pick⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This was my #DoubleSpin for May, and it reminded me a lot of Monty Python. I think it was good enough for me to read the second book in the “Land of Dis“ series, Distopia at some point, but I'm not rushing to start it right away. For once, I'm remember to also tag #2025OffMyShelf!
so-soThis was my #BookSpin for March. It was good, but I felt like a lot of the points the author's were trying to make didn't go deep enough. This whole book could have been a YouTube video. There were some funny bits of trivia, though. #2025OffMyShelf
pick🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟This was my #DoubleSpin for March, and it's one of the best books I've read this year! I love the Discworld series, and Rincewind is one of my favorite characters. #OokBOokClub #2025OffMyShelf
panNew to me author #OffMyShelf
The tagged was almost painful to read. Overhyped, boring, and disappointing. No character development, no world building, & not really a cozy fantasy. I skimmed most of it & still@knew exactly what was happening.
It‘s off my shelf & onto my PangoBooks bookshop.
But at least this book did finally get me my first #2025OffMyShelf bingo!
I‘m not going to get another book finished, so I‘m calling it. It‘s been a month between polar vortexes and political insanity, and I escaped hard into books!
Final tally is 41 + 7 DNFs
🎧 25 audio
📚 14 physical
💻 9 e-books
And 12 were for #2025OffMyShelf 🎉
I break it down on my blog, wanderinglynn.com
so-soBanned book #OffMyShelf
While I appreciate this book for its literary importance and for its themes/concepts, I did not find this book interesting or easy to read due to the execution & presentation. Plus, the Fordism got a bit cheesy. "Oh Ford!"
So, I am glad I finally read it, but I think there are better classics that speak to the same or similar themes and concepts that Huxley presents.
#2025OffMyShelf
pick#OffMyShelf for short stories; anthology, or essays
I‘m really wishing I had taken a Russian literature class in college. I absolutely loved this short story collection. An incredible writer, Chekhov definitely transcends time. I can see why he‘s considered one of the greatest short story writers.
So this book is off my TBR shelf, but I‘m definitely keeping it & will revisit these stories often.
#2025OffMyShelf
My #BookSpin list for February is full of books from my TBR, with the exception of Night Shift by Stephen King, which is the #LosersClub book of the month. I will be getting it from the library since I don't already own it. All of the other books will qualify for my #ShelfLove reading challenge and many of them will qualify for the #2025OffMyShelf prompts as well. I picked mostly shorter books since February is usually not a good month for me.
pickMy #DoubleSpin for January was magical and weird and so different from just about anything else I've read in the Fantasy genre that I'm not sure how to rate it. I didn't LOVE love it, but I did find many of the sentences and individual words were soothing somehow. I don't know how else to describe it so I'm giving it a “Pick.“ #2025OffMyShelf
I‘ve been so motivated with my #2025OffMyShelf challenge, I created a part 2!
These prompts are a bit broader to allow for a variety of interpretations.
I‘ve also put the Part 2 Reading Challenge on Story Graph. The links for SG as well as a jpg or pdf version of the bingo board are on my blog: http://wanderinglynn.com/2025/01/23/2025-off-my-shelf-reading-challenge-part-2/
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