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Yay!! First #BookSpinBingo card of the year!!! The Spin Fates have blessed us with a free space in line with both Spins (two for BookSpin!!) so I think we are off to a great start!! I love seeing everyone's cards and lists and plans and successes and failures, so thank you so much for joining me for another year of fun and tricking our brains into reading what we think we should 😂 Happy New Year!!

Standard text + “rules“ below ⬇

TheAromaofBooks Here's the #BookSpinBingo card! First, I put our official numbers (3 & 17 back in the mix. Then I drew them all out & wrote them down as I went, meaning the official numbers are just mixed into the card with the rest! As you can see, 21-25 are both labeled with their numbers & also as free spaces, so you can use them to match however you wrote your list. To score a bingo, just read books (in any order) that are in any row or column!! MORE INFO ⬇ 2d

TheAromaofBooks 1 - I don't tag anyone on this post except for @LitsyEvents but anyone is welcome to play along!!
2 - Remember – NO PRESSURE!!!! If this starts to stress you out, just take that page right out of your journal and pretend it never existed!! This challenge is to encourage you to read, not to make you feel like reading is a chore!!!
3 - FREE SPACES can be filled with any book that is NOT already on your list!! ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks 4 & final - As a reminder, only the “official” BookSpin/DoubleSpin numbers will count towards giveaway entries. I don‘t want the giveaway to be stacked against people who aren‘t able to read lots of books each month. So basically there is still a maximum of 2 entries possible per month no matter how many books you read from your list. This bingo card is just for fun & glory! 😁

Thanks for playing & happy reading!!!
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DogMomIrene Wahoo! I‘ve been writing out what spreads I want in my reading journal, and this just gave me the inspiration to sit down today and make those spreads happen! Thanks for hosting and organizing 😊 2d

claudiuo Now 2025 is officially on its way 😁 Thank you so much! 2d

BookmarkTavern Woohoo! I‘m so excited! 2d

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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 2d

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

2025 has OFFICIALLY arrived because here is your first #BookSpin of the year!! 😁 I am SO EXCITED to Spin with all of you this year!! Just a reminder that I am using my new 2025 tag list, so if you don't get tagged today and would like to be added, please let me know (I may also have messed up your username).

The 2024 giveaway link is still live but I will be CLOSING that form sometime tomorrow, January 3, 2025, so please complete your entries ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) by the end of the day today!! I am actually going out of town for a week (looking for sunshine; not happening here in Ohio 😂) so the giveaway winners will not be announced until sometime around January 14, when I get back. Oh, the suspense!! 😆

Below is my usual text info/explanation and includes the BRAND NEW 2025 Giveaway Form link, for those of you who prefer to use it to track your Spins all year. As always, thanks for reading ⬇ 2d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) along with me, and best wishes on tackling your new lists!!!

My usual monthly text (including updated links) ⬇ 2d

TheAromaofBooks Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is THREE! Our official #DoubleSpin number is SEVENTEEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇ 2d

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TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!
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TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 2d

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilvera @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CBee @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 2d

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Deblovestoread @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 2d

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @brittanyreads @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 2d

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 2d

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading

This is everyone I have on my tag list, so let me know if you would like to be added!! 2d

MallenNC Excited for another year of BookSpin! Thank you. 2d

Bookbuyingaddict Whoop 🙌🏻 whoop 🙌🏻 here we go thank you 🙏 happy 😃 reading 📖 everyone and happy new year 🥳 x x x 2d

Librarybelle Thank you! Looks like my selections this month are Hester and a library book! 2d

Clare-Dragonfly I think this is the third time The Dress Diary has come up 😂 Maybe this time I‘ll actually get to it! I am more confident I‘ll get to my doublespin, since it‘s a library book I already have checked out.

The Mimicking of Known Successes

Lcsmcat Thank you! 2d

Nessavamusic Yay!! 2d

Soubhiville Woohoo! Awesome, thank you! I‘ll be reading Idlewild and Gleanings, excited about them both! 2d

GinaKButler Oh yeah…gear way to start the year! I got

The God of the Woods

Sace So exciting! 2d

bookandbedandtea Mine are Miss Granby's Secret and The Start Of Something. Happy New Year! 2d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Yay, 17 is Here‘s to Us, which I just started yesterday 🥰 2d

MittenGirlPeach I missed being added for 2025, but I‘m in as always! 2d

TheAromaofBooks @MittenGirlPeach - I have you on the list now!! 2d

AllDebooks Yay, thank you for organising. X 2d

Eggs ❤️🥂🖤 2d

ChaoticMissAdventures Happy New Year Sarah!! 2d

claudiuo Thank you so much! Happy New Year! Hope 2025 will be an awesome year for you! 2d

Julsmarshall Whoohoo! Thanks for doing this for another year. I‘d love to be tagged t for another go round :) Happy New Year! 2d

Deblovestoread Thank you! BookSpin is a kindle read and DoubleSpin is a mood read. 2d

melissajayne Would like to be added to the tag list 2d

TheAromaofBooks @julsmarshall @melissajayne - I have you both on the list now!! 2d

CoffeeK8 Yay! So excited! 2d

willaful Mine are Greengage Summer and one of my roll 100 books, which may be The Book of Love. 2d

Chelsea.Poole I‘m reading Wild Houses and You Are Your Best Thing. Thanks! 2d

PathfinderNicole 3 is the tagged but 17 is an impulse read which frankly delights me 😂😂

Bull Moon Rising

Fortifiedbybooks Please add me! 😁 2d

TheAromaofBooks @Fortifiedbybooks - You're on the list now!! 😁 1d

Fortifiedbybooks @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! 1d

galueth28 I would like to be added to the list, thanks! 23h

TheAromaofBooks @galueth28 - You're on the list now!! 😁 22h

galueth28 @TheAromaofBooks ❤️ 8h

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Listen to Your Heart | Kasie West

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I usually like Kasie West's YA fare because she writes characters whose problems feel real/regular to me. There's drama, but it's not over the top. Like most of her books, we have a MC who needs to learn to get out of her comfort zone a little, find some balance in her life, and be willing to wrestle some of her inherent prejudices. There's also some great snark and fun characters. An enjoyable read, even if it didn't really bring anything new ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to the table. Also - last book of 2024!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#20in4 @Andrew65
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo #ReadOuttheOld 3d

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 3d

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 3d

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TheAromaofBooks #ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#20in4 @Andrew65
#ReadOuttheOld #ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo 3d

Luminous Beings: A Graphic Novel | David Arnold

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I've enjoyed a few of Arnold's novels, so when I saw he had written a graphic novel, I thought I would check it out even though that isn't my usual wheelhouse. I liked but didn't love this one, involving zombie squirrels. There were a few side characters who just felt a little to bizarre for me. But there were some funny moments and the main characters were a likable crew.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

Bookwormjillk 🐿️🧟‍♀️🐿️🧟‍♀️🐿️🧟‍♀️ 3d

Scochrane26 I‘m glad you liked it, Sarah! I think David knows it‘s not an idea everyone will love (saw him at the Ky book fair). 3d

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 3d

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TheAromaofBooks #ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#WinterCosy @PuddleJumper
#20in4 @Andrew65
#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#BookSpinBingo #BookChain #ReadOuttheOld 3d

The December Market | RaeAnne Thayne

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My final holiday read of the year is the sequel to Christmas at the Shelter Inn. I liked this one better than Shelter Inn, mainly because I found this MC to be more likable haha It's cute and pretty traditional fare for the genre, but nothing mind-blowing. As usual, by the end of December I'm ready to set aside holiday romance and jump into some other stuff!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 3d

AnnCrystal 🤩🎄📚💖. 3d

TheSpineView Awesome! 2d

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

I'm joining @Librarybelle for #ChristiesCapers and am super excited!! While our first read, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, has the same title in both the US and the UK, several of her later books have two different titles, which confuses the heck out of me. So, I made a table of her books with the publication date, UK title, US title, and a few notes. Feel free to save this, make a copy to edit for yourself, or whatever!!

