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V13: Chronicle of a Trial | Emmanuel Carrere

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Continue reading the top row- #KareninaWinter #VirginiaBloomberries
Row 2: Reading NF, starting Chapter & Curse today; other book pending #NF #auldlangspine #cozy
Continue listening to The Grey Wolf #serieslove2924

TheBookHippie, Andrew65, TheSpineView, AllDebooks

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JoeMo

The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett

I‘m loving the season to include the holiday-related reads…but I‘m really looking forward to the new year and the return to reading “more serious” stuff. #Auldlangspine has added an extra jolt to my TBR as I‘ve been paired with @Amiable and am intrigued by a number of her favorite reads from the past year. Above are just a few of her recommendations I plan to check out in January and well into 2025!

#auldlangspine2025
#ALSpine2025

monalyisha

Deblovestoread The Trees is so good. Can't recommend enough. 2h

Amiable I can‘t wait to hear your thoughts! FYI, I listened to the audiobook of “Here After.” It‘s read by the author and the emotions expressed in her voice add a poignancy to the story. 1h

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Born.A.Reader

The Rising Tide | Ann Cleeves

A bit about me for my #AuldLangSpine match @kspenmoll 📚 Also I love historical fiction, but you could probably tell that from my list! 😀
@monalyisha

kspenmoll Thank you for this lovely post! Where are you in FL? My husband is from Tampa, his family is there. 18h

Born.A.Reader I'm from Oviedo, just north of Orlando. About 2 hours or so from Tampa. 18h

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kspenmoll

Christmas is Murder: A Rex Graves Mystery | C. S. Challinor

#AllAboutMe #auldlangspine
Started one book early (tagged) cause of itsChristmas them. Looking forward to your reads @Born.A.Reader love your list!

monalyisha

Born.A.Reader I would LOVE to live in a house with that much history! Has it been in your family since then? 18h

kspenmoll @Born.A.Reader No, we bought it & are the 5th family to live here.Interesting history to it though. Basically it was built as a home for a son of a family whose big house is across the street from ours, totally restored now. He was in a sledding accident & confined to wheel chair. A woman who cared for him lived in a small upstairs area.we have two doors off our front porch, one that enters (edited) 15h

kspenmoll At the stairs to go up to what were her quarters,another goes straight into the living room. Upstairs was a tiny kitchen which is now a half bath. A kitchen was later added on at the other end of the house. (edited) 15h

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Karkar

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era | Donovan X. Ramsey

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Wow this was impactful. This one will be with me for a while.

Deblovestoread This was on my #AuldLangSpine list for the year. I need to bump it up to the top. 2d

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sebrittainclark

Lock In (Lock In, #1) | John Scalzi

I finally had time to look through all the books on my #auldlangspine list from @julesG. I've read and loved Ne'er Duke Well and Earls' Trip, and Lock In has been on my TBR for too long. I've decided to focus on reading these 5 in January:

Lock In by John Scalzi
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir
A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

@monalyisha

julesG Oh, all good picks. 4d

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Christine

Forgotten on Sunday | Val�rie Perrin

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I've submitted grades for all the classes I teach (🎉 🥳 💃) and so am thrilled to be shifting focus to all things Christmas, festive, and fun!! One thing that buoyed me during these last few busy weeks was reading this fantastic pick from @Deblovestoread 's #AuldLangSpine list!!! It was so very good. I don't know what I thought this book was about, but it was nothing like what it really was about. A truly lovely read. Thanks, Deb!! ❤️

MallenNC Enjoy your break! We‘re on winter break from today through the rest of the year. 4d

Deblovestoread So glad you loved it! I love all 3 of hers so far, especially Fresh Water for Flowers. And I hope you have a fantastic winter break and a lovely holiday! (edited) 4d

Suet624 I liked this one a lot too. Fresh Water is still my favorite. 4d

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Tamra Love Perrin! 4d

ChaoticMissAdventures This one is high on my list for next year! I love that so many of us love Perrin 😍 4d

BarbaraBB Perrin rocks! I loved all her three books that have been translated. 3d

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures So interested in what you‘ll think of her! 3d

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB I absolutely loved her Flowers one, and bought all the rest the day I finished it, and then they sat on my shelf.... book people problems I guess. I have this one and Three high on my list to get to next year, and all this love sharing of Perrin on Litsy is helping get me excited for them.
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Christine @MallenNC Congrats to us!! 😁 Wishing you a wonderful break, too! 3d

