Husband, father, veteran, painter, and recluse. This is the story of Rabo Karabekian and the life he fell into, his losses and his regrets.

I think it might be time to say that Vonnegut just might not be for me. This was very slow paced, & I find it difficult to get into a book where I so strongly dislike the POV character. This also felt very blunt in its critiques of American culture and its ending message. I did appreciate the end. 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Doing the adult thing and getting the battery replaced before it dies again at a highly inconvenient moment. 😅

The battery on my car died as I was waiting to pick up the nibling from school!

This was not how I wanted to get some reading outside done this week. 😂😂

#WeeklyForecast

I am so excited to get to the last Great Library book! 💕

#BookReport

Had some real fun reads this week!

It‘s here! I‘m so excited to get to this! I‘ve had this on my TBR list since I first heard about it! 💖

#LMPBC #GroupU #Round14

A very interesting niche genre, let‘s talk about isolation horror! 💀

1. An island hotel, surrounded by waves and storms. ⛈
2. Tagged!
3. The knowledge that no one can come for you, that you are alone against whatever horrors are there with you.

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful day and remember to tag me!

Happy #Readathon time! Thanks to @Andrew65 for hosting!

My goals!
📗 Finish Bluebeard
🎧 Start my #Bookspin book
☀️ Read outside for at least four hours

#MarvellousMay Happy reading everyone!

Thanks to @TheSpineView for tagging me!

1. A little bit of time outside everyday. ☀️
2. Began the hunt for a therapist. 🤞🏻

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

Once again, Murderbot‘s efforts to uncover the secret, sordid history of the company that owned them are interrupted by having to rescue some humans in over their heads. What‘s a Murderbot to do?

Murderbot is so freaking relatable, & I love it. Their desire to escape into their media, their aversion to interacting with people. We get some more world building, more reasons to dislike The Company, character growth, & a tease of an ending!🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Anti-witch sentiment is growing in Tiffany‘s home of the Chalk & the Disc in general. It‘s a witch‘s job to do the messy work that needs doing, so it‘s up to Tiffany to defeat the power behind the hate.

Well, damn. This was rough. It‘s a darker book than previous Tiffany books, but still with Pratchett‘s ever present hope. Hope for change, progress, & kindness. It‘s also a constant lesson on self care when you‘re shouldering the world. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

*le gasp* I am vibrating with excitement!

#CoverReveal

Raised in the high walled garden of her mother, Gothel, Rapunzel has led a very sheltered life. What happens when she learns the truth of what is outside the wall? Wild, Wild West shenanigans. Fairy tale style.

This was pretty darn adorable. Middle grade, so a quick read, and pretty simple art, but with fun characters, an interesting twist, clever fairy tale cameos, & a VERY proactive princess. Will definitely be picking up the sequel! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

When I was in elementary school, my school had a Books and Bagels thing they would do every so often.

When my sister brought home some rainbow bagels from Philadelphia, I knew what I had to do. 😂

Alyce is 100 years into her war to subjugate the courts of the Fae under the rule of her Dark Court & working to lift the curse keeping Aurora asleep.

I enjoyed how this story examined a centuries long cycle of hatred & it kept me guessing with betrayals, twists, & secrets.

It felt like the time skip was only to have the “100 year curse” & to skip over most of the war. There‘s all these side characters I wanted to know more about. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

#WeeklyForecast

Can‘t wait to get to the next Murderbot book! ❤️

#BookReport

Looking forward to finishing up I Shall Wear Midnight this week!

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month in the United States! 🌊

1. Kawami Strong Washburn is a Hawaiian author on my TBR for a while now!
2. A book about the Chinese workers of the Trans Continental Railroad!
3. https://stopaapihate.org/actnow/

#SundayFunday Have a great day and don't forget to tag me!

I. Am. Shrieking. ❤️

https://rickriordan.com/2022/05/the-trio-is-complete/

#BookAdaptations

Thanks so much for the tag @TheSpineView !

1. All the books downloaded to my tablet (I refuse to actually calculate how high that number is 😅), and at least two physical books!
2. Of course! What if the battery dies on my tablet? Or I‘m sitting next to water?

#Two4Tuesday

The stories of 25 women entrepreneurs are simple & quick to read, showing the importance of the accomplishments of these women. Every story also has a gorgeous portrait!

These women are as diverse as the difficulties they have overcome. & it is fascinating to see about all the different things that inspired each of these women. There are a lot of modern women in here, but also some amazing historical stories including Madam CJ Walker! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Newlywed Helen is excited to start working for a couple of doctors at beginnings of the NHS. She may end up in over her head when she's dealing with reluctant patients, grouchy doctors, & a girl found dead in the lower level of her new house.

A great job at scene setting. & we get an immediate sense of Helen & her values. I don‘t like writing out accents phonetically. And that plus slang meant I had to reread a lot of the dialogue. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Yo, yo, yo! This month Tor‘s eBook Club book is actually a bundle of three! Available for download in mobi and ePub formats before 11:59 PM ET, May 6th, 2022.

https://ebookclub.tor.com #TorBookClub

Available in the US and Canada.

I am so excited for May‘s #BingoBoard ! I‘ve got a lot of exciting Library holds coming in!

