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Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan McGuire
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Mehso-so

Well that was a weird little book. It was a bit too shallow for me, nothing was developed and I didn't care about the characters.

I don't think I enjoyed it enough to carry on with the series.

flying_monkeys This is a series that you can jump around in. You do not have to read them straight through in order. If you're open to giving another one a try, I highly recommend In An Absent Dream. Lundy is a character who resonates with a lot of readers. 3d
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God and the Gumiho | Sophie Kim
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Panpan

This book is all tell and no show. We're told about the interesting and amazing histories of the two main characters, yet the characters, a fallen god and a man-killing fox, sound and act like teenagers.

The world was interesting, if underdeveloped, and I liked the mix of Korean mythology and urban fantasy tropes.

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PuddleJumper The romance fell flat mostly because I find the characters insufferable. The mystery was ok but nothing that would get me to carry on with this series.

However, if this was made into a drama and the characters were less annoying, I would watch it.

My library hold came in so reading this early for #RiseUpReads @CatsandBooks
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Catsandbooks Sorry you didn't enjoy it 2d
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There were 6 books for May‘s #Roll100 I went with the ones I was most likely to read

Rivers of London has been recced multiple times and I own it, I just never go for it

The Murder Next door has been on my #Scarathlon & #HauntedShelf lists and I never get around to it

Divergent Mind i bought a year ago when things were clicking that I might not be neurotypical. Heh. Got my recent diagnosis of ADHD and possible ASD (waiting on that assessment)

AnnCrystal 🙏💝. 4d
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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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This year is flying by! May is nearly here and it got a bit weird with the #Roll100 rolls

Roll 1 = 4 or 40

Roll 2 = 3 or 30

Roll 3 = 7 or 70

You can pick any of the numbers or all of the numbers! Happy reading!

GDrive with everything in it is here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KiRjVpUKlBbbxCPYw42YsKQsDBZxRkqt/view?usp=shari...

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rabbitprincess Wow, what are the odds of that set of rolls? 😄 Lots of choice this month! 4d
TheSpineView May??? 😱😵‍💫😳 4d
PuddleJumper @rabbitprincess It was super freaky! 4d
PuddleJumper @TheSpineView I refuse to accept it 4d
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 4d
Read4life I love how early you get these out. It makes planning things—especially #BookSpinBingo- so much easier. Thank you!!! 4d
AllDebooks Thank you. Freaky roll this month! 4d
willaful So much choice! Might I possibly get one book I actually want to read? 😂 4d
BookmarkTavern I am obsessed with the dice for roll 3! 🤩🤩🤩 4d
PuddleJumper @Read4life ❤️❤️ 4d
PuddleJumper @AllDebooks So many options! 4d
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern They are so pretty! I think they are by Beholder's Gaze and were from an advent calendar 4d
DebinHawaii Lots of options & so early too! 🤗 4d
PuddleJumper @DebinHawaii Yep! I'm on holiday tomorrow and plan to do nothing! 4d
claudiuo Thank you so much! Have a great holiday! 4d
SunnieK Such a pretty picture 4d
AbigailJaneBlog 😍😍😍 3d
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Panpan

I'm trying to clear down my Kindle freebies. I think I got this because the cover is hilarious

This is a fantasy rom-com that doesn't make sense but might be good 'stuck on a train' pick

Cheryl_Russell That cover….🤣🤣 7d
MeganAnn I have so many questions about this cover… 🤣🦁🔥 7d
PuddleJumper @Cheryl_Russell @MeganAnn It was definitely a choice! 6d
Kenyazero That cover is pretty hilarious 😆 6d
PuddleJumper @Kenyazero To be fair to the artist, the MC doesn't wear a shirt at all so it is accurate! 6d
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General consensus was to have one author in May and the other in June.

So May‘s #QueerBC author will be Neon Yang!

