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It‘s difficult to explain why this book is so engaging, not gratuitous or emotionally manipulative. But quiet, reflective, and yes, at times, funny. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

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I had been meaning to read this. I‘m glad it was chosen for my December #bookspin.

I feel like everyone else has already read it, but if not it‘s about a 9th grade girl who was raped at a party and her struggles afterwards. I believe it‘s often read in school, and also has been banned in places. Jason Reynolds‘s afterword is another excellent perspective.

This book won both a Newbery Honor and was a Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor, which is how it got on our book club‘s radar. We all learned some new-to-us history and appreciated the scope of the book. It moves through several generations of a family, taking place in four different countries and with four different protagonists. Lots to take in!

This was my April #BookSpin pick.

This was a very unique read! I hadn‘t read anything like it before.

It blends fact and fiction to create a “history” of animals starting from the Paleozoic Era all the way to present day and beyond. Basically it personifies animals and tells their story in relation to humans. The animals are presented in a very human way.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/review-animal-intelligence/

With this clever little novella finished today I have finished all but 2 of my #bookspin and #doublespin books for the year.
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This spicy Christmas novella is my #bookspin for #bookspinbingo this month and I thoroughly enjoyed it! And when I say it's spicy 🫣🌶🌶 The niece of one of the Christmas Magi crashes at Santa's beach house in the Caribbean expecting to have it to herself-- only for Kris Kringle herself to show up at the most opportune time. Short, sweet, sapphic, and spicy! Definitely going to have to read the rest of Herrera's Toy Runner series.

Up next…I borrowed this book forever ago from a friend!

It‘s also my November #bookspin pick!

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December #bookspin has been on my tbr forever. I think it found me at the perfect time!

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It was pre-pandemic when I read Jon Krakauer's ‘Missoula‘ with reticence - I love Missoula, the university, and cheer family with season tickets to Griz games. But the book gutted me. Jon told his readers his account was in Missoula but the story was the same in college towns across America. This book is a perfect reminder of the accuracy of Jon‘s statement.

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Pretty cute Christmas tale about a woman who inherits a “magical” Christmas village.

#bookspinbingo - this is my #bookspin for this month!