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Caryl

Caryl

Joined May 2016

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company
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Ready for May with my #BookSpinBINGO list.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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April‘s reading!
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 1mo
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Included a few poetry books on April‘s list. Looking forward to learning the #bookspin and #doublespin picks tomorrow!

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
dabbe I love that you underlined each title! 🤗 2mo
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Here‘s what I read in March: my February & March #bookspin picks, a couple of essays, several graphic novels, a silly Scieszka, a Steinbeck, a chapter in the Shirley Jackson bio, and this year‘s Newbery Medal winner.

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 2mo
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Here‘s the bookshelf view of my #BookSpinBINGO picks for March. It was a busy month, but I read more than I thought I would!

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Welcome, March! Hoping to read at least five of these titles this month.

#BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
dabbe I love that you underlined each title! Too bad we can't underline/italicize in these little boxes! 🤣❣️🤣 3mo
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My February goal was five books, but I read eight! I finished my #doublespin pick, and I‘m in the middle of my #bookspin. Not bad for a short, busy month.

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 3mo
dabbe Pretty and organized! #winwin ❣️ 3mo
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I‘ve been meaning to post this bookshelf view of my February #BookSpinBINGO picks. You can see my #bookspin and #doublespin picks (10 & 20) as well as titles for the #AuthorAMonth (5), #Roll100 (8-10), and #SeriesLove2023 (11 & 12) challenges.

I‘ve read five of these so far — progress! I appreciate the Litsy inspiration. Reviews to come. ❤️📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
TheSpineView Awesome!🤍📖📘 3mo
Andrew65 Well done. 3mo
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Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice | Derrick Barnes, Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile
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This book just won YALSA‘s Award for Excellence in nonfiction, as well as as a Coretta Scott King Author Honor. Well deserved! This trio of authors/artists created a beautiful record of this important true story.

Tamra This will get the censorship treatment in FL. 😫 4mo
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After reading the author‘s most recent graphic novel/memoir, It Won‘t Always Be Like This, I realized I had her previous title on my bookshelf. This one has a lighter touch, but is just as affecting. I loved them both!

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I love graphic novel/memoirs, and this one is excellent. I saw it on NPR‘s 2022 Books We Love list, and after I finished, I realized I owned the author‘s previous title… (See my next post!)

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I‘ve finally settled on my list for February. I will be happy if I read five of these in this short, busy month.

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dabbe I love that you underlined all of your titles! No easy feat! I wish Litsy would give us the opportunity to type with italics! ❣️ 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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No bingo this month, but I dedicated more time to reading, and I can see that reflected on my January board! Plus, I read both my #bookspin and #doublespin picks. 📚💕

#BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!! 4mo
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Daddy Long Legs | Jean Webster
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This was a fun re-read! Here‘s the cover of the 1980 edition I read when I was in junior high. Check out the fashions! That car! (This book was originally published in 1912.) A great #doublespin pick.

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Vansa WOW. Such a throwback. I absolutely ADORE this book. 4mo
TheAromaofBooks How odd to update the cover when the story is set in 1912! 😂 I also really enjoyed the sequel to this one, Dear Enemy. 4mo
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The Sentence | Louise Erdrich
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Louise Erdrich is brilliant. I knew that, but this book surprised me in so many wonderful ways. Tookie will stay with me. (And I just have to say how much I enjoyed the author‘s cameo in her own book!)

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This was my book club‘s January pick. It also just won the Sydney Taylor Book Award today! I loved it, and think it will be a book I pick up again. A close-knit community dealing with trauma, a faltering friendship rekindled thanks to a wise and wily educator, and a fascinating mythical creature. Absorbing, heart wrenching, & beautiful.

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What a great book! Sue (Suyapa) is surprised to learn her family is planning to celebrate her quinces during their summer trip to Honduras. She‘s not at all comfortable with dancing, speaking in front of groups, or wearing the high heels and puffy pink dress her mom gives her. I cheered her on as she advocated for herself, agreeing to the celebration but asking for it to better reflect her own awesome, quirky personality.

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Nubia: Real One | L L McKinney
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A student of mine recommended this one, and I can‘t wait to discuss it with them this week! The artist‘s interpretation of Wonder Woman style for Nubia was beautiful.

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Maizy is a wonderful kid and I loved spending time with her & her family in Last Chance, Minnesota. I appreciated so much about this middle grade novel: The story-within-a-story about Maizy‘s great-great-grandfather Lucky, the way Maizy & her grandfather grow close through stories and poker games, how people care for one another and learn about each other. This was my January 2023 #bookspin pick, and a fantastic first read of the new year.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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Here‘s my bookshelf view of my January #BookSpinBINGO picks. Last year, I read 22/24 of my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks. I‘m starting this year with one of the two I didn‘t get to — Maizy Chen (the tagged book)! Also included are titles for the #AuthorAMonth and #Roll100 challenges (5 and 8-10), as well as some #SeriesLove2023 (11 & 12).

Andrew65 A great set of books. I love Alexander McCall Smith and Swallows and Amazons. Have a great month. 5mo
TheSpineView There are some great books there. Good luck in January!❤️📖📚📚📚 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I read all the Swallows and Amazons books last year for the first time and absolutely loved them. 5mo
Caryl Thanks, @TheSpineView! And thanks to you and @Andrew65 for the series challenge. I'm almost through the Isabel Dalhousie novels. And Andrew & @TheAromaofBooks, I'll have to nudge Swallows and Amazons to the top of my list! 5mo
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A Wish in the Dark | Christina Soontornvat
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Happy New Year! I‘m ready for some great reading in January 2023. #BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 5mo
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Last month of the year! And it‘s a busy one. I chose a lot of poetry and graphic novels for December‘s #BookSpinBINGO.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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Ready for November‘s reading list! #BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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October is here! My #BookSpinBINGO list is ready. 😎

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 8mo
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir | Michelle Zauner
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My September reading list.

#BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 9mo
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Paper Girls Vol. 1 | Brian K. Vaughan
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My August reading list is ready. 📚🤓💖

#BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 10mo
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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines | Jane Mount, Jamise Harper
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July was a great reading month for me. I even got two BINGOs! That hasn‘t happened in a long time.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Fantastic month!!! 10mo
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A Distant View of Everything | Alexander McCall Smith
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Welcome, July! #BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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Castle Waiting Vol. 1 | Linda Medley
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Now that school is out for summer, I‘ve been able to start on my June #BookSpin shelf. Let‘s see how many I get through by the 30th!

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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines | Jane Mount, Jamise Harper
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Never too busy to make my #BookSpinBINGO list. Happy June, everyone!

Caryl (Oops! Number 6 should be the essay titled “Sugar.”) 12mo
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Caryl (Another oops! The “Race” essay was my #BookSpin pick last month, so I‘m changing number 5 to On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed.) 12mo
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Bewilderment | Richard Powers
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May already?! Well, I always enjoy making a list of books. 📚 #BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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The Last Cuentista | Donna Barba Higuera
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Best way to spend April Fools‘ Day: Fooling myself that I‘ll read all these books this month! 😉 But it‘s spring break this week, so I should at least get off to a great start. 📚🥳💖

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
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Ready or not, here comes March! #BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1y
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The Magic Fish | Trung Le Nguyen
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I‘m ready with my February #BookSpinBINGO list!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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My Ideal Bookshelf | Thessaly La Force
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My January #BookSpinBINGO list is ready!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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How fortunate to have this be my December #BookSpin pick, after reading Engle‘s Enchanted Air in November! I loved this one just as much, and I‘m looking forward to book talking them both to my students.

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1y
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Fidelity: A Novel | Susan Glaspell
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This book was published in 1915, but feels quite modern. A quietly powerful read. Now I want to learn more about its author. I am thankful to Persephone Books for helping me discover this story! This was my July #DoubleSpin pick — finished the last day of the year. 🎊

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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The Penderwicks at Last | Jeanne Birdsall
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My oldest & I read the Penderwicks #1 & #2 when they first came out years ago; they were big hits with our mother-daughter book club! I‘d always intended to finish the series, and made it a goal for this year. I did it! The last was as lovely as the first, with the story/setting coming full circle. 💞This was my December #DoubleSpin pick.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I've been meaning to read this series, it sounds so delightful. 1y
Caryl @TheAromaofBooks - Oh, do read them! I think you‘d love these books. 💖 1y
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Run | John Lewis
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My students and I were so excited when this newest John Lewis book became available! Graphic novel format is a gripping way to share history. Excellent back matter includes insights from the artists and authors. This was my November #DoubleSpin pick.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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These Precious Days | Ann Patchett
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My December #BookSpinBINGO list is ready!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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I‘m catching up! Isabel was delightful, as always. This was my October #DoubleSpin pick.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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We‘re watching this amine with out kids; thought I‘d give Volume 1 of the manga a try. Great story, well-told!

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I‘m a huge Margarita Engle fan, and smiled when I saw this was my #BookSpin pick for November. She‘s a genius at sharing historical stories through poetry. Thought this poem from her memoir-in-verse would resonate with the Litsy crowd. 💕

megnews Love it! 2y
TheAromaofBooks I can remember being old enough to go up to the third floor in our library - nonfiction - so different from the bright and cheery children's library in the basement. It was magical!! 2y
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The Penderwicks in Spring | Jeanne Birdsall
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Another wonderful Penderwicks book. I love these characters so much. Looking forward to reading the last in the series next month.

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It‘s been awhile since I‘ve spent time with Armand Gamache and the Three Pines community. I‘ve missed them! I especially liked the descriptions of Québec City; I visited once when I was 15 and I‘ve always wanted to go back. I appreciated the author‘s acknowledgments, and that she began this book with them.

This was my October #BookSpin pick.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
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Goldenrod: Poems | Maggie Smith
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My first time reading Maggie Smith. She‘s got quite a way with words. ❤️

MatchlessMarie It still blows my mind that enough time has passed since this all started for people to write and publish books about it 🤯 2y
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March: Book Three | Andrew Aydin, John Lewis
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Reread this one in preparation for Run: Book One. Loved it just as much as the first time. John Lewis was an incredible leader. This was my August #BookSpin pick.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Run | John Lewis
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I‘m ready for November with my #BookSpinBINGO list! Lately, I‘ve only had short bits of time to read, so I went with novels/memoirs in verse, graphic novels, and a couple of illustrated books this month.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
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Like Junie, Darius shows courage as he navigates through life with clinical depression. On his first trip to Iran, he embraces the opportunity to learn about friendship, his family, and his cultural heritage. I loved the gentle pace of this book. This was my September #BookSpin pick.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Junie‘s bravery in addressing her struggles with mental health and her beautiful relationship with her grandparents made this a wonderful read. I‘m catching up — this was my #DoubleSpin pick for September.

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