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March's End | Daniel Polansky
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It seemed to last forever ( but shorter than January 🙏🏻) and it meant lots of books although none of them really from deep in my TBR 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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I might try to track down a print copy but in the meantime I‘ve got Serial #hashtagbrigade

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Learning some things

TheBookHippie Such a great book. 1d
mcctrish @TheBookHippie my mind is blowing up 🤯 at some of the facts ( why and how the pill was formulated the way it is) and the actual numbers behind fertility 1d
TheBookHippie @mcctrish I‘ve purchased this for all my nieces and nephews -my kids & their teachers. I think I‘ve purchased over 30 copies since it was released. It‘s massively important read. (edited) 1d
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mcctrish @TheBookHippie every young person should read this and everyone else 1d
TheBookHippie @mcctrish I completely agree. 1d
AmyG I‘d say required reading for HS but not a remote chance now. 1d
mcctrish @AmyG 😢 1d
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Reading on my prep at school

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Written 20 years ago, PR creates an alternative past for the US that hits way different in 2025 than it must have in 2005. As powerful as The Handmaids Tale and just as freaking scary

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I love this fantasy world

dabbe Fantasy is much needed these days. 🩵💙🩵 2d
mcctrish @dabbe absolutely living in a dream world 2d
TheBookHippie Check your EMAIL 😘 2d
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mcctrish Oh Christine @TheBookHippie you are the BEST ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2d
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The Murder of Mr. Ma | SJ Rozan, John Shen Yen Nee
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Set in 1920‘s London, involving the murder of a Chinese man that was beneath the police to investigate. Two very different Chinese men combine forces to investigate the murder and find themselves looking for a serial killer. Absolutely needs to be made into a BBC tv series

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My take away so far ( last 1/4 of ACOWAR) Feyre chooses to be kind over and over again despite warnings and common sense. The world needs this kind of energy. All of us live here and all of us belong. If your actions keep someone down then you aren‘t living your best life. #teamfeyre #girlpower #choosekind

CatLass007 Awesome world view! 3d
ReadingRachael 👏👏👏 3d
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Fridays | Andrew Johns
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#5joysfriday 1. It‘s Friday #praisebe and my mini pack of Canadian wine order came 2. Fairy porn aka ACOWAR 3. Spring art with a grade 1 class because 4. Spring is psycho 5. Federal election is a go and I have mostly positive feelings that the Liberals will win ( the premier of Alberta is bonkers for trump and sinking the conservative ship 🤞🏻🤞🏻 with her nonsense)

AlaMich My fingers are crossed for you! 🇨🇦 4d
AmyG What @AlaMich said. Good luck. 4d
TheBookHippie Fingers crossed!!!!!! 4d
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Aims42 May the odds ever be in your favor 🤞 4d
Bookwormjillk 🤞🤞🤞 4d
Deblovestoread May sanity prevail in Canada! 🇨🇦 4d
kspenmoll To a sane CA! 4d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4d
Prairiegirl_reading I‘ll be voting Liberal for the first time in my life. However I‘m concerned about this call that the orange 💩 is so happy about today. They cannot bend the knee. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 4d
LiseWorks Aha! @Prairiegirl_reading me too about voting Liberal. I like Carnie, I wish he could have been longer at the job to show us what he can do. Finally, a place where I can talk politics lol 4d
mcctrish @Prairiegirl_reading @LiseWorks here‘s hoping it‘s smooth sailing for Carnie and the political drama eases up 4d
Prairiegirl_reading @mcctrish 🤞🏻🤞🏻 3d
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Happy almost Friday! Celebrating with a slutty red and fairy porn #livingmybestlife

JenReadsAlot Perfect! 5d
Aims42 Cheers!! I‘m having a glass of red wine because today…. Wow. Today was a DAY! 💀🪦 5d
mcctrish @Aims42 yay you!!! So many days now feel like DAYS! 😣 5d
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mcctrish @JenReadsAlot I ordered this wine especially 😇 5d
Aims42 @mcctrish So true 🙌 But, tomorrow is a new day, and red wine is high in antioxidants so tonight is for re-charging and relaxing 🪫✨🔋 (edited) 5d
mcctrish @Aims42 antioxidants for the win 5d
JenReadsAlot What kind is it? 5d
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I blasted through ACOMAF and I‘m rereading it while #littensloveacotar continues the 3 chapters a day buddy read but I‘m weak and have started ACOWAR

