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Joined December 2018

Historical Fiction, Non-fiction, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense & Time Travel are my favorite reads.
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The Maid by Nita Prose
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#LitsyMail Thank you for my tote. It's so cute. @Blerdgal_Fenix

I found four books at my local library sale yesterday. Not bad for $3. All historical fiction, my favorite genre. #LibrarySale

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I can't believe I'm 50 years old! Time sure does fly. Thank you for the birthday wishes! I enjoyed a nice lunch with friends and family.

Mollyanna Happy Birthday 🎉🎁🎂 2w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Birthday!! 🎊🎉 2w
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
Amiable Happy birthday! 🎈🎁🎉 2w
mrp27 Happy Birthday! 🎈🎂🎁 2w
Gissy Happy Birthday 🎂 🎉 2w
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The Narrowboat Summer | Anne Youngson
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#recentreads
My reading has really slowed down since I've started my new job. This is over 2 months worth of audiobooks and reading. I enjoyed all of them. Kinfolk and Appalachian song were five stars.

megnews I really enjoyed the journey when I read Narrowboaf Summer a couple years ago. Gonna check out the two you mentioned as favs. 3w
sblbooks @megnews It was the perfect book for summer. I hope you enjoy the other two. 3w
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#SITS #staycationintimeswap @Blerdgal_Fenix I love how you wrapped the books and tucked all the little treasures inside. The books are perfect for my time travel theme. One time travel Murder Mystery / Thriller and a Sci-Fi Romance. I can't wait to read them.
@DinoMom @Chrissyreadit you guys are the best. Thank you for hosting again this year!

Chrissyreadit @Blerdgal_Fenix @sblbooks this looks amazing! and i‘m adding both books to my tbr! 1mo
Chrissyreadit Samantha you always pick the best themes!! 1mo
DinoMom What a fun package and love how it was wrapped ! 1mo
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Blerdgal_Fenix Glad you liked it. I will mail out the missing piece on Monday- should get it by the end of the week. 1mo
sblbooks @Blerdgal_Fenix Sounds good! Can't wait to see what you think of your package. 1mo
ShelleyBooksie Beautiful wrapping 1mo
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@Blerdgal_Fenix My #Staycationintimeswap has arrived.Thank you! @DinoMom @Chrissyreadit a huge thank you to you as well!

Chrissyreadit yay!!!!! 1mo
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Staycation | Dennison Berwick, Simone Pertuiset
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@Blerdgal_Fenix your #StaycationInTimeSwap was sent today and is due to arrive by Monday. @Chrissyreadit @DinoMom

Chrissyreadit 🎉🙌🎉🙌🎉🙌🎉 1mo
Chrissyreadit i can‘t access your goodreads link can you share it here? 1mo
sblbooks @Chrissyreadit www.goodreads.com/sblbooks I'm showing we are friends already.😊 1mo
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I took a much-needed PTO day. This morning I had to get gel shots in both knees. I'm sitting in the recliner reading a book with an ice pack on my knee. My right knee is killing me right now. I'm hoping the soreness will not last too long.

I found this sequel to The Railway Children. Three chapters and I'm really enjoying it. I love the cover. Why is it that the UK has the most beautiful covers? I always like those better.

Ruthiella Wishing you a speedy recovery! ❤️ 3mo
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The Staycation | Cressida McLaughlin
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#StaycationInTime @Chrissyreadit @DinoMom

After over 3 months of applying and interviewing, I found a job in another department with the same Hospital I currently work for. My first day is May 19th. I was told I could not take any time off for the next 3 months while in training. That means there will be no summer vacation for me. So this staycation happened at the perfect time. I'm looking forward to it!

TheBookgeekFrau Congrats on your new job! 🎉🎊 3mo
ShelleyBooksie Congrats! 3mo
Ruthiella Congratulations on the job! 👏👏👏 3mo
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AmyG Congrats! 🎉 3mo
Deblovestoread Congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉 3mo
dabbe Congrats! 🤩😍🤩 3mo
Chrissyreadit Congrats on your new job! And YAY to an Amazing staycation! 3mo
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#recentreads
The bad news is I'm still looking for a job. The good news is I love my current job, and I'm still able to listen to books while I work. These are mostly four-star reads that I've read in April.
I chose a reread of one of my favorite High School required reading novels for #BookedInTime :China
April 2025 @Cuilin

Cuilin Oh lovely. ✅ 🎉 Unfortunately I DNF‘d mine. 3mo
dabbe I hope you find a new job soon. 🤩💙🩵 3mo
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#MiddleGradeMarch #POP #TBR prompt: Written in the 1900s

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Farmer Boy Goes West | Heather Williams
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#MiddleGradeMarch #TBR #POP prompt: involves travel

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#MiddleGradeMarch #TBR #POP prompt: Part of a series

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#MiddleGradeMarch #Pop #TBR
Prompt: Flowers on the cover

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The First State of Being | Erin Entrada Kelly
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#MiddleGradeMarch #TBR #Pop prompt: author with three last names

They told us in August that our job was going to be outsourced overseas, so I'm in the middle of looking for a new job. I'm not sure how much reading I'll be able to do this month, but I'm going to try.

