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KT1432
Victorian Psycho: A Novel | Virginia Feito
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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!

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PurpleyPumpkin
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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)

monalyisha Lots of echoes of orange and green here. Fun! 🍊💚 6h
TheBookHippie ♥️ 5h
willaful Charlie Brown tree! 5h
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PurpleyPumpkin @monalyisha Too funny! That‘s entirely coincidental but works out well. 🍊💚 5h
PurpleyPumpkin @TheBookHippie 👍🏽😉💜 5h
PurpleyPumpkin @willaful 🙌🏽😉 5h
BarbaraJean Hahaha... this is amazing. I went to the bookstore today to buy a copy of The Correspondent (for #WintercampLitsy), because it had been on my Christmas wish list but didn't end up under the tree. And I ALSO walked away with an additional couldn't-resist-it book (a gorgeous collection of Dickens' Christmas stories). 😁 Hope you enjoy BOTH books!! 4h
julesG @willaful right?! So cool. I want one too. 52m
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sebrittainclark
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote
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4.5/5

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.

CSeydel I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! I also found it incredibly compelling, more than I expected. I thought it would seem much more dated than it did, but the writing really is outstanding. 1h
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TheKidUpstairs
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Guess 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!

Cont'd 👇

TheKidUpstairs
And thank you, always, to @monalyisha for your always amazing literary matchmaking prowess.
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monalyisha I love that you loved this! It‘s the most “into” a series I‘ve been for a while! 6h
TheKidUpstairs @monalyisha have you read all of them? 6h
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monalyisha I have! I really loved the audio. Queen B didn‘t hit the same way for me but I suppose it was interesting in its own way. 6h
CBee @TheKidUpstairs I am seriously over the moon that you loved it so much. IMO it gets better (and it‘s a trilogy and yes, you‘ll immediately need book 3 😂). Love your review too - it‘s making me think about the books in new and different ways and I love that! 6h
CBee @monalyisha felt the same about Queen B. Still enjoyed that one but part of me just wants more and more HRMC. I wanted it to keep going! 6h
monalyisha I honestly think the first book was my favorite but I have that problem a lot. It‘s hard for a second book to compare when the first has that brand-new author/brand-new series glow. The novelty and thrill of discovery is a powerful high! 6h
TheKidUpstairs @monalyisha I know that feeling. It's rare that a second book holds up all the way to the first, it's so often more of a set up for the finale. But I'm totally sucked into this! 5h
TheKidUpstairs @CBee I've made sure the library has book 3, and without a huge wait list, so I'll be ready!!! 5h
CBee @TheKidUpstairs 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4h
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Laughterhp
Mate | Ali Hazelwood
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First 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!

monalyisha Exciting to see all these 5 star reviews! 🤩 5h
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🎉 2h
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Soubhiville
The Incandescent | Emily Tesh
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Wow, 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!

Soubhiville Also I love this cover! And hello from Venkman. 8h
Bookwormjillk Hope you‘re feeling better! 8h
monalyisha OOooo. I‘d sort of discounted this one (I brought it home a while ago and the first few pages didn‘t grab me) but maybe it‘s back on my list? 🙈 I thought the Scholomance books were very diverting! 8h
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slategreyskies Hope you feel better soon. Hi, Venkman! 😻 8h
AmyG Feel better! 8h
Leftcoastzen Oh feel better ! Cats make great nurses! 7h
Soubhiville @monalyisha it‘s somewhat of a slow start, and I wondered in the first few pages too. But then it clicked and I ended up loving it! 7h
rachelsbrittain Wow you're blazing through them! I'm so impressed. Glad this one was such a great read for you, too! I also highly recommend her sci-fi novel if you enjoy that genre as well. (I read it a few years back.) Hope you start to feel better! 6h
rachelsbrittain Also your kitty is precious. Those ears and eyes! And the little curled up paws 😍 5h
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Jerdencon
Greenwich | Kate Broad
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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

Librarybelle Yay!!! 8h
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sebrittainclark
Mickey7: A Novel | Edward Ashton
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CSeydel 🎉📚 10h
Soubhiville Yay! 9h
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Soubhiville
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I‘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 😁📚.

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 10h
Susanita Yes, the steaminess took me by surprise 🤭 8h
rachelsbrittain Yay! Glad you liked it! 5h
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rachelsbrittain
We Do Not Part | Han Kang
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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

Soubhiville Yay! Bury Our Bones was my favorite of 2025. 😁 11h
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