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TheBookgeekFrau

TheBookgeekFrau

Joined January 2018

Eclectic reader📖📚
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Book mail!

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Starting my final pick for the #MonthlyNonfiction2025 challenge @julieclair

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Pickpick

Omg, I loved this book!! And I wasn't sure I would even like going in.

73/80

I also love that it give me a bingo #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 3d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3d
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Third time's a charm! Finally a book I don't want to DNF 💃🏻

Ruthiella Woohoo! 🙌 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @Ruthiella 😂 Thank you! That's exactly how I feel 🙌🏼🙌🏼 4d
bookandbedandtea Yay for you! 🎉 I'm still having a hard time focusing on anything. Reading has become hard and I don't like it. 😖 3d
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TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea I hate when that happens. It starts to feel like maybe it's me, like I'm losing my love of reading. But I'm starting to realize that it's more like trying on clothes--I might like the look of something, but that doesn't mean it looks good on me. So, frustrating as it is, I keep going until that "Ahhhhh, this is the one" moment. But still, I feel ya ? 3d
TheLudicReader Love this book. 1d
TheBookgeekFrau @TheLudicReader Me too! It was a very pleasant surprise in how good it was. 1d
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cute cover 💙🖤 3d
Eggs 😱🖤🐺 2d
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The Candy House | Jennifer Egan
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Bailedbailed

As soon as I started this I remembered why I have zero memory of A Visit From The Goon Squad--I had no idea what the hell I had read. After 70 pages of an incoherent jumble of story elements I decided to #HailTheBail

My second DNF of the month and it's only the 3rd 😆 But that also means two more TBRs off the shelf so Yay!

72/80

#DoubleSpin
#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 5d
melissajayne I almost bailed on this one 4d
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TheBookgeekFrau @melissajayne It was hard to follow--the narrators changed, the time frame flip-flopped, and my attention just kept wondering. Not a relaxing weekend read lol 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe You know it, sista!! 4d
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau 😂💜😂 4d
melissajayne @TheBookgeekFrau that‘s how I exactly felt about the book as well; library book club members had those same thoughts as well. 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @melissajayne Glad I cut my losses when I did! 4d
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 3d
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The Candy House | Jennifer Egan
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October #DoubleSpin

"I have this craving."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Bailedbailed

Barely made through the intro without falling asleep! The writing style is not for me.

71/80

#BookSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

TheAromaofBooks Off the list and on to something better!! 5d
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 5d
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The List of Seven | Mark Frost
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 5d
Eggs 🖤❤️🖤 5d
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Jumping into this month's #BookSpin

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I loved that everyone found exactly the right book at exactly the right time. What felt like choppy story telling actually came together quite nicely, even if the end dragged a bit. Overall, a good story.

70/80

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 💖💖💖 5d
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October #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 6d
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Hour of the Witch | Chris Bohjalian
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The tagged is my #2025ReadingBracket pick for September

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Got a Bingo this month and made some progress toward a blackout board by the end of the year.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 7d
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September | Rosamunde Pilcher
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September felt like the month of DNFs 🙇🏻‍♀️

Total read: 7
✔️ #BookSpin
✔️ #DoubleSpin
5 #ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025
1 #AllergicToChunksters
3 DNF
0 5 Star reads

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Even DNFs are good progress!! 7d
DieAReader 💖Excellent!! 5d
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Sunset | Jessie Cave
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Seabreeze_Reader So soothing! 🌅 1w
Texreader Oh that‘s gorgeous 1w
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TheBookgeekFrau @Texreader Thank you; Mother Nature makes my photos look so good! 😂 1w
MemoirsForMe Wow! 😍😍😍 1w
TheBookgeekFrau @MemoirsForMe Every so often I get a treat in my backyard 💞 1w
Eggs That is stunning 🌅 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Gorgeous 🌅 1w
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Since banned book week is coming I thought this would be a next read

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The Water Is Wide | Pat Conroy
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A memoir of Conroy's time teaching at a small school on Yamacraw Island in 1969. A desegregation coming-of-age story of sorts for him. It was interesting to see the origins of characters that appeared in his later books.

69/80

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Did a Little Free Library crawl with @Offmybookshelf today. So much fun!

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The Rebel Nun | Marj Charlier
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I decided on The Rebel Nun for #BookedInTime for the #EarlyMedieval theme and it's been sitting on my wishlist since January '24.

