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A Voice Like Velvet (Detective Club Crime Classics) | Donald Henderson

Okay @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea - do any of these sound like they would work for this round?

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TheAromaofBooks I'm a little scared of this one because elevators already terrifying me a bit 😂

Elevator Pitch

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Jerdencon Haven‘t read any - like the sound of death of an author or tagged booked but any are good. @bookandbedandtea 3d

bookandbedandtea The tagged one does sound good but I haven't read any of them so I'll be happy no matter what! @Jerdencon 3d

TheAromaofBooks Great!! I'll go with A Voice Like Velvet since it is already on my shelf 😂 @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea 2d

bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks Perfect! 2d

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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

And, in an astonishingly timely manner, here is May's #ISpyBingo board!! As always, items can be found on the front/back cover, spine, or as a word in the title (i.e. if the word “Lake“ is in the title, that counts). If you'd like to see all the 2025 boards, they're here - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) All of the 2025 prompts can also be found as a challenge on Storygraph - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

I'm tagging those who have asked to be tagged, but anyone is welcome to play along. Let me know if you want added or removed from the tag list!! 6d

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 6d

LiseWorks Oh yay! 6d

BarbaraBB Yay! Thank you! 5d

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The Merry Month of May | Elvi Rhodes

Oh my WORD we are only one week away from MAY! What even! It's kind of amazing how much greener things are around here than they were a month ago. All the windows are open right now and the birds are going crazy! 😂

If you're planning to #BookSpin for May, it's time to start thinking about your lists!! Can't wait to see what everyone is planning to read!!

TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 6d

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 6d

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 6d

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TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 6d

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 6d

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 6d

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 6d

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 6d

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf 6d

TheAromaofBooks @KellyHamHer @a_lunae @Kiwidragonnerd 6d

Librarybelle I‘ve started to think about my list! 6d

TheSpineView Thanks for the reminder. On it! ❤️📖📚 6d

BarkingMadRead Crazy!! 6d

Bookwormjillk I started working on this yesterday. I'll get something up this weekend. 6d

Jari-chan Wasn't it like... January yesterday? 🤔 5d

AmyG I just made my list. 5d

ShananigansReads January took 22 years to pass every other month has taken about 7 blinks. 5d

ImperfectCJ @Jari-chan Not only that, but wasn't it 2010 just a few days ago? Time is all messed up these days. 5d

PuddleJumper Nope! 5d

BookmarkTavern Spring is springing and I am ready! 🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼 5d

vonnie862 Time is going too fast!!! 5d

claudiuo Not ready for April to be over! I will work on my list this weekend. Thank you! 4d

CSeydel Wait what already 🤯 4d

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L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921 | Jen Rubio L.M. Montgomery

I had to find out what the deal was with these magical yeast cakes (and can I still get them, because I totally would love to have my 20-year-old energy back 😂) Found this fun article - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-healing-power-of-compressed-...

So is the renewed energy and vigor LMM experienced entirely a placebo effect? Or were the B vitamins really that helpful? Either way it's fun to see how humans always look ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) for the easy ticket!! 😆

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMJournals

@BarbaraJean @JenlovesJT47 @lauraisntwilder 6d

TheSpineView 20 year old... I would settle for 40! 😂 6d

Suet624 Great article! 6d

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Cuilin Fabulous article, thanks for sharing. 6d

BarbaraJean What a fantastic article!! This part: “…when I mentioned the cakes to my husband‘s 91-year-old grandmother, her face lit up. ‘Ooh, I love yeast cakes!‘ she said, before taking a nibble. ‘The texture is so nice.‘ Encouraged, I then spent the weekend trying to press yeast cakes on her. Eventually she turned to me. ‘You know, Catherine,‘ she said, ‘sometimes people say things they don‘t entirely mean.‘” 😂😂 5d

BarbaraJean I love knowing that LMM was just as susceptible to advertising and getting caught up in a health craze as the rest of us!! All her talk of “vitamines” was so interesting. I wonder if she got Ewan to try yeast cakes?! (edited) 5d

tpixie @BarbaraJean funny quote 2d

tpixie @TheAromaofBooks thanks for the link! 2d

tpixie If you look at the difference between women‘s vitamins and men‘s vitamins women‘s vitamins have calcium in men‘s vitamins have B vitamins…. I guess for their “Energy“ 2d

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Classic Starts�: the Voyages of Doctor Dolittle | Hugh Lofting

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I finally got around to reading February's #DolittleDiscussion book!! I enjoyed this one more than the first book - I liked having a 1st person POV as it made the story seem more personable. There was more of a plot, and some good adventures. One has to let go of some internal inconsistencies (if I could talk to animals, I'm not sure I could also eat them...!!!), but overall it's a good deal of fun.

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Roary47 Yay! I‘m glad you liked it. 🥰 3w

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The Mystery at Bob-White Cave | Kathryn Kenny

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Okay, I'll admit that this one was a VERY soft pick for me, but hey, nostalgia FTW as this is also one that I have definite memories of reading back in the day 😂 But Trixie really got on my nerves in this one! She was so whiny and impatient and OBSESSED with the ghost fish. Like - maybe other people had other things they want to do?? Also you're on vacation, so you could just let go of the whole “we HAVE to earn money for charity!!!“ thing for ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) like three days?! On the other hand, I really enjoyed the rest of the Bob-Whites, especially when Trixie tried to say that her first impressions of people are always right and Honey called her out on it 😂

Side note, where do you think Uncle Andrew gets all his money?? Because I don't feel like sheepherding in Iowa is THAT profitable!

I had mixed feelings about the whole ghost/amnesia/back from the dead aspect of this story. What did ⬇ 4w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) you all think? And was Trixie actually annoying, or was I just in A Mood when I was reading this one? Any other thoughts?

I am still really enjoying these, and looking forward to The Blinking Eye this month - although apparently that one didn't have anything as memorable as eyeless fish, as I don't remember it at all! 😆
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TheAromaofBooks #BobWhiteBuddies @BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 4w

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lauraisntwilder Trixie was annoying! 😆 I thought the ones right before this one were two of the better ones, so this one was almost jarring. 4w

DebinHawaii Trixie was pretty bad in this one. I just remember being fascinated by the ghost fish growing up & how scary the caves were (I‘ve always been claustrophobic) 😱 Funny about the next one. I remember Trixie gets a fortune & although I haven‘t picked it up in decades, I think it starts “Great headed man with blinking eye, a shaded road, a horse‘s cry…” I need to pull it off my shelf & check to be sure. Don‘t ask me how I can remember that! 🤣🤣🤣 4w

BookmarkTavern She was very focused! 😂😂 I think if there had been a more urgent need for the money, I wouldn‘t have found her attitude to be too much. And I feel like every long running mystery series needs at least one amnesia storyline. 😂 So at least we‘ve got that out of the way! 4w

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder - According to this website - http://trixie-belden.com/books/KathrynKenny.htm - there were at least 8 ghost writers for the series, and it's a little vague as to who wrote which ones. I didn't notice the differences between the books reading these back in the day, but as an adult there are definitely quality/consistency issues (mostly minor) between books. All that to say, I wonder if 9&10 were one author, and 11 was another? 4w

TheAromaofBooks @DebinHawaii - Those ghost fish really stuck with me! I realized that I had somewhat confused the stories from this one and Happy Valley (maybe because they both involve Uncle Andrew, rowboats, and flash flooding?? 😂) as I kind of kept waiting for the ghost fish to show up in HV haha And even if that isn't the exact fortune, I'm still impressed!!! 4w

TheAromaofBooks @BookmarkTavern - I think it was the lack of urgency that is what made it somewhat annoying. In past books, there has been some kind of deadline or reason that the money is needed sooner than later, but here it almost felt like Trixie was just being competitive or something. 4w

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

I can never decide if I like it better when the free spaces are scattered around or grouped together. We're scattered this month, although that does mean that both Spins have some helpers in their rows/columns!!

Good luck, everyone!!!

Standard monthly info below ⬇

TheAromaofBooks Here's the #BookSpinBingo card! First, I put our official numbers (13 & 4) back in the mix. Then I drew them all out & wrote them down as I went, meaning the official numbers are just mixed into the card with the rest! As you can see, 21-25 are both labeled with their numbers & also as free spaces, so you can use them to match however you wrote your list. To score a bingo, just read books (in any order) that are in any row or column!! MORE INFO ⬇ 4w

TheAromaofBooks 1 - I don't tag anyone on this post except for @LitsyEvents but anyone is welcome to play along!!
2 - Remember – NO PRESSURE!!!! If this starts to stress you out, just take that page right out of your journal and pretend it never existed!! This challenge is to encourage you to read, not to make you feel like reading is a chore!!!
3 - FREE SPACES can be filled with any book that is NOT already on your list!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 4 & final - As a reminder, only the “official” BookSpin/DoubleSpin numbers will count towards giveaway entries. I don‘t want the giveaway to be stacked against people who aren‘t able to read lots of books each month. So basically there is still a maximum of 2 entries possible per month no matter how many books you read from your list. This bingo card is just for fun & glory! 😁

Thanks for playing & happy reading!!!
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GinaKButler Yay!! Thank you for hosting!! 4w

TheSpineView Thanks! Happy Reading everyone! 4w

BarkingMadRead It never seems to matter where the free spaces are, I still end up one space away from 5 bingos 🤣🤣🤣 4w

BarbaraJean Scattered or not, I just prefer when the free spaces appear in rows with books I‘m already definitely reading that month 😁 4w

CSeydel Hey I‘m curious - how are the free spaces supposed to work? I was just picking more books to go there, but are they meant to be spaces you claim automatically? 4w

TheAromaofBooks @CSeydel - “Technically“ those spaces should be filled with any book that isn't already on your list. But since this challenge is just to encourage people to read, I'm 100% fine with them getting used however works best for you!! 😂 4w

CSeydel @TheAromaofBooks Oh good, that is how I was using them! When I impulse-read a book that‘s not on my board, I put it there. Of course I understand it‘s not that serious, nobody is grading our boards 😆 I just wondered 4w

TheAromaofBooks @CSeydel - It's always good to know the rules so you can decide whether or not you want to follow them!! 😂 4w

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Spinning Forward | Terri DuLong

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is THIRTEEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is FOUR!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 4w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 4w

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 4w

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 4w

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 4w

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 4w

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer @a_lunae 4w

TheAromaofBooks That's everyone on my tag list, so if you haven't been tagged and would like to be added, please let me know. Happy Spinning, everyone!!! 4w

Soubhiville Thank you! 📚❤️ 4w

GinaKButler Yay!! I got

The Good Part

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Bookwormjillk 2nd month in a row I got a Nancy Drew. Not always the best books, but easy to finish! 4w

claudiuo Thank you! Indeed what I was waiting for! 4w

Librarybelle Looks like I have Jane and the Wandering Eye and this month‘s #SundayBuddyRead ! 4w

TheSpineView Awesome! 4w

Lcsmcat Yay! I get to read

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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bookandbedandtea Yay for #BookSpin day! Thanks, Sarah! 4w

5feet.of.fury Oooh I never really count these I just like the bingo board but these are both library books on my April list I started at the end of March 4w

BarbaraJean Yay! My BookSpin is a decade range for #192025, so I get to choose something published in the 1950s—70s, and my DoubleSpin is one I picked for my 50x50 challenge (tagged)!

