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Lauredhel

Lauredhel

Joined November 2016

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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(this is a followup story to the tagged book)

And I'm done for April!
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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This Enchanted Island | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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I've been struggling for ages to find a cover match for Where the Drowned Girls Go, and I reckon this works! Colour, ocean theming, portal in the middle, etc. @TheAromaOfBooks #Bookchain2025

This entire Teacup Magic series is so enjoyable! It is set in a Regency-ish but more LBGTQIA+ friendly set of islands. >>

Lauredhel >> Each book has a bit of a different 'hook' - this one was Alice in Wonderland flavoured, another was more of a mystery, another a ghost story, another straight romance, etc. Kind of like LM Bujold's books. Recommended. 2d
TheAromaofBooks Wow, fantastic match!!!! 2d
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Anne of Green Gables | L. Montgomery
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#tlt #threelistthursday I scored 52 that I can remember from this list (I inhaled a LOT of books as a kid/teenager!)
there are a few faves on it but I‘ll pick out Anne, P&P, and Little Women as those I have re read the most often.

Link for quiz is from @dabbe original post

Lauredhel Of course I wanted to add Hitchhikers Guide and Handmaid‘s Tale but it‘s three not five! 3d
dabbe You can do five or whatever number you want! 🤩🤣😍 3d
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Respect | Sue Lawson, Aunty Fay Muir
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This is a different book by Auntie Fay, not in the database.

Always Was Always Will Be is an excellent book of the history of First Nations protest movements in Australia. Suitable for middle grade and up, but I learned things also. Recommended.

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Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Book 4 of the very enjoyable Regency-flavoured Teacup Magic series! Lady Liesl, two seasons out and still unmarried, hunts a missing diamond in the peculiar Bohemian artist's community her stepmother's seaside villa has become. She finds a much bigger mystery, and maybe also herself. Sapphic, crackling with magic, with nods to gothic fiction.

I love how different each Teacup Magic novella has been, the pacing, the banter. Looking forward to more

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Portugal | Cyril Pedrosa
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Took a punt that a graphic novel called “Portugal“ might contain the word #Portugese, and I was right! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Am I enjoying it? Not really. Angsty artist dude treats woman terribly because angst, travels to find himself.

Also, Lettering Hall of Shame, gold star edition.

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Land of Mirrors | Maria Medem
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Just another entry in the Graphic Novel Lettering Shame Files.

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How to Draw a Secret | Cindy Chang
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There I was wondering which book to read for the Island prompt... when I realised I was reading a book set in Taiwan!

@julieclair #FictionalTraveler #Island

Read4life Love your graphic 💙 3w
julieclair Love this! 2w
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willaful Super cute the way you included the previous board! I've been wondering how to do that... 3w
Lauredhel @willaful I'm That Weirdo who keeps all my challenges in Keynote, just because I'm used to it and know how to use it :)

So it's just screenshot, paste, & shrink!
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TheAromaofBooks Looking fabulous!!! 3w
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“Fish“ was in my current read, hooray. Don't know where I'm gonna find “Portugese“, though. Cruising Libby now...

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life My thoughts exactly! #Portuguese 3w
Lauredhel @Read4life I think I've found a graphic novel on Hoopla that might work... 3w
Read4life Awesome!! 😎 3w
AsYouWish @Lauredhel @Read4life Gotta keep you on your toes! 💙💙💙💙 2w
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My People | Noonuccal Oodgeroo
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I‘ve read a little bit of Oodgeroo‘s poetry before, but I didn‘t realise how funny she is.

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Botticelli's Apprentice | Ursula Murray Husted
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This rather lovely graphic novel of Botticelli's “chicken girl“, who wants to be an artist but is stymied by attitudes about her gender, completes my first full board in 2025 #ISpyBingo ! #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 1mo
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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And I'm done for March! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life Great job!! 1mo
AsYouWish Yay!!! Congrats!!!!💙💙💙💙 1mo
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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In this wholesome romance, the hero and heroine both have limb differences. He has a prosthetic leg, she has one small, atypical hand. So long as you can handle the surprise pregnancy trope, read this! It has stellar disability rep and banter and he's a secret giant nerd and there is all sorts of boundary respect and communication and stuff.

