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julieclair
Book Traveller | Bruce Bliven Jr.
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#FictionalTraveler is back for 2026! Through the magic of books, we‘ll travel to 12 different interesting locations.

The rules are simple:

1 - Each month, choose a book that fits your interpretation of the monthly prompt.
2 - Read (and hopefully enjoy!) the book.
3 - Post a review, using the #FictionalTraveler hashtag
4 - Participate every month, or dip in and out as your schedule allows.

Everyone Welcome! ⬇️

@LitsyEvents

julieclair I have also set up a StoryGraph Challenge, for those who like to plan and track their reading that way, as I do. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f8133d8f-e972-44a1-8caf-ec00984... (edited) 3w
julieclair @dabbe @Itchyfeetreader @DebinHawaii @ferskner I already have you on my 2026 tag list, from your comments on my last post. And @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I see you‘ve already found the StoryGraph, so I‘ve got you on the tag list, too. Looking forward to reading and traveling with you all! 3w
DebinHawaii Yay! Thank you! 🎉I‘m trying to be better with StoryGraph! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w
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julieclair Tagging all other 2025 participants… please let me know if you‘d like to be added to, or removed from, the tag list for 2026. @kspenmoll @majkia @Deblovestoread @PuddleJumper @LiseWorks @Read4life @Sace @Amiable @DogMomIrene @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks 3w
julieclair @DebinHawaii I really enjoy tracking my reading that way. Hope you find you like it! 3w
kspenmoll Thank you Julie! Story Graph has been a wonderful tool! 3w
dabbe I hope to do a better job with my posts this year! Thanks for hosting again, lovely lady! ♥️💚💙 3w
BarkingMadRead Ohhhhh these are fun! 3w
BarkingMadRead I‘m in, I don‘t have storygraph but I‘ll post here 3w
BarbaraBB Great prompts. I am in! 3w
thebacklistbook Thanks for the tag! 3w
LiseWorks I'll do this this year, totally forgot last year. 3w
Amiable I wasn‘t great about posting my reads here, but I have been logging them on StoryGraph! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Do keep me on your tag list. I enjoyed checking my shelves to see if I could find a prompt from my personal TBR every month!! 3w
Enchanted_Bibliophile I'm definitely joining you again. Thanks for tagging me. 3w
julieclair @kspenmoll I‘m so glad StoryGraph is working for you. It‘s one of those wonderful #BlameItOnLitsy things for me. I would never have discovered it on my own. 3w
julieclair @dabbe So do I! 💙🤣💙 3w
julieclair @BarkingMadRead @BarbaraBB Glad you‘re joining us again! 🎉 3w
julieclair @LiseWorks Glad you‘re in! 😃 3w
julieclair @Amiable It‘s nice to have both options, I think. I don‘t always do a Litsy post for every book I read, but StoryGraph always gets updated. 3w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I do the same thing! In fact, the prompts this year *may* have been drawn from my own personal shelves. 😘 3w
julieclair @Enchanted_Bibliophile Glad you‘re back for another year! 😃 3w
julieclair @thebacklistbook You‘re welcome! Glad you‘re back for another year! 😀 3w
Cuilin Keep me in the tag list, please 🙏 These prompts look great!!! 3w
Zuhkeeyah Please keep on the tag list! Excited for another year 😊 3w
Gissy 📚🤩 3w
julieclair @Cuilin Yay! Glad you‘re in! 😃 2w
julieclair @Zuhkeeyah Yay! Glad you‘re back for another year! 😀 2w
julieclair @Gissy Hooray! Glad you‘re in for another year! 😀 2w
TheEllieMo I slightly overdosed on challenges this year, but I did like this one, so I will at the very least dip in and out 2w
julieclair @TheEllieMo I did the same, and I‘m trying to cut back, too. Glad you enjoyed this one! Dipping in and out is totally fine. 💙 1w
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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December 2025 #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! I really enjoyed Snowed In for Christmas - I look forward to Sarah Morgan's new Christmas book every year!! 4w
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks This is my 2nd Sarah Morgan book and I adored both of them! I'm going to prioritize her backlist because this is exactly what I need right now! ❤️🎄 The one I read last year was 4w
TheAromaofBooks I LOVED Book Club Hotel!! I actually have it on my reread pile this year!! I really love how she pretty much always has her married couples find reconciliation and renewal together instead of storming off to have an affair, and also how so much of her story focuses on relationships between mothers, daughters, and sisters. She manages to tackle some difficult themes without the whole book becoming a sadness slog. 4w
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bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks I agree will all of that! I love how her families (so far) actually like each other and actively work out their issues. I identified hard with Glenda in this one as I often can't say the right things to my adult kids. 4w
TheAromaofBooks One I read a couple of years ago was a lot about a mother who wasn't a great mother when her daughters were growing up so the daughters pretty much had cut her off as adults. Now, years later, the mother is wanting to change her life and reconcile with them. I felt like Morgan handled it so well, the difficulty of deciding what to do about second chances and reconciliation for someone who has hurt you in the past. 4w
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks Ohhh that one sounds sad but I'm starting to trust Morgan with those difficulties. It's going on the list! 3w
TheAromaofBooks It was so good!! You can trust me to never recommend a sad book 😂 They are NOT my jam! The only thing about this one that annoyed me was the one sister was OBSESSED with her kids believing in Santa because apparently the ONLY WAY to have Christmas magic is via Santa. Since I grew up in a not-Santa household where Christmas absolutely reeked of magic and happy surprises, her attitude started to annoy me after a while haha 3w
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks Good to know! I'm not a fan of sad books so I'll remember that you don't recommend them. Re Santa...I come from a Santa family and have always had fun with that, both as a kid and a an adult, but I agree that a focus on Santa is weird. I mean, every kid stops believing at some point yet the magic of Christmas remains and isn't dependent on Santa. 3w
TheAromaofBooks Right? I've never been anti-Santa but I do feel like some parents go over the top with it a bit 😂 At any rate, it was only a minor niggle in an otherwise very enjoyable book haha And I just reread The Book Club Hotel the other day and just so thoroughly enjoyed it!! Yesterday I read a similar (although not quite as good) book, The White Christmas Inn by Colleen Wright, so you might enjoy that one, too!! 3w
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks I just read One More For Christmas & loved it. Thanks for the suggestion! I see what you meant about the Santa stuff but don't know if I'd have noticed it without you mentioning it, probably because I do come from a Santa family. I did find I was slightly annoyed by every scene Tabitha was in. I tried to remind myself that she's not even 5, & is actually quite charming & realistic, but I didn't want to be dealing with a child. 🫣 2w
TheAromaofBooks Oh yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! I still haven't picked up her latest (A Merry Little Lie) although it's on my shelf. 1w
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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I'm excited about my #BookSpin but can't even remember putting the #DoubleSpin title on my list! 🙃
As always, thanks Sarah! ❤️

