My December #BookSpinBingo list, top highlighted 12 being my #castthedie list.
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My December #BookSpinBingo list, top highlighted 12 being my #castthedie list.
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November stats: finished 10 books, one of them being the November #DoubleSpin (The Angel Maker by Alex North) and got one #BookSpinBingo.
Still working on some spins and #Roll100 reads from past months and on my December #BookSpin and #castthedie lists.
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October wrap-up: quite a few short reads but I'll take the bingos anyway😁
@PuddleJumper #Roll100 picks
- Jan: Mars 11 by Fuyumi Soryo
- Feb: Parable of the Sower Graphic novel
- June: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- July: In Bloom by Paul Tremblay
- Oct: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
@TheAromaOfBooks Oct #BookSpin: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and 2 #BookSpinBingo 🎉
Due to a StoryGraph challenge I finally got to read a book by this great writer. Had no idea what to expect going in, just what a friend told me: it is dark. Dark? Extremely dark! It's the darkest dystopian book I've ever read: kept hoping things are getting better, but did they ever? What made the book bearable were the Earthseed verses at the start of each chapter, bringing some hope.
Definitely a pick!
@PuddleJumper alt #Roll100 October pick
A visually stunning graphic novel about love, family, and witchcraft, a delightful story that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Nova is a deaf witch who uses hearing aids and non-verbal spells, and Tam is a bisexual werewolf. The two girls fall in love as they work together to save their town, and their relationship is one of the highlights of the story. And more, Nova has two grandmas in a relationship with each other, too.
Loved it!
I'll be traveling quite a bit next month so in addition to some books I really want to get to, I added a lot of random reads to the list, since I may pick up books here and there on my trips.
September was pretty good for my reading, got 2 #BookSpinBingo and read both spins and a few #Roll100 picks:
- The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint: Sept and August #Roll100;
- Me, Antman and Fleabag (tagged): June #Roll100 and Sept #BookSpin;
- The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame by Aleksandra Motyka: Sept #DoubleSpin.
Big thanks to @TheAromaOfBooks and @PuddleJumper that are pushing me to read more with the BookSpin and Roll100 challenges.
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August reads:
- Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse: #Roll100 July pick
- Die Trying by Lee Child: #Roll100 May pick and August #BookSpin
- Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson: July #DoubleSpin
- Mars vol 8 by Fuyumi Soryo: August #DoubleSpin
- Witch King by Martha Wells: #Roll100 Feb pick
September list attached
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Quick July update: didn't finish a lot of books but was able to read the tagged book (my July #BookSpin) and MARS Vol. 7 (a #Roll100 July pick) and also get a #BookSpinBingo.
Here is my August list as well.
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Didn't read a lot this month but still had a few wins:
- both spins: Randomize by Andy Weir (#BookSpin) and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (#DoubleSpin);
- a #Roll100 pick from back in March: Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin;
- a #BookSpinBingo 🎉
A special mention to the tagged book, an emotional, powerful, tough to read in parts fictional account of a school shooting.
Can't believe half of 2023 is gone...
Kinda strange that my first Ian Rankin read is book #19 in the John Rebus series but I loved it and I will go back to the start of the series now so I guess I can be forgiven 😁
@PuddleJumper One of my March #Roll100 picks.
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Loved it! I didn't expect such powerful writing about such a delicate and sad subject. A pick! April #Roll100 pick.
And since it is almost end of May, here are my other “accomplishments“, all picks:
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu: May #Roll100 pick;
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng: another April #Roll100 pick;
- Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger: May #BookSpin and Feb #Roll100 pick
and 2 bingos 😁
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“When Patricia was six years old, she found a wounded bird.“
I kept putting this book aside for a while now, not sure why, now that I started it, I love it.
April recap: quite a few good and great reads this month, most notable:
- the tagged book: loved it - a Feb #Roll100 pick and my April #DoubleSpin;
- A Blade So Black: a great YA Fantasy, first in a series - helped my #BookChain get unstuck (stuck again now 😁);
- The House of Silk - great Sherlock Holmes mystery, my Feb #BookSpin.
No bingo to show but just discovered the 2023 reading bracket, so here is mine.
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@TheAromaOfBooks My March update and April card.
Update: I didn't read a lot but was able to get a #BookSpinBingo (see above) which included both March #BookSpin (Castle In the Air) and #DoubleSpin (Never Let Me Go), both very good reads.
Made some progress in #BookChain with Castle In the Air and Caprice of Fate (audiobook), I am now stuck on the 10th prompt.
@PuddleJumper No news on #Roll100 reads, really need to get better in April.
@AllDebooks Thanks for making me read an interesting book. Finally got to finish my first #Naturalitsy read, I really enjoyed it, learned a lot not only about eels but also marine research, Rachel Carson, Swedish society and more. Very interesting idea to alternate chapters about eels with writer's personal life. A pick!
@TheAromaOfBooks Finally ready now with my March #BingoSpin list.
