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Griffin and Sabine
Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence | Nick Bantock
Don't miss The Pharos Gate, the final volume in the Griffin & Sabine story. Published simultaneously with the 25th-anniversary edition of Griffin & Sabine, the book finally shares what happened to the lovers.Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were rightthe wine glass has more impact than the cup. SabineBut Griffin had never met a woman named Sabine. How did she know him? How did she know his artwork? Who is she? Thus begins the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. And since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin & Sabine is like no other illustrated novel: appealing to the poet and artist in everyone and sure to inspire a renaissance in the fine art of letter-writing, it tells an extraordinary story in an extraordinary way.
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SconsinBookyBadger
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#TPRC prompt 14 Wrapped in Plastic: book with dust jacket

While Pistachio is contentedly wrapped in a cozy blanket, I show up to annoy him with a book pose.

@Yuki_Onna

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Chrissyreadit
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Thanks for the tag @eeclayton ❤️
1. I‘ve been lucky and loved with so many gifted books….one most recently is CrossStitch from @wanderinglynn
2. A book I recently gifted was The Slaughtered Lamb to my friend for her birthday.
3. Tagged
#wondrouswednesday
Please consider yourself tagged!

Eggs Thanks for playing 👍🏼📚 3y
eeclayton You're welcome ☺️ 3y
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Avanders
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Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView ! 😘😘

💖 I always prefer books. But if you wanna throw a little candy or pretty flowers in there, I won‘t complain 😁

💖 I loved the tagged book…

TheSpineView You're welcome and Thanks for playing! ❤📚❤ 3y
TheLudicReader That book (all his books, really) is beautiful. 3y
Avanders @TheLudicReader I agree ☺️ This was my favorite tho 😉 3y
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readingjedi
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Pickpick

How to describe? A epistolary picture book? Or, as my 7 year old called it "The Jolly Postman for grown-ups." It would be a mistake, however, to think it a mere novelty - yes, it's lots of fun to remove & read the 'real' letters, but I was also sucked into the intriguing relationship developing between the two characters. That they've never met or spoken & all communication is via the written word is also a tantalising prospect. Good cliffhanger!

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readingjedi
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A little World Book Day gift to myself! My daughter chose one for herself as well and I chose one for her because choosing books for her is even more fun than choosing them for myself!

She was also very intrigued to discover that this book is a quote Jolly Postman for grown-ups unquote!

KathyWheeler What is a Jolly Postman? 4y
readingjedi @KathyWheeler It's a children's book that my daughter adores and I've read about a million times! 😂 4y
MandaMT I love this book. And the Jolly Postman. Another grown up Take on this kind of concept is S. By Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams. Two University students communicate by writing notes to each other in the margins of a library book. Other notes, flyers, and scraps of paper are put between the pages. 4y
marleed I love this series. I‘m missing just one book - Alexandria- but some day I‘ll find a copy! 4y
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shanaqui
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Pickpick

Lovely, lovely book that I will be reviewing for Postcrossing.

It's very very short, but there's so much visual stuff going on with the postcards and letters that it doesn't matter. Sabine has been seeing Griffin's art in her dreams for a long time, and she finally gets in contact with him via postcard... The book includes envelopes with letters you have to take out and read, as you see in my photo! Most of it is postcards, though.

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pocketmermaid
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Pickpick

After helping my dad move last week, I‘ve unearthed my old “Griffin & Sabine” collection. I was going to get rid of them, but now I‘m having second thoughts!

marleed Oh I treasure mine. And I‘m missing Alexandria! I just love them time and calmness of taking those letters out of their envelopes. 5y
Wife @Kelican17 Do you have all of these? 5y
Kelican17 @Wife i do not. I am missing The Gryphon and the one at the bottom that I can‘t quite see. 5y
pocketmermaid @Kelican17 The Gryphon is the one on the bottom. 5y
Kelican17 @pocketmermaid thanks! 😊 5y
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rather_be_reading
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What a neat concept to be able to pull the letters out.

Birdsong28 I loved the tagged as a child as you could pull out the letters and this looks just as good 5y
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rather_be_reading
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Look at those cool end papers!

Linsy Oooh 5y
marleed I love this whole series. I‘m obsessed with how you just have to take your time and pull out the letters. I‘m missing one book in the series though :( 5y
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rather_be_reading
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Book 134 of 2019

@Come-read-with-me recommended this to me and I LOVED it!! Sabine sends a postcard to Griffin even though they had never met and they continue to write each other. The book is fill of their cool envelopes, artwork and actual letters that come out!

