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Monthky wrap-up for January. Even though I rated A Scatter of Light higher, I'd go with Tears of the Nameless as #BookOfTheMonth

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Monthly books! #Aardvarkbookclub #Bookofthemonth #botm

For Aardvark, full box again (🫨🫨), incl their book of the year (tagged), which, yes, I woke up at 530a to make sure I could secure (8aET is 6a here), plus these 2 I just… can‘t… pass… up. @AardvarkBookClub

For BOTM, a little lackluster, but I picked this interesting sounding thriller + getting the next issue of their short story subscription. Must… actually start that series soon… 🤔

Stats for December 2024, including my #bookofthemonth for both, fiction and non-fiction. It was a good reading month and a good way to end the year.

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Let's start 2025 with high fantasy! #bookofthemonth
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Edit: Updated link to online book club.

I had so much fun reading my April #BookOfTheMonth pick! I wish I‘d read it in the warmer parts of the year, but reading by tree light does add a certain magic! This adventure fantasy— complete with seadragons, neat marking magic where tattoos come to life, a quest & romance— makes for a fast-paced & exciting read! Hanalei hasn‘t returned to her home since her father‘s betrayal, but when forced her return, it‘s a different welcome than envisioned!

3 of those were manga, so it's 15 books in total. I'm totally ok with that. My two #bookofthemonth titles are showed above:

Non-fiction: Einfach Selbst Bestimmt by Janka Kluge (Simply Self-Determinated)
Fiction: Free by Lea Ypi

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Picked my #botm #bookofthemonth books & am getting the challenge reward too! Picked 1 for Dec & added from a prior month - sounds interesting!

Also, rec‘d this pkd @AmyG , but no tag — #jolabokaflodswap? Either way, thank you!! 👏🏼👏🏼♥️

And sent my 2 #StuffedStockingSwap #sss packages on Wed! (1 big size and 1 small size) I believe they‘re both set to arrive Monday!

Finalizing the rest of my winter swap packages and will send those soon! 😄

Well, I filled my #aardvarkbookclub box, I added 2 for #bookofthemonth #botm (bog wife being one I‘d missed last month), and yes, I sucke… er, *subscribed* to botm‘s volume 0 set. Bc. I… had to? 😳

And then I also joined #belletrist 😨🫣 (paired w Tertulia, a book coop)

Good times…. 😁🥰😎

The book by Alok Vaid-Menon did get a higher rating, yes, but I learned more from this one. That's why it gets to be my #BookoftheMonth for Nonfiction.

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So, my September #BookoftheMonth was by TJ Klune, and my October one is by TJ Klune. There might be a pattern? 😏

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