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rabbitprincess

Joined May 2016

“Reading & sauntering & lownging & dozing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.“ -- David Hume
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Pickpick

A low Pick for this one because it was a bit denser than the other D&D books I‘ve read so far (which have more bite-sized chunks of information). I did make note of a few interesting character background options and the history of the Moonshaes.

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Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson
Pickpick

I once again rocketed ahead of the buddy read for this because I could not stop reading! This was a bit longer than the first book, Mistborn, so it was a bit more of an effort in places, but WOW am I really loving this world.

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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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#BookSpinBingo list for March 2025 is set! The one constant this year is the #CosmereBuddyRead 😂

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6d
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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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My March 2025 #Roll100 picks:
51. L‘armée furieuse (Vargas)
90. Doctor Who: The Time Monster (Dicks)
74. Dancing at Lughnasa (Friel)

PuddleJumper Happy reading! 5d
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Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson
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Went to the movies yesterday. There was a bookstore nearby, so I decided to continue stocking up for the #CosmereBuddyRead 😂 I am OBSESSED @JacqMac 😄

JacqMac 😂 Nice! 6d
rabbitprincess @JacqMac The only books I won‘t have to buy are books 4, 5 and 6 of Mistborn (The Alloy of Law etc.) because Tor.com offered them as free ebooks a while back 😄 5d
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Pickpick

This was a fun collection of bits and bobs. I found a bunch of neat spells that of COURSE my current character (a Cleric) can‘t actually use 😂 Also liked Xanathar‘s asides and the disclaimer on the copyright page.

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Pickpick

It‘s neat to read this now that I have the 2024 ruleset to see what made it into the new rules. The chapter on « group patrons » was cool too for presenting ways to bring the party together rather than just meeting in a tavern ?

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Pickpick

A great assortment of essays, speeches and book reviews. My faves included one about the author‘s Belgian grandfather‘s family, one about using Stephen Leacock‘s work to understand the author‘s British grandfather, and a surprising little treat about my fave dinosaur, Parasaurolophus.

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Me and Murder, She Wrote | Peter S Fischer
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Found via Discord. This made me nearly spray water all over my phone 🤣🤣🤣

julesG I think this might tickle your funny bone 😉 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG 🤣 bringing together my two loves! 4w
rabbitprincess @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG This is truly the crossover I didn‘t know I needed 🤣🤣 4w
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Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson
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Vin says she couldn‘t have loved Kelsier because « he was old, for one thing ».
Elend: I seem to recall you made fun of my age, as well.
Vin: That‘s different. You‘re only a few years older than me—Kelsier was ancient.
Elend: Vin, 38 is not ancient.
Vin: Close enough.

Ouch, guess I will be Ancient + 1 this year ?

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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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February 2025 #BookSpinBingo list is ready. Looking forward to tomorrow‘s numbers!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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Managed to get a bingo on my January 2025 #BookSpinBingo (column G). I could probably have squeezed in a book I own to get a second bingo, but I have an assignment due tomorrow and need to focus on that 😅

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Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson
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I don‘t think I‘ve ever exclaimed « Holy shit! » (in a good way) so much at a book in my life. The world that Sanderson has built is super neat and this story was such a wild ride. Glad for the #CosmereBuddyRead to get me started with Sanderson‘s work ?

rabbitprincess Also @JacqMac I‘ve totally already started The Well of Ascension 😂 4w
JacqMac I started it early, too. I‘m so sucked in. Lol 4w
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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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#Roll100 picks for February 2025: non-fiction, sci-fi, and a mystery!

British Sea Power (Howarth)

Horror of Glam Rock (Magrs)

Quand sort la recluse (Vargas)

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A Man and His Cat 12 | Umi Sakurai
Pickpick

I love this series! Mr Kanda agonizes over which cat tree to get Fukumaru and makes a new online friend. I always read these books with a smile and very often cry a little bit (this book is no exception).

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Treasure Hunt | Molly Keane
Pickpick

I nearly gave up on this in the first few pages because of the wildly descriptive beginning. Then I read this was adapted from a play by Keane, so I was able to see that as the stage directions for Act 1, Scene 1. And then the action started. The love triangle was not for me, but I very much liked Aunt Anna Rose.

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Was out shopping today and decided to stock up for later on in the #CosmereBuddyRead 😂
(There is no way in heck I could finish these from the library)

JacqMac They are so huge! I cant wait. lol 2mo
rabbitprincess @JacqMac I hope Wind and Truth is published in mass market eventually because it would be painful for me in hardcover 😂 2mo
kwmg40 I'd read these three when they were first published but never got around to the next book. I may join the #CosmereBuddyRead when you all get to that point. I just hope I'll still remember the characters and plot details at that point! 😂 1mo
rabbitprincess @kwmg40 Yay I hope you do join us! And I hope I can claw out just enough room in my thesis schedule to keep up 😅 1mo
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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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This week for my #FiveJoysFriday:
1. Spent most of the week working on a jigsaw puzzle: a rainbow of buildings in Copenhagen (artist: Martin Schwartz)
2. Played board games with my nephew last weekend
3. My partner and I ordered a board game table that can be converted to a dining table
4. My favourite Triscuits were on sale 😋
5. Made great progress on a work project and received encouragement on it 💪🏼

