I just finished this week‘s short story. I‘m ready for tomorrow‘s discussion.

#noplacelikeholmes

I‘m sharing a picture of the new bookshelves in the second bedroom. My mom bought these and assembled them. When I first saw them, I didn‘t know what to think about them but they‘re starting to grow on me now. I was worried that I would run out of room on the new shelves for the rest of my books but I didn‘t and I still have room for more books. My mom also has her books on one of the shelves.

I‘m happy that I have a better place to put my bathroom stuff now. Before, I was using the piece of furniture in between the bookshelves and that was fine but it wasn‘t enough room for everything I have so I decided to use these built in shelves in the second bedroom for my stuff. It‘s going to take me awhile to get used to this. I don‘t know why my mom and I didn‘t think of this before but it looks a lot more organized in the second bedroom now.

1. A squirrel with a peanut in his mouth
2. New bookshelves for the second bedroom. The piece of furniture in between the bookshelves used to be my storage closet for my bathroom stuff.
3. These built in shelves in the second bedroom now store my bathroom stuff.
4 & 5. The old shower floor, the shower bench and part of the wall were ripped out because my walk-in shower leaked into the second bedroom but the leak is fixed now. Yay!

#5joysfriday

Today is Stuff Your Kindle Day. If you like romance, today is your lucky day because a lot of the books are free and there are so many different romance sub genres. I decided to take advantage of this. I didn‘t even download books from all of the sub genres because it‘s a lot to look at. It goes on for days. I just thought I would share this.

Website: https://www.romancebookworms.com/kindle

I haven‘t read any of these other books. The only book I‘ve read from this list was the tagged book The Shining and I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the movie. There‘s also a sequel to this book called Doctor Sleep where Danny is all grown up and there‘s also a movie adaptation of that book. I liked the sequel too and the movie adaptation for the sequel was good too but I still like The Shining better.

#threelistthursday

#whatsnewwednesday

I signed up for this ARC from The Smuthood PR and I was accepted for it. This one is not on Litsy. I just started this book and I like it so far. I read this book for 2 hours and I didn‘t want to stop reading it. This is a dark mafia romance. I‘m thinking that if I end up liking this book then I‘ll read the first book afterwards.

It turns out I‘ve been participating in this Goodreads Seasonal Challenge the whole time and I didn‘t even realize it. Will I finish this? I don‘t know. The last 2 achievements have to be completed by reading books from the qualifying lists that Goodreads made. I could complete this challenge if the books are short.

In May, I earned these 3 achievements for a Goodreads challenge and they were easy because all I did was read and finish books.

I forgot to share that I earned this achievement on Goodreads after reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I read this book with the book club on Fable called Crow Club back in May. Project Hail Mary is on the list of qualifying books for the Armchair Explorer achievement. That was easy. I didn‘t even know it was on there until I looked.

I just finished reading When The Tides Held The Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley and I earned this achievement. That was easy because this is the #whimsicalreadsbookclub book for June and it‘s on the list of LGBTQ+ qualifying books on Goodreads. I didn‘t even realize it was on there until I looked.

Here‘s my review for the #whimsicalreadsbookclub book. The song I‘m choosing to match this book is “This Is Me” from the movie The Greatest Showman.

Song: https://youtu.be/CjxugyZCfuw?si=DWt3jCw_Hy94W-kJ

Yay! I was approved for this ARC I signed up for from Daria Quinn and The Smuthood PR. This is the second book in a series. I looked on here and it‘s not on Litsy so I‘ll tag it under Super Smutty Sign Language. After I finish the #whimsicalreadsbookclub book then I‘ll start this book. I‘m looking forward to reading this. I forgot that this book was going to be released on June 26.

I came up with a good idea for using the Wish List feature on Amazon. I‘ve decided to make 2 TBR lists. 1 list has books I want to read on Kindle Unlimited and the other list has books that I have to buy because they‘re not on Kindle Unlimited. During the Stuff Your Kindle Day events, if the books are free then I‘ll buy them but if they‘re not free or if I can read them on Kindle Unlimited then I‘ll add them to one of my lists.

I started this book last night. This is the #whimsicalreadsbookclub June book. I‘m an hour into the audiobook. I‘m not feeling pulled into the story at all yet so I‘m not sure if I‘m going to like it but maybe it‘ll get better. If it doesn‘t get better then I‘ll DNF it.

