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TheBookgeekFrau

Joined January 2018

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Anima Rising | Christopher Moore
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Hopefully a go author who isn't going to disappoint 🤞🏼🤞🏼

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Panpan

Last few Star Wars books have been the same damn plot--kidnap, rescue, lots of close calls. It's been like reading a season of The A-Team.

50/80

#DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025

 @TheAromaofBooks @DieAReader

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 8h
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The Summer Cottage | Viola Shipman
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Eggs Perfection! 2d
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I Am Ozzy | Ozzy Osbourne
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Ozzy on repeat for the rest of the day

RIP

#TuesdayTunes

TieDyeDude 🦇🤘 2d
lil1inblue 🤘 🤘 🤘 2d
TheBookHippie Same. 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼 2d
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JessClark78 🤘🏻🤘🏻 2d
dabbe 🤘🏻😢🤘🏻 2d
Kerrbearlib RIP Ozzy 2d
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A Lineage of Grace | Francine Rivers
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛🤎💛 3d
Eggs Pretty cover! 3d
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Anima Rising | Christopher Moore
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Book mail!! Thank you fellow Litten (I don't remember who exactly) for putting this on my radar 🙏🏼😁

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Listening to the thunder and starting this month's #DoubleSpin Can't think of a better way to spend a Friday night 😁

TheAromaofBooks Yes!!! Love sitting on the porch when the storms are around!! 5d
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Mehso-so

Very similar to their other collection: My Nest Isn't Empty...
Cute, and lighthearted, but I felt like I'd already read it.

49/80

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#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 #Next 6d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 5d
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"Here's what I've learned in my life: Motherhood has no expiration date."

#FirstLineFridays
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@dabbe thanks for the tag

#tuesdayscavengerhunt #boat @Chrissyreadit

Found a boat in @kspenmoll posts; so #tagyoureit 😊

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Staring this for a bingo

marleed I love to read their mother-daughter books! 1w
TheBookgeekFrau @marleed It's like modern-day Erma Bombeck with a mother/daughter twist 1w
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The Manchurian Candidate | Richard Condon
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dabbe I loved the movie with Angela Lansbury as the evil mother. I never tried the book, though, and now I definitely won't! 😂 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe I think I'd rather watch the movie! 😱 The story sounds intriguing, but the writing is word salad galore 😖 Also--HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO YOU!!! 🎊💙🎊🥳💙 1w
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 1w
DieAReader On to better books🤓 #Next 1w
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The Manchurian Candidate | Richard Condon
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It's hot -- I'm just gonna sit my ass in the AC and read the day away

bookandbedandtea Best possible plan 🔥 2w
Sace It‘s really the only option. 2w
KadaGul @TheBookgeekFrau Best Option Ever 🩵🤣🩵📚 2w
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Pickpick

An angsty and sweet love story. And can I just say, both sets of parents are parenting goals!

47/80

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DieAReader 🎉Fantastic! 2w
TheBookHippie Such a good read. 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 2w
bookandbedandtea I've been meaning to read this. I love hearing that there are good parents in it. 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea It was a refreshing change to read such good parents!! It's a very quick read, if that helps to slot in your schedule. 2w
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Refreshing is exactly what I was thinking. As a parent, it sometimes gets tedious to read about so many awful parents. 😣 2w
Reggie I saw the author at a bookstore and he said that one of the nicest comments he ever got was from a mom who got flowers from her son after he read his book because he said she was an awesome mom. 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @Reggie That's awesome 💞 2w
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"One summer night I fell asleep, hoping the world would be different when I woke."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Enchanted_Bibliophile This one has been on my TBR forever 2w
lil1inblue I absolutely love this book! 😍 2w
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dabbe I literally do this every night. 🩵💙🩵 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Here's to wishing 🤞🏼🤞🏼 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @Suet624 The good news is that change is inevitable 😊 2w
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Mehso-so

Not my favorite of her memoirs. As it is a memoir of her family tribe there was just so much going on with all the various family members that the writing felt choppy. I did very much love the tribe living though; and if I could, I too would have my whole family within a six block radius.

