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Knitting For Dummies & Knitting Patterns For Dummies | Pam Allen

#ShowandTellTuesday #LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks

Work in Progress - Library Card Vest (pattern by Pretty Grandpa @ Ravelry)

Sorry for the bad picture I was too lazy to switch on more lights.

julesG #KnittersOfLitsy 19h

TheBookHippie Oh it is brilliant!!!! 19h

Bookwormjillk I love it! 18h

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bookishbitch I love this! 15h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩 How absolutely fabulous 💝💝💝. 15h

KadaGul I love 😍 Ravelry🩵 🧶🩵🥰🩵😍🩵 15h

yourfavouritemixtape Such a cool design! I might have to try this too 9h

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Eighteen: The Sunday Times Bestseller: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives | Alice Loxton

#BookMail and a letter in an actual bottle.

Book had been on my "maybe buy" list for some time, had to get it since it's a signed copy.

The letter is signed too, I guess, it's for my daughter.

AnnCrystal 🆒🍾📜📚💝. 6d

harriet838 😅 4d

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Idiot's Guides: Succulents | Cassidy Tuttle

I'm certain I've shown these two succulents before. 😉

Made the planter with a silicone mold and the tiny succulent garden (non-Lego set) was a gift from my son.

I'm currently knitting four projects on and off. I'll show pics next time.

#LitsyCrafters @Catsandbooks #ShowandTellTuesday

Soubhiville What a fun planter 😆 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝💝💝. 1w

TheBookHippie LOVE 1w

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm That planter is fantastic. 🤣❤️ 1w

Jari-chan How cute! 🥰 1w

dabbe 🤩😍🤩 7d

Catsandbooks So awesome! 💚 4d

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Hate Mail | Donna Marchetti

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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC published in 2024

I liked the premise of pen pals having sent each other sarcastic hate mail for over 20 years.

Pan because the miscommunication was more deceitful than cute.

AllDebooks 20 years of hate mail! 😲 2w

julesG @AllDebooks they started in 5th grade 2w

AllDebooks @julesG blimey! 2w

Susanita That‘s…dedication? 2w

julesG @Susanita I think it spiraled into "raging" on paper about what's going on in life plus(!) each of them wanted to outsmart the other with insults and wanted to have the last word. So they kept on writing. The letters, though a bit disturbing out of context, didn't worry me, it was the wilfully withheld information that made me mad. 2w

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Arcana Academy | Elise Kova

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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC #audiobook

TLDR; fake engagement, dark academia, chosen one vibes, ends in cliffhanger

Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ce6cce1d-466e-47be-a2d6-dadf9b196ba3

Low pick

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Human Rites: A Novel | Juno Dawson

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A decent ending to the series/trilogy, but not how I expected things to end.

The story starts right where Shadow Cabinet ended - not going to spoil the ending of book two here, people who have read it know what happened. From there lots of things are going on that lead to a lot of loose ends to tie up and Dawson used a rather deus ex machina method to achieve this.

Low pick

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Bookwomble I'm liking your post, but haven't read it as I've got book 2 to read and don't want even the slightest hint of a spoiler! 😄 2w

julesG @Bookwomble my post literally says I'm not spoiling the end of book 2. 😉 2w

LeeRHarry You lucky duck, being able to get to this early 😊 I‘m very much looking forward to this one! 2w

Bookwomble @julesG I do trust you not to spoiler, but I'm taking no chances! 😆 2w

julesG @LeeRHarry it felt like Christmas came early when I got the last book in three different series as ARCs - doesn't happen often - now I'm looking forward to the audiobook, because Nicola Coughlan 2w

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Marble Hall Murders: The BRAND NEW novel in the major hit BBC series Magpie Murders from the Sunday Times bestselling author | Anthony Horowitz

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Third book in the Magpie Murders series.

Susan is back in London. She's fed up with the Atticus Pünd novels. Twice she's been close to death because of them already. And now there is a new Atticus Pünd manuscript, a continuation novel by Eliot Grace. Well, a tiny peak at the first part of the manuscript can't hurt. Right?

I enjoyed this, but somehow both denouements did not come as a surprise.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Ruthiella I also read this recently and was able to accurately identify whodunnit. His books an entertaining , for sure. 3w

julesG @Ruthiella yeah, they are entertaining. And relatively easy to solve. 3w

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Jingo next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on August 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 3w

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Feet of Clay | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #FeetOfClay!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern 3w

julesG @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 3w

BookmarkTavern This one‘s one of my favorites! 💕 3w

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Artificial Condition | Martha Wells

A new novelette, set after Artificial Condition, is coming. For free. On Thursday. More information here: https://reactormag.com/read-a-new-murderbot-story-for-free-right-after-the-seaso...

Bookwomble Thanks for the heads up! 😃 3w

Lindy 👀👍 3w

TieDyeDude I have always had a problem with this site, even before the name change. I sign up for their newsletter, and I get it for a few weeks, then it stops. So frustrating because I love the site. Thanks for the info! 3w

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julesG @KathyWheeler 3w

julesG @TieDyeDude I used to have problems with the ebook downloads they offered. I had to use a strange work-around to get them. But haven't had any problems with the newsletter. 3w

BookmarkTavern YAAAY! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

bookishbitch So exciting to hear! Thanks for the link! 3w

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Men At Arms | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #MenAtArms post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up, just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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Men At Arms | Terry Pratchett

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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #MenAtArms and #TheatreOfCruelty feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

kwmg40 I enjoyed this one very much. I'd read it several years ago, but liked it even more on reread, mostly because I appreciated the return of Gaspode after having read Moving Pictures since. 3w

julesG Has anyone read the short story? 3w

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BarbaraJean Somehow I missed the tag for this yesterday! And I actually finished this one on time! 😆 I loved getting to know the Watch characters better, especially Vimes, Carrot, Detritus, and Angua. And I found so much of it uncannily relevant to current events in the USA. I just read the (very!) short story (on L-Space). I love that Carrot interviews Death as a witness! 3w

julesG @BarbaraJean Tagging so many at once is wonky sometimes. Yes, it's a short short story, but I liked it. I even attempted reading it in different languages. 3w

julesG Link to #TheatreOfCruelty on L-Space: https://www.lspace.org/books/toc/ 3w

willaful @julesG I read it but I don't really remember anything other than that I enjoyed it. Oh, Barbara reminded me about the interview with Death, that was hilarious! (edited) 2w

julesG @willaful 😁 that's like me remembering Men at Arms has Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomics, his wedding and him not leaving the Watch after all. There's Carrot's first romantic encounter; and Vetinari still running the city at the end. And I could probably quote some iconic lines, both the funny and the strikingly apt ones about society/weapons/... 2w

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The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

Interesting article in today's The Observer

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-b...

I haven't read the book. I'm just here sharing the link.

Leniverse I almost want to un-know this information 🙈🙉 but at the same time it's so wild it becomes fascinating 3w

Tamra Yikes, that is terrible! I hope they are guilted & shamed into making it right. Then she can write another book to recoup the 💰and no doubt she would too. (edited) 3w

julesG @Leniverse I forwarded the link to another friend who's working at a bookshop. She's contemplating moving it to the Fiction section. 3w

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kspenmoll Maybe I should throw this unread book in my #TBR in the trash. (edited) 3w

Bookwomble I haven't read the book (and won't), but thank you for linking to the article. The journalist has done a short YT report which includes footage of one of the victims of Winn's embezzlement taking about the impact of her crimes, which is very moving: https://youtu.be/UY2ivdm9obY?si=VVHeC3xG3-ialRWX 3w

squirrelbrain I saw this headline but haven‘t read the full article yet….very intriguing! 3w

RaeLovesToRead Yikes 3w

Bookwormjillk This is wild. Surprised someone didn‘t do a background check before filming at least. 3w

rockpools I‘m with @Leniverse on this one. Can I not know, please? I really loved this book when I read it, so I‘m quite sad. I guess it opens the door for someone else to write the great South West Coast Path memoir…. 3w

quietlycuriouskate Wtf? 🤬 3w

CoffeeK8 I read this book with my bookclub and really found it off putting, maybe some of this is why 3w

RosePressedPages I‘d never heard of this book before but wow that is terrible and fascinating 3w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

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Chilling Japanese Mystery fits.

Four chapters, four stories based on drawings. Are they connected? If so, how? The layers of the story are revealed bit by bit. Like a jigsaw puzzle, you see part of the picture, but the full picture can only be admired at the end.

I enjoyed puzzling out how things fit together, some things weren't clear until the end of the book.

