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Spinning | Tillie Walden
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It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark.Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again.She was good. She won. And she hated it.Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know.
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Airykah13
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#bookspin 11 — humor
#doublespin 8 — contemporary fiction

 @TheAromaofBooks

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DGRachel
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I‘ll put my bingo board together after work, but for now…#bookspin is The Christmas Murder Game and #doublespin is The Bane Witch. I have to laugh (so I don‘t cry) - neither of these were on my already overloaded December TBR. I have The Christmas Murder Game on my Kobo, but there aren‘t going to be enough hours in the day to read it with my eyeballs, so I checked the audiobook out from Hoopla and will read it with my ears. 🎧

Suet624 Yeah, my December list is overwhelming. 3w
DGRachel @Suet624 I had already dropped 2 library books off my TBR (I‘ll check them back out at a later date). Something else may have to give if I‘m actually going to get these two read. 😂😭😭 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!! 3w
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TheAromaofBooks
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is ELEVEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is EIGHT!! 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 over 200 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/4kTBMWAsCa9Cvmqs6

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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AmyG Thank you for a wonderful year! 3w
DieAReader 🤓💖Thank you!! 3w
Lcsmcat Thank you! 3w
vlwelser Thank you! 😘 3w
GinaKButler Yay!! Thank you so much for hosting! I got: 3w
Librarybelle Yay! Thanks for hosting!! 3w
BarkingMadRead Can‘t wait to see what books got pulled this month! 3w
Bookwormjillk Yay! Bookspin day! This is my lunch break task. 3w
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉 3w
claudiuo Thank you so much! 3w
Soubhiville Yay! I love Bookspin day! 3w
dabbe Thanks again for all you do for us! 💙❄️💙 3w
ElizaMarie I have loved doing this! Thanks for Hosting! I am excited for this next year too! 3w
staci.reads Yay! Thank you for the time you put in! #BS is Wandering Stars and #DS is tagged! 3w
Caryl Thank you so much for this wonderful challenge! 💖 3w
CoffeeK8 Yay thank you! 3w
Bookbuyingaddict Thank you so much ☺️ failed 😣 miserably last month so roll on holiday seasonal reading 📖 x. X x 🥰🤶🧑‍🎄🎅 3w
MemoirsForMe Yay! Thx for this coolest challenge! I‘ll be enjoying 2 books about reading this month. Anna Quindlen‘s How Reading Changed My Life and 3w
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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So happy to be back on the #BookSpin Bandwagon! Included both my chunkiest and thinnest books plus a few holiday classics. Let the spinning begin!
@TheAromaofBooks 🤗🎰🎯📚

MemoirsForMe Thx @iread2much for this coolest 3D pug bookmark 🤗🐾 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
iread2much You are very welcome! 2w
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julieclair
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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My December #BookSpin list. 🎄🎄🎄
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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julieclair
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My November #BookSpin list. Can't wait to dive in!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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julieclair
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My #BookSpin list for October… mostly spooky, with a couple of “regular” books for relief. 👻😎
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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It‘s a new month tomorrow? How did that happen? 😳 At least I somehow managed to read 5 books in July. Here‘s my August #BookSpin list.
Happy Reading to all! 🤓📖
@TheAromaofBooks

