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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day3

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @jeg

MemoirsForMe So cool! 😍 17h

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BookishMarginalia

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What romantic story have you read recently?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

BookishMarginalia Well… I‘m going to say the In Death series — who doesn‘t love Eve and Roarke, Leonardo and Mavis, Peabody and McNabb…. 17h

TheBookHippie Ummmmmm 😅🫣🤷🏻‍♀️ not my genre. 17h

TheBookgeekFrau Not really a romance, but a damn good love story

Twice: A Novel

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Karisa Life with Picasso was written by his longtime lover, Francoise Gilot who was 40 years his junior and suffered his abuse. Also read the Epstein survivor‘s book and 1984… Maybe the opposite of romantic has been my reading theme this year 😂 17h

xicanti I just finished a book where the prince of Christmas and the prince of St Patrick‘s Day fell in love, and it was mostly a little tediously silly but then it got pretty good near the end. Enough so I‘ll probably read the next in the series, where I assume the princess of Easter falls in love with someone. 🤷‍♀️ 15h

Cupcake12 In November I read ‘All wrapped up‘ by Heidi Swan. It was based around a pumpkin festival so a perfect theme for the time of year. I loved the two main characters and would love it to be made into a movie. 14h

julesG @RaeLovesToRead shared the advent calendar prompt on WhatsApp last night. You should team up. 😉 Last finished romance was Christmas Fling. My current fantasy ARC has a romance subplot

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

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RaeLovesToRead I'm currently reading Get a Life, Chloe Brown, so probably that! Not really my genre though 😅 6h

PurpleyPumpkin I‘m not a huge romance fan, but I‘ve actually read a couple on this bookshelf! 2h

Deblovestoread I‘m currently listening to this one. Not my usual genre but funny and spicy.

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

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vivastory

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👆 has seriously been the energy of my books lately. My current read *might* be a bit over a 4 star, otherwise, the last 4 have been 5 stars:
*Robert Harris: Munich
*Nat Cassidy: When the Wolf Comes Home
*Lucy Rose: Lamb
“Samantha Downing: Too Old for This
I honestly don't recall the last time I had a streak of 5 star reads. Feel truly blessed 💙📚💙📚

Ruthiella That‘s awesome! Long may it last! 2d

vivastory @Ruthiella Thanks, friend! But it seems like a fluke 😭😭 Although I do have the next discworld book ready and it's one I've been very excited for -Mort💀 2d

Hooked_on_books I love it when that happens! 2d

AnneCecilie I find that good books usually comes after each other. You start with one and then the next few is also amazing. I don‘t really know why that happens 1d

AmyG Awesome! Usually happens to me at the end of the year. May it only continue! 1d

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BookishMarginalia

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What excellent book club book did you read this year?
🎄Do you follow a celebrity one?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

BookishMarginalia I used to read the #OprahBookClub picks once upon a time. Now I dabble in different picks as the mood strikes. My fave book club read this year is from my Monday book club:

Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being

RaeLovesToRead I've only just heard about the Audacious book club and now I am excited! 🥰 2d

lil1inblue @RaeLovesToRead Tell me more.... 🤓 2d

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RaeLovesToRead @lil1inblue It's Roxane Gay's book club! 2d

lil1inblue I read so many good books this year; it's hard to pick. But this is one that I wish I had read with a group, because it was soooo good:

Now in November

AmyG No clue what book that is. I used to read Oprah‘s, too. Now I find that I am wnjoying some of Jenna Bush‘s books. 2d

lil1inblue @RaeLovesToRead OMG, now I'm excited, too! *runs to google* 2d

dabbe What a fun game! I enjoyed finishing the #noplacelikeholmes buddy read where we read the whole canon. I also enjoyed finished the #shardlakebr where we read all the Matthew Shardlake books by C.J. Sansom. And I loved all the books we read this year with the #hashtagbrigade, led by the invincible @BarkingMadRead. 🩵☃️🩶 2d

