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Wild Decembers
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Now in paperback, "Wild Decembers" charts the quick and critical demise of relations between "the warring sons of warring sons" fighting over inherited land in the countryside of western Ireland.
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LitsyEvents
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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It‘s time for December‘s #bookspin #bookspinbingo and #doublebookspin to be planned! Sign ups for 2025 will be open soon. Event is hosted by @thearomaofbooks
see original post for more info:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2807794

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TheAromaofBooks
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Absolutely unbelievable but true: December is only a week away!!! This means that if you would like to #BookSpin for the FINAL TIME OF 2024 (!!!!!!) it's time to start thinking about your lists!!

In December I will be posting a 2025 sign-up post and also reminders on how to submit your entries for the 2024 giveaway (feel free to check out my master post on this challenge thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) if you want more info about that now!! 😁) so please prepare yourselves to be tagged a few times over the next month lol

Just a reminder that BookSpin and BookSpinBingo count as readathons if you are participating in WinterGames this year, so 10pts per hour spent reading a book from your Bingo list, plus you can score Bingo points as well!!

As always, feel free to let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Looking forward to ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) seeing everyone's final lists for the year, even if I literally CANNOT BELIEVE that it's time for the final lists of the year!!! 9h
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Bookwormjillk I feel like I say this every month, but I'm not ready! 8h
OriginalCyn620 This year has flown by! But I haven‘t even started getting my list together yet so I need to get going! 8h
DGRachel This has been such a terrible month for reading I can practically just copy/paste last month‘s. All I have to do is replace book spin/double spin and update to the next Nancy Drew book. 😭😭 8h
Soubhiville 😱 only a week!?! I guess I better think about my list. Thanks for the reminder! 8h
Lcsmcat Wow. Time flies! 7h
TheSpineView No way!!! So not ready! 7h
BarkingMadRead I‘ve started mine, I just gotta finalize it 🤣 7h
Read4life Posting mine today. 6h
BookmarkTavern I can‘t believe it! 😅😅😅 5h
Prairiegirl_reading Oh my god. WHAT????!!! 3h
Sace I haven‘t even read my November book…yet. 😂 I‘ll probably be post my (same) list after Thanksgiving. 3h
Librarybelle Yay!! 3h
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DGRachel
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Apparently all I did was read in December. I don‘t think I‘ve ever finished 36 books in one month before, even with a bunch of them being comics/graphic novels/picture books. Lore Olympus Vol. 5 was my favorite for the month.

Nutmegnc Wow!! 😱👏👏👏 11mo
wanderinglynn Awesome! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉 11mo
Gissy 😳😱📚📚📚📚🎉🎉👌 11mo
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Kristy_K
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Finished the year strong with 17 books!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Fate Inked in Blood

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Takeover
Resurrection Walk
Locking Up Our Own

#decemberstats #monthinreview

Reggie Great Job! 11mo
Kristy_K @Reggie Thank you! 11mo
Gissy Yes!!!!📚📚📚🥳🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏 11mo
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Chrissyreadit
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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My second favorite gift after books. What are you reading?
I fully own i have a dilemma- reading Bindle Punk Bruja so I can mail tomorrow, Listening to The Myth of Normal, want to listen to Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson and reading The Vanished Days on my kindle app (when I wake up at 3 am it‘s my perfect companion) I Really want to spend my spare time reading- but there is still so much to do!How do you organize your time? #holidayfriends

