Here we go. #ChunksterChallenge2023 #ShortMonthLongBook

A heartbreaking but fascinating story contrasting the lives of high priced adventure tourists and Tibetan refugees in the Himalayas around the time of the Beijing Olympics.

Reading my book club book and staying up late. It‘s the first time I‘ve allowed my son to stay out until midnight 😵â€�💫😱

Looking forward to #FabulousFebruary starting tomorrow and diving into #BookspinBingo

My goal for the Readathon is to read six books and to keep up with my chapter a day reads.

Like the Ingalls family we‘ve had a winter filled with brown grass and cold rain. We finally got a bit of snow today, and we got to the Christmas chapter in the Little House chapter a day. I‘m feeling cozy!

Not a bad month! Just one BINGO, but a lot off my list including my bookspin and doublespin. I‘m looking forward to February!

@PageShifter this is the coolest card! Thank you so much!

#LitsyLove

I did it! I met my goal of finishing these three books during the #20in4 Readathon! Looking forward to the next one!

This book is really hard to review. There‘s no doubt Margaret Mitchell is a phenomenal author, but the racism in this book was hard to take. Scarlet O‘Hara was a very memorable character despite her many, many flaws, and I thought the ending was perfect. #ChunksterChallenge2023

The visual layout of this book made it a good one for breakfast reading before work. Nothing here was Earth shattering, but it was a very good reminder of how to handle emotions at work.

It‘s always weird rating someone‘s memoirs because it‘s hard to unravel the person‘s life decisions from the writing. The writing here is really good- it will make you want to sell all your belongings and travel the world.

This has been on my shelf for over a year, so I decided it was time to pick it up. I was pleasantly surprised how many boxes it checked for current challenges. #FoodAndLit #Uganda #ReadingTheAmericas2023

Ever since we read Farmer Boy for the Little House chapter a day read I‘ve been craving pumpkin pie. Finally got to it today!

Why is it I overslept yesterday when I had to be at work and was up at the crack of dawn today when I didn‘t have to be anywhere until 10? Oh well it gave me time to finish this fun mystery featuring the descendants of Watson and Holmes solving mysteries at a Connecticut boarding school. #20in4 #Sharreadathon

My very messy February #BookSpinBingo list. I‘m going to try and get through some of the unread books on my kindle. I‘m dubious about some of them so it might be a month on many bails, but you never know.

This weekend #Sharreadathon finishes up and January #20in4 Readathon takes place. My goal is to finish up the three books I‘m in the middle of.

This was a pleasant enough read, but I felt like I was missing something. Maybe if I read Nina Hill first?

#LMPBC

I will get this in the mail on Friday!

Well isn‘t that a cheerful chapter title to start this cold and rainy Monday morning 😂🤣😬

#PemberLittens

Sad and hopeful at the same time. Celeste Ng is so good.

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This was one of those books that I will never follow, but really enjoyed looking through it. The recipes at the end gave me inspiration for packing lunches which has become a slog lately.

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I completely forgot I‘m responsible for salads and desserts for 35 people tonight. Thank goodness I have 22 hours left on this chunkster so I can keep reading. #JoyousJanuary #Sharreadathon

Kate Quinn is so good at these historical novels. I really enjoyed this one about post WWII war criminals. My only complaint was I thought she could have ended it a bit sooner.

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#BacklistReadathon

I‘m starting off the #Sharreadathon and finishing up #JoyousJanuary with this book. It has a long wait at the library so I want to get it back as soon as possible.

@Soubhiville thank you so much for this package! I have met so many new to me authors through the #AuthorAMonth challenge and I look forward to meeting all of these new to me authors in the months to come.

The #Sharreadathon is coming up next weekend in honor of our friend @sharread

My goals are to spend time reading with my cats in a cozy room with candles burning, finishing up some of the challenges I‘ve been working on, and keeping up with my chapter a day reads.

This started off strong, but by the end it was all unlikable people doing the wrong things.

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#JoyousJanuary book 2/6

Mine was The Baby-Sitters Club. Every time I had some money to spend I would beg my mom to take me to the mall so I could see if a new one was out.

My first five star read of the year. I absolutely loved this historical fiction set in Dublin‘s Maternity/Fever ward during the worst days of the Spanish flu. It was written in 2019, but so much of it rang true given our recent experiences since then.

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#Booked2023 about a pandemic 😷

I got up for a walk, and some chores. Now Daisy and I are back under the blankets reading. My last book wasn‘t holding my attention so I‘m trying this one now.

I didn‘t think we‘d get much more winter this year, but this weekend is giving us perfect Readathon weather. Cold and howling wind with just a few flurries every so often. #JoyousJanuary

Day 1 of #JoyousJanuary Readathon and Queen Daisy is on board with reading in bed all morning.

I‘m in the middle of about a million and a half challenges and chapter a day reads. My goal for the #JoyousJanuary Readathon is to make progress on all of these.

This little book about Sri Lanka‘s civil war packed a mighty punch. I was a little confused by the characters at first, but I went with it and this book swept me away.

Still working on #ReadingAsia2021 😃

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I love the idea of this challenge. I‘m going to start off with the tagged book.

This book is slow going at times, but it keeps me laughing. #pemberlittens

I can‘t even. First the author went on and on about what seemed like pure speculation about some medical matters. I rolled my eyes and skimmed. But then she said the reason Wallis was abused by her first husband was because she brought it on herself and I had to bail. Next please!

An interesting listen about the changing treeline around the world. Very sad and sobering, but important.

Had to drive my son across town and didn‘t feel like driving back just to have to leave and pick him up again. Instead I found a coffee place and am getting started on this chunky book about Siberia.

This was a fun mystery that made me very hungry! #DiverseCozy

#12booksof2023

This is my favorite series so no surprise this was my favorite book of December.

Thank you @Andrew65 for hosting this fun trip down memory lane!

I was stranded without books and started listening to this just because it was on my phone. To my surprise it was really good! I read a lot of mountaineering books, and this one was so interesting. It was written by a woman expedition leader and she focused on logistics and leadership in a way that others usually don‘t. Highly recommend (and I‘m pretty sure I got it for free on audible.)

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs

1) Look out for avalanches
2) Not yet!
3) All of them haha

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November was my best reading month by far in 2022, so this was a hard choice. In the end I went with this popular novel. I liked that it treated friendships just as importantly as romantic relationships. You don‘t see that a lot in books.

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I read this right after we finished Jane Eyre for #PemberLittens

Reading them back to back was a lot of fun!

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In September I read this on the Fall Equinox with my bookclub. It was so much fun!

Bought myself a few new books with my Christmas money today.

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Another non-fiction read from #ReadingAfrica

I really enjoy books about exploring and researching the ocean so this book was perfect for me.

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So many of my 2022 favorites were non-fiction. Not normal at all for me!

This was a fascinating exploration of people who worked for a closed factory in Indiana in the years after the 2016 US election.

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June was another ho-hum reading month for me, but I did read this fascinating memoir/history title. This deserves a re-read in years to come.

My messy tracker for #192025

This year I just tracked what I read naturally, but will try to be more deliberate about filling in missing years in 2023. First up is Gone With the Wind (1936)

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May was a hard choice, but in the end I had to go with my favorite read from #ReadingAfrica2022.

Close runner up was Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel