On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader . For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone! This week I'm spotlighting one of my Pride Month 2025 and Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge books, In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens . I haven't read anything by this author before, but this sounds like the perfe...
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2025 - June Update: Bianca Torre Is Afraid Of Everything & In Deeper Waters
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone's been doing well this month. I've now completed 13 total tasks for Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge . I completed two tasks in June which required me to read a queer mystery and a queernorm book . I selected Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans and In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens respectively. Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans turned out to be a pleasant surprise of a YA mystery. I didn't quite know what expect from it, but I really ended up enjoying it. I'll have to read more from this author soon because I really liked their style. My favorite aspect of this book are the characters and Bianca's own nerdiness and internal narration. The darker sense of humor also really ...