Power outage at the campground last night due to the wind and the rain. Until it warms up outside or the heat comes back on in the cabin, this is where I‘ll be starting the readathon!
#deweys24HourReadathon
#campingadventures

Just realized I never posted my #bookspin list for April! Better late than never, I guess… 😂
#bookspin is Sing About Us
#doublespin is Savage Spirit

Hoping to knock both out tomorrow!
@TheAromaofBooks

My #TBR for tomorrow‘s #Deweys24HrReadathon!
I am at my cabin retreat, so I always bring more than I know I can read, cuz I definitely need choices! 😂

Hoping the rain stops as predicted so I can read outside a bit, and maybe even have a fire!

The MinaLima edition is so beautiful; the cover, the illustrations and the pop outs! Can‘t wait to read The Chamber of Secrets next!

I can‘t WAIT for someone I know to read this so that I can discuss this with someone! I devoured this book. It was a quick read, and sometimes frustrating but in a way that serves the story. The themes of gender expectations, AI, and relationships keep you thinking long after the story is over. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I enjoy books about the Windsors and this was no exception. I really liked how the author interviewed common contemporaries of Elizabeth and was able to set the stage for each chapter with a compare/contrast between them.

I didn‘t complete my #bookspin or my #doublespin this month, but I did get a bingo!! 🥳 🌈

2,676 pages read over 11 books:
Victoria (Sunfire)
When Jesus Wept
On What Grounds
Elizabeth & Phillip
HP & the Sorcerers Stone- MinaLima Edition
Annie Bot
The Steps of Pittsburgh
Killing England
And three BSC books

@TheAromaofBooks

#bookspin: The Real Deal (tagged book)
#doublespin: The Road

Going hard for a bingo this month!!!
@TheAromaofBooks

No bingos this month 🙁, but it was fun building snowmen! Hope to make February a better month!

@TheAromaofBooks

Media is about selling…doesn‘t matter if it‘s papers, books, music, movies…or people. I‘m not saying that Britney is an innocent victim, but that there were a lot of people who sold her out & made money off of her WAY before her family stole her freedom.

Super cute book! I loved the relationship of Flora and her dad, but felt sad/mad that the mom had to be the adversary.

I love nonfiction that reads like fiction! For the most part, I felt this book fits that bill. There were a couple of chapters that felt like they went off on tangents, but the main story was obviously how there is usually a hardworking ancestor who amasses a fortune that is ultimately squandered but those who follow. Looking forward to Astor!

This was my #doublespin for January, & Circle prompt for #ISpyBingo.

It‘s always fun to find books that refer to places you know, so when I heard about this I had to read it. I‘ve never read Pride & Prejudice, so I can‘t make comparisons, but I liked the romance between the two MC‘s.

@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

Catching up on my posting, having been super sick the last week of January.
#ISpyBingo - grave/tombstone

I enjoyed the background of Egypt and found myself looking up things that were mentioned. I appreciate how the author was trying to weave a magical element, but I feel like it wasn‘t fully baked or explained. I‘m torn as to whether I will read the sequel or not.
@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

My #Roll100 books for February!

The Firebird
The Road
Independence!

I‘m looking forward to all of these actually!
@PuddleJumper

Beginning this one on an evening spent in a hotel room that is in an old NASA engineering building!

I know it‘s likely not fair to judge a book on its first 10 pages, so I‘ll say that maybe it‘s just not the right season of my life for me to be reading this right now. Either way, the story that should be sucking me into reading it is lost with analogies, metaphors and overly descriptive sentences that actually say nothing at all.
⬇️

My nephew saw me using my own #bujo to log my #bookspinbingo and wanted his own version! He got a notebook and picked his books and we crafted the bingo board together. I‘m so excited that he‘s into it!

@TheAromaofBooks

My total for #wintergames2024
My apologies on the late post…I‘ve been under the weather and it totally slipped my mind. I hope it‘s not too late, but completely understand if it is.

