Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2024

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I’m so glad that May is finally over. I’ve been in a funky mood and have had some things going on that have been eating up time that I’d rather spend on reading or blogging. I had a few doctor appointments and needed to have a colonoscopy done for the first time. It was definitely not the most pleasant of experiences. Luckily, they found nothing serious, which means I get to have even more tests to investigate potential causes of my symptoms. Yay! /s I am grateful for the thoroughness, though. It is honestly strange how differently I’m treated now that I’ve had a rare cancer. Every single symptom is investigated with multiple tests to make sure there’s not some other weird thing going on. I feel so special. lol.

My wife has continued her job search, and everything just feels like it is in limbo. We will likely be moving somewhere new before the end of the year, but I have no idea where we’ll be yet. It has me on edge, and I’m just ready to know what’s going to happen so I can start planning. On the bright side, I found out IKEA finally delivers to our home, which means I could purchase some bookshelves I’ve wanted from there for a long time. I spent a week building them and still need to work on getting the base boards re-installed. I actually have extra space on my shelves for the first time in forever. I’m sure it won’t last long. 🙂

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ARC Review – Running Close to the Wind

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Hello, everyone! Today I’m reviewing Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, which will be published on June 11, 2024. I loved Rowland’s A Taste of Gold and Iron and couldn’t wait to pick up this new book. The synopsis made it sound full of hilarious hijinks on the high seas, and I was excited to see that it was set in the same queer-normative world as Rowland’s other books. Did Running Close to the Wind live up to my high expectations? Read on to find out!

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Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About

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Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Top Ten Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About. While preparing this list, I’ve definitely come to realize that I enjoy torturing myself with the books I read. lol. Most of these stories caused a lot of strong difficult emotions, like intense sadness, anger, or anxiety. Maybe I need to focus on comedy for a while. I’ve included emojis down below with the book titles to indicate the range of emotions I felt while reading each book. The covers link to Goodreads in case any of them catch your eye!

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Book Haul – May 2024

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May was such a great month for releases, and I definitely added a bunch of them to my shelves. Luckily, I bought some awesome new bookcases this month, which means I’ve got plenty of space for all of my acquisitions. 🙂

You can see everything I added to my shelves down below. The book covers link to Goodreads in case you want to learn more about them.

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First Lines Fridays (92) – May 31, 2024

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!
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Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

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Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Top Ten Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read. This list could be so much longer than ten. lol. I have so many books that I’m dying to read. It often leads to decision paralysis, which means I ultimately pick up even more books because getting something new is the only way to break through being stuck on what to get from my shelves. Without further ado, here are ten books that I rushed to add to my shelves only to have them languish there indefinitely. The covers link to Goodreads in case any of them catch your eye!

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Most Anticipated June 2024 Book Releases

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It is almost the end of the month, which means it is time to look forward to the upcoming June 2024 book releases. There are some very exciting titles releasing in June, including new books from Tara Sim, Megan E. O’Keefe, Alexandra Rowland, and Rebecca Roanhorse. I can’t wait to get my hands on all ten of these books! If you’d like to check out last month’s anticipated releases, you can find them here. The covers all link to Goodreads in case you want to add any of them to your TBR! 🙂

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