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โ„•๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ž๐•“๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•Ž๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ก-๐•Œ๐•ก
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. 

โ“When do you start reading your Christmas/holiday books?
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธI wait until after Thanksgiving. Unless its an ARC I need to get done earlier.

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ
โญโญโญโญโญ
๐ŸŽ„Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

โญโญโญโญ
๐ŸŽ„Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton
๐ŸŽ„ The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
๐ŸŽ„ We Have July by Ellison Lane
๐ŸŽ„ November 9 by Colleen Hoover
๐ŸŽ„ The Day Diana Died by Christopher Anderson
๐ŸŽ„ The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
๐ŸŽ„ Sailing Into the Heart by Tana Jenkins
๐ŸŽ„ Awk-Weird by Avery Flynn
๐ŸŽ„ Never Fall For Your Fiancee by Virginia Heath
๐ŸŽ„ The Spinster by Tess Thompson
๐ŸŽ„ The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole
๐ŸŽ„ Virgin River by Robyn Carr
๐ŸŽ„ Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
๐ŸŽ„ Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr
๐ŸŽ„ Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
๐ŸŽ„ The Lass Who Lost a Shoe by Carolyn Lee
๐ŸŽ„ Finlay Donovon Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
๐ŸŽ„ Dear Santa by Kristen Granata
๐ŸŽ„ Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

โญโญโญ
๐ŸŽ„ Force of Nature by Jane Harper
๐ŸŽ„ The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
๐ŸŽ„ The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory 
๐ŸŽ„ Middlemarch by George Elliot
๐ŸŽ„ The Red Fletch by Margaret McNellis

โญโญ
๐ŸŽ„ The Lending Library by Aliza Fogelson
๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ„ฑ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„บ ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ……๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…†๐Ÿ‘‘ ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ„ฑ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„บ ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ……๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…†๐Ÿ‘‘

๐Ÿ‘‘๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ณ๐šŠ๐šข ๐™ณ๐š’๐šŠ๐š—๐šŠ ๐™ณ๐š’๐šŽ๐š
๐š‹๐šข ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š™๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐™ฐ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ๐š˜๐š—

โญโญโญโญ/5

๐Ÿ‘‘๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€
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.

๐Ÿ‘‘๐— ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€
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. 

โ“Do you enjoy reading nonfiction? What genres?
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ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.
๐Ÿ’™แ—ฐOแ‘Žแ—ชแ—ฉY แ—ทแ’ชแ‘ŒEแ”•๐Ÿ’™ ๐Ÿ’™๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผก ๐Ÿ’™แ—ฐOแ‘Žแ—ชแ—ฉY แ—ทแ’ชแ‘ŒEแ”•๐Ÿ’™
๐Ÿ’™๏ผณ๏ผด๏ผก๏ผฃ๏ผซ ๏ผฆ๏ผฏ๏ผฒ ๏ผก ๏ผฃ๏ผก๏ผต๏ผณ๏ผฅ๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ’™During the month of November Kelley @rva_reader will donate $1 to @jdrfhq for every blue stack/circle tagged #diabetesstack

๐Ÿ’™Did you know the blue circle is the global symbol of awareness?

๐Ÿ’™This is such a great way to build awareness and raise money for a worthy cause.

๐Ÿ’™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. 

๐Ÿ’™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.

โ“How was your weekend?
๐Ÿ’™แ–ดแ–‡IEแ‘Žแ—ชแ”•แ•ผIแ‘ญ แ–ดแ–‡Iแ—ชแ—ฉY๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ’™I've been tagged by my friends @lydia36writes and @bellescastlelibrary to do the Blue Stack for Friendship Challenge.

๐Ÿ’™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.

๐Ÿ’™I tagged a few friends for this challenge but if you see this consider yourself tagged.

โ“What color is the book you're currently reading?
๐Ÿฆƒ๐“—๐“๐“Ÿ๐“Ÿ๐“จ ๐“ฃ๐“—๐“๐“๐“š๐“ข๐“–๐“˜๐“ฅ๐“˜๐“๐“–๐Ÿฆƒ

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

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ
๐‡ow to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
๐€n Offer From A Gentleman
๐eople We Meet On Vacation
๐laying With Fire
๐˜es, No, Maybe So

๐“oo Good to Be True
๐‡ead Over Heels
๐€nxious People
๐ot A Happy Family
๐Širsten Learns A Lesson
๐’ummer Darlings
๐†irl A
๐ˆnstructions For Dancing
๐•eiled in Smoke
๐ˆnvisible Girl
๐oel Street
๐†reen Mile

โ“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

โ“What do you eat at your Thanksgiving meal?
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ 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. ๐Ÿ˜…
๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿงธแ”•Tแ—ฉแ‘•K แ–ดOแ–‡ แ—ฉ แ‘•แ—ฉแ‘Œแ”•E๐Ÿงธ๐ŸŒˆ

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 canโ€™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! Iโ€™d love to see your #rainbowstack 

โ“Whatโ€™s your favorite color? โฃโฃ
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธMine is pink. I also love light blue and aqua.
๐”น๐•†๐•†๐•‚ โ„๐”ผ๐•๐•€๐”ผ๐•Ž ๐šƒ๐š‘ ๐”น๐•†๐•†๐•‚ โ„๐”ผ๐•๐•€๐”ผ๐•Ž

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ต๐š•๐šŠ๐š ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ 
๐š‹๐šข ๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐š๐š‘ ๐™พ'๐™ป๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šข

โญโญโญ/5

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€
Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think theyโ€™re crazy, but itโ€™s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffyโ€™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 havenโ€™t met yet, theyโ€™re about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the windowโ€ฆ

๐— ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€
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. 

โ“Do you prefer tea or coffee?
๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธI prefer coffee but it has to have a lot of cream and raw sugar

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