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Aprilly | Jane Abbott

April Recap: A great reading month where I finished 20 books thanks to lots of commuter flights & airport reading.

I read books for: #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #LiteraryCrew
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025
#RiseUpReads #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction
#JaneAustenThenAndNow #Naturalitsy & 2 from #AuldLangSpine ⬇️

I didn‘t finish Rabbits for LSFBC but hope to finish in May

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Soubhiville, TheBookHippie, JacqMac, Librarybelle, monalyisha, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair, AllDebooks

DebinHawaii Favorites were: The Briar Club, The Spellshop, Challenger Where They Last Saw Her & The Land of Little Rain. I read 3 audiobooks, 4 non-fiction & 12 were library books. (edited) 5h

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 4h

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DebinHawaii

The Briar Club | Kate Quinn

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#Read2025

I‘m catching up on my April reviews this weekend & I loved this book! A good thing as it was a trifecta of challenge prompts: #AuthorAMonth #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead & one of the books from @JacqMac ‘s #AuldLangSpine list. This is my third Kate Quinn book & maybe my favorite. The audiobook was stellar & I finished & listened to the author notes twice + an interview with the author & narrator who really brought the characters to life. ⬇️

Soubhiville, DieAReader, Librarybelle, monalyisha

DebinHawaii … I learned a lot about the Red Scare, McCarthy & Washington DC in the era. The mystery was good as was the ways the characters were introduced & their layers uncovered. I also enjoyed the sentient Briar House & the communal dinners with recipes & music selection of the times included. It kept me engrossed during lots of airport commutes in April & will likely be a favorite of the year for me. 1d

DieAReader 🎉🥳Awesome!! 1d

JacqMac Kaye Quinn never disappoints. 1d

Librarybelle Yay!! 23h

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Zuhkeeyah

The Last Mapmaker | Christina Soontornvat

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An adventure on the high seas with a talented junior mapmaker. I never really thought about how ships figured out where to go to “discover” a new landmass. There was definite emphasis on how there were already people in these places that were claimed to have been found by the empire.

#auldlangspine list keeps giving wins @MeganAnn
@monalyisha

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CSeydel

Forgotten on Sunday | Val�rie Perrin

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#AuldLangSpine @CBee

I think I was a victim of my own outsize expectations here. This book fell a little flat for me and I‘m having a hard time articulating why. It has a lot of different plot threads and I‘m not sure they all work together to create a cohesive story. Then again — that‘s real life for you. I did appreciate the ending.

CSeydel I‘m always a little put off by “love at first sight” which this book uses a lot of. There are quite a few characters who are obsessively in love with someone who they don‘t even really know. I know it‘s supposed to be romantic and transcendent but my heart just doesn‘t work that way and it‘s hard for me to buy in 1w

CSeydel I‘m thinking here of Edna and Lucien, for instance, and of course Armand and Annette. Like, come on - how hard is it to just simply NOT sleep with your son‘s wife 🙄 1w

CBee @CSeydel yep, that part was a lot. I do recommend that you try another of her books - have you read Fresh Water for Flowers? I can‘t remember if you have or not. (edited) 1w

CSeydel @CBee I haven‘t, but based on the reviews, I plan to check it out! 1w

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JacqMac

Murder Road | Simone St. James

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Not my favorite St. James, but still really good. She tells such a great ghost story. They are always too creepy to read before bed. Also, weirdly, when I started dating my husband in the 90s, he drove a “Pontiac with a front seat like a sofa”. lol Another great read from @DebinHawaii and #AuldLangSpine
@monalyisha

DebinHawaii I agree completely—not my favorite of the author, but still very good! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗 1w

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DebinHawaii

Where They Last Saw Her | Marcie R Rendon

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#Read2025

I actually finished this a couple of weeks ago but haven‘t been getting to all my reviews this month. Another winner from my #AuldLangSpine list from @JacqMac I have been thinking about it since I finished it. Quill is a Native American woman living in Minnesota who is out running in the early morning & hears a scream. Caught up in finding her as the police will treat it as just another #MMIW case-som thing happening too often to ⬇️

DieAReader, monalyisha

DebinHawaii …her people. (According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), there are approximately 4,200 missing and murdered women cases that have gone unsolved.) It was a good mystery that also made me angry, made me think & taught me some things I didn‘t know about Indigenous language & culture. Very compelling as well as informative about the dismaying & frightening facts & statistics around #MMIW (Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women.) (edited) 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me Added. So much history not learned. After reading Killers of the Flower Moon, I‘ve wanted to read more about and by indigenous people. I want to hear their stories. I want to hear their voices. 2w

JacqMac The one stayed with me for a long time, too. 2w

DieAReader 📚Stacked! 2w

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shortsarahrose

The Kamogawa Food Detectives: The Heartwarming Japanese Bestseller | Hisashi Kashiwai

It‘s a pretty nice spring day. Starting a new book from my #AuldLangSpine list to try to get out of a bit of a reading slump. The barista excitedly told me she just finished this one as she was bringing me my dirty chai (also having overnight oats with apples and peanut butter).

5feet.of.fury That cover is so cuuute 😻 2w

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TheKidUpstairs

When Will There Be Good News? | Kate Atkinson

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Definitely my favourite of the Brodie series so far. A train derailment, a critically injured Brodie, a missing woman with a past, and a teenager trying to find someone who will listen. I adored Reggie and Sadie :)

Slowly making my way towards @CarolynM's selection for #AuldLangSpine - two more to go until I'm ready for the Rook!

CarolynM Probably my favourite of the series. I adore Louise. 2w

TheKidUpstairs @CarolynM She is wonderful. The banter between her and Jackson is just perfect. 2w

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DebinHawaii

March | Geraldine Brooks

Here‘s my March recap. It was a great reading month & I finished 23 books! (Including 5 audiobooks, 19 fiction, 4 NF, many genres, several children‘s & classics)

I read for #SundayBuddyRead #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #SheSaid #RiseUpReads #JaneAustenThenAndNow #BookedInTime #FoodAndLit #Roll100 #ThematicCozies #FictionalTraveler #MonthlyNonFiction #SeriesLove2025 & #AuldLangSpine #SeriesLove2025 ⬇️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Texreader, Librarybelle, Crinoline_Laphroaig, monalyisha, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair

DebinHawaii …My favorites of the month were The Frozen River, Nettle and Bone, Kills Well With Others, Not That Bad, All Systems Read & Pride and Prejudice (reread for the zillionth time) & The Great Gatsby (hadn‘t read since high school) was a surprise winner. Lots of series books too—including both the 1940 & 1976 versions of our monthly Nancy Drew title. (edited) 1mo

Librarybelle Great job! 1mo

TheSpineView Well done! 1mo

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Ruthiella Awesome job! 👍 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 4w

julieclair Amazing month! 4w

Chrissyreadit wow! 4w

Catsandbooks 👏🏼❤️ 3w

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