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Can You Guess?
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Theshadedbuffalo
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Let‘s play a game!! Without naming the book, give a quote that would give away the title. Then, guess which books the quote came from that other Littens commented!

TheSpineView "Always." 6y
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The_Heeler_Booklife
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Congrats @kaye I guess 2850 pages.

Kaye Thanks ♥️ 6y
The_Heeler_Booklife @kaye welcome and I just totally saw I forgot to repost the picture...oops. 6y
Kaye It‘s ok, no worries. 6y
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Susannah
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Congratulations on #150K, @Kaye ! I‘m terrible at these kinds of guess-the-number-of-jelly-beans-in-the-jar challenges, but for an Amazon gift card, I‘ll do pretty much whatever you want. 😜 My guess is 2,464 pages.

Kaye Thanks 💖 6y
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Samplergal
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Thanks for the opportunity! #150k I say that looks to be around 2248 pages! Congrats!🎈🍾🎊

Kaye Thanks 💖 6y
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jmtrivera
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Congrats @Kaye! And thanks for the guessing game. I love games! Going with 2552
#150K

Kaye Thanks 💖 6y
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Well-ReadNeck
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Congrats, @kaye !!!

What a fun giveaway. My guess is 2442!

Kaye Thanks for the guess and the repost. 💕 6y
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Lynnsoprano
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Thank you @kaye for this giveaway, and congratulations on your milestone. My guess is 2,245 pages. #150K

Kaye Thanks for the guess and the repost 🌸 6y
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Lcsmcat
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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1. 🇺🇸 🔥
2. 🍚 🤱🏻
3. 🗓 🌧💦 💦💦💦

Kaye Flag on Fire. Girl eats Popcorn. I‘m not good at these. 6y
Kaye Weather says rain 6y
AmyG @Kaye HA! 6y
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kspenmoll American Fire. Only one I can even try to guess! Pop Sugar? Pop... 6y
kspenmoll 2. Rice girl!?🤪 6y
Lcsmcat @kspenmoll Correct on No. 1 6y
Kaye 3. Storm of the century 6y
Lcsmcat @Kaye Nope 6y
Kaye 2. Hungry Girl. Hunger Game Girl ? 6y
Kaye Doggone. I‘m not good at this. 6y
Lcsmcat @Kaye Nope 6y
Kaye 3. Cloudy with a chance of Square Meatballs ? 6y
Lcsmcat @Kaye Creative, but no. 6y
Kaye This is a song. Raindrops keep falling on my head and the calendar. ? 6y
Lcsmcat @Kaye No, it‘s a book. 6y
Kaye I know 😱😭. I can‘t get it. I tried. 6y
Lcsmcat I‘ll put the answer under a spoiler tag in the morning if no one has guessed it by then. 6y
Lcsmcat 1. American Fire, 2. The Rice Mother, 3. The Year of the Flood. 6y
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Joriebooks
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1. 🚀🌌😡🌎

2. 👇⛰🛤

3. 👧🚇

Make sure you hide your answers under spoiler tag!

Sharpeipup 1. The Martian? 6y
hermyknee 1. Long Journey to a Small Angry Planet (?) 6y
hermyknee 2. The Underground Railroad 6y
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hermyknee 3. Girl on the Train 6y
Kimzey 3. The Girl on the Train? 6y
Joriebooks @sharpeipup good guess but nope 6y
Joriebooks @hermyknee yes to all three 6y
Joriebooks @Kimzey yes good job! 6y
hermyknee @Joriebooks wooohooo!!! 😁🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂 6y
Lcsmcat 3. Subway Girls 6y
Joriebooks @Lcsmcat good guess but no 6y
Laney1733 Awesome! I was just plotting out how I would do The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet in my head. 6y
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Macavity
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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1. On the second Sabbath of Twelfthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky.
2.536
3. Immortality
4. Master Hyrrokin
5. Blue
6. Fantasy
7. Master, add
8. Blue
9. L. T.
10. Immortality!
11. 2017
12. Leigh Bardugo
13. Nope, new read!
(No 14!)
15. Yes - a series.

