This month‘s #BookSpin is by a college classmate, and both options are rather cerebral selections.

Maybe if I withhold optimistic comments I‘ll complete one of these. Although I suppose that first sentence ruins it. Anyway December #BookSpin options

My November #bookspin choices
All I can say is 🤞🏻🤞🏻😬🤞🏻🤞🏻

My #bookspin reads for October. Since I had some built-up Audible credits I now have audio copies of both for my daily commute on the bus. (I can‘t read in motion without getting sick.) I‘m feeling promising about this month‘s goal!

I‘ve freed up time in my schedule and caught up on my #LMPBC reading (on their way to @TheAromaofBooks Monday). I‘m hopeful for this month, so I reused a lot of unchosen #bookspin titles from the last two months. Hope springs eternal!

Here are my #bookspin and #doublespin selections for this month. I intend to make reading a higher priority this month, but I need to catch up on #lmpbc first.

Reading has been a struggle for me lately. I‘m really late, but here‘s my September #bookspin list.

🌸 Yes, but not always books. (Can I even post this on Litsy?)
🌼 Lunch breaks, evening down time, or hide in the bathroom. Audiobooks are great for commutes.
🌺 I seem drawn to literary fiction but am branching out into speculative fiction.

Thanks for the #wondrouswendesday tag, @Eggs !
How about you, @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @fredthemoose @jb72 ?

I‘m tagging my #doublespin selection since it‘s not been tagged by anyone yet. I recently read The Eulogist, and Campbell‘s famous debate with Owens was Pat if the protagonist‘s story. This is a book I‘ve had for 10+ years so I‘m looking forward to moving it off my TBR list. Thanks as always, @TheAromaofBooks

I probably won‘t attempt bingo in August, so here is my #bookspin list. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for the friendly nudge.

I worry that we are drawing ever nearer to this point again. May God have mercy on us, and may we have mercy on each other!

I can certainly understand friends and colleagues among the Founding Fathers disagreeing on ideas and policies for the Republic they created, but this book fascinated me by showing they sometimes disagreed even on the meaning of what they did.

Jefferson was a complicated person, and Ellis chips away at the marble to help us examine the real person in his context. “He seemed destined by fate to end up a disappointed idealist.”

It‘s a dense book I would have edited down a little, but I highly recommend it to anyone interested in America‘s Founding Fathers, U.S. presidents, or just interesting biographies in general.

My July #doublespin is done! @TheAromaofBooks

I‘m looking forward to digging into this one. I might have to wait for next month‘s #bookspin though.

Ok, let‘s do this July #bookspinbingo thing! 💪💪💪
Maybe the free spaces will help… 🤞

I was not successful at #bookspinbingo for June, but I‘m more determined to complete it in July. Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for continuing to host this challenge!

Congratulations to @Hazel2019 on the milestone Litfluence, and thanks for the generous #hazel201925k giveaway, too! Here‘s to the next 25,000!

As a native Cincinnatian I appreciated a novel set in our city‘s early years. As a descendant of abolitionists I appreciate a story that helps me imagine what I would have done had I been there.

The book covers about 30 years, and the skips in time seem a little disjointed and uneven. But overall a solid character-driven story. June #bookspin done!

It seems with each passing month I get more and more excited to see what fate and @TheAromaofBooks “chooses” for me to read. It‘s great my #doublespin is a good choice for Independence Day. My #bookspin is an ebook I‘ve had for years, so it‘s beyond time for it to move to the Have Read pile. Yay!

Here are my selections for #bookspin and #doublespin for July. I have been doing well these last few months reading one or both selections, but June‘s attempt at #bookspinbingo fell short. Hence just the 20 books instead of the ambitious 25. I can always add free choices for 21-25 if I choose, right @TheAromaofBooks ? 😁

I might come back to this later, but for now it‘s slowing my momentum. When reading doesn‘t sound good, it‘s time for me to pick something else. I‘m glad DNFs count for #bookspinbingo (not that I‘m likely to achieve it this month).

All right #LMPBC #GroupV I‘m leaning towards the tagged book for my contribution to the group, and here are several other choices I have on hand. Anyone have any opinions either way? What say you?
@BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @TheAromaofBooks @fredthemoose

I think this is a solid pick. It‘s a little slow at times but about what I would expect for the first book of a trilogy. It also has a few good lessons for the audience along the way. I wouldn‘t recommend it to every person, but Anglophiles, fans of folklore, and fantasy readers should enjoy it. And June‘s #doublespin is checked off.

I want to be a stronger thread. #pickuptheslack

“It seems that people carry corruption around inside of them wherever they go.”
“You mean we can't do anything?”
“I mean that we must do everything, but that even that may not be enough.”

I‘ve become quite a fan of Murakami, but this one misses the mark for me. It‘s rather confusing, and I think it could be significantly shorter. I just finished reading it s few minutes ago, so as I continue to mull it over I may need to amend my evaluation.

Another #doublespin marked off the TBR list at least. @TheAromaofBooks

“Once it has taken root in your heart, hatred is the most difficult thing in the world to shake off.” #harukimurakami

This will be my first attempt at a #BookSpinBingo and I‘m feeling hopeful.

June‘s #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin selections as chosen by @TheAromaofBooks

These are both books that have been low on my TBR pile, so I‘m looking forward to marking them off.

I almost want to learn Japanese to experience Murakami‘s words firsthand, but from what I‘m reading Jay Rubin is a fantastic writer in his own right.

I seem to get more and more excited about #bookspin that I started my June list in early May! I have some vacation time coming up so I‘m seriously considering shooting for #bookspinbingo too. We‘ll see…

Baume is such an exquisite writer, I saved 16 quotes and could have easily saved at least a dozen more. It‘s a semi-autobiographical book about life with depression, but Baume “didn‘t intend to start a conversation about mental illness.”

If, like me, your mood is affected while reading it I suggest pushing through. The end is a hopeful one.

I‘d definitely reread this book, a rare verdict from me. May #bookspin completed, @TheAromaofBooks

So far this #BookSpin book is delightful in its prose and profound in its insights. I feel like I could have shared at least one quote per page.

If you enjoyed All The Light You Cannot See, you will priestly enjoy this one the same. (Between the two I‘d probably choose the former.) Though very different in content he writes with a consistent style. I didn‘t love this book, but I finished it. I guess I don‘t have award-winning taste.

I could see where the author was going with this motif, and I enjoy the way he phrased it.

#LifeGoal

My #bookspin and #doublespin selections for May

Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting. These monthly challenges have helped me leave the reading slump I was in for far too long.

I can‘t find anything in Help. Does anyone know?

Here‘s my #independentbookstoreday haul. Our store had no swag left, but double points for their rewards program gave me a $10 coupon for next time. I‘ll take it! Most curious about the tagged book.

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!

My list for May‘s #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin. I‘m ready for @TheAromaofBooks to pull the numbers!

If you haven‘t read any Murakami yet I don‘t recommend this be your first. If you have already enjoyed some of his other works this is a nice one to check off your list.

I appreciate his style, because at the end everything isn‘t all wrapped up with a pretty bow. I enjoy the balance he strikes between strange and opaque. I find this book to lean a little more towards opaque, hence the So-So rating.

My first completed #DoubleSpin too!

A #profound #truth from my first #DoubleSpin read

I rather liked this book. I have disagreements with some of the author‘s choices, but overall he wrote well enough that I finished this in less than a week, a brisk pace for this slow reader.

This also makes my second consecutive month to complete my #BookSpin choice! Yay!! @TheAromaofBooks

Pros
➡️ It‘s a quick read
➡️ It makes you think afterwards
Cons
➡️ It‘s not very engaging

All in all it‘s worth the time, in my opinion, but don‘t be upset if you don‘t get to it.

I‘m looking forward to the tagged book coming off my TBR list. I enjoyed The Silent Patient, but I‘ve heard from others who did who were disappointed with The Maidens. Whatever my ultimate opinion it will be accomplished. Thanks, as always, to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting the #Bookspin challenge!

My first #bookspin completion! It was…

Interesting to get more insight into the thinking of the men who created and then advocated for the Constitution.
Disheartening that we've drifted so far away from their ideals, especially since it's mostly been a "creep" and not specific legislation.

It falls short of what it could be. It would have been so much better to have a final chapter or epilogue that gives ideas for what to do now. ⬇️

Here‘s my #bookspin list for April. I‘m almost done with March‘s book!

I‘d like to say I‘m excited about what #bookspin chose for me this month, but I wouldn‘t be truthful. But the point is to get books off our to-read list, right @TheAromaofBooks 😁

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Happy St. David‘s Day!

St. David is the patron Saint of Wales and is said to have died in this day in A.D. 589. I have been learning Welsh for a while now and have found recent evidence I may have Welsh ancestry (to be confirmed). I‘m looking forward to being joyful today. #StDavidsDay #Wales #WelshHistory #DoTheLittleThings

My March #BookSpin list, and I am determined to finish the selection this month!

Tomorrow is St. David‘s Day, so I have several Welsh-related books. I also want to make a dent in my TBR‘s Murakami list. Let‘s do this!