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February | June Makle
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June Makle AKA Syedha Shakur grew up in Ellicott City, MD. FEBRUARY is a story of a teen-aged girl who had her childhood stolen from her, when she got raped by the popular neighborhood jock. The story is based on real life events that occurred; however, the names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. Unfortunately, many teen-aged girls are raped by people they know and trust; but, never tell anyone what has happened to them. Likewise, those who have committed these types of offenses arent brought to justice; however, they have created children which they in turn deny (do not acknowledge as their own). Ultimately, children who have been created through such offenses grow up living with the shame of the reality of how they were created. FEBRUARY has been written to help heal the wounds of those Women and Children who have had to live with this reality. Ms. Makle is currently developing a website for children who have been denied by their parents so that they will have a forum to release their pain and shame; and, be able to live peaceful, happy, and productive lives.
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Gissy
February | June Makle
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February 2024, how I could forget that month? 😔
I read only 4 books, difficult to concentrate in my reading but at the same time, they helped me to manage my situations. The majority were read at the begy of the month. No bingos of course ☺️

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AudiobookingWithLeah
February | June Makle
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My listening recap for February.

I completed 16 books, all of which were from the library...I seriously love the library🥰😍

I had 2 DNFs for the month, A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat...and The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne.

MY total time spent listening for the month was 163 Hours 16 Mins...after speeding the audio up I averaged it out to about 80 hours total. My top genre was Thriller with Mystery a close second.

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Suet624
February | June Makle
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February reads. I wish every book could make me speedread like I did with Pet, I love Niall Williams‘ writing (History of the Rain), and Edith Wharton‘s The Mother‘s Recompense was incredibly engaging.

BarbaraBB What a great month! 😍 9mo
Suet624 @BarbaraBB I read more than I thought 😊 9mo
Cathythoughts Pet was really good 👍🏻. Good reading month ❤️ 9mo
Suet624 @Cathythoughts it definitely was a good month! 9mo
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rachaich
February | June Makle
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February in 📚.
Loved Birnam Wood and Lexicon hugely.

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kimmypete1
February | June Makle
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No bingo's this month, but a good reading month overall. Bride was definitely the best of the month.

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Kristy_K
February | June Makle
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I didn‘t get to all the books I wanted to, but most of the ones I did read were great!

⭐️ Top Picks ⭐️
Just Another Missing Person
The Unquiet Bones
Burnout
The Carrying
Hijab Butch Blues
All the Sinners Bleed

#februarystats #monthend

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EadieB
February | June Makle
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#February2024 #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024

I read 12 books during February 2024 and got 3 bingos.

DieAReader 🥳🔥Awesome! 9mo
MemoirsForMe Way to go! 9mo
TheSpineView Great job! 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 9mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
February | June Makle
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February Wrap Up:

With a total of 6 books read I did a whole better than I thought I would, so yay me! (It would've been 7 if the 2nd part of RHOM reunion wasn't on last night 😂)

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Chelsea.Poole
February | June Makle
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February #bookspinbingo — 6 bingos!
I had a great reading month and hope to get to the 4 I missed next month.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 9mo
Gissy Wow 📚📚📚🤩👏👏👏 9mo
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Andrew65
February | June Makle
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A difficult month for many reasons, but did manage to somehow finish 20 books. A much higher proportion than normal of audiobooks, 11 of the 20.

My favourite book was The Women by Kristin Hannah. What was your favourite read in February?

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

AmyG The Women has been liked by many…I look forward to reading it. My favorite for the month was 9mo
Suet624 You had a great reading month. My favorite was 9mo
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julieclair So glad you at least had a good reading month. And it‘s interesting about the audiobooks. I think that sometimes they are just easier when life is giving you lemons. You don‘t even have to keep your eyes open! My favorite read this month was my #BookedInTime book, 9mo
TheSpineView Still a good showing . Hope ypu are feeling better! 9mo
Julsmarshall You‘ve got some great books read this month! My faves were Just for the Summer and (edited) 9mo
willaful My month was really rough too. Wishing us both an easier March. 9mo
dabbe We've missed your presence around here! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
Reggie You did great! 9mo
youneverarrived Brilliant 🤩 9mo
Bookzombie That‘s awesome! 9mo
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BarbaraBB
February | June Makle
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#FebruaryWrapUp

