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bookandbedandtea

Joined January 2017

Wife. Mama. Nana. Avid reader. Over thinker.
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The Ancestor | Danielle Trussoni
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Panpan

This book was a mess but the beginning was really promising so it kept me reading. I kinda wish I'd given up though.

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The Ancestor | Danielle Trussoni
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in the Dolomites during an icy December and something monstrous is afoot
@Cupcake12

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Pickpick

This was insightful and sad and funny and uncomfortable and hopeful. I loved it.

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I'm spending the morning planning out my holiday baking; checking to see if there are recipes in here that I want to add to my usual baking plan. 🍪

BkClubCare COOKIES!!!🍪 5d
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What Will Burn | James Oswald
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm back in Edinburgh with Inspector Tony McLean
@Cupcake12

Cupcake12 One place I‘ve always wanted to visit x 1w
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Goals | Tracy
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I met my goal for the year 😊🎉

ShyBookOwl Congrats! 2w
Deblovestoread Well done! 🎉 2w
robinb 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2w
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TheBookgeekFrau Congrats!!!! 🎊🥳 Impressive total! 👏🏼👏🏼 2w
AnnCrystal Congratulations 📚🥳👍💝. 2w
Meshell1313 🙌🎉 1w
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉 1w
Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 1w
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It's finally the weekend! Now I can read and enjoy the crazy snowfall we've gotten the last few days. 😊❄️

Librarybelle Wow! 2w
AnnCrystal 💕🤩❄️😍💝. 2w
MaleficentBookDragon I miss snow having moved to Virginia from New York. ❄️ ⛄️ 😿 2w
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LiteraryinPA Snow?? Wow! 2w
bookandbedandtea @MaleficentBookDragon The Navy moved my daughter to Virginia and she misses snow too! People tell her VA has four seasons but that hasn't been her experience. 😉 1w
bookandbedandtea @LiteraryinPA Yes! This much snow was really unusual for us in November. Our substantial storms usually come in late winter. 1w
MaleficentBookDragon @bookandbedandtea I know. It was 58 when I left PA and it was 79 when I got home to Virginia. And I hate heat. 😣 1w
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Extinction | Douglas Preston
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The author having one of his characters reading (and hyping!) one of his own books made me laugh

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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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I received the books from you today, Sarah. 💜 AND I got the others sent to you, Denise. 🩷 @TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon

Jerdencon I got the books yesterday! Excited to start the new one! 1w
bookandbedandtea @Jerdencon Woohoo! I'm glad they made it to you. 😄 1w
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Shutter | Ramona Emerson
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in Albuquerque with a crime scene photographer (and a graphic description of a gruesome death)
@Cupcake12

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Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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Sunday morning ahhhhh 😍
In a turn of events that's become unusual recently, I actually finished my planned book yesterday! So today I'm back into this one.
(Go Broncos! 🤞🏻🏈🐴)

Read4life Go Broncos! 💙🧡💙 3w
Read4life I know. Ugh! 😩 3w
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bookandbedandtea @Read4life I mean, I'm not surprised the Ravens won but we didn't even make a game out of it. 🫣 2w
Read4life That was my feeling exactly. I was hoping for a win but knew the Ravens were going to be even hungrier coming off that loss last week. But we didn‘t even show up. 2w
bookandbedandtea @Read4life Exactly. After the last 8 years I'm fairly used to them losing (😫) but it's so frustrating when they don't even show up. 2w
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October, October | Katya Balen
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I'm caught up. I can barely believe there are only 2 months left. 🙀

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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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I'm hoping to finish TNOD today, then hopefully move on to The Husbands, but that's only if my brain cooperates. I might have to reread something I've read a bajillion times instead. #interestingtimes

bookandbedandtea @Jerdencon Sorry Denise, I really wanted to get this off to you this past week but now I'm determined to send it Monday. I'll confirm when it's on its way. 3w
Jerdencon No rush!! 3w
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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I've been meaning to read Time And Again for ages so it's nice to get a push in that direction from it being my #BookSpin. My #DoubleSpin is "nonfiction." At the moment I'm thinking this one but that might change.
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 3w
Aims42 I really enjoyed “Time and Again”. It isn‘t my normal read, I hope you like it too 😄 3w
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The Warehouse | Rob Hart
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I struggled to read this month. Hoping November works better for me. ??
The tagged is my "favorite" not in the sense of enjoyment but because I'll be thinking of this for a long time.

TheBookgeekFrau Your "struggle to read" is monthly goals for me! ? 3w
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau My hubby and I are total homebodies, so, when I'm not working (or figuring out dinner every darn day 😩) I'm reading. 😁 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea I knew there was something to be said for just staying home! 😁 3w
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A comfort reread🐙 (I'm finding it hard to read new books. My brain wants to read things it already knows it loves, for some strange reason)
In a completely unrelated message 🙄: everyone, please vote! 🗳

AnnCrystal

💝🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💝.
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Jeg My favourite tea. 🤞🤞that your elections go well. 3w
bookandbedandtea @Jeg Mine too! ☕️ And thank you, I hope so too. 🤞🏻 3w
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Candy Experiments | Loralee Leavitt
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#FallJamboreeDoodles
Candy in watercolor
@Catsandbooks

Happy Halloween everyone!

AnnCrystal 🎨💝 Happy Halloween 🥳🎃💃💝. 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Halloween 🧡🎃🧡 3w
Catsandbooks Love it! Happy Halloween! 🧡 3w
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Untitled | Unknown
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So true! 🎃😄

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3w
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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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It's supposed to freeze tonight so my hubby cut our last roses of the year.
#CurrentRead

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 3w
inthegreensandblues They're so pretty 💗 3w
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Texreader Awww lovely!! 3w
AnnCrystal 🤩🎨💝. (edited) 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🧡 3w
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Big Red Barn Board Book | Margaret Wise Brown
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Catsandbooks Beautiful! ❤️ 3w
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Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in a ficticious world. I'm only in the first chapter but I already love the interaction between Evie and The Villian.
@Cupcake12

Cupcake12 One of my favourite books this year x 3w
BkClubCare Oh cool! My bestie just said her book club is reading this next. 3w
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Flamingos | Victoria Blakemore
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This introvert has been socializing a lot lately (ie: too much 😵‍💫) I fell behind on my #FallJamboreeDoodles so here's a catch up post. Along with my costumed flamingos mug. 😁
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Mushroom, squirrel, and fortune all in gouache
@Catsandbooks

BkClubCare Love the mug! 🦩👒 ☕️ 4w
AnnCrystal 🍄☕ 🎨💝. 4w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4w
kspenmoll Lovely coffee cup!!! 4w
Catsandbooks Love them all! 🧡 3w
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The Warehouse | Rob Hart
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Pickpick

I'm calling this an excellent read because I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I finished a few days ago and I'm confident I'll be thinking about for a long time. The state of the world, and the live/work concept of Cloud, feel all too plausible, which is alarming. However, I wish the book had ended differently. This was probably the "right"ending as this isn't a feel good book but I'm a sucker for a happy ending. ?‍♀️

BkClubCare I am craving only HEA reads right now! (And yet my current one has election stuff 🤦🏻‍♀️) 4w
bookandbedandtea @BkClubCare Yes! I'm finding it hard to read books without HEA these days. 🫣 What's your current, political book? 3w
BkClubCare @bookandbedandtea - oh, sosorry - I missed this?! I was reading Red White and Royal Blue set in 2019 for 2020 election. (edited) 3w
bookandbedandtea @BkClubCare At least the election turns out well in RWRB! 3w
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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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Saturday morning reading 😊

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Boots | Sara Condrey
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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4w
AnnCrystal 💐🎨💝. (edited) 4w
Catsandbooks Love this! 🩷 4w
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Untitled | Unknown
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😱

TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣 4w
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Catsandbooks Adorable! 🧡 1mo
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Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors | Marian Wright Edelman
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#FallJamboreeDoodles
Lantern in watercolor pencil
@Catsandbooks

AnnCrystal 👏🎨💝. (edited) 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Catsandbooks Pretty! 💛 1mo
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#FallJamboreeDoodles
S'mores (and also bonfire for the 30th) in watercolor
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks Beautiful! 🧡 1mo
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The Warehouse | Rob Hart
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#WhereAreYouMonday
I'm in one of the MotherClouds, a work/ live concept of the near future 😬
@Cupcake12

BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one a lot! Great illustration too! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @BarbaraBB I've only read about a third of it so far but I'm pretty sure this is going to linger in my mind. 1mo
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Stellaluna | Janell Cannon
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#FallJamboreeDoodles
Bat, in ink, added to my Owl painting
@Catsandbooks

AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks Love this! 🦉🦇 1mo
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Mehso-so

The author did a good job of focusing my attention in the wrong direction so I was completely surprised by the twist. Still, the female MC was such a ding-a-ling I (almost) would have been fine with her getting bumped off. A soft pick but not enough to search out more by this author.

