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Fairy Tale Frankie and the Tricky Witch | Greg Gormley

#wickedwhispers
#trick
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Aruba

Eggs 🌳 ❤️ 🧙🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it 🧙‍♀️ 1mo

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Hooked_on_books

The Mysterious Disappearance of Kurt Kramer, Book 1 (Free Book): A Romantic Teen Sci-Fi Thriller | Mike Wells

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Kurt‘s family has brought Rachel along on their trip to #Aruba, when the teen group seems something mysterious come from the sky. When they go to investigate, Kurt vanishes. They spend the rest of the book trying to figure out how to get him back. This is self-published and it shows, but I was entertained by this little sci-fi YA. A low pick (for books 1&2).

#ReadingAmericas2023

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Hooray!! 12mo

squirrelbrain Are you nearly there with #readingtheamericas23? 12mo

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain Seven to go! I have 2 I need to get from the library but have the rest at hand. I should be able to make it happen. 12mo

BarbaraBB Only seven! You got this 🙌🏽 12mo

squirrelbrain Hooray! Fingers crossed you can do it! 🤞 12mo

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Texreader

Aruba, a Brief History: Early Days, Lago, Devil's Island Escapees, the Antilla Sinking, and the U-156 Attack | Ed McGlynn

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This is a humorous look at the history of #Aruba, mainly during the author‘s and his family‘s lifetimes on the island, the 1920s on, with family photos. It was really not the place it is now, which is thanks to big oil that can afford to make a desert island with no water source into a vacation destination. The humor makes it fun, but there‘s a misplaced joke at the beginning about Japanese internment camps in WWII. And there are typos. ⬇️

Texreader A low pick. #readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB (edited) 13mo

Librarybelle Misplaced jokes 😔 13mo

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Texreader

Aruba, a Brief History: Early Days, Lago, Devil's Island Escapees, the Antilla Sinking, and the U-156 Attack | Ed McGlynn

#Aruba #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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Texreader

Aruba, a Brief History: Early Days, Lago, Devil's Island Escapees, the Antilla Sinking, and the U-156 Attack | Ed McGlynn

Sounds lovely… 😏

#Aruba #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

5feet.of.fury I went to Aruba for my 30th bday (and want to go back for my relatively soon 40th) it was lovely. 13mo

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Texreader

Aruba, a Brief History: Early Days, Lago, Devil's Island Escapees, the Antilla Sinking, and the U-156 Attack | Ed McGlynn

I‘ve picked my next ebook free on Kindle Unlimited. For #Aruba #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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squirrelbrain

Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery | Lisa Pulitzer, Cole Thompson

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This was a fascinating true crime read, about the murders exactly 5 years apart, of Natalee Holloway, who many will have heard of, and Stephany Flores, who I had not heard of.

This guy truly is a monster.

I‘m using this for #aruba for #readingtheamericas23, but it would also work for #peru and #chile.

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Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB He is Dutch and continuously talking to Dutch journalists. He‘s crazy as hell. And stupid. He just confessed the murder of Natalee but his story seems a lie once again 13mo

squirrelbrain I read all about that recent ‘confession‘ @BarbaraBB - but I don‘t think he can be trusted at all. 13mo

Librarybelle @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB This whole case has been bizarre and such a long struggle for justice. I‘m kind of curious to read it, only because of reading the story for so long. 13mo

robinb I can remember so vividly where I was when I first saw the news about Natalee‘s disappearance. I was out eating dinner with my family. It was big news nationally but even more so here in Alabama where she lived. It‘s been heartbreaking to see what her family has had to go through over the years. 😔 13mo

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DGRachel

Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery | Lisa Pulitzer, Cole Thompson

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A soft pick. This is an account of the man suspected in the disappearance of Natalie Holloway in Aruba 20-ish years.While there‘s no justice for her family, this monster is currently serving a 28 year sentence in Peru for the vicious murder of another young woman. Reading almost like a Dateline episode, this details his ever changing stories, greed, and attempts to evade law enforcement in multiple countries. ⬇️

DGRachel What makes me the angriest, I think, is the refusal of his parents to acknowledge the truth of their son‘s actions. His mother apparently still makes excuses for him (“he‘s mentally ill not evil”) and his father was briefly held in Aruban jail on suspicion of involvement in Natalie‘s disappearance. Counts for #aruba and #peru in #readingtheamericas2023 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 1y

BarbaraBB Oh this is interesting. He is Dutch (as I am) and there‘s always been a lot of publicity around this case. He even confessed on camera and yet has never been convicted for the Holloway case. He will be extradited to the US soon for blackmailing Natalee‘s mother (if I‘m right). In the mean time in Peru he killed and married someone. It‘s a bizar story. About his parents I didn‘t know. They avoid publicity in Dutch press but I‘ll look into it! (edited) 1y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB He‘s a bizarre character. His father apparently was training to be a judge, but the Holloway case destroyed his career. The book ends in 2011, before the trial in Peru actually started, so I had to Google to see if he was convicted. He does face charges of wire fraud and extortion in the US. I found the details on how criminal justice systems in other countries work, though. 1y

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BarbaraBB https://youtu.be/jHJgK7iMx7U 1y

BarbaraBB ⬆️ Here he confesses - with a big grin. He‘s totally mad. A Dutch journalist went undercover ( he was murdered last year) to record it. 1y

BarbaraBB I don‘t know the details either. I know America wants him after he finished his prison time in Peru for that murder but apparently recently a deal has been made so he can be extradited to the US. Joran himself agreed at first but now denies he did. 1y

DGRachel @BarbaraBB That sounds about right for Joran. He‘s a pathological liar. That journalist and the recording he made are mentioned in the book. I realized I missed a word in my earlier comment about the law in other countries. I love learning how different systems work. I figure we‘ll never really know what happened to Natalie. I‘m kind of sorry I read this because he seems like the kind of person who thrives on attention and I hate to give him more 1y

BarbaraBB That‘s right. About him being a pathological liar and that he thrives on attention. I try to avoid it as much as possible too ever since I saw that documentary and there was no arrest afterwards. 1y

Librarybelle Fascinating discussion, @DGRachel @BarbaraBB ! I remember when this happened and all of the secrets and unknowns surrounding it. 1y

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Currey

An Island Away: A Novel | Daniel Putkowski

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#Readingtheamericas2023 #aruba Beautiful, smart prostitute with heart of gold and the men (on Aruba) who loved her. Slow and at 490 pages seemingly endless. I skipped over sex scenes and it was still endless. Some of the characters well drawn, some two dimensional. The good thing was it really did give me a look at Aruba. The bad thing was it felt like a waste of time. Ah well, on to Ecuador..

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Oh dear! 2y

BarbaraBB I love your review 🤣🤣 but won‘t read the book! 2y

batsy 😆 2y

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