What do you think you'll read? If you've got any recommendations, drop them in the comments

Don't forget April we're reading Alan Hollinghurst and poetry by Ocean Vuong

PuddleJumper If you are on Storygraph and want to join the book club, you can do that here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/ec1d5a86-5de9-4315-a128-fcab4d27c31d

Suggest authors here: https://forms.gle/nLwAy72Zufi4brty6

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TheBookHippie I‘m trying to push my library to keep these books in circulation so I‘ll check out whatever they have in book form. I will report back. 1w
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willaful I didn't get into The Black Tides of Heaven so I'm thinking I'll start with a short story and see how that goes. 1w
PuddleJumper @TheBookHippie Hope they keep them! 1w
PuddleJumper @willaful I'd only heard of The Black Tides of Heaven and the new one Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame 1w
willaful @TheBookHippie I've been doing that too, will go check my library out now. It's nice to check out physical books and not have to worry about wasting an expensive ebook loan! 1w
Jari-chan I just got a recommendation for Brighter Than Scale today - perfect! 1w
BookmarkTavern Black Tides of Heaven is very good! And I‘ve got an ARC of Brighter than Scale! 1w
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern Awesome! Both books look interesting 1w
PuddleJumper @Jari-chan Haha that's good timing 1w
Kenyazero Nice! I read Black Tides of Heaven a while ago and remember liking it. I‘m excited to see what else my library has! 7d
flying_monkeys My library doesn't have any of their books, so I'll have to go the short story route. I'll read “Glass Lights“ since I own a copy of The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories. 3d
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There's a tie between Neon Yang and Zen Cho for May's #QueerBC author

This is the first time this has happened, so we can have a tie breaker or have both authors

Let me know what you would prefer

rwmg I'd have one of the two authors for May and one for June 1w
PuddleJumper @rwmg That is also an option 1w
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AllDebooks @rwmg I'm happy for this suggestion 😊 1w
BookmarkTavern One for May and one for June sounds good to me! 1w
TheBookHippie May then June is good for me too 1w
peanutnine Yes, I like the idea of doing them back to back! 1w
Read4life Back to back is fine with me, too. 1w
Jari-chan Same! 1w
willaful Makes sense to me! 1w
lil1inblue Hahaha. I was so torn between these 2 authors when I voted. So I am obviously on board with one in May and the other in June. 😉 1w
Kenyazero 🤩 7d
AbigailJaneBlog 😍😍😍 5d
flying_monkeys I like the back to back option too. 3d
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Karisa Oooh, just judging by the covers alone, these look like so much fun! Love! 1w
PuddleJumper @Karisa The covers swayed me on a few 😅 1w
BarbaraBB Thank you so much for joining! Intrigued by your choices! 1w
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Meshell1313 Ooh these sound great! 1w
squirrelbrain Bat Eater is on a 99p Kindle deal in the UK today - of course I bought it! 🤪 1w
PuddleJumper @squirrelbrain I didn't even notice! Buying that now 1w
Megabooks That Bat Eater cover is 🔥 🔥 🔥 1w
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Giving this a try tonight. Has anyone watched it?

RowReads1 I had mixed feelings about it. Try it out. I ended up liking the quirky characters and seeing Quebec. 1w
Susanita Mixed feelings is a good description. Alfred Molina is great. It‘s based on the second book with some other bits thrown into the mix. 1w
PuddleJumper @RowReads1 @Susanita I've watched the first two episodes and I'm a bit underwhelmed. There wasn't much substance to it. I'll stick with it and see if it gets better 1w
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February's part of my #readingsnake Lighting isn't great, it's a mix of non fiction, fantasy and contemporary romance

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🧶🤩👍🏼💝. 2w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w
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Will I actually read my #LibraryHaul or will I ignore it in favour of fanfiction ....

AbigailJaneBlog You have summed up my problem! Now off I return to ao3... 2w
BookmarkTavern Not me with four different tabs open to AO3 👀👀👀 2w
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern I find a lot of joy in looking for fics as well as reading them 1w
AbigailJaneBlog You guys get it 1w
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A Taste of Gold and Iron | Alexandra Rowland
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Mehso-so

I stuck with this because the audiobook narrator was really good. If I was reading this, I would have given up.

The first few chapters were rough. It was clumsy and awkward. Lots of concepts which weren't fully explained. World building in general was poor.

