December's Song

Which book was my favorite in December? Was it the intense historical novel that left me with a book hangover? Was it the intriguing cold case mystery? Was it the wistful story of siblings in space? Was it the charming prequel to a book that was a monthly favorite earlier in the year? Was it something else?

You‘ll have to wait until Sunday (if I counted correctly) to see! 😎

#wrapup

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Kshakal

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

I can‘t believe that it is December already!! Bring on all the festive posts!! 🎄🎅🤶🎄

#decemberdreams @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for sharing!! 1y

Eggs Thanks Kerri 💙🩵💙 1y

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kstadt929

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

The final #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin list of 2023! I have had so much fun joining this year and look forward to another in 2024. Hoping to update the google doc soon. @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y

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vonnie862

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Catching up on #DivineDecember challenge.
Elves: my elf hat
Fireplace: our "fireplace"
Party: goodbye celebration of our principal two weeks ago ?
Nativity: love our nativity

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!! ❤️💚 2y

Eggs Great photos 👍🏼🤩👏🏻 2y

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

December wrap up!

13 books read with one DNR, and I got Bingo!

This was such a busy month for me, starting a new job and working a ton of overtime, I‘m happy@that I was able to get this much done! I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year so far.

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!!! 3y

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Kshakal

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

How is it possible that it is December already?!? Going to finish out the year strong with another great photo challenge with @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#wishes&blessings

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you!! 🙏🏻❤️ 3y

Eggs Thanks for your loyalty and all your lovely posts 😘🥰 3y

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Michollio

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

December wrap up:
31 books
#BookishBingo: 14/24 with 1 bingo
#MonthlyKeyWordGXO: 4/6

2020 wrap up:
362 books
#Pop20: 50/50
#AtoZ (titles): 26/26
#AtoZ (authors): 25/26

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RainyDayReading

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Essays and finals are done and dusted which means that now I get all the time to read for team #merryreaders 😁
I only got 249 points for this week 🙈 hoping to get some more this week! #wintergames2020 @Clwojick

Linsy Beautiful! 🎄 4y

OriginalCyn620 Beautiful tree! 🎄 4y

ladym30 Gorgeous tree!❤️ 4y

Clwojick Amazing! Way to go ! I love the bows. 💝 4y

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TheAromaofBooks

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is NINETEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is NINE!! Apparently there is a theme! 😂

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 ⬇

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!! ⬇ 4y

TheAromaofBooks 2. I am having 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. ⬇ 4y

TheAromaofBooks 3. I will be making another post later (today? this week? this month? I'm staying vague 😂) with more details about the giveaway since we are actually almost at the end of the year already!!! What is happening?! 4y

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TheAromaofBooks 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!! (edited) 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!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 4y

TheAromaofBooks @maich @BarkingMadRun @effani @j9brown @HeyT @PandaPanda @AllisonM89 @Sarahreadstoomuch @llwheeler @Laughterhp @CoffeeNBooks @Thousand-Lives @Reynosa8701 @Lesanne @mdm139 @AmyG @Soubhiville @Lcsmcat @KarenUK @RainyDayReading @booksellerofyourdiscontent @CBee @Jen_Reads @Reviewsbylola @Patchshank @BarbaraBB @Coleen_Nieto @thegreensofa @Bookwormjillk @CindiB @Cinfhen @AmyK1 @TheSpineView @Butterfinger @mollyrotondo @Allylu @ItsAnotherJen @Jadams1776 4y

Allylu Woohoo!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Two books I‘ve been wanting to read: Sheets and The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley. I‘m very excited! Thank you so much for doing this all year! 😊📚🎶🎄 (edited) 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Sresendez12 @Kdgordon88 @Eggs @Argon @Lizpixie @I.be.Stef @veritysalter @Bookworm54 @Q84 @jenniferw88 @Heideschrampf @Yuki_Onna @marleed @JackOBotts @ElizaMarie @candc320 @Ash.on.the.line @britt_reads @wanderinglynn @robinb @Jari-Chan @MidnightBookGirl @Tineke @Read4Life @Kimmypete1 @squirrelbrain @BookishGirl06 @CaponNono @Lauram @Kathleenkelly @ncsufoxes @aperfectmjk @bekakins @Emilymdxn @slategreyskies @Kangaj1 @Julsmarshall 4y

