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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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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
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Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren
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On Animals | Susan Orlean
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So enjoyable! The author, a lifetime lover of animals, shares essays (most previously published in The New Yorker) about all kinds of animals. From tigers, killer whales, donkeys, rabbits, and of course, cats and dogs, all the essays are pretty wonderful! Would recommend to any animal lover.

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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My April #bookspinbingo card is all ready to go! 🌸

ElizaMarie Love your list -- also i love this font! 13h
OriginalCyn620 @ElizaMarie Thanks! It‘s Pic Collage! 13h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 12h
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So excited for my #bookspin and #doublespin this month! 🌸

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 13h
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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March was a great reading month…ended up with 3 bingos! ☘️

kspenmoll Yay you! 🎉 24h
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 15h
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Here‘s my #bookspinbingo list for April! 🌸

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3d
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This cover is too cute! It‘s my pick for #thematiccozies for April.

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Cutting Teeth: A Novel | Chandler Baker
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I‘ve enjoyed this author‘s other books, so I‘m making it my #readordonate pick for April, just for the extra motivation to finally read it. 😂

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This is my pick for April for #fictionaltraveler! The cover is gorgeous!

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So good! I was hooked from the beginning!

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!
#read2025

DieAReader On my tbr📚as well! 3d
oddandbookish I still need to read this one! 3d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3d
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Murder in an Irish Village | Carlene O'Connor
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I really enjoy this series! I‘ve been reading it out of order…this is book 1. 😂

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!
#serieslove2025

TheSpineView Fantastic! 4d
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4d
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Warm Bodies: A Novel | Isaac Marion
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This was enjoyable! I rooted for both R and Julie the whole time. A quick listen too!

#pop25 - a dystopian book with a happy ending

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A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
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OMG…the ending! Book 3 should be a good one!

#LittensLoveACOTAR
#ACOTAR
#ACOMAF
#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I was so behind on this one that I ended up reading it all in one go because once I got caught up the momentum was too strong to stop 😂 I am NOT confident in my ability to stick with the 3-a-day pace for the next book... it just came in at the library for me today and I'm already thinking about picking it up!!! 6d
OriginalCyn620 @TheAromaofBooks I totally get it! I really want to go ahead and tear into book 3 too. 🤣 6d
StayCurious @OriginalCyn620 @TheAromaofBooks I may have finished book 2 as well! The third one should be good! 6d
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LiseWorks I finished it, had too. I'm still tense from these chapters. I sure hope we will read book 3 now @StayCurious lol. I'm hooked on this series. 6d
maich I just finished it. OMG that ending.😱 @StayCurious we need next book. Urgent! 5d
TheSpineView @OriginalCyn620 No worries! Loved the whole series 5d
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Matchmaker | Catherine Walsh
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This was really cute, and I liked both MCs, but I never got fully invested in their romance. I loved the Irish setting and would so hang out at Kelly‘s Pub!

#LittensLoveRomance
#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 7d
StayCurious I feel like we didn‘t get enough of Callum to really *know* him 6d
OriginalCyn620 @StayCurious Yes, exactly! And the romance felt rushed or something too, maybe. 6d
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Oh my goodness, this was soooo good! Haymitch‘s backstory is great, but it‘s so heartbreaking, and I‘m emotionally wrecked. I loved all the connections made to other characters in the series and thought they totally worked. Just a fabulous read and a great addition to the series!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#pop25 - a highly anticipated read of 2025

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w
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Nutshell | Ian McEwan
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A retelling of Hamlet told from the POV of an unborn baby. A bit odd but also pretty good!

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!
#pop25 - book under 250 pages

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Pantone: Colors | Pantone
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Completed this #pantone2025 board!

Lauredhel Congratulations! 2w
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Found a #pantone2025 match for this recent read!
#thunderstorm

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Happy Friday! Things that brought me joy this week:
1. St. Patrick‘s Day
2. My AirPods…I use them pretty much every day
3. The brand spanking new gym that I joined
4. A visit to a float spa
5. The arrival of spring

📸 images from Unsplash
#5JoysFriday

mcctrish Float spa sounds divine 2w
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2w
TheBookHippie Float spa! Sounds heavenly. 2w
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Like Mother, Like Daughter | Kimberly McCreight
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Found a #pantone2025 match for this recent read!
#limecream

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Sandwich: A Novel | Catherine Newman
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I‘m not sure how I feel about this book…I mean, I liked it but something about it also grated on me but I can‘t say exactly what. I kept going back and forth between liking the MC and not liking her. A low pick!

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book that features a character going through menopause

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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Went to see Elle Cosimano tonight at my local indie bookstore with @MallenNC … Elle was very funny! She had some good stories. Can‘t wait to read this one!

MallenNC I‘m so glad we could go together! 2w
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A Killing Cold: A Novel | Kate Alice Marshall
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Whoa, what a wild ride! It got so twisty near the end and the final one was awesome!

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book that fills my favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
OriginalCyn620 @DieAReader I just now realized that I forgot to tag you for #read2025! 🤪 1w
DieAReader @OriginalCyn620 🤪Happens😉 Sounds like a great read!! 1w
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Loved every minute of this! It is a romance, but it‘s also about grief and coping and finding yourself again. ☘️

#bookspinbingo
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterI

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The Luck of the Irish: with audio recording | Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon
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Happy St. Patrick‘s Day to those celebrating! ☘️☘️☘️

I‘m trying to decide which Irish book to read today…I have several 🤪

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I‘m totally not reading these in order, and this one is the 3rd in the series, where the MC Siobhán O‘Sullivan has gone from bistro owner to her first day as a garda. She immediately gets entangled in the investigation of a murdered American who was in Ireland researching his genealogy. Very enjoyable and I didn‘t guess the killer - love this series!

