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Joined March 2020

Picky reader. Montreal, Canada. Books, barks, Battlestar Gallactica. https://www.goodreads.com/read-y-picker TheStoryGraph read_y_picker
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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My bingo card for this month. I‘m feeling it!
#mood #rainy #march ☔️🌱📚💜
#bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fantastic!! 2w
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Here. Is. My. March. #TBR
#DeepExhale do I feel better for having put it out there? Not sure yet. Will this be the year I finally tackle Ulysses? Only time will tell lol. Last month I didn't leave myself any FREE spaces, which was a mistake so this month I'm leaving extra!
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for the motivational challenges! Really loving your #BookChain2024 by the way! #Bookspin #Doublespin #BookspinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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When Red wins, she stands alone.

#FirstLineFriday
@ShyBookOwl

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#scarathlon reading plans out the window as soon as I came across The Queen of the Damned on tv. I just couldn‘t turn it off. Definitely calling for a reread!
#BlackCatCrew

@5feet.of.fury @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream @Allydanielle88 @Justmissc87 @BookwormAHN

TheQuietQuill I love this movie 🎥🐈‍⬛ Maybe I‘ll have to rewatch it too 😂 6mo
Read-y_Picker @TheQuietQuill Honestly It just brings back so many memories! It's by far my favourite book of the series (that I've read so far). I'm still peeved that Jon Davis didn't get to release his versions of the songs on the soundtrack... It's just not the same.
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Yuki_Onna Oh my goodness, Stuart Townsend in this movie... Divine 🖤 6mo
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Read-y_Picker @Yuki_Onna Underrated masterpiece lol 🖤🦇🎥
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BookwormAHN Stuart Townsend was a really underrated Lestat 🖤 6mo
5feet.of.fury One of my all time faves! Great movie and even better soundtrack! 6mo
Read-y_Picker @bookwormAHN @5feet.of.fury 🖤🖤 6mo
Read-y_Picker @5feet.of.fury The movie soundtrack is a killer! I would love to be able to just crank that up in my headphones right now lol. 6mo
bthegood Good to “see“ you on - hope all is well. 🙂 1mo
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There's a lot going on here. Note the single FREE space remaining...
#Bookspin : The Book of Cold Cases
#Doublespin : The Final Girl Support Group

Feeling a little in over my head this month lol
#Scarathlon #BlackCatCrew #CastTheDie #Falling4Books #LittenListen #Naturalitsy #Spookoween #Witchathon #20in4 #AuthorAMonth #SeriesLove2023

BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 5mo
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When you thought you waited late in enough to poste your #scarathlon TBR but the library holds you weren‘t expecting for weeks suddenly come in… 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️
#BlackCatCrew

Larkken Haha, relatable 6mo
BookwormAHN I also know that feeling. Great bag 🐈‍⬛ 6mo
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My Bucketlist | Axel & Ash
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Last year I realized that I am not a fan of pumpkin and to stop fighting it so this year I'm really leaning into the apples lol.
And my embargo on Michael's is gonna be tough but do I really NEED another Dracula nutcracker?

#BlackCatCrew #Scarathlon #HalloweenBucketlist
@5feet.of.fury @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream @Allydanielle88 @Justmissc87

TheQuietQuill Ohhh apple cider donuts! Yummy 🤤 6mo
Read-y_Picker @TheQuietQuill got my donut tin this week. Hard to believe I‘ve gone this long without one! 6mo
Charityann I don‘t like pumpkin either! It‘s lots of apple stuff for me!😄 6mo
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ShananigansReads “Stay away from Michael‘s” 🤣🤣🤣 6mo
Justmissc87 I love apple cider and everything apple. I do like pumpkin depending on what it is. I‘m the same way but with Hobby Lobby 😊 6mo
BookwormAHN I'm also leaning more towards apples 🐈‍⬛️ 5mo
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Good Omens | Gaiman, Neal
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After much consideration, here are the shows and movies I'm pretty sure to watch over October, even though I'll try to limit my watch time for the sake of getting through a chunk of my TBR. I 🖤 my classic horror films for Halloween!

