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The first book read for my #BirthdayBashReadathon was a bit of a random choice - a sequel to The Wind in the Willows, written by not-the-original-Willows-author. I'm always somewhat leery of people piggy-backing off of someone else's work, but I think Horwood makes it work. It's obvious that he has a great deal of love and respect for Grahame's original characters, but says he was always a bit saddened by the ending of Willows, which reassures ⬇

A fun book to read in your class about resilience. So i would teach about how you should never give up and to keep trying no matter how hard it is

Off we Go! A bear and more story by Will Hillenbrand(2013). Fun illustrations remind me of older illustrations and bring back fun memories of elementary school. This book is full of Onomatopoeias and has themes of never giving up.

“ wobble wobble wobble, crash“

I thought June went by in an instant, but looking back on the month, it feels ages since I read these early books. Time is weird.
I can't decide what my favorite was for June. Kill For Me Kill For You is a contender. So are The Helsinki Affair, The Vacation, and The Royal Librarian. 🤔

I'm really enjoying this so far. Ahhh Saturdays....🩷

This exceptionally well-crafted spy thriller follows Amanda Cole, deputy station chief in Rome, as she becomes embroiled in an investigation to uncover the truth behind an assassination. Her work is complicated by the realization that her father, a former CIA field agent turned PR hack, has secrets from his final assignment in Helsinki. This novel was engrossing, suspenseful & hard to put down--I will definitely look for other books by this author

Joining in again to see if this will help me with my #TBR.please tag me @TheAromaofBooks - I may join in to #bookspinbingo as well.

I am always excited to start a new story.

Themes: Espionage Thriller, Russian spies, CIA, Family

About halfway through this book I started thinking, “this is a good, not great read”, but now having finished it I realized you have to be in the right headspace for this book. There are a lot of characters, multiple POVs and storylines - it wasn‘t an easy/breezy read. BUT, if you can keep everyone and the stories straight, it‘s a clever and thrilling read 👍