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BookNAround

Joined June 2016

My entire owned library can be found at http://www.librarything.com/profile/whitreidtan & my wish list is on amazon under my name.
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Before I make my April board, I just need to celebrate getting 3 bingos this month! I never do well reading from my board but somehow, I did well this month. 😁 #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉 3d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 3d
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It‘s not summer yet but I‘m in the mood for a gossipy summer read anyway.

AmyG I enjoyed this one. 5d
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I only just now noticed the two orange covers and two green covers from my reads this week. #bookreport but no #weeklyforecast

Zuhkeeyah Someday maybe is a fantastic read. It's a heavy one though. 5d
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Love | Roddy Doyle
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I finished the last book and the pollen onslaught drove me back inside so I‘m diving back into this one.

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Pretty sure I won‘t change my mind on this #bookspin and #bookspinbingo board before next month. As per usual, I have book club books on here but also an Arab American book, a hearing impairment book, a Scottish book, and a book for Earth Day (April is the month to celebrate these things). And then I decided to declare April the month of reading from the unfinished series on my shelf. @TheAromaofBooks

DGRachel I have had Stiletto on my shelf since it came out. I really enjoyed Rook but then got sidetracked by other things. 😭 1w
BookNAround @DGRachel I have had it forever too but I keep skipping over it because I‘m afraid it will ruin my feelings for The Rook. 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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I decided I needed a book I don‘t have to think much about and that I was pretty much guaranteed to enjoy so I picked this one up.

Hooked_on_books Love this series! 1w
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The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Three generations and more than seventy years following a Malayali Christian family in Kerala, this is a magnificent and epic story. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/08/review-covenant-of-water-by-abraham.htm...

Bookwormjillk Love this book 2w
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A day late (or a week and a day) on my #bookreport and #weeklyforecast as per usual.

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Someday, Maybe: A Novel | Onyi Nwabineli
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And now for something entirely different. The pollen drove me inside and Ozzie (who is not allowed outside) is pleased to have his lap back.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
kspenmoll Oh happy Ollie!!! 2w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2w
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Sitting out on the deck (spring is here!) and getting back to this one that I set aside to focus on other must reads.

PurpleyPumpkin Looks like you found a very cozy reading spot!💜 2w
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@AmyG Thank you so much for a lovely birthday package! 😘

kspenmoll 🥳 happy birthday! 2w
AnnCrystal Happy Birthday 🥳🎂🍰📚💝. 2w
Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 2w
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Trashcanman Feliz cumpleaños 2w
MemoirsForMe Happy Birthday! 🥳🎂🎉 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎉🎈🎊🎁 2w
LeahBergen Happy Birthday! 📚 2w
AmyG You are so welcome, my friend! 😘 2w
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I‘m getting a jump start on next week‘s book club book since Ozzie currently has me trapped on the couch.

tpixie Oh! I hope you enjoy it! I loved Martha! She also had a great marriage! Her descendants were Clara Barton- Red Cross & Dr Mary Hobart, an OBSTETRICIAN, one of US‘s first female physicians. 🩵🐱 🩵 (edited) 3w
RaeLovesToRead Hello Ozzie!!! 🥰🥰 3w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3w
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BookNAround @tpixie Cool info I‘ll try to remember to share at book club. 3w
Darklunarose Ozzie is a gorgeous kitty! 😻 3w
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3w
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w
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#bookreport #weeklyforecast for the past two weeks. I might be getting smarter in my old age, but I‘ve started reading some of the books I earmarked for people for Christmas last year (and didn‘t give them) so I can give them to them this year. 😂

Amiable Wasn‘t “North Woods” fabulous? 😍 4w
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#bookspin and #bookspinbingo for March: books set in Ireland, books by women, and books gifted to me in past years by Littens (thanks to swaps and such) because it‘s my birthday month. @TheAromaofBooks

TiredLibrarian Happy beginning of your birthday month! 🎉 1mo
AnnCrystal Happy Birthday Month 🎉🥳🎂🍰📚💝. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Got a #bookspinbingo at the 11th hour last night. I‘ll be spending the rest of today on the couch reading toward March‘s books because I ran a 10 mile trail run this morning with 1500 feet of elevation (which probably means nothing to most of you but it was *hard*—and beautiful and made me feel super accomplished but I may not walk again for days!). I‘ve definitely earned my couch time! @TheAromaofBooks

mrp27 Enjoy that feeling of well earned accomplishment! Kudos to you. 1mo
Bookzombie Congratulations! Enjoy your rest! 1mo
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AnnCrystal 🏃‍♀️👏🥳💝. 1mo
GinaKButler *Definitely* earned that couch time! Congrats on a great run! 💪🏼 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month, and great trail run!!!! 1mo
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The Love Detective | Alexandra Potter
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North Carolina is warming up so I‘ve headed to the deck for some reading in nature.

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Rhode Island Red | Charlotte Carter
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I can‘t seem to settle on my next book so I‘m going to see if a mystery will draw me in enough to stick with it.

