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Start Spinning | Maggie Casey
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For knitters, crocheters, and weavers ready to make their own yarn, this handy guide provides detailed instructions for spinning both on a spindle and a wheel, and offers a special section devoted to troubleshooting and wheel maintenance that keeps projects on track. It offers a comprehensive look at the various available fiber options, choosing and preparing each type of fiber for use, and crafting these materials into ready-to-work pieces. A final chapter on the various uses of spun yarn focuses on project planning, with definitions and context for measuring wraps per inch, determining yards for specific projects, and choosing a yarn size.
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MaleficentBookDragon
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
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GinaKButler
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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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ChaoticMissAdventures I listened to Devolution while hiking in the Olympic national park solo! I thought the audio was super well done, I love audiobooks with a full cast, hope you enjoy it! 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My January #bookspin hopefuls.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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DGRachel
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I already bailed on my #bookspin for December and the #doublespin is an ARC published by St. Martins, which is under boycott for failing to address rascist comments from an employee of Wednesday Books, one of their imprints. I may still read it this month, but I won‘t be posting it. (Also, I am seriously bummed by St Martins silence as they and Minotaur publish some of my favorite books and authors.)

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IndoorDame
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Woohoo! It‘s the 2nd!!! I‘m always so excited when our monthly numbers are chosen! I already started this month‘s #bookspin which is the December #naturalitsy buddy read, and I‘m loving it sooo much! My #doublespin is one of my final #roll100 spins. It‘s been on my shelf for years, and even though I know everyone loves it something always keeps me from reaching for it. Will this double incentive be enough??? @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I really enjoyed Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. It actually did change the way I approach some of my cooking - I'm due for a reread, though! 5mo
IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks as soon as I saw those regional flavor charts I bought a digital copy so I could use them as a reference when I cook in the future. It‘s super cheap on kindle right now 5mo
AmyG I love when these books are chosen, too! Doesn‘t take much to get us excited, huh? 🤣 (edited) 5mo
IndoorDame @AmyG they say you‘re supposed to enjoy the small stuff, right? 😂 5mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FIFTEEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is EIGHTEEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are over 200 of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/tc6U17AuVw4ssG2v8

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!

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Librarybelle It looks like mine is The Impersonator and Digging Up Daisy! 5mo
AmyG Yay!!! 5mo
LeslieO Woohoo! 5mo
claudiuo Awesome! Thank you so much! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @Seeking_Serenity @theokiereader @kaykay521 @Gissy @TieDyeDude @Lin3han @Simona

Finished!!! I've tagged everyone on my list, so if you didn't get tagged and would like to be, please let me know!!!
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GinaKButler Sarah, this is something I look forward to every month…thank you so much for continuing to host bookspin and bookspin bingo!! I love getting that gentle nudge to pick up something that‘s been sitting on my TBR! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season! 📚 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @GinaKButler - Thank you so much!!! Hosting this challenge is genuinely such a joy. I hope your holiday season is lovely as well!! ❤ 5mo
vlwelser Thank you! 🤗😘 5mo
Soubhiville Yay! Thank you @TheAromaofBooks. I still need to finish my Nov. doublespin, but for December I‘ve got BS The Overdue Life of Amy Byler and DS 5mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Looks like I'll ideally be starting a new series on my TBR with Etiquette & Espionage and joining the #naturalitsy folks for Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, which I tossed on because I own it. 5mo
bookandbedandtea Yay! Thanks, Sarah! 💕 5mo
BarbaraJean So, last month, my DoubleSpin was Don Quixote Volume 1. This month, my BookSpin is… Don Quixote Volume 2. 😂😂😂 And this month‘s DoubleSpin is the second half of the tagged Chunkster. The BookSpin fates are very insistent about me finishing the long books! 5mo
DGRachel I have to laugh. I actually started the book spin choice yesterday, hated it, bailed, and returned it to the library. My double spin is one I can‘t review or promo until the boycott on St Martins Press ends, because it‘s a NetGalley digital arc of one of their books. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - I'm determined that you'll suffer through Don Quixote with me, no matter what!! 😂 5mo
BarbaraJean I knew it! These spins are rigged!! 😂😂 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly A. R. Capetta and Emma Donoghue! 5mo
Singout Memory Police, this month‘s #SheSaid book! 5mo
dabbe #woohoo! 🩵❄️🩵 5mo
julieclair I have two fun “December Fluff” reads… Lady Cavendish‘s Christmas Caper and Let It Snow. ❄️🎄❄️ 5mo
SpookyMazeOfBooks @TheAromaofBooks will so be doing this next year 5mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My November options list. More categories than usual.
#bookspin @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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LitsyEvents
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Reposting for @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Thank you!!! 7mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is NINETEEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is TEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are over 200 of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/tc6U17AuVw4ssG2v8

