I read this one solely for the purpose of meeting the Book to Movie prompt for #Booked2019 because it was "available now" through Overdrive. I was definitely pleasantly surprised how much I ended up enjoying it. Maybe I should watch the movie now ?
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Finally getting started on my #Booked2019 #Summer books!
I chose this one for Diverse Middle Grade, it was a fun read.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Working my way through a lovely pile of #LitsyLove ♥️♥️♥️

I'm giving this one a so-so. The idea was a good one, but I found the writing to be lacking. It was off to a good start, but the end was pretty messy and jumbled. Definitely had some plot holes.
My main issue with it was his overuse of analogies. I understand the use of them as a writing tool for "supernatural" concepts, but damn Bennett, don't you have anything else in that toolbox?

1. Tagged :)
2. My little one using books as a diversion to put off going to bed. 💚Little reader 💚
3. Tex-Mex, it already makes up a big part of diet 😂
4. Yes, 7, they were a big part of my life growing up
5. 💚💚
#friyayintro @howjessreads

Wow, this book was so intense. I had to keep reminding myself that it was not fiction.
5⭐

I really enjoyed the life story of the Marsh Girl. I found the murder mystery aspect a lot less interesting. Everything after the trial felt rushed.

Spent the day with my favorite little bookworm 🐛
#happymama
Tagged book is one of my favorites. 💜💜

I picked this one based on the cover on Overdrive to finish up the spring subjects of #booked2019, so I went in with no knowledge of what it was about. Definitely an odd read. There were some things I liked about it, but the subject matter was pretty unusual.
Spoiler in comments with my thoughts.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I loved this so much!

1. Candy by Luke Davies (3 or so times)
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (6 or so times)
3. Goodreads
4. Camping and coloring 💚💚
5. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@eggs #wonderouswednesday

April Roundup
10 books total 🙌

Favorites: The Hate U Give, Good and Mad, Born a Crime

A short, sweet story about a widow and a widower starting a relationship in their 70s. I loved the story. Her son was the worst! 😢
#booked2019 #nightorientedtitle
@4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage

This memior was my #Booked2019 pick for #indigenousauthor.
There were things I enjoyed about it, mainly the depth and rawness of her emotion.
I am giving it a so-so because it was pretty hard to follow, jumping around in time. It is written like a letter to a past love and took some liberties with shared knowledge that left me feeling like I was missing something or not understanding fully.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Finished another selection for the Spring #Booked2019 challenge. #featuresamusician
This one kept coming up on my Litsy feed so I figured it must be worth a listen. 🎧 Very enjoyable read. :)
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Finished up my #weekendread, came across this one while searching for the #Booked2019 #SocialMediaFocus prompt.
Somewhere between a so-so and a pick.

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

This book made me laugh so many times. Thanks for choosing it @gibblr!
I'll be sending it on soon. :)
@kamoorephoto @IheartYA #lmpbc #groupp

So excited about my #sffs #scififantasyswap package! Thank you so much @jillannjohn I love everything and am excited to check out these books. :)
Thank you to @Avanders for hosting!

Absolute pick! So good on so many levels, learned so much about apartheid and south African culture. Trevor Noah's story is a wild ride and worth investing your time to hear. 💙💙💙

Super cute and touching story of a lost robot who learns to be wild and a mother from the creatures of the forest.
#Booked2019 #remindsyouofyourhappyplace #nature

What a great way to start the day! Thank you so much @MaleficentBookDragon Chelle! I love the little funkos and am excited to read this one. 🥰🥰
#funkopopandbookswap @kstadt929

1. @Addison_Reads kept talking it up :)
2. All gray
3. Liver and onions, just can't make myself
4. American Housewife
5. Started using it a long time ago based off my maiden name Courtney Ann Dorsey

#premondayvibes @pepsicola

This read definitely stirs up a healthy rage. 5⭐

“Anger has driven women to develop a million approaches to changing the world.”

1. I guess the 90s, just for the sake of being a carefree kid again
2. I mostly listen to audiobooks bc it is most convenient for me. I wouldn't say I have a huge preference tho.
3. Younger (by 5 years)
4. I do not, actually a bit over 200, but in Texas that is still not too far. Lol
5. 💙💙💙

#friyayintro @howjessreads

#MarchRoundUp
6 total:
🎧3 audio
📚3 physical
Favorite is tagged

Between working and toddler-wranglin', I am happy with my count. 🤗

#Booked2019 winter Roundup. Didn't make it to prompt 3, struggled to find something related to hiking that I was interested in and hadn't already read. I'll come back to it for the sake of finishing the whole challenge. 😊
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

I completely forgot to take a pic of my package but it is in the mail! Tracking submitted on elfster :)
#FunkoPopAndBookSwap @kstadt929

Forgot to take a picture of the package but your #SFFS / #SciFiFantasySwap package is on its way! 😁🎁
@jillannjohn @Avanders

1.
🎧 Good and Mad: the revolutionary power of women's anger
📗 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
2.
Hotel Transylvania 3 😂
3.
Iced cold brew coffee is my current jam

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

My Saturday night plans include this one for a little book club I do with some of my family.
#saturdaynight
@Addison_Reads @thealymo

I have a lot of emotions to process after this one. Such a heartbreaking story.
#lmpbc #groupP
@kamoorephoto this will be headed your way next week
@gibblr @IheartYA

1. Tagged - I will warn tho that it probably isn't for everyone
2. Lol no - sorry, not sorry
3. 79 F
4. Totinos pizza rolls and ketchup
5. --- @robinb thanks for tagging me :)

@howjessreads #friyayintro

Having just finished the Poet X, this kind of stayed within the same subject areas.
I wouldn't call this one of my favorite reads ever, but I definitely appreciated it.
4 🌟 s, would recommend.

