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Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel | Rachel Khong

I thought I couldn‘t read books with characters who have dementia (due to plenty of personal experience), but I‘m loving this one. And this quote really struck me. Is anyone really “sane,” though? 🤷‍♀️🧐😂 @CSeydel #auldlangspine #ALSpine

Cuilin It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society!!! - Krishnamurti 2w

CBee @Cuilin great quote 👍🏻 2w

eclectic-reader I really liked this one when I read it several years ago 2w

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CBee @eclectic-reader it‘s a bit all over the place but not in a nonsensical sort of way. I like it very much so far. 2w

eclectic-reader Have you read Real Americans? I haven't gotten around to it yet, but i'm intrigued 2w

CBee @eclectic-reader I haven‘t! I‘ve heard good things though! 2w

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JamieArc

Passion | Jeanette Winterson

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France and Italy. War and love. Passion and obsession. Storytelling and fact. A fever dream of a book. What's not to love? Winterson goes such an interesting direction with this historical fiction book that takes place during the Napoleonic wars. She uses a unique voice that I would never associate with a story part war, and characters just as unique. I think I will be thinking about this book for a long time. #ALSpine #AuldLangSpine

monalyisha, Billypar

monalyisha Great review! 2mo

Billypar Glad you liked it! I love how it starts as a strange sort of war story that picks up fantasy aspects as it goes. And I will be forever haunted by the gambler story told by Villanelle 😨😨😨 2mo

Freespirit Oh I have put this on my list to read!! 2mo

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CBee

The Road to Dalton | Shannon Bowring

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@CSeydel my heart is full of so many emotions after reading this beautiful book. I loved every minute of it. I wish I could write more but I‘m really just basking in this feeling that will without a doubt develop into a book hangover. Thank you for putting this on your list! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ #auldlangspine #ALSpine @monalyisha

CSeydel I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I read it with #europacollective - never would have heard of it otherwise. I‘m looking forward to reading the second one

Where the Forest Meets the River

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CBee @CSeydel I had an Amazon credit and I immediately used it to buy the second 😂 2mo

tpixie @CBee perfect timing! 2d

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Chelsea.Poole

Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey | Ozge Samanci

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Every so often I have a graphic novel fixation, and I‘m back on it. Bonus points if it is nonfiction or a memoir and this one is! The author grew up in Turkey and takes the reader along from the time she‘s a child, too young to be in school—though she yearns to join her sister there—through college and young adulthood. Her changes are depicted right alongside changes to her country and therefore family. A #blameitonlitsy read thanks to @JamieArc

JamieArc This came from the #ALSpine list from @yourfavouritemixtape I love when not well known books make their way around Litsy to find new people who love them ❤️. So glad you picked it up and enjoyed it! 2mo

TieDyeDude Samesies! This looks good, I'll have to look for it in our library system. 2mo

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Sharpeipup

Old Man's War | John Scalzi

#ALSpine
@loanne
My library hold came in so I‘m starting one of your picks and the first line is quite intriguing!

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Read4life

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#WeeklyUpdate

Last week I finished books for:
#BookSpinBingo (7) including my #DoubleSpin book
#AuthorAMonth (1)
#Readyourebooks (2)
#readyourTBR (4)
#SeriesLove2025 (7)
#AuldLangSpine #ALSpine (1)
#ThematicCozies (1)
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes (1)
#Roll100 (1)

Soubhiville, Cuilin, monalyisha, Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair

TheSpineView Lookin' Good! 2mo

Cuilin Wow 🤩 what a week!! 2mo

KadaGul @Read4life What did you think 🤔 of The Friend Zone? 2mo

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Read4life @kadagul I enjoyed it. Not my favorite by Jimenez but still a solid pick. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking fabulous!!! 2mo

julieclair Great week! 2mo

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Read4life

The Friend Zone | Abby Jimenez

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Thank you to my #AuldLangSpine #ALSpine partner, @Erinreadsthebooks for recommending this one. It‘s been on my TBR for a while and this motivated me to move it to the top of the list.
#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2025

Thea, monalyisha, Andrew65, TheSpineView

TheSpineView Fantastic!💜📖📚 2mo

Erinreadsthebooks 🤩 2mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2mo

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Lin3han

My Throat an Open Grave | Tori Bovalino

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My first book of 2025! A creepy folk horror that takes place in the woods of Appalachia, My Throat An Open Grave oozes feminine rage, religious shame, and generational trauma. Leah wishes for her baby brother to be taken by The Lord of the Wood, and he claims her offering. This book has a rich atmosphere and dream like depictions. Much thanks to @Larkken for an excellent first read of the year! 4/5 AuldLangSpine #ALspine

monalyisha

dabbe What a cover! 😱 3mo

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JamieArc

Castle | J. Robert Lennon

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This was my first from @Billypar #ALSpine list and it was a great first read of 2025. I won‘t say much about it. Knowing less going in is more. Really atmospheric modern gothic psychological thriller. Foreboding and tension. The story unfurls in a masterful way. At halfway through I couldn‘t put it down. This book is about a lot of interesting things and makes you think but that would give some things away. Check Vinny‘s great review for more!

monalyisha

JamieArc Check trigger warnings if you have any. This story gets a bit dark. 3mo

JamieArc Photo of mine taken at Musée d‘Orsay because I love it ? 3mo

BkClubCare Great pic 3mo

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BarbaraBB I loved this one too. So atmospheric! 3mo

JamieArc @BkClubCare Thanks! 3mo

JamieArc @BarbaraBB I do love an atmospheric read! 3mo

Billypar It sounds like you liked it as much as I did! 🙂 Definitely one to go in blind on. Which is true for me and Tom Lake - for all the attention it got, I realized I actually knew zero about the plot. I just started it today after finishing a holdover from 2024, but I'm already hooked. 3mo

Billypar If you're interested, below is the podcast episode with Lennon that first introduced me to him. @BarbaraBB I can't remember if I already shared this with you? https://open.spotify.com/episode/4G0fISU2x6iD8h0V7M0asn?si=zg2puYAgSLaD2rreu8q_a... 3mo

JamieArc @Billypar Thanks - I‘ll check it out. I‘m from Michigan and Tom Lake reps MI well. I vacation where it takes place and that‘s probably part of why I liked it. Glad you are liking it too! I hadn‘t heard of Lennon and probably wouldn‘t have read this, so I‘m really glad it was on your list. I plan to read more so if you or @BarbaraBB have recs, send them my way! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Billypar No you didn‘t. Thank you so much, I will certainly listen to it. 3mo

BarbaraBB Jamie, I loved the tagged one and it made me want to read all of his backlist. All his books are completely different but you can‘t go wrong I think .

Subdivision: A Novel

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Billypar I also read Subdivision first, and it's the only other one I've read so far, but I certainly plan to read more. It is a very different novel, but I liked it even more than Castle (it's even stranger if you can believe that, lol). 3mo

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Read4life

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#WeeklyForecast

#AuthorAMonth #SeriesLove2025 #readyourebooks #AuldLangSpine #ALSpine #Roll100 #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #TBRtarot #FictionalTraveler #NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Erinreadsthebooks, Soubhiville, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, monalyisha, Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe, PuddleJumper, julieclair

Andrew65 Looks a good week, I‘m hoping to get to Whose Body soon. 3mo

dabbe 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

julieclair Nice! 💙 3mo

TheSpineView Enjoy!❤️📖📚 3mo

Cuilin Have a great week. 3mo

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