LoverOfLearning Such a cool cover! 1mo
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The Life O'Reilly | Brian Cohen
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Lackluster plot, poor writing, and strange authorial choices made this one a miss of epic proportions. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/08/review-life-oreilly-by-brian-cohen.html

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I was cranking along through books but stalled out to go away for a weekend race with friends so not as many books the past two weeks as I‘d anticipated. #bookreport #weeklyforecast And yes, I‘m a day late again. 😂

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Yellowface | R F Kuang
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Identity and he marginalizing of writers of color, Yellowface is a timely and thought provoking novel. It‘s a complicated and complex novel, well written, and rife with unlikeable and yet fascinating characters. Readers who enjoy satire will appreciate this view of publishing as well. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/08/review-yellowface-by-r-f-kuang.html

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It‘s gotten cold again here and it‘s rainy today to boot so I‘m going to curl up on the couch and dive into this one.

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This Is a Love Story | Jessica Soffer
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This came out today so I thought I should probably read my ARC. 😬

TiredLibrarian Looking forward to this one. I read and loved The Forty Year Kiss and this sounds like it might be a readalike. 2mo
LeahBergen Hello, Pussums. 😆 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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My Man Jeeves | P. G. Wodehouse
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Found in my up next stacks as I was excavating them. So it should indeed be “up next.”

julieclair Love Jeeves! Enjoy! 2mo
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As per usual, a day late on this one. 🤪 #bookreport #weeklyforecast

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As the completely wrong person to read this, it landed about as well as could have been expected (comme ci comme ça), which is to say, I didn‘t hate it but I didn‘t really like it either. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/08/review-great-british-bump-off-by-john.ht...

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I got a #bookspinbingo for January! Of course, the majority of the books I read were not on my board (I need more free spaces but this is nothing new. 😂) @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 2mo
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I‘m calling it on organizing for this evening and rewarding myself (not that I‘ve done enough to earn a reward) and diving into this book I unearthed from the previously tidier piles (they‘ve had to get worse so I can alphabetize and categorize).

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I was redoing the myriad stacks of books in my bedroom (much work still needs to be done on this colossal mess!) but I found books to fill out my #bookspin and #bookspinbingo board. It‘s made up of of my book club read, romances of many different stripes, and Black authors. Some of the books have been on many boards without being chosen/read while others are brand new this time. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Sandwich: A Novel | Catherine Newman
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It snowed here in the South so I‘m calling a personal snow day and staying in to read. Ozzie is pleased with my decision. And because it‘s freezing outside, I‘m reading about a week on Cape Cod in the summer.

TheBookHippie ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ 2mo
AnnCrystal 😍❄️💕😻💝. 2mo
dabbe #awesomeozzie 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
Leftcoastzen Yay Ozzie ! 2mo
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Definitely a day (almost two!) late on this #bookreport. Plus this is two weeks worth of reading. It was definitely a random selection of books these two weeks. No real reason, just moody. 🤪

Prairiegirl_reading I just heard about the second ending today but now this post is the third time! What did you think of it? 2mo
BookNAround @prairiegirl_reading I liked it. It was a bit different than I expected and it took a long time to get to the competition because there were a bunch of other storylines that were as important to the plot as it was. I will say it was a touch fluffy but that worked for me when I read it. 2mo
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Two weeks worth for this #bookreport and #weeklyforecast.

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The Wife App: A Novel | Carolyn Mackler
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I totally should have been doing the things around the house I said I‘d get to in the new year, but I‘ve spent the day at run club, down Internet rabbit holes, and on the couch with this book. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ruthiella Some of my best reading time is when I should be doing something else! 3mo
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The Apology | Jimin Han
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Ozzie thinks I need to give him an apology for making him move off my lap to go eat dinner. Now he‘s happily back on my legs as we settle down to read tonight.

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3mo
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That Quail, Robert | Margaret Stanger
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Several people in one of my summer book groups read this one and loved it. I‘m very suggestible so I immediately bought it. Now seems like a good time to read it.

Darklunarose This book was recommended to me a few years ago. We had these beautiful birds…..and one was always ill or injured etc and I took so much time caring for her inside and healing her. She preferred humans and adored us. Just like Robert here prefers his humans. Quails are amazing, I do miss them 3mo
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I‘ve been behind the eight ball for what seems like all year. I completely missed out on doing my #LastFirst this year because the end of the year snuck up on me. I completely flaked out on signing up for several swaps. And I put off creating my top 20 list until it was too late for #auldlangspine2025. The only one I can (sorta) rectify is the last one. So I present my best of list here. Anyone else want to join #LatetotheParty and post your own?

kspenmoll You have read some great books!🩵 3mo
BookNAround @kspenmoll I did. That‘s why I‘m so sad I didn‘t get to inflict my list on anyone this year. 😂 3mo
staci.reads Great list! 3mo
Amiable I read “Here After” in 2024 and put it on my list. So good. 3mo
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First #bookspin and #bookspinbingo of 2025. All books are from previous boards and never gotten to. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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A little post Christmas reading with my grand puppy Fitz (Edmund Fitzgerald). He‘s just the cutest little 5 lb. piece of fluff.

