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I‘m not sure where I picked up this Christopher Pike book. I enjoyed Pike as a teen but after about 50 pages, I‘m bailing to move on to other reads. This was my #Bookspin for January.

Bookzombie My decorations are still up. I was a little late getting them up in December so I‘m enjoying them a little longer. 2w

Sweettartlaura I LOVED Pike as a teen/even college student. And I‘m re-reading Weekend with my 13 year old niece - some of the references are dated but the story is holding up. But I picked up a more recent one of his in the past decade and … 👎🏻🫤. I finished it. But I was disappointed 😔 2w

Reggie I have a coworker who keeps her tree up all year long and she‘ll just change the ornaments to fit the holiday. 2w

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DogMomIrene @Reggie I think my husband may be joining her club. He‘s loving our tree, so it‘s still up. He says until the end of January, but we‘ll see😂😂😂 2w

Bookzombie @Sweettartlaura How fun to be reading with your niece! I think I would like to revisit some of his others like Chain Letter and Witch. This one just wasn‘t doing it for me. 2w

Bookzombie @Reggie I‘m not that committed, lol. Even though after it comes down the house feels kind of bare. I could see doing it with a small tree though. 2w

Bookzombie #2025OffMyShelf 2w

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MeganAnn

Lessons in Fusion: A Novel | Primrose Madayag Knazan

When I say #auldlangspine is my favorite reading event every year, I mean that I have participated in every iteration of this event & it‘s the thing I most look forward to in January. Some of my all time favorite books have come from this event.
Here are my favorites from the past years:
2024 @Karisimo The Eyes & The Impossible
2023 @xicanti Lessons in Fusion
2022 @JackOBotts Sigh,Gone
2021 @BarbaraJean How Long ‘til Black Future Month
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MeganAnn 2020 4thhouseontheleft (who doesn‘t seem to be on Litsy anymore? Or changed their handle) Far From the Tree. (edited) 1mo

MeganAnn 2019 @TheKidUpstairs The Namesake. And 2018 @monalyisha Bellweather Rhapsody in the original #freakyfriday event. (edited) 1mo

MeganAnn Every single one of these titles made it on my year‘s list of favorites. Although for some of these years it was hard to choose just one favorite book! Thanks to all of my matches for exposing me to such great reads! & thanks to @TheKidUpstairs and @Amiable for the inspiration to post my favorites! (edited) 1mo

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TheKidUpstairs I love seeing the domino books - I think I read Bellweather Rhapsody from your list, I never knew it came from @monalyisha 😁 1mo

Zuhkeeyah Ooo I spy a book from the list you gave me this year! @meganann 1mo

MeganAnn @TheKidUpstairs I love the domino books too! There have been several books I‘ve read based off @monalyisha‘s recommendations or reviews over the years that have ended up on my favorites list. She has stellar taste! 1mo

MeganAnn @Zuhkeeyah definitely! There‘s a couple from my list that I read for #auldlangspine last year. It was hard to choose just one favorite! 1mo

monalyisha Thanks, Megan(s)! 🥰 1mo

Karisimo I‘m so sad that I didn‘t get my list put together in time to participate this year 😢 1mo

BarbaraJean I love this!! I'll have to go back and look at my favorites over the years. I read and loved Far from the Tree from your list, and it went onto my list the following year. Auld Lang Spine is the gift that keeps on giving!! 1mo

JackOBotts I love this, @MeganAnn ~ while I‘m not part of the fun this year, you can bet I‘m peeking at past year matches to screen shot their & their match‘s lists! 💜 Happy reading. And Thank You for such a great list in our year. 🙌🏼 (edited) 1mo

MeganAnn @Karisimo it‘s always such a busy time of year! Check out @JackOBotts comment. I‘ve been having so much fun looking at everyone‘s lists and adding to my TBR. A fun way to semi-participate even though you didn‘t get in on the official event. And I‘d love to see a list of your favorites for the year if you do get a chance to put one together! 1mo

MeganAnn @JackOBotts that‘s such a lovely idea! I love looking at everyone‘s lists. Happy reading and thanks back to you for a wonderful list as well! Sigh, Gone remains one of my absolute favorite books. 1mo

MeganAnn @BarbaraJean it was lovely to revisit all these past lists and choose my favorites. It also made me realize there are still a lot of titles on those lists I want to read and haven‘t gotten to yet! 1mo

