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So either I'm super ambitious or super crazy. Either way my bookcase is literally crashing under the weight of the five million books I have. So we have to make a dent. My first two lists were just BOTM books, and if i can get those off I'm making some progress. The third list were books that have been on previous 12+4 challenges that I didn’t read, yet still are weighing my bookcase down. This list are mostly new books I think I can knock off the bookcase. The more I get off my shelves the more books I can buy. Hehe! So here we go!

My 12:
1. Silver Girl
2. The Exchange
3. The Next Mrs. Parrish
✔️4. Lethal Intent - 2/1
5. Society of Lies
6. Someone Else's Bucket List
✔️7. The Boys from Biloxi - 8/8
✔️8. A Summer Affair - 6/25
9. The Rose Code
10. The Love of my Life
✔️11. Funny Story!- 8/21
12. The Book of Lost Friends

Plus 4:
✔️1. The Dictionary of Lost Words - 7/4
✔️2. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions - 6/14
✔️3. Tokyo Dreaming - 2/23
✔️4. The Little Liar - 5/30

Ambitious, Crazy; but so what!? We are readers, are we not!??

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I LOVE your ambition! You got this!!!

I love this! I've read The Exchange, A Summer Affair and The Dictionary of Lost Words. I'm reading Funny Story in January, and Alissa and I have Silver Girl and Framed on our buddy read list. I think we may to move up some of these buddy reads, so that we can all read these great books together! Happy reading, Lindsey!!

Very ambitious! Love it! Look forward to seeing your progress.
Happy Reading!

I've had The Dictionary of Lost Words on my book shelf for awhile now. I hope to read in 2025 as well. Happy reading, Lindsey

When it comes to books, crazy is good. Ok, not only books :-)
Have fun and enjoy them, you can do that!

I've read 3 of these books and they were all good. Have a good time reducing your books!

Alondra wrote: "Ambitious, Crazy; but so what!? We are readers, are we not!??

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That's right!!!! Sometimes a little crazy is good. 🤣

Alissa wrote: "I LOVE your ambition! You got this!!!"

Awww thanks for the encouragement girl!!!! ❤️

Lea wrote: "I love this! I've read The Exchange, A Summer Affair and The Dictionary of Lost Words. I'm reading Funny Story in January, and Alissa and I have Silver Girl and Framed on our buddy..."

Definitely let me know when y’all are going to read Silver Girl and Framed. Maybe I can join....

Patricia wrote: "Very ambitious! Love it! Look forward to seeing your progress.
Happy Reading!"

Thanks Patricia! 😊

Bill wrote: "I've had The Dictionary of Lost Words on my book shelf for awhile now. I hope to read in 2025 as well. Happy reading, Lindsey"

Thanks Bill! 😊

Ioana wrote: "When it comes to books, crazy is good. Ok, not only books :-)
Have fun and enjoy them, you can do that!"

I love it - crazy is good!!!! Thanks Ioana! 😊

Jackie wrote: "I've read 3 of these books and they were all good. Have a good time reducing your books!"

Thanks Jackie! 😊

Hey everyone, I'm so sorry for not seeing the comments to respond. I really hate not getting notifications anymore.....

1st book finished - Lethal Intent . 4 stars

This is really a 3.5 star review for me. Here's the big thing I like about this book and this author - you can read a suspense/mystery book without a single curse word. The story itself is interesting, and I'll admit the science part went some over my head. The idea behind this book is scary, especially for those of us who depend on clinical trial for the next good medicine to combat whichever disease we may have. Cara Putman always writes in an extremely tasteful manner. My only negative is I think I just liked her other books more....

Kudos on knocking out the first book from this list, Lindsey!! ☺️

Alondra wrote: "Kudos on knocking out the first book from this list, Lindsey!! ☺️"

Thanks Alondra! 😊 I focused alot on my first two lists in January, need to show my other two a little love...

2nd book finished - Tokyo Dreaming . 4 stars 💚💚💚💚

I loved the first book Tokyo Ever After and this sequel is just as good! I love being in Japan with Princess Izumi as she tries to figure out love, life and what comes next for her. I'm not sure if the author will continue the series but I really hope she does.

3rd book finished - The Little Liar . 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the truth.
And destroy the world.”

Mitch Albom has written an incredibly beautiful, unique, heart-breaking story about courage, bravery, love, loss, betrayal, survival and forgiveness that grips your heart and soul from page one and doesn't let go even after the final word. A story told by the narrator Truh, a story we need to never forget. If you think you’ve read every story about the Holocaust, think again. This was a side to one of the most horrific tragedies in history I have yet to see or read. At the end of the book the author writes a note where he says, "I wish to acknowledge many others, for teaching me, through their memories, why the phrase 'never again' must be not an expression, but a vow." I could not have said it any better. Read this book, tell others of the horrors that happened called the Holocaust so this can never happen again. I would give this a million stars if goodreads allowed it. Mitch Albom is an exceptional story teller and this book, I feel, may be one of his best.

Lindsey wrote: "3rd book finished - The Little Liar . 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can look like the t..."

I have yet to try Albom. This does sound interesting.

Bill wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "3rd book finished - The Little Liar . 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“...a lie told once is easy to expose, but a lie told a thousand times can..."

This is a good one to start with. Although Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson is another good one.

Lindsey~So happy you loved The Little Liar. This is another book I hope to Read. I just bought 2 Bookshelves and have to actually get my Massive Amount of Books off the Floor and Onto the Bookshelf. You are doing better than Me. Want to Read Tokyo Dreaming, too. Enjoy and Happy Reading 📚💕

Kristine wrote: "Lindsey~So happy you loved The Little Liar. This is another book I hope to Read. I just bought 2 Bookshelves and have to actually get my Massive Amount of Books off the Floor and Onto the Bookshelf..."