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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BarkingMadRead Love it! My bookspin is and my double book spin is Witch Way Out by Cate Conte 7mo
Bookwormjillk Woo hoo!!! 7mo
TheAromaofBooks @Seeking_Serenity @theokiereader @kaykay521 @Gissy @TieDyeDude

FINISHED!!! That's everyone on my tag list, so if you haven't been tagged and would like to be, please let me know!!
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Julsmarshall Woohoo! Thanks so much @TheAromaofBooks 7mo
GinaKButler Yay! I‘ve been dying to start the Rizzoli and Isles series! My #bookspin is: 7mo
Librarybelle Hooray! Mine are Dark Archives and The Late Mrs Willoughby! 7mo
jenniferw88 Mine are Reaper Man and How the word is passed (which I started this morning!) 7mo
claudiuo Thank you so much! Now October can officially start 😃 7mo
claudiuo Mine are The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Run Away. 7mo
magyklyXdelish My October reading can never begin until this post! Mine are tastes like candy and goodbye earl! 7mo
bookandbedandtea Hooray! Thanks, Sarah! 😊 7mo
Megabooks Yay! I‘m excited for mine! Will post them soon. Thank you!! 🎉💜👍🏻 7mo
AmyG Thank you! I will be reading 7mo
AllDebooks Thank you 😊 7mo
Singout Two from Reading the Americas: Fresh Banana Leaves and 7mo
TheSpineView I'm ready!🧡🎃📖📚 7mo
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick The Sun Also Rises and In a Glass Grimmly 7mo
Bookzombie My Bookspin is tagged and my Doublespin is Crustacean. 7mo
SpookyMazeOfBooks Going to be working on a hole new list when I can make it ,then I'll post it here . 6mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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September #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks.
Both of which are books I need to read for school so I will definitely get to these this month.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 7mo
MommyOfTwo One Of Us is Lying was good. I need to get the next book. 7mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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In September I'm going with a lot of categories. it's going to be a busy month with school work and a couple weekend trips, so I mostly want to mood read.
#bookspin #doublespin
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 8mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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June's #Bookspin and #Doublespin picks look pretty good to me.
17 Bookspin - The Villa
12 Doublespin Yellowface
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paper.reveries Not my two favourite reads, but I really hope you enjoy them! 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 11mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I can'y believe it's almost June.
Here is my next #bookspin #doublespiin list.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 12mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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May #bookspin choices for May.
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I can't believe May is only a week away!! 12mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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April #Bookspin #DoubleSpin list. I'm going half categories because I'm all about the mood reads right now.
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Bklover Hi there!! Looking forward to hearing what you think of Hester. It sounds good!! 13mo
MaleficentBookDragon @Bklover I'm reading it for a IRL bookclub at the end of April So I will definitely be reading that one. I'll let you know how I liked it. 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 13mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My March lucky #BOOKSPIN and #DOUBLESPIN possible picks.

 @THEAROMAOFBOOKS

mhillis Great list!! 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
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Bookbuyingaddict
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Better get busy reading 📖 🤓for a bingo 😆

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Bookbuyingaddict
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This months bingo picks #bookspin 10 - To Bed with grand music by Marghantia Laski & #DoubleSpin 20 - Giovannis Room by James Baldwin which has been on my TBR forvever ! Thanks ☺️ again @TheAromaofBooks & Happy 😃 Reading 📖 folks it‘s the month for Romance 💘 😆

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1y
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Bookbuyingaddict
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Whoop 🙌 whoop 🙌 here we go February‘s blank bingo card , it‘s the little things ☺️ @TheAromaofBooks thanks ☺️ so much for doing this I look forward to it every month it‘s so relaxing 😌 to pick our monthly reads even if I never quite get a bingo 😆but for once I got a whole line in January 😍😆x x

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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February's #bookspin and #doublespin selections.