Karisimo Thanks @MeganAnn I think I will do that! 1mo

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GirlNamedJesse

Just Do This One Thing for Me | Laura Zimmermann

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My favorite book of the year! Drew‘s voice is so dryly funny it set me off over and over again. I can‘t get over the reviews interspersed in the text giving it all an over the top feel. Serious “Shameless” vibes made me guffaw on more than one occasion. I loved the fierce protectiveness of the siblings and the insane plan they pulled off together. Amazing! 😂

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Soscha

Cagaster Vol 1 | Kashou Hashimoto

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I liked this one. Dystopia where humans have turned into insects & feed off humans. So🤢

It bills itself a mix of Mad Max & Attack on Titan. I‘ve never seen that latter but feel free to clue me in.

Action-heavy shonen. There may also be an anime of the series.

6 volumes total I think? I am checking out volume 2.

Serotonin Hmm…humans eating humans I‘m okay with. But humans turning into insects? 😵‍💫😨 2mo

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BeeMagical

We Are Hunted | Tomi Oyemakinde

so-so

Book 90📚 2.4⭐️

A mystical island with even more mystical creatures! But the island natives are not happy to have visitors..

It‘s was ok but I was hoping for a bit more adventure from it.

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themonaisa

Love, Off the Record | Samantha Markum

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😍😍 love!!! Wyn was well deep into her trust issues, but I really enjoyed their story and all the tension between her and Three. The side characters were also all important and well-developed. 👍🏼 from me

JenlovesJT47

In Love with a Prince | Francine Pascal, Kate William

And now for the alternate cover of the day — British style! 🇬🇧

😅
#SweetValley
#SweetValleyHigh
#SVH
#twins
#nostalgia
#alternatecovers
#British

🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧👑🇬🇧

TorieStorieS

TorieStorieS 😮😮😮 4mo

TorieStorieS I was never a Dana Larson fan, but poor Arthur Castillo deserves Princess Elizabeth! (edited) 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS I know! Dana is SO annoying in this one. I haven‘t read the SVT book about Arthur in 20+ years but my man Arthur definitely deserves better than Dana! 😆 4mo

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robinb

Witty in Pink | Erica George

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This Teen/YA outing is an enemies-to-love story. It was cute with good humor, a lovable heroine and was an overall good read. Blythe and Briggs, as neighbors, grew up together as rivals/pranksters but at one point Blythe developed a crush on Briggs which was abruptly and humiliatingly severed. Now after five years of not seeing him, Briggs has returned following his father‘s death to try and salvage his family‘s estate from debt. Blythe, also in🔻

robinb a similar financial situation, is trying to market her own innovative apiary business to secure investors. As the two realize that they are working toward basically the same basic goal, Blythe convinces Briggs to solicit for her business through his wealthy connections while she will help secure a wealthy fiancé for him.
My favorite things about this story were the humor between the protagonists/co-stars, the strength, gumption and caring nature? 5mo

robinb of Blythe, and Briggs‘ growth arc through the story (I started off as not his biggest fan, which I thought would be a dealbreaker, but I ended up applauding him). At first, the sometimes more modern vernacular and eschewing of some of the traditions/mores of the time threw me, but I got past that.

All in all, I enjoyed this one. 4/5⭐️ 5mo

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Amie

Just Do This One Thing for Me | Laura Zimmermann

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Teen fiction. A little dark but also funny and heart-warming. Two teenage sisters cover up their mom's death so that they and their little brother can stay together instead of being sent to their different fathers. They discover that mom had some shady schemes going. Some things seemed implausible but I enjoyed the story. Good character development and setting.

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WorldsOkayestStepMom

John Green - The Collection: The Fault in Our Stars / Looking for Alaska / Paper Towns / An Abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson | John Green

My brain was awful to me yesterday and today is not looking so hot either. I just want to lay in bed and read my book, but I have a day job.

RaeLovesToRead 🫂🫂🫂 9mo

Bookwomble I hope your days are feeling at least a bit easier 🩷 8mo

Bookwomble I hope things have improved over the past week, Emily ❤️‍🩹 8mo

WorldsOkayestStepMom @Bookwomble thank you for checking on me! Things have been a bit easier for me. ❤️ 8mo

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