I posted this on Threads last night but thought I‘d share it here, too. Thank you to everyone here who practices inclusiveness, compassion, and allyship every day. 💕

https://open.substack.com/pub/unplanned/p/an-open-letter-to-jk-rowling-from?r=rm...

#marchrecap

And with that, my journey through Throne of Glass has ended. I feel like that chunkster has to count for extra boons in my total 😜

This month was rough, as we had to say goodbye to Millie the rescue beagle and losing her just sucks. Grateful for books as always, for providing escape when the world is worlding. #februarystats

I‘m never not impressed when the literary gods let me know they pay attention. I checked this book out from the library on the same day as I checked out Anne Heche‘s twenty year old memoir, which I‘ve been meaning to read since she died. And here Anne is, referenced in an unexpected place.

#januaryrecap

This is my favorite read of the month, and I‘m still missing Yale and his chosen family after finishing the book earlier this month. It breaks my heart that we treated a community of people like we did when the AIDS crisis was in its early days, and I wish we would learn lessons instead of repeating mistakes.

Wonderfully written. So glad to have finally gotten to it!

#auldlangspine

I sped through the first 4 novellas in December so I could read this one for #AuldLangSpine and this series is so fun! I decided to go with the dramatized adaptations and I think they make me relate to Murderbot even more.

And ART was back for this novel! Yay! 4⭐️

Current mood. Context: Roscoe.

#AuldLangSpine

My #JanuaryTBR started this morning as I started the tagged book. Hoping to get to 3 #AuldLangSpine picks but am likely to take some of @willaful ‘s list into 2025 as is my habit.

Happy reading, all!

That‘s a wrap on the books I‘ll complete this year.

Whether you read 1 book or 500 books, I hope you found a story you love. And I hope we all find new worlds to escape to in 2025. I think we need that more than ever.

#2024stats

I am so excited by the possibilities on @willaful ‘s #AuldLangSpine list! The tagged book is the only one I own, so that‘s what I‘ll be starting with. I have some other books but Rebecca Searle and Kate Clayborn on my TBR and I‘ve been thinking about starting the Murderbot series, too. Lots of choices! Fortunately, most books are available on Libby or Hoopla. 🤗

#AuldLangSpine
General Facts About Me: 2025 Edition

I like the annual updating of this list. It mostly stays the same, but I do some tweaking. Kind of like me as I get older!

Happy weekend! Current and next reads on the Kindle. What are you reading?

I realize that most average humans don‘t read 5 books a YEAR, but this was a low month for me. Such is life working in greeting cards when Christmas is coming. 😴

I know I‘m not here as often as I once was but I came here today to give a virtual hug to those in this community who I am grieving with today.

And if you voted for Trump? I don‘t want your book recommendations, or your well wishes, or your stupid bookish games and fake declarations of love for all. You don‘t care about us. And you don‘t care about this country or those in other countries.

May paper cuts abound with every page turn.

I‘m still not over 2016, and I‘m stress eating and nail biting as we await next week. I still managed a few chunksters in October. #octoberrecap

This is my #AuthorAMonth read, and I‘m interested, but I‘m not sure how it‘s all going to come together 🤔

This is the second book this year where my name makes an appearance! I never see it in normal life!

Ok, I‘ll bump it up 1/2 a star. 😉

I don‘t laugh out loud at books but this one kept me doing so. Highly entertaining and I‘m always pleased to see asexual rep, which we need more of in fiction!

Still waiting in line for Somewhere Beyond the Sea, but I may go ahead and check out the sequel to this one on Hoopla in the meantime.

#AuthorAMonth

Ok. I‘m lawling at this book. Loling? Sorry, Gus. I‘m way older than you but you‘re hysterical!

#AuthorAMonth

I‘m amazed that I‘ve had no DNF‘s this year and we only have 4 months to go!
#augustwrapup

After more than 7 years of using Leio to track my reading, I had to look to an alternative as the app broke sometime this spring and stats aren‘t accurate. So giving Bookly another go.

Does anyone know if there‘s a way to mark a book Finished without rating it? I‘m terrible with rating and I had to start RuPaul this morning before I could close the figurative book on this one.

July was a slow reading month, comparatively speaking, but comparison is the thief of joy, right?
#julywrapup

Here are the books I finished in June, courtesy of The Storygraph‘s new graphic generator!

I cannot believe 2024 is half over. 65 books down. Let‘s see where we are in six months. #junerecap

You know that expression on Brian‘s face as he watches Allison construct her lunch? Not the one here, it‘s a bit more grossed out than this.

