I've been trying for a long time to disconnect the idea that reading anything is a #GuiltyPleasure (as long as it doesn't harm another person, have at it), so I'm reading smut without any shame. Miley, on the other hand 😬😬. I'm still somewhat embarrassed to admit that I started enjoying her music with Wrecking Ball. Ah well, life's too short to stay embarrassed for too long. Love me some Miley!

#TitlesandTunes @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

This was fascinating. I wonder how much has changed in the intervening 7 years. It's difficult to imagine actually being able to pull off a successful fake death.

Fun to read about though.

#nonfiction

For June's #bookspinbingo I decided to switch things up a bit, since I seem incapable of sticking to a plan. This is a mixture of stuff I'm currently reading, book groups, subscription services, and the like. Perhaps I'll finish more this month 😁😁

@TheAromaofBooks

👀👀. So good. Creepy AF. Such a fantastic storyteller.

#horror #manga

Well, that was a reading experience. An extremely disturbing, heart wrenching, SAD AF reading experience.

I have a lot of processing to do with this one. Very well written, though.

#nonfiction #truecrime

No words. So so so good. Oh my heart!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Master is on its way to you, @persephone1408 !

#lmpbc #groupf

So wonderfully creepy. I'm really digging Junji Ito these days.

#manga #horror

Wow, that was...wow. I have thoughts, but I'm going to wait to share them with my #lmpbc #groupf

I should have this on the way to you early next week, @persephone1408

@Chrissyreadit @Laughterhp

Here's my #bookspinbingo card. I think next month I will try doing fewer specific titles and do general categories instead.

Here we goooooo!

@TheAromaofBooks

Nope. Can't do it. I really tried, but I simply can't do it. Reading this type of book makes me anxious and I just don't enjoy it. Maybe someday I'll give it another go, but not today.

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

Here's my #bookspin list for May. April was (is) an abysmal reading month for me, so I switched things up a bit. Maybe one month I'll just try a mood board, rather than a #tbr list since I really suck at sticking to a plan 🤣🤣

#bookspinbingo #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Beautiful artwork and color palette. I loved the images of NYC in the 90s and the entire concept was cool, but I thought the storytelling itself left something to be desired. Soft pick.

Dark, sad, infuriating, hilarious, and wonderful. Very violent too. Highly recommend.

On our way to the farmers market this morning my husband *casually* mentioned there's a new indie bookstore right off the Square. So of course I had to pick up some titles! @Kangaj1 did you know about Lake City Books??

Apologies to #nomsthecat who posed so adorably.

I got this in the mail today, @Chrissyreadit. I'm so excited to jump in!

@persephone1408 @Laughterhp #lmpbc #groupf

Finished this on the way down to Florida last week. I started and ended my vacation reading on VERY different notes.

I am conflicted about this one. Everything about it was compelling, except Lauren's obsession with starting a new religion. That gave me so much pause, because what she was describing will inevitably lead to a cult. ⬇️

Finished this as we were cruising down the Florida Turnpike towards the Orlando airport 🤣🤣. This is Hiassen humor at its finest, imo. It's also fairly dated and contains language that reflects the age of the book.

Pretty hilarious.

Here's my #bookspin #doublespin #bingo card for April. A bit late, as I'm on vacation and honestly thought I had already posted this 😬😵😣

@TheAromaofBooks

I truly haven't gotten through many of my books for #bookspin, so it was time to switch things up just a tad 🤣

#doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Not my favorite, but still funny and adorable.

#manga

I went into this book with absolutely no expectations of enjoying it. I'm truly glad I was surprised. This was beautiful and heartbreaking and depressingly relevant even today. Granted, it's dated and he uses language that isn't appropriate anymore, but still. So so good. I'm glad I read this for #authoramonth

@soubhiville

I enjoyed this. A creepy haunted house story with just the right amount of horror.

#horror

I keep forgetting to post this! @persephone1408 Johannes Cabal is on his way to you. I have the tracking info if you want me to email it to you.

#LMPBC #GroupF @chrissyreadit @laughterhp

Got my #botm in yesterday. I'm super stoked for both of these 😍

#newin #tbr

I finished my #lmpbc book a wee bit early this month :-D I both liked and disliked this more than I had anticipated, but I'm going to save my comments for my #groupf folks.

@persephone1408 do you want me to send this on to you early, or wait till later in the month?

Here's my March #bingo card for #bookspinbingo. I almost feel bad for never actually getting a bingo, but I enjoy making this card to care that much 🤣🤣

My #bookspin book is THREADNEEDLE and my #doublespin book is THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE.

@TheAromaofBooks

Okay, here is my list for the March #bookspin #bookspinbingo. There are MANY repeats from the previous months 🤣🤣. I really do enjoy doing this, though. Thanks for organizing this, @TheAromaofBooks !

4 stars for writing, 2 stars for my personal enjoyment. So 3 stars on average and so-so for me.

Rehman is a beautiful writer, and I get why she wrote this book. It's a necessary story. I just did NOT enjoy it, AT ALL. The older I get the more I want to be entertained by my fiction, and I didn't find this entertaining. I found it beautiful and depressing AF. @soubhiville you asked me to tag you in my review and I remembered!

