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Spinning Forward | Terri DuLong
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Distraught with the death of her husband, Sydney Webster moves to Cedar Key, Florida to start life anew.
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Spinning Forward | Terri DuLong
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My #bookspin and #doublespin picks for this month.
Christmasy and snow.
@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is TWENTY!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is ONE!! 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!!!

Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read!! I know I'm rambly so sorry!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks 1 - Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! If you can't remember exactly how this challenge works, please check out my master post here https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 or just ask!! ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks 2 - I am planning to have a giveaway at the end of the year. Entries are reviews of #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books, but I will only know about them if you tag me, so please tag me whenever you read & review your book for the month. DNFs count! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to finish it, it's still off the list, so tag me & tell me why you bailed. ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks 3 - I am tagging everyone who posted a list THIS MONTH (my tag list changes every month!!), so if you posted a list & you do not get tagged here, please let me know! It means I either accidentally missed your original #BookSpin post OR I wrote down your username wrong. Either way, I'm really sorry. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge, so if I missed you it was entirely by mistake - just let me know!! ⬇ 3y
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TheAromaofBooks 4 - If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2021!! Whenever you review it, just tag me as usual be sure to let me know which month it is for - there is a maximum of 2 entries per month, so if you don't let me know it's for a different month, it may not count. ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks 5 & final - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 3y
wideeyedreader Lol, my doublespin is one I started yesterday and have decided to dnf! I‘ll still count it for this, though 3y
TheSpineView That's is King if Scars and The Ride of Her Life for me!👍📖💜📖 3y
Clare-Dragonfly How funny that it‘s the beginning and end of the list! 😂 3y
Tineke You forgot to tag me! I think you haven't seen my new list. Anyway I'm still in! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Reviewsbylola - I think I somehow missed you on the tag list originally!!! Sorry about that!! 3y
JackOBotts Final Girls and a Mitford Murders read…🙌🏼 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Tineke - Sorry about that!!! Glad you still found it!! 3y
Librarybelle Last Tang Standing and Clanlands for me! 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick An ARC for The Mad Women's Ball and the audiobook of The Fire Next Time thursdsy I already started. Woohoo! 3y
bookandbedandtea First and last! I started reading my #BookSpin last night and am quite enjoying it. 3y
DrexEdit Woohoo! The game is afoot! 😊 💜 👍 🎉 3y
Gissy You see, I have wanted to read The Shell 🐚 Seekers for a long time, well this is my opportunity because is my #BookSpin . I am behind reading my retellings challenge, guess what? That is my #DoubleSpin . Yes! Books that I want to read!📚📚📚🙌 3y
Lcsmcat A Map of the World for #bookspin, and The Lowlands for #doublespin. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. 3y
claudiuo What cool numbers you picked, first and last. Mine are Devil in a Blue Dress (added cause I've heard great things about it, I don't even have it) and When In Rome (found at a little free library).
Thank you so much for doing this every month, it is really what I look for every start of the month!