Macavity Strange the dreamer for those playing along! 7y
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LeslieO
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1. Male
2. A touch more
3. About 500 miles
4. A collective main character I can relate to
5. After
7. Recommended by a book blogger I follow
8. Stand alone
9. More
10. More
11. No (reading the 10th anniversary edition)
12. Less
13. Some are
14. Others are
15. TV
16. More
17. Alive
18. Title
Bonus: Workplace satire that takes a bit of a turn.
#bookinmyhandsOR

Kaye Thanks for playing. ✅ 7y
LeslieO Love it @Kaye 7y
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jenniferw88
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1. Female
2. Less
3. Far
4. Almost - I was going to have the mc's first name as my middle name, but my parents decided against it.
5. Before, I think!
6. Further, but only just started
7. Recommended
8. First in series
9. Don't know - only on p107
10. More than 300
11. No
12. Yes
13. Further
14. Less
15. TV
16. Too early to tell
17. Deceased
18. Cover
Bonus: BROTHER & SISTER adopt an orphan girl whilst expecting to adopt a boy.

Kaye ✅Thanks for participating. 😊 7y
TommieMarie74 Anne of Green Gables?! 7y
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ScorpioBookDreams Anne of Green Gables? 7y
mom2bugnbee Anne of Green Gables 7y
mrsmarch They‘re not married! 7y
mom2bugnbee Oh! @mrsmarch is correct! They are brother & sister. Totally glossed over that. 7y
jenniferw88 @mrsmarch @mom2bugnbee oops! I'm reading it in bits as Anne is a bit too talkative for me - I'll go and edit the post lol! 7y
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AnneCecilie
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1. F
2. Way less
3. Pretty far
4. Nothing so far
5. Before 1950
6. Too early to tell
7. Think I saw it on booktube
8. Stand alone
9. Not sure yet
10. More than 300 p
11. Don't know
12. Debut novel
13. Close to my age
14. From the picture: looks younger
15. Too early to tell
16. Too early to tell
17. Alive
18. Cover

Bonus: newly widowed the main character is sent to the country estate.

#BookinmyhandsOR @Kaye

Kaye ✅ Thanks for participating. 😊 7y
AnneCecilie @Kaye thanks for putting this together. This was fun 7y
Kaye 👍 Glad you liked it. 7y
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RaimeyGallant I give up. This looks fun @kaye. 7y
Kaye Thank you @RaimeyGallant 😊 7y
AnneCecilie @RaimeyGallant it's not easy to describe a book you're read approx. 10 p of, but it's 7y
RaimeyGallant Thanks! 7y
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TheKidUpstairs
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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1. Nóra's first thought when they brought her the body was that it could not be her husband's.
2. 380
3. anticipating
4. Nóra, John, Peg, Martin, Johanna, Micheál, Mary, Nance, Hanna.
5. Greyish-purple
6. Literary fiction/historical fiction
7. And, come
8. Same as the cover, with black, and white lettering.
9. H.K.
10. Dead of night
11. 2016 (in the US: 2017)
12. Paula Hawkins
13. Nope
14. Yes, and loved it!

Kaye Sounds good, whatever it is. 😁 7y
NCNY The Good People? 7y
TheKidUpstairs @NCNY Yes! Have you read it? She writes so beautifully. 7y
NCNY I read it a couple months ago so it's still fresh in my mind. Her books are so atmospheric. Lovely. 7y
TheKidUpstairs @Kaye @NCNY has the answer below, tap to reveal! It is VERY good so far 😁 7y
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BookaholicNatty
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Author #5-Who am I? Name this beautiful author and one book she wrote. If you have read any of her books what did you think?

Rhondareads Celeste Ng😁 7y
ReviewsMayVary Celeste Ng. I recently read Little Fires Everywhere. Loved it. 7y
LibrarianRyan And she's a Liten! @Pronounced_ing 7y
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BookaholicNatty @Rhondareads @ReviewsMayVary yes!!!!!!! That‘s her!!!! Isn‘t she absolutely gorgeous?? I love this picture of her. I can‘t wait to read Little Fires Everywhere. I have read Everything I never told you. 7y
BookaholicNatty @LibrarianRyan you rock my world!!!!!!!! 😂😂 7y
BookaholicNatty @Pronounced_ing first, love your handle!!!!!!! 😂second, love your writing! Thirdly, you are beautifulllll!!! Fourthly, I love you even more now I know you are on Litsy!!!! 😍❤️❤️❤️ 7y
AmyG I knew this one because of Little Fires...her picture was everywhere on my social media follows. 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
Stephjones01 Looks like Celeste Ng, loved both Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere 7y
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Bookzombie
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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@JenP posted this earlier and I borrowed it. 😁

My characters are: Cas, Thomas, Carmel, Gideon, Anna, and Jestine.

