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Home sick, but not mad about it because it will give me time to read my #TBRChallenge pick.

Summer Games by Elizabeth Lowell

The theme this month was Celebrations!
My garage sale book box did not let me down, this takes place during the Olympics. Celebration-ish right?

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A hand holding the book "Summer Games" by Elizabeth Lowell; Pooh bear and Rottweiler plush toys in Christmas scarves and hats and a stone fireplace are visible in the background.
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Theme for month: Online TBR
Random Number Generator picked #712
- Reborn by Meredith Wild

Buddy Reading
- Her Baseborn Bridegroom by Alice Coldbreath

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#HistorialRomance
Red book cover for "The Red Ledger: Reborn" by Meredith Wild. Text is bold over textured leather, creating a suspenseful and dramatic tone. A hand in ornate, embroidered Medieval dress in white and orange style clothing holds antique keys with intricate designs. The text reads "Her Baseborn Bridegroom" by Alice Coldbreath.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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First batch of #DecemberReads

ARCS
- The Swan's Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story
by Roshani Chokshi
- The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Odyssey by M.L. Fergus

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Fantasy book cover titled "The Swan's Daughter" by Roshani Chokshi. Features a red-haired woman with wings, a sky background, and ornate text. Cover of "The Sea Captain’s Wife" by Tilar J. Mazzeo. A nautical theme features a sextant with a woman's portrait. Below, a 19th-century ship on a stormy sea. Cover of "Odyssey" by M.L. Fergus features an hourglass on a black background. Radiating lines surround it, with bold orange text. Tone is mysterious.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Just wanted to make sure!
(I hate driving this time of year 🫠)
Icy, snowy, road with "For everyone asking how the roads are" at top and thought bubble from road replying "I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Silver and Blood by Jessie Mihalik

Excited to start this one sometime this week for some fantasy, magic, and what sounds like maybe some Beauty and the Beast.
Picture of Silver and Blood cover. Romantic fantasy vibes showing a man and woman in medieval attire standing in a rose garden. A castle and full moon are in the background.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Just realized #TBRChallenge is this Wednesday!
4th pick out of a garage sale book box fits theme of Change of Plans

Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna

Alanna was supposed to expose Colonel Matt but Change of Plans(!!!) her heart has turned traitor on her.

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A red paperback book titled "Captive of Fate" by Lindsay McKenna, featuring a man and woman half sitting up laying on their sides gazing at each other about to kiss on the cover.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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2nd batch

ARCS
Silver and Blood by Jessie Mihalik
All My Bones by P.J. Nelson
The Last Vampire by Romina Garber

RNG #1688
Leader of the Pack by Roxanne St. Claire

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Picture of Silver and Blood cover. Romantic fantasy vibes showing a man and woman in medieval attire standing in a rose garden. A castle and full moon are in the background. Books with the title "All My Bones" and "P.J. Nelson" are stacked with an apple, a bone, and a skull nearby. The mood is mysterious and eerie. A vibrant red rose with a blood-like drip contrasts against dark blue roses on a shadowy background. Gothic text reads "The Last Vampire" by Romina Garber. A man wearing a white shirt smiles while sitting next to a German Shepherd with background barn side with spoked wheel. The text reads "Leader of the Pack" by Roxanne St. Claire. The Dogfather series logo is in the corner.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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#ReadingUpdate
#BookQuote

30%
"After Marta, he still flicked off the lamp on the nightstand and said: Goodnight, sweetheart, sleep well. After Marta, he whispered the words from his side of the bed, but from the other there was no longer any reply."

Trying not to sob my way through this.

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Book cover for "The Ferryman and His Wife" by Frode Grytten features an abstract illustration of a woman with red hair and a small ferry boat on water below.
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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#BookReview

The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison

3.5 stars
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Magical realism, witches, Voltaire, textual potential shenanigans, and second-chance romance thread.

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Book cover of "The Library of Fates" by Margot Harrison, featuring stylized text over a blue and purple background with gold star constellations.
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Happy Monday!
I'm #Reading The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten, translated by Alison McCullough.
It's about a ferryman who knows it's his last day alive and as he runs his last route, he's accompanied by ghosts as he thinks back on the people and moments in his life.

#BookSky
#Fantasy
Book cover for "The Ferryman and His Wife" by Frode Grytten features an abstract illustration of a woman with red hair and a small boat on water below.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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2stars
Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova
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Scifi element with Suicide Squad and Joker-Harley Quinn vibes

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#Romancelandia
A dramatic book cover featuring a white-haired man embracing a pink-haired woman, set against a stormy background. Title: "Your Knife, My Heart."
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison

Contemporary magical realism, second chance romance about searching for a stolen book that foretells your future after you write a confession from your past in it.