In general the plot was predictable but that wasn't the point. This is a bodyguard slow burn romance in fantasy clothing. I wanted a political fantasy with a romance subplot.

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Mehso-so

This is a very accessible book for people learning about ADHD and autism. It's casual, there's a lot of Internet speak, anecdotes, and it's very supportive.

It's a validating read if you are struggling with a diagnosis or starting to see you might be neurodivergent.

That's the extent of it. There's nothing new, or actionable. It was affirming.

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Murder by Association | Shelley Weiss
Mehso-so

This was a bit too kitsch and cosy for me. It was well written and short! Only 70 pages.

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Zero Day Exploit | Tami Veldura
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Panpan

I wonder if this was supposed to be a series vibing off Leverage (TV). There's a lot of unnecessary characters introduced.

It's not awful, it's just a bit boring.

This has been on my #ReadYourKindle list for ages @CBee

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Thank you to everyone that gave their feedback on #QueerBC It's been really useful reading it all

I'm going to include more information about the authors and more reminders of the monthly authors. It's easy to lose track when everything is a month in advance.

There were several requests for an end of month discussion or check in post. How you enjoyed the author etc.

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PuddleJumper 1. I don't have the time to do this and often I don't read the authors until several months later so can't really contribute.

Would anyone want to take this on? Or we could rotate it each month.
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PuddleJumper 2. You'd just need to make a post and I can share the tag list with you. Feel free to format it however you want.

If interested email me at eommods@gmail.com
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PuddleJumper 3. Thanks again to everyone! I'm really enjoying this book club and I'm so happy other people are enjoying it too.

Looking forward to another awesome year of discovering new authors and books!
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TheBookHippie ♥️ 3w
AbigailJaneBlog ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
Catsandbooks ❤️🏳️‍ 3w
Kenyazero I could see us rotating reminders and discussions, if anyone was up for that? Otherwise, I'm intrigued by the forums on storygraph that you worked hard to put together if there was a way to use those without excluding anyone? 🤔 3w
PuddleJumper @Kenyazero SG is definitely more geared towards discussions. You don't get notified when someone posts on a forum though, you would have to check which can be tedious. I reckon about half the members are part of the book club, you do have to have an account which might put people off 3w
Kenyazero @PuddleJumper I was thinking similar things about the limitations of that platform. 3w
PuddleJumper @Kenyazero I was hoping that people who wanted more discussion would go over to SG 😅 2w
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Untitled | Anonymous
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Very behind on my #ReadingBracket2025

As much as I love Assassin's Apprentice, I went with SVSSS as my favourite because of how much joy it brought me

No wild cards yet. I think I'm going to leave them until Jun/Dec and pick a book that has stuck with me, made an impact etc but maybe wasn't my favourite that month

flying_monkeys I think I‘m gonna do the same thing with my wild cards too. 3w
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I wasn't very consistent this month, I either read nothing or loads.

It wasn't a great month physically, emotionally or mentally. I think I read a bit more to cope with that and since I have now time when I was ill

#MonthlyWrapUp #PuddleJumperWrapUp

AnnCrystal 🙏📚💝. 3w
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One outstanding book this month and several meh books

I hit my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin and at least one #Roll100 pick

I owned everything except Running Close to the Wind which was a library book and I donated the Heroes of Olympus books

I did buy the Trials of Apollo series but that will likely also be donated when I read it. My library doesn‘t have the entire series

#2025stats

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I'm sticking with categories and a few named books for #BookSpinBingo This seems to work best for me at the moment

@TheAromaofBooks

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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Running Close to the Wind | Alexandra Rowland
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Pickpick

This was an absolute delight of a book with unbridled feral energy. My new comfort read.

I cannot recommend the audiobook enough. The voices are amazing and the narrator gives Avra the right amount of manic, racoon energy that brings him to life.

lil1inblue You had me at “unbridled feral energy.“ 😍 Stacked. 3w
PuddleJumper @lil1inblue 🤣🤣 I giggled out loud several times 3w
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Voting for #QueerBC May's author!