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) blank, it means the book had the same title both places. Some of the short story collections were only published in the UK, or only published in the US, so that's noted as well. If a book was published earlier in one place or the other, I used the earliest copyright date, regardless of location.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9ZuaXeMSsPq7hz_3HF0Lp3pjajJyFPPc9He1HPr... 5d

Librarybelle Wow! I was just using the list from the Agatha Christie site and hoping I kept everything straight. Thanks! The short story collections are tricky. 5d

Librarybelle Just had some time to look at this more…I love that you also have the series listed! Thanks for doing this! 5d

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ImperfectCJ For the past few years, I've been following a Goodreads group doing this same thing (finishing up early 2026), but I've had a similar challenge with the titles/collections. Your list will be very helpful, even now in the home stretch! 5d

Deblovestoread You are a rock star! My kind of list ❤️ 5d

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I started with the website you had linked and worked from there!! I figured even if we decide to not read the Mary Westmacott books or all the short story collections (especially since I think some stories are in multiple collections), it's still handy to have it all in one place!! At some point I may get crazy and list which stories are in which collections 😂 5d

TheAromaofBooks @ImperfectCJ @Deblovestoread - Yay!! Those double titles always get me confused. I've definitely started to read one before and then gone... wait... I read this already... as something else 😂 5d

Librarybelle Maybe I‘ll list out the short stories to help, since I think some appear in multiple collections. I‘m thinking we‘ll focus on just the books published under her name and not Westmacott, since @CSeydel recently led a group reading those. 5d

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - We may not have to reinvent the wheel - this list seems fairly cohesive - https://agathachristie.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_short_stories_by_Agatha_Christie - and also here - https://www.agathachristie.com/en/stories?format=short-story&character=all - theoretically in publication order haha I've run into similar issues reading all of P.G. Wodehouse's works - so prolific, different titles, the same stories in multiple collections, etc 5d

Librarybelle Excellent! Are you willing for me to share your spreadsheet with the group? I can include the link with my reminder on the 1st. Thank you for all of this research and work!! 5d

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - Oh absolutely!! Spreadsheets are always for sharing 😂 5d

Librarybelle Yay!! 5d

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Christmas Joy: A Novel | Nancy Naigle

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Still wrapping up a few Christmasy reads for #WinterGames and #ReadOuttheOld This month I've focused on books that I already owned and have checked off 15 books (some of which included multiple shorter stories), almost all of which are now in the donate box, meaning I have room for that many more Christmas books for next year!! 😂

This one was a soft pick. It's classic workaholic city girl has to go home and get caught up in small town ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Christmas shenanigans, and of course small town love interest. Joy kind of got on my nerves a lot, she was just SO abrasive and rude about accepting help, but overall a perfectly fine little read.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Hot @PuddleJumper (cleared the board!!)
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#20in4 @Andrew65
#ReadOuttheOld #ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo 5d

Bookwormjillk 👏 👏 👏 5d

AnnCrystal 😍💝💝💝. 5d

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The Mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Radcliffe

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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I low-key enjoyed this one 😂 It was objectively terrible, with a plot that went nowhere, absolutely no sense of suspense or pacing, and wildly unlikely twists. Yet despite her tendency to burst into tears and/or faint in basically every chapter, I found myself liking Emily. I appreciated her commitment to what she believed was right and her determination to follow her morals even when they weren't the easy path. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This is also a book I've seen referenced so many other places, and it was fun and interesting to read it for myself and see how it's influenced other writers and books. I don't see myself rereading this one, but it was an entertaining one-time read, especially thanks to the team moaning and groaning of the #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead 😂

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 5d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣 so so bad but maybe a little good? I‘m still conflicted 🤣 5d

Librarybelle I‘m behind on this one, but I‘m not minding it, so I share in your unpopular opinion! It‘s my second read through…I oddly enjoy these over-the-top classics. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5d

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TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle - Once I just started leaning into the absolute absurdity of it, I liked it much better. I don't think Radcliffe intended to make me snort-laugh as often as she did 😂 😂 😂 5d

BarkingMadRead Probably not 🤣🤣🤣 5d

AnishaInkspill When i finished reading this last year, in places it was torture but by the end I couldn't beleive I was thinking of reading this again 😂 there's just something about it 😂 5d

Lcsmcat I‘m with you. I read it years ago, because of Jane Austen, and just decided to go along for the ride rather than take it seriously. 5d

Daisey I recently went back and looked at some of my own posts from reading this and realized I had much the same experience reading it, but I still have no desire to reread it yet. 5d

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A Surprise Christmas Wedding | Phillipa Ashley

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This one just didn't really work for me. Part of it is that I should have bailed on this book as soon as I realized that a big part of the plot was going to be lying/withholding information/secrets. I'm just not a fan of stories where ONE CONVERSATION could solve all our problems BUT NO ONE WILL HAVE IT. The thing was, I really liked the characters and the setting, so I thought maybe it would be okay. It was not. I was stressed the entire time ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) waiting for the wheels to come off this secret and spread disaster. There is also a secondary plot where the MMC has been horrifically betrayed by his brother only a year before, but everyone acts like now it's the MMC's fault that his family can't just all get together and be happy over the holidays! He literally did nothing wrong, but because he isn't ready to just completely forgive and forget, everyone acts like he's the jerk! ⬇ 5d

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There's a balance between forgiving those who have wronged you & taking the time you need to heal from that betrayal, & it just felt like everyone was being so pushy.

I guess in the end I want my Christmas romances to be fun and fluffy, and this one was actually pretty serious. So even though the writing was good and the characters likable, I didn't really have a good time while reading it 😂

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 5d

TheAromaofBooks #WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Candle @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#CozyChristmasReadathon @peanutnine
#ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo #ReadOuttheOld 5d

peanutnine Sounds stressful! Great job finishing!! 5d

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TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 1w

January | Sara Gallardo

Believe it or not, we are less than a week away from not just a new month, but an entirely brand new year!! Since all my efforts to stop time have been to no avail, I guess I have to accept the inevitable and start planning my 2025 #BookSpin list!! I am super excited to Spin along with all of you this year, even if creating this post does give me a mini-existential crisis every month 😂

As always, a reminder to make your lists work for you!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks I love seeing the creativity of everyone‘s lists. Some people stick with specific titles, but many of you have switched to categories to help accommodate mood reading (and life!), and I have seen some super fun ideas. Things like: published in the 1990s; on the living room shelf; such-and-such challenge; red cover; mystery; library book; author‘s backlist; etc etc. There are no wrong answers for your list. Feel free to experiment ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and find a system that works for you. Personally, I have started a two-list approach. I create one list that lasts the whole year and is comprised of books that I call “hard” books (usually nonfiction) and that is my actual BookSpin book each month. My second list I make is my monthly TBR and that‘s my BookSpinBingo list – and that month‘s BookSpin book gets added to that list!! This is a loosey-goosey challenge ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) whose primary goal is to get books off your TBR, whatever that looks like for you.

