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Stats with Cats
Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Guide to Statistics, Models, Graphs, and Other Breeds of Data Analysis | Charles Kufs
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When you took statistics in school, your instructor gave you specially prepared datasets, told you what analyses to perform, and checked your work to see if it was correct. Once you left the class, though, you were on your own. Did you know how to create and prepare a dataset for analysis? Did you know how to select and generate appropriate graphics and statistics? Did you wonder why you were forced to take the class and when you would ever use what you learned? That's where "Stats with Cats" can help you out. The book will show you: How to decide what you should put in your dataset and how to arrange the data.How to decide what graphs and statistics to produce for your data.How you can create a statistical model to answer your data analysis questions. The book also provides enough feline support to minimize any stress you may experience. Charles Kufs has been crunching numbers for over thirty years, first as a hydrogeologist, and since the 1990s as a statistician. He is certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt by the American Society for Quality. He currently works as a statistician for the federal government and he is here to help you.
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Deblovestoread
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#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge #2022stats

I love The Storygraph and all the ways to view my year in books. My media percentage is pretty equal between audio, ebook and print.

Suet624 That's wonderful! 2y
Megabooks Great year!! 2y
Andrew65 That‘s brilliant, well done 🥳🥳🥳 2y
DieAReader Great job! I really like seeing the graphs too♥️😉🤓 2y
wanderinglynn Fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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inthegreensandblues
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Fun bits from Goodreads Year in Books. I enjoyed all of these very much. 🤓

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MissAimz_55
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#januarystats. Pretty impressed with the fact that most of my reads were female!

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shadowspeak17
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Okay, last one.
Out of the 60 books I read in 2019, as usual, the vast majority of them were fiction. I borrowed 75% of them and read mostly ebooks. (Libby 🙌🏽)
My personal library and tbr, the last time I checked, consisted of about a 50/50 split of male and female authors. This isn‘t something I pay much attention to during the year (if a book sounds good, I‘ll read it regardless of the author‘s gender), but it is interesting to ⬇️

shadowspeak17 look back at at the end of the year to see how close or far from 50/50 things got. So in 2018, I read slightly more books by female authors. In 2019, I ended up unintentionally rebalancing things by reading slightly more books by male authors, so things are just about 50/50 again. 😂 5y
TheEllieMo Yes! Someone else who uses pie charts !!❤️ 5y
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shadowspeak17
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Here are some stats on my star ratings. The green one is my star distribution for the books I read in 2019. The red one is my average star rating over the past five years. My average star rating in 2019 was 3.42 stars, the lowest it‘s been the past five years. I was a little stingy with my five stars last year, and I was less selective about the books I read, so those both probably contributed to that.

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shadowspeak17
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I had some fun making graphs of my 2019 reading stats. Only a few posts worth, I promise. 😅
So here are my books, pages, and average pages per book for the past five years. I joined Litsy in September 2017 and it shows. My books and pages per year increased a lot after that point. My average pages per book has been decreasing though, but I‘m planning on reading some bigger books this year, so hopefully I‘ll bring that average up a bit for 2020.

BarbaraBB Love it that you make them! 5y
KT1432 I love these graphs! I also analyze data for a living lol 🤷🏽‍♀️ 5y
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Sace
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A crappy collage of the cool stats available on #LibraryThing. Not super splashy but I can see information about my reviews, the height of my books read if I stacked them (mine is currently a little higher than the Taj Mahal, but I haven't entered a book since 2018.) author gender and there's a beta feature for author nationality. Also, BADGERS. There are other stats as well.

Clare-Dragonfly Badgers?! 5y
Sace @Clare-Dragonfly the weight of my books read equals approximately 17 adult badgers 😂 See? Very random stats. 5y
Clare-Dragonfly I love it 😆 5y
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PeterJohn Great info. Will look into it. Thanks for sharing. 5y
Bookwormjillk Thanks for sharing this. I didn‘t realize it was available. 5y
Sace @PeterJohn @Bookwormjillk I love the LT stats. There's also an option for author photos and it's neat to see all the faces of authors I've read. 5y
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parttimedomestic
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February #wrapup! All in all a pretty good reading month for me, & I revisited a series I loved when I was a kid - The Cat Who series. My 5 ⭐ reads were Beauty Queens and Harry Potter. All female authors this month! #februarywrapup
#Theyearofnowhitemen is going well, but I'm noticing a trend of reading mostly white women authors, which is not what I was going for. Any recommendations on POC authors, especially male or non-binary authors?