JenReadsAlot So good! 1w
mcctrish @JenReadsAlot I love this world so much 1w
StayCurious I‘m looking forward to that one 5d
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Starting a new Lego set

AmyG Oh…you got this one. I just saw it on IG. Have fun! 1w
mcctrish @AmyG I was supposed to build it in February, better late than never 🤣 1w
ImperfectCJ I read this novel a million years ago (okay, more like 20), and I remember liking it (or at least I remember it having an impact on me). I wonder how it would feel to read it in 2025. 1w
mcctrish @ImperfectCJ my husband met up with a friend from out of town and they were talking about books they‘d each read recently, this was one of the friend‘s. I got it on audio and my hubby got it in print. I was surprised how old it was ? and truthfully it‘s feeling a little Handmaids Tale to me in that 20 yrs ago I‘d have been wow and now I‘m like “f¥€£” 1w
Leftcoastzen I need to revisit this one . Roth was a difficult person , amazing writer. I bet it feels too close to reality now. 1w
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Mondays | Gee Johnson
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Rainy Mondays call for staying in bed

Bookwormjillk Sounds like what I need too. 1w
TheBookHippie It‘s SNOWING here….❄️❄️❄️❄️😂 1w
AmyG Ha! 1w
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mcctrish @Bookwormjillk we can all go together 1w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie it‘s going to do all the weathers here today 1w
mcctrish @AmyG come with me 1w
AmyG Ha! i‘m IN. 1w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1w
kspenmoll Sounds like an idyllic summer! I‘m in! 1w
mcctrish @kspenmoll it‘s going to be so great 1w
Librarybelle That sounds perfect! 1w
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1w
mcctrish @Librarybelle the more the merrier 1w
mcctrish @Ruthiella the hive mind will help with murder solving 1w
kwmg40 I'm actually going to be visiting a picturesque coastal town in England in a couple of weeks. If I'm really lucky, I'll get to solve a murder while I'm there! 😂 1w
mcctrish @kwmg40 a girl can dream #vacationgoals 1w
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A Great Country: A Novel | Shilpi Somaya Gowda
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Told over 2 weeks, an immigrant family faces off against the American dream and learns the cost in real time. I fluctuated between wanting to scream and wanting to cry, I was crying by the end.

Leftcoastzen Sounds good though! 1w
AlaMich Yes, the screaming/crying pretty much sums up the mood of many here in the US. 😞 1w
mcctrish @Leftcoastzen it really is a great story! Totally presents different perspectives ( recent immigrants, police, parents, children) in completely empathetic ways. 1w
mcctrish @AlaMich it was not a relaxing read based on subject matter and current climate but important for those reasons 1w
kspenmoll Stacked. 1w
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A Great Country: A Novel | Shilpi Somaya Gowda
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Reading in bed all day. Probably. I don‘t know whether I want to rage or cry at this book.

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Fridays | Andrew Johns
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#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I have been coveting these leopard sambas FOREVER and the universe heard me at last 2. Canadian wine order coming soon ( we make good wine in Ontario) 3. I taught art in grade 1 today and we did mixed media daffodils ??4. Spring is so mean sometimes 5. Drinking Ontario rosé and eating Canadian Cheezies while I type this #livingthedream this week felt long! I hope all of you are having a great Friday

