If you would have told me I'd enjoy a book dealing heavily with organized religion and philosophies of mankind's destructive nature I'd probably not believe you but for some reason this worked for me. This had a lot more humor than I'd expected and even though most of it was sort of a downer there were moments of hope. It still feels relevant today despite being written in the late 50s

I read this for the book club I lead at work and was fascinated by Belle's life. I think the most interesting part about her though was her determined effort to erase her personal life from posterity. My only real hesitation about this is that in the notes at the end the authors stated how they did take some liberties with known fact. It's all well and good to use artistic license when there are gaps in the historical record but not when you know.

This was a fun adventure movie style rom com. I found the two leads to be likeable and the relationship conflict believable.

A little bittersweet as it's Alex's last adventure but I feel satisfied with the conclusion. Normally I'm not a fan of long drawn out battle scenes and this book is essentially one long battle but it kind of worked?

Great set up for the finale. We see the aftermath of Alex finally getting of the fence and choosing a side. I'm so curious what the last book will hold!

I loved this new series by the author of the Alex Verus novels. We have a talented but untrained magician learning more about the powerful players in the magical world. We learn along with Stephen how the magic works and the injustices of the magical world. I will say I could very much have done without the trauma to a beloved pet though.

It was billed to be funny like the tv show Superstore but it made me feel more sad than I wanted. I did skim the ending to see what happened but just couldn't get past how depressing it seemed. Also there was a weird sort of POV shifting with the narration.

Taking advantage of a brief respite from the heat to do some porch/sideyard reading. Rolo approves.

I really enjoyed this. Definitely twisty but not too gimmicky sci fi. I loved Cara as a narrator and her journey was fun to watch. I liked that she was a survivor but the interesting part for me was watching her definition of survival change.

Nicole Lewis is quickly becoming one of my favorite audionarrators.

I can't believe it's almost July and time for a new draw! New to the #BookSpin list this month are the tagged and Severance. Fingers crossed no more chunkster draws so I can finally catch up!

I really enjoyed this. It starts out with three very disparate POVs and then comes together nicely about half way in.

I loved this trilogy and I feel like this concluding volume ended in a way that made sense but boy am I salty about my fave lol. I think it's worse that I respect the ending despite my fave getting shafted. I'd still recommend this though because I was thoroughly entertained by the world and the characters.

Definitely one of the weaker installments in the series but I always enjoy my time in this world with these characters. Rather than a defeat something out of a world mythos plot this dealt with a quasi locked room mystery and a coyote plot.

Trying to get through my work read while the dog enjoys his yard time.

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I have been in a bit of a slump and not able to focus on reading things for challenges so I've been getting back into the St. Mary's books and binging through those. So it's been a productive reading week just not challenge wise.

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Goal this week is to make big progress in Sea of Tranquility as I need to read it for work.

I enjoyed this like most St. Mary's books but it was very much telenovella levels of drama for Max et al. Like I know this are OTT and silly but also there was a lot of bad things happening to good people and it kind of was a downer. Very much not the most optimistic episode in the series.

I've read enough of these and the shorter stories now to feel a sense of camaraderie with the core group of characters. This installment was full of the fun OTT antics I've come to expect from St. Mary's.

Low pick because while i enjoyed my time reading it was almost too predictable even for the genre. I loved that this highlighted a love of reading and bookstores as well as growing community. I just wish the execution could have been a bit more of everything.

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I'm calling it I'm officially in slumpville. I haven't even been able to get into an audiobook on my commute. This week I only read an OTT romantic comedy novella. I enjoyed it but still not motivated to read anything of substance.

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My goal this week is to read anything if even for like five minutes a day.

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I find it funny that both of my picks this month have rather wieldy titles. I'm not quite sure how I feel about either one of these titles but this will definitely give me the push to get them off the TBR.

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Finished two lighter books this week completely mood reads as I didn‘t read anything I had planned for the week. I did enjoy both though.

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My goal is to get at least 100 pages further into OaFK and start the tagged on my commute.

I can't believe it's almost time for the June #BookSpin draw! New to the list this month are the tagged and Terra Nullius. I can't wait to see what the new picks will be. Thank you to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting!

I found this to be on the darker side for this author but it was still filled with the humor and interesting side characters this author is known for. This book deals with grief and found family but not in a totally depressing way.

This was funny and light despite the murder mystery. The protags had snappy dialog and the B plot was interesting as well. I'm intrigued how this series has gone from typical sports romance to the last few having a mystery thrown in as well. Overall, I had a good time reading this and will happily try whatever else comes in this series.

Started a mood read today. The weather is nice so I have the dog and some hummingbirds for company

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Managed to finish two books this week. One was my commute audiobook and the other was an impulse read.

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I'm still struggling with my physical book and the book club book for work so I'm going to have to use the holiday weekend to push through on those. I also need to find another commute audiobook to commit to.