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parttimedomestic
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I spent the morning compiling my 2018 stats into my bullet journal! I know it‘s not super clear in the photo, but I‘ve broken it down to reading medium (print is in the lead, barely), star rating (I gave a LOT of 4 ⭐️), genre (memoir is my most read), & author demographics. I think my big takeaway is a need to be harsher with my ratings-I barely even remember some of the 4 ⭐️! This was the last spread of my #bujo, I‘m starting a fresh one today!

robinb I‘ve also decided I need to be more differential in my star ratings. The majority of my reviews are 4⭐️...I am extremely stingy with my 5s. Maybe I need to figure out certain criteria for each star? 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
Reviewsbylola Beautiful! 6y
parttimedomestic @robinb I always struggle with ya and more fluffy contemporary novels, because are they the best writing or life changing? No, but I love reading it, so it would usually get a 4! 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😝 6y
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parttimedomestic
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October wrap up! 11 books this month, I had a mini slump at the end of the month, but the books I read during the Dewey‘s Readathon helped pull up my number. Favorites of the month were The Underground Railroad and Barracoon, which I finished today! #octoberstats #readingstats #wrapup

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September wrap up time! A pretty average month for me, but I feel like I have been off my game lately. I‘ve been dealing with some anxiety issues and that always slows my reading. Especially audio because when I‘m anxious all I want to do is listen to the Gilmore Guys podcast (it‘s been over for a while, but it‘s still my favorite). Favorites this month were Dandelion Wine and Crazy Rich Asians.
#septemberstats #septemberwrapup

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#AugustWrapup time! 11 books is not bad at all! Although I must have been feeling very nostalgic this month, I had 3 rereads! I also totally failed at #makemereadit - I bailed on my first read (Breakfast at Tiffany‘s) and haven‘t finished the second (What Happened). I had good intentions, but I just was more drawn to my library ebooks this month!
#august #auguststats

Mindyrecycles I finished Breakfast at Tiffany's but was surprised how dull and annoying it was. 6y
parttimedomestic @Mindyrecycles It was very annoying! I‘ll have to give Capote another try, but that one was not for me! 6y
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parttimedomestic
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July Stats! Lots of great books this month! My top reads were Moxie, Beloved, and Tuck Everlasting.
#julystats #julywrapup

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parttimedomestic
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Time for a #Junewrapup! Only 8 books this month, but I‘ve got to remind myself that before a year and a half ago that would have been a great yearly total for me, so it‘s ok that I watched so much Netflix! I‘ve been tracking my reading in my #bujo for a few years, it helps me to be mindful of reading diversely and remember what I have read! Maybe if my spread comes out pretty I‘ll share my 6 month check in to see how I‘m doing so far! #junestats

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parttimedomestic
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Well, I wanted to finish one more before we left for California, but I think these are my #MayStats ! Top pick of the month was definitely Station Eleven!
I hope to have some reading time on my trip to visit the in laws, especially when we go to Lake Tahoe!

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Ash.on.the.line
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A good reading month for me! I‘m currently 5 behind in my reading vs buying so let‘s hope May gets me caught up. Mount TBR is slowly decreasing!
I‘m heading out to hike for a bit. The I‘ll pick out my May reading!

BookNerd9906 Wow! 7y
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parttimedomestic
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March stats! Kind of a slow reading month for me, but still great! Top picks for me this month were Tiny Beautiful Things and Nimona!

#stats #marchstats

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JoeStalksBeck
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Here are my reading stats so far for 2018. How many have you read? 🤓😁

Marmie7 32/101 Making good progress so far. You're doing great👏 7y
ReviewsbytheMrs I think I am at 24 books so far this year! 💜 7y
JoeStalksBeck @marmie7 fantastic! 👏👏👏👏 7y
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JoeStalksBeck @ReviewsbytheMrs awesome! 👏👏👏👏👏❤️ 7y
Loric 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 awesomeness! 7y
ofclumsywords I just started my 16th!! How did you get these stats for your reading process!? 7y
JoeStalksBeck @Loric thanks!❤️ 7y
JoeStalksBeck @Ofclumsywords awesome!👏👏👏 it‘s an app called Bookly . I love it! Easy to keep track this way😁 7y
ofclumsywords Awesome! I can‘t wait to check it out 7y
GatheringBooks is it easier than goodreads? am trying to explore other options. 7y
JoeStalksBeck @GatheringBooks hell yes! It‘s not a site with other people it‘s strictly for you 7y
CindyMyLifeIsLit I had it and didn‘t even know it! I think I‘m turning into an app hoarder. 7y
catsuit_mango Ios only :( 7y
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Sace
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The number one reason I switched to LT is data. On the home page there's a link to Stats/Memes. On the stats/memes page there's a link to physical properties. I love those stats. I also like the Authors link on the home page which leads to a visual representation of all the authors I've read. #LitsyonLT