dabbe I hear ya on #4, though for the exact opposite reason. 🩵💙🩵 2w
ShelleyBooksie Love the daffodils!! 2w
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mcctrish @ShelleyBooksie I hung them up in the hall and they look so good! 2w
LeahBergen Love the Sambas!! 2w
Aims42 Cheers to making it through this week! 🍷 2w
mcctrish @LeahBergen all day I looked at my feet and was happy 2w
mcctrish @Aims42 I‘m not kidding when I say that when I went to bed on Tuesday night I thought “thank god it‘s the weekend tomorrow” and then realized how wrong I was 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Oh no!! I hate when that happens to me, it‘s the worse! 😖😫😩 The universe then cracks her knuckles and is like, “Hold my beer” and the week just crawls by 🐌🐌🐌 2w
peaKnit I love those Sambas, mine seem so simple now lol! 2w
mcctrish @peaKnit ❤️ 2w
TheBookHippie So fun having snow in the forecast again 😵‍💫😅🤦🏻‍♀️❄️ 2w
TheBookHippie Love the art! 2w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie flakes just flew by my window 😭😭😭 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish ours starts tomorrow they say 😵‍💫 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1w
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The Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS
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Oh #hashtagbrigade how I loved this
An early work of detective fiction with a gothic vibe that kicks off with an unknown woman dressed completely in white on the run from an asylum. Oh what a wicked web we weave …… so many bizarre over the top characters doing nefarious things ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I laughed and I railed and I held my breath assuming the worst at all times while the good guys tried to triumph.

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w
Ruthiella Isn‘t this book AWESOME! 🤩 No other Collins‘ title that I‘ve read this far has quite measured up, but I did also really enjoy The Moonstone and 2w
mcctrish @Ruthiella my husband read Moonstone in uni and really liked it 2w
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If You See a Bluebird | Bahram Rahman
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I read this at school today. Nothing like being blindsided by a story you are reading aloud and wanting to sob but managing a poignant pause and pulling yourself together

TheBookHippie I‘ve done that before. 💙 2w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie bloody thing should come with a warning 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish yes. I read this aloud and refugees from Pakistan were listening 😭😭😭😭😭 however the children are use to me tearing up 😅 2w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie I knew I would have kids who were from Kabul and I did 💔 quite a few gasps “that is my country “ 2w
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 😫😫😫😫 2w
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This follows George through his life, he‘s a likeable child, his uni years are good too. You like George, it‘s a great audio book. Adulthood hits and there is this undercurrent to George, and I am not liking him so much. He isn‘t mean, but he‘s thoughtless. I am raging at my audio book. FFS George, get it together
It‘s well written. I enjoyed it when I wasn‘t raging 😂😂

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Deep End | Ali Hazelwood
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So spicy. I love AH

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The Midnight Feast | Lucy Foley
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I really struggled with this one ( a Christmas gift) when I really enjoyed The Guest List previously. I hated everybody so not a lot of desire to read it. But the ending was good so I‘m glad I finished it

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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Oh what a wild ride this series is!!!

JenReadsAlot I just finished the series and enjoyed it way more than I thought I would! 3w
mcctrish @JenReadsAlot I‘m trying to decide how long I can wait before starting ACOWAR 3w
JenReadsAlot Tomorrow?! Lol. That was my favorite book. 3w
maich Indeed🤣 3w
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Fridays | Andrew Johns
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#5joysfriday it‘s been a glorious week of nothing much thanks to March Break. 1. I finished Mona and hung her in my bedroom ( a little gallery wall moment is happening) 2. John and I went out to dinner Wednesday to a new place in the ‘hood ( no pics) and breakfast on Thursday to an old place 3. I had a massage, got my haircut and my nails done and walked to a McDonald‘s for a fountain Diet Coke because I could 4. It was 11° C yesterday

AmyG Mona Lisa looks great! 3w
mcctrish so I dragged the lounger onto to the deck to read on ( today it‘s going to 18° ?) 5. So much reading time is happening - on my kindle, audio and print #livingmybestlife laughing out loud with #hashtagbrigade daily makes my life “dead ladies can‘t do crimes” #iykyk ???????? 3w
mcctrish @AmyG I am so happy with her 3w
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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 3w
mcctrish @AnnCrystal it‘s all downhill now until summer 🤣🤣🤣 3w
AnnCrystal @mcctrish Oh no, no, no 🤔 hopefully not 🌞💝. 3w
Deblovestoread Love your gallery wall! Glad you had such a good week. 3w
TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! It‘s allll so lovely!!!! What a great week! 3w
Bookwormjillk The Woman In White was the distraction I needed this month! 3w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3w
Prairiegirl_reading Nice!!!! I‘m so jealous! I can‘t wait to read outside!!!! 3w
mcctrish @Deblovestoread I have so many other walls to rejig now 🤣🤣 domino effect 3w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie it‘s going to be hard to go back to routines 😢 3w
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk the whole book has been a delightful surprise 🤍🤍 3w
mcctrish @Prairiegirl_reading now we have thunderstorms and winter will be back Monday ( or 4th winter/mud season ) but it was fun while it lasted 3w
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The Midnight Feast | Lucy Foley
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Just flipping between an audio book, buddy read books and my just for fun book

