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Keeper of the Lost Cities
Keeper of the Lost Cities | Shannon Messenger
At age 12, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always made her different from others actually identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, she discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
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Chrissyreadit
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My son has been asking me to read these for years…so i finally started- and Really enjoyed this MG fantasy quite a bit more than i expected. The protagonist is a mystery- where did she come from, who is she, what does she know? None of this is actually answered. The found family is complex and I thought the characters were well begun with so much room for growth.

Read4life I‘ve read this series with my daughter. We both really enjoyed them. 2w
Gissy Another series I want to read. I own the first books. So
Many books...so little time☹️
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Chrissyreadit @Gissy @Read4life i‘m starting book 2 today! 2w
DogMomIrene This series has been on my radar for a while. When I worked in a MS library, I couldn‘t keep these books on the shelves. 2w
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BooksAreBetter
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One word. SoKeefe

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Booksintherain
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This book is meant for middle schooler, but even if you‘re not in middle school, it‘s still a great fantasy book with lots of action, and plot, it‘s written quite well for a book that is meant for middle schoolers

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Bethanyroe
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Read this to keep up with what my daughter is reading. Great new to me series for middle grades! Lots of adventure and intrigue and great characterization.

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Crystal83
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I loved this book!!! It was so cute. It was fast paced and the story was great!!! I loved the characters a lot. I will be continuing this series!!! I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars!!!

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Rachiiebookdragon
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I listened to this one via BorrowBox,
I found it interesting despite me not being the intended audience 😊

4/5

Read for reading challenges

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Read4life
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#Two4Tuesday

1. Pluto.
2. Keeper of the Lost Cities. It was announced a couple of years ago. Ben Affleck signed on to direct it but nothing more.

If you haven‘t played already, consider yourself tagged. How about it @Andrew65 @Clwojick @dabbe @Nutmegnc ?

Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView 🤓

TheSpineView You're welcome! Thanks for playing 2y
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Karisa
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Really fun middle grade read with a rich world of elven tech, mysterious creatures, and powers. I loved the hero, Sophie. Now I‘ll have another fantasy book to recommend my middle schoolers.

Kinda wishing I didn‘t like it so much now that I know it‘s up to nine books in the series. 😅 #BlameLitsy

Weisubei And it's getting better and better with each book 🤩🤩 2y
Nebklvr Sounds great 2y
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Read4life
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I read 22 #SeriesLove2023 books in January. I‘m now caught up on two series— KOTLC & Truly Devious. I also read books from the St. Marin‘s, the Secret,Book & Scone Society and the Hannah Swensen series.
This month I‘ll be reading books from the following series:
Eternity Springs
Murder by Design
In Death

Andrew65 That‘s brilliant progress in the month, well done 👏👏👏 I look forward in particular to seeing your progress in the Eternity Springs Series. 2y
TheSpineView That's fabulous! We'll done! 2y
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Read4life
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That‘s a wrap on #WickedWords for January. All 5 words found 🤓 I‘m looking forward to February‘s list which @AsYouWish has posted 💙

AsYouWish Yay!!! I will get these checked off on the spreadsheet!!!!💙💙💙💙 2y
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Read4life
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#Pantone2023 #VanillaCream

Decided to participate in this challenge, too. Why not? Right?

Clwojick Ooh good match! 2y
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Read4life
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My daughter starts college in 2 weeks after graduating high school early. She‘s going 7 hours from home 🙁. She‘s asked me to buddy read the entire KOTLC series with her before she leaves. 🤓
We have the annotated first book which is “Almost a Chunkster”. Love discussing books with her 💙 On to book 2.

#ChunksterChallenge2023

Chrissyreadit OMG!!! That‘s so crazy My Son graduated HS a year ago to complete his associates degree (he technically should have graduated in June) finished 2 associates degrees in Dec (dual enrolled in HS) and leaves for college also in 2 weeks and has been asking me to read this series also! Handed to me and I keep telling him I will… Are you struggling with her leaving? I‘m a MESS! What school? 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Best wishes to your daughter. It's scary to send them out into the world!! 2y
Amiable Love this —the completed book and the mom-daughter buddy read! 😍📚 2y
Read4life @Chrissyreadit I‘m #ReadyNotReady 😂 I know she‘s ready and excited but I can‘t believe I won‘t be seeing her everyday. She‘s going to Susquehanna in PA. Because of volleyball, we‘ve been there 4 weekends since she committed and was accepted. That really helped me see her interactions and meet people she‘ll be spending a lot of time with. I know she‘ll be in good hands and I‘ve seen how happy she is there. But I‘m still SO EMOTIONAL 🥹 2y
Chrissyreadit I completely understand!!! I‘m also really struggling. 2y
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Read4life
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#AdventRecommends @emilyrose_x