#Scarathlon #Watchlist #BlackCatCrew

@5feet.of.fury @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream @Allydanielle88 @Justmissc87

LibrarianRyan Yeahhh 6mo
5feet.of.fury I love What We Do In The Shadows. The show and the movie! 6mo
Read-y_Picker @5feet.of.fury I started to watch the show again on Thursday. Definitely going to have to track down the movie. It's been too long! 6mo
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gossamerchild Ooh, Good Omens! That's a good choice. I have to re-watch that. 6mo
Read-y_Picker @gossamerchild season 2 is out. I‘m behind, of course but I‘m planning to rewatch s1 again first. 6mo
gossamerchild @Read-y_Picker I did NOT realize Season 2 had dropped 😮 Definitely adding that to my list! 6mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 5mo
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Scarathlon | Litsy
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ATTENTION READERS!
Sign-ups for #Scarathlon are still open! If you're still on the fence or haven't heard of it yet (somehow), this is a no-pressure, super-fun, month-long readathon for October. The teams are smaller with a bunch of your fave littens hosting this year.
Pull out your favourite or TBR spooky, gory, thrillers, mysteries, paranormal romance or whatever and click on the link to play along! https://forms.gle/AFMkkpfvLUTHu9rYA

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My tentative #Bookspin Bingo #Scarathlon TBR. Anyone else have trouble putting a list together? I have a feeling it's definitely going to change as the month goes on...

#BlackCatCrew 🐈‍⬛

@5feet.of.fury @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TEArificbooks @Yuki_Onna @LibrarianRyan @BookwormAHN @TheQuietQuill @hes7 @TheBookDream @Allydanielle88 @Justmissc87

5feet.of.fury Girl With All The Gifts is one of my favorite of all time books! VenCo is pretty cute too! I‘m not having trouble putting together a list, I‘m having trouble narrowing it down to reality though 😂 6mo
Read-y_Picker @5feet.of.fury That's the thing! It's a list for Halloween... It's a list for any old Tuesday lol. My trick to narrowing it down was to focus on the #AAM and books on my list from last year that I didn't get through, with a few more from series I've been binging all year. Didn't even 👀 at my bookshelves... 🫣
I'm ashamed to have put GWAG off for so long. I've heard so many good things!
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Justmissc87 Yes I had a really hard time. I added a lot of books from last year that I never got to unfortunately. And books that have been on my tbr for awhile. Plus, some new books that I really want to read or heard good things about. 6mo
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Read-y_Picker @Justmissc87 I saw! It's a good list! A couple of those are on my TBR also, even if they didn't make it to my graphic. Also, I hope you enjoy our team read. I've seen the movie so many times I know it by hart but the book was still a joy. As well as the others in the series. 6mo
BookwormAHN Mine always changes and the fact that I spent last Saturday at the library didn't help 👻 6mo
Read-y_Picker @BookwormAHN I'm sure it didn't! Nor does the fact that Litsy exists... lol
Have you read the group reads in advance by any chance?
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BookwormAHN I have read Practical Magic but not the other one. 6mo
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The Matchmaker's Gift: A Novel | Lynda Cohen Loigman
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I'm not crying. You're crying!
Fantastic rec @TheBookHippie!
This was just so sweet and heartwarming. Great characters and feel-good pretty much all the way through!
It made me sad that I was too young and involved in trying to know myself to really get to know my grandmother as a person beyond the wonderful, caring matriarch I remember so fondly.
My heart broke at the epilogue. Now I have to pick up a copy for my mom and sister to read.

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#Scarathlon #BlackCatCrew Pleased to meet you!

