Happy Valentine‘s Day!

@abooknerdsparadise Thank you! I can‘t wait to try out this brownie mix and start this book! 😍

@candority And thanks for setting up this swap! It was a lot of fun.

#bookcupidswap

Hey #LMPBC Group R!

Here are my choices. I don‘t even know what I‘m leaning toward, so just let me know what you think.

My January #BookSpinBingo.

This is the best I‘ve done in a few months, especially since I actually got a bingo. 🙌🏻 I‘m going to keep reading from this list though—I read my #DoubleSpin book (In Your Wildest Scottish Dreams 3⭐️), but still need to get to my #BookSpin book.

I‘m sticking with a romance theme for February‘s #BookSpinBingo, since that‘s all I‘m feeling like reading these days. #bookspin #doublespin

#NewYearWhoDis

♥️ The Jane Austen Society
👍🏻 Rules for Visiting & The Dutch House
😬 In Five Years & Migrations

@BookNAround Thanks for the list! I‘m glad I got to these five books in January, and I have plans to read a few more this month, too.

My #BookCupidSwap package is on its way!

Can‘t wait! https://www.netflix.com/title/80236319

I guess I have the excuse I need to actually get around to finishing the books now. 😂

Ready to readathon! Hopefully I can clear this #HRReadathon bingo board (with plenty of prompts that coincide with my #BookSpinBingo) over the next week. 🤞🏻

#slumpathon #joyousjanuary

Yay for another readathon!

I‘ll be participating, trying to finish some books for #BookSpinBingo.

#joyousjanuary

February 12th! 🙌🏻

https://youtu.be/Uj5jfBuMLGU

@Hestapleton is hosting #slumpathon this weekend, if anyone needs an (extra) excuse to focus on reading.

I‘m already planning to participate in a historical-romance readathon (#HRReadathon on Instagram), starting this weekend, so this is perfect timing for me—romance seems to be the only thing keeping me from a slump these days.

#AnyWayYouReadathon Wrap-Up

I finished a few books and started a few more. Mixed feelings about them all.

I also managed to watch the whole season of Bridgerton. 😍 LOVED it. I need more.

#AnyWayYouReadathon

I want to get some good reading done this weekend (especially for #BookSpinBingo and #NewYearWhoDis)—but I also have a final project to finish for my masters class, so I‘m not setting any particular goals.

Hopefully, I can also make some time to (finally) start watching Bridgerton. 🤞🏻

“Dallas Turner figured he shouldn‘t be surprised when he walked into his mother‘s house to find someone who wasn‘t part of the family in her kitchen.”

(Yes, I‘m still reading Christmas books. 🤷🏼‍♀️)

#firstlinefridays

I so love #botm-delivery day. 😍

I can‘t resist joining the #TBRDeckofCards challenge—but I don‘t have the energy to come up 52 prompts on my own, so I used a random word generator. 😂

Here are the five cards I drew for January:

5♠️: Condition
Q♠️: Glow
3♣️: Merchant
6♣️: Planet
9♣️: Witness

I‘m planning to be flexible with how a book can fulfill one of these prompts (by title, cover, story, quote, etc.) and see what happens.

@Pogue Look what I found when I got home today!! Who knows where it disappeared to for two weeks, but I‘m so glad it finally showed up. This will make for the perfect treat as I head back to work this week. 😊 Thank you! #jolabokaflodswap

First book of 2020: Echoes Among the Stones 4.5⭐️

Last book of 2020: How to Fail at Flirting 4⭐️

First book of 2021: To Dwell Among Cedars 5⭐️

#goodbye2020

Well, I had every intention of participating more in #WinterGames in December... Sorry, #MerryReaders. But I still completed 19 #TBRreads (plus 8 picture books), 25 #HolidayReads, 23 movies, and 16 holiday-themed TV episodes. (I did also read for a total 119h12m, but the thought of trying to calculate readathon and bingo points at this point is slightly overwhelming.)

Total points: 1,225

I never got around to actually posting my list, but still, here‘s my #BookSpinBingo for January. Because historical romance is what worked best for me last year, I figured it would be the best way to kickstart my reading for 2021.

#BookSpin: Seduction of a Highland Lass
#DoubleSpin: In Your Wildest Scottish Dreams

By far, December turned out to be my worst month for #BookSpinBingo. 😂 At least the book I did read was my #BookSpin pick from October.

Here‘s my #BookSpinBingo board. 🙌🏻

#BookSpin: Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay
#DoubleSpin: City of Thieves

#wintergames2020 #merryreaders

My #BookSpinBingo is ready for #WinterGames2020! Hoping to get these books (that I failed to read when I put them on lists in previous months) read this December. 🤞🏻 #bookspin #merryreaders

Well, my November #BookSpinBingo board looks even sadder than my October one. 😂 At least I did read my #doublespin book (Bronx Masquerade).

Hopefully I can play catch up with this month‘s board (that I still need to finalize 🤦🏼‍♀️). 🤞🏻

October‘s #BookSpinBingo board.

