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GinaKButler

Joined February 2018

Wife❤️Mom👫 Fan in the Stands 🏊‍♀️⚾️. Bibliophile📚Beach Bum🌴Lakeland, FL📍

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The Heir Apparent: A riveting royal story of being torn between duty and desire, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Crown and Red White and Royal Blue by Rebecca Armitage

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Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

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The Heir Apparent: A riveting royal story of being torn between duty and desire, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Crown and Red White and Royal Blue | Rebecca Armitage

The past few years, I‘ve focused on backlists, but one of my goals for 2026 is to read some newer releases from the library. 👑

#bookspinbingo

MyNamesParadise I‘m excited to read that one! I hope it‘s good! 5d

marleed It‘s only been the last couple years that I‘ve prioritized newly published books as equally as my backlog. It‘s been fun. I‘ve justified that if I don‘t read them the year published, they‘ll become future TBR -so I‘m essentially tackling that TBR too🤣. Oh, and I consider library loans (esp newly published books) a tax rebate! 5d

GinaKButler @marleed I love seeing your grids and use them to add to my Goodreads TBR! ❤️ 5d

GinaKButler @MyNamesParadise I‘m about 80 pages in and I‘m enjoying it so far! 5d

GinaKButler @marleed And, I‘ve been doing what you describe…I‘ll scroll back seeing books I wanted to read and have no idea why I was excited about them! 5d

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The Correspondent: A Novel | Virginia Evans

My December (and favorite of the year) book for #12Booksof2025!

Thank you for hosting, @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo This has definitely been a popular one. And thank you for joining in ☺️ (edited) 1w

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How to Read a Book: A Novel | Monica Wood

My November #12BooksIn2025 pick. Another book about books and found family. I loved this one!

@TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo A book about books ❤️ 1w

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The Many Lives of Mama Love | Lara Love Hardin

First book of the year…this is our book club‘s pick. I‘ve read great reviews!

#bookspinbingo

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The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel | Annie Hartnett

My October #12BooksIn2025 pick. This one was the best of the month, but didn‘t make my top 20 list…sweet book though, especially if you like a curmudgeon for a main character. Spoiler alert: he‘s really a softy.

@TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo I do like a curmudgeon, I definitely have an affinity with them! 1w

Bookwormjillk I liked the cat the best 1w

GinaKButler @Bookwormjillk The cat was definitely pretty cool! 1w

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We Are All Guilty Here | Karin Slaughter

My September pick for #12BooksOf2025

Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors and I‘m really excited about this new series!

@TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo I‘ve never read her work but her name has cropped up a few times in #12BooksOf2025. Litsy is clearly telling me I should read her 2w

GinaKButler @TheEllieMo Her Will Trent series is so good! She is definitely an auto-buy on Audible for me. Pretty Girls is my favorite stand alone by her. I‘m excited about the next one in this series, too! 2w

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

January‘s #bookspinbingo board!

Looking forward to a great month! Thank you for hosting, Sarah!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 2w

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How to Age Disgracefully | Clare Pooley

My January #bookspin and #doublespin picks. So excited to continue this reading challenge…and thankful that @TheAromaofBooks continues to host it!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2w

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Mark Twain | Ron Chernow

New year, new chunk!! This is @Kelly326 and my first chunky buddy read of the year! Thank you for the inspiration, @Amiable 📚

Amiable I‘ve heard great things about it—plus, it‘s Chernow! I‘m excited, too. 2w

dabbe @Amiable I think I know why YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST was not your fave for GW. She HATES Chernow, doesn't she? 😳 2w

Amiable @dabbe I wrote a very detailed review of why I disliked that book if you want to scroll back on the book page. I think it was about 6 years ago. 2w

dabbe @Amiable Will do! 🤍❄️🩶 2w

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2025 | Carl Berryman

I finished my last book at 11:40 pm on New Year‘s Eve!

Hoping for another wonderful reading year in 2026!