dabbe I don't see much snow; could spring be around the corner? 💚💚💚 3w
mcctrish @dabbe it‘s still there, I shovelled the snow away from my front steps because my fruit cellar is underneath and I didn‘t want the melting snow to run in and make everything wet. It was absolutely lovely yesterday and Friday will be 17°C. Next week it all goes to hell again with 4th winter 3w
dragondrool Our snow finally is mostly gone. We had around 30 inches last month. While snowblowing my driveway with the first round, my knee blew out on me (torn meniscus). My family had to help with the bulk of clearing those inches. I missed a week of school. Not the best way to get extra reading time, though. 3w
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dabbe @mcctrish Holy guacamole, Batman! Hope all is well with the fruit cellar and that next week is not too snow-hellish. We're getting our last winter-weather with rain for the rest of the week; rain is absolutely precious and necessary in this desert. 3w
dabbe @dragondrool Oh, no! Hope you can rest and heal up asap! 🩵💙🩵 3w
mcctrish @dragondrool holy smokes that‘s awful! I hope you aren‘t in pain. Is rest all you need to do? Winter sucks 3w
mcctrish @dabbe rain is precious, enjoy it all 3w
dragondrool @mctrish They won't think about doing an MRI until after 6 to 8 weeks of physical therapy because insurance balks. So they send you for PT, and they make an educated guess. And you hope it is right and doesn't get worse in the meantime. I go back to ortho on April 10. Hopefully, I will then get a scan that shows soft tissue. Because there may be some ligament or tendon stuff along with the cartilage, be ir sprain, tear, or strain. 3w
dragondrool It's stupid that you have to treat based on guesses when scans exist. My guess is the physical therapy is at least if not more expensive than the MRI. I'm doing okay. I'm walking on it now, but some days it really hurts from walking on all that concrete at school all day. I did get an xray when I first went in. The bones are fine. 3w
dragondrool Hopefully I can avoid surgery. 3w
dragondrool @dabbe Thanks! It's coming along. Just slow healing. Good thing I've got a very large home library for amusement during healing. That's a good problem to have. 3w
mcctrish @dragondrool school surfaces are brutal. I know we can have waiting times for MRI‘s here - I wonder if swelling plays into it with the MRI and they want it to be reduced so they get a clearer picture ( and insurance wants lower costs too) I hope you mend quickly regardless 3w
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Artsy Cats puzzling

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🧩🐈🆒💝. 3w
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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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Caffeinating up this morning to stay on top of all my reading 🤣 I love March Break! Truthfully I‘m not sure how much longer I can stick to the 3 chapters a day with #littensloveacotar I need to know all the things but I want to talk about all the things #thestruggleisreal

maich Same for me. It's hard to wait when I'm so curious😁 3w
Read4life I agree! I‘m itching to read more. Enjoy your break!! 3w
mcctrish @maich @Read4life I have extra time on my hands so it‘s hard not to park myself and READ IT ALL 🤣🤣 3w
StayCurious @mcctrish @maich @Read4life feel free to read ahead and at your own pace! Just try not to put down spoilers in our discussions. But I agree- this one is begging to be binged. 3w
mcctrish @StayCurious I‘m afraid of mixing it all up but then I thought I could just skim whatever are chapters are to be sure - so far I‘m still with the group 3w
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I started this today - very easy listening

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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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I loved listening to Orbital! What an amazing tribute to earth and humankind. Mona is finished and ready to be hung up

AmyG Oooooo. I love it! 3w
mcctrish @AmyG now the hard part, wandering around the house deciding where to hang it ( I think I‘m putting it in my bedroom but ….) 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝. 3w
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Tamra Wasn‘t the audio wonderful?! I loved it too. 💙 3w
mcctrish @Tamra it was so wonderful 3w
Deblovestoread Beautiful! 3w
mcctrish @Deblovestoread I love it so much 3w
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Oh I loved this cozy story about the power of books to unite all of the people

