@julesG on Litsy

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. 😳 8h

thegirlwiththelibrarybag We have opposite weather at the moment - super chilly in Melbourne (I prefer this to summer) 7h

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'm definitely not a summer person. I'd rather keep warm than be (too) warm 2h

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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. 10h

julesG We still don't know what Yuki did and why Naomi hates her so much. 10h

julesG Did you expect the chapter to end with this kind of ending? 10h

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I didn‘t expect the man to be elderly and probably not actually sinister at all? 7h

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I thought it was the student from chapter 1. 2h

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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. 13h

julesG Prologue: interesting start. I am intrigued how this prologue connects to the rest of the story. 13h

julesG First chapter: okay, two conspiracy theorists. Will they find out what happened? What could Yuki's big unforgivable secret be? 13h

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julesG I like that the story is layered, like Yuki's drawings. 13h

BarbaraBB I‘ll start soon! 11h

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG do we think she‘s the child in the prologue? 7h

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. 2h

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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... 15h

julesG Chapters get their own post, under spoiler tag 14h

BarbaraBB @julesG I accepted your friends request. What is the title of the challenge on Storygraph? (edited) 11h

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julesG @BarbaraBB I've sent you an invitation to the StoryGraph buddyread 10h

BarbaraBB @julesG Thanks! I‘ve never used that feature before! 10h

julesG @BarbaraBB @thegirlwiththelibrarybag and I are fans of this feature. We've read a few books together last year. 10h

BarbaraBB Looks quite cool 9h

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. 7h

sarahbarnes I did bring it! Thanks for hosting over here, too - looking forward to getting into it. 5h

AllDebooks Oh please count me in. 😊 27m

ImperfectCJ This book looks delightfully odd! I'm starting it today. 12m

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Statistics For Dummies | Deborah J. Rumsey

June wrap-up

Books were read and listened to. 😉

PurpleyPumpkin Amazing!🤩 5h

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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 2d

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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! 6d

sarahbarnes Love it! Thanks for coordinating and for the invite! @BarbaraBB you should join us! 😁 6d

julesG @BarbaraBB Your bookshop tip is the reason I got the book. You should join us. 😁 6d

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BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @julesG I‘d love to join! Thank you! 5d

BarbaraBB How was your trip and the concert?? 5d

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. 5d

BarbaraBB Show us the books! 5d

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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! 1w

TheBookHippie Oh pretty! 1w

Texreader Love this!! 1w

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

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

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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! 1w

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

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

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

julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 🎉🎉🎉 1w

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

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 1w

sarahbarnes I‘m down! I‘m going out of town next week and will probably take it along with me. 7d

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG - I‘ll follow your lead! 6d

julesG @BarbaraBB - here they are. 😉 5d

BarbaraBB Thanks, I‘ve must have scrolled by! 5d

julesG @BarbaraBB happens. No problem. 5d

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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. 2w

rubyslippersreads Love the vintage Gothic paperback cover! 2w

julesG @rubyslippersreads it's perfect 2w

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CarolynM I‘m looking forward to this, but saving it for when I need a treat😊 2w

julesG @CarolynM were you lucky to snag an ARC too? 2w

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😆 2w

julesG @CarolynM That happens. I'll read Copper Script after All of us Murderers. 2w

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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 3w

julesG @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful 3w

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

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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

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

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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. 3w

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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. 3w

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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. 3w

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. 3w

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julesG @BookmarkTavern 🤣🤣🤣 he nailed it. 3w

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. 3w

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 😂😂😭 3w

AlaMich The audio version of this has been so delightful!! It‘s adding considerably to my enjoyment. 3w

julesG @AlaMich Which version did you listen to? Stephen Briggs, Tony Robinson, or Jon Culshaw with Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Nighy? 3w

AlaMich @julesG The last one. I didn‘t realize there were three audio versions. 3w

BookmarkTavern @BarbaraJean Vimes‘s character arc is one of my all time favorites. 3w

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. 3w

AlaMich @julesG He‘s so good! 3w

kwmg40 I'm rather late to the discussion, but I did enjoy my reread of this book. I loved Errol the dragon! 3w

julesG @kwmg40 You can join at any time. Errol, eater of kettles. 🤣 3w

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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) 4w

julesG @Ruthiella I keep forgetting that it's a time travel novel 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 4w

IriDas This is how you lose the time war is in my permanent top five books list. 🥰 🫶 💓 4w

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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