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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MemoirsForMe Woo hoo! I get to read 2 celebrity memoirs! 🙌🏻 4w

dabbe Thanks for hosting! 🩵💙🩵 4w

CSeydel Thank you for keeping this going. It‘s such a fun game! My books are The Ghost Map and

Forgotten on Sunday

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PuddleJumper Royal Assassin and an ARC this month 4w

Suet624 Four letters of love by Niall Williams! 4w

CoffeeK8 Thanks for organizing! 4w

Eggs Bookspin: Widows and Orphans. Doublespin: Cause to Run 4w

Kiwidragonnerd I'm quite sure how the tagging thing works, but I'd love to join Bookspin for next month! (And all months after that) 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Kiwidragonnerd - Yay!! Glad to have you along!! Being on the tag list means I'll tag you twice a month - once in a lil reminder post, and then once on the 2nd when I post the numbers. Also if you go to my profile there is a link to more info about the challenge, including info on tracking your reads so you can enter in my end-of-the-year giveaway!!! 2w

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April Rain | Harry D. Chater

Friends, I am writing to you from my new house!!! We are all moved in and working hard on various projects, including wrapping things up at the old house so we can get it on the market!! Things continue chaotic but good 😂

However, I cannot believe that it's almost April!! Absolutely crazy. It's SO exciting to see what things are popping up around here, including about five million daffodils!! They're everywhere!!

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) If you're planning to BookSpin for April, it's time to start thinking about your list!! Not sure what is going on mine, but I'm finally getting some books unpacked and organized aka stacked all over the house because I don't have shelves yet. To which my husband said, “It's finally starting to looking like we've moved in!“ 😂

Can't wait to see what all you put on your lists, and if you have some spring happiness in your neck of the ⬇ 1mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) woods, feel free to share a pic along with your list!! I'll be back on the 2nd with the numbers!! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 1mo

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TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 1mo

BarkingMadRead Congratulations!!! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 1mo

PuddleJumper I'm glad the move went well. Enjoy your new house! 🎉🎉 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 1mo

GinaKButler Congrats on your move and getting settled! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer @a_lunae 1mo

a_lunae Congratulations! 1mo

BookmarkTavern Congrats! And good luck with getting the old house sold! 🍀 1mo

DGRachel Congratulations! Daffodils are my favorite Spring flowers. They are the first to break through and bloom every year and they make my heart happy. Enjoy!! 💛💛 1mo

BarbaraJean Woohoo! Happy new house, happy move, and happy daffodils!! I never feel moved in until my books are unpacked, and I love spending happy hours deciding which organizational principles I will use in a new space (and then changing my mind as I shelve) 😆 Hope all the unpacking and organizing goes well!! 1mo

Deblovestoread Yay! Congrats! 1mo

Aconight Congrats! Glad everything went well 💚💐 1mo

Lcsmcat Congratulations! I‘m glad you have daffodils to welcome you to your new home. 1mo

TheSpineView Congratulations on your new diggs!! 👏 ❤️🏡 1mo

AmyG All the best in selling your home…and your new home! 1mo

kwmg40 Congratulations on your new home! 1mo

JamieArc Congrats! I hope you feel calm and good vibes in your new home! 1mo

MittenGirlPeach So happy to hear ALL of this! I‘ll post my list and some spring pics tomorrow. 1mo

Soubhiville I‘m so happy for you. Enjoy the spring flowers. 1mo

TiredLibrarian Congratulations on the new house! 1mo

Librarybelle That‘s wonderful news! And, time to think about April‘s list! 1mo

AnnCrystal Congratulations on moving into you new home 🥳🏡📚💝💝💝. 1mo

Singout Congratulations! No spring flowers here yet… 1mo

candc320 Congratulations!!! 1mo

dabbe Congrats to your new move and all the chaotic craziness! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading Congratulations on your new home!!! 1mo

CSeydel Congratulations!! 1mo

willaful Congratulations on your new home, and on keeping up with our challenges during this crazy time! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Congrats on the new house! I have no idea yet for April but I will by the 2nd! 1mo

claudiuo Congratulations on the move! Gonna be a while before I can make my list but I'll work on it. (edited) 1mo

bookandbedandtea Yay for daffodils- and a whole year of other garden surprises at your new house! 🏠 🏵 1mo

Suet624 Congratulations!!! 1mo

Sace Hooray for daffodils! Glad y‘all are settling in 😀 1mo

OriginalCyn620 Glad you‘re enjoying your new home! 1mo

SusanLee Congratulations!!! 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 1mo

marleed Congratulations!🏡🏡 1mo

CoffeeK8 Congrats on the move! 1mo

Nessavamusic Congratulations on the new home!🏠 1mo

Read4life Congratulations on the new home!! 💙 1mo

sherrisilvera Congrats!! 1mo

Julsmarshall Yay for your new house!!! 1mo

Elizabeth2 I haven‘t even begun either of my March Bookspin books. 😅 I‘ve been reading other books. Guess I better get moving! 😆 Hope all is going well with your unpacking and settling in! 1mo

Bookbuyingaddict Much love ❤️ in your new home 🏠 your super busy but still find time to make us happy in this little monthly deed 🫶🏻thank you ☺️ 1mo

julieclair Yay! Happy new home! Happy daffodils! Congrats! 🌼🌼🌼 1mo

MemoirsForMe Woo hooooooo! So happy you‘re getting settled in your beautiful and roomy new digs! 🤗❤️🌼🌼🌼 1mo

shanaqui Moving in the books is always the sign that you've actually arrived at a new home! Or so I feel, anyway... 1mo

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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

I'm kind of pretending that it's not a mere week until April. 😬 But here's the April #ISpyBingo board anyway. 😂

As always, all the 2025 boards can be found here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

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TheAromaofBooks And the challenge on StoryGraph here - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

@BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 1mo

Faranae I have been neglecting tracking all my challenges, just logging books. How is it nearly April?! 1mo

BarbaraBB Thanks, also for the Canva! I am obsessed by this challenge 🤣 1mo

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Slowness: A Novel | Milan Kundera

Is anyone else having issues with Litsy's website? I have tried multiple browsers and posts don't want to load; I get "Bad Gateway" messages while waiting for the comment area to load. If I do get the comment area to come up, it takes forever to post my comment or doesn't post it at all. The app seems to be okay. Any thoughts/is anyone else having these problems?

Bookwormjillk I‘ve been having issues with both versions off and on. It just seems sluggish. 1mo

Librarybelle I had some slow issues posting #NancyDrewBR posts a couple of days ago—I use the website to post the buddy read questions. Not the Bad Gateway issue, but things were very slow. 1mo

Jari-chan Same here. But the app works fine. 1mo

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PuddleJumper Yeah, I've had a lot of problems when loading comments or tagging people. It usually sorts itself out but it's frustrating 1mo

lil1inblue I had to send in my phone for repairs, so I've been attempting to use the website. I can like posts, and it's hit or miss if I can comment. I cannot create my own posts - I get the bad gateway message. It's a little frustrating because this is really my only social media right now. 1mo

dabbe YES! Are you using the website instead of the app? I am, and it‘s driving me crazy! I‘ve emailed litsy@librarything.com with the issue and took a snapshot of the “bad gateway” message. I got a reply this morning saying they were working on it. Maybe if you sent an email, too, they‘d know it was a bigger issue. 1mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @Jari-chan @PuddleJumper @lil1inblue Please send an email with the issues to litsy@librarything.com so they know that the website is having some serious problems. They did email me this morning and said someone was working on it, but maybe if they see it‘s quite a few of us, they‘ll work even faster. 🤩 1mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe will do thanks 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe Thanks for the email address! I'll send one, as well. 👍 1mo

Jari-chan @dabbe Thank you. On it. 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk @Librarybelle @PuddleJumper @lil1inblue @dabbe - I think we're back!! I almost exclusively use the website vs the app because it's so much easier to track notifications, so I've been quite aggravated 😂 Denise, thank you for sharing the email address!! 1mo

Librarybelle Yay!! 1mo

Bookwormjillk Came online to test. Yay!! 1mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks YW! 🤗 I basically use just the web site, too, and I've been FLIPPED OUT this whole week! I think it's back, too. 🤞🏻 1mo

AnnCrystal Glad Litsy has returned 👏🥳📚💝. 1mo

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Trixie Belden and the Marshland Mystery | Kathryn Kenny

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February's #BobWhiteBuddies read was enjoyable but not particularly outstanding. There really wasn't much “mystery,“ but I did enjoy the interactions of the gang.

Query: What do you all think was the point of making Dan a member of the Bob Whites and then literally never having him do anything with them?? 😂

Feel free to share any thoughts you had on this one!!

TheAromaofBooks @BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 2mo

TheBookHippie I love the cover. 2mo

BookmarkTavern The more cynical part of me says that subsequent writers saw 3 girls, 3 boys, and saw perfect little developing romances. The more hopeful part says that they‘re writing to people who maybe don‘t get to participate in as many things with their friends because of responsibilities, but they still get to see the BobWhites value and miss Dan. (edited) 1mo

BookmarkTavern And I can‘t remember, do we see the journalist again? He‘s been set up as a pretty good long term antagonist for the group, but I don‘t remember seeing him again. 1mo

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The Murder on the Links | Agatha Christie

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The move is progressing!! My windowsill books have moved to the piano for now. The bottom picture is an attempt to fit all my crates of books into one picture (unsuccessfully) - ended up with 96 crates of books + a few boxes.

I had read this Agatha Christie mystery before, but as usually couldn't remember the solution 😂 I'm the worst armchair detective ever, but it doesn't reduce my enjoyment of reading and rereading Christie's tales. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) The romance was pretty unbelievable for me, but I still found the story entertaining. And honestly I think Poirot is so dang likable.

