A new edition of an old favourite becomes my next book. A bit of an anomaly for the James Bond series #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #TheSpyWhoLovedMe #IanFleming #JamesBond #JamesBond007
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I read A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair. 4.0⭐
A modern reimagining of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone.
📚 #StoryGraph Onboarding #Challenge
✅ Prompt 4: Read a book from the 'Similar Users Loved' recommendations segment
Kind of like Fifty Shades but with gods instead of BDSM.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2797655e-28fe-43af-9a84-c4373d6db230
#bookstodon #books #ebook #fiction #fantasy #romance #libraries #reading #readingchallenge
Rereading an old favourite for what will be book number thirty nine for the year #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #BookLovers #Bookworm #CurrentlyReading #PGWodehouse #Plum #TheMasterOfMirth #TheGirlOnTheBoat
📚 I don't usually give up on a book, but I just could not make it through Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver for the #StoryGraph genre challenge prompt to read a poetry collection centered around nature. I made it 43% of the way through before I had to call it quits.
Poetry just is not my genre, and 480 pages was way too much. I'm going to need, like, a short collection of haiku.
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Moving on to my next book for the year #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bookworm #BookLovers #Bibliophile #SpitfireWomen #GilesWhittell #Spitfire
2025 Reading Challenges Update: April
https://twimom227.com/2025/05/2025-reading-challenges-update-april.html
I read Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. 4.0⭐
A #satirical #romance inspired by Jane Eyre. "Reader, I murdered him."
📚 #StoryGraph Onboarding #Challenge
✅ Prompt 2: Read a book published between 2010-2020 that fits your reader profile (medium-paced fiction books that are 300-499 pages long and adventurous, mysterious, and dark) but excludes your most-read genre (fantasy)
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ad539515-f970-4910-ba77-086fc231877e
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About to embark upon my 36th book of the year (I had hoped to average at nine each month, so I’m not too far behind, and February owes me a few days…) and we’re back to one of my favourite subjects #Cricket #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bookworm #BookLovers #Bibliophile #FollowingOn #EmmaJohn
2025 Reading Update
-48/52 books read
-18/30 library books
-21/30 books in Dutch
- 2 read/3 dnfs/18 Libris Literature Prize
+1 country of origin (South Korea)
#books #readinggoals #readingchallenge #bookstodon #library
Sophia Rose’s 2025 Reading Challenges Update: April
https://twimom227.com/2025/05/sophia-roses-2025-reading-challenges-update-april.html
May Reading Challenge: Mental Health and Balance
This May, focus on Mental Health and Balance with our monthly reading challenge! Discover powerful nonfiction and heartfelt fiction that inspire reflection, rest, and self-care. Whether you're looking to recharge or re-center, these book picks and reflection prompts will guide you toward well-being—one page at a time. Perfect for Mental Health Awareness Month. #ReadingChallenge #MentalHealthBooks #NotQuiteSuperhumanReads
https://notquitesuperhuman.com/2025/05/01/may-reading-challenge-mental-health-and-balance/
Even though I am aware of the allegations surrounding Neil Gaiman’s behaviour, I also believe that a person is innocent until they’re proven guilty: I definitely don’t believe in trial by media. As a result, this will be my next book to make it off of my teetering #TBRpile #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #NorseMythology #NeilGaiman
I read A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang. 4.0⭐
An #emotional #historical fiction story of court espionage and self-sacrifice.
📚 #StoryGraph Genre #Challenge
✅ Prompt 2: Historical fiction set outside of the UK, US, or Canada
📚 StoryGraph Reads the World Challenge
✅ Prompt 3: China
There was some beautiful writing, and I couldn't put it down.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f97f4bb-0437-4cd7-b0cd-2ad279cf8934
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2025 #AUDIOBOOK CHALLENGE #JIAM MINI-CHALLENGE SIGN UPS
https://twimom227.com/2025/04/2025-audiobook-challenge-jiam-mini-challenge-sign-ups.html
Moving on to my next read #CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bookworm #BookLovers #Bibliophile #LessonsInChemistry #BonnieGarmus
Something a bit out of left field for my next read #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Bookworm #Guidebooks #London
As Betty Webb passed away earlier this month, I thought that this should become the next book to finally get off of my #TBRpile #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #BookLovers #Bookworm #Bibliophile #BettyWebb #NoMoreSecrets #BletchleyPark #Codebreaker
I’ve decided to play R/Fantasy bingo this year 😄📚
P.s. yes, I know I broke the rules but I can fix it!!
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/X2n7jew7XH0
2025 Reading Challenges Update: March
https://twimom227.com/2025/04/2025-reading-challenges-update-march.html
I've finished: The Simoqin Prophecies by Samit Basu
Self-aware and breaking the fourth wall, The Simoqin Prophecies makes fun of classic tropes from myth, fairy tale and fantasy. But it is not trying to be funny, it is deadly serious about its own high fantasy world.
While it is not perfect in all it's choices, as an experienced fantasy reader I enjoyed the references to classic tropes and their deconstruction. Satire can be better when it's not trying too hard to make you laugh.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c468b1a3-d2e5-411e-96e4-81e08765fde3
I'm glad I found it through a Story Graph reading challenge prompt. Sometimes you find a book that was written for you 20 years after it was published and wonder where it's been all these years.
I love reading challenges with prompts that specify a type of book and let you choose the book you'll read for that prompt. You can also use these prompts to find novels other members think fit a prompt you like. I found The Simoqin Prophecies in the Speculative fiction genres challenge, under the prompt for Comic Speculative Fiction.
The speculative fiction genres challenge:
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/fff6ad46-1acf-4f0b-a841-b769b72f7d14
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