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The First 40 Years of the Book-of-the-Month Club
The First 40 Years of the Book-of-the-Month Club: A List of the Selections for the Years 1926 to 1966... | Book-of-the-Month Club
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Oh #BOTM you got me again!
I had skipped a lot of months this past year and was going to cancel my membership.
My membership was on hold and I had to either keep it or cancel my it this month.
I caved. There were at least 10 books I wanted to get between this month‘s selections and recent add-ons.
So I renewed for another year. 🤷‍♀️
What did you all get?
I‘m excited for all three of these.

LiteraryinPA I got the first 2 that you did, too! And I had paused my membership but this month got me on board again. 3w
Avanders Yes these 3 also look fun! ☺️ And I know the feeling… I keep meaning to pause… 🫥 2w
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jdiehr
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Couldn't decide between the two, so you know what that means - I got both! 😁

#botm

brittanyreads More books is always a good decision! Haha 7mo
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Kimberlone
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I just wasn‘t that interested in the options this month. There were a couple I would maybe get from Libby if/when they become available, but I am trying to be more judicious about only choosing something I really want to read. I have way too many BOTM books that are still on my physical TBR.

marleed I‘m still waiting for that month when I have the control to skip - I ordered 5 this month and all 5 are new selections for the month. I have no control! 9mo
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TheSpineView
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These are my choices for my March #BOTM box. I just need to read my book this month and not put it in my one of my TBR stacks.

💜📖💜📚💜

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TheSpineView
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My Book-of-theMonth #BOTM choices came today. I have not read the last two months. I need to caught up. Too many books and not enough time!

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TheSpineView
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I didn't see any book that interested me. Therefore, I decided to skip August.

What did you pick?

Gnora I skipped too. I wasn‘t feeling any of them. 1y
AmandaBlaze The Jewell book. 1y
ChaoticMissAdventures I have been anxiously waiting for and picked 1y
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TheSpineView @ChaoticMissAdventures I thought about this one. I'll look for your review. 1y
TheSpineView @Gnora Me too. 1y
Aims42 I skipped, none were calling out to me 😕 1y
TheSpineView @Aims42 I agree! 1y
Traci1 I skipped too. 1y
TheSpineView @Traci1 Hopefully next month will be better. 1y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I really want the new Riley Sager but none of this month‘s selections had any appeal for me. #skipped #botm

LiteraryinPA Yeah, I skipped too. 😕 1y
Pogue I skipped too 1y
BookwormAHN I also skipped and my Walmart had the The Only One Left 😸 1y
vivastory Same here 1y
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TheSpineView
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My #BOTM selections are here. They both look good. Not sure which one I will start first.

💙📖📘📚📚📚📚

ErikasMindfulShelf I loved The Wishing Game 2y
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TheSpineView
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Here are my BOTM picks for June. I normally just choose one book but these both sounded good. What did you choose?

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LiteraryinPA Pretty covers too! 2y
TheSpineView @LiteraryinLawrence Yes! I love 💜 2y
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LazyLibrary
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Anyone else refreshing their Book of the Month page all weekend😅??

Charityann Yes!😂 2y
Breanne1 Yes!!! So glad I‘m not alone 2y
LazyLibrary @Charityann @Breanne1 all that refreshing for a skip lol 2y
Breanne1 I wasn‘t excited this month either @LazyLibrary but I did decide to try their thriller selection mainly because Riley Sager was the recommender 2y
LazyLibrary @Breanne1 I'll wait for your review! I wasn't a huge fan of the authors other book No Exit bc it gave me anxiety 😅 which is the point of a thriller, I know. But it was too much for me 🫣 (edited) 2y
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TheSpineView
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Love when it is #BOTM time. I decided to choose just one book this month. However, several others peaked my interest.... then I thought about how high my TBR mountain is. Sigh...

