Happy Tuesday! Pride Reading challenge update.
I'm continuing to knock off LGBTQ books from my list. I read 6 books from my list plus 3 next in series books. I just had to keep reading to see what happened. I've really liked all the books so far and found some new authors to follow. 📚 🌈
Library haul. I want to read biographies for July so I put a few on hold because they had pretty long waits then 3 of them became available at the same time.
#LibraryHaul
#LitsyCrafters
Today's project is mini mimic chests for trinket trading. I still need to make their tongues but I got 50 done so far. (Ratio is 1in length)
#WeekendReads
I'm hoping to get through Ace of Spades and Phantasma this weekend. ☕️📖❤️
Ren faire season is almost here so I've been going hard on the props and accessories. My daughter is doing a Disney version of Maid Marian and requested a feather fox mask. This is where I'm at so far and I can't wait to be done. 🦊
#LitsyCrafters
1. I think it was Deathly Hallows.
2. I don't pre order anymore. If i did, it would be series though. I just wait to buy them once they come out in paperback. If I have to read the book right away, I'll usually borrow it through Libby/Library/KU then buy it later.
@TheSpineView
#WhereAreYouMonday
Today I'm in New Orleans during the early 20th century.
I feel personally attacked 😕
For the weekend, I'm hoping to get through The Last Girls Standing (Pride Read 🌈), Phatasma and That's Not My Name (#ReadMyKindle picks)
#weekendreads
Dexter popping in to say hello 👋
#ReadYourKindle Picks
I made a slight mistake. 😌 I accidentally wrote That's Not My Name twice on my list and it got picked twice 😅 So I substituted Phantasma for it since it's been sitting in my KU queue for months.
@CBee
#Two4tuesday
1. Oh yes.
2. So many. Babysitter's Club, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Goosebumps & Fear Street.
@TheSpineView
We all have our struggles, and all we can do is face the ones that stand before us.
#WhereAreYouMonday
Today I'm in the world of Aedrea. It's a fantasy world full of Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Halflings and lots of monsters.
May Wrap-up
I read a crazy amount this month. 😳
12 were from the Ice Planet Barbarian Series
4 were from the Witchwood Boys Series
And 4 were Horror books from my TBR pile.
I had 4 DNFs and started 4 others.
*Quote from The Arcane Taste Of The Witchwood Boys (book not in library)
Spicy Book Bracket
May Pick is Ice Planet Barbarians and my 1st Wild Card Pick is The Witchwood Boys are Trending. I read the entire series of both IPB and The Witchwood Boys this month. IPB has a very SciFi storyline with lots of Alpha behavior, fated mates and spice. Witchwood is Supernatural with a little horror and a lot of dirty spice. They are 2 very different types of romance but I really liked both.
May Pick is Dead of Winter
It won it's spot by default because most of my reads this month were romance, DNFs or just OK. I did like Dead of Winter. It was a very Agatha Christie style murder mystery in the snow but I was able to guess the killer pretty early in the book so I wish it had more mystery.
#BookBracket2025
For June I decided to read some LGBTQ books for pride 🌈 I went into StoryGraph and filtered my TBR list to include LGBTQ tags and these were the first 20 that popped up. I let my d20 decide which 4 to start with.
May #ReadYourKindle complete
I loved Ice Planet Barbarians. I read 12 of the books in the series within a week. Both Dollhouse and The City Grew Monsters were horror books that were good but I wanted more from both. I couldn't get into Promise You Won't Tell.
@CBee
#Wondrouswednesday
1. Alexandra. Idk I've just always liked it.
2. Our current dog is Dexter for Dexter Morgan 🔪
Our previous animals were named for F1 drivers (Max, Kimi) and TV characters (Asher- How to Get Away with Murder, Summer- Rick & Morty)
3. I like it when a nickname is made from a play on their name. Ex: Sin for Vincent, Rocky for Rockwell, Bash for Sebastian.
@Eggs
#Tuesdaytunes
I've been listening to these 4 songs on repeat for the last few weeks. They are from female artists/ female fronted bands but each is a different genre of rock/metal.
@TieDyeDude
#Two4tuesday
1. Its a tie between the Ice Planet Barbarians series and The Witchwood Boys series. I devoured both series this month.
2. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil VE - Schwab
@TheSpineView
#JumpStartSummer update
I finished Dead of Winter and really liked it, even though I figured out the ending beforehand. I DNF'd 2 of the books from my library thriller/horror haul. Just Like Home and The Horror Movie were not for me. I couldn't get into the story and I deeply disliked the MCs. I'm starting The Queen today and really hoping I like this one.
@TheSpineView
I was updating my Black Dagger Brotherhood collection today and my husband asked about my labels. I explained this series is extremely long and has spinoff books but they don't come numbered so instead of looking it up, I just numbered them myself. He asked why the books didn't come numbered
Good question. Does anybody else do this to series that arent numbered on them? And why don't they number long series on the spines?
⬇️⬇️⬇️ continue
Dexter and his machete 🐶🔪📖
First book down for #JumpStartSummer readathon
@TheSpineView
#JumpStartSummer
This sounds super fun. I just got a stack of books from the library so I'll focus on. Reading them for this readathon.
📖 Dead of Winter
📖 Just Like Home
📖 The Queen
📖 Horror Movie
📖 The Only One Left
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Library Haul! 📚
All my holds came through at once.
#Two4Tuesday
1. Latin. I learned a little bit while in school because medical terminology uses a lot of Latin, but learning roots, prefixes and suffixes isn't the same as learning to speak a language.
2. I haven't read any but my husband has some German books. There is a Grimms Fairytale that is German on the left and English on the right.
@TheSpineView
#ThriftHaul
Picked up a few books at the thrift store yesterday. I love how I picked three very different books ❤️📖
#WhereAreYouMonday
This week I'm in the woods in Australia. They never name the town, they only describe it as small, mountainous and inland.
#Two4tuesday
1. Yes. I was going to guess 500 but decided to go ahead and count. Turns out we have 916 books currently. 😱 I don't know how that happened lol
2. I only finished like 4 books this month and they were all OK.
@TheSpineView