Simple writing style, on purpose or due to the translation? Anyway, worth a read.

julesG My daughter has picked it up now, well we bought it for her in the first place. She took it to school on Friday to read in a free moment and was hooked. 😁 3w

julesG Thanks for being part of the buddyread @sarahbarnes @ImperfectCJ @BarbaraBB @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 3w

BarbaraBB I do think the writing was that simple on purpose. As were the illustrations. 3w

AnnCrystal
🆒🧩📚💝. 3w

shanaqui I've found the simple writing to be a fairly common style thing in translated Japanese and Chinese works! It sometimes makes things seem a little strange to the Western 'ear', I guess (like the style being at odds with the maturity of the themes), but I've got used to it. 3w

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A Marvellous Light | Freya Marske

For the German speakers among us. The public radio SWR has made an audiobook of Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light.

https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/a-marvellous-light-von-freya-marske/urn:ard:...

Jari-chan Omg really? How cool! 3w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

#BuddyRead @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @ImperfectCJ @AllDebooks

Last chapter - let's see how all the dots are connected

ImperfectCJ I finished the book last night, and I'm a little underwhelmed. I think the description of the book as "mystery horror" threw me off. It doesn't seem like horror really to me. And after reading Butter, I can't help seeing the plot as at least a little misogynistic. I agree with the comment earlier wondering if there was something off with the translation, although I do like the sentence that describes rocks the size of rabbits on the trail. 1mo

julesG @ImperfectCJ misogyny unfortunately seems to still be part of Japanese culture. Maybe the descriptions of the murders is considered horror? I'd just call it a mystery. 4w

thegirlwiththelibrarybag So tempted to read these comments - but I know I should wait 😝 4w

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @ImperfectCJ @julesG - it was shelved in the horror section at the bookshop but I‘d agree - it‘s a mystery. I haven‘t read Butter - is the similarity that they are both about female serial killers? 4w

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'd have to ask my daughter where exactly in the bookshop she found the copy, but I'd guess it was on a table with lots of Asian literature rather than the horror section. But, horror is a genre she likes too. 4w

julesG I haven't read Butter. It was part of Camp Litsy last year and I forgot to read it in time and the comments about fat shaming and misogyny didn't really make me want to read it. It was also Waterstones book of the year but doesn't seem to have sold like fresh butter - or like warm bread rolls, or sliced bread (German phrases about something selling really well). 4w

ImperfectCJ @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Butter was unique in that, written by a woman writer, it called out misogyny in Japanese culture while not trying to make the female serial killer likeable. This one seems to reduce women to abusers or killers or passive victims with no commentary about the contributing social structures that make them so dependent. 4w

BarbaraBB I have finished the book too and enjoyed it for its unique form. No horror to me but an interesting mystery and very Japanese - although not as much as Butter, which I think your should read @julesG 😀 . 4w

julesG @BarbaraBB 🤣🤣🤣🤣 after all this time, after all the piles of butter I ignored??? 4w

BarbaraBB 🙌🏽 yes! 4w

sarahbarnes I finished the book today and agree that it‘s not horror, but I did enjoy the mystery and puzzle aspects of it. And that it was very Japanese writing. I liked it better than Butter myself. 4w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

Yes, I've just finished the third chapter. It's a very compelling read. Also, it's hot outside and I am hiding inside with cool drinks and books.

#buddyread @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes

julesG It's turned into a murder mystery. I had some ideas at the beginning of the chapter - who/how/why, but thought them too far fetched. At the end of the chapter I was astonished that I only got the why wrong. 😳 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag We have opposite weather at the moment - super chilly in Melbourne (I prefer this to summer) 1mo

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'm definitely not a summer person. I'd rather keep warm than be (too) warm 1mo

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BarbaraBB Yes! Things start to fall into place. Naomi killed Miura, her husband. Yuki was his student and will marry her son one day. What‘s not clear is what horrible thing Yuki did. I guess we‘ll find out on the fourth chapter - along with the falling into place of the prologue. (edited) 4w

julesG @BarbaraBB you should use the spoiler tag for your comment. Just in case. 4w

BarbaraBB Sorry! I did now! 4w

sarahbarnes Ah I missed the Yuki connection until you pointed it out @BarbaraBB. I‘m really enjoying this book even though I haven‘t guessed many of the mysteries ahead of finding them out in the course of reading. (edited) 4w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I found them out along the way too. It asked for very concentrating reading while the style and language of the book is so easy. A fun experience! 3w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

#BuddyRead @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes

julesG I had so many questions and theories at the beginning of this chapter. The layers of the story are slowly revealed showing the connections. At first I thought Naomi was the girl from the prologue. Then I thought Yuta's friend must be Yuki and Raku's child. Things start to make sense. 1mo

julesG We still don't know what Yuki did and why Naomi hates her so much. 1mo

julesG Did you expect the chapter to end with this kind of ending? 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I didn‘t expect the man to be elderly and probably not actually sinister at all? 1mo