#ChristieCapers @Librarybelle
#ISpyBingo (surprising number of prompts!) - Rope, Sports Equipment, Author Name in Grey, Number Higher Than Ten, “The“ in the Middle of the Title
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo 2mo

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🤩📚💖📚💕🐕🐾💝. (edited) 2mo

Librarybelle I‘m a terrible armchair detective too! 2mo

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TheBookHippie Wowowow!!! Good luck!!! 2mo

AmyG Glad to read your move is going well. And all those crates…holy cow! 🙌🏻 2mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

willaful Hmmm. I reread this not long ago and I'm not very fond of it so I wasn't going to do the reread. But all those bingo prompts is tempting. 😂 2mo

bookandbedandtea That's a lot of books! Enjoy making your new house a home! 🏠 ❤️ 2mo

staci.reads Wow! That's a beautiful amount of books! Glad the move is progressing! 2mo

Leftcoastzen Look at those crates ! Amazing 2mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Good morning, everyone!!! The next two posts below this one are the #BookSpin numbers and #BookSpinBingo board, both marked as spoilers!! As a reminder, because I'm in the middle of moving, I am posting quite early!! So as you all are looking at the numbers and making your posts about what you are reading, please mark them as spoilers/don't show the BookSpin numbers. Thank you!!!

I apparently packed my bowl of numbers and has to use a random ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) number generator, but I think it all came together 😂

Ironically, I think we are actually going to end up waiting until next weekend to make the big push to start living at the new house, but this weekend is still going to be quite chaotic with packing, hauling, and also building the new chicken coop etc. Things are going well, and we have been taking the dogs over to get them acclimated. Our current house is very small and does not ⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have a hallway, and one of our dogs is literally scared of the new house's hallway?! Apparently the random doorways really weird her out, especially the basement stairs (we don't have stairs at our current house, either) but yesterday she finally started actually walking down the hallway so we are making progress! 😂

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well!! I am tagging everyone here to let you know that the numbers are posted, but not ⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) tagging anyone on the actual posts. As always, let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing everyone's picks, boards, and reviews!!! Happy spinning!!! 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 2mo

Suet624 I‘m very excited about the book I‘ll be reading next month. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer 2mo

Bookwormjillk Thank you for taking time out of your busy move to do this! Good luck! 2mo

bekakins Good luck with the move! Your dog sounds exactly like mine, he is a sensitive soul who is randomly scared of very weird things 😆 2mo

Mollyanna Good luck with the move and acclimating the pups. 2mo

AshleyHoss820 You‘re awesome! Good luck this week and next with making the transition to your new home! I‘m so excited for you! 😊 2mo

GinaKButler Oh wow!! Thank you for your dedication to bookspin!! Good luck with the move! 2mo

claudiuo Good luck with the move and thanks for doing this even in the middle of it all! Thank you so much! 2mo

Eggs Thanks Sarah 🥳 2mo

AmyG Wishing you all the best!!! 2mo

ElizaMarie When we moved - we got stairs. I didn't realize how silly one of my dogs was until then. He kept running up and down them and then would slide (almost fall on his face) as he would try to jump midway down and smash into the door. We had to take the older one up and down using a leash, to make sure he didn't face plant - but he had gotten used to it. 2mo

a_lunae Thank you! My first bookspin and I‘m so excited! Wishing you the best! 2mo

julieclair Our son and his wife recently moved from a small house to a bigger one with a basement, and their dog was the same way! Normally bold and fearless, he was afraid of the basement. But after our son took him down there a couple of times and walked around with him letting him get acclimated, he was fine. 🐶🐾💙 2mo

AnnCrystal
🥳🏡💝 Too adorable 💕🐕💝. 2mo

JamieArc I hope your move goes smoothly! 2mo

DieAReader 🥳Congrats on the new 🏡house!! 2mo

MonicaLoves2Read Congratulations on new house 2mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m moving, too! I hope yours is going well. Mine‘s been a bit chaotic in places. 🤪 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Hooked_on_books - Are you going very far? We are only moving about four miles, so I pretty much just drive back and forth with boxes in my Honda Element all day 😂 And the house was empty for almost a year, so there have been some not-so-fun surprises. But we're getting there!!! 2mo

Hooked_on_books Oh yeah, going way further than you: over 2500 miles! We‘re moving back to the mainland from Hawaii and it‘s been a bit of a logistical nightmare. I‘m hoping most of the headaches are all done with. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Hooked_on_books - Oh my goodness, that sounds so stressful!! I've only ever done local moves, so I can't quite get my head around the idea of packing up everything and then having it all get to the new place at the same time! Good luck!!! 2mo

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Sticking with the cardboard box background here, because that's my life right now 😂 I know everyone loves posting their boards!! But if you decide to post yours before March 2, could you please use the BookSpinBingo book and then hide it as a spoiler so that people don't see the numbers unless they want to? I appreciate everyone working with me this month!!! 😁

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Apparently I have somehow managed to pack literally everything I need to create create the #BookSpin post, including, but not limited to, the bowl of numbers, copies of blank bingo boards, and permanent markers 😂 Random number generators and Canva to rescue, I guess!!

March's #BookSpin is TWELVE and the #DoubleSpin is ONE!!

Please remember that because I am posting VERY EARLY that some participants may wish to wait until March 2 to look at the⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) numbers. So as you are posting your BookSpin & DoubleSpin reads for the month, please do not post the numbers!! Thank you!!

#BookSpinBingo board will be the next post, also marked as a spoiler!! 2mo

staci.reads #Bookspin is tagged! Doublespin is This Time Tomorrow. Good luck with the move! Moving is exciting and exhausting 🥱

Family Family: A Novel

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Soubhiville Best of luck with your moving adventures! I hope your dogs settle in quickly. The whole experience can be stressful for everyone, humans and pets alike. ❤️ 2mo

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Megabooks I hope you have a smooth and successful move!! 💜💜 I‘m excited that one of my #roll100 books was chosen because I get to knock out two challenges with one book!! 🎉🎉 2mo

llwheeler Good luck with the move! Both of my picks are placeholders for Nebula award list books that won't be announced until later in the month. 2mo

AmyG Thanks so much!!! 2mo

julieclair Love your packing box background! 😘 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you so much for your dedication to this game!! I really hope your move goes smoothly! Congrats on your new house! 2mo

CSeydel Good luck! Thank you for doing this. Moving is so chaotic and stressful 💗 2mo

Sace Congrats on the new house and thank you for posting numbers even in the midst of a move. 2mo

AllDebooks Good luck with your house move x 2mo

MallenNC Thanks for remembering this in the midst of moving! 2mo

Bookbuyingaddict Thank you so much. For doing this when your so busy with your move thank you thank you 🙏 and good luck 🤞 x x x 2mo

CoffeeK8 Good luck on your move! 2mo

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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

100% would have forgotten about posting this if @Liseworks hadn't reminded me 😂 As always, anyone can play along - items can be found on the front, back, or spine of the book. Unless a word is in quotation marks (in which case, you need that actual word), items can be a picture of the item or the word (i.e. stripes on the cover or the word stripes). You can use this board just this month, or keep going until you clear it. One book can clear ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) multiple squares.

StoryGraph (all 12 months): https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

All 12 boards on Canva (feel free to play them all all year if you want!!): https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content... 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 2mo

LiseWorks That's because I love these bingos lol 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks - Me too!!! I'm glad you're enjoying them!!! 2mo

Deblovestoread Thanks! 💚🍀💚 2mo

BarbaraBB I was about to ask you too! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks and @LiseWorks 💕 2mo

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures Yay! I‘ve been loving getting these bingos! 2mo

Faranae Hopefully next month will be a better reading month. My rule at the moment is new reads can count for any bingo board already “unlocked“, but past reads don't count for newly unlocked boards (so books I read in January only go on the January board, but February gets to fill January and February). 2mo

julieclair I have been playing all 12 boards at the same time. My goal is a 100% board blackout by the end of December! 2mo

Lauredhel hi, if this is me overstepping i will totally go back in my box, but I love this challenge :). I've been building up a list of possible suggestions for future prompts in years ahead, if you're interested? lauredhelhoyden at gmail dot com 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Lauredhel - I will totally email you!!! I may not use them all, but I am always down for suggestions!! 😁 2mo

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Winds of March | Lenora Mattingly Weber

Greetings, friends!! We are only a week away from March!!!

First off, please note that #BookSpin will be EARLY this month!! We have purchased our new house (YAY) and are in the process of cleaning/painting/moving/etc. Next week are planning to make the big shift to actually sleeping there (!!!) BUT our internet situation won't be set up yet SO I will be posting BookSpin on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28!!!

I will post the BookSpin numbers and mark them ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) SPOILER. Then I will post BookSpinBingo and mark it SPOILER. Then I will create a post where I tag everyone and let them know that those two spoiler posts are available. Then you are free to check the numbers whenever you are ready!!! I would ask that as people are posting their BookSpin reads for the month if you could please avoid saying the actual numbers until March 2 or later, that would be wonderful!!

We are super stoked about ⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) our new home and I actually kind of enjoy the fresh-start-feeling of moving/nesting, so things are good here!! We are taking the dogs out this afternoon to give them their first sniff-around of the new place!! Thankfully it is only a couple miles from here so that is definitely helping the moving process!!

AND I work at an orchard so they own a ton of milk crates, which we use for storing/hauling/delivering jugs of cider. No cider ⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) in February, so I am free to borrow all the crates and am using them to pack/haul my ~2000 books and it's amazing!! My husband already has huge plans for the new LIBRARY ROOM as well!!!!!

Anyway, I should still be on here most mornings, so I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's lists. Happy Spinning, everyone!! 2mo

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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @brittanyreads @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer 2mo

Suet624 Such wonderful news. Congratulations!! 2mo

Soubhiville That‘s awesome! Congrats! 2mo

Sace Congrats on the new house! 2mo

DGRachel Congratulations!!🍾 2mo

Elizabeth2 Congratulations! 🎉 2mo

OriginalCyn620 Congrats on the new house! 🏡 2mo

Mollyanna Congratulations! 🎉🥳🎉 2mo

llwheeler Congrats, enjoy the moving process! 2mo

Read4life I hope the moving process goes smoothly!! 2mo

Librarybelle Yay! Congrats on the new home!! 2mo

Bookwormjillk I was just working on my March list! Congrats on the new house and good luck with the move! 2mo

kelli7990 I haven‘t finished my February list yet. I‘m reading one of my #roll100 books this month but I don‘t think I‘ll finish it before the end of the month. 2mo

Megabooks Congratulations Sarah!! How wonderful!! 2mo

Lcsmcat Congratulations! It‘s exciting to set up a new place. I hope the dogs settle in quickly. 2mo

rockpools Congratulations on the new home Sarah! (And also NOOOOOOO! Not ready for March. February‘s only been 3 days long!!) 2mo

