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JenlovesJT47
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teetering towers,
a treasure trove teeming with
tantalizing tales. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

CBee Amazing alliteration 👏🏻👏🏻💚💚 20h
TheBookHippie Love! 20h
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JamieArc When I was in Paris last year, there was an art installation that was exactly one of these stacks! It was so cool. I‘ll post it and tag you. 19h
lil1inblue 👏❤ 👏❤ 👏 ❤ 👏 17h
AnnCrystal Beautiful treasure troves 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🤩📚🐝💝...and we would all risk our lives to venture into such stacks 😂🤗📚💝. 17h
Ddzmini Love it 📚 13h
dabbe I love how your alliterative choices actually make me feel all the “teetering“ and “tottering“. Such a wordsmith, are you! (#yoda) ♥️🍁🧡 13h
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vivastory
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I was off from work all of last week & was able to read A LOT. Out of the 13 books finished during my PTO, these are my favorites (in no order):
*A. Cessre- Influencer
*J. Ketchum - Offspring
*R. Brautigan - In Watermelon Sugar
*W. Mosley - Long Fall

Ruthiella 13 books in one week ! 🤯 😂👏👏👏 1d
LeahBergen Nice!! 👍 1d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳👍🏼📚💫. 1d
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AmyG Wow! What a great week off. 1d
BarbaraBB Fab week! And beautiful illustration 1d
Liz_M IWS is such a weird, delightful read. 23h
sarahbarnes Lovely! I don‘t know any of these - off the read their summaries! 23h
KT1432 Doing a bunch of reading on PTO sounds like a dream!! Oh, and I have you to thank for In Watermelon Sugar lol. I listened to it on a road trip this weekend and it‘s my kind of carrying on. 🤣 Surreal and really strange but I loved it! Such a short book and somehow got me so invested lol. 23h
vivastory @KT1432 I'm glad you liked it! Perfect narrator for the wackiness of the story 16h
merelybookish Sounds lovely!! 13h
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oddandbookish
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This was a delightfully sweet and spicy Christmas novella!

I had read the author‘s previous book, Somewhere Along the Line, and enjoyed it, so I knew I was going to love this one.

I typically don‘t love novellas. They rarely hit for me. But this one was a huge hit. It was exactly what a novella should be. Short and focused, but still told a satisfying story.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/review-untangled/

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vivastory
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Apparently I have no sense of time, because I just googled how many days are left in the year & 😭 ☠️🤯
My question, just out of curiosity, is are there any specific books that you definitely want to finish before the end of the year...or is it just mood reading? I had a couple big doorstoppers planned for 2025, but I'm going to have to choose one of them as I'm such a mood reader.

