#bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo for June 😁

It‘s been a while since I‘ve devoured a book like this. Absolutely loved it, excited to see there is a film in the works…. Great blend of science, politics, and the messiness of relationships, ordered the other 2 books in the trilogy before I was 2/3 off the way through as I knew I would be desperate to continue the story!

#doublespin for May!

Really enjoyed this, I wasn‘t a massive fan of American Gods but this resonated with me a lot more. And was extremely funny in parts.

Never has a paragraph in a book resonated with me more 🤣

Best description of a hangover. Ever.

#bookspin the actual book I‘m reading isn‘t on Litsy as it‘s out of print now so this is the closest match… a collection of sci-fi short stories, pretty enjoyable!

Literally the worst book I‘ve ever read.

I somehow managed a pretty epic April of reading (for me) so added lots of books to my #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo for May! 😁

Absolutely loved this! Fairly similar to The Martian in some ways but think you can how Andy Weir has developed as a writer. Made me properly emotional at a few points as well as being very very funny in parts. Up there with some of my favourite sci-fi novels!

#bookspinbingo 😁 really enjoying delving back into the vampire chronicles, lestat is such a darkly comic character, love it!

#doublespin done! An interesting read for dog owners, I liked the structure with a different dog anecdote / case study for each chapter. A super easy read and not too heavy on the science so would also be good for older kids I think..

Really enjoyable sort of 2 families across the decades. I burned through this, it was great (if a little unbelievable)

#bookspin for April done. I really enjoyed this, a clever way of playing with dual timeline and really liked the journey both mother and daughter went on.

This is my favourite of the Dune series so far (with the exception of the first book) - really enjoyed the power play, trying to figure out the end goal, and the ever shifting alliances!

And here‘s my #bookspin #doublespin #booksponbingo for April 😁

Bingo!!! 🙌 #bookspinbingo

I didn‘t enjoy this as much as Jonasson‘s previous books, I found the characters less well developed than usual, and just struggled a bit to get into it. And sometimes, it all just felt a bit too ridiculous.

This was really really enjoyable… the narrator is pompous and inherently unlikeable but this actually just made it more darkly comic. Really depressing that it was written so long ago and yet the pessimistic views on human nature will hold true!

#doublespin done… this was EPIC. Definitely Stand-esque and really quite frightening to read in a post-Covid world. Great character development and some awesome pop culture references. Would definitely recommend this one to anyone who enjoys some creepy apocalyptic fiction 😎

I don‘t know why I was surprised… but this was very dark! 5th of my short stories for #bookspin and I think my favourite!

#bookspin for March is x 5 short stories… this one was whimsical and strange but I liked it!

#bookspin for March! Also scooped a line in #bookspinbingo for Feb after finishing my book spin choice which was a chapter a day of Les Mis 😁

A slow burn, but I enjoyed the cast of characters. Speculative 70s sci-fi is always a bit of a wild ride!!

#doublespin for Feb is 5 x short stories… this one was super sad, about a recovering alcoholic trying to regain custody of his daughter 💔

Very reminiscent of the world of the Dark Tower, I enjoyed this! Always a sucker for a story involving a dog!

#bookspinbingo board! I normally try to get my book spin read done early in the month, but for Feb it‘s my les mis chapter a day so won‘t be done until the very end! This has been a really good way to break this beast down! It‘s pretty heavy going at times and there‘s a lot of unnecessary fluff, but I‘m enjoying it in the main!

How has #bookspin rolled round again ahead?!? My list for Feb, plus just about made a line in #bookspinbingo for Jan!

Reading King‘s newest whilst I wait for numbers being drawn tomorrow… enjoying it but feel like there being a dog as a MC is going to be the undoing of me!

After reading interviews with the vampire for #scarathlon I‘ve been inspired to re-read the vampire chronicles which I absolutely LOVED as a gothy teenager 😆 this one didn‘t disappoint, Lestat is such a great character, really excited to be back on his adventures!

I went to the most amazing place in Liverpool yesterday… it‘s a ‘library‘ but you can take as many books as you like FOR FREE and no obligation to return 🤩 I donated about 20 books and picked up 12… will definitely be returning here!