JackOBotts Congrats! Hope it‘s a smooth move on all fronts! 2mo

PuddleJumper Congrats! 🎉🎉 2mo

ElizaMarie Yay for your new home!!! So excited for you!!! 2mo

bthegood Congrats on moving day - 🙂 2mo

TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🏡 2mo

DogMomIrene Yay for moving day! 2mo

BarkingMadRead I‘ll be making my stack when I get back from NOLA! Congrats on your new home! 2mo

kspenmoll Congrats on your new home! 2mo

a_lunae Congratulations! Excited for you (and for an early Bingo!) 2mo

bookandbedandtea How exciting! 🏡 ❤️ 2mo

BarbaraJean So exciting about the house!! Hope everything goes smoothly for you this week!! 2mo

sherrisilvera Congrats❣️❣️❣️ 2mo

Eggs 🩷💛💗 2mo

Sarahreadstoomuch Congratulations on the new house! So exciting!!! 2mo

AmyG Wishing you much happiness in your new home! Congratulations 🎉 2mo

Bookzombie Congratulations! So exciting! Also, tiring too. I hope you get some rest in there. 💕 2mo

AnnCrystal
🌄 Congratulations 👏🥳👍🏡💖💖💖. (edited) 2mo

marleed Oh Congratulations! 2mo

mrp27 So exciting, congratulations! 2mo

Deblovestoread Moving, ugh! New home, exciting! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 2mo

CSeydel Wow! Excited for you! Thanks for keeping this going even with all you have to do 🙏 2mo

brittanyreads Hi! Will you please remove me from the list? Also! Congrats on the house!! Have fun making it all your own :) 2mo

robinb Congratulations!!!🎉 Happy New Home!🏡 2mo

BookwormAHN Congratulations 🎆 2mo

GinaKButler Congratulations! 🎉 2mo

vonnie862 How exciting! Congratulations!!! 2mo

BookmarkTavern Congrats on the move! And good luck for everything to go smoothly! 🍀 2mo

MemoirsForMe Woo hoo! Happy Moving! 🥳🏡❤️ 2mo

Bookbuyingaddict Good luck with the move and thank you so much for still doing this at such a busy time in your life 🥰 2mo

rabbitprincess Awesome! Hope the move goes well and have fun shelving your books in the new house when you get to that point! That was my favourite part of our move last year 😂 2mo

Allylu Yes. I was just thinking that March is soon upon us. 🍀☺️📚💕 2mo

CoffeeK8 Thank you and good luck with the move! 2mo

ferskner Oh my gosh congratulations! 2mo

lil1inblue Congrats on the new house! I hope you enjoy settling into your new home. 💓 2mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Congratulations on the new home! Wishing you luck and lots of great memories there. I've not been much in a reading mood, so most of my list will likely carry over into March. 2mo

julieclair Congrats, Sarah! 2mo

claudiuo Congrats on the new home, very happy for you! And thanks for keeping doing the BookSpin numbers and bingo board while you are so busy! 2mo

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Time To Go House | Walter D. Edmonds

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My mom got this as a library discard when I was a kid, and I always loved it growing up. Smalleata is a mouse whose clan moves into the human house across the field when winter comes (and the people leave for the season). There, she falls in love with a house mouse. Lots of adventures, but it's actually pretty intense for a children's book, as some of the mice get eaten! I really enjoyed this reread and still find this a delightful book. And it ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) may help explain my reluctance to set mousetraps 😂

#GottaCatchEmAll - Cute Character @PuddleJumper
#100YearsofBooks #BookChain #BookSpinBingo 2mo

Suet624 I was thinking I should find it for one of my grandkids but then .... mice get eaten!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 - It's intense but not graphic. Kind of along the lines of the original Bambi book. One mouse gets eaten because he is willing to sacrifice himself to help the others get away. And a rat gets hunted down by weasels in what is probably the scariest scene of the book. I loved this book when I was 12ish, but it's a book I would read first before handing to a younger reader to make it's not too intense. 2mo

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Suet624 @TheAromaofBooks thanks for the explanation. 💕 2mo

LeahBergen What a sweet cover! 2mo

TiredLibrarian Walter D. Edmonds is from my neck of the woods, and I met him once, years ago. He was a very kind man. 2mo

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Gift from the Sea | Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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I first read this book back in 2012 and knew it was one I wanted to find and add to my own collection. Lindbergh writes from a seaside cottage where she is on holiday, each chapter looking at a different seashell and using it to reflect on a different aspect of life. Published in 1955, it was an era where woman were still mostly home-focused, but with advancing technology opening up more time and opportunities for them. I found her thoughts on ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the importance of seeking solitude, finding creative work/hobbies, understanding and accepting that relationships go through cycles, and finding ways to take time to ground yourself to be thoughtful and encouraging.
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TheAromaofBooks At only 128 pages, this is a slim volume and I enjoyed chewing on a chapter a day. I've been meaning to revisit this one for years, and thanks to the #MonthlyNonfiction challenge I picked up this 128 (Philosophy/Epistemology/Humankind) and checked the 100s off the list!! @julieclair

#FourFoursin25 - Pilot Islet @lauredhel
#GottaCatchEmAll - Set on an Island @PuddleJumper
#100YearsofBooks #BookSpinBingo 3mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, such a beautiful work! My mom shared this with me years ago. I, too, should reread. 3mo

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julieclair Love that vintage edition! I have owned this book for years, I suppose it‘s time I read it. 🤪 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @BooksandCoffee4Me @julieclair - This one definitely benefited from only reading a chapter every day or two. It was a nice book to savor. 2mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks That‘s helpful to know. 2mo

kspenmoll I have my mom‘s copy with its well worn, slightly torn book cover. She gave a copy to all of her daughters & daughters in law ( total 7) in her will. 2mo

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The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode (The Alley, #2) | Eleanor Estes

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I was delighted to pick up this lovely hardcover/library discard edition of this book, which is the sequel to The Alley. Both written and set about 8 years after the original story, the main character is one of the younger siblings of The Alley's characters. This one was a little more implausible, but still a super fun story and one that I would have LOVED as a kid. These are both fabulous read-aloud books and as cute as they can be.

TheAromaofBooks #100YearsofBooks #192025 - 1972 @Librarybelle
#WickedWords - Library @AsYouWish
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#ISpyBingo - Ponytail
#GottaCatchEmAll - Book You've Slept On @PuddleJumper
#BookSpinBingo 3mo

Librarybelle Cute stories are so good! 3mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3mo

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willaful Of course you've got The Witch Family somewhere in there...

The Witch Family

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PuddleJumper Wahoo! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I don't own that one, but I have read it. All her books are just soooo adorable!! 3mo

willaful @TheAromaofBooks *faints dead away* That was such a foundational children's book for me. 3mo

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The Alley | Eleanor Estes

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I have a lot memories of Dad reading this one out loud to us when we were growing up, but I don't think I had read it since! It's a pretty adorable story about a group of kids who live in a little cul de sac alley neighborhood. The main story is that there is a robbery, but there are a lot of little side stories and it's all such good fun.

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA - New York
#ISpyBingo (Bare Feet; “Author of“) #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks PS Second book about an alley I've read in the last few weeks; both stories from my childhood. My love of alleys may have been more influenced from outside sources than I realized 😂 3mo

PuddleJumper That's lovely 3mo

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Books for Sale: The Advertising and Promotion of Print Since the Fifteenth Century | Michael Harris, Giles Mandelbrote

Almost every book in my Pango shop is on sale for a dollar!! Trying to find new homes for some of these before we move. Only a few pictured... I somehow have 54 listings 😂

https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/sarahmccafferty

Aims42 I‘m currently on a book buying ban, but I followed you!! 🤩 Love having Litsy buds on Pango!! 🙌💕 3mo

Bookwormjillk Do you find Pango to be worth the time? 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - Eh, so so. It doesn't actually cost anything unless you sell a book (they keep a percentage for fees) and it's very easy to post books. They email you the mailing label and you just print it and stick it on the package, so that part is also really easy. I don't have a lot of rare/desirable books, and this post is literally the only thing I've done to promote my shop at all so I don't make loads of sales haha Which also means I ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) just keep my Pango money within their app and use it to buy more books because it isn't worth transferring out for me. So it's easy and free (ish) which means it ends up being worth the time more because that time is negligible than because I make a bunch of money at it 😂 3mo

TheAromaofBooks I will say that I have gotten decent money for some OwlCrate special editions and that kind of thing. I was really excited to be able to sell a lovely first edition of Spinning Silver that I had for a good price because that was actually a pretty rare book. So if you have pretty/autographed/expensive books you may find it more worthwhile. 3mo

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Night Shift: Night Tales | Nora Roberts

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This is an older book of Roberts's (1991), which was mainly illustrated by how many cigarettes the MC smoked 😂 Cilla a night DJ for a Denver radio station who starts getting threatening calls from a listener who says he wants revenge and is going to kill her. You'll be unsurprised to learn that Cilla ends up with a hot, single detective to help her through these trying times. This book definitely had some weak spots in the suspense aspect of ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) of the plot, but as usual Roberts writes likable and engaging characters. The next book is about Cilla's sister, and I'll definitely be reading that one soon.

#FictionalTraveler @julieclair
#GottaCatchEmAll - Knives @PuddleJumper
#100YearsofBooks #BookSpinBingo 3mo

julieclair Glad you enjoyed your trip to Colorado! 3mo

PuddleJumper 🔪🔪 3mo

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Bold Fortune | M. M. Crane

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If you ignore the fact that these people have only known each other for, like, two weeks, this was a perfectly fun read. Violet's off to Alaska to talk to a grumpy guy who could help her fix her job, but he isn't interested in having an Outsider tell him what they should do with their land. So he challenges her to see if she can handle an Alaskan winter. Violet seemed like she should annoy me, but I actually found her can-do attitude to be kind ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) of endearing. Definitely a soft pick, but not a bad piece of brain candy.

#Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll - Facial Hair @PuddleJumper
#ISpyBingo #BookChain #BookSpinBingo
#Read2025 @DieAReader 3mo

DieAReader 💖💖💖 3mo

PuddleJumper ❄️❄️ 3mo

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Living with Color: Inspiration and How-Tos to Brighten Up Your Home | Rebecca Atwood

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I first bought, read, and loved this book back in 2020. Now that we're getting ready to move and I have an entire house to update, it seemed like a great time to revisit it. Atwood just does a fantastic job with this book. She gives you the science behind color and our perception of it, then moves into the more emotional aspect of it - somehow, she stays out of woo-woo land by encouraging readers to ground the way they feel about colors with ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) practical application. There is a section visiting homes of various people who work with color (as home decorators and the like), and even with the homes that I didn't like, Atwood still points out tips for incorporating the methods used. The final section talks about how to create your own color wheel and palettes for different spaces. Just like when I read it the first time, this book immediately had me looking at everything around me ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) differently, looking at undertones, connecting colors, the way textures can change color, etc. Even if you aren't getting ready to redecorate your house, I still high recommend this one as it goes beyond just slapping some paint on walls, with tips on making small changes (even things like putting a bowl of fruit on your table) to brighten spaces and tie things together. A perfect balance between science, feelings, and practical ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) application.

