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Street Smarts!

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Goodreads | About Me | Reading is the only way I'm coping right now. Well, that, and a good helping of cynicism. | I host a monthly BPC, which you can find here. | Currently Reading: |
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Hello again!

Hi friends!!

I have not been active here for months and i’ve missed this community so much!! 

My job was draining everything out of me and my mental health took a real dive. I hadn’t picked up a book in months and was barely going out and interacting with friends. I was becoming a shell of myself. 

That came to end this past weekend, when I made the decision to resign my position at work. It was not easy, but I know it was right. I feel more relieved and stress-free than I have in months. PLUS, I just finished reading the first book I’ve properly picked up in a long time. I’m happy. Unemployed and without insurance to pay for my meds, but happy! 

I’m so happy to be back here again! I know i’ve missed a lot, but I also know that you’re all still amazing and that coming back will be better than ever with all of you! 

Now, let’s get to reading 😁📚

#monica talks
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the-forest-library

I was going to wait for the audiobook from the library for this one since I was quite underwhelmed with One Last Stop, but I’ve heard great things about it and the new independent bookstore in town had signed copies, so here we are.

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godzilla-reads

June 2, 2022

Freya loves books! She is a pretty good listener when I read aloud.

She has also attempted to sniff, lick, and nibble at what I’m reading. Ah, the joys of just turning 1 year old 🥳

📖 On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

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bibliophilecats

Read this month: May 2022

So many outstanding books! And I am pretty current with the trends and new releases (rather untypical for me).

  • O. Atwater: Half A Soul (eARC)
  • Neon Yand: The Tensorat series (tbrbusterchallenge)
  • S. McGuire: Where The Drowned Girls Go
  • B. Aaronovitch: Amongst Our Wapons
  • T. Kingfisher: Nettle and Bone
  • J. Cranor + J. Fink: Welcome to Nightvale (audio)

My avarage rating over all these books is four stars. And I enjoyed them all, even the ones that were not as good would still have stood out in other months. Now for June, I should tackle more of my #tbrbusterchallenge books - but there are still two highly anticipated new releases on my shelf, tempting me. We’ll see how it goes.

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I spent most of my day organizing my bookshelves (finally) in my new place  and used old booklr photos of them to remember where/how I had everything placed and it was really hard for some of them because I hardly ever took photos of my lower shelves because of bad lighting so I had to zoom in on photos where they were sort of visible in the background 😅 An effort was made though and that’s what counts!!

#monica talks#also hi i am still here#i miss you aaaalllllll
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backlogbooks
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godzilla-reads

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

—Neil Gaiman

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therefugeofbooks

I started reading both of these in February or March but then I had to return them to the library before I could finish them. I got tired of being on the waitlist so I finally bought them so I can finish them!

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