July Recap: Jane Austen July, Books & Beaches, Summer Book Bingo, Big Book Summer, + smthg special @insearchofwonder

In Search of Wonder In which I share my reading success and/or lack thereof in the month of July. Please watch to the end for a special announcement about a gift I would love to give to one of you!

Challenges and Readathons
Deck of TBRathon hosted by @AlwaysBooked @BekahBooksandBujo
Read Your Shelf Challenge hosted by @ChantelReadsAllDay
#JaneAustenJuly2024 hosted by @katiejlumsden @BlatantlyBookish @SpinstersLibrary
#SummerBookBingo hosted by @beautifulminutiae
#beachesandbooks2024 hosted by @paperbacksandponytails @thelucychronicles @ChristianFaithAndFiction @CreativelyFaithful
#bigbooksummer hosted by @SueJacksonDE

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:55 Looking Forward to August
03:09 Life Updates
07:38 Books I Read This Week
18:16 July TBR Fails
19:04 Jane Austen July
24:45 Summer Book Bingo
27:50 Beaches and Books
32:33 Big Books Summer/Reading Goals
34:48 Closing & Special Announcement

Books
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
How to Taste Coffee by Jessica Easto
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Sanditon by Jane Austen
The Watsons by Jane Austen
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Earl Next Door by Ashtyn Newbold
Emma M Lion Vol 3 by Beth Brower
Love and the Silver Lining by Tammy L Gray
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M Yonge
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes

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July Recap: Jane Austen July, Books & Beaches, Summer Book Bingo, Big Book Summer, + smthg special

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-04 | In which I share my reading success and/or lack thereof in the month of July. Please watch to the end for a special announcement about a gift I would love to give to one of you!

Challenges and Readathons
Deck of TBRathon hosted by @AlwaysBooked @BekahBooksandBujo
Read Your Shelf Challenge hosted by @ChantelReadsAllDay
#JaneAustenJuly2024 hosted by @katiejlumsden @BlatantlyBookish @SpinstersLibrary
#SummerBookBingo hosted by @beautifulminutiae
#beachesandbooks2024 hosted by @paperbacksandponytails @thelucychronicles @ChristianFaithAndFiction @CreativelyFaithful
#bigbooksummer hosted by @SueJacksonDE

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:55 Looking Forward to August
03:09 Life Updates
07:38 Books I Read This Week
18:16 July TBR Fails
19:04 Jane Austen July
24:45 Summer Book Bingo
27:50 Beaches and Books
32:33 Big Books Summer/Reading Goals
34:48 Closing & Special Announcement

Books
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
How to Taste Coffee by Jessica Easto
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Sanditon by Jane Austen
The Watsons by Jane Austen
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Earl Next Door by Ashtyn Newbold
Emma M Lion Vol 3 by Beth Brower
Love and the Silver Lining by Tammy L Gray
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M Yonge
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes

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Deep Thoughts: my thoughts on my recent re-read of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo **SPOILERS**

In Search of Wonder 2024-10-16 | In which I share my in-depth thoughts on what Victor Hugo might be saying in the story of Les Miserables.

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:18 Book vs. Musical
05:05 Setting
08:50 Characters
11:03 The Plot
24:46 My Analysis: Law vs Grace
36:09 Conclusions

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Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: 2 Victorian novels, 1 Victorian non-fiction, 1 fail, and... AURORA!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-10-13 | In which I share my reading progress (or lack thereof) this week, and my glimpse of the aurora borealis.

Friends Mentioned
@thelucychronicles
@beautifulminutiae
@novelideea
@ChrissiesPurpleLibrary

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:09 Fall Rom-Com Fail
05:05 The Doctor's Wife
09:50 Sylvia's Lovers
15:10 Aurora Borealis

Books Mentioned
Honest Faith by Charles Spurgeon
Autumn Kisses by Kristi Ann Hunter and other authors
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dracula by Bram Stoker

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all the books I read (and hauled!) in September!

In Search of Wonder 2024-10-10 | In which I share all the books I read and hauled in September.