1. Once upon a time... before Litsy... I used to be very picky about what I read. Also I have trouble DNF'ing even when I know it's not the end of the world.
2. Paranormal & historical fiction
3. Fall/Winter
4. I'd really like to
5. Canada🇨🇦
6. Dog mom, favourite auntie, baker. Turned the magic 42 this summer and no one here understood lol 👍𝟒𝟐🛸

BookwormAHN Nice 🐈‍⬛ 6mo
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks I turned 42 this summer also. It‘s the answer everything! 6mo
Read-y_Picker @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks I really feel like this is gonna be a good one. I've been so looking forward to it lol! 6mo
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So this happened 👆👆about a month later than expected but you can't control the slump so...
This book was a solid pick but definitely not a contender for best of the month.
Susan just can't seem to pick up and lead a “normal“ life since having fallen in with the Boooksellers and discovering her heritage as a half-mortal child of an Ancient god.
I didn't expect much from this sequel but it was cute, interesting, fast-paced and funny. Quite YA.

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QUESTION: Is there a limit to how far up the bracket a reread should go?

I don‘t reread often (or ever) but I‘m so glad I did. I got so much more out of Ninth House the second time around and now I‘m freshly caught up for the sequel.
#2023ReadingBracket @chasjjlee

monalyisha Personally, I‘d say “no limit!” 🤷‍♀️ 5mo
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Gather the Fortunes | Bryan Camp
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Death is both an end and a transition. Simultaneously a crossing over and the guide on that journey... Death is able to be every one of these and more -- all at once without conflict or contradiction -- because death is the end of all conflicts, is beyond contradictions. Both nothing and everything.
The only thing Death has never been is lonely.
Bryan Camp's writing is prose. This is an excerpt of the 1st paragraph. I read it a dozen times.

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My September 2023 #Bookspinbingo board 🌸🍁📚💖
Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting and more!
I got a lot off my board last month but couldn't swing a bingo. Maybe this time!

Have a great month everyone!!

Read-y_Picker #Bookspin is officially done by the time of this post and although I won't remember it as fondly as the author's first book, I highly recommend this duology!! 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looks great!!! 6mo
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I have had *I am the Walrus* stuck in my head since starting the tagged book!
I really hope that we get to meet this mysterious character!
Can't imagine how much wackier this story can get though lol.

#BOOKNOTES @AlwaysBeenALoverofBooks
Great prompt!

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Pq9MmkDQYZiiCDpxnvrf6?si=977907a6c3e444ff

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😂😂 thanks for playing! 8mo
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My August #BookspinBingo board 😍
At least 4 on tap for #AAM Salmon Rushdie
A few to finish up that are already in progress
If all goes well I should complete my Goodreads 2023 Reading Challenge this month!

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HERE WE GO! Been weirdly waiting for August all year. Note the bookmark in The Enchantress of Florence… 3rd time‘s the charm?
#AAM #Rushdie @Soubhiville

Soubhiville 🤞🙂📚 8mo
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Haven't done one of these in a couple of months. Too hard to plan! But I'm gonna be honest: I've been looking forward to Salman Rushdie as #AAM all year and expect to read mostly him this month. So many of his works I've put off reading, including the tagged. I've started it a few times but didn't feel like I could give it the attention it required at the time. Wish me luck! 🤞🤞
#Bookspin #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks @Soubhiville

AkashaVampie love the picture... one of my favorite colors is purple. 8mo
Read-y_Picker @AkashaVampie Me too! This photo is #mood for the next 4 months until we get some good snow cover! 8mo
Soubhiville Nice! I hope you‘ll enjoy reading him. 8mo
Read-y_Picker @Soubhiville I've read Midnight's Children (fave) and, of course, The Satanic Verses. I find his writing style completely enchanting but really have to give myself the chance to get sucked in.
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 8mo
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The Saint of Bright Doors | Vajra Chandrasekera
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This story was so masterfully written it's hard to believe that it's the author's first novel. I hardly have anything to compare it to. Chandrasekera created an entire world rich in cultural lore, politics, religious ideologies and all in under 400 pages. The writing style is immersive, bright, rich, textured. It was like getting swallowed into another world and just leaving everything else behind. Read this if you enjoy Bardugo, Jemisin, Schwab.