I have conflicting feelings about this book. I think what Reid was attempting was done MUCH better with Daisy Jones. But I liked (and enjoyed) this one so much better than Malibu Rising. I will admit I had tears in my eyes at certain points in the book. I didn't particularly think Monique as a character was very effective.

Overall, a low pick. I'm fascinated by TJR & my diverse reactions to her books.

#authoramonth #aam @Soubhiville

This was super charming! Loved hearing his BTS stories of Harry Potter. He seems like a fairly grounded movie star, and I'm grateful he's open about his mental health struggles. Highly recommended.

#libby #audiobook #tomfelton

Here are the books I'm contemplating for #LMPBC Group F. Let me know if you've read any of them. The one hidden by Piranesi is the tagged book :-)

@laughterhp @chrissyreadit @persephone1408

Thank you so much, @RowReads1 , for the incredibly generous #muglove! I adore the kitty mug and can't wait to dive into the books. I'm using one of the stir sticks in my coffee this morning 😍😍. And the coffee looks fabulous. Thank you!

@TheKidUpstairs @Cinfhen

This was excellent. I didn't realize what a badass Elizabeth Taylor was. If you enjoy celebrity biographies I highly recommend this. ✴️✴️✴️✴️

So. So. SO. Excited for this one 🤩🤩🤩

#preorder

Got my #muglove package today! Thank you so much, @RowReads1!

@Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs

Here's my #bookspinbingo for February. My #bookspin book is Sign Here by Claudia Lux, and my #doublespin is Roses, in the mouth of a lion by Bushra Rehman.

Thank you so much for putting this together, @TheAromaofBooks . Even if I don't get much read from my bingo sheet I have so much fun compiling it 🤣🤣

It's hard to tell, but my #MugLove23 is on its way! I will email you the tracking number, @RowReads1 😍😍

@Cinfhen #muglove

Okay, my list hasn't really changed much over the last month, but I am making some progress. I replaced one title that I'm just not going to get to anytime soon. Here's hoping I get more read in February!

#bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks

This was just downright ADORABLE. It's also hard to explain, because I'm not exactly sure what the creatures are. It definitely gave me Jeff Smith “Bone“ vibes, though, if that helps at all. So. Lovely.

#comics #graphicnovel #twig

This was so much fun. I'm always intrigued by what it's like to work with books from perspectives other than mine (as a public librarian), and this was so flippin' charming. I'm not being condescending, it was simply lovely. Highly recommend.

Thanks to #wwnorton for the #arc.

Wow, this was unexpectedly wonderful. I mean, there were issues (mostly dialogue that occasionally made me roll my eyes), but overall I really liked this. And look at that cover! Or don't, the library mylar makes it hard to see 🤣🙄. Reminded me a little of Holly Black. Definitely recommended if you enjoy stories with fairies!

Thanks for getting the conversation going, @RowReads1 !

My answers:
1. I'm good with any of them. Um, what's the difference between a cup and a mug?
2. Purple, Blue, Green
3. I have 2 cats, Noms and Huxley.
4. I'm not partial to any brand, though I must say I dislike Starbucks coffee. Though that may have more to do with how they brew it. I do like whole beans better :-)

#muglove

Finished another book today. I really adore Ali Hazelwood. This is a collection of 3 stories that started as e-novellas. All involved women in STEM, which I really love. The sex is spicy and the dudes are hot, smart, sensitive, and funny. Sigh...I love her characters.

#romance

My first 5 star read of the year. This was FABULOUS. I loved everything about it. And I kinda want the cover image as a tattoo. Highly, HIGHLY recommended.

#shortstories #fantasy #theunreadshelfproject2023

Finished this for #AuthoraMonth. I couldn't decide on which of her fiction to start with, so I figured I'd start with this instead. I had never heard of it, and I really enjoy nonfiction. This was beautiful, and really made me miss my mom! Er...she lives in a different state, is all. Anyway, very much enjoyed this quick memoir. It also has a #leaf and #someonesback on the cover for #ISpyBingo.

@Soubhiville @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

I'm digging the cover of this month's #aardvarkbookclub choice. I switched from #botm to #aardvark for a few months. Definitely something for which I #blameitonlitsy 🤣🤣

Had to #dnf my January #BookSpin. I think this was mostly a case of not the right book for me. I simply had no interest in reading/finishing it. And since it was one of my #botm choices from 2018 I figure it's time to unshelve it.

#theunreadshelfproject2023

@TheAromaofBooks

I took the dust jacket off a while ago and now I can't find it. Naturally 🤣🤣.

Anyway, I mostly enjoyed this. Dragged a bit in the middle and the ending wrapped things up a bit too quickly, but Ozeki is a beautiful writer.

#theunreadshelfproject2023

Finished my first book of 2023, which also happened to be my IRL book club book and my #doublespin #bookspinbingo.

I loved this. I will probably buy a copy for myself, because I want to reread it and highlight the parts that really struck a chord with me. It was beautiful and heartbreaking, but strangely hopeful, too. Highly recommend it.

@TheAromaofBooks