugs. 😞 2w
Avanders 💔❤️‍🩹 2w
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2w
AnnCrystal
💔❤️‍🩹🐝😢🐝💝💝💝.
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vivastory I've been reflecting a lot bc I'm the age now that my mom was when she passed away but it seems like it just happened 2w
dabbe It's sooooo hard. My heart goes out to you. 💚💜💚 2w
CBee @vivastory oh Scott. She was young! I‘m so sorry. 2w
CBee @dabbe the worst 😢 thank you! 2w
vivastory @CBee Thanks, Cyd. Losing a parent is something that changes you forever (as you know too well) 2w
CBee @vivastory that I do 😢 2w
BarbaraBB That is so beautiful and so sad. I know the feeling (my father died three years ago) and it‘ll never be the same. Sending love ❤️ 2w
kezzlou85 Thinking of you. It's never easy losing a parent. I've lost both of mine so sending you lots of love ❤️ 2w
CBee @BarbaraBB thank you ♥️ 2w
CBee @kezzlou85 I have as well. My dad passed a year after my mom 😢 Thank you for the love ❤️ (edited) 2w
Suet624 💕💕💕 2w
Kristy_K 💔💔❤️‍🩹 2w
bellabella Sending love💓 💔 2w
Eggs One‘s Mother is the deepest loss 😔❤️😢 2w
marleed Ohh, I‘m sorry. 😞 2w
CBee @Eggs yes 😢 2w
CBee @marleed ♥️ 2w
lil1inblue Sending love and virtual hugs! 💓 🤗 💓 2w
CBee @lil1inblue thank you!! 2w
CSeydel Hugs, Cyd. 💗💔 3 years for me … feels like no time at all. Her birthday was May 3 so that week leading up to Mother‘s Day is always low for me. We weren‘t on great terms those last few years … and now I guess we never will be (edited) 2w
CBee @CSeydel oh Carrie 😢 I‘m so sorry. I agree it feels like no time at all. May is a low month for me as well, Mother‘s Day, then the anniversary of her death, so I get it. I do hope you can find peace somehow even though you weren‘t on good terms ♥️♥️ 2w
CSeydel 💙🩵🤍 2w
DebinHawaii Sending you hugs. 💜 It was 10-years ago on the 12th that I lost my mom. I tend to avoid Mother‘s Day now. 🖤🐝💛 1w
CBee @DebinHawaii sending you a ton of hugs right back ♥️ 1w
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Saltwater: A Novel | Katy Hays
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Holy sugar snaps, Batman!! This was seriously so good. A whole gaggle of extremely unlikable people, set mostly on the island of Capri (which has its own unique and horrific history - I‘m looking at you, Tiberius). Plus, not one, but two ending twists that totally blew my mind. Phew 😅

BarbaraBB Great review. I now want to read it too! 2w
squirrelbrain Me too! 2w
CBee @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I remember it being nominated for #camplitsy25 and I see why! Loved it! 2w
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Y‘all 🥱🤪😅👀 #haikuaday #haikuhive

Eggs Oh yes - me too 🤷‍♀️ 3w
TheBookHippie Word. 3w
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JenlovesJT47 Same. 😻😻😻💛🐝🐝 3w
dabbe You nailed this feeling! I was itchy and awake all night, too! 🖤🐝🖤 3w
TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 3w
LapReader Wide awake from 11 til god knows when. Alarm went off at 4:45am. Only one more get up then off to Sydney Writer‘s Festival and to sleep in a dark hotel room with white sheets and a big bath. Bliss! Sweet dreams. 3w
AmyG Yep 3w
AnnCrystal 🙏🐝🌆🐝💝. 2w
peaKnit Yes! 2w
CBee @LapReader sounds amazing!! Have fun! 2w
IMASLOWREADER sounds about right lol 2w
Reggie This is perfect the meme and the haiku. 2w
bellabella Perfect description of my life. 2w
lil1inblue Been there! I can feel this one. 💛 2w
DebinHawaii Yep—can totally relate to this one & love the meme! 🖤🐝💛 1w
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I love stream of consciousness writing, it can be so therapeutic.
#haikuaday (or maybe every other day 😂) #haikuhive

TheSpineView I have never written anything in a stream before. Maybe I should give it a try because I find journaling hard and therefore not relaxing. 💛🐝😘 3w
JenlovesJT47 Yes! Writing is my therapy. 💛🐝🖤 3w
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CBee @TheSpineView if you just write, not worrying about punctuation or any other “rules,” it can be really freeing and helpful. You should try and see 😊 3w
CBee @JenlovesJT47 writing these haikus is making me remember how much I enjoy it! 3w
JenlovesJT47 Same! Was in a rut for awhile but I‘ve written more in the past week than the whole past year combined. 😳 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩 that's intriguing 👏🏼🐝👍🏼✍️🐝💝. (edited) 3w
dabbe You've captured exactly what SOC is. The picture's perfect, too! 🖤🐝💛 3w
lil1inblue This one is so clever! I love the metaphor! 💫 🐝 💫 3w
bellabella 💛 🐝 💛 😍 😍 😍 3w
CBee @JenlovesJT47 omg yep, same 😳😳🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😂😂 3w
Eggs Absolutely agree 💯 Love the haiku AND the background❣️ 3w
Reggie I like this so much. I felt like I fell into the water after that last line. 3w
CBee @Eggs it was meant to be because the background is a PicCollage collection called “haiku patterns” 😊 3w
CBee @Reggie thank you! I feel like that‘s what I meant to convey - sort of a letting go and being free. But be sure you have a life jacket 😂 3w
Eggs @CBee Wow! How serendipitous! 3w
DebinHawaii This is so perfect! 🖤🐝🖤 3w
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Maybe slightly melancholy - but I admit the day in day out monotony gets to me more often than not 🙃🤷‍♀️ #haikuaday #haikuhive

