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Sapphire
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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This book came across my radar several times in 2025 and each time I thought I wasn‘t sure. It was the only title on the #auldlangspine2026 list I received from @Lesliereadsalot that I recognized so I decided to start with it. Wow, I am so glad I didn‘t miss it. It‘s dark fo sure and deals with existential and real existence crisis themes, and yet it affirms life and love and connection. I was invested in the characters and I cried. #auldlangspine

BarbaraBB It‘s wonderful 10h
Lesliereadsalot So glad you liked it! I loved all the characters. 4h
Sapphire @lesliereadsalot I just saw the error in my post and changed it! It wasn‘t the only title on the list! It was the only one I recognized. That‘s a big difference and makes a great list. I have read the second one I chose from the list and can‘t see how it won‘t turn out being my favorite of the year. Will post about that one later today or by the weekend. Thank you. Started on my third from your list and am already intrigued! 1h
Lesliereadsalot I knew that was what you meant! Can‘t wait to see what you chose next. If it isn‘t too personal, would you mind telling me a little about yourself? I‘m wondering who you are! 19m
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bumpinthenight
A Map for Wrecked Girls | Jessica Taylor
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Going for something not from 2025 on one of my TBR Shelves - I‘m doing the #192030 reading challenge which feels kind of fun and hopefully it will help me read some of the things that have been hanging out on my shelves for a long time.

#SundayFunday

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Gissy
Ten | Gretchen McNeil
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October 2025 Book #7

This is a YA retelling of And Then There were none. It was pretty good for a YA novel. 3/3.5⭐️

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 5d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5d
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bumpinthenight
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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Rowan
“I have shown him to children, and altered the way they see the world.
I am a tunnel, wind screaming through me.
And into this empty space comes a mad thought, unbidden.”

dabbe 🤎🐾🤍 5d
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Susanita
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy

Another set of quirky book data that I record is setting. This year more than half the books I read took place primarily in the US or the UK. Of the rest, 12 were set in many places or nowhere, and six were set in some fantasy realm.

The book that took place closest to my home was Inner Harbor, set almost entirely in Maryland.

The book that took place farthest away, if not in terms of actual distance then in remoteness, is Wild Dark Shorep.

Bookwormjillk I always track location too, but I never thought to track distance from me. How interesting! 6d
ChaoticMissAdventures I love this! I track location too, but mostly just by country. I read from 64 non-US counties last year. I should do distance that is so fun! 6d
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Lesliereadsalot
The Legacy | Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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Mehso-so

I‘m not sure what led me to this murder mystery. NYT? Chicago Tribune book review? It wasn‘t Litsy! Anyway kind of a meh story about two women who are murdered in extremely grisly ways, really icky. There‘s no connection between them as a detective rushes to find the murderer before the next woman meets her doom. Only read to the end to see who done it.

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kspenmoll
Whale Fall | Elizabeth O'Connor
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TheEllieMo This one looks good 7d
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