GeekGirlOnAQuest I read this book years ago when it first came out and loved it! I didn‘t know he made sequels to it - I‘ll have to read this again and the others! Thanks for reminding me about this great book - I also loved the way it had letters you could actually take out and read. 5y
Come-read-with-me @rather_be_reading This is such a wonderful series of books and I‘m delighted that you like it! Being able to take a letter out of an envelope is so much fun!!! The other three books are great - their love story continues! 5y
marleed @Come-read-with-me There are actually 7 books since he revisited the original trilogy later. I have all but one of them. 5y
Come-read-with-me @marleed. 7?!??? I need to catch up. I knew there were four but have completely missed the last three 😟 (edited) 5y
marleed @Come-read-with-me I was so obsessed with the original books. I brought them into work where I inspired several days of much too long lunch breaks as my co workers opened and read each letter. It was only 2 years ago that I saw the story was revisited - I‘m missing Alexandria :(. 5y
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marleed
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We're so close to reaching that famous happy end almost believing this one's not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close, #SoClose and still so far

Day 23 of #MayMovieMagic with #SoClose
@Rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

Cinfhen I‘m not familiar with these books but they look lovely 😊 💕 5y
marleed @Cinfhen Oh try one. The first set was a trilogy and then several years later, a second trilogy. The book‘s format forces you to sit back and enjoy as you pull letters out of envelopes to follow their trail and wonder if they‘ll ever actually meet. 5y
RohitSawant This sounds like a fun read! Love the covers 💙 5y
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marleed @rohit-sawant I was obsessed with the original trilogy but missed the second set until a couple years ago - I must have been buried in chapter books at the time! 5y
charl08 I only read one but loved the little letters. Reminded me of reading 5y
marleed @charl08 Ohh, I have to check that out! 5y
allureofbeauty Oh I love that series so much. It‘s one of my all time favorites. 5y
marleed @allureofbeauty Isn‘t it just the best! 5y
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Chrissyreadit
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So many songs I love! I also loved these books and wish I still had them....#wishyouwerehere #marchintothe70s

Cinfhen 🙌🏻♥️🎵 6y
Lizpixie Thanks for playing!❤️ 6y
LauraBeth I had these books in the 90s and thought I‘d lost them during one of our moves but just recently found them! 😂❤️ 6y
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MaGoose
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This was my second time reading this book. The first time was several years ago. Interesting epistolary novel, quick and relatively short read. Book set up as postcards and actual letters that are removed from envelopes adhered to the page. Will probably read the rest of the series.

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SW-T
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Pickpick

Story was original but kind of just ended. Apparently this is book 1 of 3. Super short; about 20 pages so a fast read. Did enjoy the illustrations and letters included so for the artwork it‘s a pick.

#artandillustration #artappreciation #art

CaliforniaCay I've never heard of this book or this author but I love books that have interactive elements 😍 stacked! 6y
SW-T It‘s interactive! If you try it, hope you enjoy 😊 6y
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Caffeinated_Reader
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Going to take a little detour to read this charming little book. I seen this on an Owlcrate book vlog and I fell in love with the type of book this is. If you have looked into this collection of books you gots ta! I only have the first book but I‘m definitely going to need to buy the set 💗💗💗 book number 49 real quick!

Caffeinated_Reader 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 dude. I will spend a small fortune to get the rest of this set. It‘s so unique and beautiful. I just. Love. It. 6y
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MelissaS
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sunnyaltman I love these books, they're so magical! 7y
Suet624 Awwww, these books. 💕💕💕 7y
PagesOfKate First time I've heard of these books and they look magical 😍😍Might have to order them off of Amazon and try to hide the evidence from my partner. 7y
MelissaS @PagesOfKate yes, get copies! You want new ones so that you are the first to open the letters! They are wonderful 😀❤️📚 7y
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tournevis
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1️⃣ Honestly, I've been thinking about this since last night, and can't think of a single one. I don't read romance outside of fanfic. Griffin and Sabine, possibly?
2️⃣ Sabine and Griffin, I guess.
3️⃣ Iris versicolor
4️⃣ CHOCOLATE!!!!
5️⃣ I'd rather not, but red if I must.
#manicmonday @JoScho

RedbagReadbooks My oldest sons name is Griffin 😁 7y
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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Here is so far my favorite book I've read in 2018 ;)
#THEWALLSARECLOSINGIN
Thanks @Liberty for your very generous giveaway.