Here‘s my review for this book from the #naturalitsy buddy read list. This was the March book. I‘m still trying to catch up with the buddy read. In the UK, the book title is Extraordinary Insects but in the US, the book title is Buzz, Sting, Bite.

I just found out about this. I‘ve lost a lot of pets in my life. The dogs I lost were: Apache, Laveaux, Rascal, Zena, Toby and most recently, I lost my dog Toppy on October 25, 2024. I lost a cat. His name was Tigger. I also had a guinea pig named Harley but he died too.

I found another romance reader group to sign up for. Another author I wanted to read a book for originally put their ARC on Chasing Books PR and I signed up for it there and then they decided to put their ARC on The Smuthood PR instead so I decided to sign up for ARCs from them too. I‘m not sure what ARCs I‘ll be accepted for because I signed up for a lot of the ARCs they were offering but I‘ll be happy with whatever I get to read.

Here‘s my review for a book from the #naturalitsy buddy read list. This was the February book for the buddy read.

I just googled what was going on with George R.R. Martin out of curiosity and this article from NBC News came up. I read all 5 books and I was pissed off when it ended on a cliffhanger but I got over it. I don‘t care if he finishes or not. I‘ve moved on. I‘m now reading Robin Hobb.

Link to article: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/george-rr-martin-says-will-...

1. 1984 - I read this book in high school. I didn‘t really like it.
2. The Catcher In The Rye - This book was okay but I didn‘t really care for it.
3. Lord Of The Flies - I didn‘t like this book when I read it.
4. The Lord Of The Rings - I really enjoyed reading the books and watching the movies. I read the books first and then watched the movies. I liked The Hobbit too. The best part is that it‘s a finished book series.

#threelistthursday

I just saw that the #30booksin3months reading challenge is back for the summer again because I‘m following the lady who started the challenge but I never saw her post anything about it on Instagram until I went to her profile and saved the graphic. So far, I‘ve read 3 books for this. I know it says it ends September 1 but I‘m going to read past September 1 like I usually do because I don‘t read that fast. Some books take more time to read.

I‘m participating in the #naturalitsy buddy read. The next book on the buddy read list for me to read is called Extraordinary Insects but it‘s only available as a physical and Kindle book in the US. It‘s available in the US as an audiobook on Audible and Spotify but it‘s called Buzz, Sting, Bite. This may not help anyone who‘s already read the book for the buddy read but it‘ll help me. I didn‘t know the book title was different.

Here‘s my review for this book. This book was also on my #bookspinbingo, #readyourkindle and #roll100 lists.

Here‘s my review for a book series I finished reading for #serieslove2025. This book series mentions painting the town red so for this series, I‘m choosing the song “Paint The Town Red” by Doja Cat. This is the perfect song for this series because they‘re in Las Vegas.

Song: https://youtu.be/EiAMmYbr3vA?si=HyPKzDJMUZDRcm02

Here‘s my review for an ARC I just DNF‘d.

On Sale: 6/5/2025

#arc

#whatsnewwednesday

Here‘s my progress on this ARC I‘m reading. I‘m not enjoying this book at all. I hate to DNF it when it‘s being released on June 5. I like the guy. He‘s so sweet but I don‘t like the girl. She‘s making me mad. I got this ARC from Chasing Books PR and they said,”Not every book will be a fit, and that's okay! If your review is under 4 stars, and you're unsure about when to post your review, please consider holding off until one week after release.”

Here‘s my #readyourkindle picks. I have a Kindle Unlimited prompt. I could pick whatever I want to read for this but I‘m not picking anything right now because I don‘t know if I‘ll have time to read anything from Kindle Unlimited this month. I have 2 #noplacelikeholmes prompts and a book club prompt for the Wednesday Addams book club on Fable.

Here‘s my #roll100 picks for June. For June, I changed the books I originally chose for these numbers and decided to put in book club books instead to make it easier for me. I‘ve read some of my #roll100 books but I haven‘t read all of the #roll100 books I picked before because I‘ve had a lot of priority reads lately and I‘m more likely to read priority reads. I‘m looking forward to reading these books though.

Here‘s my June #bookspinbingo board. For the free spaces, I added different summer time images. I like the last free space images because it has a one piece swimsuit with watermelons on it and then next to it, I added swim trunks with rubber ducks on them. I like this background I found on Pinterest to use on my bingo board. It‘s a whimsical, magical underwater world with mermaids. A fantasy book could be set in this type of world.