GinaKButler Eek!!! I‘m SO excited!! The Joy Lick Club and A Long Petal of the Sea. Thank you for hosting! 4y

TheSpineView 👍📚🎄 4y

TheAromaofBooks @FelinesandFelonies @rabbitprincess @IndoorDame @RaeLovesToRead @AsYouWish @rockpools @Megabooks @Liz_M @Lucy_Anywhere @LovesBooks87 @claudiuo @OriginalCyn620 @guinsgirlreads @TheEllieMo @wideeyedreader @Amandajoy @HufflepuffGirl90 @cwarnier @Andrew65 @sharread @Chelsey_5 @CaitZ @Chrissyreadit @Traci1 @SaturnDoo @Wastedmindsx @triplem80 @UwannaPublishme @Skygoddess1 @swynn @faelinewolf @ImperfectCJ @behudd @Hestapleton @JenReadsALot @Librarybelle 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Kenziejo @SamAnne @michellelav @bookandbedandtea @MallenNC @Blackink_WhitePaper @GinaKButler @EH2018 @vlwelser @LazyOwl @Book_Fiend_Melissa @CharityAnn @Clare-Dragonfly @mrp27 @TheLudicReader @LaraReads @Scochrane26 @tdrosebud @Cinsarly @Hooked_on_Books @Keys_on_fire @Smarkies @LiteraryinLititz @steffk @MaleficentBookDragon @Cosmos_Moon @BookwormAHN @CarolynM @Bookzombie @melissajayne @sprainedbrain @TheDaysGoBy @EclecticBookLover @AnneCecilie 4y

BarkingMadRead Mine are In God We Trust (the Christmas Story is based on it) and Wedding Cake Crumble (cozy mystery) yay!! 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Annie1215 @Lollymya @LibrarianRyan @ravenlee @LauraRenae @Bklover @zezeki @Bits @Addison_Reads @Singout @JamieArc @MittenGirlPeach @mamareading @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @LeafingThroughLife @VeganCleopatra @erinreads @Kelly326 @Sargar114 @Elizabeth2 @BookNAround @hes7 @PaperbackPirate @ReadingRachel @Mollyanna @LeticiaToraci 4y

BGam 💐👌 awaiting bookspinbingo card 4y

Grrlbrarian I‘ve got East of Hounslow and The Empress of Salt & Fortune as my two 🎉🎉 4y

Megabooks Looks like I‘ll finally be reading Recursion @Reviewsbylola !! 4y

Lesanne Woo hoo! Wesley the Owl and Call of the Bone Ships. Looking forward to both of them! 4y

Traci1 I got Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon 😈 and The Light Fantastic. 😁 4y

candc320 Yay!! My #9 and #19 are Invisible Girl and The Four Winds! Really hoping to get to both of these!! 4y

Elizabeth2 I‘ll be reading Go Set a Watchman and The Book That Matters Most! 4y

AmyG Hooray

Fingersmith

SteffK No. 9 works out great! It's my last Amazon lending book for the month ;) Just Around the Bend as for the other I will have to do an edit somehow to my list as I put a book in from a series out of order so my No. 19 will be Dream Lake, which is book 3 of the series, Crystal Cove is book 4. (heck maybe I can get double motivation and read both) lol (edited) 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Steffk - Sounds good!!! 4y

PaperbackPirate I had a feeling the fattest book would get picked! 😅

Wolves of the Calla

i.besteph Wohooo! 🥳🥳 4y

OriginalCyn620 Yay! Mine are Cupcakes for Christmas and Merry Me! 🎄 4y

Kangaj1 Fun! Alif the Unseen and A Good Marriage! 4y

Librarybelle The 2nd of the month has quickly become a favorite day! Looks like mine are I Let You Go and Into the Water (talk about good spine poetry there!) 4y

