Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
#iSpy
blurb
LitsyEvents
post image

What!! We are on the last board of 2025!! Here is December #ISpyBingo board. I'm working on the 2026 boards and hope to post them in a week or so!! I don't know why I enjoy this challenge so much ka
As always, anyone is welcome to play!! Search for items anywhere on the outside of a book.

From
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for the repost!! 1d
31 likes1 comment
blurb
TheAromaofBooks
post image

What!! We are on the last board of 2025!! Here is December #ISpyBingo board. I'm working on the 2026 boards and hope to post them in a week or so!! I don't know why I enjoy this challenge so much 😂

As always, anyone is welcome to play!! Search for items anywhere on the outside of a book. If you want to play all the 2025 boards or see the rest, I'll link below!!

BarbaraBB Can‘t wait for the 2026 prompts!! Thank you so much! 2d
See All 11 Comments
peanutnine Yes!! Love this challenge! There's something satisfying about it that I can't explain lol 2d
PuddleJumper I've really enjoyed this challenge even if I cheat a bit! 2d
OriginalCyn620 I love this challenge! Do you still need ideas for next year‘s prompts? I know at one time you said you did…let me know if you do! 2d
LiseWorks Yes! 2d
TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - I haven't finalized my boards yet, so if you have ideas feel free to shoot them over!! You can comment here, or if it's a bunch you can email them to me itsthegoodlife15 at gmail If your ideas are better than mine, I'll switch some out 😂 And can also keep them in my spreadsheet for next year!! 2d
TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - No such thing as cheating on this challenge - it's just making the rules work for you 😂 2d
Faranae I'm nearly caught up fitting my reads so far this year onto the boards. Not a single blackout in sight 😂 2d
willaful @peanutnine It's so fun for me when I finish a book and then find it fits a space *perfectly*! 2d
45 likes11 comments
blurb
Lauredhel
post image

I had to read this a couple of times back-to-back to make sure I got everything. Dense, beautiful, so much world-building packed into a very short space.

And with #Husband in the title, I'm down to one prompt to go, and I've already picked up that book (Magical Meet Cute)

#DonebyDecember #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Amazing progress!!!! 4d
37 likes1 comment
blurb
Lauredhel
post image

Another “just fine“ read. Small-town autumn-vibes insta-love, “just talk to each other“ romance. I'm so confused by all the people who complained that this was way too spicy - there's maybe two two brief vanilla sex scenes?

Anyway. #Wreath #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
50 likes1 comment
blurb
Lauredhel
There's Only One Sleigh | Shannon Stacey
post image

Progress on #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Remaining prompts: Husband or wife, Menorah or Star of David, and Wreath. I have books lined up for all of them (though recs are always welcome!)

Ruthiella Wow! Impressive! 🤩 5d
Lauredhel @Ruthiella it's been a bigger than usual reading year for me, lots of crochet and lots of books 5d
TheAromaofBooks Wow, you are doing amazing!!!! 5d
33 likes3 comments
blurb
Lauredhel
There's Only One Sleigh | Shannon Stacey
post image

This small-town holiday romance is ... fine. A perfectly cromulent story.

More importantly, though, it has a Santa hat, a snowglobe, AND an emergency vehicle on the cover! That's three prompts filled from #ISpyBingo - fully half of my remaining fills - and September done.

#ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Next up - Pumpkin Spice Cafe, which has a #wreath on the cover.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5d
37 likes1 comment
blurb
Lauredhel
Why Not Me? | Mindy Kaling
post image

I'm listening to this audiobook from Libby - and it's got the PRH penguin on the cover! That finishes May of #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks
Yay!

Six prompts to go - and I've JUST found a single book that fills three of them. Stay tuned.

LiseWorks Your doing great! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Absolutely fabulous!! 2w
40 likes2 comments
blurb
OutsmartYourShelf
Untitled | Untitled
post image
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3w
CSeydel Very nice! 3w
23 likes2 comments
review
OutsmartYourShelf
The Girl You Know | Elle Gonzalez Rose
post image
Pickpick

Since their mother died & their father succumbed to addiction, Luna & Solina have mostly been on their own except for each other. Luna works back-to-back shifts at the local diner in order to pay for her twin sister's tuition at the prestigious Kingswood Academy. Then, the week before she was due to return to school for her final term, Solina says she wants to drop out. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf The twins argue about the sudden decision & in the end Solina heads back to campus, but 12 hours later she is dead.

The police don't seem interested in investigating so Luna decides to take her sister's place. She's going to find out why her sister didn't want to go back, why she was killed, & most of all, who killed her.

I read this one on a whim so wasn't sure what to expect. It turned out to be a decent read with some quite heavy themes,
3w
OutsmartYourShelf but the reader has to suspend their disbelief that the supposed friends (& boyfriend) of Solina wouldn't be suspicious that she was suddenly acting completely out of character. I also thought that it was very obvious who the killer was. Overall though, it was very readable & kept my interest until the end. 3.75🌟

TWs: see GR post for possible spoilers

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7530456939
Read 29th - 31st Oct 2025

3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3w
29 likes5 comments
review
5feet.of.fury
Brewed with Love | Shelly Page
post image
Pickpick

This was cute! Sage‘s former friend returns to town & starts working at her family‘s apothecary, while her frenemy is on shift there‘s a break in & potions are stolen- including a misbrewed potion that has causes injury to another classmate. A quick read. The mystery was fun to try to untangle, low tension, the world is fun & I was quite entertained.

36 likes3 comments