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I did it! Finished this challenge with 40 minutes to spare! Thank you for hosting, @ChaoticMissAdventures 📚

#10BeforeTheEnd

Ooof. I don‘t know if I can let that be my last book of 2025. 😭

This is an American classic I‘d missed reading up till now, and I think I‘m still stunned by the ending. The characters and their friendship here are both masterfully written—an intimate portrait against the backdrop and looming dread of WWII.

This started out so well but I lost interest halfway and found myself switching off. Possibly better to read in print. I think I would have preferred it if there weren‘t as many character points of view, too. I was left with similar feelings as when I listened to I Want To Go Home But I‘m Already There…just couldn‘t connect to the characters and not very memorable. #10beforetheend

I really like Matt Haig and I enjoy his books, this one included, as they are compulsive, easy reading but with some depth, life questions etc. - sometimes a bit predictable and cliche. It‘s an uplifting read and I could definitely relate to the questioning of what if I did this, or didn‘t do that, what would my life be like now? A low pick. #10beforetheend

I read all my #10BeforeTheEnd books, with a couple of swaps... I thought I would not get the tagged book on time, but I did, and finished it on Boxing Day 😁
Pictured is my Christmas book haul 🌲

Thank you @ChaoticMissAdventures for hosting this challenge 💙

Whew! 😅 managed to read #10beforetheend… though they were not *all* from the originally planned 10. Helped with the first 2 carl books in audio (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 respectively). Still hoping to finish All of Us Murderers… @ChaoticMissAdventures

Also shown: other books obtained this holiday season - for #reallifebookgroup Secret Santa, work, purchased myself w gift money & own money, friends, & family.♥️📖♥️

#superblessedinbooks #bookhaul

I have TWO books remaining for #10beforetheend—those two are also my remaining unread BookSpins, and the final two I need to complete #192025. Five days to finish two books and knock out three challenges… I think I can do it! (I am less confident I‘ll be able to finish the 20+ reviews I‘d like to catch up on…)

I completed all but one of my #10BeforeTheEnd reads, and enough of the tenth to know I need to be in a different frame of mind with different priorities to make finishing worth my time.

So I'm calling the challenge a success for this year. Thanks for hosting @ChaoticMissAdventures !

Aaaaannd that‘s a wrap on my #10beforetheend challenge!

This was farcical, a look at race in America through an absurdist lens. Not Sidney (his real name) navigates modern America as a Black man with Ted Turner (yes THAT Ted Turner) and a propensity to become embroiled in situations that resemble the plots of Sidney Poitier movies. Also, Everett himself cameos.

Thank you @ChaoticMissAdventures for hosting and whittling down my physical TBR.