Lizpixie Awesome! Both are Xmas themed books which means more points for #WinterGames!🙌🎅🏻 4y

rockpools Invisible Cities and The History of Bees 🐝! Invisible Cities was my (neglected) doublespin last month, and I finally get to tick off two more for Reading Europe. Thanks Sarah! 4y

Bookishlie Do you use the same bingo card until someone bingo‘s? Just curious. May do this next year:) 4y

Lcsmcat My #bookspin is

If You Leave Me: A Novel

Lcsmcat And my #doublespin is !

Native Son

robinb One I‘ve had FOREVER, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and the other is next in a favorite series, The Fateful Marriage. Thanks so much, Sarah! 😘 (edited) 4y

Eggs ✅ 4y

maich Woho!! No. 19 is a detective romance and No. 9 is an audiobook christmas romance. Can't wait to read them🥰❤ 4y

CBee #bookspin is

Rabbit Cake

CBee And #doublespin is

An Abundance of Katherines

CBee Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 😁😁😁 4y

vlwelser Ready Player Two is my double spin! Woot woot! And my book spin is this one from my NetGalley backlog about Grace Kelly

The Girl in White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly

CaitZ Neither of mine are Christmas related. No. 19 is Ten Little Aliens (A Doctor Who story) and No. 9 is The Most Perfect Thing a nf book about eggs. 4y

j9brown 19 is The Witches of New York and 9. is Magic Lessons. Definitely got a theme going here! 😂 4y

Singout Frying Plantain: a novel (or maybe short story collection) about a Jamaican Canadian girl growing up in Toronto. Great reviews. 4y

Coleen_Nieto I'm so excited!! I will post pictures of my #bookspin and #doublespin after work!!! 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Oh my gosh! They're the two books I mentioned as my most anticipated reads during Winter Games: In a Holidaze and The House in the Cerulean Sea. After a lot of mediocre reads, maybe this is a sign the will be good. 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Bookishlie I'll try to answer your question. Each participant makes a list of 20 books. Sarah pulls two numbers, which become that month's #bookspin & #doublespin books. Some people just read those. Next she puts those two numbers back in the mix and pulls them out for their place on the bingo board. With 25 spaces, 21-25 can be free spaces for impulse reads or your initial list could be 25 books. No prize, just pride for BINGOs. 4y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Bookishlie Since it's the beginning of the month, if you look at the #bookspin and #bookspinbingo tags, you'll see people posted their December list and might even have populated their list into a bingo board to see how people do it. I posted my lists and will be posting my boards in a few minutes. Some use same list each month & replace read books, others make new lists to satisfy goals & challenges. 4y

Gissy #BookSpin is Invierno en Las Vegas (Winter at Las Vegas) but I need to read one first in the stack because is is a sequel. #DoubleSpin is #Kissing Father Christmas. I will post them later. 4y

BookmarkTavern I don‘t think I got tagged this time around, but I‘m still so excited to do it! BookSpin is The Priory of the Orange tree and my DoubleSpin is The True Queen. Thank you so much for doing this amazing challenge!❤️❤️❤️ 4y

TheAromaofBooks @ozma.of.oz - Don't know how I missed you!! Sorry about that!! You're on the list now! 😁 4y

Andrew65 Thanks 😊👍 Murder for Christmas and One Hit Wonder. (edited) 4y

TheLudicReader I am excited about both the books belonging to these numbers Invisible Girl & American Dirt. 😀 (edited) 4y

LazyOwl Thanks for organising 😃 4y

Clare-Dragonfly OK. If I actually read Moby Dick I am following your lead and using it for ALL the free spaces 😂 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - It's the only way!!! I partially chose to use five spaces because the chapters divide up evenly that way. It really did help me feel like reading that chunkster wasn't a waste of reading time, if that makes sense haha 4y

marleed Thank you! BS=Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, DS=Pieces of Her 4y

