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Around the end of the Second World War, an octogenarian beekeeper is drawn into a case of murder and a missing African Grey parrot.

This was the first Chabon I ever read. On reread, it continues to be a lovely piece of pastiche, with a disconcerting peephole to our capacity for evil.

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Telegraph Avenue | Michael Chabon
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My first #bookspin! I'm excited. Odds were high I would get at least one Chabon, but I'm still pleased because #lovesmesomechabon.

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Spinach Days | Robert Phillips
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is THIRTEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is SEVEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone's lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card!!!

Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read!! I know I'm rambly so sorry!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks 1 - Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! If you can't remember exactly how this challenge works, please check out my master post here https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 or just ask!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 2 - I am planning to have a giveaway at the end of the year. Entries are reviews of #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books, but I will only know about them if you tag me, so please tag me whenever you read & review your book for the month. DNFs count! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to finish it, it's still off the list, so tag me & tell me why you bailed. ⬇ 4y
TheAromaofBooks 3 - I am tagging everyone who posted a list THIS MONTH (my tag list changes every month!!), so if you posted a list & you do not get tagged here, please let me know! It means I either accidentally missed your original #BookSpin post OR I wrote down your username wrong. Either way, I'm really sorry. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge, so if I missed you it was entirely by mistake - just let me know!! ⬇ 4y
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TheAromaofBooks 4 - If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2021!! Whenever you review it, just tag me as usual be sure to let me know which month it is for - there is a maximum of 2 entries per month, so if you don't let me know it's for a different month, it may not count. ⬇ 4y
TheAromaofBooks 5 & final - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. I know we have a lot of new participants!!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Okay, so all my comments worked GREAT except now that I am trying to copy my tag list over, it isn't working!!!!!! I'm going to go ahead & post the Bingo board & try again with the tags here shortly!! 4y
Elizabeth2 Yay!! I‘m excited for April! 4y
EadieB Thanks! Looking forward to making up my bingo card for April! 4y
jb72 Wait! When did it become April?!?!? I forgot to make my list! I‘ll blame it on the surgery I had last week. I‘m off to make my list. Thanks for reminding me. 4y
Roary47 It‘s time for Beautiful Darkness and Calendar Girl- July. Both on my TBR all year. Great picks thank you. 😍 4y
TheSpineView My books are The Heartwood Crown and The Age of Heroes. Ready set go..... 💙📖💙📚📚📚📚📚 4y
Gissy Not stress at all. In the contrary, it I really appreciate your enthusiasm and time spend in the coordination of this activity. It really has helped me to look in all those buried books, forgotten in my tbr. It is so fun to look which books will be chosen for next month. I also enjoy my creative time my decorating the bingo card😍Love it, so thank you!!🥰📚📚📚❤️❤️❤️