Two days ago I'm scrolling through ig and the cover catches my eye on a post from one of my local indie bookstores for an author signing on 9/26. I couldn't believe that not only would I finally get a copy, and meet the author, but that she lives in my city 💞

Now one of these days I'll actually read it 😂

Cuilin There‘s reading books, ordering books, waiting for books, in the mood for a certain book, and organizing books. Different hobbies, all valid!! It‘s time will come. 👊🫶👏 looks good 👍 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @Cuilin 🧡🖤🧡 2w
MemoirsForMe How cool is that! 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @MemoirsForMe Right?!! 🧡🖤🧡 1w
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The Water Is Wide | Pat Conroy
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"The southern school superintendent is a kind of remote deity who breathes the purer air of Mount Parnassus."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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October, October | Katya Balen
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October #BookSpin list

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
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#Falling #HikingWalking or in this case carrying 😂

Eggs Sweet photo ❣️ 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Thank you 😊 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this photo 🥰 2w
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marleed Ahhh🥰 2w
Jaykristoff Great 😃 point of view 2w
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Jedi Twilight | Michael Reaves
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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 2w
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Happy Mondays | Simon Spence
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Thank you @Eggs for tagging me 😊 #majicmonday

Big plans this week for creating a small front patio where there was just a weedy mess, and redoing the cracking cement walkway with pavers. The pavers in this pic are just roughly laid out to test out pattern. Good thing we did that because we changed what we originally thought we were gonna do.

IriDas That‘s a lot of work. 🥵 2w
Eggs It‘s a labor of love 💕 I think it‘ll be beautiful! 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @IriDas Yes 😫 But it'll be sooooo worth it! 2w
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TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs That it is! But yesterday the whole family helped, even my granddaughter, so at least it was fun. It's going to be so worth it in the end! 2w
Eggs Keep us posted with updates 📸 @TheBookgeekFrau (edited) 2w
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Will do 😊 2w
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The Water Is Wide | Pat Conroy
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Starting another #BookSpinBingo for at least 1 bingo this month

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I'm impressed. This was a lot better than Becoming Sister Wives, and a lot better than I expected.

68/80

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"On sunny days like this one, it feels as if light touches every surface of the home I share with David and Truely."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover! 3w
Eggs Great choice 👏🏻👏🏻 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs 🖤💛❤️ 3w
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Went to the library with my daughter and granddaughter so they could get library cards. Paid a quick visit to the Friends Of bookstore 😁

dabbe 🧡💜💛 3w
marleed Good choices! 3w
kspenmoll Nice haul! 3w
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TheBookgeekFrau @kspenmoll Thanks! Many have been on my wish list for a while. Now let's see how long they sit on my TBR shelf 😂 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @marleed Thanks!! And thanks to Litsy! 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe 📚💛📚 3w
bookandbedandtea Oooh what a great selection! 😍 3w
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea Right?!! I was so excited to find so many newish books 💞 3w
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Turtle Moon | Alice Hoffman
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Eggs This was so good 😊 3w
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Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage | Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Christine Brown, Robyn Brown
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My daughter and I binged Sister Wives last year when she and my granddaughter were living with us. It was a great nightly ritual for us to unwind together after busy days. Since Christine's book just came out, I figured I'd start at the beginning before reading it.

Prairiegirl_reading Christine‘s book is pretty good! 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @Prairiegirl_reading Good to know! This one is good, too. A lot of stuff from the show, with a bit of a deeper look into the start of the family. 4w
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The Lacuna | Barbara Kingsolver
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Bailedbailed

After 136 pages I'm out. It's just not holding my interest. #HailTheBail

This concludes my #AllergicToChunksters challenge. Thank you @julieclair for helping me get 3 huge books off my TBR shelves!! 🙏🏼💕

