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TheAromaofBooks
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Cannot BELIEVE I am working on a reading journal for ***2025*** That's not a real date!!!! @PuddleJumper is responsible for most of my challenges this year, although @lauredhel is also doing some work 😂 This year: #ISpyBingo #100YearsofBooks (and finishing @Librarybelle 's #192025 ), #Pantone2025 #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll and #BookChain

Not pictured - #ReadtheUSA #WickedWords @AsYouWish #FourFoursin25 @lauredhel #FictionalTraveler @julieclair

BookishMadHatter I've started on my 2025 book journal too, but I'm scaling it back a little this year. I find I have to use a bunder because if I run out of space and need to split a section in a bound journal my poor brain has a meltdown and I end up having to start all over. 2d
TheAromaofBooks @BookishMadHatter - I feel that!! For the last couple of years I've used a quad-lined composition book. Because it's sewn, I can add lots of washi tape and other pieces of paper taped in and it just gets fatter without falling apart 😂 All my ongoing, year-long challenges are in the front. Then I skip to the second half of the notebook and create my monthly #BookSpinBingo lists as I go along, plus any short-term readathons or challenges. 2d
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PuddleJumper I like organizing things! Looks amazing 2d
BarkingMadRead So honored to be on the list 🤣🤣🤣 2d
Librarybelle This looks so amazing! Good luck on all of your challenges and buddy reads! 2d
julieclair This looks great! 👍😃 2d
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TheAromaofBooks
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Definitely the best Nancy Drew we've had in a minute. This one had more of the regular level of ridiculousness 😂 Favorite parts included the police acting very clever because they determined that two masked men who attempted to break into the house at the same time were working together; the girls acting like sitting behind empty picture frames was a brilliant hiding spot; literally everyone not only knowing how to sail but being really great ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) at it; and Nancy's magical disguise-wig that seemed to stay on no matter what! This one reminded me of why I enjoyed these books so much when I was growing up - there were also some scary moments and the chapter cliffhangers always have me wanting to read more.

As always, thanks for hosting @Librarybelle !!!
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Librarybelle This was a good one! 5d
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BookmarkTavern Nicely done! 5d
TheSpineView Well done!🤩📖📚 5d
dabbe Excellent review! #nailedit 💚❣️💚 5d
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 5d
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LitsyEvents
The Chainmakers | Helen Spring
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repost for @TheAromaofBooks:

We all know I have a reading challenge problem 😂 Here's the StoryGraph link to the 2025 #BooKChain prompts if anyone is interested. I have a random paragraph of people in my Tagging Document that says BookChain, so I don't know when I put you all on the list, but I'm tagging you anyway 😆

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/596e8385-7086-478f-9f02-0378f52...

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for the repost!!! 2w
lil1inblue @TheAromaofBooks What a great challenge! 😍 2w
BarbaraBB Such a fun challenge! I joined on Storygraph. Thanks for organizing @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 2w
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TheAromaofBooks
Link by Link: An Anthology of Haunted Holidays | Candace Robinson, Lauren Emily Whalen, Elle Beaumont
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We all know I have a reading challenge problem 😂 Here's the StoryGraph link to the 2025 #BooKChain prompts if anyone is interested. I have a random paragraph of people in my Tagging Document that says BookChain, so I don't know when I put you all on the list, but I'm tagging you anyway 😆

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/596e8385-7086-478f-9f02-0378f52...

TheAromaofBooks PS I also have a Word Document of these prompts, so if anyone wants a printable version, let me know!! 2w
peanutnine Nice! Loved this challenge 2w
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Deblovestoread Yay! And yes please to the printable version 2w
PuddleJumper 🙌🙌 2w
Librarybelle Great! I stopped tracking for this year for some reason, but I‘m going to try it again! 2w
Kristy_K Excited to get started! 2w
Laughterhp Oh, I‘d be interested in doing this in 2025! 2w
thebacklistbook Signed up 2w
Nelnjali Oh, this is fun :) 2w
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks you can go ahead and include me on your tag list, I'm back for 2025! 2w
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks also yes please on the document. lauredhelhoyden at gmail dot com 2w
TheAromaofBooks @Lauredhel - I emailed it to you!! 2w
TheAromaofBooks @Deblovestoread - I just need your email address or you can email me at itsthegoodlife15 at gmail and I will send it your way!! 2w
Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks That would help 🤦🏻‍♀️ kdgordon88 @ gmail . Thanks Sarah! 2w
RainyDayReading Yes! I fell off this year but excited to give it another try this year! 1w
Read4life I completed this year‘s challenge and would like to be tagged for 2025. ☺️ Can you please send me the printable version, too? faas2202 at gmail Thank you!! 1w
claudiuo Thanks for doing this challenge again next year! I just signed up. This year I didn't do too well, I got stuck back in September in a bonus prompt and had no way to get it done. I'll do better next year, though 😃 4d
Zuhkeeyah Ooo this sounds like a fun challenge. Please add me to the tag list. May I please have the printable version as well? zkelley3829 @ gmail. Thank you! 2d
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TheAromaofBooks
Silver in the Bone | Alexandra Bracken
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First off, how gorgeous is this OwlCrate edition?? I LOVE hardcovers with pretty (not-jacket) covers. I ended up enjoying this one more than I anticipated. The pacing was a little off for me, and the MC was a little too prickly for too long, but on the whole it was an engaging story with some twists I wasn't expecting, and I'm looking forward to picking up the sequel.