AmyG I chose this, too. I like her books. 2y
TheSpineView @AmyG 👍🤩🌞 2y
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nitalibrarian
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I got an email that Book of the Month is testing out letting BFFs pick up to 5 books instead of just 3. #botm

jlhammar Uh-oh, this could be dangerous! 2y
MaGoose Yeah, I agree with @jlhammar that could be very dangerous 😳 😉😄 2y
swishandflick This is probably their response to realizing how many people have multiple accounts to get around the "3 max" limit anyway, haha 2y
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Kimberlone
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I am using this new shelf in our spare room to offload books from my overflowing main bookshelves. Decided to fill with all my #BOTM books. Only the bottom right shelf has non-BOTM books.

TEArificbooks Looks pretty 2y
BarbaraBB Looks so nice! 2y
Caroline2 Lovely 🥰 2y
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Saknicole 😍😍 so cute! 2y
IndoorDame Looks amazing 🤩 2y
Meshell1313 Ooh pretty!! 😍🙌 2y
Kimberlone @TEArificbooks @BarbaraBB @Caroline2 @Saknicole @IndoorDame @Meshell1313 thank you! I tried to do a rainbow 🌈 but I didn‘t have enough colors lol 2y
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TheSpineView
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My #BOTM December selections are here. Seems like they are arriving sooner than they use to. I have already read Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. I received an ARC from the publisher. However, I wanted the physical book for my library.

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Kimberlone
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Anyone else feel like the BOTY noms are up way too early? Three months left in the year! Also didn‘t The Love Hypothesis come out in 2021? I‘m confused…

TEArificbooks Because they go up early the last couple month of last year are included. The “year” is more like fall to fall vs January to December. 2y
Kimberlone @mdm139 hmm, I guess that explains it but I still think they could probably wait until November 🤷🏽‍♀️ 2y
JamieArc I wonder how much extra time they need to acquire all the extra books they send out. It does feel early though, and I also don‘t love the choices, so fingers crossed there is one that I want that I don‘t already have 🤞🏻 2y
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Kimberlone @JamieArc yeah I worry that all the choices will end up being books I already picked or have read this year! 2y
Sargar114 WAY too early!!! 2y
vivastory I agree! I rolled my eyes when I got the email about this. It's not even really fall yet FFS 2y
Laughterhp I thought the same thing when I got the email! 2y
Librariana I'm chuckling @vivastory's comment 😆😁😊 There definitely ARE three months left... and pardon me for being totally out of the loop (I haven't been a BOTM subscriber since like... 2016? Maybe?)... but do y'all get the winner as a freebie?? 2y
Kimberlone @Librariana you do get to choose one of the BOTY finalists as a free add on in December if you are qualified as a BFF 2y
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Leftcoastzen
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I call this one #BadAtBOTM This is my backed up TBR from less than 2 years membership.😁

Soubhiville So many books, too little time. It‘s the story of our bookloving lives! 📚❤️ 3y
marleed Such a beautiful problem to own though! 3y
LeahBergen 😆😆 3y
Leftcoastzen @Soubhiville it‘s a blessing actually, at least I have something for every mood ! 3y
Suet624 Oops. 3y
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GondorGirl
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I finished the first set of reading challenges for #BotM... And just in time to add my reward to my June book! I think June is also going to give me BFF status! 📚🧡

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Suzze
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I realized today I‘d posted this on my TikTok (if you‘re not there, I‘m suzzereadsalot, and BookTok is a blast. Anyway, my BOTM showed up, um….not in great shape. Replacement on the way.

Kayla.Adriena Yikes! 3y
wanderinglynn 🫣😳 glad you‘re getting a replacement! 3y
jdiehr I hope when mine finally gets here, it's at least in good shape... 3y
Hooked_on_books When this happens, don‘t you wish they came with a video of how it came to be? You wonder what on earth they are doing to these packages! 3y
Suzze @Hooked_on_books absolutely! What a story they could tell. 3y
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Kitta
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Skipping this month to try and read some of my giant TBR pile! #BOTM

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Twainy
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MEH! I‘ve never skipped … until today. #BOTM

