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What a fascinating #AuldLangSpine2025 #ALS list from @JoeMo ! Titles in red are books I've already read. Titles in blue are books I already own, so I will likely start with one of them in January.

Title in green is already on my TBR. I'm intrigued by the book about Siskel and Ebert. Honest disclosure: I don't intend to read anything with the words “Donald“ or “Trump in it for the rest of my life, if I can manage it. 😖 So probably not #14.

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@AllDebooks (thanks for the tag, @TheLudicReader ❣️)

Matt and I just got back from the #21 ASU Sun Devils vs. the #14 BYU Cougars football game. Whew! And the Devils won ... with a legendary ending! 🤩 It's been a long time since we've been to a college football game, and it was such fun to be near the student section! Here's a link to the ending: Adopted in 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yng18ib2TI 🏈

Book #14 in the Hidden Norfolk series. A good mystery in this one, and a few good beatings too (both physically and emotionally). There are a few repetitive themes, phrases, etc in the series but overall I can overlook them and just enjoy the story. I am worried for Tamera‘s job in the next one though. Some hints in this one are leading me down that path.

August 2024 Book #5 Elena Knows
My first novel by this author. Short but powerful novel. So intense, well written. It was amazing how the illness was described, I almost felt I was inside Elena‘s body, feeling her frustrations to command her body to react, to follow her instructions. Characters were masterly described, so much was said in a short novel. It was so sad the story of Elena. I was just captivated by this stor, by this written style 5⭐️

July 2024 book #8

A group of friends and family members decided to camp and it seems that stories told around the 🔥came true next day. I recently read a book with a similar premise, very similar: The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy. But in Campfire, the stories are described in a graphic way, a slasher-ish story. The motive for the killings?...🤷🏽‍♀️2.8/3⭐️But I like the cover😳😂

I‘ve been quite distracted lately-I just dropped my firstborn off at college for the first time. And now it‘s almost September? Here‘s my #bookspinbingo list!!

😳Sorry, another unpopular opinion. Beautiful written but there is something missing for me in the story and in the ending🤷🏽‍♀️I wanted to love it after all those extraordinary reviews/ratings in GR and Litsy. Maybe I could give it another try in the future. 3⭐️

June 2024 Book #14

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65 @Ghabi4Roses
#BookSpinBingo (#21 free space @TheAromaOfBooks

#Book2Book members…. I found a few more!

All are paperback. #13-17 have no writing (or coloring😉) inside.

#18 was a #LMPBC book, so there is lots of writing inside - notes, comments, etc. 😎

Book #14 of 2024: “Snow in April” by Rosamunde Pilcher

I fell in love with Pilcher‘s writing in high school and this short little fiction was a reminder of why. Wholesome and old-fashioned, full of evocative imagery and sweet sentiments, I recommend this author to everyone ❤️

Book #14 of 2024: “Snow in April” by Rosamunde Pilcher

I fell in love with Pilcher‘s writing in high school and this short little fiction was a reminder of why. Wholesome and old-fashioned, full of evocative imagery and sweet sentiments, I recommend this author to everyone ❤️