This is book 1 in this fantasy series. I was at a conference and got this book signed for my daughter. My daughter and I have read all of the books in this series together (multiple times) and she has all but the latest signed.
I chose this book for many reasons but most of all because of the amazing memories I have reading with my daughter 💙

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Skyrimir
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Okay, so I may be in my 30s, but I appreciate a fun Percy Jackson style series every now and then. This is the first book I DNF‘d this year. The lead was very much a Mary Sue, and with writing like this….

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Read4life
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#ManicMonday #LetterK @CBee

📖 Keeper of the Lost Cities
🖋 Sophie Kinsella
🎥 Knives Out
📺 Knight Rider
🎤 Kelly Clarkson, Kool & the Gang
🎶 Karma Chameleon- Culture Club; Keep Holding On- Avril Lavigne

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#AlphabetGame #LetterK
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Another series I enjoy reading with my daughter. We do a reread when a new book in the series comes out.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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mylifeisbooks
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This is what I thought when I read the ages on the back! (Sorry for all the KotLC posts, but I am super obsessed with the series at the moment! :D)

AshRaye I've heard so much about this series, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'm a little scared I'm going to get sucked in and be tortured waiting for the next book. 3y
mylifeisbooks @AshRaye Yeah, it really is an amazing series, but I definitely understand you being nervous to try it! The next book is coming out in November, so maybe you could start the series a little before then? But it is definitely worth reading!!! 3y
AshRaye @mylifeisbooks I'll plan on doing that. Thanks for the suggestion! 3y
mylifeisbooks @AshRaye Of course! When you do start it, I hope you love it as much as I do!! 🙂 3y
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mylifeisbooks
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For any Keeper of the Lost Cities fan out there: the next book is coming out on November 8, 2022!!! Here is a pic of the front cover!!! I am so excited!!!

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Kay Spencer
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I LOVE THIS BOOK! after reading Harry Potter (a very long time ago) I had been mega struggling to find a book that awesome, one that I would willingly sit down and enjoy its company. It has an amazing plot that will throw you for an amazing roller coaster ride. the characters are so well written, and I definitely feel for Sophie.
Hands down 100/10 book.

MrsBabki I love that you find something new that gets you that excited! Awesome! 3y
mylifeisbooks I feel the exact same way about it!! It is my favorite since Harry Potter!! 3y
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Kay Spencer
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I have started reading Keeper of the Lost Cities, and I already love it! The hardships that the main character Sophie has to go through is so... heart wrenching and so interesting all at the same time. Sophie is just a humans girl living among other humans. She has massive headaches all the time. She tries to block them out with music and other things but the key to stopping them is realizing that she isn't human! I can't wait to keep reading it!

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Johanna414
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This was a super cute middle grade fantasy- a light, quick read.

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Johanna414
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Watching my friend's boys today and her youngest is my son's bff. So they're building legos, the older two are playing video games and I'm just glad I thought to grab a book before leaving home. Other than occasional requests for food, they would prefer I just left them alone...

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AkashaVampie
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So lets just say..... TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got a book for me, a book for the little one, and a new card game for the family.

@ElizaMarie @AsYouWish @jb72

Cortg Fun! I love a good family game night. 3y
AkashaVampie @Cortg I dont know if u know the game or not, but Exploding Kittens. That is who made this one. 3y
Cortg I‘ve seen it but haven‘t played it. I‘ve heard it‘s good! 3y
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AkashaVampie @Cortg it is super fun. We play it with only 3 people total... our little one really isnt old enough to play something like that. So if u ever want to get a new game... Exploding Kittens is great. 3y
ElizaMarie I can't go to Target... Ha I go in for some pens and then come out with a ton of things!!! 3y
AkashaVampie @ElizaMarie we actually mainly went for gloves for Lucian becuz he hurt his hand alittle on the scooter yesterday. But u seen how that went. Haha 3y
ElizaMarie @AkashaVampie every time! 3y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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In such a good mood today so picked up this for a reread! A last minute vaccine appointment opened up tomorrow so I'm getting my first dose for my birthday!💃💃💃

