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BethM

BethM

Joined August 2016

LibraryThing member BethM6

Book hoarder,tea/coffee/chocolate lover, dog and boy mom, proud Ravenclaw. Fav genres are SFF, cozies, historical fiction, romance, and YA.
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Come join us! We bought an illustrated copy with the real letters etc and Wes loved doing this last year! #tolkienchristmas #fellowshipoftolkien @Daisey @JazzFeathers

Daisey Thanks for sharing! So looking forward to reading this with you again. 4d
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Panpan

Thumbs down bc this kind of writing makes me angry- not bc the story was bad. When the kindle died I was stuck for those few hours with what was on my phone. Made the mistake of reading this in a free anthology. Every single (I‘ve read 2) in this anthology ends literally in the middle of the story and refers you to book two of that series. I despise when authors do this. I forgot this happened with the previous book🤦‍♀️

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Pickpick

Cute novella in this series. This series is so freaking good. Romance, laughter, hot men- I love it. Check it out!

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Shameless | Lex Martin
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Pickpick

Pretty sure this was free? Free but good, which was a pleasant surprise when I realized I had to revert to my phone bc cold kills your kindle battery 🤦‍♀️ waterproof but scared of 40 degree weather- do better amazon. My gen 1 was indestructible. I digress. Really robust characters and plot. Medium spice. Very pleasantly surprised.

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Pickpick

These just honestly feel like book hugs. Copious sexy time in this one compared to book one.

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Pickpick

We‘ve been up north in MI with no cell service since Thursday night so these are all coming at ya! This was such a fun read. Low to no drama, I would term it a cozy romance. Totally get the hype.

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Taking time to scroll Litsy tonight and looking in on OGs I haven‘t seen in years. I‘m so thankful for this community. I‘ve made some really great friends here, and this place has had a lovely and lasting impact on my life. Love you all! Ps enjoy this bday pic from Chappie‘s 5th tonight :)

JenReadsAlot ❤️ 1w
Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 1w
Texreader What an adorable photo!! And lovely sentiment! 1w
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Leftcoastzen Aww , so cute 🥰 1w
Read4life Love this!!! 💙🐶💙🐶💙 1w
Chrissyreadit 😘😘😘😘 (super cute pups ❤️) 1w
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 1w
AmyG Hahahaha! Love this. 1w
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 1w
Avanders 💜💜💜 6d
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Mutters to self: swap ban, swap ban, swap ban.

Go sign up with @MaleficentBookDragon ! Because of her I do this for my son now!

Bookwormjillk Haha I know. I make an exception for this one. (edited) 1w
Avanders 🤭 It‘s okay to make an exception for this… it‘s always my favorite swap of any year!! 💌 6d
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Omg @Kshakal this coffee is sooo good! I made some to take up north this weekend so it almost half gone! #cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub

Kshakal @BethM it is one of my favorites!! 1w
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Pickpick

Read this at the recommendation of my sister. While I enjoyed it, I don‘t think it was quite what I was expecting- not super romantic. Fun and fast read though.

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Pickpick

Parts of this were excellent, parts very very slow. Copious death and I think GRRM might actually hate pregnant women. Freud would have a field day with that. Overall I liked it. The style was different but not bad. #readingwesteros

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1- spots I love rainbow polka dots 😂
2- just finished one
#two4tuesday

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Contest | Matthew Reilly
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At 37, I‘ve recently been diagnosed with ADHD. It definitely brings a lot into focus. That being said, with the busiest time of year for us, and trying to figure this out I feel even more scattered than normal lol. Woefully behind on #readingwesteros but I‘ll get there @5feet.of.fury ! Especially now that I found my book 😂🤦‍♀️
#readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

CSeydel Love your bracket! 2w
Avanders ♥️♥️ 2w
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Here Comes the Body | Maria DiRico
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Pickpick

I absolutely adored this book! Great settings, great characters. I‘ve already started book two on Everand.

Librarybelle I really liked this one and need to get back into the series! 2w
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I get caught up to fall behind again 😂 Yesterday we found out our male dog Chappie has a pretty significant skin infection- treatable but expensive. Today was my baby‘s 4th bday 😭 taking a bit of time to myself tonight :)

JenReadsAlot Omg I can't believe he's 4 already! 3w
Roary47 I feel you on falling behind and catching up, and kids growing too fast. 🥹 3w
5feet.of.fury D‘aww 🎂 happy bday to your lil dude! (Todays reading was the last long chapter, we‘re almost there!) 3w
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Avanders Happppppy birthday to Wes!!!!! 🎂🎉🎈😘😘 cannot believe he‘s already 4!! 3w
BethM @Roary47 @5feet.of.fury sometime on Monday I managed to misplace my book 😭🤦‍♀️I‘ll find it! But a library copy just came in. Sorry for being behind! @Avanders me either! 2w
5feet.of.fury @BethM 😅 I‘m gonna laugh a little bit just because it is the size of a phone book. Where could it be hiding? Lol 2w
BethM @5feet.of.fury I found it behind my bed lol 2w
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Library Book | Susan Orlean
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Hubs got a wild hare up his butt on Monday and decided we were going to completely rearrange the house. It‘s caused a lot of extra work and cleaning but has resulted in this :)

Ruthiella Nice reading corner! 😍 3w
AmyG So sweet! For you and the little guy. 3w
Leftcoastzen Looks great! 3w
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DogMomIrene Sweet book nook! 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 Tell him to send his hare our way! 3w
Avanders Amazing 😍 3w
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Pumpkin Spice Caf | Laurie Gilmore
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@Kshakal thank you so much for the #hhs #hauntedhallowswap ! Did you know the ghosts on the book sleeve glow in the dark?!

