May 2025 Reads
15 books picked up. 9 finished. 4,102 pages consumed. See what I read last month and what else I've been up to!
I am sorry…
it has
been
a
minute!
4th quarter as a teacher is something else and unless you live it too, you cannot understand what it is like. But, here's are some visuals to help:
It’s also just been a tough few months.
But, here I am and I’ve been thinking about my Substack and my “purpose” in the world in general in terms of reading, writing, and sharing and here are some things I will be trying:
Hopeful Updates
Substack Notes will be used for individual book reviews, thoughts, updates, writing, etc (thought this would be better than sending a lot of emails because I tend to finish in batches.)
Substack Chat will be used for sharing book ideas, thoughts, what we are reading, and whatever chat we want. I will try to add to the chat weekly!
Substack Posts will be periodic updates-could be weekly, twice weekly, monthly, whatever really. I’ll include links to book reviews and other things I’ve been working on too. I want this to be a newsletter that only shows up in your inbox once in awhile to remind you I am here and to come say hi.
Future me: Hoping some serial fiction is in the future on here…
May 2025 Reading
I do love stats and StoryGraph is perfect for this…if you aren’t using it, why???? Follow me here!
First up, my summary:
The pages read chart is not completely accurate as it is hard to update daily (but it is a goal of mine). I like seeing days that I get a lot of reading in and I am hoping to more accurately portray daily reading in the month of June.
Cover Collage with Rating
This is my favorite of Storygraph’s graphics because I love having the covers and star ratings all in one place. It’s such a great first glance to remember what I read and liked.
Something to note on my rating system:
⭐️=Do not recommend, should have or did DNF, probably problematic in some way.
⭐️⭐️=Meh-I finished but not sure why.
⭐️⭐️⭐️=Entertaining, might recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=Fantastic read, memorable, highlighted, will recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=Unforgettable, will buy a copy for my shelf, tells everyone about it.
Calendar
I do love the calendar feature because it shows everything I picked up this month and when! Again, could be more accurate but that’s on me.
Goal for June
Record my pages more accurately.
Read from my option pile BINGO I established ( I am terrible at keeping up with a “list” of books to read). I can share this BINGO if you want, just let me know.
Reviews
I didn’t write a review for every book I read, so if you want to know more about a book please let me know in the comments or chat. But, here are my thoughts on a few of my favorites-you can click on the image to read more.
And that’s it for now! My hope is to show up more regularly because I miss talking books, I miss connecting, and I miss you! Please send me a chat, a like, a comment to let me know you are here! Substack is a great place and I really want to be more active here. Goals right?
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