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@TheAromaOfBooks My March update and April card.

Update: I didn't read a lot but was able to get a #BookSpinBingo (see above) which included both March #BookSpin (Castle In the Air) and #DoubleSpin (Never Let Me Go), both very good reads.

Made some progress in #BookChain with Castle In the Air and Caprice of Fate (audiobook), I am now stuck on the 10th prompt.

@PuddleJumper No news on #Roll100 reads, really need to get better in April.

I have this thing where I enjoy Steinbeck's writing more than I enjoy his stories, so I thought I would give this one a try, his account of driving a little camper trailer around the country ~1960. First off, this book will definitely make you want to get a little camper trailer and drive it around the country - how fun does that sound??

I overall did enjoy this one, although more in the beginning than towards the end. I liked the scenes where ⬇

Also published as Easy to Kill, this is another great Christie standalone. For once, I remembered who the murderer was, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this reread - I love watching her plant the clues and red herrings. This one does drag a bit here and there as Luke spends a lot of time hashing and rehashing the possibilities, but still a solid mystery.

I just love these comics. I am especially fond of Wallace's parents. And there is an entire storyline with a bowling ball that absolutely cracked me up. This is the fourth collection so you get a little more backstory if you read the other books first, but these are definitely worth picking up.

I feel seen, heard, and understood! 😀 As a Gen-Xer, this book is all about the things that shaped our generation. I really enjoyed the first part of the book and all of the nostalgia it evoked, more so than the second part of the book about politics and news. But it was still interesting reading about politics and news, since they also helped shape the decade.
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Nora helps solve a mystery surrounding the Inn of Mist and Roses. It's a mystery that costs two people their lives, and threatens the lives of others.
#3 in the Secret, Book & Scone Society Series

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It's a diary of a guy who works in a Zoo. Full of anecdotes (not only about animals). One reviewer called it 'an optimistic project' and it really is which is not so often in a diary. I really liked it. If I was to have a diary again I wish I could write it with such distance and sense of humor.

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4. New book is different genre from the last book

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Finished reading:
- the tagged book (not the first time reading it, I love Douglas Adams): #Roll100 #1 pick for January and #7 in #BookChain;
- A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home done: my February #DoubleSpin.

These 2 reads helped me get a #BookSpinBingo for this month, I think it is the earliest I was able to do this.

This has been on my shelf for a thousand years and I'm happy to have finally gotten to it. Beautifully written story of hardship, abuse and heartbreak. I'm not sure why it took me so long

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Confusing and hard to follow in some parts but still a great read. I have to admit, I started it once and it didn't really draw me in but gave it one more chance and ended up liking it a lot. A pick!

@TheAromaOfBooks This was my #BookChain read for 5th prompt.