Tag: bookstagram
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the last house on needless street
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward “Killing things is hard, sure, but keeping them safe and alive is much more difficult.” A family of three lives between a dead-end and the woods of Washington – a man who drinks, watches TV, and ignores the gaps in his memory, a teenage girl who…
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september wrap-up
📚September Wrap-up📚 My favorites from this month:🏞And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 🖤God Help the Child by Toni Morrison🐻❄️30 Animals That Made Us Smarter by Patrick Aryee🫑Grow More Food by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm Note: I switched from what I’ve been saying recently of “What made me think the most this month”…
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Being tagged in instagram challenges
I have 3 or 4 tagged post “challenges” to do on instagram. I like them, they’re fun (at times). But I think it’s so sad that people are doing these just to keep their accounts afloat. I’ve been thinking of changing my instagram. I might post the same pictures as I do on here, but…
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the invention of wings review
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd At the age of eleven, I owned a slave I couldn’t free. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, Sarah Grimke Sarah Grimke is gifted Hetty “Handful” for her eleventh birthday, a child slave her family has owned in addition to the others they claim to…
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two series near and dear to my heart
📖Series that got you into reading📖 I’m so appreciative to my bookstagram friends for tagging me in challenge posts – it’s one of those things that get blogs out there and to new people since the algorithm doesn’t help with that much anymore. I’ve been so busy and barely able to work on reviews or…
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sex and vanity by kevin kwan
✨️Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan✨️ – Review While in Capri for a childhood friend’s wedding, Lucie Churchill meets George Zao and instantly hates him. Whether through the romance of the wedding or their chemistry or the heavily enticing environment of Capri, lucie and George grow closer in a short amount of time. Years after…
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currently reading 9.5.22
I am reading And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie on this Labor Day. I was curious to read Agatha Christie because of her amazing literary reputation, I’m not sure if she’s still the world’s best selling author, but as I’m reading And Then There Were None, I can see that it’s definitely possible.…
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goodbye, august
This month seems like it took forever but I feel like it went by so fast as well. I probably feel this way because I’ve accomplished so much (even though I don’t entirely feel like I have) and so many things have happened that I feel I’m in a time warp. I didn’t get to…
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thank you for my service by mat best
Thank You For My Service by Mat Best – Book Review Former Army Ranger, private military contractor, social media phenomenon, and one of the owners of Black Rifle Coffee Company. Mat Best presents hilarity with a sprinkling of seriousness in this veteran memoir. Making great things that make a lot of people happy and helping…
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fun little reading life facts
A friend on bookstagram tagged me in a challenge there, so I figured I might as well post it here too. I do really enjoy some of the friendships I’ve made since starting my instagram about books, even though I complain about the social media platform all the time. Some of the people are so…
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