The Spinning Wheel

IT'S FINALLY TIME!!! 😁 Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is SIXTEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is TWENTY!! 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 read them in October & then tag me & tell me they were from August. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! ⬇ 4y

TheAromaofBooks 2. 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. ⬇ 4y

TheAromaofBooks 3. 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!! ⬇ 4y

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TheAromaofBooks 4 & 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!!!

Bingo will be the next post after I finish tagging everyone here!!! 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen @jenniferw88 @AllisonM89 @KarenUK @mrsmarch @BookishGirl06 @effani @smarkies @rockpools @Hestapleton @OriginalCyn620 @Lesanne @HeyT @hes7 @Kdgordon88 @Judybskt @pareads @AmyK1 @squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry @Grrlbrarian @marleed @MyNameisaColour @Lcsmcat @Thousand-Lives @Soubhiville @Hazel2019 @Allylu @llwheeler @JenReadsAlot @PageTurner1 @slategreyskies @Chrissyreadit @rabbitprincess @MaleficentBookDragon @Ash.on.the.line @Librarybelle 4y

Lcsmcat My #bookspin is

Shosha: A Novel

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TheAromaofBooks @crimson613 @Jari-Chan @Butterfinger @TheLudicReader @RissReads @AmyG @LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 @melissajayne @Laughterhp @kspenmoll @Lollyma @Amandajoy @EH2018 @magyklyXdelish @Bookwormjillk @Jen_Reads @CBee @MallenNC @swynn @Bklover @bekakins @Sace @AnotherMissBennet @jb72 @sheffner @Scochrane26 @sharread @Lovesbooks87 @Selena85 @Eggs @BayouGirl85 @RainyDayReading @TheSpineView @mollyrotondo @Clwojick @sweetkokoro @ChaoticMissAdventures 4y

magyklyXdelish my books are Devil in the white city and an arc from Netgalley everything I thought I knew...both of which I‘ve been putting off and would have continued to put off so I‘m excited to knock them off the list! 4y

Soubhiville My book spin is Last Night in Montreal by Emily St John Mandel and my double spin is Chocolat by Joann Harris. Yay! Thanks for all you do 🤗 4y

TheAromaofBooks @MellieAntoinette @Elizabeth2 @Blackink_WhitePaper @Catsandbooks @Enchanted_Bibliophile @MorePrejudiceThanPride @fiction_addict @ElizaMarie @Sargar114 @claudiuo @VeganCleopatra @ItsAnotherJen @bookandbedandtea @erank58 @Yuki_Onna @SamAnne @rjsthumbelina @LeticiaToraci @mrp27 @HufflepuffGIrl90 @BookwormAHN @cwarnier @UwannaPublishme @sprainedbrain @Melismatic @Gissy @FantasyChick @ImperfectCJ @ishan0986 @Kangaj1 @Helen19 @Leftcoastzen @JenniferP 4y

TheAromaofBooks @LiteraryinLititz @Heideschramf @Catherine_Willoughby @wideeyedreader @Addison_Reads @annamae @SamLBooks @CarolynM @Susanita @JamieArc @BennettBookworm @AsYouWish @Joanne1 @Megabooks @BookNAround @TheDaysGoBy @SarahReadsTooMuch @Schlinkles @candority @ravenlee @behudd @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira @audraelizabeth @Cosmos_Moon @aroc @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @ozma.of.oz @LitTraveler @Prairiegirl_reading @KatieB @ferskner @catebutler @Hooked_on_Books 4y

TheAromaofBooks @EliNeedsMoreShelves @Clare-Dragonfly @Charityann @wanderinglynn @BarbaratheBibliophage @LeafingThroughLife @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @vlwelser @AnneCeceilie @Shakespearience @MatchlessMarie @Coffeymuse @KVanRead @PaperbackPirate @Mollyanna @wordslinger42 @Marmie7 @SheReadsAndWrites @Lucy_Anywhere @tdrosebud @Julsmarshall @Sresendez12 @TReads @GinaKButler @Kelly326 @tenar @ReadingRachel @faelinwolf @Kalalalatja @zezeki 4y

wideeyedreader My bookspin is from here to eternity—which I started reading yesterday! Doublespin is once upon a river 4y

OriginalCyn620 My #bookspin is

The Editor

OriginalCyn620 My #doublespin is

Well Met

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Lovesbooks87 My #bookspin is How to be Remy Cameron and my #doublebookspin is American Street. 4y

Clare-Dragonfly YAAAAAAAYYY!

