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I thinking I‘m keeping my 2025 #Roll100 list because it is by category rather than book & it served me well this year.

My January picks:

36 Any Kindle: Slow Noodles*
#51 Any Library Book: The Library at Hellebore
#100 Any ARC: The Whisking Hour**

*Also my pick for #FoodAndLit #Cambodia
** Also my pick for #ClearTheCozies

It took a minute to be engaged in this story, almost as if I was also experiencing the lass of memories with Calliope. But I did love it in the end. A nearly, but not quite entirely happy ending. But there's always a little bit of hope... #51-2025

#51
Not bad

Steeped in grief and unfolds at a slow pace, this saga follows two timelines that intersect occasionally but never feel fully connected until the end. Set in India but centered on a Christian family, the religious focus felt a bit out of place given the country‘s Hindu and Muslim majority. The writing is rich with vivid descriptions and thoughtful character development. It‘s a dense, emotional read with moments of real beauty.Book #51 in2025

3.4 Did I love it, no. Did I hate it, absolutely not. Would I read it again… Yes, I would, because some of it was just so damn funny. This quote is not even my favorite quote, but it‘s the closest one that would fit on the page. Just imagine being abducted and held against your will by this hot guy, that wants to marry you, and everybody in town is cool with this. #51 of my #Roll100 for March, and only book I have decided to keep so far.

#Read2025

Finished this one yesterday, it‘s the 2nd of my March #Roll100 picks (#51 Any Library Book) & the 5th book from my #AuldLangSpine list from @JacqMac & I loved it! A historical mystery centered around a real-life midwife, Martha Ballard. I found the mystery gripping in how it unfolded & the look at midwifery in 1779 in Maine was interesting. The author‘s notes in the back about the choices she made in telling Martha‘s story were also ⬇️

Here‘s my #roll100 picks. #51 is a Christian nonfiction book. #9 is a memoir by a quantum healer, #90 is a cocktail recipe book. I can‘t read #74 yet because it‘s being published in April. I preordered the ebook from www.bookshop.org so I‘ll read it after it‘s released. I‘m rolling over 2 books from February. I‘m currently reading My Healthy Noggin. I don‘t know when I‘ll get finished with it. I haven‘t started Black, Queer & Untold yet.

My March #Roll100 picks:

# 9 Any Series or #90 Any Back List: Nettle and Bone (T. Kingfisher backlist)

#51 Any Library Book: The Frozen River (also on my #AuldLangSpine list from @JacqMac )

# 74 Any BOTM: Leather & Lark #SeriesLove2025

#51
This was pretty good

Number 12 in the bookmobile cat mystery series. It's getting a touch repetitive, but there was a culmination to one story arc in this book so that was sweet. Just another mystery that Minnie "has" to solve because apparently, law enforcement hasn't learned that they're never going to best her. #51-2024