Vote here: https://forms.gle/jU6pQiU5659bLsqr9

April's author is Alan Hollinghurst whose written several novels, poetry collections, and short stories which gives you a lot to pick from

If you are on Storygraph and want to join the book club, you can do that here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/ec1d5a86-5de9-4315-a128-fcab4d27c31d

Suggest authors here: https://forms.gle/nLwAy72Zufi4brty6

Jari-chan Voted 💖 3w
PuddleJumper @Jari-chan ❤️❤️ 3w
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BookmarkTavern Ahhh! You ask me to choose between Zen Cho and Neon Yang?!? 3w
Butterfinger Burial Rites has been in my sight since it was published. I just have never had a chance to read it. Yet. 3w
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern An impossible choice, I agree! 3w
PuddleJumper @Butterfinger I've not seen much hype around her books. It's not an author I know 3w
AllDebooks Oooh, please add me to the taglist. 😊 3w
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April is National Poetry Month and #QueerBC has voted to read the works of Ocean Vuong!

A Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist, his poems often explore transformation, desire, and violent loss

We also voted on several individual poems. The two favourite poems;

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The House of Hades | Rick Riordan
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April's book for #RiordanverseReadalong is House of Hades!

It is the penultimate book of the Heroes of Olympus series

@mom2bugnbee @LitsyEvents

mom2bugnbee I'm so behind... Because I can't find one of the books! 😂 😂 It's in my house somewhere. But I'll catch up! 3w
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#RealmofElderlings book is Royal Assassin. Aim is to have this I've read by the end of April and then move on to the last book in the Farseer Trilogy

How is everyone finding it? I haven't started my re-read yet 🤣

majkia I'm about half way through. Painful in parts, particulary because it's a re-read and I know what happens. Otherwise, still fascinating and wonderfully written. So emotional, for SFF. 3w
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Laughterhp I just started, about 10 pages in! lol 3w
Enchanted_Bibliophile I'm starting tomorrow 🎉 3w
Luke-XVX Yet to start it! Been caught up with life etc. attention span has wavered a lot this month so mostly graphic novels reads 3w
daena I‘m a little past the half way mark. Enjoying it thoroughly! 3w
kelli7990 I haven‘t started it yet. I‘m still reading Assassin‘s Apprentice. I‘m hoping to make more progress in Assassin‘s Apprentice since I‘ve been busy reading other books. 3w
willaful I got bogged down in the first book, not sure I'll progress. :-( 3w
PuddleJumper @majkia The anticipation of pain is very real 3w
PuddleJumper @Luke-XVX I get that 3w
PuddleJumper @daena Brilliant! 3w
PuddleJumper @kelli7990 Sounds good! 3w
PuddleJumper @willaful If Farseer Trilogy isn't to your liking then comeback for Liveship Traders. It's very different and I prefer this trilogy 3w
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It's nearly April! How are we all getting on with #GottaCatchemAll

Congratulations to @PuddleJumper and @Yuki_Onna for catching their first Pokémon!

Kenyazero Looks like I have successfully caught 5 pokemon and am working toward several others since I just read whatever and see if it fits a prompt after 🤭 3w
PuddleJumper @Kenyazero That's great! Congratulations! 3w
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Laughterhp Ah, I‘m not sure if I‘ve logged any Pokémon yet! 3w
PuddleJumper @Laughterhp I don't think you have. It's not compulsory and you can do it whenever. I just like monthly stats 🤣 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I have several to log!!! 3w
llwheeler I've read 20ish but still only caught one. Will try to log them this month! 3w
PuddleJumper @llwheeler ❤️❤️ 3w
kwmg40 March was a really good month for me, as I managed to catch several Pokémon! 3w
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Running Close to the Wind | Alexandra Rowland
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Stuffed full of cold and unable to breath so decided to try an audiobook. I'm hoping the unbridled feral goblin energy this book is giving isn't my fever because it's delightful

AnnCrystal 🙏🏼💝. 3w
peanutnine This book has the BEST chaotic energy! Avra's shenanigans are a fun mood booster, hope you feel better soon 3w
PuddleJumper @peanutnine I'm really enjoying the audiobook. The narrator has this manic energy for Avra which is very fitting 3w
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My #Roll100 for April and can't say I'm interested in any of them 😂

Death as Fine Art is an ARC I picked up without knowing it was a series

Blood of Elves ... I want to, just not at the moment

Serpent & Dove is too big!

