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TheAromaofBooks
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Pickpick

I had mixed feelings about this one. It was super engaging and I could hardly put it down while I was reading it. But the whole explanation/plot twist at the end just didn't really work for me. I don't know what I wanted, but it wasn't what I got 😂 A soft pick. I liked it, but don't see myself rereading it later.

TheAromaofBooks PS The most unbelievable part was that they got a truck running right away that had been sitting for ~3 years. At a minimum, the battery would have been dead. Probably the tires would have also been flat. And it was sitting in the woods! So many critters would have nested in it and chewed wires. Just. Seriously people. 😅 1d
PuddleJumper Wahoo! 21h
DieAReader Excellent!! 19h
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Going Zero | ANTHONY. MCCARTEN
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Mehso-so

This one was okay. The pacing was choppy/slow, and a lot of the character motivations just didn't work for me. I also get annoyed whenever I hear the “if you don't want the government tracking/checking your every move you're obviously a criminal“ argument: it's simply not true. It was a fun concept, but the execution just didn't quite work for me.

julieclair It‘s #offtheshelf ! 👍 3w
DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 3w
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The Alley | Eleanor Estes
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Pickpick

I have a lot memories of Dad reading this one out loud to us when we were growing up, but I don't think I had read it since! It's a pretty adorable story about a group of kids who live in a little cul de sac alley neighborhood. The main story is that there is a robbery, but there are a lot of little side stories and it's all such good fun.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA - New York
#ISpyBingo (Bare Feet; “Author of“) #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks PS Second book about an alley I've read in the last few weeks; both stories from my childhood. My love of alleys may have been more influenced from outside sources than I realized 😂 4mo
PuddleJumper That's lovely 4mo
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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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Pickpick

Finally got to my November #TravelingThrills book 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It's not super fast-paced - definitely more suspense than thriller - but I liked the MC so much that I didn't mind. The back and forth between past and present chapters felt balanced and even though there were some aspects of the grand reveal that left me scratching my head a bit (a side character's motivations/methods seemed like a bit of stretch), I'll still be ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) checking to see what else this author has written.

Great pick @bookandbedandtea !! @Jerdencon

#ReadtheUSA - Idaho
#WickedWords - Bicycle @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 - Garden Green @lauredhel
#GottaCatchEmAll - Survivor @PuddleJumper
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo
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Bookwormjillk Love that cover! 4mo
bookandbedandtea I'm glad you liked it! I've been meaning to read this one of hers 4mo
sherrisilvera I really liked These Silent Woods. This is on my tbr so I'm glad to hear you liked it! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks @bookandbedandtea @sherrisilvera - A lot of GR reviews seem to think that this book wasn't as good as These Silent Woods. The premise of that one sounds really intriguing so it's now on my TBR!! 4mo
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To Die for | Linda Howard
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Mehso-so

At first, I enjoyed Blair's sassy attitude, but after a while the flirting aka bickering between the two MCs began to get on my nerves. It could be because my husband and I are both super chill so I've never understood the “arguing as foreplay“ concept lol The mystery aspect didn't make a lot of sense either, which meant the entire plot began to drag around 2/3 through. It was an okay read, but one of those that I enjoyed less as I went along.

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 4mo
willaful Nothing will put me husband in a less romantic mood than arguing. I will never experience angry sex. 😂 4mo
TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Literally he would be like “stop“ and she would be “make me“. Every time he would tell her to do something (because he's a cop and SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL HER) she would just do the opposite and he would find it soooo sexy 🙄 After a while all the power-wrestling began to wear on me because that is just not how things roll around here 😂 Like you, if we're having a bicker, I do NOT expect it to be followed up with sexy times 😆 4mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Mehso-so

This one just wasn't for me. I've enjoyed some of Thompson's other writing - he can be brilliantly insightful and cutting, with an ability to call out hypocrisy and hold a mirror right up to your own face - but I struggled with this one, mostly just him and his attorney being out of their minds on drugs. Actually, it was great anti-drug propaganda 😂 I just kept thinking - do people do this for FUN?!😆 Anyway, it was worth the one-off read for me⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) but I'll try a different book of Thompson's rather than pick this one up again.

