Much Ado About Nothing is one of my favorite plays, and I‘m a sucker for Shakespeare modernizations in general. This MAAN adaptation is set in a summer camp with all the main characters as camp counselors and lots of queer and POC representation, and it is just SO exactly up my alley.
Finished up this gorgeous puzzle listening to the tagged audiobook. 😍
It‘s been ages since I‘ve been on Litsy, but who else would appreciate my recent library book haul like you all??
I listened to this a few weeks ago, and then when I saw it at the library a couple days ago I snapped it up so my fiancé could read the truly excellent story “Two Houses” - if you like sci fi horror at all I highly recommend it!
Listening to a book about a confirmed spinster, getting distracted by my shiny new engagement ring. 😆😊
Too rainy to walk today, so I‘m eating at my desk and reading this fantastic book! Seriously, I‘m so excited about how good this is. I guess I should try Leigh Bardugo‘s other stuff.
so-soI was pretty into this audiobook almost the whole way through - it was a satisfying mystery/suspense with lots of twists, and although I did guess a few of them I like that because it makes me feel smart when I‘m right. HOWEVER I was really annoyed with the ending, which bumped it down to a “so-so” rating. Mild spoilers in the comments.
I was in the mood for a twisty turny mystery and this is hitting the spot!
Aztec vampires in Mexico City! Good story and world building, but the romance thread of the plot is doing nothing for me.
House to myself with the sun streaming into my living room, and I don‘t plan to leave this couch any time soon. 😁
Happy New Year! I technically finished my first book of 2018 this morning (tagged), but since I read about 95% of it in 2017 I‘m not going to let it count. As a testament to how bad my slump was, it took me over a month to finish this book, by one of my favorite authors! I‘m feeling motivated, and ready to bust the slump.
I‘ve been in a reading slump since the last few weeks have been filled with buying a house and moving in to it - stress makes me lazy and I mostly turned to TV and my phone during my down time. Things are settling down a little though, and I‘m hoping my library book haul will help get me back into good reading habits!
New audiobook! This social satire was published in 1997, and it does feel a little dated. I‘m still enjoying it, though!
Fun to listen to Christmas-time sexy shenanigans in the snow while walking through another sunny December day in California.
I didn‘t even manage to get to the Christmas-y parts of this book before Christmas, but it‘s still a delightful listen for the day after!
First Christmas in my new house! Started listening to a seasonally appropriate audiobook as I continue with the endless unpacking.
Finished this one on my walk today. Fun, but I‘m happy to be moving on to Anne of Avonlea next. I need my comfort content!
The only thing wrong with Anne of Green Gables on audio was that it was over much too soon! While I wait for one of my three holds on Anne of Avonlea to come in (my library has three different audio versions on Overdrive and I‘m working the system 😝), I moved on to this fun and rather silly paranormal romance with modern day Vikings to distract my anxious mind as closing day on my house slowly gets closer.
I‘ll be closing on my house within the week, so it‘s an exciting/stressful/anxious kind of time. Listening to one of my all-time favorite books is a perfect antidote! I‘ve never done this book as an audio before, and I‘m finding it perfectly delightful. I think Anne would appreciate the views on my walk today.
Beautiful day, and gosh this audiobook is fun! I loved Ancillary Justice but this has a much different tone and I‘m INTO it. I wasn‘t expecting it to be so funny and delightful!
Started a new audiobook! I was unsure about doing this one on audio, as there‘s no way I could have processed Ancillary Justice in this format. Though this book is set in the same world, the style is very different and doesn‘t take the same amount of focus to comprehend. So far it‘s great on audio!
Well as over the top as these books get I never thought that there would actually be [see spoiler in comments]
Thanksgiving got me pretty off track with my reading, but I‘m back in my routine and went for a lovely fall audiowalk with this super fun book today!
There was a break in the rain for today‘s audiowalking! Beautiful!
Today I started a new audiobook and saw many, many egrets.
I was worried that starting this audiobook on a day that I am anxiously waiting to hear about an offer I put in on a house was a bad idea, but actually I‘m finding it oddly soothing. It‘s weird, but there‘s something about the rhythm that is working for me.
I‘m nervous about my new audiobook, but I‘ve been curious about it since it first came out and I heard about the full cast. I‘ve been putting it off but my book club picked it, so now it‘s time to dive in!
OMG GET YOUR CHILD INTO THERAPY IMMEDIATELY. Today‘s audiowalk thoughts. 😝
Started a new audiobook today. Creepy twin alert! 👯♀️ The narrator‘s creepy child voice is 👌🏻
It's a wild turkey invasion on today's audiowalk!
New audiobook! I love smart, funny contemporary romance, so this is right up my alley but the career competition aspect gives me low level anxiety. 😬 Still, so fun!
so-soSo this book was basically Marty Sue wish fulfillment that used pop culture references as a substitute for actual plot development. But even though it was annoying it was also a lot of fun. And Wil Wheaton's narration was good.
Well as it turns out I'm pretty engaged in this story even though it causes me to roll my eyes approximately three times a minute. 😝
So far this book is about 1/3 fun and 2/3 🙄- I get it, you like pop culture from the 1980s!
About 8 minutes into this audiobook and I'm already tired of the 80s nostalgia. Not a great sign...
pickI finished this book on my walk today. It was much stronger than the first in the series! Part of that may be the audio, I didn't do that format with the first one. Some of the very casual language and often clunky dialogue came off a lot better with someone speaking it. Also the first book was bogged down with a bunch of exposition - although I enjoyed the world-building, it was better when the plot could just sail along without explanation.
Another beautiful day of audiowalking! I could actually go for some more fall-like weather here, though...
I haven't been on Litsy as much lately. Although I'm still reading a bunch, I'm also distracted by things like trying to buy a house. Still going for my lunchtime audiowalks as often as I can, though!
New audiobook! For some reason Overdrive doesn't have a cover for this one. 🤔
It's fun watching the fall creep in slowly during my lunchtime #audiowalking sessions.
Sexy escapades! Angst and unresolved sexual tension! Intrigue! Highway robbery! This book really has it all.
I left the book that I meant to start next at work, but fortunately I have a good backup.
New audiobook! This one sounds so fun, I've been looking forward to it. 😁
I'm mostly sick of love triangles, and this series already had one. But when I'm kinda into both options in the triangle it can still work. I'm not sure who I'm rooting for! (P.S. it was a gorgeous day for some #audiowalking)
Book and homemade Indian food (not exactly authentic) for lunch.
