Exhausted but needed to leave the apartment.

I didn‘t like this one as much as the first. But I listened to this quickly in a time where jt‘s taking me longer to get through books(physics and audio).

When one of my books clubs picked this as the book to kick off our summer I had just ordered Normal People on my own and was just like “whelp I hope I like her.” My book Club took a month hiatus due to scheduling but after reading Normal People I am so excited to jump into this for Friday.

I don‘t know if I am the best or the worst at library holds anymore.

Guys my new role and actually having a social life is really cutting into my reading time 😭

Wasn‘t sure I would get this done before the audiobook is due back to the library but I have to make time because the beginning is so good.

“Listen up let me tell you a story” about how the Queens 👑 of Six inspired me to “take you to court” with these readalikes for the Booklist Reader. And “get down” with the Queens at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre through August 4th. https://www.booklistreader.com/2019/06/03/books-and-authors/dont-lose-ur-head-si...

I‘m still behind and have to have this sucker done for a book club on Friday. I am 55 pages in 😂😭 (to be fair I have been working like 10 hour days the last couple weeks)

I‘ve been training in a new role at work so moving through audiobooks slower and longer days combined with the training means I have been moving through regular books slower too—but I am slipping in some audio before bed

I may not be going to BEA this week but I will be finishing a series I picked up at BEA 2016 (Also, yes, I panicked and slapped my preorder signature plate on the front endpapers; don‘t judge me)

Ok I absolutely adored this. Thanks to tumblr user carpemermaidart for the image.

I got some really bad news about a HS friend I haven‘t talked to in a while yesterday (reminder on this Memorial Day weekend to not drink and drive). But these jerks are cheering me up immensely.

Picked up this tote at B&N to help prep for pride month

A quick but deep novel that adds in a touch of something odd—thoroughly recommend

It wasn‘t a full read by the water day (what do you mean the river walk is busier now that weekends are my day off too. Shocker) but it was a good sneak in some audiobook time while wandering downtown day.

Not watching GOT but still enjoying some fantastical courtly politics.

My preorder has a slight bend to the corner but I am gonna be chill

This is a K-Pop themed reading evening because my friends are having a BTS weekend complete with seeing the Chicago tour both nights and getting a hotel suite in a city we live in.

The library audio was available, so listened while putting in overtime today. I just had to know.

Another Alias Grace-esque story in which a male psychologist attempts to “fix” a female patient convicted of murder he becomes obsessed with, while he has his own issues in the background. I am not through yet so I am waiting to see if it is self aware enough to know it is doing this and provide commentary on this idea through its portrayal.

The temp dropped in Chicago tonight so I am taking myself on a vacay via this romance.

It‘s beautiful in Chicago. I went on a walk. I came home with a new book 😂

Wow this articulates this well

My preorder came and I will never be over this cover.

I just finished the last in this trilogy. I don‘t know that this one felt as propulsive as the others, but I was engaged throughout and just glad to get to spend more time with these characters—especially Abel.

Enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would and the audiobook is a great production.

Oops I did it again. Final haul. #ChiLoveBooks

The Independent Bookstore haul so far thanks to Women and Children First, the Book Cellar, and @RoscoeBooks in Chicago. #ChiLoveBooks

Why does this have a foot note to refer me to the previous book for “the investigation we had just concluded”? That takes me out of the world and I do not think I like it. I flipped through and there is at least one more footnote referencing the previous books. No other footnotes. And I don‘t recall the other books having this. Am I just nitpicking?

The sound I made when I finally read the blurb and realized it‘s HH Holmes

I read this years ago when it came out and left a copy at home rather than take it back to the city with me. My Mom picked it up when she needed a book for a day of subbing and hadn‘t been to the library and she has mentioned multiple times this weekend how much she disliked it 😂 I gave it 4 stars when I read it.

Trying to get caught up on some reading before Easter dinner.

Decided to reread this beloved book on audio for book club before tackling my next frontlist title on Scribd. Only to find myself capped. This is only my second audiobook of the month and I just listened to my first this weekend when I reset on the 26th. I usually get 3 frontlist titles but after a year of seeing my perks get less and less I am frustrated. Any other Scribd users experiencing this?

“She appears in an Off Broadway production of A Doll‘s House. A run that lasts 10 years.” I‘m sorry what? This isn‘t the Fantasticks. I‘m sorry. I cannot suspend my disbelief here. Maybe it‘s my theatre side of the same ‘ole plays being programmed over and over. But no. Honestly this was already kind of annoying me.

Ah! Thank you @WilliamMorrowBooks what an absolutely gorgeous ARC with that French flap/deckled edge double whammy. I was already excited but those comp titles have me like 😍. When #blameitonlitsy becomes #thankstolitsy

Guess the Birthday Boy enjoyed his present.

On the way to a friend‘s bday brunch one of the independents in the city had a free ARC table. They‘re now my fave.

One of my best friends has a bday next weekend and she‘s looking forward to a trip to Korea later this year so I got her one of my fave Korean books in translation I know she hasn‘t read.

I won this awesome online giveaway from Macmillan teen! And they even threw in the new Meredith Russo!

My friend Mandy and I are starting a booktube channel. First up is Villette. I yell about attics. Mandy appreciates fops. (We‘ll work on clarity and editing/production as we go, but for now enjoy two former booksellers in their element). Warnings for: spoilers, language, and strong feelings about Emily Brontë https://youtu.be/5a0UdNBXzwQ

When Libro.fm has the backlist audiobook you‘ve been wanting to listen to that the library doesn‘t have- and it‘s on sale for $5

I realize I am cutting off some of the cute cover but I just now read beyond KPop star and journalist and this was an important revelation.

The lush language here is making a great listen so far

My brother is a music teacher and works with multiple marching band programs, so there‘s only like one break a year where he can find some time to pleasure read. He purchased this based on a recommendation list I made for him last year (Bird Box was last year‘s read) and I promptly forgot what was on the list 😂 Part of me was sad because I was working on a new list. But happy this is what he went with.

I‘ve worked 12 of the last 14 days so I have earned this

Well that‘s an interesting typo that makes me genuinely curious as to the editing process of a classic reprint.

Time is an illusion.