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
These Silent Woods
The Postcard
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Pet
Roman stories
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Snow Road Station
⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Tom Lake
Strangers
Happiness falls
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Biography of X
Hard girls
⭐️⭐️✨
The stationery shop of Tehran
The Details
The Trio
Julia
⬛️ DNF
The Sparsholt Affair

TrishB Great month 👍🏻 9mo
Suet624 Goodness! Look at all those books you managed to read! 9mo
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TheEllieMo
February | June Makle
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#February #WrapUp

Kindle TBR: Underground Overground ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Physical TBR: There Was a Time ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Online book club: The Dutch House ⭐️⭐️
IRL book club: The Storied Life of AJ Fikry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New book: One of the Good Guys ⭐️⭐️

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GinaKButler
February | June Makle
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February Wrap-Up:
1 Bingo
7 Books Read
1 Non-Fiction
3 #unreadbookshelf
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reads

And, I‘m in the middle of 3 more that will carry over into March.

Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!! 9mo
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kelli7990
February | June Makle
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Today, I‘m sharing my February wrap-up. Last month, I finished 2 books and DNF‘d 9 books. This was a better month. I needed a good reading month.

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ElizaMarie
February | June Makle
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🩷🩵🩷🩵

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mrsmarch
February | June Makle
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All the books I read in February. Not bad for a short month!

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TheEllieMo
February | June Makle
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Planned reads for February

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fredthemoose
February | June Makle
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Here‘s #Bookspin Bingo list for February. I‘m coming for you, #LitsyToB24!! @TheAromaofBooks

Megabooks Awesome! 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 10mo
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LeticiaToraci
February | June Makle
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My #Bookspin list for February. @TheAromaofBooks

LeticiaToraci And the numbers are 13 and 2. 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
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EadieB
February | June Makle
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#February #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024

These are the books I‘ll be reading for February.

TheSpineView Lookin' good! 10mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 10mo
DieAReader Looks good! 10mo
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GinaKButler
February | June Makle
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February‘s #bookspinbingo board!

#bookspin - Tess of the D‘Urbervilles
#doublespin - Plainsong
Book Club - Happiness Falls
#chunksterchallenge2024 - Peter the Great
Currently Reading - The River of Doubt & The Deserter

I‘m looking forward to a great reading month!
Thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looks fantastic!! 10mo
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Chili
February | June Makle
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
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Kshakal
February | June Makle
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Hopefully this is a month filled with lots of love and good books! #tbr

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Kristelh
February | June Makle
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
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Susanita
February | June Makle
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February TBR, more or less.

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mcctrish
February | June Makle
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I made a graphic tracker for #februaryreads if anyone wants to use to track the please help yourself #thankgodjanuaryisover

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GinaKButler
February | June Makle
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My February #bookspin list. I haven‘t finished January‘s picks, so they are included! 🙈

Thank you for hosting, Sarah!
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 10mo
Kristin_Reads Great list! 10mo
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kimmypete1
February | June Makle
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Solid reading month for February.

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AudiobookingWithLeah
February | June Makle
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MY BOOKS...
GOOD RICH PEOPLE - 3½
LOVE, PAMELA - 4
A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES PT. 1 - 4¼
WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS - 4½
BATH HAUS - 4
A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES PT. 2 - 4¼
THIS TIME TOMORROW - 3¾
FINLAY DONOVAN JUMPS THE GUN - 3½
SWIFT THE STORM FIERCE THE FLAME - 3¾
MAYBE NOW - 3¼
THE NIGHTINGALE - 4½
WISH YOU WERE GONE - 4¼
RUN ON RED - 3½
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN - 4½
THE DARKNESS OF OTHERS - 2¼
EVE IN OVERDRIVE - 4½
STONE COLD FOX - 3½

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kelli7990
February | June Makle
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Today, I‘m sharing the books I read in February and the movies I watched. In February, I decided to start watching movies on Friday nights again because I like watching movies but I don‘t watch them very often. I didn‘t like the first book I read this month. I bailed on 2 books because they weren‘t for me but I liked the other books I read and I liked the movies I watched. I feel like I chose some good movies to watch.

