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ImperfectCJ
Gliff: A Novel | Ali Smith
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This book totally hit the spot for me. It's tragic and terrifying on a global scale while at the same time fiercely personal and quiet. I love how the story unfolds and the feeling of hope that accompanies the fear and uncertainty. The way I feel reading this one reminds me of how I felt reading Smith's There But For The, which isn't really anything like this one in plot or structure. #tob26 longlist

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Clare-Dragonfly
Isolation | Dan Wells
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I enjoyed this short novella prequel to the Partials series, about one of the cyborg-esque people of the series title. I don‘t remember Heron having a POV in the books and she‘s a really intriguing character so it was fun to learn more about her past. She turns out to be pivotal to the history of her people because the humans designed and trained her to be too smart for them.

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PaperbackPirate
Winter | Marissa Meyer
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I‘m joining all the fun things late!
#10BeforetheEnd
#BookspinBingo (I‘m going to use every book in the picture 2x, my Jolabokaflod gift & books in progress for the last row. ☺️)
I think I signed up for #MidWinterSolace too!

Just trying to finish all the challenges before the end of the year! Last year I read 7 books in December. 🤞🏼

Thank you
@ChaoticMissAdventures
@TheAromaofBooks
@AllDebooks
@TheBookHippie
@Chrissyreadit

Ruthiella You can do it! 👍 1d
AllDebooks You got this with such an interesting selection. ❤️ 1d
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LiseWorks Nice selection! 23h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Never too late to BookSpin!! 😁 21h
TheBookHippie 🩵🩶🤍❄️🩵🩶🤍 20h
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CSeydel
The Dog Stars | Peter Heller
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#bookspin and #doublespin for December!

GinaKButler I‘m reading The Corespondent this month, too! 1d
willaful @GinaKButler My hold just came in, so probably me too! 1d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1d
GinaKButler @willaful I‘ve heard good things! 🤗 1d
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Awk_Word_Smith
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Holy Hell(diver)! That was an intense finale to the Red Rising Trilogy. Even the plot twists had plot twists. Crisp, intentional writing with not a single wasted word. Darrow enters the third installment more broken than he ever had been in the previous two books. An amazing finale that sated my hunger for revenge and justice.

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LitsyEvents
The Fifth Season | N. K. Jemisin
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repost for @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Updated schedule for #SheSaid!

We had 1 book with 5 votes (Wild Swans) and 4 with 4 votes. I added them all to our schedule for 2026 along with our 2 fiction reads. I did bump Wild Swans back to March, so we could read it and the follow-up book by the author after (and hopefully 🤞 when the hold lines at the library are not so long 😬). Then there were about 12 books tied after that…so new vote this summer.

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Before I read this & the previous one (TBOSAS), I wasn't sure we needed additional books about Snow & Haymitch. Have to say, I was completely wrong as yes, yes we did. Snow's villain origin story was interesting enough but this one about Haymitch Abernathy was just about perfect. It was also good to see Plutarch, Mags, Wiress, & Effie Trinket in their earlier roles.

OutsmartYourShelf You know how the story ends, but you can't hoping it turns out differently somehow. Those last couple of chapters! This has made me want to re-read the original trilogy.
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Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7362927024
Read 28th - 30th Nov 2025

#ReadAway2025 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
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DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 2d
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ChrisBohjalian
What We Can Know | Ian McEwan
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Yes, I devoured the new Ian McEwan novel. You will, too.

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Soubhiville
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Chris‘ wife died giving birth to their daughter, so The Kid is given a second shadow. That‘s how criminals are marked and punished. She‘s marked as a killer from birth. Chris has her own second shadow.

This was tough to read as it‘s mostly about the grief of losing her spouse and raising a child alone, as well as social commentary about being marked a pariah for something outside your control. 1984 vibes, very explicit sex, and melancholic.

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Centique
This Savage Song | Victoria Schwab
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This is a book about monsters - but this is a photo of a baby Orca! Not a monster I promise! 😍
Cleaning up my Kindle and read this Victoria Schwab in a single afternoon. Just a fast paced dystopian with monsters - reminded me a little bit of Arcane (not so complex though) or Naomi Novik‘s Scholomance series. Definitely my wheelhouse.

merelybookish Cool photo! 3d
Ruthiella Wow, what a picture ! 😮 3d
Dilara Wow! I hope the baby orca wasn't in distress - so close to the shore 😮 3d
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Centique @Dilara it was all good 👍 two babies came into the rocky bay to explore and then went back to their mother who was just a few metres away. 3d
Dilara @Centique That's reassuring! 😃 3d
Reggie That‘s beautiful! 2d
Centique @Reggie i was so excited when we saw it - just a tiny beach on a day in autumn, hardly anyone around but us and three or four surfers. Just magical - they only stayed for a couple of minutes and we watched them go round the corner and back to their mum. Probably following a sting ray or maybe a diver had broken up some shellfish on those rocks. 2d
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