46/80

July #BookSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

#MonthlyNonFiction2025

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2w
DieAReader Wonderful job!🥳 2w
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#JulyJazz #Liberty

The framed Pledge of Allegiance that hangs under my daughter's army photo

Eggs Beautiful 💙 🇺🇸❤️ 2w
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Why Forgive? | Johann Christoph Arnold
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Eggs Brilliant 🤗 2w
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Leftcoastzen Wow an oldie! It was super popular back in the day ! 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover! 3w
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 3w
Eggs Oh I love Genova! Is this a new one? 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Yup. Came out earlier this year. March, maybe 3w
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Staring my July #BookSpin

"There is no lack of drama in my life, I have more than enough three-ring-circus material for writing, but even so, I always approach the seventh of January with trembling."

#FirstLineFridays
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Mehso-so

The history of Iran just before, and following the revolution was interesting. I didn't care for the writing, however; and it was too long.

45/80

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

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Karisimo If you want to revisit this time/place, a good fiction story is 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @Karisimo Thanks! 😊 3w
DieAReader 🥳 Next up!! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3w
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#JulyJazz #StarsAndStripes

Happy 4th of July 🎆🎇 US friends!!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙 3w
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs While it's still Wednesday in CO, if I don't do this now I'll forget 😄

After a year of putting together photo albums for our grand, who's always commandeering someone's phone to look at pix, she finally sat down with one and enjoyed it so much she went and got the others.

Trashcanman ❤️ 3w
Eggs Aww that‘s a wonderful discovery😍 3w
dabbe 💙🩵💙 3w
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Eggs Beautiful edition 🇺🇸❤️🦅 3w
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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#BookSpinBingo board for the second half of the year

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 3w
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 3w
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Canada Day | Molly Aloian
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Happy #CanadaDay to my northern neighbors! 🎉

#JulyJazz

Eggs Yay 🇨🇦 3w
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The Sun Down Motel | Simone St. James
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#ReadingBracket2025

Much thought was required here. It was a tough choice between The Book of Charlie and Demon Copperhead. And then another tough choice between The Sun Down Motel and The Book of Charlie, especially since there are such different books. But seeing as I wanted to call everyone I knew and shout from the rooftops to read The Sun Down Motel, it clearly deserves the 1/2 year top spot.

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No blackout, but 20 books off my TBR shelves is still a win!

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous progress!!! 3w
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June | Lori Copeland
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June Wrap-up

Total read: 6
1 DNF
3 TBRs
1 Nonfiction
1 Chunkster
✔️#BookSpin
#DoubleSpin
2 #BookSpinBingo
1 5-star read

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 #AllergicToChunksters #MonthlyNonfiction2025

DieAReader 💖🤓Excellent!! Great job🥳 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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julieclair You definitely read a wide variety of books this month! 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 😂 Right? It's probably a good depiction of the wacky Gemini I am 😁 3w
julieclair I‘m a Gemini too! That‘s probably why your selections speak to me! ♊️ 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair Twins power (but only when we're in the mood for it)!! 😂♊️ 3w
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Harry Potter: fun book | J.K. Rowling
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This comes awfully close to book banning to me.

Apologies, if the below link doesn't work. Give it a google if it doesn't. I tried 😂

