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LisiBee815 (Beth)

@lisibee815.bsky.social

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🤓 Mood reader, romance & genre fiction lover. If you have access to a free public library, go use it! 📚 ARC reviewer, I rate & leave reviews for any books I enjoy. 🦄 Over-thinker & semi-cynical Gen-Xer. The opposite of edgy. She/Her. No DMs

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 12h

Loved this one! There's a second one coming out in January :)

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 17h

If you're ever looking to test your frustration tolerance and learn just how flaky other people are, try selling things on facebook marketplace. Usually people are awesome, but sometimes they make me question everything I thought I knew about manners and basic human interactions lol.

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 19h

#20TBRBookChallenge 💙📚

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers.
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#BookSky ##BookChallenge

Book cover with an embracing couple on a beach with a dog. Author: Abby Jimenez. Title: Say You'll Remember Me.

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

I loved that book! 🥰

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

I'm ignoring them right now! 💙📚

A person sitting at a table asks, "How do you finish books so fast?" The other person answers, "Easy, just ignore my responsibilities like a pro."

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

It's really good! I stayed up late to finish it, the lack of sleep was totally worth it :)

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

You're welcome, and I meant it! :)

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day to Willing Prey by Allie Oleander! I expected the high spice but the thoughtful story with satisfying character & relationship development (and humor) was a happy bonus! New-to-me author who I'll definitely read again! 🌶️📚💙 @allieoleander.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Lisi Bee (Beth)'s review of Willing Prey

4/5: Pretty darn good with more humor than I expected! Claire is a recently divorced P.E. teacher who is financially insecure enough to agree to become paid sexual "prey" for 30 days for Shane, a rich...

www.goodreads.com

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day to Dealing with a Desperate Demon by Charlotte Stein! 4.5 stars, @charlottestein.bsky.social writes body positivity and acceptance so well! It's a great second installment in her magical realism romance series, can't wait for the the next one! 🌶️📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Lisi Bee (Beth)'s review of Dealing with a Desperate Demon (The Sanctuary for Supernatural Creatures, #2)

4/5: 4.5/5 stars! Let me start out by saying just how much I love this author. She writes body positivity and overall acceptance so well and so seamlessly and naturally, it's like each story has this ...

www.goodreads.com

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 2d

#20TBRbookchallenge 💙📚

Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers.
1/20

#Booksky #BookChallenge

Book cover: The Antiquarian's Object of Desire by India Holton

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon character with hearts in his eyes is blowing a heart

Alt: a cartoon character with hearts in his eyes and his heart trying to escape his chest

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 2d

You're not wrong lol.

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking only for myself, it was definitely IT. I don't regret reading it and it was a fantastic book, but I think 13 years old was way too young for that content lol.

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot articulate all the reasons why I love this ridiculously bonkers movie.

Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.social · 4d

Yep tonight's 80s film. Maximum Overdrive part horror all Stephen King perfect for October lol #filmsky #maximumoverdrive #80s #genx

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 4d

This one is my favorite recent eBay listing, because unicorns still make my inner 11-year-old (and outer 52-year-old) squee with happiness 🦄💓 #eBay #Vintage #GenX #unicorn #80s www.ebay.com/itm/36589810...

Two 80s unicorn stained glass-style suncatchers: upper left is a pretty blue and green unicorn head with yellow flowers, and upper right is a white unicorn with a blue mane with a heart and rainbow on the right side and center. Love these!!

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 4d

Here's a little visual serotonin boost for today, a collage of some vintage items I've recently put in my shops on eBay and FBMP. Very cottage/grandma core, which is my main vibe, but I do love the GenX nostalgia too. :) #Vintage #CottageCore #GrandmaCore #GenX www.ebay.com/usr/beborden0

Clockwise from left: Goose area rug, framed Florida postcard, spooky-cute Halloween teddy bear vintage tea light holders, and Corelle's Blue Velvet coffee cups.

Clockwise from left: 1978 Scooter Muppet Show doll from Fisher-Price, 4 vintage enamel pins with rainbows and unicorns, and two Y2K era inflatable Halloween pumpkins!

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 7d

I'm such a magpie when it comes to book covers, I just love these!

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 7d

September reading wrap-up, read more than I thought this month! Lots of fun books, mostly ARCs and a couple library borrows. As always, my heartfelt thanks to authors whose literary magic transported me! @laurenappelbaum.bsky.social @sloanebrooksauthor.bsky.social @charlottestein.bsky.social

September reading wrap-up, lots of book covers represented.

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 8d

You need one like that under each arm for more even muscle building! 💪💪

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 8d

I also count rearranging my bookshelf and hauling home my library books as workouts 💙📚

Squats down to look at the books on the bottom shelf.....Fitness (with an emoji of a curled muscular bicep)

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 8d

Happy pub day to The Underachiever's Guide to Love and Saving the World by Sloane Brooks! It's a lot of fun & hit my favorite tropes: found family, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, plus snark & a dragon! This was a treat :) 💙📚 @sloanebrooksauthor.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Lisi Bee (Beth)'s review of The Underachiever's Guide to Love and Saving the World

4/5: Overall I enjoyed it and it ticked a lot of boxes for me: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, found family (even if that family is kind of odd), imperfect people finding their match, with lots o...

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 9d

That creeping feeling that I've worked very hard at all the wrong things for a very long time and gotten exactly nowhere. I have never felt so useless and ineffectual in my entire life. Honestly, what is even the point?

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 9d

You definitely did! The only drawback is that all I want to do now is stay in bed and read for the next couple days. My heart would love it but my bank account would not. ;)

LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 9d

A not-so-great morning is unexpectedly brightened by new NetGalley romance ARCs from Charlotte Stein and Kasie West! Thank you Kasie and @charlottestein.bsky.social for lifting my spirits, I'm really looking forward to these! 💙📚

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LisiBee815 (Beth) @lisibee815.bsky.social · 11d

I'm lucky enough that my family is around me and are safe from harm, I have friends and people who love and worry about me and want to help me. I am blessed in a lot of ways, & I'm trying to keep sight of that. Thank you BlueSky for listening to me whine about nothing and everything all at once. :)