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The Advent Calendar
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Abigail, Jack and Ethan grew up blissfully unaware of the wonders of Christmas, unlike their parents who had tried to come to terms with the loss of this festive season. On a desperately cold winters night over thirty years ago, Father Christmas mysteriously disappeared, leaving the residents of Willow Cove and the wider world without their magical winter holiday. A typically reckless sledging crash leads Jack and Ethan to the discovery of an enchanting book which has lain hidden for years. With the help of their elder sister they manage to break the secret code and through the magical text in the book, the children undertake a remarkable quest North. There is magic at work along the way as the children face a race against time to restore pleasure and joy to millions of children across the world.
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Gissy
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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#DecemberDreams Day 1 #Advent

I like HP advent calendars, as well of those with chocolate, tea, coffee or food treat

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️💚❤️ 12mo
Eggs Fun!!🤩 12mo
bthegood cute!! 12mo
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DinoMom
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Every year my sister and I make each other an advent calendar! These year she did a book theme for me. #excited !!!!

GondorGirl Oooo! You'll have to keep us posted on what's in it! 12mo
Jess I‘m so excited for you! This sounds wonderful. 12mo
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DinoMom
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Every year my sister and I make each other an advent calendar! These year she did a book theme for me. #excited !!!!

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Born.A.Reader
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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So excited to start this Book Lover's advent calendar today!! #advent #DecemberDreams
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

JudeCC 😱😱 I‘m so jelly rn! 😁 Enjoy every bit of it. 😃🥳 Happy first of December!! 12mo
Eggs Brilliant ❤️💚❤️ 12mo
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kezzlou85
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#WinterGames #ReindeerGamers @LiseWorks #DecemberDreams @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #day1 advent. My girls and I always have a chocolate advent calendar.

Eggs A great idea!! 12mo
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Jemgirl2014
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This Trader Joe‘s has been a hit with my little Nola. Kind of surprised because she can be real picky lol

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awwww so cute 🐶 2y
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Charityann
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One of my holiday traditions is doing an advent calendar. This year it‘s a bookish themed one.😄🎄🎁 #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

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Heideschrampf
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Who‘s got the best mom? I got the best mom! She sent me a ‘mARTvelous women‘ advent calender through the mail 😍 or should i say ARTvend calendar? Sorry for the bad puns, it translates more smoothly in german.

Moony Ahhhh wie cool! 4y
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Karisa
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A friend just dropped off an early Christmas present! I was so surprised because I'd just seen this advent calendar here on Litsy! Check out the wine glass too! 🥂

#WinterGames #TMSkellington
@Crimson613 @StayCurious @Clwojick

coffees 2pts! I LOVE THAT GLASS 5y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 😍😍😍😍😍 5y
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LibrarianRyan
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I dispose this is my advent calendar. I‘ve had it forever. I managed to loose 2 magnets in my last move. But it‘s accurate today.

#wintergames #teamelectricsex
#festivephotochallenge

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ImperfectCJ We have this same one! I did a double-take when I saw it in my feed because I couldn't remember posting a photo of it. 😂 5y
LibrarianRyan @ImperfectCJ Dang us Hallmark shoppers. 😜 5y
Crazeedi This is adorable!💖 5y
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jessinikkip
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This is an advent calendar idea I found and might try out next year. 24 books or magazines to read, one for each day in December

#wintergames #AdventCalendar
@LibrarianRyan @Clwojick @StayCurious

Crazeedi This is the best one ive seen!💞 5y
Texreader Love this idea!! 5y
Gaylagal2 Great idea 🤙 5y
LibrarianRyan yeah. +2 5y
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Skygoddess1
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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This is the advent calendar that I opened every Christmas growing up. I cant believe that this calendar has last more than 30 years and is still in such great shape. #WinterGames #FestivePhotoChallenge #TheFilthyAnimals

rather_be_reading 1 pt 🎄 5y
rather_be_reading 1pt☃️ 5y
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MsRadioSilence
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Until I‘m able to run some errands tomorrow, this is acting as my advent calendar! It‘s my “Year of True Crime” calendar I got from #FountainBookstore and it‘s almost through BUT Page-A-Day Calendars has one for 2020! On that note, as someone not yet old enough to drink (TWO MONTHS GAH!!) and who hates milk chocolate, any advent calendars I should look into getting?