Avanders Oh this series is so fun, isn't it?! 7y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader @Avanders I've read only the first one. I need to get the complete series ;) 7y
Avanders I really enjoyed it. I think the first was my favorite, but I really liked them all! 7y
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Adventures_of_a_French_Reader
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Pickpick

I absolutely loved opening the little envelopes to discover this letter exchange. It's a very creative book, and I really liked the end twist.

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leslieisreading
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I wasn't sure if I had any books by #indiepresses but after poking through my shelves I realized that the Griffin & Sabine trilogy is from Chronicle Books, an independent publisher in San Francisco. I love these weird books and their weird art. Anyone else familiar with these?

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REPollock
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Was reminded how much I loved this book upon seeing this quote in Fine Books magazine.

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writerlibrarian
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Old fashioned but so appropriate at this time of instant rewards. Can't wait to start writing. Oh. I forgot to mention my looooove for hockey... Canadian here it's in our blood. 🙂 @steverogers #litsypenpals

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Booksnob
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I love my dog so much! Plus the book is great too.

BookNAround I loved this series. It definitely spoke to the voyeur in me. 😁 8y
BethFishReads Loved those books!!!!! 8y
Booksnob @BethFishReads I'm reading them because I saw them on your Litsy page. I found them at a used bookstore. I totally love them. Bittersweet because I'm reading them during my dog's last days. He's dying of cancer. So sad. I'm reading to take my mind off of losing him because I dont want to let him go. 8y
BethFishReads Oh no. My heart goes out to you. It's so hard to say goodbye 8y
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meltedsquirrel
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Finally got my #cupidgoespostal packages. One of the downsides of living abroad on a military base is the unpredictability of mail. But it made it intact, @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled

Cinfhen Yay! That's awesome 💜 8y
Suet624 That's beautiful! 8y
BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 8y
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BarbaraJean
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Nick Bantock's books are a goldmine for gorgeous #endpapers. Also pictured are Anne Fadiman's Ex Libris (the one with the books) and Katherine Catmull's Summer & Bird (the one with the birds!). #readjanuary

JenP Beautiful! 8y
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BethFishReads
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The BEST example of #readjanuary #epistolary @RealLifeReading I so adore these books.

RealLifeReading Envious! 8y
Tanner They're gorgeous! 8y
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BethFishReads @Tanner they are! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Love these! 8y
LitHousewife Gorgeous!!! 8y
BethFishReads @LitHousewife l love these books 8y
Chachic I chose the same titles for my post! 👌 8y
CherylDeFranceschi ❤❤❤ 8y
Suet624 Yes!!!! 8y
BethFishReads @Chachic cause they're the best! 8y
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josie281
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Oh how I love this series! If you have not read it, go now! The little letters and postcards. Swoon! #epistolary #readjanuary @RealLifeReading (not my picture but I own the whole series at home!)

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sparingqueen
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My mother was gifted the Griffin and Sabine books in the early 90's. I still remember how much I appreciated the beauty and artistry of these works when I read them. I loved being able to physically handle the letters, it really helped to immerse me into the story.
#readjanuary #epistolary

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Chachic
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Suzze I bought those years ago. Now I'm wondering where they are. Hmmm, need to go look for them. 8y
Chachic @Suzze Oh I hope you're able to find your copies! They're quick reads and such an enjoyable experience. 8y
Eastbriar I've never heard of these before! May have to see if I can find them online! 8y
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KarmonR I love these books. I think of them as sophisticated pop-up books. 8y
Chachic @Eastbriar I'm sure they're fairly easy to find because they're available in bookstores here in the Philippines. 😁 8y
Chachic @KarmonR That's a very fitting description for them! They're so much fun to read.😊 8y
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Chachic
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I could take pictures of these beautiful books all day long. A sample of one of the letters written by Sabine.

#epistolary #readjanuary #recommendsday #romantsy #LitsyFeature
@RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Yes! One of my favourites. I really ought to buy myself the series 8y
Chachic @RealLifeReading Oh you should definitely get copies for yoursel if you loved the books! 💖 8y
whatthelog I love these books! 8y
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Chachic @whatthelog They are pretty awesome! 👌 8y
BookBabe Wow, neat! 😍 8y
Chachic @BookBabe These books are pretty cool. Hope you get to read them someday.😁 8y
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Chachic
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The ultimate epistolary series for me is Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine trilogy. Told in postcards and letters, it's an interactive reading experience. I borrowed copies from a friend when I was a teen and I knew I had to get my own set. I still remember buying the boxed set in Barnes & Noble in LA back in 2002.

