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DebinHawaii
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Mehso-so

#Read2025 #MonthlyNonFiction

Read as my second #Roll100 December pick #73 Any Memoir/Biography & to fill a prompt in my Goodreads challenge. I wanted to like this book gor it to be funnier & more about actual cults. I just didn‘t get it or like it, especially the audiobook. I didn‘t know this comedian so I tried watching her special on Netflix & it didn‘t help me find her less annoying. I sped through the last third for the sake of the prompt.

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MaleficentBookDragon
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I've joined #Roll100 for 2026. I'm using this list to work down series that I need to continue or abandon, #AardvarkBookClub and #BOTM books that need to be read or passed on, and my #Netgalley backlog of books that need to be read and reviewed.

This is the year to get my TBR and physical books down to less overwhelming levels.

@PuddleJumper

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kelli7990
Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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I made this graphic this year so I could see visual progress of how I did reading #roll100 books. I didn‘t read everything on my list and I ended up changing out a few books on my list so I could read books for buddy reads I participate in. I‘m not going to be reading any more #roll100 books this year but I want to participate again next year.

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kelli7990
Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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I usually post this at the end of the month but I‘ve decided to go ahead and post how I did with reading my #roll100 picks. I did it. I read them. I just finished the Christmas devotional this morning on Christmas Day.

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Ruthiella
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These are my #Roll100 reads from the second half of 2025. 15 of the 26 are from my shelves. So many had been languishing for years. This challenge helps me get to those books I was so excited about and yet…

Many thanks to @PuddleJumper for organizing! 😊

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Nessavamusic
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I‘m giving myself freedom for January as it is a busy month for work. I am once again doing #roll100 this year, it has really helped me chip away at my physical TBR - thanks @PuddleJumper for starting it!
I will also continue #bookspin #doublespin and #bookspinbingo - thanks @TheAromaofBooks for organizing every year!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1d
PuddleJumper Yay! Happy to hear that now
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Ruthiella
The Rathbones | Janice Clark
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#weekendreads

It‘s the home stretch! These are the four books I “have” to read by the end of the year.

📕A Fatal Grace for #OhCanada and #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

📗The Rathbones for #10beforetheend + it‘s on my #Roll100 list

📘I am not Sidney Poitier for #10beforetheend

📙Six Wakes for the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

Suet624 Good luck! 3d
Ruthiella @Suet624 Thank you! 😊 3d
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squirrelbrain
Winter Fun | Rita Schlachter
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Hello, fellow #wintercamplitsy campers! We know you like to see some of the ‘nearly-made it‘ books when it comes to camp voting!

The above 9 books are in order of voting, with The Road to Tender Hearts being the closest to making our top 3.

Interestingly, The Antidote was in the top 3 for the first half of voting, but fell away later on, whereas Good Dirt did the opposite.

What do you think of these - any you‘ve read or plan to read anyway?

