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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage

Joined December 2016

📚 Books, blankets, and a hot beverage ☕️ 🧶 Fiber enthusiast 📚Mood Reader
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I ordered this and another sweatshirt before the election and it only arrived this week… I decided it‘ll be my go-to for the next four years when I need a little pick-me-up. From boredwalk.com if you need your own pick-me-up. My other sweatshirt says “Stay-At-Home Unicorn” 🦄

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It‘s Chauncy! I found him at BN but he‘s created by https://kingdomofthreads.com

It makes me ridiculously happy to find things inspired by this book.

Aims42 Love this!!! 3w
julesG Love it. The little bellhop hat is so cute. 3w
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Listeners | Maggie Stiefvater
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New adult novel by Maggie Stiefvater announced!

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Slow Dance: A Novel | Rainbow Rowell
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New in! I‘m excited for this, but saving it. (As one does.)

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Examiner | Janice Hallett
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Can you tell I absolutely adore this author?

I‘m ecstatic NetGalley granted me a copy of The Examiner, which is not due out until September.

I started it last night, stayed up way too late, am about 60% in, and can‘t wait to get back to it.

Oh, and I also preordered it today during BN‘s preorder sale. #netgalley #arc

MonicaLoves2Read I have never read her. What genre does she write? 4mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Monica5 She writes mystery and it‘s very unique - all emails and chat messages. 4mo
MonicaLoves2Read @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I love mysteries. I will have to give her a try. Do you have a book I should start with, or can I just start with any of them? 4mo
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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Monica5 The Appeal is more cozy - about a small group of theater people in England, and The Christmas Appeal is a follow up to it, a Christmas novella. You could start there - Appeal was her first. Then Twyford Code, which I also love, and includes translated audio files. The Alperton Angels is a little more intense, but I love that one too. 4mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Monica5 You‘re welcome! I hope you enjoy them. 🕵️ 4mo
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I found some fun summer stickers in my craft drawer, so I decided to set up a book spin bingo board. Yay stickers!

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!!!! 4mo
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Titanium Noir: A Novel | Nick Harkaway
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I‘m loving StoryGraph for all the graphs and data and this new cover collage feature is making it easier to share.

June Wrap Up -

Favorite for the month: Titanium Noir
Donating: City of Nightmares & Cage of Dreams
DNF: Gnomon

Slow reading month, but some good ones 📚

#readordonate

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Current reading view 📸 up north on vacation!

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway
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I finished Titanium Noir in a day, so I decided to take on this #chunkster It‘s definitely slower reading, but I‘m intrigued enough to continue!

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Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap | Anne McGill-Franzen, Richard L. Allington
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The Summer Reading program has begun at my library!

wanderinglynn You‘re halfway there! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
willaful Oh, I have to check mine! 5mo
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The Examiner | Janice Hallett
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I just discovered The Examiner is coming out this year. September is going to be lit! 💡📚

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage NetGalley granted my request!! *happy dance* 4mo
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Chosen Ones | Veronica Roth
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Since Jasper Fforde announced he‘s working on number 8 in the Thursday Next series, I realized I‘ve only read through number 3 and made an emergency trip to the library.

Clouds rolling in, but I‘m happy to be back reading on the deck.

#libraryhaul #librarystack #thursdaynext

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ESC update - starting to look chicken-y! @FlowerFairy #knitting

SconsinBookyBadger I just got out the rabbit hole of the ESC trending videos over on YouTube 😂 I can‘t wait to see yours when it‘s finished! 🐓 6mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @SconsinBookyBadger Thanks! It‘s a little bit of a process 🤣 (edited) 6mo
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First book of May completed. Yay! 🎉

Now trying to decide if I should pick up the next one or finish something else I started in April. Hm, decisions, decisions. 🤔🤣

CaramelLunacy I really enjoyed this one! The next one was rapidly added to the TBR pile 6mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @CaramelLunacy I did too. It felt very old school like Susan Cooper and Narnia. 6mo
CaramelLunacy @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I agree. Plus I really liked the specificity around the London mythology and real places! 6mo
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Um, so I only recently stumbled on Book Outlet (after hearing about it everywhere) and they‘re currently having a sale… so my finger slipped and I bought some books. 🫣

willaful whoops! 7mo
BarbaraJean “My finger slipped” 😂😂 That happens to me ALL THE TIME on Book Outlet! So strange! 😆 7mo
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Knitting an Emotional Support Chicken and watching The Masters today. #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 7mo
Catsandbooks So fun! Love that yarn! 🩷 7mo
FlowerFairy Such lovely colors! Would love to see your finished project! Right now I‘m working on a seemingly endless blanket for my daughter. 6mo
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Wool | Hugh Howey
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My birthday‘s later this month (the big 4-0), but my sister surprised me with this early. She was watching the show, then picked up the books (because cliffhangers) and said I should read them too. I started the first few pages and I‘m confused, but intrigued…

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I‘m excited and a little surprised that I‘ve gotten back into reading nonfiction this year.

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I devoured this in two nights! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 8mo
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Just a little excited to find this in my mailbox today. I couldn‘t wait for May (U.S. edition), so I ordered from Blackwell‘s…

RamsFan1963 I'm SO jealous!!! 9mo
AlaMich Cool! I really enjoyed the first one. 9mo
AlaMich Have you see the American cover? It‘s quite something 9mo
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JoyBlue I could‘t wait for US release either, so I ordered it from Waterstones! 😍 8mo
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Jane, Unlimited | Kristin Cashore
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New year, new mug!

julieclair Love that mug! 10mo
BookishMadHatter Great mug 10mo
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Illuminae | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
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Late to the party, but I‘m finally here for it! AIDAN!

“AM I NOT MERCIFUL?”

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Gallant | V E Schwab
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McDonald's Happy Meal Toys from the Nineties | Joyce Losonsky, Terry Losonsky
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Did anyone else run, not walk to McD to buy their new adult happy meals with the 90s McNugget toys? No? Just me? 🤣🍔🍟

Bookzombie I hadn‘t heard about this. They are cute! 11mo
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We‘ve made it to the Gump, one of my favorite parts of the Return to Oz movie, which I recently learned is a mashup of Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz.

This section also provided a noteworthy quote from the Scarecrow: “That proves you are unusual and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Finished for #wintercleardown @PuddleJumper - Newest addition to my tbr (edited) 11mo
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@Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters

Going for another KAL, this time not a mystery, with the Bumblebee Acres Fiber Farm group on Ravelry using their new pattern and their Farm-inspired advent I‘m opening throughout December. 🚜🐄🦙🐇🐑🐐

Catsandbooks Oh so fun! ❤️ 12mo
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L Frank Baum
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@dabbe #SmilesonLitsy

Here‘s my current read on my Christmas tree. I figured Bing Crosby put presents on the tree, so why can‘t I put books?

dabbe Love it! You're on the drawing list! And thanks for the #SmilesOnLitsy! 🩵🩶🩵 12mo
willaful I love it! 12mo
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Cyber Monday Deal alert! I love this author and her Warlocks of Amherst series is on sale - all six books together are on sale for basically the price of one book. They‘re also in Kindle Unlimited if you subscribe and want to try them before you buy.

Also this is M/M romance with mpreg. (I don‘t want to corrupt or surprise anyone if that‘s not your thing.)

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The City of Stardust | Georgia Summers
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Yay! Look who was just approved! *happy dance* Has anyone read this yet and if so, what did you think?

Update: I bailed 🤷‍♀️ It was too slow…

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I just saw the #Friendsgiving tag by @Catsandbooks - my goals - I want to start this one during Thanksgiving week so I can get a good jump on it! 12mo
Catsandbooks Wonderful! Enjoy! 🦃🧡 12mo
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I cannot be trusted in a bookstore! I went in to BN for Fangirl and the tagged book and walked out with a few more… #noregrets

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When you‘re in a Christmas mood, but you have Peeps left over from Halloween! 🎄👻

wanderinglynn Love it! 😋 12mo
Pageturner1 clever 😁 12mo
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I‘ve been feeling super crummy since last week (horrendous cough and I lost my voice), so I bought myself this Disney Haunted Mansion throw with glow-in-the-dark eyes at my local Hallmark. I was really jazzed to find it half off and it was the last one! Made to be. I also picked up a ‘Foolish Mortals‘ mug because hot beverage!

Btw - I changed my name here to match my instagram and my love for all things books, blankets, and hot beverages!

julesG Yeah for the new name and blanket. 12mo
wanderinglynn That throw is awesome! 🤩 12mo
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Stayed up too late last night reading and finished this book. But no regrets! 🤦‍♀️🙇‍♀️🤷‍♀️ And now I‘m ready for the sequel!

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Sword Catcher | Cassandra Clare
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Friday book mail! 🥳📚

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Westknits at Home | Stephen West, Quince & Company
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#LitsyCrafters #mystery

Reading‘s taking a backseat this month as the mystery knit-a-long clues are released. I‘m halfway through Clue 1.

Catsandbooks That's beautiful and such a fun pattern! 💙 13mo
julesG Totally forgot about Stephen's MKAL 🤦🏻‍♀️Thanks for the reminder. 13mo
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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @julesG You‘re welcome! Sorry if I spoiled it 🥺 13mo
julesG No worries. I normally collect the clues and knit when everyone else is done. 😬 13mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @julesG OK good! And that‘s a good plan 😁 I‘m not a huge fan of the mystery aspect 13mo
Catsandbooks Love the new colors! 13mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Catsandbooks thanks! It‘s the purple mystery kit from punk rock unicorn/stephen and penelope‘s 13mo
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The new Percy Jackson book being released gave me the push to finish The Trials of Apollo series and catch up on the Percy Jackson universe this week. I forgot how entertaining these books are!

ravenlee I am majorly conflicted about these two new books: I desperately want to get them and read them, but all the other PJU books I have are paperback! 14mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @ravenlee That is a tough one! Maybe see if you can borrow from the library and buy them when they come out in paperback? 14mo
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To buy or not to buy? 🤷‍♀️

The facts:
1. I already have at least one copy of all three.
2. I have read the first one (Darker Shade of Magic), but not the other two yet.
3. I‘d like to be inspired to read them before the new one comes out..

Thoughts?

Update: I didn‘t buy them this time. 😄

ChaoticMissAdventures As someone who has box set of multiple series that have been sitting on my shelf for a few years... I don't know if buying would inspire me to read them - Looking at you Shadow & Bone. Also I would be worried if they are not all out yet they might change the covers later, and then my set would not match. 1y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @ChaoticMissAdventures lol! Yes, i‘ve only read the first shadow and bone book too… these new covers match the new Thread of Power series coming out this year. 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures @BookHoarder32 you read one! My copies are literally still in the wrapper! I bought the whole series when the tv show was announced and it is just sitting there. But I also feel like buying books is a different hobby then reading books... and I love people supporting bookshops! 1y
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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes! Two separate hobbies for sure. Did you watch the tv series? I didn‘t. 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures @BookHoarder32 I watched the first maybe one and a half episodes and had zero idea what was going on, so stopped.... but I don't watch a ton of TV so it might just be me. 1y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @ChaoticMissAdventures I don‘t watch much new tv these days. As far as shows based on books, I would want to read them first too before I attempted to watch them. Or if I have read them, I‘m afraid they‘ll massacre it. Like I‘m so scared to watch the upcoming Percy Jackson series on disney+. 😱 1y
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I spent the weekend in the OASIS. The first one was as good as I remembered and in the second, I felt a little bogged down by the pop culture references (seven shards vs. three keys), and the ending left me a little disturbed. But I don‘t read much sci-fi, so maybe that‘s the norm?

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Witch King | Martha Wells
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A quick trip to Barnes to pick up my free premium member tote and the Witch King caught my eye. I‘ve been in such a 📚 slump, I couldn‘t leave without it after the first chapter hooked me…

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@Pamgardens is making me a sheepy quilt! #craftersoflitsy

DGRachel Love it!!!! 1y
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Heartstopper | Alice Oseman
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Picked these up at the library today. I‘m thinking of rereading Heartstopper for the graphic novel and adapted into a tv series fields. Can anyone recommend a good book for set in South America or a South American author? Or any of the other categories?

