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Welcome to After the Bloom
Please post your book request and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Congratulations, Lusie!

Your silent partner for this enterprise is Lyn. Please PM her if you should be offline for more than 48 hours. Otherwise, she will also monitor and respond to requests if not responded to (sometimes real life can takeover), after 48 hours.

Thank you Tien. Thank you Lyn for being my silent partner!

Yipee! First guest :)

Could I please have 3 picks from my shelf, Lusie? Cheers!

Hi Tien *waves*

Hunted - I liked this retelling of beauty and the beast.
To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 - I love this series!
It Came From The Deep - this sounds good, I have now added it to my tbr as well.

Lusie wrote: "Hi Tien *waves*

Hunted - I liked this retelling of beauty and the beast.
To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 - I love this series!"

Thanks, Lusie! I'm going to read It Came From The Deep as it fits the #loveozya bingo challenge I'm doing this month. I haven't got a bingo yet as I'm reading however Bookopoly dictates so far lol (way to be random!)

I bought The Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard #1) on Friday! A publisher here had a pop up sale for charity and it was $5 -too good to resist ;p

Bingo reading challenges can be fun. Good luck with getting bingo!

I still want to read The Witchwood Crown. Maybe we could do a buddy read of it once you finished the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.

Lusie wrote: "I still want to read The Witchwood Crown. Maybe we could do a buddy read of it once you finished the Memory, Sorr..."

Ooh... incentive! Deal!

That's great! :) No hurry though.

Hi I've landed on After the Bloom can I have three picks from my shelf /review/list...

Hi Joice, here are your books:

A Gathering of Shadows - I like this series
The Book of Life - I've heard good things about this book. It's on my tbr as well, but I haven't read book 1 yet.
Happy Hour in Hell - I loved the first book, but couldn't get into this book. I hope that goes better for you.

Good morning Lusie!! I've come to visit. Can I have 3 picks please?


Stacie's shelf

Good morning Stacie!

A Gathering of Shadows - I thought this was a great series.
Lincoln in the Bardo - I keep seeing this book in the stores.
Warcross - it's on my tbr. If you end up reading this one I'd love to hear what you think of it.

Hi Lusie, just landed on your square and would appreciate three picks from Amy's bookopoly shelf. Thanks!

Hi Amy. Here you go:

The Rose & the Dagger - I like this series
Without Merit - I want to read this too
Always Watching - this sounds good

Lusie wrote: "Hi Amy. Here you go:

The Rose & the Dagger - I like this series
Without Merit - I want to read this too
Always Watching - this sounds good"

I have Without Merit audio version on hold, but it will be some time before it shows up. I just placed The Rose & the Dagger audio on hold and I'm first on the list, so hopefully it will arrive soon. The third choice is only available in print at my library, and I have a bunch of books to read already, so I've got to hold out for the audios.

Do you often listen to audio book, Amy?

Lusie wrote: "Do you often listen to audio book, Amy?"

Absolutely! I love to watch sports on TV, so I mute the sound and listen to a book while watching a basketball game, tennis match, golf tournament, etc. I also listen in my car and while doing chores. I probably complete 10 audios to 1 print.

That's great you enjoy audiobooks so much. Chores must be more fun that way. I usually listen to music when doing chores.

I get easily get distracted while listening to an audiobook and miss part of the story. So I don't think audiobooks are for me.

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I've landed on your spot.

Hi can I have three picks from my shelf? Thank you

Hi Joyce,

My Life Hereafter - A standalone. This sounds like it could be good.
Sins of the Night - A series to continue. Great that you are already at book 7.
A Court of Thorns and Roses - A new series for the New Year. I think this series is great. I gave book 2 five stars. I like that there are lots of turns and twists in the plot.

thank you I am probably going to go with A court of thorns and roses as I keep hearing so much good stuff about it.

hi Lusie! can i get 3 picks please?

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Hi Dee! Here you go:

The Painted Veil - this sounds like something I'd like to read too
How the Duke Was Won - an easy read. Do you like this author? I sometimes read book like this but they are starting to sound the same, so now I'm looking for another author.
I'll Meet You There - something different than the other two

thanks Lusie...i'm leaning towards I'll Meet You There cause it fits into moving mountains as well as another challenge outside PAS...but i'm also a sucker for historical romances :) (although Lenora Bell is a me to me author)

Which authors do you like for historical romance? So far I've read Lisa Kleypas, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James and Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. It's still a new genre to me

Lisa Kleypas for sure (I have an ARC of her newest that is due out in March); Elizabeth Hoyt; Jodi Thomas

not really publishing anymore but comfort reads - LaVyrle Spencer; I also like Julie Garwood historicals (not so much her romantic suspense)

Thank you very much Dee. I'll check if the library has got any books by those authors.

That's great you have got an ARC on the newest book by Lisa Kleypas! Lucky you.

Hi Lusie :)

I have just landed on "After the Bloom"
May I please have 3 picks:

My Bookopoly Shelf

Thanks!

Hi Sue, here you go:

Uprooted - I enjoyed reading this book.
Second Touch - Highest rating
Patrick: Son of Ireland - most pages

Thank you, Lusie!
I will read Uprooted :)

Lusie, can I get a pick please.

Thanks!
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Hi Abbie!

The Gates of Evangeline - I just read this book and gave it 4 stars.
Half the World - because it is a series
Millie's Fling - something light

Hi Lusie, can you please choose 3 books for me, thank you.

Hi Julinda. Sure :)
Could include the link to your shelf next time? That would make it easier.

The Night Circus - I love this book. I still want to re-read it.
The Borrowed Girl - interesting title.
Dilemma - I'm impressed you are at book 16 of this series! That's impressive.

Thank you Lusie. Don't be too impressed, I haven't read the other 15 books in the series. I picked this one up second hand and didn't even realise that it was part of a series until a long time later. I read it earlier in the year (will check my status) so I think I will read The Borrowed Girl as it has been hanging around for a very long time.

Thanks again
Judy

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Hi Lusie can you pick 3 books from my shelf? thank you

Hi Joyce! Sure, here are my picks for you:

Ticker - I think this sounds like an interesting book.
Shift - I chose this because the cover is blue, which is my favorite colour.
Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews is always a good choice. Though I haven't tried this series yet.

Hi Lusie,

Can I get couple of picks from my shelf, please?

Thanks!

Hi Tea! Here you go:

The Iron Traitor love this series!
Marrying Winterborne I like this author.
City of Lies I like the title.

Thanks!. I haven't been able to post sooner. My pick was Marrying Winterborne

I have to say I started to laugh when I saw your picks. Only Kleypas book was different from picks I got just few days earlier

really? lol

Hi Lusie, I'm back on your square and would appreciate three selections from Amy's bookopoly shelf. Thanks!

Welcome back, Amy! Here are my picks for you...

What I Lost - because of the tasty cover.
The Girl Who Came Home - I've heard good things about this book.
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - this sounds like it could be interesting.

Lusie wrote: "Welcome back, Amy! Here are my picks for you...

What I Lost - because of the tasty cover.
The Girl Who Came Home - I've heard good things about this book.

I'll go with The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend since the audio is available for download from my library as we speak. Thanks!

I hope the audiobook is good!

Hi Lusie, I have landed on your property and would like three picks from my bookopoly shelf, thank you.

Hi Coralie, here is what I picked for you:

Ombria in Shadow - because I love Fantasy.
The Man of Property - it's been on your tbr for a long time
Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine - it has got a high rating

Thanks Lusie, I think I will go with Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine.

Hi Lusie, can I get three picks from my shelf, please? Thank you!