JenP I feel like I should know this but I don‘t 7y
Alfoster Will revisit this later!😆 7y
annkuch13 Anna Dressed in Blood! 7y
Bookzombie @annkuch13 You are very close. 😉 7y
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JenP
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I took this idea from my LFL stewards group. How about it? Make your own post and we can all guess. #guessthebook

My characters: Maika, Tuya, Kippa

Bookzombie I think mine might be to easy but I will post it. Also, I have no idea on yours. 🤔 7y
JenP @Bookzombie mine might be a bit challenging. I look forward to seeing yours 7y
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abbsinwonderland
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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I finally got around to using the bath bomb from the June #owlcrate box. Can you guess what book (series) this charm is from?! 😊🐍(The bath bomb green was perfect!) #makeitoutalive

QuothTheRavenclawNevermore I LOVE your nemo tattoos! I have Gerald tattooed on me 😊 7y
abbsinwonderland @QuothTheRavenclawNevermore thank you! I have Nemo, Dory, and Squirt but I've had them for years. I plan on adding characters to it from Finding Dory eventually lol 7y
Laalaleighh Mine was a bird. It confused me. 7y
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abbsinwonderland @Laalaleighh I haven't even read those books, yet. Lol so I'm also pretty confused. 7y
Chronic_bibliobubli @Laalaleighh I got the bird, too and had to look at other pictures to figure out what it was. The bird is divergent! Abbs got Dauntless! Did you feel like the bath bomb made your skin softer? I loved the smell!!! 7y
abbsinwonderland @Chronic_bibliobubli ohhhh, thank you! And yes! It was nice 😊😊😆 7y
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KVanRead
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Spending a quiet Sunday morning with...?
#SundayPuzzle #GuessWho

tracyrowanreads That looks a little like Robert Schumann to me, but I'm assuming it's an author not a composer. 7y
KVanRead @tracyrowanreads Just googled him and it does! But, nope, not him... 7y
Hooked_on_books Given your predilections, I'd say Dickens 7y
KVanRead @Hooked_on_books 👏 You guessed it! 7y
KVanRead @Hooked_on_books @tracyrowanreads This is Dickens at just 24, his age when he started Oliver Twist. Not how I'm used to picturing him! 7y
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RinaBrahmbhattBarot
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#BookExpo highlight! Any guess on what this Alien is doing?

Melissa_J Taking a selfie? 8y
LauraBrook Texting? 8y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @Melissa_J it certainly looks like that, but no 8y
RinaBrahmbhattBarot @LauraBrook nope - close :) 8y
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NovelPairing
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Ready for another round of Can You Name This Book? Hint One: Book's First Few Lines: .
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So Here's the file that almost kill me, Director. I won't bore you with the tally of databases plundered, light-years jumped, or cute sniffling orphans created in its compilation .

#ilovebooks #booknerd #bookstagram #igreads #fantasy #youngadult #bookphotography #bookaddict #bookworm #illuminae #amiekaufman #jaykristoff
#namethatbook #bookart #novelart

