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melissajayne
Christmas with the Queen | Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb
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4⭐️ A heartwarming Christmas story. I particularly enjoyed the cameos of the late Queen and her husband (I had images of Claire Foy and Matt Smith in my head, whenever the Queen and the Prince were in scenes). #2025 #fiction #christmas #holiday #romance

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4.5⭐️ My heart broke at the end of this book, but despite that, I really enjoyed it. Ms. Trump pulls no punches about her life within the Trump family and really digs into what her father‘s family was and is like. I hope at some point she can find people who truly love and appreciate her. #2025 #nonfiction #memior #autobiography #trumpfamily

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melissajayne
Christmas in Bethel | Richard Paul Evans
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Tell | Frances Itani
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My final pick for #12booksof2024. I was surprised that I enjoyed this book. #december

Andrew65 Looks good.

Thanks for playing along, it‘s been great seeing everyone‘s books. Hope to see you on the First day of Christmas later this year for #12Booksof2025. 👏👏👏😊🎉🥳
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melissajayne
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My #weeklyforecast for the coming week.

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Was surprised that I liked this book. Yet another book that I liked that was out of my wheelhouse. #12booksof2024 #november

Texreader I love this series. It keeps getting better 7d
Andrew65 A good series. 7d
melissajayne @Texreader good to hear 7d
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Managed to read the book in less than a week, just after finishing Half-Blood Prince and because of that, my really slowed down for the rest of the month. #12booksof2024 #october

Andrew65 Ever popular books. 7d
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My favourite book in the series. #12booksof2024 - #September

Andrew65 Still a popular series. 1w
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Greenwood | Michael Christie
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My #august selection for #12booksof2024. I feel like this is the Canadian equivalent to All the Light We Cannot See, but without the hype of All the Light simply because it‘s a Canadian book. This was my second reading of the book and I just love this book.

Andrew65 Sounds good, stacked. 1w
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melissajayne
The Underground Library | Jennifer Ryan
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My #july pick for #12booksof2024. Was really surprised that this #ww2 novel was as enjoyable as it was, as I have not enjoyed #ww2 books as much in the last few years, as I have felt that there are way too many books on this topic (suppose that‘s what happens when you open up the records).

Andrew65 This looks good, stacked. 1w
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2025 | Carl Berryman
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Welcome to #2025.

TheBookgeekFrau Happy New Year! 🥂📚 1w
BookmarkTavern Happy New Year! 🎉🍾🎊 1w
dabbe 🤩🥳🤗 1w
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[Brackets] | David Sloan
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And my top read for 2024 is (drumroll please).... All the Light We Cannot See. I thought that Tell or The Underground Library might edge out but I think just with how Doerr wrote the book and how it seemed to be even better this past June that made it my top read for 2024. Let's see what 2025 brings. #readingbracket2024

CSeydel Great book! 1w
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2024 | George H. Easton
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Here is StoryGraph's interpretation of my 2024 reading.

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2024 | George H. Easton
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Even though the last few weeks weren‘t great, reading wise, 2024 was a pretty good reading year. I started to embrace #romancefiction a little bit more and read less #historicalfiction. I also have realized that I need to read more of the books that I do have before accumulating more books and to get rid some more of those that I do have. And maybe try to limit the number of library books I have out at one time…

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melissajayne
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4⭐️

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My #bookspinbingo list for January.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1w
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Love this book; it, along with Cutting for Stone, are probably my favourite books from the past twenty years. This is my favourite book from #June. Yes I have watched the Netflix miniseries. #12booksof2024

Andrew65 A wonderful book. 2w
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The Turtle House: A Novel | Amanda Churchill
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My #May selection for #12booksof2024

Andrew65 Looks good. 2w
melissajayne @Andrew65 I found out about the book from the Thoughts from a Page podcast that is hosted by Cindy Barnett; it‘s an excellent read. (edited) 2w
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Cutting for Stone: A Novel | Abraham Verghese
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My #April selection for #12booksof2024. Love this book.

Andrew65 This is on my TBR and I need to get to it. 2w
Julsmarshall I loved this book! One of the first long #audiobooks that I was immersed in and couldn‘t put down. 2w
melissajayne @Julsmarshall it‘s so good; I should get in audiobook form 2w
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Hamnet and Judith: A novel | Maggie O'Farrell
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My selection for March for #12booksof2024 is Hamnet & Judith (aka Hamnet). I read this for one of my book clubs.

Andrew65 This is one I am yet to read. 2w
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Really liked this book and one that I have often thought about over the course of the past 10 months since I finished it. #12booksof2024

Andrew65 Looks a good choice, for me that is a good sign for how good a book is. 2w
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Really liked this one. Read it as a January book club selection. #12booksof2024

Andrew65 Looks a good choice. 2w
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Is there a way to connect with fellow #canadianlittens? I know that there was a group that was doing exchanges but I was wondering if there is a Facebook or discord group. And if there isn‘t a group, are there fellow #canadianlittens who would like to connect with each other?