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Andrew65
February | June Makle
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February was a very up and down month, especially the second half of it.

Read 19 books but went from 399 pages a day in January to 250 in February, that‘s a big difference!

suvata I keep blaming my slump on the fact that it was a short month. LOL 2y
Andrew65 @suvata Not sure what‘s to blame for my second half of February. Let‘s blame being in the midst of Winter. 2y
suvata @Andrew65 Yep, that works too. But I can‘t blame it on that because I live in Florida. 2y
Andrew65 @suvata Sounds perfect! 🌞 2y
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Susanita
February | June Makle
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Six books finished this month. Two more places for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 🌎

February #wrapup

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Nessavamusic
February | June Makle
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#FebruaryReads #Stats
22 books read
4 DNFS (not shown)
5⭐️ - 8!
4.5⭐️ - 2
4⭐️ - 8
3.5⭐️ - 1
2⭐️ - 1
Embracing the bail is really raising my average rating.
How I read:
Physical/Digital books: 10
Audiobooks: 12
Owned books now read: 17
From Library/KU: 5
Favorites of the month:
Tress of the Emerald Sea & Bands of Mourning - Brandon Sanderson
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Don‘t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Gissy Amazing 👏👏👏👏 2y
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chasjjlee
February | June Makle
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I read so many great books this month! It was next to impossible to pick a favorite 😬 and that's not a bad problem to have!
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On the opposite note...not pictured is Of Feathers and Thorns and that book was so awful I guess I forgot to add it to the template.

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BarbaraBB
February | June Makle
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#FebruaryStats

⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟✨
Familiar

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Two nights in Lisbon

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
A head full of ghosts
Cold enough for snow
Newcomer
The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Girl in snow

⭐️⭐️⭐️
The violin conspiracy
Dominicana
The bread the devil knead
Checkout 19

⭐️⭐️
The women could fly

DNF
Mercury pictures presents

vlwelser I just got Familiar from the library. Looking forward to trying this author that you keep raving about. 2y
TheBookHippie Everyone I know DNF mercury pictures 👀😵‍💫 2y
BarbaraBB @vlwelser Am I very annoying 😆😆? (edited) 2y
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BarbaraBB @TheBookHippie Most people I know too 😀 2y
vlwelser Never. 2y
BarbaraBB @vlwelser 😅😘 2y
Megabooks Great month B! 2y
Suet624 Hmmm... Familiar, eh?? Okay, let's see if I can find it!
2y
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Haha! Let‘s! 2y
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CloakNQuill
February | June Makle
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#February #bookspinbingo board @thearomaofbooks

Back from vacation, unfortunately. Hoping ill be able to get through a couple of books this month but there isn't much time left—about halfway through Touch of Darkness.

Bookspin - #10 - Netgalley
Double - #20 - King of Battle & Blood

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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ravenlee
February | June Makle
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Ridiculous start to #fabulousfebruary with six hours of pediatrician (kiddo‘s raging ear infection is now a raging DOUBLE ear infection) and trying to find a pharmacy to fill the new antibiotics prescription and then have the dr change the prescription because nobody can get the other one…but during the #readathon I hope to finish Dear Martin, catch up on Middlemarch, keep up with Plato at the Googleplex, and read one other book. 🤞🏻