Amiable Nice work! 2w

CoverToCoverGirl 🤩👏🥂📚 2w

dabbe #bravo! 🥳🥂🎉 2w

TheBookgeekFrau 🎊🎉 2w

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Favorites | Garret Mathews

In no particular order, my top 20 books of 2025. My absolute favorite that I can‘t stop recommending is The Correspondent. What a great reading year!

staci.reads A lot of my favorites on your list, and quite a few already on my tbr! Thanks for sharing! 2w

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My December #bookspinbingo board!

10 books read
1 bingo
2 non-fiction
2 classics
4 #unreadbookshelf

Thank you for hosting, Sarah! I so look forward to this challenge every month! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 2w

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The Shell Seekers | Rosamunde Pilcher

My August #12BooksOf2025 pick.

I‘ve tried to be intentional about reading some backlist books every year and really enjoyed this one set in England. I‘m planning on picking up more by this author.

@TheEllieMo

Bookwormjillk Love his books that I‘ve read 2w

TheEllieMo I read this many, many years ago, but I think it would stand a re-read 2w

Ruthiella We are reading this book this year as part of the #HashtagBrigade ! (edited) 2w

GinaKButler @Ruthiella It was my first by this author. I‘m hoping to read another by her this year! 2w

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The End | Fernanda Torres

I did it! Finished this challenge with 40 minutes to spare! Thank you for hosting, @ChaoticMissAdventures 📚

#10BeforeTheEnd

ChaoticMissAdventures You did it 🎉🎉🎉 Great job 2w

Ruthiella Yahoo! 😃 2w

CoverToCoverGirl 🎉👏🏻👏🏻🎉 2w

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Spinning | Tillie Walden

January 2026 #bookspin list!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks I appreciate it so much!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w

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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow

Hopping in on a new challenge this year, and I‘m pretty excited about my first 3 picks! Thank you for hosting the #roll100 challenge, @PuddleJumper 📚

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ Looks great! 2w

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The Great Santini | Pat Conroy

My July pick for #12BooksOf2025

I love a Pat Conroy on audio at the beach and this is just as good as his more famous books. His characters and settings are fantastic.

@TheEllieMo

AmyG This is such a great book. I love Pat Conroy. 2w

Amiable Love Pat Conroy! 2w

TheEllieMo This looks interesting 2w

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Outlander | Diana Gabaldon

Getting a jump on this one…I can‘t count the number of times it‘s been recommended to me, but the size was always intimidating. I‘m going to see how many of them I can listen to in 2026.

#serieslove2026 @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo This is one I‘d like to try but I haven‘t worked up the courage yet! 2w

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Broken Country (Reese's Book Club) | Clare Leslie Hall

My June pick for #12BooksOf2025

I really enjoyed this one, especially on audio. There are so many things to talk about…it would make a great book club pick. I loved that you didn‘t find out who was murdered until the very end.

Thank you for hosting, @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo I‘ve seen a lot of very positive comments about this one 2w

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No Two Persons: A Novel | Erica Bauermeister

My May pick for #12BooksOf2025

This is a special, quiet book about books. I picked it up on a recommendation from a friend.

@TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo This one sounds really good! 2w

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All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick: New York Times Bestselling Author of We Begin at the End | Chris Whitaker

My April pick for #12BooksOf2025

This one had so much hype and it lived up to it! Beautiful writing and wonderful characters!

Thank you for hosting @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo I think the hype put me off this one a bit, it‘s been on my TBR pile since it was released… 2w

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Every Beautiful Mile | Ashley Manley

Trying to catch up on #12booksof2025 and this is tough! I can‘t wait to compare this list with my favorite 20 of the year!

My hope for Ashley Manley is that she goes mainstream! Her romance books are SO good and this one is my favorite!

Thank you for hosting, @TheEllieMo 🎄

TheEllieMo This sounds like a lovely, heart-warming story 2w

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On the Road | Jack Kerouac

Up next: my last book for the #10BeforeTheEnd challenge! @ChaoticMissAdventures
#bookspinbingo

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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America | Beth Macy

Starting this today. It‘s been on my shelf for ages.