Kshakal @BethM I did know that… mom made it and she told me that they did! I am so glad you like it all! 🤓 3w
BethM @Kshakal I love it even more knowing your mom made it! 3w
Kshakal @BethM I will tell her you like it!! 3w
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🖤🎃🧡👻 3w
Avanders 😍😍 3w
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1- we were spidey and ghost spider
2- nope #two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 3w
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Super stressed about how far behind I am. Been a tough two weeks at work. I‘ll catch up! #readingwesteros

Avanders Aww I completely know the feeling, but we shouldn‘t feel stressed about reading (but I do). 🫣🤗🥰😘 4w
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Halloweenies | David Wisniewski
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wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 1mo
Kshakal I am so glad it arrived safely!! 1mo
wanderinglynn Have you mailed your #HHS box yet? 1mo
BethM @wanderinglynn yup I posted about it a week or two ago 1mo
wanderinglynn @BethM thanks! And sorry I missed marking you as sent! 🎃 1mo
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Wednesday's Child | Amanda Hewett
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#wonderouswednesday
1- my grandma. She was a hard woman to get along with or be her child, but man she moved heaven and earth for her grandkids.
2- son and hubs, puppies

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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
1- no, we‘re trying to clean up our habits and lose some weight.
2- dragons, Westeros, incest 😂

TheSpineView Ahhh...the dreaded weight loss. Good luck! Thanks for playing! 1mo
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Been up in MI since mid day Friday which means no internet. Home now and did a lot of reading of the tagged book. Thanks to @Kshakal for this #cbbc box! Are the sponges for the dishes or my body? 😂 I‘m slow on these things 🤣 #coffeebeanbookclub @Mommamanzi

Kshakal @BethM lol… dishes!! 🤣🤣🤣 1mo
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare
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1 - chicken bacon beer cheese soup with bread fresh from the oven. (If you don‘t know where I live you get three guesses but only need one 😂)
2- done
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Sounds yummy! Thanks for playing! 2mo
AlaMich Um, Wisconsin? 2mo
JenReadsAlot 🤣🤣🤣 2mo
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Pic of my bag at the post office 😂 mailed @Captivatedbybooks your #cbbc and @wanderinglynn I mailed my #hhs

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🖤 2mo
Pageturner1 love the bag 💕 1mo
BethM @Pageturner1 thanks! I got it in a Litsy swap ages ago. 1mo
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Knit One, Kill Two | Maggie Sefton
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I‘m not a knitter so there were far too many intricate knitting details for me. But this cast of characters was awesome and made you root for them. There was a team approach vs do it alone sleuth that I loved. I had the killer at one of two people, so not a ton of mystery there. Overall though it was a very good story! I‘ll definitely read more.

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Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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@Princess-Kingofkings thanks for the #ffs #fallingforfallswap ! I love the book sleeve. Sorry I forgot to open yesterday!

Princess-Kingofkings I‘m glad you like the book sleeve. My daughter made it. I fell in love with the fabric. 2mo
Avanders 🍁🍎🍂😘 2mo
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We‘re back baby! Finishing up #readingwesteros over lunch. We have an office 5k later this afternoon so I get a rare lunch off to read!

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Pucking Sweet | Emily Rath
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@Jas16 thank you so much friend! I‘m glad you‘re starting to feel better. Bring on allll the fall!

Jas16 Hope you enjoy! 2mo
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Pickpick

Stumbled across this and was intrigued about her story. It‘s a bit of an odd book. Parts of it read very election season specific. However the behind the scenes peek into Washington is somehow more appalling than I‘d expect and my bar is pretty low. Overall, a compelling and fast read. Somewhere between a pick and a so/so. 3.75 stars

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Better late than never? lol. Struggling with adjusting to munchkin‘s new school schedule.
1. Probably my great grandmother‘s rosary and prayer book, or maybe one of my Oz copies.
2-tagged
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TheSpineView Never too late to play! 👍🤩😊 2mo
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Mehso-so

This was much better, still a fair amount of skimming. Books 1 and 2 could have been cut down to one book with better editing. I was pulled in by the sci fi idea of cloning which actually played little role. While book 3 (even though it‘s from 04) has some scary parallels to the way we live /permit today, at the end of the day it‘s still rapture fiction. Middling rapture fiction at best. FYI if you‘re Catholic there‘s a few eyebrow raises. 🤦‍♀️

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Birth of an Age | James BeauSeigneur
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Mehso-so

I‘m beginning to think all these reviewers are drunk. This was better than the first but not great. A lot of superfluous detail which equated to a lot of skimming. The author‘s note says Christian‘s should read the whole series before judging. That‘s because this book borders on heretical 😂 so weird.