More in-depth reviews of each book i mentioned can be found in these videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=nTcDmVgNX5k
youtube.com/watch?v=GHDBRfMFtg4
youtube.com/watch?v=MVAdSp9702c&t=758s
youtube.com/watch?v=tI0-6rnZXNQ

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:40 Overview
01:45 The Classics
05:38 Historical Fiction
08:38 Other Books
13:44 September Readathons
16:50 Year-Long Challenges
18:52 Reading Goals
20:30 Book Haul

Books Mentioned
The Brilliance of Stars by J'Nell Ciesielski
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Night Bird Calling by Cathy Gohlke
Cast a Road Before Me by Brandilyn Collins
The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear
Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush
If I Run and If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock
In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
And They All Sang Hallelujah by Dickson D. Bruce
7 More Men by Eric Metaxas
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Alison Pataki
Miracles by C S Lewis
Plays by Oscar Wilde
Greek Myths
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

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I have an announcement! A new readathon coming up in November!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-10-08 | In which I share the details about a fun and inspiring readathon all about C S Lewis... coming to you in November.

Readathon Bingo Board: canva.com/design/DAGS8v0gORY/IE5MzPWrWqyq3o-ylS8pSA/view?utm_content=DAGS8v0gORY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Readathon Hosts: @MorgansEndlessBookshelf @OldeAmericanSpirit

Prompts
Narnia: middle grade or fantasy
Mere Christianity: Christian non-fiction
Space Trilogy: a sci-fi
Til We Have Faces: a female main character
Screwtape Letters: epistolary or spiritual warfare
The Four Loves: a book by a different Inkling (More information about the Inklings here: thecollector.com/who-were-the-inklings)
The Discarded Image: a book that inspired C S Lewis
Surprised by Joy: a Christian autobiography
The Great Divorce: stubborn characters

Group Read
Miracles by C S Lewis

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Two weeks worth of books read!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-10-06 | In which I share the books I read over the past couple weeks, plus my computer woes. 😭

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 Cozy Mystery
04:31 True Crime Historical Fiction
14:10 Historical Fiction, Part One
18:54 Shakespeare
20:50 Computer Saga Interlude
23:15 Back to Shakespeare
31:11 The Critiquing of Christian Novels
34:42 Historical Fiction, Part Two
41:19 Computer Saga Interlude
42:30 Suspense (?)

Books Mentioned
Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush
The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear
Cast a Road Before Me by Brandilyn Collins
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock

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Victober, Anne-Tober, Cozy Cottage Readathon... ALL THE OCTOBER THINGS!!! 📚🍂🍁🎃

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-25 | In which I share my reading plans for all the fun things in October!

Readathons
Victober hosted by @katiejlumsden @BlatantlyBookish @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 @katehowereads
Anne-tober hosted by @ChautonaHavig
Cozy Cottage Readathon hosted by @ChantelReadsAllDay
Spurgeon Readalong with @beautifulminutiae @novelideea @ChrissiesPurpleLibrary
Sylvia's Lovers Readalong coordinated by @miriamelizabethreads

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:08 Victober
07:09 Other Victober Inspired Reads
09:27 Anne-tober
17:42 Cozy Cottage Readathon

Books Mentioned
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
Dracula by Bram Stoker
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
Dickensland by Lee Jackson
Just Don't Fall by Emma St Clair
Areopagitica and Of Education by John Milton
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Works of the Bronte Sisters (poetry)
High Life in Verdopolis by Charlotte Bronte
The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James

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Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: A Non-Fiction, A DNF, Current Read... AND A BOOK HAUL!

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-22 | In which I share what I've been reading this week (a non-fiction, a DNF, and a cozy mystery), plus a super fun book haul with some reads I'm pretty excited about! 😊🙌👏

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Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
01:30 The DNF
07:05 The NF
14:30 The WIP
18:13 Library Haul
20:05 Other Acquisitions

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Which one should I read next? (Total departure from the planned TBR!)

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-19 | ...

Two for the Price of One - The Honest BookTuber and Phenomenal Women Tags

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-18 | In which I share my deepest secrets about my BookTube and reading habits, and some suggestions for phenomenal women authors, characters, and BookTubers!

I was tagged by @CandlewickLibrary in The Honest BookTuber Tag, which was initially created by @HarrietRosie13. I tag @eMsBooksAreEverywhere and @cozycottagechapters.

I was tagged by @novelideea in the Phenomenal Woman Tag, which was originally created by @MarilynMayaMendoza. Check all these phenomenal women BookTubers out:
@ChantelReadsAllDay
@ChautonaHavig
@miriamelizabethreads
@protagonistspub
@paperbacksandponytails
@AlmasBookJourney
@BookLoverAmanda
@Jess-pagesandgrace
@mitzireadsandwrites
@believeinyourshelf
@MorgansEndlessBookshelf
@ChrissiesPurpleLibrary
@beautifulminutiae
@ChristianFaithAndFiction
@kellireadsalot
@CourtneyReads
@GloriaZThompson
@BookTalksWithMrsThomas
@ReadJournalLove
@Coffee_and_a_Book
.... AND SO MANY MORE!!!