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf

JenReadsAlot Very good. 3w

aa_guer2021 It‘s on my TBR pile if I ever get back to that genre again. Let me know, please 3w

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Darkwater Lane | Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

Excited for this next book in the Stillhouse Lane series! #serieslove2025

#bookspinbingo
@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

GinaKButler Wraps up the series nicely! 3w

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Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon: A Novel | Matthew Norman

Up next on audio! 🎧

#bookspinbingo

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A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens

Up next on audio!

#bookspinbingo

CoverToCoverGirl Oh! I have check this one out right now! 1mo

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Strange Sally Diamond | Liz Nugent

Up next…excited for a thriller/mystery after a slog!

#bookspinbingo
#10BeforeTheEnd @ChaoticMissAdventures

AmyG This was so creepy and very good. 1mo

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The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood

Up next…I borrowed this book forever ago from a friend!

It‘s also my November #bookspin pick!

#bookspinbingo
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Enjoy!!! 1mo

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The Correspondent: A Novel | Virginia Evans

Currently listening to this on audio…it took a hot second to get used to the format. It‘s our December book club pick.

#bookspinbingo
#10BeforeTheEnd

GinaKButler ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The full-cast audio is incredible! 1mo

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BEFORE THE END: The Truth Must Be Told Whatever The Cost | GJ Stevens

4 more weeks for the #10BeforeTheEnd challenge and I‘m actually feeling pretty good about it.

Currently reading 10 pages a day in Catherine The Great and should be done around the 18th.
Listening to The Correspondent
And, I‘m about 20% into Americanah

Hoping to finish strong! @ChaoticMissAdventures

ChaoticMissAdventures You have some great ones left too! I loved The Correspondent and Catherine!! 1mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My December #bookspinbingo board! Not feeling confident about a bingo, but excited for a great reading month!

#bookspin - The Swans Of 5th Avenue
#doublespin - Fahrenheit 451
Book Club - The Correspondent
#chunksterchallenge2025 - Catherine The Great
#10BeforeTheEnd - Strange Sally Diamond, On The Road, Americanah

Thank you for hosting, Sarah! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 1mo

email list “Hello! I work with authors to help them promote their books and build engaged email lists. I‘d love to share tips that really grow readers!“ 1mo

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The Swans of Fifth Avenue | Melanie Benjamin

My December #bookspin and #doublespin picks! They‘ve both been on my shelf for a long time…hoping I can get to them after I finish the #10BeforeTheEnd challenge!

Thank you for hosting @TheAromaofBooks 🎄

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo

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Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I‘m finally going to move this off my TBR! It‘s my November #doublespin pick. Better late than never!

@TheAromaofBooks
#unreadbookshelf

Amiable Great book! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Good luck!!! 1mo

GinaKButler @Amiable Ummm…I kind of hated it. 😬 (edited) 1mo

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Amiable Oh, no! Really? Why? I loved it. But I love everything Adichie writes. (edited) 1mo

GinaKButler @Amiable Ok, this may sound strange, but I think if I had read it when it was published (2014), I would have enjoyed it more (or if it was 350 pages, not 600). The whole middle seemed so contrived to put the MC in situations to lecture. I enjoyed the beginning and end, but that middle was a slog. I also hated the way she treated all of the other characters…I know it‘s an unpopular opinion. (edited) 1mo

GinaKButler @Amiable I‘m going to try Half Of A Yellow Sun. I typically like the Nigerian authors, and I know she is well-loved by readers. 1mo

Amiable @GinaKButler I mean, that‘s fair. I also enjoyed her short story collection:

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The Thing Around Your Neck

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My November #bookspinbingo board!
3 bingos
8 books read
2 non fiction
2 #unreadbookshelf

I‘ve started moving my list up every month and a book doesn‘t come off until I‘ve read it (or DNF and there‘s only been 1). As of right now, all but my December top 3 are from October, November, & December. So happy about moving so many books off my TBR this year! Thank you, Sarah! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous month!!! 1mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

I can‘t believe we‘re at the end of 2025! My December #bookspin list! Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah! I look forward to this every month!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo

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How to Read a Book: A Novel | Monica Wood

Up next on audio for a bingo. I love books about books and reading! ❤️

#bookspinbingo

BennettBookworm One of my all-time favorite books! 2mo

GinaKButler @BennettBookworm I loved it! 🥰 1mo

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Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell

Up next!