@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Whew, Litsy was down for a hot minute and all I could think about was how everyone NEEDS TO KNOW THE NUMBERS! 😂 But it's back up and running, so here are February's picks without further delay!! Our #BookSpin this month is TEN and our #DoubleSpin is TWENTY!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This saves me having to double tag everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are over 200 of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s ⬇
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MatchlessMarie My first thought was oh no BookSpin finally broke Litsy 😂 1y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) username wrong. Below are a few housekeeping items that I post every month (including the link to the 2023 Google Form for tracking your reads for the giveaway!!). Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy reading!! ⬇ 1y
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TheAromaofBooks 1. Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks 2. I do have a giveaway at the end of the year. Every BookSpin or DoubleSpin book completed counts as an entry!! In the past, I have tracked these myself, but for 2022 YOU are in charge of tracking your own entries!! To help with this process, I have created a Google Form that can be found here - https://forms.gle/tc6U17AuVw4ssG2v8- You can use this Form two different ways: You can update it throughout the year OR you can wait and fill in ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) all the information at the end of the year. If you want to be entered in the giveaway you MUST use this form. However, if you do NOT want to be entered in the giveaway but still want to use the form for organizational purposes, I have set it up so that the personal info/address blank is OPTIONAL - so you can use the form without submitting your name/address. If you do not care about the giveaway you do NOT have to use this form at all ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There is more information about how the form works when you click on the link and go to the form because I LOVE overexplaining things!!! You are also ALWAYS welcome to ask me questions!!

4. Even though I don't HAVE to see your reviews I love reading them!! So please feel free to tag me in any and all BookSpin reivews!!

5. For the giveaway, DNFs do count!! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) finish it, it's still off the TBR and still counts as a completion in my book!!

6. If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2023!! There is space in the form for you both to put down what book you are SUPPOSED to read & then to check off which books you DID read! ⬇

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TheAromaofBooks 7. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge!! If you wanted tagged & I missed you, it was completely inadvertent!! Please just let me know that you want to be added to the tag list. You can also let me know if you want to be removed - no hard feelings!! Feel free to jump in & out of this challenge as needed. Also, obviously, getting tagged doesn't mean you HAVE to actually participate!!