There is a giveaway associated with this challenge!! Every BookSpin and DoubleSpin book that you finish counts as an entry!! In January I will post a Google Form that you can fill out to track these entries, and that form will have more details on the “rules” of the giveaway. Right now, there is still time to enter the 2024 giveaway!! ⬇ 1w

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This is my first time using the brand new 2025 tag list!! So if you do not get tagged today and wish to be added, please let me know!! If you get skipped, it‘s also possible that I just misspelled your username lol Anyone is welcome to join, and remember that you are also welcome to dip in and out of this challenge throughout the year. ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Thank you all again for joining me on this adventure and listening to all my rambling!! 😂 I spontaneously created this challenge on January 1, 2020, with no idea that it would still be going strong five years later!! I‘ve had so much fun Spinning with all of you and can‘t wait to see what we read this year!! 1w

TheAromaofBooks @lauraisntwilder @sherrisilver @staci.reads @zezeki @behudd @JamieArc @AudioBookingWithLeah @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @BookmarkTavern @Jari-Chan @bookandbedandtea @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @ShananigansReads @vonnie862 1w

Yuki_Onna @TheAromaofBooks Thank YOU for creating and hosting #Bookspin and #Bookspinbingo and for all the work you put into this! It's my favourite reading challenge and adds so much fun to my reading year!❣️ 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna - Thank you!!! 💕 💕 💕 1w

AmyG And so begins another year. Thank you so very much! 1w

Bookwormjillk Making a list today! 1w

PuddleJumper Too soon! 🤣 1w

Librarybelle Yay! I‘ve been thinking about my list the past few days! 1w

BarkingMadRead I‘m planning on making my list later today! 1w

Soubhiville I‘ve been considering my first list of the year as well 🙂📚 1w

TheSpineView I'm in, but that doesn't mean I am ready! 1w

peanutnine I'm never ready for the next month but I'm always excited to make my list! 1w

DGRachel 😭😭 How can it be a new year already (although I‘m definitely okay with kissing 2024 goodbye)? I‘ve actually started outlining my bookspin list though, so I‘m not totally behind. 1w

JackOBotts Let‘s goooooooooooooo! 🙌🏼 1w

Daisey Thank you again for hosting! I‘m going to be working on reading stats for this year and preparing my list for next year today as well. 1w

Suet624 Thank you!!! Best wishes to you on the year ahead. 1w

CoffeeNBooks Thank you for hosting again this year! 1w

Lcsmcat I‘m excited to start thinking about next year‘s lists! Thank you for keeping me reading from my shelves! 1w

Sace I‘m still planning to do my usual perpetual list, but I‘ve got something a little different in mind for 2025. I can‘t wait! 1w

ImperfectCJ I always feel more pressure to make the first list of the year really great...but I don't ever really know what I mean by "great," which makes it a pretty slippery goal. Thanks again for hosting this awesome---dare I say great?---challenge! 1w

claudiuo Still trying hard to finish a couple books, I'll probably again do my list the last day of the month as always; I will not say the last day of the year, because I am still in denial as to time flying by so fast: only a few days left in 2024? No way! 😲 1w

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures Ready to go this year!! Now that my life has calmed down a bit, I‘m hoping to have more reading time! 1w

BookwormAHN To another year, cheers 🍻 1w

CoffeeK8 January is really sneaking up on me! 1w

bookandbedandtea My perpetual list is ready; bring on 2025! Thanks so much for still doing this, Sarah! 🩷 1w

kelli7990 I haven‘t decided if I want to continue mood reading in January or try to tackle my Netgalley TBR. Maybe I‘ll have some Netgalley prompts, mood reading prompts and then #readyourkindle prompts as well as the short stories I‘ll be reading for #noplacelikeholmes. I also have my #roll100 list and #readyourkindle list to make too. 1w

BookmarkTavern Ahhhh! I‘m not ready! 🤣🤣🤣 1w

Sarahreadstoomuch Tomorrow: I set up my 2025 reading journal, including my bookspin pages!! 1w

Singout That makes me wonder if there‘s going to be a NF challenge in 2025, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ? If not, I totally understand, but I‘ve really been enjoying it! 1w

GinaKButler I‘d love to still join…can you tag me, Sarah? Thank you! 1w

Sargar114 Thank you for the work that you do on this! ❤️ 1w

Rachael_reads I‘d like to join, please!! Thank you 😀 1w

Librariana I'd love to join. Can I please be added? Thank you 😊 1w

sherrisilvera I don't think I got tagged this time. Can you please add me back on the list. Thank you!!! 1w

TheAromaofBooks @sherrisilvera - I missed the “a“ at the end of your username!! Hopefully fixed now for next time 😁 7d

sherrisilvera Thank you❣️❣️ 7d

5280reader Will you add me back as well :) thanks for all you do! 6d

gossamerchild I think I got missed on this tag list. Could you add me back? Thanks! I love this challenge :-) 6d

julieclair Looking forward to another year of spinning fun! 😃 6d

LibrarianRyan I'm in!
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kimmypete1 I‘m in! 4d

Rissreads I‘m in again this year! Thank you ♥️ (edited) 3d

audraelizabeth I need to make a list. I did not do well reading much last year. Life got away from me 3d

Gissy 🙋🏽‍♀️Did you send the link link to add the books? Excited to participate again. 18h

TheAromaofBooks @Gissy - Here is the 2025 link!!! https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56 9h

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TheAromaofBooks @kezzlou85 @kwmg40 @Liatrek @Lin3han @MatchlessMarie @MidnightBookGirl @Nazgul93 @OriginalCyn620 @PaperbackPirate @Pigpen_Reads @PuddleJumper 1w

MS Readathon Rocks Kool's School: Lessons Learned | Bruce Foster

A spontaneous readathon that starts today 😂 Join me as I #ReadOuttheOld and get ready for 2025!!! Even though there is less than a week left of 2024, there is still time to wrap up a book or challenge, or maybe just pretend you had zero reading goals for 2024 and read whatever you want! 😆 Feel free to tag me and let me know what you're reading!!

I'm tagging my WinterGames team, but anyone is welcome to join!!

TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @AmandaBlaze @BarkingMadRead @BookmarkTavern @BookwormAHN @Catsandbooks @Crazycatperson @dabbe @Emilymdxn @Gissy @JenlovesJT47 @Airykah13 @JessieKB 1w

TheAromaofBooks @ShananigansReads @Skygoddess1 @TEArificbooks @TheSpineView @vonnie862 @Marmie7 @peanutnine @Light_of_Aether @RedxoHearts @ChasingOm 1w

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Librarybelle What fun! This is the time of year I try to finish as many books as I can that are currently sitting on my nightstand. There are so many! 😂 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - Right?? I have a windowsill where all my “short list“ TBR books live... those definitely aren't all getting finished by the end of the year 😂 1w

OriginalCyn620 I am in! 1w

ChasingOm I love this! 1w

PuddleJumper I've got several KU books to read before my subscription runs out 1w

TheSpineView I'm in! 1w

peanutnine Love this! Count me in ☺️ 1w

BookNAround I need to finish a book I didn‘t end up putting in my mom‘s stocking because I was still in the middle of it. Whoops! 😂 1w

Cuilin Only need to finish 1 book to complete my goal!!! 1w

PaperbackPirate Great idea! 📚 1w

AmandaBlaze I have tons of NetGalley to read. Thanks! 1w

Born.A.Reader This is great! I have several I want to finish so I can start the year off fresh! 1w

BookmarkTavern What a great idea! 💕💕 1w

dabbe 💙🩵💙 1w

willaful Got a bunch of holiday reads to polish off! 1w

charl08 Trying to do this too: hoping to finish a couple of the (several) hanging around half read... 1w

Gissy I‘m reading a big one, trying to finish it on time😳 1w

yourfavouritemixtape Great idea, I‘m in! I have 3 to go… 1w

OutsmartYourShelf I want to finish off #ReindeerReadathon which I take part in every year. Just Vixen, Christmas Star, & Sleighing It to complete. 1w

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Let It Snow: A Novel | Nancy Thayer

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Borderline so-so, but hey, it's the season of generosity 😂 This one kind of felt like someone was trying to write a book based on a Hallmark movie screenplay, but not in a good way. The writing was kind of clunky and character development was abrupt. And who names a human character “Wink“?? There were a lot of scenes like this: Person A: “Please go out to supper with me.“ Person B:“I don't want to date you while things are so complicated“ ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) A: “Okay, I'll just bring supper to your house instead.“ B: “Oh, that sounds lovely!!“ !?!?! That's right, dates only count if you go out???

