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Chelsea.Poole
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#bookspinbingo May was all about baseball but I did manage to read a bunch! Came close to clearing the board save for 2 and I‘m currently reading Chrysalis. Knocked a another off the #auldlangspine list:
All that‘s left unsaid, Chrysalis nearly
listened to several that have been lingering on my tbr for years:
Eileen, We Are Called to Rise, The Hidden Life of Trees.
A great reading month! 2 duds: the Megan Miranda and the William Kent Krueger

GinaKButler Love the baseball! ⚾️ 5d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 5d
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MatchlessMarie
Apprentice to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
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Loving the series so far. The first in this series was an #AuldLangSpine pick. I knew I was in trouble when I got to the end credits and heard “and was produced in the year 2024”. 🫢😅 I don‘t typically find series while they are ongoing and was already ready to add book 3 to my TBR for March but it won‘t be here till August 🥲🎻

At least August is closer now than when I wrote this in February 🤷🏻‍♀️ #LitsyAtoZ #LetterM

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Chelsea.Poole
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I started reading this when the daffodils were out then misplaced the book! I ended up listening to the rest on audio before finally finding it again this week. An #auldlangspine pick from @Singout about a Vietnamese family in Australian whose perfect son (high school age) is murdered. Their grown daughter, Ky, returns home to investigate. Though this is a propulsive plot point, the author is more concerned with showing the immigrant experience.

Singout I‘m glad you liked it! I found the two different plot threads really interesting, as well as the narrative of the immigrant experience in Australia, as opposed to Canada. I just barely remember “the boat people” from when I was a kid. 1w
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Amiable
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Fun and quick read about the guys who made watching arguments entertaining. 👍🏼 I always enjoyed “Siskel & Ebert” — they were smart, sharp and opinionated. In this bio Siskel comes across as a jerk, though. 👎🏼 The “pranks” he played on Ebert behind the scenes weren‘t very funny — it sounds more like bullying to me. 😖 Thanks to @JoeMo and #AuldLangSpine for putting this one on my radar!

JoeMo I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I was always a bigger fan of Siskel back in the day for some reason (I could never really explain why) but his behind the scenes pranks definitely went too far sometimes. 6d
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JamieArc
Notes from the Road | Mike Ingram
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I love a good road lit novel. My college English capstone course was solely road lit and I loved it. This small book took me back to that course, referencing others in the genre. Witty and reflective, a young man drives across the US thinking about his life, as one does. The format and book as an object were really interesting too. Another one that wouldn‘t have been on my radar if not for #AuldLangSpine

Billypar Glad you liked it! I thought it was a clever way to tell his story, given how much time you have with just your thoughts on a solo cross-country road trip. It wouldn't have been as interesting if it were just a conventional day-by-day structure. And I love the physical book too, a little pocket guide with real photos from the trip behind the front & back covers. 2w
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BarbaraJean
North Woods | Daniel Mason
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This was EXCELLENT. It‘s the story (or rather, the stories) of a house and its surrounding forest in New England; a multigenerational saga of sorts—but of a place instead of a family. We follow the people who come and go, but also the trees, the beetles, a catamount—as they both shape and are shaped by the unique history of the place in which they dwell, a place that outlasts them all. Each section has a very different feel, and between each, ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …there are photographs, letters, and other ephemera from which readers piece together connections and digressions and clues about the place as we follow its story through time. Usually interconnected stories like this can feel disjointed to me, but the connections and clues kept me engaged and eager to read on. I loved the way the pieces added up to an interlinked whole, the structure echoing the known and unknown connections we forge ⤵️ 3w
BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …with the places we inhabit and the people who‘ve gone before us.

Thank you to @Librarybelle for the #AuldLangSpine rec, thank you to @monalyisha for the Auld Lang Spine match, and thank you to @TheAromaofBooks for picking the number that made this my February #BookSpin (yes, this is a very belated review 😆)
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Librarybelle So glad you loved this one! It was such an unusual book. I still think about it! 3w
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Cheryl_Russell I finished this one not long ago. It is fantastic. I think it will be one of those books where you learn more every time you read it. 3w
BarbaraJean @Librarybelle It was fascinating and so well done! @Cheryl_Russell I agree—I‘m hoping to re-read it with my book group at some point. 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I've seen some great reviews for this one!! 3w
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CSeydel
Forgotten on Sunday | Valrie Perrin
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Recently discovered Valérie Perrin thanks to @CBee and #AuldLangSpine. I‘m looking forward to reading more of her work!

Let‘s see, who else hasn‘t played yet … What about you, @BarbaraJean or @5feet.of.fury - discovered any new authors lately?

#two4tuesday

BarbaraBB One of my favorite discoveries as well! 3w
CSeydel @BarbaraBB 🙌🏻💛 3w
TheSpineView Thanks for playing 3w
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JacqMac
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A fantasy folklore sapphic love story. Set in 1832 on the south shore of NS. About a married selkie and the midwife who delivers her baby. “She held her love in an open hand.” It‘s beautiful. Another great one from @DebinHawaii and #AuldLangSpine @monalyisha
I‘m a little slow with my #ShelfSweeper #4Elizabeth I had a busy week, but I‘m hoping to have a book filled weekend. @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads

DebinHawaii So glad you enjoyed this one! I love this cover too! 1mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
BookmarkTavern What a gorgeous cover! 😍😍 4w
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DebinHawaii
Aprilly | Jane Abbott
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April Recap: A great reading month where I finished 20 books thanks to lots of commuter flights & airport reading.

I read books for: #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #LiteraryCrew
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025
#RiseUpReads #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction2025
#JaneAustenThenAndNow #Naturalitsy & 2 #AuldLangSpine ⬇️

I didn‘t finish Rabbits for LSFBC but hope to finish in May

DebinHawaii Favorites were: The Briar Club, The Spellshop, Challenger Where They Last Saw Her & The Land of Little Rain. I read 3 audiobooks, 4 non-fiction & 12 were library books. (edited) 1mo
Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 1mo
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Librarybelle You did so well! 1mo
TheSpineView Great job! 1mo
PuddleJumper Amazing! 🎉🎉 1mo
AllDebooks Wow, well done. That's a very broad range of reads x 1mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig 👏🏻 1mo
CoverToCoverGirl Great month! 📖 1mo
julieclair Incredible month! Well done you! 1mo
JacqMac Wow! Spectacular reading month. 1mo
Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🎉 👏🏼 1mo
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