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GinaKButler

GinaKButler

Joined February 2018

Wife❤️Mom👫 Fan in the Stands 🏊‍♀️⚾️. Bibliophile📚Beach Bum🌴Lakeland, FL📍
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The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule
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The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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The I-5 Killer | Ann Rule
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Up next on audio! 🎧

#bookspinbingo

britt_brooke I listened to this recently. Hope you enjoy! 3d
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The Wright Brothers | David McCullough
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Up next: I‘m using this for 2015 in the Book Girls‘ Backlist Challenge.

#nonfiction
#unreadbookshelf
#bookspinbingo

Amiable I adore David McCullough 😍 3d
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The Princess of Las Vegas | Chris Bohjalian
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Staring my #bookspin early this month! This is a new-to-me-author that I‘ve been meaning to try!

@TheAromaofBooks
#bookspinbingo

ChrisBohjalian Awwwwww, thank you. Really honored. 1w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 4d
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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April‘s #bookspinbingo board!

#bookspin - The Princess of Las Vegas
#doublespin - American Royals
Book Club - The Unmaking Of June Farrow
Q2 #chunksterchallenge2024 - David Copperfield (read 300 pages)
Backlist Challenge (2015) - The Wright Brothers

Thank you so much for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 2w
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The Princess of Las Vegas | Chris Bohjalian
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My April #bookspin and #doublespin picks!

Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah! 📚
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!!! 2w
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David Copperfield | Charles Dickens
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Starting today for my Q2 #chunksterchallenge2024
I‘m planning on reading a chapter a day.

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf
@Amiable @Kelly326

dabbe LOVE this book! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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My March Wrap-up:
0 Bingos
7 Books Read
2 Non-Fiction
1 Classic
1 Chunkster
#Doublespin Read
3 #unreadbookshelf
2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2 #serieslove2024

I‘m ready for April! Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

#bookspin #bookspinbingo #chunksterchallenge2024 @Amiable @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great job! 3w
Amiable Are you tackling another chunkster in Q2 or taking a break after “Peter the Great”? 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 3w
GinaKButler @Amiable Getting ready to start: 3w
Andrew65 Excellent month, well done 👏👏👏 3w
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The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese
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Starting today. I purposely lowered my yearly reading goal to read more chunky books, so here goes!

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Start Spinning | Maggie Casey
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This year is flying by…my April #bookspin list!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck with David Copperfield. It has its ups and downs, but overall I really enjoyed it. 3w
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Up next on audio…this one came in from my holds faster than expected. 🤪🎧

#bookspinbingo

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Just finished my first chunkster of the year and I really enjoyed it. As with most historical non-fiction, I realized just how much I never learned in school and my TBR got longer. I‘m definitely going to read the rest of the Romanov series by this author!

@Amiable @Kelly326
#chunksterchallenge2024

Amiable Fabulous! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1mo
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Up next: I heard this author interviewed by Joe Rogan and have been meaning to pick up this book.

#nonfiction #bookspinbingo

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Up next on audio. 🎧

This is my book club‘s March pick.

#bookspinbingo

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Britt-Marie Was Here | Fredrik Backman
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Up next…I‘m using this for Published in 2014 for the Book Girls Backlist Challenge. #bookspinbingo

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The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
TheSpineView Awesome! 1mo
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Love when one book I‘m reading references another…

Reading Tess of the D‘Urbervilles…and I‘m also reading Peter the Great‘s biography. Happy coincidence!

(And, working the middle school book fair! 💃)

Ruthiella I totally love it when that happens! 😃 1mo
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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Here we go! March‘s #bookspinbingo board!

#bookspin - Plainsong
#doublespin - The Silkworm
Book Club - The Frozen River
Backlist Challenge - Britt-Marie Was Here
#chunksterchallenge2024 - Peter The Great

Looking forward to a great month! Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah!
@TheAromaofBooks @Amiable

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looks fabulous!!! I really enjoyed America Royals last month even though it's also kind of terrible 😂 2mo
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End of February check-in on my #chunksterchallenge2024 book. I‘m more than 2/3s in and should finish mid-March. Peter has met and married Catherine. He has finally defeated Sweden (there has been a lot of war in this past section) and the European stage has been changing. Peter is now turning his attention on who will be his heir, and the obvious choice is a dismal disappointment. So many interesting tidbits in this book! @Amiable

Amiable I‘m so glad you are find it a worthwhile read! 2mo
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Plainsong | Kent Haruf
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My March #bookspin and #doublespin

Looking forward to a great month! Thank you so much for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!!! 2mo
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February | June Makle
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February Wrap-Up:
1 Bingo
7 Books Read
1 Non-Fiction
3 #unreadbookshelf
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reads

And, I‘m in the middle of 3 more that will carry over into March.

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!! 2mo
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March | Geraldine Brooks
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My March #bookspin list!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks
I can‘t wait to see what you pick!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Devolution | Max Brooks
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Up next on audio 🎧

This was recommended on audio by Meagansbookclub on IG. Excited to try it!