Anyway, it was fine, the characters just honestly didn't make a lot of sense haha

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ReadorDonate (donate!) @julieclair
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Cosy @PuddleJumper
#SnickerdoodleSpirit @Bookwormjillk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern 1w

julieclair This review is a hoot! 😂 6d

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Christmas at the Shelter Inn: A Holiday Romance | RaeAnne Thayne

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After a while, the FMC's unforgiving attitude towards people in her past/tendency to blame them for all her life problems did start to grate on me. At some point, you have to acknowledge that you are an adult and have been for over a decade. YOU are in charge of your life/actions now. But on the whole, a perfectly pleasant if most-forgettable kind of read. I'm not sure I'll reread it, but I'll probably pick up the sequel.

TheAromaofBooks #WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ReadorDonate (donate) @julieclair
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Nature @PuddleJumper
#SnickerdoodleSpirit @bookwormjillk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo 1w

julieclair Too bad… the cover looks so totally perfect! 6d

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - It was perfectly fine, just not magical. It may have suffered because I read it so shortly after reading The Book Club Hotel, which I just loved 😂 I'm reading this book's sequel right now (The December Market) and enjoying it more than Shelter Inn, so maybe I was just in a mood 😆 5d

julieclair 😂😂 #BookMoods… I can relate!! 5d

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Romantic Comedy | Curtis Sittenfeld

I spaced and forgot to post my #JolabokaflodSwap yesterday!! Thank you so much @plemmdog !! Also, I love that wrapping paper 😂 Thanks for hosting @MaleficentBookDragon !!! I look forward to this one every year!!

MaleficentBookDragon Happy Jólabókaflóð! I need that wrappoing paper. 1w

plemmdog Glad you like it! 1w

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The Book Club Hotel | Sarah Morgan

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This was definitely my favorite book I've read so far this month, and one of my favorites for the year. Even though Hattie is only 28, she's been widowed for 2 years and is struggling to run the Vermont inn that was her husband's dream, all while taking care of their young daughter. Meanwhile, 3 women (Erica, Claudia, and Anna) have been friends since college and always get together for a week every year. Now that they are all at or close to 40 ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) they're each experiencing that mid-life crisis of realizing you've done something for a couple decades and is that really what life is all about? Erica's the classic workaholic, Claudia's 10-yr relationship ended earlier that year, and Anna is about to become an empty-nester after her children being her driving focus for 18 years. When they come to stay at Hattie's inn, things all come into focus. This isn't a high-energy story, and ⬇ 2w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) while there is a little bit of romance, this book is really just about these four women finding some new direction as they approach new seasons of life. It's done so well!! Sometimes I find Morgan's stories to feel a little thin because she always takes on multiple characters, but because there wasn't as much romance in this one, I felt like I got to spend a balanced time with all four of these characters and loved each of them! 2w

TheAromaofBooks #WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Gift @PuddleJumper
#ReadorDonate - Keeping!! @julieclair
#MidweekMuddle (I'm behind on reviewing as usual lol)
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern 2w

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julieclair This sounds so good! Stacked! 2w

bookandbedandtea I loved this one too! And you've reminded me that I meant to read more of her books as this was my first one. 2w

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair @bookandbedandtea - I think you would both really like this one!! I love Sarah Morgan's Christmas books because while there is always a splash of romance, it's always way more about family relationships, especially mothers/daughters/sisters. And so far, any book I've read where there is a married couple having issues, they actually talk and work through them like adults instead of realizing the other person was “holding them back“ or⬇ 2w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) whatever. I especially enjoyed The Christmas Sisters, The Christmas Escape, and A Wedding in December, but honestly every book I've read by her has been a 4* or better for me. I've only read two of her not-Christmas books, and particularly enjoyed Family for Beginners. 2w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks @bookandbedandtea Just found The Book Club Hotel on Kindle Unlimited! Woo hoo! 2w

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Swapsies | Fiona Roberton

This is a lil update post!!

@MaleficentBookDragon - I received my #JolabokaflodSwap package from @plemmdog safely!! Thank you!!

@bookish_wookish - I received my #LittleChristmasSwap package but it came directly from Amazon and despite someone on here saying to me, “I'm your match and it's coming from Amazon“ I've spaced and can't remember who that is 😂 But it's here safely!!

@julieclair I'm your #LCS match and your book still isn't here!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) I'm still hoping that it will arrive in time for me to mail it to you before the January 6 opening date, but in the meantime I didn't want you to think that you were forgotten 😆 I don't know where this book started, but it's taking its sweet time to get here!! But FEAR NOT I already have your chocolate!! 😂 2w

bookish_wookish It was @actualdisneyprincess 🎄🎄 2w

TheAromaofBooks @bookish_wookish - Thank you!! And thank you @actualdisneyprincess !!! I *may* have already opened the package because I didn't realize it was from you 😂 But rest assured I was VERY excited about its contents!!!! 2w

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actualdisneyprincess It was in fact me! 😂💖 2w

actualdisneyprincess @TheAromaofBooks as I am also a tiny Italian lady who occasionally wanders into friends‘ houses to leave surprise presents myself, I feel like La Befana would not mind an early open ;) 💖🥰 2w

TheAromaofBooks @actualdisneyprincess - I've compromised by not being allowed to READ it until January 6 😂 Thank you SO much!!! 2w

actualdisneyprincess 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 2w

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks How fun that you‘re my match!! 😃 No worries about timing… I will be out of town 12/29 to 1/9, so I‘ll be opening it late anyway. 💚❤️💚 2w

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Reading Challenges Journal: Let's Do Some Reading Challenges! | J&c Publishing

Cannot BELIEVE I am working on a reading journal for ***2025*** That's not a real date!!!! @PuddleJumper is responsible for most of my challenges this year, although @lauredhel is also doing some work 😂 This year: #ISpyBingo #100YearsofBooks (and finishing @Librarybelle 's #192025 ), #Pantone2025 #Roll100 #GottaCatchEmAll and #BookChain

Not pictured - #ReadtheUSA #WickedWords @AsYouWish #FourFoursin25 @lauredhel #FictionalTraveler @julieclair ⬇

BookishMadHatter I've started on my 2025 book journal too, but I'm scaling it back a little this year. I find I have to use a bunder because if I run out of space and need to split a section in a bound journal my poor brain has a meltdown and I end up having to start all over. 2w

TheAromaofBooks Plus numerous ongoing buddy reads -
#BobWhiteBuddies
#OokBookClub @julesG
#ChristieCapers and #NancyDrewBR @librarybelle
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
#IDLR @StayCurious @LiseWorks
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
and the much-beloved #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead despite dragging me through books I loved to hate to read 😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks @BookishMadHatter - I feel that!! For the last couple of years I've used a quad-lined composition book. Because it's sewn, I can add lots of washi tape and other pieces of paper taped in and it just gets fatter without falling apart 😂 All my ongoing, year-long challenges are in the front. Then I skip to the second half of the notebook and create my monthly #BookSpinBingo lists as I go along, plus any short-term readathons or challenges. 2w

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PuddleJumper I like organizing things! Looks amazing 2w

BarkingMadRead So honored to be on the list 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Librarybelle This looks so amazing! Good luck on all of your challenges and buddy reads! 2w

julieclair This looks great! 👍😃 2w

Gissy Amazing🤩👌 Well I can say I also started to organize my reading goals…🤔I chose which journal and reading Planner I‘m going to use😜it is a start😂😂😂 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Gissy - It's all about finding a system that works for you!!! I loooooove tracking things 😂 So I use a spreadsheet plus my notebook!!! I also get these really inexpensive book logs from Amazon that I love because it means every book I read ends up with a reference number. I started using them several years ago and I'm almost done with my 14th volume!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1695365623 2w