#100YearsofBooks
#WickedWords - Yellow @AsYouWish
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo 3mo

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DogMomIrene This book sounds fantastic! We‘re not ready to paint…yet…so may be the perfect read to start thinking about wall colors. Thanks! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @DogMomIrene - She has lots of ideas for testing colors using other items in your space, plus seeing how you feel about those colors at different times of day and different lighting. So I think it's a great book to read while you're still in the thinking stage!! 3mo

AnnCrystal Does this talk about precisely which colors affect which mood (orange can encourage eating and conversation, green can calm you, blue can make you feel safe)? Or is it vague about direct emotional affects and more about how colors work together to appease the eye? 3mo

Lcsmcat We‘ve been trying to decide what color to paint the dining room for YEARS. Sounds like I need to read this book. 😀 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @AnnCrystal - Both, but I would say more the latter than the former. There is a section where she talks about each color, its history, and an overview of how it generally impacts mood and space, which leads into how combining different colors can be appealing, sometimes because it's also combining two feelings (blue for comfort + orange for warmth & energy). The author definitely believes that color is personal and encourages the reader to think ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) about memories and places that may influence how YOU feel about a color beyond how it is “supposed“ to make you feel. (I.e. I got teased wearing a red dress when I was little and still don't like the color red.) So while she does give the broad strokes to general color+mood theory, she talks more about discovering what appeals to you personally and how to help focus that into a harmonic whole. 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat - The author is so warm and friendly and I love the tips that she gives for experimenting with color before making big commitments. 3mo

AnnCrystal @TheAromaofBooks perfect, Thank You! 👏☺️👍📚🎨💝. 3mo

DogMomIrene @TheAromaofBooks Totally where we are! We‘ve been in this house for just over a year and we haven‘t hung any art because we‘re still moving things around, making sure we like how we‘re moving around various spaces. I checked my library and they don‘t have it, so I‘m buying it and savoring it🥰 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @DogMomIrene - I hope you love it!! It has sprayed edges and a wonderful matte finish on the cover, so many pictures - I find it a joy to handle as well as read haha 3mo

julieclair This looks SO interesting! Stacked! 3mo

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Trixie Belden and the Happy Valley Mystery (Trixie Belden, #9) | Kathryn Kenny

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#BobWhiteBuddies !!! I finished this a couple weeks ago but then spaced on actually posting at the end of the month 😂 Did you all get to this one in January? Did you like it? I thought the setting was fun, although we've already begun the trend of leaving poor Dan behind! Why did the authors even make him a member of the gang?? I really liked the way Trixie didn't have all the answers here, and had to stop and reassess a few times. However, the ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) rivalry between the Bob-Whites and the local kids felt a little odd to me. I remember being really excited about them mentioning 4-H in this book, as I was a 4-H member for ten years, and then an advisor for ten years after that, so it was a big part of my life. And of course we get the little taste of romance between Jim and Trixie that made my heart flutter when I was 13! 😆

All in all, while I had a few little issues, I overall ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) enjoyed this one. I'd love to hear your all's thoughts!!

@BethM @curiouserandcurioser @BookmarkTavern @DebinHawaii @Read4life @lauraisntwilder @MaleficentBookDragon @Sparklemn 3mo

curiouserandcurioser I enjoyed this one:) it was fun to see the taste if romance develop between Trixie and Jim! Excited for the next book! Thank you for this, Sarah:) 3mo

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DebinHawaii Felt the same way. I longed for an ID bracelet like Jim got Trixie & loved the swoony moment. 💗 3mo

BookmarkTavern One of my favorite things about the romance is how age appropriate it is, and how they really take their time building up to it. ❤️ 3mo

lauraisntwilder This has been one of my favorites so far. The part with the flood was genuinely scary. I couldn't look away! I love the way the kids' relationships are growing and changing. 3mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Well, February's #BookSpinBingo apparently knew it was a short month and needed to help us out, because look at all those free spaces together 😂

I packed my first box yesterday! It looks like we will be closing on our new house in about 2 weeks. I actually weirdly love moving, but it's been soooo long since we moved here that I'm out of the groove. Our first 5 Christmases were in 5 different houses, then 10 years here 😂

Anyway, the usual info⬇

TheAromaofBooks Here's the #BookSpinBingo card! First, I put our official numbers (4 & 10) back in the mix. Then I drew them all out & wrote them down as I went, meaning the official numbers are just mixed into the card with the rest! As you can see, 21-25 are both labeled with their numbers & also as free spaces, so you can use them to match however you wrote your list. To score a bingo, just read books (in any order) that are in any row or column!! MORE INFO ⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks 1 - I don't tag anyone on this post except for @LitsyEvents but anyone is welcome to play along!!
2 - Remember – NO PRESSURE!!!! If this starts to stress you out, just take that page right out of your journal and pretend it never existed!! This challenge is to encourage you to read, not to make you feel like reading is a chore!!!
3 - FREE SPACES can be filled with any book that is NOT already on your list!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 4 & final - As a reminder, only the “official” BookSpin/DoubleSpin numbers will count towards giveaway entries. I don‘t want the giveaway to be stacked against people who aren‘t able to read lots of books each month. So basically there is still a maximum of 2 entries possible per month no matter how many books you read from your list. This bingo card is just for fun & glory! 😁

Thanks for playing & happy reading!!!
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Mollyanna Congrats on the new house! 3mo

claudiuo Thank you so much! And congrats on your new house! 3mo

BookNAround It‘s kinda great to see all of the things (and books) you‘ve forgotten about, isn‘t it? We used to move every 2-3 years but have now been here 17 years. I shudder to think of all the things I‘ve tucked away instead of getting rid of them! Happy new house. 😄 3mo

AllDebooks Congratulations on the new home. X 🏡 3mo

Larkken Enjoy the new home! 3mo

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Spinning Away | Jake Maddox

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FOUR! Our official #DoubleSpin number is TEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @brittanyreads @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @CloakNQuill @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer 3mo

TheAromaofBooks That's everyone on my tag list, so if you need to be added (or removed) please just let me know. Happy reading and Happy Groundhog Day!!! 3mo

Lcsmcat Thank you! I‘ll be reading

Miss Muriel and Other Stories

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Librarybelle Yay! It looks like mine is Incense and Sensibility and The Poacher‘s Son! 3mo

Soubhiville Thank you! I didn‘t realize it was Groundhog Day. I hope it calls for an early spring! 3mo

staci.reads Woo hoo! Bookspin is tagged, and Doublespin is The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus. Thank you!

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

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Eggs 🩵💙🩵 3mo

Suet624 Thank you! 3mo

GinaKButler I got two classics! 1984 and

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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bookandbedandtea Yay for #BookSpin Day and Groundhog Day! Thanks Sarah 💜 3mo

CoffeeK8 Thank you for organizing! 3mo

BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 3mo

Sace It‘s bookspin day! I‘ll be reading When The English Fall and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 3mo

DieAReader 💖🥰Thank you!!! 3mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick From Dust to Stardust and the extremely timely Attack from Within. 3mo

claudiuo Thank you so much! 3mo

Jess861 I didn't even realize it was Feb. 2nd this morning 😆- man time is going fast!! 3mo

CSeydel Thank you!! Mine are Strange Sally Diamond and

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

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willaful Woohoo! The Scent of Water -- been really wanting to get to that. And Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones. 3mo

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Magic in the Alley | Mary Calhoun

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I loved this book growing up, and it definitely encouraged my ongoing love affair with alleys 😂 I hadn't read this one in several years, and it was super fun to revisit. Cleery buys a box of magic at a flea market, and accidentally magics a stuffed crow into being alive - and able to talk - but not able to fly. With an enchantment of being able to find something magical in every new alley she visits that summer, she and her best friend set off ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to find a cure for Crow. This is just a cute, fun book with little adventures in every chapter. Thoroughly enjoyable.

#100YearsofBooks
#ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo
#GottaCatchEmAll - Someone Loses Control @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 @DieAReader 3mo

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MaGoose I never read this one when I was younger. I'll have to make up for that and track down a copy, either at the library or the bookstore. Sounds very interesting. 3mo

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tpixie How lovely. I loved Edgar Eager books! Half- Magic &

The Time Garden

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TheAromaofBooks @MaGoose - It's nothing fancy, just a super fun little MG story!! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @tpixie - Yes!! This was published later (1970) than his books, but it has a very similar vibe. 3mo

TiredLibrarian That look of old children's library books ❤️ 3mo

tpixie @TiredLibrarian yes!!! 🩵🩵🩵 3mo

tpixie @TheAromaofBooks 💙💙💙 I‘ll need to write it down to remember to fund for my grandkids 3mo

DieAReader 💖💖💖 3mo

LeahBergen Oooh, you‘ve reminded me that this is on my “hunt down” list! 😆 3mo

willaful @LeahBergen @MaGoose Unfortunately, it's quite hard to find because it never made it into paperback. :-( My husband once literally xeroxed and bound it for me! Check the Internet Archive. 3mo

MaGoose @willaful Thanks, that's good to know. I'll be diligent about finding a copy. 3mo

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The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant

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Finally got to my November #TravelingThrills book 😂 I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It's not super fast-paced - definitely more suspense than thriller - but I liked the MC so much that I didn't mind. The back and forth between past and present chapters felt balanced and even though there were some aspects of the grand reveal that left me scratching my head a bit (a side character's motivations/methods seemed like a bit of stretch), I'll still be ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) checking to see what else this author has written.

Great pick @bookandbedandtea !! @Jerdencon

#ReadtheUSA - Idaho
#WickedWords - Bicycle @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 - Garden Green @lauredhel
#GottaCatchEmAll - Survivor @PuddleJumper
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo 3mo

Bookwormjillk Love that cover! 3mo

bookandbedandtea I'm glad you liked it! I've been meaning to read this one of hers

These Silent Woods: A Novel

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sherrisilvera I really liked These Silent Woods. This is on my tbr so I'm glad to hear you liked it! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @bookandbedandtea @sherrisilvera - A lot of GR reviews seem to think that this book wasn't as good as These Silent Woods. The premise of that one sounds really intriguing so it's now on my TBR!! 3mo

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To Die for | Linda Howard

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At first, I enjoyed Blair's sassy attitude, but after a while the flirting aka bickering between the two MCs began to get on my nerves. It could be because my husband and I are both super chill so I've never understood the “arguing as foreplay“ concept lol The mystery aspect didn't make a lot of sense either, which meant the entire plot began to drag around 2/3 through. It was an okay read, but one of those that I enjoyed less as I went along.