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This was pretty dang cute. The KITTENS 🥺 There are only three volumes in this series (at least according to Goodreads) so I will finish it up sharpish. Thanks @JenlovesJT47 for the rec 😻

JenlovesJT47 Aww yay I‘m glad you liked it! Seriously the cutest freaking thing I‘ve ever seen 😻😻😻 2mo
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Eye of Heaven | Jim Mortimore
Mehso-so

A high So-So verging on low Pick. For the most part, Leela, who narrates most of the chapters, is rendered well, but her knowledge of sailing ships is not plausible to me (those bits felt like “research“). I also found the story was told just enough out of order to be disorienting chronologically.

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The Survivors | Nicholas Briggs
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Dalek Empire 3.3: The Survivors was my December pick for #12BooksOf2024. It was a really good listen and has me racing through this story arc a little faster than I normally read audiobooks!

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The Fearless Organization was my November pick for #12BooksOf2024. I borrowed an e-copy from the library and did a LOT of highlighting -- and then it got returned automatically when the loan was up 😂 I'll have to borrow it again to get the highlights back.

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Demons | Nicholas Briggs
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This was such a good installment of Dalek Empire! David Tennant does an excellent job as Galanar, and the dramatic cliffhangers continue to pile up. I refreshed my memory of earlier Dalek Empire arcs, and this is building on the story really well.

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The Inshore Squadron | Alexander Kent
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Overall, I'd say this was a Pick. The pace was good for a historical novel, and I enjoyed reading about the Battle of Copenhagen given that I visited the city this past summer. The only downside to this book: few female characters, and what ones exist are not well rounded. (I don't expect many given the setting, but it would be nice for the ones there ARE to be interesting.)

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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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Hoping to be a more regular participant in #FiveJoysFriday this year! Here‘s this week‘s roundup:

1. Excited to be participating in the #CosmereBuddyRead 😊

2. Going out for dinner with friends tonight 🍽️

3. My friend knitted me a lovely pair of dark blue cabled socks 🧦

4. Saw my nephew on Tuesday! 💙

5. I have a cupboard full of snacks from Christmas, which makes my inner hobbit happy 😂

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Apollo 13 | Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
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My October pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Apollo 13, by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. A fascinating, suspenseful read. I was inspired to watch the movie as well, and that was also great.

mom2bugnbee Had you never seen the movie? It's in my top 10 of all time. One of my favorite Tom Hanks performances. (He's my favorite.) 2mo
rabbitprincess @mom2bugnbee Nope! I‘m not much of a movie watcher 😅 But I agree with your assessment that it‘s a great film. 2mo
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My September pick for #12BooksOf2024 is The Fellowship of the Ring. This was a re-read inspired by meeting Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd at Comic-Con :)

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Ooh! How lucky to have met them! I love seeing clips of them online - they always seem like they are having the best time together. I was given tickets to the LOTR musical for my birthday - the show is still a couple of months away, so I‘ve decided to reread the books - I‘ve just left Tom Bombadil and am heading towards the prancing pony. 2mo
rabbitprincess @thegirlwiththelibrarybag They are so fun! Elijah Wood and Sean Astin were there too and did a special panel. I got a pic with Dominic and Billy, and Billy‘s autograph on my copy of Macbeth 😍 The musical sounds fab—have an awesome time! 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @rabbitprincess, sounds like a LOTR film fans dream to see them all on a panel. I‘m looking forward to the musical - it‘s either going to be the best thing ever or something that never gets bought up in conversation again ☺️ 2mo
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My August pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Says Who?, by Anne Curzan. I liked her approach to grammar and language.

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A #Roll100 wrap-up for 2024. I managed to read 15 of 36 picks, which is pretty good given that most of my reading time was monopolized by my master‘s degree. It‘s a part-time degree, so it will be taking up a fair chunk of 2025 as well, but I am looking forward to a clean slate of reading!

kwmg40 Good luck with both your reading and your master's degree in 2025! 2mo
rabbitprincess @kwmg40 Thanks! Happy new year 🎉 2mo
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A Man and His Cat 11 | Umi Sakurai
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My July pick for #12BooksOf2024 is A Man and His Cat, Volume 11. This series is just so darn cute and warm-fuzzy-inducing 😻

I've just learned that Volume 12 is available in English and my library has it, so of course I immediately requested it 😄

JenlovesJT47 I love that series, so adorable! If you like those and haven‘t already read it I would recommend reading Cat Massage Therapy. One of the cutest freaking things I‘ve ever seen 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ 2mo
rabbitprincess @JenlovesJT47 I am requesting the heck out of this from the library! 😻 Thanks for the rec! 2mo
JenlovesJT47 I hope you enjoy it! I got them from the library but I‘m thinking about buying them eventually. Cuteness overload 😻 2mo
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My June pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop. I am totally here for all this cozy translated bookshop fiction, and this one in particular would go very well with a coffee.