Thanks Kristine! 😊 It was such a good book. I hope you enjoy it when you get to it. And good luck with your bookshelves!!! I always have fun rearranging my books. Sometimes i go by genre, or by color or by various reading challenges I participate in.... how will you organize your new bookshelves?

Lindsey wrote: "Kristine wrote: "Lindsey~So happy you loved The Little Liar. This is another book I hope to Read. I just bought 2 Bookshelves and have to actually get my Massive Amount of Books off the Floor and O..."
Usually, I go with Favorite Authors within a Certain Genre. So, kind of Try to Organize Alphabetically by Author, so even though on Floor are Organized (at least in my head).

Wish me Luck, certainly look nice when on Bookshelves. I like when people do them by Color, think that looks really Pretty.

Thanks for all you do. Much Appreciated.

Enjoy your Summer 🏖️

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4th book finished - Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions . 4 stars

There isn't a book by John Grisham I won't read. And I love to see this side of him - nonfiction, analyzing real cases. This is an extremely eye opening book. It's shocking and even terrifying the mistakes and corruption that happened to not only put but keep innocent people in jail. This is a book I'd recommend everyone read. There's alot to learn about aspects of the criminal justice system that are broken.

Lindsey wrote: "4th book finished - Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions . 4 stars

There isn't a..."

I agree 100%.

5th book finished - A Summer Affair . 2 stars

I want to start off by saying that while this book wasn't exactly my cup of tea, I still love Elin Hildebrand and her books. This one just didn't sit right with me. I am not the biggest fan of affairs, that trope is hit or miss with me. And sadly in this book it was a miss. I felt the character's storylines were all jumbled and never really came together for me. That ending really fell short. To be honest, it didn't make alot of sense to me. And lastly, I felt this was about 75-100 pages too long, there was alot of "fluff" that could have been cut out.

Having said all of that, while this book didn't hit the mark with me, I do love Elin Hildebrand' books, her writing and will continue to read anything she puts out there.

I'm currently reading 2 other books from this list. So while i got a slow start at the beginning of the year, I'm now on pace to hopefully complete this list by the end of the year.

Lindsey wrote: "5th book finished - A Summer Affair . 2 stars

I want to start off by saying that while this book wasn't exactly my cup of tea, I still love Elin H..."

I love Elin so much as well and I just checked- this one was a 2 star read for me as well. Ha

Bleech, I agree about A Summer Affair. At least the rest of the books in the series were a bit better for me. :-)

Alissa wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "5th book finished - A Summer Affair . 2 stars

I want to start off by saying that while this book wasn't exactly my cup of tea, I s..."

That's funny!!! 😊

Lea wrote: "Bleech, I agree about A Summer Affair. At least the rest of the books in the series were a bit better for me. :-)"

Glad to hear the rest of thr books are better. I do plan on finishing the series.

6th book finished - The Dictionary of Lost Words . 4 stars

"Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us. But what happens when words that are spoken are not recorded?"

As much as I read, I honestly never gave much thought as to how the Dictionary was ever created. While parts of this story are pulled from history, a bigger part is fiction to help us understand how the Dictionary was formed but maybe more importantly how many words may have been left out.

This is a very intriguing story. It's most definitely a slow burn book, but I think it's worth it to stick with it till the end.

Lindsey wrote: "6th book finished - The Dictionary of Lost Words . 4 stars

"Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to contr..."

I do have to read this. It's calling to me.

Bill wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "6th book finished - The Dictionary of Lost Words . 4 stars

"Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, the..."

I really think you would enjoy this book. It's fascinating history. 😊

Lindsey wrote: "6th book finished - The Dictionary of Lost Words . 4 stars

"Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to contr..."

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND added to my TBR. Darn you. lol

Alissa wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "6th book finished - The Dictionary of Lost Words . 4 stars

"Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, the..."

You're welcome! 😁

Hey Lindsey. Just checking in with you and to pass along a huge KUDOS for consistency with this challenge.

Also, thanks for increasing a few TBRs on here. LOL

Alondra wrote: "Hey Lindsey. Just checking in with you and to pass along a huge KUDOS for consistency with this challenge.

Also, thanks for increasing a few TBRs on here. LOL"

Thanks Alondra! 😊 This is by far one of my favorite reading challenges. And I know I've added a ton of books off other people's lists.

7th book finished - The Boys from Biloxi . 3 disappointing stars ☹️

Ok, this one is a tough review for me. I love John Grisham and normally cannot put his books down, I fly through them. This book wasn't the case. It's a painfully slow burn. I've seen many people say it reads like nonfiction and I couldn't agree more. While the overall storyline is interesting, this one just didn't have the excitement and fast pace I'm accustomed to with Grisham's writing. The story didn't suck me in. In fact in parts I was bored. Having said that, I still love Grisham's books and will read anything he writes. And while I wasn't thrilled with this book, the reviews are really split of people loving it or disliking it. So read it and be your own judge.

8th book finished - Funny Story . 5 stars ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

There is nothing like an Emily Henry book to make you fall in love with love again. I always love her storylines, characters and writing style. Like all of her books, this one pulled me in and I couldn't put it down. Can't wait go read my next Emily Henry book!

Lindsey wrote: "8th book finished - Funny Story . 5 stars ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

There is nothing like an Emily Henry book to make you fall in love with love again. I always ..."

I can ALWAYS COUNT on Emily Henry ;-)

Alissa wrote: "Lindsey wrote: "8th book finished - Funny Story . 5 stars ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

There is nothing like an Emily Henry book to make you fall in love with love ..."

Me too!!! 😊