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ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕎𝕣𝕒𝕡-𝕌𝕡
I spent November reading books I already owned. Thanks to No Buy November I knocked 26 books off my list! And I didn't buy any new books. FYI - the no buying was hard but so worth it.

I reached my Challenge of the Year at the end of the month too! 250 books so far the year and still December to go. Now I'm reading my holiday books which is getting me in the spirit.

❓When do you start reading your Christmas/holiday books?
🙋🏼‍♀️I wait until after Thanksgiving. Unless its an ARC I need to get done earlier.

𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎄Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

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🎄Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton
🎄 The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
🎄 We Have July by Ellison Lane
🎄 November 9 by Colleen Hoover
🎄 The Day Diana Died by Christopher Anderson
🎄 The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
🎄 Sailing Into the Heart by Tana Jenkins
🎄 Awk-Weird by Avery Flynn
🎄 Never Fall For Your Fiancee by Virginia Heath
🎄 The Spinster by Tess Thompson
🎄 The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole
🎄 Virgin River by Robyn Carr
🎄 Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
🎄 Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
🎄 Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
🎄 The Lass Who Lost a Shoe by Carolyn Lee
🎄 Finlay Donovon Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
🎄 Dear Santa by Kristen Granata
🎄 Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

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🎄 Force of Nature by Jane Harper
🎄 The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
🎄 The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
🎄 Middlemarch by George Elliot
🎄 The Red Fletch by Margaret McNellis

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🎄 The Lending Library by Aliza Fogelson

👑🄱🄾🄾🄺 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆👑

👑🄱🄾🄾🄺 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆👑

👑𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚢 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝙳𝚒𝚎𝚍
𝚋𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

👑𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀
Over twenty years after the Paris car crash that ended Diana's life at age thirty-six, the story of her remarkable life and tragic death still have the power to mesmerize. Following her storybook wedding to Prince Charles, she had evolved from "Shy Di" into the planet's most photographed, written-about, and talked-about woman - indeed, the most famous person in the world.

For all Diana's global fame, much of the human drama that swirled around her death remained veiled in mystery and intrigue. Here, in the manner of his other 17 New York Times bestsellers, Christopher Andersen draws upon important sources - many of whom are agreeing to speak for the first time - to re-create in vivid and often startling detail the events leading up to that fateful night in Paris.

👑𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
Where were you the day Diana died? This tragic death left people reeling. It was an event that touched millions around the world.

This book give a lot of behind the scenes info that we didn't get to see or know. Private conversations Diana shared with her closest friends about her relationships. What happened when the news was shared with the Queen? What was Prince Charles reaction to her death? Anderson covers all these questions and more. The writing makes the reader feel like they are a fly on the wall and watching a scene unfold.

Now I didn't look at Anderson's sources or see how he backed up his writing. But it was an interesting a book. And gave me (#aroyalwatcher) a new way to look at a horrible day.

❓Do you enjoy reading nonfiction? What genres?
🙋🏼‍♀️I love just about all history nonfiction. But I don't read much of it now because I read so much of it during graduate school. I still love biographies though. And any and all books that are about royalty.

💙ᗰOᑎᗪᗩY ᗷᒪᑌEᔕ💙 💙ＳＴＡ

💙ᗰOᑎᗪᗩY ᗷᒪᑌEᔕ💙
💙ＳＴＡＣＫＦＯＲＡＣＡＵＳＥ💙

💙During the month of November Kelley @rva_reader will donate $1 to @jdrfhq for every blue stack/circle tagged #diabetesstack

💙Did you know the blue circle is the global symbol of awareness?

💙This is such a great way to build awareness and raise money for a worthy cause.

💙Years ago my son's BFF was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at his kindergarten check up. I saw first hand how much this disease can impact an entire family.

💙Thank you to @bookstackcity and @bearyintobooks for tagging me in this great challenge!
I'm tagging a few friends, but like always if you see this challenge and want to give it a try consider yourself tagged.

❓How was your weekend?

💙ᖴᖇIEᑎᗪᔕᕼIᑭ ᖴᖇIᗪᗩY💙

💙I've been tagged by my friends @lydia36writes and @bellescastlelibrary to do the Blue Stack for Friendship Challenge.

💙I love this challenge! I never would've imagined all the friends I would make on Bookstagram. Seriously. This is the best, most supportive group of people I know. And especially the day after Thanksgiving, I feel like I'm in an especially thankful mood. Especially for this community, with all the help, support and advice they give to others.

💙I tagged a few friends for this challenge but if you see this consider yourself tagged.

❓What color is the book you're currently reading?

🦃𝓗𝓐𝓟𝓟𝓨 𝓣𝓗𝓐𝓝𝓚𝓢𝓖𝓘𝓥𝓘𝓝𝓖🦃

I hope you're having a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.
Or a great Thursday if you’re not in the U.S.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸
𝐇ow to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
𝐀n Offer From A Gentleman
𝐏eople We Meet On Vacation
𝐏laying With Fire
𝐘es, No, Maybe So

𝐓oo Good to Be True
𝐇ead Over Heels
𝐀nxious People
𝐍ot A Happy Family
𝐊irsten Learns A Lesson
𝐒ummer Darlings
𝐆irl A
𝐈nstructions For Dancing
𝐕eiled in Smoke
𝐈nvisible Girl
𝐍oel Street
𝐆reen Mile

❓Have you read any of these books?

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relatives.
-- Oscar Wilde

❓What do you eat at your Thanksgiving meal?
🙋🏼‍♀️ We have turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, Party Potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry salad, rolls, gravy and a vegetable (this year its roasted green beans). And of course pies for dessert. 😅

🌈🧸ᔕTᗩᑕK ᖴOᖇ ᗩ ᑕᗩᑌᔕE🧸🌈

I saw this #BookStackChallenge on @bm.bookish.girl recently. I love a good stack challenge and this benefits a great cause.

@stephie_reads is generously donating $1 (to up $100) to Toys for Tots for every rainbow stack posted with the hashtag #rainbowstackfortoys before December 1st. Don't forget to tag her so she can see them and count your stack!

Toys for Tots is such a great organization that helps families who can’t afford Christmas gifts for their children. Thank you so much Steph for hosting such a great #bookstackforacause Join us in spreading some holiday cheer this year by posting your rainbow stack!

If you see this, consider yourself tagged! I’d love to see your #rainbowstack

❓What’s your favorite color? ⁣⁣
🙋🏼‍♀️Mine is pink. I also love light blue and aqua.

𝔹𝕆𝕆𝕂 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎 𝚃𝚑

𝔹𝕆𝕆𝕂 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎
𝚋𝚢 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝙾'𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚢

⭐⭐⭐/5

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀
Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time.

But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven’t met yet, they’re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window…

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
I've seen this book all over Instagram. And the blurb sounds intriguing. So I couldn't wait to read it.

Unfortunately I though the book moved really slow. I love seeing the relationships develop. Romantic and friendships. But boy, it was slow going to get anywhere.

❓Do you prefer tea or coffee?
🙋🏼‍♀️I prefer coffee but it has to have a lot of cream and raw sugar

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