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna215255

Texreader Yep 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @Texreader I'm just dumbfounded by this 😵‍💫 4w
willaful @KadaGul I don't think you read the article. I also don't think a business making a decision like this equates to book banning. Why *should* they carry her books? 4w
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julesG They aren't prohibiting access to the books like book bans in public or school libraries do, they are just not selling them. They could have handled it without the media fanfare, but that probably brings publicity and revenue. 4w
julesG @willaful Snap! 4w
CarolynM @willaful @julesG It‘s an interesting moral question for booksellers, don‘t you think? What will your conscience allow you to profit from? Where do you draw the line? 4w
julesG @CarolynM it is! I like it when people make a stand like that and(!) explain why they do it. 4w
ncsufoxes One of our small local bookstores has recently said they wouldn‘t sell HP books anymore. Someone said it was a book ban. The owner said no I get to decide what books I want to sell & authors I chose to support. At this time we all get to decide how to spend our money & who to support. Different religious groups have banned her books because of the theme of magic. We bought HP books when they first came out & they are there for my kids to read but 4w
ncsufoxes I won‘t buy anything else Rowling writes due to her views. I as a consumer can choose not to support her. 4w
lil1inblue It's a private business, not a public library. They can choose to sell what they wish. I imagine Rowling's views and vitriol are quite harmful to a number of their customers. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau I completely understand all your points. What bothers me is that when a book is pulled from a school it's still available in other places, yet it's called a book ban. So I'm having trouble seeing how this is different. Maybe my issue is with the term banned book in general; because books restricted from one place can still be obtained from others. @willaful @julesG @ncsufoxes @lil1inblue @CarolynM 4w
Reggie It‘s so funny my friend once asked me if I liked Harry Potter. And I said I loved Harry Potter. She asked if she should read it. I said yes but only if she stole the books. We could not purchase Harry Potter books and she‘ll be a billionaire sleeping on a mattress made of money. She‘ll be ok without queer dollars however it‘s shocking the stuff that comes out of her mouth when she wrote the hugest series about inclusion. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @Reggie You are right about her finances, her money keeps making money regardless of all else lol I think it's a shame that such a great story is being maligned because of hatred. 4w
Reggie @TheBookgeekFrau that hatred is coming from her. A woman with a billion dollars behind her is coming for one of the most marginalized groups. Chica, she‘s a villain. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @Reggie Ooops, I didn't mean you, personally. I mean the hate and anger surrounding this whole topic I've seen on social media; and I always think these poor books in the middle like {shrug} what did we do. (edited) 4w
Reggie Oh no I get that. I will always champion Harry Potter. Her, not so much. One of my favorite movies is The 9th Gate. Later I found out it‘s made by Roman Polanski who can‘t come back to the US because he raped a girl and fled the country. What am I supposed to do with that? I still love the 9th Gate. Him, not so much. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @Reggie Oh good!! 😊 BTW, did your friend get a chance to read HP? 4w
willaful @TheBookgeekFrau A couple of things make it different. A school is a public institution, run by our tax dollars, and the books in a school library went through a decision making process, including expert evalulation, to be there. Also the young patrons of a school library don't necessarily have the means or opportunity to obtain books in other places.
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TheBookgeekFrau @willaful Thanks for your answer. I see your point. On a personal level, my gut says the willful removal of a book from any place books can be obtain is a ban. But my head says this bookstore is making a consumer protest because they don't want their money going to a place they don't support. It's such a slippery slope. 4w
Offmybookshelf I wonder if all authors are vetted or if this only happens when things have a lot of publicity. Booksmith also pulled Neil Gaiman‘s books but didn‘t announce it at the time. 4w
ncsufoxes In some ways it is a bit of a slippery slope. But independent booksellers should be able to choose what they want to sell or not. We also live in the world of online shopping & you can buy what you want online. Small, independent bookstores also don‘t have the space to carry every book made. I consider a ban more of libraries not having all books. Too many kids don‘t have access to books to allow them to figure out who they are or the stories they 4w
ncsufoxes want to read. I think a seller not selling a certain book is not necessarily a ban but a choice. As a consumer I can make a choice to go & spend my money at places that support my beliefs or values. If I don‘t like what a store stands for then I find another place to shop. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @ncsufoxes Thanks for the discussion! I was jarred when I first read the article because it was the first time I heard of a bookstore refusing to sell a book. And then I had a good laugh thinking of my 20s year old self ranting and raving about how dare they ban a book as compared to me in mid 50s thinking I don't agree, but I see their point; and also wondering what other readers thought. Geez, I've come a long way😂 Thanks for opining along 💕😊 4w
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"In the fall of 1995, after resigning from my last academic post, I decided to indulge myself and fulfill a dream."