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Wrapped Up in Christmas | Janice Lynn

I've been using a random number generator to decide which of my holiday books I'll read next, and weirdly ended up reading Wrapped up FOR Christmas and Wrapped Up IN Christmas back to back 😂

Soft pick for this one; it's just a little too cutesy for me. Bodie was seriously injured on his last tour of duty and almost died. While recovering, he received a handmade quilt from the Quilts of Valor program, and that along with the letter that came ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) with it helped pull him out of the depression he was experiencing. So when he gets out of hospital he heads to Kentucky to find the presumably sweet grandmotherly lady who made the quilt so he can thank her in person. Except it turns out that she's actually quite young and needs a handyman to help her finish renovating the house she's turning into a B&B. This is basically just happy Christmas girl wins over grumpy Scrooge man, but it ⬇ 2w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) mostly worked. The only weird part was that all of the girl's best friends were these elderly ladies from church, like apparently she doesn't know anyone under the age of like 65, which felt a little strange lol This was a perfectly nice one-off read, but I don't feel inspired to finish the series.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 2w

TheAromaofBooks #SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Warmth @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#ReadorDonate - Donate @julieclair
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #MidweekMuddle 2w

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TheSpineView Awesome! 2w

BookmarkTavern Honestly, I get that a little. I‘m in a book club of 14 people, and I‘m the youngest by at least 20 years. 🤣🤣🤣 2w

julieclair 💚🎄💚 2w

Andrew65 What a strange coincidence. Well done 🎄🎄🎄 2w

TheAromaofBooks @BookmarkTavern - It's true, and my best friend is 20 years older than me, and there is a lot of joy and sharing to be found in those cross-generational friendships. It was more that there didn't seem to be ANY other romantic options for her in this small town, so it kind of felt like she just jumped on the first guy under the age of 67 who showed up 😂 2w

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Wrapped Up for Christmas | Katlyn Duncan

so-so

When I'm reading nonstop holiday fluff in December, I really lower my standards when it comes to plot points like instalove, but this one was a stretch even for my relaxed attitude. Angie is coming off of a really bad relationship and even says things like, “I've never been single more than a month and should probably take some time to find out who I am as a person“ and then immediately falls in love with a random dude and after knowing each ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) each other for literally two weeks, they both act like not being together would be the most emotionally devastating event of their lives. 🙄 It was okay, but honestly it just felt like both these people needed to learn how to be single before getting into a relationship. Which to be fair is how I feel about a lot of irl couples haha

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks 2w

TheAromaofBooks #WickedWords - Necklace @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Pastry @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#CasttheDie @PuddleJumper
#ISpyBingo #BookSpinBingo #MidweekMuddle 2w

BookmarkTavern I started reading your review, and my immediate thought was “I know that girl in real life.” 😅😅 2w

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Christy | Catherine Marshall

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My cover isn't super exciting, so I give you Kitty as compensation 😂

I remember enjoying this book as a teen but wasn't sure how it would hold up as an adult - but I found it completely engaging. Christy is just a likable character, so it makes the whole story work. She's genuine in her efforts to understand the world around, and I related so much to her desire to make her childhood faith something tangible and real. This is definitely a ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Christian-y book, but there is plenty of story beyond that. This is a fascinating look at the backwoods in the early 20th century loosely based on the author's mother's experiences. I did feel like the story lost some momentum when it veered from the classroom/school experiences into the epidemic, and the ending felt rather abrupt, but on the whole I really enjoyed this one.

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TheAromaofBooks Thanks for reading along with me #RandomClassics friends. Feel free to share your thoughts as well!!

@BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @julieclair @Librarybelle @Sace @StayCurious @Teresereading @willaful 3w

BarkingMadRead I really liked it, the series is really good if you can find it on tv anywhere, as well. Just a really sweet book! 3w

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KadaGul Kitty 😺Covers are the best 💚🫶❤️🥰 3w

kspenmoll I remember loving this when I read it as a teen! Kitty is the best! (edited) 3w

Julsmarshall I loved this too as a young teen! Read it over and over 😍 3w

TheSpineView Awww... 3w

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3w

julieclair I loved this book. So glad to have found it through #RandomClassics! Now I‘d like to hunt down the tv series. 3w

Clare-Dragonfly Kitty is gorgeous 😻 3w

Librarybelle Kitty! I‘m still reading and am enjoying my reread of this one! 3w

Sace I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I first read it in my early 20s and it didn‘t make much of an impression (all I could remember was that everyone had eye infections). I think I got a lot more out of it this time. I can see this being one I reread. 3w

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3w

Leftcoastzen 👏😻 3w

Teresereading I finished it yesterday. A fascinating read, and I loved the Dr Neil storyline. Slightly disappointed to read that was 'faction'. It's based on Marshall 1w

Teresereading Question- if it's based on Marshall' grandmother's stories are all the characters fictional (or composites)? The Disclaimer says ' any resemblance to ...etc' but the opening chapter when 'Christy' revisits Cutters Gap was so evocative. 1w

TheAromaofBooks @Teresereading - This article has some details of the differences between Marshall's real-life grandma and fictional Christy - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/11/christy-and-leonora-city-girl-country... - I think what she did was take many of the stories her grandma shared from working at the mission and then made up parts to make a more dramatic narrative. MacNeil and Miss Alice are both fictional, but both are important characters⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to help Christy learn and grow. Probably the biggest difference is that Christy is much more “citified“ than Marshall's grandma, who also grew up somewhat impoverished and in the country. 1w

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Swapsies | Fiona Roberton

Yay!!! @MaleficentBookDragon thank you SO MUCH for this fabulous #StuffedStockingSwap box!!! I love everything and am so impressed by how you made the tiny stocking and the scarf yourself!! (Love the colors btw!!) Thank you for your thoughtful gifts. Merry Christmas!!!

Thank you for hosting this swap @Avanders !!

*Not all candy is pictured because I may or may not have housed two mini Reese trees immediately 😂

Avanders 😍😍🎄♥️☃️ 3w

MaleficentBookDragon Yay! I‘m so glad you liked everything. It was fun shopping and knitting for you. 3w

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Wrapped Up in Christmas | Janice Lynn

Okay, first big stress-event has been hurdled - the realtor came and looked at our house and told us she thinks it will sell for more than we thought WHEW. We have lived here ten years and COMPLETELY remodeled this place and tbh it's a weird little house but we love it and having someone come and tell us how much it was worth kind of felt like we were taking a final test 😂 Next step is waiting to hear from the bank!! Lots of feelings right now. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) ANYWAY hoping to read these two books this week. And tomorrow I have to get the oil changed on my car, so that's always good reading time!! Wrapped Up in Christmas is one of my #CasttheDie reads and The Book Club Hotel is one of my #SnowedIn picks - I really enjoy Sarah Morgan's Christmas stories, so I'm excited about that one. Time to start plowing through the #MidweekMuddle !!! Christmas next week already! How! 😆 3w

dabbe Fab news! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

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You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince

MIDWINTER MURDER: Fireside Mysteries from the Queen of Crime | Agatha Christie

This background is an accurate portrayal of my windows right now 😂 We've having the Ohio December special of cold rain all week, and I have a lot of stress going on!! To inspire me to read a little more, I thought I'd host a little bonus readathon this week, so feel free to join me in the #MidweekMuddle Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday this week!!