LeticiaToraci I'll be hearing an Audiobook for #Bookspin and Ink & Bone for #DoubleSpin. 4y

claudiuo Thank you so much for posting the new numbers. My spins are Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville (tagged) and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories

Professional_Book_Dragon @TheAromaofBooks is it possible to added to your book spin for January? I would love to participate! 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Professional_Book_Dragon - Absolutely!!! I usually tag everyone about a week before the 2nd to remind them to make their lists, so I'll put you on that list!!! 4y

Professional_Book_Dragon @TheAromaofBooks thank you!! 4y

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EH2018

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Here is the start of my December TBR pile! It keeps growing tho 🎄📚 @StayCurious
#wintergames2020 #wintergames #teamreadnosedreindeer

JenReadsAlot Great stack! 4y

LibrarianRyan Nice stack. 4y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

#SheSaid I promised some fiction & December seems like a good time with the holidays to pick a fiction title.

I‘ll post some possibilities below, please add your own suggestions & I‘ll pull all the nominations together & put together poll.

So fiction, about or by women, current or classic, etc, your chance to nominate:

@BarbaraTheBibliophage @tenar @JHgotham @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @GingerAntics @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan

Riveted_Reader_Melissa A classic

Rebecca (Special)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa A current

Girl, Woman, Other

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And I‘m embarrassed to say I still haven‘t read

Homegoing: A novel

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Or

The Hate U Give

vlwelser I haven't read it either. My vote is for

Homegoing: A novel

arlenefinnigan Go with

Girl, Woman, Other

arlenefinnigan It's amazing! 4y

KVanRead I was just thinking Girl, Woman, Other! Have been wanting to read it. 4y

KVanRead Another on my list is

Queenie

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead I haven‘t read that one yet either. (edited) 4y

GingerAntics Girl, Woman, Other and Homegoing both sound AMAZING!!! 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage I can vouch for how amazing Girl Woman Other is. 4y

Jgotham I‘ve been wanting to read The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ok here‘s the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2CYHX9V

@BarbaraTheBibliophage @tenar @JHgotham @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @GingerAntics @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaratheBibliophage ⤴️ I don‘t know why your tag errored out, but let me tag you again🤷‍♀️ (edited) 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage No worries. I think it worked the first time even though it looks like it didn‘t! 4y

KVanRead Survey done ✅ but then I was reminded of two more non fiction suggestions:

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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KVanRead

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead Ok, I‘ll add them in too 4y

KVanRead Thanks 😊 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @kvanread - Good call! Those are both on my list also! 4y

KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage yay! They both seem to be getting a lot of Litsy love. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Ooh ... another late idea. How about this one?

Yellow House: A Memoir

BarbaraTheBibliophage @KVanRead And Caste was recently a BOTM selection also ... 4y

KVanRead @BarbaraTheBibliophage ooh yes Yellow House looks good too! So many good choices. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘ll add that one too. I‘ve been adding them all to a Goodreads group (under the same name), just so I can easily keep track of them all. 😉 4y

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suzie.reads

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

My #decemberreads #wrapup
15 books read and some really good ones in there. 5 from series I love ❤ Afew disappointments aswell but it happens 😏 looking forward to what #2020 brings👍🏼

TrishB Good month 👍🏻 5y

Cinfhen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y

suzie.reads @TrishB @Cinfhen thank you 😊 5y

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suzie.reads

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Halfway through my December #tbr books already. Loving all the new releases ❤

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Kshakal

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Looking forward to this very much!!! #seasonsreadings @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you!!!! 🙌🏻👏🏻❤️🎊🎁🎅 6y

vkois88 Thank you for sharing, idk how I missed this! 6y

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SilversReviews

December's Song | Peter E. Rowe

Stop back if you like for these reviews.

ONCE UPON A RIVER by Diane Setterfield - 12/11

WATCHING YOU by Lisa Jewell - 12/26

HALF OF WHAT YOU HEAR by Kristyn Kusek Lewis - 12/31

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