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LeslieO

LeslieO

Joined April 2016

Book lover & Retired Librarian; too fond of books and it has turned her brain☕️📚📚🍷
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The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt
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Ready for April. Hoping for some reading outside weather. But it‘s doubtful. #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 7h
LeslieO Oh no! I listed a book twice. #15 will now be Where You Once Belonged 6h
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Ink and Shadows | Ellery Adams
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Reading the tagged book reminded me that I never finished tracking last year‘s series progress.
TOP ROW: continuation of series I‘m in the middle of (the real goal)
MIDDLE ROW: series started and finished
BOTTOM ROW: new series started
#SeriesLove2024.
Hope to do better with series I‘m in the middle of this year.

TheSpineView Great job! ❤️📚❤️ 1w
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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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Oh Lordy this was good. First 5⭐️ of the year.

BarbaraBB A five ⭐️read for me too 2w
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Birthday book haul! (Plus some leftover Christmas gift card) The tagged book is my annual “pick out a book that I‘ve never heard of before for my birthday” book. #bookhaul #happybirthdaytome

Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳 Great haul. 👍 3w
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Not Quite Nice | Celia Imrie
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I picked up the tagged book at a used book sale, along with others in the series just because of the covers. I had no idea the author is an actress who has been in a million things! She will be playing Joyce in the adaptation of Thursday Murder Club. So fun! #BookSpinBingo

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We Are Unprepared | Meg Little Reilly
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#MonthlyWrapUp #MonthlyStats Pretty good month. Favs: All the Water in the World, Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe, The Snowbirds; Disappointments: The Lost Bookshop, Cafe at the Edge of the World. Four backlist from my Kindle #ReadMyKindle. No #Series2025 this month, but did complete my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin ❤️🩷💜

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 4w
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The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
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Big month! I get to pick a free birthday book and a free one from the top 5 of 2024 in addition to my monthly pick. Woo hoo! #BOTM

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The Winners | Fredrik Backman
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So. There was a sale at Book Outlet. Filled in some series titles. #bookhaul.

But one book was not in the box, ☹️

Deblovestoread That's disappointing! Hope they make it right. 1mo
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I don‘t even know what I‘m in the mood for. I‘m just looking at the shelves and adding titles. #bookspinbingo

BarbaraJean Hahaha—I like that approach!! 1mo
Lcsmcat Sometimes that‘s what you need to do to discover something really good. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
LeslieO @Lcsmcat @BarbaraJean I hope it works! 1mo
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I‘ll be reading my Kindle with my #bookSpin and #DoubleSpin this month. #readmykindle

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Early Morning Riser | Katherine Heiny
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The board is ready. I‘ve been doing good with reading my shelves but a lot of library holds are coming in. I‘ll be using up those free spaces. #bookspinbingo

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Migrations: A Novel | Charlotte McConaghy
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Pretty good month. #readingstats #monthlyrecap# BookSpinBingo
✅ BINGO!
#bookspin
#doublespin
✅✅#BOTM
✅ book that has been on my boards for years (tagged)
✅ book that has been on my shelf for years

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 2mo
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Book of the Month | Jennifer Probst
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Picked these two so fast I didn‘t even look at the others! #BOTM

Lsmoore43 Penitence is so good. I also took Gillian McAllister's book.
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LeslieO @Lsmoore43 Heard so many good things about Penitance. After I posted I realized that I picked the wrong McAllister. I wanted to new one. I emailed BOTM and they let me change it. But I haven‘t read this one either. Maybe that will be an add on another month! 2mo
Lsmoore43 @LeslieO I picked her new one also. McAllister that is. 2mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Ready for February! Hoping to work on books from my shelves and not get distracted by the new and shiny! #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Before Familiar Woods | Ian Pisarcik
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One good thing about having a cold is time to read! Polished off 3 books in 5 days. Loved them all! . #ReadMyKindle #MountTBR

tpixie Awesome! Hope you are feeling better! Glad you felt good enough to read! 2mo
Cathythoughts I‘m stacking the tagged one 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
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The Librarianist: A Novel | Patrick DeWitt
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Oh my goodness! Thank you, @Avanders . I love all the seasonal goodies, the book of course and can‘t wait to try this coffee! Merry Little Christmas to you!! #LCS #LittleChristmasSwap