Jokila Illuminae (haven't read it but the young adult tag tipped me off 😋) 8y
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RealLifeReading
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MarticaMustRead The very Powerful YA novel 8y
MyNamesParadise Speak. I could tell right away! 8y
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RealLifeReading
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RealLifeReading
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RealLifeReading
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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JanuarieTimewalker13 I think it's Jamie Attenborough, but forgot name of book. 8y
octobre All grown up! 8y
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kspenmoll Definitely 8y
Titania Just started this one! Having a hard time getting into it. Stick with it? 8y
Alfoster @titania Yes, stick with it! Was annoying at the beginning but gets better! 8y
Titania 👍👍 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Ha! I messed up hat name badly!! But I definitely want to read this book! 8y
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RealLifeReading
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Jess_Read_This Jurassic Park?! 8y
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RealLifeReading
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Foxyfictionista A Little Life 8y
Minimalgrl Hmmmm ... the book that made me cry fora week .....😢 8y
bio_chem06 I had a hard time getting into this one, so I never finished it. I put it back on my bookshelf to try again soon. 8y
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RealLifeReading
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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slategreyskies It's a Haruki Murakami book, right? I don't remember which one. :) 8y
Nat_Reads Norwegian Wood!!!! My fave Hurakami ❤️❤️ 8y
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RealLifeReading
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sdbruening Memoirs of a Geisha! 8y
[DELETED] 206653737 @sdbruening beat me, was checking my spelling lol 8y
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RealLifeReading
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Since I missed #eyesoncovers yesterday for #maybookflowers I thought I'd begin a round of Guess The Cover Based on the Eye/s
Any takers?

#guessthecover

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Krisjericho
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Here are my #10books. I've read 9 of these classics. Which is the lie?
1. Les Miserables
2. The Count of Monte Cristo
3. 1984
4. Brave New World
5. Frankenstein
6. Atlas Shrugged
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. Ulysses
9. To The Lighthouse
10. East of Eden

LeahBergen Ulysses? 8y
Dragon Frankenstein? 8y
Simona Atlas Shrugged? 8y
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julesG Ulysses? 8y
RaeRae To Kill a Mockingbird 8y
Smarkies Les Miserables 8y
llwheeler Ulysses? 8y
OrangeMooseReads To The Lighthouse 8y
CrowCAH Atlas Shrugged? 8y
Krisjericho @LeahBergen and @julesG got it! I have read other Joyce, but not Ulysses. Yet. :) 8y
Krisjericho Oh, and @llwheeler got it, too! 8y
julesG Wow, I got one right. 😁 8y
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howjessicareads
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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#10books is so fun!! Here is my list:

1. Alexander Hamilton
2. Hamlet
3. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go
5. Never Let Me Go
6. Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Even Dogs in the Wild
9. Sleeping Dogs
10. The Big Sleep
11. Big Little Lies

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OrangeMooseReads
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I'm going to get in on this because fun! #10books
1 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -Twain
2 The Motorcycle Diaries - Guevara
3 Night - Wiesel
4 Yes Please - Poehler
5 Taltos - Rice
6 Eat Pray Love - Gilbert
7 The Virgin Suicides - Eugenides
8 The Round House - Erdrich
9 I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Bryson
10 The Screw Tape Letters - Lewis

Bibliogeekery Yes please 8y
OrangeMooseReads @Bibliogeekery no 😔 I read that one. Not as good as BossyPants, but still good. 8y
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Read4life The Screwtape Letters 8y
RaimeyGallant The Motorcycle Diaries isn't much of a page turner, so that's my guess. Love you Che! 8y
ramyasbookshelf I'm going to go with Eat Pray Love 8y
OrangeMooseReads @BookishTrish No. It's one of my favorite Anne Rice books 8y
OrangeMooseReads @Read4life no I've read this one 8y
OrangeMooseReads @RaimeyGallant it's not much of one but I found it interesting 8y
OrangeMooseReads @ramyasbookshelf I've read it and (sadly) seen the film 8y
OrangeMooseReads @Cinfhen read this one and Huck Finn 8y
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BookishTrish
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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Guess this book

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reneelyons
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What Saturday morning looks like: breakfast, boys, book. Can anyone spot what I'm reading?

Melissa_J The Girl Before 😊. That's one I'm reading at the moment, too. 8y
reneelyons @Melissa_J Yes!! It's so addicting! If it weren't for these distracting kids it would be a 1 day read for sure! 8y
Melissa_J @reneelyons I'm reading another book this afternoon, but I plan to spend my evening reading it! 8y
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Josie Your boys are adorable! 8y
Cinfhen Cuties💙💙 8y
LeahBergen Yes! (the one I just finished 😀) And the baby smoothies are adorable! 8y
britt_brooke So cute! How old are your boys? They look about the same ages as mine - 4.5 and 3. 8y
reneelyons Thanks @britt_brooke!! You're bang on - my older just turned 5 and my youngest turns 3 this month! 8y
britt_brooke @reneelyons My youngest actually turns 3 this month, too. Feb 11. 😁 8y
reneelyons @ britt_brooke Happy birthday to the little dude! Mine is the 28th. Isn't 3 the craziest age?! It's so good but so challenging! 8y
britt_brooke @reneelyons Thanks and same to yours! It is a crazy age. And my little one is my wild child; so different from big brother. Like you said, great but challenging! 8y
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RealLifeReading
Can You Guess? | Jennifer VanVoorst
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#readjanuary day 10: #bookseveryonebutyouhasread

