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Shameless: A Sexual Reformation | Nadia Bolz-Weber

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Both the tagged book and this coffeeshop came highly recommended. ☕️

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Sace

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I don‘t know if #recommendsday is still a thing here, but I sure could use some recommendations. I‘ve been reading the Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews and really liking it. I‘m wondering if any #Littens have other urban fantasy suggestions. The fewer vampires the better (if that even exists.)

Scochrane26 I just read A Touch of Darkness, which I think is considered urban fantasy. If you don‘t mind some spice that‘s more on erotica side, it was good. 1mo

Sace It sounds interesting! Thanks! 1mo

audraelizabeth You could try the mercy thompson series. 1mo

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Leniverse I second the Mercy Thompson series. There are some vampires there, but they are side characters. Also "Rivers of London". I don't recall any vampires in those, and they are amazing on audio if that's your thing at all. 1mo

Luke-XVX I‘m currently reading the 1st book in the Sandman Slim series, only 60 pages in and no vampires so far…. 1mo

5feet.of.fury Ilona Andrews has been some of my favorite urban fantasy, if you haven‘t read Burn for Me I‘d suggest that! 1mo

5feet.of.fury And I‘ll add another rec for Mercy Thompson, I‘m not caught up, but I keep meaning to get back to it, loved the early books! 1mo

Sace @Leniverse I‘ve had the Rivers of London on my shelf forever! @audraelizabeth Thanks! And my library has it available on audio! 1mo

Sace @5feet.of.fury Burn For Me recently caught my attention. Thanks! 1mo

Sace @Luke-XVX Intriguing! 1mo

wanderinglynn Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series is one of my faves. I also love the Mercy Thompson series & the Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs (1st books Moon Called/Cry Wolf), the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne (Hounded), Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris (Dead Until Dark), Dante Valentine series by Lilith Saintcrow (Working for the Devil), Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill (Some Girls Bite) 1mo

wanderinglynn Ghost Hunters Mystery by Victoria Laurie (What‘s a Ghoul to do?), Southern Witch series by Kimberly Frost (Would Be Witch), World of the Lupe by Eileen Wilkes (Tempting Danger) - I have more (this is my favorite fantasy sub-genre). 😀 1mo

Sace @wanderinglynn the Iron Druid and the Southern Witch series sound good! Thanks! 1mo

MeganAnn Echoing all the love for the Mercy Thompson series! I‘m hoping to do a reread of that series sometime later this year. Also one of my favorites is the Hollows series by Kim Harrison (book 1 tagged). It does have some vampires but our main character Rachel is a witch and the world is filled with all kinds of magical creatures including pixies (Jenks, her pixie friend is my favorite), demons, werewolves, elves, etc…

Dead Witch Walking (The Hollows, #1)

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MeganAnn Another of my favorites is The Bone Season series by Samantha Shannon. No vampires. Shannon creates such a richly detailed & unique alternate London that I find fascinating. Definitely read the author‘s revised 10th anniversary editions released last year as she went through & revised the text to make it the story she wanted to write but wasn‘t a good enough writer to pull off at 19 when it was originally published.

The Bone Season: A Novel

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MeganAnn @wanderinglynn screenshotting your list so I can look for all the ones I haven‘t read yet! Urban fantasy used to be a favorite genre of mine as well and I‘ve been itching to get back into it recently. 1mo

Sace @MeganAnn thanks for the suggestions! 1mo

willaful I really enjoyed C.E. Murphy's series that begins with Heart of Stone. 1mo

wanderinglynn @MeganAnn totally agree on Kim Harrison‘s Hollows series. And I‘m adding Samantha Shannon to my TBR. 👍🏻 1mo

CoffeeK8 I‘ll second mercy Thomas and the other Ilona Andrews. But I also want to recommend K.M. Shea‘s Magiford Series 1mo

Sace @CoffeeK8 Oh it sounds really good! Thanks! 1mo

Sace @willaful Ooooo…interesting! 1mo

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Purpleness

National Library of Korea | Seoul, Korea, Republic of (Library)

#Recommendsday request! I am hoping to travel to South Korea sometime in the next year or two, and of course want to read up before I go. Anyone have any book recommendations to do with Korea? I‘m specifically looking for history, but happy to branch out to other genres.