Thank you so much for organizing @bookish_wookish

bookish_wookish Everything looks so good!! I love Bones Coffee! 3mo
Avanders Yay I‘m glad you like!! 🤗♥️ 3mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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The usual. I have several books on my shelves with “LAST” in the title, I‘ll try to cross those off the TBR. I‘ll try to read books already on my shelves, not be so distracted by the new and shiny. Last year‘s nonfiction goal didn‘t work out so I‘m back to 1 per month. I didn‘t up my overall goal. I‘m going to try not to be so worried about numbers so I can read some longer, slower paced books. #ReadingGoals2025

Ruthiella I just finished this! So yes, it‘s not uncommon to find in a title 😂 3mo
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My current novel plus 3 books I‘m reading a little at a time. #weekendreads

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New year, new board. I‘m going to try really hard for Bingo this month. #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! 3mo
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Let‘s do this thing! (I‘m a little behind already!😉)

Ruthiella Me too! 😂 3mo
BookmarkTavern Good luck! 🍀 3mo
dabbe 🤩🥳🤗 3mo
LeahBergen Well, hurry up! 😆 3mo
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Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty
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This was a fun endeavor. The bracket method can throw off some top picks (like when I had two favs in the same month) but the tagged book is my number one of the year!

BkClubCare Nice! I had Wedding People take it all on my bracket BUT! I didn‘t read One Moment. Question for you: does the Moriarty have multiple points of view or group dynamics? (Category slotting….) 3mo
LeslieO @BkClubCare Yes, multiple POV. There are 6 or so characters the POV rotates around. Some people said it was hard to keep track but I didn‘t think so. (edited) 3mo
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Best year ever, in terms of numbers. Now that I made it over 100 I‘m going to try to slow down next year and not shy away from the chunksters and the slower paced books. Overall it was a great reading year! #yearendwrapup #2024inbooks

ChaoticMissAdventures 🎉🎉 great year!! Hope you read some excellent ones! 3mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Ready for the new year! #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens
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Hope you‘ve all been good this year! Have a very Merry Christmas! #merrymerry #tistheseason

dabbe Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 3mo
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The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett
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Thank you, @Nazgul93 ! I‘m so looking forward to this book. And the Lindt bears look adorable and yummy. I‘m diving in to the cocoa right now! Happy reading and chocolate to all and to all a good night! #JolabokaflodSwap

Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing!

TheBookHippie How cute! 3mo
MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð! Love those bears. 3mo
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Untitled | Anonymous
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It arrived! 🎄🤶🍫 #jolabokaflod2024

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The Christmas Guest | Peter Swanson
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Great little one sit seasonal read! #tistheseason #seasonsreadings

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bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 4mo
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Ta Da! I did it! With a couple weeks to go. The tagged book was number 100. That‘s a personal best! The book was good but not a page turn-y as I expected. #readinggoals

Jas16 🙌🏽 4mo
OriginalCyn620 Congrats! 🥳 4mo
TheSpineView Way to go! 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
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LeahBergen Nicely done! 👏 4mo
JenlovesJT47 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
Hooked_on_books Woohoo! 🎉 4mo
BookmarkTavern Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 4mo
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Avanders 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼♥️🎄 4mo
LeslieO @Avanders can‘t wait for opening day! 4mo
bookish_wookish Yay! 🎄 4mo
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Stopped by a used bookstore today. 🙂📚#bookhaul

Ruthiella Nice haul! 👍 4mo
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What to Say Next | Julie Buxbaum
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One seasonal + one that has been on the list for a while 🙂❄️🎄 #bookspin #doublespin.