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AllDebooks
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Lesliereadsalot I love this! 3mo
dabbe 😂😍😂 3mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂🥳💝. 3mo
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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My #BookSpin is 'something by Edith Wharton" Should I go with House of Mirth or Age of Innocence? The #DoubleSpin is the first in a series I've heard great things about.
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks!

Ruthiella How terribly do you want to be depressed? 😂 I found The House of Mirth to be very sad whereas I found The Age of Innocence to be more bittersweet. 3mo
Amiable I recently downloaded this one —could be a nice option to dip in and out of Wharton this month: 3mo
bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella you made me giggle, which I very much appreciated today! I might be rethinking my choice, though, as I'm not eager to be depressed by my reading. 🤔 3mo
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bookandbedandtea @Amiable Your suggestion sounds like a good solution! I'm considering getting that collection, but I also found this one, tagged, which I'm finding tempting as it is October. 👻 3mo
Ruthiella I think the Edith Wharton ghost story collection sounds like a good seasonal choice! 👻👍 3mo
bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella I think it's the winner! 3mo
CarolynM I‘ve just finished Slow Horses. I enjoyed it, hope you do too. 3mo
bookandbedandtea @CarolynM I hope so too. I keep hearing really good things about it. 😊 3mo
bookandbedandtea @CarolynM I just read Slow Horses and it was fantastic! I've already requested the next book from the library. I refuse to get another streaming service but I kinda wish I had apple TV so I could watch it. 2mo
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for September. I've been meaning to read both of these for a long time. 😊
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 4mo
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!!! 5mo
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bookandbedandtea
WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson
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My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books for July 2025 😊
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 6mo
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vlwelser
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Pickpick

This was very interesting. It goes through 500 years of history and points out things and ways we messed up the environment. It's very broad but he does a good job.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6mo
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