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Oh My Gosh I can‘t believe this was a book I wasn‘t into as a teen. I tried and didn‘t finish it - though I watched the movies - when it first came out. I‘m throughly impressed and can totally see how Collins practically invented this new dystopian genre. No notes besides - maybe this is because I know what‘s coming - that it would‘ve been nice to see more behind the reasoning why Pres. Snow doesn‘t like Katniss. We barely see him.

The sixth in A Series of Unfortunate Events was my favorite of the series and of June. I love quirky villains. The ones so damn weird, they really should be incompetent but somehow prove to get in the way of our protagonists anyway. Tim Curry's performance of Esme Squalor only enhanced her ridiculous trend following. "Children, here are some things you should know. Dark is in. Light is out. Stairs are in. Elevators are out. ⬇️

Here are my favorite books read this year (from my bookshelves), ordered from January on the bottom, up to December. I‘ll tag them in the comments in case anyone‘s interested in more information. 🥰

9 - Can you guess how old I am based on these last two books? Clearly loving the nostalgic/VHS theme.

Grady Hendrix is an author I will read anything from. No notes, perfect book. Big fan of the movie adaptation too.

#12booksof2024

Valancy ♥️

#12booksof2024 : June

Anne of Green Gables is always going to be the first thing associated with L. M. Montgomery, but she definitely wasn‘t a one hit wonder!

Have you always wanted to tackle War & Peace, Les Miserables or any of the other giant books that double as paperweights, but the page counts intimidate you? Join us for the 5th annual #ChunksterChallenge! It‘s structured with levels to help build up your stamina to take down those super-sized tomes and claim the bragging rights. Because the secret to completing the Colossal Chunkster is simple math – one page at a time!

#ChunksterChallenge2025

3✨ Another mystery solved! Nancy went under cover in this one, which was a fun twist. Her client is using a third party man to sell some of her books, but he is saying they are not selling well. There is also a possible counterfeit statuette maker. Nancy had her work cut out for her in this one. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

Lovely day for a bit of reading outside.

Finally got my hands on a copy...
I feel I should have waited to read this, until Volume 6 was out though. But I just couldn't stop myself.

As always Oseman's topic relevancy is so on point. I remember when I was too scared to go to university, I wish I had this as encouragement back then.
I can't wait to see how Nick and Charlie's story will end.

Riordanverse readalong starting with The Lost Hero #RiordanverseReadalong

Reading one book a month to get through The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard in 2025

I‘m going to use the readalong function on Storygraph. I can also set up a Discord if people would prefer that. I‘m making this up as I go along

https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/1a9b7112-b02d-4092-bb6b-f8aac21c3553