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BookishMadHatter

BookishMadHatter

Joined August 2018

Bookworm, organized chaos personified, small town librarian, & mad hatter https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bookishmadhatter
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My April #bookspinbingo board

My #bookspin pick is Reading Between the Lines by Nicky James and my #doublespin pick is Series Love

@TheAromaofBooks
#tbr
#apriltbr

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The Vengeful Dead | Darcy Coates
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One more series checked off my list. It was fun hanging out with these characters while it lasted

#serieslove2025 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Great job! 2d
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The Vengeful Dead | Darcy Coates
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Our weekly Sunday family drive includes stopping for coffee/a snack. So while my husband goes to get everyone's order, I get to read a few pages

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
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Interlude | C.S. Poe
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I'm sad to see the end of Snow & Winter, but hey, I actually finished a series lol. That means I can start 3 more now right? Right?

#serieslove2025 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Great job! 1w
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Personally, I'd pay more attention to the second option lol

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Murder on Parade | Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
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"It also calls for coconut milk, but I didn't have that, so I improvised and substituted Pina colada mix."

I live in a small (tiny) town, so I do my fair share of substituting when it comes to recipes, but I don't think I'd ever go that route lol

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Taking an audiobook+crochet break before getting back to being a boring adult doing boring chores

#crochet #crochetingandreading #litsycrafters #litsycrocheters

TheSpineView Cute! 2w
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my March mid-month check-in

I have completed my #bookspin pick and recently started the #doublespin pick. I feel like I may have more blank spots than usual this month because my brain wants to ignore this list for other books so we'll see

#bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking great!! 2w
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"This was real life.
And real life, when it wanted to be, was horrifying."

From Hatchet Hill (DI Haig Book 2) by David J Gatward

dabbe 🎯🎯🎯 3w
TheBookHippie Word. 3w
Karisa Truth 3w
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It's an audiobook and crochet kinda night

Texreader BEAUTIFUL!! 3w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
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February's stripes are complete on my book blanket

#bookblanket #readingtracker

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
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My February weekly Favorites. I honestly don't know how a lot of you can pick a monthly favorite, I struggle enough to pick one a week

#weeklyfavorites

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Managed to finish one more book tonight which allowed me to finish filling in February's #bookspinbingo card

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks YAY!!! Bingo blackout for the win!!!! 1mo
BookNAround Impressive! 1mo
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My March #bookspinbingo list.
I nearly missed the post saying that the board would be posted early. I'd say because it's been one of those weeks, but realistically so far it's been one of those years 🤪. It feels like I barely have time to breathe, its go go go and there's always something

@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I feel you on the go go go thing!!! 1mo
nelsonmatt890 I like to connect with you and read, lol. 1mo
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"I mean, if the world was flat, cats would have shoved everything off the end by now."

Had to read this one out loud to my husband when i came across it ?

Book is Burn It All Down by TG Reid (DCI Bone # 7)

MaleficentBookDragon 😹 😹 😹 1mo
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"When someone dies, a library burns."

- Gatward is pulling out all the stops with this one. Made me stop and think that we do all have a library of life, and I think it's a pretty damn nice way to look at it

Ladygodiva7 🤍🤍 1mo
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"Because grief is simply all of that love you have, but with nowhere foe it to go."

This one hit me in all the feels ... not sure if I like feeling all the unexpected feelings tbh, but it's a very insightful and true phrase

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Cracking opener before the book even starts

LoverOfLearning Great quote! 1mo
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A couple of days late on my mid-month #bookspinbingo check in, but it's been a weird month (year?), and better late than never. Not reading as much as I'd like but still more than I anticipated, and I completed my #bookspin & #doublespin picks, so there's that

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking great!! 1mo
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My Saturday afternoon view. What are you up to?

WildAlaskaBibliophile I'm working 😭 2mo
BookishMadHatter @WildAlaskaBibliophile well I hope your shift passes quickly at least 2mo
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One more books from this month's #bookspinbingo list complete. I love this series, and am only one book away from being caught up with it ... at least until the next one comes out

#serieslove2025 @andrew65 @TheSpineView

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Another great addition to this series. Checks a box for #serieslove2025 and February #bookspinbingo

@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

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Tried to read while Fenrir got a little stroll outside of his table ... didn't work. The little goober still won't stop only going places he shouldn't and trying to eat things that are clearly not food ... plus he got stuck under a chair. Oh well, I still love him, and at least he's cute

ShelleyBooksie Fenrir is so handsome!!! ♡ 2mo
dabbe 💚🐢💚 2mo
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Going to start a new beanie while I try to decide which book(s) to start next

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Anyone else get a silly high and big grin from swapping out their Kindle stickers? lol

Bklover Yes!!! 2mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
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The first month of my book blanket is all done. The two rows of off-white are what I'm using as a break between each month. So far so good on not giving up on it lol

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
LeahBergen Love it! 2mo
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BookishMadHatter @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I'm really enjoying it so far. But I do tend to get distracted by new projects pretty often, so I'm hoping that I stay motivated 2mo
BookishMadHatter @LeahBergen thank you. Fingers crossed 🤞 I don't abandon it part-way through because, that's totally something I do with nig projects sometimes lol 2mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I totally understand 😊 the siren call of the new pattern.. 2mo
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Weekly Favorites for this month

Though how this month is almost over already is beyond me

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I've already changed this twice since making it two days ago ... but in theory, this is my final #bookspinbingo list for February
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Book mail

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For Our Sins | James Oswald
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This book only picked up for me once Tony took stage. To me Janie doesn't make a good main character. This is the Inspector McLean series, so I want McLean stories, not a Janie one with Tony as a sidekick. If there is another book in the Inspector McLean series, I will only consider reading it if it is actually an Inspector McLean story. Though the blurb for this one had me thinking McLean was going to be the focus again even though he wasn't.

