Ben Woods

Added to TBR: "This fictional work is a heartfelt and emotional dual-narrative historical story about two children locked in the same attic almost a century apart, told through the lens of Black history." 💙📚👀

I'll let you know!

Added to TBR: "A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border." 💙📚👀

Added to TBR: "A mother's desperate search to find her stolen children and her freedom takes her across the Caribbean in a gripping, moving, redemptive and unforgettable story of survival and hope." 💙📚👀

Added to TBR: "Told through the voices of seven men and women whose fates link during the Mahdist War in 19th-century Sudan. A story of people who--against the odds and for a brief time--gained independence from foreign rule through their willpower, subterfuge and sacrifice." 💙📚👀

Added to TBR: "Perfect Peace is the heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have." 💙📚👀

Added to TBR: "Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a young Black man growing up in the South during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement." 💙📚👀

Added to TBR: "In this mythology reimagining of Hyacinthus and Apollo, a lighthouse keeper is afflicted with grisly nightmares after a mysterious yet charming shopkeeper arrives in a secluded coastal village."

Oh good! I was worried I was missing something. Thanks for the reply.

It just seems odd since no other section is that short, nor does it end with a full-stop. I have the Kindle version.

@johannestevans.bsky.social Hi! I'm currently reading Heart of Stone, but chapter 3 randomly cuts off after a while and skips to chapter 4? It reads "When Henry finally rose from bed, the hour was past three, and he had a headache from too much sleep" then goes to chapter 4. Is this an error?

Blood of Dragons - 4/5
Milo and Marcos At the End of the World - 4.5/5
Butter Honey Pig Bread - 4/5
When We Rise - 4.5/5
Another Appalachia - 3.5/5
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It - 4.5/5
Don't Cry For Me - 5/5

Covers for Blood of Dragons, Milo and Marcos At the End of the World, Butter Honey Pig Bread, and Don't Cry For Me

Covers for When We Rise, Another Appalachia, and Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It

Finished seven books over the course of the last two days. Had a 24h readathon and it was my most productive one yet.🌈📚 Will post titles and ratings in the replies.

Covers for Standish and Blessings.

Books finished, June 6th and 7th 🌈📚

Standish by Erastes - 3.5 stars.
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh - 3.5 stars.

Two book covers. The first is The Boys and Their Baby by Larry Wolff, the second is My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen.

Finished over the last two days - June 4th and 5th 🌈📚

The Boys and Their Baby by Larry Wolff - 4 stars.
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen - 4 stars.

Forgot to say - this is 4 stars.

Book cover for The Head and the Hands by James Chaarani.

Finished today - 3rd June, 2025. 🌈📚

The Head and the Hands by James Chaarani (audiobook)

Books finished today, June 2nd. 🌈📚

All Boys Aren't Blue - 4.5 stars.
The Weight of Our Stars - 3.5 stars.

Covers for three books. "When Haru Was Here", "The Best Little Boy in the World", and "Lie With Me."

Books finished today, June 1st. A great start to Pride Month.

When Haru Was Here - 4 stars
The Best Little Boy in the World - 3.5 stars.
Lie With Me - 4.5 stars.

12 vintage book covers

10 vintage book covers

Some queer vintage books that are on my TBR. I love vintage covers so much 🌈📚 These books were published between 1945-1989

It's all good! I love books so much, I cannot get enough of them. Thankfully, they keep publishing the things so I'll always win lol

Yeah lol. I'm disabled so I just stay home and read for hours each day.

Ahh nice! I've got two copies coming and my anticipation is HIGH. They are one of my all time favorite authors.

12! Read Don't Let The Forest In, and added From The Belly and Terminal Inferno

I realize only how the same graphic was posted twice. I'm not good at this yet.

I think I was supposed to use the right order of emojis? 💙📚👀 I'm not used to that yet, sorry!

18 books covers.

18 books covers.

18 books covers.

9 book covers.

Books I've read in May 2025. I'll be finished a good few more so I'll do another update at the end of the month. 📚👀💙

As I finish each book next month, I'll do a short review to give my thoughts! Also if anyone wants to buddy read these over on Storygraph, let me know, I'll be more than happy to.

Cover for Winter Birds by Jim Grimsley.

Winter Birds by Jim Grimsley.

"Bobjay is not the man he used to be. Since losing his arm, he has been at the mercy of doctors, unforgiving landlords and the farmers who deny him work. So he takes it out on his family, terrorizing his wife and their five children, but one day they make their stand."

Cover for Wild With All Regrets by E.L. Deards.

Wild With All Regrets by E.L. Deards.

"A decade since Lucas lost his best friend, the only man he's ever loved, he has heard Jamie's voice inside his head. And now it's not just Jamie's voice anymore; now, a specter who looks and acts exactly like Jamie has begun to haunt him."