dariazeoli I was really pleased to find that stats page yesterday! Interesting stuff... 7y
Sace @dariazeoli such fun stats! And I like the Authors tab on the home page as well. 7y
Smangela I had never heard of LibraryThing before the Litsy acquisition - I‘m intrigued but I honestly do enjoy GR... is it worth it to do another cataloging account? And is the a book shelf maximum? 7y
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Sace @Smangela I'm going to be honest, GR is way too buggy for me and after a few years of it I was done. So I do LT exclusively. I'm not a super organizer but you can do collections and tags and I don't think there are limits. 7y
lorannen @Smangela LT staff member here! Technically, there is a 200-item limit for free accounts, but if you sign in to your existing account or register via our mobile app (for iOS or Android), you get automatically upgraded to a free lifetime membership with no limits. 7y
Smangela @lorannen whoa! That‘s cool!! I‘ll be sure to check it out during my son‘s nap time today haha 7y
Sace @lorannen sorry I misspoke. I'm a lifetime member and I assumed....😁 7y
lorannen @RestlessFickleBookHoarder No worries! We do tend to give lifetime memberships away a lot. Just wanted to make sure @Smangela wasn't disappointed on registering. 7y
Sace @lorannen whew! I think I paid for mine for the purpose of unlimited but then forgot. Money VERY well-spent. 7y
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parttimedomestic
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February stats! Favorites this month were All American Boys and the March trilogy, both #blameitonLitsy finds!

I‘m headed to a library sale this afternoon, hopefully I‘ll have a nice haul to show y‘all!

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ReadingRover
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Audible sent me an email with my end of the year stats in it. Here they are. I also have 145 books in my wishlist which isn‘t too bad.

Peddler410 Fun! 7y
MiyakoBunny Nice 💙💙💙 7y
Rachel.Rencher Just wanted to see if you got your ARC Giveaway box! I've heard of a couple packages getting lost this season, hoping that wasn't one of them 😳 7y
ReadingRover I did!!! thank you sooo much. I‘ve been meaning to email you to thank you. Also I‘m backed up by a ton of posts 😝 so you‘ll be seeing it soon. Dexter loves his toy!!! The funny thing is that he doesn‘t really like toys except for the ones that crinkle! He nibbies them with his tiny front teeth! You hit the nail on the head with that! I took a pic for you! 7y
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ReadingRover
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-Dexter, my Basset hound!
-so many! I‘m the worst at choosing favorites!
-hmmm Target, Barnes & Noble, Piq idk I do a lot of online shopping do Audible and Amazon count?!?
-Old Navy
-Forest Green, Burgundy
-Peach
-Fried shrimp
-Gradisca
-Chopt (does that count? It‘s a chain of salad places) otherwise Burger King
-Spring
-Sunset
-March (my birthday!)
-Halloween

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ReadingRover
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1. Neither😕 2.Lipchap 3.No 4.Darker reds&burgundy 5.Scarves 6. I think everyone else has probably done this already! #ssgpBeautyEdition @Clwojick

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ReadingRover
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#ssgpswapquestions •used books/broken spines are fine just no pages falling out or gross goo or badly torn covers • wishlist is preferred • I love all the lights & the snow, especially late on a quiet night • I love getting gifts for people that I know they will enjoy • I looove scarves!!! I wear them all the time as soon as it gets chilly. Chunky scarves, funky colored scarves, dainty scarves, handmade scarves, infinity scarves! 🧣🧣🧣🧣🧣🧣🧣🧣

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ReadingRover
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Yay!!!✅
Silver✅
Necklaces✅
Earrings ehhh not usually 🚫
Bracelets✅
Rings✅✅✅
Pins -like fancy ones or brooches 🚫
like buttons to have or put on bags and stuff✅
#ssgpthisorthat @miralunasbooknook

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ReadingRover
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☕️ got apple cider or tea (Assam, Oolong, green, or Darjeeling. Nothing floral)
🧦 I love fun socks!!!
🕯cozy bakery smells like gingerbread, maple bourbon, sugar cookie, pumpkin pie 🍪🍰🍯🥧
🍫I don‘t eat much candy. Only Reese‘s Peanut Butter Cups and Peanut Butter Twix. I can‘t even think of any others
❤️ohhh so many things! FunkoPops, Disney TsumTsums, keychains, Alice in Wonderland stuff #allaboutme2017