JenlovesJT47 Thanks for putting into words the way I‘ve been feeling lately 💛🐝🖤🤗 3w
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CBee @JenlovesJT47 I‘m sorry you‘ve been feeling this way too 💛 I think it‘s a totally normal thing but sometimes it really gets to me. 3w
TheSpineView 💞💛🐝💛 3w
bellabella Haha, so true! 😩 3w
Eggs Love the mood you created here! And a universal feeling 😕 3w
CBee @Eggs thank you 💛 3w
Reggie Breakout, girl! Great haiku! 3w
lil1inblue I get that feeling! Well done! 💛🐝💛 3w
Deblovestoread Perfectly worded. 3w
CBee @Reggie @lil1inblue thank y‘all - I‘m enjoying writing them 💛 (edited) 3w
CBee @Deblovestoread thank you ♥️ 3w
dabbe The alliteration in this contributes to the monotonous feeling; you hit this emotion right on its head! 💛🐝🖤 3w
CBee @dabbe it‘s so funny because as I‘m writing them, I‘m not even noticing the alliteration 😂 3w
dabbe @CBee I think you're intrinsically feeling it, though! 😍 3w
DebinHawaii I feel this in my soul lately! 🖤🐝🖤 3w
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Famous Last Words | Gillian McAllister
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It‘s a low pick. If was just soooooo slow 😩😩🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

BennettBookworm Agreed! 3w
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Today‘s #weirdwords choice could make you hungry, or make you feel ill, depending on how you feel about peas 🫛😂 #weirdwordwednesday

CatLass007 Great word! I hate canned peas but I love snow peas. 3w
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CatLass007 Good morning! 3w
CBee @CatLass007 good morning! I grew up on canned peas but once I tried fresh, I never wanted canned again! Same with asparagus! 3w
CatLass007 My Mom used to tell a story that I don‘t remember happening but it sounds like me. When I was in daycare we couldn‘t get up from the lunch table until we cleaned our plates. When Mom came to pick me up after she got off work, I was still sitting at the table eating my peas. With. My. Knife. One. Pea. At. A. Time.🤣 3w
Bookwormjillk These are fresh in my garden now and my daughter can‘t get enough. I‘ll have to let her know. 3w
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! BTW, I love snow 🫛 💚 3w
TheBookHippie I love sugar snap peas!!! Yummmm. 3w
Amiable I like snow peas, but my tongue is completely and utterly unable to pronounce French words! 😄 3w
dabbe @Amiable Try this: mahnge-TOO (don't mind if I do!) 3w
dabbe The only way I can eat frozen or canned peas is in a salad with lots of dressing. 🤣 3w
willaful @Bookwormjillk I grow them too and can't wait. I eat them raw! 3w
BookmarkTavern Yum! I love sugar peas! 3w
CBee @CatLass007 wow, that is some serious dedication to peas 😂😂 3w
CBee @Amiable ha! I do okay. My husband says I pronounce German fairly well which is a major feat 😂 3w
CBee @dabbe perfect 🤩 3w
Amiable @CBee German is way easier for me — my husband jokes that I inherited the “German gargle” from my ancestors because I can pronounce those harsh sounds much better than the French ones! 😄 3w
CatLass007 More like serious dedication to no peas.😝😂😂 3w
CBee @Amiable ha! The German gargle 😂😂 I‘ll have to tell hubby this 3w
CBee @CatLass007 true. I think that was what I meant actually 😂🤪 3w
CatLass007 I figured. It‘s weird. I like split pea soup. But it has flavor and canned peas just don‘t. 3w
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These little wrens are some of our favorite birds. I discovered a pair building a nest in a hanging plant - so far, no eggs, but apparently they build multiple nests and then choose the best one. Still hopeful! Such spunky little friends. #haikuaday #haikuhive

