I made more progress in this book last night. I‘m not enjoying it that much. It seems to be focusing a lot on the war and I don‘t like that even though I know it‘s set during a war. The man and woman in this story just met on the battlefield. I don‘t see any chemistry between them but that could change. I‘m glad this isn‘t a WWII book though because I get tired of reading those. I want to read about different time periods besides WWII.

I saw this recently about what Autism looks like in females. I‘m Autistic and I have a lot of these traits. I feel like I‘m awkward around people because I have a hard time keeping conversations going. I used to be in a book club with other ladies before Covid. I had a good experience. I didn‘t say a lot when the books were being discussed but I liked eating the food and drinking the wine. The food and wine was the best part.

#whatsnewwednesday

I just saw this in a Facebook group and thought it would be fun to post it here. I don‘t know of any books with bad mothers in them.

1. My house, my family, my dog

2. I‘m hopeful that one day, there will be peace on earth. One time in high school, I wore a peace sign necklace because I like peace signs and what they represent and a guy in my class said to me,”You like peace?” And I said,”Yeah.” And he said to me,”There is no peace.” I stopped wearing my peace sign necklace after that. I know there‘s no peace but I never stopped believing in peace.

#wondrouswednesday

1. I can sing. I‘ve been told I have a pretty singing voice. I can sew, crochet and I can color. If I‘m doing something artistically creative, I instinctively know which colors to use and put together. I see the whole picture. Sometimes, I start wondering what colors to use but then I say to myself to just trust my instincts. My instincts have never been wrong.

2. Edward in the Twilight Saga reads people‘s minds.

#two4tuesday

Look at what Audible said to me. I will get back to listening to this book again but I have another book I‘m listening to right now. I‘m not in a hurry to finish these stories. There‘s a lot of stories in here and I want to take my time. If I do all of them at once, it will be too much and I like reading other books in between reading the stories.

#noplacelikeholmes

Here‘s how I did on the #awesomeapril readathon:

📚Met my goal of finishing Arrogant Playboy and finished reading the Arrogant trilogy

📚Read 1 book from my #bookspinbingo list from last month when the numbers were drawn

📚Started another book from my #bookspinbingo list. I knew I wasn‘t going to finish it on the last day of the readathon but I‘ve at least started it.

This was my first time participating.

I started this book during my walk at the dog park today. I‘m not invested in the story yet but then again, I only listened to the first 2 chapters. I‘m not sure if I‘m going to like it because some Goodreads reviews have said that it reads like a history textbook, has a lot of battle scenes and it doesn‘t focus on the romance as much but I‘m going to read this and see if I agree with the reviews.

Here‘s how I‘m doing on reading these physical books that I own. I have 5 books left to read. When I get done with this, I‘ll choose more books from my shelf to read. I started a little reading challenge for myself to read my physical books but I didn‘t give myself a deadline. I‘ve added the last 5 books on this graphic to #bookspin lists every month to motivate myself to read them.

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading. This is the second book I‘ve read for #awesomeapril. This will also count for #bookspinbingo. This book was picked last month when the numbers were drawn so now, I can cross this one off my #bookspin list and be done with it. It was interesting but I‘m not going to reread it. Reading it once was enough for me.

I just wanted to share this for anyone who didn‘t know. I hope this is helpful. This account on Instagram I follow just posted this reel talking about Audible. I just went and logged into my Audible account to check my settings and make sure that erotic content isn‘t being hidden from me. I don‘t want erotic content hidden from me.

Here‘s my #readyourkindle picks. #3 is a mood read. #7 is the third book in a trilogy. #9 is a Kindle Unlimited book but I don‘t have a book for that one either. If I finish the trilogy and have time, I‘ll start another trilogy that‘s a continuation of The Story Of Us trilogy. The next trilogy is on KU. #20 is a book with steamy chemistry and a mafia boss storyline. Is it a romance? I don‘t know but I think I would enjoy reading it anyway.

Chester Bennington, the singer from Linkin Park. R.I.P. Chester! I wish he would have written one. I would read it. I would even read memoirs from the band members if any of them decided to write them. My brother started listening to Linkin Park when he was a teenager and when I was a little girl. He and I like a lot of the same bands. We like talking about music. He was in Band in school and I was in Choir.

#SundayFunday

I made more progress in this book. Now, I have 1 hour and 14 minutes left in this book.

#awesomeapril #bookspinbingo

I‘m ready for this week‘s discussion of the short story “The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor”.

#noplacelikeholmes

Here‘s what I have on my May TBR. I have the 3 Sherlock Holmes stories I‘ll be reading for the #noplacelikeholmes readalong. I have 2 #bookspin books. The only #bookspin book that‘s not on here is a mood read and I don‘t know what to choose for that. I don‘t have any #readyourkindle books on my list. I‘m waiting for the numbers to be drawn for that. I‘m continuing with my acronym/color coding system. That‘s been working out well for me.

I completed the 4th book series on my list of series I want to finish. This is going to count for #serieslove2024. I really liked this series. It‘s also on Kindle Unlimited.