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Zuhkeeyah Great choices 👍🏾 Started my #doublespin yesterday and already love it. 3y
Allylu I got Paint and Nectar for my #doublespin and A Long, Long Sleep for my #bookspin ! 3y
GinaKButler Woo-hoo! I got books for my decades (1970s) and reading around the world (Australia/New Zealand) challenges! I‘ll be reading Cemetery Lake and (edited) 3y
Julsmarshall My favorite day of the month! 3y
Soubhiville Fun! I love that we got the stretch from 20 to 1, both ends this month! Thank you as always, I love bookspin! 3y
BarkingMadRead The Other Emily and Silmarillion. Fabulous!! 3y
peanutnine This is funny, I usually put all the books I didn't get to from previous months first on my list then add in new picks, but I decided this time to put them in the center numbers because the first numbers never get picked 🤦🏼‍♀️😅 oh well, still looking forward to the ones that were chosen 3y
wanderinglynn It‘s so fun to see how much this challenge has grown. 💜📚 3y
Kangaj1 I got The Blinds for #bookspin and The Chaperone for #doublespin. I have the second on audio - it is a Decades challenge book from Feb that I never read! 3y
aa_guer2021 Thank you for tagging me and creating this wonderful challenge. I felt so motivated to read and it almost feels like I am back to my older reading levels! 🥰🥰 I posted my list and will post my card soon!! ❤️🙏🏻 3y
magyklyXdelish Outlawed for book spin and Saint X for double spin ♥️ 3y
Ash.on.the.line Love the last and first coming up ha! Mine is Deadly Education and All the Stars and Teeth! Good month! 3y
staci.reads The Keeper of Lost Things and Pillars of the Earth...the shortest and longest books on my challenge I think 😂 3y
Deblovestoread The Hurley Maker‘s Son and A Spool of Blue Thread. Thanks, Sarah! 3y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks My bookspin is the tagged book and my doublespin is The Great Gatsby! I am pumped for this month‘s picks! 3y
MeganAnn Last and first! How fun! #bookspin is a middle grade title off my shelves. #doublespin is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine… which I‘ve been meaning to get to for months and I keep pushing is aside so hopefully this is the month. ❤️🎉 (edited) 3y
Caryl My picks are Greta Thurnburg‘s No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (which I am reading with our Youth Activist Book Club) and Fidelity by Susan Glaspell. (I am very in the mood for a Persephone, so I am especially thrilled this one was picked!) (edited) 3y
reading_rainbow Yay!!!! 3y
Kimberlone Posting my bingo board today! Looking forward to July reading :) 3y
CoverToCoverGirl My card is now complete. 🙂 3y
CaitZ Mine are 1000 mile walk on the Beach and The Paris Library. Can't wait to get started. 3y
jessinikkip OH I should have asked, do you have to read the Book Spin book first or is any order good? 3y
TheAromaofBooks @jessinikkip - Any order is fine!!! We tried the challenge of reading them in order once last year and it was WAY too hard! 😂 3y
dainarmb So what happens if I can't find my 1 book online anywhere except from evil Amazon? Can I switch it for just this month? 😅 3y
TheAromaofBooks @dainarmb - Absolutely!! I don't want anyone reading a book they have to obtain against their conscience!! 3y
dainarmb @TheAromaofBooks thank you 😭 do you want to pick another number or should I just pick another off my list to replace 1? 3y
TheAromaofBooks @dainarmb - Okay, I drew another number from my bowl and it was 4 - how does that one sound? 😁 3y
dainarmb @TheAromaofBooks perfect- thank you! 3y
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is FOURTEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is NINE!! 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!!!

Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read!! I know I'm rambly so sorry!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks 1 - Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! If you can't remember exactly how this challenge works, please check out my master post here https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 or just ask!! ⬇ 4y
TheAromaofBooks 2 - I am planning to have a giveaway at the end of the year. Entries are reviews of #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin books, but I will only know about them if you tag me, so please tag me whenever you read & review your book for the month. DNFs count! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to finish it, it's still off the list, so tag me & tell me why you bailed. ⬇