Christine @Deblovestoread Thank you, and right back at you re: a lovely holiday!! (I still want to read more of your picks before the 31st...The Trees feels like a must!!) 3d

Christine @Deblovestoread @Suet624 @BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures Clearly Fresh Water needs to move to the top of my TBR!! 3d

Christine @Tamra She's so good! Huge thanks to Litsy on this one, I don't think I would have known of/tried her otherwise. 3d

Tamra @Christine Litsy is wonderful! 💙 3d

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TheKidUpstairs

Rare Singles: 'a Book of Rare Charm by a Writer Who Understands the Magic of Music' - Ian Rankin | Benjamin Myers

I grew up on soul music, and reading the synopsis of this one from @CarolynM's #AuldLangSpine last called to mind favourite films like The Commitments and Standing in the Shadows of Motown. So it kinda sorta fell into my online shopping cart when I was doing some last minute holiday shopping, and arrived at my door today!

@monalyisha

CarolynM 👏👏👏 Hope you enjoy it😊 4d

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CarolynM

Rapture | Emily Maguire

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Historical fiction is not really my thing & I come from long lines of religious non conformists with no sympathy for the Catholic Church, but I was fascinated by this story of a C9th girl who disguises herself as a Benedictine monk in order to feed her voracious intelligence & desire to learn. The place & condition of women in at that time is a major theme, as is corruption within the church. Captivating stuff! #ozfiction

CarolynM @TheKidUpstairs @monalyisha FYI I would have put this on my #AuldLangSpine list if I‘d read it in time. 4d

LeahBergen Ooo, I‘ve been wanting to read this! Great review. 😘 4d

Cathythoughts Great review, stacked. 👍🏻 4d

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Amiable Sounds great! Kind of reminds me of this one, which was also excellent:

Pope Joan: A Novel

TrishB Sounds great 👍🏻 4d

AmyG The cover! Stacked! 4d

TheKidUpstairs Ooh, I already had this stacked, so I'll bump it up the TBR! 4d

CarolynM @LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I think it‘s the kind of book both of you would like🙂 4d

CarolynM @Amiable She says in an afterword that the story “draws on myths, legends, gossip and conjecture” so I think we can assume the Pope Joan story was an influence here. 4d

CarolynM @TrishB @AmyG @TheKidUpstairs I think you would all like it too🙂 4d

Cathythoughts I just ordered it 😁 only it‘s a pre-order here , won‘t be out till late March. Looking forward to it. 3d

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CSeydel

Auld Lang Syne!: Reliving Your Scottish Childhood | Allan Morrison

Excited for #auldlangspine2025!

Is it overkill to check out all these now? Yes. But it feeds my winter hoarding impulse, so I went with it.

I might (will) have to cheat and start Frozen River before Jan 1, because it has a list of holds. (I‘m honestly surprised I got it already.) I figure this is allowable because ~technically~ it wasn‘t on your official #auldlangspine list 😉

monalyisha, CBee

monalyisha I totally didn‘t see this. Or, I did. I just didn‘t see the part about Frozen River. Wait, what was I talking about? My mind is suddenly cloudy… 5d

TheKidUpstairs Great stack! 5d

CSeydel @monalyisha That‘s the spirit! 5d

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CBee @monalyisha 😂😂😂 5d

CBee @CSeydel this stack brings back such good memories *sigh* I don‘t think it‘s overkill and agree wholeheartedly with you starting Frozen River asap 😁 5d

Lesliereadsalot Great list! I loved Forgotten on Sunday. 5d

CSeydel @cbee just realized I left off Great Believers … will have to retake the photo when I get home 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5d

CSeydel @Lesliereadsalot it looks so good! 5d

CBee @Lesliereadsalot have you read Fresh Water for Flowers? That one could be a favorite of all time for me ♥️ 5d

CBee @CSeydel you‘ve got some good reading ahead 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5d

Lesliereadsalot I have read Fresh Water for Flowers and loved it. Also loved her book “Three”. That one had some real twists! 5d

CBee @Lesliereadsalot I have that one and hope to get to it next year (finally). I just love her. 5d

CBee @CSeydel btw I went ahead and got a few of the books on your list for cheap on Thriftbooks 😊 I got Goodbye, Vitamin, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Things in Jars 👏🏻 5d

CSeydel @Cbee awesome! 5d

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