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    Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Welcome back again!  Today, I'm featuring two more favorites from  Geoff Castellucci .  I just heard both of these for the first time recently.  It's not often you hear covers of these songs these days especially this first one, but he has a great voice for the both of them.  Give a listen to Big Bad John  ( original rel...

  Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my sixth update for my June progress on the year long  Beat The Backlist 2025  reading challenge, hosted by  Austine Decker .  You can see my original tbr  here .  In June, I completed 1 book for a total of 22 read so far out of 24 total books on my tbr.  I can't believe I've only got 2 left for my challenge! Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read in June: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋ I really liked how much this reminds me of The Busy World of Richard Scarry, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Fantastic Mr. Fox (at least the look of the animated film). The art in sequel,  Under Wildwood  ( Wildwood Chronicles  #2) by Colin Melody , is fantastic and the addition of the full color plates really sets it off. My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . Are you participating in this challenge?  Have you read this book?  As alwa...

      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  books,  Celestial Monsters  ( The Sunbearer Duology  #2) by Aiden Thomas .  I loved book one of this duology and I can't wait to find out what happens in this sequel/ finale...

  Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: The Privilege of the Sword ( The World of Riverside #2) by Ellen Kushner Published: July 25, 2006 Genre: YA Fantasy of Manners My Copy: Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 378 Where I Acquired It: Local new and used indie bookstore Summary (From Goodreads): Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power and prestige in the city’s labyrinth of streets and ballrooms, theatres and brothels, boudoirs and salons. Into this alluring and alarming world walks a bright young woman ready to take it on and make her fortune. A well-bred country girl, Katherine knows ...

      Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing In The Second Half Of 2025.  There are a lot of great sounding books coming out, but these are the ones I looking forward to the most of all.  Here we go in order by release date: The Woman in Suite 11 ( Lo Blacklock #2) by Ruth Ware - Release date: July 8th, 2025 - I love this author's style and I can't wait to read her first sequel. The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel ( The Raven Cycle: The Graphic Novels #1) by Stephanie Williams, Maggie Stiefvater, and Sas Milledge  - Release date: July 29th, 2025 - I love the original series and I'm dying to try this adaptation. Hemlock & Silver  by T. Kingfisher  - Release date: August 19th, 2025 - T. Kingfisher is one of my favorite authors and this is her dark retelling of  Snow White , so I can't wait! Katabasis  by R.F. K...

    Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Welcome back again!  Today, I'm featuring two more unexpected radio favorites.  Surprisingly, I've gotten a little hooked on these two.  Give a listen to Doechii's Anxiety and Rose and Bruno Mars' APT. : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter