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Bookwormjillk

Bookwormjillk

Joined December 2016

LibraryThing member Jillian_Kay

Nose stuck in a book. Visit me at www.allthebooksihaventread.com
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I enjoyed this slowly unfolding novel about Anne de Bourgh. It only briefly touched on the storyline from Pride and Prejudice but I liked the direction it took. #JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

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Watching some shows and starting the second puzzle of the week with my daughter. We were out in the sun for hours today and can feel it. My almost 17 year old went to bed at 6 pm. It‘ll be an early bed time for the rest of us too. We‘re here until Tuesday so the Sunday scaries haven‘t set in yet. #hyggehour

I hope everyone celebrating holidays this week found them meaningful.

AllDebooks I love that puzzle 😍 1d
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 24h
Lesliereadsalot What a fun puzzle for the two of you to do! 🧩🧩 23h
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The history of the National Forest Service and the men who helped form it along with a horrific forest fire that happened in Idaho at the time. This was a really good book in face of what‘s happening now. (Pictured is a note written in a historic school house in Smoky Mountain National Park.)

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We‘re still away for spring break. We visited the University of South Carolina yesterday for my son, and then my daughter and I stayed up way too late finishing a puzzle. So it‘s a slow morning of eating scones and catching up on buddy reads and journaling.

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Happy #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

I‘ve been on vacation since Wednesday which has been a joy of course!

1) Greek salad with amazing dressing at a restaurant I thought had closed but actually just moved
2) Husband and I snuck out to try a new diner while the kids were sleeping and there were TATER TOTS!
3) when cats sit on chairs like little people
4) bunnies
5) this view

Have a good one all! If you‘re reading this please join!

Lesliereadsalot Coincidentally I had a grilled cheese sandwich in a food court this week and it came with tater tots! I don‘t think I‘ve had them since high school. 4d
Aims42 Your joys are equal parts yummy and cute! Greek salads are my favorite and tater tots too, I always “upgrade” to those at restaurants 😆 4d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4d
Jari-chan 🐇🐇🐇 3d
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Congratulations on your milestone @dabbe Here is my contribution to the #moodboardcontest #mbc

It‘s hard to sum up my feelings- late 40‘s mom of 2 teens working in a constantly changing industry and volunteering for environmental causes while the world burns. I think the roller coaster is the best representation!

Amiable Great image to represent your mood! 4d
Deblovestoread Rollercoaster = perfection 4d
dabbe Love all of this, but especially the earth, reminding us that we're all in this together on this crazy rollercoaster called life. But man, what a ride! Thanks for sharing yourself. 💙🩵💙 4d
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At least I did better than with the movies! Favorites are The Grapes of Wrath, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Charlotte‘s Web. Has anyone not played yet? See @dabbe for the link. #ThreeListThursday #TLT

dabbe You beat me by one! 🤩 Love your choices, too. Thanks for sharing and playing. 💙📚💚 4d
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Sometimes I look forward to picking out my next book just as much as I look forward to reading it!

JenReadsAlot Same! 4d
TheBookHippie 😂 me too! 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures I was just saying buying, organizing and reading are 3 different hobbies! 4d
Birdsong28 Me too!! 4d
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It‘s spring break for the kids this week so we went on a little mountain retreat. My reading spot got a bit of an upgrade.

Kshakal That looks lovely! 5d
Sace Ooooo. Nice! 4d
Aims42 Enjoy! What a great reading spot 🤩 4d
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dabbe 🤩😍🤩 4d
Lesliereadsalot So beautiful! 4d
AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 4d
BarbaraBB Perfect! 4d
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The Briar Club | Kate Quinn
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A found family set in a 1950‘s DC boarding house. I enjoyed getting to know each of the characters (including the house) although I think I would have liked it more if it were based on just one character. That‘s just a personal preference though and this was a good read overall. #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

Karisa I just finished this book for #LiteraryCrew monthly read. I really liked it too. If only one character‘s POV, I would‘ve picked Grace or Claire. Who‘d be your pick? (edited) 5d
Bookwormjillk @Karisa Reka or Grace I think 5d
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Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1) Beautyland (tagged) was amazing. Felt like a hug in book form.
2) Hard Times by Dickens. Just couldn‘t do it.

Eggs Haven‘t read either one ☝️ 5d
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I started a re-listen to this book about the beginnings of the US Forest Service and the response to massive wildfires in Idaho around that time. Somehow I had forgotten what a great conservationist Teddy Roosevelt was.

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Thanks so much @CSeydel and congratulations again on your milestone! 🎉🎉🎉

CSeydel I‘m glad it arrived! Hope it‘s in good shape (I love to buy used books, but once in a while you do get a stinker). I did NOT know it would have a Costco book club sticker! 😫 Anyway I hope you enjoy it - I absolutely love this book 💕 6d
Bookwormjillk @CSeydel It looks great! I love used books! 6d
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A very interesting but frustrating history of women at the CIA from the start until about 2018 ish. Recommend.

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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness | Marie Tourell Sderberg
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#HyggeHour

I have been meaning to read this book for years!

TheBookHippie Oooo nice! 1w
Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 1w
AllDebooks ❤️ 1w
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Panpan

Just bad. Someone tried to deliver explosive oranges to NASA and for some reason it‘s up to Nancy and gang to figure out who. They are FURIOUS that the caretakers of the place where they‘re staying aren‘t making their dinner and what if the mystery gets in the way of the house party or the property that Mr Drew is going to buy Nancy on a whim? I don‘t know if this book was sponsored by Florida tourism or what, but it was not the best. #NancyDrewBR

Librarybelle I‘m reading this right now and cannot get over the rudeness of people! Also, it really has a privileged feel to it—I know we can tell Nancy is privileged, but this one really screams it. 1w
Ruthiella I do think that maybe the Florida tourist board underwrote it! 😂 1w
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This in-depth look at insects was a lot of fun! I read it a chapter a day and picked up all sorts of interesting facts. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks

TheBookHippie I loved this one! 1w
Lesliereadsalot Such a cool cover! 1w
AllDebooks 💚🪲💚 1w
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So excited for #CampLitsy25

My TBR is exploding already and it was hard to pick just four!

I‘ll tag my picks in the comments. I don‘t know much about any of these- just going off covers and blurbs.

Bookwormjillk This sounds like a better alternative to #TOB‘s George 1w
Bookwormjillk This sounded like something good to read during a thunderstorm 1w
Bookwormjillk This isn‘t something I‘d normally read and that‘s what summer reading is for IMO 1w
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Chelsea.Poole There‘s another Sky Daddy!! I can‘t tell if it‘s going to be just weird enough or way too much for me. ️ 1w
Suet624 I love how everyone finds these books to read. The primary way I find new books to read is because of Camplitsy's recommendations. 1w
squirrelbrain Great choices! I have the ARC of Death Takes Me but just didn‘t get to it yet. 1w
DGRachel The Bane Witch is so good. I read an ARC in December and it was seriously one of my favorite books of the whole year. I was mad I read it too late for my Auld Lang Spine list! 1w
BarbaraBB Great choices and I am tempted now too by Bane Witch! Also I didn't know about the new Rachel Yoder! 1w
Megabooks I just finished Sky Daddy last week, and it was out there. I would not be surprised to see it on the TOB longlist come November. Great nominations! 1w
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Fell asleep reading this last night and had the weirdest dreams. Do not recommend.

Kappadeemom 😁 1w
Librarybelle Oh my! 1w
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For real?

Ruthiella Listen, at least it‘s not yet another jewel robbery gang! 😂 1w
Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella it reads like Nancy Drew satire or maybe a 1970‘s acid trip 😂 1w
Librarybelle A 1970s acid trip! I‘m keeping that in mind when I read it this weekend! 😂 1w
dabbe Get ready to #suspendthatdisbelief! 🤣 1w
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The Brothers K | David James Duncan
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Time for my Saturday scone! I dropped my son off at work at 5 this morning and went right to work myself when I got home. Time for a tea break and some time devoted to catching up on my chapter a day reads.

Ruthiella 5 AM! 😳 You are a good parent! 1w
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Happy Friday! I‘m looking forward to a rainy weekend.
#FiveJoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) cleaning streams with my kids
2) yellow flowers blooming despite the cold
3) Merlin app is so fun!
4) the last of the cherry blooms
5) visited a tall ship last weekend

Have a good one

LiseWorks Ah! The tall ship. 2w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Ooooh, I love the tall ships. They often come to our harbor and are open to the public, but I love to see them out on the ocean under full sail! 2w
dabbe 💙💚🩵 2w
Jari-chan Merlin app 😍 1w
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I can‘t resist a quiz! Apparently I‘m a red reader, but I admit I did have trouble rating how likely I am to read a book when I can‘t see the cover. Thanks for sharing this @ReadingOver50 and @TheLudicReader

Here‘s the link if you want to try: https://www.readyourcolor.com

PuddleJumper Orange reader ... Though I think I said no to every single book 😂 2w
TheLudicReader Thanks for sharing your results. 2w
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MaGoose I'm a green 💚 reader 2w
Ruthiella Interesting that the visual also plays into our choices! I didn‘t think of that. 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Definitively blue! 2w
dabbe 🎯♥️🎯! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures I read a few romances, but I had a hard time figuring out if the ones they ask about are age gap which I hate 😂 Red was my second most percentage 2w
AprilMae I was a red reader too 1w
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1) probably lilacs but I like them all
2) cats, Thriftbooks.com, and warm blankets

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Deblovestoread

kspenmoll Yay for Thrift books! 2w
Eggs Thx for playing 🥳 2w
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A rare night without obligations. I may not even eat dinner.

dabbe Order DoorDash! 🖤🐾🖤 2w
DogMomIrene What @dabbe suggested. Or do something else fun like make breakfast for dinner. Gotta keep your strength up for reading! 2w
LiseWorks Pancakes 🥞, love the minou 2w
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AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2w
Bookwormjillk @dabbe @DogMomIrene @LiseWorks @AnnCrystal I went with scrambled eggs and tater tots. I love my family but there‘s something freeing about not having to feed them sometimes 😂 2w
dabbe @Bookwormjillk 💙💚🩵 2w
MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 2w
Darklunarose 😻😻😻 1w
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This was a sweet romance but also I LOVED the parts about content creation, taking charge of your career, not waiting for someone to notice you‘re working hard, and constantly reinventing your business with shifting markets. Plus bonus, the book takes place in DC and has nothing to do with government and politics. Yes, people do live here, which is apparently a story that needs to be told more.

Susanita Real people live in DC?? Who knew!! 2w
Bookwormjillk @Susanita real live people! 2w
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Living the dream tonight!

kspenmoll 🍫🍫 2w
TheBookHippie ♥️🍫 2w
dabbe My fave candy! That, and Paydays, too! 🩵💚💙 2w
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Up next on audio. This might make a good candidate for #HiddenHistory @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Oh! I think it is! 2w
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The Long Walk | Stephen King
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I thought this book went on a little longer than it needed to, but I gave it a pick due to the shout out for Wilkie Collins‘ A Woman In White. #LosersClub

BarkingMadRead It is quite long considering the repetitiveness of the boys… getting their tickets….. 2w
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I remember reading this years ago so decided to use my Thriftbooks credit to get myself a copy to read this year as we re-read Jane‘s books #PemberLittens

Crinoline_Laphroaig I remember really enjoying it. 2w
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I‘m not much of a romance reader but I will always read Linda Holmes (and Emily Henry.) Happy to have something fun to read on this cold, dark, rainy Monday. The library came through for me again.

BooksandCoffee4Me Don‘t know where this is but oh how I would love to look out of this window. Looks like a busy city street. Is it? 2w
Bookwormjillk @BooksandCoffee4Me it‘s actually an open air metro platform in Alexandria VA just outside of Washington DC. So a little chilly but a good view. 2w
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The Brothers K | David James Duncan
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Settling in for some #hygge time. For some reason the only snack that sounded good to me tonight was raisins and water. One of those days when I‘m hungry but I‘m tired of food. Reading tonight is the tagged and a chapter of Extraordinary Insects. I might look through some cookbooks I got for #FoodAndLit too. Enjoy the hour everyone.

TheBookHippie ♥️ we were just talking about raisins here! Well… oatmeal raisin cookies … 2w
Leftcoastzen I get it about hungry but tired of food . I even restocked today , look in fridge, nothing looks good . 2w
Chrissyreadit @Bookwormjillk I totally get tired of food…. 2w
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Angel is in Rwanda after the genocide while her husband works at the university. She raises her grandchildren and bakes cakes for events in order to make money. The tough topics of genocide and AIDS are not glossed over in this book, but it is full of hope and the power people have when they work together. A book I would have never read if it weren‘t for #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

Texreader Sounds sad but good 2w
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Mehso-so

I love the premise of this book- two college buddies set out to watch a game at every major league ballpark in 30 days. It didn‘t quite work in execution though. One of the guys didn‘t even like baseball. So it‘s less a book about baseball than a book about two guys waiting for baseball games to end so they can explain some more about road trip logistics.

Aims42 Awww, bummer! The premise of this does sound good! ⚾️ 2w
Susanita This is out-of-date now with new teams and so many new parks, but it‘s a fun book. 2w
Bookwormjillk @Susanita thank you! 2w
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It‘s starting to feel like summer (although the weather says winter again next week.) Not my cat and I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Aims42 😻😻😻😻 2w
Leftcoastzen 😂😻👏 2w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2w
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w
Sace 😻 2w
Read-n-Bloom 🐾 ‍⬛🩷 2w
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“We are Catholics,” explained Angel, “but in Rwanda we‘re simply Christians. I‘m nervous of attending just one church here, of listening to just one priest. Because how can we know what is in the priest‘s heart after so many showed that love and peace were only words in their mouths?” #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

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Reading this weekend for #FoodAndLit #Rwanda

Texreader Great! It‘s on my tbr for this month 2w
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🇷🇼 2w
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Saturday scones are becoming a thing for me. My son gave me this one last night when I dropped the car off for him at work. Reading my buddy read chapters then leaving shortly to help with a stream cleaning. And that might be the last productive thing I do today. Mama needs a nap and to read a mystery.