Guess! (Ok probably way too easy for you book nerds! 🤓)

DivineDiana Funny! I've only read three of those! 😉 8y
Leniverse I recognise the top three, but have only read the second from the top. 8y
OneLitChick I've read all but 1! 8y
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Moray_Reads I haven't read any of these either but I did bail on 8y
saresmoore I haven't read these, either! 8y
rachelm Read 3/5 😉 8y
readordierachel I've only read 1 of these. 8y
GlitteryOtters I haven't read any of those either 😂 8y
Rachael_reads I've read two of those. Ove is the best!! 8y
Elisa Read 2/5 8y
suvata Read 3 of 5 8y
Zelma Nope, haven't read on of those either. 😆 8y
CocoReads Read the nest, bailed on Ove, the girl on the train and Underground Railroad are on my tbr. No interest in the other although my niece loved it. 8y
I-read-and-eat I only read the seccond one 😂 8y
DHill I've only read one. 8y
KarenUK I've read 1,2 and 5 👍 8y
LibrarianRyan We are tied. I should just steal your list. 🤓 8y
Hooked_on_books I love this prompt, by the way--it's so much fun. I've read two of these and have a third. I have no interest in The Nest. 8y
TrishB Not read any! But have 2 on the pile! Very clever pic 👍 8y
Bookworm54 I recognise them but haven't read them either! 8y
Reviewsbylola The Girl on the Train was good, but not worth the hype. Same with The Nest. 8y
Reviewsbylola Someday I will read Ove and The Underground Railroad. 8y
LeahBergen I've only read The Girl on the Train. Shhhh! 8y
minkyb I agree with @Reviewsbylola I enjoyed both the Girl on the Train but not as much as most. I did like The Nest. Haven't gotten to the others YET! 8y
Gina If you like "The Girl On The Train" I would suggest checking out "The Woman In Cabin 10" 8y
Marni 1/5.... although I can't guess what the middle one is 8y
LiteraryinPA I read 4 (pretty good but not unmissable) and 5 (really, really good). 8y
Blaire I've read "girl on the train," and "Underground Railroad," but not the others. Ove is def on tbr. 8y
TelevisionNeighbor I could have skipped girl on the train and the nest and been ok. I loved the Underground Railroad though. 8y
Wendyylou Girl on the train, Court of thorns and roses (which is on my TBR), and the Nest 8y
JulAnna I've read 1,2, and 5. Been a little tempted by 4, but heard that many of the characters are not like-able, so I haven't tried it yet. Thoughts from those who read it? 8y
kaberryhill I've only read Girl on the Train and honestly? Pretty skippable in my book. 8y
RebL I feel you! Someone asked me how many books in the collection at work I've read. I blurted, "None." Sometimes it feels that way. 8y
Godmotherx5 I was going to post The Nest. I've had it but I keep finding other books. 8y
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Cinfhen
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Any thoughts on what the December #BOTM selections will be? Any books you're hoping for? I'm guessing (Ok, fine...wishing for) Moonglow, Scrappy Little Nobody, Judas, Bellevue and The Seventh Plague!

Books_Wine_Repeat Those are all good choices (wishes)! Can't wait to see what's next. 👍 8y
Cinfhen @Books_Wine_Repeat My patience is like a three year old...I just wanna know NOW😩😩😩 8y
Reviewsbylola I just posted about#BOTM too. 😂 I hope they're good because last month i was a little disappointed not to mention I have been counting down until the 1st for at least a week. They showed what I believe was a spoiler a few weeks ago for The Sun is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon. But I am stumped other than that. 8y
Books_Wine_Repeat @Cinfhen Haha me too! Tell me now! 8y
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