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#Romancelandia
Paperback copy of "The Library of Fates" by Margot Harrison, featuring stylized text over a blue and purple background with gold star constellations.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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First batch of #NovemberReads

ARCS
The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten
Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova

Theme for month: Kindle Freebies
Random Number Generator picked #464
Worth Every Second by Jocelyne Soto

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#Romancelandia
#Reading
Book cover of "The Library of Fates" by Margot Harrison, featuring stylized text over a blue and purple background with gold star constellations. Book cover for "The Ferryman and His Wife" by Frode Grytten features an abstract illustration of a woman with red hair and a small boat on water below. A dramatic book cover featuring a white-haired man embracing a pink-haired woman, set against a stormy background. Title: "Your Knife, My Heart." A couple embraces in a field of daisies under a pastel sky. The woman wears a red dress and the man is in a football jersey. Title: "Worth Every Second."
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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#BookReview

Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland

3 stars
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1800s whaling historical fantasy YA, liked the historical fiction aspects more than weak love triangle romance
Cliffhanger!

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#YoungAdult
Kindle cover of Break Wide the Sea. Cover shows a clear starry night of a two mast ship riding the crushing waves of the sea.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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#AmReading

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi (Nov. 4)

Starting off the spooky month with a paranormal romance.

The Black South, a woman with secrets, and the devil.
Romance with battles getting raged in heaven, hell, and earth.

How devilishly good does this sound?!

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#Romancelandia
Paperback copy of Son of the Morning resting half on, half off a cream cushion with a brown deck visible below. Cover is in soft morning glow pinks and oranges with a Black woman with her hair up and bare shoulders only visible, starting to embrace a dark male who has his back to us with his black wings spread out covering them.
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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In a nod to the start of the Autumn season, started All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles. Already perfect atmospheric Gothic.
Ebook cover of All of Us Murderers. Yellow blueish coloring of nighttime scene of an old Gothic mansion looming in the background as two men in brown Edwardian suits look to be hurried tip-toeing away. Scene is dripping in Gothic vibes.
September 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#Reading Son of the Morning by Awkaeke Emezi for the Relics & Curiosities bingo square.

Like I was going to turn down an Emezi ARC after that Daddy Book.

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#Paranormal
Ebook cover of Son of the Morning. An orange dawn sky with a Black woman and man facing each other about to embrace. We see the back of the man whose black feathered wings are outstretched, covering most of the woman but her bare shoulders.
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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#Reading All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles for the Gothic bingo square.

I mean, you can't go wrong with picking a Charles.

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#Romancelandia
#HorrorSky
#Gothic
Ebook cover of All of Us Murderers. Yellow blueish coloring of nighttime scene of an old Gothic mansion looming in the background as two men in brown Edwardian suits look to be hurried tiptoeing away. Scene is dripping in Gothic vibes.
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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#Reading Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie for the Arcane Archives bingo square

20% in and surprised at how much it really does read like a found footage horror movie.

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#Halloween
Ebook cover of Episode Thirteen. Dark and gritty picture of a film still of the outside of an old stone home. Focused on a window that has a glowing orange light and faint shadow hands can be seen in upper right corner.
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Almost a month late but starting Halloween Bingo with my Secret Reading Room friends!
Look at the beautiful card made for me.

I'll try to remember this thread, but for master post on my blog: whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...

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#HorrorSky
#HorrorBooks
#Spooky
#Reading
A bingo card with squares titled A Grimm Tale, Lost in Space, The Carpathians, etc., that having matching pictures to the themes.
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Possibly the only Minnesotans watching the Twins tonight.

#MNTwins #baseball #AngelsStadium
View from third base line side slightly left of home plate a few rows up of Angel's Stadium baseball field.
September 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Early night for me, tucked in #AmReading

The First Liar by MC Rising

Tori witnesses her boss' death and suddenly finds herself in a war battling monsters with a rag tag group.

This has some tv show Supernatural vibes I'm digging with the incoming spooky season!

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Paperback book of The First Liar on a white with purple and blue flowers blanket. Cover of book is dark blue with circular patterns made up of gold script words that look like a mixture of Greek and occult writings.
September 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Lunch time plans!

#AmReading The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander

A You've Got Mail vibe with Jules trying to save her aunt's bookshop against her rich childhood foe Roman's new one.

Enjoyed The Littlest Library by this author, so I'm excited for this.

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Two unshucked cobs of corn to the left and a paperback copy of The Battle of the Bookshops to the right. Book cover is of a small English seaside town mainstream lined with store fronts, with a man and woman standing back to back with arms crossed in the middle of the street. Off to the side is a black cat looking at them.
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Love is a War Song by Danica Nava

Avery escapes to her grandmother's ranch after a media frenzy becomes too much for her.
Cowboy Lucas doesn't like what she represents, but when they're forced to work together, both begin to see under the masks.

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#MusicSky
Ebook cover of Love is a war song. Drawing of a meadow with pink and yellow flowers with a Native American woman and man laying on their backs opposite directions with heads close and faces turned toward each other. He's in a blue button down holding a white cowboy hat and she's in a light reddish tank top holding a guitar. Coloring is soft with both looking at each other with soft smiles.
August 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Getting some morning reading in with:

August Lane by Regina Black

Country music stars reuniting after a song writing betrayal with second chance romance.

Feel like there could be some delicious tension in this one!

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#ContemporaryRomance
#MusicSky
Ebook cover of August Lane. Black and white up close photo of a Black woman looking over her shoulder while holding up a guitar by the neck behind her. Title in gold across photo.
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM