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Miss Carter and the Ifrit | Susan Alice Kerby
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Mehso-so

This book had all the ingredients that I should enjoy, but somehow they just didn't work here. Miss Carter is a middle-aged woman, never married, who lives by herself in a small flat in London and works for the censor's office during WWII. Through a series of events, she finds herself in possession of an ifrit (i.e. genie). Part of the reason this book didn't quite work for me was that the ifrit's magic never really made sense to me. Apparently ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) he can't actually make things, just conjure them from other places? But he has to actually go in person and fetch them? Or something? And he physically flies to these places and consequently can be shot down by bullets? Or something? I was very distracted by the lack of sensible magic (you know what I mean haha) There is also a strange romance (ish) that I guess is supposed to be an acceptance of practicalities, but instead I just felt ⬇ 3d
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) bad that Miss Carter was giving up her peacefully independent life to go live with someone who more or less takes her for granted/doesn't seem to appreciate her. It was a strange vibe.

All in all, it was okay for a one-time read, but it's not a book I'm planning to keep. Right ingredients, wrong mixture.

But look at all those #ISpy prompts! 😂 - Cleaning Utensil, Cursive Font, Cat, Title/Author in Different Font, Book, Circle
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DieAReader Great!! 3d
Librarybelle Yay!!! 3d
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OrangeMooseReads
Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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My bingo/I spy card so far.
#ispy

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mom2bugnbee
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I realized today that I never shared my April #ISpy board. Much better than last month! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Great progress!! 2w
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Read4life
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I got 2 bingos on my April #ISpyBingo board.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking great!! 3w
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Deblovestoread
Untitled | Unknown
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#AprilChallengeUpdate

Read #Bookspin & #DoubleSpin

Read 1 #ReadYourEBook

#WickedWords:

The Briar Club: Gambling
King A Life: Singer, Massachusetts
Wild Dark Shore: Fish
The Martha‘s Vineyard Beach and Book Club: Portuguese

#ISpy

April: 5 remaining
March: 4 remaining
February: 2 remaining
January: complete

@TheAromaofBooks @CBee @AsYouWish

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!! 3w
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Lauredhel
The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel | Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier
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Another month down in #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

The Cartoonists Club was a fun read, part story of the formation of a new school club, part instructional book on making comics and zines, part Ms Frizzle style encouragement to budding artists and writers to “take chances! make mistakes! get messy!“

I love the librarian who facilitates the group meetings, she's great.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looking great!! 3w
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ElizaMarie
Spyworld | Mike Frost
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#ISpy for April :)
@TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Looking great!!!! 3w
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LitsyEvents
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for reposting!! 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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And, in an astonishingly timely manner, here is May's #ISpyBingo board!! As always, items can be found on the front/back cover, spine, or as a word in the title (i.e. if the word “Lake“ is in the title, that counts). If you'd like to see all the 2025 boards, they're here - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) All of the 2025 prompts can also be found as a challenge on Storygraph - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

I'm tagging those who have asked to be tagged, but anyone is welcome to play along. Let me know if you want added or removed from the tag list!!
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LiseWorks Oh yay! 1mo
BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 1mo
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Read4life
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I got four bingos last month on my #ISpyBingo board.

Ruthiella Nice! 👍 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic progress!! 2mo
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