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julesG
The Persephone Code | Julia Golding
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#ARC #NetGalley

A travelling theatre actress and a former military surgeon are thrown together to find the Hellfire Club's secrets her brother hid before his death. A letter with clues sends them on a dangerous scavenger hunt followed by men who are ready to kill for those secrets. Naturally the two MCs are attracted to each other, but have their reasons/flaws not to turn their collaboration into a dalliance.

This could turn into a series.

julesG #52bookclub24SummerReadingList #GoingForGold Lots of goals in this book: finding the murderer, finding the hidden item/treasure first, keeping safe, keeping the clues hidden,... + author's name + gold on cover 7mo
Caroline2 Oh sounds good, think I‘ve got this on my kindle. 😃 7mo
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Clwojick
Prudence | Gail Carriger
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Starting the day with a yummy maple oatmeal, and this delightful audiobook. I loved the Etiquette and Espionage series, and I‘ve been waiting to start this series FOREVER! I was thrilled when the hold finally came in last night. Perfect timing. 💜 #snowbootchallenge

#bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Good luck! I think you‘ll do great! 🙌🏻 #goingforgold 6y
Centique I‘ve got Prudence on hold at the library right now too! Hope it‘s good 😍 6y
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Sweettartlaura
Pickpick

WOW! What a beautiful book! Slow at first but I'm so glad I stuck it out.

#bookisholympics #5 #goingforgold

@TheSpinecrackersBookClub

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thecurioushedgehog
Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas
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Accepting that our #GoingforGold #bookolympics challenge failed and fell by the wayside this week. Life got in the way sadly, but we are getting stuck into this beauty of a book. I am just falling in love with Chaol 😍 and Celaena is my ultimate love ❤️

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Simona
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The story is set in the time of the war in Rodhesia, Zimbabwe today. Narrator of the story is 8-year-old girl and she is focused on what is happening in the family, we felt the war only by the arrivals and departures of the father on the battlefield and through comments made by grandfather. The story is an interesting blend of beliefs, traditions, and tragedies.
#book7 in #bookisholympics and #goingforgold is completed‼️

PurpleyPumpkin Well done!🏅 8y
Simona @PurpleyPumpkin Thanks, it was hard work.😅 8y
Eyelit 👏🏅 8y
Megabooks Congratulations! 🏅 8y
Simona @Eyelit @Ebooksandcooks Thank you, it was hard and fun😅 8y
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BookishFeminist
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Back a Starbucks reading because I needs the coffee after staying up way too late last night to finish my book.

So excited for this little book of short stories! They read like dark, foreboding fairy tales, and so far remind me a bit of Kelly Link. Hoping this will be book 4 in the #BookishOlympics! Still #GoingforGold. 🏅

BekahB This one sounds interesting! I'm still hoping to get the gold for the #bookisholympics too. Not sure if my strategy to read multiple books at one time is going to work in my favor. I guess I'll find out! 😄 8y
DiruVamp Ohhhh this sounds good! 8y
MrBook You can do it! Go for that gold 😁👏🏻👍🏻! 8y
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ScrappyMags Bravo! I haven't been reading at my usual speed for some reason lately. Cheering!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 8y
NovelGirl82 Anything that reminds me of Kelly Link, I'm in!!! 8y
BookishFeminist @BekahB It's GREAT so far. I just posted the opening of one of the stories from it if you want a taste for the style. So magical yet haunting. 8y
BookishFeminist @DiruVamp It's great! I just posted the opening of a story if you want a taste of her writing. I'm hooked! 8y
BookishFeminist @MrBook Thanks! I don't think I'll make it since I've been busier than usual lately & reading more slowly but oh well! 8y
BookishFeminist @ScrappyMags Thanks!! I haven't been reading my usual speed either for whatever reason. Oh well! At least I'm enjoying my books & the Litsy social time. Good luck to you!! 8y
BookishFeminist @NovelGirl82 Yes, so good! These are amazing- can't believe I've never read her before. 8y
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Cinfhen
The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd
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This book was EVERYTHING❤️💜💙ALL the feels ...beautiful writing, memorable characters and a story full of love, hope, loss and what makes a family! Completed book 6 of #BookishOlympics. About to return to final 100 + pages of EUPHORIA as I am #GoingForGold...I think I can, I think I can

Josie I loved this book. It was required reading the summer before my junior year of high school, and I adored it. Still do. 8y
Suzze Oh, I so loved it! The year it came out we called it "The year of bees" as there were at least three bee novels that were big. 8y
OneLitChick Such a great book! The movie was good too! 8y
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Simona
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I came back from work earlier than I expected and that's why I'm back in the game for #goingforgold
I have 7 hours and 30 minutes to the finish line.

#bookisholympics

BethFishReads You can do it, Kerri [said in proper eastern European accent] 8y
shawnmooney What an awesome title! 8y
KVanRead Great title! 8y
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Simona @shawnmooney @KVanRead Yes, and beautiful opens and closes the story.
8y
Simona @BethFishReads In my proper Eastern European accent - I did it.😃 8y
BethFishReads 💫👏💫👏 8y
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Lizpixie
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#bookisholympics Its 12.15am Sunday here so I've officially finished the olympics. Yay! As well as the nine books here, I also finished The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves & I got through half of A Court of Thorns & Roses. So all up its 10.5 books in 7 days. I'm quite proud of that, though I do have a lot more free time than most people competing, but hell. Not bad for a self taught reader! #goingforplatinum🏅🏋

[DELETED] 2232195534 Congrats!! 8y
Chessa Holy moly! Congrats! 👏👏👏 8y
Lizpixie @kaysreadinglife @Chessa Thanks guys! Good luck to you guys getting to the finish line🙌🙌#goingforgold🏅 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi Congrats! 8y
Dragon Excellent, congratulations 8y
Eyelit Awesome!!! 👏🏅 8y
Lacythebookworm That's awesome! Way to go 👍👏 8y
Varshitha Wow,, congrats 👏🏻👏🏻 8y
Books_Wine_Repeat 😃👏👏 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Woo! Congrats! 8y
BethFishReads 💫👏💫👏 8y
BekahB Nice!! 😃 8y
Suzze Yay! Nice going. 8y
Bookworm54 Congrats! 8y
Hooked_on_books That's amazing! Nice job. 😄 8y
Yamich49 Great job!!! 🙌🏽👍🏼👍🏼👌 8y
TheLondonBookworm So friggin impressive!! 😝😝 8y
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Sweettartlaura
Do Not Disturb | A.R. Torre
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#bookisholympics #4 #silver #goingforgold

Ok, so I'm into this series now. It's not life-changing, but it's fun. This is better-written than the first. And I can't wait to get to the next one 😊

Also, these work great as audiobooks. But they're NSFW, or in the presence of children.

@TheSpinecrackersBookClub

Bette I read the first one, it's kind of a split personality. After your review, I might try the second, thanks. 8y
Sweettartlaura @Bette I'm not sure if she's just so damaged from her trauma & she's so isolated that she doesn't know that's a normal reaction to have... Or if she's just psychotic like she thinks. So anything that keeps me guessing - & has fun getting rid of bad guys - is fine by me 😜 8y
Bette Yeah, the switch up kept me reading the first one. She's kind of a strange avenger. 😋 8y
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