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Joined September 2016

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Today's charity shop haul. £5.60.

Pretty happy.

#charity #haul

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City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert
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"'But he's young"
"Yes, Celia dear. He is young - far younger than me, in fact. One of my greatest achievements, I daresay."

"Don't you get worried? There's got to be a lot of young dishes out there who want to put the moves on him."

"I don't worry about dishes, my dear. Dishes break."

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Light reading whilst on a sleep shift at work.

#tedbundy #annrule #truecrime #lightreading

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I had to put it down, out of excitement. Hundred pages in and we've had our first twist. Eeeepppppp.

#twist #crime

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Reading this whilst at work.

Cat must find out her father's connection to two murdered women more than a decade apart.

I love a crime novel every now and again.

Kendra.Diane Crime novels are my go to! 6y
originalembot So far this one is really good. 6y
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Just went to work for no reason, whoops, time to go home and tuck into this I think.

#dayoff #HarryPotter #Lazyday

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My Lovely Bestie bought me this, the currently out Illustrated editions and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for christmas. Currently tucking into A History of Magic and am completely fascinated.

#HarryPotter #pottermore #christmas #dumbledore #magic

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Ghostbusters | Nancy Holder

Hey, guys, I'm looking recommendations for my mother. She loves reading however has been physically unable because of Artheritis in her hands. And the local library is shockingly low on audiobook so I want to find her some spooky stories, she loves ghosts. What can you guys recommend. Thanks in advance.

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The Desert Spear | Peter V. Brett
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Reading on the train on way to work. Last shift that I'll have to train it to work.

I'm loving the Second Book in the Demon Cycle series. Kinda of happy that I don't know how i feel about Jadir.

#fantasy #commute

TrishB Great series 😀 he's a complex character! 7y
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The Painted Man | Peter V. Brett
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Damn, kinda sad this one ended but it's ok because the next one is right beside me. It's books like this that make me wonder how some people can't like books, this has everything, action, romance, suspense. It's fast paced and riveting.
5/5🌟

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Winter | Marissa Meyer
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Haven't posted in a while but wanted to share the books my besty got me for my birthday. Have been really spoilt. (Part 2)

#spoilt #birthday #hardbacks #excited

JoRead Love this! 😍😍 7y
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The Desert Spear | Peter V. Brett
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Haven't posted in a while but wanted to share the books my besty got me for my birthday. Have been really spoilt.

#birthday #fantasy #omg #spoilt

TrishB Happy birthday 🎉🎂 this is a fab series! 7y
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I'm on the Hobb Train, the Hobb Train.

Cannot wait to meet Robin Hobb next week. Ahh!!

#robin #hobb #meetandgreet #booksigning #waterstones #farseer

TrishB Me too 😀 my second time! Which one are you going to? 7y
originalembot Plymouth, Waterstones on the 6th. So excited. 7y
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The Witchfinder's Sister | Beth Underdown
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Book Haul from the other day, that I forgot to post. Have already read the comics and am nearly finished reading The Witch finders Sister. (Review to follow)

#bookhaul #hardbacks #comics

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Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty
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Has anyone else read this. I'm feeling so many emotions but mainly anger. Poor little Ziggy.

tpixie Yes. Why didn't anybody ask Ziggy if he knew who did it or what was going on at the very beginning ! nobody had the kids sit down and tell what happened !!! 7y
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Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty
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Having my own version of cosy reading night. Just finished one book and starting another. And got the kettle on bring it.

#cosyreadingnight

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Pickpick

I have no words to describe how i feel about the book right now.

#speechless

Prairiegirl_reading I'm looking forward to the movie. It seemed like a book that would lend itself well to the screen. Fingers crossed they don't mess it up! 😄 7y
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Saga, Vol. 4 | Brian K. Vaughan
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Friend book and recipe subscription arrived at the same time. Excited.

#cooking #comics #recipes #yummy

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Mehso-so

Tried pan fried Hallumi with homemade sweet chilli today from Simply Nigella. Tbh, it wasn't as flavoursome as I expected from her descriptions.

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Starting to take reviewing more seriously so am reading this book with a notebook beside me to make sure I remember bits I liked and bits I didn't like.

#reviews #noteworthy

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Rather sad list of books I have started but haven't finished due to reading slump. My life is sad. :(

#slump #fml

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Apple Tree Yard: A Novel | Louise Doughty
Mehso-so

Not sure how many stars to give this book. I enjoyed it but at the same time there were bits that I extremely disliked.

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Friend book this month.

M.E Thomas is a high functioning, non-cruminal sociopath. She is charismatic and successful. You would be charmed by her if you met her, might even be seduced by her. You would not realise that she is studying you to find your flaws, is ruthlessly manipulative and does not feel guilt or remorse. And since it is claimed that one in twenty-five of us are sociopaths, she could be your friend or your boss. She could be you.

CoverToCoverGirl Very intriguing.. 7y
ReadingOver50 That book sounds so great 7y
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Apple Tree Yard: A Novel | Louise Doughty
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Enjoying this very much. Main character is extremely relatable although we are nowhere near similar in age, nor would I do the things this character has done, however, I still feel a strong connection.