TheBookHippie Pretty 3w
Kristy_K 💛🖤💛 3w
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AmyG I love birds. ❤️ 3w
JenlovesJT47 Aww so pretty 💛🐝🖤 3w
lil1inblue This made me smile. I love “speckled eggs surprise.“ 💛 3w
dabbe Beautiful birds! And words! I agree with @lil1inblue ... “speckled eggs surprise“ has such wonderful alliteration! 💛🐝🖤 3w
TheSpineView 💛🐝💛 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Ah, I love this!! We‘ve had hummingbirds nest on our wind chimes a couple of years. So fun to watch for the babies and see them grow. 💛 3w
Eggs Beautiful 🦜🤩 🐦 3w
DebinHawaii I love this. Such a pretty little bird & you‘ve captured her so well! Also love “speckled eggs surprise!” 💛🐝💛 3w
CBee @BooksandCoffee4Me now, hummingbirds are my absolute favorite! I would die if they were nesting where I could see it. I wish we could post videos on Litsy, because once summer really hits, the hummers are out in full force! I love to stand out there and watch them zoom - they are wonderful ♥️ 3w
CBee @DebinHawaii thank you! 3w
AnnCrystal 😍“Speckled Eggs Surprise“ Love, absolutely love 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🐦🐝💝. 3w
bellabella I agree with @AnnCrystal 🙂 3w
AnnCrystal @bellabella 💝💝💝. 3w
CBee @AnnCrystal @bellabella thank you 🥰 3w
Tamra Funny you mention it! I only just late last week put up a hanging basket and today I discovered there is already a nest with a tiny blue egg. House wren family. They have been busy! (edited) 3w
CBee @Tamra that‘s wonderful!! I read that they lay one egg a day, so you should have more tomorrow and maybe the next day ♥️♥️ 3w
Reggie What an awesome snapshot of nature in a haiku! This rocks, chica! 3w
CBee @Reggie aw, thanks! ♥️ 3w
julieclair I love Carolina Wrens! Such cheerful, perky little things! 🐥 3w
CBee @Tamra I found an egg in the nest today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w
CBee @julieclair yes, they are so spunky and perky!! 3w
Tamra @CBee woot! 🐣 I made a mistake, mine are house finches. Still cute though. 😁 (edited) 3w
CBee @Tamra we get lots of those too 😊 3w
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Lucy in the Sky | Kiara Brinkman
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Today‘s #haikuaday was inspired by The Beatles “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” AND my recent (such a favorite) listen, Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. #haikuhive

TheBookHippie Love it!!! 3w
CBee @TheBookHippie thank you 💛🐝💛 3w
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TheSpineView Fabulous! 💛🐝💛 3w
kspenmoll ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
JenlovesJT47 Love it! 💛🐝💛 3w
bellabella Nice one! 😍 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎶🐝💝. 3w
lil1inblue One of my favorite songs! 🤩 Excellent! 💛🐝💛 3w
Reggie Nice! 3w
julieclair So vibrant! 3w
DebinHawaii Love this! 💛🐝💛 3w
Eggs Wonderful 💎 💜 💎 3w
dabbe This is as cool as a haiku can get. #welldone 😎😎😎 3w
CBee @dabbe wow, thank you! High praise coming from you, my friend ♥️ 3w
dabbe @CBee You. Are. Adorable. 😍 3w
CBee @dabbe 🤗 🤗 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Perfect 60s vibe — even a bit Peter Maxx 😁👍👏 https://petermax.com/collections/all 3w
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My contribution to #haikuaday. Total MOOD 😂😂😅😅🔥🔥 #haikuhive @dabbe

JenReadsAlot 🤣 I feel this!! 4w
TheBookHippie I remember …🤣😝🤦🏻‍♀️ menopause is 😵‍💫 decades… I‘m stillllll not post menopause. Ugh. 4w
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CBee @JenReadsAlot perimenopause just happens to have five syllables 😂😂 It just won‘t quit! 4w
CBee @TheBookHippie it‘s insane! I never knew how bad it could be. SO many weird things happening to me 😂😳😣🤦‍♀️ 4w
ElizaMarie Ooooo I am here!!!! 4w
CBee @ElizaMarie I‘m sorry 😣 It‘s the pits!! 4w
JenlovesJT47 😅😅😅 4w
AmyG Good times indeed. 😳 4w
CBee @AmyG 😅😅 4w
dabbe Just when you think you're about to have a heart attack, oh, it's just a hot flash that's totally OUT OF CONTROL! 🔥 It took a total hysterectomy for me to be able to breathe normally again. As horrible as it is, your witty haiku made me spit out my coffee! 💛🐝🖤 4w
CBee @dabbe that is something I‘ve considered, actually. Because it isn‘t just hot flashes! It‘s SO much more and the hits keep on coming. Glad I could make you laugh - gotta do that rather than cry (or lapse into meno rage 😂) 😂😂 4w
TheSpineView I get this, unfortunately. 😂😂😂 4w
Eggbeater Solidarity! I'm right there with you. The mood swings are the worst for me. 4w
CBee @Eggbeater oh yes, those too. It‘s such a roller coaster 🤦‍♀️ 4w
DebinHawaii I can relate! 😓 🖤🐝💛 4w
Kristy_K 😂😂💛 4w
bellabella ❤ 😂 😂 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🌞🐝💝. 3w
julieclair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3w
Reggie Great haiku! That‘s rough. I have a coworker who seems like she‘s going on 5 years of hot flashes. I feel so@bad for her. 3w
CBee @Reggie thanks! It‘s super rough. I hate that for your coworker - if she‘s open to talking to you about it, tell her about the menopause sub on Reddit - it has helped me tremendously! 3w
Eggs Oh I remember vividly those days🔥😩🧊 3w
lil1inblue Right there with ya! The night sweats.... 3w
CBee @Eggs I keep reminding myself to look for the light at the end of the tunnel - just seems so far away! 3w
CBee @lil1inblue those are awful 😞 3w
Eggs @CBee At 50 I had breast cancer and the chemo knocked me into instant menopause with a vengeance😫 3w
CBee @Eggs I am so sorry!! That must‘ve been awful 😢 3w
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Raising Hare: A Memoir | Chloe Dalton
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Oh, how I loved this. It‘s described as a part memoir, part natural history, part manifesto (loosely quoted from the interview between the narrator Louise Brealey and the author - a bonus if you listen to the audio). So much beauty packed into a short book, and I wished for more. A favorite of the year thus far, 100%.