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The Christmas titles I hope to get to this month.🤞#SeasonsReading 🎄🤶❄️

TheBookHippie Murder in the snow was fun! 4mo
LeslieO @TheBookHippie oh good! I do love the cover! 4mo
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The Helsinki Affair | Anna Pitoniak
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So much Christmas!! 🎄🤶❄️ Can‘t wait! #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
peanutnine Nice list! 4mo
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So, three. Out of 100. Yeesh #NYTNotable

ChaoticMissAdventures I had 7. It was a very interesting list, lots of books I haven't heard anyone talking about this year. 4mo
LeslieO @ChaoticMissAdventures I was surprised All the Colors of the Dark didn‘t make it. I would have had 4 😜 4mo
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Middletide: A Novel | Sarah Crouch
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This year I used only red bulbs in a effort to make it look a little different from previous years. Now on Thanksgiving I can thankful that the decorating is done! And I can get back to the tagged book. #tistheseason #merrymerry

dabbe ❣️🎄❣️ 4mo
Avanders 😍😍😍 4mo
Mollyanna Beautiful 🤩 4mo
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Ruthiella Nice! 🤩 4mo
LeahBergen Beautiful! And I see your Dunnetts. 🥰 4mo
BookwormAHN Gorgeous ❤️ 4mo
Deblovestoread ❤️💚❤️ 4mo
LeslieO @LeahBergen Good eye, Leah! The Lymonds are on the other side. 4mo
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I love #bookspin and #doublespin day! Always look forward to seeing which books from my TBR I will definitely read this month. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 5mo
BkClubCare I really enjoyed How to Read a Book 📕 ♥️ 3mo
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First Frost | Sarah Addison Allen
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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🧙🏻 I had a great spooky season month. And I got a BINGO! #BookSpinBingo

🎃 #SeriesLove2024
🎃 #BookSpin
🎃 #DoubleSpin
🎃 Bingo!
🎃 no 5⭐️ but the tagged book and Lula Dean were 4.5

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 5mo
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I skipped the last two months of #BOTM and I really wanted this add-on! This month‘s selections didn‘t thrill me but I chose the sweet, whimsical one. Seems like a curl up with a cup of tea on a snowy day type of book.

Sace That‘s the one I picked too! 5mo
LeslieO @Sace It looks very sweet. The cover has a middle grade look to it. Usually I picked the thrillers. 5mo
Sace I loved the cover! I was about to skip this month until I got to this book. 5mo
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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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@Readergrrl Thank you so much for the fantastic #HauntedHollowSwap package! I didn‘t realize the pumpkins were earrings at first, so cute! The books and bookmark are perfect! Can‘t wait to start some spooky reading. I had to include a pic of the beautiful wrapping job! You are the best!

And thank you for organizing @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🧡🎃🖤👻 5mo
Readergrrl I‘m so happy it got to you in time! I‘ve read both books and they were simply delightful! 🎃🧙🏼‍♀️🧹 5mo
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I have a nice plan for November but I also have 5 library holds about to come in at once ( I know I could postpone some but I like to live dangerously 😄) so I‘ll probably be using up free spaces. Can‘t believe it‘s almost November! #BookSpinBingo

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It came! Can‘t wait for opening day! #HHS24 #HauntedHollowSwap

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 5mo
Readergrrl Yay, I‘m so happy!! 5mo
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The Night Gardener | Jonathan Auxier
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#5JoysFriday
🍁Spooky season reads like the tagged book
🍁Football, especially my Bills with a big trade this week
🍁Fall walks, leaves are peak this week
🍁Apple season!
🍁The trees on my street in their yellow glory

KadaGul Bills Mafia got a good trade with Amari Cooper, and Duvante Adams made the mistake of his life going to the Jets. 5mo
BarbaraJean The Night Gardener is so good!!! 5mo
kspenmoll The colors are so beautiful this season!🍁 5mo
DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys & pictures! 💛💛💛 I love apple season! 🍎🍏🍎 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 5mo
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Silence for the Dead | Simone St. James
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Just starting this one. #spookyreads #spookyseason #bookspin

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Forgot to take a pic as usual but my #HauntedHollowSwap package is in the mail. #HHS #HHS24

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 5mo
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Really looking for to both of these. One for spooky season and Jackson Brodie❤️! #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo

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Looking forward to spooky season!👻🎃🍁

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The Other Half | Charlotte Vassell
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Pretty great month! I read two 5⭐️ books (All the Colors + Here One Moment), one #Nonfiction2024, two back-to-school titles, one quirky British police procedural, one reread, and completed my #bookspin and #doublespin #readingrecap #monthlyrecap #Septemberrecap

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 6mo
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