1. I drew this oracle card with this message on it. The affirmation in the guidebook says,”I have everything I need at all times.” I like this ocean life oracle deck. It has positive messages on it.
2. I took my dog for a walk to the dog park
3. Watched The Masked Singer
4. Fed the birds and put out mealworms and shelled peanuts. They love it.
5. Watched Joyce Meyer tonight on a livestream. She‘s always very encouraging.

#5joysfriday

I just found out that this series called Into The Blue by Sydney Jamesson is a continuation of the trilogy The Story Of Us. I have The Story Of Us trilogy on my #readyourkindle list this month. If I like The Story Of Us trilogy then I‘ll read this series too but I thought that The Story Of Us trilogy was a finished series. When I finish the trilogy then I‘ll decide if I want to read this series too. I wasn‘t planning on starting another series.

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo board for May. I really like this board. I like making these boards every month. For the free space spots, I decided to put butterflies on them which makes sense because my background has butterflies in it.

Here‘s my #bookspin picks for this month. The numbers drawn this month were 18 and 4. My #bookspin pick is a physical ARC I won from a Goodreads giveaway a long time ago and my #doublespin pick is a mood read. I don‘t know what that will be yet but when I‘ve read it then I‘ll add a picture of it on this graphic. I‘m excited about these picks.

#bookspinbingo

I‘ve made more progress in this book for the #awesomeapril readathon. This will be my second book. I looked in the Kindle book and it says that I have 2 hours and 44 minutes left in the book. This book is very interesting. It doesn‘t feel dry or boring and it‘s not written like a textbook. I feel like this would be a good book for a Women‘s Bible Study group to read but I also think it‘s great to read just for fun which is how I‘m reading it.

1. American Robins

2. Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltennegger

3. Mother‘s Day, Dr‘s appointment because I have a physical and then my mom and her friend are volunteering for 1 day at a country music festival happening in my state that‘s going to be supporting the National Alliance Of Mental Illness and I want to go to that. I like country music so I think I would enjoy that. I‘ve never been to a music festival.

#wondrouswednesday

I‘m sharing a story about the hand tremor I‘ve had my whole life and that I bought some weighed hand gloves to help reduce the tremor.

#whatsnewwednesday

I decided to start this book. This is going to be my second book for the #awesomeapril readathon. This book is interesting so far. This one is also on my #bookspinbingo list this month.

1. Tagged. I enjoyed this book which surprised me because I was never interested in Science when I was in school or outside of school but I always liked books in the Sci-Fi romance genre.

2. I‘m looking forward to reading a book called All The Women Of The Bible about the women that are in the Bible. I‘ll read it like a regular book. I‘m not going to study it since I‘m just reading it for fun.

#two4tuesday

I received this email today from Celadon Books. They did send me the book but I haven‘t read it yet because I already had 6 Netgalley ARCs to read in April and reading those took up a lot of time. I will read this book but not right now. I signed up for more ARCs to review in the Fall. I don‘t know what I‘ll be approved for but I‘m looking forward to taking a break from reading ARCs for a while.

Here‘s my haul from April.

1. I ordered some weighed gloves to wear because I have a tremor in both hands not just one. My whole life, I thought I only had it in one hand.
2. Book sent to me from St. Martin‘s Press
3. Book sent to me from Hachette Book Group
4. I signed up for a free Bible crossword book
5. I preordered some T-shirts from Taylor Bradshaw Music
6. My mom went on a cruise for a week and she brought me back these souvenirs

Here‘s my #readyourkindle for May. It‘s the same list as usual but the 8th,9th and 10th spots were books in a trilogy and I read the trilogy so numbers 8,9, and 10 on my list are going to be Kindle Unlimited prompts. I pay for Kindle Unlimited every month but I don‘t use it that much. I have 2 trilogies left to read on this list. This has helped me finish series I‘ve started.

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo list for May. It‘s the same list as usual because I haven‘t read these other books yet. The only difference is that my first 6 books won‘t be Netgalley ARCs. To fill in the first 6 spots on my list, I added 3 #readyourkindle prompts and 3 mood reading prompts. I‘m hoping to read more of these books next month so I don‘t have to keep using the same list every month.

Here‘s my reading wrap up for April. The only book not included is Arrogant Playboy by Winter Renshaw but that‘s because I couldn‘t find it on Fable but I did read it. Fable doesn‘t have every single book.

For my #weeklyfavorites, I‘m sharing this book called Arrogant Playboy by Winter Renshaw. This is bk 3 in the Arrogant trilogy. I liked all of the books but I just finished reading this one so this one is my favorite. This graphic I filled in has a lot of different books on it. The first book on here is a mystery. The other two books are nonfiction and the last one is a romance novel.

#awesomeapril #serieslove2024 #readyourkindle

Here‘s my progress on my #bookspinbingo board for this month. I completed a book series that was on my #readyourkindle list. This was not a great reading month for me. I had 6 Netgalley ARCs to read and it took up a lot of time so I didn‘t get to read any of my #bookspin books that I wanted to read but I don‘t have any ARCs to read next month which is great because I will get to read what I want to read.