CBee If you‘ve watched Sherlock, Louise Brealey plays Molly 😊 4w
LeeRHarry Loved this one too. 😊 4w
CBee @LeeRHarry I‘ll be thinking about it for a while, I‘m sure! 4w
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rabbitprincess Ooh Louise Brealey narrates? Might have to read this again in audio! 4w
CBee @rabbitprincess yes!! Her narration is the icing on the cake! So lovely. 4w
ShelleyBooksie I've just started this one and I love her descriptions of the hare. 4w
CBee @ShelleyBooksie yes! I could picture the hare perfectly. 4w
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The Comeback | Ella Berman
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My prompt for #TBRtarot ended up being to read a book that‘s been on your Kindle for a while - I believe I grabbed this intending to join a #sundaybuddyread but that didn‘t happen 😂 Anyway, I almost stopped reading after a chapter or two, it just wasn‘t grabbing me, and then it did. Pretty fantastic and important read. @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie It‘s a slow burn but, necessary!!! 🙃 4w
AmyG I liked this one alot. 4w
CBee @TheBookHippie yes, definitely! Loved the ending 🔥 4w
CBee @AmyG 📚 👯 4w
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#weirdwordwednesday #onathursday #weirdwords
A day late, but here we go! 😊

TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 4w
CatLass007 Love it! 4w
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dabbe Makes me wish that POLYGLUT existed ... as in someone who eats too many things at one sitting! 😍🤣😍 4w
BookmarkTavern Such a fun word to say! 4w
CBee @dabbe I thought something similar 😂😂 4w
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Loved it! Murder mystery in the English countryside - plus the culprit wasn‘t who I thought it was and I love when that happens. Will read the next! 😊

Aims42 Oooo yay, glad to hear you enjoyed this! I have it on my TBR pile 😁 1mo
CBee @Aims42 it was so good! Hope you like 😊 1mo
CaramelLunacy I read this one recently and really enjoyed it! Am looking forward to the next 1mo
CBee @CaramelLunacy same 😊👏🏻 1mo
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Here we are, friends! Presenting the #readyourkindle numbers for May. Happy reading! #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo

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BarkingMadRead Fabulous!! 1mo
Deblovestoread Thank you! 1mo
robinb 😂😂 I‘ve got a book I didn‘t get to last month turning up again. I think someone‘s trying to tell me something. LOL 1mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 1mo
CBee @robinb I think you need to read that one 😂😂 1mo
CrowCAH I marked them down. Undecided which one it will be. 1mo
dabbe Thank you! 💜🩵💜 1mo
Leniverse @robinb That happened to me too 🙈 Guess I need to read that one or move it off the list 😅 1mo
robinb @Leniverse Exactly!! 😂 1mo
CoffeeK8 Thanks for organizing! 1mo
CBee @CoffeeK8 you‘re welcome! 1mo
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Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg
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I‘m making this super easy for y‘all this month 😊 Have fun and don‘t forget to tag me in your posts! Also please let me know if you want to be added or removed from my tag list. #TBRtarot

RaeLovesToRead This month's prompt: READ ALL TEH BOOKS! 1mo
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willaful That's perfect, because I'm really stressed and burnt out and need to free myself from reading obligations and just figure out what I *want* to read this month. 1mo
Meshell1313 Oh what a twist! Lol. I‘ll make my prompt the one I‘ve been saving this book for: read a book with a place in the title! 1mo
CatLass007 So many books, so little time. I believe I will read 1mo
OriginalCyn620 One of my favorite prompts is a book with a movie/tv series adaptation, so I shall read this one! 1mo
Ruthiella I‘m going to make my prompt “read a nonfiction book”. I have two possibilities for May. 1mo
MatchlessMarie The prompt I made was “a book you have delivered later 3 or more times” 💀 I am still deciding because sadly I have a lot to choose from lol 1mo
ChelseaM6010 I‘ll be reading 1mo
CBee @Meshell1313 that‘s a good one! Would‘ve worked for a retelling as well 😊 1mo
CBee @willaful I really feel this - hope we can both get some relief soon!! 1mo
CBee @RaeLovesToRead perfect 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
CBee @MatchlessMarie look forward to seeing what you pick! 1mo
CBee @ChelseaM6010 great! 1mo
CBee @OriginalCyn620 oh yay! Don‘t know why I haven‘t thought of that prompt. Mind if I use it for a future #TBRtarot? 1mo
CBee @Ruthiella look forward to seeing what you choose! 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve heard good things about that one! 1mo
CatLass007 I really enjoyed The Spectacular when we read it last year for #LiteraryCrew. All of Fiona Davis‘s historical fiction novels have as a home base New York City landmarks. If someone only has the time to visit one museum in New York City, the New York City Public Library would be my recommendation. And of course, books! 1mo
OriginalCyn620 @CBee I do not mind at all! Have at it! 😉 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 I got to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Amazing! 1mo
CBee @OriginalCyn620 thank you 😊 1mo
CatLass007 The Met is also amazing. Years ago a friend of mine and I went to an Impressionist exhibition and I fell in love with a portrait by Van Gogh. I can‘t remember who the subject was, but I don‘t really like portraits. I saw the Mona Lisa in the Louvre and I just shrugged. But the Louvre is where I first fell in love with Pointalism and Impressionism. But next time you go to the City, go to the Library. You will be in awe. 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 I don‘t know if I‘ll ever get back there, but if I do, the library will be first on my list! 1mo
Read4life I went with “Let someone else pick your next read”. Told him he could pick from any bookcase & Brian picked 1mo
CatLass007 Excellent! 1mo
ChelseaM6010 Oops, forgot to add that my prompt is to read a new(ish)-to-me-genre. Romantasy it is! 1mo
CBee @Read4life great idea! 1mo
CBee @ChelseaM6010 sounds great! 1mo
julieclair My prompt is to read a book that I meant to read last year. I‘ll be reading 1mo
CBee @julieclair great! 😊 1mo
Meshell1313 @CBee OMG I had no idea it was based on the Greek Gods! 🤣 1mo
Meshell1313 @Read4life oh that‘s such a fun prompt! 1mo
Read4life @Meshell1313 @CBee Thanks!! It was fun watching him come to a decision. 😊 1mo
CBee @Meshell1313 yep! And it‘s super good! 1mo
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This isn‘t the meaning I expected when looking up this word (stumbled upon recently when reading the AMAZING All the Sinners Bleed). But it‘s cool nonetheless! #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