Spinning Silver

rockpools As always, I‘m in awe of your organisational skills. Will you look at that list??! Both of mine are real life print books this month & gifts from lovely Littens - I‘ve got My Sister the Serial Killer as my #DoubleSpin and for #BookSpin:

Rootbound: Rewilding a Life

Kelly326 My #bookspin is The Summer Wives and #doublebookspin is The Guest List. Can‘t wait to get started as soon as I finish East of Eden!! 4y

jenniferw88 #bookspin An Almond For A Parrot and #Doublespin

How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life

Lesanne My #Bookspin is The Color of Law, #DoubleSpin is Opium and Absinthe! 4y

bekakins My #bookspin is Property by Lionel Shriver, #doublespin is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 4y

slategreyskies My #bookspin is These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, and my #doublespin is Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney. 4y

Allylu #BookSpin is Plainsong by Kent Haruf and #DoubleSpin is Illuminae by Aimee Kaufman. That‘s funny because my daughter encouraged me to read Illuminae but said I should wait until after my cataract surgery which is in September. Hmmm...if #DoubleSpin says August, I may have to try it. 😊 4y

Gissy #BoonSpin is....dandan...Summer at the Garden Café. #DoubleSpin is....(drums sound)....The Summer I turned, which is also part of last?N.E.W.T.s Magical Readathon (last N.E.W.T.s Thank You to Rawlings insensible comment, YouTuber Book Roast will not do this activity again). 4y

VeganCleopatra I know you didn't say here but I can't remember if you have before...are doublespins included in the giveaway entry or just the bookspins? Thanks again for all the effort. 4y

JamieArc My #BookSpin is Soar, a book I almost picked up to start yesterday (but decided to wait to see which number was pulled, lol), and #DoubleSpin is Normal People, which I‘ve been wanting to get to because I won‘t watch the show until I‘ve read the book. Thanks as always for doing this! 4y

Kalalalatja Yikes, my bookspin is Barnaby Rudge by Dickens 🙈 luckily my doublespin is a little less heavy 😅

The Last Romantics: A Novel

AmyG Yay! I forgot it was the 2nd. I love seeing what I read. My book is Dictation - Cynthia Ozick. 4y

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures #bookspin is The Deep by Alma Katsu and #doublespin is Marauder by DW Roach 4y

TheAromaofBooks @VeganCleopatra - Yes, both BookSpin & DoubleSpin count as entries. However, any of the extra reads for Bingo (or Bonanza earlier this year) do not count - so, maximum of two entries per month, so that way people who read more don't get the giveaway stacked in their favor!! 4y

Rissreads #bookspin

Tender is the Night

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Bookspin is Ralph's Party, which has been on my TBR for over 15 years. Doublespin is one of my buddy reads, The Downstairs Girl. Yay!! 4y

Rissreads #doublespin I‘m excited to read both of these

The Salt Path

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VeganCleopatra Thanks for the clarification! I knew the others didn't count but I started doubting myself that the doubles did! I'm really hoping both of us tackle our boards more effectively this month. 🤞 4y

Sargar114 #bookspin is The Diviner‘s (audiobook). I‘ve never done an audiobook before so this will be fun. I‘ve read this book but I‘ve heard such great things about the audio version! My #doublespin is The Rise of Magicks which will finish a trilogy for me, so that‘s super exciting. Thank you again for putting this together!!! 4y

LiteraryinPA You are an organizational wizard! This is a lot of work- thanks for all you do! I‘m really excited to participate this month! 4y

Selena85 Bookspin is The Dorito Effect. I'm more excited about my Doublebookspin which is Mrs. Fletcher. Planning on getting through both this month, but really want a Bingo! Excited to see what that will be

The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

claudiuo Both my spins are story collections, which is great, I love short stories. The BookSpin is The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen and DoubleSpin is Dark and Bitter. I am behind, not having finished the July spins yet but hope to make it up this month. Thank you so much!

The Emerald Circus

Josee.lit.a.lu.et.lira BookSpin tagged, which I‘ve started reading already 🤩 DoubleBookSpin : The Courage to Be Disliked. Thanks again, so much fun 🤗

Shantaram: A Novel

bookandbedandtea I'm so glad you do this, @Thearomaofbooks; book spin has become one of the highlights of my month. #16 is Steinbeck's The Pearl and #20 is I Capture The Castle. I'm eager for both. 😊 4y

MatchlessMarie 16 and 20 on my list are Nothing Feels Good (a book about emo music) and It Ended Badly (a book about breakups) what a mood lol

Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo

mhillis I wanted to keep working on last month‘s list! This is perfect since I haven‘t read 16 yet! I‘ll read

Waking Lions

coffees Oh yeah!!! Need to find my list to see which these are excited it's all started again 😊😊 4y

Eggs My #bookspin is Texas Sketchbook and #doublespin is This is How You Lose the Time War. Thanks Sarah @TheAromaofBooks ❤️ 4y

Librarybelle Thanks for hosting again! Looks like mine is Where the Crawdads Sing and Hunger! 4y

tenar Mine are Lincoln in the Bardo & The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. Two perfect picks, as I don‘t know if I‘d have gotten to the first on my own, and have a lot of incentive to read the second, which is a sequel! 4y

PaperbackPirate Hooray! Both books are ones I need to read for other challenges! The double spin is Noir and book spin is

Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel

marleed Oh fun! Bel Canto for Bookspin and The Dearly Beloved for Doublespin. Plus 23 more for an attempt at Blackout! 4y

fiction_addict Yaay 😃 16 on my list is a book that can be used for another challenge! I'm excited! 4y

Desha I got The Hangman‘s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch! 😊 4y

Deblovestoread #Bookspin is one of my favorite Litsy activity. Thank you @TheAromaofBooks for all you do. My #Bookspin is

Ayesha at Last

Deblovestoread And my #Doublespin is

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

Ash.on.the.line My book spin is My calamity Jane which is great because that‘s the one I wanted to read first! 🎉 My double spin is Blue Lily Lily Blue very excited! 4y

CBee Yay! #Bookspin is

Kindred

CBee #Doublespin is

32 Candles: A Novel

KVanRead Thanks so much for putting this together. You‘re amazing!! My bookspin is

Dubliners: And Chamber Music

KVanRead My Doublespin is

Paradise

MorePrejudiceThanPride Ooh such good books! American War and Spark of Light

American War

HeathHof Is my #bookspin this month!

