Hi. 👋🏻
This is my new favorite song (“Tickle Me Pink” by Johnny Flynn).
He sings, “When nothing goes right and the future‘s dark as night, what you need is a sunny, sunny day.”
AMEN.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CbFgDtwqPPGyHMS5ItdV5?si=GBnuT-u6Tt-NbJ9MCzLrjw
It‘s even (tangentially) book-related! I came to the music by way of writer, Robert MacFarlane.
Check it out if you like folksy stuff!
Stormy outside, cozy inside.
This one is so good so far. I love T. Kingfisher's writing.
pickDark and atmospheric, Reid does a fabulous job of setting the tone of a dreary and dank remote Scottish castle. Reid does take some creative license but I don‘t think the purpose was to simply retell the play, but to reimagine what it might have been like for a young ‘witch-touched‘ woman to be thrown into a male driven world, with a power hungry husband. Macbeth is my favourite Shakespearean play and Reid did a commendable job.
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July‘s #bookspin comes from a very limited selection, since I‘ve packed all but 3 of my books 😱. The other are audio from Libby and Libro.FM. If I happen to have enough time for more there‘s always my kindle or the library! Hopefully my shelves will be set back up by the end of July. 📚
pickI love any Jane Austen spin-off, so this modern version was enjoyable. The author stuck with the same storyline but modernized it. He made Bingley a doctor and a reality TV star and I thought that Jane being a Yoga instructor was perfect. Darcy and Elizabeth‘s chemistry was good and sexy. My only criticism is, it attempted to add any prejudices the author could think of in the modern world. It did modernize it, but it felt forced in my opinion.
It‘s hammock season and so the audiobook and tangible read are at the ready.
Audiobook: The Wee Free Men
Tangible: Lady Macbeth (from a Summer Reads Wheel Spin)
pickLoved this just like every other Kalynn Bayron book I've read. The villain is fantastic! My only complaint is I would have liked to spend more time in the creepy sentient castle of the Knight.
Weird bookish coincidences that I love:
Last year, on June 16, I went to pick up my library hold and I saw this book was on hold for another person with the same last name as me. The book looked interesting and I snapped a picture. Earlier this year I placed it on hold and guess when it became available? June 16, 2025!!
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pickThis was a cute little story. It was an interesting twist on The Nightmare Before Christmas. Overall it was a nice story.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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