TheAromaofBooks #ReadtheUSA - North Carolina
#100YearsofBooks
#ISpyBingo #BookChain
#GottaCatchEmAll - Someplace humid @PuddleJumper
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo 3mo

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻 3mo

willaful Nothing will put me husband in a less romantic mood than arguing. I will never experience angry sex. 😂 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Literally he would be like “stop“ and she would be “make me“. Every time he would tell her to do something (because he's a cop and SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL HER) she would just do the opposite and he would find it soooo sexy 🙄 After a while all the power-wrestling began to wear on me because that is just not how things roll around here 😂 Like you, if we're having a bicker, I do NOT expect it to be followed up with sexy times 😆 3mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Me: I really need to not get so entangled in buddy reads and challenges because February is going to be super busy.
Also Me: Has 16 “assignment“ books 😂

I usually leave my leftover slots open for whatever TBR books come up in my random draw throughout the month (I have a prompt jar), but my personal challenge is that I have to fill them in in order instead of what would strategically make bingos.

Still plenty of time to post a list if you want⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to spin this month!! 😁 3mo

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Winter Holiday | Arthur Ransome

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When I first read the Swallows and Amazons books in 2019/2020, I knew I would want to reread them over and over. I've been working my way through them slowly and enjoying them every bit as much - or even more - as I did the first time. Winter Holiday is adorable, with plenty of wintry adventures to go around. I personally had an idyllic childhood, but I still think I would trade to be a Swallow or Amazon! 😂

Singout I served tea to my housemate‘s English dad in my Swallows and Amazons mug yesterday! I only read one book when I was a child, but the mug was a gift from an English friend. 3mo

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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

Here is February's #ISpyBingo board!! A reminder that you can play these however you like, but I encourage covering multiple prompts with one book if you can!!

Link to all the 2025 boards: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content... ⬇

TheAromaofBooks Link to Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

Anyone can play, but I'm tagging those who said they'd like a monthly reminder!!

@BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf 3mo

Lauredhel Ooh I should put up my Jan board progress 3mo

LiseWorks Thank you 3mo

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BarbaraBB Thanks! I have matches all my unread books to a 2025 prompt in Storygraph but don‘t have read all the books I could match to a January prompt! 3mo

Faranae Goodness, I've been forgetting to add books to my challenges, this and even *my own* haha. Grabbing the February board is a good reminder, thank you! 3mo

Deblovestoread Yay! 🩷❤️🩷 3mo

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February House | Sherill Tippins

Well, unbelievably there is only one week left in January, which means it's time for 2025's first mini-existential crisis!! 😂 It also happens to be time to get together your lists if you are planning to #BookSpin in February!!!

Thank you all for the well-wishes on the new house!! We are under contract and things seem to be moving smoothly so we are hoping to close by the end of February!! We've been here 10yrs so even though this move is only⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a few miles away, it still feels huge!!!

ANYWAY I can't wait to see what everyone is hoping to read (or avoid reading 😂) in February!! And take a moment today to marvel at the speed at which time passes, and to enjoy some boring, everyday thing that you usually take for granted. 💕

As always, you can find more info about the BookSpin challenge at the link in my profile!! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 3mo

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TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @brittanyreads @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @CloakNQuill @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf 3mo

TheSpineView February 😳 3mo

Suet624 Sadly, I‘m still trying to fit my December bookspin into my pile of “up next!” 3mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m with @Suet624 still trying to finish December! But I will get a list together soon because I love lists. 3mo

Librarybelle Yay!! 3mo

bookandbedandtea January has felt 20 weeks long. Bring on February! 3mo

BarkingMadRead How is it already time?!?! 3mo

DGRachel Congrats on the move. I hope it goes smoothly. I actually already have my list done! Just have to make it pretty and post it. Woo hoo!! 3mo

kspenmoll I will be reading January‘s in February! 3mo

PuddleJumper Ahh! February is the start of several buddy reads 😅 3mo

Yuki_Onna How is it already February next week?!? I've just fully realized it's a new year... 🫠 3mo

Eggs 🧡🧡 3mo

Sace What do you mean it‘s almost February?! *checks calendar* dang! 3mo

Lcsmcat Congratulations on the move, and good luck. (I always know I‘ve settled in to a new address when I can walk around in the dark without bumping into things.) I can‘t believe it‘s almost Feb., but I hope time continues to go this quickly for the next four years. 3mo

BarbaraJean February is only one week away?!? It cannot be! I still haven‘t written my best-of 2024 reading summary! I only started my January BookSpin book last night! 😩😂 3mo

ShananigansReads Normally I‘d be on the “how has this month gone by so fast” train, however I feel like January has been 74.5 days long. I‘m not sure if it‘s the weather or the general US concerns but I am so ready to move on to February. I‘ll get my list up shortly. 3mo

Bookzombie Congratulations on the new house! I hope everything continues to go smoothly and you have an easy move. I‘m sort of in the how can January be over but it‘s felt like the longest month also state of mind. 3mo

mrp27 Congrats on the new house! Moving is always a big adventure. 3mo

OriginalCyn620 Congrats on the new house! 🎉🎉🎉 3mo

AmyG Congrats! How wonderful! 3mo

vlwelser Congrats on the new house! Have fun purging (maybe projecting there)! And I hope there is all sorts of lovely new space for books and reading. 3mo

claudiuo My list is still a long way from being done, but I'm in as always. Good luck with the closing and the move! 3mo

ferskner Oh my gosh that's great news! Congratulations! 3mo

CoffeeK8 Can‘t believe it‘s that time already! 3mo

kwmg40 Congratulations and good luck with the move! 3mo

Bklover Congratulations on your new home!!❤️❤️ 3mo

Sarahreadstoomuch Congrats and best wishes for a smooth closing and easy move! ❤️❤️ 3mo

DogMomIrene Congratulations on your home! How exciting! Unpacking always feels like Christmas to me🏡❤️ 3mo

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream | Hunter S. Thompson

so-so

This one just wasn't for me. I've enjoyed some of Thompson's other writing - he can be brilliantly insightful and cutting, with an ability to call out hypocrisy and hold a mirror right up to your own face - but I struggled with this one, mostly just him and his attorney being out of their minds on drugs. Actually, it was great anti-drug propaganda 😂 I just kept thinking - do people do this for FUN?!😆 Anyway, it was worth the one-off read for me⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) but I'll try a different book of Thompson's rather than pick this one up again.

This was my #MonthlyNonfiction read, and my 001-099 pick @julieclair

#100YearsofBooks
#GottaCatchEmAll - Yellow Cover (Emolga) @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA - Nevada
#BookSpinBingo
#Read2025 (8/100 TBR books) @DieAReader 3mo

PuddleJumper 💛💛 3mo

DieAReader 💖💖💖 3mo

AnishaInkspill you you sum this up well, I read this last year, and it was a mad read 3mo

julieclair This sounds 100% unappealing to me! 😂😂 Great review! 3mo

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

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I'm always happy to reread Christie and I'm pretty stoked about the #ChristieCapers readalong that @Librarybelle is hosting. While this isn't my favorite of her mysteries, it's still a great introduction to Poirot, Hastings, and Christie's writing style. This edition also included an alternate ending that Christie had written having the final reveal being in court instead of in the intimate family gathering, so that was interesting.

TheAromaofBooks #BookChain
#GottaCatchEmAll - Someone Naps (Komala) @PuddleJumper
#BookSpinBingo 3mo

Librarybelle I like your edition! 3mo

PuddleJumper 🐨🐨 3mo

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TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I'm addicted to collecting these editions as they come out!! Gorgeous endpapers, too - https://beautifulbooks.info/illustratedbibliographies/illustrators-and-authors/a... - Although I will admit that they're glued binding so they don't lay flat while reading, which annoys me lol 3mo

Librarybelle Lovely! 3mo

kspenmoll That is a beautiful edition! 3mo

MariaW Beautiful! 💗💗💗 And it‘s nice that you habe the original ending as well. 3mo

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Ultimate Prizes | Susan Howatch

Funny story, life has been CRAZY this month and I legit forgot about getting this giveaway sorted out until yesterday 😂 Apparently, vacation + family from out of state + buying a house all within a two-week period means I start forgetting other things!!

ANYWAY here are the 2024 winners!!! @Megabooks @vonnie862 @robinb @CSeydel @julsmarshall CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I have emailed each of you at the email you provided, so please check and let me ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) if you haven't received it.

To ALL of you THANK YOU SO MUCH for spinning with me!!! I wish that I could afford to send everyone a book!!! We ended up with over 900 entries this year across 72 people!!! Plus many of you who read your books but didn't participate in the giveaway.

Looking forward to more reading in 2025!!!!! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @MittenGirlPeach @Itchyfeetreader @Lcsmcat @wanderinglynn @RaeLovesToRead @Bookwormjillk @Soubhiville @IndoorDame @kwmg40 @staci.reads @LeslieO @Bookworm04 @BookishMadHatter @BookmarkTavern @ChelseaM6010 @Allydanielle88 @ElizaMarie 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @janeycanuck @bekakins @Daisey @Mollyanna @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @kimmypete1 @rabbitprincess @DGRachel @Librarybelle @PageShifter @RebelReader @Sarahreadstoomuch @Jari-Chan @behudd @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @Laughterhp 3mo

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TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @vlwelser @majkia @Larkken @claudiuo @MallenNC @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @AmandaBlaze @BooksNBowls @JamieArc @Yuki_Onna @JenReadsAlot @OriginalCyn620 @katiekat311 @Liz_M @BarkingMadRead @Pageturner1 @robinb @tdrosebud 3mo

Cheryl_Russell Congrats to the winners! 3mo

Librarybelle Congratulations to the winners!!! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @ImperfectCJ @sherrisilvera @Julsmarshall @BookwormAHN @bookandbedandtea @Eggs @Clare-Dragonfly @nitalibrarian @RainyDayReading @zezeki @Kirstin_Reads @Bookzombie @ChaoticMissAdventures @yourfavouritemixtape @GirlNamedJesse @BarbaraJean 3mo