I'm tagging the #HolidayBookDragons but anyone is welcome to participate whether you're playing ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) #WinterGames or not - let me know what you're reading and join me in taking a little bit of time to breathe and hopefully pick up a book! 😅

@LiseWorks @StayCurious @TheBookHippie @Texreader @BookmarkTavern @Jadams89 @Bookwormjillk @PuddleJumper @5feet.of.fury @AmandaBlaze @dabbe @Catsandbooks @AmandaBlaze @MatchlessMarie @PaperbackPirate @Roary47 @MidnightBookGirl @BarkingMadRead @TheSpineView 3w

LiseWorks Oh how lovely 😍 I love readathons. 3w

Avanders Has your sss pkg not arrived yet?? I know there were some PO issues this year w a couple people 🙁 3w

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Bookwormjillk Great idea! 3w

Roary47 I‘m sorry it‘s a stressful time. I hear you on stress right now. This will help me with my last week of school. Thank you for the opportunity. 🥰💛 3w

OriginalCyn620 Sorry you‘re stressing…Hope more reading helps! I am in for the readathon! 😊 3w

ShananigansReads This weather is closely replicated in central Virginia this morning but I think it is supposed to clear up. 3w

PaperbackPirate Let‘s take a deep breath together! Thanks for the Readathon, a nice distraction this week. 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Avanders - It has not arrived, and I kind of forgot about it until Krysta posted the package I had sent her 😂 However, I have a PO box, and didn't get to the post office during Saturday hours, and I had a “you have a package waiting“ slip in my box - so I am hoping that it may be my SSS package!! I will let you know when I check the mail this afternoon!! 3w

BarkingMadRead So sorry you‘re stressing! It‘s very dreary in SC this week, hopefully a fun book will help! I‘m reading

Avanders Ooh hope it‘s the package in your box!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼 3w

AmandaBlaze I'll Be Home for Mischief, but I also have Midwinter Murder checked out, so I'll probably read along. 3w

BookmarkTavern I feel you on the weather! I just want to stay in and read! 👍🏻👍🏻 3w

TheSpineView Count me in! 3w

dabbe I love me some good #mmm! Thanks, m'dear! 💚❣️💚 3w

MaleficentBookDragon Did you get your stuffed stocking swap gift? You should have received it last week. 3w

kezzlou85 Ooh fun I'm in 3w

MaleficentBookDragon @Avanders @TheAromaofBooks I found the tracking number. It was supposed to arrive on the 9th but only got to Columbus on the 9th; then it took 5 more days to get from Columbus to your post office. 😖 It says it was delivered on the 14th instead. I‘m so sorry it got delayed. 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Avanders @MaleficentBookDragon - It came!!! I think it came on Saturday but I didn't get to the post office in time. I'll post the picture tomorrow, but Michelle I love everything!!!! Did you make that tiny stocking yourself, too?? I loved how everything was wrapped - I'm so terrible at wrapping myself 😂 Thank you so much and I will make a full post tomorrow displaying all the goodies in all their glory!!! 3w

TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon - I think we were posting comments at the same time!! No worries, I have no idea why sometimes things take so long to get here from Columbus. Like... my husband drives there every day for work, but the post office somehow takes DAYS to get a package here 😂 I have a PO box so I had to get there during lobby hours to pick it up and missed Saturday's window!!! But it has all worked out in the end and I love everything!!! 3w

MaleficentBookDragon @TheAromaofBooks yay! I‘m so glad you liked everything. Yes I made the tiny stocking ornament too. I‘ve been too afraid to try socks but I‘ve now made the tiny one and one really big stocking. I‘ll just have to try making one that will fit on someone‘s feet. 😹 🧦 3w

TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon - That's so fun!! I am an ambivalent crocheter although I go on kicks haha With socks it seems like the tricky part is getting them both same size!!! 😂 3w

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TheAromaofBooks #OatmealEscape @Bookwormjillk
#MidDecemberReadathon @LiseWorks @StayCurious
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo 3w

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding | Agatha Christie

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This is a fun little Poirot short (the actual book includes several other short stories, but they aren't particularly Christmasy, so I only read the title story this time around). Poirot reluctantly heads off to a country estate for an “old-fashioned Christmas“ - and a bit of undercover sleuthing. Poirot is very Poiroty in this one, and I quite enjoyed rereading it.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

Yuki_Onna 'Poiroty' - I love this... 😆 3w

BookmarkTavern Love this one! 3w

dabbe Best hashtag: #poiroty!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I love this one, too! 3w

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Nancy Drew 14: The Whispering Statue | Carolyn Keene

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Definitely the best Nancy Drew we've had in a minute. This one had more of the regular level of ridiculousness 😂 Favorite parts included the police acting very clever because they determined that two masked men who attempted to break into the house at the same time were working together; the girls acting like sitting behind empty picture frames was a brilliant hiding spot; literally everyone not only knowing how to sail but being really great ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) at it; and Nancy's magical disguise-wig that seemed to stay on no matter what! This one reminded me of why I enjoyed these books so much when I was growing up - there were also some scary moments and the chapter cliffhangers always have me wanting to read more.

As always, thanks for hosting @Librarybelle !!! 3w

TheAromaofBooks #WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#SeriesRead2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#WickedWords - 1970s @AsYouWish
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Friendship @PuddleJumper
#OatmealEscape @Bookwormjillk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#MidDecemberReadathon @LiseWorks @StayCurious
#BookSpinBingo #BookChain 3w

Librarybelle This was a good one! 3w

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BookmarkTavern Nicely done! 3w

TheSpineView Well done!🤩📖📚 3w

dabbe Excellent review! #nailedit 💚❣️💚 3w

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 3w

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Penguin on Vacation | Salina Yoon

Hey friends!! So I've been looking at my life and my upcoming schedule, and I am going to pause #RandomClassics definitely for January, and maybe longer, kind of depending. We're thinking about moving (!!!!!) plus we are going out of town in January, so there is a lot going on 😂 I still have a huge list of classics I would like to read, and I have really enjoyed reading these with you all, but for now I need to skip a month!! I'll let everyone ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) know when I am ready to pick back up again!!

@AnneCecilie @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead @Bklover @BookingitwithSandra @Bookwormjillk @catiewithac @CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures @ChelseaM6010 @Clare-Dragonfly @CoverToCoverGirl @Cuilin @curiouserandcurioser @eeclayton @janeycanuck @julieclair @Lcsmcat @Librarybelle @LitsyEvents @Meshell1313 @nanuska_153 @Read4life @SamAnne @StayCurious @Teresereading @TheBookHippie @wordslinger42 3w

Librarybelle Sounds good to me! 3w

Lcsmcat Wow, you do have a lot going on! The great thing about the classics is they‘ll be there when you‘re ready. 3w

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TheBookHippie Wow!!! Sounds fine to me! 3w

BarkingMadRead Sounds like a plan! 3w

CatLass007 Everybody needs a break now and then. So now seems as good a time as any. Enjoy! 3w

Bookwormjillk Enjoy your travels! 3w

Read4life Sounds good to me. 💙 3w

Cuilin Take care of yourself 🩵💜 3w

Cuilin #WhatTheDickens is reading Nicholas Nickleby next. We can wait until February too. 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin - There is no telling when I will be back on track 😂 Especially if we actually move out of this house we've lived in for 10 years. Sooooo many barnacles to sort through and pack! 😆 So please don't wait for me - I may still read along in January, I just know that hosting is beyond my commitment parameters right now haha 3w

wordslinger42 Sounds good to me! 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures That is a lot!! Hope everything goes smoothly, and just let us know when you are ready! Moving is always too much. And a break is always a great idea especially this time of year. 3w

BarbaraJean Moving and travels is a LOT—and my January is packed as well, so I‘m happy for a pause on my side, too!! Happy to jump back in whenever you have the space to host again 😊 (edited) 3w

AnneCecilie Sounds good to me 3w

ChelseaM6010 Sounds good to me! 💜 3w

curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks Sounds good to me! 3w

julieclair Travels and a possible move! Fun stuff! Enjoy. And when and if you‘re ready to pick back up again, we‘ll be here. 🥰 3w

Sace That‘s a lot to deal with! Enjoy your travels and I hope the move is a smooth one. I‘m ready to lurk/read whenever you start back. 3w

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The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas

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Okay, I know it's not the right kind of sword, but it's the best I could come up with 😂 Well this book was quite the rollercoaster ride. On the whole, I enjoyed it, but don't think I would reread it. However, I can see myself reading something else by Dumas. Pevear's translation was super readable. The ending did feel a little abrupt, though. I'm not sure I would want to be friends with these guys in real life (especially considering how they ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) treat women!) but I found them pretty entertaining for the most part. And some scenes were absolutely hilarious. This was quite the romp, but I'm also kind of glad it's over 😂

As usual, I totally fell off the bandwagon with leading any kind of discussion on this, but did you all finish/enjoy/hate/meh this one?