Yuki_Onna I feel you! 😅 Every so often I'm not the least in the mood for the #Roll100 choices at the time they are rolled. I mostly read them much later. 1mo
PuddleJumper @Yuki_Onna Yeah, that's what I'll end up doing ... or donting them 1mo
willaful None of mine grabbed me either. :-( But one fits the TransRightsReadathon, so I decided to start it early and hope for the best. 4w
PuddleJumper @willaful Nothing is capturing me at the moment 4w
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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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Spring is desperately trying to emerge here so I went with some yellow, green dice for April‘s #Roll100

Roll 1 = 24
Roll 2 = 36
Roll 3 = 16

Tag me if you want to share what you are reading!

Template and trackers are available in the GDrive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nSSxkd6v2jAZmu_J-KXOPmNijsyt22vFUa74xU43...

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claudiuo Thank you so much! 1mo
BookmarkTavern Yay! 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
TheSpineView Oh good! Need to update my list. 1mo
Ruthiella Fantastic! I was just thinking about this. 😃 1mo
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! You‘ve got great timing as I started putting together my April list last night. (edited) 1mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yay!! I was hoping these would come out soon! ❤️ 1mo
Kenyazero Marking my list now! I don't think I got to any of my March reads, but I think I squeezed in one of my February reads instead 🤭 4w
Jari-chan So looking forward to my rolls! 4w
AbigailJaneBlog I've actually managed one each month so far! Hopefully I'll get one this month too 🙏 4w
Firestarter994 Oh my goodness I got a new phone and apparently it didn‘t give me notifications so I just decided to check today because I hadn‘t gotten the April notification!! I‘m glad I checked! 3w
PuddleJumper @Firestarter994 My phone is super weird with notifications. I will get none and then it will spam me with everything from the last month 🙄 3w
Firestarter994 @PuddleJumper omg that‘s so annoying!!! 3w
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Time to pick the poet and poems for April‘s National Poetry Month #QueerBC

Pick the poet you want to read in April and 2 of your favourite poems from the list
Voting will end Sunday 30th March

Vote here: https://forms.gle/9fEvsgB4o7zVqNQY6

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I've been avoiding things for days because everything is getting a bit too much so it's time for some #BodyDoubleReadathon

I find knowing other people are also doing things at the same time as me, or imagining people in the room with me reading or whatever really helps me stay on task

It'll run noon-noon and you can make it what you want. I have been toying with making a Discord group so there's some socialisation. I'm not fussed either way

ElizaMarie I love this idea. I don't use Discord (am not against figuring it out) - I think it would be a cute accountability buddy type of thing. 1mo
kspenmoll I din‘t use Discord but i am all for the structure of buddy reads. 1mo
PuddleJumper @ElizaMarie @kspenmoll I'm happy for people to set their own up whenever they need. Use the graphic/make your own etc. Discord could be an extra if people want to chat 1mo
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Fortifiedbybooks If this starts at noon today (March 24th), then I'm down. I'm on vacation all week, and I have A LOT of library books to finish before they're due back. I'm not into Discord (too much like IRC for my liking), but I will be reading. 1mo
PuddleJumper @Fortifiedbybooks It can start whenever you want it to. Whatever makes it useful 1mo
ElizaMarie I would like the occasional chat group bout what I am doing during this time - What would be the “discord“ channel? Ha - My hubby uses discord, so I am sure he can “teach“ me whats-what. 1mo
PuddleJumper @ElizaMarie It's fairly easy to use (and ignore). I can set up a group later and share a link 1mo
PuddleJumper Discord link for anyone interested - https://discord.gg/AtAmCQrmGB I'll add channels as necessart

@ElizaMarie @kspenmoll @Fortifiedbybooks
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willaful My daughter has an aide named Beth and she sometimes asks me to “Beth“ for her and keep her company while she works on her apartment. 😁 4w
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Oo nearly forgot about this! Thanks for everyone participating on Litsy, you reminded me.