This book made me shed an actual tear on a train 💔 so it must be good!

A funny, lighthearted read set in rural 1960s Yorkshire. I think I‘ve been reading too much heavy stuff as I kept expecting dark twists & turns which didn‘t happen, but actually that was pleasant!

#doublespin done! I enjoyed this, and found the information around behavioural analysis really interesting. BUT, as I have read in a lot of other reviews, I found the author to be a bit of a sanctimonious prick in all honesty. The true crime elements were fascinating though, so it scrapes a Pick rating.

#bookspin for Jan! I‘m really sad as I reeeally wanted this to be good as I love morbid podcast, but it was decidedly lacklustre. And don‘t even get me started on the RIDICULOUS ending 🤦🏻‍♀️

This was a weird book…. The premise was great and I really enjoyed bits of it but it was just a bit… too much. And how is it 2023 😱 here‘s my #bookspin for Jan!

I‘m a big fan of the podcast of the same name, so this was a winner for me. Each chapter talks about a run in a specific place, and an accompanying song. Really varied genres, probably only for those in a venn who love both running and music, but I really enjoyed it!

Really interesting speculative fiction… also eerily prophetic given it was written c.30 years ago. I have a few Stephenson novels on my TBR, looking forward to working my way through them!

Predictable and one dimensional. But, a quick read, and for some reason I have just bought the third in the series so can‘t be a total pan 🤷🏻‍♀️

Meh. This was my festive book club read and it was all a bit far fetched for me. Read it super fast which goes in its favour and it was gripping but just not remotely believable.

Absolutely brilliant. This book had me SOBBING by the end. Really funny in parts, yet absolutely heartbreaking.

#doublespin done! Now I can finally fill out my form 😅 this fell a bit flat for me… I feel like the plot is a bit too convoluted in this series… But I‘ve come this far, so will finish it!

#bookspin for December done! This was an easy read, took some serious suspension of belief though. Also some frustrating edit errors (Elizabeth referred to as Patricia in a later chapter which was super confusing). A comfy, cosy read though.

This was a fun re-read of a King novel with a very weird premise (not that that‘s unusual with King!) satisfying ending, and some gruesome descriptions too 🤢

Plus HOW is it December?!? Here‘s my #bookspinbingo board 🤩

This book made me SO. ANGRY. Everyone should read it.

Bingo!! #bookspinbingo this was a very well written, well researched book, and I‘m so glad we ended up with a happy ending (albeit after the book was published)

A beautiful, haunting novel, I really enjoyed this. Very evocative of the Cornish wilderness too.

#doublespin down! An interesting read on dog intelligence and behaviour (probably only interesting if you‘re a dog lover 😉)

#bookspin done… I‘m not really sure what I think about this series, it‘s all a bit meh. This book got wrapped up very quickly, I will persevere with the series but def not my favourite. 📸 of my #bookspinbingo board

What a weird little book of short stories… enjoyed it very much!

And I made it to the end of #PromptMaze 🙌

#Scarathlon final score #2060 pts 🎃🎃
#TeamMonsterMash
Roll on 2023!

My favourite of Dalcher‘s books for sure. This was dark AF. Really interesting spin on Herland, and felt all too possible, particularly the apocalyptic event being an economic crash 😬😬😬

#Scarathlon #TeamMonsterMash #PromptMaze

BINGO! Scored a line door #bookspinbingo with this fun read based on the true crime (unsolved) Axeman murders. Enjoyed it, but having listened to a podcast about these murders, I was really craving a more extended author‘s note on how much research he did, how much of the story was based on real theories etc…

#Scarathlon #TeamMonsterMash #PromptMaze

Week 3 #Scarathlon - 590 pts for #TeamMonsterMash … more spooky reads, watches and listens, and should score a line in #bookspinbingo this week, and hopefully work my way out of a dead on #PromptMaze

#doublespin done! As Les Mis is 786467 pages long I‘ve broken it out into 5 chapter chunks… October‘s portion complete! Although #scarathlon has taught me I can fit in a short burst of reading before I start work, so I may continue reading a chapter of this a day so I don‘t lost momentum..