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I‘m just kinda over #BOTM I‘m such an eclectic reader, a mood reader, most of the books aren‘t really my cup of tea .Well , then I will read a great one ….😁
Long story short, I‘ve cancelled & will be using up the credits .

#45 of 2025! #BOTM December 2025
Started: 12/21/25

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There were some interesting observations in this book & a lot to mull over regarding choices - sitting with them, escaping them, wondering about alternative paths or the chain of events that brought you to this moment. It was also a bit passionless despite the subject matter. Perhaps this is intentional, reflecting a broader sense of millennial futility. It doesn‘t necessarily elicit strong feelings, but it does leave you thinking #BOTM

I‘m bummed I wasted my birthday #BOTM credit on this…despite its lovely cover. Like a romance series, this one shifts focus from Ophelia to her younger, single sister, Genevieve. Following clues to dig into their mother‘s past, Vivi winds up at a mysterious Italian manor— one with its own family curse & rounds of games. I love forced proximity/fake relationships but the central romance here isn‘t compelling. Not as steamy but just as repetitive!

I‘m not sure if I‘ll complete #BOTM‘s #PagePulverizerChallenge, but I‘m trying— this was a #LollyFinalist2024 & the beautiful cover set some high hopes for me…but, the 9 levels of Hell in this haunted house/deadly game show frankly got repetitive. The family secrets failed to shock & mostly this felt like it was steam without substance to the central romance… the OCD added a modern twist but I just wanted something more from this chunkster!

This was such a fun holiday romance. I devoured it and wish I could have stayed with the characters longer. #BOTM
Book 33 of 2025

I‘m surprised this was a #BOTM offering, because it‘s a strange story…entrancing, but a weird genre blend. The Haddesley family keeps to themselves on their WV land, inside their crumbling manor bordering the cranberry bog (no mention of the spiders, the one bit of creepiness I was prepared for!). When the patriarch lays dying, his estranged daughter returns after a decade. These 5 adult children flounder in this fresh but grimily beautiful book.

“Catty lines up another bottle on the wooden stump. A swing. A crack. For one brief, beautiful second, the glass dust hangs suspended in the glow from the streetlight, glittering like mist before it falls.”

V.E. Schwab has a way with words.

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When you're too excited to wait to open your Book of the Month box.....so you take it to work and open it there! 🤭📚📚📚 #botm

November reading month.
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