March #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks

I'll be starting Dark Saber later today after my Grand goes home

2025 Reading Bracket

So far my reread of Flowers for Algernon is leading the way

1 Bingo, 5 books read Yay me! 😁

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

February Wrap-Up
Total Read: 11 (I'm shocked!)

✔️ #BookSpin
✔️ #DoubleSpin
8 #ReadMyTBR #Read2025
2 #MonthlyNonfiction2025
4 DNF

Finished this last night at 11:55pm bringing my February reads right down to the wire.

18/80

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

"When the test came back the nurse called them into the examination room and when the doctor entered the room he just looked at them and asked them to sit down."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Cleaned house, got a facial, and now comes reading time ahhhhhhh 📖

February seems to be the month of DNFs for me 😕

I just couldn't with the writing and flow of this book.

17/80

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

Went antiquing with my daughter; picked up this gem for $2 😁

Started this #BookSpinBingo #BlameItOnLitsy read over coffee this morning

A sweet story of forgiveness and letting go of perfection. I really enjoyed this.

16/80

Starting this as a little night cap before bed 📖

Holy shit I thought this book was never gonna end. It just went on and on and then on some more. It could easily lose 150-175 pages.

On the other hand, I liked the characters and even the story when it found its way out of the jungle of extraneous nonsense.

15/80

March #BookSpin

"There is a framed photograph on Lila's bedside table that she hasn't yet had the energy, or perhaps the inclination, to get rid of."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

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

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

"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

#DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#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

#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025 @DieAReader

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

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBRs #Read2025 @DieAReader

#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