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I thought it was the student from chapter 1. 1mo

sarahbarnes There does seem to be some kind of curse around Yuki - Raku died just a few years after she did. And who knows who the man is that Naomi murdered. @julesG no I didn‘t expect her to do that at the end of the chapter without even knowing who he is. She seems to live in fear of something that I think is related to her son‘s death and Yuki. Why did she not want to go to the police? 4w

BarbaraBB I am studying Japanese so actually came up with the thought about the triangle being part of a kanji but that was as far as I got. Interesting that Naomi is probably the third character of chapter 1, living with Raku and Yuki. Could she be the midwife in the picture as well? 4w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

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#BuddyRead @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes

Prologue and first chapter. What do you think?

julesG First impression: something seems to have been lost in translation. Some parts read emotionless like subtitles. 1mo

julesG Prologue: interesting start. I am intrigued how this prologue connects to the rest of the story. 1mo

julesG First chapter: okay, two conspiracy theorists. Will they find out what happened? What could Yuki's big unforgivable secret be? 1mo

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julesG I like that the story is layered, like Yuki's drawings. 1mo

BarbaraBB I‘ll start soon! 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG do we think she‘s the child in the prologue? 1mo

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag That was my first thought. But the scientist said the child was A and a mother herself now. Yet Yuki isn't technically a mother yet. 1mo

ImperfectCJ I enjoyed the commentary about the decreased popularity of blogs. I wonder if it's significant (supernatural?) that Sasaki can't find Kurihara at the end of chapter one? 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @ImperfectCJ, like maybe he‘s not real? 1mo

ImperfectCJ @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Or like a ghost? I'm not sure if this novel is meant to be that blatantly supernatural, though. 1mo

julesG @ImperfectCJ Oh, another layer. 1mo

BarbaraBB Just finished the first chapter and it‘s unlike any other book. So Japanese! I‘ve been wondering about the midwife. She is mentioned in the blog as a woman with experience and there‘s a whole picture dedicated to her. Plus Kurihara mentions that someone has been living with Raku and Yuki. But I am not sure how that could be related to the prologue 🤷🏻‍♀️🧐 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @ImperfectCJ @julesG 1mo

BarbaraBB Also, her illustration is the one at the start of the chapter - and this post for that matter. 1mo

sarahbarnes @ImperfectCJ it does feel important that Kurihara seems to have disappeared at the end of the chapter. He is also the one who says there is “no connection at all” for them to the blog, which may be telling. 4w

sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB I agree about the midwife - the title of the chapter is dedicated (inaccurately) to her picture. 4w

sarahbarnes @julesG I‘m also really wanting to know what Yuki‘s sin was and feel like it has to be one of the connecting threads of the book. 4w

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

The Strange Pictures #BuddyRead starts today.

@thegirlwiththelibrarybag and I have a shared Buddyread on StoryGraph. @BarbaraBB I've tried inviting you, but can't at this moment. @sarahbarnes I hope you have your copy with you on your trip.

Let's go!

PS: link to buddyread is in the comments

julesG https://app.thestorygraph.com/buddy_reads/9986011e-6fb5-4be3-8260-0634c8a56bfd?l... 1mo

julesG Chapters get their own post, under spoiler tag 1mo

BarbaraBB @julesG I accepted your friends request. What is the title of the challenge on Storygraph? (edited) 1mo

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julesG @BarbaraBB I've sent you an invitation to the StoryGraph buddyread 1mo

BarbaraBB @julesG Thanks! I‘ve never used that feature before! 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB @thegirlwiththelibrarybag and I are fans of this feature. We've read a few books together last year. 1mo

BarbaraBB Looks quite cool 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @BarbaraBB, it‘s really fun! Once you add the book as currently reading, the buddy read link should appear in the drop down menu with the 3 stacked dots. 1mo

sarahbarnes I did bring it! Thanks for hosting over here, too - looking forward to getting into it. 1mo

AllDebooks Oh please count me in. 😊 1mo

ImperfectCJ This book looks delightfully odd! I'm starting it today. 1mo

julesG @AllDebooks @ImperfectCJ 🎉🎉 1mo

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Statistics For Dummies | Deborah J. Rumsey

June wrap-up

Books were read and listened to. 😉

PurpleyPumpkin Amazing!🤩 1mo

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Blood Over Bright Haven | M. L. Wang

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Standalone Dark Fantasy with heavy topics - colonialism, exploitation, racism, misogyny, religion.