It runs from March 21-31. Instagram has some amazing recommendations.

Tagging the #QueerBC group in case you want to join as well

TheBookHippie I‘m in and have my books! 1mo
PuddleJumper @TheBookHippie ❤️❤️ Nice! I've got one. It's 400 pages so it might be the only one I read 1mo
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willaful I'm almost done with my first book 1mo
Jari-chan I've also joined 🏳️‍⚧️💖 1mo
Kenyazero Thank you for joining and for sharing! ♥️📚🏳️‍⚧️ 1mo
AbigailJaneBlog Sounds great! I was not aware so I'll dig some books out 🥰 1mo
Catsandbooks Thank you for the reminder! 🏳️‍⚧️ 1mo
lil1inblue @willaful I want to read that so badly! I love the premise. 4w
lil1inblue I kind of forgot about this! Oops. I think I'll read some poetry and short stories this week. 4w
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Mark of Athena | Rick Riordan
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Mehso-so

I read the majority of this book in the bath with a Poseidon candle that smelt of sea, salt, and shipwrecks. It felt fitting.

This was a filler book. Not terrible, not great, moved the plot along and positioned the characters.

#RiordanverseReadalong

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Illumicrate are releasing a special edition of the Farseer Trilogy

Pre-sales are available to subscribers from May 13. Then non subscribers can purchase from May 15.

£90 for the set

They are beautiful! #RealmofElderlings

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Mark of Athena | Riordan Rick
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I've caught up! I'm about half way through this and enjoying it so far. I like some characters way more than others. Jason is still boring. Riordan is still weird about Aphrodite and femininity.

#RiordanverseReadalong

April we'll be reading The House of Hades. Hopefully more Nico 🤣

@mom2bugnbee

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#QueerBC April‘s author is Alan Hollinghurst! This is an author I‘m aware of but never read anything by them. I think I have The Line of Beauty haunting my shelves somewhere

Have you read this author before? Drop any recommendations in the comments

Don‘t forget March‘s author is Bushra Rehman. There is still loads of March left! How are we all getting on?

PuddleJumper Poetry suggestions are open for another week. If you haven‘t suggested anything yet, you can go here: https://forms.gle/8oXgsMvQ3rFmH8Mc8

If you are on Storygraph and want to join the book club, you can do that here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/ec1d5a86-5de9-4315-a128-fcab4d27c31d
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Butterfinger I am enjoying Rose's, in the Mouth of Lions. Set during my childhood. 1mo
Kenyazero I have not read this author yet and look forward to discovering someone new! 1mo
peanutnine I've never heard of this author! Off to check out his backlist! ☺️ 1mo
CarolynM I loved The Line of Beauty and liked The Sparsholt Affair. Currently reading his latest Our Evenings. 1mo
PuddleJumper @Kenyazero I've always been peripherally aware of this author but never read anything 1mo
PuddleJumper @peanutnine ❤️❤️ Hope you find something 1mo
PuddleJumper @CarolynM Brilliant! I watched the adaptation of Line of Beauty and enjoyed that 1mo
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The Hidden Oracle | Rick Riordan
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I don't buy new new books anymore. I'll always opt for second hand or from the library which is what I intended to do with the Trails of Apollo books but I found the book set cheaper new than second hand.

Won't get to these until next year with #RiordanverseReadalong I'm excited though

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Stolen Ink | Holly Evans
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Mehso-so

A really intriguing premise that wasn't executed well

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January #ReadingSnake I tried this last year and gave up. This year I've made the stripes smaller and separated them with a band

Each band is a book. I'm using different colours for different genres. Once it's all done I'll stuff it and sew it up

daena Beautiful colors. The banding really makes them pop. 1mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝💝💝. 1mo
PuddleJumper @daena Yeah, it makes a huge difference! 1mo
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CatLass007 The banding looks great! 1mo
willaful Very cool! And probably also warm. 😂 1mo
Catsandbooks Love this!! 💖 1mo
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii It was my birthday on Monday so it's been a good week!