TheSpineView 😎😎😎 1mo
peanutnine I was expecting something to do with birds! TIL 😅 1mo
Deblovestoread I love this word! Great choice. 1mo
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CatLass007 This is a great word! I‘ve read it before so I knew what it meant in the context of the words around it. I‘m too lazy to look it up in a dictionary though. Thanks for sharing this amazing word, you amazing woman! 1mo
BookmarkTavern What a timely word! 😂 1mo
dabbe You always pick the best ones to say out loud! And extremely prescient as well. 😍 1mo
CBee @BookmarkTavern I thought the exact same thing 😂🤦‍♀️ 1mo
CBee @peanutnine I can see that! 😂 1mo
CBee @dabbe thank you! 😊 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 you‘re very welcome, fellow amazing woman 😊 1mo
CatLass007 I just did something that I said I don‘t do because of laziness. I looked up the definition of the word “febrile.” It was just used in the book Conclave describing a “new and febrile mood.” It can mean either feverish or nervous excitement or energy. From the context, I believe it is intended to mean nervous excitement or energy. You have inspired me to start looking up the definitions of words! 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 I know that word from my nursing school days. I‘m glad I inspired you to look it up 😊👏🏻 1mo
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It‘s the last day of April and I‘m not ready 😂😅 That being said, here is my #readyourkindle list for May, plus a reminder to post yours if you haven‘t already. Happy reading, friends! #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo

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TheBookHippie I got a list this time!!!!! 🤣 1mo
CBee @TheBookHippie haha yay!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
TheSpineView I already made my list. However, I own "Spells for Forgetting" and I want to read it. Yet, I didn't put it on the list.?‍♀️ 1mo
CBee @TheSpineView no harm in changing it! 😊 1mo
TheSpineView @CBee Maybe I will. I'll see how the month shapes up. 1mo
BarkingMadRead I still have to make mine! I‘ll do that today! 1mo
robinb This looks like a great list! I KNOW that A Curious Beginning and Spells for Forgetting are wonderful. 😉 1mo
CrowCAH Thanks for the reminder! 1mo
julieclair My list is ready! 1mo
Leniverse Oh, yes, I think I need to update mine! 😅 1mo
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😍 1mo
kspenmoll I need to put my together too! 1mo
DieAReader 💖💖💖 1mo
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Wow, wow, WOW. How does Cosby do it? I‘ve loved every book of his, and I‘ve now read them all (here‘s hoping King of Ashes gets picked for #camplitsy25 🤞🏻). But this one is my favorite, hands down. Masterful, chilling, thought provoking. Loved it. @CSeydel I finally got to it - your “bonus” book from #ALSpine 👏🏻 #readyourkindle

CSeydel It was really good! I‘m so glad you enjoyed it. (edited) 1mo
AmyG Same. This entire post! He liked my post on Threads once. I was beside myself. ☺️ 1mo
Texreader I‘ve got one book left by him to read. Love them all. He‘s a crazy good author. 1mo
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JenReadsAlot I voted for his new one! 1mo
CBee @AmyG oh my gosh I would die. That‘s so cool 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
CBee @Texreader he just gets better and better! 1mo
CBee @JenReadsAlot 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 1mo
CBee @CSeydel thanks for the push to finally read it! 1mo
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Cats Cats Cats! | Stphane Lapuss'
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Speaking of animals, Fig has settled in nicely at our house! @CatLass007 ♥️

