I‘ve been decluttering / organizing and finding this bookmark in this book cracked me up so much 😆

First time getting a skip the line notification from Libby. This was on my #AuldLangSpine list and I have had it on hold since January. Yes, January. I realize I could have started it anytime via KU but Troy Duran is worth the wait 😍 🎧

This book is kind of pissing me off because it made me remember how I waited for hours outside in the cold for a ticket to the Blink 182 Pop disaster tour with Green Day (2002) only to be prompted by youth group guilt to give it away 😒. See also exhibit B: proximity of my Enema of the State and Good Charlotte self-titled albums to my Brio Girl novel 🤣

Sadly, same. 😂

#IcedTea #JuneSpecials I‘m suddenly parched reading this line 😂

So I ran out of cookies and I realized I hadn‘t put my review up here! Book 2 of the Sweet and Stocky series finds Havelock “Locky” Sorensen unexpectedly let go from his accounting job with well padded redundancy payout. His roommate Kai lovingly strong-arms him to take a risk and pursue his dream to open a night time bakery. Kai connects Locky to small business project manager Benedict Owens to get started. ⬇️

#DarkAndStormy #JuneSpecials

#Whisk #PoetryMatters

I initially got this to try listening with my son to see how he‘d do with an audiobook that didn‘t accompany a shorter picture book. It didn‘t hold his interest beyond the first chapter (but I think it would have been different if Libby had a whispersync feature like Kindle/Audible does). Normally I would DNF a book I intended to read with him when he loses interest, but I thought the sound effects were really cool and kept going with it. ⬇️

#BestFriends #JuneSpecials

#Whirlwind #PoetryMatters

When the stars align and your ebook is ready at the same time as your audiobook. 🩷🩶

⭐️⭐️⭐️ June‘s #DoubleSpin

Leah‘s daughter returns home after being gone for 5 years living on a cultish commune with her batshit father.

I think this book‘s WTF-am-I-reading-page-turn-ability helps to gloss over some of the flaws of this book. Ex: The daughter in this book reads like a 13 year old during a time where she is written to be 18, plotholes, flat writing at times, etc.

#ReadYourKindle #LetterF #LitsyAtoZ 7 prompts for #ISpyBingo

#Whir #PoetryMatters

#Prairie #JuneSpecials

#Whip #PoetryMatters

#DDay #JuneSpecials

#Whine #PoetryMatters

#WorldEnvironment #JuneSpecials

#Whimsical #PoetryMatters

#Cheese #JuneSpecials

Perfectly reasonable reaction to the loss of good oatmeal cookies and you know death 😅

#Whimper #PoetryMatters

#Egg #JuneSpecials 🍳

June #BookSpinBingo holy hashtags Batman.

This is probably going to be a repeater for today‘s prompt, but it was literally on my desk so least effort on my part 😄 #RockyRoad #JuneSpecials

#Whim #PoetryMatters

#PoetryMatters #Whiff

If nonfiction counts, I‘m currently about a third of the way through Hannah Gadsby‘s “memoir situation”. #SundayFunday

#GoBarefoot #JuneSpecials

I haven‘t exactly been following through on #ReadOrDonate this year so I am going to let June be a mulligan and will finally make it out to my Little Free Library if I still don‘t finish these by the end of the month. Also I did not intentionally make the last 3 titles spell out WTF, but wtf 😂

June #BookSpin and #ReadYourKindle lists. I will try to post in real time this month so I don‘t utterly clog the feed with catchups.

I‘m not sure how this one ended up on my Libby holds list since it‘s not going to be on the #losersclub schedule anytime soon but instead of delivering later yet again I was like ok let‘s read her! I know this was meant to be scrapped but I loved it so much and I can‘t get the story out of my mind. I‘m catching up on the adaptations too. As you can see, it‘s very meme-able. 😅 ⬇️

April‘s #losersclub pick but read in May. It was physically exhausting getting through this one as someone who struggles with daytime drowsiness reading about how tired all these guys were. 🫩 Which maybe made it a more immersive experience? 😂 I did find the 4mph rule distracting since I was listening to the audio. Holding a conversation is taxing at 3mph let alone 4 so I had to suspend disbelief in that aspect. ⬇️

Tale as old as time.

