SundayBuddyREAD

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is THIRTEEN! Our official #DoubleSpin number is FOUR!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 2d

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 2d

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 2d

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 2d

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 2d

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 2d

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf @KellyHamHer @a_lunae 2d

TheAromaofBooks That's everyone on my tag list, so if you haven't been tagged and would like to be added, please let me know. Happy Spinning, everyone!!! 2d

Soubhiville Thank you! 📚❤️ 2d

GinaKButler Yay!! I got

The Good Part

Bookwormjillk 2nd month in a row I got a Nancy Drew. Not always the best books, but easy to finish! 1d

claudiuo Thank you! Indeed what I was waiting for! 1d

TheSpineView Awesome! 1d

Librarybelle Looks like I have Jane and the Wandering Eye and this month‘s #SundayBuddyRead ! 1d

Lcsmcat Yay! I get to read

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

bookandbedandtea Yay for #BookSpin day! Thanks, Sarah! 1d

5feet.of.fury Oooh I never really count these I just like the bingo board but these are both library books on my April list I started at the end of March 1d

BarbaraJean Yay! My BookSpin is a decade range for #192025, so I get to choose something published in the 1950s—70s, and my DoubleSpin is one I picked for my 50x50 challenge (tagged)!

Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

MemoirsForMe Woo hoo! I get to read 2 celebrity memoirs! 🙌🏻 1d

dabbe Thanks for hosting! 🩵💙🩵 1d

CSeydel Thank you for keeping this going. It‘s such a fun game! My books are The Ghost Map and

Forgotten on Sunday

PuddleJumper Royal Assassin and an ARC this month 1d

Suet624 Four letters of love by Niall Williams! 1d

CoffeeK8 Thanks for organizing! 1d

Eggs Bookspin: Widows and Orphans. Doublespin: Cause to Run 9h

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kspenmoll

Dark Fires | Rosemary Rogers

March stats. Total:27 books
Row 1: Buddy reads & Kindle #sundaybuddyread #foodandlit #Ireland #bookedintime #Irishfamine #CrosswickJournals #MadeleineLEngle #studentbuddyread #readyourkindle
R2: #memoir #poetry #MatthewShardlake #DIBanks #IcelandicMystery
R3:#CommissarioBrunetti #RoyalSpynessMystery #Bookinabook #MartiniClub #GideonOliverMysteries
R4: #LaneWinslow
R5: #Spyness #PatrikHedstromMysteries #audiobooks #serieslove2025 #Storygraph

TheBookHippie, Librarybelle, Andrew65, TheSpineView, CBee, dabbe

dabbe Wowza! You are awesome! 🤩 2d

Librarybelle Incredible! Congratulations on a great reading month! 2d

Bookwormjillk Looks like a good reading month! 2d

TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1d

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kspenmoll

The Lioness of Boston: A Novel | Emily Franklin

#weeklyforecast
#sundaybuddyread #LaneWinslowMystery #Naturalitsy #ReadYourKindle

TheBookHippie, CBee, AllDebooks

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Read4life

The Grand Design: A Novel of Dorothy Draper | Joy Callaway

I‘m not sure how to rate this one. I enjoyed the story & the #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD group discussions. I wish it were more historically accurate historical fiction & was disappointed with info we got in the Author‘s Note. However, @TheBookHippie once again provided amazing information & chose a book I wouldn‘t have found on my own. The knowledge I gained & the enjoyment I got from reading it with the group pushes this to a pick.

CBee, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper

kspenmoll Wonderful review! 4d

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 4d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d

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DebinHawaii

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

pick

#Read2025

So in high school I absolutely did not like The Great Gatsby & thus over the years never picked up more Fitzgerald, content in my dislike. We had two #SundayBuddyRead books that put the author in a more favorable, sympathetic light & I decided it was time to go back again & reread TGG after a (cough) few decades of life 😉 & picked it as my #FictionalTraveler March pick for #BigCity. Surprise! I quite enjoyed the book this time. ⬇️

TheBookHippie, DieAReader, julieclair

DebinHawaii … I suppose I‘ll attribute it to being more open-minded about morally ambiguous characters like Gatsby, understanding wanting something/someone so badly, &/or just being more appreciative of well-written prose, but it was not at all a chore to read & at the end of the day, I think it‘s a great book. (I still despise Tom & Daisy mind you). And something interesting to me now is when Tom is describing their honeymoon & Daisy loving him, he says, ⬇️ (edited) 4d

DebinHawaii … “Not at Kapiolani?” & “Not that day I carried you down from the Punch Bowl to keep your shoes dry?” So I am now convinced that Tom & Daisy‘s 3-month South Seas honeymoon trip included Oahu & Hawaii. Again, probably just interesting to me. Anyway, I am pleased with adult me for having grown & will probably try more Fitzgerald in the future! 😉 4d

TheBookHippie This is my fav

Tender is the Night

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AmyG Books read differently when you are an adult. 4d

LeahBergen There are so many books I appreciate more with some ‘age‘ behind me. 😆 4d

DieAReader 💖💖💖 4d

dabbe I always wondered why this book was taught in American literature. I didn't appreciate it as a 16-year-old at all. As an adult, though ... wowza! I found that playing the audio of Tim Robbins reading it to my juniors really helped them to understand it better. The power of audio didn't really exist back in 1982 when I was a junior. 🤣 3d

julieclair Great review… and you make me want to reread Gatsby with an adult perspective. Stacked. 1d

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DebinHawaii

Grand Design: A Novel of Dorothy Draper | Joy Callaway

so-so

#Read2025

This book get big bonus points for the descriptive writing about the food, fashion & especially design & decor. It also gave a good look at the fascinating history of the Greenbrier Resort & the work of designer Dorothy Draper. Why the so-so rating? The author tried too hard for a romance & HEA for Draper that just wasn‘t needed & required too many fictional liberties that took away from the rest. Also, much of pleasure I took from ⬇️

TheBookHippie, DieAReader

DebinHawaii … the book was due to @TheBookHippie ‘s research & discussions she leads with the #SundayBuddyRead & not attributable to the author at all. It wasn‘t bad—it was a good diversion & I‘m glad I read it, but I remain disappointed it let me down at the end & with the author‘s note about her liberties & what she left out about Draper. I wanted more history than this historical fiction delivered. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d

TheBookHippie 🙃🎯 4d

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 4d

BarbaraBB Great photo/book combination 😍 4d

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