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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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First #Roll100 of 2025: all Doctor Who in a variety of formats 😂

1️⃣ Doctor Who: Eye of Heaven (Mortimore) (print)
2️⃣ The Diary of River Song, Series 7 (audio)
3️⃣ Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen (ebook)

PuddleJumper Haha a themed month! 2mo
rabbitprincess @PuddleJumper Love when that happens! 2mo
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Rhs Pocket Diary 2025 | Royal Horticultural Society
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For this first #BookSpinBingo of 2025, I‘m reducing the number of spaces dedicated to school texts (either book or article will count) but adding some extra freebie spaces in case some months have more school reading than others.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson
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A cheeky Christmas present to myself so I can start the #CosmereBuddyRead in January!

JacqMac Yay!!! Mine came yesterday. I‘m really excited to get started. 2mo
Jess861 So exciting - this is the set I own as well! I can't wait to dive back into this world!! 2mo
rabbitprincess @JacqMac I was going to order it online but then my local Indigo had it in person. A lucky break! @Jess861 I‘m excited to start exploring this world! 2mo
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A Man and His Cat 10 | Umi Sakurai
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My May pick for #12BooksOf2024 is A Man and His Cat, Vol. 10. This series about Mr. Kanda and his cat Fukumaru is super adorable. A lot of these books received high ratings as I zoomed through the series.

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My April pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Voice Lessons, by Rob Paulsen. I read the audiobook version, read by Paulsen himself, and it was excellent. Definitely a must-listen if you enjoyed the cartoons he did voices in (I loved Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain).

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My March pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Dr. Jen Gunter's latest (at December 2024). I found it extremely informative and well put together.

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My February pick for #12BooksOf2024 is Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. I found this book cozy and heartwarming. It doesn't have much of a plot, but that's not what I was after when I read it. The only disappointment for me was that there's a cat on the cover but no cat in the book. That would have made it purrfect. :)

Andrew65 This looks good, strange about the cat, 2mo
rabbitprincess @Andrew65 Must be a marketing thing! I was at the bookstore today to buy the Mistborn trilogy and this book was out on a table with other cozy Japan-set books. Cats were very prominent 😹 2mo
Andrew65 @rabbitprincess Clearly a thing for them! 2mo
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Howls Moving Castle | Diana Wynne Jones
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Howl's Moving Castle is my January pick for #12BooksOf2024. It's the sort of book I would probably have LOVED as a teenager; I still liked it a lot even now.

mom2bugnbee My daughter has a degree in Cinema & Media Studies and this is her all-time favorite movie. ☺️ 2mo
rabbitprincess @mom2bugnbee It‘s so good! I might need to watch it again. 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Howl & Sophie are forever faves! 2mo
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The Survivors | Nicholas Briggs
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Say WHAT! That ending was a jaw-dropper. Nice work.

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Just what I‘m after in a Verlaque and Bonnet mystery. The initial crime—the clearing out of a small museum over a long weekend—was an interesting change of pace.

CarolynM I‘m a fan of this series too. 2mo
kwmg40 Adding this series to my TBR list! 2mo
rabbitprincess @CarolynM I have only one left now 😢 such a treat of a series! @kwmg40 I can‘t remember if you have BritBox, but the first three books in the series were adapted under the title Murder in Provence 😄 2mo
kwmg40 @rabbitprincess I don't have BritBox but might be able to get this through Amazon Prime or another source. Thanks for the info! 2mo
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Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song | Jenny T. Colgan, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Lane, Steve Lyons, Guy Adams
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Overall, a good collection. However, one author clearly does not knit or crochet, because at one point the story « Death in New Venice » refers to a « crochet needle » (it‘s a crochet HOOK, and it would not make a good stabbing implement). And of course this is the one thing I trip up on in a sci-fi story ?

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Mattimeo | Brian Jacques
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I last read this a couple of decades ago, but it felt like a brand-new read. Kept me turning the pages quickly!

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Pickpick

This was pretty good, leaning into Seven‘s more manipulative side and presenting some truly horrifying Cybermen. Maybe don‘t read this when eating lunch 😅

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A fun way to revisit the first two seasons of Sherlock.

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Mystery on Southampton Water | Freeman Wills Crofts
Mehso-so

This is more of a will-they-get-away-with-it-dunnit than a whodunnit. I don‘t object to those, but it took forever for the murder to happen, and I found the company setting rather dull.

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The Trojan Horse | Hammond Innes
Mehso-so

The story did pick up toward the end, but it took a long time to get there.

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This was great. I highlighted a lot in the ebook copy but had to return it to the library, so I have to borrow it again so that I can retrieve the highlighting 😂

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Panpan

The PD James story (the first of the collection) was my favourite. The rest of the collection was not terribly interesting to me.

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#Roll100 December 2024 picks:
1. Sherlock Holmes Essentials, Vol. 1 (Doyle)

2. Cinq semaines en ballon (Verne)

3. Doctor Who: Illegal Alien (Tucker)