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Rosemary and Rue
Rosemary and Rue: Book One of Toby Daye | Seanan McGuire
"Rosemary and Rue is one of the most successful blends of mystery and fantasy I've ever readlike Raymond Chandler by way of Pamela Dean. Toby Daye has become one of my favorite heroines, and I can't wait to read more of her continuing adventures."Tim Pratt, author of Dead ReignThe world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survivalbut no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Outsiders from birth, these half-human, half-fae children spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Or, in the case of October "Toby" Daye, rejecting it completely. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating into a normal life. Unfortunately for her, Faerie has other ideas...The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose, one of the secret regents of the San Francisco Bay Area, pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evenings dying curse, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills and begin renewing old alliances that may prove her only hope of solving the mystery...before the curse catches up with her. Rosemary and Rue is the first installment of the highly praised Toby Daye series.
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Nessavamusic
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Chrissyreadit i love this series 13mo
BookmarkTavern Love this series! 🖤 13mo
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Fortifiedbybooks
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Humble Bundle has a Kobo ebooks bundle of most of the October Daye
and InCryptid series! For those of you who don't have Kobo (like me) you can download them to Adobe Digital Editions, which will turn them into EPUBs.
Supposedly you can then put them on your Kindle, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
www.humblebundle.com

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Shemac77
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Mehso-so

Not terribly engaging.

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Shemac77
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Onto the next.

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ProudBookNerd
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Pickpick

This popped up on a number of Recommended lists for urban fantasy. Interesting concept. I am always amazed by the creativity people have to come up with these kinds of stories. If you are in to urban fantasy, I think you will like this. I'm on the library waitlist for the next book in the series.

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elkeOriginal
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I love McGuire‘s Wayward Children series and have had my eye on this Hugo-nominated urban fantasy series for a bit. Even though most reviews say it doesn‘t get great until a few books in, I enjoyed this as is! Might be the fae fiefdoms being set in my native SF Bay Area, but I thought the world set-up totally fantastic & intriguing. Toby is complicated and situations can get dark. I look forward to tearing through the series now that I am hooked!

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Larkken
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The choices for “books featuring a feline” on my library home page made me laugh today! I guess feline shifters count… 🤔😂

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kwmg40
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I finished several more short stories about Tybalt, King of Cats, from the October Daye series. I've now completed 15 of the 17 published ones featuring Tybalt and I'm ready to return to the main series. It's astounding how prolific Seanan McGuire (a.k.a. Mira Grant) is!

Currently at 9 hours and 20 minutes for the #20in4 readathon.

#BookSpinBingo
@TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 3y
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Nessavamusic
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Pickpick

I finally have started this much loved urban fantasy series. I enjoyed our main character, she is a down on her luck changling detective who has incredibly bad luck. Though a little slow, I have heard the series gets really great so I am intrigued to continue. 3.5⭐️
First #bookspinbingo!
#NoShameReadathon22 - urban fantasy
#19822022 - 2009
#FabulousFebruary #Readathon

TheAromaofBooks Yay bingo!!! 3y
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claudiuo
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Another series by the awesome Seanan McGuire that doesn't let down. Quite different than Wayward Children series which I love but still a great read: a blend of mystery and fantasy, non-stop action that doesn't let down, great world and character building. A pick!

@PuddleJumper: this is January #49 #Roll100 pick on my list.
@TheAromaOfBooks: I was able to advance in the #PromptMaze with this read.
Thank you both for awesome challenges!

PuddleJumper Oh, that does sound fun! Glad you enjoyed it 3y
claudiuo @PuddleJumper Thanks for this challenge, it makes me try to read more! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yes!!! I've advanced three spaces and and have been stuck for there for the last couple of books. I don't know what I was thinking with some of these prompts 😂 3y
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claudiuo @TheAromaofBooks I only moved 2 squares but I enjoy every move. It's such an original idea, I love it! 3y
BookmarkTavern I love this series! ❤️ 3y
claudiuo @ozma.of.oz I'm getting the second book soon but I'm also curious about the InCryptid series, so I think I'll make a detour first. 😊 3y
TheAromaofBooks I'm going to see how it goes. I may come up with a second one for the second half of the year. Or I may still be stuck on square 3 by then 😂 3y
BookmarkTavern Yay! I also love the Incryptid books! I hope you enjoy them! 3y
claudiuo @TheAromaofBooks What? I just finished the maze! I thought there is something wrong and last square sent me to I5 cause there is no I5; except there is and it is the ending 😁 It seems I was very lucky and the selections I made took me there in 3 steps: A2 -> A5 -> F5 -> I5.
I will retrace my steps, read another book for an already done cell and go in a different direction!
Thanks a lot for the fun!
3y
TheAromaofBooks Nice!!! That is awesome!! I wasn't sure how many steps there are... the only “planning“ I did was to try and make sure there were same number chances to get sent to each cell (so I think I ended up with 3 as the magic number - of course - so three different cells send you to A2; 3 cells send you to A3; etc). That's awesome that you found the finish!!! 3y
claudiuo @TheAromaofBooks I love the fact that you provided for more than one possibility in each cell, it makes for more fun. Now that I finished by starting with a nonfiction in A2, I will start all over with either a Fairytale retelling or a Romance and see where that gets me. I really love it! Thank you so much! 3y
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HufflepuffBruja
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When you're trying to add a book to your wish list but somehow ended up buying it??? Oh well. I have seriously been meaning to read it; guess the universe has spoken!

#IMayHaveABookProblem #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasyismyhappyplace

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esurient
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Bailedbailed

I can't remember the last time a book has left me this cold. McGuire is a prolific and popular author, and this particular book has been purported as an excellent place to begin with her. This book was flipping awful.

esurient The writing was downright grating, with my loathed first-person POV and frequent blocks of infodumping. The story pacing was bizarre, with the prologue rocketing from 'and then the heroine was a fish' to 'huge timeskip, now she's a grocery clerk,' which seemed an especially cumbersome way to introduce backstory. I thought the heroine's name was fucking twee, I even hated the cover -- I find McGrath's art vastly overused in the market. 3y
esurient Heck no, I will not be reading more in this series. 3y
esurient Ugh, I do remember: it was Catfishing on Catnet. So disappointing. 3y
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TheSpineView Yikes! 3y
esurient @TheSpineView I feel so bad: the people who love this author really love her. Me, I'm looking at this one and thinking: there is not a single thing I enjoy here. 3y
Clare-Dragonfly I found this book rather disappointing as well. IIRC, I only finished it because it was all I had on a day of many short travels. 3y
esurient @Clare-Dragonfly Oh, I sympathize with that experience. 3y
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swynn
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Pickpick

This is a re-read for me, but this time I plan to continue the series. I liked it just as well this second time.

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wisherwishinguponastar
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It is away! I will send you a tracking number shortly! #lmpbc #groupp I clearly needed help wrapping the book up and my assistant monitored my work closely.

PandaPanda @EliNeedsMoreShelves I am definitely working on it but I may be a week late sending your next book out I‘m still in the middle of it. 4y
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wisherwishinguponastar
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Pickpick

Impressive world building and characters. If you are not versed in fairy lore, then you will want to be by the end of this book! #lmpbc #groupp #bookjournal

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wisherwishinguponastar
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Guess what, @Littlewolf1 ?!?! It is a #litsymiracle !!!!

Littlewolf1 Yay, glad you got it 4y
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wisherwishinguponastar
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#bookspin #2021 I got a little sticker happy, but no regrets. They are scratch and sniff and cats!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Love your layout!!! 4y
wisherwishinguponastar Thank you, @TheAromaofBooks This was the year of watching too many journaling videos! (edited) 4y
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EliNeedsMoreShelves
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@Littlewolf1 this one is headed your way! Hope you enjoy it - I am definitely hooked on the series!

#LMPBC #GroupP

wisherwishinguponastar That has such a cool cover! 4y
BookmarkTavern I love this series! ❤️❤️ 4y
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fakesteph
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I binged this whole series so hard. I highly recommend it if you are into UF and looking for something to sooth your Kate Daniels or Harry Dresden withdrawl.

