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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

Joined May 2016

🇦🇺 books, memes, music & vegemite toast 📖 http://goodreads.com/sharnibee
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This book was meant to find me - it literally landed in my hands while I was filling in at branch I don‘t usually work at. It demanded that I read it immediately & it absolutely held me in a chokehold until I finished it.

It‘s not perfect, it doesn‘t end with a neatly tied bow. It manages to be deeply weird & uncomfortable but the fever dream, gothic fairytale elements were absolutely for me (but not for everyone as the reviews are super mixed)

ImperfectCJ Wow, what a review! I am starting to think that there's a book version of the cat distribution system. 4h
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Howls Moving Castle | Diana Wynne Jones
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I was so excited to see some HMC representation in this “test your knowledge” quiz in Good Reading… but perplexed that they dropped the Jones out of her name…

Quizzed my library colleagues and they collectively mostly didn‘t know the answers 😅

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A patron came in to pay for a destroyed library book (it had suffered significant water damage) with a comment that she‘d pay for it, if I insisted 😐

She paid for the book, I gave the book back to her and she was like 🤨 and I explained that it was too damaged to remain in the collection so she could take it or I could dispose of it. She took it AND THEN asked if the library bought books from Amazon because “it‘d be cheaper” 🤡 like no??

Aims42 Wow. 😳 Your picture is perfect for this story. I‘m sorry you had to deal with that, that‘s a whole other level of “Are you kidding me?!” 2d
dabbe Holy guacamole, Batman! 😱 2d
Leftcoastzen Oh boy! 2d
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Amiable Yikes 😖 1d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Aims42, I was kind of whatever about the whole thing until her Amazon comment 🙃 but also, if it‘s damaged enough that you are paying a replacement fee… it‘s obviously not going back out on the shelf. 1d
Aims42 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Right? That seems like common sense 😑 1d
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Sagittarius | Astrology World
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I do stir the pot when I‘m bored 🤷🏻‍♀️

AkashaVampie I'm a sag but I try to stay away from drama. I only like drama in my books. 3d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @AkashaVampie, the key to a good pot stirring is knowing when to walk away 😉 3d
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I have snails in my letterbox & they had an absolute feast on this (attempted) hit piece… 🐌

😱, she‘d support labor-greens government??? Stop threatening me with a good time!

They are no doubt still salty that Monique ousted them out of what was considered a “safe seat” at the last election. Gonna be a long election season.

(For non Aussies the liberal party [the authors of this pamphlet] is our equivalent of the Tories or Republicans)

Bookwormjillk Bon appetite snails 5d
CarolynM They still don‘t get it, do they? Hope that rubbish doesn‘t give the snails stomach ache. 5d
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, 🐌 I have a no junk mail sticker so not a lot goes in - but it‘s rare for me to retrieve anything that hasn‘t been at least a little nibbled on by snails. 5d
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Long Exposure | Kam "Mars" Heyward
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Well the DFTBA store is different now (why aren‘t they doing books anymore?!) so I bought this via the author/artists website which is fine but the shipping was insane BUT I couldn‘t not have the set 🥹

Hopefully it holds up when I reread it.

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A very gentle cozy fantasy with themes of self discovery and acceptance through adventure, friendship, the impact of growing towns on nature and the importance of communicating for a better tomorrow.

My favourite part was when Hadley switched into detective mode, deerstalker hats appeared for them and & little Fern (the snake).

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Full Moon Coffee Shop | Mai Mochizuki
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Continuing on my mission to read all the Japanese Cat Fiction books - this was a delightful tale of not-quite strangers unexpectedly finding their way to the Full Moon Coffee Shop.

I love an interconnected story and there‘s just something about distinguished cats talking about the age of Aquarius & the astrological houses that is deeply charming.

rabbitprincess I love Japanese cat books too! Adding to the list 😻 1w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @rabbitprincess, I‘m part of monthly book chats at my library - I feel my audience would be disappointed at this point if I wasn‘t telling them about the latest Japanese cat book I‘d read 🤣 6d
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My favourite quote from Ken Done comes from the introduction and reads “I love it that people have a $20 poster in their bathroom.” because my Mum is the OG Ken Done fan in the family AND we had a framed Ken Done poster in the bathroom!

