Just Bean Bookish
By Denae Platts
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Welcome to JustBeanBookish, where we brew a steaming hot cup of literary delight! Join me as I review, recommend, and discuss some of my favorite and maybe not-so-favorite books.
You can find me on Instagram @JustBeanBookish!
Don’t worry about spilling the beans, I’ve read them all.
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Spill the Beans: "Spectacular Things" by Beck Dorey-Stein
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Do I stand by my 5 star reads?
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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July Wrap-up and August TBR
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Funny Story" by Emily Henry
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Dinner for Vampires" by Bethany Joy Lenz
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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June Wrap-up and July TBR
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Recursion" by Blake Crouch
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Burning Side" by Sarah Damoff
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Dolly All the Time" by Annabel Monaghan
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Hey kids! Reading is fun!
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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May Wrap-up and June TBR
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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TikTok book club drama and recent reads
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May 29, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Blue Sisters" by Coco Mellors
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May 22, 2026 |
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Random Bookish Thoughts
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May 15, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Into the Blue" by Emma Brodie
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May 08, 2026 |
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April Wrap-up and May TBR
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May 01, 2026 |
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Reflecting on the original "Red Rising" trilogy (STB: "Morning Star" by Pierce Brown
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Night We Met" by Abby Jimenez
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Future Saints" by Ashley Winstead
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Beans to Screen: "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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March Wrap Up and April TBR
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Strength of the Few" by James Islington (Hierarchy book #2)
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "How to Write a Love Story" by Catherine Walsh
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Will of the Many" by James Islington
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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All the book creators I love (book content recommendations)
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Correspondent" by Virginia Evans
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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February Wrap Up and March TBR
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Selection" series by Kiera Cass
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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January Wrap-up and February TBR
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Bright Years" by Sarah Damoff
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Beans to Screen: "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Beginning of the Year Book Tag
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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25 books to read in 2026
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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My top books of 2025
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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The Magic of Harry Potter (a reread)
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Christmas book recs and TBR
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Academy" by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Spill the beans: "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Reading journals, Goodreads achievements, and a bookish chat
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Every DNF on my list
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Paradise Problem" by Christina Lauren
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Katabasis" by R. F. Kuang
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Alchemy of Secrets" by Stephanie Garber
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Books I'll be reading this fall
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Curating a home library
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Julie Chan is Dead" by Liann Zhang
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Vicious" by V.E. Schwab
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Malibu Rising" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney.
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Light Between Oceans" by M. L. Steadman
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "One Golden Summer" by Carley Fortune
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Books I don't remember reading...
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Powerless" by Lauren Roberts
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Mid-year book tag
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "My Friends" by Fredrik Backman
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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The beans on Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Catching up! (Reading goal update, reading recap, etc.)
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May 30, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Magpie Society" series by Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch
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May 23, 2025 |
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Hidden Gems (in my humble opinion)
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May 16, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Pictures of You" by Emma Grey
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May 09, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach
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May 02, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Favorites" by Layne Fargo
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "A Study in Drowning" by Ava Reid
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Shiver" by Allie Reynolds
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Divergent" and series by Veronica Roth
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Reading challenges to help you meet your reading goal
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Divine Rivals" duology by Rebecca Ross
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Caraval" by Stephanie Garber
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Part of Your World" by Abby Jiminez
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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My system for rating books on a 5 star scale
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Yellowface" by R.F. Kuang
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Victoria" by Daisy Goodwin
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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A little update and explanation!
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The God of the Woods" by Liz Moore
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Boyfriend" by Freida McFadden
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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25 books to read in 2025
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "All That's Left Unsaid" by Tracey Lien
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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My 2024 bookish stats + 2025 reading goal!
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Spill the Beans: "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Recommendations for the holiday season
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The worst book to screen adaptations you've ever seen
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Beartown" by Fredrik Backman
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Hello Stranger" by Katherine Center
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Beans to Screen: "Dune" by Frank Herbert
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Truly, Devious" by Maureen Johnson
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "11/22/63" by Stephen King
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Bean Pages: "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Golden Spoon" by Jessa Maxwell
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Nothing Like the Movies" by Lynn Painter
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Local Woman Missing" by Mary Kubica
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Books Worth Re-Reading
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V. E. Schwab
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Hallowe'en Party" by Agatha Christie
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Under One Roof" by Ali Hazelwood
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Reading Slumps
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Reading Rants
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Housemaid" by Freida McFadden
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans (x3): "One True Loves," "Love and Other Words," "The Giver of Stars"
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Woman in the Library" by Sulari Gentill
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Beans to Screen: "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Summer Reading List
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Babel" by R. F. Kuang
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "What She Left Behind" by Ellen Marie Wiseman
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Circe" by Madeline Miller
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May 31, 2024 |
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Understanding Shakespeare
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May 24, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Bodyguard" by Katherine Center
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May 17, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "If He Had Been With Me" by Laura Nowlin
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May 10, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Emmunska Orczy
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May 03, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: ACOMAF and the Fantasy Genre
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Book Clubs
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Are we too harsh on book to screen adaptations?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "We All Fall Down" by Natalie D Richards
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Just Bean Bookish Trailer
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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I can't wait to read these books...
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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I finally read ACOTAR...
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" series by Holly Jackson
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Summer I Turned Pretty" by Jenny Han
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Books on my shelf as months of the year
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" by Alice Feeney
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "Every Summer After" by Carley Fortune
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Books I probably should have read by now...
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Spill the Beans: "None of This is True" by Lisa Jewell
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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2023 Reading Recap and Goals for 2024
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Least Favorite Reads of 2023
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Cozy Holiday Reads
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans "Fourth Wing" and "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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The Nostalgia of Percy Jackson (and thoughts on the new book)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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To Spoil or Not to Spoil...
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Appeal" by Janice Hallett
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Reading Resources
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Bean Pages: Reading my Analysis on a Poem and a Short Story
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "If We Were Villains" by M. L. Rio
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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My Thoughts on Abridged Books...
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Why Non-Fiction is Worth Your Time!
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The House Across the Lake" by Riley Sager
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "Apples Never Fall" by Liane Moriarty
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Bean Pages: Reading my Analysis of The Young Victoria and War Horse
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "Little Monsters" by Adrienne Brodeur
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Why Audiobooks are Great and Discussing The Mortal Instruments Series
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Reading Goals: Setting and Meeting Your Goals
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: Autobiographies of Jennette McCurdy and Lauren Graham
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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What Makes a Good Book? and Reading Book Reviews
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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All About Annotation
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Inheritance Games" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Perspective and Asking "Are Narrators Reliable?"
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Becoming a Reader
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Tips for Understanding Classics & Annotating Books
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Books I read for classes that I LOVED
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Spill the Beans: "The Royal We" by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
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May 25, 2023 |
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Introducing Just Bean Bookish
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May 19, 2023 |