Mentions
@WaterBearReads @MirandaMills @BookishPrincess @OldeAmericanSpirit

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:50 The Honest BookTuber Tag
08:50 The Phenomenal Woman Tag

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Weekly Reading WrapUp: One Classic, One Historical Fiction, One Contemporary Royalty

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-15 | In which I share my reads for the week in surprisingly concise fashion.

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:50 The Historical Fiction
04:22 The Contemporary Royalty
07:42 The Classic

Books Mentioned
Night Bird Calling by Cathy Gohlke
In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

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The 50 Books I Want to Read Before I Turn ... well... 50. (How much time do I have?!)

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-11 | In which I share my book bucket list... at least for the next few years of my life.

Mentions
@MorgansEndlessBookshelf

Books
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Hamlet by Shakespeare
MacBeth by Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
Othello by Shakespeare
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Dr. Thorne by Anthony Trollope
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Flowers for Algernonby Daniel Keyes
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Seagull by Anton Chekhov
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Hobbit by J R Tolkien
Waverly by Sir Walter Scott
Cecilia by Fanny Burney
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
The Hour That Changes the World
The Complete Works of E M Bounds
The Calvary Road by Roy Hession
The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
The Oedipus Plays by Sophocles
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

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Have I got a fun wrap-up for you this week! Book Festival Fun & More!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-08 | In which I share my fun doings this week at a local Book Festival featuring some local authors you might recognize, and some ones you might be interested in. Oh yeah, and I read a book.

Authors & Their Books Mentioned
Jeff Shiring - The Seed - Find him on IG: instagram.com/jeff_shiring_author
Janice Sebring - Fearful Breakers - Find her on IG: instagram.com/janicesebring
Corinne Fox - The Mission - Find her on IG: instagram.com/corinnefoxbooks
Susan Higginbotham - Hanging Mary - Find her on IG: instagram.com/authorsusanhigginbotham
Sharon Virts - Veil of Doubt - @sharonvirts9672 instagram.com/sharonvirtsbooks
Cathy Gohlke - Ladies of the Lake/Saving Amelie/Nightbird Calling - @bookgemswithcathygohlke7691 instagram.com/cathy_gohlke
Toni Shiloh - You Make It Feel Like Christmas/The Love Script - @tonishilohwrites instagram.com/tonishiloh
B R Goodwin - Southern Snow - Find her on IG: instagram.com/authorbrgoodwin

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
03:20 Country Roads etc.
04:43 Book Festival Fun
06:05 Beans in the Belfry
07:46 New-to-Me Authors
18:33 Cathy Gohlke & Toni Shiloh
24:14 Indie Author
26:00 Library Haul
28:22 The Book I Read This Week

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Five Centuries of Christian Literature: the ones I loved, the ones I didnt, the ones I want to try

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-06 | In which I share my favorites out of five centuries of Christian literature, plus the ones I didn't love quite so much, and the ones on my TBR.

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:50 The 16th Century
05:04 The 17th Century
08:12 The 18th Century
11:45 The 19th Century
19:25 The 20th Century
22:35 The DNFs
24:00 On My TBR

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Weekly Reading Wrap-Up AND my August Recap

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-02 | In which I share my final reads of August and recap the whole month of reading.

Channel Mentions
Ketchupathon @BooksAndJams @SarahsNightstand
SummerBook Bingo @beautifulminutiae
Read Your Shelf Challenge @ChantelReadsAllDay
DeckofTBRathon @BekahBooksandBujo @AlwaysBooked
Buddy Read @kellireadsalot @JaneReads @ReadJournalLove
@Greta.Anderson

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:40 Devotional
03:43 Buddy Read
12:50 Mini Haul & Updates
21:22 Children's Book
25:34 Cozy Mystery
32:00 Recap of August
44:23 One Last Thing

Books Mentioned
One Day at a Time by Kyle Idleman
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Emily's Quest and Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

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Introducing Poetry Pop-Up!

In Search of Wonder 2024-09-01 | In which I read a little autumnal poetry and challenge you to do the same!