Bookzombie Happy Birthday! Also, yay for the vaccine! 3y
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mylifeisbooks
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I love Alden's trademark phrase: “No reason to worry“! He always gives a list of problems to Sophie and her friends, then tells them that they shouldn't bother themselves because everything is “fine“. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

amill7516 So true!! 3y
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This book is awesome! It's about a girl who started hearing human thoughts ever since she was five, and then a boy comes and reveals that she is a Telepath and an elf. Then he takes her to live in the elf world, and I won't reveal any more (Except that she meets Keefe, who is like the best ever!).

mylifeisbooks YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Keefe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3y
amill7516 I know, right?! 3y
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FrancineCallaloosoup
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Reading this at the request of my son. #readathon Already got 60 pages in.

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Read4life
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My November wrap up.
5 bingos, finished my #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books
Made great progress with #ProgressItNovember & will happily get to continue this in December for several of my winter/holiday series.
#BookSpinBingo

Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Awesome month!! 4y
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Chrissyreadit
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ChasingOm Hood Feminism was one of the best books I read this year. 4y
Chrissyreadit @ChasingOm I‘m hoping to read it in Dec no matter what. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Read4life
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Here‘s my November #BookSpinBingo card.
Time o get caught up on a bunch of the series I read. 💙 #BookSpin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!! 4y
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This is my favorite paragraph in the whole entire book. “'What brings you here today, Keefe?' Elwin asked. 'Just helping a fellow prodigy, sir.' Elwin grinned. 'I notice you've had to miss your session to do it.' 'I know. Such a shame.' He sighed dramatically. 'But Sophie needed help, so what could I do?' 'What, indeed? And I suppose you'll be wanting a pass to excuse you.' 'What a good idea.'“ Bit longer than that, but I didn't have enough space.

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Weisubei
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CaffeineAndCandy ❤❤❤ 4y
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Shemac77
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Fantastic kids book. My niece and I talked about it for a good hour. Can‘t wait to read the rest. (That‘s part of her bookshelf).

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Shemac77
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My niece is making me read this book. She has good taste.

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Chrissyreadit
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1. YES!!! The new #pemberlittens group for Jane Austen fans!! (See @sprainedbrain for details)
2. I can‘t stand the irresponsible life and death long term repercussions the cheetoh in chief is causing and maintaining.
3. Morning- coffee, evening-tea.
4. I‘m proud of my relationship with my teens.
Thanks for the tag @MoonWitch94 #thoughtfulthursday

@ozma.of.oz @TheBookHippie @katy4peas want to play?

TheBookHippie ❤️ 5y
BookmarkTavern Thanks for the tag! 5y
BehindthePages Cheeto in chief is accurate....I'm right there with you hun. Stay strong, stay healthy 5y
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MoonWitch94 Cheeto in Chief 😂 I like it. I joined PemberLittens, too! I can‘t wait! Thanks for playing 🌷💜🌷💜 5y
Bookzombie I agree with #2! 5y
Amiable I'm right there with you. 😖 5y
Bette I'm with you on #2 5y
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rjsthumbelina
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Holy crap! Who else has read this book? This book easily deserves Harry Potter-level hype. So good! All the magical creatures, the pervasive mystery in the series, main character trying to figure out who she is and how she got there, found families, very cool and complex magic, SO GOOD!!

rjsthumbelina I also should mention that this was my #arithmancy read (outside of your normal genre - I'm not typically a fan of middle grade) for the #OWLSmagicalreadathon 5y
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Amaryie
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My Christmas 2019 book Haul

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LindseysLibrary303
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This is a book that is constantly recommended to me by my students. I have so much to read that I just haven‘t gotten to it yet but I‘m bound and determined to start now!