lil1inblue 😻😻😻 1mo
wanderinglynn So pretty! 😻 1mo
AmyG A beauty! 1mo
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CatLass007 Fig looks quite at home! 1mo
TheSpineView Awwww... 1mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
TheBookHippie Awe. 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 she‘s a great office assistant 😂😂 1mo
CatLass007 One of my kitties likes to help make the bed. Another likes to help me plug and unplug my phone charger or anything else with a cable. And all four seem to think I need help with my meals.❤️ 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 oh yes, she loves cords 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ And will walk right over the keyboard of my laptop. I always figure she needs to send an email to her kitty friends 😂😂 1mo
CatLass007 😹😹 1mo
Deblovestoread Hi Fig! 1mo
dabbe #cutestfignewton 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Chelsea.Poole What a great name! 1mo
BookmarkTavern What a polite lady! 1mo
CBee @Chelsea.Poole thank you! Luckily my son let me name her 😂 1mo
Gissy 😻 1mo
squirrelbrain Hi Cydney, hope you‘re OK. Just letting you know that 2 of your choices for camp (the Backman and Hartnett) didn‘t actually make it onto the final longlist due to publication dates. Do you want to pick 2 others and tag me here so no one else sees what you‘ve picked. 🤪 1mo
CBee @squirrelbrain oh dear, I‘m sorry! I didn‘t even realize. I‘ll tag you with my other two choices in a bit! For a reader, I sure didn‘t read through that list very thoroughly 😂😅🤪 1mo
CBee @squirrelbrain I‘ll go with Atmosphere (TJR) and Happy Land (Perkins-Valdez)! 1mo
squirrelbrain Thanks Cydney! You were clearly just VERY excited to read those other two! 🤪 1mo
CBee @squirrelbrain I really am!!! The excitement blinded me 😂😂 1mo
robinb What a cutie pie! 😻 1mo
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Raising Hare: A Memoir | Chloe Dalton
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I‘m enjoying this book SO very much, and have already learned quite a bit. That being said, here is my #weirdwordwednesday choice: agouti. I‘m referring to the coloration, but an agouti is also a type of wild rodent (where the name for the coloration came from). Here‘s a Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agouti_(coloration)
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CatLass007 I love your weird words! 1mo
TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 1mo
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BookmarkTavern How fun! 1mo
Deblovestoread ❤️🐰❤️ 1mo
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 1mo
dabbe Another fun one to say as well! 🤩 1mo
CBee @CatLass007 thank you! It was this one or “ossification” as it relates to birds. Can you tell I love animals? 😊 1mo
peanutnine Very cool! 1mo
CatLass007 Animals are some of my favorite people. 1mo
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From the authors note: “We must all be more Iona.” I couldn‘t agree more, and if you‘ve read this book, you‘ll understand. Very much in the vein of the wonderful poem, “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple, with a red hat, which doesn‘t go, and doesn‘t suit me.” 🫟💜

BkClubCare LOVED THIS 💕 I have enjoyed all her feisty old lady books!! 1mo
Amiable I used to commute on the train for about 8 years—this book amused me with its depictions of commuters! 1mo
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CBee @Amiable would you believe I‘ve never ridden on a train? 😳 1mo
Amiable @CBee Really? I‘d say that surprises me, but if you live somewhere where there aren‘t a lot of options for train travel then it makes sense. The congested northeast corridor really requires multiple options for commuting. I love traveling on the train and prefer it to airplanes. We take Amtrak to Baltimore (@ 6 hours) every few months to visit our youngest son, too. It‘s also a great way to get around Europe- and the trains there are on time! 😀 1mo
CBee @Amiable I‘ve always lived in the south (grew up in MS but now live in AL), so yeah, not much train travel around here. At least not that I‘m aware of. 1mo
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Happy Litsyversary! | Special Events
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Meant to post this a couple of days ago. Once again I‘m overwhelmed and so thankful for Litsy and the friends I‘ve made here. Thank you all for brightening my life for 7 years! ♥️♥️♥️ #litsyversary

TheSpineView Happy Litsyversary! Thanks for helping make this space great! 🥳🎉🎊 2mo
LeafingThroughLife Happy Litsyversary! 😃 2mo
Aconight Happy Litsyversary!!! 🎉🎉🍾🍾💕 2mo
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Deblovestoread Happy Litsyversary! So glad you are here! 🎉 2mo
Bookwomble 💖 2mo
MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️🎉🎉🙌🏻🙌🏻 2mo
eeclayton Happy Litsyversary! 🎉🎉🎉 2mo
Jas16 Happy Litsyversary 🎉📚🙌🏽 2mo
julesG Happy Litsyversary!! 2mo
AnnCrystal 🎉Happy Litsyversary 🪄🎊📚💝. 2mo
BarbaraBB Happy we‘ve met here ❤️ 2mo
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
dabbe HL, m'dear! So glad you're here! 💙🩵💙 2mo
Reggie Happy Litsyversary!!! 2mo
JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 2mo
BarkingMadRead Happy LitsyVersary! I have no idea when exactly mine is 🤣 I just know it‘s sometime in May! 2mo
vivastory Happy Litsyversary, dear friend 💙 2mo
CBee @vivastory ♥️♥️ thanks Scott! 2mo
Gissy Happy Litsyversary 🥳🎉📚🎉📚👏 2mo
robinb So happy to have met here. 🤗 1mo
CBee @robinb same, friend ♥️ 1mo
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Today is not a great day, but I did finish listening to this beautiful gem of a book! Thanks, Meg, for another fab rec ♥️ @Megabooks

Tamra Hang in there. 💪🏾 2mo
jen_the_scribe Hope your day (and/or tomorrow) gets better! 2mo
Jas16 Sending ❤️ 2mo
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Deblovestoread Thinking of you! 🩷 2mo
BarbaraBB ❤️ 2mo
CBee @Tamra @jen_the_scribe @Jas16 @Deblovestoread @BarbaraBB thanks everyone. I didn‘t mention that for sympathy but you guys gave it to me anyway ♥️♥️ It helps! 2mo
Soubhiville 😘 hope all turns out alright. 2mo
Megabooks So glad you enjoyed it! I hope things get going towards better. 💜 2mo
AnnCrystal May your evening be better 💝💝💝. 2mo
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Oathbound | Tracy Deonn
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Here I was thinking this would be the last book. Wellll Tracy sure enough left a big fat cliffhanger, so now I must wait 😭😭😭 This was SO friggin good, possibly my favorite in the series thus far. #tbrtarot #retelling #readyourkindle