Anyone is welcome to participate in the Poetry Pop-Up! All you have to do is read an autumn-related piece of poetry on your channel any time between now and October 31. Don't forget to tag me back, and then tag 1-3 other channels to challenge them. Have fun!

For this round, I tag:
@RyanHReviews
@CandlewickLibrary
@CourtneyReads

A new Poetry Pop-Up will ... well... pop up at the beginning of November.

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What a horrible fate, to be stuck at the library.

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-29 | ...

Two-for-One: My September reading plans, AND my second-year of BookTube plans!

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-28 | In which I share what I hope to read in September (plus all the fun challenges I'm participating in), as well as my plans as I head into my second year here on BookTube

The Challenges & Hosts
Read Your Shelf Challenge w/ @ChantelReadsAllDay
Read the Classics Challenge teaandinksociety.com/2024-classics-reading-challenge
Shaketember: @OldBluesChapterandVerse @booksimnotreading @adayofsmallthings
Series September: @BooksAndJams @SarahsNightstand
Shorty September: @pastorytime2683
Red September: @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace @faithbooks7906 @CourtneyReads @thehistoryshelf

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:35 Year-Long Challenges
04:48 Shaketember
06:40 Series September
14:45 Shorty September/Red September
20:03 Plans for Year Two of BT

Join me, @kellireadsalot, @MorgansEndlessBookshelf and many others at the Christian BookTuber Community: https://forms.gle/oZ6x33qxfk8UaVpL8

Books Mentioned
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cymbeline by Shakespeare
The Blue Cloak by Shannon McNear
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
The Brilliance of Stars by J'nell Ciesielski
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sydney
A Hope Undaunted by Julie Lessman
In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
Crossed Lines by Jennifer Delamere
And They All Sang Hallelujah by Dixon D Bruce, Jr
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Areopagitica and Of Education by John Milton
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Sound Worship by Scott Aniol

Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: A 5⭐, a DNF, and more...

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-25 | In which I share the good, the bad, and the ongoing of my reading life (or lack thereof this week), PLUS one more gift to share with one of you (watch to the end!).

Mentions
@kellireadsalot
Deck of TBRathon: @AlwaysBooked @BekahBooksandBujo
Summer Book Bingo: @beautifulminutiae
@junewood3012

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
01:00 The 5-Star Book
07:17 The DNF
11:50 The Book I Picked Up
15:20 Winner of T-Shirt
17:25 Final Gift!

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Some great BookTube channels you should check out!

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-21 | In which I share some of the BookTube channels I've recently discovered - give them a visit, a like, and a subscribe!

Check Out These Channels!!!
@WhitneysReadingJourney
@eMsBooksAreEverywhere
@Jess-pagesandgrace
@MicahCooley_authenticstory
@thechristianbookshelf
@nancyj9899

Some Other Fantastic Channels I Mentioned
@beautifulminutiae
@thelucychronicles

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Weekly Reading WrapUp - all kinds of stuff today.... except for books I read. 😂😂😂

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-18 | In which I share updates on my life and the one book I actually managed to read this week. Keep watching to the end for a special announcement that might be of interest to you!

Mentions
@kellireadsalot
@ChautonaHavig
@Greta.Anderson

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 Life Updates
02:04 The One Book I Read
04:15 Book Haul
10:25 Special Announcements!

Books
Northanger Abbey Graphic Novel (Marvel)
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert
Lords & Ladies by Elizabeth Mansfield
various books by Elizabeth Mansfield
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
The Prayers of Jane Austen
Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Ruminating on the Power of Story, particularly as it relates to Emotional Resilience | Deep Thoughts

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-16 | In which I share my ponderings on the topic of utilizing the power of story to expose ourselves and our children to negative emotions and experiences.

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All about BookTube and Me.... the good, the bad, and the surprising! || Tag Tuesday

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-13 | In which I take you behind the BookTube and share my innermost thoughts and feelings regarding this channel.

Original tag by @Shellyish

I Tag @novelideea @MorgansEndlessBookshelf @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk

Behind the Booktube Tag
1. What has surprised you the most about Booktube both in a good way and in a bad way?
2. How do you balance reading and Booktube with the rest of your life?
3. Have you ever thought about starting a Patreon?
4. Have you made any mistakes on Booktube?
5. Do you have any advice for new Booktubers?
6. What are your thoughts on the Youtube algorithm?
7a. How do you decide what videos to make?
7b. Are you ever overwhelmed with video ideas?
8. Have you regretted posting a video?
9a. Are the number of views/subscribers meaningful to you?
9b. Are the number of views/subscribers a measurement of success?
10. Are you disappointed by the growth on your channel?
11. Have you ever thought about quitting Booktube?
12a. What are the most touching comments?
12b. What are the most negative comments?
13. In regards to Booktube, where do you see yourself in five years?

