pickFirst book for #bookspinbingo completed, and it's an #auldlangspine pick from @Singout @monalyisha @TheAromaofBooks
I liked this one, but didn't find it as interesting as Braiding Sweetgrass, which I loved. If you haven't read it yet Christine @TheBookHippie I think you'll love it! You sprang to mind especially in the later chapters.
#52bookclub26 #goodreadsrecommendation
#aty26 #indigeneousauthor @BarbaraBB
4 1/2 ⭐️
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
#bookspin is a #52bookclub26 prompt book
#doublespin is a #192030 year
pickEspecially if you're interested in Stuart Britain!
I doubted I'd finish this this year, but I've just sneaked it in!
I doubt I'm going to get my book finished by Thursday, so I'm calling it. It was VERY CLOSE between this and Conclave, but as Turton has gone on my tentative plans for next year and Harris hasn't, I'm going with that. If it could be tied, it definitely would be!
#bookofthemonth (tagged)
#bookoftheyear is The Devil and the Dark Water
@Catsandbooks
May's book of the month - the fourth in the series.
#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
#bookspin list for January. @TheAromaofBooks
Playing it very loosy-goosy this year, as I've signed up to too many challenges and don't know which books will fit the prompts.
You'll see Paradise Lost, The Pilgrim's Progress & Leviathan across the year - I'm spreading them out.
The mastery subject reading plan will be books written about the Stuart era.
March #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
I've also received lots of puzzles - when do you think I'll finish this lot?! 🤣 Nearly all are 1000 pieces (the wooden puzzle being the exception)
Merry Christmas everyone!
My bookish haul so far - I've included the money because it's unlikely to go on anything else 🤣
Thank you, thank you, thank you @Yuki_Onna for all the chocolate and book - Lindt is my favourite and the nuts sound amazing. The book looks right up my alley too - I'm glad I stacked it 🤣😉
#jolabokaflodswap @MaleficentBookDragon
Merry Christmas everyone!
pick#10beforetheend Ever since I created the list, I've basically ignored it, so this is definitely NOT happening 🤣🤣🤣 @ChaoticMissAdventures
so-so#52bookclub25 #hasamoononthecover - cheating a bit by using the word instead of a picture!
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
3 1/2 ⭐️
My one (1!) purchase from the book sale I mentioned on #5joysfriday! I went armed with a list, but didn't find any from it 😟
@dabbe Thank you very much for this package, even though I feel slightly guilty as I haven't got round to reading the tagged & subsequent ones yet!
I do have extra motivation to read them now, however, as I've decided I need background information from the Reformation onwards to help with my creative writing project (even if it's going to be taking place nearly a century later 🤣😃)!
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii
1. Getting my #auldlangspine match & book list earlier than expected! Thanks @monalyisha !
2. I've sent some Littens their Xmas cards & the #jolabokaflodswap, which has arrived to my match.
3. My Mastery Subject Reading Plan is coming along nicely, which is going to help with my creative writing.
4. One of my MCs is finally taking shape.
5. I'm going out for breakfast and a book sale tomorrow morning!
#jolabokaflodswap sent today. @MaleficentBookDragon
Be on the lookout for a pink spotty parcel @Cupcake12 🤣
Photo is of the Lindt chocolate museum in Cologne!
#20thingsaboutme This is one of the hardest parts of #auldlangspine for me every year - I don't want to repeat myself, but I also don't want to scroll through all my posts to find out what I wrote last time 🤣 1-4 and 14-17 are probably repeats!
@monalyisha @Singout
So excited for my #auldlangspine list from @Singout ! I haven't read ANY of them, although I have read the tagged author before & loved it (Braiding Sweetgrass), so I'll probably start there.
Top right shows books I already owned (and/or purchased recently), & bottom right shows books I'm interested in.
Books #2, #5, #6 & #12 aren't appealing to me at mo, but might later in the year! 🤣
Thanks @monalyisha for another 👍 match!
#als2026 #als
pick5 ⭐️
First book on the bingo board completed! #crossoveruniversebooktwo #52bookclub25 @TheAromaofBooks
Conclave just eeks out Woodworking, but it was very close! And How to Write Crime Fiction is my other wild card.
#readingbracket2025 @Catsandbooks
#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern
Philosophy, poetry, plays, essays, nonfiction that isn't history-based - which is why I've requested this on my #auldlangspine2026 form. I realise @monalyisha that this may be hard to match for so if some of the fiction genres I've listed/ticked have to be included, that's fine by me! 🤣🤣🤣
pick5 ⭐️
I've decided to use this for #titleisaspoiler for #52bookclub25, so that space on December's #bookspinbingo board will be replaced with a mood read. @TheAromaofBooks
December is all about trying to finish reading challenges, so instead of books I've listed the prompts I need to fulfill to complete them. And two mood reads because I failed miserably in November 🤣
Any recommendations for good books for these? The genre chosen was romance.
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
pick
pickLots of examples and ideas for a budding crime writer!
bailed#doublespin is a #dnf. @TheAromaofBooks
Although I wanted to know what happened, I didn't like Eleanor's character, and wasn't keen on picking the book back up. I ended up reading the Wikipedia entry!
November #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
#doublespin was the book club pick (tagged), so I've used the one I'm currently reading for it.
And I've decided on one of the shorter Hardy novels for #9 (Under the Greenwood Tree).
#readingbracket2025 #October @Catsandbooks
TBH, it could have been either, but I chose to read Uproar after getting interested in 18th century art(?) in this one - it was sort of a logical book to pick up after it.
Well, I'm definitely not going to finish any of my current reads by tonight, so here's #octoberstats.
I feel like I'm behind on my challenges, so @TheAromaofBooks can you please add me to your #bookspin list for November? I will be doing the bingo card.
pickI think some of the modern-day references to British pop culture might go over other countries' heads, but this was very illuminating.
#52bookclub25 #summerconnectionchallenge #similarfont
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