Great coffee table book.

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I‘ve strayed from my middle grade reading roots so this feels like a return to form!

This brings together my two great MG loves - kids solving mysteries and fantasy - in this instance in the form of a family curse by way of a fairy gift brokered by a greedy, long dead relative.

Will Saffi find a way out in time to save her dad and brother and new friend from the Fairy Queen? I had a great time finding out!

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The Season | Helen Garner
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As an Aussie with very little interest in AFL & as someone who doesn‘t read a lot of non fiction - this was a surprising choice!

While there is a lot about AFL and names of sports stars that I‘ve never heard of - it‘s also a reflection on loving something without necessarily having a strong grasp on the rules, on aging, on family bonds and watching a beloved grandson transition into manhood - all with footy training as the back drop.

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I didn‘t expect to love it as much as I did - the audiobook is read by Helen Garner - which only adds to the experience. 2w
CarolynM She‘s such a good writer she could make me interested in a tiddlywinks championship 🤣 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, I‘ve genuinely no interest in sport - every time a name was mentioned - I was like - that‘s probably someone who plays football 😂 (the only one I recognised was a passing comment about Dipper playing injured - and I feel he used to do the ads for Dimmeys) 1w
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Witch Week | Diana Wynne Jones
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I got a shipping notification from eBay the other day and was like hmm, what did I buy during my summer heatwave induced bout of insomnia this time?

The answer was this edition of Witch Week! I love it but I‘m very hopeful for some cooler nights and some deeper sleeps! Otherwise who knows what other parcels will turn up?!

LeeRHarry 🤞for some cooler nights, the exhaustion is real. 🥱😴 2w
Rissreadswithcats That poor boy in a shoe storm! 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreadswithcats, I might have to reread to see if it‘s a deserved pelting with shoes… 2w
CarolynM Sounds like a good use of wakefulness to me 😆 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, I don‘t always exercise my best judgement in these late night shopping sprees 🫣 doesn‘t look like I splurged on any rare editions tho (several have been book marked) 2w
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🤭

Butterfinger How funny!!! 2w
Kenyazero I was also wondering why vampires having testicles would be a sticking point 🤔 2w
Aims42 Hahahahaha! 😂🤣 Thanks for the giggle! 2w
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julesG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2w
Ruthiella 🤭🤭🤭 2w
willaful Same. 2w
Rissreadswithcats Me tooooooooo! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤣 2w
CarolynM First thing I thought too🙄 I will scrub my mind out with soap now😆 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, you are among friends in the gutter 🤣 2w
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So Much to Tell You | John Marsden
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I‘m processing my sadness over the passing of John Marsden by revisiting his brilliant books, starting with his debut.

I remember my grade 5 teacher reading this to the class and I‘ve read it several times since. Even though I know what happens I‘m still completely absorbed.

I‘ve gotten something a little different from it each time.

Butterfinger I don't think I know him. I have to look him up. I bet you feel the same way I did when Gary Paulsen died. 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Butterfinger, he‘s best known for the Tomorrow, When The War Began series. I‘m not sure if he‘s super well known outside of Australia beyond that. He was a brilliant storyteller (mostly writing MG & YA but he branched into adult fiction and NF in more recent years) and passionate educator - he founded his own primary school in regional Victoria. (edited) 2w
Butterfinger No, I have read him. The group of teens who were in the Outback when their town was taken. Yes, I read the first one for a challenge and continued the season 2w
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Butterfinger The series. It was so good. 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Butterfinger, not the outback but you are thinking of the right series. I read them as a teen and just flew through them. There‘s a follow up trilogy called The Ellie Chronicles which was also excellent. (edited) 2w
willaful his most memorable for me. 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @willaful, that one is on my tbr stack! I‘m sure I‘ve read it but it‘s been awhile! (edited) 2w
Rissreadswithcats Let me know when you are going to read I can‘t remember if I‘ve read it or not. 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreadswithcats, I‘ve got the ebook so I‘m ready at any time… do you have a copy? 2w
Rissreadswithcats I have one in my school library and I‘m back on the 23rd. Ok to wait until then? 2w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreadswithcats - I‘m going to set up a buddy read for it - no stress if you haven‘t got the book yet. EDIT : I can‘t add you to a StoryGraph buddy read because we aren‘t StoryGraph friends 🥹 (I‘m SharniBee on there) (edited) 15h
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreadswithcats, I still can‘t add you to a buddy read - it might be your community settings for buddy read invites? 6h
Rissreadswithcats Strange as I joined the book chain. I‘ll have a look today now
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The Stranger | K. A. Applegate
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"OK, it's 3.47 in the morning," Marco said. "And i'm here because my Dad is a sound sleeper and doesn't notice when I wake up screaming because an owl and a hawk have just flown through my window."