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Weekly Reading Wrap Up: historical fiction, non-fiction, and another surprise for you!

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-11 | In which I share my reads from the past week and a half, plus I announce the recipient of last week's book I gave away, AND another book to gift this week!!!

Watch to the end!

Mentions
@protagonistspub - Check out her book club!
@AlwaysBooked and @BekahBooksandBujo - Deck of TBR-athon
@kellireadsalot
@SueJacksonDE - Big Book Summer
@ChantelReadsAllDay - Read Your Shelf Challenge
@BooksAndJams - Ketchupathon
@beautifulminutiae - Summer Book Bingo
@believeinyourshelf

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:28 I Must Betray You
04:58 Jane Austen's First Love
12:41 How to Study Your Bible
16:45 For a Lifetime
22:07 Always and Evermore
25:30 Special Announcements!

Books
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James
How to Study Your Bible by Kay Arthur
For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer
Always by Jody Hedlund
Evermore by Jody Hedlund
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
Heaven by Randy Alcorn

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Summer Unhaul Project: COMPLETE!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-10 | ...

Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 11 Christian Fiction Shelf Unhauling

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-08 | ...

What do I mean by In Search of Wonder anyway?!?! (Deep Thoughts and Ponderings)

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-07 | In which it gets all philosophical up in here as I explain the meaning of my channel name.

Pssst! One of the books I mention here is one I am wanting to gift to someone. Watch my wrap-up earlier this week to find out how to enter! youtube.com/watch?v=PfgLP4xF9UI

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:38 Defining "Wonder"
06:30 The Power of Story
09:24 The Benefits of Wonder
11:55 Books That Inspired Me to Wonder
25:30 Closing

Books
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Set the Stars Alight by Amanda Dykes
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes

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Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 10 Unhauling Christian Fiction Shelf

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-06 | ...

Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 9 Christian Fiction Shelves Part One: the unread books

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-02 | ...

Help a girl out! I need a graphic novel for #summerbookbingo ! Which one should I read?

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-02 | ...

Library Haul! Will I read them all???

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-02 | ...

Happy BookTube Anniversary To Me... A Special Announcement!

In Search of Wonder 2024-08-01 | In which I share my plans for celebrating my first anniversary on BookTube... and invite you to join me!

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What do I think of your State? Part TWO... I rank all fifty states plus give book recs!

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-31 | In which I share the top 25 rankings of the fifty United States, complete with book recommendations for each and every one. This is a continuation of a video series. Find the first video here: youtu.be/b_RVMDU9bD0

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:38 #25-#21
05:20 #20-#11
16:50 #10-4
23:35 The Top Three
30:30 Closing

Books Mentioned
Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Moffatts by Eleanor Estes
Not a Sparrow Falls by Linda Nichols
In Search of Eden by Linda Nichols
If I Gained the World by Linda Nichols
At the Scent of Water by Linda Nichols
The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
Maria by Maria von Trapp
The Price of Privilege Trilogy by Jessica Dotta
One Light Still Shines by Marie Monville
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano
The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers
Paradise Lost by John Milton
All She Left Behind by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Lines Between Us by Amy Lynn Green
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Orphan Train Adventures by Joan Lowery Nixon
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Heart of a Champion by Michelle Kwan
My Sergei by Ekaterina Gordeeva
A Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Belmont Mansion Series by Tamera Alexander
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Summer Book by Tove Jannsson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
The Williamsburg Series by Elswyth Thane
The Paid Bridesmaid by Sariah Wilson
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Poetry of Robert Service
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name by Heather Lende
Jimmy Stewart, Bomber Pilot by Starr Smith

Mentions
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
@novelideea

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What do I think of your state? ... I rank the 50 states, with book recs for each one! Part 1 of 2

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-30 | In which I share my rankings of all the fifty states (this video is part one of two, and contains my rankings of the bottom half according to me, #26-50), and offer book recommendations based on my memories and thoughts of each state.