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TheAromaofBooks 8 & final (FINALLY) - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 1y
TheAromaofBooks @MatchlessMarie - I was blitzing through my tags before posting the numbers, and thought maybe I had finally just reached my quote of allowed “woohoos“ 😂 1y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Looks like I'm (hopefully) prioritizing Alright, Alright, Alright and an Afrofuturism book this month. Let's do it! 1y
AsYouWish I am still working on my list! Unexpected ARCs arrived in my inbox this morning and I think I have a couple more coming, but not sure when, ugh (but not really because who doesn‘t love to wake up to ARCs in their inbox!!!). 1y
IamIamIam Haha, thanks for working through the stress, Sarah!!! My spins this month are Published in the 1990s & Fiction: Male Author. I'll have to check the piles when I get home today!!! 1y
claudiuo Woohoo! Just what I was waiting for. Thank you so much! 1y
Singout I think this is the third time “Seven” has come up! This month I can do it! 1y
Read-y_Picker Thank you Sarah! Imagining today as movie Groundhog's Day where we get to start off with fresh bookspin numbers day after day... sigh. 1y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks Whoohoo! My #bookspin book is Magpie and my #doublespin is Tell Me Everything!! 1y
PuddleJumper Mine are TBR books. Thanks! 1y
mrsmarch @TheAromaofBooks I don‘t have the 2023 completion Google form link — can you repost it for us? 1y
mrsmarch @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick what a good month for an Afrofuturism pick! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 1y
BookishMadHatter Woo-hoo! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks , I love filling in new journal pages lol. Now if only everyday life would stop being a jerk and let me read more .. 1y
ChasingOm It‘s so funny that the spin and double spin keep being 10 apart. It means my spin and double spin are the same again this month. 😂 1y
BarbaraJean Hahahaaa… I would be lost without my BookSpin numbers first thing on the 2nd of the month!! My #BookSpin is the first half of my next book for #ChunksterChallenge2023 (The Agony and the Ecstasy, which has been on my shelf since the early 2000s), and #DoubleSpin is Thursday Murder Club, an #AuldLangSpine pick. Excited about both spins! (But who knows when Thursday Murder will come in from the library… I‘m like 200th on the list 😂) 1y
kellyann28 Yay my #bookspin is We Deserve Monuments and #doublespin is The Wrong Kind of Weird! 1y
Soubhiville I got a little worried earlier too- what would we do without Litsy for a day 😱. Going to check my list right now. Happy Dance! 1y
DieAReader 💜📚🤓Perfect post to wake up to! 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures So excited! Sarah, can you add me to the tag list? Thanks! 1y
kstadt929 Oh my goodness I thought it was just my Litsy and I was freaking out I wouldn‘t know the numbers 😂 On my way to go check my list to see what my books are ❤️ Thank you!! (edited) 1y
Deblovestoread My BookSpin in a “Booked23” prompt and DoubleSpin is “SeriesLove2023”. I‘m loving having a more open bingo board! 1y
FelinesAndFelonies 10. Tell Me Everything 20. The Fortunes of Jaded Women. 1y
julieclair I will be reading The Time Traveller‘s Guide to Regency Britain and The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. 😀 1y
julieclair @Deblovestoread I like your idea of a “category” instead of a specific book. I may give that a try next month. 1y
ChelseaM6010 Woohoo! Looks like my bookspin will be another #RoryGilmoreReadingChallenge book! And my doublespin is The Sanatorium!! 🥳 1y
Clwojick Woohoo! 💖 1y
TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - I really enjoyed the Wisteria Society. It's absolutely ridiculous, but somehow it works! 1y
MeganAnn 🎉 10. The Hurricane, the #littensloveromance read for February so that‘s perfect. 20. Is my “Books from Mom” category which gives me a little flexibility as she‘s given me quite a variety. 1y
Clare-Dragonfly Yay! My authors to read this month are Margo Lanagan and A. R. Capetta! 1y
Larkken Hah! My BS this month may be a DNF - easy-peasy! 😅 1y
Librarybelle I have Madly, Deeply and a #Booked2023 selection! 1y
Littlewolf1 I think I feel off your list… I was not tagged 1y
TheAromaofBooks @Littlewolf1 - Sorry about that!! I have you on my list, but sometimes Litsy gets wonky about tags!! 1y
staci.reads Tagged is Bookspin, and Doublespin is The Art of Gathering 1y
Bookzombie Thank you for doing this every month! Tagged is my BS and my DS is Poison Study. 1y
Littlewolf1 @TheAromaofBooks no worries, I just stalked you until you posted the numbers… lol 😊 1y
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My February #Bookspin and #DoubleSpin options.
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Hoping 2023 will be just as good of a reading year as 2022.
Here is my January #Bookspin #Doublespin list.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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My December #bookspin and #doublespin picks are both categories. Perfect for the ed if the year.

BkClubCare LOVE the idea of adding a category rather than a title. 😊 1y
ferskner This is such a fun idea! 1y
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I‘m super excited that these 2 titles came up! My #BookSpin, The Secret Lives of Color, is a really interesting nonfiction that I started in the spring but put back on the shelf for some reason, and decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to finish it before the new year. And my #DoubleSpin, The Heiress, is one of our #Pemberlittens #chapteraday #buddyreads that I‘m really enjoying!

TheAromaofBooks I've had The Secret Lives of Color on my TBR for a while!! 1y
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FOURTEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is TWO!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone's lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card!!! I will NOT be tagging everyone on the Bingo post, so if you want to play, please just check my profile for the Bingo card!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) In case you missed it, the #BookSpin and #BookSpinBingo challenges will be continuing in 2023!! Sometime in the next couple weeks I will post a sign-up post for next year's tag list!!

Remember, the end-of-the-year giveaway is coming!!! Entries will close at the end of the day on January 1. Below is the link to the Google Form you must complete in order to be entered!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) Below are a few housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you took a few moments to read. As always, my masterpost about both #BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo can be found on my blog - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge - & this link is always available in my profile as well. ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks 1. Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! ⬇ 1y
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TheAromaofBooks 2. I do have a giveaway at the end of the year. Every BookSpin or DoubleSpin book completed counts as an entry!! In the past, I have tracked these myself, but for 2022 YOU are in charge of tracking your own entries!! To help with this process, I have created a Google Form that can be found here - https://forms.gle/X57ePKzuHpsqLjE5A - You can use this Form two different ways: You can update it throughout the year OR you can wait and fill in ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) all the information at the end of the year. If you want to be entered in the giveaway you MUST use this form. However, if you do NOT want to be entered in the giveaway but still want to use the form for organizational purposes, I have set it up so that the personal info/address blank is OPTIONAL - so you can use the form without submitting your name/address. If you do not care about the giveaway you do NOT have to use this form at all ⬇ 1y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There is more information about how the form works when you click on the link and go to the form because I LOVE overexplaining things!!! You are also ALWAYS welcome to ask me questions!!

