Happy Canada Day from me and my Finch, Bookworm. #canadaday

Stressful #mentalhealthmonday

4 ⭐️ Enjoyed most of the book, but it could have been a bit shorter #2025 #bookclub #retelling #fiction #oprahsbookclub

3⭐️ Thought it was ok; need to read it with a reader‘s guide to understand it better #2025 #nonfiction #indigenous #bookclub

My #bookspinbingo list for July

I wasn‘t able to decide which one I liked better so I decided to put both of them as my #weeklyfavorites

Finished two books this past week and am off to spending a good chunk of my day in Vancouver (depending on the weather, I will probably seek out some sun and a beach), as I have a book club meeting at a friends place in Vancouver. #chatterday #chatterday2025

Tagged #weeklyfavorites

I am coping a lot better; took a little break to see family over the weekend and I feel a lot better. I have a couple of days coming up where I will be out of the house before my mom‘s family comes to visit. I am planning on getting out of my routine and going out more often during the summer and am planning on seeing a grief counselor this coming week #mentalhealthmonday

#chatterday2025 On a bit of a mini break at my uncle and aunt‘s house. Feeling a lot less stress. Managed to finally finish Demon Copperhead this past week; could have been a 100 pages shorter, imo.

#firstlinefridays

4.5⭐️

I really liked this one #weeklyfavorites

My #weekendreads plans

I had a very busy week and am just really exhausted. Am hoping that the coming week is a little bit calmer.
#chatterday

The only book I finished last week #weeklyfavorites

2.5⭐️ While the book was written very well, I just didn‘t connect very well with the characters. Partly it had to do with the fact that I was unable to put a time period to the story. #bookclub #canadian #fiction #historicalfiction

Not too good. My grandma passed away about a month ago, my grandpa has pneumonia and in hospital and my dad has cancer. I am under a lot of stress. I have had a number of outbursts as a result.

#mentalhealthmonday

3.5⭐️ it was okay. #2025 #bookreview #christianfiction #historicalromance #historicalfiction

The picks that ended up being my #bookspin and #doublespin selections. Am already working on my #doublespin, as it is a #bookclub selection.

My June #bookspinbingo list

4⭐️ Really liked how this dual-timeline novel was executed. A very chunky book, but definitely worth the read. #2025 #genremashup #historicalfiction #contemporaryfiction #literary #romance

3.5⭐️ Read for an online #bookclub; very different from what I usually would read. Thought it was quite good, but the #audiobook was a bit creepy at times (I listened to the audio while I read it). Liked the perspective that it gave. #2025 #genremashup #literary #sciencefiction

1) The sunshine
2) Reading
3) got 20 podcasts listened to

Honestly though, I am really struggling at the moment. It‘s been a shitty eight months and I am not handling it well (I am also extremely exhausted; I can sleep, just not to clear the cobwebs). And it‘s been worse since my grandma passed two weeks ago. I am trying to find moments where I am able to be happy, but @ the moment they are few & far between).

#5joysfriday

4⭐️ Cute book; can see why people like this series. #2025 #translation #magicalrealism #fiction

4⭐️ Cute story; great cast of characters. #2025 #fiction #historicalfiction

4.5⭐️ Really enjoyed the book despite it being about a topic that is difficult to talk about. #2025 #bookreview #bookclub #fiction #contemporary

This one; I believe this copy was about 1200 pages long #sundayfunday

My sister and I (I‘m in the pink jacket) being read to by my grandma from a book a poems by Emily Dickinson. My grandma passed away yesterday evening.

1) Carley Fortune. Looking forward to reading her latest one this summer. This was the most read for me.

2) Tagged.

DNF. I read about 30% of the book and just couldn‘t get beyond the cover. #2025 #fiction #romcom

4.5⭐️ I really liked the book, but I didn‘t really enjoy the Molly sections as much as the Vivian sections simply because I felt that Molly was a little too fiesty for my taste. #2025 #bookreview #historicalfiction #reread #fiction

4.5⭐️ I really liked this book and it was an excellent read. #2025 #socialjustice #nonfiction #memoir

4⭐️ Really liked the premise of the book and will be reading future books in the series; as a fan of the Maggie Hope series, it was very much in my wheelhouse. #2025 #wwii #mystery #historicalfiction

3.75⭐️ Set up for the story felt like it took too long; excellent story though #2025 #fiction #magicalrealism #fantasy #historicalfiction

4⭐️ Really enjoyed the book, but felt that it was a little too slow at times. #2025 #bookreview #nonfiction #biography

My May #bookspin list

4⭐️ A fairly decent read; nice and easy to get through. #2025 #bookreview #booksaboutbooks #fiction

4.75⭐️ I really liked this one. I found it to be a nice light, but in-depth read. Quite enjoyable. #2025 #bookreview #fiction #1920s #hea #historicalfiction #romance #oldercharacters #magicalrealism

4/5⭐️ Book was pretty good; it didn‘t blow me away like Firefly Lane. #2025 #fiction #contemporary

1. Tired; I had a fairly busy day: cleaned the inside of my car, did laundry, drove my grandpa to see my grandma (they live in separate facilities), and went to a book club meeting.
2. They‘re ok, I suppose. I often repeat things like “It‘s okay” while rubbing a tchotchke or my Joy for All robotic ginger cat.

#mentalhealthmonday

3.75 ⭐️ very well written, but I think it should have been tightened up a bit more; felt it was too slow for my taste and I had to reread segments several times before moving on. I should have probably read it over a longer period of time to make more sense of it. #2025 #canadian #fiction #bookreview #contemporary #historical #literary

I really liked this book. #weeklyfavorites

Library barcodes that cover up the title of book or the author; they shouldn‘t be that big. #sundayfunday

4⭐️ Despite the rating I gave, I really struggled through the book; felt that some of the early chapters where too wordy and that she took too much time to describe things that didn‘t seem to really fit into the narrative. But once I got into the back half of the book, it really flew by. #2025 #bookreview #mythology #retellings #fiction #historicalfiction #bookreview

5⭐️ Really liked this memoir and it was really well done. It was incredibly informative and heartbreaking. #2025 #nonfiction #memoir #canadian #drugaddiction

5⭐️ One of my favourite books; just flew through it. #2025 #bookclub #historicalfiction #bookreview

3.75⭐️ I really liked the concept of the story, but I felt that it was written just a little too simplistic. I also really liked that she wrote a book based on an event that is rarely used as the basis for a book. #2025 #bookreview #wwi #halifaxexplosion #canadianfiction #historicalfiction

3.75⭐️ A decent read and quite enjoyed it. #2025 #romance #canadian #fiction #contemporary

Picking my way through: Billy Boyle, Don Quixote, ‘67, Outlander, and Babel
Finished: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Just started: Circe

#weekendreads