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OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620

Joined August 2016

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” -Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Novel
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Begin Again by Emma Lord
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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I didn‘t read as much in December as I wanted to, due to illness early on and my hubby being off work for the last 10 days. We‘ve been having fun just hanging out! 😂
But I did manage 2 bingos!

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Pantone: Colors | Pantone
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Yesterday, the last day of 2025, I finally found my last #pantone2025 match! 🥳

Lauredhel Yayyy! 20h
Lauredhel Yayyy! 20h
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Pantone: Colors | Pantone
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Lauredhel Gotta love a romance with a dog on the cover. 20h
OriginalCyn620 @Lauredhel Right? I‘m a sucker for a dog on a book cover 😂 19h
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Welcome to 2026, fellow Littens! I love the #ispybingo challenge run by @TheAromaofBooks so I couldn‘t help but make a few of my own when she so awesomely offered. 😂

Let‘s do some traveling this year! Most of the prompts will be found within books. For each of the 7 continents, the book can be set there or the author can be from there. Please tag me if you participate because I‘d love to see everyone‘s progress. Happy reading!

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Welcome to 2026, fellow Littens! I love the #ispybingo challenge run by @TheAromaofBooks so I couldn‘t help but make a few of my own when she so awesomely offered. 😂

This board is all about food - most items can be found on covers, but some will be found within. Please tag me if you participate because I‘d love to see everyone‘s progress. Happy reading!

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Welcome to 2026, fellow Littens! I love the #ispybingo challenge run by @TheAromaofBooks so I couldn‘t help but make a few of my own when she so awesomely offered. 😂

This board celebrates the books we read - some items are about the outside of the books, but most will be found within. Please tag me if you participate because I‘d love to see everyone‘s progress. Happy reading!

Faranae I wonder how many of these I'll be able to pull off from OpenLibrary loans. 😄 20h
willaful @Faranae these are a bit harder for those of us who do ebooks, but I enjoy a challenge. 😁 15h
julieclair This board sounds like a perfect excuse to buy more books! 🤣🤣🤣 14h
OriginalCyn620 @Faranae @willaful @julieclair Just have fun with it! Heck, I‘m not even sure how well I‘ll do with this! 🤣 13h
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Welcome to 2026, fellow Littens! I love the #ispybingo challenge run by @TheAromaofBooks so I couldn‘t help but make a few of my own when she so awesomely offered. 😂

This one is for romance readers, and all the items should be found on the covers of your romance books. Please tag me if you participate because I‘d love to see everyone‘s progress. Happy reading!

LiseWorks I sure hope to remember to tag you lol 20h
Faranae I started to think “oh no but I don't read the kind of romance with bare chests on the cover“, and then I remembered the very deceptive cover of Sailor's Delight. 😂 20h
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julieclair I love all of these new boards! 💗 14h
OriginalCyn620 @LiseWorks And I hope to remember to tag you on your board 🤣 13h
OriginalCyn620 @julieclair thank you! 😊 13h
OriginalCyn620 @Faranae I‘m not familiar with that cover but I‘m intrigued! 😂 13h
Faranae @OriginalCyn620 At some point, I need to add the book to Litsy. It's a slow-burn, 0 spice m/m historical romance, with this cover https://www.roselerner.com/bookshelf/sailors-delight/ 10h
OriginalCyn620 @Faranae Oh my, that definitely works! 😜 9h
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Pickpick

This is a second chance at love story. Police officer and love cynical Wren moves back to her hometown after being away for 19 years, and reconnects with her high school BF, Sam. Since Wren has been away, Sam has built up a reputation for being a man whore, and both of their current situations are a result of what drove them apart in high school.

#fictionaltraveler
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks I love this cover!! 22h
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Got my first #bookspinbingo list for 2026 ready to go! 🥳

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I‘m sitting here working on mine. 3d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3d
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Pickpick

A soft pick. This was pretty repetitive on several counts, but there was lots of Christmas-y vibes, and the MMC is an NHL player, so yeah. Didn‘t hate that! I also rooted for the FMC, who has a complicated relationship with her mother, and was just trying to follow her passion.