Read-y_Picker Coming July 2023! #ARC 5🌟
Can't wait to see if this takes off on Litsy...
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Thistlefoot | GennaRose Nethercott
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“What happens when the walls we raise outlive the dangers they were built to keep out? At what point does a fort become a cage?“

I really enjoyed this story. It's kind of a Baba Yaga origin story, as discovered by her descendants after they inherit her infamous cabin on chicken feet. I personally connected with the historic theme of displaced jews in Russia. It really added depth and humanity to the Yaga history.
5 ⭐️
#Doublespin

Read-y_Picker Finished it off with some traditional lore. It was interesting seeing the themes and events repeated throughout many variations of Baba Yaga stories. Definitely going down the rabbit hole this month. 12mo
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So umm normally I‘d post a photo of my latest #bookhaul but I just can‘t get over the fact that one of my orders was replaced with the tagged book.
Feeling seen/slightly offended/a little weepy. #howdidtheyknow

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@TheAromaofBooks' March #Bookspin numbers are drawn! I'm excited about my picks and I have a great feeling about this month's board. Time to get reading!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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My February #Bookspinbingo Wrap-up is serving 80's vibes 💖!
I did mainly impulse reading this month but finally completed Cloud Cuckoo Land (3rd time's the charm). Sadly having a really tough time getting into Angels of Music, even though it's so creative and fun, I keep getting tossed down rabbit holes looking up all of Kim's characters and art references.

@TheAromaofBooks
#Bookspin #Doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 13mo
Read-y_Picker @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! Eagerly awaiting tomorrow lol. Thought I'd get to finish another one before the 2nd but alas.... 13mo
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Angels of Music | Kim Newman
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Nothing so everyday, ladies.
Lol

So only a few pages in but picture The Phantom of the Opera meets Charlie‘s Angels. #Bookspin

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FEELING SPRINGY. We didn't end up getting the 20cm of snow we were expecting and now the sun is out in full force ☀️
My #Bookspin list for March looking a lot like the one from February... 😒 I was a very impulsive reader last month!
Picked up a few books that have been making the rounds on Litsy lately and I'm gonna tie up 2 series for #serieslove2023.
@TheAromaofBooks
@TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
TheSpineView Great list! 13mo
Andrew65 March is always a good month as Spring starts to rear it ahead, feels a time of optimism. 13mo
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I know there are still a few days left in February but after finishing the tagged book I am declaring FEBRUARY OVER! 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Special thanks to @patchshank for bringing it to my attention during #NYWD2021 and to @monalyisha for setting us up.
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You‘re a full time clerk in a rundown gas station at the edge of town. You‘re a recluse and an avid reader with presumably a wild imagination and failing memory. So, when your shrink wants you to ⬇️

Read-y_Picker start keeping a journal , naturally you start a blog to which you post accounts of the seriously messed up paranormal phenomena you witness daily. A naked cowboy ghost in the restroom, killer mutant raccoons, garden gnomes, hand plants (you read that right, don‘t ask), and a lot more… this novel by a real-life gas station clerk-turned-blogger is a veritable roller coaster of WTF-did-I-just-read to the very last page. 👏👏🎬 13mo
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Whose Body? | Dorothy Sayers
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@mitch I wanted to join in on the fun too so I listened to the audio of February's #goldenagecrimeclub. Sayers was a new-to-me author and I quite enjoyed this though I found it a bit confusing and might have done better to read it. It also felt like a good 20% of the book was the murdered explaining how he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for that meddling Lord Wimsey and co lol. But still good 3.75⭐️

Mitch Brilliant. Let chat on the last Sunday of the month. 13mo
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Read-y_Picker @Mitch Excellent, thanks!
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TheSpineView Great job! 13mo
Andrew65 So easy to start new series 😂 I hope you enjoy the series. 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I'm planning to read this one this month as well - and I've also not read a Salyers yet, so I'm excited!! 13mo
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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Went into this totally blind, solely based on the hype and it did not disappoint. Not my usual genre... while there is an underlying element of mystery to it, this story is pure drama. In fact it's dripping with so much drama and glamour and secrecy that I almost forgot the big question that had been hanging in the background. I listened to the audiobook and it was a spectacular production, just brought everything to life! Highly recommend. #AAM

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Galatea: Short story | Madeline Miller
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Pleasantly surprised. I found this richly atmospheric especially for such a short story. Haunting and unsettling. Like a vivid dream vaguely remembered the following morning.
#DoubleSpin ✔️
#52BookClub2023 Starts with G