4. Even though I don't HAVE to see your reviews I love reading them!! So please feel free to tag me in any and all BookSpin reivews!!

5. For the giveaway, DNFs do count!! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) finish it, it's still off the TBR and still counts as a completion in my book!!

6. If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2022!! There is space in the form for you both to put down what book you are SUPPOSED to read & then to check off which books you DID read! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 7. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge!! If you wanted tagged & I missed you, it was completely inadvertent!! Please just let me know that you want to be added to the tag list. You can also let me know if you want to be removed - no hard feelings!! Feel free to jump in & out of this challenge as needed. Also, obviously, getting tagged doesn't mean you HAVE to actually participate!!


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TheAromaofBooks 8 & final (FINALLY) - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 1y
Cinfhen Woohoo!!! I‘ve been anticipating all day xxx 1y
IndoorDame Yay!! You have somehow made the 2nd of the month something really special that this whole contingent of Litsy people eagerly look forward to every month. So many thanks for bringing us so much joy! And many congratulations on creating a new little holiday! (edited) 1y
GinaKButler I am so excited about this one! 1y
TheSpineView #BookSpin is A Very Gothic Christmas and #Double Spin is Half Sick of Shadows 1y
Clare-Dragonfly Yay! I‘m so delighted to get the numbers before I go to work 😁 1y
AmyG Yay! I will be reading 1y
claudiuo Yay, the post that makes every month beginning great! First time when both picks are tittles yet to be decided: 14 is a random library book and 2 is a book on my TBR shelves. Plenty choices, I will update as I decide. Thank you so much! 1y
Soubhiville Woo hoo! I‘ll be finishing up Our Missing Hearts today for BS, DS is Oh William! Thanks Sarah! 1y
Bookzombie Thanks, Sarah! I have been eagerly waiting to see the picks. My BS is Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop and my DS is Werewolf on the Western Front. 🙂 1y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick The second half of James Baldwin: A Biography and The Memory Police. 1y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks My BS is The Night Circus and my DS is Pachinko! 1y
BarbaraJean My BookSpin is The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (next up in the Lord Peter Wimsey series) and my DoubleSpin is tagged. Makes me laugh because my DS is a different book of Advent readings from the one I decided to start last night 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1y
robinb My two are Murder at Crossways and Whistling in the Dark. Thanks! 😊 1y
Singout My spin would have been Gods of Jade and Shadow, but I‘m switching that on #ReadingtheAmericas2023 list for The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by the same author, so I can include it in #Booked2023. It‘s not available, so I‘ll be reading my double spin, Under the Undala Trees, which I‘ve been putting off for a long time. (edited) 1y
willaful The bookspin Gods very thoughtfully gave me two KU books: Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shin and Gerald and Elizabeth by D.E. Stevenson. 1y
Librarybelle Yay! Mine is Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and The Wilder Women 1y
Bklover Yes!! My bookspin is My Name is Lucy Barton and #doublespin is The Holiday Trap. I waited all day to look because I wanted to finish what I was reading first. Thanks as always @TheAromaofBooks !❤️ (edited) 1y
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 1y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I'm a bit early this month with my December #bookspin list.
I'll be off on a cruise so I thought I'd get it up before I forget.
But it may change once I decide which books to take on the cruise.
There's some holiday cheer and more categories for the end of the year.
@thearomaofbooks.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love Nina!! 💛 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My November #Bookspin and #Doublespin selections
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!!! 1y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Here are my November potential #Bookspin #Doublespin reads.
It's the end of the year so I'm going with some categories again to help with my mood reading.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Bookbuyingaddict
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#bookspin #doublespin #octoberbingo
#9 house of fortune #10 a terrible kindness
Very happy 😃 with my October bingo picks 🥰 happy reading 📖 🤓all @TheAromaofBooks thanks ☺️ again !

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Good luck!!! 2y
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IndoorDame
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Super excited about this month‘s spins! My #bookspin is Pumpkin Heads which I reread every fall, and I had to sub my #doublespin cause one of last month‘s books that was due back at the library ended up on the list by accident so I picked the last one I added this month which is an audiobook of Sleepy Hollow. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Yay!! The moment you have all been waiting for! 😂 October's #BookSpin is NINE and the #DoubleSpin is TEN!!