#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
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Pickpick

Shayla arrives in Ireland with her boyfriend Seamus for Christmas, hoping for a proposal. After meeting Seamus‘ family, his wealthy uncle Alabaster is found murdered at a holiday party. This was pretty cute, and I‘d read more of the series!

#bookspinbingo
#read2025

DieAReader ♥️♥️Great 1w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Good Spirits | B. K. Borison
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I held out as long as I could and went ahead and finished this today while I was doing the last of the holiday errands and wrapping. Loved it! I would really like to see an adaptation! This is loosely based on A Christmas Carol, one of my all-time faves, so I had a feeling I would like it.

#LittensLoveRomance
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Book of Fallen Trees | Marcus Attwater
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dabbe 💚🤎💚 2w
JenlovesJT47 Gorgeous 💚🩶💚 2w
Amiable Beautiful photos! 2w
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TheBookHippie Oh me too!!! I always take pics when I find them in the woods! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @TheBookHippie You may already know this, but when I went to Ireland last year, I learned that when a tree falls, they don‘t chop it up and move it, they just let nature do its thing. Unless there‘s a safety concern, of course, like one falling across a road. 💚 Since then, I‘ve been low-key obsessed with fallen trees! 2w
AnnCrystal @OriginalCyn620 natures does Her job beautifully 🤩🥲😍💝💝💝. 2w
lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 2w
OriginalCyn620 @AnnCrystal Yes, she does! 💚 2w
OriginalCyn620 @lil1inblue thank you! 😊 2w
Cuilin Wonderful pictures!! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @Cuilin Thank you! 💚 2w
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Pickpick

Cute holiday read! It‘s the second in the series and I have the third on standby.

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Fun read! A different kind of holiday novel but it really worked. I enjoyed the world that the author built, with each holiday having a royal family. Coal, the prince of Christmas is basically a screw up, and he is pitted against Hex, the Halloween prince, in a fake competition for the hand of the princess of Easter. When Coal finds out the reason for the ruse, he sets out to fix it, and falls for Hex in the process.
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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mcctrish That one I‘d have to throw 2w
OriginalCyn620 @mcctrish Not a CoHo fan, I take it? 😂 2w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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A perfect score! Home Alone isn‘t my favorite by far, but I‘ve seen it tons of times, and it is pretty funny. Here is my favorite Kevin quote: “Bless this highly nutritious microwaveable macaroni and cheese dinner and the people who sold it on sale. Amen.” 😂

#ttt #takethreethursday

dabbe #woohooyou! I need to watch it again! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🤍 2w
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One Last Gift | Emily Stone
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Pickpick

This is a low pick for me. I think it just dragged in places. And maybe nothing is wrong with the book-perhaps I had built it up in my mind and then it just didn‘t live up to the expectations that I had!

#bookspinbingo - this is my #doublespin for this month

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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dabbe #foreversherlocked 💚🩶♥️ 2w
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Festive Feud | Maren Moore
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This was short but spicy! I did really like both the MCs too!

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Bailedbailed

41% in and I‘m bored. There‘s too many other holiday books I can try, so I‘m moving on!

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TheAromaofBooks On to something better!! 3w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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A Christmas Candy Killing | Christina Romeril
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Mehso-so

This was just okay for me. I never really connected with the MC and there were so many characters to keep up with. I was, however, surprised by the killer…didn‘t see it coming!

