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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

100% agree with this Lit HUb article:
https://lithub.com/the-dentist-should-let-you-read-instead-of-watch-tv/

Scochrane26 My dentist allows earbuds, so I can listen to an audiobook. 10h

marleed Right! I mean because would if those characters got up and walked right out of the story had you gone for the full 8 hours🤣 8h

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JenlovesJT47

In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians | Michael Cart

teetering towers,
a treasure trove teeming with
tantalizing tales. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

CBee Amazing alliteration 👏🏻👏🏻💚💚 2d

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ @The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble 2d

TheBookHippie Love! 2d

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JamieArc When I was in Paris last year, there was an art installation that was exactly one of these stacks! It was so cool. I‘ll post it and tag you. 2d

lil1inblue 👏❤ 👏❤ 👏 ❤ 👏 2d

AnnCrystal Beautiful treasure troves 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🤩📚🐝💝...and we would all risk our lives to venture into such stacks 😂🤗📚💝. 2d

Ddzmini Love it 📚 2d

dabbe I love how your alliterative choices actually make me feel all the “teetering“ and “tottering“. Such a wordsmith, are you! (#yoda) ♥️🍁🧡 2d

Itchyfeetreader Clever! I like this a lot 1d

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

I was off from work all of last week & was able to read A LOT. Out of the 13 books finished during my PTO, these are my favorites (in no order):
*A. Cessre- Influencer
*J. Ketchum - Offspring
*R. Brautigan - In Watermelon Sugar
*W. Mosley - Long Fall

Ruthiella 13 books in one week ! 🤯 😂👏👏👏 3d

LeahBergen Nice!! 👍 3d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳👍🏼📚💫. 3d

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AmyG Wow! What a great week off. 3d

BarbaraBB Fab week! And beautiful illustration 3d

Liz_M IWS is such a weird, delightful read. 2d

sarahbarnes Lovely! I don‘t know any of these - off the read their summaries! 2d

KT1432 Doing a bunch of reading on PTO sounds like a dream!! Oh, and I have you to thank for In Watermelon Sugar lol. I listened to it on a road trip this weekend and it‘s my kind of carrying on. 🤣 Surreal and really strange but I loved it! Such a short book and somehow got me so invested lol. 2d

vivastory @KT1432 I'm glad you liked it! Perfect narrator for the wackiness of the story 2d

merelybookish Sounds lovely!! 2d

Larkken I'm impressed. My 43 days of enforced Pto was nowhere near that productive 😅 1d

Reggie The first day back suckkkkkkks! Glad you got to read a lot! 21h

vivastory @Reggie I spent the first half of my day back sifting through emails lol. I was like, “I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation“ 10h

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oddandbookish

Untangled: A Spicy Holiday Novella | Mallory Thomas

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This was a delightfully sweet and spicy Christmas novella!

I had read the author‘s previous book, Somewhere Along the Line, and enjoyed it, so I knew I was going to love this one.

I typically don‘t love novellas. They rarely hit for me. But this one was a huge hit. It was exactly what a novella should be. Short and focused, but still told a satisfying story.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/review-untangled/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #library #read2025 #10beforetheend #holidayread #novella #christmas #christmasromance #romance #contemporaryromance #spicyromance 4d

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

Apparently I have no sense of time, because I just googled how many days are left in the year & 😭 ☠️🤯
My question, just out of curiosity, is are there any specific books that you definitely want to finish before the end of the year...or is it just mood reading? I had a couple big doorstoppers planned for 2025, but I'm going to have to choose one of them as I'm such a mood reader.

Megabooks I planned to do a longer book or two but have barely managed to finish any over 500 pages. Idk what the holiday months have in store for me, but hopefully a lot of reading time!! 7d

AmyG Mood reading for me. I have a feeling I‘ll be busy…so hoping to get in a few more. 7d

lil1inblue There's a history chunkster that I've spent most of the year reading (with a few breaks) that I really don't want to carry into 2026. It's doable if I stop going down the rabbit holes it inspires. Other than that, December is going to be a palette cleanser month because October and November reading got heavy. 🫠 7d

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Chrissyreadit I have been obsessively reading books that let me escape from the world. 7d

vivastory @Megabooks I hope you get some extra reading time in & it's great to hear from you 📚📚 7d

vivastory @AmyG Hopefully you can find some reading time 📚📚 I feel like the post Halloween holidays are my version of groundhog's day: already? Again? Lolol I've only read 1 from my 10 before the end list & I'm going to count it a complete success if I read two more from that list before the end of the year 7d

vivastory @lil1inblue I completely understand about the chunkster... one of my favorites of the year is going to be a book that I dipped into throughout the year and just finished I think in September. I do prefer a bit of a low key ending to the year: love the mystery holiday events lol 7d

vivastory @Chrissyreadit I have read very little NF the past couple of years because of what a disaster things are right now.... people who dismiss readers who escape into novels don't realize how restorative & reenergizing they can be 7d