This series goes SO HARD! And it‘s still so early in the series. Lots of impossible, hard decisions to be faced.

I enjoyed the pop culture references in this one - we had the GAP and we had a new Keanu Reeves movie playing at the cinema.

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I FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK!!!

I first read this in the summer before the movies came out & I was so taken with it, that I read the trilogy through & then immediately began again - it‘s been long years since, with many viewings of the movies & it was hard not to compare the differences as I read. It‘s still a glorious read, but my younger self found it much easier going. ⬇️

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I‘ve been meaning to reread for ages & since I was gifted tickets to the LOTR musical for my birthday - I decided that 2025 was the year for it! 2w
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🥹 something of a call out 😂

lil1inblue 🙃🤭 2w
Ruthiella Who me? 😬 😂 2w
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Mirror Lake | Juneau Black
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I didn‘t get a lot of reading done in December - going back to work after a month away and the shock of having seen snow fall in ?? to some brutal summer heatwaves in ?? was not a fun adjustment (today is also awful - it‘s 18°C/31°F hotter than the average January temperature - top temperature today was 40°C/104°F with no overnight cool change)

#12booksof2024 : December

So a return to Shady Hollow was just right!

LeeRHarry I‘ve just sat inside with the AC on all day - bit sad for a weekend. 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeeRHarry, agreed! It‘s too hot to do anything 🥵 3w
Andrew65 Looks good.

Thanks for playing along, it‘s been great seeing everyone‘s books. Hope to see you on the First day of Christmas later this year for #12Booksof2025. 👏👏👏😊🎉🥳
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I found this series while playing kindle roulette (in which I scroll really fast through my kindle library and read whatever my finger lands on) during my holiday AND it was a delight! I read the first two (this being the second) back to back and am saving the third until I see a release date for the fourth book.

#12booksof2024 : November

My jam is absolutely damaged detectives solving crimes in an unusual manner with some romance on the side.

Andrew65 As good a way as any to choose a book. 3w
AlaMich I love that, Kindle roulette! 😂 3w
Bookzombie I love your Kindle roulette! I think I have some of these on my Kindle. 3w
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag I think most of my November reads were found via kindle roulette tbh 🫣 I have more books on my kindle than is possible to read in a lifetime so cutting down on decision time is key (also a swift DNF if I‘m not enjoying it) @Andrew65 @AlaMich 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Bookzombie, it‘s honestly a fun way to chose your next book! I hope you give them a chance, if you do. I was surprised to be the first to review them on Litsy. 3w
Andrew65 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Can definitely relate to this. 3w
AlaMich Sometimes I‘ll assign numbers to a set of books and tell Siri to pick a random number. 3w
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Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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I just like how Robin Sloan‘s mind works AND I really enjoy books where I have no idea where we are going (as long as I‘m having a great time getting there)

#12booksof2024 : October

Andrew65 Another author I need to get to. 3w
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The Last Sun | K. D. Edwards
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Sweet sweet urban fantasy with a big old dash of found family - inject it into my veins!

#12booksof2024 : September

The only downside to this is that it‘s a series that‘s still being written 😭

julesG We have books to look forward to. 😉 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I have to get over my aversion to reading the last (and not actually the last in this case, just the last currently available) book in series and finish our buddy read 🫣😭 3w
julesG Take your time. I am ready to listen to the audiobooks again. 😁 3w
Andrew65 Sounds good. 3w
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One of my most anticipated books of 2024 - and I actually read it in the same year it published!! A rare feat for me! I really enjoyed not only the story but Wiswell‘s writing style, I look forward to whatever story comes next from him.

#12booksof2024 : August

The audiobook was excellent.