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. 4w

julesG @Centique Just One Damned Thing is 99c on Kindle at the moment. 4w

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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 😜 4w

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 4w

MemoirsForMe 😁😁😁 4w

peaKnit Love this, great advice from a trash panda lol 4w

TNbookworm 😂 4w

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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! 4w

TheSpineView Well done! 4w

julesG @ShyBookOwl have you tried the audiobook? Maybe it works better this way. 4w

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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 4w

BookmarkTavern @ShyBookOwl Absolutely seconding the recommendation for the audiobooks! They‘re amazing! 4w

julesG @ShyBookOwl 🤞🏻🤞🏻 4w

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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! ❤️🧛‍♂️ 1mo

BookmarkTavern Woo! 💖 4w

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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! 🤩📘 1mo

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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! 🤩📖📚 1mo

BookmarkTavern This is a fun series on audio! 😁 1mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern I flew through the first and have the next queued up already. 1mo

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BookmarkTavern I think two and the novella are my favorites of the whole series. 💖 1mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern wait, there's a novella?? I missed it. 1mo

BookmarkTavern It‘s delightful!

Bitter Waters

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julesG @BookmarkTavern Thanks. It's #3.5 Means two new stories for me. 😁😁 1mo

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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! 1mo

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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! 1mo

julesG @BarbaraBB 🤣🤣🤣 - by the way, I'll be in Amsterdam 20th-22nd June. I'll send you a message via WhatsApp. 1mo

TheSpineView Wow! 🤯 1mo

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LeeRHarry Moving at a glacial pace 😉 1mo

julieclair Great month! 1mo

julesG @LeeRHarry I was trying for the speed of continental drift, but I seem unable to go much slower. 1mo

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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 1mo

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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…! 1mo

Caroline2 I had to go all the way back to June last year…. I remember welling up reading The Heart Principle by Helen Hoag 1mo

bookishbitch The House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. 1mo

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julesG @Caroline2 Same for me, I'd have to go back quite a while. 1mo

julesG @bookishbitch it's on my TBR. 1mo

BookmarkTavern That does sound unfair! Thank you for sharing! 1mo

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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 👍🤩 1mo

TrishB I mean it‘s glorious to Liverpool fans 😉 1mo

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 1mo

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Untitled | Untitled

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

kspenmoll ❤️😊 1mo

Bookwormjillk 😂 1mo

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1mo

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squirrelbrain 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

bookishbitch 😂😂😂 1mo

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Tamra 😂 1mo

MemoirsForMe Love this! 🤣 1mo

CarolynM Love it 🤣 1mo

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Untitled | Untitled

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

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

squirrelbrain ☹️😲🤦‍♀️ 1mo

Bookwomble 😮‍💨 1mo

kspenmoll 🙄🤷🏼‍♂️ 1mo

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Kitta 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau 🙄 1mo

Tamra Ugh 1mo

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 🤷‍♀️ 1mo

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. 😓 1mo

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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! 1mo

Leftcoastzen 😻😻👏 that is a beautiful shade of green on the warmers ! 1mo

TheSpineView YW! 💙🐈 1mo

dabbe 💙💚💙 1mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1mo

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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. 1mo

julesG #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView 1mo

TheSpineView Sounds fun. Great job!🤩📖📚 1mo

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sarahbarnes Great review 😆 1mo

monalyisha Sounds like exactly what I need! I bought it. 😉 Up next (after I finish Of Time & Turtles). Thank you! 1mo

julesG @sarahbarnes thanks 1mo

julesG @monalyisha that sounds interesting too. 1mo

CoffeeK8 Oh this is a fun series! 1mo

CarolynM Love the sound of this. I might try the first one🙂 1mo

Andrew65 Love getting through series. Well done 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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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. 1mo

julesG #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC 1mo

peanutnine Looking forward to this one! Effie was my favorite from book one 1mo

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No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding: A Novel | Catherine Mack

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A wedding on an island, with a storm rolling in and some tension between the guests and people in the wedding party; what could possibly go wrong? Eleanor, the writer of detective fiction, starts investigating.

Fourth wall breaks, an unreliable narrator, and quirky secondary characters make this a page turner. I cannot wait to see what will happen to Eleanor next, she's going on a retreat with some other crime writers next.

#NetGalley

julesG 2nd book in the Vacation Mysteries series #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView 1mo

TheSpineView Fantastic! ❤️📖📚 1mo

Andrew65 Excellent, think I need to catch up on my review books. 1mo

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Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies: A Novel | Catherine Mack

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Reminded me of "Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone" - unreliable narrator and fourth wall breaks.