TrishB I think I have to accept over the holiday period there isn‘t much reading time! 2y
Andrew65 Our children are away with the forces so a very quiet Christmas, as many have been since we lost our parents. This allows for a lot of reading time, but last two nights hardly slept due to back issues so not able to concentrate on reading much. Think I need to try an audiobook. Between books at the moment. 2y
Chrissyreadit @Andrew65 I am cherishing the last few years I will have with children home (18 and 20) and so also appreciate my business…. I hope you get some relief and relaxation today and find a good audiobook! 2y
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Andrew65 @Chrissyreadit Thanks, and enjoy your Christmas. 2y
TheBookHippie @TrishB I just have kindle with me at all times just in case 😵‍💫🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ .. 2y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 I get that I‘m on seven day migraine after affects insomnia reigns!!! I hope you get a nap and find a nice audiobook! 2y
TheBookHippie I read down my kindle in December! 2y
TrishB @TheBookHippie definitely! 2y
AllDebooks I've started to listen to more audiobooks, esp while I'm busy doing other things 2y
Andrew65 @AllDebooks Helps get through more books massively. 2y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Sorry to hear that but after two days can totally sympathise, fine whilst standing walking but as soon as sit or lie down get the pain and discomfort. 2y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 It‘s so fun to age 🤣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️😝 2y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Isn‘t it just! 🙈🤯 2y
AllDebooks @Andrew65 it really does. I'm really enjoying them now. Hated them for so long, they'd send me to sleep. Must be an age thing! 2y
AllDebooks @Andrew65 oh no, wishing you a speedy recovery and restful sleep x 2y
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie that is no fun. Hope you recover soon x 2y
TheBookHippie @AllDebooks I agree and I loathe them. They returned after I had COVID and have not truly left me alone since. Very frustrating ! 2y
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie that's tough. Sending you love and well wishes. Be kind to yourself and rest up xx 2y
Andrew65 @AllDebooks Thanks ❤️ 2y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Yes COvID brought on my Crohn‘s Disease and worsened my Acid Reflux and digestive issues. 2y
TheBookHippie @Andrew65 It is so awful. I am truly sorry for you as well. 2y
Andrew65 @TheBookHippie Thanks, has impacted on so many. 2y
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CloakNQuill
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Anna40
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Joseph Brennan and Mick Bugler are neighbours and enemies in an Irish farming community. And then there‘s Breege, Joseph‘s sister, who falls madly in love with Bugler… O‘Brien‘s masterful language, her mesmerising descriptions of wild landscapes and the tragic, passionate story made this a perfect book for my Thanksgiving break.

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JackOBotts
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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It‘s early, but I took some time tonight to set up my December book journal and #bookspin list. Posting now…before I forget! 🤷🏻‍♀️💜

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Eggbeater
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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I read 11 books for December. Letters from an Astrophysicist and No Gods, No Monsters were both 5⭐ reads. The Holiday Switch just wasn't for me. It was a well rounded reading month. I was pleased.

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Chrissyreadit
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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1. Finish my Dec TBR, and 3 books I‘ve started and stopped this year.
2. Complete a menu for managing diabetes
3. Continue to do physical therapy exercises
4. Work on mindfulness techniques to reduce daily stress responses
5. Work harder to not stress because our Supreme Court is a political joke. #abortionishealthcare

slategreyskies #5—- agreed!! 3y
wanderinglynn Great goals! 🙌🏻 Totally agree on 5. 3y
tokorowilliamwallace Yes, managing diabetes is a hard life; I've got to continue working on managing it, too. Stress brings on hypos for me, which started 2 years ago during my overnight shifts. I was working with a dietitian and carb counting last year, but I don't currently have a dietitian. 3y
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StayCurious
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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#TeamGameSleighers here‘s another way to earn points for #WinterGames2021 throughout the month! 10 points each picture (additional 5 if there‘s a book or literary theme). Have fun and get creative!

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BayouGirl85
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Here is my December TBR for the #bookspinbingo and #wintergames2021
GO #teamgamesleighers!

I am excited to see everyone else's picks because it is sure to grow my revolving TBR.

@StayCurious

TheAromaofBooks I specifically made a reading list during last year's WinterGames based on the reviews everyone was posting, and have been collecting copies throughout the year. I'm so excited about doing the same thing this year!! I never used to read Christmas books, but I'm SO into it now! 😂 3y
BayouGirl85 @TheAromaofBooks that‘s an interesting approach. 🤔 3y
StayCurious Yay! Great list! 3y
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ptkpepe98
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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It was indeed a wild December, and with a forecast of a wintry mix of snow and sleet, January is shaping up to be even crazier. I mean, the entire STATE has 3 snowplows. It just doesn't snow here, y'all.