#bookspinbingo

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Up next: my February #bookspin and one of the classics on my list! @TheAromaofBooks

#bookspinbingo

BarbaraBB It‘s good! 2mo
intothehallofbooks Great book! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Up next on audio 🎧

My book club‘s February pick! This one will give me a bingo!

#bookspinbingo

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Shutter Island | Dennis Lehane
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Up next…a new-to-me author I‘ve been wanting to read.

#bookspinbingo

Amiable I adore Dennis Lehane! I did not love this book, however. If you want to read more Lehane after this one, I‘d be happy to recommend others to dive into. 2mo
GinaKButler @Amiable I would love your recommendations! 2mo
Amiable @GinaKButler “Mystic River” is my absolute favorite. “Small Mercies” —also fabulous. Loved his detective series that starts with “A Drink Before War” — it has a very Boston flavor and feel to it. His Danny Coughlin trilogy is also pretty good. That gives you a sense of Providence, RI. 2mo
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GinaKButler @Amiable Thank you! We are going to Cooperstown this summer with my son‘s baseball team and are planning on visiting Boston afterwards. Will need to pick up that series! 2mo
Amiable @GinaKButler “Mystic River” and “Small Mercies” are also set in Boston—Lehane does a superb job with realistic dialogue. I can actually hear his characters speaking in my head. (Although it helps that I lived in Boston for a number of years. 😀) 2mo
Amiable Also —have you been to Cooperstown before? My boys loved it there when they were younger. Another tourist attraction nearby is Howe Caverns, where you can take a boat tour underground through a cave system. My siblings and I loved doing that when we were kids and my family used to go camping in upstate NY every summer. 2mo
GinaKButler @Amiable We‘ve never been. Dax and his team are playing in the baseball tournament there. I‘m not sure how much down time we‘ll have, but I‘d love to check out the Howe Caverns! Thank you so much for the recommendation! My dad went to Syracuse and I‘d like to also see that campus…I‘ve never been. 🤗 2mo
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Up next…this one is on my 12 in ‘24 list.

#bookspinbingo

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Ordinary Grace: A Novel | William Kent Krueger
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Up next on audio. I‘m using it for 2013 in the Book Girls Backlist Challenge and it‘s also on my #unreadbookshelf 🎧

#bookspinbingo

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Happy Litsyversary! | Special Events
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Happy 6 Year Litsyversary to me!

This is Tipper. She‘s very busy and rarely sits still for a picture. And, she hates library books. (I think she can smell past borrowers on them.) 😂

It‘s so wonderful to be on this site and to interact with so many readers. Thank you, Littens!

#booknerd
#adoptdontshop

AmyG She is a beauty! Congrats on 6 years. 🎉 2mo
OriginalCyn620 Aww! She‘s beautiful! 🐶❤️ 2mo
Amiable So glad you‘re here to share the chunkster love! 📚🎉 Happy Litsyversary! 2mo
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Librarybelle Happy Litsyversary! She‘s a beautiful dog! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Litsyversary!! 🎉 2mo
Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2mo
Megabooks Happy litsyversary!! 🎉🎉 2mo
dabbe HL! And those paws! 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
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TheSpineView Enjoy! 2mo
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February | June Makle
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February‘s #bookspinbingo board!

#bookspin - Tess of the D‘Urbervilles
#doublespin - Plainsong
Book Club - Happiness Falls
#chunksterchallenge2024 - Peter the Great
Currently Reading - The River of Doubt & The Deserter

I‘m looking forward to a great reading month!
Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looks fantastic!! 3mo
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My February #bookspin and #doublespin.

Excited for a great month…thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 3mo
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#chunksterchallenge2024 check in: I‘m 360 pages in and it‘s outstanding. We‘ve seen his rise to the throne (and overthrowing his sister), his “incognito” tour of Europe in hopes of westernizing Russia, building a navy, defeating the Turks…and now turning their attention on Sweden and founding St Petersburg. Put this on your list. Massie is fantastic!
@Amiable

dabbe I did! Thanks for the rec! 🤩 3mo
Amiable I‘ve got this one on my e-reader —thanks for previewing it for me! 😀 3mo
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January | Daniel Parker
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January #bookspinbingo

No bingos
I didn‘t read my #bookspin or #doublespin
I put down 1 book that wasn‘t working for me

BUT, I did finish a big chunk on my TBR
Read 350 pages of my #chunksterchallenge2024
Finished my backlist challenge book
Read 1 of my Author Challenge
Read a 12 in ‘24 book
Read 2 #serieslove2024
Read 3 of my #unreadbookshelf books

I‘m going to call that a good month! On to February! Thanks for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous month!!! 3mo
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The Deserter: A Novel | Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
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Up next, my January #bookspin pick. I always enjoy a Nelson DeMille!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
GinaKButler @TheAromaofBooks If this wasn‘t my #bookspin I would have put it down. It‘s about 250 pages too long. Such a disappointment…I love this author! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks So frustrating when a favorite author doesn't deliver!!! Hopefully the next one is better. 2mo
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February | June Makle
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My February #bookspin list. I haven‘t finished January‘s picks, so they are included! 🙈

Thank you for hosting, Sarah!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
Kristin_Reads Great list! 3mo
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Up next on audio 🎧 (I checked out a hard copy to see maps/photos/etc.)