The mystery was not only who is killing and why, but also who is the intended victim.

First book in the Vacation Mysteries series.

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TheSpineView Well done! 🤩📖📚 1mo

Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

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Human Remains: The gripping new thriller from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye | Jo Callaghan

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Third instalment of the series.

The main plot mystery is nothing surprising. The old case subplot though, makes you wonder whether Kat's career is based on lies.

The ending had a twist I had anticipated, but within that twist were surprising twists. (This will make sense once you've read it.)

It was equally interesting and unnerving to see how Lock evolved. What's next? A body for Lock?

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 🤩📖📚 1mo

Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 Not a series I know. 1mo

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The Smoke Hunter | Jacquelyn Benson

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Smoke Hunter is the novel that Benson turned into The Raiders of the Arcana series. I'm nosy and want to know what the story looked like.

BookmarkTavern I‘ll have to check this out! I like the Raiders of Arcana books! 2mo

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No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding: A Novel | Catherine Mack

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Off to a good start.

Pub Day was 13 May

Vacation Mysteries series book 2
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GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 I like her already! 2mo

Mollyanna Sounds like fun. Stacked Book one of the series. 2mo

julesG @Mollyanna book one is also very good. I should write a review 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Andrew65 😂😂😂🤔😱 2mo

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Serial Killer Games | Kate Posey

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Surprised, but in a good way.

Loved the humour, the serial killer vibes and discussions, the two social weirdos finding each other; the secondary characters were fleshed out, and there were a couple of twists I actually did not see coming.

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Dunk It sounds pretty good. Is it more of serious tone or comedic? 2mo

julesG @Dunk a bit of both - some tough backstory, a current serial killer, but also good banter 2mo

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Sweetpea | C.J. Skuse

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1) a few actually, CJ Skuse, Camilla Monk, Jordan L Hawk,...

2) thanks to @Oryx I'm currently making my way through this series

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 2mo

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Human Remains: The gripping new thriller from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye | Jo Callaghan

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Currently in Warwickshire.

Third book in the Kat and Lock series starts off with the titular Human Remains found on the muddy riverbank near a farm.

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squirrelbrain Oooh a new one! 2mo

julesG @squirrelbrain Yes, was published in April. 2mo

Andrew65 I‘ve been a bit north of you today in Northumberland in Belsay by LJ Ross. 2mo

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All Systems Red | Martha Wells

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Murderbot is not a mother, it doesn't have a gender or sex related part, but it's more of a mother than a lot of mothers I've read about lately.

You may tell me I'm wrong. 😉

Ruthiella Definitely agree. Murderbot cares for and protects their humans! 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have read the series, and agree…and sadly some of that is our socialization about what mothers do, should do, and fathers should not. But although Murderbot is genderless, I often find myself thinking of her as a her. And in my brain applying female pronouns. Which is not really a good thing, it does not want that label, they like themselves the way they are….my imposing a mental “she” is probably a factor that I need to work on. And ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ how sad is it really, when you think about it, that caring for other humans well-being is considered a feminine trait, and female traits are considered less than in our society. 😬. Ok, now I have depressed myself. Sorry for the ramble. 2mo

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ImperfectCJ Nurturing is (or should be) genderless. And I agree...Murderbot is one heck of a nurturer. I love being a mother and celebrating motherhood, but I wonder what things would be like if we had a day to celebrate nurturing regardless of gender? 2mo

ImperfectCJ @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I find myself thinking of Murderbot as "she", too. I've talked with my elder (nonbinary, adult) kid about this, and we hypothesized that maybe it depends on which aspects of Murderbot a reader relates to, and that perhaps the genderlessness of Murderbot makes it so the reader attributes their own gender to Murderbot. I think it's something to be curious about rather than feel bad about. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ImperfectCJ Thank you. I appreciate that. I do not have a non-binary adult to discuss these thoughts with….and have found myself wondering when I mentally gender a non-gendered fictional character if there is not a parallel between forcing my mental categories on someone fictional and forcing real live humans into a binary pattern they did not ask for either. Basically if I can not make that mental leap with a fictional character in a ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ Completely different world… it makes me worry a little about myself. And I am a the English speaking person that points out to people that “they” has been a singular pronoun forever when you do not know a specific gender. 2mo

