How is your summer going (or winter, for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere)? Here in the US, we are halfway through summer 😨. Have you read 7 of your #14Books14Weeks yet? Or have you abandoned the dry-haystack of pre-chosen books for greener pastures?
I magically finished my 7th book yesterday, which would be on track if my reading-vacation hadn't happened in June so I won't have nearly as much time to read the rest of the summer.
I finally have #9 the hubby is on a reading streak as he‘s on his 6th book in the Malazan series so excited for him 📖
pickBook #9 of 2025: “The Scourge of God” by SM Stirling. I was reallly into this series when I was younger but got behind during/post college. I picked this up at a used bookstore in Florence over the winter and loved it. Time to get the rest of the series!
Tagged book is #9 and in progress but there‘s no chance I‘m finishing it today, I‘m like 40 pages in. So 4 bingos for June.
King of Ashes was the best book of the month. 🔥
2 DNFs and probably 3 more that should have been 😩
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
My #bookspin list for July. My library is starting a new challenge for the next 6 months, so I‘ll be working on that. Some of the prompts on the bingo card are really easy this time—read what you want, read comfort fiction, read a book set outside North America, & read a book with a crime. So, my usual books. @TheAromaofBooks
Oops, just realized I left one blank. #9 The British Booksellers
pick#9 Lane is walking in a nearby meadow & meets up with an indigenous man,Tom,who is seeking to find his ancestral burial ground. Nearby,human remains are discovered.Meanwhile,in town,Lane & Darling‘s favorite Italian restaurant is deliberately set a fire.Suddenly,Darling is being investigated for taking bribes.The search for who is buried & who slandered Darling is on.#serieslove2025 #LaneWinslowMystery
pick😬Forgot to include this book for the month of February 2025 Book #9
What can I say about this book? For me was more like a reflection of these characters about themselves and life during their travel. A philosophical thinking, but didn‘t feel it like a novel with a plot. But judges have more literary experience than me. 😄 3.5⭐️ I liked it but didn‘t love it. Maybe a re-read? 🤷🏽♀️
pickFebruary 2025 Book #5
I really enjoyed this book but I understand is not for everyone because is slow, maybe story was dragged a little bit and some convenient actions present that helped that ending. I usually don‘t like or enjoy stories about addictions, maybe too close to work, but there was something in the writing style that I loved, how author described the characters, that self talking, reflection, so deep, so many wonderful quotes⬇️
#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 ⬇️
#HaikuADay Day #9
I had so much planned for tonight. We‘ll call this one “Friday, After Work”
‘Twas but a moment
Briefest interlude with couch
Sleep stole its way in…
#haikuhive 💛🐝🖤
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