LiteraryinPA I‘m a big fan of 9 and 14! Enjoy! 5mo
BarbaraJean I LOVED 84 Charing Cross Road. Just a delight. And I have that same Snoopy cartoon on a bookmark--way back from my childhood!! 5mo
dabbe I want that Snoopy bookmark! #peanutsenvy 🩶🖤🩶 5mo
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MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean That book has been on my TBR forever. I‘m looking forward to reading it. Yay Snoopy! 🙌🏻 5mo
MemoirsForMe @dabbe Where would we be without our Peanuts! 😁😁😁 5mo
dabbe @UwannaPublishme #truth 💚💙💚 5mo
PurpleyPumpkin You‘ve got a great list there! I‘ve been wanting to read 84, Charing Cross Road for forever. If you end up getting to it, let me know and maybe we can do a buddy read! It‘s not even a long book, but somehow, I just haven‘t gotten to it yet. 😅 5mo
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin Oh yes, let‘s plan a buddy read for 84, Charing Cross Road! Maybe in another week or so? Then we can both move another TBR off our list 😁 5mo
PurpleyPumpkin Sounds like a plan!🙌🏽 Let me know when you‘re ready to read!💜 5mo
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MemoirsForMe
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Here‘s my #BookSpin list for July. I added a few library holds since they all came in at once. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Happy Reading to all!
And Happy Summer to you, Sarah! 🤗
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I remember Eleanor & Park making me cry, but other than that don't remember anything else about it from when I read it several years ago 😂 6mo
MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks It‘s been on my bookshelf for at least several years! 😄P.S. I did receive your wonderful letter! I‘m just very behind on my correspondences. I hope to catch up next month. 😊❤️🤞🏻 6mo
TheAromaofBooks No worries; I don't think I wrote a single letter in June! I know you'll write back to me sometime!! 💕 6mo
PurpleyPumpkin Excellent reading options for July. Enjoy!📚💜 6mo
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin 🤗🤗🤗 6mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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Here‘s my #BookSpin list for June! So happy to read 5 books in May, so I could add a few new TBRs this time. Happy June and Happy Reading! 🤓📚☀️🏖️
Happy almost Summer Sarah @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!!! I finally mailed you a letter today!! I've been writing it for a month 😂 7mo
MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks Life does like to sidetrack us! 😁 I‘ll be looking forward to reading it and catching up. 😘 7mo
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julieclair
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My June #BookSpin list, ready to go!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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Here‘s my #BookSpin list for May! Just added a few more books that are gathering the most dust on my TBR shelves. 🤓📚
@TheAromaofBooks

Sace What a cute graphic! 8mo
TieDyeDude Ooo, Rita Moreno should be good! And I really liked Catwoman. 8mo
MemoirsForMe @Sace Thx! I found this bookish magnetic board while shopping at a county fair. 8mo
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MemoirsForMe @TieDyeDude Rita still rocks at 92! 8mo
Sace It‘s awesome! 8mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 8mo
MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Want to start reading it next week? Just pick a day! 8mo
rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme I‘m going to be busy at the beginning of the week. How about Thursday? 8mo
MemoirsForMe Sounds great! I‘m usually a slow reader. But since it‘s about our fave show, I hope to move faster. 😁 8mo
MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Oops! Forgot to tag you. See above 👆🏻 8mo
rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme Sounds great to me too! 🦇❤️ (edited) 8mo
MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads Looking forward to our DS #buddyread! 🧛🏻‍♂️ Are you still free to start this week? Any day this month is good for me. How will it work? A chapter a day? Do we create a post and share our comments there? As you can see, I‘m kinda new at this.☺️I‘m so excited to read this with you! 7mo
rubyslippersreads @UwannaPublishme I can start tomorrow. I think it would be fun to create DS-related post(s) and comment. (We might even discover more DS Littens.) I think a chapter a day would be good, maybe starting with the foreword by Kathryn Leigh Scott and introduction by the author. I‘ll try to post something tomorrow to get us started. 7mo
MemoirsForMe Yay! Great idea! I‘m sure there are more DS fans out there. Thanks for starting us off with the first post. Can‘t wait to read KLS‘s foreword. It will be fun to stroll back to Collingwood again and revert back to our childhood. 😊 7mo
MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads 👆🏻See above! 7mo
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I realized that I never posted my April #bookspin and #doublespin selections.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 8mo
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Maggie4483
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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April #Bookspin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 9mo
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TheLudicReader
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#bookspin and #doublespin for April @TheAromaofBooks
This is the “books that have been neglected on my tbr shelf for a long-ass time” edition. I think #18 has been on there for 20 years. 😂

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I have a few of those too 😂 9mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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It‘s that time again for April #BookSpin and I‘m determined to read more of these TBRs. Happy almost Easter and Happy Reading! 🤗🐣📚
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 9mo
ElizaMarie Ooo, you have some great ones there! 9mo
MemoirsForMe @ElizaMarie Now I just need to find time to read a few. 😁 9mo
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Rachiiebookdragon
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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An interesting memoir and graphic novel

