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Book #10 of the year: “OMFG, BEES!” by Matt Kracht

I think I got this one in La Conner. Cute little read about all kinds of different bees, why they‘re important, and how to help them out.

Beeeees!

Here‘s my July #readyourkindle picks. #10 is one of the books from the #naturalitsy buddy read. I‘m hoping to read 3 of the books from the reading list this month and maybe read the July book if I have time. I‘m trying to catch up with the buddy read. The last 3 picks are Kindle Unlimited prompts. I have 20 books checked out on there right now to read. 20 is the limit you can check out but I haven‘t had time to read them.

I had mixed feelings about this series going past book #10. And I still do. I was kind of underwhelmed with this one. Interesting twist but still a lot of vague, unanswered questions. So I‘m thinking there will be at least a 12th book…?

My June #ReadYourKindle list. 📚

Thanks, Cydney!

February 2025 Book read #1 😳😬🫣

I started this book inJanuary but finished it in February for in memory of @sharread #Sharreadathon @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Book was picked from her litsy list.

I liked this book, the world and character. A Rumplestiltskin retelling. However, didn‘t like much the ending, maybe I was expecting something more dramatic and dark due to the story. But still I liked it. 3.8/4 ⭐️

#HaikuADay Day #10

A typical Saturday #Chatterday for me includes time reading & catching up with letters & writing in my local coffee shop. It inspires today‘s haiku:

Saturday Oasis

Weekend coffee shop
brews, breakfast, low-key bustle,
public solitude

#HaikuHive

#9: a dead body in an alleyway,a white power organization, & greed run rampant.A multilayered plot for DCI banks to unwind.
#10: a drought has caused the waters of a reservoir to recede. Yorkshire village from times past, is revealed. A female skeleton is uncovered.DCI Banks‘ challenge is to discover who viciously murdered this woman over half a century ago.Dead witnesses witnesses still alive, but hesitant to become involved make for a ⬇️

January 2025 Book #10
I know this one didn‘t work for everyone but it worked for me. I liked the idea of a novel within a novel. The drama in the novel aunt Addie wrote was so silly, maybe too long but I lol. It was like watching the movie Clue but without a murder. When you thought you had the answer another ridiculous situation appeared. It was fun but the ending also has nostalgic, sad moments for aunt Addie. I like these covers😍 3⭐️

Short novella. #10.5 in the Kate Burkholder series. Coming in at just less than 2 hours, I listened on my way to/from work over two days. Nothing new is added to the series, it‘s just an aside about an Amish teen that is run over by a car and survives, but just barely. Kate has to figure out who ran him over, and why.

I love this series. Painter‘s Mill OH has an oddly large amount of bad people living in it to be such a small Amish community 😂