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Today‘s haiku is inspired by my New Year‘s Eve library haul. I went in for two holds & walked out with 3 more. There is so much possibility in the first haul of 2026.

( @TheBookHippie I saw the tagged book on the New Books shelf & immediately thought of you & #SundayBuddyRead🖌️🎨)

New Year, New Haul

Small library stack
Some shiny new, some well-read
New Year in pages…

I had a great December reading month, buoyed by days off at the end if the month. I finished 22 books A couple were short stories & the cumulation of a year-long daily read but I also had one chunkster of an audiobook.

I finished books for #SundayBuddyRead #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #NancyDrewBR
#BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #MonthlyNonFiction #ThematicCozies
#FictionalTraveler #Rol|100 (3) #AuthorAMonth
#Naturalitsy & #SeriesLove2025

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Trying a #sundaybuddyread on audio - the story is fantastic so far on audio ❤️❤️❤️ but flipping back pages for the discussion won‘t work and I can‘t prolong my borrowing time so we shall see how it goes ( bag #17 of Home Alone)

After crashing and burning on all challenges and most buddy reads last year (has anyone been more glad to see a year end than 2025) I feel hopeful and excited to be reading the above books.

#USPresidents2026 - Washington: The Indispensable Man
#BookedinTime - The Rival Queens
#SundayBuddyRead - Mob Queen
#AuthorAMonth - Nettle & Bone
#EuropaCollective - The Hottest Dishes
#AuldLangSpine - The Lilac People & The Girls Who Grew Big

May 2026 shine!

There is nothing I can say that would do justice to this book. The writing is exquisite. The characters are achingly human. Just wow.

#sundaybuddyread

January hopefuls…most probably some will go into February, especially as I will be back at work nect Monday.
#JamesBaldwinsAmerica #libraryfind #JoeSwallowSeries #4 #AmericasMostFamousLibarian #BelleGreene #Proust #literaryCrew #BoicesfromOldForfarshireScotland #ANovelofSuspense #Camplitsy #ThreePines #Gamache #SundayBuddyRead #USPresidents #Washington #Camplitsy

#Read2025

Finished this morning for #SundayBuddyRead this is not a book that I normally would choose or even knew anything about but I found myself caught up in it. The writing is bleak & beautiful & a lot unfolds in 160 pages. I found myself both frustrated with & rooting for our unnamed narrator, a young Native American man, living on the res in Montana. Of course the usual careful research & discussions led by Christine made it come to life.