OriginalCyn620 Congrats to all the winners! 🎉🎉🎉 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookgeekFrau @LeafingThroughLife @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @Pigpen_Reads @JoeMo @Librariana @NikkiM @ShananigansReads @Deblovestoread @Monica5 @Kimberlone @Coffeymuse @Bklover @Clwojick @gossamerchild @DieAReader @mrp27 @Kristelh 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @candc320 @JackOBotts @dabbe @Read4life @Chili @CoffeeNBooks @Allylu @willaful @AnneCecilie @Bookworm54 @LitsyEvents @TheLudicReader @rachelk @HeyT @hissingpotatoes @tokorowilliamwallace @Grrlbrarian @JenDR @AudioBookingWithLeah 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @marleed @Bluebird @Suet624 @Karisimo @CharityAnn @BookNAround @Prairiegirl_reading @GinaKButler @Chelsea.Poole @julieclair @booklover3258 @Scochrane26 @hes7 @Zuhkeeyah @Charlie0007 @CSeydel @Lizpixie @LeticiaToraci @guinsgirlreads @Crazeedi @Megabooks 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon @lauraisntwilder @Marmie7 @faelinwolf @BookKenz @KatieB @kstadt929 @Flaneurette @Whollybologna @Singout @BacklistReader @mrsmarch @Caryl @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Bookgoil @SusanLee @Bookbuyingaddict @Ash.on.the.line 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @MemoirsForMe @Amandakay @Chrissyreadit @llwheeler @ferskner @TieDyeDude @Airykah13 @TheQuietQuill @AsYouWish @Gissy @theokiereader @silentrequiem @Elizabeth2 @mamareading @rockpools @triplem80 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @VeganCleopatra 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @vonnie862 @Jess861 @Kristin_Reads @Roary47 @Fortifiedbybooks @throwmeabook @Sargar114 @Nessavamusic @keys_on_fire @TheSpineView @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Littlewolf1 @SpookyMazeOfBooks @Jadams89 @KristiAhlers @merelybookish 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @MatchlessMarie @CBee @Read-y_Picker @AshleyHoss820 @Rachel52 @melissajayne @aperfectmjk @CloakNQuill @magyklyXdelish @kspenmoll @andreadmw @kelli7990 @jessicamichelle @BeeCurious @lil1inblue @beccaortiz @Sace @Magoose @brittanyreads 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @CoffeeK8 @rachelsbrittain @LaraReads @AllDebooks @michellelav @readmyeyes @maich @SusanOrnelas65 @SamAnne @wordslinger42 @LiteraryinPA @Caterina 3mo

Deblovestoread Congrats to the winners! And congrats to you on your new house! Thanks for all you do 💙 3mo

robinb Oh wow!!! I‘m so excited and surprised that out of all the entries my name came out…I‘m not normally so lucky. I got your email and will respond by tonight. Thank you, Sarah, for being such a wonderful host! I‘m so happy to have discovered treasures from my TBR that I didn‘t even remember having. 😂😂🤗 3mo

Suet624 Congrats to all!! 3mo

Pigpen_Reads Congratulations!!! 😊 3mo

AllDebooks Congrats to all the winners x 3mo

Aconight Congrats!!! 🎉 3mo

MaleficentBookDragon Congrats! 3mo

Elizabeth2 Congratulations!!🎊 3mo

maich Congrats!! 3mo

MemoirsForMe Congrats to all! And wow, Sarah! You‘ve been busy. Congrats on the new house! Does that mean you moved too? We must catch up! 🥰❤️🎉🏠 3mo

Laughterhp Congrats!! 3mo

PuddleJumper Congratulations! 🎉🎉 3mo

BookwormAHN Congratulations 🎆 3mo

Megabooks No way!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Congratulations to the other winners, too!! 📚📚🎉🎉🎉 3mo

Littlewolf1 Woot Woot… Congratulations! 🎊 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @MemoirsForMe - We just went under contract on Monday, so we are still getting everything sorted out - hoping to close by the end of February. We are moving less than five miles 😂 but out of the village and onto 3 acres so we are VERY excited!!! You have been on my list to write a letter to FOREVER and also someday I SWEAR I am actually going to finish your wedding gift - maybe by your fifth anniversary or something!??! 😅 3mo

Lcsmcat Congratulations! 3mo

Zuhkeeyah Congrats to the winners!! 🎉🎉 3mo

Megabooks Just emailed you! 3mo

wordslinger42 Congrats!! 3mo

JackOBotts Congrats to the winners…and to you, @TheAromaofBooks on the new digs! 3mo

curiouserandcurioser Congrats to everyone, including you, Sarah-how exciting!!💜 3mo

claudiuo Congrats on the new house, @TheAromaofBooks!
And to all the winners! 🏆 3mo

TheBookgeekFrau 🎉Congratulations🎊 3mo

candc320 Congratulations winners!! And thanks for the contest, @TheAromaofBooks ! 3mo

Bookwormjillk Congrats winners and congrats on the house! 3mo

BarkingMadRead Congratulations 🎉🎊 3mo

AmyG Congrats to all! 🎉🎉🎉 3mo

CSeydel Oh wow! Thank you so much! And best wishes in your new house ❤️🏡 3mo

Sace Congratulations to the winners! 3mo

kelli7990 Congratulations y‘all! 3mo

willaful Congrats to all! 3mo

Read4life Congratulations to everyone for participating in such a great challenge and especially to you, Sarah, for hosting and on the new house!! 3mo

Soubhiville Yay! Congratulations to the winners. 3mo

TheLudicReader New house! Fabulous. Congrats. And to the winners…congrats! Congrats all around. 🎉 3mo

DieAReader 🎉🥳Congrats!!! 3mo

MallenNC Congratulations to the winners. I feel like a winner bc this motivated me to read so much last year! 3mo

dabbe Congrats to the winners! 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻 3mo

Sarahreadstoomuch Congratulations!! 3mo

AshleyHoss820 Woo!! Congrats to the winners and great job to all of us! Truly one of the few reading challenges that is fun all the way to the end! ☺️👏🏻☺️ 3mo

bookandbedandtea Yay for your new house! 3mo

wanderinglynn Congrats winners! 🎉 3mo

BookishMadHatter Congratulations to the winners. And congrats on the new house @TheAromaofBooks 3mo

MatchlessMarie Yay congrats everyone and @TheAromaofBooks I think you are getting your year off to a great start 🥳👏 3mo

vonnie862 Woah! Thank you!!! 3mo

Julsmarshall Thank you so much @TheAromaofBooks ! I love participating in this challenge and I‘m so appreciative 😀 Happy new house! 3mo

CoffeeK8 Congrats to the winners! 3mo

Sargar114 Congrats to the winners! 3mo

MemoirsForMe 3 acres! That‘s a lot of room for you to play. What fun! I‘m sure the reason for a bigger house is to finally have a place to fit all your books, right? 😉 No worries! I‘m way behind on my letters too. Good thing there‘s no rush when it comes to bookish friends.😘📚❤️ 3mo

Nessavamusic Congrats! 3mo

Scochrane26 Congrats to the winners! 3mo

Singout Wow, congratulations! Tag me if you want info about native pollinator plants! 3mo

julieclair Congrats to the winners! And… congrats on your new home! 3mo

Allydanielle88 Congratulations 3mo

Gissy Congratulations! 🎉📚🎊🥳 @robinb @CSeydel @julsmarshall and thank you to you for the giveaway 🥰 (edited) 3mo

LiteraryinPA Whoa, congrats on your house! 3mo

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Candlemaking | Bob Sherman

https://fromthepagecandles.com has an annual sale where you tell her which book you want (along with any scent preferences) and she makes you a candle based on the book!! It's SO fun and I've done it for several years. You have to have your orders in by Thursday night, but if you love high-quality candles with wonderful scents, her shop is fabulous. If you've ever gotten a swap box from me, you've probably gotten a couple of her small candles 😂

AnnCrystal 🆒📚💝. 3mo

Deblovestoread I have and agree they are fabulous! 💙 3mo

NatalieR Thanks for posting about the bookish candles. I like what she offers. I foresee myself placing an order. 😉🕯️ 3mo

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The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman

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This book was a load of fun, with entertaining characters and loads of wry humor that I quite enjoyed. My overall rating was somewhat lowered by the ending - it felt like the red herrings got a bit out of control - seriously, how many people have secrets centered around this one spot?? - and one other issue I had I'll put as a spoiler below. But overall this was a great time and I'll definitely pick up the sequel.

TheAromaofBooks Way too much suicide - it felt like lazy writing tbh. The first guy I was like okay, I guess, although it didn't really make sense because why was killing himself somehow a better option than just telling his daughter what had happened?! Then we also get suicide of the actual killer + bonus assisted suicide and it felt over-the-top. There was also this strange “well we're old so might as well be dead“ vibe and I wasn't a fan. 3mo

TheAromaofBooks #GottaCatchEmAll - Friends Stick Together (Cottonee) @PuddleJumper
#BookSpinBingo 3mo

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3mo

Elizabeth2 Just finished this last night and totally agree with your assessment! 3mo

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One Perfect Couple | Ruth Ware

Any of these strike your fancy @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea ? I have a neverending pile of mystery/thrillers from which to choose, so I can pull another four if needed 😂

Since we aren't #LMPBC anymore, do we need another name? #TravelingThrills ? 😆

bookandbedandtea When I was at the past office yesterday I was thinking we needed a new name! #TravelingThrills works for me. 😁 I've read Going Zero but any of the others works for me. 3mo

Jerdencon Im actually reading the Perfect Couple now for #auldlangspine but any of the others are good with me! Love the #travelingthrills as a new name! @bookandbedandtea 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea - Okay, I think I am going to go with First Lie Wins. I really enjoyed one of Elston's YA thrillers, so I'm interested to see how she does an adult one. 3mo

bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks That sounds great. I'm excited to be reading another round together! @Jerdencon #TravelingThrills 3mo

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The Burning: A Novel | Linda Castillo

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It's always a pleasure to return to Kate Burkholder's world, and while the 16th installment had some plot twists that stretched believability a bit, it was still enjoyable. Love the characters in this series. Kate is gritty and tough without being obnoxious (actually, she kind of reminds me of Eve Dallas of the In Death series) and Castillo always writes the Amish as real people. It's also always fun to read books set in Ohio and actually know ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the places referenced!!