#thematiccozies
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3w
julieclair Just read the blurb about the book. Even that had too many characters to keep up with! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @julieclair That was exactly my mistake…I went more by the cover than by actually paying attention to the blurb 2w
julieclair Covers can be so enticing. I often read books based on the cover alone! 2w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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March | Geraldine Brooks
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Another completed #ispybingo board! 🥳

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Looking fabulous!! 3w
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Amiable I love these! So pretty 🤩 3w
TheBookHippie Pretty! 3w
JenlovesJT47 So pretty and festive ♥️🎄💚 3w
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LiseWorks We are getting an Alberta Clipper tonight and tomorrow, 10 to 20 centimeters, may even have a snow day 3w
Karisa 😍 3w
OriginalCyn620 @LiseWorks Enjoy your snow day! Even this little bit shut us down because we‘re just not equipped to dealing with snow. 🤣 3w
AnnCrystal 🌨️ a powdering of magic 🤩❄️😍💝💝💝. 3w
Dilara Very pretty! 🌲 3w
OriginalCyn620 @Dilara Thank you! 😊 3w
lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 3w
OriginalCyn620 @lil1inblue thank you! 😊 3w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Pickpick

Faith manages a luxury outdoor adventure company in Christmas Mountain, Montana. But after the owner dies, the company is left to his son, a NYC public relations specialist, who comes to Christmas Mountain with the intention to sell. Faith schemes to get him to change his mind, and in the process, both find things they weren‘t looking for.

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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TheBookHippie Omg cuteness. 4w
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Cozy for the Holidays | Liz Maverick
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I always enjoy Maverick‘s holiday stories…they just have all the feels and this one was no different!

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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TheBookHippie It‘s so cute. 4w
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Pickpick

Pretty cute Christmas tale about a woman who inherits a “magical” Christmas village.

#bookspinbingo - this is my #bookspin for this month!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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dabbe #foreversherlocked ♥️🖤♥️ 4w
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Delilah and Anthony shared a steamy kiss last Christmas, then things got suddenly frosty. This year, they‘re roped into the town‘s Christmas festivities, and they have no choice but to face the miscommunication that happened prior. A sweet romance with a bit of spice!

#readordonate
#bookspinbingo - free space

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
TheAromaofBooks Also, you have been on Litsy for a while - do you know where we should report this obnoxious spam commenter?? 4w
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OriginalCyn620 @thearomaofbooks the only thing I know is to flag the comment by holding down on it and choosing “flag” from the menu of options. Then you can describe why you‘re flagging it. Wonder if it‘s some kind of bot? 4w
TheAromaofBooks Oh nice, I didn't even realize you could flag comments that way! I don't know if it's a bot or what, but I have seen that exact comment on soooo many posts today - a lot of people are tagging me with their BookSpin lists/boards and it felt like half of them had this comment on it! Plus on my own post! 😂 4w
julieclair This looks cute! 4w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks That spam is everywhere on Litsy today! I‘m going to start flagging it. 4w
TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - I suppose I should be grateful because I really don't see spam much on Litsy like I do other places. But it makes it all the more aggravating when it appears 😂 4w
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Litsy should be immune to spammers! 🤣 4w
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As you can guess from my score, I guessed at the majority of the questions! The very first one surprised me the most - never in a million years would I have thought that St. Nick was based on a Greek saint. 🤷🏻‍♀️
It was a fun quiz and I definitely learned some things!

#ttt #takethreethursday

dabbe So did I! Thanks for playing and sharing. ♥️💙💚 1mo
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Five interconnected short stories in which different people in different stages of life find their way to a small library located in a community center, and all connect with a book that inspires change. Lots of feel-good vibes!

#tbrtarot - book by a Japanese author
#bookspinbingo - free space

Sparklemn Loved this book 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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Pantone: Colors | Pantone
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Completed one of the #pantone2025 boards!

Lauredhel Congrats! 1mo
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The Advent Calendar | Steven Croft
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I haven‘t been feeling well and I totally forgot that I bought the Mini Brands Book Advent Calendar…luckily, I saw a couple of posts today and was reminded. 😂
So, I had to play catch up. These are just so cute! It‘ll be fun to see what everybody gets! 🎄

TheBookHippie I hope you feel better soon. 1mo
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