This was my #MonthlyNonfiction read, and my 001-099 pick @julieclair

#100YearsofBooks
#GottaCatchEmAll - Yellow Cover (Emolga) @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA - Nevada
#BookSpinBingo
#Read2025 (8/100 TBR books) @DieAReader
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PuddleJumper 💛💛 4mo
DieAReader 💖💖💖 4mo
AnishaInkspill you you sum this up well, I read this last year, and it was a mad read 4mo
julieclair This sounds 100% unappealing to me! 😂😂 Great review! 4mo
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The Burning: A Novel | Linda Castillo
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Pickpick

It's always a pleasure to return to Kate Burkholder's world, and while the 16th installment had some plot twists that stretched believability a bit, it was still enjoyable. Love the characters in this series. Kate is gritty and tough without being obnoxious (actually, she kind of reminds me of Eve Dallas of the In Death series) and Castillo always writes the Amish as real people. It's also always fun to read books set in Ohio and actually know ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the places referenced!!

#WickedWords - Hospital @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 - Carmellian #FourFoursin25 - Bottle Throttle @lauredhel
#GottaCatchEmAll - Borrowed Book @PuddleJumper
#ISpyBingo - “A Novel“
#ReadtheUSA - Ohio
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo
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PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 4mo
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River's End | Nora Roberts
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The husband & I have been off this week, and instead of going to FL as originally planned, we've hunkered down and had the most relaxing, chill week ever - and three days left to go!! I've been reading up a storm and have completed 6 books so far this year. None of them were mind-blowing, but since it's the beginning of the year, they check off so many challenge prompts 😂 So here's the skinny (sorry for the hosts getting tagged multiple times!):

TheAromaofBooks Sweet Tea B&B: #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll – Book You Own @PuddleJumper
#Pantone2025 – Limpet Shell @lauredhel
#ReadtheUSA – Georgia

Manhunt: #FictionalTraveler @julieclair
#Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll – Fluffy Book @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA – Alaska

The Story of Doctor Dolittle: #DolittleDiscussion @Roary
#192025 – 1920!! @Librarybelle
#WickedWords – Survivors @AsYouWish
#GottaCatchEmAll – Character in the Medical Field @PuddleJumper
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TheAromaofBooks Bluegrass Champion: #GottaCatchEmAll – Playful Character @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA – Kentucky
#Pantone2025 – Yellow Jumper #FourFoursin25 – Random Fandom @lauredhel

All these books also went towards my goal for #JumpStart2025 to average 250/pgs a day (I'm actually way ahead!!!) @Lizpixie

And four of them count towards my #Read2025 goal of reading 100 books from my TBR @DieAReader

As well as my own challenges of #BookSpinBingo & #ISpyBingo
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Librarybelle Yay!! I love when books fit multiple challenges! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - January read is SO satisfying 😂 5mo
DieAReader 🎉🤓Wonderful! Such an excellent start to the year. Self care is so important😮‍💨🥰 So happy that you & hubby are having some r & r!🫂💖 5mo
julieclair What a great start to the new year! And I agree, checking off all those prompts is sooooo satisfying! 5mo
Lizpixie Brilliant start to the year lovely!👏👏👏 5mo
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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. 5mo
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. 5mo
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PuddleJumper I like organizing things! Looks amazing 5mo
BarkingMadRead So honored to be on the list 🤣🤣🤣 5mo
Librarybelle This looks so amazing! Good luck on all of your challenges and buddy reads! 5mo
julieclair This looks great! 👍😃 5mo
Gissy Amazing🤩👌 Well I can say I also started to organize my reading goals…🤔I chose which journal and reading Planner I‘m going to use😜it is a start😂😂😂 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @Gissy - It's all about finding a system that works for you!!! I loooooove tracking things 😂 So I use a spreadsheet plus my notebook!!! I also get these really inexpensive book logs from Amazon that I love because it means every book I read ends up with a reference number. I started using them several years ago and I'm almost done with my 14th volume!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695365623 5mo
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