Clwojick Have you tried the Reese peanut butter big cups that have Reese pieces inside?!?! My ULTIMATE favourite. I loveee them. 7y
ReadingRover @Clwojick I have not! I will have to look into those though!🤪 7y
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ReadingRover
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Ok so I‘m the worst at these! I can never make a decision. I always choose both!
•Salty but I‘m ok with sweet if someone is baking something for me 😜
•Either one. I‘m not huge on food.
•I‘m cool with Generic! Personalized is nice too though.
•Cold right now (I can‘t even answer this one definitively!!!)
•Bookmarks
•anything scented or perfumey (lotion, floral teas *plain tea is great*)

RadicalReader @ReadingRover what is a book plate? 7y
ReadingRover @RadicalReader It‘s a sticker you put in a book that usually says “This Book Belongs to... “ or “From the Library of...” 7y
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ReadingRover
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-forest green, burgundy
-FunkoPops, socks, Disney TsumTsums, keychains, basset hounds
-Daughter of Smoke&Bone
-YA,Thriller/Suspense,Fairytale Retellings,Fantasy
-chocolate(I‘m weird)
-At age 7 I won The Animal Of Freedom Contest. My sculpture was bronzed & put on the Peace Fountain @ the Cathedral of St John the Divine in NYC
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4059247-megan-readingrover?shelf=2017-want...
-@mommamanzi
#giftswapsurvey @teebe

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ReadingRover
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Of course I couldn‘t just pick 5 so I did 5 books & 5 graphic novels.

5 Most Wanted Books
📚The Lair - Emily McKay
📚The Love that Split the World - Emily Henry
📚This Is Our Story - Ashley Elston
📚Deerskin - Robin McKinley
📚The Book Collector - Alice Thompson

5 Most Wanted Graphic Novels
📖I hate fairyland vol 3
📖Saga Vol 6 & Vol 7
📖Postal Vol 1
📖A Wrinkle in Time : The Graphic Novel
📖Unshelved Vol 1

#mostwantedtopfive @Smangela

Peddler410 A Wrinkle in Time Graphic novel is wonderful. 7y
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julesG
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Just got an update on my Goodreads challenge. After I'd adjusted the goal, I never got another message congratulating me on finishing. Now I wonder whether I should reset the goal again.
Interesting stats, though. I tend to rate very high.

The cat is enjoying the sunshine. #CatsOfLitsy

CareBear 😻 7y
AlaMich S/he is a beauty!! 😻 7y
jillannjohn Beautiful kitty! Your reading stats make me feel like such a slacker! Awesome job! 7y
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julesG @AlaMich Yes, she is. Thank you. @jillannjohn I suppose you haven't had the "luxury" of being unemployed and spending way too much time alone at home. Don't think of yourself as a slacker, there is no competition. 7y
Balibee146 Beautiful kitty 7y
Balibee146 ... Oops hit send too soon. I rate high on GR too... Think it's cos I've got better at bailing #lifestooshort 7y
julesG @Balibee146 Thanks. Yes, Litsy has made me better at bailing too. 7y
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MinDea
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My #AugustReads. Was kind of busy but I try to read a book a week. Seems so measly compared to you Litsians who can read more than 20 a month! My favorite was Pachinko, but The Hobbit and the Fellowship of the Ring come in tied for second as they really surprised me on how much I liked them. I now want to find a nice edition of these books 😊📚

#MonthlyStats #August

Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻 7y
Ms_T 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Susannah I'm so glad to see your post! I only read four-five books per month, and I am usually ok with it, except when I see folks reading 15-20. That said, I know reading isn't about statistics, and I should try to be happy with what I do have time to read. 😁 (edited) 7y
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Lmstraubie
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Confession 😔 This is the most amount of books I've probably ever read in a month. That being said more than half were #middlegrade and 4 of them were #graphicnovels. But I think a pretty good job on the whole. Thank you for your reading inspiration Littens! #julystats

emilyhaldi Awesome!! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Cinfhen Woah! AWESOME 🙌🏻❣️ 7y
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LeahBergen Wow!! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Gissy Congratulations! 🎉🎊🎈📚😍 7y
Lmstraubie @Gissy Thanks! 7y
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DebinHawaii
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June Stats: not a bad reading month for a busy month when some unexpected work projects came up. Project work meant more listening to audio books which upped my stats. The 15 books include the 2nd half-ish of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince & the 1st half-ish of The Deadly Hallows counted as one book & one short story; The Grownup. Not so good was keeping up with my reviews on here & especially on Goodreads so that will be a focus for July.📚

