Happy Birthday, @wanderinglynn 🥳
Thank you for hosting a #49bdaygiveaway ~ I just finished my first J. Ryan Stradal (& loved it) ~ the tagged book has been on my TBR for some time.
Happiest of happy days to you! 🥰
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I loved seeing this family saga unfold. A tale of strong women - perhaps a tad stubborn - following their paths.
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My January #doublespin ~ I need to sit with this for a bit…so many things about Marianne & Connell‘s relationship just gets me in the gut.
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I have fond memories of reading her books growing up…my bestie and I traded our copies of “Just as Long as We‘re Together” (inscribing our initials and the necessary “B.F.F.E.” on the inside cover). Blume understood and wrote about tweens/teens in the way that made us (me) seen and understood.
Bergstein‘s exploration of Blume‘s career, life, and impact on young readers was a great way to kick off my 2025 reading.
January #bookspin
pickSneaking in one last title for 2024…another recommended by my 10 year old King-loving son.
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Happy New Year, friends!
The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
pickGood middle grade read. Fun for lovers of musical theater about a young girl, who uses a wheelchair, and her pursuit of a life on stage.
2025 #Bookspin & #Doublespin is just around the corner…I can‘t even begin to wrap my mind around this. Let‘s do it! 🙌🏼🥳💜 Here‘s my list for January!
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My #bookspin pick for December…ack! I finished the challenge! 🙌🏼🥳
So looking forward to Year 5 of this challenge! Thank you, @TheAromaofBooks 🥰
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After the unexpected loss of their friend, five young adults make a pact to give one another “living funerals”. Over the course of 20ish years, the friends come together at various life stages to uphold their promise to one another.
This was moving, emotional, and struck a chord. Beautiful.
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4 dragons for this read, which my 10 year old highly recommended to me (his first King novel). Also my December #doublespin pick.
Seeking book recommendations for my 10 y.o. son. He‘s in 4th grade and dipping toes into horror…he‘s been allowed to watch some scary movies (The Omen, The Conjuring, The Shining, It (1990 miniseries), Signs, The Sixth Sense).
He‘s wanted to read Stephen King, so for his birthday he got The Eyes of the Dragon & The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. He‘s devouring these books…
Any recommendations for where to steer him next? Thanks, Litsy! 💜🩷
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Enjoyed visiting the Starling House and meeting some of the good folks of Eden.
so-soMeh…while I finished, this wasn‘t a read I‘d highly recommend. I wasn‘t invested in the characters or the storyline; however, I did manage to finish. Happy to move this along to a new home.
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Fun, quick read…makes me want to get on a plane to Hawaii on this chilly November morning!
As 2024 starts to transition to 2025, I‘m thankful for another fun year of #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks ~ thank you for hosting! 💜🙌🏼
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This was a delightful and cozy read. I enjoyed the dual timelines and seeing Val work her way through the riddles as she becomes part of the Primrose Hill community. Take me to the Book Garden, please!
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A quick read ~ out of my traditional “comfort zone”
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️ While it feels a bit too obvious, I did find it helpful and was thinking about the “combinations” I work with (including myself)
If you think you‘re surrounded by idiots, then perhaps you are the idiot…you can‘t expect everyone to be/act like you, so it‘s beneficial to seek to understand those surrounding you.
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This was fun…and I learned that my nephew and his mom are reading the series, too. Should I continue?
pickFinished The Answer is No today for my November #bookspin (Kindle). Just a delight. Backman has a delightful knack for absurdity, humor, and humanity. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Currently reading this #kindlepick for my November #bookspin 👍🏼
Thanks to #roll100 & my November #doublespin I am delighted to move this 2018 #both off my #tbr shelf. This was enjoyable, and I liked seeing Hazel unravel the mystery. 3.5 ⭐️
bailedMade it to page 137…just not into it…time to get the book back to its owner.
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This was a quick and gripping read - perfect for Halloween season! Fun Fact: this author is from my town in Central Jersey, so some of the local nods (RU-Rah-Rah) and allusions to the Middlesex Greenway were fun lil‘ Easter Eggs of sorts.
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Metal and gore 🤘🏼🎸
Filing in the #mysoncanreadthiswhenhesolder category, definitely up his alley
pick3.5 ⭐️ ~ fun and quick ~ R.L. Stine has the formula down. I will let the kid read this one. The innuendo should just soar over his head. Hopefully this will reinforce the “don‘t hitchhike, don‘t pick up hitchhikers” mantra I‘ll say on repeat in the years to come! 🤞🏼🤣
Next up on the #canmykidreadthisyet list…this guy…my son‘s just finished Stine‘s The Cheater and enjoyed it. He‘s not yet 10, so I guess this is good parenting. He‘s dying to read Stephen King, but this will have to do…for a little while longer. We‘ve got some “good for kids” King coming his way for his 10th.
For years, Dr. Murchison had taught her to breathe in the flower, and blow out the candle. Now she breathed in Slayer and blew out Black Sabbath.
so-soMy October #Roll100 & #DoubleSpin ~ there is a lot in these vignettes about murder and violence in Essex County (Massachusetts) densely packed, but “just okay” for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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My September #doublespin and Book Club pick for October. Felt good to read a book that I wanted to keep coming back to. I think our group‘s discussion will be a good one.
pickFun throwback c/o my parents‘ basement… #treasure looking forward to diving into others in the box. 📦
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Happy to have finally returned to Simone St. James. This book blends together some of my favorites: true crime and ghosts…
My September #bookspin list looks very similar to that of prior months…but that‘s okay! Plenty of opportunities to tackle #mountTBR while still having room for “mood reading”. How is it September?! And, in a very un-New Jersey twist, my kids head back to school this week…in August! What is happening?! 🤣
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Parenting someone recently diagnosed, this book is a helpful tool for perspective. Both Penn and Kim are candid about their experiences and the impact of ADHD on their lives & relationship. (August #doublespin)
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Enjoyed reading this during a weekend getaway.
bailedMy #Roll100 for August and I‘m not feeling it…so why continue?! Move it out into the world for someone else! #thankyouNext
so-so“So-So” because there is probably so, so much I don‘t quite understand…amusing though and with the author‘s self-awareness at the end I know that a trip to Wikipedia may be in order.
My #bookspin for August (A Melville House read). 🙌🏼
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I enjoy how Davis embraces the two timelines together.
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Not my favorite Ruth Ware read, but it kept moving and kept me guessing till the end.
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