Megabooks I planned to do a longer book or two but have barely managed to finish any over 500 pages. Idk what the holiday months have in store for me, but hopefully a lot of reading time!! 5d
AmyG Mood reading for me. I have a feeling I‘ll be busy…so hoping to get in a few more. 5d
lil1inblue There's a history chunkster that I've spent most of the year reading (with a few breaks) that I really don't want to carry into 2026. It's doable if I stop going down the rabbit holes it inspires. Other than that, December is going to be a palette cleanser month because October and November reading got heavy. 🫠 5d
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Chrissyreadit I have been obsessively reading books that let me escape from the world. 5d
vivastory @Megabooks I hope you get some extra reading time in & it's great to hear from you 📚📚 5d
vivastory @AmyG Hopefully you can find some reading time 📚📚 I feel like the post Halloween holidays are my version of groundhog's day: already? Again? Lolol I've only read 1 from my 10 before the end list & I'm going to count it a complete success if I read two more from that list before the end of the year 5d
vivastory @lil1inblue I completely understand about the chunkster... one of my favorites of the year is going to be a book that I dipped into throughout the year and just finished I think in September. I do prefer a bit of a low key ending to the year: love the mystery holiday events lol 5d
vivastory @Chrissyreadit I have read very little NF the past couple of years because of what a disaster things are right now.... people who dismiss readers who escape into novels don't realize how restorative & reenergizing they can be 5d
TheBookHippie December is total mood fluff read. I‘ve read 90 percent NF this year as opposed to 70/80 NF - and I need the break. I don‘t actually read much fluff so this means art, food, travel, design and maybe a holiday book. 🙃 Having a hard time comprehending next week is Thanksgiving. 5d
vivastory @TheBookHippie I know 😭😭 I'm off this week and the end of the month is my busiest time at work...so, I predict 3 very stressful days next week (again, groundhog's day syndrome is kicking in....How is a week of from tomorrow thanksgiving 🦃😭☠️) 5d
AnnCrystal Hoping to at least finish my two current reads: the sixth book in the Old Kingdom series and the third book in the Riley Thorn mysteries 🤞🏼☺️🤞🏼📚💫. 5d
KT1432 I wanted to finally read The Radium Girls via audio. The original audiobook sounds like an AI robot despite being recorded before AI became a thing lol. I recently saw a new narrator and thought “omg, they re-recorded it!” Downloaded the Libby copy and was pleasantly surprised it was only 7 hours. Well it turns out it‘s the young reader‘s version and the original is 16 hours. I‘ll have to read a physical copy but I doubt it will be this year. 5d
Chelsea.Poole I‘m with you..the year is quickly slipping away. I have been listening to the Book Riot podcast lately and they‘ve been discussing this very thing. I think I‘m going to attempt to cram in a few more 2025 releases that have made “best of” lists. And the ultimate goal is to finish the two I‘ve dipped in and out of all year: Priestdaddy and Olive Kitteridge. They‘re backlist so I keep prioritizing new titles. Oh and graphic novels for sure! 5d
Megabooks @vivastory thanks! I had an anaphylactic reaction earlier this month and was hospitalized for a bit, so it‘s been a rough month. 5d
TimEW Interest and mood for me. The only time line I‘m on is maybe another 20 years (unless I lose all my faculties before then). I have hundreds of books on my “to read” list, and for some reason the list keeps growing. 🙃🙏 5d
TimEW @TheBookHippie 👍Most of my reading is also NF. I do slid in a few fictional books during the year. 5d
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick In a perfect world, I'll read a book a day! In actuality, if I can finish 10-12 of those I need to finish the #192025 challenge, I'll be happy. I'm hoping vacation days & holiday time off gives me reading time & not headaches. 4d
Reggie I have Joe Hill‘s doorstopper from the library and the rest is mood. 2d
merelybookish I have a Flavia De Luce mystery lined up for December and plan to tackle a few from the TOB longlist. 13h
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JenlovesJT47
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don‘t neglect such an
important food group — reading
books is food for thought. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

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oddandbookish
The Princess Knight | Cait Jacobs
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Pickpick

This book was so much fun!

A medieval retelling of Legally Blonde was something I never knew I needed! I‘m a huge Legally Blonde fan but I never realized that it could be retold in such a unique way. As a retelling, it worked very well. The original characters were translated very well. Clía, the female lead, definitely gave Elle Woods vibes.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/review-the-princess-knight/

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JenlovesJT47
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her nose in a book,
she craved a quiet nook — to
get lost in its world. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

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JenlovesJT47
The Book Lover | Ali Smith
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feeling blue? here‘s what
you do: buy a book or two —
you‘ll feel brand new. 📚

Just a PSA to buy more books. 😉

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

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oddandbookish
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Pickpick

This was a cute witchy romance!

The premise is super fun. It‘s about two witches who fall in love during a spell casting reality show competition. The competition parts were very entertaining to read.

The romance aspect worked very well. The two leads, Penelope and Gil, made a great couple. I loved their dynamic and their chemistry.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/review-witch-you-would/

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JenlovesJT47
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she scarcely registers
the cold, warmed from the inside
out — lost in her book. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

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