Susanita This historical novel wasn‘t my cup of tea, but it‘s pretty atmospheric.

If You Leave Me: A Novel

Ruthiella

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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel

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Purpleness @Susanita Thanks for the suggestion! It looks like my local library has it:) 2y

Purpleness @Ruthiella Thanks! I have it on hold at the library! 2y

Purpleness @Megabooks Great suggestion! This one I read a year or two ago, and I enjoyed it. 2y

Megabooks A good person to check out is @nelehelen . She isn‘t active on litsy anymore but you can find her on Instagram at @readwithneleh . She is Korean and has a lot of book and all media recs under her #mansemarch hashtag as well as throughout the rest of the year! 2y

Purpleness @Megabooks Thanks again! I‘ll check her out! 2y

batsy Wow that is an impressive building! 2y

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LMJenkins

The Invisible Hour: A Novel | Alice Hoffman

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Recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I never knew that I loved Nathaniel Hawthorne.

@ahoffmanwriter @atriabooks #TheInvisibleHour #bookstagram #recommendsday

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DieAReader

The Night Stalker | Chris Carter

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#Wardens2023 #MarchMadness #MarchMadnessReadathon #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #ReadMyRoom #Recommendsday

Another series gripping ‘Robert Hunter‘ thriller read. Looking forward to book 4😁 No way I‘m not finishing this series💕📚📚🤓

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CoverToCoverGirl, Andrew65, AkashaVampie, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks, GHABI4ROSES

BookishMadHatter This series is definitely one of my favorites. I've loved every single book 2y

TheSpineView Well done! 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y

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Andrew65 This is such a brilliant series. Brilliantly written and with great lead characters, I think they only get better as you work through the series. I‘ve finished 9 of the 12 books. Thoroughly recommend this series but just a warning the murder methods are quite grissly! Well done 👏👏👏 (edited) 2y

CoverToCoverGirl Such high praise from you and @andrew65 on this series, I need to get to it! (edited) 2y

Andrew65 @CoverToCoverGirl Most definitely, one of my favourite crime series.But you need to be happy with gritty crime fiction. 2y

CoverToCoverGirl @Andrew65 is it more gruesome that Karin Slaughter, assuming you‘ve read her of course. 2y

Andrew65 @CoverToCoverGirl No not really, imho. But will be interesting to see what you think when you read it. My wife doesn‘t really like gritty but really enjoys these books. (edited) 2y

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InkedBookworm13

Bullet Journal: Soft Cover, 5.5 X 8.5 Inch, 130 Pages | Bullet Journal

I've recently started to zendoodle/zentangle. It's a great way to relax and recenter my thoughts. It's so simple and easy to do. I get ideas and tutorials from Instagram and pinterest. I highly recommend it.

#bulletjournal #zendoodle #recommendsday

Hooked_on_books That‘s so cool! 🤩 2y

tessavi Looks awesome! 2y

peanutnine Very cool! 2y

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RebeccaRoo7

The Unwelcome Guest | Amanda Robson

I have a feeling this might be a wild ride with tons of twists and turns. Really hoping that I won't be disappointed with a predictable or anticlimactic conclusion. Luckily, I have great mother-in-laws in my life. Can't imagine dealing with such a horrid person.

#marriage #family #secrets #audiobook #recommendsday #mystery #summer

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StellaDz

Totally Folked: Small Town Romance Folktale retelling | Penny Reid

And with this second order, I‘m pretty caught up on the Winston Brothers series (was missing Beau) and the side stories that include prominent and side characters. My Reid purchases have been pretty steady lately and she‘s already taking up almost an entire shelf! These covers are probably my favourite. ❤️❤️ #recommendsday

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DieAReader

Baby, Come Home (Southern Roads, #2) | Stephanie Bond

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#BookNookBuddies2022 #Swoonathon #SeriesRead2022 #BookSpinBingo #ImpuleseRead #Recommendsday

Perfect romance to start February out with. This is such a great trilogy! I can‘t wait to get my hands on the finale: ‘Baby, Don‘t Go‘.