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The Tomten | Astrid Lindgren, Viktor Rydberg, Harald Wiberg

#midwintersolace #naturalitsy
At night, in deepest winter, the tomten visits all that live on the farm - humans and animals - carrying his little light. A lovely book for younger children.
@TheBookHippie @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit

AllDebooks I love this x 4d

Chrissyreadit beautiful! 4d

AnnCrystal 🤩❄️💝. 4d

LisaBam Nothing better than Astrid Lindgren for the holidays! 4d

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Chelsea.Poole

Wake Up, Rooster!: An Animal Friends Reader | Liza Charlesworth

The #ToB26 shortlist
Many of these wouldn‘t have made my shortlist—there‘s several from the longlist that I‘m excited to read so really looking forward to #wintercamplitsy
The Director isn‘t easy to come by for me, and I have no interest in Bunny. Metallic Realms is outside of my typical read but I‘m willing to give it a try. Currently reading The Unveiling (what in the world is going on there!?) and next up is The Catch.

squirrelbrain I‘ve just started The Director on audio - it‘s OK so far, but nothing stellar (yet!). I agree - although I don‘t hate this list, I would have chosen other books from the longlist. 2w

BarbaraBB I am reading the tagged and enjoying it. I have a Dutch copy of The Director but can‘t get The Unveiling here yet

If You Love It, Let It Kill You

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sarahbarnes I‘ve somehow only read one of these. We‘ll see how I do! 2w

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fredthemoose

Wake Up, Rooster!: An Animal Friends Reader | Liza Charlesworth

It‘s here! The #ToB shortlist! But, ugh, it‘s a bunch of the books I looked at and thought, “maybe this one won‘t make it… 🤞” Oh well, here we go! #ToB26

https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/the-2026-shortlist

Ruthiella Let‘s hope you are happily surprised if you read those you were less enthused about. 🤞 2w

BarbaraBB That‘s what I always hope for too @Ruthiella 😊although I am pretty happy either way this year‘s shortlist! And there‘s #WintercampLitsy of course, where we Littens will vote for three more reads to read in January and February. We are known for our excellent taste lol 😂 2w

fredthemoose @Ruthiella Thank you—I‘m sure I will be! I looked closer and there are several I‘m looking forward to. But I may just let myself skip We Love You, Bunny and assume it‘s not for me… 2w

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fredthemoose @BarbaraBB I‘m definitely looking forward to #WintercampLitsy! I‘m sure there will be several I like and wouldn‘t have come across otherwise. There‘s so much to read in the next 3 months! 2w

BarbaraBB So much to read indeed 😊 2w

Chelsea.Poole I don‘t want to read Bunny either 😝 2w

fredthemoose @Chelsea.Poole Thank you for understanding! I read Rouge and was not a fan. Bunny is definitely going in the lower priority tier… 2w

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TheAromaofBooks

I Spy on the Farm | Edward Gibbs

Okay friends, I've created another Canva document, this one with bonus #ISpyBingo boards!! These boards each have a theme and are 4x4. These are “optional“ boards (as opposed to the monthly boards, which of course are REQUIRED OR ELSE 😂) I will post the link, and I'm also going to go ahead and upload each board onto Litsy next, but I am not going to tag everyone on every board - you can just look and see them at your leisure. I managed to come ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) up with six boards before my creativity ran out, but it's possible that I'll be struck with inspiration and add a few more before the end of the year!! Let me know what you think!!

https://www.canva.com/design/DAG6dKVA4-s/RItdXOjMMIFPwrfpYUpMTw/edit?utm_content... 3w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @Lkempf @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee @rockpools 3w

BarbaraBB Love it Sarah! And I hardly dare ask but will you make an I Spy challenge on Storygraph? I loved adding my books over there 🥰 3w

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rockpools These are such fun! If I read nothing else next year, I‘m determined to read a book with a scarecrow on the front! (Preferably from the adults section of the library - kids would be way too easy). I also appreciate you for making them optional!! Thank you ☺️ (edited) 3w

