I missed #ihavequestions, @RaeLovesToRead.

My vibe? You know me, pure chaos. 😁

The same eclectic mix as always. From romantasy to thriller to fantasy to historical romance to sci-fi. Or let's be honest it's more like three to seven books parallel to each other.

I've tagged one of my current reads

Final Watch novel in the Discworld series. And it's more of a murder mystery in the countryside than a true Watch novel. I wanted more Watch, but am happy with what I got.

Flew through this, my kids wanted homemade bread and the #audiobook was helping a lot 😉

#OokBOokClub

An interesting read. An important one.

A few things might need revision though. But those are minor things and might only be obvious to non-US/American readers.

#AuldLangSpine @DebinHawaii @monalyisha

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Mort next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on February 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Snuff!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

Really liked the audiobook.

Cozy sapphic fantasy - cozy Jurassic Park - with women scientists, cute dinosaurs and bees.

#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #WheresMyCow post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead

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The premise of this book sounded very intriguing, unfortunately it didn't exactly click with me. The pacing was too slow for my liking. The story is slowly unfolding with an emphasis on world-building, tension and atmosphere.

I am, and I have often said this, not a fan of slow paced stories. So this might be a case of wrong reader/audience.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Pub Day was 02 January 2026

Another Murderbot 🎉🎉🎉🎉

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Should you want to connect on StoryGraph, here's the link to my profile: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/julesg?redirect=true

I use it to keep track of my reading
The Challenges are a great feature, as well as the Buddyreads. I haven't tried the Readalongs yet, but I imagine that's a good feature too.

As a fan of Alexis Hall's work I was curious about his Sci-Fi debut. Hell's Heart is a typical Alexis Hall novel (funny, sarcastic, surprisingly deep when you least expect it), but it is also closer to his Steampunk novels than his contemporary or historical romances. Also, it is not a romance.

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#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Purrfect Pop Star is a K-drama in book form; a funny, low stakes, magical realism romance story that sets up the Spotlight&Stars series by Arisa May.

Yuna adopts a stray cat that is actually K-pop star Min-ho who's been cursed by a fan. Subsequently the two of them need to spend a lot of time together to work out how to break the curse before Min-ho turns into a cat for good.

A quick and easy read that will leave you with a smile on your face.

This had a strong start. After a breakup Rae wants to explore the kinky side of life and joins a dom/sub club. She has an interesting experience on her first night there, only to be confronted with her Dom, a company consultant named Grant, when she gets to the office on Monday. What follows is a dom/sub spiced The Hating Game with predictable plot, including the third act break-up.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

I liked the dual timeline/flashbacks, but I didn't like the characters. They didn't read like in their late twenties or early thirties. The plot, in my opinion, was predictable.

Old #ARC off #MountARC
#NetGalley

#KnittersOfLitsy #LitsyCrafters

Finished my cardigan yesterday, washed and power-blocked it (blocked it, used lots of towels to wick up the moisture and pressed carefully with a hot iron), because I wanted to wear it today.

Pattern is Seaglass Cardigan by Wool&Pine.

Tagged the book peeking out from my shelves.

December wrap-up.

More wrap-up graphics. 🎉

Since I've used Goodreads mainly for ARC reviews only, the reasonably accurate account of my tracked reading happened with StoryGraph (I didn't always pick the right edition though).

26 books I rated 5 stars

Guess I won't finish another book in the next three hours, so here's how my reading of 2025 went.

434 book finished

Finished 2025 challenges:
📙Buzzword Reading Challenge
📗Buzzword Cover Challenge
📕52 Book Club Challenge
📘52 Book Club's December Challenge
📖 Christmas Crime Challenge

Imagine you were on an Austen-Escape journey. You are trying to do the walk of no-shame after your ONS with the dashing lord of the manor, but you forgot your car keys. You go looking for them, but you're mind is foggy, and somehow you remember weird snippets of a crime that happened last night. And then the shooting begins - well, not exactly, but there's no escape and a murderer on the loose...

#audiobook with dual narration

Nerdy, wholesome, sweet and exactly what this nerd needed Betwixtmas.

Extra fun: bonus scene and Alexis' commentary on some scenes.

EBook is on sale at Amazon today - £1.99/€2.13. (might be today only)

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Gothic story. Haunted house. Terrible relatives. Second chance at love (M/M). Neurodivergent MC.