Readergrrl I‘m a dual-citizen Canadian but I am only in. Canada during the summers. My family is in the Bay of Fundy. I would be down for bookly meetups if I‘m able. (edited) 3w
rabbitprincess I don‘t know of an FB or Discord group but would be happy to join a Discord! I‘m in Ontario 😄 3w
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When the World Fell Silent | Donna Jones Alward
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My #jolabokaflodswap from @ShelleyBooksie. Thanks to @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this wonderful event. #jolabokaflod

MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð! 2w
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Tell | Frances Itani
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3.75⭐️ Review to come later

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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I‘ve been really busy the last few couple of weeks; am hoping that it slows down a bit so I can get some reading and watching in. #wintergames #xmaschacha

StayCurious great job! 3w
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Saturnalia | Stephanie Feldman
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A fascinating podcast on Roman Saturnalia #wintergames #xmaschacha +5pts

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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A podcast on the backstory on toys for toys #wintergames #xmaschacha +5pts

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Haven | Emma Donoghue
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4 ⭐️ Can‘t recall why I gave it the rating that I did. #2024 #historicalfiction #fiction #deweyreadathon

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Mehso-so

3⭐️ Thought it was ok; felt like a slog for most of the book, as I felt that the three storylines could have been better integrated than they were. #2024 #bookclub #climatefiction #fiction #dystopian

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Helped mom make gingerbread cookies the other day #wintergames #xmaschacha +30pts

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Watched A Charlie Brown Christmas #wintergames #xmaschacha +30pts

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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A Christmas horror story +5pts #wintergames #xmaschacha

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Untitled | Untitled
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Really interesting episode about the history of Christmas Creep #wintergames #xmaschacha +5pts

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melissajayne
The Mighty Red: A Novel | Louise Erdrich
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3.5⭐️ I thought it was a decent story. Felt kinda blah. #literary #2024 #indigenious #fiction #contemporary +5pts

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy
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Sorry for the delay. Here are my totals for Week 1

Week 1: 25

#wintergames #xmaschacha

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Iceland: Third Edition | Debbie Nevins, Zawiah Abdul Latif, Jonathan Wilcox
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Sent off my #jolabokaflod package out to Ontario

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Tired: A Comedy in One Act | Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
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Just got home from church (my church has Saturday evening services) and sat down in my chair and couldn‘t believe how exhausted I felt. I have been running around for about two months now driving my elderly grandpa so he can visit my grandma, who broke an arm in mid-September. Grandma has been residing in a separate care facility since early October & I hv been driving btwn the facility that my grandparents live in & the facility my grandma ⬇️

TheSpineView Poor thing. Go get some rest. 1mo
melissajayne has been doing rehab at. I have been doing it for almost two months now, in addition to everything else that I have been doing. Fortunately grandma will be going back to the care facility that my grandparents live in about two weeks. I‘m also waiting for a surgical date for my second mastectomy (I am hoping it‘s late Jan or early Feb.). I feel so bloody tired… 1mo
melissajayne @TheSpineView I‘ll try. 1mo
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Texreader Oh my gosh. You are a blessing to your grandparents but I sure hope you can slow down and breathe soon!! 1mo
melissajayne @Texreader I will be able to do sit down and breathe soon. I was so tired last night that I turned off the TV at around 10:30 pm (I normally don't turn off my TV until about 2:30 am). 1mo
OutAndAbout God bless the caregivers. They always forget to take care of themselves. Hope you get a little time for yourself soon! 1mo
dabbe Keeping you in my thoughts. 💙❄️💙 1mo
melissajayne @OutAndAbout and I am only doing this two days a week. Thank you 1mo
melissajayne @dabbe thank you 1mo
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The Mailbag | Timothy Burr Thrift
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My package for #jolabokaflod has arrived

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Christmas Tales | William McInnes
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Onto listening to this episode from The Gilded Gentleman about Christmas Tales #wintergames #xmaschacha +5 pts

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Listened to this podcast episode #xmaschacha #wintergames +5pts

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melissajayne
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4⭐️ A graphic representation of Timothy Snyder‘s On Tryanny. While some of the material is uncomfortable and difficult to read, it is definitely a worthwhile read. #2024 #nonfiction #history #politics

+25pts

DogMomIrene Loved this one. Need to read more of his books. 1mo
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[Brackets] | David Sloan
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Did a bit of catch up on my #readingbracket2024. Some surprises.

Was difficult to decide between Jul/Aug & Sept/Oct. I was surprised that the HP books were not higher.

CSeydel You‘ve got some good ones on there! 1mo
melissajayne @CSeydel and multiple favs that didn‘t make it through. Thanks (edited) 1mo
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StayCurious some great choices! 1mo
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Tell | Frances Itani
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My December #bookspinbingo list

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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melissajayne
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Mehso-so

3.0⭐️ Was a bit disappointed with this book. Even I quite enjoyed The Summer Bookclub, I felt that this was not as enjoyable as that one; it could have been the fact that I read these two books too close together. #2024 #fiction #contemporary #romance

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The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides
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Mehso-so

3⭐️ While I really liked the concept of the book, I found that once I had found out the crux of the story and was spoiled for me, I really didn‘t like it as much as I thought I would. #2024 #bookclub #fiction #contemporary #suspense #thriller #mystery

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melissajayne
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Mehso-so

3⭐️ While the concept is interesting, I didn‘t really get into the book. It was too creepy for my liking. #2024 #contemporary #dystopian #fiction #bookclub #thriller

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melissajayne
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4⭐️ I really liked the book and found it an enjoyable read. Liked the character development and the story. #2024 #mystery #suspense #contemporary #bookclub #thriller

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Clara Reads Proust | Stephane Carlier
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3⭐️ It was okay; it felt a bit too convoluted at times. #2024 #fiction #booksaboutbooks #translation #contemporary