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Running, food, outdoors, and my dogs
MN🐟ND🌻AZ🌵VA❤️
RRCA Certified Running Coach
140.6x1💪🏻70.3x1🚴🏼‍♀️26.2x11🏃🏼‍♀️13.1x32

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Blanket? ✔️ Candle? ✔️ Questionable sense of safety? ✔️ Our book club's spooky picks are here to make your October a little more haunted 👻🕸️🧟

🧙‍♀️ @mzavolastaousakis The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
🧙‍♀️ @erica_gouse Lady Macbeth
🧙‍♀️ @ebg11ecu A Flicker in the Dark
🧙‍♀️ @lppyouknowme We Love the Nightlife
🧙‍♀️ @kdarling516 The Anniversary
🧙‍♀️ @kellzbellz113 The Silent Patient
🧙‍♀️ @allysononi Coffin Moon
🧙‍♀️ @cactus.runner None of This is True

#BookClub #SpookySeason #SpookyReads #HorrorBooks #BookRecommendations #HauntedReads
#FallFun

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Back to school = back to bedtime negotiations over "just one more chapter." Our book club rounded up the kids' books we'd happily read for the 100th time. Swipe for our favorites & tag the parent who needs this list stat! 🎒✨

🍎 @kellzbellz113 Arthur's Off to School
🍎 @kdarling516 Sweet Valley High Twins Graphic Novel
🍎 @allysononi The Berenstain Bears & the Prize Pumpkin
🍎 @cactus.runner Sideways Stories From Wayside School
🍎 @mzavolastaousakis What Do You Do With An Idea?
🍎 @lppyouknowme Madeline
🍎 @ebg11ecu Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship
🍎 @erica_gouse Big Red Barn

#BackToSchool #KidsBooks #BookClubPicks #SendHelpAndSnacks #Bookit

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In honor of the 19th Amendment and every woman who fought (and still fights) for a seat at the table, we’re recommending books to move to the top of your TBR list in anticipation of Women’s Equality Day!

Swipe for our choices, stories that made us laugh, cry, rage and immediately text each other “WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS!”

💪🏼 @cactus.runner Four Winds by @kristinhannahauthor
💪🏼 @allysononi I, Medusa by @ayanagray_
💪🏼 @ebg11ecu Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
💪🏼 @jcdoran I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman
💪🏼 @mzavolastaousakis In the Time of Butterflies by @writerjalvarez
💪🏼 @erica_gouse Masquerade by @oosangoyomi
💪🏼 @lppyouknowme The Housemaid by @fmcfaddenauthor
💪🏼 @kdarling516 The Parisian Heist by @jopiazzaauthor
💪🏼 @alexalinn Lessons in Chemistry by @bonnie_garmus_author

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We’re more than halfway through the year, which means it’s time to highlight the Reading Rainhoes’ very favorite books from the first half of the year! 🏆

These books made us laugh, cry, and really think. And we also really think you should add them to your TBR immediately!

🏆 @lppyouknowme - The House in the Cerulean Sea
🏆 @ebg11ecu - Yesteryear
🏆 @kdarling516 - Strangers 
🏆 @alexalinn - Leave the World Behind
🏆 @jcdoran - The Butcher’s Masquerade
🏆 @allysononi - Cleo Deng Would Rather Be Dead
🏆 @erica_gouse - A Good Animal
🏆 @cactus.runner - Mad Mabel  

#rainhoesrecommend #bestbooks #topbooks2026 #bestbooks2026 #bookclub #bookclubpicks #topbooks #booktok #books #bookstagram #rainhoestopbooks

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Sometimes the best ab work out is a belly laugh! In honor of International Joke Day tomorrow, we present the books that never fail to make us LOL:

😹 I’ll Have What She’s Having by @chelseahandler
😹 The Road to Tender Hearts by @annie_hartnett
😹 A Good Person by @kirstenlking
😹 That’s Not How it Happened by @craigtthomas
😹 Lost Lambs by @madelinecash
😹 Romantic Comedy by @csittenfeld
😹 Margo’s Got Money Problems by @rufithorpe
😹 Me Talk Pretty One Day by @davidsedarisbooks
😹 Hyperbole and a Half by @allie_brosh

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Happy birthday to the girl who swims, bikes and runs before most of us finish our coffee. No one unpacks a chapter or shows up for the people they love the way you do. Philly better enjoy having you while it lasts because we’re counting down the days. NoVa hasn’t been the same without you! Can’t wait to celebrate your homecoming and birthday all in one. We love you, Kirsten!

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Getting ready for a summer road trip? Check out our favorite audiobooks to make the drive go by in the blink of an eye!

🎧 @kdarling516 - The Primrose Murder Society by @stacyhackneybooks
🎧 @cactus.runner - Daisy Jones & the Six by @tjenkinsreid
🎧 @ebg11ecu - Open by Andre Agassi
🎧 @allysononi - I Must Say by Martin Short
🎧 @erica_gouse - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
🎧 @lppyouknowme - Malibu Rises by Taylor Jenkins Reid
🎧 @jcdoran - Nuclear War by @anniejacobsenbooks
🎧 @mzavolastaousakis The Sun Does Shine by @rayhinton15

#audible #spotify #roadtrip #beachday #summerreading

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Without further ado here are the ho's favorite books for the second half of 2025! 2025 had some bangers, but here's hoping 2026 is even better! 📚

 #rainhoesrecommend #bestbooks #topbooks2025 #lbestbooks2025 #bookclub #bookclubpicks #topbooks #booktok #books #bookstagram #rainhoestopbooks

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What a year for the hoes! We read some banger books (and also some duds) from a variety of genres and discovered (or revisited!) some favorite authors! Scroll through to see some of our 2025 toplines! 📚➡️

We’re so looking forward to reading even more books in 2026! And if you have any recommendations for a book we have to check out, leave it below in the comments and maybe it’ll be one of our monthly picks! 📚⬇️

#readingchallenge #readingrainhoes #readingwrapped #2025readingwrapped #readingstats #bookclub #readingrainhoesrecommend #readingwrapup #readingwrapped2025

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We’ve been full throttle into travel season, so much so that the hoes’ intrepid social media manager is a bit late in getting these up, but oh well!

The Hoes were tasked with picking their very favorite travel or adventure books. There are memoirs and nonfiction tales along with romance and fantasy. There are some really fun ones in the mix to help you escape the gray, cold, dreary days of winter! ✈️

#readingrainhoesrecommend #bookclub #travelbooks #adventurebooks #reading #travel #rrhbookclub #readingrainhoes

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The Reading RainHoes celebrated their highest of holidays last evening with a gorgeous dinner, book exchange and white elephant at Evelyn Rose. The women had had a blast reflecting on the year and begged each other for a monthly selection with an average rating higher than 3 rainbows. Wishing a huge congratulations to Most Valuable Ho Jamie & best book of the year winner Lauren! See you in 2026 😘🌈🎄🎆

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The @the_rr_bookclub but make it a winter lake retreat!

Deep Creek Lake gave us views, vibes, and plenty of fuel for our November book discussion, Call Me Evie. Add in Reading RainHoe trivia, bits & skits, warm meals and cold drinks, it was the perfect winter escape! 📚🍾

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