I know we are eking closer August, which will call for the July Book Round Up, but summer has been keeping me very busy so far. I cannot believe it is almost August – for so many reasons. Since we got back from Germany, I have been very busy with work (in good ways!) and keeping up with the summer plans of a rising first grader (cannot believe we are done with kindergarten already!). Camp and extracurriculars and play dates and a LOT of swimming, plus spending time with family and friends. Because of our travel in June and the amount of time we spent with family, I didn’t get to nearly as many books as I would normally. Fear not, I am making up for it in July now! I just finished a 10 book series by my favorite, CJ Archer.
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Summer Break!
Oops. Everyone needs a break, right? I didn’t intend to take a break from blogging for June, but it just sort of happened. I started two other blogs after I posted my May Book Round Up – one about bratting (and why I don’t like it – ha!) and one about my first spanking ever, because June 21 was the 20th anniversary of my first “adult” spanking, meaning a spanking from someone who shared my fetish. When I posted this on Fetlife and in a Discord I am in, it occurred to me, some folks who are married to vanilla’s may never get spanked by someone who shares their fetish, and my categorization could feel alienating. That is not my intention. I think perhaps “first spanking with my fetish in mind” would fit better, but it also happened to be with someone who shared it, so that’s an important designation for me. I’m not going to share the details in this post, but I will finish that one and get it posted ASAP.
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Ahh May – a slower month for reading but I read all available in one series (more to come) and a rather large tomb at the end, so I feel good about it all. There was a lot of rain this month and a lot of distracting myself, so I’ve also played a lot of video games (Disney Dreamlight Valley, if you’re curious) while listening to these. All of these were audio except for This is Pleasure and Bad Behavior, though the latter is included in the Audible Plus library, if you’re curious, and I think Gaitskill’s reading of “Secretary” is excellent (though found her difficult as a reader of other stories in the collection).
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