3w

TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Bklover @CatLass007 @ChaoticMissAdventures @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @curiouserandcurioser @Deblovestoread @Jadams89 @janeycanuck @julieclair @Librarybelle @Read4life @TheBookHippie @wordslinger42 3w

Librarybelle Still reading! 3w

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TheBookHippie I did finish awhile back, like you I‘m glad I finally read it. I would read another book by this author, but I don‘t need to reread this I have to say I preferred the opera of it 🤣🫠. I did hear this one was a better book?

The Black Tulip

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - What. I haven't even heard of this one and it sounds fantastic! I read a nonfiction book about tulips several years ago and was completely blown away by the madness that was Tulipomania! This one is definitely going on my list!! 3w

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks I added it too 🙃🤣 Tulipmania happens here every spring 🫠🫣 3w

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - I do not live that far from Michigan (and only like 6hrs from Holland) yet have never gone to the tulip shenanigans despite thinking every year that I should 😂 3w

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks I avoid it like the plague. I‘m 20 minutes north of the madness … 3w

AlaMich I recommend The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas. I read it during lockdown and it was a great experience. The book, not lockdown, that is. 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures I got through it. I agree I don't need to ever reread it, but I also found it easy to read - just long. I thought the humor at the beginning was sharper and then fell off a bit but maybe I was seeing more of the misogyny and that made it harder for me to find them funny. Definitely not a group I would want to hang out with IRL. Overall I enjoyed it so thank for pulling me in! 3w

curiouserandcurioser @TheAromaofBooks i enjoyed my reread:) there is a sequel to it called The Red Sphinx, i believe:) 3w

julieclair I didn‘t read it. My fear of Chunksters appears to be a real thing. I need chunkster therapy… 3w

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A Very Nantucket Christmas: Two Holiday Novels | Nancy Thayer

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A soft pick for these two loosely-connected stories that take place on Nantucket a year apart. These were super Hallmarky and perfectly pleasant. I enjoyed the first more than the second, because the mom in the second story drove me kind of crazy. But the greatest tragedy is that I was 160 pages in and all of the sudden the book skipped to page 216!! Right at the big finale of chaos (you know, where the kid ran away with the puppy and supper is ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) getting ready to burn and the baby is coming early and someone's ex showed up unexpectedly... the usual Christmas stuff 😂) SO I caved and purchased this book for a SECOND time except in Kindle version! All in all I was missing about 40 pages, which is a lot when the story is only 195pgs long. But it all worked out because then I was able to search the Kindle version for word search words and found 674!!!!!

So yeah, not groundbreaking ⬇ 3w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) but these were still fun.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#SeriesRead2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#ReadorDonate (technically trashing since no one should have to deal with 40 missing pages!!!) @julieclair
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GottaCatchEmAllWinter - TBR, Snowy @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #ISpyBingo 3w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3w

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TheSpineView Great job! 3w

AnnCrystal 😳yikes👀📚💝. 3w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 3w

BookmarkTavern Wow! But an excellent number for the word search! 3w

julieclair How bizarre! You can now have your own personalized hashtag, #ReadOrTrash 🤪 3w

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Across the Miles | Lucy Maud Montgomery

@Scochrane26 - I'm your #JolabokaflodSwap match this year!!! I mailed your package earlier this week, but in typical Sarah-Style did not actually notate on the envelope anywhere that it was a Litsy package or who it was from 😂 So be on the lookout for a blue padded envelope from Ohio - that's your Swap gift!!! Merry Christmas!!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks so much for hosting - I love this simple swap!!

dabbe ❣️🎄❣️ 3w

AnnCrystal 😍🎄🤩💝. 3w

Scochrane26 Thanks for letting me know, Sarah! 3w

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Have Yourself a Married Little Christmas | Claire Cain

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This is the (loose) sequel to I'll Be Married for Christmas, which I enjoyed so much I immediately ordered this one 😂 This is another marriage of convenience romance (MY JAM) and is somehow even cuter than the first book, maybe because it has the only missing ingredient from book one (i.e. CATS!!)? Super cute, likable characters, (mostly) believable situation, and adults who communicate!! 🎉 I'll definitely be checking out more of Cain's books.

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) This book also has something I love - the guy's POV. When you have a strong, silent type it really helps to get in his head a little so his motivations make his actions make more sense. Cain does a great job with this, and it really made both of these books so much more enjoyable than ones where you just get a straight female POV.

Also, yes, those are the Christmas decorations I'm still putting up even though Christmas is only two ⬇ 3w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) weeks away 😂 Maybe that will make someone else out there feel better about their life 😆

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65
#WickedWords - Christmas @AsYouWish
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - New @PuddleJumper
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #ISpyBingo 3w

TheSpineView Fantastic! 3w

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BookmarkTavern Sounds cute! 3w

AnnCrystal 👏🎅🦌🤶📚. 3w

Andrew65 Excellent 🎄🎄🎄 3w

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Merry and Bright | Jill Shalvis

so-so

Three shorts in this one. They were all okay, but more about the characters shagging than anything Christmasy. Sometimes I enjoy Shalvis, but it feels like whenever she has shorter stories, she focuses on spice over story, which just isn't my personal preference lol

But lots of prompts checked off, and another book off my shelf!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

TheAromaofBooks #ReadorDonate - Donate!! @julieclair
#WinterCosy #GottaCatchEmAllWinterEdition - Naughty, Frozen, Night @PuddleJumper
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#GingerbreadJourney @Bookwormjillk
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#BookSpinBingo #ISpyBingo 3w

Bookwormjillk 🌲🌲🌲 3w

julieclair Congrats for clearing it! And, after reading your review, I‘ll know never to add it to my TBR. 😂 3w

BookmarkTavern Good job! 🎉 3w

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled

Reminder!! Each #BookSpin or #DoubleSpin book you have completed (or DNFd and removed from your TBR) this year counts as an entry for the 2024 Giveaway!! Sadly, the giveaway will NOT be a trip to a lovely beach like this one, but five lucky winners WILL receive ONE book from either their Litsy TBR or a list of five books they can provide to me!!

To be considered for the giveaway you MUST fill out the Google Form linked below!! Because I LOVE ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) overexplaining things, there is plenty of information when you click on the link. But basically, you fill in your info, including your Spins, and in January I will close that form and download all the information, then use a random number generator to pick the winners!! (However, if you were already a winner within the last three years, you won't get picked this year.)

There are more details when you click on the form, but please feel ⬇ 3w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to ask if you have any questions or concerns!!