Read for PopSugar 2024

Library book 📖

4/5

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TheLudicReader
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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March Break #bookspin
Yes haw!
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ShelleyBooksie That is a very diverse range of choice! 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
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julieclair
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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My #BookSpin list for March. I'm excited about every book on it!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Oh I love Heidi, too!! 10mo
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Would you believe I‘ve never read it? I‘m so glad @TheBookHippie chose it for #ChildrensClassicRead . 10mo
TheAromaofBooks It's very old-fashioned, but I have always loved it. 10mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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Here‘s my #BookSpin list for March…with a little more humor and some new memoirs.🤓📚
Let the games begin! 🎰
Hugs to our amazing host @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ 10mo
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MemoirsForMe
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It‘s time for our February #BookSpin already?
How did that happen? 😳
Happy Feb and Happy Reading, everyone! 🤗
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! And if you can, make sure you read an illustrated edition of Misty - Wesley Dennis's illustrations are half the charm. They're SO perfect!! 11mo
MemoirsForMe @TheAromaofBooks Thx Sarah, for the great tip…and for hosting this fun challenge 🤗❤️ 11mo
TheAromaofBooks The Chincoteague books are some of my favorites. I reread them a couple of years ago and was honestly impressed by how well they aged. When I read Stormy, I cried my eyes out! 11mo
PurpleyPumpkin Another great list! Hope you‘re having a fun reading month. 😉 10mo
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin I‘ve got a few books going at once and loving it! Hope you‘re doing well and keeping warm over there. 🤗📚❤️ 10mo
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TheLudicReader
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January was a bust, but I am optimistic for February‘s #bookspin, the “love” edition.
@TheAromaofBooks

LeahBergen And now I‘m wondering how many books I own with “love” in the title. 😆 11mo
Ruthiella @LeahBergen Me too!😂 11mo
dabbe “LOVEly“ idea! 🩶🖤🩶 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! What a fun theme!!! 11mo
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TheLudicReader
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#bookspin #doublespin for January 2024
The “books that have been on my shelf a long ass time” edition.
@TheAromaofBooks

Chelsea.Poole 😂 12mo
dabbe Time to take those arses down! 🤩 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!!! 12mo
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MemoirsForMe
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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So happy to finally be back in the #BookSpin game! I‘ve missed it so much and so has my toppling-over TBR pile. Here‘s my list for January 2024. Thanks Sarah for making this the funnest reading challenge!
@TheAromaofBooks

MemoirsForMe @rubyslippersreads I thought so! Isn‘t it a book about us and our fave TV show?! 😄🧛‍♀️ 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 12mo
PurpleyPumpkin What a great list to start off 2024!🤩 12mo
MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin 🤗📚👍🏻 12mo
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TheLudicReader
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#bookspin for December. How is it December?
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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julieclair
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My #BookSpin list for December. Can't believe it starts tomorrow!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 13mo
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julieclair
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My November #BookSpin list
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!!

Also, I got Lord Sidley in the mail this week!!! 😁
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julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Glad Lord Sidley arrived! Jeeves is up next. I got him from Chrissy earlier this week, but just didn‘t have much reading time this week, so I couldn‘t get him mailed by the end of October. So he‘s coming with me to Europe, and I‘ll mail him mid-November when I return home. 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Sounds good!! No rush... December is already scheduled for catch-up 😂 14mo
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TheLudicReader
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dabbe Some more to add to my TBR! I've only read #2! 🤩🤩🤩 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
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julieclair
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My October #BookSpin list. Lots of spooky (but not horrifying) reading ahead! 🎃👻🎃
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Grrlbrarian
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Spooktober #bookspinbingo list is UP! Bring me todos los espookys por favor, I like them all 🎃💀👻🧛‍♀️🦹‍♀️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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BarbaraJean
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I‘m pondering my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin choices for September. These are the ones I‘ve narrowed it down to. 😁 I‘ve narrowed down my BookSpin choices (from my Kindle TBR) to the ones on the top row, and the bottom row are for my DoubleSpin: something from the 1930s-40s for #192025. Any recommendations from these (if you can make out what they all are!)?

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Grrlbrarian
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Better late than never: my #bookspinbingo list. In my witchy world, we‘re marking the start of spooky season today 🎃👻💀 Bring me ALLLLLLL the pumpkin too! #bookspin #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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julieclair
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Here is my #Bookspin list for September. Very excited about these selections!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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julieclair
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My August #BookSpin list, ready to go!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Grrlbrarian
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My August #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo list is UP! 🎉🎉🎉

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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Grrlbrarian
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I can‘t believe it‘s almost here. But: July #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo list is UP! 🌞

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julieclair
Spinning | Tillie Walden
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My July #BookSpin list. Dedicated a few spaces to catch-up and mood reads. Summertime, and the livin‘ is easy!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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