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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) | Jasper Fforde
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CSeydel
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Posting my fifth and final #trappedinaspookyhouse review just in time for #snowedin, haha.

This was fun and I enjoyed it, but somehow it felt a little flimsy to me. The gimmicks and wordplay were great and the worldbuilding was very creative, but the plot and particularly the love story needed a little more polishing. Maybe the later books in the series do better with this? Let me know. Anyway I‘m glad I read it; it‘s been on my TBR for years.

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CSeydel
The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde
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#hyggehourreadathon

With the darkness falling earlier, it‘s easier to get into my hygge space by 8 pm!

TheBookHippie I agree! 3w
AllDebooks Absolutely. 😍 3w
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CSeydel
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My final selection from #trappedinaspookyhouse

#weekendreads

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Aims42
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I feel like a true Chicagoian now 😂 I‘m in my garage with my camping chair, fleece blanket and drink ready for the brave trick-or-treaters who come out on this blustery Halloween

AmyG Enjoy! 1mo
Aims42 @AmyG Thanks! 😁 1mo
AmyG We don‘t get trick-or-treaters here. I envy you. 1mo
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Aims42 @AmyG Awww! That is a bummer 🙁 I wouldn‘t be surprised if we get fewer this year, we have 20-30 mph wind gusts. But on the plus side, no snow like last year lol 1mo
KadaGul @Aims42 You could have been a true Chicagoan if you used Home Depot Bucket 🪣 vs Lowes as stand for your Halloween 🎃 👻 Basket 🧺 🤣🤣#HD 1mo
Aims42 @KadaGul Hahaha! The Home Depot bucket is currently in use, had to go with the B-team for the bucket 🤣 I‘ll remember for next year! 1mo
dabbe 🖤🎃🖤 1mo
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Blueberry
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚🤍💚 3mo
Eggs Great cover 👌🏼💚 3mo
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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Mehso-so

The Eyre Affair was a mixed bag for me. I liked the small details Fforde worked in, like the dodos revived from extinction to be kept as house pets and the character named ‘Jack Schitt‘. I didn‘t like the gratuitous gun violence and the casual fat phobia and ableism (which probably would‘ve flown unchecked twenty years ago, but not so much today). Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-eyre-affair-jasper-fforde/

The_Book_Ninja Well done for battling through this. Probably the quickest book I ever bailed. I Don‘t think I got past page 20 5mo
Kitta I read this for a bookclub and felt similarly. 5mo
Nutmegnc I read this when it first came out and I remember being so charmed by the whole premise. I‘d never read anything like it. I hate to hear about the casual fatphobia or ableism. The me of today probably wouldn‘t be able to read it. Some things don‘t age well. 🤦‍♀️ 5mo
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majkia
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Seiously fun, with puns and crazyness galore. I especially loved Braxton Hicks. But there could have been more dodos!

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6mo
lynneamch So fun. Definitely time for a reread! 6mo
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majkia
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Good selections! Thanks as always for the challenge @TheAromaofBooks

#Bookspin #Doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 6mo
BookmarkTavern Oh The Eyre Affair is so much fun! 💖 6mo
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DebbieGrillo
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1. I do... it's been a LONG time.

2. It's tagged and it's quirky but I loved it.

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
Tagging anyone who takes the time to like this post. Let's play!

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!❤️📖 11mo
BethM this book has been on my tbr forever….. 11mo
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Rachel.Rencher
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This isn't my usual genre, but this blurb hooked me right away. 10/10⭐️ for this book! Starting the sequel soon...🤓

Posh_Salad This is one of my favorites! The series is super fun! 11mo
BookmarkTavern I really enjoy Fforde a lot! ❤️ 11mo
HeyT I love this series so much! It actually made me want to read more classics just to see what easter eggs I was missing. 11mo
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Rachel.Rencher
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First day of break calls for a new book! This one is first in a series about literary detectives. The time travel, literary allusions, and quirky wordplay have me thinking I might read the whole series over break. 🤓📚

ChaoticMissAdventures My aunt is super into Fford. Every couple of years there is a Fford Ffestival in England she goes to and she has made the most amazing friends! 11mo
Rachel.Rencher @ChaoticMissAdventures A Fford festival?! I must go. 11mo
BookmarkTavern I love this series! 💕 (edited) 11mo
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julesG
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Pickpick

Second try and this time Thursday and I got along better.