#BookSpin 5 - A Choir of Lies by Alexandra Rowland

#DoubleSpin 20 - The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum

#Roll100 - Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, The Tenth Muse by Judith Jones

Here‘s my April #BookSpinBingoResults ! This ended up being a rough month for my reading, so I‘m hoping May will be better! ❤️

Follow up doctor‘s appointment! *sigh*

#WeeklyForecast

It finally is starting to feel like spring! I can‘t wait to read outside! ❤️🍃❤️

#BookReport

Really going to try and finish In Place of Fear this week! 🤞🏻

Cussy is one of the blue skinned people of Kentucky. She works as one of the Pack Librarians supported by the New Deal. This is her story.

This style felt very slice of life. Lots of interesting 2nd characters and historical context, but ultimately disappointing. Lots of threads that got dropped. A predictable ending that felt unearned. The last 10% kind of felt like overkill in the number of traumatic events. I hate time skips. 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Got my #BookSpinBingo board ready to go with the three #Roll100 books!

I really hope this month is better for reading! 😅

Books in SPAAAAAACE 💫

1. ✨ D R A M A ✨ If it‘s not giving me the same level of drama as watching a soap opera with my grandma when I was little, it‘s just sparkling sci fi.
2. Done! On my #NewYearWhoDis list, just waiting for the hold to come in!
3. What‘s the planet where it rains diamonds? I think it‘s Neptune. 🚀

#SundayFunday Have an out of this world day, and don‘t forget to tag me!

In honor of Independent Bookstore Day on April 30th, Libro.fm is having a weeklong sale! Monday April 25th through Sunday May 1st!

Get some new books and support a local bookstore!

https://libro.fm #Librofm

#WeeklyForecast

My hold on the next Murderbot book came in! ❤️

#BookReport

Forgot to post this last night! 😂

🏨 Seemed a fitting topic after the week I‘ve had. 😂

1. Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? Only if you aim well enough.
2. ❤️❤️❤️
3. Tagged and stacked! Although it‘s a pandemic book, so I‘ll probably wait a while before getting to it.

#SundayFunday Hope you all have a good weekend!

Antoinette Cosway moves from a traumatic childhood of loss and pain to an arranged marriage with a man who cares more about her money than her.

Made me think of The Yellow Wallpaper. A fascinating exploration of of the expectations of a woman with wealth, and what happens when she brushes those expectations aside. Also, very lush descriptions.

This felt very disjointed, and I feel it actually suffered by switching POV multiple times. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Home again, home again, jiggity jig. With three blood clots and a prescription for blood thinners. Fun times.

Going to move to a different book. Reading about the beginnings of the UK‘s NHS is not what I want right now after spending last night in the emergency room.

This was my #LittleChristmasSwap from @iread2much and I‘m so excited to get started!

New Reading Location Unlocked: Emergency Room!

While this book is keeping me on pins and needles, I‘m getting stuck with a bunch too! 😅😅

Thanks for the well wishes!

At the doctor‘s again! 😂

I hate everything right now.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, has no intentions in being swept up in interplanetary politics & a murderous Queen. But that‘s precisely what happens when Prince Kai asks her to repair an android.

I‘m really glad I had the opportunity to visit this again! The sci fi was fun, very space opera. Cinder was great & had a agency. The prince had his own story. I‘m curious to see what happens after that cliffhanger, so I‘ve got the sequel on hold! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

#WeeklyForecast

Looking forward to sitting down with my two current reads and finishing them up in the next couple days. 💕

#BookReport

Thank you everybody for the well wishes!

Doctor says the leg pain of the last few days is probably the beginnings of a small blood clot. 🙃🙃

So it‘s a take it easy day today!

In honor of my sister‘s friend‘s novel getting published (& tweeted about by Stephen King!) we‘re talking dark academia today!

1. Yup! Love me some creepy gothic nonsense in the world of higher learning! 🤣
2. 👆🏻 Aforementioned sister‘s friend‘s book!
3. Ossa University. But the students call it the Ossuary. 😏

#SundayFunday Have a great day, and remember to tag me! 💙

It snowed yesterday. 😤

I was getting all excited for spring, going to pull off the covers of the patio furniture. And snow. Boo.

So I‘m curling up with some cinnamon apple tea with a bit of honey and my #LMPBC book.

To keep the funding of a VERY specific inheritance, the Wizards must compete to maintain the livelihood to which they have become accustomed. Compete, in a game of football.

The wizard books are not my favorite, so I was excited to meet all these new employees of the University that aren‘t wizards. We get loveable characters while also examining mob mentality, stereotyping The Other, and sports culture. A bit of a slow start for me. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Thanks to @TheSpineView for tagging me!

1. Yeeesss… I‘m trying to be better! I‘m actually using @PuddleJumper ‘s #Roll100 challenge, made up of the oldest books on my TBR.
2. I plead the fifth, on the grounds that answering this question may incriminate me. 😂😂

#Two4Tuesday

*incoherent screaming of fangirly joy*

I thought Disney killed it! I‘m so happy I could cry! 😭

https://www.tor.com/2022/04/11/nimona-film-adaptation-picked-up-by-netflix-annap...

#BookAdaptations

The nibling decided they wanted to read to Bluey and Bingo today! 💙🧡💙🧡

#WeeklyForecast

I‘m really looking forward to sitting down with my #LMPBC book! ❤️