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AnnCrystal
The Doorkeepers | Graham Masterton
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Bailedbailed

Well, this was the shortest read of the year 😂.

This had such promise! Alternative Realities, a strange mystery, a strange young woman with interesting abilities...

The book even begins with a sneak peek scene of a seance!

Then the first two chapters begin with the “details“ of how the main character's sister is tricked into being kidnapped and gruesomely tortured to death.

👇

AnnCrystal I often skip over scenes, yet I'm usually invested with a story and characters before I have to...

I just can't!

This one will be promptly donated.

The good thing, there's now a space for a new book 😉.

#Doorkeepersreviewedbyanncrystal
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BookmarkTavern Silver lining! Also, I would have bailed on that too. 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕📚☺️💝 @BookmarkTavern .

Right! It seemed too good a story...the disappointment when a book isn't what it seems 😳🥺😒...
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AnnCrystal 📚💝 Absolutely true @dabbe 😉👍💝. (edited) 2mo
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AnnCrystal
The Doorkeepers | Graham Masterton
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Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and for tagging me 😎👍💝.

1- Aside from a few exceptions, the last few times out and about were nice. I mean the people were nice again. Like my neighborhood's mood has been uplifted...like people are less stressed and more hopeful 💫.

2- It's Friday the Thirteenth! Always a fun day 👻🥳!

3- Scary movie night, it's a tradition for Friday the 13th. Not sure what we're watching yet 🎬🤔. 👇

AnnCrystal 4- Yesterday, ran across the tagged book (one of many that has been waiting for me on my bookshelf). Wasn't planning on beginning a new read just yet...then again, this creepy, scary book caught my interest the day before Friday the 13th 📚😳!

5- Made pretzels 🥨, and more blueberry cookies 🫐🍪😋.

#5JoysFriday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 2mo
TheBookHippie Yum 🥨 2mo
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AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕😉👍💝. (edited) 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕 Truly ☺️ @TheBookHippie 🥨😋👍💝. 2mo
AnnCrystal P.S. @dabbe Stumbled across the doorkeepers thanks to your #TLT #ThreeListThursday questions 👏😉👍💝.
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shortsarahrose
In Praise of Slowness | Carl Honore
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It was delete day at the library where I work. I ran into a staff member from another department of the college when I was taking the weeded items to the free table, and she was definitely looking forward to taking a look through them! I waited until others had their chance and then grabbed a couple for myself when I was on my way home #BookHaul

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shawnmooney
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https://youtu.be/y02mEcEzavY?si=VZ4XlpHdfCAo14Jh

The Importance of Book-Centered Spaces as Third Places by Susie Dumond; https://bookriot.com/book-centered-spaces-as-third-places/

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rachelsbrittain
Waiting for the Weekend | Witold Rybczynski
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Reposting in preparation for some #WeekendReads !

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Megabooks
Saturday Night | Susan Orlean
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Sometimes you find a book at the used bookstore and want to start it right away! This book has a copyright of 1990, and I think it‘s Orlean‘s debut. It should be very nostalgic to read about what people were doing on Saturday nights in the late 80s. I‘m sure the book would be really different now. There‘s a polka dance chapter but no TikTok dances! 🙃

Cinfhen Sounds great 😊 I love anything 80‘s related 2y
BarbaraBB That sounds real nice. I remember my Saturday nights in the 80s! 2y
Scochrane26 I‘m going to guess cruising was an activity. 1y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB yes! So far I‘m finding a lot relatable to my 90s high school and college years, including a chapter on cruising @Scochrane26 that is set in a nearby Indiana town! 1y
Cinfhen Cruising!!!! That brings back wayyyyy to many memories @Scochrane26 😂😂😂 1y
Bklover I remember cruising in the 70‘s! 😉😅 1y
Megabooks @Bklover I don‘t know who can afford to do it now! I burned up that under $1/gal gas in high school! 1y
Bklover No kidding! I seem to remember listening to a lot of Bad Company and “cruising the strip” for hours. And drinking, of course. 1y
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Paus0312

“To keep up, it‘s good sometimes to slow down”

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Jen2
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Pickpick

I learned so much!!!

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Paus0312

“Naps are powerful tools for recovering our energy and focus.”

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IamIamIam
The Doorkeepers | Graham Masterton
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Mehso-so

Great concept but a little too much London slang for me and some scenes were a bit too long winded. I feel like it could have had fewer tangents and had the story move along a little better. Josh's sister's body was found 10 months after she went missing and it turns out she was living in an alternate reality London? Josh and his girlfriend have an adventure traveling through various Londons for information.

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