Weird Urban Fantasy with lots of f/punny names where the MC has to help protect the characters from well known novels.

Low pick.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#20in4 #readathon

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 1y
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DanaDavisBooks
Pickpick

One of my favorite books! I was disappointed when the series ended.

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UnmeshBarua
The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde

The villain of the Eyre Affair, Acheron Hades, is an extremely crafty and evil individual, who will stop at nothing to eliminate threats to him and also become one of the most well-known evil people in the world. He desires to commit extreme crimes that will make him massively infamous and hated, and many of them are extremely elaborate and extract extreme reactions out of people. He also personally antagonizes the protagonists, and knows what ma

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UnmeshBarua
The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde

The conflict in the book is between the protagonist and an self professed incredibly evil person by the name of Acheron Hades, who desires to spread suffering and misfortune around the world simply because he can. He is also incredibly smart and has strange powers that have manipulated the protagonist, Thursday Next, into doing actions which sabotage her mission of capturing and murdering Acheron Hades. He also has numerous accomplices, and is ver

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UnmeshBarua

It's pretty good. I'm familiar with the author's past work and I loved reading it. The characters in this book are pretty realistic and are easy to relate with, and Next herself is a pretty intriguing protagonist herself. This is a book everyone should read, if only for the world-building and general humor of it, which is both extremely effective and does not overstay it's welcome. A very ten out of ten book, and I look forward to reading the othe

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Deblovestoread
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📚 Tagged, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, East of Eden
🖋 Erdrich, Louise
🎞 Enchanted April
🎤 Elton John
🎼 Empty Garden - Elton, End of the Line - Concrete Blonde, Everybody Hurts - REM

#manicmonday #letterE @CBee

CBee Thanks for playing 😃 2y
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DanaManiac
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I can‘t recall which round of #LMPBC I read this in, but I‘ve loved being introduced to new genres and authors. This is my choice for E! #AlphabetGame #letterE

Maria514626 I do love Jasper Fforde. His Nursery Crimes series is my favorite. ❤️ 2y
DanaManiac @Maria514626 oh I‘ll check that out, thanks! 🙏🏾 2y
Maria514626 It‘s bonkers! The tagged is my favorite. (edited) 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 2y
Deblovestoread Love this book! 2y
kspenmoll This book was such fun!!! 2y
DanaManiac @Maria514626 awesome thank you! 2y
DanaManiac @Kdgordon88 it def had me hooked! 2y
DanaManiac @kspenmoll yes, it was!! 2y
DanaManiac @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thanks for hosting! 2y
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Addison_Reads
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#SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView

Such a fun start to a series! Thursday Next is a great character and I loved how this book used literature within the story. It's whimsical, magical, mysterious, and just an overall good read.

I'm excited to see what adventure awaits in the next book.

vivastory I've had this on my TBR shelves for years. I really should read it soon. Have you read Fforde's Early Riser? I think you'd really like it. 3y
Addison_Reads @vivastory Thank you for the suggestion. I haven't read it, but it's now added to the list. 3y
vivastory I would recommend the print if possible. It has some fun illustrations. 3y
TheSpineView Awesome! 3y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
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Add being a literary detective to my list of dream jobs! This novel was a lot more complex and deep than I anticipated. I really enjoyed it. Fforde‘s use of wit and literary references makes for a clever plot and a cast of characters with a lot of heart. Thursday Next is a spunky and wry protagonist, and one that I can‘t wait to be with again. Plus, what is more wonderful than the idea of entering the books we know and love. 4⭐️ #wintergames2021

BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Jadams1776 This was my pick for A Very Merry Bingo prompt #9 - takes place in a country other than my own. 3y
Jadams89 🎄🎅🏻🎉🎁👍🏻 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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ShelleyBooksie
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@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego - you are so thoughtful! Thank you for my early Birthday surprise - I love it!!!!!!

