Preorders arrived just as it started dumping snow. I'll be curled up on the couch enjoying a perfect Saturday 😁

Starting off this Saturday morning with a good sob--god I love this book!

There was so much I forgot, so what a joy to reread this. But no matter how many times I read it (and it's been quite a few) when Charlie's writing start's to deteriorate the tears start flowing; and that last line......😭💔

14/80

Stole this from Poor Richard's a local indie bookstore; thought y'all would get a kick out of it! 😂

Happy Valentines Day Littens 💘

#FeelinTheLove #ValentinesDay

"progris riport 1 martch 3
Dr Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and every thing that happins to me from now on."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🩷

I scored 24/110 22% and out of that 24 the majority were pans and bails 😅

3 favorites:
To Kill A Mockingbird
A Separate Peace
Romeo and Juliet

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

My IRL book club pick for February and I couldn't be happier, it's been over 20 years since my last reread.

A soul warming story of faith and made family.

13/80

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

Mini stack from Goodwill. Psyched to snag Sandwich for $1.99! 😁

#FeelinTheLove #LoveLetters

They say third time's a charm. Let's hope because I just want a damn book to read! 😅

The DNFs on Blind Date books is 2 for 2.

DNFing this one because I'm not a fan of short stories, and literary fiction tries my patience; the two together are nothing but a recipe for shit reading for me.
#HailTheBail

12/80

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Starting my second "Blind Date" book and hoping for better luck with this one ????

I'm finding myself wanting to clean my house rather than pick up this book 😱
#HailTheBail

11/80

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"It started with a book."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Finally starting one of my Blind Date books

Lots of laughs about motherhood and some bittersweet thoughts about aging.

10/80

February #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💕💕

I read 25/100

3 favorites:
Mama Day
Of Mice and Men
Push

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Moving on to this month's #BookSpin
Oh! And lookee there #Roses on the cover for #FeelinTheLove 😁

I didn't realize this was a murder mystery. I tried to stick it out, but I just don't care.
#HailTheBail

9/80

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#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

I liked the characters, I liked the plot, I didn't like the annoyingly obscure writing. And I kept waiting for Shane to say 'Go ahead. Make my day.' 😂

8/80

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February #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin

I'm going to live la vida loca and read the DoubleSpin first!😲 Crazy, right?! 🤣

#FeelinTheLove #LovePoem

"He rode into our valley in the summer of '89."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

January Wrap-Up

Total Read: 7
#Bookspin ✔️
#DoubleSpin✔️
#BookSpinBingo 1
#Read2025 TBRs: 6
5 Star Reads: 0
DNF: 1
#MonthlyNonFiction2025 2

January Favorite: More or Less Maddy

Got a Bingo for January! 😁

#BookSpinBingo

Published in 2008, the info is so outdated that there is no mention of iPhones. However, it was interesting to skim through as a hindsight read.

7/80

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#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

Thanks @Eggs for the tag 💕

1. My granddaughter's 4th birthday
2. A snowy reading day
3. Watching my daughter start to thrive in her new career
4. Meeting a new friend through a local bookshop
5. Family trip to the Space Foundation Discovery Center

#5JoysFriday

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💞

I scored better on this one 32/100 32%

3 Faves:
The House of Spirits
The Hundred Secret Senses
Ethan Frome

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

#25Alive #Bright

I love a book that makes laugh out loud while I'm reading!

#25Alive #Laughter

#25Alive #Hope

20yr old Maddie is diagnosed with bipolar disorder after storming out of Thanksgiving dinner to go meet Taylor Swift to collaborate on her memoir.

It took until just past halfway to really get into this and connect with the characters. That's so very different from Genova's other books. But once it hit its stride I had a hard time putting it down.

6/80

February #BookSpin #DoubleSpin

"Maddie stares at the ceiling fan above her."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#25Alive #Dreams

Thank you for the tag my dear 💕 @dabbe

I scored higher than I thought I would 28/100 28% thanks to school

3 faves
Don Quixote
Beloved
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

#25Alive #Celebrate

This was a total #BlameItOnLitsy read, and y'all done me good Littens!! ☺️ This was a perfect cozy read to get me through snow and the polar vortex!

5/80

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBRs #Reading2025 @DieAReader

#25Alive #FaveWinterFood

That feeling when a preorder arrives 💃🏻😁

#25Alive #FvWinterDrink

Starting this total #BlameItOnLitsy read 😁

#25Alive #AuthorYouLove

Enough with nonsense word salad. Be gone! 😂

The title is the only good part of this book.

4/80

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#ReadingMyTBRs #Reading2025 @DieAReader

#HailTheBail

#25Alive #SnowyCover

Starting this while waiting for the snow and Polar Vortex 🥶

So I was a little annoyed that this book was more about two people working at a newspaper than about children being sold out of desperation in the 1930s. But after a bit I became so immersed in the story that it didn't matter anymore.

3/80

January #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBRs #Read2025 @DieAReader

#25Alive #1stBk25

"Outside the guarded entrance, reporters circled like a pack of wolves."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#25Alive #FaveBook24