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Terciel & Elinor | Garth Nix
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- Fruit 😋💝.

2- the magic of stumbling across something you have been looking for after having given up the search 🪄💖.

3- The 6th book in the Old Kingdom series has been added to my library 🪄📚💝 still super excited about this 😂📚💝.
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4- meeting a stranger in a parking lot who claimed to be psychic and who read me too well 🪄🤩🆒.

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AnnCrystal 5- had to go to Walmart for necessities that we haven't yet sourced elsewhere (I know 👀🥺🤐). Checked the entertainment dept. while there (Of course). There wasn't anything two-spirited, but there were woman/culture writers, fantasy, Spanish language books, etc. I know that Walmart is rolling back DEI, yet they haven't seemed to make it about their products, at least not yet. Perhaps they're reconsidering🥳🤞🏼.

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AnnCrystal *anything two-spirited (LGBTQTS+) that I noted...there may have been, and it escaped my notice.

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AmyG #2 so speaks to me. Truly a joy. 6d
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Sace Fruit is awesome! I have discovered that the best way to find something is to stop looking for it (or buy a replacement 🙄) 6d
TheBookHippie We use Walmart it‘s the least of the evils here. Plus I use delivery and it‘s the jobs of the immigrants here. 🤷🏻‍♀️ not perfect, but local is hugely expensive and owned by right wing extremist. 6d
AnnCrystal @AmyG truly indeed 👏🏼😉👍🏼🪄💖. 5d
AnnCrystal @Sace I absolutely love fruit 😋👍🏼. And that does seem like the best way to find something 🧐🪄🤩...I really do hate replacing something I already have. 5d
AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie I read that, “Walmart aims to power 50% of its operations with renewable energy by 2025 and 100% by 2035, while also aiming to reach zero emissions from all its vehicles and transportation network, including long-haul trucks, by 2040.“

We are trying our best to support mom and pop shops even more now, unfortunately, we've experienced some impossibly rude customer service from some. Thursday, we left a shop quite upset. 👇
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AnnCrystal I wondered, does this guy want to sell his merchandise, or is he trying to run an exhibit for show only. Perhaps he assumed we didn't have the funds?? What he did have prices on were extremely expensive... (edited) 5d
Bookwormjillk Fruit is the best! 5d
Texreader Your No 4: that‘s amazing! What fun! 5d
AmyG @TheBookHippie Same here….we just have Walmart and Costco. I try to buy atCostco as much as we can…but we still need Walmart. 5d
AnnCrystal @Bookwormjillk absolutely 😋👍🏼💝. 5d
AnnCrystal @Texreader it was strangely spectacular, 🤩🪄💖. 5d
TheBookHippie @AmyG Costco is 60 minutes away one way here 😵‍💫 I do order online some things from there. 5d
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday & for the tag 💖🌺💝.

1- Litsy!!! So glad we all have access to Litsy again 🥳📚💝💝💝!

2- Springtime has arrived!!!! 🪄🌱🌺🌻🌼🌸🌷🌹🐛🦋🐝🐦💝.

3- The 6th book in the Old Kingdom series has finally been added to my library 🪄📚💝 #theoldkingdomreviewedbyanncrystal.

4- The magic of Books 📚💝.

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AnnCrystal 5- Book Shopping! I have found some real gems over the years at big-box and grocery stores, yet it was wonderful to seek out and purchase books that are actually on my radar... deciding which book to select from my long list of TBR to-buy list was a bit of a task 😂...

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AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕📚💝. (edited) 2w
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kspenmoll All your joys! 💕 2w
AnnCrystal @kspenmoll 💝💝💝. 2w
Jari-chan Beautiful joys 💛💛💛 2w
AnnCrystal @Jari-chan 🥳💫💝. 2w
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Murtagh: The World of Eragon | Christopher Paolini
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Thank you @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 🥳🎊🐎💝.

1- was considering rereading the Old Kingdom Books by Garth Nix this year, still need the latest book. 😉📚💝.

2- once I've finished with my current reads:

I am most excited to begin: Murtagh by Christopher Paolini, The Half King by Melissa Landers, and continuing the Riley Thorn Mysteries by Lucy Score.

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AnnCrystal
Excited about these 2025 book releases: the next book in the Riley Thorn Mysteries by Lucy Score, Arkana by RuNyx, and the The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst.

#Two4Tuesday

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TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing and Happy New Year! 🎆 3mo
AnnCrystal Thank You 😘 @TheSpineView 🎇 Happy 🥳New💖 Year 🎆. (edited) 3mo
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Thank you @BookmarkTavern for creating this fun play-card.

The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix. Love his writing style 🪄✍️📚💝.

Also, while my interests would have one day led me to discover necromancy (I love reading about anything magical and ghostly)...it was in this series by Garth Nix that I first encountered this form of magic 🪄👻💝 in fantasy.

