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I‘m behind with #5JoysFriday because I had a cold most of the week and was not very joyful ? I‘m feeling better now so here‘s my list.

1.Went for ?on Sunday

2.Played a LOT of Disney Dreamlight Valley while resting on the couch

3.Had a Zoom session with my master‘s course classmates. They keep me motivated!

4.Saw a ? IN OUR BACKYARD!

5.Yesterday was the first day warm enough for sandals ??

Had some nice moments this week so thought I‘d jump into #5JoysFriday ☺️

1.Reshelving books in our new house

2.Finishing the first course of my master‘s program

3.Seeing a ? on my way to work one morning

4.Attending a friend‘s craft night for the first time in a few months

5.Having a group video call with work friends

Wow, a #Roll100 list without an audiobook 😂

1️⃣ Maigret se trompe (Simenon)
2️⃣ Gideon‘s Risk (Marric)
3️⃣ Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden‘s Syndrome (Scalzi)

Keeping things consistent with the #BookSpinBingo list, just changing out the books in the spaces dedicated to Roll100 picks. Still slogging my way through coursework… might do a 1:1 correspondence next month rather than having 3 papers in 1 space. We shall see.

April 2024 #Roll100 picks add yet more audio to the queue!
🎧 The Essential Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2
📖 Trouble Follows Me, by Ross Macdonald
🎧 The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli (read by Benedict Cumberbatch 😍)

Of course the #BookSpinBingo gods chose the one of my three firm picks that is least likely to be read 🤣
#BookSpin: Le Matou, by Yves Beauchemin
#DoubleSpin: three chapters or articles for coursework

I just realized I never posted my original #BookSpinBingo board for February 2024 (just the list), so here‘s the wrap-up:
✅ BookSpin: readings (selections from 3 different course books)
❌ DoubleSpin: Dalek Empire 3.2
1️⃣ bingo: I1 to I5

The good thing about keeping things ultra-flexible for #BookSpinBingo is that I get my lists ready a lot sooner 😂 The firm picks for March 2024 are a French book, a Doctor Who audio, and an older thriller.

March 2024 #Roll100 picks:
1️⃣ Le Matou, by Yves Beauchemin
2️⃣ Destination: Nerva, by Nicholas Briggs (yet another Doctor Who audio 🤣)
3️⃣ The Satan Bug, by Alistair MacLean

I am here for this double readathon of #20In4 and #FabulousFebruary. My goal will be to fill at least one more bingo square for course reading (I count 3 textbook chapters or articles as 1 square on my BookSpin bingo card) and to read one non-fiction book from the library.

January 2024 #BookSpinBingo wrap-up:
❌ BookSpin: Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators
✅ DoubleSpin: Three chapters of readings: Snook ch. 7, Amalberti chs. 1 and 2
1️⃣ bingo

I didn‘t read a lot of what I wanted to in January 2024, so keeping things loosey-goosey for #BookSpinBingo in February. The only firm choices are my Roll100 picks.

#Roll100 picks for February 2024:
1.Dalek Empire 3.2: The Healers (Big Finish)

2.Elevator Pitch (Barclay)

3.Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (Hinchcliffe)

Dalek Empire 3.1 is on January‘s list but I haven‘t read it yet ?

I‘m off next week on a course, so the readathon comes at a perfect time! I plan to finish two of my Roll100 picks (Dalek Empire audio and The Empress of Salt and Fortune) for sure, then the rest will be left to chance.

January 2024 #BookSpinBingo board:
#BookSpin: Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators
#DoubleSpin: Three chapters of readings
Both my audiobooks AND a print book I‘m currently reading are on the same line! Of course none of that line is a readings square 😂

My #BookSpinBingo will be a lot different this year because I am starting a part-time Master‘s degree. I did the math and figured that last year, I finished a book every 3 days, so to give myself the illusion of reading progress, I made half my spin list “three chapters of readings”. An article will count as one chapter. We‘ll see how well this works 😁

Looking forward to another year of #Roll100! Here are my picks for January 2024:

The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Vo)
Les poisons de la couronne (Druon)
Dalek Empire 3.1: The Exterminators (Big Finish)

Glad to have an ebook and an audiobook in the mix as I will be travelling in January 😄