Thank you again for reading with me this year. I've had a fabulous time seeing everyone's lists and progress!!

https://forms.gle/Cb63LhTodq5CoRhHA

OH also this giveaway is international if Amazon or Blackwell's will ship to your country. 😁 3w

TheAromaofBooks Tagging the 2024 Tag List by the way, not my new sparkly 2025 Tag List that I've just started 😁 3w

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TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @vlwelser @majkia @Larkken @claudiuo @MallenNC @sebrittainclark @Maggie4483 @AmandaBlaze @BooksNBowls @JamieArc @Yuki_Onna @JenReadsAlot @OriginalCyn620 @katiekat311 @Liz_M @BarkingMadRead @Pageturner1 @robinb @tdrosebud 3w

TheAromaofBooks @ImperfectCJ @sherrisilvera @Julsmarshall @BookwormAHN @bookandbedandtea @Eggs @Clare-Dragonfly @nitalibrarian @RainyDayReading @zezeki @Kirstin_Reads @Bookzombie @ChaoticMissAdventures @yourfavouritemixtape @GirlNamedJesse @BarbaraJean 3w

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TheAromaofBooks @MemoirsForMe @Amandakay @Chrissyreadit @llwheeler @ferskner @TieDyeDude @Airykah13 @TheQuietQuill @AsYouWish @Gissy @theokiereader @silentrequiem @Elizabeth2 @mamareading @rockpools @triplem80 @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @VeganCleopatra 3w

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TheAromaofBooks @CoffeeK8 @rachelsbrittain @LaraReads @AllDebooks @michellelav @readmyeyes @maich @SusanOrnelas65 @SamAnne @wordslinger42 @LiteraryinPA @Caterina 3w

PuddleJumper I've completly lost track and I'm not going scrolling through the guess the book madness 😅 3w

TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - Right? I need to create a separate Litsy account where all I do is post Guess the Book 😂 3w

robinb @TheAromaofBooks I filled out a form a few days ago, but I think it was from a previous post. Hopefully it was the correct one. 😂 3w

TheAromaofBooks @robinb - Yes!! It has been the same form all year, and all my old forms are disabled. So theoretically you should ONLY be able to access the 2024 version 😂 3w

Deblovestoread Yay! I do need to update my form. 💙 3w

robinb @TheAromaofBooks Great! Thanks! 3w

Sargar114 @TheAromaofBooks thank you for all your hard work! 3w

Allylu Thanks for all you do, but the thrill of discovering the #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin numbers each month is enough for me. I don‘t need any more books. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁❤️📚 3w

michellelav Thanks Sarah!! You‘re the best 🥰 3w

Deblovestoread Hi Sarah, I thought I had started the 2024 form earlier this year but could not find my saved copy. I have started a new one which I hope doesn‘t mess you up. If so, please accept my apologies. You do so much I would hate making extra work for you. If I need to do something different just let me know and I‘ll get it done. 😊 2w

TheAromaofBooks @Deblovestoread - No worries!!! When I download all the information into the spreadsheet, I'm able to see/delete double entries, so it is not a big deal at all!! 2w

JackOBotts Thank you, Sarah! 🙌🏼 1w

VeganCleopatra So if one wins, can they choose which list you choose from for a book? I don't keep Litsy books updated, I couldn't even tell you off the top of my head what is one there. 2d

TheAromaofBooks @VeganCleopatra - Yes!! Winners have the option to send me a list of five books they would love to own, and I will choose one of them. OR you can choose to have me pick randomly from your Litsy (or another online) TBR. 2d

VeganCleopatra @TheAromaofBooks Thanks! 2d

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

Murder on the Orient Express

PuddleJumper ?

TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - No, but it is a mystery!! 4w

PuddleJumper @TheAromaofBooks hmm the only other train one I can think of is

The Railway Detective's Christmas Case: The bestselling Victorian mystery series

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TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - Sadly, not that one either!! 4w

mabell I‘m not playing, but I knew that cover! 😄 Mystery in White 4w

TheAromaofBooks @mabell - Yes!!! I haven't read it yet, but it's languishing on my shelf 😂 3w

mabell Well I wouldn‘t rush it to the top 🤣 It was … different 3w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

dabbe It it CHRISTMAS WITH HAMISH? Couldn't tag; not on Litsy. 4w

TheAromaofBooks @dabbe - Yes!!! 4w

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks 💙❄️💙 3w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

OriginalCyn620 Is it

The Christmas Wager

TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - Yes!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

I'm Glad I Found You This Christmas

OriginalCyn620 Is it

TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - Yes!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

JenReadsAlot Finding love at the Christmas Market? 4w

TheAromaofBooks @JenReadsAlot - Yes!!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

A December to Remember

TheAromaofBooks @TEArificbooks - Yes!!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

PuddleJumper Is it

Wrapped Up for Christmas

TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - Yes!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

#GuesstheBook24

(this one is also my current read and it's SO cute!)

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

Better Off Thread

TheAromaofBooks @TEArificbooks - Yes!!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

We Wish You a Murderous Christmas

TheAromaofBooks @TEArificbooks - Another win!! 50pts!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen

TheAromaofBooks @TEArificbooks - Yes!! 50pts!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

The Christmas Pact: A Sweet Holiday Romance

OriginalCyn620 Is it

TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - Yes!! 50pts!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

JenReadsAlot So this is Christmas? 4w

TheAromaofBooks @JenReadsAlot - Yes!! 4w

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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

peanutnine Is it

Holiday Ex-Files

TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine - Yes!!! 4w

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TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle @yourfavouritemixtape @claudiuo @PuddleJumper @peanutnine @Booksandblanketsandahotbeverage @CSeydel @Deblovestoread @gossamerchild @RainyDayReading @Kristy_K @LitsyEvents 4w

Link by Link: An Anthology of Haunted Holidays | Candace Robinson, Lauren Emily Whalen, Elle Beaumont

We all know I have a reading challenge problem 😂 Here's the StoryGraph link to the 2025 #BooKChain prompts if anyone is interested. I have a random paragraph of people in my Tagging Document that says BookChain, so I don't know when I put you all on the list, but I'm tagging you anyway 😆

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/596e8385-7086-478f-9f02-0378f52...

TheAromaofBooks PS I also have a Word Document of these prompts, so if anyone wants a printable version, let me know!! 4w

peanutnine Nice! Loved this challenge 4w

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Deblovestoread Yay! And yes please to the printable version 4w

PuddleJumper 🙌🙌 4w

Librarybelle Great! I stopped tracking for this year for some reason, but I‘m going to try it again! 4w

Kristy_K Excited to get started! 4w

Laughterhp Oh, I‘d be interested in doing this in 2025! 4w

thebacklistbook Signed up 4w

Nelnjali Oh, this is fun :) 4w

Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks you can go ahead and include me on your tag list, I'm back for 2025! 4w

Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks also yes please on the document. lauredhelhoyden at gmail dot com 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Lauredhel - I emailed it to you!! 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Deblovestoread - I just need your email address or you can email me at itsthegoodlife15 at gmail and I will send it your way!! 4w

Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks That would help 🤦🏻‍♀️ kdgordon88 @ gmail . Thanks Sarah! 4w

RainyDayReading Yes! I fell off this year but excited to give it another try this year! 4w

Read4life I completed this year‘s challenge and would like to be tagged for 2025. ☺️ Can you please send me the printable version, too? faas2202 at gmail Thank you!! 3w

claudiuo Thanks for doing this challenge again next year! I just signed up. This year I didn't do too well, I got stuck back in September in a bonus prompt and had no way to get it done. I'll do better next year, though 😃 3w

Zuhkeeyah Ooo this sounds like a fun challenge. Please add me to the tag list. May I please have the printable version as well? zkelley3829 @ gmail. Thank you! 2w

Sarahreadstoomuch I‘m in! This seems like fun!! 2w

willaful I'm in again! 6d

Rissreads Does the printable version explain how it works? I would like to know more but this challenge does interest me. Thanks. nerissalee44@gmail.com (edited) 3d

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