#FirstLineFridays
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ShyBookOwl Love it! 4w
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs

1. A sense of humor

2. My 30s

3. My life by Billy Joel

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs 💜💙💜 1mo
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House is clean. Thunder storm approaching. But I've got my coffee and a possibility for another bingo this month. All is good right now 😊

KadaGul This book is awesome! I get her admiration for Vladimir Nabokov because I feel the same way about Emile Durkheim. The audiobook wasn‘t my favorite, so I just read the book instead. 😍🥰😍🥰 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @KadaGul I'm really enjoying it so far! 1mo
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Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond
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julieclair Did it make you sad? Angry? Frustrated? I‘m interested in reading this, but I‘m not sure I‘m up for it right now. So I‘m wondering how you felt… 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair The first 1/4 or so made me so depressed I wanted to vomit from hopelessness. But as I read on, I felt more thoughtful and hopeful. Some of my initial reaction has a bit of a personal bend to it. Hope that helps 😊 1mo
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julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau That does help, thanks. 💝 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1mo
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July #BookSpin #DoubleSpin and July-December #BookSpinBingo

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Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond
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#BookSpinBingo #BlameItOnLitsy started this morning

Deblovestoread It is so good, I learned a ton. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Deblovestoread The learning is real!! 1mo
ncsufoxes Lawmakers should have this as required reading, maybe they‘d have better insights into what many people in the US face 1mo
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TheBookgeekFrau @ncsufoxes Agreed!!! Though part of me thinks they either wouldn't believe, or are laughing even louder all the way to the bank. 1mo
KadaGul During grad school, I read and wrote a paper about "Evicted," which explores the housing issues in some struggling neighborhoods in Milwaukee. I really enjoyed the research process and put lots of effort into making the information engaging and interesting. The author pours his heart into the writing, which makes the topic hit home even harder! 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @KadaGul He really does! I've added Evicted to my wish list. 1mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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I am so glad there wasn't a thing on my agenda today except to finish this book! I have to admit, at just shy of the halfway point, I was really wondering why there was such love for this book. Didn't take much longer to find out! There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said except, if you're thinking of reading it--do it!!

43/80

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2015
#AllergicToChunksters
#BookSpinBingo

julieclair Thanks for the encouragement! I keep avoiding it… 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair You're welcome 😊😊 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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"First, I got myself born."

#FirstLineFridays
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Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver
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Starting chunkster number 2 for #AllergicToChunksters

julieclair I have this one on my list, too. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair Go into it with patience. It's not a quick read, until you reach the unputdownable point when it all comes together. I have just over 100 pages to go and a whole day to myself, I have no doubt I'll finish today. So. Good. 1mo
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The Ditch | Herman Koch
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Bailedbailed

I don't even know what the hell I just read.

#HailTheBail

42/80

#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

dabbe Thanks for lessening my TBR! 😍 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe You're welcome!💕 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!!! 1mo
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The Ditch | Herman Koch
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"Let me call her Sylvia."

#FirstLineFridays
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The Ditch | Herman Koch
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Starting this month's #BookSpin

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Atmosphere: A Love Story | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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If it didn't have the ending it did, it would've been a so-so read. Space exploration and NASA just don't do it for me, so my attention kept wondering. But I did love that ending.

40/80

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Atmosphere: A Love Story | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I love a pretty end page design 😍

Texreader Very pretty!! 1mo
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Atmosphere: A Love Story | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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There's nothing better than finishing a book and then finding book mail in the mailbox 😁

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Beach House Rules | Kristy Woodson Harvey
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Gossipy, a little crime solving, and forced family fun--everything a summer read should be. Not a bad way to spend reading time.

40/80

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Hattie Big Sky | Kirby Larson
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Eggs Loved this book🥰 2mo
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