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:25 My Last State!
02:45 Disclaimers and Clarifications
05:54 #50-#41
17:35 #40-#31
28:48 #30-#26

Book Recommendations
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Bookshop by the Sea by Denise Hunter
The Help by Katherine Stockett
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gailbraith Jr
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Dress Shop on King Street by Ashley Clark
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Camille by Alexandre Dumas Fils
The Doctor's Lady by Jody Hedlund
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Art and the Bible by Francis Schaeffer
How to Listen to Great Music by Robert Greenberg
Kirsten from the American Girls Series
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C Foster
Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A Cup of Dust by Susie Finkbeiner
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Caroline by Sarah Miller
Yours Is the Night by Amanda Dykes
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Genius of Ancient Man by Don Landis
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Weekly Reading Wrap up - I finished some books! Yay! (sorry so long, plus also: SPOILER ALERT)

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-28 | In which I share the books I finally finished this week! Woohoo! Beware that there are unintentionally some spoilers, especially for the first two books I discuss.

Mentions
@miriamelizabethreads
@believeinyourshelf

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:20 Born of Gilded Mountains (SPOILERS)
08:50 Frankenstein (SPOILERS)
24:30 Thrifting and Hauling
29:20 Jane Austen at Home
38:03 Sanditon
40:01 Outro

Books
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Minor Poems by John Milton
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Sanditon by Jane Austen
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin

My Tentative Reading Plan for August... and a lil haul from July

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-26 | In which I share my likely-to-change plans for reading in August, and the books I picked up along the way in July.

Readathons/Reading Challenges/Channel Mentions
teaandinksociety.com/2024-classics-reading-challenge - Read the Classics Challenge with Tea & Ink Society
@ChantelReadsAllDay Read Your Shelf Challenge
@SueJacksonDE Big Book Summer
@kellireadsalot
@beautifulminutiae Summer Book Bingo
@protagonistspub Book Club
@OldeAmericanSpirit
@paperbacksandponytails
@BooksAndJams @AmysBookishLife Ketchupathon
@BookLoverAmanda @chroniclesofabooknerd @JaneReads Keep Me in Suspense Readathon
#keepmeinsuspense2024

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:40 Year-Long Reading Challenges
04:46 Big Book Summer
07:03 Buddy Read
07:55 Summer Book Bingo
15:35 Book Clubs
16:25 Ketchupathon
21:19 July Book Haul

Books Mentioned
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sydney
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney
Sylvia's Lovers, Ruth, North and South, Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James
Listening Valley by D E Stevenson
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
Ice Swan by J'nell Ciesielski
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer
All My Secrets by Lynn Austin
Sisu by Justyn Barnes
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura by Donald Zochert

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Come visit the Little Town on the Prairie! (yes, really!)

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-24 | In which I share my adventures in De Smet, South Dakota, the little town on the prairie of which founding members were a certain Ingalls family.

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:55 All About De Smet, SD
05:27 Historic Lodgings
08:35 LIW Memorial Society Historic Sites
20:20 The Ingalls' Homestead
26:33 The LIW Pageant
29:18 Downtown De Smet and the De Smet Cemetery
32:07 Outro

Mentions
The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder edited by William Anderson
The Beautiful Snow by Cindy Wilson
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder by Johnny Miller
The World of Little House by Carolyn Strom Collins
Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane
Old Home Town by Rose Wilder Lane
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
The Personal History of Rachel Dupree by Ann Weisgarber
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society - discoverlaura.org
The Ingalls Homestead - ingallshomestead.com
The De Smet Pageant - desmetpageant.org

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My Austen-related TBR pile has grown... considerably! Thanks, guys.

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-17 | In which I share recommendations from other channels that I added to my TBR - all Austen-related! #janeaustenjuly

Channels Mentioned
@ArtBookshelfOdyssey
@BlatantlyBookish
@ElliesCozyChronicles
@mitzireadsandwrites
@naomisbookshelf
@protagonistspub
@kristiacole
@ChautonaHavig

Books Mentioned
Jane Austen and the Clergy by Irene Collins
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson
The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
The Heiress of Molly Greely
Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends by Constance and Ellen Hill
The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen by Shannon Winslow
The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen
What Kitty Did Next by Carrie Kablean
The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Jane Austen's Best Friend by Zoe Wheddon
Love and Loathing by Gigi Blume
Prayers of Jane Austen
Praying with Jane by Rachel Dodge
Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister by Sheila Johnson Kindred
Charlotte by Julia Barrett

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Weekly Reading Wrap-Up: I finally finished The Heir of Redclyffe!!! and other news

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-14 | In which I share my thoughts on the books I finished over the past week, and my progress on books that I'm currently reading. Fiction, non-fiction, contemporary, historical, classics... we've got it all here!