The Swan Thieves: A Novel

BookNAround My book spin, which gets all the love here on Litsy is The House in the Cerulean Sea and my double spin is A Shot in the Dark. 4y

Sweetkokoro My bookspin is Once Upon A River and my double is Skullsworn. Im looking forward to this challenge. 4y

LeafingThroughLife Book spin finally picked an ebook for me. My Kindle has waited many months for this day 😄 I‘ll be reading

My Heart and Other Black Holes

i.besteph Awesome I can‘t wait! 4y

Suet624 I‘m so sad that I wasn‘t been able to participate last month or this month. Busy with new job. 😃 I miss the excitement of discovering what books I‘m going to be reading. 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 - A new job is a fun reason to have less reading time!!! Any time you want to jump back in, you're very welcome to do so - it's a nice challenge that way!! 4y

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The Spinning Wheel | Claire Lorrimer

Hey friends! So I'm kicking around some thoughts for May & am considering a #BookSpinBonanza! Would anyone be interested in a challenge where I draw all 20 numbers & then we see how far we can read through our lists in the order the numbers were drawn?? Only the first two numbers would be eligible to be entered in the end-of-the-year drawing, so it wouldn't be giving participants an unfair advantage for that over people who don't read as many ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) books or who don't feel like joining. But would anyone even be interested in trying this challenge?? Let me know what you think!! 5y

Hestapleton YAS 5y

Jari-chan I will fail hugely, but I'd be in only for the fun of being in 😄 5y

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AmyG I would try. Ha....not sure how far I‘d get. 5y

jenniferw88 I'll fail too, but I'm in! 5y

coffeewithbooks Yes 5y

LeeRHarry Sounds fun - need to give my list a bit of shake up! 😊 5y

BarkingMadRead Omg yessssss @morgankaileigh1 5y

Butterfinger I will probably just stick with the first number. It is a great idea - I just have numerous challenges and discussions to do more. 5y

AmyK1 There‘s no way I could read all 20 but I‘m in too 😁 5y

zezeki Sounds fun! I'm not sure how far I'd get but I'd be willing to try. 😄 5y

Soubhiville I‘d attempt it, but I‘ve been mood reading a lot lately so I‘m not sure how far I‘d actually get. 😊 5y

Crazeedi Sounds like a neat idea 5y

Lesanne I‘d give it a try, although like most of the others I know I wouldn‘t make it through the whole list! 😃 5y

BookmarkTavern You know what? Why the hell not?! Let‘s do it! (edited) 5y

candority I‘ll try it! I really need to read my own books, instead of continuing to borrow new ones from the library, and this challenge might encourage me to! 5y

HeyT I definitely wouldn't be able to do all 20 (I have quite a few chunksters on my list) But it would be fun to try. 5y

wideeyedreader I know I won‘t be able to read all of them, but why not right? 5y

hes7 Ooh, yes! Reading them in drawn order would definitely be a challenge. 5y

rockpools That‘d be a fab way of getting me to read book no. 20 (not sure about books 1-19 🤣) - sounds really fun! 5y

GinaKButler Yes, but I might need to take some of the doorstops off my list! 🤣 5y

ImperfectCJ I'm game...like others, I know I won't get through all 20 (unless I give my kids the month off from homeschool), but it would be fun to try! 5y

rabbitprincess A fun challenge! Let‘s do it! 5y

marleed Oh yes, I‘m having fun trying to get through as many of the 20 books as I can. I fell off this month so this would give me a new challenge. 5y

Addison_Reads Sounds like a fun challenge. 😁 5y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Let's do it! If I read 4 I'd be happy, and pleasantly surprised if I read more. I'll have to curate a good list to keep the momentum going and mix up some genres. To save yourself the time, I would suggest just sharing the order in one post. 5y

Hooked_on_books I haven‘t been joining in as I‘m notoriously a mood reader, but I‘m also trying to read down my owner books, so I‘d totally join this! 5y

BookwormAHN I'm game. At the very least I can get through some to see if I'm going to keep them or not. 5y

wordslinger42 Yes!!! 😊😊 Would it be possible to draw the numbers on May 1st so we have the extra day to start reading? If not, no biggie! 💜 5y

KatieB Sounds like fun! 5y

llwheeler I think I'd be in, sounds like a fun challenge 🙂 I'd make a different list to take some of my chunksters off and put in a few lighter reads 5y

KarouBlue Excellent! Do it, my friend! 5y

PaperbackPirate I‘m a fan of this idea! 5y

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