The world-building, including the magic system, was excellent.

Two MCs who clash and get along, growing through their time together.

5feet.of.fury I loved this one! It was so well done 1mo

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Strange Pictures | Uketsu

#BuddyRead

I'm proposing to start on July 1st.

We all have different reading speeds. Not bragging, I think I'll finish first. So how about I create a discussion post for every chapter and hide it with a spoiler tag?

Your thoughts, @sarahbarnes @thegirlwiththelibrarybag.

BarbaraBB This will be my next read too! 1mo

sarahbarnes Love it! Thanks for coordinating and for the invite! @BarbaraBB you should join us! 😁 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB Your bookshop tip is the reason I got the book. You should join us. 😁 1mo

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BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @julesG I‘d love to join! Thank you! 1mo

BarbaraBB How was your trip and the concert?? 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB Trip was good. We went to Zandvoort before we checked into our hotel. Had fun in town, bought bags, books and boots (alliteration 🎉🎉🎉), and rubber duckies. The concert was good there were cosplaying attendees, people handing out handmade little gifts, lots of people with light sticks. People from as far as Poland were there, and also people from our own neighbourhood. 1mo

BarbaraBB Show us the books! 1mo

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When the Tides Held the Moon | Venessa Vida Kelley

Did I get this in hardback because of the illustrations? Yes, I did.

#BookHaul

DGRachel They‘re gorgeous! 1mo

TheBookHippie Oh pretty! 1mo

Texreader Love this!! 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading I totally bought this just because it‘s gorgeous too!! 1mo

AnnCrystal I've been looking for this because of the illustrations along with the storyline. Thank you for sharing 🤩📚💝. 1mo

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Waterstones Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands (Bookstore)

Books were bought while in Amsterdam, and a jigsaw. And several other things. 😁

#BookHaul

sarahbarnes I just got Strange Pictures this week! 1mo

julesG @sarahbarnes I'm trying to get @thegirlwiththelibrarybag to do a buddyread on StoryGraph with me. Are you on SG? You could join. 1mo

sarahbarnes Ah, I‘m not. 😔 But I‘m looking forward to seeing what you think of it! 1mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG - I managed to get to the book shop before they closed on my walk home today! 1mo

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

julesG @sarahbarnes We could buddyread here too I'm sure. @thegirlwiththelibrarybag What do you think? 1mo

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 1mo

sarahbarnes I‘m down! I‘m going out of town next week and will probably take it along with me. 1mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG - I‘ll follow your lead! 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB - here they are. 😉 1mo

BarbaraBB Thanks, I‘ve must have scrolled by! 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB happens. No problem. 1mo

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All of Us Murderers | KJ Charles

#WhereAreYouMonday @Cupcake12

Just started the #ARC which is set in a very Gothic manor house in Dartmoor.

Pub Day is 7th October 2025

#NetGalley #MountARC

Blurb ⬇️

julesG ALL OF US MURDERERS is a wicked gothic drama that follows two ex-lovers trapped in a house dripping in fear, paranoia, and possibly something far darker. Worthy of fall reading lists for its spook factor and top of list for any romance readers who can handle a 🌶️🌶️🌶️ spice level. 1mo

rubyslippersreads Love the vintage Gothic paperback cover! 1mo

julesG @rubyslippersreads it's perfect 1mo

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CarolynM I‘m looking forward to this, but saving it for when I need a treat😊 1mo

julesG @CarolynM were you lucky to snag an ARC too? 1mo

CarolynM My bad, it‘s showing on my Apple Books app but when I look closely I see it‘s only there as a pre-order ☹️ Lucky I have Copper Script for a treat instead😆 1mo

julesG @CarolynM That happens. I'll read Copper Script after All of us Murderers. 1mo

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Feet of Clay | Terry Pratchett

OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #FeetOfClay next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on July 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 2mo

julesG @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful 2mo

julesG @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 2mo

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Men At Arms | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #TheatreOfCruelty (in A Blink of the Screen) and #MenAtArms!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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The Memory Collectors: A Novel | Dete Meserve

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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Pub Day was 20 May 2025

Four people travel back in time to relive an important memory. When they are stuck in the past after their allotted hour has run out, they wonder whether they might be able to stay in the past and change the events that made them come back. Although the four people don't know each other it is soon clear that they might actually share the pivotal moment in their lives. ⬇️

julesG What will happen if each of them tries to change the past?