Here is what I am going to do: I am going to go post the #BookSpinBingo board. Then I am going to come back here and tag everyone (which takes a hot minute haha) Then I am NOT going to tag anyone on the Bingo post. This saves me tagging time and keeps everyone from getting double-tagged. You all are smart! You can find the Bingo board!!😆 ⬇

TheAromaofBooks Below are a few housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you took a few moments to read. As always, my new masterpost about both #BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo can be found on my blog - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge - & this link is always available in my profile as well. ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks 1. Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks 2. I do have a giveaway at the end of the year. Every BookSpin or DoubleSpin book completed counts as an entry!! In the past, I have tracked these myself, but for 2022 YOU are in charge of tracking your own entries!! To help with this process, I have created a Google Form that can be found here - https://forms.gle/X57ePKzuHpsqLjE5A - You can use this Form two different ways: You can update it throughout the year OR you can wait and fill in ⬇ 2y
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) all the information at the end of the year. If you want to be entered in the giveaway you MUST use this form. However, if you do NOT want to be entered in the giveaway but still want to use the form for organizational purposes, I have set it up so that the personal info/address blank is OPTIONAL - so you can use the form without submitting your name/address. If you do not care about the giveaway you do NOT have to use this form at all ⬇ 2y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There is more information about how the form works when you click on the link and go to the form because I LOVE overexplaining things!!! You are also ALWAYS welcome to ask me questions!!

4. Even though I don't HAVE to see your reviews I love reading them!! So please feel free to tag me in any and all BookSpin reivews!!

5. For the giveaway, DNFs do count!! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) finish it, it's still off the TBR and still counts as a completion in my book!!

6. If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2022!! There is space in the form for you both to put down what book you are SUPPOSED to read & then to check off which books you DID read! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 7. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge!! If you wanted tagged & I missed you, it was completely inadvertent!! Please just let me know that you want to be added to the tag list. You can also let me know if you want to be removed - no hard feelings!! Feel free to jump in & out of this challenge as needed. Also, obviously, getting tagged doesn't mean you HAVE to actually participate!!