Meghan1 It was a delightful read! 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf My daughter loves this series. 5y
LindseysLibrary303 I really ended up liking it! 5y
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Meghan1
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I LOVED this middle grade fantasy novel. I am thinking about ordering it for my school library, but am not sure I have the right population for this book.

emtobiasz This whole series is SUPER popular at my (public) library. I haven‘t picked it up yet because I find the length intimidating(#pagecountphobia) but I‘m heartened to see you liked it! 5y
Meghan1 @emtobiasz I literally couldn‘t put it down. I was visiting my 93 year old grandma in Florida and I started it one day and finished it the next, even though it was 512 pages. 5y
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ErikasMindfulShelf
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My daughter loves this series. She‘s turning 10 next week. I need recommendations of other series that will keep her hooked! She also loves Harry Potter and Rick Riordan.

tessavi How about the Bartimaeus books by Jonathan Stroud? 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf @tessavi Sounds interesting. Thanks for the recommendation! 5y
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ErikasMindfulShelf @emtobiasz Good suggestion. She has the first one but didn‘t read it yet. 5y
Eyelit Has she read the amulet series yet? My nephew loves it (he‘s also a fan of riordan) 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf @Eyelit She read them all and really liked them. Thanks for the suggestion. 5y
LibrarianRyan The Unwanteds Abdul it‘s sequel series, anything Jen Carlota, sisters Grimm, land of stories, rise of the guardians series, wizard of once series, 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf @LibrarianRyan Thanks for the suggestions!! (edited) 5y
ErikasMindfulShelf @LibrarianRyan She absolutely loved The Unwanteds! Thanks! 5y
LibrarianRyan @irre yeah. Now that I‘ve slept there is also the Septimus Heap (Magyk) series, the Keepers, the Morgan crow books, York books, and of course Eragon. I‘m reading Tristan Strong right now and it is so good. 5y
LibrarianRyan @irre oh, and this may be a dark dark hole but anything Erin Hunter. The Warriors series is by far the biggest but he also has Seekers and quite a few others. Plus an amazing classic fantasy series is Redwall. It‘s like 20 books but all good. And all done. Warriors is I believe over 40 and still going. 5y
ElliePrendergast I love all three of those books/people too, try the Morrigan Crow series by Jessica Townsend-so good!! (edited) 4y
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averyhawthorne
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Had me interested from the first chapter with likeable characters and an engaging mystery element

LitsyWelcomeWagon Welcome to Litsy! Hope these #Litsytips by @RaimeyGallant http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: goo.gl/UrCpoU are helpful. There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! #LitsyWelcomeWagon 5y
RaimeyGallant Welcome! 5y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗👏🏻 5y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 💖📖💖 5y
CoffeeNBooks Welcome to Litsy! 📚 5y
Slajaunie Welcome to Litsy! 📖📚💙 5y
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Staying up to finish the last thirty pages and I realized I never posted my #bfcr2 check-in 😬

I did not make my step goal of 13,000 steps every day — I think I only hit it twice — but I DID hit my active minutes every day.

Today, I‘m starting my food tracking goal of 3/7 days

Sleep — 7/7 days week three.

Books finished since beginning — 29, I‘m doing the #bbrc so my reading goal might change

And I‘m getting in 139 oz of water!

#fitwizards

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 A fantastic week! 🎉 5y
RainyDayReading Well done! 5y
Clwojick Woohoo. Way to go! 💫 5y
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Lindsbooklover93
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Hi everyone! What are you guys reading right now? I finished this book when I was camping. I won this book on Goodreads. I loved this book so much. It really reminds me of Harry Potter but instead the characters are elves. I definitely recommend this series. I'm very excited to start the second book soon. #litsy #kindle #kindlefire #paperwhite #library #bookgeek #booklover #bookholic #bookhaul #bookhoarder #books #bookinstagram

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marshallgal81
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This is definitely Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings. I just adore the MC, Sophie, she is adorable and so brave. I can‘t wait to see her character development.

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marshallgal81
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Up next! Starting the first in this series. Heard amazing things about it and I‘m anxious to get started! ❤️📚🤗

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Chrissyreadit
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My son loved this book. I think it‘s a cute story with typical middle school tropes and some inconsistencies. But it was fun for #winterstormreadathon and I‘d happily give this to a middle schoolers.

MrBook Niiice! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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Chrissyreadit
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Joining the #winterstormreadathon hosted by @MrBook and @BookBabe with a book my son asked me to read and a book recommendation from @Librarybelle on her #newyearwhodis list . It is sleeting outside- so happy to stay cozy and read.

BookBabe Awesome that your son gives you book recs! 😊🙌🏻 6y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Oh cool! I needed another fandom and massive series to fall into! *Annoyed huff and puts rest of series on Christmas list* WHO NEEDS MONEY ANYWAY?!

Seriously though, high key obsessed with this book, the magic, the worlds, the characters the lying and mysteries. ALL OF IT!

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