Prairiegirl_reading I thought this was a trilogy?! I‘ll have to wait. 😞 2mo
TheBookHippie Some of my readers adore this series so much!!! 2mo
CBee @Prairiegirl_reading I thought so too! But nope, the fourth book will be the final one. But it took forever for book 3 😫😫😫 2mo
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CBee @TheBookHippie I‘m not surprised! It‘s got a little bit of everything. Plus a badass female lead 🙌🏻🙌🏻 2mo
willaful @Prairiegirl_reading we ALL thought that! 2mo
5feet.of.fury Yeah I thought it was a trilogy going into it too 😅 loved it though 2mo
Liatrek Loved this one so much❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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My choices for #CampLitsy25 😊 Thanks again for organizing, @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain ♥️♥️

BarbaraBB I am not surprised we share 2 out of 4 nominations ❤️ 2mo
squirrelbrain So looking forward to the new Cosby! 2mo
Leniverse Oh, I didn't realise there was a new Cosby or I would have nominated it. Glad someone else did! 😂 2mo
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Suet624 Wow! These all look so good! 2mo
CBee @BarbaraBB your post reminded me about Tilt, so thank you ♥️ It looks really good! 2mo
CBee @Leniverse more than one person did I think - I think it‘ll have a fighting chance 🤞🏻 2mo
CBee @Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
Meshell1313 Ooh nice choices!! 😍 2mo
Deblovestoread I didn‘t know Annie Hartnett had a new book! Great choices! 2mo
CBee @Deblovestoread I‘ll read anything she writes ♥️ 2mo
Megabooks I would be fascinated to see if the Cosby gets chosen since he won our Litsy ToB in 2024. His books are so good! Like @deblovestoread, I'm a big Hartnett fan, so thanks for putting that on my radar. 2mo
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Stumbled upon this word in my last read - The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (great book). I didn‘t know there was a specific word for speaking in tongues, but I mean, apparently there is a word for everything 😂🙌🏻 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

Deblovestoread Oooo, I like that word! Thanks for the tag! 2mo
CatLass007 I think I‘ve heard this one before. Maybe on an episode of House? Still, great to have all the extra info. 2mo
dabbe Such a pretty word when said out loud! 🩵💚💙 2mo
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BookmarkTavern Oh wow! I hadn‘t heard of this before! 2mo
peanutnine Oh I like the sound of this one! 2mo
TheSpineView Oh yes! 2mo
CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 2mo
Amiable What a neat word! 2mo
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport | Paulette Kennedy
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First initial review was four stars because I felt like the ending was a bit too tidy and somewhat unrealistic. THEN I read this part of the author‘s note - bumped it right up to five stars. Honestly, it was a fantastic read and I flew through it. Beware of multiple TW. #readyourkindle

AnnCrystal ✊🏼📚💝. 2mo
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📢 What day is it? Yay! It‘s #readyourkindle numbers day! Have fun, friends! Don‘t forget to tag me in your posts, I love seeing them even if I don‘t always respond 🤪♥️ #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo

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Deblovestoread Thanks! love the happy colors! 🩷 2mo
TheSpineView Oh good! Thanks for hosting! 2mo
CrowCAH Some good numbers this month! 👍🏻 2mo
CBee @Deblovestoread I was going for a spring theme (in case you couldn‘t tell 😂)! 2mo
CBee @TheSpineView @CrowCAH ♥️♥️ 2mo
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Really enjoyed this! I‘d been hesitant to read or watch anything Bourdain related as his death was so shocking to me when it happened. Loved hearing about the crazy adventures and what it was like behind the scenes. Wish Tony had been more willing to truly let people in and been in therapy for a lot longer - who knows if it might have gone differently 😓😞

CBee Thanks to you, Meg, for this rec! @Megabooks 2mo
TheBookHippie His death really hit. Kate Spade too. 2mo
CBee @TheBookHippie agreed on both. Agonizing for their families not to really have that closure 😔 2mo
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Megabooks It‘s sad that no one close to him realized how deeply lonely he was. Laurie Woolever (his assistant) had a great quote about his death in her new book. Let me see if I can pull it. 2mo
Megabooks Quote: “As angry as I felt about he way that her (Asia Argento's) behavior had humiliated and devastated Tony, I could also see the essential truth: Asia may have been the catalyst, but she was not the cause. She didn't kill Tony.
The cause of Tony's death was Tony, a human, mortal, grown man who loved and suffered so deeply that it killed him. He was lonely and stubborn and delusional, and despite his intellect and world-weariness, he was (Con't)
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Megabooks ...a bone-deep believer in romantic old-school fucking Romeo and Juliet-style love. He'd survived heroin addiction and all kinds of dangerous and terrifying shit all over the world, but in a specific moment in his extraordinary life, he didn't have the resilience to survive the cruel and brutal end of his last great love affair.“

This just killed me. She hit the nail on the head, though.
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CBee @Megabooks oh shit. That quote is spot on. Adding her book to my TBR ASAP! 2mo
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Tarot Card Killer | Greg Strandberg
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Huge apologies, friends, for the delayed post! Here‘s the #TBRtarot pick for April. Have fun!