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf

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If It Makes You Happy: A Small Town Single Dad Romance | Julie Olivia

Up next on audio…

#bookspinbingo

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My Friends | Fredrik Backman

Starting today for our book club! It gets me a bingo!
#bookspinbingo

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Butcher and Blackbird | Brynne Weaver

Up next…recently read this author‘s new book and it was so much fun! #bookspinbingo

CoverToCoverGirl You‘re in for one crazy ride! It‘s dark, dark! 2mo

GinaKButler @CoverToCoverGirl Sooooo, eyeballs skeeve me out… 🤢 I‘m going to have to skim those parts! 2mo

CoverToCoverGirl @GinaKButler it‘s definitely a bit “juicy”. Those bits nearly did me in. This lady is a local author to me. She lives in Nova Scotia, so I had to read the entire series. Support local and all that… 2mo

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Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida | Gilbert King

Starting this on audio today…it is set in my city in Central Florida. I‘m unfamiliar with the case (and the podcast), as I moved here in ‘03, so I was intrigued when it came on my radar.

#bookspinbingo

CSeydel Oh I listened to this podcast! I was engrossed and absolutely outraged at the time. Later, though, I read some things that suggested King presented a somewhat skewed version of events, which is disappointing. 2mo

GinaKButler @CSeydel Ohhhh…I‘d be interested to read what you did. I haven‘t listened to the podcast. 2mo

GinaKButler @CSeydel My kids went to school with the appeals judge‘s (Abdoney) kids. I wonder what he thinks about all of this? (edited) 2mo

CSeydel Oh wow! Yes, I wonder. I‘ll see if I can find where people were disputing some of the spin from the podcast and share it 2mo

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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting: A Novel | Clare Pooley

Up next on audio 🎧

#bookspinbingo
#10beforetheend
@ChaoticMissAdventures

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Here we goooooo…November‘s #bookspinbingo board!

I‘ve got 2 I‘m currently reading in a row with my book club pick and some Free Spaces, so feeling pretty confident! 😂

Thank you for hosting, Sarah! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 2mo

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The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood

My November #bookspin and #doublespin picks! Both have been on my TBR/bedside table for AGES and I‘m excited to move them into my “Read” column.

In the month of giving thanks, Sarah, I‘d like you to know that I‘m so thankful for you hosting this challenge…I look forward to it every month! Happy Thanksgiving!

@TheAromaofBooks

JenReadsAlot Oh those are both great books! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! And thank you!!! 💕 It's so fun to see how different people utilize this challenge that I made up on a whim 😂 2mo

Amiable Oh, I loved “Americanah” —such a good book! 2mo

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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman | Robert K. Massie

My last mini chunkster for the year! Starting this today and hope to read 10 pages a day and finish next month.

#chunksterchallenge2025
#bookspinbingo
#10beforetheend
@Kelly326 @Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

October was great!

2 Bingos
8 books read
1 DNF
1 nonfiction
1 classic
4 #unreadbookshelf
#bookspin and #doublespin read

Thank you for hosting, Sarah! So thankful for you!

#bookspinbingo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

I can‘t believe it‘s already November! My #bookspin list!

Thank you for hosting, Sarah! I am so thankful you host it every month! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo

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Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other | Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish

Finally put down that last one…hopefully this‘ll be something fun to get back on track!

It‘s my August #bookspin pick! @TheAromaofBooks

#unreadbookshelf
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo

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The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel | Annie Hartnett

Up next on audio! 🎧

#bookspinbingo

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