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CatLass007 I‘ve got The Road to Tender Hearts on hold at my library but the wait is several months. 6d
squirrelbrain I‘ve read 6 of these and will start The Garden (and probably the Vuong) today. I also hope to start The Road to Tender Hearts over Christmas. 6d
Ruthiella I‘m definitely going to read Flashlight at some point! 🤞I think I will put it on my #Roll100 list for 2026. 6d
mcctrish I bought myself The Road to Tender Heart when I was Christmas shopping (1 for them and 1 for me) and I have The Dream Hotel coming up on an audio hold from the library soon 6d
TrishB I‘ve read 4. Have 2 on the pile. Will await your review of The Garden to see if I‘m tempted and The Road to Tender Hearts doesn‘t look like it‘s for me! 6d
kspenmoll Thank you! I have only read Good Dirt but own a few others! 6d
kspenmoll @Ruthiella I have Flashlight! 6d
Prairiegirl_reading The Road to Tender Hearts is my favourite book of the year! As I‘m checking out top 10/favourite lists I‘m more interested in The Antidote, flashlight, and mothers and sons. And I voted for Dream Hotel which I think sounds interesting. 6d
AmyG I want to read Road to Tender Hearts and Sonia and Sunny. 6d
Leniverse I loved The Emperor of Gladness. Been meaning to read the Dream Hotel and Flashlight for months. The Antidote is on my "maybe" list, which means I probably won't get around to it unless it lands in my lap ? 6d
Suet624 Dream Hotel still haunts me. 6d
Kitta Dying to read the Emperor of Gladness. Huge fan of ocean Vuong. 6d
BarbaraJean I‘m definitely planning to read Flashlight and Sonia & Sunny… although I doubt I‘ll get to them right away! Road to Tender Hearts and Dream Hotel are also up there on the TBR. 6d
LeeRHarry The Garden intrigues me and I will be reading The Antidote for my irl bookclub next year. 😊 6d
squirrelbrain Good job it didn‘t get chosen, then! 😜 @CatLass007 6d
squirrelbrain I think you‘ll really like Flashlight! @Ruthiella @kspenmoll 6d
squirrelbrain The perfect way to do Christmas shopping! 😝 @mcctrish 6d
squirrelbrain @TrishB - I didn‘t think The Road to Tender Hearts would be for me either (too fluffy?!) but Holly @Hooked_on_books says it‘s not, so we‘ll see! 6d
squirrelbrain @Prairiegirl_reading - good to hear that about Tender Hearts. Dream Hotel is very good, but sinister and haunting, as @Suet624 says. 6d
squirrelbrain I really liked Sonia and Sunny @AmyG @barbarajean although it is a chunkster so probably a good thing it didn‘t make the top 3! (edited) 6d
squirrelbrain @Leniverse @leerharry - I think you‘d really appreciate The Antidote - there‘s a LOT to think about. (edited) 6d
squirrelbrain Yes, I‘m looking forward to Emperor too @Kitta - I have a signed indie bookshop special edition! 6d
TrishB I‘ll await your review on the sugar level 😉 6d
Hooked_on_books @TrishB I don‘t like saccharine books at all and despite the title suggesting it would be, it‘s not! I‘ve read all of Hartnett‘s books and she puts enough melancholy in them to balance the emotions well. I endorse it! (But of course you can still wait for Helen‘s review! 😉) 6d
Caroline2 I still want to read The Antidote and Dream hotel. Maybe some of the others too…? 6d
Kitta @squirrelbrain I have a signed copy too! 6d
willaful I voted for the Road to Tender Hearts. Not sure I'm interested in any of the others. 6d
BarbaraBB I am reading The Garden now and interested in Mothers and Sons, Sonia and Sunny and Flashlight. Personally I didn‘t like Dream Hotel and Emperor of Gladness much. 6d
BarbaraJean @squirrelbrain I hadn‘t realized how long it was until I looked it up for wintercamp voting… and the page count *almost* lost it my vote! You‘re absolutely right—it‘s all for the best it didn‘t win! 6d
TrishB @Hooked_on_books I loved Rabbit Cake, then didn‘t like Unlikely Animals so I I‘m a bit on the fence really. And it‘s really expensive here so I‘d have to be very convinced! 6d
Chelsea.Poole I‘ve read 4 of these and currently reading The Garden which I am very invested in, anxious to see how this all ends up! Also, I‘m likely going to give Mother and Sons a try as well as Tender Hearts and Good Dirt. 6d
Leniverse @squirrelbrain Well in that case... 🤔 Checked the library and they have two copies of the Antidote just sitting there, so I guess I will read it! 5d
Leniverse It seems I have Mothers and Sons marked as want to read on Goodreads, but I have no recollection of doing that. Even worse, I don't remember ever having read the blurb although I must have done so for the winter camp vote, if not before. Pre-xmas brain is not braining! 🤯😵‍💫 5d
squirrelbrain Yes, The Garden is very intriguing isn‘t it?! @Chelsea.Poole 5d
squirrelbrain That‘s what I like to hear @Leniverse - my book-enabling skills are still strong! 😜 5d
CarolynM Thank you for the lovely Christmas card, Helen. And I love your Christmas donation - what a great cause to support 💖💖💖 3d
squirrelbrain You‘re welcome! @CarolynM Thank you for your card too and have a lovely Christmas! 🎄 3d
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Ruthiella
Avenue of Mysteries | John Irving
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Mehso-so

My last #Roll100 book for 2025

I think Irving and I need to break up. After a passionate romance from about 1985-1999, we took a 20 yr hiatus and now things just aren‘t the same. This is the 2nd book published in the 21st century of his that I‘ve kinda hated. To be fair, we both have changed.

IMO this was a mess. Juan Diego is a writer in Iowa via Mexico. He remembers his past on a trip to the Philippines. Too scattered/unnecessary sex scenes.

PuddleJumper I don't even have my 2026 list yet! 7d
Amiable This was not a good one, I agree. “Queen Esther” was better, thank goodness. 7d
Ruthiella @PuddleJumper So far I have only transposed my unread 2025 books over to my 2026 spreadsheet. I‘ve still got prep work to do too! 😊 7d
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Ruthiella @Amiable I have Queen Esther on hold at the library. And The Cider House Rules connection makes it that much more tempting. He‘s trying to woo me back! 😂 7d
Amiable @Ruthiella If you haven‘t already read “Until I Find You,” you might want to avoid that one, too. 😬 7d
Ruthiella @Amiable I have not read it yet, so thanks for the heads up! 7d
Suet624 I‘m curious about Queen Esther. It sounds good. 7d
Ruthiella @Suet624 Crossing my fingers that it is. 🤞 7d
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KellyHamHer
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Yes, I am finishing my September #roll100 in December!! As usual I am late to the party but I give this book 4 thumbs up!! I fell in love with Evelyn and her “no sh*ts” given attitude. I loved the relationships that she developed over her lifetime and was surprised by the twist at the end. This is my first book by this offer. I believe there will be more in my future.

PuddleJumper Brilliant! 🎉🎉 7d
MemoirsForMe Loved this book too! 4d
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