Tesla and Shal are on their honeymoon, accompanied by Tesla's service dog Gimlet. A luxury cruise to Mars. The couple is travelling incognito, because Tesla is a famous heiress and her husband a famous detective. When they find a murder victim, Shal becomes the main suspect and is treated as such. Tesla has to get him out of there and they need to find the real murderer.

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#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Sleigh

Boxing Day plans.

There will also be tea, maybe chocolate and/or biscuits, and at least one attention seeking cat (who's sunbathing at the moment).

Christmas tradition: read the St Mary's short story when it drops at midnight, listen to it while preparing food.

Max and Leon are visiting Devon in 1924 to enjoy a quiet few days in the run up to Christmas, only for Leon to end up being the prime suspect when one of the guests is found murdered. An Agatha Christie-esque, only slightly St Mary's and Time Police related, time travel short story where Max gets the chance to be at the centre of ⬇️

Is it really so difficult to look up the pronunciation of a word/name, dear #audiobook narrator?

It's not "Chai-Chester"!

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I'm not tagging the book, because I'm actually enjoying it. This mispronunciation though was like nails on a chalkboard.

Today's #audiobaking - sourdough discard crackers and another sourdough bread (this one is only half done, I took a pic after removing the lid of the cast iron pot).

London Charismatic book 3

#SeriesLove

#audiobaking

No.2 is done too and I have to sit on my hands now, I want to cut both of them already.

#audiobaking

Sourdough bread no.1 fresh out of the oven.

Went to the bookshop while waiting for my daughter to finish her theatre project.

In the English books section was a shelf labeled "Romantasy" but the top shelves contained Sci-fi novels in German. ? I only noticed when Three Body Problem, Mickey 7, and 1984 caught my eye (sorry bad photo quality).

I must have looked lost or very baffled, because one of the staff came over asking how she might help and I pointed it out to her.

I liked the illustrations - and by that the second part of the book, with the compendium of animal-human-hybrids - far more than the biography part/story of the book.

Low pick.

Current read. Wonderful illustrations and an interesting mix of genres.

Only took me three years after buying it to actually read it. 😬

https://reactormag.com/new-kindle-feature-ai-answer-questions-books-authors/

Ugh!!! Why?! Who asked for this?

Quite liked this. Yes, there are some issues and I'm not talking about the stalking, because that's literally in the title of the novel. I was more frustrated with Izzy being a doormat in her relationship with Evan. Girl, everyone and your grandmother is telling you he's an idiot and you still don't dump him? After three years of his douchebaggery™️?

Contemporary #Romance, duet narration #audiobook, 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sorry for the cropped pic from the author's IG.

Loved being back on the set of Bake Expectations! I enjoyed all the swearing, of course.

#audiobook

Going in!

Happy Book Birthday to Alexis Hall's latest book baby!

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Snuff next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on January 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #WheresMyCow #TheWorldOfPoo #MinutesOfTheMeeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts (in Blink of the Screen)!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

Happy reading!

Just one??? Okay. But actually it's not okay. I have to tag a few more in the comments.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Thud post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

ARC - Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

and

Brigands & Breadknives

It must be me. 😬🤷🏻‍♀️

This is very predictable. I was hoping it's just red herrings and the big twists were still coming, but nope.

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Grinch/Scrooge
@Ruthiella @RaeLovesToRead

Thank you for this interesting list, @DebinHawaii! I've read a few already and some, like the four on the right, you might have plucked from my TBR.

I'm looking forward to getting to them in January (and probably throughout next year).

#AuldLangSpine @monalyisha

Just like in Nosy Neighbours the cast of characters is made up of quirky people who like to stick their noses into other people's business. Fortunately, they've read their fair share of Miss Marple novels.

Cosy mystery

#ChrismasCrimeChallenge - Rudolph 🔴 cover

November wrap up.

Read for a #52bookclub25 challenge prompt.

I actually really liked it. Guess I'm old enough to enjoy memoirs. 😉

#audiobook read by the author.

All Laura wanted was to measure the flat she'd move into in January. All Callum wanted was to avoid trekking home to Scotland for the holidays with his girlfriend. That was before their "meet nude" turned into meet the parents and fake dating.
It's just for a week and Laura has always wanted to see Scotland, it's going to be fun.

#RomCom #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Already published.