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TheAromaofBooks 3 - I am tagging everyone who posted a list THIS MONTH (my tag list changes every month!!), so if you posted a list & you do not get tagged here, please let me know! It means I either accidentally missed your original #BookSpin post OR I wrote down your username wrong. Either way, I'm really sorry. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge, so if I missed you it was entirely by mistake - just let me know!! ⬇ (edited) 4y
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TheAromaofBooks 4 - If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2021!! Whenever you review it, just tag me as usual be sure to let me know which month it is for - there is a maximum of 2 entries per month, so if you don't let me know it's for a different month, it may not count. ⬇ 4y
TheAromaofBooks 5 & final - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. I know we have a lot of new participants!!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 4y
TheDaysGoBy Rats. I knew I forgot to do something. February is too short of a month - the end snuck up on me 😂 Suppose it‘s good though. I can catch up on my Jan and Feb picks. I‘ll definitely rejoin in April though 😀 4y
AmyG Yay!!! I love bookspin day. My book (edited) 4y
TheAromaofBooks @TheDaysGoBy - I'll keep you on the tag list for April, but you are also welcome to jump in this month if you want to!! 4y
i.besteph Woohoo! Can‘t wait to read the March picks. (I have to finish my Feb ones too 😅) 4y
galueth28 I think I'm going to tackle both picks this month, how fun! 4y
JenniferP I jumped back in for March and forgot to tag you! #litsyfail This is my favorite Litsy challenge - thanks for running it! 4y
TheAromaofBooks @wideeyedreader - I just realized you weren't on my tag list for some reason! Sorry I missed you lol 4y
mollyrotondo My favorite day of the month! 4y
wideeyedreader I‘m so excited! Mine are Windwitch and 4y
TheAromaofBooks @JenniferP - No worries, glad to have you along!!! 4y
ElleSkel I really love this. Thank you for all the effort you put in. It is a source of much joy!!! 4y
TheLudicReader The End of Your Life Book Club & Fieldwork....❤️ 4y
TheSpineView It's Passages and Project Hail Mary for me. ❤📖 4y
MallenNC I‘m excited! 4y
Catherine_Willoughby Must do list tonight. Daughter 1st day back to school yesterday . She wasn't happy on her return! Still helping older kids with online classes in the mornings. February was too short ! 4y
Clare-Dragonfly That‘ll be easy, it‘s Mansfield Park 😄 4y
Crazeedi My Bookspin Cherries in Winter, my doublespin Black Dahlia. Funny that both are non fiction!! 4y
IamIamIam Whoo hoo!!! Thank you so much! Looks like I've got The Woman in the Window and Razor Girl for my fiction list. Middle grade is Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler and 4y
claudiuo Yay! I am waiting for the morning of 2nd each month like it's Christmas 😁
My BookSpin is The Ten Thousand Doors of January and DoubleSpin is Mexican Gothic, both are on my TBR for a while.
Thank you so much!
4y
Liz_M 😱 This is the second month I've started my Bookspin book on the first! I'm magic😂 4y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick A MG graphic novel The Middle-Route Run and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. 4y
Lcsmcat Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which has been on my shelf forever! And Dreamers of the Day. A good month. 😀 4y
Inazea Oooh, Equal Rites and The Bees, both books I was very excited about to start so that's great! 4y
night_shift Library hold and Daphne du Maurier (it's gunna be Rebecca). I did get a library hold in that I'll probably use: The Gilded Ones! 4y
BookNAround All Adults Here and The Mystery of Mrs. Christie. Ironically two of the newest books on the list. 😂 4y
bekakins Yay!!! 4y
Suet624 Stolen Beauty - will be glad to get that off my shelf finally! 4y
Carolyn11215 Bad Monkey and Witchmark for me this month! 4y
MeganAnn Yay! A book off my young adult shelf and the doublespin is a reread I‘ve been wanting to get to 4y
sebrittainclark I got The Obelisk Gate and Yoga While You Wait 4y
Librarybelle Yay! Looks like A Separate Peace and Dangerous Alliance for me! 4y
maich No.14 is a book club thriller pick. No. 9 is a cosy mystery from my Kindle (I don't remember when I download or purchased it). Both sound great. 4y