I read it in one sitting, and I haven't done that for quite a while. #romantsy #romance #disability

Butterfinger Great review. 1mo
peanutnine I've been meaning to read this one for a while. Seems real cute 1mo
Kenyazero Sounds delightful! 1mo
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Tea and Sympathetic Magic | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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This is a sweet romantic fantasy-magic novella set in Englandtimes.

“Also, they say the ducal estate of Storm has the finest library in all the Isles. Three thousand volumes!”
“A fine library does increase the appeal of any potential husband,” Mneme conceded. She thought better of Miss Agnew, that she counted the library as a bonus to a gentleman‘s appeal. “If only one could be sure that he had ever read a book.”“

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Finished these Goodreads challenges! #readingchallenge #goodreadschallenge

kspenmoll Congrats! 🎈 1mo
TheEllieMo Well done! I‘ve still got the Her Story one to complete 1mo
Meshell1313 🙌 1mo
Lauredhel @TheEllieMo Dyscalculia was a twofer, HS and ER 1mo
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Well this was perfect.

julieclair I loved this book! 1mo
Lauredhel @julieclair SAME! I didn't look at reviews til after I read it, but it seems like the failure mode of “whimsy“ is “twee“. It didn't cross the twee line for me, there were significant but not world-altering stakes, it was hilarious and beautiful, and I really want to see a movie of it. I'm not usually a massive fan of grumpy/sunshine but that worked for me too. Cosy found-family is really my jam. 1mo
Lauredhel @julieclair Also I want a trilogy of the grown-up kids' stories! 1mo
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I was bored by nine tenths of this hot mess of a graphic novel. But would absolutely be here for an entire book of just Nora Grey's Victorian crypto-academic research hijinks.

#creepycover #clothesnotonaperson #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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Chrissyreadit Wow. Everyday is a challenge. I am angry and heartbroken to discover the blatant, willful ignorance of so many people in this country. I always thought people could and would step up to do what is right. But that is not even close to what is happening in this country. 1mo
Lauredhel @Chrissyreadit This was written on Wiradjuri country 1mo
dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 1mo
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Chrissyreadit @Lauredhel I am always thinking about the devestation of Native/Aboriginal lands from colonization and the parallel of what is happening now. We are still woefully ignorant to anyone who is not a privileged white male. Thankyou for clarifying the location- i could not help but see it as a sign of today. 1mo
Lauredhel @Chrissyreadit We're definitely in the slowpocalypse. And the American political situation will only accelerate it. I just hope Australia doesn't go hard right in our upcoming Federal election, but I'm trying to be realistic about it. 1mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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2nd #WickedWords @AsYouWish

I'm afraid I'm Ms Unpopular Opinion for this book too, though it's not a wall-throw like Lessons in Chemistry.

The pace was glacial. Major moments of what should be emotional or character-changing events were skipped (totally skipped, as in time-jumped). The character had zero agency and less character. She was just buffeted around by life, and learned almost nothing.

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Lauredhel Her only achievement ended up being an achievement because a man did something.



She paid lip service to things like classism, but the book itself doesn't (quite the opposite: at the end, her lifelong servant, who did display quite a bit of class awareness through the book which I thought was going somewhere), declares herself perfectly content and outright happy to have been her “bondmaid“).

Not quite a wall-throw. But it got quite close.
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CSeydel I felt EXACTLY the same way. Did not enjoy this one. 1mo
Lauredhel @CSeydel I think it annoyed me so much because it should be EXACTLY what I want, as a feminist linguistics grad who's interested in history. 1mo
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CSeydel No, I agree - the execution did not at all live up to the potential. It was irritating to me the way she sort of glances up against various social issues but refuses to engage with them! Like, why bring it up, if you‘re just going to politely look away? 1mo
Lauredhel @CSeydel Exactly! Well said 1mo
perfectsinner I liked the title and people on fb seemed to really enjoy it but yeah, I thought it was just ok/neh. 1mo
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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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First #WickedWords for March, in this poetry collection by a Wiradjuri author

 @AsYouWish

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A graphic novel about Mary Shelley‘s greatx5 granddaughter. “I‘m going to my tree house!”