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silentrequiem
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And that's a BINGO! for September's #bookspinbingo! @TheAromaofBooks

Review coming.

TheAromaofBooks YAY bingo!!!! 4y
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silentrequiem
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Audiospinning. A friend took all my fiber samples from Phat Fiber boxes and made them into gorgeous batts for me, but now I have to finish spinning what I had on the bobbin. #spinnersoflitsy

I don't know why it's taken so long to read this. I love her other series.

rjsthumbelina Toby is one of my favorite characters! 4y
Nute I bet that this is relaxing to do! 4y
Leftcoastzen Absolutely gorgeous! 4y
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silentrequiem @rjsthumbelina I'm not very far in but I'm enjoying her very much! I love that she's flawed. 4y
silentrequiem @Nute It's very meditative! 4y
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Addison_Reads
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Pickpick

Although I didn't find the writing as strong as some of McGuire's newer books, it was still a great start to an urban fantasy series. I loved all the creatures she introduced and I hope we see more off them.

October Daye grew on me as the story developed, and I will definitely read more in the series.

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LittleBug
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Pickpick

Loved this one! It was my first McGuire, so I guess I have a new author to add to my TBR. Have already started No 2 in the series, actually🥴

So why did I love it? Well...I liked the MC, who is kick ass, but also fallible. The book is set in a fae setting and I love fae elements in my books, really liked McGuire‘s version too! And I thought the storyline was good. Strong and complex, but not too much so.

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Joysiam
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What a fun world created by author seaman McGuire. A beautifully tragic blending of Fae and Humans.

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S.J.Fowler
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Pickpick

This book has a great way of melding heavy Fantasy into an urban setting. October (aka "Toby") is a brilliant character who gets into all kinds of trouble.

You'll laugh, you'll cringe, and you'll keep reading to see how she'll get out of the mess she made this time.

Books88 I'm adding this to my pile of TBR since I absolutely love love love Seanan McGuire! 5y
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DayBegins

“We have to burn brightly, we can‘t burn forever.”

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Chili
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#WinterGames #MerryReaders #TBRRead Another one knocked off Mount TBR.

Clwojick 16 pt 5y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Pickpick

This was the perfect book to get me through a few nights of jet lag. Honestly, what‘s not to love about a murder mystery set in the world of Faerie? Toby Daye, a changling who doesn‘t quite fit in either the human or Faerie world, falls under a curse & will die if she doesn‘t solve the murder of Countess Evening Winterrose. The mystery wasn‘t hard to solve but Toby is an engaging character & I enjoyed the story. I‘ll definitely read more.

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That‘s quite an image.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Oh how I love jet lag! Ok, not really but the upside is I do get a little more reading time. 🤪 Don‘t want to wake my roommate—that would just be mean—so it‘s reading on my phone for now. This is my 2:00am—or whatever time it is now—read.

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BookmarkTavern
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Got the swing bought and assembled in time for actual warm weather with a good breeze. And someone decided to come keep me company.

#dogsoflitsy #Riley

Aims42 Beautiful reading & relaxing spot 👍🏻 5y
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rjsthumbelina
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1. Arnold, MO (just south of St Louis)
2. Sci-fi/fantasy, YA, thriller, historical fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry
...it's really easier to list what ISN'T a favorite genre
3. Seanan McGuire, Taylor Jenkins Reid, there are about a million others
4. Rosemary and Rue. Lately I have been also frequently recommending Where the Crawdads Sing and No Exit
#socialsunday

EchoLogical I'll bite. What genres AREN'T your favorites? LoL 6y
rjsthumbelina @EchoLogical I don't read as much romance or mysteries that don't have much of a thriller aspect. I don't read cozy mysteries, as a general rule. I never read books categorized as erotica or travel. Or cookbooks. But that's about it! Lol. I have worked at a bookstore part time for several years, and it has done wonders for opening up my horizons as far as what I like to read! 6y
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bookwrm526
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Mehso-so

I love this author, and this series has great potential, but this one just didn‘t grab me the way her books normally do. It was non-stop action, but the story development was slow at the same time. I will check out the next one though, to see if it gets better. This was my book from the blacklist of a favorite author for #MMDchallenge

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LeticiaToraci
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Mehso-so

The first and second book aren't bad, but some issues, especially with the second book, make me unsure if I'll go on reading this series.