The only way to describe what this reading experience was slow burn fantasy. I listened to the audio read by the narrator and it gave a very lyrical feel to the story. It's told from two different POVs and I couldn't help but wait to see when they would finally converge.

Loads of fun with the crew of St. Mary's. I think the OTTness is what makes me love these so much. Definitely not stand alone though. It's been a while since I've read the earlier ones so I had to find summaries to refresh my memory.

I was really into the premise but I don't think the execution matched my expectations. There was also a lot of dramatic tragic backstory to go around. I will say that I liked how Maddie and Logan became better versions of themselves by knowing each other though.

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I read a lot this week but mostly books I don't track. I enjoyed it and hopefully it will help me get out of my current reads slump.

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My goal this week is to finish Black Cake for work as the book club I moderate is on the 30th. I'd also like to get farther in Fox Wife as it's due back on Libby soon.

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Absolutely loved the book I finished this week! Unfortunately I'm making slower progress with my non audio books.

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My goal this week is to try and finish Black Cake as I need to read it for work. I also want to try and get closer to finishing part 2 of the tagged but it's hard knowing there are two more instances of animal abuse I have to get through.

Absolutely loved this. So many good things about this but also a lot of dark topics like abilism and toxic relationships. Great world building though and morally gray characters that you want to have redemption.

Doing some backyard reading while the hummingbirds come and feed. I am also excited that I‘ve made it to part two in the tagged.

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Loved what I finished this week and still made good progress on my other reads. I finally managed to finish the first section of OaFK which I'm counting as major progress. I'm also enamored of my commute book and have made it to 50%.

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My goal this week is to get a decent way into part 2 of OafK, finish my audio commute book, and make progress in Black Cake for work.

I really enjoyed this although I may be a little bit biased because I too am a librarian. To be honest I kind of think Ashleigh is career goals because sometimes I wish I could frighten patrons into behaving! I think the thing I love most about Emily Henry's couples is that they don't just find each other they find themselves.

Porch reading this afternoon. It‘s almost a funny story but I have no recollection of putting myself on the holds list at work but it was waiting for me there yesterday.

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I'm a little wary of the choices this month but I'm sure they'll be fine. I'm still making my way through the backlist but am so hype for new choices each month.

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Only finished one book this week and it was something of an impulse read because I was frustrated how long my other reads were taking. Yes, I realize that starting another book doesn't actually help me finish the ones that are taking a while lol.

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My goal this week is to make more progress in TOaFK and try and get a little further in my commute audio before it's due back on Libby.

I can't believe it's already time for the May #BookSpin lists! I'm still a little behind for the year but making progress. New to the list this month are the tagged and His Majesty's Dragon.

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Kind of a slow week and I feel like I'm heading into a major reading slump because I haven't even felt like listening to my commute audiobook.

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My goal this week is to try and get at least 10% farther in anything I'm currently reading or even something I may pick up as a mood read. I just want to unslump.

It‘s a great day for some porch reading!

Doing some porch reading with Rolo today. Hoping to do a fair chunk of the tagged today because it feels like I‘ve been trying to read this forever.
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Lowish pick because I thoroughly was enjoying everything about this until it just stops. Like in the middle of the action stops. It was very shocking and annoying to turn the page and instead of more story it was just ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and I was very confused for a good five minutes.

I was going through my reading challenge records today and realized I forgot to review this on all of my logging sites. This is an interesting look at life below the poverty line. I think it's easy for those of us who do not have this lived experience to judge Land and people like her but I doubt we would honestly do any better if we found ourselves in similar circumstances.

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Only managed to finish my commute book this week. I also am in a bit of a reading slump and haven't made much time for eye reading.

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My goal this week is to finish GMatLP because I have a substitute shift where there is very little actual work to do. I'd also like to make more progress on OaFK.

This is a high so-so almost a low pick because this is very much an ideas novel versus a character/plot one. The main conflict is conformity and the collective against the individual and ingenuity.

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Good reading week. Finished my commute book as well as the selection for the book club I moderate at work.

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Goal this week is to make decent progress in my current reads. I'd like to get to the second story of TOaFK and about half way in GMatLP. I also need to start listening to my commute book again but it's a struggle because the narrator is not a vibe.

HAPPY #BOOKSPIN DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!

I'm pretty excited about these two because they are not chonky bois and I've been really looking forward to the tagged for ages but never got around to putting it in my to read rotation yet. I've been slotting in new titles from my list based on page count but I may have to be extra careful about what I put in slot 2 since it seems very popular this year!

Thanks you to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting.

This was another fun installment. Very over the top in a way I‘ve come to expect from this series. I especially enjoyed the end of the epilogue.

This was good old fashion popcorn urban fantasy that is entertaining and escapist. We see our heroine slowly slide deeper into villainy as she deals with a slowly burning rage at what heroes have done to wrong her.