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Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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How beautiful is this cover?

CarolynM Pretty gumnuts😍 2mo
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Finished February! #WickedWords

I quite sorta enjoyed On The Way To The Wedding, with the usual caveats about problematic dude behaviour in these books. I just have to engage older-romance-novel-brain and whimsy away that nonsense in my head.

Now stalking @AsYouWish for the March words :)

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For kids interested in the arts and a bit of history, this is a DELIGHT. It's the illustrated story of Clara Driscoll, who designed Tiffany lamps and other incredible glass art, with a bit of gender & labour history thrown in. The art is gorgeous.

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I thought I might not find this one, but Julie Quinn to the rescue. And that's February done!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Imaginary Numbers | Seanan McGuire
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I finished Imaginary Numbers! It took me a minute to get into it, but I loved it in the end. Cuckoo lore! High stakes! True love!

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Mixed-Up | Kami Garcia
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Yes, yes they are

Jari-chan They are! 2mo
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kspenmoll 😂😂😂☕️☕️☕️ 2mo
Ruthiella ☕️👍 2mo
Suet624 this is great 2mo
dabbe 🤩😂🤩 2mo
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Play with Me | Alisha Rai
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#Bookchain2025 progress - first page done!

@TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Nice!! Looking fantastic!! 2mo
willaful Nice! I'm on book 6. 2mo
Lauredhel @willaful I'm continuing last year's graphic novel binge, so I rocket along 2mo
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Oof.

willaful OUCH!

On a funnier note, my daughter's deadname has the word for son in it also. 😂
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Blood Moon | Lucy Cuthew
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And my third #WickedWords for the month is Yellow.

@AsYouWish

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Chickenpox | Remy Lai
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This is a good middle grade graphic novel/memoir. The central character is a parentified 12 yo girl in Indonesia, and the book tells the story of a several-week period being stuck at home while they all have chickenpox.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Blood Moon | Lucy Cuthew
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This YA novel in verse was very good, and definitely kept the pages turning. Set in a British high school, the central character is a nerdy girl who is virally shamed (combination of slut and period shaming). The shaming gets pretty intense, with a couple of rape threats, so content warning for that. The ending is perhaps implausibly happy, but for a YA audience that's to be expected.

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Imaginary Numbers | Seanan McGuire
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Why did I put this McGuire series down for so long? I love it. Currently reading number 9.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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willaful Nice! I'm totally stuck on #3. 3mo
Lauredhel @willaful I'm at a loose end today stuck inside in a heatwave, feel free to drop a wordlist and preferred genres!
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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TheAromaofBooks @willaful - What was I thinking putting that prompt so close to the beginning of the challenge?! So much harder than I anticipated! I finally had to sit down and make a word list and then actually found a book to read to check off that prompt so I could move on 😂 3mo
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks fwiw I liked the prompt! I did have to make a wordlist and do a bunch of searches, but I'm just that kind of weirdo that loves digital scavenger hunt type things 3mo
willaful @Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks yeah, it's a clever prompt! I just had a very unfortunate book for number 2. 🙄

the list is: memory, table, contents, insane, walls, oak, asylum, voices, shadow, man, angry, nurse, ghostly, girl, unquiet, dead, long, patients, tormented, haunted, section, history, chapter

I should be able to find something with “girl“ for this month!
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Lauredhel @willaful Oh yep, “girl“ is definitely your get out of jail free card there! “Dead“, too.

Some other options from my GR shelves:
A Memory Called Empire 

Memory (from the Vorkosigan series)

The Memory Garden (Mary Rickert) - I loved this one 

Unbea_table_ Squirrel Girl (possibly a cheat) 

Asylum (Madeleine Roux)
Guantanamo Voices

A Shadow's Breath

The Year of Shadows 

Masks and Shadows 

In the Shadow of Spindrift House [1/2]
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Lauredhel @willaful [2/2 from my shelves but there's more]
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (double hit!)