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BookmarkTavern Garth Nix is an amazing choice! Thanks for posting! 4mo
AnnCrystal Thanks @BookmarkTavern An All-time Favorite 😉📚💝. 4mo
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Thank You @monalyisha For Creating This Play & Share Card.

1- It was little more than three miles from the Wall into the Old Kingdom, but that was enough.

2- They say the first of my kind was a woman named Alasdair, a human raised by hawks.

3- A boy went missing the night of the storm.

4- I remain committed to my goal of saving humanity from itself, but my latest efforts are meeting with mixed results.👇

AnnCrystal 5- Matilda Pages pushed open the door of Pages & Co. and breathed in deeply, taking in the familiar scent of just-blown-out candles, dark chocolate, and, of course, books. 8mo
AnnCrystal 1- Garth Nix's Sabriel, part one of the Old Kingdom series. 8mo
AnnCrystal 2- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's Hawksong, part one of The Kiesha'ra series. 8mo
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AnnCrystal 3- Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw. 8mo
AnnCrystal 4- Novelization of Batman Begins.
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AnnCrystal 5- The Bookwanderers by Anna James (Pages And Co. Book One).

Note: I'm still reading this one 📙💝.
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Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and thanks @Deblovestoread for tagging me.

1- Wonderful that U.S.A. was one of the countries involved in the Historic prisoner swap 😢🙏🥲.

2- Caught an episode of Captain Planet this week. Haven't seen this show since elementary age. The foundation of the show's storyline always stayed with me, yet the episode was like brand new. 💍🌎💍🌏💍🌍💍🎬💍. Hopefully I can catch more episodes🤞. 👇

AnnCrystal 3- Learned last night that CBS will premiere the new Matlock with Kathy Bates on Sunday, September. 22, 24. Been waiting for that show!

4- Saw a wild cat today, who watched me with these beautiful gem like eyes and a “trickster's“ glee. Wacky me recalled Mogget from the Old Kingdom books by Garth Nix.

5- Discovered a new song today and fell in love with the lyrics, “I believe in music“ sung by B.J. Thomas written by Mac Davis.
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Deblovestoread Oh my, I haven‘t heard that song in so long nor thought about those two artist. Great memory! 8mo
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AnnCrystal @Deblovestoread 💕😉💝. 8mo
AnnCrystal @bthegood 💖🌞💝. 8mo
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Ghost Camera | Darcy Coates
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Thank You @Eggs for Creating this Play and Share card.

1 - Really, any book by the tagged author.

2 - While I wouldn't say, disliked...I read all the Twilight books (and watched all the movies) by Stephenie Meyer, and the story was good, yet I didn't go crazy for the craze.

3 - Old Kingdom Books by Garth Nix 📚📚💝.

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The Lost Dreamer | Lizz Huerta
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Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this play~tag~share card.

A Day Late.

1- Random

2- equally between two books that I have yet to actually purchase.

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (tagged) & Terciel & Elinor by Garth Nix.

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TheSpineView Never too late to play! 👍🤩😊 10mo
AnnCrystal 👏Thanks @TheSpineView 😉👍💝. 10mo
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The first three books of, The Old Kingdom Series.

Original reviewed 2016, updated for Litsy 2024.

My mom bought me these books when I was in high school. The bookstore clerk highly recommended them. For whatever reason, it took me awhile to open and read them. One day, I reached up and pulled Sabriel (part one) off my bookshelf and read the first few pages.

I was hooked.

I read through the first one like a storm, which remains my favorite. 👇

AnnCrystal Sabriel can stand on its own, but I recommend the whole trilogy (which is now a series) if you want the whole story.

These books are about life and death, mainly about death and the journey through to the afterlife.

This is all about the dead not wanting to let go of life, and about the struggle against an evil of ancient times.

Sabriel and the Disreputable Dog are my favorite characters. . .and of course, who wouldn't like the sassy cat. 👇
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AnnCrystal I highly recommend this whole series. I began reading this when I was a teenager but still find the continuations great reads as an adult. If you want an entertaining story, full or mystery, humor, and thrills you just may like these books.

Now that this is a series, I'm thrilled! Three books were simply not enough. Still need to read the latest...I'm a terrible number one fan!
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BookmarkTavern I love this whole series! If you like audiobooks, Tim Curry does the first three and he is phenomenal as Mogget. 💕 12mo
AnnCrystal @BookmarkTavern Tim Curry!! Oh, he is fantastic! 👏🤩💝. 12mo
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📚☺️💕📚💝.

Note:

The Old Kingdom books currently include:

Sabriel · Lirael · Abhorsen · Clariel · Goldenhand · Terciel and Elinor.

Plus some shorts.

Branwen I keep meaning to read this series! It looks fantastic! 💕📚 1y
AnnCrystal @Branwen 👏I love this series. My absolute favorite. ☺️👍. The only work I've read by Garth Nix as of yet. Oh, he's a magical storyteller! I still need to read Terciel and Elinor. (edited) 1y
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