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 👋🏻 #Next 4w
TheAromaofBooks I know many people love Kingsolver's books, but I have tried three and haven't been able to finish any of them, so she just must not be a good fit for me. 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks She's hit or miss for me now. I loved her earlier books, but either her writing style changed, or I did 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3w
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The Lacuna | Barbara Kingsolver
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"In the beginning were the howlers."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

dabbe Well, this doesn't bode well! 😂😱😂 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe Nope 😂😂 4w
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The Lacuna | Barbara Kingsolver
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Eggs Beautiful photo 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs 💛🧡💛 1mo
LiteraryHoarderPenny I really loved this one! Had all kinds of good things in it, to me. 1mo
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TheBookgeekFrau @LiteraryHoarderPenny Thanks for that, because I'm having a hard time getting into it. But I feel encouraged to give it more time 😊 1mo
bookandbedandtea I was looking at this on my shelf over the weekend. It sounds great but it's soooo huge. I deferred it again. 😬 1mo
julieclair Good for you! 1mo
LiteraryHoarderPenny @TheBookgeekFrau I listened to it, but I don‘t know if that would help. I hope it gets better for you! 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @LiteraryHoarderPenny Listening to books doesn't work for me, my mind wonders too much lol But, thank you, I've read some more and am getting into it....for now 😅 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair And Thanks to *You* for this challenge!💞 You are the fire beneath my chunkster avoiding ass 😂 4w
TheBookgeekFrau @bookandbedandtea The first 30 or pages had me really regretting my decision. But I figured I had to at least give it to 50. I'm currently on 52 and getting into it. 4w
TheAromaofBooks Good luck!!! 4w
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Bel Canto | Ann Patchett
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Bailedbailed

It started out great, but by page 121 my desire to read was almost non-existent. #HailTheBail 🙌🏼

65/80

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

Bookbuyingaddict Agreed 👍 I did the same funny it‘s claimed to be her best 😳 1mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks 🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo
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TheBookgeekFrau @Bookbuyingaddict I'm hoping her not best is better! 😂 1mo
Aims42 This was one that I did finish but I should‘ve just bailed. Not my cup of tea 👎 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Aims42 I'm glad I'm not alone in this! 😅 I just don't get all the love this book got 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego This was boring AF, but I think that was intentional to make the ending more impactful. It all kind of pops off at the end. But I didn't really find it worthwhile. And if I remember correctly, the epilogue pissed me off. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego So boring!! What good is an impactful ending if you put your readers to sleep before they get there? 🤣 I couldn't even care about the characters who seemed like dust sheets draped over the furniture 1mo
Aims42 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego UGH! The epilogue almost made me throw the book across the room! I remember thinking, “I finished it for this?!?!?” And being super mad too 🤣 1mo
Aims42 @TheBookgeekFrau Definitely not alone 🩷 1mo
dabbe 🧡🩶💜 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Aims42 💛🧡💛 1mo
DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 4w
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The Girl Next Door: A Novel | Elizabeth Noble
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 1mo
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Eggs 💔💔💔 1mo
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Bel Canto | Ann Patchett
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Coffee and a #BookSpinBingo book

Ruthiella This was my first Ann Patchett book and probably still my favorite. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Ruthiella I'm really enjoying it so far! 1mo
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Bailedbailed

After 158 pages of characters moving through molasses, I'm ready to #HailTheBail

64/80

September #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 Better luck with the next book! 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo
dabbe YES! #betterbooksahead 💜🧡🤎 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe 🧡💛🧡 1mo
TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 1mo
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Eggs I‘ve always wondered if I‘d like Haruf books…did you? 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Yes. Just this one and one other, I can't remember the name of, I didn't. 1mo
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Apples | Frank Browning
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Eggs Beautiful in its simplicity 🍎 1mo
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"After the funeral James came straight home, to look after his brother."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Staring this month's #DoubleSpin

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare
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Another "I can't believe I never read it" I'm glad to have finally read!

63/80

#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

kspenmoll Loved this book! It is set in a town near me where they have tours. https://share.google/jp60WDl58SXZqBfyc (edited) 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @kspenmoll I wish I would've read this when I still lived in NY because I would've gone on the tour! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
DieAReader 💖🤓 1mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!! 🙌🏻 1mo
Eggs Truth👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
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#Falling #WhatsForDinner
Pork chopsss
And
Apple Sssauce
Ain't that swell?

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 1mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 👏🏻 1mo
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Zanballer | R. R. Knudson
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Eggs Perfect 🏈 (edited) 1mo
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare
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September #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks 🧡🤎🧡 Thank you, again for hosting this challenge! 🙏🏼 1mo
TheAromaofBooks It's been so fun to see how many books people have read for this challenge over the years!!! 💕 Thank you for joining me!! 1mo
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