Mentions
@miriamelizabethreads
#beachesandbooks2024
@believeinyourshelf
@protagonistspub

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 Love and the Silver Lining
04:44 Updates
07:15 The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion
08:12 The Heir of Redclyffe
17:20 DNFs
22:23 Currently Reading
24:23 Jane Austen at Home
32:02 Books on Deck

Books
Love and the Silver Lining by Tammy L Gray
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Brower
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M Yonge
The Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
Darcy by Alice McVeigh
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The Ice Swan by J'nell Ciesielski

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Six Degrees of Austen: all the Austen you never knew you needed!

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-10 | In which I share my personal recommendations of books related to Austen in 6 different categories. Woohoo let's GOOO!!! #janeaustenjuly

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:21 Books BY Austen
10:50 Books ABOUT Austen
14:25 Books Austen READ
21:43 Books ABOUT Austen's BOOKS
28:27 Books About Austen's TIME and PLACE
31:39 Books INSPIRED BY Austen
38:25 Closing

Books Mentioned (may be affiliate links)
The Austen Collection amzn.to/4cEgPt8
Lady Susan, Sanditon, The Watsons by Austen amzn.to/3RUbMg1
The Watsons by Austen and John Coates amzn.to/3XOYqp8
Juvenilia by Austen amzn.to/3W8toaD
Jane Austen's Letters Edited by Deirdre Le Faye amzn.to/3XPOJac
Prayers of Jane Austen amzn.to/4cK790b
Pride and Prejudice - annotated amzn.to/4cstS18
Jane Austen by Home by Lucy Worsley amzn.to/3xROL6E
Jane Austen and Her Times amzn.to/4f3Mkir
Just Jane by Nancy Moser amzn.to/3WaJgcT
The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth amzn.to/4cxJIaH
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth amzn.to/3zviG58
Evelina by Frances Burney amzn.to/45U2M08
The Task by William Cowper amzn.to/3W7MNZo
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe amzn.to/3WkgyX7
Lover's Vows by Mrs. Inchbald amzn.to/3xJEae5
Paradise Lost by John Milton amzn.to/3W9Qei3
Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe amzn.to/3RVQajA
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott amzn.to/3XPVJnx
Celebrating Pride and Prejudice by Susannah Fullerton amzn.to/4bBAJnr
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz amzn.to/45Zd53m
Jane Austen Cover to Cover by Margaret C Sullivan amzn.to/4cqZofH
Understanding Austen: Key Concepts in the Six Novels by Maggie Lane amzn.to/3VNu97L
What Matters in Jane Austen: 20 Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan amzn.to/3Lbt3h7
Jane Austen in Bath: Walking Tours of the Writer's City by Katherine Reeve amzn.to/3Wd9YSc
A City of Palaces: Bath through the Eyes of Fanny Burney by Maggie Lane amzn.to/4byxzkx
A Charming Place: Bath in the Life and Times of Jane Austen by Maggie Lane amzn.to/3LcyjBa
A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England by Sue Wilkes amzn.to/3xMLzJz
Georgette Heyer's Regency World amzn.to/3L9ZCvN
Jane Austen Heroes by Amanda Grange amzn.to/3W7l5Mj
The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen by Syrie James amzn.to/3xzquCx
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James amzn.to/45TLTCN
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James amzn.to/3VNuMOF
Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil Brinton amzn.to/3zr9FtT
Jane of Austin by Hilary Manton Lodge amzn.to/3VLajtI
Unequal Affections by Lara S Ormiston amzn.to/3L9oOTl
Jane Austen Takes the South by Mary Jane Hathaway amzn.to/3La9aac
Jane Austen Devotional amzn.to/3LciH0v
Other Mentions
The Republic of Pemberly pemberley.com

Weekly Reading Wrap-Up (or rather, Update - theres no wrapping up here!)

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-07 | In which I share an update on what I'm currently reading. #janeaustenjuly #rollyournextread #bigbooksummer

Channels Mentioned
@miriamelizabethreads
@SarahsNightstand youtube.com/watch?v=G1b4RAxYrAs&t=328s&pp=ygUTcm9sbCB5b3VyIG5leHQgcmVhZA%3D%3D
@lindseyslittlelibrary4300 youtube.com/watch?v=fM3zpZ6Kev8&pp=ygUTcm9sbCB5b3VyIG5leHQgcmVhZA%3D%3D

Books Mentioned
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Paradise Lost by John Milton
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney
Love and the Silver Lining by Tammy L Gray
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Stay With Me by Becky Wade
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M Yonge

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Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 8: I cleared a shelf!!!