TheBookHippie December is total mood fluff read. I‘ve read 90 percent NF this year as opposed to 70/80 NF - and I need the break. I don‘t actually read much fluff so this means art, food, travel, design and maybe a holiday book. 🙃 Having a hard time comprehending next week is Thanksgiving. 7d

vivastory @TheBookHippie I know 😭😭 I'm off this week and the end of the month is my busiest time at work...so, I predict 3 very stressful days next week (again, groundhog's day syndrome is kicking in....How is a week of from tomorrow thanksgiving 🦃😭☠️) 7d

AnnCrystal Hoping to at least finish my two current reads: the sixth book in the Old Kingdom series and the third book in the Riley Thorn mysteries 🤞🏼☺️🤞🏼📚💫. 7d

KT1432 I wanted to finally read The Radium Girls via audio. The original audiobook sounds like an AI robot despite being recorded before AI became a thing lol. I recently saw a new narrator and thought “omg, they re-recorded it!” Downloaded the Libby copy and was pleasantly surprised it was only 7 hours. Well it turns out it‘s the young reader‘s version and the original is 16 hours. I‘ll have to read a physical copy but I doubt it will be this year. 7d

Chelsea.Poole I‘m with you..the year is quickly slipping away. I have been listening to the Book Riot podcast lately and they‘ve been discussing this very thing. I think I‘m going to attempt to cram in a few more 2025 releases that have made “best of” lists. And the ultimate goal is to finish the two I‘ve dipped in and out of all year: Priestdaddy and Olive Kitteridge. They‘re backlist so I keep prioritizing new titles. Oh and graphic novels for sure! 7d

Megabooks @vivastory thanks! I had an anaphylactic reaction earlier this month and was hospitalized for a bit, so it‘s been a rough month. 7d

TimEW Interest and mood for me. The only time line I‘m on is maybe another 20 years (unless I lose all my faculties before then). I have hundreds of books on my “to read” list, and for some reason the list keeps growing. 🙃🙏 6d

TimEW @TheBookHippie 👍Most of my reading is also NF. I do slid in a few fictional books during the year. 6d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick In a perfect world, I'll read a book a day! In actuality, if I can finish 10-12 of those I need to finish the #192025 challenge, I'll be happy. I'm hoping vacation days & holiday time off gives me reading time & not headaches. 5d

Reggie I have Joe Hill‘s doorstopper from the library and the rest is mood. 4d

merelybookish I have a Flavia De Luce mystery lined up for December and plan to tackle a few from the TOB longlist. 2d

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JenlovesJT47

Food for Thought: Essays on Eating and Culture | Lawrence C. Rubin

don‘t neglect such an
important food group — reading
books is food for thought. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

TheBookHippie Love!!! 1w

dabbe L📘VE! ♥️🍁🧡 1w

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AnishaInkspill so true!!! it is 1w

lil1inblue 🙌😍 😍 😍 🙌 1w

AnnCrystal Truth 👏🏼🐝📚😋📚👍🏼💝. 7d

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oddandbookish

The Princess Knight | Cait Jacobs

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This book was so much fun!

A medieval retelling of Legally Blonde was something I never knew I needed! I‘m a huge Legally Blonde fan but I never realized that it could be retold in such a unique way. As a retelling, it worked very well. The original characters were translated very well. Clía, the female lead, definitely gave Elle Woods vibes.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/review-the-princess-knight/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #library #10beforetheend #bookspinbingo #princess #fantasy #romatasy #legallyblonde #retelling #romance 1w

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JenlovesJT47

Lost in a Book: The Psychology of Reading for Pleasure | Victor Nell

her nose in a book,
she craved a quiet nook — to
get lost in its world. 📚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

AnnCrystal “to get lost in it's world“ Perfection 👏🏼🐝👍🏼💫📚💫🐝💝. 2w

lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 2w

dabbe I need those book worlds now more than ever. 🧡🍁🤎 2w

Itchyfeetreader This is really lovely 2w

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JenlovesJT47

The Book Lover | Ali Smith

feeling blue? here‘s what
you do: buy a book or two —
you‘ll feel brand new. 📚

Just a PSA to buy more books. 😉

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bibliophile

AnnCrystal Perfect prescription 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🥳👌🏼🐝💝. 2w

lil1inblue Dr. Jen says buy more books. Will do. Best prescription ever. 🤩😍🤩 2w

dabbe #prescriptionhaiku L🧡VE! 🧡🍁♥️ 2w

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oddandbookish

Witch You Would: A Novel | Lia Amador

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This was a cute witchy romance!

The premise is super fun. It‘s about two witches who fall in love during a spell casting reality show competition. The competition parts were very entertaining to read.

The romance aspect worked very well. The two leads, Penelope and Gil, made a great couple. I loved their dynamic and their chemistry.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/review-witch-you-would/

oddandbookish #book #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #bookreviewer #booktok #library #doublespin #bookspin #witch #witchy #romance #romcom #contemporary #contemporaryromance 3w

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