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Hope you have the best Bday! 💙🧡 3y
LibrarianRyan Hello Shelley - just wanted to check if you have received your #alterednightmareswap package yet. 3y
ShelleyBooksie Hi @LibrarianRyan - thank you for checking. My daughter did receive her #alterednightmareswap package ♡ 3y
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ShelleyBooksie
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1. I go through spurts. I usually journal in January and it fizzles by March.
2. October started as a good reading month then it went downhill quickly. I've been binge watching Chicago Fire on Netflix. How did I not know about this show?
3. Today I am grateful for a beautiful evening walk with my family.

Thanks for the tag @DinoMom . @Eggs . Wanna play @DebbieGrillo

DebbieGrillo Did you finish The Eyre Affair? 3y
Eggs Thanks for playing ❣️ is that the one with Mandy Patinkin (spelling?) 3y
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Smarkies
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Mehso-so

An interesting quirky premise - an alternative timeline where literature crime is a lucrative business. However (and it could be my current headspace), I found the book a bit too meta and unfocused for my reading space right now.

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peanutnine
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Bailedbailed

I could not get into this one. I usually love alternate histories but in this case I felt like I was coming in partway through the story and it was hard to get caught up on things. Like I should know details and characters already but I didn't understand. It made my brain hurt.

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Julsmarshall
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Bailedbailed

Not the book for me right now. Giving myself permission to skip it.

BethM Sometimes it‘s just not the right time. 3y
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Nessavamusic
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Today‘s #LittensDressedinBlood prompt:

“Time Warp”

This whole series is a total time warp. Very quirky and bookish.

MidnightBookGirl These are tremendously fun! 3y
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rsteve388
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What an interesting world that jasper fforde has built for the Thursday Next Series. Lots of interesting happenings in this first book. I am looking forward to reading more of this series.

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wirewrappedlily
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An old favourite I can keep going back to. Wonderfully absurd, and as The New York Post so aptly put it: when it comes to Jasper Fforde, “don‘t ask, just read it.”

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rsteve388
The Eyre Affair: A Novel | Jasper Fforde

Hey #LMPBC Folks, what round are y'all on? I am trying to keep an eye out for the next round to ensure I sign up. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Pogue I think we are on round 11 or 12 3y
Laughterhp It‘ll probably be like October when signups start for the next round for November. 3y
rsteve388 @Laughterhp That's good to know! Thanks for letting me know.. 3y
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Sparklemn
Bailedbailed

Not for me. I read about 20 pages.

wanderinglynn I didn‘t get into this book either. 3y
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rsteve388
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#LLSS What a beautiful Box to open this morning. So many great books to read over the summer. And that version of The Library Book! Wonderful! Thank you so much @BookNAround for everything it's all wonderful.

TrishB Some great books there👍🏻 3y
rsteve388 @TrishB I am looking forward to reading all of them. 3y
Bookgoil So many fun looking books 3y
rsteve388 @Bookgoil it was a great box. I am looking forward to reading the Tagged Book. 3y
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NAM99
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Panpan

I just couldn‘t get into this book, the pacing felt off it was quirky but not in a way that I found enjoyable. I kept hoping things would come together for me but ultimately it wasn‘t the right book.

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ErikaB
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Once again, genuinely not understanding how it‘s time for a new list! #bookspinbingo

TheKidUpstairs Right? How did May come so quickly!? I hope you enjoy The Eyre Affair, I absolutely love it, I've read and reread it many times! 4y
TheAromaofBooks April just FLEW by!!! 4y
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SheReadsAndWrites
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Excited to start this one today. 🤓

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literaryanxiety
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Oh, New Zealand. Land of mullets, bell bottoms and vintage signs that have probably been there since the 80s. How better to laze on a Saturday afternoon than with a book set in the 80s and the cheesiest power ballads on stereo?

