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Introduction

A special book giveaway

Mystery guest

Week in Review

The Thorn Puller by Hiromi Itō, Jeffrey Angles (Translator)

Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

The Pornographer by John McGahern

Hangman by Maya Binyam

A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau

Such a fun read! Abby Jimenez is quickly becoming one of my favorite rom-com authors. This one even surprisingly had me tears. 5 ⭐️

Thank you to my #AuldLangSpine #ALSpine partner, @Erinreadsthebooks for recommending this one. It‘s been on my TBR for a while and this motivated me to move it to the top of the list.
#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2025

I spent the last 4 months of my life training for one of the biggest things I‘ve ever done. On Sunday, I completed Philadelphia Marathon - my first. 2 years ago I was very unhealthy and couldn‘t even run around the corner and I decided to make a change. The thing that helped me through training, was reading. Those miserable tread runs were accompanied by my kindle. And it got me to the finish line. You can do both. Oh - and I LOVED this book ❤️

This was a really good book. It was heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is my first Abby Jimenez book and I‘m so excited to start it.

I enjoyed this intimate look at the “peak of the storm“ of a couple's marriage set within the backdrop of an actual winter storm. It definitely has the atmosphere of time stopping a chance to pause and reflect, which they do with multiple flashbacks. I didnt mind the shifting in POV especially because the narrators changed for the audio. I liked and understood most of the subplots but maybe not Tripp's?

Okay, I liked this book overall. I liked the chopping and changing between Jess and Mal, and how it biased whom I had empathy or sympathy with. But the subplots were odd. I'm not sure they were really necessary?
Good ending too.

I missed a full Bingo by about 75 pages. 😬 There's always this month!