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TorieStorieS
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Trying to catch up on my #BOTMBacklog (and the annual #BOTMChallenge) before the 12/26 deadline! This debut novel, set in 1995 Lansing, MI makes for a a quick and compelling read! On the cusp of turning eleven, narrator KB and her older sister Nia spend the summer with their Granddaddy in this coming-of-age story. I loved the many references to Anne of Green Gables and KB‘s insatiable curiosity. It touches on some heavy topics but handled well!

dabbe Hello there, sweet pup! 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
AmyG The puppy better get used to being a book model! 3mo
TorieStorieS @dabbe 🥰❤️🥰 3mo
TorieStorieS @AmyG Haha!! Exactly why he‘s practicing early!! Though not pictured are the initial efforts to bite the book! Bribery is already working though! 🤣 3mo
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TorieStorieS
The Paris Apartment | Lucy Foley
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Though not my favorite of Foley‘s mysteries, I appreciated the setting here of this grand Parisian building brimming full of secrets. Jess arrives to find her older half brother missing from the address he gave her with only an abrupt voice note as a clue. Short chapters help manufacture the quick pace as each resident‘s secrets emerge. I wish I felt more invested in the characters— though the plot does hold some genuine surprises! #BOTMBacklog

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TorieStorieS
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Okeydokey, #TeamReindeerGamers! I‘m ready to share my #DecemberTBR! It‘s not really in order and there are some extra audiobooks not listed here, but ideally, I would like to read this list comprising mainly of #NetGalleyARCs and my #BOTMBacklog! #WinterGames @LiseWorks @Bluebird @aperfectmjk @MatchlessMarie @Karons1 @JessClark78 @kezzlou85 @annahenke

LiseWorks Look at you 😍 4mo
Bluebird Nice list!! 4mo
JessClark78 Great list. I like that notepad. 🙂 4mo
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TorieStorieS @LiseWorks @Bluebird @JessClark78 Thanks!! And yes- I use this notepad each month for my TBR lists! I don‘t know what I‘ll use when the pad is gone though! 4mo
annahenke Your handwriting 😍 omg I‘m in awe 4mo
kezzlou85 Looks like some great choices and very organised. 4mo
TorieStorieS @annahenke 😊 Thank you!! I used to professionally do wedding invite envelopes! 4mo
TorieStorieS @kezzlou85 Thanks!! Hope to make a solid dent in this at the very least! 🤞 4mo
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TorieStorieS
The Last Word: A Novel | Taylor Adams
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Wowza!! I just loved this #BOTMBacklog thriller! When Emma posts a one-star review, she never suspects that her past 3 months of isolation on the WA coast will come to a violent end. I feel like I read this in one breathless sitting! Part cautionary tale, part dark comedy, I laughed, gasped & was rewarded with the satisfaction of having been right all along! There are some other surprises, though & I really loved it— though dare you say otherwise?

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TorieStorieS
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Catching up on some #BOTMBacklog before the end of the year, this thriller makes for a quick read. With a past and present storyline, Cassidy mostly narrates this tale of the group of surviving students who made it out of a terrible accident. For the past decade, they have reunited on the Outer Banks but this year it‘s clear that something more is going on and secrets are spilling out. It moves a bit slowly at first but then picks up by the end!

kezzlou85 Love your display. 4mo
TorieStorieS @kezzlou85 Thank you so much!! All pumpkins are back in their boxes now to make room winter/holiday decor! 4mo
kezzlou85 @TorieStorieS ooh I hope you post a picture. 4mo
TorieStorieS @kezzlou85 Will do!! I feel like every season that I switch out decor, I say that this is my favorite season, but I really do think this is my favorite season of decorations! 🤣 4mo
kezzlou85 @TorieStorieS I know what you mean. I think it's my favourite season for decorations I love the colours. 4mo
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currentlyreadinginCO
The Golden Couple: A Novel | Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks
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Finally picking this up after sitting on my shelves forever. I'm excited to mark this all up with @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks & @BarkingMadRead ! #lmpbc #botmbacklog 😊

BarkingMadRead Woohoo!! I‘m about halfway done with mine! 4mo
currentlyreadinginCO I got distracted by the Fourth Wing sequel ... it ended up being nearly 700 pages of disappointment for me though, and I'm back! 😂 @BarkingMadRead 4mo
BarkingMadRead Oh no! I have definitely heard mixed reviews! 4mo
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JackOBotts

Next up: my August #Roll100 - a #BOTMbacklog from September 2017! 🫣😬

PuddleJumper 🤣🤣 8mo
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TheSpineView
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Can you believe we have almost reached the mid-year point!?! Thought it was a good time to ask and rethink goals and challenges. Have a great Tuesday!

My answers:
📚 I am doing well on my GoodReads challenge. Not so much on working through my TBR mountain and my #BOTMbacklog.
📚📚 I really want to focus on reading books I already own.

Want to play? @Eggs @JessClark78 @ozma.of.oz @Texreader @Susanita @bthegood @bnp @melissajayne @Cupcake12

CatMS 📚 I'm at 56% of my Goodreads challenge. 📚 I also want to read books on my shelves and Kindle but can't resist getting books from the library 9mo
bthegood Thanks for the tag - I don't really have any yearly challenges - I just do the #BookSpinBingo and #AlphabeticalBingo - and of course holiday games when Halloween and Christmas start up 🙂 9mo
TheSpineView @CatMS So many books!!!❤️📚📚 9mo
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TheSpineView @bthegood You're welcome! Love the holiday games! 9mo
Lin3han I lowered my reading goal to 30 and I‘m at 22! I‘m trying to read what is on my shelf and that‘s going…not great lmao 9mo
TheSpineView @Lin3han I too struggle with reading my own shelves. 💙📚💙📚📖💙 9mo
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Laughterhp
A Flicker in the Dark | Stacy Willingham
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I finished this book last week. This was interesting. I don‘t really read a lot of thrillers anymore. The twist I wasn‘t expecting and I‘m confused as to a part of the ending. It felt like I had missed something.

It kind of wanted you to think you had an unreliable narrator where the people around her doubted her a lot and you didn‘t know who to trust.

#botmbacklog

MyNamesParadise I‘ve been meaning to start this one! My sister read it recently and felt the same way as you did. 9mo
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JackOBotts
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⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally read this #BOTMBacklog. Not a fan of Celestine and how she handled her relationships, but I cannot imagine being in her shoes and seeing the life she worked to build with her husband being snatched in an instant of “mistaken identity”.

Suet624 Three stars for me too. 11mo
Reggie I loved this book. There were a lot of little lines in here I still think of. And the Thanksgiving scene where everyone has an opinion about her and Andre and Ray. Loved it. 11mo
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