The 2nd book in the Invisible Library series. This one has Kai kidnapped and going to an alternate Venice. It felt a little bit long to me, but I might have just been in a funk reading it. I am looking forward to the next one.

I‘m not sure I knew what this book was actually supposed to be about… but I thought it was going to be a different story. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Low pick.

This felt so long and it was only 295 pages! I think it was a satire and made fun of really bad books 🤷🏻‍♀️. But it was so repetitive and overly dramatic. It was also supposed to be funny. 🤷🏻‍♀️. I only finished because I am doing the kindle challenge and need to read 3 KU books.

Historical romance with a Mexican heiress and a British politician. It was okay, low pick. Diverse but not much different than your typical historical romance.

I‘m kind of over historical romances lately, because they all seem the same. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Life is too short to read this book. 😆 It feels like just watching a train wreck and I have way too many other books to read!

#camplitsy24 - read 59 pages.

Finished this one last week. For some reason I didn‘t really believe the relationships at first. Though I really enjoyed the world once they got to it. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

#libraryhaul Got the rest of the #camplitsy books for the summer! They‘re all 2 week loans. My librarian recommended I keep them until I finish because my library doesn‘t do fines 😆😆.

I don‘t think I‘m actually going to like the tagged book, based on what I‘ve seen but I‘ll give it a try.

1. Have the ending spoiled
2. Favorite character
3. Romance novel!
4. Historical fiction (depending on when 😆)
5. Probably last because I don‘t often finish series.

#wondrouswednesday

Phew! Took me half the month but I finished! At the beginning, I really thought this book wasn‘t going to be for me. I don‘t care how words were created. 🤷🏻‍♀️. However, once it got going, it got pretty interesting. Especially towards the end!

It‘s been a while since I‘ve listened to such a long audiobook!

#authoramonth

Actually finished this before the 15th! This one felt a bit different where she already knew what the mystery was. Poor Carol. This one kind of had a different formula and her family was more involved in helping, so I liked that.

#nancydrewBR

Oops! I have not read a lot of the books on the list! But to be fair, a lot are repeat authors and all mostly genres I don‘t gravitate towards.

I own like 10 books on the list and haven‘t read them yet. And haven‘t heard of a lot of them!

I read this book back in 2016 and I remember really loving it but I didn‘t continue this series. I decided to give it a reread and didn‘t remember a single thing! So, it was like reading a new book. And I am actually going to continue the series this time!

#serieslove2024

So I didn‘t realize this was a spin off story/series from the Secret Scientists of London series (which i didn‘t finish).

There is reference to things from that series, but I don‘t think it matters if you haven‘t read it.

This is about a female apothecary who gets her formula stolen so she‘s hires a PI to get it back. He‘s a single father and has some pretty strong beliefs that cause friction. But it is a romance, so you can guess what happens

When you‘re reading a reference to Gilmore girls, while watching Gilmore girls 🥰🥰🥰

OMG! I don‘t know why but I LOVED this book. I was immediately hooked and intrigued. Couldn‘t put it down! I‘m so glad I saw someone on Litsy recommend this (I don‘t remember who)!

There is tea, vampires, criminals, a crew and heist. So good! And I‘m so glad it‘s a series and there will be more books!!

Ahh read this!

Went to a bookstore in Marcellus, NY called That‘s What She Read. It‘s mostly used books and some newer books. I couldn‘t find it here to tag it.

You buy books and they wrap it up for you in paper, ribbon and fresh lavender! They also give you free stickers and bookmarks.

If you follow me on instagram, I posted a bunch of photos on my stories!

#thatswhatsheread

So, I bought an ebook from Amazon of this book. And I just started reading it today. This popped up.. and the next page says how it‘s an arc.

Then the next page is maps which aren‘t there. So not sure if I should just request a refund because I‘m not spending $10 on an ARC…

Help!!

July #bookspin & #doublespin picks!

This bracket I put the tagged book as my favorite read of June!

#bookbracker2024

Hey! I won a #goodreadsgiveaway! This is only the 2nd or 3rd time I‘ve ever won one of these!

My favorite read of June was the tagged book. However, the Bone Shard Emperor is my favorite read of the first half of the year.

#bookbracket2024

I‘m actually super excited for my July #BOTM box!! I can‘t wait to read all of these books.

Low pick for me. A summer camp romance for adults. Garland is divorced and a ride share driver. She meets these twins driving them somewhere and they invite her to an adult summer camp they opened. When she gets there she sees a guy she met randomly at an airport, so she thinks it‘s fate. If it‘s fate, then why is she falling for his sister?!

It‘s only told from one POV and she just realized she might like women.

A bit of a slow month for me, which is fine. I still read 15 books!

A lot of mediocre books or maybe just not amazing reads for me.

#JuneReads

Just finished the 3rd book in the Saffron series! This one has her going undercover for the government. Lots of intrigue and bad guys. And the romance deepens! 🥰🥰 Which makes me so happy because it‘s not super dragged out!

I absolutely love this series.

Finally got a chance to read this month‘s Nancy Drew pick!

This one has Nancy all over the place. The mystery was interesting but it was her basically just knowing who the bad guy was and following him around unable to find him.

Also I was trying to understand the football game. Back in the day did the quarterback also kick the ball?