willaful Pablo Neruda's poetry is usually a good bet. Or I bet a book about him would be interesting. He had all these wild houses; I got to tour one in Chile. 1y
CaitZ The Spanish Daughter is a historical fiction set around the chocolate farms in Ecuador 1y
CaitZ Llama Drama is the nonfiction story of two women who ride bikes through Bolivia, Chile and Argentina in the Andes. The audio was excellent. 1y
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CaramelLunacy Turn Right at Macchu Pichu is a nonfiction story about a man who works for an adventure travel magazine (but isn't very adventurous) hiking around the Inca sites in Peru. 1y
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The Buried and the Bound | Rochelle Hassan
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Setting up my June #bookspin early as it worked surprisingly well in May to get me to read Hotel Magnifique. Or if anyone sees anything I should try to tackle earlier? @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Silver in the Bone is on my summer reading list. I see some OwlCrate editions - did you get May's book???? I'm not over how freaking gorgeous it is! I hope I like the actual story! 😂 1y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @TheAromaofBooks lol! I did - it just came today. I‘m thinking of reading it from the library so I don‘t have to open it 🥰 I‘ve heard good things about it, so hopefully… 🤞 1y
TheAromaofBooks I follow an IG account that gives the spoilers for what each month's book is going to be ahead of time so I skip months where I don't think I'm going to like the book - so hopefully this one will be a win!! I just love those page edges!! 1y
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Hotel Magnifique | Emily J. Taylor
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Finished my #bookspin. It‘s going on the keeper shelf because I‘ll probably reread it at some point, as I liked the fantasy aspect and I rushed through it this time, but I may be getting too old for these YA/teen books.

I have nieces the ages of Jani and Zosa, and I kept thinking: that‘s a little young to be on their own.

Also, the switchblade finger? What was that? (Not sexy.) Ok, rant over.

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TheAromaofBooks I'm glad you enjoyed it!! This was a book that I felt like should have been a duology at least. There was so much potential world-building (and character building) that we just didn't have time for, so I was left with questions. But I did like it, and the edition is so pretty!! 2y
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@Catsandbooks #Litsycrafters

I‘m trying out finger knitting after finding this bright and fun Citrus colored loopy yarn at our new Joann store. The plan is to transport myself right to summer, but this fuzzy goodness will make a great blanket until then.

dabbe Love the colors! 🩷💚 2y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @dabbe Thanks! They‘re so bright and cheerful 🥰 2y
Catsandbooks Lovely!! 💕 2y
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For my May #bookspin I numbered the books sitting on my TBR bookshelf.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Is that the OwlCrate edition of Silver in the Bone? I haven't read it yet, but I LOVE the beautiful hardcover under the jacket!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks I read Hotel Magnifique this past month. I enjoyed, but kind of wanted more, if that makes sense haha I'll be interested to hear your thoughts whenever you get to it!! 2y
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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Thanks @TheAromaofBooks ! I read a little bit of the first chapter when I was trying to figure out what to donate and what to read, and it intrigued me enough to keep. I‘ll keep you in mind 😊 when I get to it (edited) 2y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @TheAromaofBooks You picked 5 on purpose to make me read it! 🤣😉 2y
TheAromaofBooks LOL I love that that worked out!! 😂 2y
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False Value | Ben Aaronovitch
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Reading on the deck while my mom, @Pamgardens gets ready to attack the new TV Insider with the highlighter. 😂 It‘s finally Spring in Minnesota - currently 77 degrees!

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“…which meant each of the county‘s twelve libraries could be open for precisely six minutes every two weeks… Using a mixture of careful planning, swiftness of foot, a robust understanding of the Dewey Decimal Book Categorisation System and with strict adherence to procedure, we could facilitate a fortnight‘s worth of returns, loans, reserves and extensions in the three hundred and sixty seconds available to us. It was known… as a Buchblitz.”

willaful LOL, too real! 2y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @willaful I know! I read that and shuddered. 2y
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Twyford Code | Janice Hallett
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I‘m trying to use the library more, BUT what‘s a person to do when The Appeal has a waitlist?

Buy the author‘s backlist on Book Depository, apparently!🤣 I also saw she has a new one, The Christmas Appeal, coming out next October. 🎄🎅🏼

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Wayward Son | Rainbow Rowell
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Simon and Baz at a Renaissance Faire in Iowa fighting vampires in broad daylight with an audience is everything I needed this weekend.

peanutnine Haha such a great scene! 2y
Alfoster Thanks for following my granddaughter. She‘s so excited and you are her 1st follower!😃 2y
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The City of Dusk | Tara Sim
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Mini book haul

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Carry On | Rainbow Rowell
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Nothing is holding my interest after Book of Night, so I decided to reread an old favorite. But since I never got to the sequels, this might just work out.