Mourning Dove Update:
We were wrong...she actually has TWO babies!
I set up a Ring camera to be a nest cam because I wanted to see how Mom is eating, but so far she's not left and no one has visited (or at least no non-human has triggered the motion sensor).
On a lighter note, I suddenly remembered that I needed to post the #readyourkindle numbers for July! Whoops - my mind is just 🤪 but here you go, friends! Enjoy! #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo
Doing an audit of all my books after donating a bunch and clearing out some space. Yikes, I haven't read many of my actual physical books.
I was going to do this for e-books too but er that might look even worse!
The Books With Betsy podcast is new to me. Melissa Joulwan is the guest this week and I love listening to her. I can never have too many bookish podcasts!
The Birthday Fairies are really excited to celebrate our first July birthday!
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We‘re sending birthday wishes and lots of #birthdaylove to @OrangeMooseReads !
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Have a fabulous day, Ammy!
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: LOYALTY
#WeDoNotCareWednesday #WDNCW @dabbe
It‘s 9pm and I‘m in bed for the night with my cooling blanket (thanks, Costco!), MLB Big Inning on, and my book. The sleep aids have been taken so, peace out ✌️
Death Row ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ex-Wives Club ⭐️⭐️⭐️
False Notes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Skydivers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Good Neighbors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Small Things ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Skydivers was most memorable
Good Neighbors and Small Things are tied for the favorite of the series.
06.19.2025
My new lawn flag! Love it. #WithTheBanned @Jadams89 - please share with the group.
Audiobook audition recording day can be interesting, especially when it's for a horror novel.
Kids hear Mom yelling.
Check the door. Yep, it's okay:
She's just recording.
#haikuhive #haikuaday
@dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @JenLovesJT47
Here are my #bookspin choices for July. Hopefully I‘ll finish both. I only finished one in June.
@TheAromaofBooks
My #BookSpinBingo July list. I've left it pretty open this month as I have a few to continue from June.
@TheAromaofBooks
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: MADE IN THE USA
July is here!!! Ready for summer reading to commence. It‘s too hot to do anything else lol.
#bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
Okay, out of all the books I managed to get the conference, I narrowed these down to the ones I am the absolute MOST excited to read! The new Joe Hill book! The Raven Boys graphic novel! The new Priory of the Orange Tree prequel by Samantha Shannon! The new John Irving! AND KATABASIS BY R.F. KUANG!!! 😍
Okay friends - I made it through all four days of ALA! Are you ready for the final number of ARCs (and a few already published) books I managed to snag? 170! 😂📚📚📚
My husband was NOT exactly thrilled when he saw how many books we now had to fit into our home! 🤭 To be fair though, I'm not keeping ALL of them! I'm bringing some of them back to my library for my coworkers! 💕
One more post—taking advantage of a free moment. My July #BookSpinBingo list is ready to go! Xander approved. #Xander #CatsOfLitsy
I‘m still trying to figure out how to juggle everything with Zeke‘s needs and appointments with contract work (thank goodness I don‘t have a set work schedule), house chores, and not to mention down time!
But, I managed to finish 12 books in June! I‘ve not handed out many 5 stars this year, but I had two excellent reads in June—This Is Not a Game and The Accidental Favorite. Loved them; right reads at the right time.
This is a helpful infographic from rackfu over on Reddit if you are trying to decide on which to subscribe to. I‘ll post their analysis in the comments.
These are choices from Jan 23 to July 25. Aardvark puts multiple genres on many books, so that accounts for the slightly skewed numbers.
What do y'all think about this?
Today's story. Call me naive, but I felt it in my soul that she's sorry. And I know how much energy certain things take from you. How it feels when everything is just too much. Even making a decision, even writing a text.
#haikuhive
Repost for @PuddleJumper
Time to vote for the August #QueerBC author. This year's is flying by!
So keeping that in mind, start thinking about some spooky and wintery books you'd like to suggest for the October and December buddy reads
It sounds ages away but it will sneak up on you!
July's author is Nino Cipri. Looking forward to your thoughts and reviews
Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2879227
I have July 14-17 and 28-1 of August to take a week away this would be a great opportunity to have this occur 👀👍🏼📚
Time to vote for the August #QueerBC author. This year's is flying by!
So keeping that in mind, start thinking about some spooky and wintery books you'd like to suggest for the October and December buddy reads
It sounds ages away but it will sneak up on you!
July's author is Nino Cipri. Looking forward to your thoughts and reviews
Vote for August's author here: https://forms.gle/fF4BD1pa9f1RnL98A
Be on the lookout 👀 for some #LitsyLove @Eggs and @Sleepswithbooks ❤️ July 8th
Thank you so much for joining us for #MidsummerSolace 🌞 I hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.
I'd like to say a big thank you to my co-hosts @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit for all help.
We will be back in December of #MidwinterSolace ❄️ to help us through the darker months.
Please let me know in the comments if there is anything you would like more or less off, any improvements that can be made, etc. All comments are welcome.
Debs x
Last year I read 64 books total. So far this year I‘ve read 62 books. I had to tip in a page for my reading journal to have room for more!
There was a lot of traveling in June which means less books than usual. My favorites of the month were Shield of Sparrows, Lights Out, and Tainted Cup. Despite the summer sunshine, I still seem to gravitate towards the darker reads.
Any thoughts on starting a tag for monthly storygraph wrap-ups? I love seeing everyone‘s reading stats.
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: CANADA DAY
I read some terrible books this month! It was really disappointing and I don't feel like reading much now
#MonthlyWrapUp #PuddleJumperWrapUp
A couple of weeks of reading here. Somehow Sunday passed me by without me noticing so I‘m a day late again. #bookreport #weeklyforecast
We don't match this world... we rise above it.
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil... Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." - Romans 12:17, 21
“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." - Luke 6:27
#MellowMonday
This came up on my Facebook feed earlier ❤️ ??
June 2025
Host of Maggie's Book Bites Podcast
Goodreads.com/MaggieCarr
#2025SpineStack
#MaggiesSpineStacks
#StorygraphStats
My checkouts today.
I have 14 total checkouts right now…I‘ve GOT to get back on track to go through my own shelves, so I can read➡️choose what to donate. I‘m not sure when we‘re moving yet, but I want to be prepared!
Mid-year #ReadingBracket2025
June's favourite was Heavenly Tyrant and the wild card was Guardian Volume 1
SVSSS 1 is still winning which I'm not surprised about
#monthlywrapup #junewrapup
Up from May. I‘m pleased that I read quite a bit of non-fiction.
Suggestions…. thoughts…
Welcome #QueerBC to this month's discussion post! I hope you've all had a good reading time with Zen Cho.
Answer whichever quesion(s) you like, talk about your book(s), thoughts or whatever 😄
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JUNESPECIALS
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: SPORTSCAR
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