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papascott33

The Chaos Agent | Mark Greaney

#2 of 2026! The Gray Man No. 12!
Started: 1/6/26

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Soubhiville

An Extraordinary Union | Alyssa Cole

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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 😁📚.

monalyisha, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3d

Susanita Yes, the steaminess took me by surprise 🤭 3d

rachelsbrittain Yay! Glad you liked it! 3d

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Serotonin

Spy x Family, Vol. 6 | Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 6
I remember watching the underground tennis match in the anime - total hilarity 😂😂😂

#manga

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Julsmarshall

A Peculiar Combination: An Electra McDonnell Novel | Ashley Weaver

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This was so great! The WW II setting, the smart and complicated characters, the mystery and romantic underpinnings. I will definitely read more in the series. Pictures with a gift from my husband to help track my reading over the year.

Bookzombie I love your tracker. I‘m tempted to get one. lol. (edited) 3d

Julsmarshall @Bookzombie it is super cute! https://www.etsy.com/listing/4344254270/?ref=share_ios_native_control 3d

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MidnightBookGirl

Floating Hotel | Grace Curtis

November brought me a SciFi mystery set on a spaceship hotel with lots of characters and plot, and I ate it up.
#12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo I recall this being a Waterstones Book of the Month but I didn‘t pay it much attention because of its sci-fi tag, but it does sound like something I‘d enjoy 3d

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Susanita

Two Spies in Caracas: A Novel | Moises Naim

WTAF? So nice to wake up to the news that the US has captured Maduro and his wife and spirited them out of the country. Now what?!?

BarbaraBB The man is unstoppable. And wildly crazy 4d

Suet624 Make it stop. 4d

AmyG WT actual F????? 4d

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Bookwormjillk It‘s unreal 4d

tournevis Thruth: It was clear the US government was heading to something like that. How many operations like that have been done in the last 60 years? The only difference here is that it's done with maximum media coverage because MAGAs are narcisists on too of fascists. From out here, it looked inevitable. 4d

Amiable I don‘t know what news outlet this is but they spelled “invasion” and “kidnapped” wrong. (edited) 4d

Susanita @Amiable WaPo 4d

dariazeoli I cannot. It gets worse every time I open any site or app. 4d

Ruthiella Where is CONGRESS? Is this not an act of war? Impeach him. 4d

Chrissyreadit @Amiable 100% 4d

Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella very good question 4d

dabbe @Ruthiella That's exactly what I thought. What he did is completely against the law. Oh, wait. He is a convicted felon who has never been held down by the law. This is surreal. 4d

AnnCrystal 🥺😶‍🌫️😥. 4d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick What was that about being the peace president? 🙄 3d

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Vansa

Kim | Rudyard Kipling

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#Readingbracket2025 #BookBracket2025 @Cseydel
Can't just pick one book! Here are my reviews for these! #January2025
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578206614
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404860879
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578782099
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578201795

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AnneCecilie

The Whalebone Theatre: A novel | Joanna Quinn

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The last book I read in the summer and never wrote a review of before now.

Three kids that are each other half siblings and cousins grow up before the war with dead and/ or absent parents. They parent themselves and grow tight bonds. As they reach adulthood, WWII starts and they are ready to fight for their country

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LeftyDv

Gabriel's Moon | William Boyd

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So much more than a spy novel, Gabriel‘s Moon is a book about humans being - or not being - who you think they are. Gabriel Pax is a likable enough protagonist, but thematically, espionage is the real character here. We‘re on a need to know basis, and Boyd makes sure the reader discovers things at the same time Pax does. Side note: my lungs and liver hurt just thinking about the excessive nicotine and booze contaminating Pax‘s body.

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