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MaleficentBookDragon
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The Girl With All The Gifts
Uganda Be Kidding Me
Hungry Heart
Wishful Drinking
A Darkness Absolute
I See You Made An Effort
Ukrainian Egg Decoration: A Holiday Tradition

Bklover What app do you use to make these? Looks great! 8y
MaleficentBookDragon @Bklover I just saved a pic I liked from google and then put the type in through Litsy. If I'm feeling fancy, I design things up in photoshop and send it to my phone. Some people have used some cool apps but I don't have them. I make things harder than they need to be sometimes. 😌 8y
JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏👏👏❤️📚🌹🥇🏅🎖 8y
Bklover @MaleficentBookDragon great idea!!! I think I tend to make things difficult too! 8y
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BookishMarginalia
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My reading stats for #January2017 because why not?

kspenmoll 😊 8y
CynCruz23 Whoa 😲 that's a ton of reading for 1 month! 8y
aprilbapryll I thought I read a lot! 8y
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Sara_Planz
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Brotherly love as Metar checks on his recuperating sister and my own reading progress during the #readathon #24in48

NCNY Such a sweet pic! Look at that shaved belly. Poor kitty. 🤕 8y
Sara_Planz @NCNY just has her spayed. She's doing better every day. She's such a sweetheart and a trooper. 8y
britt_brooke So sweet. 💚💚💚 8y
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MicheleinPhilly Aw poor baby! I hope she's OK! 8y
Sara_Planz @MicheleinPhilly just a spay so she's on the road to recovery 8y
MicheleinPhilly Oh good! 8y
NCNY @Sara_Planz Once they're out of the woods, I always find those shaved areas kind of hilarious. My dog an area down her back shaved once. Reverse mohawk. 8y
Louise Such a beautiful moment with their noses touching! 💕🐾 Heal well, little one! ✨✨✨ 8y
TheLondonBookworm Aww poor little thing ❣️💕❣️💕❣️ 8y
shanebeth they're giving me the warm fuzzies! 💕 8y
BekahB Awww...I love it when animals comfort each other. So cute. 💕 8y
LauraBeth Your cat is missing her shirt 😹 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess aww. Love!😻😀 8y
CherylDeFranceschi 💕😻😻 8y
LeahBergen That poor pink belly!!! 8y
DebinHawaii So sweet! 🐱❤️🐱 8y
Bette 💙🐱💜🐱 8y
kspenmoll Sweet! 8y
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tysephine
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Since everyone else seems to be posting their end of year stats, here's mine. Not a lot of books this year, which was a bummer. Next year will be better!

LauraBeth You did great! 🎉⭐👏 8y
tysephine @LauraBeth thank you ☺ 8y
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LindaGrace812
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One of three kitties who helped me through my PhD. This is our Luna. We adopted her in 2012 after losing our Schuster in 2010 and my dear Simon in 2012, just a few weeks before we adopted Luna. She was 10 when we adopted her. Her original people were going to have a baby and were going to take her to the pound. We couldn't let that happen; we knew senior kitties almost never get adopted. She is a sweet funny love and we are lucky to have her!

BookishMarginalia 😻😻😻 I'm glad you adopted her (and obviously, she adopted you!) 8y
LindaGrace812 She adopted my husband even more heartily! She LOVES him - he thinks it's because he's warm all the time; I think it's because she can rub her head on his beads. 😁 8y
LindaGrace812 Er...His beard! 😂 8y
rubyslippersreads That face! 😻😻😻 8y
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Cinfhen
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I'm so close to finishing I LET YOU GO, but I have a dinner party tonight so don't think I'll be finishing the book tonight😡😞😢so here are my September Stats! Another good month of reading, thanks to all the Littens😻
And no, I haven't read Stats with Cats but I'm sure it's awesome 🤗

britt_brooke Love your graphic! 🙌🏻 8y
Meg11726 I loved I let you go. Cannot wait for her next book. 8y
Reviewsbylola I Let You Go is soooooooo good. 8y
Cinfhen @britt_brooke thanks, I used to love scrap booking so these collages and photo challenges are super fun for me! Anywhere I can use stickers or emoji's makes me very 😊 8y
megt Well done!!! 8y
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