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
bthegood fantastic description - 👍 13mo
Read-y_Picker @bthegood thank you :) I don't think I imagined it but I may have, the freezing cold weather was so oppressive lol
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bthegood @Read-y_Picker 😂 13mo
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The House Witch | Delemhach
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Ever start reading a book and it's loaded with so many hot words, popular themes that it feels like it was written by AI? Admittedly it had me laughing quite a bit at times as it‘s full of sarcasm, cursing and cheap pot shots. What can I say, I'm a girl of simple tastes lol. But seriously, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that no actual humans were involved in writing this.
Book #13 3.5⭐️ Soft pick. Don't know if I'll read the next.

Read-y_Picker Seriously. Anyone who's read this book... As I was nearing the end I was wondering how one could get AI to write a sequel in a series after wrapping up a first story. Then I wondered if the series was written as one looooooooong story and then just cut up and maybe adjusted a bit for polishing. And THEN this book had no ending! NONE AT ALL! I think I rest my case. 13mo
Clwojick Okay but your review has me SO intrigued, and now I have to read it! Reminds me of the Hallmark Christmas movie script written by an AI.🤣 13mo
Read-y_Picker @Clwojick please do! I‘d like to know if you agree or if I‘m just nuts😂 13mo
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Angels of Music | Kim Newman
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Funny. The tagged is the book that would have given me a bingo last month if I'd have altered my priorities.
#Bookspin #Doublespin

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It's time for my very first #Readingbracket! I always think hey, that's a fantastic idea! In December. When I can no longer remember anything.
Thank you to @chasjjlee for the great graphic this year!

I got lucky with many fantastic reads this month but the tagged really stood out and I need to spread the word.

Runner up also with 5⭐️ is The Vanishing Type, 5th book of the Secret, Book & Scone Society. My favourite of the series hands down!

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The House Witch | Delemhach
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Just starting this one as a light in-between read to top off January. I‘m only on page 2 But seriously what have I gotten myself into?! A‘s algorithm is pushing this book quite a bit. Anyone else jump on this bandwagon? It‘s going to be a wild ride!

“Goodbye, Kip. May we never have to speak again.” “You weird lookin‘ bastard, I hope you s&@! bricks!” came Kip‘s angry response at the fellow‘s back.

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The Book of M: A Novel | Peng Shepherd
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Now THIS is a well done dystopian. Mysterious, adventurous, magical. Things are happening. No one understands why but people have lost their shadows and with them their memories. This novel is loaded with action, emotion as the characters try to navigate the new landscape in the hope that there is a cure out there. All they have are snippets of gossip to keep them going amidst the fear that they could become shadowless at any point ⬇️

Read-y_Picker forgetting their loved ones, their place in the world, their destination. Will they find their missing families? Will they follow the rumours to New Orleans? Will they end up reduced to a pile of detritus, memorabilia abandoned en route when they have forgotten even the importance of the relics they carried for so long?

#Doublespin pick ✔️
#52bookclub2023 #DystopianFiction
#ISpyBingo #Headlights
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This was a great listen. Read by the author, it explores the history of his own book lust, his time working in and frequenting various bookshops in the Bay Area. He packs in a ton of history about book selling, book binding, early writing to publishing, libraries, renowned sellers and the future of reading and books themselves. I particularly enjoyed that with later releases he includes (2 in this edition) updates on the state of the trade. 4⭐️

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This is where we parts ways. The story MAY be picking up but probably not. Every few chapters they drop a hint of something mildly interesting to keep you going but it‘s just not enough for me. I do kind of want to know how it ends but I‘m sure I‘ll get over that fast. #sorrynotsorry #authoramonth

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January resolutions for #20in4
Read (finish) the tagged for #authoramonth. It started off interesting enough but the current chapter's not sitting well.
Finish my #Doublespin The Book of M by Peng Shepard
Finish the Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee

I'm declaring it a snowed-in weekend so I think the above is all doable!🤞🤞

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Locking down my #Bookspin list for February!
Feeling like tucking in to some epic fiction so I've got a few (near)Chunksters on here and will probably not Bingo this month.