Andrew65 Good choice. 3w
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Redemption Point | Candice Fox
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Just finished watching season 2 - was hooked just as throughly! This season featured an actor who was in a show I watched growing up so it did hurt a little to see him play a baddie.

Reading the book synopsis makes me think that storylines were blended - if anyone has read it - I am curious about the fate of Twist. Unfortunately it hasn‘t got enough traction online for someone to have written one of those handy book vs show articles.

🐊

Lauredhel oh, I forgot about this show! Season 2 is on iView? 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Lauredhel, yes - it‘s on abc iview 🇦🇺 3w
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I laughed, I related, I wondered how everything was going to work out - if I could only have one favourite for 2024, it would be this one!

#12booksof2024 : July

CarolynM Well, I have to stack it then🙂 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, I almost bought it for your Secret Santa 🫣 (edited) 3w
Andrew65 Love a book that makes you laugh. 3w
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Happy New Year from Australia!

Ruthiella Happy New Year! 🥂🍾🥳 3w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy New Year 🥂 3w
Bookwormjillk Happy New Year 🎊 3w
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llwheeler Happy new year! 3w
Dilara Happy New Year! 🎉 3w
zezeki Happy new year!! 🥳🥳🥂 3w
BookmarkTavern Happy New Year! 3w
Deblovestoread Happy New Year 🎆 3w
julesG Happy New Year!!! 3w
Mimi28 Happy new year!! 3w
CarolynM Happy New Year Sharni😘 3w
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The Blue Castle | L. M. Montgomery
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Valancy ♥️

#12booksof2024 : June

Anne of Green Gables is always going to be the first thing associated with L. M. Montgomery, but she definitely wasn‘t a one hit wonder!

bookandbedandtea The Blue Castle is my favorite LMM. 🩷 4w
StaceGhost @bookandbedandtea I second this 4w
Itchyfeetreader And here we are, less than an hour after swearing no new books for jan through march I am stacking something new ! 4w
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TheBookHippie Emily of new moon is my favorite of hers. 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @bookandbedandtea, I love a good standalone! And this was top shelf! 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Itchyfeetreader, what‘s one more? 😉 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @TheBookHippie, I read the first one awhile back because it was referenced in the Netflix show, Russian Doll. I haven‘t finished the trilogy yet tho - it‘s still on my tbr. 4w
Andrew65 This isn‘t one I have read, will have to correct that. 3w
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Shady Hollow | Juneau Black
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Blending the vibes of Murder She Wrote with Beatrix Potter, and you‘ve hooked me already!

I really enjoyed this first outing - and even read books 2 & 3 this year! Not bad for someone with a penchant for not finishing series (it‘s still being written and I‘m not quite up to date yet - but I‘m still counting it as a series win)

#12booksof2024 : May

Andrew65 This looks brilliant, stacked! 4w
DebinHawaii One of my favorite cozy mystery series this year! 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DebinHawaii, I‘m so invested in the residents of Shady Hollow! I‘ve been loving the audiobooks, looking forward to the next one. I didn‘t realise the “author” is actually a writing duo until just recently. 4w
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Comes the Night | Isobelle Carmody
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I don‘t really read dystopian anymore and this isn‘t the book I was wanting from this author (but today we are being optimistic that it could be the next one that she releases) but I reserved the audio and it‘s come in… so here we go I GUESS

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The Yellow Wallpaper | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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A short story with a big impact

#12booksof2024 : April

Andrew65 I read this a couple, of years ago and really enjoyed it. 4w
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Crimson Lake | Candice Fox
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Just finished s1 of Troppo (based on this book) I never would have picked it up to read yet the show hooked me, kept me up late on a hot summer night (not like I was going to be able to sleep anyway) & had me whispering, “just 1 more episode” entirely too many times for someone who had work in the morning. It was a slow burn solving of the deaths of two local men - with fascinating character studies of the two damaged individuals looking into it.

Octoberwoman WHAT? There‘s a show based on the book?! How did I not know this?! 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Octoberwoman, idk how much advertising Australian shows get internationally? I think it‘s on prime. 🐊 4w
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The Dispatcher | John Scalzi
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This book asks : could health insurance be more ethically problematic? and then does not wait for an answer! And plunges you into a reality similar to ours but with people who work as dispatchers (that is, if a procedure is going south, they kill you and you reset - naked in your bed at home).