#wintergames #teamfestivus #festivephotochallenge #adventcalendar

AmyG Oh wow. Thank you. I may have found a gift for my daughter! 🙌🏻 5y
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LMJenkins
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Here‘s Day One of #FestivePhotoChallenge .... #AdventCalendar 🎅🎄 My Nana gave me this years ago & I think of her each time we set it up. #WinterGames #TeamNutcracker @Bookworm54

Bookworm54 2 points :) what do you put in there out of curiosity ☺️ 5y
ElizaMarie I‘m curious too! 5y
LMJenkins @ElizaMarie & @Bookworm54 , each drawer has a little wooden ornament. 💛 5y
Bookworm54 Lovely! 🥰 5y
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Kappadeemom
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This #AdventCalendar holds mini wine bottles. I‘m totally down for this. #WinterGames #TeamElectricSex @LibrarianRyan @StayCurious @Clwojick

StayCurious I'm down too! Neat idea:) 5y
LibrarianRyan That is neat. I'll add pints as soon as I get a question answered from the hosts. 5y
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Karisa
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My kiddos sure love their #AdventCalendars! My 15 year old still reminds me. Trying to avoid all the extra candy around so we went Lego/Funko route this year. So great for getting them up out of bed on cold, dark winter mornings!

#FestivePhotoChallenge
@Crimson613 @Clwojick @StayCurious
🎄#TMSkellington

StayCurious Wow those are great! 5y
coffees 2pts, I was wondering what advent calendars were, neat! 5y
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BarkingMadRead
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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TheSpineView ❤🐾 5y
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AsYouWish
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Day 1 of #FestivePhotoChallenge I have never had or done an “Advent Calendar”, but I look at them every year and this one always catches my attention.

#WinterGames #MerryReaders

Clwojick Whoa. So cool! 5y
Clwojick 2 pts! 5y
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Whimsical.Curiosity
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Day 10 & 11 catch up! So much family in town 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦
Teal tote and pink wallet 📚😍
Bonus white chocolate dipped peanut butter ritz 🍪🍫
#bookishcalendar #onceuponabookclub
#twelvedaysofbookclubmas

WhatThePuck What?! I caught you in real time too! 6y
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ravenlee
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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My daughter‘s advent book today is a Disney Princess Beginnings (Aurora) chapter book. She read it from the library about six weeks ago, but now it‘s hers. She was so excited she squealed! And now she‘s flopped on the sofa reading it, and I have to be mean mom and make her get dressed and start lessons.
#hermamaschild

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ravenlee
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I had to make a BN run to flesh out the book advent calendar for my daughter (and ended up with extras, plus some on the way if Book Outlet ever gets a move on - hello Christmas presents!), but now we‘re set to start tomorrow!

BookishMarginalia Such a great idea! 6y
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Lola
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O Henry‘s The Gift of the Magi is the first short story I remember reading (and loving) as a kid so this was the perfect cap to a really fun seasonal reading experience for me. I‘m definitely ordering this again next year. And since I came to the party late this year, I still have 13 treats to enjoy in the days ahead. Thanks for putting this back on my radar #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth and inspiring me to order this year! @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

Suelizbeth So. Much. Fun. 🎄🎁 7y
Booksnchill 👍❤️ 7y
ReadingRover Lol I came to the party before you and am leaving way later 🤪 I love the stories but was crazy to think that I would have any time to read in December. At least I have them for the new year!!! 7y
Lola @ReadingRover 😛It was definitely hard getting them in everyday-I was really grateful for some of the short ones-especially the verrry short ones 😂But I‘m still at the party, too. I just read Story 1 last night 🙃 7y
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Lola
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Technically the last of my short story Advent calendar, but since I ordered it and received it midseason, I have 14 more stories ahead of me. #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

ReadingRover I‘m so behind!!! This is the time when I do the least reading of physical books and the most listening of audiobooks! 7y
Suelizbeth Enjoy the rest of them. 7y
Booksnchill @Suelizbeth @lola it has been so fun reading along and I so looked forward to the one sentence blurbs- you should make this a tradition- It cheered my December!!! Happy Holidays!!❤️❤️🎄😍 7y
Suelizbeth @Booksnchill I will be getting this again next Christmas and I‘ll make a note to include you all. It was fun reading with you, too, @Lola @ReadingRover Happy Holidays!! 7y
ReadingRover @Booksnchill @Suelizbeth @lola Happy Holidays! I‘ll definitely be finishing these as work settles down for me. It‘s nice to have shorts to come home to! 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 24: Tripping Sunny Chaudhry by Rachel Lyon. You can‘t go home again, but who wants to. #ssac2017