Kitta I agree Murderbot has some mother-like characteristics! I can hold the duality of being a mother and being genderless together in my mind somehow. I don‘t really think of Murderbot as anything but an it? Maybe slightly male or masculine based on its presentation of itself? Interesting you both use female pronouns sometimes for it, that had never occurred to me! @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ImperfectCJ 2mo

BookmarkTavern I can see that! The exasperation and fondness as Murderbot has to take care of its humans! Thanks for posting! 2mo

julesG @Ruthiella @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ImperfectCJ @Kitta @BookmarkTavern - oh wow, didn't expect such interesting responses. As a speaker of German my mind often goes to the masculine pronoun when talking about Murderbot. The German word for "robot" is masculine, and that -sadly- also translates into English. I try to catch it, but it sometimes slips out. My children love to make fun of me for saying "he", but they know I know. 2mo

julesG Also, yes, it's sad that we associate nurturing mainly with the feminine. This needs to change, but it's a battle that won't change in my lifetime. 2mo

BookmarkTavern I never even considered how translations into languages with gendered nouns would shape someone‘s perception. That is so interesting! 2mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern I haven't read Murderbot in German. My son did and assures me the German "es" is used - gender neutral singular pronoun, like "it". But that darn word "Roboter" (robot) is masculine and keeps scrambling my brain. 2mo

BookmarkTavern I‘m going to have to hunt down a French translation and make my dad read it! 😂😂 2mo

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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science | Erika Engelhaupt

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Eventually got this. It's been on my list for ages.

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Dead Head | C. J. Skuse

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What a ride!!

Rhiannon is trying to be a better person, but it's hard. And life keeps throwing lemons at her.

The book ends with a cliffhanger and it's the beginning of the pandemic. That means book 4 is going to show her being stuck in lockdown and I don't think this will be good for her.

@Oryx - thanks for introducing me to Rhiannon

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TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩 2mo

Andrew65 Sounds excellent. Well done 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

Oryx Hurrah! I'm going to start the next one next weekend. I'm so glad you're enjoying them as much as I am. 2mo

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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping: A Cosy, Heartfelt Witchy Romance from the Author of the Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna

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Pub Day: 17th July 2025

It's been some time since I read a book that pulled me into the story so much that I forgot I was reading about fictional characters. Yes, sure, it's unlikely I'll meet a speaking fox in my life and there might not be real magic out there, but all the characters felt very real. Believable backstories, believable problems and struggles.

I want to visit Batty Hole Inn and hug all of them.

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BookmarkTavern I‘m so looking forward to this one! 2mo

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Men at Arms (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #MenAtArms AND #TheatreOfCruelty (in Blink of the Screen) next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on June 8th! Woohoo!

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

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Guards! Guards! (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

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Happy reading!

TheSpineView I'll be ready...seeing that I mixed up months. 🤦‍♀️🙄 2mo

julesG @TheSpineView at first I thought you were just starting early. Ah, well, you're prepared. Like me and BDB. 2mo

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BookmarkTavern LOLOL I WAS a month off! 😂😂😂 Welp, I‘m all ready for next month I guess. 2mo

julesG @BookmarkTavern you and @TheSpineView 😁 you could get a head start on the short story for next month. 😉 2mo

BookmarkTavern 🫡🫡 2mo

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Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook | Terry Pratchett

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook 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!

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TheSpineView On my TBR list for May. Looking forward to this one. 2mo

julesG @TheSpineView 😂😂 you got the April and May books mixed up? 2mo

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TheSpineView @julesG Sure did. 🙄😜 2mo

willaful @TheSpineView happens to me all the time. 2mo

TheSpineView @willaful 😋 2mo

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Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook | Terry Pratchett

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

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julesG Guess I'm the only one who read this? I listened to the audiobook which had some fun effects, like public announcements sounded like you're actually at the train station. Other than that it was mainly commentary on different places and people on Discworld. 2mo

kwmg40 None of the libraries I have access to had a copy and I wasn‘t sure this companion book was worth purchasing, so I‘m skipping it for now. Hope to get to it eventually if I can get hold of a copy. 2mo

julesG @kwmg40 You didn't miss much. Honestly. Mrs Bradshaw travels the Disc by train and writes her travel log. I didn't have the impression it added a lot to my knowledge of Discworld 2mo

kwmg40 Thanks. Good to know this one can be skipped without missing any really important Discworld info. I‘ve moved on to our next book, Guards, Guards, and enjoying the reread even more than my first read of it. 2mo

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