#NancyDrewBR

This book had so much promise but YIKES! Everyone was so abrasive and combative. I‘m not sure if it was just the way the audio was read or what.

It‘s set in Utah, so a lot of talk about Mormons and stuff, so I found that interesting.

But the writing was awful. I‘m not sure why I finished this book.

The second book of this duology. This isn‘t my favorite series but it‘s a different and interesting take on fantasy and a magic system.

This one picks up right after the second book (probably should have reread it first). This is a series I would recommend.

Here‘s my July #bookspin list! June was a pretty slow reading month for me, which I‘m okay with! So we‘ll see what happens with July!

Met Lucy Foley last night! There were a ton of people there and had to wait about an hour, but she was great. She was so nice!

#anunlikelystory

Finished my June #BookSpin book! I wasn‘t really sure what this book was going to be about. It‘s set after WWI. Ruby has lost a lot in her life and is working at a bookstore and living above it. She goes to the Cornish countryside to deliver books and visits an old friend who got married and lives at the manor house. While there the husband dies and the story unravels. Pretty good mystery and storytelling!

Read this one last week. It was pretty gruesome but found it an interesting take on vampires. Though they call them strigoi (not sure the spelling) and they‘re kind of more like zombies.

Four women own and run a funeral parlor and have quite a history.

I did it! I got through an SA Cosby book! I was nervous to pick them up because I heard how dark and gruesome the books are. This one was pretty dark but luckily most was off the page. A serial killer and the hunt to find them before they kill again. I‘ll need light stuff for a while before I can pick up any other dark books.

#authoramonth

This author was on the Reading Glasses podcast and I liked the sound of the book. This author has a lot of books, but this is the first I‘ve read. I definitely plan to check out his other works. The storytelling was great. There is a time loop and Carter brings Mariana into the loop so he isn‘t alone. They live the same 4 days over and over again. This book was really good!

This is the first Agatha Christie book I‘ve panned. The mystery itself was good but that ending. If you‘ve read it and are human, you get it. The issue has nothing to do with Poirot but a couple of the characters. Just nope!

I‘ll give this book a low pick. I enjoyed learning about Psyche and Eros, but wasn‘t my favorite myth retelling. It kind of seemed like the author was trying to show off how much Greek mythology she knew and to name all the gods. I won‘t say too much more but I mailed this out today. It should be there Saturday or Monday! #LmPBC

My June #bookhaul so far! So excited the tagged book is finally published! I can‘t wait to pick it up. Also, I didn‘t realize the new Sarah Perry was published today too!

I also got my June #BOTM picks in. I didn‘t like any of the main options, so did a reader favorites and picked Five Broken Blades. Just because I wanted the add ons!

Favorite read of May is Throne of the Fallen. I added the tagged book as a bonus, but it‘s not better to me than The Bone Shard Daughter.

#bookbracket2024

Tagged book turned out to be my favorite read of May! I read 25 books in May 🤯🤯

#bookbracket2024

I really liked this book. I wouldn‘t have picked it up if not for #camplitsy24 (because I had never heard of it or the author). It was short and the author didn‘t waste any words.

I did listen on audio, so hopefully I‘ll know which was part 1 and part 2 for the discussion.

I guess there was a reason I stopped reading her ice cream series. I picked up this first book in a new series (food and bookstore sounds great), but WOW I did not like this MC. She was so annoying and the worst kind of amateur detective. Also a lot of repetitive thoughts. I think I‘ll pass on anymore.

Finished in May

Here‘s my June #readyourkindle list! Let‘s see what gets picked this month or what I‘ll actually read!

Here are my #Roll100 picks for June. I‘ve already bailed on number 24. But will try to pick up these other 2 in June.

Here is my June #bookspin list. A mix of summer reads and other reads.

This book is so different from this authors other work and it was great. Set during Napoleon‘s timeframe of escaping exile and the battle of Waterloo. This is a magical realism with flower magic. You follow 2 sisters, one raised by her uncle and the other who is in servitude and mute. Both fall for soldiers and how they journey through the wars. So good. I loved this book.

This one was also a bit silly. There is a guidebook that this little town follows that makes a lady proper. If she doesn‘t follow the guidelines, the girls get shunned. All Beatrice wants is to be a detective and solve murders. Her family gets invited to a ball where a murder happens. She has to be a proper lady but solve the crime as well. A fun, silly read.

Sorry Sarah, but this one was boring. Maybe I‘m just not into historical romance anymore. But this one was my least favorite in the series. Though I am excited for the last one. Upset I have to wait until 2025 for it though.

This book was a bit silly. Set in Italy, a town needs plumbing to be fixed but they need 70k euros. Dante starts a rumor that they‘ll be filming a movie and needs funding. He gets the funding from what I‘m assuming is a mafia man. They then have to make the movie. This is a bit of a silly book I think and it‘s a low pick.

This was an enemies to possibly lovers to enemies book. She‘s a witch and he‘s a witch hunter. They both are using the other for their goals.

This is a duology, so I definitely plan to pick up the next book.

This was a fun magical romance with a ghost. There was some things that I felt were brought up with no resolution. She‘s a con woman but only to help people feel better. She gets paid to go to a farm and help out Charlie. And they of course fall in love.