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Last but not least, December! The tagged book would have been among my favorites no matter what month it was read, but for this month it was no contest.

Inner Harbor was a page turner, and I appreciated the local setting, but the story was OTT.

The two anthologies were disappointing. I‘d started both previously (should have been a clue?) and wanted to clear them out by year-end. Blanket Cats was my #bookspin choice.

#wrapup #12booksof2025

Yikes, I did my #bookspin list, but forgot to post it in December!
1. Plainsong
2. We should not Be afraid
3. Crossings
4. An immense world
5. Swimming in the Dark
6. Art of Gathering
7. Future Is Disabled
8. Barnabus Project
9. Waiting to Be Arrested
10. Saved by a Song
11. Every Day
12. Stone Yard
13. The Details
14. We Kept Her
15. The Weight of Ink
16. You Dreamed of Empires
17. Nanette
18. The Circles
19. Beautyland
20. The Cheese

I‘m glad this was on @rachelsbrittain ‘s #auldlangspine list, as I‘ve wanted to read something by Alyssa Cole for a while.

It‘s a pretty spicy romance with an interracial couple during the civil war. Both characters are spies for the north stationed in the south, and their attraction is complicated.

A low pick for me, but I‘m glad I read it.
(Also glad I was working alone today while listening- steamy!)

This was my January #bookspin 😁📚.

Thanks to the Highbridge Company and @Libro.fm for the ALC of this audiobook.

To the right audience, I think this book would be fascinating. I am not in that category.
Do you like the history of science (yes!!!) seen through the lens of its contemporary philosophical view (apparently not me!)? If so, then do I have a book for you! #bookspin #bookspinbingo

@TheAromaofBooks #BookspinBingo for January ❄️
Continuing the Southern Vampire series into the new year. Over 40 challenges starting this month. Some annual others monthly.

#BookSpin - 3 - Physical book
#DoubleSpin - 5 - Digital

January #bookspinbingo board. I'm penciling in Oyinkan Braithwaite for #BIPOCIntlAuthorArtist2026 since @GatheringBooks challenged me to find my own list and to add in with all my other buddy reads. Currently reading the tagged #bookspin pick and greatly enjoying it, although my #USpresidents choice is forming a pleasant way to survive my morning commute.

Ready for another year of #BookSpin and #BookSpinBingo and hoping to start with some momentum (she says, already on day 4 and with not a single book opened)…

This is my board for January
#BookSpin is Cat Dragon
#DoubleSpin is Winter Lost

I‘m back on active #BookspinBingo. Here is my board. My #Bookspin is The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois and #Doublespin is Kevin Young‘s poems Night Watch. I‘m gonna get a bingo this month. That rarely happens! @TheAromaofBooks

#bookspin not my favourite Holmes story but enjoyed the character of Baynes also being on the scent!

For my 2026 #BookSpinBingo, here are my personal rules to fit my life!

- #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin are priorities.
- The #BookSpin book is replaced by my book club's monthly pick. Original book in that spot moves to #25.
- NetGalley reviews go in #24 & can swap with any spot. No NetGalley means #24 becomes a free choice that is fixed.
- #23 is a mood read. I can swap it with any other spot on the board, but I can only do this once per month.