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Lola
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I love that the author sandwiched Bruce Springsteen between Saul Alinsky and Steve Biko. Well played. #ssac2017 @Booksnchill @ReadingRover @Suelizbeth

Booksnchill Such a cute pic!🎅 7y
Lola @Booksnchill Thanks! I think this Santa is much cuter than the Santa I had for 22 😊 (edited) 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Numbe 23: How to be a Slut by Rebecca Schiff. A funny how-to. #ssac2017

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Lola
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Settling in with a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Yes, that Nathanial Hawthorne. A really nice surprise as yesterday‘s story was very of today in time and place. I hope there are no moms in this tale who are forced to wear The Scarlet Letter 🙃#ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

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Suelizbeth
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Number 22: The Christmas Banquet by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Besides the fact that he‘s dead, Nathaniel Hawthorne is the last author from whom I would expect a cheerful Christmas story and he does not disappoint. #ssac2017

Lola I loved the surprise of a classic author coming the day after a completely modern story. 7y
Lola And 😂😂 re you blurb ❤️ 7y
Suelizbeth @Lola Yes, me too. ❤️ 7y
Lola Your blurb is 💯 #sociopath. In 1846, no less 😬 7y
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Suelizbeth
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Number 21: The First Day of Winter by Rebecca Rosenblum. Dad, daughter, Christmas shopping, lunch, and the awkwardness that is family. #ssac2017

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Suelizbeth
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Number 20: The Game of Smash and Recovery by Kelly Link. A sci-fi story about a ship that is stranded and doesn‘t know it and then does know it and leaves with its cargo of...what??? #ssac2017

Lola This was.....weird 🤔 7y
Suelizbeth @Lola 😂😂. It really was. 7y
Lola @Suelizbeth Have you read her before? This is my first. I think she likes vampires... 7y
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Suelizbeth @Lola My first, too. Yea, vampires 🧛‍♀️ Strangest short story, yet. 7y
Suelizbeth @Lola I can see that I may have to read more of her stories. 7y
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Lola
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Despite being on my to-be-read list for years, I‘ve never read anything by Kelly Link. That‘s about to change. I think I‘m gonna need more Rolos. #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

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Lola
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Tree-side reading of tonight‘s story. #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

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Suelizbeth
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Number 19: The Friend by Lindsay Hatton. Bridges, weather, faith, pine needles. Who‘s to say what‘s real and what isn‘t? #ssac2017

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Lola
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The box says to open a new story every morning. I‘ve been cracking them open in the evening so it seems appropriate to read my next story while having breakfast for dinner 🙃#ssac2017 #bookandtea @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

Suelizbeth I read them in the evening, too. I don‘t have time in the morning. It looks good, what you‘re eating. 7y
jpmcwisemorgan Breakfast for dinner is the best kind of breakfast. And dinner, actually. 7y
Tamra Love your teapot! 7y
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Lola @Tamra Thanks! I first saw it in a breakfast place in Madison, Wisc and was OBSESSED with getting one. I ended up buying it at a tea shop literally up the block from my house. (edited) 7y
Lola @jpmcwisemorgan Could not agree more! 7y
Lola @Suelizbeth It was delish ❤️ 7y
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Suelizbeth
The Advent Calendar | Jeremy Davies
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Yes. It‘s number 18: Chemistry by Martin MacInnes. A rather George Orwellian take on the perfect relationship. #ssac2017

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Lola
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Not intentional but the colors of my evening cocktail nicely compliment my evening read. On a side note, Trader Joe‘s Winter Wassail is 💯 #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

Suelizbeth 😂 7y
Booksnchill 🥃👍❤️❤️❤️⛄️ 7y
bedandabook Is this the short story advent calendar? I was thinking about getting one next year. Great idea! 7y
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callielafleur I was at Trader Joe's the other day. I grabbed a cup of the juice sample, and started to move towards the rest of the store. Took a sip. Audibly gasped. Turned immediately around and grabbed a bottle of the Winter Wassail. I probably looked like a crazy person! It's so delicious! 7y
Lola @bedandabook It is. I am really enjoying it. 7y
Lola @callielafleur That‘s basically what happened with me. I tried it at the store a few days after I‘d enjoyed a mulled wine at a Christmas market and all sorts of ideas came to mind about what to make with it. ❤️ 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 17: Last Woman by Carleigh Baker. A woman writing about being alone to write while playing a post-apocalyptic video game. “...more memoir than fiction.” I like her clean writing style. #ssac2017