ElizaMarie I am excited to see your “mandatory“ boards this coming year! I think I am gonna try to solve them all year long, since I struggle (but love them). These extras will be thrown in throughout the year too! Thanks again! 3w

OriginalCyn620 Yay! I‘ve been playing around on Canva trying to design ones I had ideas for. I hope they turn out as nice as yours! 3w

thebacklistbook https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75... @BarbaraBB 3w

thebacklistbook Although it doesn't seem to match the boards... 3w

willaful Great boards! 3w

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB - I am definitely going to get the main monthly prompts on Storygraph, and will try to add the optional boards as optional prompts haha I am slowly getting them added in. I love SG but their challenge set-up is a little clunky 😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks @thebacklistbook - That is this year (2025) - I will have a fresh SG challenge for 2026!! 😁 2w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie - I posted the January 2026 board the other day, which included the link to all the 2026 monthly boards in case you want a preview!! I'm working on getting it on Storygraph as well. 😁 2w

TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - I can't wait to see them!! I found a grid and uploaded it and then just use that inside the graphic. I added a text box inside each grid square, which is a little tedious, but after that I just copy the page and change the background/text but don't have to worry about recreating all those text boxes!! 2w

OriginalCyn620 @TheAromaofBooks thanks for the tips! 2w

Lauredhel thanks, what fun! *goes looking for farmer romances* 2w

BarbaraBB @thebacklistbook Thanks! That‘s the one I‘ve been adding my books to in 2025! Loved that! 2w

thebacklistbook @TheAromaofBooks the end date was 2026 on it so I wasn't sure. 2w

ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks ooo I missed it! I am gonna go look now :) thanks 2w

TheAromaofBooks @thebacklistbook - I love to do things in a confusing manner so this year I've been starting a new board each month, but giving myself a full year to finish it. That way I don't have a million prompts that get checked off in January and then not as many the rest of the year. So I set the SG challenge up to last two years because my December 2025 board is (for me personally) from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026 😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie - I realized you aren't on the #ISpyBingo tag list - would you like to be added? I try to post the monthly boards about a week before the new month starts. Or anyone can download them all ahead of time from Canva. 😁 2w

ElizaMarie @TheAromaofBooks Yes please add me - thank you - I thought I was on the tag list (oops) 2w

julieclair These are SO creative and fun! Thank you, Sarah. You‘re a rock star! ⭐️ 2w

Lauredhel If anyone's confused like me, I think John Connelly is supposed to be the Irish author John Connolly? It took me a bit of searching 2w

TheAromaofBooks @lauredhel - That was probably me misinterpreting Lise's handwriting 😂 Sorry about that!! 2w

Read4life Thank you, Sarah! 💙💙💙 2w

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Chelsea.Poole

Wake Up, Rooster!: An Animal Friends Reader | Liza Charlesworth

I brought these home from the library last week, my first stack of #ToB26 from the long list.

ChaoticMissAdventures I have been eyeing The Catch, will be interested to see if you like it! 3w

BarbaraBB Great haul. I have The Catch and So Far Gone waiting for me too. I am also interested in Theft and of course I loved The Correspondent, which you will too 💕 3w

squirrelbrain Great haul! The only one that‘s not on my list is the Johnson. 3w

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melissajayne

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

Got a bingo on my November card #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w

melissajayne @TheAromaofBooks got one more in on Sunday 3w

TheAromaofBooks Nice!! 3w

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Kshakal

Happy Medium | Sarah Adler

so-so

Cute, quirky, but not my favorite… I had trouble with it holding my attention… it was just ok for me!

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booklover3258

Sugar Shack: (A Graphic Novel) | Lucy Knisley

pick

My favorite one in the series so far. Adorable graphics.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/rWx8ZLJSllM?feature=share

Enjoy!

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Kshakal

Happy Medium | Sarah Adler