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book with a left-handed character
#serieslove2025

TheSpineView Well done! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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I read the other 2 books in this series last year, both were enjoyable, as was this one. Each of the books focuses on one of the Murphy brothers, who after the death of their father, are left the family business, an Irish pub empire. But their father stipulates in his will that each brother will have to marry within a year, or else lose the business.

#bookspinbingo - this is my #doublespin for this month
#serieslove2025

TheSpineView Great job! 👍📖 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w
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A low pick for me. This was really cute, and I did like the two MCs (the FMC did get on my nerves some), but this could have been shorter. I enjoyed it but didn‘t totally love it.

#bookspinbingo
#read2025
#readordonate

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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Orphan Train: A Novel | Christina Baker Kline
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Such a great read! It was on my TBR forever and I‘m so glad I finally got to it, and a little mad at myself for waiting so long to read it.

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book that features an unlikely friendship
#read2025

TheBookgeekFrau Such a good book!! It also took me years longer to get around to it than it should have 🤦🏻‍♀️😅 3w
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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Before We Forget Kindness | Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Enjoyed it! I always like reading why the characters want to time travel.

#bookspinbingo - this is my #bookspin for this month
#serieslove2025
#pop25 - a book that is considered healing fiction

TheSpineView Fabulous!👍📖 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
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Like Mother, Like Daughter | Kimberly McCreight
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This was unputdownable for me! The whole time I questioned every character (they were all pretty sketchy) and whether or not they were telling the truth. But as the title suggests, this is a story about a mother and daughter, and the strength of that bond.

#bookspinbingo
#read2025
#fictionaltraveler - big city

DieAReader 💖💖💖 4w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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Lucy arrives in Oxford for a visit with her beloved grandmother, only to find that the old woman has died and left her knitting shop to her. But Lucy knows nothing about running a business and can‘t knit! Within a few days, she learns that there‘s a vampire knitting club at the shop, her grandmother didn‘t die of natural causes, a family secret, and she‘s now in danger. Really enjoyed this one!

#bookspinbingo
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterW
#thematiccozies

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w
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It was interesting to read President Snow‘s origin story!

#bookspinbingo
#pop25 - book with a snake on the cover or in the title

TheSpineView No worries! I liked this book too. 4w
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Blubber | Judy Blume
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Reading Blume always brings me back to my childhood!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#pop25 - book that reminds me of my childhood

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w
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Match Made in Ireland | E D Hackett
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Found a couple of #pantone2025 matches for this recent read!
#whitegrape #gardengreen

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I enjoyed this installment of the series. Jules and Josh are good counterparts, and I do love an enemies-to-lovers story!

#serieslove2025
#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 1mo
TheSpineView Loved this whole series! ❤️📖 1mo
Andrew65 Well done 🎉🎊🎉 1mo
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I loved the series so I thought I‘d check out the source material! I enjoyed it and would read more issues.

#bookspinbingo
#tbrtarot - graphic novel
#pop25 - book about a non-traditional education

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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My March #bookspinbingo board is all ready! ☘️☘️☘️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 1mo
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Before We Forget Kindness | Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Very excited for my picks this month!
#bookspin #doublespin

MaleficentBookDragon My #bookspin is also from this series. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 1mo
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Like Mother, Like Daughter | Kimberly McCreight
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Set in Brooklyn, NYC, I‘m making this my pick for this month for #fictionaltraveler.

julieclair Ooohhhh…. That one sounds so good! Looking forward to your review. 😀 1mo
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This is my #readordonate pick for this month!

julieclair Enjoy! 1mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Only got one bingo in February, but it was a good reading month overall!
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 1mo
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This is my pick for March for #thematiccozies, and I‘m really looking forward to it! 🧶

julieclair Looks like fun! 1mo
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I didn‘t get to this book this month, so into the DONATE pile it goes.

#readordonate

julieclair 👍👍👍🩵 1mo
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Kiss the Girl | Zoraida Cordova
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Very cute retelling of The Little Mermaid!

#bookspinbingo
#read2025

DieAReader 💖💖💖 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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Here‘s my #bookspinbingo list for March! ☘️☘️☘️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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A Novel Love Story | Ashley Poston
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This was so enjoyable! I really do like this author!

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!
#read2025

DieAReader 🎉🥳Excellent! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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House of Glass: A Novel | Sarah Pekkanen
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So good! I tore through this whole book today…a real page turner that had me questioning all the characters.

#pop25 - book that includes a nonverbal character
#read2025

DieAReader Fantastic! 1mo
LoverOfLearning Looks like a good read! 1mo
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I liked this one even more than the first book! A forbidden romance between a princess and her bodyguard-it had a really good storyline and plenty of spice!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#serieslove2025

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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I‘m not much of a fantasy/romantasy girl, but I did enjoy this! With all the hype surrounding this series, I‘m glad I finally read it because I was so curious about all the hype. I think it lived up to it! Great world-building, plenty of tension, and some spice! I‘d definitely be up to continuing the series.

#LittensLoveRomance
#bookspinbingo - free space

brittanyreads The second book is my favorite! 😁 1mo
StayCurious I‘ve heard great things about book 2 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
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Match Made in Ireland | E D Hackett
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This was a pretty cute romance, but I loved the Irish setting of Galway most! And the cover is adorable!

#fictionaltraveler - a place I love
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
julieclair This looks so cute! 1mo
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