Aims42 I think I would‘ve skipped too if the book I picked wasn‘t an option. Hope April showers brings… better May picks 😆🌷🌼🌸 3y
Twainy @Aims42 I alllmost picked all of them, they just didn‘t really excite me. I might get them from the library … maybe not bittersweet, unless it‘s funny. 😁 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I skipped too… very disappointed in this month‘s selections 😲 3y
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Twainy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😫 normally they have something that catches my eye but not today. 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Twainy I agree.. i really should cancel my subscription! I have sooo many books to read! 3y
Twainy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌 yes! I have enough books to keep me busy for a few years! 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Well….
That was supremely disappointing.
😞
#BOTM

candc320 Yeah, I skipped too ☹️ 3y
AmyG Agree 3y
carlthecattt I skipped too :( 3y
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Twainy I have free socks coming … I hope I can get them next month. This is the 1st time in years that I‘ve reallly wanted to skip. It‘s also the month I wanted to cancel due to the addition of other subscription book boxes. 😫 3y
Avanders Oh I was totally sold on 3y
MaleficentBookDragon @Avanders oh, that does sound good. 3y
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Kitta
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My first #BOTM is coming! I spent a week trying to decide which books to get and went for these two in the end. My friend is getting Peach Blossom Spring so I‘ll get to read that as well. 😊

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MaleficentBookDragon
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I‘m soooooo disappointed. The only #BOTM I would want is The Golden Couple and I got that from #netgalley
Skipped.

JamieArc I really wanted one of the new add-ons so I ended up choosing a member fave. 🤞🏻 for choices we like next month. 3y
Nessavamusic Yeah I‘m skipping this month too! 3y
AmyG I skipped. I won Peach Blossom Spring from goodreads so I will just pretend that‘s my choice. 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon @JamieArc I know. Both of my add on spots are full. I wish you could just get those. 3y
rather_be_reading im skipping too 😪 3y
tracey38 I think I'm skipping this month, too. 3y
Leftcoastzen I think I‘m skipping 3y
Avanders I can‘t decide… I was thinking of the fantasy, but I‘m underwhelmed…. 3y
staci.reads I skipped. Nothing jumped out at me, and I was staring at my Christmas and birthday piles 😳 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Why is the waiting so extra hard this month?!?!
And I‘m sooooooo close to BFF too.
Too bad my birthday month was this month; I‘ll have to wait a year for my bday book.
#BOTM #waiting

paperwitchs How cute though! 3y
LeahBergen Happy Birthday!! ❤️📚❤️📚 3y
Tera66 I was super impatient too. Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Today‘s #shelfie is of my (unread) #BOTM stacks.

AkashaVampie i love your funko pops!!! 3y
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TheSpineView
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In all the excitement for the start of the #WinterGames2021 I almost forgot to post my #BOTM selections for December. Excited for this box!🎁🎁🎁📚📚📚📖📖📖❤🎄❤

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jdiehr
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A regular monthly choice 😁
A free book of the year choice 😃
A free birthday add-on 🥳

Super excited! I've never ordered more than 1 book 😄

#botm

Ruthiella Score! 😃 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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You could say I am a “collector” of #BOTM titles.
I haven‘t read any of these yet.😳

TEArificbooks I have over 40 BOTM to read. 3y
MaleficentBookDragon @mdm139 that makes me feel better. 😂 3y
BookDadGirlDad Start in the middle with Project Hail Mary 3y
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EvieBee Oooh the possibilities! 3y
marleed The book atop your stack is then the perfect title! 3y
JamieArc I just gathered all of my unread BOTM titles a few days ago! I counted 17, and then went to another room and noticed a bunch more older ones on the shelf 😂. I have no shame in loving the presence of books themselves as much as reading! 3y
JamieArc @EvieBee YES! That‘s why I prefer to have more unread than read books around me - the possibilities! 3y
VeganCleopatra The stack is nice and all but what about that horse painting?! I need info. 😏 3y
MaleficentBookDragon @VeganCleopatra I actually bought that at Hobby Lobby. 3y
Charityann I love the horse painting!😄 3y
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TheSpineView
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The #BOTM selections are up early. I choose The Keeper of Night (this is for my grandson) and The Lincoln Highway for me. Has anyone read The Lincoln Highway? You're thoughts?
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve heard great things about it! I chose it last month! 3y
Crazeedi Can't wait to read it! 3y
Aims42 I loved “The Lincoln Highway” so much!!! Definitely a five star pick for me 😍 3y
TheSpineView @Aims42 That's great news. I am excited to read it 3y
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Kimberlone
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💁🏽‍♀️