#12booksof2024 : March

This was my second John Scalzi book - and I see more in my future!

Andrew65 Not an author I‘ve read yet. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Andrew65, this one was excellent on audio. Read by Zachery Quinto. 1mo
Andrew65 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Love a good audiobook, thanks. 1mo
Lizpixie Definitely #stacked I loved his Old Man‘s War series very much. 4w
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I was so into this book that a marching band could have paraded through my apartment without me noticing…

#12daysofChristmas : February

This is my favourite Janice Hallett book and the one I‘d most recommend starting with.

willaful She is so clever! I think The Twyford Code is my favorite. 1mo
AllDebooks Absolutely gripping 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @willaful, she really is! Because it‘s all there in hindsight. I‘ve only got one more backlist title to read (the appeal) and then I‘m all caught up. 1mo
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Rissreadswithcats This does sound interesting! I have The Twyford code looking at me. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreads, I don‘t recommend starting with Twyford - it‘s a good story but I got a bit tired of the style (all audio transcripts). I don‘t think it‘s the best introduction to her work. 1mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Yes! love love love her. I reread all her books this year after reading The Examiner, and I still love the Alperton Angels ❤️ (edited) 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, did you find it more enjoyable the second time around, knowing how it shakes out? 4w
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I think I did. Because the first time I read it, it felt so spooky with the cult and everything. 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, there‘s a study that shows that knowing the ending or spoilers can actually enhance the enjoyment of stories. I don‘t think it‘s true in all cases but I‘m glad it was the case here! Hope she gifts us with another book in 2025! 3w
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘d agree with that :) On Goodreads I see she has two possible 2025 releases - a middle grade called A Box Full of Murders and another called 3w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, ooh! I wonder if her MG book will be in the same format as her adult books?! The Killer Question sounds good - something to look forward to in the second half of the year. 3w
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Supper Club OGN | Jackie Morrow
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2024 got off to a slow reading start for me, but this graphic novel really hit the spot with its bittersweet look at the joys and sorrows of finishing high school and getting ready for next steps. It followed a friend group that tried to carve some time out of their busy schedules to meet for a supper club - with mixed but very relatable results.

#12booksof2024 : January

Andrew65 A good choice. 1mo
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My favourite Christmas present was from my Mum, I love Ken Done (half my wardrobe is dresses made from Ken Done fabrics and I have KD sheets on my bed too) - so this is all extremely 😍🤩 to me!!! (There was also a little nutcracker on the outside of the parcel that I forgot to add in - so she really hit on two things I absolutely adore)

Merry Christmas!

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Youth Group | Jordan Morris
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Some library holds that I put in so long ago that I‘d forgotten about them came through… and this was one of them! I don‘t remember why I requested it - but it was fun read (possibly would have been more fun if I‘d been to Youth Group or watched Buffy in my formative years).

The have you heard of Smash Mouth line made me laugh.

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T. Kingfisher is fast becoming one of my favourite authors so I‘m super happy to finally have a copy of her latest in my hot little hands!!

Thank you so much Allissa! I‘ll save the advent calendar for next year - but will be sure to share the contents - it‘s so pretty!

Thanks for hosting #AussieSecretSanta @CarolynM !

And Merry Christmas to all!

CarolynM Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄😘 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, Merry Christmas! 🎄 1mo
Rissreadswithcats Merry Christmas! ♥️💚 1mo
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Freespirit How lovely… so nice to see everyone‘s treasures!!! 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreads, Merry Christmas! 🎄 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Freespirit, isn‘t it! It‘s the best bit 🎅 1mo
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Finding My Elf | David Valdes
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A delightful, festive, coming of age story with so much talk about Christmas cookies that you will probably need a snack!

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The first half of this book was really slow but I wanted to get to the Will Trent parts to see how he compared to the show.

And wow - how the different parts, different point of view chapters came together! I‘m not usually a thriller/suspense reader, I prefer my murder mysteries less graphically described - but I can see myself working my way slowly through this series.

