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5feet.of.fury
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book buying ban accountability post
Why?
1)I keep buying physical books & have no real time to read them because I have a small baby
2)I need money (again, baby)
3)I have so many kindle books from either stuff your kindle days or prime reading first look
4)I some how preordered 3 books that come out June 10
5)my libby loans & holds are completely full & I need to not be distracted from those too

💰Goal: no book hauls until 7/29

5feet.of.fury I‘m 40, but it seemed fitting lmao 3d
dabbe 🤩😍🤩 3d
Bookwormjillk Lol same, except my two broke besties are teens 3d
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5feet.of.fury @Bookwormjillk 😂 💸💸 2d
Ruthiella Good luck! It is a struggle. I have to gamify it to make it work for me. 😅 2d
5feet.of.fury @Ruthiella I usually pull a stack of books & watch it dwindle down but the amount of reading I‘ve been doing has varied so much month to month I figured a time limit was easier. What‘s your system? 2d
Ruthiella @5feet.of.fury I‘m trying to allow two books in for every physical book from my shelves. If I do challenges like #Roll100 or #OffMyShelf I try to complete them with mostly owned books. Instead of watching a pile dwindle, I‘m keeping the pile of finished books, watching it get higher. 2d
K.Wielechowski Good luck! I did a 3 month book buy ban January-March of this year. Didn‘t do too terribly but the number of books I bought in April kind of made the ban pointless 😅 8h
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Liz_M
All Your Children, Scattered | Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
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Not a bad #BookSpinBingo month. I finished the tagged for #FoodandLit, #Rwanda. The Book Censor's Library was my #DoubleSpin and also fits #OffMyShelf - #InvolvesBooks; The Colour and Dance on the Volcano were for #192025; Indigenous Pacific Islander anthology worked for #FictionalTraveler and was my #BookSpin. There are a couple of #1001Books, and several for a global reading project.

Most importantly, I have two bingos!

Suet624 Nice! 3d
Ruthiella Bingo! 🤩 2d
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CoffeeNBooks
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Pickpick

Georgiana finds a body outside of Kensington Palace, and has to figure out how it got there and why. The deceased has been a mistress to many, including some of the royal family and members of Parliament, so Georgie's investigating has to be very discreet.

I have really enjoyed reading this series, but didn't really like the previous book. So I was very glad that this one had an interesting storyline again.

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Ruthiella
Little Bee | Chris Cleave
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Mehso-so

#OffMyShelf “New Author”

Little Bee flees violence and murder in Nigeria only to encounter prejudice and indifference in England. She seeks out a British couple and their horrific original chance meeting and its repercussions are revealed.

I appreciated the message in this book, which calls for compassion towards asylum seekers, but I didn‘t get on with the style. It felt too heavy and obvious. Glad to have experienced this author however.

wanderinglynn You are rocking it! Another bingo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1w
Ruthiella @wanderinglynn This one was only 266 pages, a breeze compared to the previous one! 😅 1w
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Ruthiella
Das achte Leben (Fr Brilka) | Nino Haratischwili
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Mehso-so

#OffMyShelf “Award Winning”
#ChunksterChallenge2025
#AllergictoChunksters

Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker, it also won two German awards per the back flap.

It took me two months to read this 1275 page monster. It‘s a multigenerational saga about a Georgian family from 1900 to 2007. Very melodramatic - I didn‘t particularly like it but appreciated the mental workout of reading in German. I read it w/ a friend & complained to her. 😂

Graywacke I read it in English and i can relate. She depends on well known historical happenings for shock value. But they don‘t have a lock of shock if we all already know about it. That weakens it a bit. 2w
Ruthiella @Graywacke It would have been a stronger book for my taste if it had been edited down. That said, it sold well and many readers loved its emotion and expansiveness. (edited) 2w
Readerann 👏 2w
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BarbaraBB I had a hard fine finishing it in English so kudos for you to read it in German! I didn‘t knew you speak/read German! 2w
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB Yes, I don‘t think it was the translation that made it a chore at times to read. 2w
sarahbarnes Congrats! 🎉 2w
Ruthiella @sarahbarnes Thanks. 😊 2w
Amiable But you get the Colossal Chunkster credit! That makes it all worth it ! Right? 😳😀 2w
Ruthiella @Amiable Absolutely! 😂 2w
wanderinglynn Who-hoo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉 2w
julieclair I‘m impressed you finished it in only two months! 👏 1w
Ruthiella @julieclair It felt like longer! 😂 1w
Reggie Wow, congrats on this! And shoutouts to all those friends who listen to us complain! lol 1w
Ruthiella @Reggie Absolutely! 👏👏👏 I‘m so grateful to have friends like that! 1w
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Ruthiella
Three Act Tragedy (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

I‘m back on track with #OffMyShelf “Favorite Author” after a slew of library books paused my efforts.

This was very entertaining and one of her cleverer plots: three deaths, connected by method but the motive is obscure. The puzzle intrigues Poirot and brings him out of retirement. Mr. Satterthwaith, a reoccurring character from some non-Poirot short stories takes on the role of Hastings somewhat in aiding Poirot.

wanderinglynn Yay! You are rocking it. Plus, I love the Poirot stories. 🙌🏻 1mo
Ruthiella @wanderinglynn Slowly but surely! 1mo
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Ruthiella
Marking Time | Elizabeth Jane Howard
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My #Roll100 picks for April are pretty sweet. I already read Jazz back in February, so only have two “musts”.

Marking Time will work for #SeriesLove2025, as it‘s the second in the Cazalet Chronicles.

I own a physical copy of Little Bee and will make it work for #OffMyShelf

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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Ruthiella
Three Act Tragedy (Poirot) | Agatha Christie
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#WhereAreYouMonday

I spontaneously decided to jaunt to Cornwall, England. This is a Christie title that I‘ve seen adapted, but never actually read. This will also help me get back on track with #OffMyShelf because I own a physical copy. 🤞

Lesliereadsalot St. Ives is one of my favorite places that I‘ve been to. And Cornwall itself is incomparable. Hope the book makes you feel like you‘re there! 1mo
Ruthiella Well, the beautiful scenery from the adaptation is in my mind! I did google a bit and it is a beautiful coastline, for sure! 1mo
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CoffeeNBooks
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Pickpick

Ben rents a room from Winnie, who is elderly and a recent widow. Ben suspects that Winnie didn't really want him there, that she only agreed because her family thinks she needs someone there to watch out for her & help around the house. So Ben plans to stay out of her way, but then Covid lockdowns start. He and Winnie are forced to spend most of their time together, and a friendship ensues as they start to see life from each other's perspective.

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CoffeeNBooks
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Pickpick

Amy Tan's illustrations are beautiful, and her notes about her observations of the birds that visit her yard are so interesting! She also includes some information that she's learned from expert birders. Unfortunately not all of her observations are happy, and it makes me sad to think of birds getting ill and being in distress, but I guess that's part of nature, too.

kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary!!!!! 1mo
CoffeeNBooks @kspenmoll Thanks! I'm so glad I found this wonderful community! 1mo
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