I had a lot of fun this year! Thanks to my team and to the hosts! @StayCurious @Clwojick
#teamwreathitandweep

I was not expecting such a steamy book! Fun ‘enemies-to-lovers‘ story set in a Christmas town that is getting an overhaul from a reality fix-it show. Loved the characters, but I figured out the gist of the ending pretty early on in the book. I‘ll put my mild spoiler in the comments so that if you‘ve read it, you can chime in.

My December #bookspinbingo results! So close to a bingo 😩
I didn‘t get as much reading done this year compared to the last couple of December‘s. I blame Disney Dreamlight Valley! 😂😂😂

@TheAromaofBooks

My #bookspin list for January!
#bookspin = We are the Dark (Kindle First selection)
#doublespin = my library hold

@TheAromaofBooks

I liked doing my pixel tracker for my reading so much last year that I set up a new one for 2024!
#bujo #wintergames @StayCurious @Clwojick
1pt

I decided to join the #SeriesLove2024 challenge with all of you and our awesome hosts @TheSpineView and @Andrew65
Some I‘ve started, but most I‘ve purchased but haven‘t begun. A couple have way more than 12, but I‘m just hoping for one a month. Either way, I‘m just happy to start making progress on them!
#wintergames @StayCurious @Clwojick
1pt

Last day of #wintergames and still trying to rack up those points! Was watching HIMYM while getting my #bujo layouts done and this episode comes on where the gang is riding around to different New Year‘s Eve parties.
6pts for #TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

Feeling pretty good about this, considering that I had to pack, move, and unpack this summer. Likely keeping the same goal for 2024, since I read A LOT of SVH to start this year off and donate them before I moved. Gonna try to read more substantial books this year…
#Happy New Year!!

Really looking forward to all of these! #roll100
@PuddleJumper

I‘ve never done #roll100 before, but here‘s my list!

Are there any rules or guidelines I should be aware of?
Thank you @PuddleJumper for hosting!

Needed one more book to hit my Goodreads goal! Thanks to my nephews for supplying a book 😂
Impulse Read - 10pts
Total: 11pts

#wintergames #TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

Since my nephews were born, I‘ve been staying in to hang out with them. The last several years we have played hourly games, usually Minute to Win It style. We have a ‘photo booth‘, and sparkling grape juice with gummy bears or gummy worms in it.
New Year‘s Eve next year might be something completely different…I‘d like to go on a trip and celebrate in a completely new place!
#wintergames #teamwreathitandweep
41pts

I really enjoyed this behind-the-scenes love story. The use of social media & news articles interspersed with the actual narrative was a fun touch. The female MC was a little bit annoying in the beginning, but I‘m glad I hung in because it paid off. It also turned out to have a few #WGWordSearch hits! 720 pts
TBR read - 15pts
#wintergames

1. The House of Eve by Sedeqa Johnson
2. Sparing the Heart by Tracy Krimmer
3. Playing Minute to Win It with my nephews - one game per hour
4. Don‘t celebrate Boxing Day, but it was Christmas part 2 for the other half of my family 😊
5. Somewhere between brown and green lol!😂 I‘m always happier with a white Christmas!
50 pts #wintergames

I love discovering pretty books under the dust jacket! I stayed up way later this evening than intended because this book just sucked me in! It‘s not a completely unique premise, but I just really wanted to see how things would pan out. I also really loved the accompanying gifts for this book box. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#wintergames #wgwordsearch 7880 pts
Impulse read 10 pts, Holiday read 25 pts
Licorice Castle badge: 20pts
Total: 7936 pts

Sorry for the review dump, but catching up after a week of just getting ready for Christmas and fighting off some sickness. I listened to this while driving to the outlet mall last weekend and it was a fun little story. Loved the Scottish narrator!!

#wintergames #wgwordsearch 1300 pts
Impulse read 10 pts, holiday read 25 pts
Total: 1336 pts

While the story centers around loss, I was drawn in by the characters and how they each were trying to find their new path. Not typically the type of book I would read this time of year, I appreciated the message and it made me thankful for what my own blessings are.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
#wintergames #wgwordsearch 1090 pts
TBR read 15 pts, winter read 25 pts
Total: 1131 pts

The individual book was not in the database. This is for the 3rd book in the series. I had fun with this one, mainly because I could relate to the piano playing and the movie theater aspects of the story. Very quick and fun read for this time of year. Looking forward to trying a full length novel by this author soon.
#wintergames #wgwordsearch 1280 pts
TBR read 15 pts, holiday read 25 pts, Bingo 20pts
Total: 1341 pts

I forgot that I ordered this, so it didn‘t make it onto my #wintergames TBR, but what better way to spend Christmas evening than with a holiday story where you can open some gifts along the way?!?

#TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

Watching The Holiday while wrapping presents! Part of my #holidaytradition 🎁 🎄

5 points for movie
20pts for tradition
Total 26pts for #wintergames

#TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

Stayed home today with a sick nephew and we decided to watch the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas!!
#wintergames #teamwreathitorweep
10 pts for holiday movie based on a book
@StayCurious

This review is for One Enchanted Eve, which is the second in this novella series. It is not in the catalog. I enjoyed this one more than the first, likely because the characters were already established. This family likes to meet and fall in love quickly! 😆
This was my #doublespin for December @TheAromaofBooks
#wintergames - TBR Holiday read 40pts
#WGWordSearch - 2360pts

#ChristmasOrnamentHunt - Looks good to eat
#wintergames #teamwreathitandweep
11pts

My first James Patterson - very quick and easy read. I feel the style of this is almost like that person in a friend group who tries too hard to tell the best story to make you like them. With two authors, I‘m not sure who this style belongs to more? Fun for #wintergames tho!
#teamwreathitandweep @StayCurious
1651 pts - Holiday TBR and #WGWordSearch
Ice Cream Sea Badge - 20pts
Total: 1671pts

Just squeezed this in! 😂
1,061pts

#wintergames #teamwreathitandweep
@StayCurious

I love this story and reread it every so often. It is set in the 50‘s and it‘s neat to see what has changed and what has not, even in regard to dating and love.

This was an impulse read for #wintergames: 11 pts
Lollipop Woods badge: 20 pts
Total: 31pts

#TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

Quick and easy holiday novella, with an interesting twist of having a narrator that chimes in to explain certain ‘missing pieces‘ of the story. Kind of reminded me of the narrator in the Grinch, stylistically. I liked it, but could be something others would not. The next book in the series is my #doublespin for this month, so glad this wasn‘t a bust!
#wintergames #teamwreathitandweep
TBR Holiday Read: 40pts
#WGWordSearch: 1520pts
@StayCurious

I really liked this fun romp through three holidays, a wedding, and the Canadian winter wonderland of Snow Falls! Moments of 🧀, ❤️ and 💃!

This was my #buddyread (50pts) for #TeamWreathItAndWeep & I even read the acknowledgements, author interview & book club notes for #WGWordSearch 😂 (12,240 pts)
#TBR - 15pts
Holiday Read - 25pts
Peppermint Forest Badge - 20pts
Total: 12,351

#wintergames

I took a trip to the Kennedy Space Center this summer and Santa came home with me!
#ChristmasOrnamentHunt
11pts for #TeamWreathItAndWeep - @melissajayne @StayCurious @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @julieclair @JenReadsAlot @Lin3han @GHABI4ROSES @ncsufoxes

I picked this one through #BOTM because Georgie‘s description called to me. I‘ve been searching for a new direction in my life, mainly because people tell me I should. I‘m so thankful to the BFF in this one when she tells Georgie what her special and unique skill is, because it made me realize I am the same! Don‘t compare your life to other people‘s highlight reel!!
Note: Font of book was weird
800 pts #WGWordSearch, 15 pts for #TBR read

My poppy passed away a little over 10 years ago around Thanksgiving. That Christmas, my cousin made these ornaments with his picture inside of it. It‘s nice to still have him with me during this special time of year ❤️
#christmasornamenthunt #wintergames
11pts #TeamWreathItAndWeep

This is the fireplace that I put together since I don‘t have one in my apartment. I have stockings hanging from it now, and it brings such a nice cozy feel to the place!
#winterphotochallenge - Fireplace
#wintergames @StayCurious #teamwreathitandweep

11pts