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Lola
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This one got a bit of a reread this morning after I read the author interview. The power of denial and the fact that ultimately, what‘s kept in the dark will come to the light. #ssac2017 @Suelizbeth @Booksnchill @ReadingRover

AceOnRoam I'm glad I like coffee. I expect I'll be seeing this post for a wee while tonight 😊 7y
Lola Oh no.... are you having Litsy issues? I felt so bad for the person whose post I was stuck on for hours.... it really started to grate on my nerves. Luckily they‘ll never know 😂😂😂 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 16: Tremendous Machine by Salvatore Scibona. I‘m not afraid to admit that this one baffled me and was kind of a snooze. I guess it‘s not my style. It‘s about a piano? #ssac2017

Booksnchill 🤣 7y
Lola Yeah, I wasn‘t quite sure about that last line....🤔 7y
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Lola
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ReadingSusan Ohhh love your teapot! 7y
Lola @ReadingSusan Thanks! I just read that today is International Tea Day so I thought I brew a little pot to go with my little chapbook ❤️ 7y
ReadingSusan @Lola oh that‘s awesome. I took my electronic kettle to work today and had five cups of tea so I find that ironic that I didn‘t even know it was International Tea Day! 7y
Lola @ReadingSusan On some magical level, you knew 😉 7y
ReadingSusan @Lola 🤣🤣 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 15: The Journal by Ken Liu. This is like a nightmare. The alphabet gone rogue and trying to escape from a woman in a relationship with no communication. It would drive anyone round the bend. #ssac2017

Sydsavvy Lol now that is a review!!! 😂 7y
Suelizbeth @Sydsavvy I try. 😊 7y
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Lola
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A weird and satisfying tale about finding one‘s place in a world where people have their own dark and selfish plans for you. Nice (though late) start to my #ssac2017 reading. @Suelizbeth @ReadingRover @Booksnchill

Suelizbeth Yes! That‘s the story in a nutshell. Did you read the author interview? I find that the interviews really enhance my understanding of the stories. I also like to read other things that the authors have written. 7y
Lola @Suelizbeth I haven‘t yet-are those on the website? I love the box set itself but I love how there so much more from the publisher. I think I will definitely want to explore more from these authors. #MountTBR 7y
Suelizbeth @Lola Yes, on the website. Always so much more to read! 😂 7y
Lola @Suelizbeth Just read it. What a great accompaniment to the stories! I‘m hooked. ❤️ 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 14: Eva by Deborah Willis. A little girl. A rare condition. A misguided philanthropist. A sudden, unexpected life of freedom. #ssac2017

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Lola
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Suelizbeth Yay! I love the pic! (edited) 7y
Lola @Suelizbeth Thanks! ❤️ I can‘t believe it got here so fast since it was shipped via Media Mail, but I‘m so glad it arrived during actual Advent! 7y
Booksnchill @lola hooray! 7y
ReadingRover Yay!!! 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Well, here we are, at number 13: Secondary Memory by Danielle McLaughlin. I think I‘ll be a little more aware of and careful with my laptop. Sentience and past lives? Eerie but funny. #ssac2017

Booksnchill I cannot tell you how much I enjoy reading your take on these stories before I tuck myself in to bed and begin my reading- thanks for being in the first time zone🤣🤣🤣👏❤️👍 7y
GondorGirl I don't have this calender, but I've really been enjoying hearing about each one! 7y
Suelizbeth @Booksnchill You‘re welcome and I‘m glad you‘re enjoying them. 😊 7y
Suelizbeth @GondorGirl Thanks! I‘m trying not to give too much away but still give a sense of what they‘re about. 😁 7y
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Suelizbeth
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Number 12, halfway done: Souterrain by Maggie Shipstead. This is the longest short story, yet. It is an intricately woven, densely interconnected short story about life and death in Paris. Souterrain means underground, and there is so much under the ground of this story. I love it, most of all of them, so far. #ssac2017

Lola ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
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Suelizbeth
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This is the 11th short story: Skinks by Brent van Staalduinen. A tragic story from an unaware child‘s point of view. #ssac2017

Lola Thanks so much for the posts and tags on these ❤️ Mine set is on the way but coming from Canada via Media Mail so I think I‘ve got a long wait ahead of me for them... 7y
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