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Finished reading:
- the tagged book (not the first time reading it, I love Douglas Adams): #Roll100 #1 pick for January and #7 in #BookChain;
- A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home done: my February #DoubleSpin.
These 2 reads helped me get a #BookSpinBingo for this month, I think it is the earliest I was able to do this.
Confusing and hard to follow in some parts but still a great read. I have to admit, I started it once and it didn't really draw me in but gave it one more chance and ended up liking it a lot. A pick!
@TheAromaOfBooks This was my #BookChain read for 5th prompt.
Just finished it and I enjoyed it a lot: a very cool view into the mind of a great writer about writing novels, publishing, readers, literary awards, and more. A pick.
This read also helped me get a #BookSpinBingo for this month.
@TheAromaOfBooks I was trying hard to find a book with a title starting with N for my #BookChain challenge, only when I finished it I realized this was it 😃
Last couple weeks I finished both spins and a roll100 pick:
- Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson (#Roll100 pick#2): a great start of a new series for me;
- The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay (Jan #BookSpin): another good entry in the Forward series;
- Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (Jan #DoubleSpin): so-so pick: good writing but with a lot of scenes not quite necessary in the context of the book, IMO.
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A great read that helped me finish #PromptMaze Q4. Yay!
@TheAromaOfBooks BTW, I think I missed the post about the new Q1 maze, can you please send it to me? I love them mazes 😁
After reading Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds a while back, I was sure this book will be great and indeed it didn't disappoint. A pick! My December #DoubleSpin
Also, got to finish Our secret, Siri Aang by Cristina Kessler, another great read that was both my Sept #DoubleSpin and May #DoubleSpin. Another pick!
@TheAromaOfBooks - with these I finished all my spins for '22 and got a bingo - didn't think it was possible 😁 Thank you so so much!
Loved this book, I thought it will have a sad ending but by contrary it was so full of hope, love and happiness, perfect read for Christmas. A pick!
It also helped me to finally finish #PromptMaze Q3 (covers pictured)... only 3 months too late 😃 @TheAromaOfBooks
Hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a happy one. Happy Holidays to all!
I am making progress through my “debt“ spins and roll picks. Since my last post, I finished:
- the tagged book: a great read, looking forward to more Longmire: this was my November #BookSpin and my December #Roll20 pick #3;
- a shorter read that I enjoyed quite a lot: The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman: my December #Roll20 pick #4;
- Catherynne M. Valente's novella Comfort Me with Apples: my December #BookSpin.
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My December board is ready. Quite a few unfinished Spins and Roll picks, I'll try to focus on those this month. Thank you so much @TheAromaOfBooks!
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@PuddleJumper I didn't think I'll finish reading A Pale View of Hills this month so I added it to the December list and it just happened to be my #RollDecember no.1 pick. But I really liked it so I finished it earlier than I thought. Yay! 😁
Otherwise, not a very “productive“ month: no #BookSpinBingo, no #BookSpin, none of the #Roll100 November picks. Luckily I finished my #DoubleSpin: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
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This is very painful for me to admit but have to be truthful: I love Philip K. Dick, he is one of my favorite authors but this book was too much for me. As much as I tried, I couldn't get it all. There are tons of great ideas that I liked but I found out lots of it went over my head and I just couldn't focus. I felt it is better to stop reading half way through than to just skim and finish it without doing it justice. Still a pick, even if DNF!
Yay, finished another great book by Isaac Asimov, my September #BookSpin also gives me #BookSpinBingo for this month. Still not helping me progress in the Prompt Maze Q3 because it was first published in 1955 but helps me with Prompt Maze Q4 so not all is lost 😃
I can now finally get done my list for November, @TheAromaOfBooks
A very rare month for me, to finish both Spin books: yay! Another great book by one of my favorite authors, my #DoubleSpin: a pick!
It didn't help me advance in the #PromptMaze Q3 (I am stuck for weeks now in a cell that wants a book Published in the 1980s, 1990s or between 2000-2010, all my recent reads were older or newer than that 😁) but it helped me in the Q4 maze.
Thanks again @TheAromaOfBooks for all these fun ways you help me read more!
This was my October #BookSpin and I loved it! A new favorite for me, both the book and the author. Not sure why I waited for so long to read it, it had to be good with such a rec from Stephen King: “One gorgeous read.” The story and characters were great, writing was awesome and there is so much love of books from the very first chapter that it had to be a great read! A pick!
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@PuddleJumper Also a #Roll100 pick from back in March
@TheAromaOfBooks Late as always, here is my #BookSpin list for October. Thank you for doing this every month! 😻
I loved Tanith Lee's writing when I read an anthology of her stories a few months ago and I was looking forward to read this book and it didn't disappoint. A pick!
@TheAromaOfBooks I am happily reporting that this was my July #BookSpin and it also gave me a #BookSpinBingo for this month. Not to mention it advanced me one more step in the Q3 #PromptMaze. 😃
My #BookSpinBingo card for September. Thank you so much @TheAromaOfBooks for doing this every month, it really helps me read more!
