I am super late posting my #AuldLangSpine list from @Avanders due to the holidays and absolutely not because of a lack of excitement for these titles!! I am interested in literally all of them lol! I had Victorian Psycho so I‘m already almost finished, and it is deliciously unhinged! 😆 Next up will be Heartwood or Mapping the Interior. I HAVE to get to James this year (already own it) and I own The Family Upstairs so I‘ll continue this list!
My first book purchases of 2026! The Correspondent was on my Christmas wish list so I couldn‘t resist buying it when I saw it in the bookstore. What I REALLY went to buy was the tagged book from my #AuldLangSpine list courtesy of @BarbaraJean and I‘m really looking forward to it!
(January 4, 2026)
pick4.5/5
Shocking in both the incredible way it is written and the nature of the crimes it covers. I can see why it's considered a classic of the true crime genre. I don't think I ever would have picked it up, if it wasn't an #auldlangspine pick, but I'm very glad to have read it. I didn't want to put it down. Thanks @cseydel and @monalyisha.
pickGuess who already put book two on hold? 🙋♀️
It takes a heck of a lot of skill to write a book that is, essentially, a rage-y F U to a certain TERF-y fantasy author who-shall-not-be-named and actually make it really good. So engaging, fabulous characters (and fabulously awful ones). Must. Read. More.
Thank you @CBee for putting this on your #AuldLangSpine list, I wouldn't have read it otherwise and if you can't tell, I loved it!
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pickFirst book finished for #auldlangspine! This book was so good, I started and finished it today.
It was already on my radar and TBR, but this gave me the push to actually pick it up!
My first 5⭐️ read of 2026!
pickWow, another great book from @rachelsbrittain ‘s #AuldLangSpine list! It‘s another 5⭐️ for me. It was perfect timing for a book I wanted to get lost in as I had a sick day so extra reading time. (Just a cold)
Think magical boarding school, mostly from the point of view of a professor who teaches high level demon summoning and dispatching. I felt like there was some influence from Terry Pratchett and a bit of Scholomance. Bi main character. Win!
Finished the tagged book as my first book for #auldlangspine - liked it but definitely a whole cast of unlikeable characters! Good choice @Librarybelle up is the Paris Express which I‘m looking forward to since I‘ve liked all her other books.
@monalyisha
pickI‘m glad this was on @rachelsbrittain ‘s #auldlangspine list, as I‘ve wanted to read something by Alyssa Cole for a while.
It‘s a pretty spicy romance with an interracial couple during the civil war. Both characters are spies for the north stationed in the south, and their attraction is complicated.
A low pick for me, but I‘m glad I read it.
(Also glad I was working alone today while listening- steamy!)
This was my January #bookspin 😁📚.
Picked up some books for #Auldlangspine and #ReadHarder (and just for fun) at the library. Pretty excited for all of these! Not sure how I'll decide what to dive into first... @monalyisha @Soubhiville
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