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Oh my, where did October go?
So many life-changing things happened this month and yet October just flew by...
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Anyway, here is my November #Bookspin #Doublespin list! Still in the mood for spooky suspenseful reads (always, honestly😅) @TheAromaofBooks
#November #autumn #cosyreading #fallfoliage #thrillers
This is on my TBR, I found it available on my Libby app as well and immediately borrowed it. I have Sunburn to read first and this next up on my roster!
Doing this before I forget!
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pickAfter a slow start, this shaped up into an above average YA murder-mystery-thriller. Told from the POVs of Fuse, Kya, and Paris in alternating chapters, each one had their own distinct voice. Definitely one of the better YA reads. 4🌟
I managed to get in a bingo right at the buzzer! This was a rough reading month (and in every other way, too!). I‘ll be posting my October #bookspin list tomorrow. Er, later today. After I‘ve slept!
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
so-soThis is not my genre, and in fact I got it from an out-of-your-comfort-zone swap. That said, it‘s problematic.
The red herrings are blatant, the villain is obvious even if the motive isn‘t quite so, there‘s the “I‘m going to give away all our secrets” spiel (from a heroine not the villain). I don‘t know enough about tech to say whether that stuff was believable or not, but so much of the story is just preposterous.
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If I can get to the tagged book by the end of the month I‘ll have a bingo! I‘m being pulled away by library and borrowed books, but I hope to get back in time. I should have put the library books on my #bookspin list in the first place! I‘ll remember that and plan better next time.
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Jumping in at the 11th hour with my selection of books for #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo. Hoping to make a serious dent in my TBR pile with this!
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Slipping in under the wire for September‘s #bookspin and #doublespin. @TheAromaofBooks thanks for hosting again this month. I am back at school, so not sure how I will make out, but I will give it a go.
September #bookspin list and I‘m going to try #bookspinbingo (knowing there isn‘t a chance of a blackout). I‘m giving myself the free spaces, and I already have one library book and another coming in to use them on. More than half this list is left over from August. It‘s been a rough month. Fingers crossed September is better!
My August #bookspin stack. Sitting out this month‘s bingo (probably) but I‘m still planning to work through several of these. Five are series continuation, six are suspected read-and-discards; everything has been on my shelves since at least last year. And yes, the tagged book is on my list 😁
Three narrators for the audio. Really wonderful thriller that delves into so many things. Two estranged friends of an on the rise DJ discover her body and are quickly suspected of being part of it. They end up deciding to work together when it doesn't look like the police are gonna solve it.
So far this year I've read 162 book and at least 36 of them were by BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ authors. So about 22%. Which is an improvement over last year when I only read about 20% for the whole year.
I tagged Spin not only because I enjoyed it, but because Lamar Giles is a Virginia author and an awesome human being who should be wildly popular. Unsure of fave book so far this year though!
#IntegrateYourShelf
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Loved! Very Veronica Mars meets IQ. I cannot recommend the audiobook enough- the three narrators were really wonderful, and had me glued to phone, listening until the very end. I already adore Lamar Giles, and so glad that he's a Virginia author, and Spin was everything I loved (murder, mystery, teen sleuths) and more! I would read a whole series with Fuse and Kya, their friendship, eating at Five Guys and solving mysteries.
pickI am not going to shut up about this one. Paris Secord is found dead and all her friends take time to honor her and at the same time find out who the killer is. Guess who it is?? Her own FATHER!!!!! but he confesses and says it was an accident though.
pick4⭐️ Who murdered DJ ParSec? Was it a best friend? Was it a crazed fan? Was it a member of her team? This story told in alternating voices seeks to solve this case.
Full review GR and LT
#KillYourTBR - Verb in the title
#LittleLoveBingo - picked by litten i admire (Bill Blume)
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#NancyDrewChallenge - Less than 50 reviews
How I‘m spending a cold Sunday afternoon.
Lunch at Panera before heading to the store.
Lamar Giles‘ new book Spin can out this week, and he‘s in Richmond for an event. Was great getting to see him again. Not only is Lamar a damn good writer, he‘s one of the nicest writers I know. Go get his book! And if you haven‘t gotten the anthology he edited, Fresh Ink, then get that too. #bookrelease #LamarGiles #youngadult #YA
These are the recent YA arcs I've picked up at the bookstore. #bookhaul
I‘m about a third of the way into Spin, and this book has taken some crazy turns. Lamar does a nice job peeling back the layers of the mystery through the eyes of Kya, Paris, and Fuse. The story also skips around a little in time, with the scenes told from Paris‘s POV revealing her rise to fame in the two years leading up to her murder. This book has a lot to say, too. Lamar really knows how to craft a page-turner. #Spin #YA #YAMystery #LamarGiles
Love this opening line to Lamar Giles‘ new novel SPIN. He‘s on a panel I‘m moderating later this month at the James River Writers Conference in Richmond. Been looking forward to reading this one. Lamar writes some damn good books. #JRWC2018 #LamarGiles #Spin #YA
This fall, I‘ll be moderating two panels at the James River Writers Conference and one of them will have Edgar Award Finalist Lamar Giles. His next novel SPIN won‘t come out until January, but thanks to Lamar, I‘ve got an early copy of the book so we can include it in our panel discussion for how to add suspense to a story. The first page alone is one hell of a hook. So excited to read this one! #JRW18 #RVA #YA #youngadult #YAMystery #mystery