Lesliereadsalot I cut my scones into slices and toast them. Add schmear of butter and they are so good. However, if they‘re really crumbly it won‘t work! 2w
dabbe Reading is productive, too! Just think of how it engages and helps your brain to relax! 🩵💙🩵 2w
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I‘ve been listening to this a chapter a day for the last few weeks and enjoyed it. As @Lcsmcat said it‘s more of a memoir than an instruction manual but I liked the stories. I‘m almost always interested in stories of women in power and how they got there. I wish she would do an update for the year 2025.

Lcsmcat Wouldn‘t that be awesome?!?! 3w
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Not My Cat has returned for the summer
2) lunch under my neighbor‘s apple tree
3) Virginia bluebells blooming on a nature walk
4) bouquets from the backyard cheering up my reading space
5) planting seeds

Bonus quote: “I‘m not going to allow my inability to do everything undermine my ability to do something.”
Cory Booker

Have a good weekend!

AmyG You,too. Have a good weekend. 3w
Leftcoastzen Love Not My Cat ! 3w
Aims42 Yay!! Love that Not My Cat is back 🥰😍 3w
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TheBookHippie Not my cat!!! 🥰 what a great list! 3w
kspenmoll Love not my cat‘s return, & planting seeds- feels far away here! 💕 3w
AnnCrystal 🌱💝💝💝💝💝 . 3w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 3w
Bookwormjillk @leftcoastzen @aims42 @thebookhippie @kspenmoll he followed me home from a walk the other day and just sat on my porch like where's my treats. I was very happy to see him. 3w
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk Mine comes at night now -but a few months until patio time 😝 3w
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, you have Not My Cat also? We had one who loved our backyard chairs. 😊 2w
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The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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Made it to Friday!

kspenmoll Yay! It was tough this week to get to today! 3w
Bookwormjillk @kspenmoll it felt like Friday 3 days ago 3w
Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 3w
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The Long Walk | Stephen King
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Starting The Long Walk on my short walk

BarkingMadRead So cool! 3w
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Happy birthday @Butterfinger

Tammy is hosting a fundraiser for her students in honor of her birthday if you would like to participate. The students impacted by Helene have been through a lot and how better than to give them a little normalcy than with BOOKS? See the link in Tammy‘s page for more details. #TammyTurns50

AmyG Happy Birthday 🎉 3w
MaGoose Happy birthday #TammyTurns50 3w
AnnCrystal Happy Birthday @Butterfinger 🥳🎂🍰💝. 3w
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TheSpineView Happy Birthday and many more! @Butterfinger 3w
dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Butterfinger Much appreciated, @Bookwormjillk 2w
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This had some interesting parts, but was a little bit dry for me. I‘m liking the insects book much more. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks

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My #bookspinbingo board seconds before my cat jumped on it and wrinkled it 🤣

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 3w
Jari-chan 😁 3w
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Congratulations @CSeydel 🎉🎉🎉

My favorite thing about Litsy is the people. Book people are the best people. And of course they‘re always getting me to read the good stuff. #50kgiveaway

kspenmoll 💖💖 3w
BethM Accurate! 3w
AmyG Yep 3w
CSeydel We really are the best people! 3w
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One sure way to tell it‘s not as warm today- I got under a blanket for some pre dinner reading and I was suddenly covered in cats.

Ruthiella Love me a cat blanket! 😻😻😻 3w
Leftcoastzen 👏😻😻 3w
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AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 3w
lil1inblue 😻😻😻 3w
dabbe #cutestcatcover 🖤🐾🐾🖤 3w
kspenmoll 😹😻😻😂 3w
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My favorite tree to read under is in bloom!

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
LeahBergen Beautiful! 3w
TheBookgeekFrau 😍😍 3w
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kspenmoll Just gorgeous! How can you not feel comfort & hope under all those spring blossoms?! 3w
AnnCrystal 😍🤩💝💝💝. 3w
lauraisntwilder Oh my word! 😍 3w
LiseWorks And here in Ontario, we have ice storms coming our way again. 3w
Bookwormjillk @LiseWorks ugh, spring is such a heartbreaker 3w
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The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
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No #boringkindlecover for me this month. I‘ve got a real live book! #HashTagBrigade #LetsDoThis

ElizaMarie Its pretty!!! 3w
BarkingMadRead Yayyyyy 3w
Ruthiella Lovely! 😍 3w
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tpixie Pretty. Are you enjoying this edition? (edited) 3w
Bookwormjillk @tpixie So far so good. I was intimidated by a loooonnggg timeline at the front but I ignored that and dove into the book. 3w
tpixie @Bookwormjillk sound like a smart way to do it! Dive in! 3w
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My #Bookspinbingo board was very left handed this month. Bailed on 3 books, but at least they‘re off the list!

willaful #HailTheBail! I bailed so much this month! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3w
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