Rotation Update and Fantasy Roll

I've once again read through my entire rotation. Here are my categories as they stand now:

Fantasy: The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson (100%)
Sci-Fi: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (62%)
Realistic Fiction: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (100%)
Young Readers: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (21%)
Brandon Sanderson: The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England (61%)
Nonfiction: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (48%)
Classic: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (4%)
Mystery/Thriller: The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (12%)
Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (70%)
Audio: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (37%)

I need to roll for fantasy and realistic fiction.

For realistic fiction, I'm going to be reading Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch for book club. It happened to slot right into my realistic fiction spot. I'll probably try to read that whole thing next before going back to rotating, just because I'm on a timeline.

So that leaves fantasy:

I rolled 21 which is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab. So that's going in the rotation.

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