The book made me turn the pages faster than I expected to. First I needed to find out what had happened on that specific night, then I needed to find out whether they could change the outcome. It's a story about grief and regret, but also about hope and forgiveness. 2mo

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Behind Frenemy Lines: The must-read workplace fake dating romance from Zen Cho | Zen Cho

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I enjoyed that both MCs were lawyers in their thirties. Their backstories, dialogue, struggles, and misunderstandings felt real. What I loved the most though was Charles' POV. It's clear early on that he is neurodiverse, for example, he seems to come across as robotic at times and has trouble reading people's emotions. This is reflected in the way his chapters are written, ⬇️

Pub Day: 03 July 2025

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

julesG they show the scenes as Charles sees them, no excess emotions, little to no adjectives, raw dialogue. I loved it! I want to see more neurodiverse POV like his in (romance) novels. 2mo

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Guards! Guards! | Terry Pratchett

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the Guards! Guards! post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

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Guards! Guards! (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #GuardsGuards feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

BookmarkTavern A small group of individuals believing they‘ve been deprived of what‘s rightfully due them decide to put a puppet leader in charge to control, only to end up with a narcissistic, greedy, destructive force intent on sowing fear and chaos around him? Gee, I wonder how relevant that story could be? 😅😅 I can‘t believe this was written over thirty years ago. 2mo

willaful @BookmarkTavern I know, Terry Pratchett wouldn't be surprised by anything.

I think I enjoyed this more than I remember doing so when I first read it. It was fun to see the Watch becoming a real force for good. 2mo

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julesG @BookmarkTavern 🤣🤣🤣 he nailed it. 2mo

julesG @willaful I agree, I enjoyed it a lot more this time. Maybe because I'm older/wiser and have seen a few things happening. 2mo

BarbaraJean This is my first time reading the Watch novels! Having seen Vimes (and the Watch) now in other novels, I was surprised to find him in the gutter at the beginning here! It was so fascinating to see the origins of characters I‘d enjoyed later glimpses of elsewhere. @BookmarkTavern 😂😂😭 2mo

AlaMich The audio version of this has been so delightful!! It‘s adding considerably to my enjoyment. 2mo

julesG @AlaMich Which version did you listen to? Stephen Briggs, Tony Robinson, or Jon Culshaw with Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Nighy? 2mo

AlaMich @julesG The last one. I didn‘t realize there were three audio versions. 2mo

BookmarkTavern @BarbaraJean Vimes‘s character arc is one of my all time favorites. 2mo

julesG @AlaMich that's the one I haven't listened to yet. Stephen Briggs' narration is the 'original' one. The one with Culshaw is relatively new. 2mo

AlaMich @julesG He‘s so good! 2mo

kwmg40 I'm rather late to the discussion, but I did enjoy my reread of this book. I loved Errol the dragon! 2mo

julesG @kwmg40 You can join at any time. Errol, eater of kettles. 🤣 2mo

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Just One Damned Thing After Another | Jodi Taylor

#TimeTravelTop5 @Centique @Ruthiella

I really like time travel stories. I've read a lot. Here are only a few of my favourites.

Top picture is The Chronicles of St Mary's series and its spin-off series featuring the Time Police

Ruthiella I kept seeing The Night Watch in online Time Travel Novel lists. I‘m reading the Discworld books now in order, after cherry picking but have almost 30 books to go before I get there! 😅 (edited) 2mo

julesG @Ruthiella I keep forgetting that it's a time travel novel 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 2mo

IriDas This is how you lose the time war is in my permanent top five books list. 🥰 🫶 💓 2mo

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Centique I loved This is how you lose the Time War too! I am going to definitely pick up DODO and Just One Damned Thing. Have you read Connie Willis? Just One Damned Thing sounds a little like her historian series which starts with

The Doomsday Book

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julesG @Centique I DNF'd Doomsday Book. Mainly for the historical/linguistic inaccuracies within the first few chapters of the time travel. I have a background in medieval history and linguistics. With my basic knowledge of the language(s) spoken in England at the time, plus the MCs training, the premise of a language barrier didn't make sense to me. And I've DNF'd books for smaller things. Petty, I know. But there are lots of other books waiting for me. 2mo

julesG @Centique Just One Damned Thing is 99c on Kindle at the moment. 2mo

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Murder of Crows: A Novel of the Others | Anne Bishop

Stolen from the internet - not directly connected to tagged book

Tamra 😜 2mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo

MemoirsForMe 😁😁😁 2mo

peaKnit Love this, great advice from a trash panda lol 2mo

TNbookworm 😂 2mo

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Dreadful Company | Vivian Shaw

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Second book in the series

Dr Greta Helsing is in Paris for a medical conference and gets to see far more of Paris' underground world than she intended to.
Includes cute monsters.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

ShyBookOwl I keep trying and failing to get into book 1 but it seems right up my alley! 2mo

TheSpineView Well done! 2mo

julesG @ShyBookOwl have you tried the audiobook? Maybe it works better this way. 2mo

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ShyBookOwl @julesG I haven't, but I did put a libby hold on it so hopefully I'll get it soon 🤞🏽🤞🏽 thx for the tip 2mo

BookmarkTavern @ShyBookOwl Absolutely seconding the recommendation for the audiobooks! They‘re amazing! 2mo

julesG @ShyBookOwl 🤞🏻🤞🏻 2mo

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Strange Practice | Vivian Shaw

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Urban Fantasy set in London with vampires, ghouls, witches,..., and Dr Van Helsing. What's not to like?

Already have the next one in the pipeline.

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView There is something about books with vampires! ❤️🧛‍♂️ 2mo

BookmarkTavern Woo! 💖 2mo

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The Handmaid's Tale | MARGARET. ATWOOD

1) Yes, I'd say there are a few.

2) first to come to mind is Harry Potter, but for obvious reasons I'm not tagging it. My second choice is tagged.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Good choice! Thanks for playing! 🤩📘 2mo

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Strange Practice | Vivian Shaw

#audiobook #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Need to clean a few corners today 🙄😩

First book in the series.

TheSpineView Awesome! 🤩📖📚 2mo

BookmarkTavern This is a fun series on audio! 😁 2mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern I flew through the first and have the next queued up already. 2mo

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BookmarkTavern I think two and the novella are my favorites of the whole series. 💖 2mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern wait, there's a novella?? I missed it. 2mo

BookmarkTavern It‘s delightful!

Bitter Waters

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julesG @BookmarkTavern Thanks. It's #3.5 Means two new stories for me. 😁😁 2mo

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Behind Frenemy Lines: The must-read workplace fake dating romance from Zen Cho | Zen Cho

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Today's books are Kiss the Villain (audiobook) and Behind Frenemy Lines (ARC).

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Alchemy and a Cup of Tea | Rebecca Thorne

The #ARC is waiting for me to get to it.

Also currently listening to Kiss the Villain, a dark M/M romance I only picked up because of one of the narrators.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

BookmarkTavern I am so excited for the next Tomes and Tea book! Thanks for posting! 2mo

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Statistics For Dummies | Deborah J. Rumsey

196/250 books read
Might be the first year that I don't manage to reach my reading goal for the whole year by the end of June. 😬🤐🤪
Well, I wanted to take it a bit slower. 😈

BarbaraBB 🤣🤣 yes you‘re definitely taking it slow! 2mo

julesG @BarbaraBB 🤣🤣🤣 - by the way, I'll be in Amsterdam 20th-22nd June. I'll send you a message via WhatsApp. 2mo

TheSpineView Wow! 🤯 2mo

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LeeRHarry Moving at a glacial pace 😉 2mo

julieclair Great month! 2mo

julesG @LeeRHarry I was trying for the speed of continental drift, but I seem unable to go much slower. 2mo

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The Listeners: A Novel | Maggie Stiefvater

so-so

Although I liked seeing this time period from a non-European perspective and in a non-EU setting, I never really got into the story. Maybe it was the slower pace, maybe it was the magical realism element that I wish had either been left out entirely, or had been more "fleshed out". Or maybe, having read Stiefvater's YA work, I had too high expectations.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

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Spotless | Camilla Monk

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

May has a few more days left... and I'm having a hard time to decide...

1) going with this series, because I flew threw it ignoring all other books

2) 🤔🤔🤔 I have no idea apart from the next #BDBBuddyRead and #OokBOokClub books

TheSpineView Some months it is so hard to decide a favorite. Thanks for playing 2mo

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Butterfly in Amber | Camilla Monk

Didn't cry exactly, but teared up. A character who had redeemed themselves to the MC died and it was so unfair.