#serieslove2024 #awesomeapril

Yay! I did it. The 3 highlighted books are books in a series and I just finished the series so these 3 highlighted spots on my list next month will either be mood reading prompts, Kindle Unlimited prompts or I‘ll choose 3 new ebooks. It might be fun to make them Kindle Unlimited prompts so I have an excuse to use Kindle Unlimited. I pay for Kindle Unlimited every month but I don‘t use it that much.

#readyourkindle

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading. I listened to all of the books on Audible in this series. The audiobooks are really good. I would recommend them. All 3 books have 2 points of view but each book is a different couple‘s story.

#awesomeapril #readyourkindle #serieslove2024

I just saw that the Bible has been adapted into a comic book series. I‘ve read the whole Bible but it was a study Bible for teens that I read from and I just read it like a regular book. I would enjoy reading it in a comic book format but it‘s not cheap. For all 3 books, it‘s $79.99. I can‘t afford it but maybe one day, I‘ll be able to buy it if it ever becomes available at Barnes & Noble or another bookseller.

I made more progress in this book tonight. I have 2 hrs and 4 mins left in this book.

#awesomeapril #serieslove2024 #readyourkindle

This weekend, I‘m reading Arrogant Playboy by Winter Renshaw. This is the third and final book in the Arrogant trilogy. It‘s really good so far. I‘m not going to finish this book this weekend but I‘m happy with the progress I‘ve made. I have 3 hrs and 38 mins left in the audiobook now. I‘m hoping to finish reading this book by the end of the month.

#weekendreads #awesomeapril #readyourkindle #serieslove2024

I‘m currently participating in the #noplacelikeholmes readalong hosted by @dabbe and @Cuilin . They‘re doing such a good job hosting this. Everyone is welcome. If you‘re interested, feel free to join in and participate in the discussions at any time. I‘ve been enjoying reading these stories in between reading other books. I think it would be too much if I tried to read all of the stories at once so I‘m taking my time.

This is my first time participating. My goal is to finish reading Arrogant Playboy by Winter Renshaw. I just started it. It‘s really good. I‘m hoping to make progress in this book this weekend and get finished with this book by the end of the month because it‘s on my #readyourkindle list.

#awesomeapril

I‘m ready for this week‘s discussion of the short story “The Adventure Of The Engineer‘s Thumb”.

#noplacelikeholmes

I decided to buy the ebook of this book. I‘ve owned the physical book for a while but I want my Amazon Alexa app to read it to me. It sounds interesting. It‘s on my #bookspinbingo list this month. I‘m not going to read it this month. Hopefully, I‘ll read it next month. It‘s been on multiple #bookspin lists for months. I‘m ready to read it so I don‘t have to keep carrying it over each month. I‘m hoping to read more of my #bookspin books next month.

I started this book today during my walk at the dog park with my dog. I listened to the first 2 chapters. I like it so far. I‘ve read this book before. This will be a reread for me.

I just saw this bookish article for Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month. I like seeing this because I‘m Autistic. I took an IQ test at an IDD Services appointment this month and the results were that I‘m Borderline meaning that I don‘t have an Intellectual Disability but I also don‘t have the average IQ of a person without Autism.

Link to the article: https://bookstr.com/article/new-reads-with-autism-representation-you-absolutely-...

Photo 1 - This picture is from Thursday afternoon at the dog park. That‘s my dog in the picture. I like taking her over there during the week. She gets to run loose off the leash and chase birds and squirrels when she‘s there. She likes going for walks and she behaves better at night when she goes. If she doesn‘t get exercise, she‘s a pain in the ass.

Photos 2,3,4 & 5 - Pictures I colored. I colored a lot this week.

#5joysfriday #litsycrafters

I just saw this announcement from Audible. There‘s going to be full cast audiobooks for the Harry Potter series. I‘ve already listened to the books narrated by Jim Dale. I haven‘t heard them being narrated by Stephen Fry. I don‘t know if I‘m going to listen to them being narrated by a full cast. I don‘t know why they didn‘t do it with a full cast to begin with but it makes sense because there‘s so many characters.

1. She‘s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze

2. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi

3. Under Pressure - Queen

I was born in 1990 so I didn‘t hear any 80‘s songs until later on but the 80‘s had a lot of good songs. I couldn‘t decide what was my favorite but I like these songs.

#threelistthursday

Audible told me not to let my credits expire so I checked. I have 5 credits. I didn‘t realize that you can only keep Audible credits for a year. I thought I could save the credits for a while. I haven‘t bought any new audiobooks but Audible is forcing me to use my credits. I wonder if there‘s any way for me to pause my membership for when I‘m not using it. I‘m using it right now but sometimes, I don‘t use it.

Here‘s my progress on my #readyourkindle picks. I‘m currently reading the Arrogant trilogy. I read Arrogant Bastard (bk 1) and I just finished reading Arrogant Master (bk 2). I‘ll be reading Arrogant Playboy (bk 3) next. This will be a reread for me. I enjoyed it the first time I read it. I‘ll finish the trilogy this month. I won‘t get around to reading these other books so I‘ll carry them over to next month.