This was one of my #CasttheDie picks @PuddleJumper !!

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The Haunting | Natasha Preston
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#HauntedShelf #BookChain #BlackCatCrew

Chaining tagged book to All Hallows bc both are set during Halloween

11 pts @BookwormAHN 🐈‍⬛

BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 3mo
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Gissy
The Midnight Club | Christopher Pike
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Pogue I read all of his books when I was a kid. (edited) 3mo
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willaful
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My final #BookChain!

60. New Book's title has fewer words than Last Book. 3 words: Scorpio Summer=2


61. New Book's cover has something similar to Last Book's cover. Accomplished: Building on both.


62. New Book was published the same decade as Last Book. 2022. Slow Dance: 2024


63. A name of New Book's main character starts with the same letter as a name of Last Book's main character. S/B/C The Art of Catching Feelings: Cary/Chris.

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic!!!! I'm still stranded about 2/3 through 😂 3mo
willaful @TheAromaofBooks Oh dear! Should I send out a search party? 😂 3mo
TheAromaofBooks I'll send up some flares if I'm still there in late November 😂 3mo
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willaful
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52. The title of New Book is the same color as the title of Last Book. black: The Amazing Alpha Tau Romeo and Juliet Project


53. One of New Book's author's names starts with the same letter as one of Last Book's author's names. L H or S : The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

53. New Book is set in a different country than Last Book. America: Homebody (England)

54. New Book is the same genre as Last Book. graphica memoir: But You Have Friends

willaful 55. New Book's page count is within 20 pages of Last Book's. 116pp: In Which Margo Hallifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation, 120 pp


56. New Book is at least five years newer than Last Book. (If Last Book was published within the last five years, New Book should be a 2024 release.) 2024: Transparent is a Color 2024


57. New Book has a higher GoodReads rating than Last Book. 4.14: We Are Big Time 4.42
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willaful 58. If Last Book's title started with a vowel, New Book's title should start with a consonant, or vice versa. Constanant: Every Wise Man


59. New Book is from a different source than Last Book. Open library: Very Fine People, own
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PuddleJumper You've gotten so far! That's awesome! 4mo
willaful @PuddleJumper only 4 more! #BookChain (edited) 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking fabulous!!! 4mo
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TheAromaofBooks
The Black Fawn | Jim Kjelgaard
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This isn't my favorite of Kjelgaard's book, but it's still an enjoyable read. 12-year-old Bud is “farmed out“ from the orphanage to an older couple on a farm. But it turns out that they're just lonely now that all their kids have moved on and while they do need help around the farm, they're mostly just wanting to help a kid who needs it. Bud is wary at first, but gradually comes to love the couple and their home. His first week there, he comes ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) across a newborn fawn and believes that his life/fate/luck is connected to the life/fate/luck of the young buck. The story covers several years, and Bud always seems to see the black buck at important moments in his life. This is Kjelgaard, so there's also a lot about the importance of responsible hunting and land/game management, since that's kind of his soapbox, but it's presented well as always. I really loved the older couple in ⬇ 5mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) this one. They are so kind and sincere in their desire to do good where they can. This is a bit more introspective than some of Kjelgaard's other books, and was published only about a year before he tragically committed suicide. It's not a sad book, but there is a bit of bittersweetness to the story.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper
#GottaCatchEmAll - Set in the Countryside @PuddleJumper
#BookChain
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo
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PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5mo
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