I don't cry that often, but when it happens it's because of something so stupid that I want to laugh at myself.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Caroline2 Hmmm 🤔 it‘s been a long time since a book made me cry… I‘ll have to scroll back through my goodreads books and have a look…! 2mo

Caroline2 I had to go all the way back to June last year…. I remember welling up reading The Heart Principle by Helen Hoag 2mo

bookishbitch The House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. 2mo

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julesG @Caroline2 Same for me, I'd have to go back quite a while. 2mo

julesG @bookishbitch it's on my TBR. 2mo

BookmarkTavern That does sound unfair! Thank you for sharing! 2mo

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Night Watch | Terence David John Pratchett

Honouring the People's Revolution on the #Discworld, I stole the image from Discworld.com's IG. 🦧

#OokBOokClub #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse

TheSpineView 👍🤩 2mo

TrishB I mean it‘s glorious to Liverpool fans 😉 2mo

julesG @TrishB 😂 - my local club lost the German cup finals yesterday, but it must have been an amazing evening in Berlin, got lots of pics from friends 2mo

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Untitled | Untitled

You've got to applaud the Scandinavians for their ingenious ideas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

kspenmoll ❤️😊 2mo

Bookwormjillk 😂 2mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo

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squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 2mo

bookishbitch 😂😂😂 2mo

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 2mo

Tamra 😂 2mo

MemoirsForMe Love this! 🤣 2mo

CarolynM Love it 🤣 2mo

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Untitled | Untitled

https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-nov...

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squirrelbrain ☹️😲🤦‍♀️ 2mo

Bookwomble 😮‍💨 2mo

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Kitta 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau 🙄 2mo

Tamra Ugh 2mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I hate how AI is being pushed so much. The leaders at my job really want everyone to use Copilot to help with their everyday tasks, but i really don‘t know what to do with it 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

Roary47 They want us to use AI for lesson planning and lessons. Kids use it on answers. My partner at another school and many other teachers are going back to paper tests because of this. 😓 2mo

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The Book of Joy | Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu

Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) a pair of wristwarmers is off to Paris

2) Spotless series

3) put together a small non-Lego set of potted succulents

4) haircut

5) cats lounging on my unmade bed, best excuse not having to make it 😉

Bookwormjillk That's always my excuse too. Can't wake up the babies! 2mo

Leftcoastzen 😻😻👏 that is a beautiful shade of green on the warmers ! 2mo

TheSpineView YW! 💙🐈 2mo

dabbe 💙💚💙 2mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2mo

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Spotless | Camilla Monk

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Spent the past days flying through this series.

If you like action, banter, chemistry, lots of pop culture references, LOL quotes from mostly imaginary romance books,... read this series.

Btw, I bought the first book in 2016. I might have continued to ignore it had I not been on a "purge the Kindle crack" spree. Glad I read it. My 'coffee table' (an ottoman) is not glad, there are spit-take tea stains on it now. ??‍♀️ (it's washable)

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julesG It's five books in total. 2mo

julesG #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView 2mo

TheSpineView Sounds fun. Great job!🤩📖📚 2mo

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sarahbarnes Great review 😆 2mo

monalyisha Sounds like exactly what I need! I bought it. 😉 Up next (after I finish Of Time & Turtles). Thank you! 2mo

julesG @sarahbarnes thanks 2mo

julesG @monalyisha that sounds interesting too. 2mo

CoffeeK8 Oh this is a fun series! 2mo

CarolynM Love the sound of this. I might try the first one🙂 2mo

Andrew65 Love getting through series. Well done 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

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Manic Pixie Dream Earl | Jenny Holiday

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Another September. Another Earls' Trip. This time the three gentlemen are off to visit Brighton for a fortnight of being together, talking, sightseeing, maybe some sea bathing. Like the last Earls' Trip, things do not go completely according to plan, when Effie meets his pen pal Miss Juliana Evans.

Effie and Juliana have had a longstanding epistolary relationship. They both have feelings for each other. Yet, a happy ending for them doesn't ⬇️

julesG seem to be possible, there seem to be too many insurmountable obstacles; starting with Effie's gender and not ending with an age gap.

It takes the protagonists some time to work out how a happily ever after might work. This process feels natural; they don't rush, they weigh the options, they seek the help of friends and family, they listen to their instincts.
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julesG I like the slower pace of the novel and the friendship between Simon, Effie and Archie, which turned into a found family which supports its members. Since the earls have already planned next year's Earls' Trip, I am looking forward to reading about how nerdy Simon is going to woo the woman of his dreams. 2mo

julesG #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC 2mo

peanutnine Looking forward to this one! Effie was my favorite from book one 2mo

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