EvieBee Pretty accurate! 3y
vivastory This is true 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I am underwhelmed by this month‘s main #BOTM selections. 😞 I was hoping for Cackle.
Skipped.

Jemgirl2014 "Cackle" would have been a good one! 3y
brittanyreads I was hoping for Cackle, as well. 3y
Avanders Yeah 😒 But I decided I was good with 3y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I keep looking on the app everyday to see if the new #BOTM books are up yet. Like I have no other books to read.
(The pic is by NO MEANS a true representation of all my unread 📚 😂)

BookBosomed1 Same. Same. 3y
Lissa00 Yep, me too 3y
Avanders Meanwhile…. Did you get my package? Should‘ve been delivered yesterday.. (late, I might add 😜) 3y
Branwen SAME! 🤣😂 3y
AmyG Hahahaha. I just hopped on here to see if anyone knows. 3y
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FelinesAndFelonies
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I only used two of my accounts this month. I already pre-ordered Once There Were Wolves months ago. Here are my boxes! #botm #august2021

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TheSpineView
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July book selections are available at #BOTM. I choose one from July then added another on. The add-on was a Litsy made me do it. I have been seeing others posts about how good it is so I decided to pick it up.

angel1 I'm reading The People We Keep now and love it so far! 3y
TheSpineView @angel1 Thanks! Good to know!👍 3y
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Lissa00
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For those in #botm…coming soon!

AmyG I was just thinking about this. 3y
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TheSpineView
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I chose Half Sick of Shadows for my #BOTM selection. I almost picked up a second but decided against it since I have a hard time even reading one let alone two. ❤📖❤📚❤📚

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Kimberlone
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FYI ^^

From the #BOTM Instagram!

Edit: Oops, meant to include the caption: “Get comfortable, June books are coming!”

Kimberlone Oops, meant to include the caption: “Get comfortable, June books are coming!” 4y
The_Heeler_Booklife Like when, tomorrow? 😂 4y
Kimberlone @The_Heeler_Booklife haha probably 🤣 4y
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The_Heeler_Booklife @Kimberlone I‘m hoping it is 12 am est. it will be 10 pm mst and I can get my books. That‘s all I want now. 😂 4y
Kimberlone @The_Heeler_Booklife I am on AKST which means 8 pm for me. Hopefully 🤞🏼 4y
The_Heeler_Booklife @Kimberlone let the odds forever be in our favor. 4y
Kimberlone @The_Heeler_Booklife haha yes 🙏🏼 4y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Yay! My books are here!
#botm

Avanders 👏🏽👏🏽 2 of my 3 are the same as yours! 😁 (imposter & Hail Mary)... and then I also picked Good Company 💖 4y
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Johanna414
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I finally caved... a friend sent me a referral when I was having a weak moment 🤣

LeslieO Congratulations! I hope you love it. 4y
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Reviewsbylola
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My two new #botm titles arrived! I went with two blacklisted books—A Woman is No Man and Vivek Oji.

Speaking of backlist, progress of my #botmbacklistchallenge is a bit non existent. I started off the year with 17 unread BOTM titles (+American Dirt, which I borrowed.) I‘ve read 8 BOTM this year. That should leave me with 9 titles, right? WRONG!! I‘ve added quite a few in 2021. Which means I‘m HIGHER than where I‘ve started, as I‘m now at 22!

Megabooks Those two backlists were both 5⭐️ for me! 4y
BookBelle84 I loved them both! 4y
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TheSpineView
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It's March and time to make a new selection at #BOTM.
I choose The Lost Apothecary. What did you choose?

