The May Book Round Up

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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The March Book Round Up

We have survived Q1! We made it! It’s officially April! My life to-do list includes: filing an amended tax return because of a late, forgotten 1099-MISC, buy a new pair of Birkenstocks, send off current worn-out Birkenstocks in for sole repair, swap out the rug in my office/guestroom…oh, and read more books. March was an active reading month for me because we went on vacation! Our little family took our first cruise together (I went on my first cruise in September with a vanilla friend) to the Bahamas and it was lovely. We were late to our first stop in Cape Canaveral so we missed our excursion, but got to see a SpaceX Starlink rocket launch (fuck Musk, but go science!) and it was really cool. A very relaxing and enjoyable trip.

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