So I finished December with 10 books, a mixture of actual books, e-books, and audiobooks. I have 6 "hangovers" that I should finish in January.

If I counted textbook chapters, academic journals, and such, man, my numbers would be fine!?

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RaimeyGallant
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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For all the new Littens, here's an awesome collage of some of the current/upcoming #LitsyGames that someone put together:
1. Screenshot this so you can find and enlarge it.
2. As often as you want or as often as you have relevant books for the themes, throw up the game hashtag with a post. You can turn the daily themes into a hashtag as well.

P.S. If you have a moment, scoot over to @Nas 's page to welcome her.

Abailliekaras Done! Brilliant. (Although I am so far behind with the games 😝). 7y
JazzFeathers There are so many this month 😱 7y
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Tammy7 That cool :) 7y
ABibliophagist this is so perfect! I'm so behind but this will help a lot! 7y
Velvetfur Thank you for the games! I'll give it a try of i get time! 7y
Velvetfur Oh gosh, grammar mistakes in previous comment! When I screenshot the picture, the writing is a bit fuzzy when I blow it up, do you know where I can find the single squares rather than all in a collage? 7y
RaimeyGallant @Velvetfur Yeah, it's not a perfect situation. The game hosts are the ones who originally posted these, and the images will be bigger on their pages, but you'll have to scroll through their posts to find them. You can look at the @ handle on the images to find whose profile you need to go to. Or you can click on the hashtags in the first comment on this post and scroll until you find the larger image. That might be easiest actually, the second one 7y
Velvetfur @RaimeyGallant Oohh ok, thanks for the tip, I'll try that! 7y
TheSketchyReader This is so cool. Where to begin? I‘m overwhelmed with the fun! 7y
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shahn77
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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I am going to try to keep up with #reindeerreads this month. I hope to do better than I did with #noteworthynovember! @Jess7

Jess7 💙📚💙 7y
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RealLifeReading
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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As December approaches, all the challenges are in a Christmassy mood! These all look amazing @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck @Cinfhen @Jess7

JoeStalksBeck Thanks for the repost! 7y
Cinfhen So happy to be sharing December challenges with this awesome group❣️ Here‘s a link for the Spotify playlist http://spoti.fi/2zUg6mp 7y
Cinfhen There are 2 more challenges not to miss @LibrarianRyan is hosting one and don‘t miss #JingleShelves hosted by @bookloo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 7y
brilliantglow I love how there are so many more photo challenges now than the couple that were here over a year ago. So awesome to see so many littens being creative and getting involved 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen thank you!!! 😘😘 7y
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AshleyHoss820
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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Sometimes I forget about photo challenges! Here's some fun ones coming up! Make sure to give some follows to the people I tagged! Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!

Cinfhen Thanks for sharing ❤️💚 7y
Cinfhen And here‘s the link to Spotify 🎶 http://spoti.fi/2zUg6mp 7y
AshleyHoss820 @Cinfhen No problem! And thank you!! ❤️😊 7y
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RealLifeReading Thanks for sharing! 😘 7y
AshleyHoss820 @RealLifeReading No problem! 😊😊 7y
Liz_M Wow, that is a lot of photo prompts! 7y
AshleyHoss820 @Liz_M I know! I probably won't be able to do all of them! 🎄 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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#Decdays
The amazing @Cinfhen has posted her December photo challenge!!! Go to her page for the Spotify link!! It‘s going to be so much fun!!!!

Cinfhen Thanks so much for sharing & posting 💗💗💗 (edited) 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen you‘re welcome!!! 7y
Andrew65 This could be a challenging one for some days. 7y
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Kristy_K
Wild Decembers | Edna O'Brien
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December Stats 😀

Reviewsbylola Great job!! 8y
Kristy_K @Reviewsbylola Thank you! 8y
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