#BookSpin -The Satapur Moonstone
#DoubleSpin -The Green Mile
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OriginalCyn620 Yay! My bookspin is 4y
OriginalCyn620 And I‘m so excited because my double spin is 4y
imyril Hooray! 13 - lucky for some! Rebellion (Mikhaeyla Kopevsky) gets me all caught up on a long overdue ARC just in time for the final book coming out, whew! 4y
JamieArc I‘m excited about these numbers! 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick My Plain Jane & The Future Home of the Living God. I've been meaning to read MPJ for a long time and it's perfect for #YApril. TFHOTLG will satisfy a #pop21 prompt. Both are on my physical shelves, too. Woohoo!! 4y
BarkingMadRead Atomic Habits and I‘d Rather Be Reading 4y
MaleficentBookDragon That is so funny. Last night I had swapped out my number 7. And 13 is one I‘ve been really looking forward to reading. So, yay!😄 4y
Lcsmcat Thanks for organizing this! My #bookspin this month is 4y
emilyhaldi Hmmmmm my #13 is DEATH in Her Hands and #7 is DEATH in the Air ☠️ 4y
Lesanne Yay, Clanlands and Cutting for Stone! 😃 4y
Librarybelle Yay! Waking the Witch and Yesterday‘s News for me! 4y
TheAromaofBooks @emilyhaldi - haha a potentially troubling trend 😂 4y
ravenlee Memorial Drive and The Train to Impossible Places for me! 4y
MittenGirlPeach Whispers of War and Cold is the Grave! Excellent numbers! 4y
Kangaj1 Project Hail Mary (already started!) and The Girl with Seven Names 4y
bookandbedandtea Yay! Can't wait to get started! 4y
Carolyn11215 Just One Damned Thing After Another and Hunger for me! 4y
Kristin_Reads Oh I love these numbers! Mine are Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and the next book in the Ladies No 1 Detective series! I seriously look forward to the 2nd each month now! Thank you! (edited) 4y
CaitZ Mine our How the Penguins Saved Veronica and Valcour. Valcour is an ARC I'd like to finish before it's published next Tuesday. 4y
staci.reads I'm in! Using same list, just replaced last month's bs. This month is Underground Airlines (bs) and Witches of New York (ds)! Hope I have time to get to both! 4y
jimfields3 I‘m excited to join so many Littens in this fun challenge! My books are Lincoln by D. H. Donald and Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker. 4y
keys_on_fire Wow!! I have heard that what you put out into the world will happen, but I never really believed it. I posted that I hoped my #13 book would be picked and it was! 😝 4y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks Yay! I am so excited for #bookspin and #doublespin!!! My #13 is 4y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks And my #7 which I have been DYING to get off my TBR. I need to prepare myself. Haha. (edited) 4y
AmyG Yay! Thank you. My book is 4y
Eggs Thanks Sarah❤️ 4y
Deblovestoread Bookspin is Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All our #YABuddyRead. Doublespin is Some Places More than Others our #MGBuddyRead. Serendipity! 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm YES!!! The best day of every month!!! ❤️ 4y
marleed Oh fun, both of my books have been sitting unread on my bookshelves for a long time! BS=Chasing Harry Winston. DS=Calico Joe. 4y
NikkiM5 Yay my Bookspin: How Long Til Black Future Month? Doublespin: Memory Police. (edited) 4y
robinb Thanks Sarah! BookSpin = The Bookshop on the Corner; DoubleSpin = Like A Fly on the Wall. 4y
bibliobliss 🎉🎉 4y
claudiuo This is what I wait for every 2nd of every month! I just finished the book in #13 on my list a couple days ago so I replaced it with a library read. I'll pick something soon. The #DoubleSpin is a book I bought and wanted to read for a while now: R L'S Dream by Walter Mosley! Thank you so much! 4y
MatchlessMarie 13 and 7? This month must be doubly lucky!! Mine are Speak and Neurotribes which is great for Autism Acceptance month 🎉 4y
Ash.on.the.line Muse of Nightmares is BS and Reaper at the Gates is DS so it‘s a fun fantasy month for me! 4y
dainarmb Beartown and Room! I'm going to finish my March bookspin book first, and then will def get into these two heavier reads. 💪🏽 4y
Clare-Dragonfly Woohoo! I‘m excited to get to 4y
Clare-Dragonfly And I‘m about 80% of the way through my double spin so I might actually read it for the first time! 4y
Clare-Dragonfly @keys_on_fire Ahh, that‘s so cool!! 4y
Tera66 I'm rearranging my whole reading life to join next month! Thanks for doing this! 4y
Bookzombie My 13 is a #Booked2021 book and 7 is any physical book. 4y
Crazeedi Yay!! 4y
CSeydel Yay! Bookspin: 4y
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April will be my first #bookspin. I‘ll be coming into finals this month, so I‘m keeping it to the one book for now.

The list is a mix of unreads and rereads and, yes, fully 25% of it is Michael Chabon. #lovesmesomechabon

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Glad to have you along!! And although you are planning to read only one book, you are welcome to choose between the #BookSpin and the #DoubleSpin numbers if you want!! 4y
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