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Kristy_K
January Buzz Books Monthly | Publishers Lunch
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Read a lot of great books in January and got good head starts on my challenges!

14 Books
4,757 Pages

Top Reads
Caste
Needy Little Things
Heavy is the Head

Challenges
#52bookclub25 : 9
#bookchain2025: 3
#litsyAtoZ: 8
Countries: 6 (2 New)
Mount TBR: 14

#januaryreads

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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Lauredhel
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willaful Nice! I'm totally stuck on #3. 3d
Lauredhel @willaful I'm at a loose end today stuck inside in a heatwave, feel free to drop a wordlist and preferred genres!
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3d
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TheAromaofBooks @willaful - What was I thinking putting that prompt so close to the beginning of the challenge?! So much harder than I anticipated! I finally had to sit down and make a word list and then actually found a book to read to check off that prompt so I could move on 😂 3d
Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks fwiw I liked the prompt! I did have to make a wordlist and do a bunch of searches, but I'm just that kind of weirdo that loves digital scavenger hunt type things 3d
willaful @Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks yeah, it's a clever prompt! I just had a very unfortunate book for number 2. 🙄

the list is: memory, table, contents, insane, walls, oak, asylum, voices, shadow, man, angry, nurse, ghostly, girl, unquiet, dead, long, patients, tormented, haunted, section, history, chapter

I should be able to find something with “girl“ for this month!
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Lauredhel @willaful Oh yep, “girl“ is definitely your get out of jail free card there! “Dead“, too.

Some other options from my GR shelves:
A Memory Called Empire 

Memory (from the Vorkosigan series)

The Memory Garden (Mary Rickert) - I loved this one 

Unbea_table_ Squirrel Girl (possibly a cheat) 

Asylum (Madeleine Roux)
Guantanamo Voices

A Shadow's Breath

The Year of Shadows 

Masks and Shadows 

In the Shadow of Spindrift House [1/2]
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Lauredhel @willaful [2/2 from my shelves but there's more]
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (double hit!)

The Long Walk

Longbourn, maybe a cheat but a great book

A Natural History of Dragons

Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

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Lauredhel @willaful a few more from my TBR:
Forest of Memory 

Seeing Voices

The Angry Women's Choir

The Long Shot (Deborah Sheldon) 

Long Live Evil (Sarah Rees Brennan) 

So Long Been Dreaming

The Long Distance Playlist

How Long 'Til Black Future Month?

A History of Glitter and Blood

Cranky Ladies of History
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
Dumplin' | Julie Murphy
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Mehso-so

I love the inspiring message of this book, but it had just a tad too many YA tropes for my liking.
I think if I read this as a teenager I would have been much more impressed.

#OffTheShelf2025 @Librariana
#BookChain2025 #5YearsOlder
@TheAromaofBooks
#LitsyAtoZ #D @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #PearSorbet @Lauredhel

Lauredhel It's definitely YA, but... Dolly Parton drag night 4 eva 4d
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Lauredhel Absolutely! I want to watch the movie just for that part 🤩 4d
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4d
MaleficentBookDragon 🥰 the 🎥 🍿 . It was adorable. 4d
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Rissreadswithcats
The Shining | Stephen King
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Pickpick

A haunted hotel with giant topiary animals that come alive, sensational! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I read somewhere about the similarities in the character Jack and King. Alcoholic, writer, teacher, young family etc. I couldn‘t stand Jack. What a man baby, always playing the victim and he was just plain mean!
Time to finally watch the film, I‘m sure I will be disappointed!
#Bookchain2025 New book different genre @TheAromaofBooks
#LitsyAtoZ letter K @Texreader

Rissreadswithcats I was so happy Jack got what was coming to him finally! Wendy and Danny are better off without him. 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Nelnjali
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Pickpick

#BookChain2025

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#TBRJanuary
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According to Storygraph, this is my third time reading this book (and it may actually be my fourth), and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time I read it. It is a strange, beautifully poetic, confounding at times read that sticks with you. ⬇️

Nelnjali There is beauty to be found in not trying to understand everything and just settling into the poetry of the world and romance these authors have created. This book is unlike anything I've read and has been a joy each time I've picked it up. 2w
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Nelnjali
Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson
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#BookChain2025

#TBRTheBookwormRevolution
#TBRStartofanEra - Forgot You Existed
#TBRJanuary
#TheBookwormRevolution

Sanderson is one of my favorite authors for a reason, and this book showcases the many reasons why. He writes thought-provoking, high-action fantasy, with some of the most nuanced world-building and magic systems around, and yet his books are approachable and his characters are loveable. ⬇️

Nelnjali This is my second read-through of this book, and if anything, I enjoyed it even more this time around. 3w
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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I believe I have a new addiction.
As soon as I realised there were Graphic Novels, I just had to get them.

This is a prequel of sorts showing Elias and Hel as Fivers. And yes it was just as ingenious and innovative as the two books I've already read.
I'm not crazy about the artwork, but that won't deter me from getting the other GN that's available.

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julieclair
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This well-researched, nonfiction account of Alex Murdaugh‘s trial was riveting. The author chronicled the history of the Murdaugh family dynasty in the South Carolina Lowcountry - generations of power and privilege. Lots to discuss and think about here, besides the obvious issues raised by the trial itself.

#MonthlyNonfiction2025
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterD @Texreader
#BookChain2025 #AorTheInTheTitle @TheAromaofBooks

MonicaLoves2Read I am in hold for this book through LibbyApp 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
julieclair @MonicaLoves2Read I hope you find it as fascinating as I did. 3w
MonicaLoves2Read @julieclair I probably will. The whole case fascinated me when it first hit the airwaves. 3w
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Rissreadswithcats
The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate
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This book had me ugly crying but with happiness at the end. I borrowed it from the school library where I work. Such an important book for children to show them empathy and respect for the animal world. It‘s heartbreaking because a lot of it is true.
🦍 🦍🦍🦍🦍

#BookChain2025 “A” or “The” in the title @TheAromaofBooks

#LitzyAtoZ Letter A @Texreader

piscesgirl this is one of my favorites! so glad you liked it! 4w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w
thegirlwiththelibrarybag Love the tigers! 🐅 4w
Rissreadswithcats @thegirlwiththelibrarybag it‘s actually a tshirt from a brand called Olga de Polga 4w
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