#epistolary #readjanuary #recommendsday #romantsy #LitsyFeature
@RealLifeReading

MeganB So many people are posting about these for this prompt, I'll have to investigate! They sound so interesting. 8y
Chachic @MeganB I hope you do get to check them out! There's actually another trilogy after these books but the original trilogy is better. Such a great reading experience.👌 8y
BookBabe 👌🏻 8y
Chachic @BookBabe 👍😄 8y
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bookwrm526
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#ReadJanuary #epistolary This was one of the first epistolary books I remember reading, and it's an extraordinary example! I highly recommend it.

Zelma Such an amazing beautiful book! I didn't read any of the sequels but was really satisfied with just this one. 8y
Luv2readbookz Love this book! 8y
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BarbaraJean
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I'm of the opinion that any book is a coffee table book, especially when bookcase space is at a premium! Here's a dose of Nick Bantock for today's #FunFridayPhoto. (And Mark Helprin's Swan Lake trilogy thrown in for good measure.) This is more of a side table, but it counts, right? #CoffeeTableBooks

BarbaraTheBibliophage Love Nick Bantock books! 8y
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Gleefulreader
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Hit the jackpot tonight - found these three in mint condition at my local thrift store. Book finders happy dance! 💃🏻

Zelma 😂 I don't think you're local but that totally could have been me. I just dropped those three books off at my local place, mint condition. Nice score! 👍 8y
Gleefulreader @Zelma isn't that a funny coincidence! I'm up in Toronto - you? 8y
Zelma @Gleefulreader south Louisiana. Just a major coincidence! 😀 8y
BookBr Your local thrift store is ridiculous 8y
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findmeinthelibrary
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I remember being so fascinated with these books when my parents first got them. When my mom passed and my dad moved, I brought these books home with me because I couldn't bring myself to put them in the donate pile. I had forgotten about them until I saw today's challenge, and now I can't wait to read them again! #booksandstationery #epistolary #augustphotochallenge

Eyelit I remember those! I'll have to find them again because I can't remember how they ended. 😃 8y
BarbaraJean This is a fantastic fit for today's challenge! Wish I'd thought of it! 8y
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MatildaBaggins
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My #bookclub had our meeting at the Montague Book Mill (such an awesome and adorable used book store!). I found these while I was there, they've been on my #TBR list for quite some time!!

BarbaraTheBibliophage I adore everything Nick Bantock writes. Enjoy! 8y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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My #Recommendsday suggestion this week is anything by Nick Bantock. I LOVE them all!

LauraBeth I ❤️ Griffin and Sabine 8y
Bibliogeekery Love them too! 8y
WanderingBookaneer I gave the first trilogy to @gibblr during the readathon this weekend. 8y
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gibblr
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What a cool image! (Entitled "Drinking Like a Fish") Liking this book already. Thanks @JaimitaPR

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BunnhiTales
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I loved the quirkiness of this trilogy. I just wish it left me with closure.

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CharissaWeaksAuthor
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Love this little book! Epistolary. I loved opening the letters between characters. It's a super short, interactive read and first in a trilogy. Update: I'm seeing 2 trilogies + Pharos Gate.

bookishchelle I love this series! 8y
elkeOriginal This book changed everything when it first came out. There is a 4th book now too so it's technically a quartet! 8y
SaraFair Epistolaries are my very favorite! Thanks for the info! 8y
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CharissaWeaksAuthor @elkeo Thanks for the info!!! I have to own this set! 8y
CharissaWeaksAuthor @SaraFair The fact that it's interactive is amazing. 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Epistolary AND interactive?! Spleee!! 🎉 8y
Zelma I absolutely adored Griffin and Sabine! Enough so that I am avoiding the rest of the series; I like it just as it is - a quirky little mystery. 8y
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SuziQoregon
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Time for a reread. It's been ages but I wanted to reread before the new one is released. Still adore this. So unique.

capriciousreader New one?!???!!! 9y
SurlyBooks This is the first "on sale" this year that makes me SO SAD that I'm no longer a bookseller. 9y
capriciousreader How exciting! I love that series. 9y
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