The Long Walk

Longbourn, maybe a cheat but a great book

A Natural History of Dragons

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

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Lauredhel @willaful a few more from my TBR:
Forest of Memory 

Seeing Voices

The Angry Women's Choir

The Long Shot (Deborah Sheldon) 

Long Live Evil (Sarah Rees Brennan) 

So Long Been Dreaming

The Long Distance Playlist

How Long 'Til Black Future Month?

A History of Glitter and Blood

Cranky Ladies of History
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willaful LOL! I went with a “Girl“ book, not thinking about the fact that it was published in 1958 and now I need to find a book earlier than 1953 for the next one... 😂 3mo
Lauredhel @willaful noooo! Always look one ahead! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Anne Frank? Pippi Longstocking? The Hobbit? Rebecca? 2mo
willaful I've read all of those! Not that they're not worth rereading. :-) 2mo
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Witches of Brooklyn | Sophie Escabasse
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This feels topical...

ElizaMarie This is so nicely said! 3mo
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Bull Moon Rising | Ruby Dixon
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@TheAromaofBooks #iSpy #ispybingo progress for January! I run all boards all year, with the aim of filling them, allowing multi-dipping. Always get off to a good start as a result.

Not quite any Bingo lines yet, but I'll get there!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking good!! 3mo
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I was a bit reluctant to pick this up because of the hype, but I'm really enjoying it so far. The first half had been basically a slice of life cosy with time travel, but the foreshadowing and ramp-up promises a change of pace and some higher stakes to come.

Early Connie Willis vibes.

LeeRHarry This is my irl bookclub pick for next month - my choice so I hope it‘s a winner! 😊 3mo
Lauredhel @LeeRHarry I hope you like it! Reviews seem to be mixed but I haven't delved too deeply into why (avoiding spoilers) (edited) 3mo
jewright I loved this book! 3mo
CaramelLunacy This one wasn't for me, but I hope you enjoy! I did like the Connie Willis vibes (completely agree with that characterization) 3mo
Lauredhel @CaramelLunacy I love a book with mixed audience reactions! 3mo
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Wrap for January #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Two romance novels, two SF, and a graphic novel. I'm not sure if my pick would be Love Laodice or This is How You Lose the Time War; they're so different that I have no way to compare them.

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Last #WickedWords for January! @AsYouWish

This third book in the series was a bit of a holey hot mess, plot-wise, but still fluffy fun.

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Found “survivors“! In this short, somewhat disturbingly prophetic plague novel. One to go.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Bicycle, gravcycle, what's the difference? (“Bicycle“ is also in the author bio, so it's not even cheating).

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Love, Laodice | Kate Healey
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Kate Healey has not disappointed me yet! Her Olympus, Inc series is an insta-buy for me. Greek mythology inspired modern-day romances set in and around an imaginary magazine publishing company. Love, Laodice is the second book in the second three-book arc, after Ask Cassandra and before XO, Xena (can't wait!)

It's a romantic suspense , rivals-to-lovers, fake-dating story. [...]

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Lauredhel Laodice and Telfer from the Bridal magazine team up as an engaged couple to report on a retreat for engaged couples. Things seem a bit fishy from the start, and as they dig deeper and deeper quite a few shenanigans ensue (includes peril and death, though not of a MC). Steamy sex scenes, but not so many that you get bored with it.

The world connects with Cassandra's story, and Cassandra/Laodice/Xena are of course sisters.
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Lauredhel (You may know Kate Healey as Karen Healey, New Zealand author of When We Wake/While We Run, Guardian of the Dead, The Shattering) 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oh! This sounds interesting and I loved some of Karen Healey‘s books. I might have to give this series a try. (edited) 4mo
Lauredhel @Clare-Dragonfly Enjoy! The first one is Persephone in Bloom 4mo
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Back cover

CarolynM Love Tim Minchin❤️ 4mo
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