PurpleyPumpkin Wishing you great good luck in your job hunt!🍀 5mo
Butterfinger I am so sorry. 5mo
sblbooks @PurpleyPumpkin @Butterfinger Thanks! It was a shock. I love my job so I hate to lose it. I was even able to listen to audiobooks while I worked. 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau Best of luck in your job search! 🍀🤞🏼💕 5mo
kezzlou85 So sorry to hear that. Good luck in your job search. 5mo
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#BookedInTime The Golden Age of Piracy February 2025
@cuilin @dabbe
Across the Ages: dual timeline (1727 and 1927) and time travel; that is right up my alley.
The Pirate Bride: I loved the characters in this novel. However, I'm not a fan of age gap romance so that brought it down for me.

Cuilin Fabulous ✔️🎉 5mo
dabbe Your picks are on the spreadsheet! 🙌🏻 5mo
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Death of a Valentine | M. C. Beaton
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#ThematicCozies @JulieClair

February: Romance

I found this an enjoyable read overall. Of course, I loved the Scottish setting. I'm so glad Josie got what was coming to her in the end.

julieclair I hope to get to this series at some point. Glad you enjoyed it! 5mo
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My plan for #MiddlegradeMarch is to participate in the booktube reading challenge. There will be two buddy reads, in addition to the prompts. The Secret Garden and MoonGarden. Check out YouTube for more information.

Karisimo Moon garden is a great read! I loved it! 6mo
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4🌟
I thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced thriller. It was right up my alley, I love survival stories! This is the first book of read by this author and I can't wait to read more.

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Murder Past Due | Miranda James
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#ThematicCozies @JulieClair
January 2025 animal ( Diesel, the Maine Coon cat)

Set in a small town Mississippi, partially in a library.

kspenmoll I am using the same series for this prompt/challenge! 🐈 7mo
Bookwormjillk I get distracted by the female narrator on these too. 7mo
sblbooks @Bookwormjillk it would be nice if they had spent a little extra money too pay a male narrator. 7mo
julieclair This sounds like fun! 6mo
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#BookedInTime Tudor England January 2025
@cuilin @dabbe

I have mixed feelings about this month's selection. It's an extremely well researched novel, with some interesting details of Queen Elizabeth's rein. However, I felt it was too long and repetitive. They talked about how Elizabeth did not want to get married, and how she held off all her suitors, over and over again.

dabbe Your score is on the spreadsheet! 🤩 7mo
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I received this as a Christmas gift this year. Book number one of 2025. The reading year has started off strong.

bookandbedandtea This was the first book I read of 2024 and it ended up being my favorite book of the whole year. 7mo
sblbooks @bookandbedandtea I can see why. It's definitely going near the top for me. 7mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 7mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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The KJV Study Bible | Barbour Publishing
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Merry Christmas everyone!

Daisey Merry Christmas! 🎄 7mo
Ruthiella Merry Christmas to you! 🎄 7mo
kspenmoll Merry Christmas!🎄 7mo
TheBookgeekFrau Merry Christmas 💚❤️ 7mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious

#WGWordsearch total: 1200
My Christmas books I read this week didn't have many Christmassy words. However, I thoroughly enjoyed all of them.

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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BookmarkTavern Wow! Congrats! 7mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious

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Favorite of the week: Every Time a Bell Rings

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#Goodreads #GoodreadsYearInBooks
#ReadingStats
I'm up to 125 Read now on goodreads. I always enjoy reviewing my stats at the end of the year!

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious
#WGWordsearch total: 1800

Two of my books were not searchable with Google Books. Oh well.

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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LiseWorks Good for you😉 8mo
BookmarkTavern Amazing job! 8mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious @liseworks

305 pts
Favorite of the week: Christmas with the Queen

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉 8mo
StayCurious great job! 8mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious

#WGWordSearch total 7660

Only 50% of my books were able to be previewed/ searched in Google Books. Still a pretty good total.

StayCurious fantastic! 8mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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#WinterGames #WinterGames2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers @StayCurious @LiseWorks 600pts +35 early bird points
Readathon points have not been added yet.
#LittenListen @Aperfectmjk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
This is what I have so far. I'll do my word search tally tomorrow for these.
My favorite of the week was A Christmas Memory! That one had me in tears. 5 stars🎄

BookmarkTavern Well done! 👍🏻 8mo
StayCurious You're doing so well! 8mo
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Karisimo Great choice! Thanks for sharing! 8mo
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StayCurious Great graphic! 8mo
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julieclair Ooh... thanks for putting that book back on my radar. I wanted to read it last year and didn't get to it, and then promptly forgot about it! 🙃 8mo
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Peace Like a River | Leif Enger
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#WeeklyForecast. I plan on finishing Piece Like a River. I'm loving it so far
#BookReport after not reading much in October since hurricane Helene hit. I'm finally getting back in the swing of things this month.

