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Well Sophie and I will either close out 2025 or open 2026. Either way I'll be in good company with my dear friend Sophie Kinsella.

Fingers crossed... i need a good christmas read!

Starting a lil holiday friends read!

Its growing on me.....

This is definitely out of my wheelhouse and I'm trying but struggling! It somewhat feels like a child's fairy tale.... but not for children....The audio is much better for me than hard copy... I feel like I'm being told a story.... also I keep thinking it would make a great movie mainly because I don't have a great imagination to visualize the scenes which I think would be great.

Fourth and final! I love how each book takes place in a different season. So the whole series cover a year.

These darn books are like french fries (in pearls and gorgeous gowns)! I cant stop! Total fluff but sooo yummy.

I hope its half as yummy as the cover!

Hopefully a cozy bite on my unexpected trip to Newport.

When in Salem......

Perfect for our girls trip to Salem!

Let Spooky Season begin...... 👻

The narrator is truly atrocious. Hardcopy only

Now channeling dan brown vibes! Its SO GOOD!

Kind of Left Behind meets Neil Degrasse Tyson meets Tom Clancy.... loving it and praying it doesn't get too over my head.... but they had me at Shroud of aTurin

This one will be a heartbreaker for me....the fictionalized autobiographical version of upbeat rom-com chick-lit author Sophie Kinsella's life following her diagnosis of grade four glioblastoma multiforme. Cheers to you Sophie.....thank you for turning your life into your messege for the world. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

My quest for a great summer read continues....it has "bad" and "summer" in the title .....so.....?????? 📖 🤞 ☀️

It starts on a summer evening, with the kind of magic found only in Paris. Once a year in the City of Light, a lavish dinner takes place outside a spectacular landmark—the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame . . . a new setting each time. Selected by secret invitation, the guests arrive dressed in white, with tables and chairs, white linens, flowers, fine china, sparkling crystal, and an elegant dinner.

I know DS is a throwback but THIS sounds fascinating!!!!!!

Crazy dysfunctional family goes on vacay in a haunted villa in Tuscany! Definitely Grady Hendrix vibes but without the gore (so far). Dont know what's scarier this f'd up fam or the ghost lol!

So far its like Rosamund Pilcher meets Shirley Jackson. I'm enjoying...

Summerween anyone????

Now on to a lil beach read.... i just need a beach!!!!!!

"The first thing we do in a conflict is choose a side....
The second...we seek out facts that confirm what we want to believe...
The third is that we dehumanize our enemy."

Damn.

Loving!!!! Im reading and audio both. I find myself re-reading the portions ive audio'd just to reprocess. Giving Kristen Hannah vibes. Loving the characters atmosphere and the snarcastic humor!

Enjoying so far.... getting Maeve Binchy vibes.... so that's a sweet thing....

After reading only spiritual books for Lent I had no intention of starting this one.... but here I am.... hooked by page 6....

Being from the South, the fact that this is entirely true surprises me not in the least!!!!!!

Omg....am LOVING this..... it's like Fried Green Tomatoes meets House of Cards (except no DC politics)! I wish I could think of a better analogy....just read it! It's un-put-downable in a thick hot sleepy moss-covered way.....with crickets chirping.....in the moonlight....lol