My first by this author…looking forward to it!

TEArificbooks Loved this one 3mo
Texreader It‘s fantastic! Definitely in my top ten for 2023. 3mo
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Up next on audio…this book fell on my radar after reading and loving Tom Lake. Rumor has it that it‘s also set in the cherry orchards of Michigan.

#bookspinbingo

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The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton
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Up next! I‘m using this for 2012 in the Backlist Reading Challenge by the Book Girls Guide Blog.

#unreadbookshelf
#bookspinbingo

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The Wednesdays | Julie Bourbeau
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Late to the party…thanks for the tag, @CoverToCoverGirl 😊

1. I don‘t know that I have a favorite time period…I‘ve just been avoiding WWII for a bit. I love historical fiction (and non-fiction) and will read any of it!
2. The first book I started was A Column Of Fire by Ken Follett.
3. Either War and Peace or Les Miserables. 📚

Care to join in, @Kelly326 @Amiable ?

@Eggs

Kelly326 1. No specific time periods, but love reading about times that I know less about. 2. Chenneville by Paulette Jiles. I love her writing, but the story was a little slow for me. 3. Also War and Peace or Les Miserables (edited) 3mo
Amiable Oh, I‘m with you on WWII —can‘t do another one of those for a while. 😬 Thanks for the tag! 3mo
Eggs Thanks for playing and sharing 🥳🙌🏻 3mo
Eggs @Kelly326 Thanks for joining in🥳👌🏼 3mo
Cuilin @Amiable right? It reached its saturation point. Unfortunately I‘ve been gifted so many. I will read them but sure when. 3mo
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The Apprentice: A Novel | Tess Gerritsen
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Up next…number two in the Rizzoli & Isles series for #serieslove2024 !

#bookspinbingo
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@Andrew65

TheSpineView Fabulous cover💛 3mo
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Up next: Number 3 in the Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie.

It‘s a collection of 11 short stories and I plan on reading 1 per day.

#Serieslove2024
#bookspinbingo

@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Enjoy 3mo
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The Book Club Hotel | Sarah Morgan
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Up next on audio. 🎧
#bookspinbingo

Amiable What a pretty cover! 3mo
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Up next on audio! 🎧

#bookspinbingo

Megabooks It‘s fantastic!! 3mo
GinaKButler @Megabooks Agree!! Loved this one…the audio was SO good! 3mo
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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First #bookspinbingo board of 2024! Bring on January!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 😊

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 4mo
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The Deserter: A Novel | Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
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Here we go! January‘s #bookspin and #doublespin picks! I really like Nelson DeMille and it‘s been a while since I‘ve read him. I think it‘s so cool that he auctions off character names in his books for charity!

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!! 4mo
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Our 1st Quarter Chunkster for the #chunksterchallenge2024

We‘ve read biographies of American presidents the past few years and are pivoting to Russia.

Thank you for hosting, Amy!

@Amiable @Kelly326
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Amiable I have this one in my pile so I‘m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it! 4mo
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A Column of Fire | Ken Follett
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First book of the year! I loved Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, but kept passing over this one because of its size. Hoping to finish the Kingsbridge series in 2024!

#bookspinbingo
#unreadbookshelf
#serieslove2024
@TheSpineView @Andrew65

Andrew65 I‘m hoping to finish this series as well in 2024, and will be reading book 4 in a couple of days - has to be back at the library by 7th 😳 4mo
GinaKButler @Andrew65 You‘d better get reading then! 😂 4mo
TheSpineView Love Follett but his books are chunkster. Good luck! 4mo
Andrew65 @GinaKButler It‘s only 1000+ pages 🫣 4mo
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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Final #bookspinbingo of 2023. No bingos, and I didn‘t finish my December #doublespin but it was still a good reading month. Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah! I look forward to it every month!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 4mo
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2023: World War III | Carl Berryman
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And, that‘s a wrap! What a fantastic reading year! 📚

Ruthiella Nice work! 👏👏👏 4mo
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2023: World War III | Carl Berryman
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My 23 favorite books of 2023! 📚

@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Amiable It‘s great to see a few chunksters on there —it‘s proof that the #chunksterchallenge journey may be arduous but it pays off in the end! 👍🏼 4mo
Megabooks Empire of Pain 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 4mo
GinaKButler @Megabooks So good!!! I‘m over on my Facebook page daring friends to read it. 😂 4mo
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Daisey The Godfather will make my list for this year as well! 4mo
GinaKButler @Daisey I was just telling my teenagers that most great movies came from great books. I also read Jurassic Park this year. Hoping to read Jaws and The Beach in 2024! 4mo
BarbaraBB Screenshotting! Thanks for sharing your list! 4mo
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