That‘s how it feels to peek inside Celeste Price‘s head reading this book. The story is a bad car accident that you can‘t help but show down to look at. When you think it can‘t get worse, it does.

And now I‘m realizing Brian Johnson is already too old for Celeste and I‘m disgusted all over again.

Name sighting! It‘s always nice to see it in print, even though the audiobook narrator pronounces it the “other” way 🤷🏻‍♀️

#authoramonth

From the chapter “How Diet Culture Steals Your Well-Being.” This is my nightmare fear.

What are we thinking, you guys? Tempted or not?

Hm. Well, this was my first Jane Harper, and I‘m not sure how to feel. Seems like such an abrupt ending, with no resolution.

I did like the atmosphere and I think I‘d give the author another try, but I‘d say I‘m just whelmed by this one.

#AuthorAMonth

Ok, really considering this readalong! I have almost all of the books on my TBR abut have yet to read ‘em. Anyone else considering it? #maaseffectreadalong

“Clutter, like emotional chaos, has a way of running in families, passed down like curly hair or blue eyes or musical ability.”

Scarier than King meant in the late nineties…

I think my jaw actually dropped as June‘s thoughts and beliefs were vomited into the page. What a terrible person! And yet, there are no angels in this story. What a twisted tale Kuang weaves here; I‘ve finally read her for the first time, and surely not the last.

Another winning #AuldLangSpine pick courtesy of @jenniferw88 !

He ardently loves her! Have I read far enough where I can rewatch the BBC version yet? 😁

#AuthorAMonth

I listened to Binti last week and was impressed with how much the author packed into such a short novella! This is my second book by her and I‘m struck by how vivid a picture she paints with her words.

You‘re two for two with #AuldLangSpine picks, @jenniferw88 !

I‘m so glad I got to go into this one blind! I was 14 when it was released and never had it as part of my high school curriculum.

Is ignorance bliss? Is a sanitized, safe existence any more than just existing? This book is beautifully written and definitely poses some great questions. I think I will always answer that the choice can‘t be to stay asleep.

Wonderful pick to start off #AuldLangSpine, @jenniferw88 !

No other #fiction I‘ve read since February managed to knock the tagged book from its top spot this year. I still find myself thinking of Vanessa. #readingbracket2023

For the past couple of years I‘ve read a classic during the span of twelve months. In thinking about 2024‘s yearlong project, I‘m considering ramping up my #chronologicalkingread and trying to finish one book every month. If I can do it, I‘ll head into 2025 about to complete The Dark Tower!

Nothing like spur-of-the-moment reading goals on the last day of the year…

No more #nonfiction to finish this year, so the #2023readingbracket goes to Barbra Streisand! I highly recommend the audio version of her nearly 1000 page memoir; it was like listening to a friend chat for many, many hours.

With all due respect, if you couldn‘t answer that question the first time, you shouldn‘t be running for the office you‘re running for. I don‘t want a president who panders to a base who can‘t accept an honest answer.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1221988690/nikki-haley-didnt-say-slavery-caused-t...

My first tentative TBR for 2024! I like to start the year at zero current reads, so I won‘t be cracking these open before Monday.

Well, that was fucking bleak.

I‘m so excited that there are so many books I haven‘t read on @jenniferw88 ‘s #AuldLangSpine list!

I‘ve read two, and I‘ve tagged a bunch of these on Libby, Hoopla, and Amazon for 2024. In January, I plan on reading the tagged book (the only one I currently own), as well as Binti and The Giver, both books I‘ve wanted to read for awhile.

#AuldLangSpine About Me! Like you, Jenny, I carried over some items from last year but added a few new ones, too.

One of my first role models. 🌟#WonderWoman

It‘s the last #AuthorAMonth book of 2023, and I might just DNF it. There‘s been some interesting plot points so far but I‘m mostly not feeling it. I switched from the hardback to audio today; I‘ll give it another session or two to change my mind.

Anyone else underwhelmed?

I love it when my reading comes together like this. I‘m feverishly trying to finish Bab‘s audiobook before the library takes it back and here she appears in Crying in H Mart, after I listened to a chapter about her difficult relationship with her mother earlier today.

It‘s the most wonderful time of the year! #AuldLangSpine2024 sign ups are open! 🥰

I‘m asking Santa to magically make my matches list already exist on my owned TBR.

I‘ve reached the last hundred pages of #LesMisCAD! I‘m excited to check it off my list at the end of the month.

Anyone doing a yearlong read next year? I was considering a series like Throne of Glass or something on those lines.

#readingbracket2023 #fiction