DogMomIrene Ohhh, good to hear. I was watching the show and decided to put book 1 on hold at my library. I‘m excited to get started with it😊 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DogMomIrene, I loved the show, watched it all and was like, I need more! It is different to the show, but if you think of the show as an alternate universe, it‘s all good. I‘m going to back track now to the Grant County books. 1mo
DogMomIrene @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Yes, because she‘s written a lot. Picking up one of her series feels like a commitment. Not a bad thing, but I‘ll want to spread out the goodness. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @DogMomIrene, she has written a lot - but it sounds like there is quite a bit of cross over between Grant County & Will Trent - so I‘m hoping to do it chronologically. 1mo
DogMomIrene @thegirlwiththelibrarybag good idea! Chronologically actually sounds like the most logical. Going to keep that approach in mind as I plan my series reading for 2025. 1mo
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Australia Post coming in clutch! #AussieSecretSanta

Love the wrapping paper @LapReader , looking forward to opening this up!!

CarolynM Excellent! We are all set for opening day tomorrow!🎄🎅🧑‍🎄🎁 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, brilliant! That‘s great news. 1mo
Freespirit Fabulous wrapping paper!!! 1mo
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And the Teen Fiction display also got a revamp, not colour coded but I tried to find books that I hadn‘t put on display recently…

One shelf for romance, one for mysteries, one for sci fi and fantasy…

And now I‘m back to watching the clock count down the seconds til home time…

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Very quiet day at the library today… it‘s disgustingly hot outside so it‘s surprising that more people haven‘t come in, just to enjoy the AC.

Anyway, I was bored enough that a colour coded display of teen graphics felt like the thing to do 😜

CarolynM Nice work😍 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, Thanks! it‘s my weekend to work - and there is nothing more painful than a quiet weekend… especially after a quiet week (because all the little jobs are done). I could always revamp the adult graphic novels display, if things get especially boring tomorrow 🤔 1mo
julesG Or sneak in a few pages? 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I could read a few Christmas picture books 🎄 1mo
julesG Good for your year end reading stats 1mo
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The Girl Guides' Annual | Girl Guides Association
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I wasn‘t a particularly badge orientated girl guide - but I love the ones I have… that were lovingly sewn onto my camp blanket by my Nana.

So I‘m sure she‘s going to be so excited when I show up with my blanket and this Mickey Mouse badge that Mum gave me for my birthday (she was all - Nana will sew it on for you 😂)

Any other former Guides on Litsy?

Deblovestoread I was a Girl Scout in the US. We had a sash for our badges. I don‘t think I have mine anymore but it would be a fun trip down memory lane to see it again. So cool you have yours. 1mo
kezzlou85 I was a brownie but our guides was closed down before I could start. My girls were both brownies too. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Deblovestoread, I had a sash too - but unpicked the badges on there when I finished up to put on the blanket. Some of them were from special events and never made it onto the sash. I have all my uncles ones from scouts too - they‘re on the other end of the blanket. 1mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @kezzlou85, sad that they closed, but brownies would have been an amazing experience too. 1mo
kezzlou85 @thegirlwiththelibrarybag brownies was so much fun. We had a big group. My oldest was a rainbow then a brownie, my youngest started brownies early as she was dying to go with her sister so the leader let her stay for meetings 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @kezzlou85, that‘s so cute! In Australia it used to go gumnuts, brownies, guides and then queen guides - I think it‘s all just one big category these days though. Not sure how they are doing for numbers these days. I have lots of good memories from my time there - and it sounds like you and your daughters do too! 1mo
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Australian authors don‘t come much more iconic than John Marsden.

I was lucky enough to hear him speak at a few events, had a couple of books signed and grew up during his most prolific years - think I‘ve read most of them.

He‘ll be missed.

Chrissyreadit I liked that series too. He was a good storyteller ❤️ 1mo
CarolynM So sad💙 1mo
Rissreadswithcats This really got to me. My daughter read so many of his books. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreads, and hopefully his books will be read for years to come! 1mo
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The Voice Inside | John Farnham, Poppy Stockell
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Wandered into QBD with my birthday Boost… and bumped into THIS GUY again!

I really only ventured in for my free boost (lucky they give you two days either side of your birthday to collect because my local boost was closed due to being collateral damage in a gold heist gone wrong) so I didn‘t miss out!