It took me a while to get around to finishing this one, not bc of a problem with the book. I just get like that sometimes, but I was determined to do so tonight.
The story was gripping, but I hated the characters, especially Christopher. I found the ending to be unsatisfying too, maybe she intends for there to be a sequel?
@Addison_Reads this definitely had a similar feel as Baby Teeth, you might be interested in it.

#LitsyLove
1. Puzzles & Crafting - specifically: screen printing, wood working, cricut
2. Dystopian, YA, horror
3. Just fish - a beta named Pazuzu and his tetra, Cory catfish and blue velvet shrimp friends
4. Yes :)
5. Toys/Merch from my two favorite shows: Futurama and Sherlock

#Booked2019 #femaledetective
Cute retelling of Holmes and Watson through their great-great-great grandchildren. As a huge fan of BBC's Sherlock, I enjoyed this very much, I will definitely be adding the rest of the series to me TBR.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
Only 1 left for #Winter #Booked2019 🙌

“Any dead child is some parents vanquished hope. (From the forward by Andrew Soloman)”

I am not going to rate this one because I honestly am not sure how I feel about it.
This ended up on my TBR from one of the podcasts I listen to but I can't remember now which one, so I decided to read it now for my #Booked2019 #relatedtoapodcast choice.
I am mostly happy to be done with it.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

1. A Study in Charlotte / A Mother's Reckoning
2. 1st is 1st in a series / 2nd is a stand alone
3. "I'd be okay," she revised, smiling before she slipped forever under, "if I could just get my feet under me."

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Completed my #CliFi #Booked2019 pick. Overall I gave it a so-so.
Was expecting more cli-fi and less cult-fi (?). I enjoyed the damaged world Watkins created, but I could have done without some of the odd erotic scenes. To me they were more off-putting than adding to the story.
I found some of the writing style grating also, like the or, or, or/she would, she would, she would sections.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Getting into my #Booked2019 #CliFi pick this week while I wait for the rest of my winter selections to come off hold.
This seems to be a pretty popular one for this subject. 😀
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Audiobook of the day. Easy listen, not spectacular, but not bad.
I will describe my overall feeling with a quote from 10 Things I Hate About You:
"I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?"

1. Neil Gaiman
2. Margaret Atwood
3. Gillian Flynn
4. Ruth Ware
5. Luke Davies

My #Booked2019 pick for a #newtomeauthor. I don't normally choose historical nonfiction, but this one was definitely worth a read.
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Super happy with my progress on this challenge. As a slow reader who doesn't always choose reading over tv or mindlessly staring at my phone, Litsy has definitely upped my reading time. :)

Going to have to bail on this one, at least for the time being. We shall see if I ever get the urge to continue in future. Too depraved for me right now.
This was a hard book to get a hold of and had been on my tbr list for a while. I stumbed upon a scanned copy that someone had posted on Reddit so I thought it was time to give it a go. Nope.
Maybe I'll try again one day when I am not a sensitive new mom.

I am a huge fan of Gaiman, and this little story is no exception. Stays true to the spirit of the fairy tale it is retelling. Mattotti's artwork is haunting and beautiful.
My pick for my #Booked2019 #fairytaleretelling
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

#audiobooking and #crafting
2 of my favorite things :)

1/2 way through this one and so far leaning towards a so-so rating.

1. I couldn't get past the first few chapters of the Hunger Games, something about the writing style.
2. Salty - chips and salsa all day
3. Bobby & Sherry / Debra & Harold (but everyone called him Shug)
4. Disney's Robin Hood & Hercules
5. NYC - bc I have never been

#friyayintro @howjessreads

Happy to join the #Booked2019 challenge (a little late to the party 🤷) @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
Just finished the tagged book set in Ireland.
Overall I really enjoyed this read, but there were times it was a little emotionally trying (just eat, kid!). I never really felt that I sided with any of the characters, they all made their mistakes, despite their intentions.

#hellothursday
1. Currently 46F/8C
2. Preferably 60s F (15-20C) bc I am too hot natured for my whereabouts (Texas)
3. Set to 70F/21C for the sake of my kiddo, I prefer 68F
4. I love rainy weather (especially thunderstorms) to cuddle up, stay home and read.
5. Bc the MaddAddam series is good anytime. 😊

My first blurb!

I always call YA lit my guilty pleasure, but honestly I don't feel very guilty about it. ?

This book had all of my favorite things about YA lit. Namely, addressing the subjects often ignored in "adult lit": depression, suicidal thoughts, the struggles of being lbgt, codependent relationships...
Overall I loved this book, but I did not care for the reader perspective changes between characters. Not a deal breaker, but not for me.