This is just sad. 🤦🏼‍♀️ No bingos, and I didn‘t even get to my #bookspin or #doublespin picks.

Of course, I got behind again with my reviews. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Here‘s all the I read for #scarathlon #teamslaughter that I never got around to posting—during a variety of readathons, including #outstandingoctober, #screamathon, #24b4monday, #slaughterthon, etc.

My random picks for November‘s #bookspin. #bookspinbingo

A great split-time story that connects two women across time through a circus, murders, and even a ghost. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #readyourway #fallreadathon #cocoturns50 #10dayreadathon #readallweekcgb #sbooktober #gothtober #ghostathon20 #nameinthetitlereadathon #trickortreadathon #screamathon

This historical mystery (featuring Charles Dickens) bored me. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon #cocoturns50 #readyourway #readallweekcgb #screamathon

A fantastical story involving the Mozart siblings and their Kingdom of Back. It starts slowly, but midway, I really became interested in the story—and enjoyed using both the audio and print versions. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #cocoturns50 #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon #botm #anunfortunatereadathon

#BookishBingo: Featured on BookishFirst

@Alfrazier21 I sent it your way on Monday. #lmpbc

A couple of Macomber‘s older stories, so they‘re not without their problems—but I can‘t help enjoying Alaskan romances. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #readyourway #cocoturns50 #10dayreadathon #readallweekcgb #fallreadathon

Entertaining fantasy, romance, action. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #sbooktober #anunfortunatereadathon #trickortreadathon

Well, I‘m behind with posting again. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Finished Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & The Canterville Ghost during #OutstandingOctober. #sbooktober

Finished The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Halloween Tree during #ReadYourWay. #gothtober #ghostathon20 #nameinthetitlereadathon #readallweekcgb

#scarathlon #teamslaughter #cocoturns50 #screamathon #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon

I love a good forced-proximity romance... but this just wasn‘t good. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon #cocoturns50

My current point total for #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter: 7,931 (4,271 this week)

A “meh” kind of historical mystery—solid, but not memorable. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #screamathon #outstandingoctober #bookspinbingo

Liam Twetheway inherits Wyndcliff Hall, believing he now has an opportunity for dream-fulfilling work. However, his future may be just as uncertain as granddaughter of his steward Evelyn Bray‘s. Mysterious shipwrecks, survivors, and debris call into question the integrity of the community surrounding Wyndcliff Hall, and Liam and Evelyn must navigate through the lies and deceit to understand the truth.

As fire sweeps the city, the lives of Meg and Sylvie change, of course. The aftermath of the disaster brings murder, secrets, and a desperation to save their father (and some romance, too!). Meg and Sylvie often find themselves at odds with each other, but time and again, prove wise enough to reconcile and work together in order to sort through the intrigue and overcome the obstacles.

So fun! I enjoyed revisiting the Willow Creek Renaissance Faire for historic role-playing and romance. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #fallreadathon #10dayreadathon #cocoturns50

#BookishBingo: Character wears disguises or costumes

🦴 #scarathlon #teamslaughter

A fun historical in which an earl hires a paid companion to pose as his fiancée, so he won‘t have to fend off matchmakers and husband-hunters while working to uncover the identity of a murderer. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #bookspinbingo #screamathon

I just love Veronica and Stoker. 😍 #scarathlon #teamslaughter #bookspinbingo #outstandingoctober #sbooktober #trickortreadathon #screamathon (partial #october20in4 #littenlisten)

So many delicious references in this book! 😋 I want all the fall foods now. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #october20in4 #sbooktober #gothtober #trickortreadathon

#BookishBingo: Set on Halloween

S6E5: another hilarious Halloween episode from The Big Bang Theory. #scarathlon #teamslaughter

I tend to love stories set in national parks, but here, the backstory shared by the two main characters was repeated far too much and quickly became annoying. Still, a decent historical read. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #october20in4 #littenlisten

When Rowan Caine takes a job as a live-in nanny at Heatherbrae House, she thinks she knows what she‘s getting into—but the circumstances turn out to be even more sinister than she could have expected. As she tells of her experience, full of twists and turns, I was on the edge of my seat. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #october20in4 #littenlisten #sbooktober #gothtober #bookspinbingo #screamathon

#BookishBingo: Unreliable narrator

My current point total for #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter: 3,660

Delightful #ownvoices Harlequin romances. The first book features my favorite tropes (marriage of convenience+fake relationship), and the second one uses childhood crush+friends-to-more. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #outstandingoctober #october20in4 #littenlisten

Alex heads to Bellamy Bay to help with the family business and arrives just in time for her aunt to be suspected of murder. Of course, Alex is sure that accusation is false, so she decides to uncover the true murderer—and in the process, learn a little about her family history. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #screamathon #sbooktober

#BookishBingo: Characters use magic

Trying to prove herself to her father, Fable embarks on a pirate-y adventure, and it is fantastic. I will be rereading this when the next book comes out, for sure. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #sbooktober #nameinthetitlereadathon #48hrreadathon #october20in4 #littenlisten

#BookishBingo: A book you‘ve looked forward to