wanderinglynn Oh no! That really sucks. I hope your kiddo feels better soon. 💚 2y
DivineDiana Sounds like life is challenging right now. Be gentle on yourself. The books will wait for you. ❤️ 2y
Megabooks I‘m so sorry. 💜 2y
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Andrew65 Sending positive thoughts, hopefully things will improve. Good luck, and I loved Dear Martin. 2y
TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhhh so sorry. 2y
kspenmoll I hope your little one is healing now. 2y
ravenlee @wanderinglynn @DivineDiana @Megabooks @Andrew65 @TheBookHippie @kspenmoll thank you all for the positive energy. Kiddo is FINALLY off the antibiotics and seems just fine. Still busy as can be, but getting back to normal. 2y
TheBookHippie @ravenlee UGH I had that as a child so severe but I‘m allergic to antibiotics so it was a real struggle. I still have panic attacks thinking about it!! Poor thing. I feel for ya! 2y
ravenlee @TheBookHippie you‘re allergic to antibiotics?! Oh my goodness! My mom is very allergic to penicillin and all its family members, and I‘m sensitive to amoxycillin, so I was really nervous about her being on augmentin (which I didn‘t know was amoxycillin). Luckily, she doesn‘t seem to have inherited my drug reactions, which is a big relief, especially given her recent experiences. 2y
TheBookHippie @ravenlee I‘m allergic to-are ya ready?!- ALLLL the cillins penicillin amoxicillin Clindamycin… Valium, codeine, Tylenol, Benadryl, ascorbic acid & derivatives, hydrocodone, benzodiazepines, I think that‘s it..😝😵‍💫😅 2y
ravenlee @TheBookHippie yowzers! I have a hard enough time being allergic to Tylenol and sensitive to amoxycillin! Do you constantly get the “nobody is allergic to Tylenol! It‘s the universal painkiller!” like I do? You must be a medical expert just to work on your own behalf. 2y
TheBookHippie @ravenlee I am an expert and yes both my kids also allergic to Tylenol- ppl are you sure- um yes we are sure!!! Oh- did you see the recent connection to autism with Tylenol? I‘m going to see what it is or if it‘s just conspiracy … 2y
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LitsyEvents
February | June Makle
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Repost for @Andrew65

Today is the start of the #FabulousFebruary 9 day Pick Your Own Goals Readathon. From this month I‘ve brought it forward a week so as not to clash with the #BacklistReadathon.

See the original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2544307

Andrew65 Thanks for sharing 🥰 2y
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RamsFan1963
February | June Makle
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I'm getting set for the #FabulousFebruary readathon, which kind of snuck up on me. My goals:
Finish Star Wars: A New Dawn
Finish Dawn of X Vol. 8, 9 & 10
Start Argonaut
Start Broken Icarus
Read 20 plus hours
Good luck to everyone who's joining in.
#FabulousFebruary @Andrew65

Andrew65 Great to have you with us again, good luck 😁 2y
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LiseWorks
February | June Makle
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#FabulousFebruaryReadathon @Andrew65 These are my picks for the next 9 days.

StaceGhost I really enjoyed An Enchantment of Ravens 2y
Andrew65 Great to have you with us, good luck 😁 I love The Rosie Project. 2y
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EadieB
February | June Makle
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#FabulousFebruaryReadathon #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023

These are my books for the February Readathon.

TheSpineView Great list! Good luck! 2y
Andrew65 Some great choices as always, good luck 😁 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Andrew65
February | June Makle
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This Saturday sees the start of the #FabulousFebruary 9 day Pick Your Own Goals Readathon. From this month I‘ve brought it forward a week so as not to clash with the #BacklistReadathon.

Hope you are all ready to get your reading month off with a bang with this popular Readathon. Anything goes, choose your own goals (whatever they may be) & tailor it to your own real-life commitments. Just post your goals to sign up. A fun and relaxed Readathon.

