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TheAromaofBooks
Spinning Forward | Terri DuLong
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FOURTEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is NINE!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone's lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card!!!

Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read!! I know I'm rambly so sorry!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks 1 - Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! If you can't remember exactly how this challenge works, please check out my master post here https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 or just ask!! ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks 2 - I am planning to have a giveaway at the end of the year. Entries are reviews of #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books, but I will only know about them if you tag me, so please tag me whenever you read & review your book for the month. DNFs count! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to finish it, it's still off the list, so tag me & tell me why you bailed. ⬇

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TheAromaofBooks 3 - I am tagging everyone who posted a list THIS MONTH (my tag list changes every month!!), so if you posted a list & you do not get tagged here, please let me know! It means I either accidentally missed your original #BookSpin post OR I wrote down your username wrong. Either way, I'm really sorry. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge, so if I missed you it was entirely by mistake - just let me know!! ⬇ (edited) 3y
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TheAromaofBooks 4 - If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2021!! Whenever you review it, just tag me as usual be sure to let me know which month it is for - there is a maximum of 2 entries per month, so if you don't let me know it's for a different month, it may not count. ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks 5 & final - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. I know we have a lot of new participants!!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 3y
TheDaysGoBy Rats. I knew I forgot to do something. February is too short of a month - the end snuck up on me 😂 Suppose it‘s good though. I can catch up on my Jan and Feb picks. I‘ll definitely rejoin in April though 😀 3y
AmyG Yay!!! I love bookspin day. My book (edited) 3y
TheAromaofBooks @TheDaysGoBy - I'll keep you on the tag list for April, but you are also welcome to jump in this month if you want to!! 3y
i.besteph Woohoo! Can‘t wait to read the March picks. (I have to finish my Feb ones too 😅) 3y
galueth28 I think I'm going to tackle both picks this month, how fun! 3y
JenniferP I jumped back in for March and forgot to tag you! #litsyfail This is my favorite Litsy challenge - thanks for running it! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @wideeyedreader - I just realized you weren't on my tag list for some reason! Sorry I missed you lol 3y
mollyrotondo My favorite day of the month! 3y
wideeyedreader I‘m so excited! Mine are Windwitch and 3y
TheAromaofBooks @JenniferP - No worries, glad to have you along!!! 3y
ElleSkel I really love this. Thank you for all the effort you put in. It is a source of much joy!!! 3y
TheLudicReader The End of Your Life Book Club & Fieldwork....❤️ 3y
TheSpineView It's Passages and Project Hail Mary for me. ❤📖 3y
MallenNC I‘m excited! 3y
Catherine_Willoughby Must do list tonight. Daughter 1st day back to school yesterday . She wasn't happy on her return! Still helping older kids with online classes in the mornings. February was too short ! 3y
Clare-Dragonfly That‘ll be easy, it‘s Mansfield Park 😄 3y
Crazeedi My Bookspin Cherries in Winter, my doublespin Black Dahlia. Funny that both are non fiction!! 3y
IamIamIam Whoo hoo!!! Thank you so much! Looks like I've got The Woman in the Window and Razor Girl for my fiction list. Middle grade is Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler and 3y
claudiuo Yay! I am waiting for the morning of 2nd each month like it's Christmas 😁
My BookSpin is The Ten Thousand Doors of January and DoubleSpin is Mexican Gothic, both are on my TBR for a while.
Thank you so much!
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Liz_M 😱 This is the second month I've started my Bookspin book on the first! I'm magic😂 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick A MG graphic novel The Middle-Route Run and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. 3y
Lcsmcat Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which has been on my shelf forever! And Dreamers of the Day. A good month. 😀 3y
Inazea Oooh, Equal Rites and The Bees, both books I was very excited about to start so that's great! 3y
night_shift Library hold and Daphne du Maurier (it's gunna be Rebecca). I did get a library hold in that I'll probably use: The Gilded Ones! 3y
BookNAround All Adults Here and The Mystery of Mrs. Christie. Ironically two of the newest books on the list. 😂 3y
bekakins Yay!!! 3y
Suet624 Stolen Beauty - will be glad to get that off my shelf finally! 3y
Carolyn11215 Bad Monkey and Witchmark for me this month! 3y
MeganAnn Yay! A book off my young adult shelf and the doublespin is a reread I‘ve been wanting to get to 3y
sebrittainclark I got The Obelisk Gate and Yoga While You Wait 3y
Librarybelle Yay! Looks like A Separate Peace and Dangerous Alliance for me! 3y
maich No.14 is a book club thriller pick. No. 9 is a cosy mystery from my Kindle (I don't remember when I download or purchased it). Both sound great. 3y
Deblovestoread A Court of Silver Flames and The Once and Future Witches. It is going to be a great reading month! Thanks, Sarah! 3y
GinaKButler Woo-hoo! The Lost Wife and The Martian for me! 3y
Singout Yay! Where the Crawdads Sing! Just got this from the library waiting list...seems like lots of folks like it. 3y
radesilets What If It‘s Us and Delicate Monsters. Talk about very opposite reads! Should be a fun month. 3y
CSeydel Woo hoo! I‘m still reading my February books, but my March pick is 3y
CSeydel And doublespin is 3y
marleed Yea! Thank you! My BS=The Wife Upstairs. DS=The Speed of Light. 3y
IamIamIam @Librarybelle Oh my!!!! I absolutely LOVE A Separate Peace! 💙 3y
AsYouWish Wow!!!! Everyone really wants me to read The Duke and I this month!!! This is the fifth sign that I need t read it right away!!!! 3y
Lesanne Woo hoo, The Stationery Shop of Tehran and All Our Wrong Todays 😊 3y
wanderinglynn Yay! The Goddess in the Machine and These Violent Delights 3y
Ash.on.the.line Mine are The Damned and Victoria and the Rogue. Very different books should be fun! 😄 3y
Erinsuereads Yay! 3y
Andrew65 Both #NetGalley books #BookSpin (edited) 3y
Librarybelle @IamIamIam It‘s about time I read it! 😂 3y
IamIamIam @Librarybelle Better late than never! I'm interested to see what you think because I haven't read it since high school, which was already a reread because we read it in 8th grade. I swear I had a copy that I gave away, though. I was just thinking about it! 3y
Bookzombie 🎉🎉 #Bookspin is Heartstopper Vol. 2 and #Doublespin is a book on my Kindle that I own. 3y
Bookgoil Yay Skyward and my illustrated Percy Jackson definitely getting to those! 3y
robinb Hi Sara! Some of the names you tagged are cut off (for some reason) on my feed...weird. But I wasn't tagged with the #bookspin/#doublespin numbers. Could you check if I'm on your list? Thanks so much! 😊 My #bookspin is A Room with a View (something I should have read LONG ago!) and #doublespin is The Mangle Street Murders. UPDATE: I‘m an idiot...just found it! Never mind. 🙄 (edited) 3y
TheAromaofBooks @robinb - I'm glad everything worked out haha You are on my list but sometimes Litsy is weird about tags - it's not unusual for me to scroll through my feed, see a post where someone tagged me... but I never actually got the notification 😑 3y
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Sophoclessweetheart
Brightly Burning | Alexa Donne
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4 ?A quirky and exciting retelling of Jane Eyre and one that is so wonderfully parallel in plot yet entire different. It was a treat to devour and a welcome edition to my Brontë collection. Full review here: https://mysticreadsbookblogblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/brightly-burning-by-ale... #booklover #bookblogger #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookish #bookreview #scifi #janeeyre #retelling #newrelease

Sophoclessweetheart No photo because #litsyfail is happening and I can‘t post anything with a photo or post any comments without a 3-5 minute wait ... 🤦🏼‍♀️ 6y
batsy Jane Eyre in space! I'm both intrigued and nervous but your review makes me think I should give it a chance 👍🏽 (I haven't tried posting anything today but sending comments has been rather difficult since yesterday...) 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @batsy It‘s surprisingly really good. I think you might like it. 🖤👌🏻 Also, I cant post comments without hassle either. Xx 6y
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AmyG
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My #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange is off to the post office today!

Jen_Reads What pretty wrapping paper! 6y
Reviewsbylola 🎄🎄🎄 6y
MrBook Ooooh! 6y
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LeahBergen That paper! 😍 6y
Avanders I love that wrap! 💖💖 6y
bitterbear I'm so jealous... 6y
AmyG @bitterbear awwww 6y
AmyG @bitterbear I am sorry your swap didn't work out for you. That really sucks. :( 6y
bitterbear For me the best part of the swap is giving... I love finding fun stuff... and hopefully making someone's day better. Oh well... 😊 I felt like I was winning too much... but it did bother me. 6y
bitterbear Wait whining... 😩 #litsyfail 6y
AmyG @bitterbear I would be very disappointed and turned off, too. :( 6y
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BookishFeminist
Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace
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Achievement unlocked: I am now That Girl™ who is coyly reading Infinite Jest at the local coffee shop.

#booksnbucks

Moray_Reads 👏💪 7y
mrozzz Bahahah love that, and love the hashtag 👌🏻 7y
LeahBergen Haha! 👌🏼 7y
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BooksForYears Gah! I was reading THE HANDMAID'S TALE at Starbucks yesterday but I completely forgot to post it! 🤦🏻‍♀️ #litsyfail #booksnbucks 7y
ReadingEnvy That's like one hipster merit badge! 7y
GatheringBooks do you really have to write down notes to keep track of characters and storyline? 7y
BookishFeminist @GatheringBooks I don't personally think so 7y
Laalaleighh God all the pretentious guys in MFA classes must be drinking their espressos and thinking about how you can't possibly get the subtle nuance and genius of DFW's writing but it's cute you are trying. (Real sentence I have heard) and yes- I AM Litsy stalking you right now Bc I realized you haven't shown up in my feed in a while and wanted to see what you were up to. Guilty. 7y
BookishFeminist @Laalaleighh 😂😂😂 stalk away! I haven't been on as much because this year has been crazy but I do pop up every now and then! The DFW fanboys are the WORST. I love DFW but it's super cute when they think it's serious and that those of us with two X chromosomes don't get it. Kills me. When are you moving to DC, lovely? (edited) 7y
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BkClubCare
The Stone Diaries | Carol Shields
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In honor of Canada Day, I mention that this book and thus author is one (two?) more awesome reason to ❤️ the neighbor to the north. I have so many wonderful virtual friends in Canada, it astounds me! And, this book, is incredible.

BkClubCare Whoops, I missed that we were advised to tag @Liberty ... Yay Canada 🇨🇦 8y
BkClubCare Second whoops - I have no photo to share ... #litsyfail 8y
RealLifeReading It's ok!! Still an awesome Canada Day Litsy post! 8y
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