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-04 | ...

No freak-outs here! Checking in with all my reading goals and stats so far this year 📅📚☑️

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-03 | In which I share my progress on my yearly and long-term goals and look forward to the rest of the year

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
01:00 Overall Goals
04:05 The Best Books
09:57 The DNFs
11:30 The Surprises
15:12 The Disappointments
17:38 Expectations Met
21:20 Specific Goals
28:38 Reading Challenges
30:30 Books I Need to Read
32:57 New Goals

Channels Mentioned
@miriamelizabethreads
@talesandtreatswithtay
@novelideea
@CourtneyReads
@MorgansEndlessBookshelf
instagram.com/lindsaylou_lemus

Stay in Touch
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Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 7: Noon-fiction Shelf#3 Art Books/Coffee Books/Big Books

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-01 | ...

2-for-1: Weekly Reading Wrap-Up and June Recap - all the things I read in June

In Search of Wonder 2024-07-01 | In which I share the wins and failures of my reading life in June, plus the books I really really loved and the books that were meh.

Channels Mentioned
@OldeAmericanSpirit (also in the book club were @ReadJournalLove @bethanybringsbooks)
@CandlewickLibrary
@AlmasBookJourney @JaneReads
@ChantelReadsAllDay
@beautifulminutiae
@Shellyish

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:11 Love Overboard
06:03 Anne's House of Dreams
12:07 Paradise Lost by John Milton
20:30 June Recap
25:33 Reading Goals Progress
28:41 June Readathons & Challenges
33:26 Closing

Books Mentioned
Love Overboard by Shannon Sue Dunlap
Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Children of the Stars by Mario Escobar
The White City by Grace Hitchcock
Recorder by Cathy McCrumb
The Great Eight by Scott Hamilton
Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
0/100 The Gospel to the Saint by Jim Van Gelderen
This Changes Everything by Jaquelle Crow Ferris

Stay in Touch
On Goodreads: goodreads.com/abcdefg88piano
On Instagram: instagram.com/insearchof_wonder_
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Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 6: Non-fiction Shelf #2 Music

In Search of Wonder 2024-06-30 | ...

Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 5: Non-fiction Shelf #2 Travel Books

In Search of Wonder 2024-06-28 | ...

Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 4: Non-Fiction Shelf #1

In Search of Wonder 2024-06-28 | ...

Summer Unhaul Project Ep. 3_10-Stack#1: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

In Search of Wonder 2024-06-28 | ...

Can I do it all in July? Im gonna try! Jane Austen July, Beaches & Books, Big Book Summer, Bingo...

In Search of Wonder 2024-06-28 | In which I share my epic July TBR, filled with all sorts of possibilities for ALLLL the reading challenges!

Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
01:20 Jane Austen July
09:57 Beaches and Books
17:08 Big Book Summer
20:15 My Personal Goals
22:33 Summer Book Bingo
25:13 Library Books etc
30:06 Closing

Books Planned
Sanditon by Jane Austen
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
Second Impressions by Ava Farmer
The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer
Jane Austen's First Love by Syrie James
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seale
Happy Camper by Melody Carlson
Foster by Claire Keegan
For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer
Love and the Silver Lining by Tammy L Gray
Emma M Lion Volume 3 by Beth Brower
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
And the Dead Shall Rise by Steve Oney
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Flower Fairies by Louisa May Alcott
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay
The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple by Joanna Davidson Politano
Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright
How to Taste Coffee by Jessica Easto

The Readathons and Their Hosts
#janeaustenjuly @katiejlumsden @BlatantlyBookish @SpinstersLibrary
#beachesandbooks2024 @paperbacksandponytails @CreativelyFaithful @Celestria @ChristianFaithAndFiction @thelucychronicles
#bigbooksummer @SueJacksonDE bookbybook.blogspot.com/p/big-book-summer-2024.html
Read Your Shelf Challenge @ChantelReadsAllDay

Friends Mentioned
Lindsay - instagram.com/lindsaylou_lemus
@believeinyourshelf
@novelideea
@miriamelizabethreads

Stay in Touch
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