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TheKidUpstairs
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Congrats @TheLudicReader on your milestone (and for managing to catch your Litfluence number at exactly 10K!) 🎉🎉🎉🎉

1. The Eyre Affair. I return to Thursday Next every few years when I need some fun, light, silliness!

2. The Outlander by Gil Adamson. It's one of my favourites and I feel that not enough people know it! The release and awards buzz for The Ridgerunner definitely helped raise its profile this past year!

suvata Way to go - congratulations 🎈🎊🎉 4y
TheLudicReader Thanks for participating. I was watching the counter pretty closely to catch that 10,000. 😂 4y
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EdnaC
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Mehso-so

Years ago I read the second book in this series. I love the concept of the series. I found the second book confusing (probably because I had missed the first book where they really explained what was happening). I tried this one hoping I would love it. But it was still not my favorite. Sigh. It is my #bookspinbingo read so yay for that.

EdnaC @TheAromaofBooks I forgot to tag you when I posted this. :) 4y
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the shelf!!! 4y
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Deifio
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Day 9 #20days20series @andrew65
This series inspired me to read some of the classics

Andrew65 This one has had a few nominations. 4y
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emz711
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Pickpick

One of a kind series. I'm going to go back for a reread some day. Probably should buy them all!

#top20series #dodo #20series20days

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Bluebird
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Day 5 #20series20days

The Thursday Next series is a brilliant invention! She‘s a literary detective—jumping into famous literature to solve crime and set the record straight. Combination of mystery, literature and comedy. How could I not love it!
@Andrew65

Andrew65 Sound fun. 4y
emz711 Agreeed 4y
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Deblovestoread
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#20series20days Day 3

Jasper Fforde describes his books as absurdist fiction and it is all that and more...funny, quirky, clever, fascinating...his imagination is unbelievable.

Andrew65 Need to check these out. 4y
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umbrellagirl
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When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Bronte‘s novel, Thursday Next must track down the villain and enter the novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide.

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Jebpix
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Pickpick

I wasn‘t sure about this at first but it grew on me. Quirky. I want to got back and read Jane Eyre now.

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Verity
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Quarantine bedside table...

BookmarkTavern I have never seen that cover for that book before! I love it! ❤️ 5y
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ErinSBecker
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Mehso-so

This was enjoyable, but not quite the mind-blowing experience I had been led to believe. I'll probably read the rest of the series eventually, but I'm not dying to get them right away. Still recommended for any classical literature buffs who also like police procedurals.

TheAromaofBooks Great review and great progress!! 5y
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Mycroft was feeding his bookworms in the workshop when Polly entered; she had just completed some mathematical calculations of almost incomprehensible complexity for him.

"I have the answer you wanted, Crofty, my love," she said, sucking the end of a well-worn pencil.

"And that is?" asked Mycroft, busily pouring prepositions onto the bookworms, who devoured the abstract food greedily.

"Nine."

???

PurpleTulipGirl I love this series! 5y
ErinSBecker I'm really enjoying it so far! 5y
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Verity
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I felt like an old favourite today!

ErinSBecker I like that cover a lot better than my edition (book and key). 5y
Verity @ErinSBecker I love the UK editions so much. The covers are so bright and feel like the artist actually read the book iykwim. 5y
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BookmarkTavern
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📕 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
✒️ George Eliot
🎥 Ever After
🎶 Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho Thanks for playing 💜 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That was our them song in high school 🐯 5y
MariaW Love that one 📖 too! 😍 5y
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Deblovestoread
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Tagged
Janet Evanovich
Edward Scissorhands
Ever clear
Eclipse

#ManicMonday #LetterE @JoScho

JoScho How did I not think of Evanovich? 5y
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Dcueto
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Happy caturday

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful cat! 5y
Dcueto @ShelleyBooksie thank you! 5y
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