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3mo
dabbe #dafluffiestfloof 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
AnnCrystal 😍💕🐕🧸💝. 3mo
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MemoirsForMe What a cutie! 🐶❤️ 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awwww ❤️ I‘ve been looking for your #LastFirst posts! 3mo
BookNAround @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I forgot about #LastFirst until it was too late to reasonably do it this year. I‘ve just been super preoccupied lately. 3mo
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This isn‘t in Litsy‘s database. It was meant to be in my mom‘s stocking this year but I didn‘t finish it in time. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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The Black Bird Oracle | Deborah Harkness
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Presents are under the tree so it‘s time to retreat to my bed with my amazing #jolabokaflodswap from @inthegreensandblues Thank you so much!

And thank you to @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing again this year.

MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð! The trees do have the best PB to chocolate ratio IMHO. 3mo
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@MaleficentBookDragon My #Jolabokaflodswap has arrived. I‘ve propped it with the rest of the presents to take to my parents so I can open it when I should. 😁

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I‘ve been busy. Not reading much. Hosted Thanksgiving, am running a bunch (8 mile trail race this past weekend), and have been swamped by trying to get everything Christmas done before we head to my parents‘, which means cooking 14 different meals to freeze as my dad‘s gift, make cheese straws and buckeyes for everyone‘s stockings, and shop, wrap, etc.). Somehow I‘m holding onto the thought it will all get done in time. #bookreport #weeklyforecast

Suet624 That‘s a lot! Good luck. 💕 4mo
TheBookHippie I have faith in you!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4mo
kspenmoll That‘s alot, but you can do it & enjoy it! 4mo
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Can I finish this one in time to give it to the intended recipient for Christmas? We‘ll see! Shopping is 99% done, baking is 90% done, Christmas letter is 100% written and 0% printed, cards are 0% addressed, wrapping is 0% done. Despite the 0% stuff, I may just 100% settle into the book anyway. 😂

Amiable That math works for me! 👍🏼😀 4mo
Aims42 You gotta celebrate the wins! 🙌 4mo
LeahBergen 0% wrapping done over here, too. 😆 4mo
Tamra I‘ve not wrapped either! 😜 4mo
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@MaleficentBookDragon My #jolabokaflodswap is going out today (if I ever get to the front of the line!).

AmyG Godspeed! My friend waited 50 mins at our post office today. 😳 (edited) 4mo
Daisey @BookNAround @MaleficentBookDragon It arrived today! So excited to put it under the tree! 4mo
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The Princess | Wendy Holden
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Ozzie is helping me read one of my mom‘s Christmas books. Not too far in yet but it seems as if this fictional depiction is going to present a sainted Diana. ::sigh:: I do prefer real people to be real, flaws and all.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 4mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
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The Trial of Fallen Angels | James P. Kimmel
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When you agree to take a friend to a doctor‘s appointment that should last 2 hours or so, it doesn‘t hurt to take a book you haven‘t started yet so you don‘t run out of reading material.

Suet624 It‘s a must! 4mo
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December‘s #bookspin and #bookspinbingo is composed of half Christmas themed books and half Christmas presents for my mom, husband, three adult children, and niece. We‘ll see how many I get pre-read by the 25h. 😁 @TheAromaofBooks

peanutnine Lol I love that you preread your gifts!! 😂 4mo
MemoirsForMe 😂😂😂 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Prereading is a strong family tradition here as well 😂 4mo
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TheAromaofBooks Literally one year my mom gave me a book and as I'm unwrapping it she says “but you can't take it home yet; I still have five chapters to go“ 😂 4mo
BookNAround @TheAromaofBooks I love that! I was given book one year that was signed but missing its dust jacket. Turns out mom read the book and then let dad, who throws out all dust jackets, read it before wrapping it for me. 🤣 4mo
BookNAround @TheAromaofBooks My daughter just reminded me of a book I gave her that she loathed. I didn‘t like it either but had bought it for her so gave it to her anyway. When she unwrapped it, she asked if it was good. I admitted I didn‘t like it but said I hoped she would. She‘ll never let me live it down since she thought it was terrible too. 😉 4mo
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Finished three books although British Murder contains two books so maybe I can consider it four books? #bookreport #weeklyforecast

AnnCrystal I'd count it as four 💫🥳👍💝. 4mo
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Onward to my sister‘s Christmas stocking book. I just have books for my boys, my niece, and my dad to go and I‘ll have pre-read everyone‘s presents. 😂

Tamra Oh, lovely! 😄 4mo
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Penny and Josephine Williamson appear to be sweet, little old ladies attended by their lovely nephew Archie but in actual fact they have a lot of secrets and history behind them, starting with their service in WWII and ending with a crazy caper in current day Paris. This was a delight to read and deeper than expected. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/07/review-excitements-by-cj-wray.html

RedxoHearts Oh that sounds good! 4mo
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Pre-reading another Christmas gift.

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