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Christy2318
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Pickpick

Decent start to #urbanfantasy series. I have high hopes for the next installments. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

KarmonR I love this series. 6y
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LeticiaToraci
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This paranormal fantasy is in my TBR.

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Corar
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book in the October Daye urban fantasy series. The world was interesting and The characters were interesting and complicated. I will definitely continue the series.

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Carolyn11215
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One of my very fave series...I‘ve read all but the last one as I‘m waiting for it to come out in paperback! #emojimadness @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

Carolyn11215 @TommieMarie74 I noticed you stacked. Yay! As is the case with many series, this gets better with each book so hope you continue reading past the initial book. I adore Toby and the other characters she develops in future books! 7y
TommieMarie74 @Carolyn11215 I‘ve heard this title before and found it intriguing but never really thought any more of it. After reading how much you love it, I really think I should give the series a try. Usually with series, unless the first book is just horrid, I try to give it at least two books before I make a decision. Because, like you said, series often get better with each book. Thanks for setting this series back in my sights. 😊 (edited) 7y
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LiteraryNephilim
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Has anyone read this? I know the Wayward Children series is popular right now but I wanted to try some older ones first.
#overdrive #library #kindle #currentlyreading

📚: 23/52

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daniwithtea
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One of many fiction shelves, with TBR on top, #shelfie for #riotgrams

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AlwaysBeyondHope
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Didn‘t make it this time around, but I did better than I did during my first #24in48. One of these days I‘ll make it. I still had an awesome time!

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AlwaysBeyondHope
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Starting off @24in48 a bit late, but no better way to start than by reading Seanan McGuire‘s Rosemary and Rue. Here‘s my copy, a birthday present from my sister, which I then got signed at ChessieCon in 2015. Happy reading! #24in48 #rosemaryandrue #octoberdaye

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dysprosium2
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Pickpick

Excellent book. The characters are interesting and likeable; the plot is enhancing and exciting. This book was recommended to me by some friends and did not disappoint.

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mcipher
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Settling in with my girls and a book before bed. #catsoflitsy #Chloe #Edie @MinDea (Chloe already ran off for a new adventure!)

tammysue Awww😻 7y
MinDea Awww. Is your #Chloe longhaired? 7y
Texreader Oh my the love! They are beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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mcipher @MinDea More medium - my Edie cat is super long haired! 7y
mcipher @Texreader No love for each other yet but it‘s much better! 😊❤️ 7y
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Sue
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Caught this figure after ticking off Rosemary and Rue. Nice.

BookMaven407 👍 7y
Reviewsbylola 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y
Listener15 Huzzah!!! 7y
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LadySarah
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My current re-read! I love this series (it has the best world-building ever), but it's been a couple of years and I totally don't remember enough details to get the most out of the recent installments, so it's time to brush up on the Toby Daye universe. This one is noticeably weaker than later books, but I do remember that the quality dramatically improves around An Artificial Night, so I'm really looking forward to the rest of this re-read.

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BookishBelle
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I made my #goodreads #goal early this year... which is pretty great since I struggled to make it to my goal of 25 books last year. #progress. I've really enjoyed spending more time #reading this year. I think instead of setting a higher goal though, I'm going to do some #rereading.

Mommamanzi Great job! 7y
BekahB Congrats!! 🎉🎉 7y
kspenmoll 👏👏🎉🎉 7y
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moranadatter Congrats!🎉 7y
hes7 Yay! 🎉 7y
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nosferatoos
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Litsy wouldn't let me upload the edited and color corrected version of this pick but this is what I'm reading instead of burning through Jonah's Gourd Vine 😬 and honestly this is so much better #bookriotinsiders #bribookclub #studentflife

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BookishBelle
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I'm so talented. I got the hiccups while meditating. Reading this now in hopes that it will distract me enough for the hiccups to go away so I can sleep. 🙄