Deblovestoread A Court of Silver Flames and The Once and Future Witches. It is going to be a great reading month! Thanks, Sarah! 4y
GinaKButler Woo-hoo! The Lost Wife and The Martian for me! 4y
Singout Yay! Where the Crawdads Sing! Just got this from the library waiting list...seems like lots of folks like it. 4y
radesilets What If It‘s Us and Delicate Monsters. Talk about very opposite reads! Should be a fun month. 4y
CSeydel Woo hoo! I‘m still reading my February books, but my March pick is 4y
CSeydel And doublespin is 4y
marleed Yea! Thank you! My BS=The Wife Upstairs. DS=The Speed of Light. 4y
IamIamIam @Librarybelle Oh my!!!! I absolutely LOVE A Separate Peace! 💙 4y
AsYouWish Wow!!!! Everyone really wants me to read The Duke and I this month!!! This is the fifth sign that I need t read it right away!!!! 4y
Lesanne Woo hoo, The Stationery Shop of Tehran and All Our Wrong Todays 😊 4y
wanderinglynn Yay! The Goddess in the Machine and These Violent Delights 4y
Ash.on.the.line Mine are The Damned and Victoria and the Rogue. Very different books should be fun! 😄 4y
Erinsuereads Yay! 4y
Andrew65 Both #NetGalley books #BookSpin (edited) 4y
Librarybelle @IamIamIam It‘s about time I read it! 😂 4y
IamIamIam @Librarybelle Better late than never! I'm interested to see what you think because I haven't read it since high school, which was already a reread because we read it in 8th grade. I swear I had a copy that I gave away, though. I was just thinking about it! 4y
Bookzombie 🎉🎉 #Bookspin is Heartstopper Vol. 2 and #Doublespin is a book on my Kindle that I own. 4y
Bookgoil Yay Skyward and my illustrated Percy Jackson definitely getting to those! 4y
robinb Hi Sara! Some of the names you tagged are cut off (for some reason) on my feed...weird. But I wasn't tagged with the #bookspin/#doublespin numbers. Could you check if I'm on your list? Thanks so much! 😊 My #bookspin is A Room with a View (something I should have read LONG ago!) and #doublespin is The Mangle Street Murders. UPDATE: I‘m an idiot...just found it! Never mind. 🙄 (edited) 4y
TheAromaofBooks @robinb - I'm glad everything worked out haha You are on my list but sometimes Litsy is weird about tags - it's not unusual for me to scroll through my feed, see a post where someone tagged me... but I never actually got the notification 😑 4y
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TheAromaofBooks
Spinning Forward | Terri DuLong
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Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our lucky #BookSpin is ONE!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone's lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews! I will be tagging everyone who posted a list for this number & in the #DoubleSpin post, but only the people who requested for #BookSpinBonanza! Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read ⬇

TheAromaofBooks 1/4 - I am hoping to have a giveaway at the end of the year. Entries are reviews of #BookSpin books, but I will only know about them if you tag me, so please tag me whenever you read & review your book for the month. DNFs count! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to finish it, it's still off the list, so tag me & tell me why you bailed. This month, only reviews for #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin will count ⬇ 5y
TheAromaofBooks 2/4 - All the reviews for #BookSpinBonanza will not count as entries, as I don't want to give an unfair advantage to those of us who read a stupid amount of books each month 😂 The Bonanza is just for the fun of the challenge!! ⬇ 5y
TheAromaofBooks 3/4 - As usual, I will be posting a #DoubleSpin number next. Reviews for #DoubleSpin will count as giveaway entries as they normally do. As always, this challenge is JUST FOR FUN so there is NO PRESSURE!! Read one or two books, or as many as you like, but don't do it if it makes you feel stressed!! ⬇ 5y
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TheAromaofBooks 4/4 - I am tagging everyone who posted a list, so if you posted a list & you do not get tagged here, please let me know! It means I either accidentally missed your original #BookSpin post OR I wrote down your username wrong. Either way, I'm really sorry. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge, so if I missed you it was entirely by mistake - just let me know!! Please know that I read all comments here but can't always reply to all of them!! ❤ 5y