Found all of May‘s #WickedWords in the tagged book. Will be adding a review later today, as I am going to attempt to bake cookies similar to the ones mentioned in the book first because I‘m nothing if not a sucker for food mentions in books I am reading! Also no context on that last quote until Litsy creates an 18+ button similar to the spoiler button for posts because.. yeah 🌶️😅

This was my #TBRTarot Reader‘s Choice prompt for May - a book “delivered later” more than 3 times. I delivered this one later 13 times.. I originally meant to read it in January. 🙃 I love hearing him talk about food and the relatable struggle with picky eaters. Also there are some delightfully unhinged remarks about his wife which if you don‘t know his humor might be concerning to some readers. 😂

So close to getting 2 bingos it hurts. Completed this month‘s #DoubleSpin in the actual month it what chosen, so that‘s a win. ⭐️ I was expecting it to just be a joke book and the jokes are funny. I think my favorite line was “I am a Virgo. If you hadn‘t suspected that on some level, That‘s on you. Who publishes a list of insults? That‘s Virgo shit.” 😄 ⬇️

I laughed at this section probably more than I should have. 😂 Been decluttering preparing for a move that is going to be happening either in August or September so mortality has been peek-a-booing around every corner. 💀🪦🫠

Hooray, I found all the April #WickedWords

April #BookSpin / #BookSpinBingo / #ReadYourKindle The tagged book was my “Big City” - (Baltimore) pick for #FictionalTraveler. I loved it. It has similar vibes to The Ex Talk and I‘m glad a took a chance on it for my BOTM box.

I read these two pretty close together so I thought this was hilarious. 💀 🌅 The tagged book was my “book that is a graphic novel / comic / memoir” for #TBRTarot It‘s a very cute book about a skeleton that desperately wants to join the town band. Unfortunately, she terrifies the town every time she tries to show off her music chops until she doesn‘t. And the puns are top tier.👌

I found 4… maybe 3.5 #WickedWords for March. I found a Summer Breeze but not a Sea Breeze 🌬️ most of them in the tagged book which really enjoyed. The style reminded me a bit of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket especially as the main character is writing the things he experiences as the book goes on. 👍

I found Scar in Blood Bride which sadly I was more interested in the audio performances than the story itself. 👎

March #BookSpin / #BookSpinBingo / #ReadYourKindle Not a big reading month for me. I was glad to read the tagged book. If you are familiar with the term or subculture - Exvangelical well Blake coined the term and created this community that gave a lot of us who come from evangelical / religious trauma backgrounds a place to feel less insane. 🩷

Loving the series so far. The first in this series was an #AuldLangSpine pick. I knew I was in trouble when I got to the end credits and heard “and was produced in the year 2024”. 🫢😅 I don‘t typically find series while they are ongoing and was already ready to add book 3 to my TBR for March but it won‘t be here till August 🥲🎻

At least August is closer now than when I wrote this in February 🤷🏻‍♀️ #LitsyAtoZ #LetterM

Found all but one of February‘s #WickedWords in the tagged book. Candles, but no damn candlesticks 😂 Also this book was a unique take on retelling Romeo and Juliet. I loved it. 🥹

Extremely heavy content wise but so good. Definitely prepare for a book hangover over with this one. It‘s post apocalyptic/ dystopian and the main character is a trans boy who escaped their christofascist cult who are trying to force him back into the fold. If they ever make it into a graphic novel it would be incredible with the right artist. I loved this Letter From the Author. ⬆️

“Book written by an LGBTQ+ author” for #TBRTarot

February #BookSpin / #BookSpinBingo / #ReadYourKindle ♥️ Two Can Play was my “Someplace Cold” #FictionalTraveler pick and my “book where the setting is cold/icy” for #TBRTarot. I ended up DNFing ACOTAR for #LittensLoveRomance 🫣 But I might try it again at some point. Maybe romantasy just isn‘t my thing. #LitsyAtoZ More on Hell Followed With Us in the next post. It was also my favorite for February.

So.. I have not been in a reading slump, but I have been in a Litsy posting slump. Get ready for a 5 month recap and hopefully I can stay consistent for the last half of 2025! #BookSpinBingo #LitsyAtoZ #TBRTarot #LittensLoveRomance

Bahaha 😂 book takes place in Georgia, btw.