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Spinners | Donna Jo Napoli, Richard Tchen

June‘s #bookspin I‘m keeping it more simple as I prepare to move. 1-10 and repeat the same books for 11-20. I may lean towards more audio than usual while I‘m packing. I hope I have time for all 3 of my book club books and one for #authoramonth, we‘ll see!

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

TheAromaofBooks

tpixie Good luck packing. Are you staying in Texas? 18h

Soubhiville @tpixie I‘ve been back in NC for a year and a half 🙂. Been living in an apartment but my house is almost finished. 18h

squirrelbrain Good luck with the move! 🤞 17h

Bookwormjillk Good luck with the move! 17h

Tamra Happy moving! 😁 15h

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KateReadsYA

Stain | A. G. Howard

Air elementals supped upon sunlight and moonlight and became drunk upon rain and wind..................cont.............Slyphs were not immortal, but their airborne lifestyles kept them young. Without flight, he could only outrun age by feeding upon death.

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Thornhedge | T. Kingfisher

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This was a fun little read. This is a fairy tale retelling of Sleeping Beauty. What if the fairy gifts weren‘t to protect the Princess, but to protect others *from* the Princess? It really is a charming little novella. Give it a go!

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Soubhiville

Spinners | Donna Jo Napoli, Richard Tchen

I can‘t believe it‘s time for May‘s #bookspin list already! Where has the year gone?

Here is yet another “slice of my bookshelves”, plus a few options for my topic bookclub: May‘s topic is a book with a map. And Advice for Future Corpses is for another bookclub.

What will @TheAromaofBooks choose for us this time?

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo

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BookmarkTavern

Spindle's End | Robin McKinley

so-so

The princess is cursed to die by a spindle, she is stolen away & raised as ordinary. But her fairy gifts cause problems, & there is still the curse to worry about.

The scene setting is unparalleled, as I expected from McKinley, but lord the plot is glacial. I think I would have enjoyed this better as an audiobook as the writing is lush & lyrical. & I wasn‘t invested in the romance. I kept thinking Rosie & Peony should get together.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BookmarkTavern #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks #Roll100 @PuddleJumper #UnstackMyShelf A retelling 2mo

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 2mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! This is one of my favorites, but I can definitely see how it's not for everyone as it is SUPER rambly! 2mo

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Chrissyreadit

Beastly Beauty | Jennifer Donnelly

Low pick for me. I have liked other books by Donnelly quite a bit and was a little disappointed in the writing style. I LOVE Beauty and the Beast and retellings- so was a excited to read a gender swapped version. I also liked the premise. I just was not pulled in and found it to be a little boring. It could also be just the timing…

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A Curse So Dark and Lonely | Brigid Kemmerer

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Soubhiville

Spinners | Donna Jo Napoli, Richard Tchen

I‘m continuing my 2025 #bookspin “slices of my bookshelves” journey with yellow and green spines on my paperback and hardcover fiction shelves and just 2 greenish nonfiction. What will @TheAromaofBooks pull for our April numbers?

I will definitely be reading The Bees for my bookclub.

AmyG Omg…it‘s almost April already. What? 2mo

TheAromaofBooks I'm pretending it isn't almost April 😂 2mo

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