BayouGirl85 Yay!! Excited about that pick. 5y
alisiakae No way! I can‘t believer the one book I definitely planned to read no matter what is the first number drawn! 🎉🎉 #PemberLittens (edited) 5y
BookishMe Looking forward to 'another new' book to begin! Hah 😍😍 5y
BookishMe @4thhouseontheleft it's a sign surely! 👍🏽👍🏽 5y
Sace Is there a way to opt out of the drawing? I just want to read and I'm not interested in the drawing. 😊 5y
alisiakae @BookishMe 🙌🏽🙌🏽 5y
AmyK1 Yay! My first one is 5y
TheAromaofBooks @sace - Sure, although I just tagged you in the second post before I saw this, so sorry about that!! In the future, when you post your list, just remind me that you don't want to be tagged for the drawing and I'll make sure to not put you on that list!! 😊 5y
Lesanne Whoop whoop, better get started!! 5y
Sace @TheAromaofBooks okie dokie. No worries! I hope that isn't too much of a hassle for you. 5y
Gissy Yes!!! A good news because we just felt a 5.5 earth tremor I don't know if that is the correct way to describe it. 😳Again!😱 5y
AmyG I jumped out of bed this morning thinking “BOOKSPIN”! Thank you! My book 5y
TheAromaofBooks @Gissy - oh my!! I hope everyone is okay!! 5y
TheAromaofBooks @AmyG - it makes me SO HAPPY that people get really excited about finding out which book they get to read that no one was stopping them from reading anyway 😂 I love it!! 5y
AmyG Hahahahaha. But you are like the book Mom- who “makes” us read the books we could read at any time. 🤣 5y
mhillis @Gissy It‘s very scary isn‘t it? Stay safe! 5y
claudiuo First thing I did when woke up: check the bookspin number. Now to find the actual book... Thank you! (edited) 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage My #1 is the post-pandemic zombie apocalypse undead story from Coulson Whitehead. Oh boy! 5y
Gissy @mhillis Yes, it is scary because I felt it strong. At the beginning they said was 5.5 but the official one indicated it was 5.2. Some structures in the south part of the island suffered because they are experiencing these quakes all the time since January. With COVID-19 well it could be complicated. Next week we are in phase 1 to start open some non-essential services. We have to be positive that all these will pass🤗 5y
Gissy @mhillis Thank you for your comment! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Kangaj1 Fun! I need to read this one anyway for Modern Mrs. Darcy book club! 5y
Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures Can‘t wait to start! I‘m so excited for my first #bookspin !! 5y
MatchlessMarie Mine is a ridiculous parody book that ironically came out several Mother‘s Days ago that I never finished 😂 5y
ravenlee @4thhouseontheleft I did the same thing! #PemberLittens unite! 5y
alisiakae @ravenlee 🙌🏽💪🏼 5y
BookNAround @MatchlessMarie I saw that when they released it and it made me giggle so hard. I meant to get a copy at the time but didn‘t get around to it and I think the last time I checked you can‘t anymore or maybe all the copies were rudely expensive. 😔 5y
maich My No.1 is a new release by my favourite author. Little Bird by Kelsie Rae😍 5y
Megabooks Yes! I wanted this one! 5y
PaperbackPirate What a fun way to start the morning and month! 5y
marleed Oh for some reason this was stuck on my TBR even though I really wanted to read it: 5y
Bklover I love @AmyG ‘s term the Book Mom! That‘s how it feels, and I love it! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks ! (edited) 5y
MatchlessMarie @BookNAround I think it was free on the Mother‘s Day it came out but you‘re right I don‘t see it in the kindle store anymore 5y
Singout Excellent! Mine is Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, which just came from my (audiobook) library).
(edited) 5y
robinb Here‘s my number one! Thanks, Sarah! 5y
Bookzombie I woke up excited to check the #Bookspin number too! I get to start off with steamy erotica first. 5y
katy4peas Joining in a little late for my first #bookspin and wasn‘t tagged earlier, but my book is Manners and Mutiny- the last one of my series! Also have Sense and Sensibility to read for #pemberlittens! 5y
TReads Graphic novel FTW!!! 5y
TheAromaofBooks @katy4peas - So sorry you didn't get tagged!! I must have missed your post of your list because I didn't have you on my list!! 5y
JaclynW @AmyG I love the term Book Mom for @TheAromaofBooks !😄 I look forward to #BookSpin! Thanks Book Mom! My number one is 5y
AmyG @JaclynW Ha!!! 😘 5y
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