Anna40 Haha! Ding-a-ling. never heard that. great review 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Anna40 😁 My gramma used to say that! 1mo
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The Warehouse | Rob Hart
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I'm having my tea from another fun seasonal mug while I start this dystopian read that I suspect is going to sound only too plausible. 😬 #mugsoflitsy

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For Love...and Donuts | Sophie Mays
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bookandbedandtea @AnnCrystal I used watercolor pencils for this one. I really like them! I have a feeling I'll be using them a lot. 😊 1mo
AnnCrystal That looks great 👏🤩👍💝 They are like portable magic 🪄🎨🖌️💝. Glad you tried and enjoyed using them 🎨💝. Thanks for the tag ☺️👍💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks Looks great! 🍩 1mo
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Little Acorn | Igloobooks
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks Pretty! 🧡 1mo
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Boyfriend | Freida McFadden
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Outside, to my delight, it is 43° and drizzly. Inside, one of my favorite seasonal mugs and a story that, while not seasonal, is shaping up to be creepy.

Ladygodiva7 Love your haunted house mug!! Where is it from?? 🧡 1mo
Ladygodiva7 #mugsoflitsy need to use this hashtag again, it‘s been a while! 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Ladygodiva7 Oooh yes, i need to remember #mugsoflitsy ! I got this mug at Home Good 1mo
bookandbedandtea @Ladygodiva7 Darn it accidentally hit send. Anyway, it's from Home Goods but it was a couple years ago. 1mo
Ladygodiva7 Thank you! 1mo
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Pickpick

I liked Cassie's journey of healing the from the demise of her marriage and I enjoyed the descriptions of the town as well as the friends she made. But I wanted more details about her ancestors. While she learned a lot I want to know more: the big mystery was about what happened to her family after they left that town in 1911 but, while we find out where they went, we don't learn anything about their lives after that. Soft pick. Spoilers below.

bookandbedandtea I wat to know about Violetta's and Giovanni's lives in New Orleans (and Fiora's too!) When and where did G die? What led them to Lake Superior? Why didn't they tell their children and grandchildren their stories?? 1mo
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Owls | Valerie Bodden
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
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This was interesting. It takes a close look at DNA technology and what it means for people and families. She talks about the good parts but spends a lot of time on people who learn unexpected things and what it means for those people and their families. It also delves into ways DNA can be misused or used in ways people don't expect when they send in their sample.

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The Moon | Kelly Doudna
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
mcctrish Love it 1mo
Catsandbooks Gorgeous! 💙 1mo
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Starting this one today

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The Book of Witching | C. J. Cooke
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2024- Erin is found badly burned on an uninhibited island, her boyfriend dead, her best friend vanished. When she wakes she claims to be called Nyx.1594- Allison stands accused of witchcraft- and the details of the trial are horrifying. Both women have been in possession of the same book. In the present, Erin's mom tries figure out what happened to her and her friends.

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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf | Lois Ehlert
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#FallJamboreeDoodles
One (1) leaf, in gouache
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AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Catsandbooks Beautiful! 🍁 1mo
BennettBookworm Gorge! 1mo
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The Ghost's Child | Sonya Hartnett
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AnnCrystal 👏🎨💝. 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
Catsandbooks Love it! 👻 1mo
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The Book of Witching | C. J. Cooke
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#WhereAreYouMonday

I'm in Kirkwall and Edinburgh, observing an ancient (horrifying) witch trial and trying to figure out what has happened to 3 teenagers in the present day.
@Cupcake12

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Can‘t wait to read this one! 1mo
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The Rocky Mountain Goat | Madison Grant
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#FallJamboreeDoodles I went with a mountain goat, in gouache
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dabbe Love it! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
slategreyskies I love goats! So cool! 🐐 💕 1mo
Catsandbooks I love that it's on a mountain! 🐐 1mo
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The Book of Witching | C. J. Cooke
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That about sums it up, doesn't it. 😭😡

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Pickpick

I can't wait to read the 60s version to compare the stories because this was WILD! Child- me would have found this story utterly thrilling, I'm sure. 😂

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dabbe That looks so cozy! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
mcctrish Love the colour 1mo
AnnCrystal 🎨💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks Cozy 💙 1mo
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