#WickedWords - Hospital @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 - Carmellian #FourFoursin25 - Bottle Throttle @lauredhel
#GottaCatchEmAll - Borrowed Book @PuddleJumper
#ISpyBingo - “A Novel“
#ReadtheUSA - Ohio
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo 3mo

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3mo

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River's End | Nora Roberts

The husband & I have been off this week, and instead of going to FL as originally planned, we've hunkered down and had the most relaxing, chill week ever - and three days left to go!! I've been reading up a storm and have completed 6 books so far this year. None of them were mind-blowing, but since it's the beginning of the year, they check off so many challenge prompts 😂 So here's the skinny (sorry for the hosts getting tagged multiple times!):

TheAromaofBooks Sweet Tea B&B: #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll – Book You Own @PuddleJumper
#Pantone2025 – Limpet Shell @lauredhel
#ReadtheUSA – Georgia

Manhunt: #FictionalTraveler @julieclair
#Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll – Fluffy Book @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA – Alaska

The Story of Doctor Dolittle: #DolittleDiscussion @Roary
#192025 – 1920!! @Librarybelle
#WickedWords – Survivors @AsYouWish
#GottaCatchEmAll – Character in the Medical Field @PuddleJumper
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TheAromaofBooks The Haunted Bridge: #NancyDrewReadalong @Librarybelle
#WickedWords – Animals @AsYouWish
#GottaCatchEmAll – Dancing @PuddleJumper

River‘s End: #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll – Protective Character @PuddleJumper
#WickedWords – Rage @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 – Cocoon #FourFoursin25 – Shiver River @lauredhel

4mo

TheAromaofBooks Bluegrass Champion: #GottaCatchEmAll – Playful Character @PuddleJumper
#ReadtheUSA – Kentucky
#Pantone2025 – Yellow Jumper #FourFoursin25 – Random Fandom @lauredhel

All these books also went towards my goal for #JumpStart2025 to average 250/pgs a day (I'm actually way ahead!!!) @Lizpixie

And four of them count towards my #Read2025 goal of reading 100 books from my TBR @DieAReader

As well as my own challenges of #BookSpinBingo & #ISpyBingo 4mo

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Librarybelle Yay!! I love when books fit multiple challenges! 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - January read is SO satisfying 😂 4mo

DieAReader 🎉🤓Wonderful! Such an excellent start to the year. Self care is so important😮‍💨🥰 So happy that you & hubby are having some r & r!🫂💖 4mo

julieclair What a great start to the new year! And I agree, checking off all those prompts is sooooo satisfying! 4mo

Lizpixie Brilliant start to the year lovely!👏👏👏 4mo

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Mr. Wrong Number | Lynn Painter

Thank you so much for my #LittleChristmasSwap package @actualdisneyprincess !!! I've been wanting to read this book forever as I've enjoyed several of Painter's other books. And I'm always a sucker for chocolate and peanut butter 😂

Thanks for hosting @bookish_wookish !!!

bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 4mo

Soubhiville Chocolate and peanut butter are my favorite combo. 😋 3mo

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream | Hunter S. Thompson

@julieclair is hosting a nonfiction challenge, and goodness knows I need the motivation! My husband loves nonfiction, and I always THINK I'm going to love NF, so we have quite the collection. As I've conveniently shelved it using the Dewey Decimal system, I am going to try to read a book from each category each month. The tagged book is considered “journalism“ and shelved in the 070s.

julieclair Glad you‘re joining us! 😃 When I first saw the book title you tagged, I thought you chose it because it reflected your feelings about starting this challenge! 😂😂😂 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - Subconscious choices 😂 😂 😂 4mo

TEArificbooks I hope to get to

What Really Happens in Vegas: Discover the Infamous City As You've Never Seen It Before

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julieclair @TEArificbooks I sense a Vegas theme this month! 👍😂 4mo

MonicaLoves2Read Oh, I need this bc I have quiet a few nonfiction books. Thanks 4mo

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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

Whoops, already dropping the ball on posting the #ISpyBingo board each month 😂 Here is January's board!! You can play this however you like - I personally let a single book fill as many prompts as it can, or you can do one prompt per book, whatever you like best!! If you want all 12 boards for the year, let me know and I'll post the link!!

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch 4mo

Read4life I loved working the boards all year so I‘d like the link please. 4mo

peanutnine Yes please could you share the link for all the boards? I love this challenge 4mo

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ElizaMarie Can you add me to the tag? I loved doing them in the past, but I forgot to look up the boards. 4mo

Faranae Never fear, you'd posted January's board when you announced doing this for 2025, so now I have two copies. I think I'll do it your way - a book can fill as many prompts as it can. Keep it fun and low stress. ❤ 4mo

TheAromaofBooks https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content... 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Read4life @peanutnine @ElizaMarie - Check the link above and let me know if it works?? I think it will take you to the Canva doc where I made all the boards!! But I'm not completely sure if it's the right thing haha 4mo

peanutnine @TheAromaofBooks looks good to me! Thanks! 😊 4mo

OriginalCyn620 Yay! I‘m in for this year! 😊 4mo

Read4life Thank you. Looks good!! 4mo

ElizaMarie It works thanks!!!! 4mo

julieclair Yay! Thanks for the link. I‘m going to work all the boards all year, and see how many I can get. I‘m sure it‘s a lot of work to set all this up. Thank you, Sarah. This is such a fun challenge. 🙂🩵 4mo

CoffeeNBooks Thank you for doing all this! 4mo

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures This looks like so much fun! Could you add me to the tag? 3mo

TheAromaofBooks @Jules_Bookshelf_Adventures - Absolutely!! And if you want to plan ahead/play all twelve boards all year, there is a link in one of the earlier comments to all the 2025 boards, plus I'll try to remember to actually post each month's board here 😂 I also have the prompts on StoryGraph if you're active there: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75... 3mo

cewilf This is so fun!! I‘m in (edited) 3mo

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Yay!! First #BookSpinBingo card of the year!!! The Spin Fates have blessed us with a free space in line with both Spins (two for BookSpin!!) so I think we are off to a great start!! I love seeing everyone's cards and lists and plans and successes and failures, so thank you so much for joining me for another year of fun and tricking our brains into reading what we think we should 😂 Happy New Year!!

Standard text + “rules“ below ⬇

TheAromaofBooks Here's the #BookSpinBingo card! First, I put our official numbers (3 & 17 back in the mix. Then I drew them all out & wrote them down as I went, meaning the official numbers are just mixed into the card with the rest! As you can see, 21-25 are both labeled with their numbers & also as free spaces, so you can use them to match however you wrote your list. To score a bingo, just read books (in any order) that are in any row or column!! MORE INFO ⬇ 4mo

TheAromaofBooks 1 - I don't tag anyone on this post except for @LitsyEvents but anyone is welcome to play along!!
2 - Remember – NO PRESSURE!!!! If this starts to stress you out, just take that page right out of your journal and pretend it never existed!! This challenge is to encourage you to read, not to make you feel like reading is a chore!!!
3 - FREE SPACES can be filled with any book that is NOT already on your list!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 4 & final - As a reminder, only the “official” BookSpin/DoubleSpin numbers will count towards giveaway entries. I don‘t want the giveaway to be stacked against people who aren‘t able to read lots of books each month. So basically there is still a maximum of 2 entries possible per month no matter how many books you read from your list. This bingo card is just for fun & glory! 😁

Thanks for playing & happy reading!!!
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DogMomIrene Wahoo! I‘ve been writing out what spreads I want in my reading journal, and this just gave me the inspiration to sit down today and make those spreads happen! Thanks for hosting and organizing 😊 4mo

claudiuo Now 2025 is officially on its way 😁 Thank you so much! 4mo

BookmarkTavern Woohoo! I‘m so excited! 4mo

MonicaLoves2Read Thanks for always hosting 4mo

cewilf I‘m so glad you still do this! I‘ve been inactive for a while but I want to do the book spin and I spy this year! 3mo

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Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

2025 has OFFICIALLY arrived because here is your first #BookSpin of the year!! 😁 I am SO EXCITED to Spin with all of you this year!! Just a reminder that I am using my new 2025 tag list, so if you don't get tagged today and would like to be added, please let me know (I may also have messed up your username).

The 2024 giveaway link is still live but I will be CLOSING that form sometime tomorrow, January 3, 2025, so please complete your entries ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) by the end of the day today!! I am actually going out of town for a week (looking for sunshine; not happening here in Ohio 😂) so the giveaway winners will not be announced until sometime around January 14, when I get back. Oh, the suspense!! 😆

Below is my usual text info/explanation and includes the BRAND NEW 2025 Giveaway Form link, for those of you who prefer to use it to track your Spins all year. As always, thanks for reading ⬇ 4mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) along with me, and best wishes on tackling your new lists!!!

My usual monthly text (including updated links) ⬇ 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is THREE! Our official #DoubleSpin number is SEVENTEEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇ 4mo

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TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @brittanyreads @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading

This is everyone I have on my tag list, so let me know if you would like to be added!! 4mo

MallenNC Excited for another year of BookSpin! Thank you. 4mo

Bookbuyingaddict Whoop 🙌🏻 whoop 🙌🏻 here we go thank you 🙏 happy 😃 reading 📖 everyone and happy new year 🥳 x x x 4mo

Librarybelle Thank you! Looks like my selections this month are Hester and a library book! 4mo

Clare-Dragonfly I think this is the third time The Dress Diary has come up 😂 Maybe this time I‘ll actually get to it! I am more confident I‘ll get to my doublespin, since it‘s a library book I already have checked out.

The Mimicking of Known Successes

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Lcsmcat Thank you! 4mo

Nessavamusic Yay!! 4mo

Soubhiville Woohoo! Awesome, thank you! I‘ll be reading Idlewild and Gleanings, excited about them both! 4mo

GinaKButler Oh yeah…gear way to start the year! I got

The God of the Woods

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Sace So exciting! 4mo

bookandbedandtea Mine are Miss Granby's Secret and The Start Of Something. Happy New Year! 4mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Yay, 17 is Here‘s to Us, which I just started yesterday 🥰 4mo

MittenGirlPeach I missed being added for 2025, but I‘m in as always! 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @MittenGirlPeach - I have you on the list now!! 4mo

AllDebooks Yay, thank you for organising. X 4mo

Eggs ❤️🥂🖤 4mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Happy New Year Sarah!! 4mo

claudiuo Thank you so much! Happy New Year! Hope 2025 will be an awesome year for you! 4mo

Julsmarshall Whoohoo! Thanks for doing this for another year. I‘d love to be tagged t for another go round :) Happy New Year! 4mo

Deblovestoread Thank you! BookSpin is a kindle read and DoubleSpin is a mood read. 4mo

melissajayne Would like to be added to the tag list 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @julsmarshall @melissajayne - I have you both on the list now!! 4mo

CoffeeK8 Yay! So excited! 4mo

willaful Mine are Greengage Summer and one of my roll 100 books, which may be The Book of Love. 4mo

Chelsea.Poole I‘m reading Wild Houses and You Are Your Best Thing. Thanks! 4mo

PathfinderNicole 3 is the tagged but 17 is an impulse read which frankly delights me 😂😂

Bull Moon Rising

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Fortifiedbybooks Please add me! 😁 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @Fortifiedbybooks - You're on the list now!! 😁 4mo

Fortifiedbybooks @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! 4mo

galueth28 I would like to be added to the list, thanks! 4mo

TheAromaofBooks @galueth28 - You're on the list now!! 😁 4mo

galueth28 @TheAromaofBooks ❤️ 4mo

Airykah13 Tag me please 😁😁 4mo

beliz I‘d like to be added please! Thank you :) 4mo

Nelnjali Could you please add me to the tag list? Going to join in again :) 4mo

cewilf I think I commented on the other post, but please tag me! 🥰 3mo

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Listen to Your Heart | Kasie West

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I usually like Kasie West's YA fare because she writes characters whose problems feel real/regular to me. There's drama, but it's not over the top. Like most of her books, we have a MC who needs to learn to get out of her comfort zone a little, find some balance in her life, and be willing to wrestle some of her inherent prejudices. There's also some great snark and fun characters. An enjoyable read, even if it didn't really bring anything new ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to the table. Also - last book of 2024!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#20in4 @Andrew65
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo #ReadOuttheOld 4mo

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 4mo

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

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