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And here is April‘s #bookspinbingo board.

#bookspin is a title from my #readromancerepeat subscription box. I have a few on deck I haven‘t gotten to yet that I‘m very much looking forward to.

#doublespin is the next book in my Hollows series reread which will be Ever After.

Fitting picks as these are both things I‘d pick up for mood reading to treat myself, perfect for my birthday month!

Finished Girls before Earls today! Hazel is a delightful, bookish heroine trying to build a successful school for girls. Blade enrolls his niece, Kitty, who has lost her parents & is sent to live with her uncle. Hazel agrees to take Kitty in if Blade comes to visit here every fortnight. I loved how she has the girls best interests at heart. This is very steamy while also being a heartwarming book about love, support and finding family. 💖💖💖💖💖

Starting #swoonathon off with these two books from my January #readromancerepeat box. I devoured both of these over the last 4 days!

The Love Con is a fun contemporary friends to lovers story with a fake relationship. Kendra & Cameron have a ton of chemistry, along with a lot of respect and support for one another. The author handles the tension and challenges these characters face in an incredibly positive way I found refreshing. ⬇️

My February #bookspinbingo board is all set!

#bookspin is a book from my #readromancerepeat box which will probably be the tagged choice as I‘m most excited to read that one.

#doublespin is a Fantasy book from my shelves — I have lots to choose from so we‘ll see what speaks to me.

Spent the afternoon working on possible #NoShameReadathon22 titles, all subject to change

1/6: Romance
1. Contemporary: Plan to use the next contemporary romance from my prepaid #readromancerepeat subscription
2. Historical: Bringing Down the Duke OR the tagged book as I‘ll probably read both this year
3. Self-published: Her First Taste of Fire
4. Dark: Neon Gods; this is only title I don‘t already own
5. YA: From Twinkle with Love
#NSR22

This was a fun mashup of romance tropes. We have werewolves who are also cowboys, a male mc with a military past & a dark secret, unrequited love (Blaze), & friends to lovers (Dakota finally sees him as more than her best friend). And while that might seem like a lot of tropes for one book, it all works together here. My only complaint is that I was missing some world building & side character details, probably because it‘s book 5 in a series ⬇️

All cozied up in bed getting ready to start this December #doublespin book. I‘m pleasantly surprised to find a map inside! I love #mapsinbooks but rarely see them in romance novels.

#readromancerepeat

December #bookspin list.

Included some wintery books from my shelves, an Isabel Allende book on my shelf + a spot for one more for #authoramonth, & the books from my #readromancerepeat box.

Both old & new categories including “from a previous bookspin list” & “received in a swap” for a book I haven‘t read from a previous swap; ❄️ “winter/holiday book” for something seasonal.

Added a spot for a book I receive in the #wintersolsticeswap

The contents of my #readromancerepeat box from The Ripped Bodice. Both books sound like a lot of fun & the sloth socks are so cute! They say Slow Down on the bottom 😆🦥❤️

Donut Fall in Love is about a movie star who hires a professional baker to help prepare for his TV cooking show debut. The punny title is fun & I love baking shows.🍩😍

Wild Cowboy Wolf is a fresh spin on classic tropes combining 2 sub genres - cowboys & werewolves. 🤠❤️🐺

It's 💯 romance season for me! Not only do I start #RWA judging, but a partner gifted me the #readromancerepeat subscription box from The Ripped Bodice, an all-romance bookshop! ❤️❤️❤️