Rissreadswithcats This is hilarious! He is going to be in your nightmares! I reckon you need to chuck him under your arm and run off with him! 🤣 1mo
Susanita A gold heist gone wrong?!? 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Susanita, I was hoping someone would ask! So it‘s a small suburban shopping centre and somehow a big 4WD managed to bypass carpark bollards, in the early hours of Sunday morning, to smash through one of the main entrances - drove through the mall (several stores had damaged storefronts including boost juice) until it got to the “we buy gold” kiosk - at which point they boosted the safe and drove off… to my knowledge there has been no arrest. (edited) 1mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Rissreads, I could leave him at the end of my bed, freak me out every morning… could be more effective than setting multiple alarms 🤔 1mo
julesG 🤣🤣🤣 I couldn't go to sleep with that cardboard looking at me. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, he could double as a sleep paralysis demon 😂 1mo
Rissreadswithcats Hilarious! 😆 1mo
Susanita That sounds like the plot to a bad movie! 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Susanita, it really does! 1mo
CarolynM 🤣 Great story, I bet all the locals were outraged! All the non-Aussies on here must be wondering who this blond bloke is. 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @CarolynM, watching the footage is like a guide of what not to do 😂 apparently the safe is empty overnight, so high risk for no reward. https://youtu.be/lLBflvR_Xec?si=cKCmY1gP4F7ZNAgk 1mo
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I‘ve had a different kind of birthday this year, my Mum needed someone to hang out with her for 24 hours after dental surgery… and we ended up going through a box of old picture books. I‘ve been daydreaming of my bananas in pyjamas books for years (I think I got them for my 2nd birthday), they really spoke to my child self who longed for cousins of a similar age to play with. I find them just as magical to flip through now.

LeeRHarry Happy birthday!! 🥳 1mo
CarolynM Love the Bananas ❤️ 1mo
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Brightly Shining | Ingvild Rishi
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A rather bittersweet Christmas read - with two sisters doing their best to survive life with an alcoholic and not particularly present Father. They survive on the meagre earnings from the older sisters job selling Christmas Trees and by telling each other stories of imagined other lives - like living in a cosy cottage deep in the woods. Gonna need something cheerful for my next book!

LeahBergen I‘ve been eyeing this one (but have been telling myself that I‘ve bought my quota of Christmas books for this year 😆). (edited) 1mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @LeahBergen, I talked myself out of it in the bookstore and got it as an audiobook from the library instead. Was surprised it came in before Christmas tbh. Don‘t think I‘d reread it so it‘s worked out well for me! 1mo
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Unfamiliar 2: Volume 2 | Haley Newsome
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I wasn‘t expecting a sequel but I happened to spy this on display at the library and just had to bring it home with me. Details of the first volume are a bit hazy but this time Planchette the kitchen witch takes the back seat while her friends Sun and Babs take a turn as the main characters. Like last time, there are ghosts galore and a (murder) mystery (of sorts) is resolved. The vibes are good!

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Aussie Jingle Bells | Colin Buchanan
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Made it to the Post Office without getting attacked by a bird! #aussiesecretsanta

It‘s definitely starting to feel like Christmas now that I‘ve wrapped my first gift up! ☺️

CarolynM 👍👏 2mo
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Untitled | Untitled
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Second day back at work after 5 glorious weeks off…

Yesterday I got swooped not once BUT TWICE by a myna bird - fully smacked into the back of my head (perhaps my mistake was returning to work after lunch?) - freaked me out (I‘ve seen Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds) and today I pulled books for a Christmas display and started making this paper chain.

It‘s summer and I‘m over the weather already 🫣🥵

ShananigansReads Oh how I wish I could trade you 20 degrees of cold for 20 degrees of hot. 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @ShananigansReads, I would trade so fast! Currently in the middle of a 35°C heatwave… I was in Canada only a couple of weeks ago - I saw snow! I miss it so! 2mo
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The Capture | K. A. Applegate
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Each time I finish an Animorphs book - I marvel at how the stakes have once again risen - AND BOY DID THINGS ESCALATE in this one - with Jake falling into a yeerk pool and getting taken over by a high ranking yeerk. With literally everything on the line - from his own autonomy to his friends safety and the future of all humans… will his friends be able to outsmart the yeerk inside their dear friend and group leader?