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Bookwormjillk I forgot. Yay!!! 2y
slategreyskies I‘ve been in such a book slump this year. Maybe that‘s a sign I need to DNF this chunkster and move on to a book that I actually look forward to reading. Thanks for hosting, Andrew!! :) 2y
TheSpineView I'm in! 2y
Clwojick Yay! This is going to work great for me since I have six overnight shifts during this stretch, and that‘s when I tear through the most audiobooks. Off to think about my goals! 2y
IndoorDame Perfect! I need to catch up with several buddy reads that align with this. It‘ll be great motivation! 2y
AmandaBlaze Yay! I'm in! 2y
AnnR 🙂I'll be participating.👍 2y
CoffeeNBooks Yay! I 💙 readathons! 2y
Ruthiella Excellent! Thanks for the tag! ☺️ 2y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Woohoo! Fingers crossed that my second work trip up to Massachusetts yields better reading results than the last one. The carpool karaoke is just so tempting when I'm alone. 🤣🎤🎶 2y
Allylu I‘m ready! 2y
julesG Oh, a readathon!!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I need to figure out how I want to focus!! 2y
Moll Woo hoo! 2y
OriginalCyn620 I‘m in! 😊 2y
TheEllieMo Ooh, I need to have a think about what I want to try and focus on. Or I could just wing it like I normally do…. #ImpulseReader 2y
MaGoose Yeah! I'm in. I'll be reading Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose to start off the readathon. Not sure what to read after that. 2y
Eggs I‘m in as always. I‘ll be working on my February physical book TBR for #SeriesLove2023 #Bookspinbingo #Pantone 2y
Librarybelle Yay! I really need to sit down and plan out my attack! 2y
RebelReader I‘m in! Gonna work on that #Bookspin bingo list of mine 2y
julieclair I think I‘m going to like this earlier timing. As my Dad would have said, “The month is young and filled with opportunities!” 😍 2y
Andrew65 @julieclair I agree with you, it‘s feeling better at the beginning of the month. 2y
Lesanne Thank you for continuing to include me even though I‘ve been away for a while! I‘m going to participate with a goal of 20 minutes a day. (I‘ve been out of practice for a long time!!) 2y
Andrew65 @Lesanne Great to see you here again 😁 Hope the Readathon helps. 2y
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melissajayne
February | June Makle
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My February #bookspinbingo card

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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EadieB
February | June Makle
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#February2023

These are my books for February 2023.

My #Bookspin is Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Rayburn.

My #DoubleSpin is Hawaii by James Michener.

SilversReviews Looks like a FAB month….I have read a few. Enjoy them all. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
EadieB @SilversReviews Some of them are Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2022 for Fiction, Mystery andHistorical Fiction. 2y
SilversReviews @EadieB 😊 😊 ♥️ ♥️ 2y
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keys_on_fire
February | June Makle
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February #bookspin and my #bookspinbingo board as well!

Excited to read Spare and the books I selected for #ReadySetRead2023 for this month!
@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

Clwojick Exciting! Good luck! 💗 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Andrew65
February | June Makle
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This is my #FebruaryTBR

Targeting 6 series for #SeriesLove2023
All of Taylor Jenkins Reid books I haven‘t read fro #AuthorAMonth
A few countries for #ReadingTheAmericas2023
And no doubt sone books that aren‘t even on this graphic.

#JanuaryJazz @Eggs @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Julsmarshall Great TBR! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Lots of good ones!! 2y
Eggs Great selections 📚👏🏻🤗 2y
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TheSpineView I know you will have no trouble getting all of these read. But I will say good luck for the record. 2y
Andrew65 @TheSpineView There are some months I don‘t make it, thanks 😍 2y
Andrew65 @Julsmarshall @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs Thanks, hoping it will be a good reading month. 2y
sblbooks @Andrew65 Do I need to read the MC Beaton cozy mysteries in order, or do you think I can skip around? 10mo
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AshleyHoss820
February | June Makle
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My #bookspin list for February! January was a success, but now that I‘m back in school, we‘ll see how February goes. 😂 I may be playing a little catch-up this summer. ☺️ This month I added a FOURTH reading challenge (Barnes & Noble) and squished Litsy and GoodReads TBRs into one prompt so I have some leeway. Happy Reading, fellow Spinners!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Sresendez12
February | June Makle
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#bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

Looking forward to February!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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sblbooks
February | June Makle
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My #FebruaryTBR plans for next month. I hope I can finish them all. Let me know if you've read any of these. What are you planning to read next month?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyReed : Anne of Manhattan @BarbaraJean
#LittleHouse read along: On The Banks of Plum Creek
@megnews

Jess861 I've read 'the One' - not my favourite but a good book - always curious to see what others think of it. 2y
Clwojick Because I'm a planner, and I'm always thinking way too far ahead, just curious what the plan is for #MiddlegradeMarch this year? Is there going to be another “optional theme“ this year, or just read whatever floats your boat?
2y
sblbooks @Clwojick there's not a theme this year. I just was working on my TBR and noticed that they're all backlist books, so you could go with that if you want to.😁 2y
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