For #NFN #nonfictionNovember I read The Foundling and Under the Banner of Heaven (not pictured)

I had three four-star reads and two five-star reads.

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#Appalachianstrong #foreshadowing
This book was written before the hurricane that destroyed many parts of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.
Thank you to the author for donating all proceeds of this book to Hurricane Helene relief!

I now have power and water.🙌 internet service is still down. This is week 3 I have been unable to work. ( I work from home)

Thank you to everyone who has donated, prayed or volunteered to help in any way.

Scochrane26 I‘ve been worried about WNC Littens. Glad you‘re ok & able to check in. I love the Asheville area & have been keeping up through a few acquaintances. 10mo
Mollyanna Thanks for posting how you are doing and about the book. I‘ll definitely be making a purchase. Best to you and all as you continue to recover from the devastation of Helene. 10mo
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 10mo
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Bookwormjillk Thank you for posting about this- ordering now. (The author must feel weird about the subject!) I hope your internet comes back soon. (edited) 10mo
megnews I‘ve been thinking of you and hoping you‘re ok. I have family in Old Fort and Marion going thru it too. It‘s devastating. Sending prayers your way. 10mo
sblbooks @megnews it's so good to hear from you! I hope your family didn't have too many damages from the storm. It's the worst natural disaster I've seen in my lifetime. Spectrum is saying we might have internet back Monday, we'll see. Thanks for the prayers! 10mo
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I know a lot of people are tired of World War II fiction, but not me. I always tend to find ones from a different perspective that I haven't read before. I loved this one with 4 POVs set on the British home front. It has reconciliation and a little romance as well.

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I've been offline since Thursday so I have to catch up on all my reviews. ( see my previous post)

#BookedInTime 1970s South Africa September 2024
@cuilin @dabbe

This was a compelling story that I really enjoyed and was very well done. The only reason I took off a star was I just didn't like Robin. Even though she did redeem herself a little at the end.

Cuilin ✅🎉 👍 10mo
dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 10mo
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When I read this book last week, I had no idea that my hometown was going to face the ravages of a hurricane. Please remember Western North Carolina in your prayers as so many have lost loved ones, their homes, businesses, and cars. Many are still without power, water, internet or cell service ( myself included, I'm currently tethered to my mom's iPad) due to catastrophic flooding. I thank God my family and I are safe.

willaful I\'m so sorry, but thank goodness you\'re safe. Take care! 10mo
MaureenMc 💗🙏💗 10mo
ShelleyBooksie So glad to hear that you and your family are safe. Thinking of all those who have been affected - awful! 10mo
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@julieclair #seasonalcozies September 2024

As you can see, I didn't get very far before I bailed on this one. I felt the author was trying too hard to be Southern, plus the main character talks like she was speaking to a 3-year-old.
In Western North Carolina, Appalachian: is pronounced Appa-LATCH-un. Sorry, but the northern pronunciation of this word was driving me crazy.

peanutnine I've had to train myself to say Appalachian correctly now that I live in NC. My partner gave me grief about it 😅 11mo
julieclair Great review. I can tell this series would get on my nerves. I‘m crossing it off my list of potentials. 👍 11mo
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Return to Sender | Julia Alvarez
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#MiddleGradeMonday
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I read this one 3 years ago for middle grade March: Award Winners Edition.

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@Karisimo #MiddleGradeMonday
4🌟 While this is technically not a middle grade, I would recommend it for that age group as well. It's a good introduction to the events of the day.

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Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson
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A classic I love that had me in tears! #MiddlegradeMonday featuring a new kid in town. @Karisimo

Karisimo Great pick! Thanks for sharing! (edited) 11mo
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A Little Princess | Frances Hodgson Burnett
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@Karisimo somehow I missed this yesterday. I had to choose one of my favorite children's classics.
#MiddleGradeMonday a book set at a boarding school.

Karisimo Perfection! 11mo
tpixie Oh! 🩷 An absolute favorite of mine!!! 11mo
tpixie As well as her 11mo
sblbooks @tpixie I love that one as well. 11mo
tpixie @sblbooks 🌺 11mo
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Independence | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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#BookedInTime 1946/7 India's Independence August 2024

@cuilin @dabbe

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The historical aspect of this book was super interesting. It was an emotional read. I was not thrilled with the ending, am I the only one?

dabbe Got your pick on the spreadsheet! 🤩 11mo
Cuilin I didn‘t care for the ending either. 11mo
IndianBookworm Agree with you on the ending thing! 10mo
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Lifeboat 12 | Susan Hood
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#MiddleGradeMonday Share a middle grade read about boat or ocean life. @Karisimo
I read these two for booked in time, last year. One nonfiction and one fiction, about the sinking of the children's ship in World War II.

Karisimo Sad, but perfectly fits the prompt! Thanks for sharing! 12mo
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