I’ve done this mid-year freakout tag every year that I’ve been blogging, and I always enjoy it. I’m still not quite sure where it originated, but I’ve seen it all over on a bunch of blogs. If you know where it came from, feel free to tag/link them in the comments. I’ve already finished 86 books this year. So, I’ve got plenty of great options to choose from for this tag. Let’s get started. 🙂
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Welcome to my monthly wrap-up for May & June 2025! I never got around to writing a wrap-up for May for no reason other than I just didn’t feel like doing it. lol. So, I’ve decided to combine the information for the past two months into one post.
First, let’s start with a garden update. This is for you, Celeste! 🙂 I got lots of stuff planted in May. The squash, green beans, banana peppers, bell peppers, lima beans, and okra all went into the ground. They are all thriving. I’ve already picked and eaten some bell peppers and banana peppers. The squash, green beans, and lima beans are all flowering right now. So, hopefully we’ll get some to eat before too long. Our planter of strawberries is consistently giving us some delicious berries, as well. We also discovered that we have a bunch of mulberry trees in our new yard. We’ve been munching on them for almost a month, now. Unfortunately, our lettuce and green onions didn’t really thrive, and the potatoes caught a fungus. I managed to save the potatoes with pruning and anti-fungal treatments, but the lettuce and green onions were a bust. I plan to start harvesting some potatoes in the next couple of weeks. So, we’ll see how that goes. We also bought a tomato plant in a planter, and it is growing tomatoes like crazy. I’m just waiting for them to ripen.
On the blogging front, things have been hit or miss. I have had some bursts of inspiration where I consistently posted and other weeks where I barely looked at the blog at all… Let’s not dwell on that, though. Now on to the monthly wrap-up!
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It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. I was hoping July would be a bit slower than June on the releases front, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. There are once again SO MANY great July 2025 book releases.
I’m merging this monthly post with this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025. Doing both posts individually this week just felt a bit too repetitive. So, I decided to just focus on July 2025 book releases instead of the entire second half of 2025. Feel free to return each month to see all of my anticipated releases for the second half of 2025. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
If you missed out on seeing the June books that I was excited to pick up, you can also find my most anticipated June 2025 releases here. Without further ado, here are 20, YES TWENTY, of my most anticipated July 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):
Read More »It is already the last week of Pride month. So, I thought it was the perfect time to do the Pride Flag Book Tag again. I seem to only do this tag during odd years for whatever reason. Most likely, it takes me two years to have new queer books that correspond with each prompt as some of them are quite specific (e.g., religion, personal catharsis). This tag was created by Common Spence on Youtube. You can find my first attempt at this tag here and my second here. For the tag, I’ll be picking books that I think embody the meanings of each of the colors in the Pride flag. You can find out more about a book by clicking on its cover, which will take you to the book’s Goodreads page.
Read More »It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. There are SO MANY great June 2025 book releases. I had a lot of trouble narrowing this list down, which is why it is so long. June 3 releases alone could probably give me enough books to last for months of reading. lol. It is all a bit overwhelming. If you missed out on seeing the May books that I was excited to pick up, you can also find my most anticipated May 2025 releases here. Without further ado, here are 20 of my most anticipated June 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):
Read More »Welcome to my monthly wrap-up for April 2025! I’m a bit late again this month. I just really have not had any motivation to do these monthly wrap-up posts this year. They’ve honestly begun to feel like a bit of a chore, but I do feel accomplished when I finally finish them. So, here it is. lol.
April was a pretty great month. I spent so much time outdoors and got half of my garden planted. The potatoes, onions, lettuce, and carrots were all growing by the time the month ended. I also picked up a hanging basket of strawberries, which is doing really well, and a couple of blueberry bushes that I planted in pots. Fingers crossed we get a decent harvest of something. 🙂 Even if we don’t, I’ve still had a lot of fun working outside and watching everything grow. I also used my zero-turn mower for the first time. It took some getting used to, but I didn’t demolish anything while trying to drive it. So, I consider it a success.
On the blogging front, I managed to be fairly consistent with posting new stuff. I wrote some reviews and participated in some weekly memes. I even took the time to do some tags. My engagement with others was still pretty low, though. I just haven’t been feeling like spending a bunch of time on social media, but I do miss seeing what everyone else has been up to. Hopefully, I can be more active in May (spoiler alert: I’m not. 🤣).
Read More »It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. There are some really big releases coming our way in the next month. However, May is a bit subdued on the number of releases I’m looking forward to compared to recent months. If you missed out on seeing the April books that I was excited to pick up, you can also find my most anticipated April 2025 releases here. Without further ado, here are 10 of my most anticipated May 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):
Read More »Welcome to my monthly wrap-up for March 2025! I’m a bit late again this month. Unfortunately, I just haven’t been in the mood for blogging that much. I finally got this post finished, though. So, here it is! lol.
March was a great month. The weather finally started warming up some, and I was able to spend more time outside. I began building my new raised garden beds. The yard had a bunch of limbs that needed picking up, as well. So, I got that done, too. In addition to my outdoor endeavors, I dominated the Trope-ical Readathon. I finished all of the prompts, and then some. It was the most I’ve read in a really long time, and I had a great time with it.
On the blogging front, things slowed down a bit. All of the extra time that I spent reading and doing outdoor chores kept me from blogging as much as I did the last few months. It also cut into my blog hopping time, which I’m a bit bummed about. I guess I need to work on figuring out how to balance my time a bit better. 🙂
Read More »It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. There are so many great books coming our way in April, and I can’t wait to get my hands on them. 🙂 If you missed out on seeing the March books that I was excited to pick up, you can also find my most anticipated March 2025 releases here. Without further ado, here are 15 of my most anticipated April 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):
Read More »Welcome to my monthly wrap-up for February 2025! Yes. I realize it is already almost the end of March. Better late than never, though. Right? February was a good month. I had a great birthday and got to spend a week visiting my parents back in Louisiana. I spent most of my time at home hibernating because of the cold, which meant I had plenty of time to read. 🙂
The blog continued to flourish in February. I had my best day ever thanks to one post that really took off. I posted consistently throughout the month and even managed to get quite a lot of blog hopping done. It was just a really great month.
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