CatLass007 I love retellings! I‘ll have to check my library to see if I‘ve got any I haven‘t already read. 2mo
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CatLass007 Wow, I actually have more than one in my library that I haven‘t read. I‘ll go with the one I‘ve had the longest and finally listen to Gregory Maguire‘s Wicked. 2mo
OriginalCyn620 Yay, I love retellings! I know I have some, and I‘ll decide tomorrow which one to read. 2mo
InkedBookworm13 Yea! I love retellings ❤️ 2mo
Ruthiella Awesome. I‘ll check my lists! 2mo
CBee @CatLass007 fun! 2mo
CBee @OriginalCyn620 @InkedBookworm13 same! One of my fave genres! 2mo
OriginalCyn620 Okay, I‘ve decided on one out of several retellings I have! And I‘m so looking forward to it! 👑 2mo
Meshell1313 Ooh this is right up my alley! Last month was the only one I missed. I always love these prompts! Time to check my shelves! 2mo
Meshell1313 Ok I have many but I think I‘ll go with this one. It‘s all about the Greek Gods and mount Olympus. 2mo
CBee @Meshell1313 my fave type of retelling! Enjoy 😊 2mo
julieclair Great prompt! I‘ve been wanting to read 2mo
CBee @julieclair sounds great!! 2mo
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I don‘t know why it took me so long to read this. I loved Homegoing and I think something told me this would be a difficult read as well. Oh, it was difficult, but also SO beautiful. So many times I was saying “yes” in my head, or nodding, particularly when Gyasi writes about religion (I grew up in a southern Baptist church). So many heavy, sad topics packed into these pages. I loved it.

Sargar114 Homegoing was so good! I should read this one too! 2mo
CBee @Sargar114 she is an amazing writer! 2mo
vivastory Seeing your post of this reminds me of when I shaved my beard of 20 years in protest of it not winning any prizes lol (it's in the feed if you're interested) 2mo
CBee @vivastory no prizes at all? That makes no sense 🤦‍♀️ I‘m going to find your post 😂 2mo
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Well, as usual, time keeps flying and here we are at (almost) April! If you‘ve posted your list already, yay! If you haven‘t, here‘s your reminder 😊 Have fun! #readyourkindle #readyourebooks #readyournook #readyourkobo

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TheBookHippie 🤦🏻‍♀️😝 someday I‘ll be caught up. 2mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie I will never get caught up 2mo
TheSpineView I posted my list already! 2mo
dabbe Today is list day; thanks for the reminder! 😘 2mo
CoffeeK8 Thanks for the reminder! 2mo
CBee @dabbe you‘re welcome ☺️ 2mo
CBee @CoffeeK8 absolutely 😊 2mo
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This is not your typical Lisa Jewell book; if you‘re expecting a thriller, you won‘t find it in these pages. What it is - quite a dark and rather disturbing read about one of the most dysfunctional families ever fictionalized (is that a word?). Not sure what it says about me, but I loved it and couldn‘t put it down. #readyourkindle

CBee @AmyG you‘d like this if you haven‘t read it already. 👯 2mo
AmyG Oooooo. Sounds FUN! Thanks for thinking of me. (edited) 2mo
bookaholic1 I enjoyed this one 2mo
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Nope, it‘s not a type of multivitamin 😂 Just a super cool musical instrument that is apparently quite hard to master. Links: https://youtu.be/-QgTF8p-284?si=yBQCF2IBXR-Z3Tq6
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CatLass007 Cool! 2mo
BookmarkTavern I had a friend in high school who learned how to play this! 2mo
peanutnine Oh my goodness that is very cool 2mo
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TheSpineView Neat! Thanks for the tag!💛🏷 2mo
Deblovestoread Makes me think of a Big Bang episode. That‘s where I learned about them. 😀 2mo
Bookwomble One of my favourite bands, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion use a theremin on their earlier albums. And the mighty Portishead have been known to dabble! 2mo
AlaMich A theremin also featured in Severance in this last season. The actor learned to play for the role 2mo
dabbe How effin cool is this? 🤩🎶🤩 2mo
CBee @Bookwomble oh, I love Portishead. A theramin has such an eerie sound and them using it makes perfect sense 👏🏻 2mo
CBee @AlaMich I read about that! I haven‘t watched Severance but all I hear are good things! 2mo
CBee @BookmarkTavern wow! How‘d that go? I‘m very musical but it looks so daunting! 2mo
BookmarkTavern She loved it! It was a challenge and that‘s what drew her to it! 2mo
Amiable @Deblovestoread Ha ha, me too! I saw this and immediately thought of Sheldon Cooper. 😄 2mo
CBee @BookmarkTavern incredible 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
Daisey @Amiable @Deblovestoread I thought the same thing when I saw it! 😆 2mo
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Black Woods, Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivey, Ruth Hulbert (illustrator)
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@Jas16 you are just the best! I feel like you just sent me a book a couple of weeks ago, so imagine my surprise when I got this today! Thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️

Jas16 My pleasure. Hope you enjoy it. 3mo
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Another great installment in the Finlay Donovan series - love these! #readyourkindle

Hooked_on_books I love them, too! 3mo
CBee @Hooked_on_books yay! Have you read them all? 3mo
Hooked_on_books I have! I psychotically wait for each new one to come out and jump on it immediately. 🤪 I managed to get the latest one early from NetGalley. My mom loves them, too, so I read them to her. She loves my Vero voice. 😬 3mo
CBee @Hooked_on_books ohhhh I‘d love to hear your Vero voice! 3mo
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