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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Continuing down the ACOTAR rabbit hole - a bit spicier to start and a bit sad

ShelleyBooksie Gorgeous tulips 3w
mcctrish @ShelleyBooksie they are a fundraiser for a local agency called Safe Space that is volunteer run and helps sex workers, allies, and women and non-gender defining folx ( and had their budget cut by the city because “they were only supposed to be temporary “ 🤦🏻‍♀️) 3w
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Fridays | Andrew Johns
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#5joysfriday TGIF 1. I did art with 2 grade 1 classes this week and in one class we painted robins and I put them up on the Artis-tree today 2. A friend makes book memory ornaments filled with all the books you read in a year, mine arrived this week ❤️❤️ 3. Pancake day is always delicious 4. Canada is getting her sass on 5. This meme speaks to me but I‘m more of a 3 days of rest person at this point 🙏🏻 it‘s March Break this week

dabbe 💚🩶💚 4w
Aims42 “Canada is getting her sass on” 🤣 I cackled at that. Atta girl, Canada, I don‘t blame you one bit! 🤍❤️🇨🇦 (edited) 4w
AnnCrystal 🤍🇨🇦❤️💝💝💝. 4w
Deblovestoread Sassy 🇨🇦! Love it! 4w
DebinHawaii Wonderful joys! 💛💛💛 Love the robins in the tree & I‘m an overachiever on the lazy days too! 😉 3w
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Week End! 🎉🎉🎉 and March Break is a go 🙏🏻

Aims42 I thought of you as I sat down on my couch with my bowl of snacks, my 7&7 and my book 😆 Hello, weekend!! 4w
mcctrish @Aims42 Cheers to a weekend with great choices like these ❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 4w
Aims42 @mcctrish Enjoy your much needed break!! 💛🧡🩷 4w
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dabbe Yay to a fabulous week! 💚🩶💚 4w
marleed Nice - enjoy! 4w
mcctrish @dabbe @marleed it‘s all ahead of me right now #thepossibilitiesareendless 😴😴😴😴 4w
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Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Every audio book I‘ve started this year I have bailed on for a variety of reasons. Some haven‘t been great, all have been clawed back by the library but it‘s mainly been more anxiety driven. I want quiet in my brain when I walk, clean, cook. Today I thought I‘d try again since my hold for Orbital is almost over. I‘ve tackled the mountain of ironing and now I‘m tackling Mona

AmyG I love seeing what you build! Please show us when you are done. Mona Lisa? 🙌🏻 (edited) 4w
mcctrish Oh for sure @AmyG I stalled out when I wasn‘t listening to anything - I felt guilty Lego-ing without a book 🤦🏻‍♀️ but I am whipping through Orbital and so many passages are just grabbing at me so Mona will be finished soon 4w
AnnCrystal 🤩👍🏼💝. 4w
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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros
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I don‘t know what I am going to do with myself now

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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros
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Pretending it‘s the weekend

Aims42 Haha! Same here, my friend 🤪 4w
Tamra These days I need every single day to be Saturday. 😅 4w
mcctrish @Aims42 I actually thought we were closer 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4w
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mcctrish @Tamra spring break is next week, thanks be to all of the things 4w
dabbe Yay for Spring Break! 💚💛💚 4w
mcctrish @dabbe I just want to sleep 4w
dabbe @mcctrish I can only imagine these days. Do whatever you need to do to recharge! Snuggling under the covers = pure heaven! 💚🩶💚 4w
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The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS
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Loving our latest #hashtagbrigade

GinaKButler I loved this one! 1mo
Bookwormjillk Me too! The characters are great. 1mo
WildAlaskaBibliophile So good!! 1mo
mcctrish @GinaKButler @WildAlaskaBibliophile you get swept into it so fast 1mo
mcctrish @Bookwormjillk the characters ARE great ❤️❤️ 1mo
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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros
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Taking a Diet Coke break