Avanders 😳🤭 2mo
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Halloweentown: Witch U. | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio, Max Enscoe, Annie Young
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Idk how to do those collages so here‘s my Halloween aesthetic. Day outside in the cool air followed by coziness. Treats, blankets, warm drinks, and hocus pocus or Halloween town :) #hhs

wanderinglynn Love it! 🧡🎃 2mo
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In His Image | James BeauSeigneur
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Mehso-so

This read as a political thriller, not at all what I expected. Im intrigued enough by the concept (and having book 3 free) that I‘ll read on. Every single Amazon review is glowing and says how everything comes together in book 3 is worth the wait 🤷‍♀️ maybe then I‘ll wish I hadn‘t scanned so many parts 😂

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Panpan

Not as bad as my last free read but not good. Book one reads as a novella and ends abruptly. Book two starts with other characters. Nobody has time for that. 😂

Had some scary chest pains over the last few days but drs say im@fine 🤷‍♀️ going to try to slow life down a bit this week and take better care of myself. Currently just feel like im about to get the flu or something.

Jas16 I am so glad you are ok. Please take care of yourself 2mo
BethM @Jas16 thanks. Unnerving that they can‘t tell me what it is, but hey we don‘t study women‘s bodies. 2mo
Bklover Hope you feel better! ❤️ 2mo
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Panpan

Just because you can doesn‘t mean you should. This was terrible. Sentence structure, editing, lack of character development, all of it was bad.

Avanders 😂 nice review 🤭 2mo
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Black Bird Oracle | Deborah Harkness
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#readingbracket2024 @CSeydel continuing with my very sophisticated bracket 😂

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Knit One, Kill Two | Maggie Sefton
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#cbbc #coffeebeanbookclub from @Kshakal thanks lady! @Captivatedbybooks I‘ll mail yours Monday with a little Canadian extra :)

Mommamanzi So cute! It‘s fall yall! 3mo
Kshakal Glad it arrived safely!! 3mo
Avanders 🎃🧡👏🏼 3mo
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Mehso-so

While I didn‘t see the reveal coming, this just fell a bit flat for me. For being Salem the town featured little. The romance felt forced and I just didn‘t find myself rooting for any of the characters. 3/5

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Halloweentown: Witch U. | Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio, Max Enscoe, Annie Young
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🎃❤️

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 🎃 3mo
Avanders It‘s September today 🫢🫢🫢 I‘m so excited for the best part of the year!! 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂 3mo
BethM @Avanders me too! We‘re in Canada and it‘s averaging 65 and sunny. 3mo
Avanders @BethM oooh sounds amazing!! 🥹🥹 3mo
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Got up to Canada for our 10 day vacation yesterday. Scored from the bait shop LFL. Who leaves books 1 and 3 but takes 2?! Amateurs.

Soubhiville 😱 weird! 3mo
BethM @Soubhiville and of course they‘re “old” and out of print 😂 they are available on kindle though! 3mo
Avanders Dude. These look interesting! Lmk how they are! 3mo
BethM @Avanders bit odd so far. All the reviews say book 3 brings them in to epic alignment. So far it‘s intriguing enough to keep reading but a bit of a slow burn. 3mo
Avanders Interesting … I‘ll stay tuned. 😁 3mo
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Got up to Canada for our 10 day vacation yesterday. Scored from the bait shop LFL. Who leaves books 1 and 3 but takes 2?! Amateurs.

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A Dance with Dragons | George R. R. Martin
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Mehso-so

So many thoughts. I love Westeros which is why it gets a so/so instead of a pan. My gosh did GRRM lose his way with this one. That‘s why we don‘t have a new book- he‘s mucked everything up and doesn‘t know how to fix it 😂 Not to mention parts of this just felt self indulgent vs actually moving the plot. Oy vey. I have to reconcile that neither he nor Rothfuss will ever finish :/ #ReadingWesteros

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Untitled | Untitled
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#tlt #threelistthursday this was like a warm hug. My mom and grandma watched so many musicals with us. It‘s hard to pick three bc this list unlocked a lot of core memories.
1- I‘ve had the time of my life- my favorite movie of all time
2- come what may- another fave movie and I walked down the aisle to this song
3- anything from sound of music bc of my grandma

dabbe #yayyou! ... I can't tell you what joy this brings me! So many people are posting the same ideas. Watching the oldies/musicals with moms, dads, grandmoms/dads ... my heart is full. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶❤️🖤 3mo
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Wednesday's Child | Amanda Hewett
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Eggs Thx for playing 👌🏼❤️🙏🏻 3mo
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The Black Bird Oracle | Deborah Harkness
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1- dry red wine or cold brew Jameson through I rarely drink.
2- tagged- so so good
#two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 3mo
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This Is Halloween | James A. Moore
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wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 🎃 3mo
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This Is Halloween | James A. Moore
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Go sign up!

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Let @5feet.of.fury know if you want to join us for the next part of #readingwesteros @LitsyEvents