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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) 7d

Librarybelle Great job! 7d

TheSpineView Well done! 7d

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Ruthiella Awesome job! 👍 7d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 6d

julieclair Amazing month! 4d

Chrissyreadit wow! 4d

Catsandbooks 👏🏼❤️ 3d

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Lauredhel

How to Draw a Secret | Cindy Chang

There I was wondering which book to read for the Island prompt... when I realised I was reading a book set in Taiwan!

@julieclair #FictionalTraveler #Island

Read4life Love your graphic 💙 1w

julieclair Love this! 5d

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DebinHawaii

Aprilly | Jane Abbott

Okay, I think this is mostly my April TBR. I‘m still considering a couple other readalongs/challenges but haven‘t made up my mind yet.🤷🏻‍♀️

Currently I‘m reading with #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #LiteraryCrew #AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #RiseUpReads #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction #JaneAustenThenAndNow #LSFBC #NaturalLitsy & 2 from my #AuldLangSpine list & a few more.

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

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1w

TheSpineView Lookin' good! 1w

Catsandbooks 👍🏼✊🏼🔥💖 1w

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Librarybelle Nice!! 1w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w

julieclair Nice variety! 5d

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Liz_M

The Odyssey | Homer

A fair amount of reading was done in March. While many books are in the 3-star range, I did really enjoy The Odyssey (read over two months). I finished ny #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin, read a couple of books for #192025, read two books set in big cities for #FictionalTraveler, a couple of #1001Books, and I even got a Bingo.

Suet624 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2w

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DebinHawaii

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare | Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

This one, stories set in Hawaii, is my pick for #FictionalTraveler April #Island & it‘s one of my April #Roll100 picks (#24 Any stories or essays ).

It‘s good incentive since it‘s been in my TBR since I bought a signed copy from a local book store when it was released.

PuddleJumper, julieclair

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w

julieclair Love the cover. Enjoy! 1w

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

A Sky Beyond the Storm | Sabaa Tahir

March #WrapUp

3 #OffTheShelf2025
1 #Chunkster
1 #FictionalTraveler
5 #SeriesLove2025
2 #BookChain2025
2 #LitsyAtoZ
#BookSpin
#DoubleSpin in progress
5 #Pantone2025
1 #Classic
1 #NonFiction

TheSpineView Well done! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️ 6d

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Shardlake Novel 5 | C. J. Sansom

#FictionalTraveler
#Island
@julieclair

I hope this counts. I'll be finishing the second half of this book with the #ShardlakeBR, and I'll be on The British Isles, in England, particularly at Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight for the Battle of the Solent. 🇬🇧

julieclair Totally works! England is definitely an island. 😆 1w

dabbe @julieclair 😍🤣😍 1w

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julieclair

Welcome to Glorious Tuga: A Novel | Francesca Segal

I‘m really looking forward to traveling to the glorious fictional island of Tuga for #FictionalTraveler this month! What will everyone else be reading for the #Island prompt?

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BarkingMadRead

Camino Island

BarbaraBB I think some Japanese fiction again since I haven‘t found any unread ‘real‘ island books. 2w

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage

The Fire Keeper (A Storm Runner Novel, Book 2)

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩵🧡🩵 2w

dabbe Thanks for the tag; I'll let ya know! 😘 2w

Enchanted_Bibliophile This book has been on my TBR forever...

Shutter Island

Lauredhel I think I'll read the next Teacup Isles book from Tansy Rayner Roberts!

The Frost Fair Affair: Teacup Magic #2

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TheAromaofBooks I've had this one on my shelf forever but never quite had the momentum to pick it up. Maybe this is the month?? 😂

One Night on the Island

julieclair @BarbaraBB Japan definitely counts as an island! 😆 2w

julieclair @BarkingMadRead @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks Oh my goodness… these island books all sound so good! Now y‘all have me thinking that for 2026 I should host an “Island Book” challenge! 🏝️📚 2w

mhillis I‘m going with

Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Quartet

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DebinHawaii

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

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#Read2025

So in high school I absolutely did not like The Great Gatsby & thus over the years never picked up more Fitzgerald, content in my dislike. We had two #SundayBuddyRead books that put the author in a more favorable, sympathetic light & I decided it was time to go back again & reread TGG after a (cough) few decades of life 😉 & picked it as my #FictionalTraveler March pick for #BigCity. Surprise! I quite enjoyed the book this time. ⬇️

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DebinHawaii … I suppose I‘ll attribute it to being more open-minded about morally ambiguous characters like Gatsby, understanding wanting something/someone so badly, &/or just being more appreciative of well-written prose, but it was not at all a chore to read & at the end of the day, I think it‘s a great book. (I still despise Tom & Daisy mind you). And something interesting to me now is when Tom is describing their honeymoon & Daisy loving him, he says, ⬇️ (edited) 2w

DebinHawaii … “Not at Kapiolani?” & “Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry?” So I am now convinced that Tom & Daisy‘s 3-month South Seas honeymoon trip included Oahu & Hawaii. Again, probably just interesting to me. Anyway, I am pleased with adult me for having grown & will probably try more Fitzgerald in the future! 😉 2w

TheBookHippie This is my fav

Tender is the Night

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AmyG Books read differently when you are an adult. 2w

LeahBergen There are so many books I appreciate more with some ‘age‘ behind me. 😆 2w

DieAReader 💖💖💖 2w

dabbe I always wondered why this book was taught in American literature. I didn't appreciate it as a 16-year-old at all. As an adult, though ... wowza! I found that playing the audio of Tim Robbins reading it to my juniors really helped them to understand it better. The power of audio didn't really exist back in 1982 when I was a junior. 🤣 2w

julieclair Great review… and you make me want to reread Gatsby with an adult perspective. Stacked. 2w

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OriginalCyn620

An Italian Island Secret: A BRAND NEW escapist, romantic read, full of secrets and sunshine, from Victoria Springfield for 2025 | Victoria Springfield

This is my pick for April for #fictionaltraveler! The cover is gorgeous!

julieclair

julieclair I want to live in that cover! 1w

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