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TheAromaofBooks
Winds of March | Lenora Mattingly Weber
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Greetings, friends!! We are only a week away from March!!!

First off, please note that #BookSpin will be EARLY this month!! We have purchased our new house (YAY) and are in the process of cleaning/painting/moving/etc. Next week are planning to make the big shift to actually sleeping there (!!!) BUT our internet situation won't be set up yet SO I will be posting BookSpin on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28!!!

I will post the BookSpin numbers and mark them ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) SPOILER. Then I will post BookSpinBingo and mark it SPOILER. Then I will create a post where I tag everyone and let them know that those two spoiler posts are available. Then you are free to check the numbers whenever you are ready!!! I would ask that as people are posting their BookSpin reads for the month if you could please avoid saying the actual numbers until March 2 or later, that would be wonderful!!

We are super stoked about ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) our new home and I actually kind of enjoy the fresh-start-feeling of moving/nesting, so things are good here!! We are taking the dogs out this afternoon to give them their first sniff-around of the new place!! Thankfully it is only a couple miles from here so that is definitely helping the moving process!!

AND I work at an orchard so they own a ton of milk crates, which we use for storing/hauling/delivering jugs of cider. No cider ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) in February, so I am free to borrow all the crates and am using them to pack/haul my ~2000 books and it's amazing!! My husband already has huge plans for the new LIBRARY ROOM as well!!!!!

Anyway, I should still be on here most mornings, so I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's lists. Happy Spinning, everyone!!
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Suet624 Such wonderful news. Congratulations!! now
Soubhiville That‘s awesome! Congrats! now
Sace Congrats on the new house! now
DGRachel Congratulations!!🍾 now
Elizabeth2 Congratulations! 🎉 now
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LiseWorks
Pink Is Not a Color | Lindsay Ward
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When it's discovered, she is not part of the rainbow. What is pink, not a color? Another bingo spot. #ISpyBingoFeb @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 1d
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RowReads1
The New House at the Chalet School | Elinor Mary Brent-Dyer
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New issue. Who has enough books to build that house? 🙋🏻‍♀️

Ruthiella Ha ha! 🤣 3d
LoverOfLearning Almost me! Ha! And love that! 2d
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IMASLOWREADER
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me right now…in my element… #readinglife

LoverOfLearning Love that image 😍 4d
IMASLOWREADER @LoverOfLearning it looks so comfy huh…the inly thing missing are the treats and fur babies lol (edited) 4d
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julesG
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When your teenagers go on an outing and bring you back an ass. 😛

#RaisingReaders

CBee 😂😂😂 but he is my favorite ass 😄 7d
julesG @CBee mine too 7d
GingerAntics But he‘s SO cute!!! 6d
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AkashaVampie Hahahahahaha 6d
kezzlou85 Oh that's so cute though 6d
AnishaInkspill 😂😂 5d
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hannah-leeloo
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Happy valentines day to all of you here. Hope you all have a special day

kspenmoll Thank you! Happy valentines Day to you! 1w
dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 1w
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LibrarianRyan
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4 ⭐I love these books. They‘re sweet. They‘re funny. They‘re understandable and almost always have a lesson. But the nice thing is the lesson isn‘t browbeating the reader. It puts it in a way that kids will get and kids will want to ape. I get excited every time I see there‘s a new one so Ben Clayton, please keep them coming.

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LibrarianRyan
Shady Baby | Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade
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4 ⭐ This book was fun. It rhymes well, but the cadence is all over the place. It wants to be in a pattern, but it‘s not very good at keeping that pattern. However, the kids are going to love the story and will laugh at mom and dad or the storyteller as they trip over the lines. The illustrations are bright and fun, and a perfect match to the story. My one complaint is the letter at the beginning of the book. That should be moved to the end.

LibrarianRyan A letter in beginning of the book set up expectations of what is to come. I think letters work better at the end, so one see what the author was expecting the reader to find, instead of telling the reader it‘s going to be there. When you tell the reader it‘s there ahead of time and they don‘t find it or didn‘t feel the message came across, it becomes a letdown of the story. Overall, I like this book and it‘s not bad for a celebrity author, but I 1w
LibrarianRyan think they need a little more practice.

#Celebrityauthor
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TheKidUpstairs
Jolly Christmas Postman | Allan Ahlberg
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TheBookHippie YAY!!!! How wonderful!! 1w
Bookwormjillk I'm glad your mail is finally coming through! Merry Valentine's Day? 1w
FromMyLectory Wooohooo! 🥳🥰 1w
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rockpools
Madame Badobedah | Sophie Dahl
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I‘m about to whistle through some picture books by celebrity authors for #BBRC. Count yourself warned.

This was gorgeous and gorgeously odd. One of those where the pictures couldn‘t be more perfect for the text. A tale to read aloud for older picture book readers (5-8 maybe).

A mysterious old lady comes to stay in Mabel‘s parents B&B. Despite a rocky start, they end up sailing pirate ships, meeting mermaids, and becoming firm friends.

rockpools Does Sophie Dahl count as a celebrity author? I knew of her as a TV chef & Roald Dahl‘s granddaughter. She used to be a model. She‘s done been a journalist and author for years, apparently. This definitely has elements of the Dahl weirdness, but is really quite touching. 1w
LibrarianRyan Lovely. I still have about 10 pages of reviews from last month on the same thing. I was just readying them to post after lunch. Hope you have been reading some good ones.

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squirrelbrain I know Sophie Dahl from being married to Jamie Cullum as well as being a model. 1w
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