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage *goes off looking for diet coke* 1mo
mcctrish @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage it makes everything better 1mo
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Nosy Parker | Lesley Crewe
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I LOVE this book. A bit of Harriet the Spy wrapped up in a coming of age story set in Montreal in the late 60‘s. Audrey Parker is befriended by a neighbourhood when she and her father move into a duplex in Notre Dame de Grâce. All the stars and all the love for this glorious story

rubyslippersreads You had me at Harriet the Spy. 🔎📓 1mo
mcctrish @rubyslippersreads I hope you love it! This is my favourite book of 2025 1mo
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Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros
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It‘s 5 pm on Ontario‘s election night. Some might say I‘m self medicating. They‘d be right. Despite making idiotic campaign promises & never following up on them. Selling off green belt land to cronies, slashing health care and education budgets, spending bazillions of tax payer money to break contracts, negotiate deals with foreign investors and driving the province into a hole people will still vote for him because they are ignorant and selfish

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TheKidUpstairs I feel you. I live in a very, very Conservative area. It feels so disheartening, especially the complete lack of understanding of what is federal vs provincial politics. The amount of people around here who will vote for another Ford government because they don't like Trudeau, and then say that they don't like Trudeau because of failing healthcare and lockdowns. It makes me want to scream. 1mo
mcctrish @TheKidUpstairs I was saying to my husband this is what happens when people don‘t get the paper or watch the news. The just pay attention to reels and sound bites. It took all of my self control today at school to not say “are you stupid ? “ to 2 teachers who went into the voting space to ask if they could vote even though it wasn‘t their riding. We teach this, FFS 1mo
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TheKidUpstairs I don't know what it's been like where you are, but the whole process has been a mess here. My voting card didn't arrive in the mail until yesterday, so many people didn't get them. And then the workers at the voting stations were given contradictory information on what to do with no voting cards. Lots of people got turned away from the early voting because they didn't have a card and only had one piece of ID. 1mo
TheKidUpstairs And people wonder why the early voting turn out was so low? 1mo
TheKidUpstairs And now I'm just getting myself all worked up at work. I'm going to need one of those glasses of wine when I get home! 1mo
Suet624 Oh gosh. I‘m sorry you‘re going through this too. 1mo
mcctrish AND @Suet624 we have a federal election coming hard on the heels of this provincial one - first a new leader to be elected for Liberal party and then a Canada wide shit show 1mo
mcctrish @TheKidUpstairs I am not handling my emotions well right now 1mo
JenniferEgnor Feeling your pain in America. 1mo
AlaMich Sounds very familiar to us south of the Canada-US border. 😞 1mo
mcctrish @AlaMich DoFo loved Trump until he started talking tariffs 1mo
Susanita My brother and sister-in-law moved to Windsor in 2000. They‘re not fans of Doug Ford! 1mo
AnnCrystal ✊🏼😘🙏🏼💝. 1mo
Jas16 Sending love and support. It is such a terrifying time politically in so many places. 1mo
mcctrish @Susanita it‘s over before it started 😭 1mo
Tamra Big big sigh. Seems to be a pandemic of narcissism. I‘m exhausted. 1mo
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The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Read with #hashtagbrigade and despite some parts being hard to read on an emotional/historical level I LOVED IT! I hope Esther went on to live a good life

TheBookHippie I read the covers off mine as a teen 😊 1mo
mcctrish @TheBookHippie SP really does portray the young female voice and life so well 1mo
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Nosy Parker | Lesley Crewe
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Next up for #hyggehour I‘m laughing out loud on the first page #booksbringmejoy 🇨🇦

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Fishbowl | Bradley Somer
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🇨🇦 what an absolute roller coaster ride of a delightful book! We meet 5 people and a fish who live at the Seville on Roxy and follow the chaotic domino effect of choices they all make/have made leading up to the 30 minutes we spend with them and see how it all plays out. So much fun, what an adrenaline rush this story is