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For Our Sins | James Oswald
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I have a big box filled with projects to frog, & I finally got around to doing some. With this yarn, I plan to knit a sweater to donate (I mail hats & scarves to my aunt, who gives them to homeless shelters). Hoping I can stick with it as a relatively easy project to pick up once in a while & work on as I read. I'm horrible for getting stuck on sleeve Island tho, so we'll see what happens 😩. I've started the yoke while I read the tagged book

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Went to get more yarn to make sure I had enough for my book blanket, only to discover that the green was discontinued. So, I got a new green and will start the blanket over from the first green row tonight after work (maybe) while listening to the last RELIC book. Thank goodness I made this discovery in January and not June 😅

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There's still some Christmas slush from my mom left in the freezer, so tonight I'm enjoying a glass with my husband while getting in some chapters

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Going to try to finish at least one wolf plushie order while listening to my audiobook today

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How in the halibut are we halfway through January already ...

#bookspinbingo #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Looking great!!! And I'm trying not to think about it 😂 3mo
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I decided today to crochet a book blanket for this year. I can track my books (I'll be going by length) and my husband will get a new blanket. Hopefully I stick with it 🤞

TheSpineView What a great idea! 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
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That's me all caught up with DCI Boyd (looking forward to the next release too) and crossing off my #bookspin pick for January

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

#serieslove #serieslove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 This is one series I am yet to read. 3mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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Gonna (hopefully) finish up the baby turtles for this memory game while I finish my audiobook

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
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Murder, She Wrote: Coffee, Tea, or Murder? | Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
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I enjoy these books more when George isn't in them. The quasi sort-of budding romance aspect feels too forced & not at all like Jessica to me.

This one's a January Book Bingo selection as well as part of a series (in fact, all the books I've read so far this month have been from different series ... never you mind how many are new series started lol).

#serieslove #serieslove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 3mo
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Murder, She Wrote: Coffee, Tea, or Murder? | Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
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Taking a few minutes to myself before I have to jump up to get supper cooked then head to work

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I always post some form of reading tracker in my library, and I think for this year I've finally settled on this one. I haven't done one like this before, but so far I like it (I might even add one to my reading journal at home 🙈)

PuddleJumper Cute! 3mo
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My 2025 Reading Journal Part III

These pages are pretty self-explanatory. Trying something new with the First Lines page (going to write in the first line of each book I read as I start them)

#readingjournal #bookjournal

PuddleJumper So pretty and organised! 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
BookishMadHatter @PuddleJumper thanks. Here's to hoping it stays that way lol 🤞 3mo
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My 2025 Reading Journal Part II

TBR entries in black are on my lists, any entries in color underneath a title are the remaining books in the series.

Series Tracker includes series I've already started & the books I have left to read in them (I checked & last year I either finished or got caught up on 59 series #serieslove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView )

Wishlist is books I want physical copies of

#readingjournal #bookjournal

TheSpineView I love tracking my reading! Looks fabulous! 3mo
Andrew65 I love this organisation 😍 Looks like you have got some great books and series to read this year. I look forward to seeing your progress. 😊 3mo
PuddleJumper Looks great! 3mo
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BookishMadHatter @Andrew65 i wouldn't dare show the actual number of series in there, but here's to hoping I'll finish/get caught up on more series than I add. That's my (hopefully) realistic-ish goal lol 3mo
Andrew65 @BookishMadHatter According to Librarything I have read books from 603 series (🤪) and that isn‘t even fully updated (far from it) so likely to be a LOT more than that now. Admittedly some will be fully completed or up to date. This year I really need to find time to do a full review/update of my series and mark them finished, up to date, current, not finishing or TBR but it‘s a big piece of work. So I can definitely empathise. 3mo
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(Finally) finished the pages for my 2025 reading journal.

Part 1:
Reading goals aren't completely yet

The 2025 page will get 1 square colored for every book read, using different colors for every month

On My Shelf is the unread physical books I own, to be colored in as I read them

#readingjournal #bookjournal

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I love it! ❤️ 3mo
BookishMadHatter @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage thanks so much. I spent way too much time on this but listened to some goof old audiobooks while I was at it lol 3mo
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Gissy Spectacular🎉📚🎊🤩👏👏👏👏 3mo
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Happy New Year's to all.

I spent the first hour of 2025 with my kobo making Granny squares lol. Starting off with a book from my January Bingo Board that's also the latest in one of the (MANY) series I read lol

#serieslove2024 @andrew65 @thespineview
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheSpineView Great way to start the new year. 3mo
Andrew65 Happy News Year 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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My first #bookspinbingo list of 2025. I decided to try making some picks prompts of books I already have (or I'd pre-ordered maybe). I want to give my brain permission to be its chaotic self while not forgetting about the tons of (hopefully) amazing books I already own. Plus, I've been finding myself not wanting to read something when I feel like I have to (which is pressure said brain places on itself, but what can you do)

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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Anyone else stuck in time lately? I am loving that my husband actually got to take a couple of days while the kids were off school and I also had a few days off. My schedule and routine are obliterated and I'm never sure what I'm supposed to be doing at any given time, but am appreciating the living hell out of the past few days, even if I don't read or get as much done as I want to