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I can't believe we're almost to the July #BookSpin draw! New to the list this month are the tagged and The Dragonbone Chair. I have to keep my fingers crossed that the draws are closer to the single digit end of the list because the way mine's set up the chonky bois are towards the bottom.

Cassie is gifted a book that turns out to do magic then soon learns there are others, leading her to learn about a small world of people who use these books, though not always for good things. There are a couple of big plot holes, but I was absorbed enough by the story to shrug them off. Not sure why I ignored this one when it came out last year, but I‘m glad I read it.

Going into A Stitch In Time I was worried it would be too similar to her Rip Through Time series. I love that one and I'm happy to report they aren't. This book follows Bronwyn a woman who moves back to her family's manor she inherited. There as a child she learned she could go through a time slip to 200 years in the past and see certain ghosts. She quickly became very close to the boy in the past and William knew her secret. (more in comments)

3 favorites
Slaughterhouse Five (love it so much I got this tattoo)
Song of Solomon
Interview with the Vampire

I have read most of Ian McEwans books and Cement Garden is his worst by miles and miles.

#TLT @dabbe

I can see the appeal of this set of interconnected stories. Some say it‘s even cozy. I just found it sad and just ok. 3⭐️

3✨ I‘m not sure how to write this review because the journey is what is important in this book. We start not knowing really what is going on. All we know is there is “Red” and there is “Blue”. They appear to be rivals taunting each other as they are on two sides of a war. They do this by sending letters to each other. They bounce around in time, and meet each other from time to time. #FableBR @Littlewolf1

Odd experience for me as an adult reader. I love picture books, when you can spend a brief moment in a little story, when consuming the text arguably takes less time than admiring the illustrations.
I enjoy a lot of graphic novels, where the image vs text consumption time is about equal.
But there's something about early reader level chapter books with a smattering of illustrations - it's like the ratio is off. 1/?

This is only my 2nd book by this author (I loved Dark Matter!) and I‘m not a sci-fi expert, but I thought this one was also top-notch!

#bookspinbingo - free space
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterR

I found a new cover for my favorite book collection. Aside from non-english versions, I only need one more to say I have them all. At least, that I know of.

Such an amazing book! It's set in the Dominican Republic in a science fiction universe where "pocket worlds" aka small alternative universes have been discovered. Time is either slowed down or sped up in these PWs. An archeologist and her biologist wife explore them with enthusiasm, until one day things go horribly wrong. A beautiful and smart meditation on motherhood, climate collapse, grief, capitalism, and the nature of time itself. #QueerBooks