My #DoubleSpin for February was nice to read, but there were no mindset-shifting insights like I heard so many other readers have had. I did notice that there is another book with the same title but by Margaret Smith, and even the covers look similar so I wonder if I read the wrong book and everyone in the Minimalism community was raving about the other one? At least it's #OffMyShelf.

Poetry just isn't my thing. I absolutely love The Bell Jar, but I would need to take a class to understand her poems, and even then, I think I would struggle. I'm glad that I finally read this short book, even though it took #BookSpin to get me to pick it up. At least now it's #OffMyShelf

I've been having a lot of bad days lately and today was no exception. In the past, I would console myself with a trip to the bookstore where I would spend way too much money. Since I'm doing #ShelfLove this year and have an extremely limited budget, I decided to go to the library instead and check out more books than I can get through in 2 weeks (I also have 2 other books checked out already). It was just as comforting, but 100% free.

Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books for February, and boy are they a morbid combination! February has been historically a not good month for me, so that's fitting.

My #BookSpin list for February is full of books from my TBR, with the exception of Night Shift by Stephen King, which is the #LosersClub book of the month. I will be getting it from the library since I don't already own it. All of the other books will qualify for my #ShelfLove reading challenge and many of them will qualify for the #2025OffMyShelf prompts as well. I picked mostly shorter books since February is usually not a good month for me.

My #DoubleSpin for January was magical and weird and so different from just about anything else I've read in the Fantasy genre that I'm not sure how to rate it. I didn't LOVE love it, but I did find many of the sentences and individual words were soothing somehow. I don't know how else to describe it so I'm giving it a “Pick.“ #2025OffMyShelf

This was my #BookSpin for January, and overall, it's a solid Pick. Though it's the last book in the Raven Cycle series, it's only a short story and is told from Opal's perspective. You would definitely need to have read the other books in the series to understand what is going on and why. Though I haven't read Call Down the Hawk yet, I imagine that this is a nice bridge between the 2 series. #ShelfLove #2025OffMyShelf

I'm joining @wanderinglynn's #2025OffMyShelf reading challenge to make my own #ShelfLove challenge a little more exciting! I'll be adding books that fit these prompts to my #BookSpin lists as well.

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for January! I'm looking forward to both of them😁

Here is my #BookSpin list for January! 2024 was my first year doing this challenge, and it helped me get through/rid of quite a few books. I have high hopes that 2025 will be just as successful!

I never thought I would enjoy a James Patterson book, and I never expected to see him as the author of a warm, family-friendly Christmas story. This was definitely a great #BlindDatewithaBook. I read this for #CozyChristmas and #YuletideSpirit.

I'm joining #ReadOuttheOld as I finish up the #CozyChristmas readathon today! I've got a Christmas book to finish, both my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books to read, and a couple of library books I want to get to before New Year's Day.

At the airport waiting to fly home and I've been alternating between the tagged book and the audiobook of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. #CozyChristmas

Since I have the whole week off from work, I'll have plenty of time to read! So why not sign up for a holiday readathon?! #CozyChristmas

I'm really excited for my December #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin! 😁

My #bookhaul from the First Light bookstore in Austin, TX.

I'm posting my December #BookSpin list early since I'm going to be too busy during the week and next weekend to post.

My #DoubleSpin for this month was a quick read that spoke to my Hobbit self. Someday, I want to live somewhere surrounded by trees, even if that means I have to plant them myself.

This was my #BookSpin for this month. It was only OK. The writing sometimes felt a little off, but I'm not sure why.

My November #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books look like the perfect cozy reads as I slow down for the month.

My #BookSpin list for November! Most of these are physical books that have been on my TBR for quite a while, and the others are a mix of audiobooks and ebooks I've been wanting to read.

My #BookSpin for this month is absolutely beautiful and I will be keeping it as part of my permanent collection. I will also definitely be rereading it at some point, especially the stories “The Splendid Cannibals“ and “The Woman Who Befriended Ghosts.“ #TrappedInASpookyHouse #RIPXIX #Spookoween #FrightFall #SomethingWickedFall #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐This was my #DoubleSpin for this month as well as one of my #CastTheDie books and this month's book for #LosersClub. I'm so glad I finally read it, and I only wish I had read it years ago! #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #FrightFall #RIPXIX #Spookoween #SomethingWickedFall

The #FrightFall 24-Hour #Readathon starts in about 15 minutes (10 am EST)! These are just the physical books that I will be choosing from, and they're all from my #BookSpin list and a couple of them are books picked for me for #TrappedInASpookyHouse and #CastTheDie. I'll also be trying to get bingos on several boards including #SuperNaturalBookBingo. #LosersClub #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #Spookoween #RIPXIX

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for October are also two of my #TrappedInASpookyHouse books. Carrie is also one of my #CastTheDie books and this month's book for #LosersClub and both count for #RIPXIX and #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew Hopefully I'm not forgetting any tags.

Here are my books for #CastTheDie. I'm definitely reading Carrie by Stephen King, for the #LosersClub read-along, and I will try to get to the others as well, especially the tagged book, which was my lucky pick. All of them count for #HauntedShelf team #BlackCatCrew and #RIPXIX.

Another #readathon in October? Sure, why not?! My goal will be to finish as many books from my October #BookSpin list as possible, and I'll also try for at least one bingo on the #Spookoween bingo card.

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My TBR list for what feels like a million reading challenges & readathons in October that I signed up for! While it is primarily my combined list for #BookSpin and #CastTheDie, it includes the books picked for me while I'm #TrappedInASpookyHouse. All of the books count for #FrightFall, #RIPXIX, and #HauntedShelf as part of the #BlackCatCrew. I will also try to complete several different bingo cards along the way!

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@DieAReader - I hope this was your list! If so, enjoy your time being #TrappedInASpookyHouse I loved Bird Box (and the sequel too)!

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My #BookSpin for September was a lot of fun. I could see it being made into a movie. I loved the Star Trek jokes/references. It was a great last book of #SciFiSummer for me (even though the reading challenge doesn't end until the 21st) and a great light-hearted start to #RIPXIX (even though I've already got a fair number of short stories under my belt for that reading challenge).

This was my #DoubleSpin for this month, and WOW was it intense! It was incredibly disturbing and most of the time I didn't want to put it down as the main character became more and more unhinged. As with most of the books Jenny Lawson has picked for her Fantastic Strangelings book club, I was left wondering what I had just read, but in a good way.

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for September: Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Mrs. March by Virginia Feito. I'm especially looking forward to Mrs. March since I'm really behind on the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club books. Mrs. March was the pick for August 2022! #RIPXIX #SomethingWickedFall

This weekend is the start of my major reading season, and my and the boyfriend's anniversary (11 years and we haven't killed each other...yet)! #SciFiSummer is going strong until the Autumnal Equinox, but #RIP starts on the 1st, which is also #BackToHogwarts day. I also signed up for the #WhatTheDickens #BuddyRead of David Copperfield. My goal is simple: read when I can and as much as I can #ForTheLoveofBooks #readathon hosted by @TheSpineView

September for me means a combination of #SummerSciFi and #RIP, so I tried to reflect that in my #BookSpin list for the month.

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I finally finished my #BookSpin for this month. It wasn't bad, but it was gross much of the time and kind of ruined the glamour of being an astronaut. This book is not for the squeamish or those who would rather remain oblivious to the often disgusting logistics of putting humans into space.

This was my #DoubleSpin for this month. While it was good, it's probably my least favorite of the Discworld series so far. I loved all of the others, but this one not so much. It's still a Pick, though.

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for August both look great. I'm especially looking forward to reading Pyramids!

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐I don't know why I waited so long to read this #NetGalley ARC. Maybe I feared it wouldn't be as good as Weir's other novels. While this isn't quite as awesome as The Martian, it's a close second, and will probably be my favorite book this year. I'm hoping Weir comes out with a new novel soon because he has reached auto-buy status. This was my 6th book for #SciFiSummer

Here is my #BookSpin list for August. Since I'm already nearing the Time Lord level of my #SciFiSummer reading challenge, this list is a mix of SciFi, music, and other books I've been wanting to read before #RIP begins in September.

@TheAromaofBooks

This was my #BookSpin for this month, and I finished it with mere days to spare. With over 600 pages, I'm a little surprised at how quickly I flew through this book, but then again, it was awesome and didn't feel like 600+ pages. I need to get the final book, Obsidio NOW #SciFiSummer

I decided to go to the SciFi panel at the Columbus Book Festival today since it's #SciFiSummer. I didn't even look at who would be on the panel, so when John Scalzi walked in I couldn't believe it!

All 3 authors on the panel were wonderful and I wrote a bit about them and my time at the festival on my blog: https://fortifiedbybooks.com/columbus-book-festival-2024/

Another book finished for #SciFiSummer. This was a great first book in the Firefly series and I'm looking forward to reading the others.

I read the ARC I received from #NetGalley far too long ago to just now be reading it, but at least I finally got to it. I was skeptical that I would enjoy it, but I finished the book within a few days. Even though I saw the plot twist toward the end coming from a mile away, it wasn't a bad read overall. #SciFiSummer

Another great Doctor Who short story narrated by David Tennant. This was my #DoubleSpin and my 2nd finished book for #SciFiSummer

I'm excited about this month's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin! The tagged book will take me longer to get through, but The Day of the Troll is a fairly short audiobook that I'll probably finish within a week. I'll be reading both as part of #SciFiSummer.

Here is my #BookSpin list for July. I'm focusing on Science Fiction for #SciFiSummer

@TheAromaofBooks

This is my favorite #BookSpin yet. I'm so glad I finally read it. I'm interested in reading more stories set in post-Civil War Texas. Now I wonder what book beat this one for the National Book Award!

This year's #SciFiSummer snuck up on me!

Between June 20th & September 21st (the day before the Autumnal Equinox), I will be reading all things Science Fiction.

Here are the challenge levels:

Red Shirt – 1 to 3 books
Viper Pilot – 4 to 6 books
Browncoat – 7 to 9 books
Time Lord – 10 or more books

If you'd like to join, leave a comment, & use #SciFiSummer in your related posts!

https://fortifiedbybooks.com/scifisummer-reading-challenge-2024/

My #DoubleSpin. I found out why it's been unread on my shelf for roughly 20 years. It's a volume of zine issues full of poetry, and I've never been much of a fan of poetry. #HailTheBail

I'm now inspired to go through my shelves and look for books I've had for 10+ years and try to read them. I bet I'll clear a large chunk of my TBR that way 😂

My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books for June are the tagged book and Ralph Coffee Jazz Poetry, which has been on my bookshelf for roughly 20 years!