TheBookHippie @RaeLovesToRead oh I‘m so in for this. 2d

TheBookHippie I have tried IRL Bookclub 😵‍💫🫣 they don‘t read the book and get together to bash their partners and I want no part of that. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 back in the day I would check out Oprah but it‘s been a long long long time. My favourite “bookclub” is my #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD and I think our November book was my favorite

Life with Picasso

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TheBookgeekFrau I read Flowers for Algernon for an IRL bookclub. Haven't followed a celebrity book club since the OG Oprah one. I have to say I kind of resent those book club seals on book covers; they interfere with the esthetic 😤 As for the trivia question yeah, no clue 😂 2d

Karisa @TheBookHippie That was my experience too! So awkward showing up as the only one that wanted to talk about the book. 🤓😂🤣 2d

Karisa I‘ve read so many great ones this year with Litsy people! Life with Picasso, 1984, Fearless, Woodworking, Wild Dark Shore, and The Death of the Author are some that first come to mind. Always a great discussion with the book groups on Litsy! 🥰💗🥰💗 2d

TheBookHippie @Karisa SOLIDARITY. 2d

lil1inblue @karisa @TheBookHippie I'm glad I'm not alone in my IRL book club experience. ? Not only do they not read or discuss the book, but it always ends up being a book I'm meh about reading. I much prefer litsy "clubs". ? 2d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue THAT TOO!! 2d

Karisa @lil1inblue 🎯 🥰 2d

WanderingBookaneer @TheBookHippie and @Karisa : I run a book club, Books on Tap, that meets at a local brewery. We don‘t have assigned books. People just share what they read during the past month. Some of us bring books to hand out after we‘ve read them. 2d

TheBookHippie @WanderingBookaneer I want to join. ♥️ 2d

Karisa @WanderingBookaneer That‘s the way to do it! 😊🥰 2d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick The tagged is probably the best of book club fiction that I read this year. I don't really follow many of the celebrity ones. If I happen to choose one they've selected, great, but I tend to like things a little weird and they're usually very standard books.

Migrations: A Novel

Cupcake12 I loved reading this book club read. I don‘t normally like historical reads but this captured my heart from the start. I dolly the Happy Place Book club by Fearne Cotton - a tv presenter, podcaster in the UK.

The Air Raid Book Club: A Novel

tpixie @WanderingBookaneer that‘s a cool 😎 sounding Bookclub!! 1d

tpixie I generally don‘t read celebrity book club books although I did just love Sarah Jessica Parker‘s imprint book I Am You that a few of my recent post about. My in real life Bookclub also doesn‘t stand focus or go as in depth because I would like to go with a Bookclub, but I‘ve continued because it‘s the only social thing I do each month. I get much more out of my #LitsyBuddyReads and @litsybookclub books. 1d

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BookishMarginalia

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

Cupcake12 These are just so cute x 2d

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PurpleyPumpkin

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I treated myself to this bookish Advent Calendar this year. The first 2 days have been interesting, more of a reflective look at the books I‘ve read this year than I was expecting. Fun so far! I think my TBR might expand quite a lot by Christmas. 🙃
(December 2, 2025)

BookishMarginalia Yey! Me too! #BibliophileAdventCalendar 2d

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2d

PurpleyPumpkin @BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie 🙌🏽💜🎄📚 2d

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MemoirsForMe What fun! 😍🙌🏻 2d

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe 💯🥰🎄 2d

MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin Hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday! Are you still loving retired life and catching up on all that reading?! 🎉🙌🏻 1d

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe November was a bit of a crazy month for me tbh. 😵‍💫 Not sure how I would have managed everything if I was still working!!! Looking forward to less busyness in December but with the holidays fast approaching, I‘m not sure that‘s possible. 😅 Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend too! 2h

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BookishMarginalia

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day1

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What was the best book you read this year?
🎄Why did you enjoy it so much?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie

TheBookHippie Honestly I don‘t pick a top read 🫣🤣 that being said having the daily read of this tagged book has been a balm and I have loved every minute

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees

BookishMarginalia Let me start: I have no idea what my favorite book is! #Truth! Usually it's the latest one? I guess if I had to pick I would pick one that has stayed with me because of book club:

Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being

BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie Kindred spirits! 3d

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TheBookHippie @BookishMarginalia ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3d

TheBookgeekFrau The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Everything about the story was just so unexpected and made for thrilling ride. 3d

xicanti THE SECOND CHANCE BOOK CLUB by Stephanie Butland. There was no distance between me and any of the characters. I lived their emotions right alongside them. (edited) 3d

Karisa Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor was so innovative and compelling a read. It has staying power. I keep recommending it! 3d

Karisa @BookishMarginalia 😊 I‘m often the same way! So many good books out there and I fall in love with many 3d

tpixie 2025 favorites are The Correspondent- I listened to the audio and the narrators were great and I just think the story was wonderful. My Friends- Bachman writes just the right mix of tragedy and humor and the human experience.

The Correspondent: A Novel

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AmyG My favorite was Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy. Many damaged characters and joy/sadness. My kind of book. (edited) 3d

tpixie @AmyG My sister told me to read this. It‘s high on my TBR! (edited) 3d

Cupcake12 Mine would have to be the first book in this series. Prior to that I didn‘t really read romantasy but now I‘m hooked!

Twin Crowns

Jeg Always home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent would be the stand out for me this year. 3d

dabbe I won't know until I complete my reading brackets at the end of December, but if I had to pick until now ... I'd say the tagged one was the only one that got 5 ⭐️'s from me this year.

Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story

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BookishMarginalia

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day1 So it begins! @WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3d

Karisa 💗

Death of the Author: A Novel

tpixie @Karisa great to hear! That‘s our @litsybookclub book for December! 3d

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AmyG I answered this in the other post! @tpixie I second the choice…wonderful book with lots to discuss. 3d

tpixie @AmyG more great news! 🗞️ 3d

CSeydel So good to see you back on Litsy! Where did you get this advent calendar? It‘s so cool! 2d

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BookishMarginalia

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

A surprise gift from @WanderingBookaneer — looking forward to reading a tiny little book from December 1-24 #adventcalendar #ChronicleBooks #notthetaggedbook

Cupcake12 This looks fab! 1w

Karisa 😍 1w

BookishMarginalia @Cupcake12 @karisa It‘s so pretty! 1w

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AmyG Oooo how lovely! Please show us what you get. 1w

BookishMarginalia @AmyG Definitely! 1w

TheBookHippie Ooo it‘s pretty!!! 7d

Erinreadsthebooks Can we please live vicariously through and see what you get each day? 7d

BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie Yes! 7d

BookishMarginalia @Erinreadsthebooks Will do! 7d

Bookperson96 Have my eyes set on this advent calendar too for quite a while. 👀🥰 For the days leading up to christmas there is not enough time to purchase anymore but as a christmas present… 💭🤔 We‘ll see… Have a marvelous time with this! 🙂👍🏻 Have to agree with the other Littens. Would be cool to see what each day holds! Even though I am not sure if I wanna know (yet). 😜 6d

BookishMarginalia @Bookperson96 🫶🏼 6d

tpixie @BookishMarginalia this is heaven for #Littens !!! 🎄🎄🎄 6d

Bookperson96 That might be true! @tpixie 👀 4d

tpixie @Bookperson96 🩷🩷🩷 4d

PurpleyPumpkin I treated myself to this advent calendar this year! Looking forward to sharing the daily bookish joy with you. ☺️ 2d

BookishMarginalia @PurpleyPumpkin 💜💜💜 2d

Caryl I was just gifted this beautiful advent calendar, too! Perfect for bibliophiles!📚😍💖 2h

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vivastory

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