Laughterhp I chose the same! 4y
Nelnjali I chose The Lost Apothecary as well. I also added on Legendborn. 4y
The_Heeler_Booklife I chose this, The Push, and Too Good To Be True. 4y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I skipped.. nothing was jumping out to me and I have soooo many on my shelves just waiting 🤣 4y
TheSpineView @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks IK!📚📚📚📚📚 4y
TheSpineView @Nelnjali Excellant! 4y
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Kimberlone
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Okay, you got me #BOTM

AkashaVampie i wish.... #MOMLIFE 4y
ElizaMarie YES!!! 4y
Read-y_Picker If only... 4y
LibrarianRyan That‘s exactly what my dishes said. 😜 4y
vivastory Truth! 😂 4y
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MaleficentBookDragon

Anyone else not feeling any of this month‘s #BOTM choices? That‘s two months in a row for me. I wish we could choose an older book as our main book...

Laughterhp Yeah, I didn‘t really care for any of the books or the member favorites.. 4y
JamieArc Me too, but actually I always prefer a few months where I‘m not feeling anything and skip. I‘m glad for an opportunity to save a little money and not amass even more books 😆 4y
ValerieAndBooks Do you look at the “member faves” option of choosing an older book instead? Sometimes those don‘t always appeal either, though... 4y
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Sweetkokoro I had the service for 1year (just cancelled it yesterday) and only liked one book out of all the options. (The other 2 I have were forced picks) overall for me BOTM was just a disappointment, it felt like the same type of books were being offered every month. (edited) 4y
magyklyXdelish I thought you could. My very first BOTM I only picked one book it was last may and I picked beasts of extraordinary circumstances which was an old book at that point. To be fair I haven‘t done that since so idk if it changed. 4y
CoffeeK8 I‘m skipping this month too. Some of the books sound good but “read from the library” good not “I need to own them” good 4y
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TheSpineView
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This is my pick for February's #BOTM I am expecting great things given the author. Who else choose this one? 💜📖📕📚

AmyG I got this one, too. I have read reviews that say it‘s really good. 🤞🏻 4y
ValerieAndBooks One of my picks this month! 4y
Branwen I picked this one too! 4y
TheSpineView @AmyG I saw some good reviews so I am excited to read it! 4y
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Kimberlone
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It me 🙋🏽‍♀️

susurran Same! Always trying to question my Bubble Thinking, love books that challenge my biases. ❤️ 4y
MeganAnn 🙋🏻‍♀️ same!! 4y
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TheSpineView
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Just made my #BOTM selections! Excited for this box! ❤📖🤩📚📚📚

ChaoticMissAdventures I am getting The Removed too. It is on Roxane Gay's list for her new bookclub! 4y
TheSpineView @ChaoticMissAdventures That is the book I am most excited to read. 4y
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CoffeeK8
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Hey All, I just saw that you can change your #BOTM avatar on the app! (Full disclosure, I didn‘t discover this myself)

rather_be_reading say what?! 4y
CoffeeK8 @rather_be_reading yup, there are options if you go into your account settings 4y
vivastory I chose the ghost too 👻 4y
The_Heeler_Booklife I changed mine to the cow 4y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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It‘s that time of the month! You usually don‘t hear that with an exclamation point. (Okay groan, but it was too easy not to).
This was a good month. I picked three. I‘m excited about all of them, which is good since I skipped the last three months. Merry Christmas to me!
What did you all pick?
And if anyone is looking to join #BOTM here is a link.

https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-wife-upstairs-791?referCode=9at130bj3v&origin...

Kangaj1 I ordered This Close to Okay because I absolutely loved another book of hers this year: Whiskey & Ribbons. No add-ons as I have so many to read still purchased in previous months. 🙂 4y
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Leftcoastzen
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Thanks, Littens! Did anyone ever tell you that you are a bad influence?😁

hermyknee 🤣🤣🙌🙌🙌 4y
rather_be_reading you are gonna LOVE it!! 4y
Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻😂😂 4y
ValerieAndBooks Welcome to the club! 4y
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