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I liked the story and the cast of characters is great! However, the cover and blurb are misleading, as about 75% of the book takes place in autumn. So, that was disappointing, since I was expecting something more Christmas-y.

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‘The coachman tried to warn young Mary Yellan away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast..‘

A nice gothic tale, this was dark and atmospheric. I enjoyed it. Good writing and details.

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#WinterGames2024 Holiday/Wintery Read +75

I skipped the word search on this one since I started in November.

+80 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

A soft pick. Halliday Valentine runs her family‘s Christmas factory. She‘s a psychic witch with a hummingbird familiar and a reindeer who is her grandmother. This book is like crossing Sabrina the Teenage Witch with a Hallmark mystery movie.
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I really enjoyed this Inspector Grant mystery -- the final one that Josephine Tey had written. Grant stumbles upon a murder while travelling to the Scotland Highlands for a much-needed vacation.

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This has really pretty, unique illustrations- but it‘s literally just the classic song. Which is - to be quite honest - really annoying. And filled with birds. Where is she going to put all those birds? #WinterGames2024 Team #XmasChaCha #ChristmasChapterChasers #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern #ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader #LetterJ

I really enjoyed this #AtoZReadathon challenge, just 4 away from a full set! I'll tag my reads in the comments. It's been a great month with some fantastic reads. Thank you for hosting @Texreader

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This book kept me up until 2AM to finish. Loved everything about it. It had all the feels. I ugly cried a couple of times. This is a book I wish I could again for the first time. 5⭐️
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Sadly, I was not a fan of this book. While the idea is good—looking at possibilities and contradictions in a healthy way—I got so bogged down with the repetitious “just because…it doesn‘t mean.” The writing also contains slang phrases, so it‘s a definite in the moment publication.

The illustrations are nice, but I‘m not sure they always matched up with the words. Sorry, McConaughey fans, this one is not for me. #PictureBook #LetterJ #BBRC

When their ethno-musicologist uncle goes missing, he leaves his twin niece and nephew clues to help find him. Stuck in history, in places and times where music had played important ethnic roles—the kids are hot on their uncle‘s heels to find him and to save music from a bad guy hot on their heels. A jaunt through music history, including jazz, bluegrass, and meeting Mozart. #litsyatoz #scarathlonatoz #LetterJ #scarathlon @Catsandbooks