Fun Fact: I've had my copy of The Witching Hour since I pinched it from my mum in high school and have yet to finish it. We're talking 20(ish) years. I think this year's gonna be the one!

@TheAromaofBooks pick me some good numbers please!!

TheAromaofBooks Long-term book borrowing is a serious sport in my family 😂 14mo
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The Plague of Doves | Louise Erdrich
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New to me author. I looked up Erdrich as part of #AAM and it was really difficult to select a couple from her vest catalogue. It was pretty difficult getting back into reading reality after so long in fantasy land but I really enjoyed the tagged book.

Told from the POV of several people, the author explores the bonds between strangers and family in a small community in North Dakota over several generations. There‘s a LOT packed in here!

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Not the best. Seen this one making the rounds a bit lately and the premise sounded cute so I figured why not? The best part about it was that I actually co pelted a book in French! I found it just too jr. and how can it be that under 200 pages it still felt like there was a lot of filler… 3.25 ⭐️

#readysetread garnet(ish) book cover
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I just loved the tagged book SOOO much I had to go and get the follow up immediately. Already sad that that will be where it ends, as there‘s no third book yet 🤞🤞
Mythical New Orleans ✔️
Magic, Intrigue ✔️
Witty, laced with expletives ✔️
Gods, Monsters✔️
Mystery, unexpected turns EVERYWHERE ✔️

#Bookspin
#ReadySetRead Foil on the cover
#ispybingo Hand
#serieslove2023

Andrew65 Well done, you can always tell you‘re enjoying a series when you want to get to the next one. 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
TheSpineView Have not read the 2nd book. I need to. Well done!📚📚📚 1y
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bnp Didn't realize there was a second novel. Will have to check it out. 1y
Read-y_Picker @Andrew65 Yes! Unless you put off reading the next one indefinitely for fear that it will be the last… 1y
Read-y_Picker @TheSpineView have you every surveyed your series readers to see how many in progress series people are carrying? So curious! 1y
Read-y_Picker @bnp do! I am so glad to have found this author and from what I‘ve read the second book does not disappoint! 1y
Andrew65 @Read-y_Picker Yes I also do that or ration books in a favourite series 😂 1y
Clwojick Great job! 1y
Lizpixie I loved this as well! It doesn‘t get near enough love imo 14mo
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We are gearing up to start book #5, which is my January #bookspin. I‘m actually really looking forward to this one. It also checks off #ispybingo Hand and #ReadySetRead Foil on the cover 🤩👌

dabbe Want to kiss the puppy! Adorable! ❣️🐾❣️ 1y
wanderinglynn Aw, What a cutie! ❤️🐶 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Clwojick Ooooh. Fun cover! 1y
Leftcoastzen Awww!🐶 1y
RedxoHearts Cute pup! 1y
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My January 2023 #BookSpin list! Somehow I keep fighting the urge to write September..? How is it already 2023?!
Wishing all a happy, healthy new year 💖🥳

bthegood happy new year - 1y
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Here are my goals for #OutstandingOctober readathon! Starting with the tagged cozy paranormal mystery. Super fast-paced, not too annoyingly cutesy so far.
In the middle of The Nature of Witches for #SundayBuddyRead but I think I'm going to have to go ahead and finish early cuz it's just so good!

#Scarathlon2022 #teammonstermash

@Andrew65
@StayCurious
@TheBookHippie

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 1y
bthegood Nice to see you on - how are you doing? 1y
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StayCurious nice picture! 1y
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Saw this looking for a #scream for #scarathlondailyprompts and I couldn‘t resist. I‘m intrigued.
#teammonstermash #scarathlon2022

CogsOfEncouragement It is a very fun book. I borrowed it from the library a few Decembers in a row when my kids were young. 1y
Read-y_Picker @CogsOfEncouragement oh yay! That‘s good to hear 😊 I‘ve bookmarked it for the December readathons. 1y
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Ripper | Isabel Allende
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Clwojick Great job! 1y
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