1. Two Point Museum, amazing game
2. Millie's cookie cake, best thing in the world. I ignore my intolerances to get one for my birthday
3. Watching video essays by Bob Wess on bisexual Dean Winchester from Supernatural. Really interesting putting the show in a real world context regarding sexual visibility
4 & 5. My beautiful, idiotic cats Ovid and FitzChivalry

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝...
🥳🎂🍰 Happy Birthday Week!
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llwheeler Happy birthday! 1mo
Leftcoastzen Happy Birthday week ! Cute kitties 🐱 😻 1mo
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dabbe 🩶💚🩶 1mo
mcctrish Happy Happy Birthday 🥳 🎂 1mo
DebinHawaii Lovely joys!!! 💛💛💛 Happy Birthday!!! 🎊🎂🎉 1mo
PuddleJumper @DebinHawaii ❤️❤️ Thank you! 1mo
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Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this a lot more than the first one. I found the trio much more compelling and the storyline interesting.

There are still some issues. It got repetitive, Riordan has some weird issues around femininity, and there were some racist and fatphobic comments.

#RiordanverseReadalong

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 1mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Pickpick

This is a really fun story. London based urban fantasy following two cupids as their love matches turn deadly.

I enjoyed how different the world and afterlife was, the characters were all engaging, the romance was an organic slow burn, and it was the right level of humour for me.

PuddleJumper I did find it a little difficult to get into. The beginning was exposition heavy and quite slow. After that, it gets much better and I'm glad I stuck with it.

Thanks to #Netgalley for the #ARC
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Bolt From The Blue | Willow Thomas
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Panpan

I have the final version and it still reads like a first draft. I wonder what the other version was like because this one still has pacing issues, typos, weird dialogue, and it's awkward to read.

It's very safe. Fake dating the bi hockey player because your shitty friends are trying to force you to date someone. But twist! You both have crushes on each other.

PuddleJumper Everything is just fine. No fall out from the game dating even though they both like each other and no real miscommunication. The friends are so shitty even NPCs agree.

It's low stakes, low angst, hea.

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Panpan

Someone watched Skam and thought they could do it in book form. It does not work.

I don't have the patience for toxic teenage friendship. There were too many characters, the MC had no personality, the relationship was forced and I was bored.

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Natural Twenty | Charlie Novak
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Mehso-so

I might be in the minority but I wanted more d&d. With the title and the series name I was expecting more focus on the game or group of people brought together by it.

It did include that, but the majority of the book was them visiting each other's shops and talking. There's no tension, no plot, it's just a bit bland.

It's not a bad contemporary romance, it's just forgettable.

March #Roll100

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March #BookSpinBingo

I would like to read the two Rick Riordan novels and keep making headway into my ARC backlog

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fabulous!! 2mo
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Panpan

I don't think I've read a sapphic romance quite so centered around men before. It was odd, though that was the least of the issues.

It was very repetitive and neither character is likeable. There's some verbal abuse, biphobia (or what I'm interpreting as biphobia because lesbian with a preference for women … is a lesbian), physical assault, and some humiliation.

They should be running away from each other, not getting together.

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Not as good as January. It was a busy and not great month, I was reading a couple of pages every day.

Good books this month though! That was positive

I also got Plus for my birthday 🤣

#MonthlyWrapUp #PuddleJumperWrapUp

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BookSpinBingo | Untitled
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February has been a fairly crappy month in general 😅

I read my #DoubleSpin and read some of my ARC backlog

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress this month!!! 2mo
BookmarkTavern Yay for ARC backlog! 🎉🎉 2mo
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February #2025Stats I'm saying the word search was my favourite book this month because I love word searches

Read 6 books off my shelf, I bought several books for work as they were very cheap second hand and I got 3 ARCs though didn't include them.

The 2 books I donated were ones off my shelf. It was the second and third in a series ... I didn't like the first one and I was never going to read the rest