#BBC #gripping #chapter5

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White Princess | Philippa Gregory

Have been away from listy for more than a week as I had to send off my phone for repairs but so excited to be back. What have you guys been readying?

CoverToCoverGirl Welcome back! 😃 7y
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The Shadow Queen | CJ Redwine
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Mehso-so

Finished this the other day. It wasn't awful but it wasn't amazing. As someone who used to read alot of fanfic, it reads like a really well done one. However, there were times where I felt like maybe I had missed something just to find out nope it just jumps time.

This books only gets 3⭐⭐⭐ from me.

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The Shadow Queen | CJ Redwine

"A warrior doesn't focus on the odds stacked against her. She focuses on her heart, on her will to face the evil in her world and defeat it, and then she finds a way to do it."

This quote goes rather well with my Tattoo that says warrior that sits over my heart.

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Finally finished this book. I can't actually remember why I put it down. But it was just as good as her other novels, tho I will admit not feeling as much of a connection with Jacquetta as I did with the women in the novels that follow.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

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Saga, Volume 2 | Brian K Vaughan
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It finally arrived, excited!

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This has to be the best book I've ever been bought. I found Katherine to be a likeable person, whose love for her husband and her God remained strong despite all the hardships she faced throughout her time in England. I wouldn't change a thing about this book.

5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#history #henryviii #bestgiftever

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This book finally arrived yesterday and I'm already half way through. The pace is fast and witty. Can't wait to read the rest. It made me feel kinda sad when she spoke about Carrie Fisher as this book came out a few weeks before the sad events of the past week.

#Gilmoregirls #Carriefisher

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New bookmarks!!

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Reading at work. 3 hours of and 8 hour shift down. Getting sleepy. Time for coffee.

#work #coffee #history #hardback

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Reading the copy of Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen which was given to me by me best friend on my new book stand that was given to me by my sister. being spoilt this Christmas.

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Saga Volume 1 | Brian K Vaughan
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Saga is Life.

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Saga Volume 1 | Brian K Vaughan
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I wanna meet whoever thought these up, because they clearly have a weird and wonderful imagination.

#saga #odd #comics #artwork #loveit

Serotonin I was mildy disturbed when I saw them 😆 7y
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A description of my home town in 1501, when Katherine of Aragon first arrived in England.

#plymouth #historicalfiction #history #katherineofaragon

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The Widow | Fiona Barton
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Mehso-so

This book is ⭐⭐⭐ for me. For two reasons:
1) It started off extremely strong but nearly lost my attention towards the end.
2) Firm believer in trigger warnings and I would probably not have picked up or read this book had it had one. (Probably why they don't put them.)
This book will definately be going to a charity shop, sadly.

However, I did knock one of my TBR pile so go me!

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I had better do as it says!!

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Enjoyed the last ones so much I went straight out and bought the next set. Cannot believe I'm getting so into anime. My lovely Boyfriend recommended these ones to me.

#anime #fullmetal #alchemist #art #hooked

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Been really enjoying comic books lately, so decided to branch further out and get a manga. So far it's everything I hoped it would be.

#manga #comics #fullmetal #alchemist

Serotonin Good choice. This is one of my faves 👍 7y
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"Although I appreciate music, to this day I could not carry a tune if you tied it around my wrist for safekeeping." ?

Too true...

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"I looked upon him as one might upon a minor pagan God, earnestly desiring his goodwill, but never quite certain how to propitiate him."

Only a few pages in but got a feeling this book is going to be extremely quotable. ❤?

#dragons #pagangods

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Heartless | Marissa Meyer
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Being very spoilt this week. My boyfriend is going to buy me 2 new books a week up until Christmas. This week's picks are:

Heartless by Marissa Meyer
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Can't wait to dig my teeth into these and trying to decide which two books to pick next.

He's the best boyfriend a girl could ask for.

#truelove #christmas #boyfriend #presents

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American Vampire | Scott Snyder
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This is the first comic I have ever read and I am so glad I started with this one. The art work by Rafael Albuquerque is spectacular... and the writing from Scott Snyder and Stephen King is gripping. I can't wait to read more in this series.

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American Vampire | Scott Snyder
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My Bestie has given me access to her comic collection to get me out of my reading slump so I am enjoying my first ever comic book. And I am enjoying in immensely.

#comics #vampires #stephenking

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The Boyfriend took me to the cinema it was amazing.

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Grabbed this bad boy from my TBR pile. Enjoyed the first book in the series so hopefully this one is just as good.

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Eligible | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Absolutely adored this book. It was extremely witty and clever at times. And I was glad to see if followed the general principles of Pride and Prejudice whilst incorporating modern problems, such as, racism and LGBT rights.

I would have given this 5 Stars but I founds Mrs Bennett to extremely unlikeable with no redeeming qualities.

4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

LubicaP Co-signed! This is a big-hearted, well-written modern version of P&P and it will boost your mood. I laughed out lout several times. 7y
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The City I live in 💗