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From Dust to Stardust | Kathleen Rooney
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#sundaybuddyread historical fiction about the early days of the movies transitioning to talkies, based on the life of Colleen Moore. I don‘t know why I couldn‘t get into this, I‘m not sure I‘d have finished it without the group. Maybe the movie theme again, maybe the waste and abuse of power? Right at the end the museum curator says she wants to show Doreen‘s movies in another exhibit as a tie in but most of them are gone. The type of film ⬇️

mcctrish used in the early days of silent film basically combusted. Even when people knew this nothing was done to transfer much of the early films in time. This seems like metaphor for the US itself, always onto the next thing, never being reflective, always reinvention, not preservation. 1mo
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My Friday night. I was so tired all week and last night was the same. I stayed awake long enough to finish ACOTAR ahead of the #littensloveromance buddy read. I was starting to see too many spoiler reels on FB ( how does meta know what I‘m reading? 🤔) I quite like this romantasy rabbit hole I‘ve gone down and I think we are reading the second one together too ❤️❤️🎉

kspenmoll Your tulips! 🌷 1mo
mcctrish @kspenmoll my boys treated me- they saw I‘d put flowers on my grocery list and noticed I‘d come home without them 🌷🌷 we are in hard core buy tulips season to survive the final dregs of winter now 1mo
bookandbedandtea Awww what sweet boys you have! 💙 1mo
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mcctrish @bookandbedandtea they are my favourites this week 😂 1mo
AnnCrystal Sweet 🤩🌷💝. 1mo
mcctrish @AnnCrystal a treat for me for sure 1mo
KadaGul @mcctrish It honestly seems like FB/Insta can read my mind 🧠before I even think 🤔 about it 😱🫣 1mo
mcctrish @KadaGul it‘s kind of creepy but I‘m not not enjoying all the reels 🤣🤣 1mo
quietlycuriouskate Your set-up there is nigh on idyllic! 1mo
mcctrish @quietlycuriouskate it will be when I don‘t have to look at snow anymore 1mo
quietlycuriouskate @mcctrish fair point: we so rarely get snow here (SW UK) that it looks magical to me. 1mo
mcctrish @quietlycuriouskate your weather does baffle me 🤣 or maybe it‘s all weather I live in London ON and I‘m geographically lower than you on a map #whydoihavethesnow 1mo
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Part of Your World | Abby Jimenez
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Inhaled another book, AJ writes a fast and easy romance with a touch of magic

LoverOfLearning Some great picks! 1mo
PurpleyPumpkin Wow, what a great reading month you‘re having!👍🏽 1mo
mcctrish @PurpleyPumpkin it‘s been a long, cold, snowy winter 1mo
PurpleyPumpkin Boy, has it ever! ❄️ Good for you for taking advantage of the cozy days. And the sun is coming…☀️ 1mo
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Part of Your World | Abby Jimenez
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Long weekends are the BEST

LoverOfLearning Oh lucky! Enjoy! 1mo
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The Book Swap | Tessa Bickers
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This is touted as a love letter to books and reading so that‘s why I bought it. The story is told from 2 points of view, Erin and James, it was a slow start for me - both of them unhappy with jobs, parents, romance and not feeling too likeable, not bad just down. Slowly the changes start and slowly the light gets in and all the books and notes and new perspectives start. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

TEArificbooks Love the snow 1mo
dabbe I just adore your space. 🩶💚🩶 1mo
mcctrish @TEArificbooks it‘s all yours 1mo
mcctrish @dabbe a little oasis in a snowy nightmare 1mo
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Getting my Buddy reads read for tomorrow- The Bell Jar and ACOTAR are really engaging me, I‘m having a hard time with my other reads 🤷🏻‍♀️ there are worst problems to have on a snowy long weekend when the whole night can be #hyggehour

AnnCrystal 🤩 Cheese Puffs 😋💝. 1mo
mcctrish @AnnCrystal Canadian Cheezies nothing puffy about them, they have crunch 1mo
AnnCrystal @mcctrish double yummy 😋👍💝💝💝. (edited) 1mo
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The Book Swap | Tessa Bickers
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Sunday morning caffeination is a go

AnnCrystal ☕📚💝. 1mo
LoverOfLearning I adore cozy romance books like this especially on audio! 1mo
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#7 in the Gamache series and I loved it! The art talk especially but also how important hope is 🇨🇦

Tamra I‘m listening to this one. 😊 1mo
mcctrish @Tamra ❤️❤️ 1mo
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