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo picks. My #doublespin is for a Fable book club and my #bookspin is the next book in the #realmofelderlings buddy read. #bookspinbingo was mean to me this month. The audiobook for 11/22/63 is 30 hours and the audiobook for Royal Assassin is 29 hours. I started Royal Assassin yesterday but I‘m not going to finish it this month. I‘ll need more than 1 month to finish it. I don‘t think I‘ll have time to read 11/22/63.

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo list for June. I probably won‘t have time to participate in all of the book clubs I want to participate in but I‘ll probably have time to participate in #litsyscifibookclub, #whimsicalreadsbookclub and the Wednesday Addams book club on Fable. I‘ve already started reading the ARC I need to read this month. It‘s good but I‘m not having fun reading it. I‘ve only read 51 pages. Maybe it‘ll get better. I don‘t know.

Here‘s my #readyourkindle list for June. I‘ve decided to add priority reads on my list so I‘m more likely to complete my list. I still have the option to read Kindle Unlimited books if I have time. I‘ll just have to see how this month goes. I‘ve already started reading my ARC and I think it‘s good but I‘ve read 51 pages of it and I‘m not having fun reading it. I hope I‘ll start to like it more as I keep reading it.

I joined 18 book clubs on Fable. My plan is to choose which ones to participate in each month or just choose 1 to participate in on Fable every month. If a club is reading a book I want to read then I‘ll participate in that club that month. The clubs on Fable are casual. I can participate whenever I want to. I don‘t have to participate every month and I like having the option to participate in different clubs on Fable.

Here‘s the book clubs I‘m hoping to participate in this month as well as the June picks. I‘ll be able to read the books for #whimsicalreadsbookclub and #litsyscifibookclub and I‘ll be able to participate in the Wednesday Addams book club on Fable since the audiobook for Come Closer is only 3 hours. I‘m not sure I‘ll have time to participate in the other Fable book clubs even though they‘re all reading books I want to read.

Audible is having a sale right now on their website so if you have any books on your TBR that you want to listen to on Audible then take advantage of this sale. I just bought some audiobooks on there. I have a lot of audiobooks on my Audible library so I don‘t need more but I like buying books when they‘re on sale.

I started this ARC before the end of May. It comes out June 5 but I don‘t know if I‘ll be finished with it before then. I‘ve been having a hard time focusing on this book. This book is good but the female character in this book has mental health issues and every time I read her chapters, I feel like I need a break because it‘s a lot to deal with but the male character in here is really nice.

Here‘s what I‘m #currentlyreading.

Sherlock Holmes: I‘m caught up on the #noplacelikeholmes buddy read.
Broken Play: This is an ARC I signed up to read coming out June 5. It‘s good but I need to make more progress in it.
Ten Birds That Changed The World: This was the February book for #naturalitsy.
Royal Assassin: I just started listening to this book for #realmofelderlings. I only listened to the prologue but it‘s good.

Here‘s how I did on my #bookspinbingo board in May.

Here‘s how I did on my #roll100 picks for May. I didn‘t read any of the books that were picked this month but I read the #roll100 book I had left over from February.

Here‘s how I did on my May #bookspinbingo picks. I‘m very happy to say that I read them both.

Here‘s how I did on #bookspinbingo in May. I completed all of the short stories for #noplacelikeholmes, completed the short story collection for #christiescapers, finished the January book for #naturalitsy, finished a book series for #serieslove2025, finished Assassin‘s Apprentice for #realmofelderlings, finished my #roll100 book from February, read an ARC on my Kindle and finished the book club book for Crow Club on Fable.

Here‘s how I did on my #readyourkindle picks in May. I didn‘t read anything for these because they‘re all mood reading prompts. I like having the option to mood read every month but that‘s not working for me right now because I have too many priority reads so I don‘t have time to mood read. Maybe I need to add the priority reads to my #readyourkindle list because I‘m more likely to read my priority reads right now rather than mood read.

Here‘s how I did on #readyourkindle in May. I read another #roll100 book that I had left over from February and that was Black, Queer & Untold by Jon Key and I completed the All‘s Fair In Love And Football series by Desean Rambo for #serieslove2025.