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TheAromaofBooks 8 & final (FINALLY) - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 2y
Lcsmcat My bookspin is The Beet Queen; doublespin is In the Darkroom. Thanks for continuing to do this! 2y
Soubhiville Thanks Sarah! I‘ll be reading Far From the Tree and Only Killers and Thieves. 📚❤️😊 (edited) 2y
vlwelser I got Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line and Obit. They're library books so I was on a timer anyway. 2y
sprainedbrain Hahaha tagging a lot of people is not easy!! Good idea. 😂 2y
claudiuo Thank you so much! My BookSpin is The Shadow of the Wind and DoubleSpin is God Bless You, Mr Rosewater which came up before and I still haven‘t read it yet. 2y
Megabooks Apparently I am not smart and can‘t find the bingo board…has it not been posted yet? I am on your page. Glad you‘re saving time because I REALLY appreciate that you take time to do this each month!!!! It is such a fun challenge!!! 2y
Clare-Dragonfly Could you tag me in the bingo board post? I have a few tags blocked for one of the fall challenges (and apparently it‘s insufficient because I am STILL seeing stuff about the things people are WATCHING for it… argh…) so it doesn‘t show up for me, even on your page, unless you tag me. @Megabooks Maybe that‘s your problem as well? 2y
Allylu Mine are The Thursday Murder Club by Osman and A Wedding in Haiti by Alvarez. 2y
Megabooks @Clare-Dragonfly thanks for tip! Once I unmuted scarathalon, I could see it. I‘ll just remute it now that I have the board. 2y
Kristin_Reads The bookiverse must really want me to read this because it was my pick last month too but I wasn‘t able to get to it. I‘m looking forward to it! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Megabooks @Clare-Dragonfly - I didn't think about people having tags blocked for the October challenge (which I totally understand doing if you aren't actually interested in the event haha) I would never have puzzled out why you couldn't see the post, so I'm glad you figured it out!!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - I tagged you, so let me know if you still can't see it!! 2y
Clare-Dragonfly Thank you!!! I can see it now! 2y
sebrittainclark Bookspin: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
Doublebookspin: Kiss Her Once for Me
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FelinesAndFelonies Great idea. 2y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Sweet! I'll be reading a New-To-Me Literary Magazine (now I have to pick one of the many out there) and Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake. 2y
robinb Thanks Sarah. 😊 Joy for Beginners is #BookSpin. It‘s from an author I‘ve been meaning to get back to and I just figured out I was having a “senior” moment when I put Birds of a Feather on my list as I‘ve already read it. 😂 Ugh!! I‘m subbing in the next in series (Pardonable Lies) instead. (edited) 2y
BarbaraJean BookSpin is tagged and DoubleSpin is Embassytown by China Mieville—two challenge reads for me! @Megabooks @Clare-Dragonfly Thanks for the heads up about not being able to see the bingo post—I had the same problem since I have the same tag muted! I‘m on my phone so it‘s a pain to go unmute, but I found it by clicking on the #BookSpinBingo tag and scrolling down. 🎉 (edited) 2y
TheSpineView Awesome! I will be reading The Blood Card and Pandora. 🤞 2y
Deblovestoread BookSpin is Northanger Abbey and DoubleSpin is 2y
Singout A Long Way Gone: my #ReadingAfrica #SierraLeone book about a boy soldier. (I just finished a book about a boy soldier in Uganda: tough reading!) 2y
Librarybelle Yay! Mine is The Guest List and The Night She Disappeared 2y
Gissy Number 9, Yes, my birthday day this month 🥳 2y
bookandbedandtea I love #BookSpin day! Thank you 😊 2y
UwannaPublishme Yay! It‘s #BookSpin Day! 🙌🏻 2y
Larkken 😊 thank you! 2y
Suet624 💕💕💕 2y
MrsK 9 & 10…yay💞 2y
TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - Apparently I picked the wrong month to skip on the tagging thing! 😂 I'm glad everyone is finding the post nonetheless!!! 2y
BarbaraJean Haha… like you said, we are smart! We are finding the post! You‘re just making us do our part. 😆 2y
i.besteph Hi. Can you remove me from the tag list? Thanks :) 2y
TheAromaofBooks @I.besteph - Absolutely!! If you decide you want to play along again later, just let me know!! 2y
i.besteph @TheAromaofBooks Great! I will 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Here is my witchy, spooky, scary, creepy, cozy #bookspin and #doublespin list for October.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Reggie Silent Companions and Sundial!!! 🖤🖤🖤 2y
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sarahbellum
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Happy #bookspinbingo day, everyone! 🤩

#bookspin is The Gentleman‘s Guide to Vice & Virtue

#doublespin is All the Light We Cannot See- I‘ve been trying to read this since July‘s #foodandlit buddy read and it was my bookspin in August. The universe really wants me to finish this book already 🤣

Thanks so much, @TheAromaofBooks !

IndoorDame Gentleman‘s Guide is so much fun! Enjoy! 2y
sarahbellum Thank you! I‘ve heard great things 😊 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Here are my choices for September's #Bookspin and #Doublespin

I may change out a couple depending on what the #BOTM titles are.

@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I just finished The It Girl last night - I didn't LOVE it, but I did enjoy it haha 2y
MaleficentBookDragon @TheAromaofBooks Yep. I was in a mood and changed out half the books already. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Those moods happen!! 😂 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I wanted to wait and see what the #BOTM selections were before posting my August #bookspin and #doublespin list.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Avanders … I‘m intrigued by this 😂 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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This month's #bookspin is Castle Deadly, Castle Deep and my #doublespin is Meg Hell's Aquarium.
@thearomaofbooks

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Scochrane26
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My #bookspin list for July. @TheAromaofBooks

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MaleficentBookDragon
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We'll see how many times this pic changes before July 2nd.
#bookspin #doublespin
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks A good base to start with 😂 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My May #bookspin and #doublespin picks.
Both are categories, so I can mood read a little. 🙂
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My April #bookspin and #doublespin books.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Just under the wire is my April #Bookspin and #Doublespin list.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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MeganAnn
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Here‘s my April #bookspin list.

Spots for #roll100 #authoramonth #lmpbc and #pemberlittens reads. Filled in the rest with categories, a few titles and the continuation of my reread of the Hollows series. March has not been a great reading month so I‘m hoping April will be better.

WJCintron I LOVE your handwriting!!! Great list!! 😃 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Good luck!! 2y
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