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It is summer reading time, as the days are long and hot! 📖🌻 This July is all about picnic perfect reads with the A Side of Love the @owlcrate @words.and.whimsy reading challenge. I am packing up my favorite summer snacks, and soon to be favorite books, with a classic sunflower picnic quilt.

What are you excited to read this month?

What I am reading this month:

The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko

Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines

Nobody’s Quest by Alyssa Day

A Curious Kind of Magic by Mara Rutherford

Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence

How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin

His Face is the Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora

Baked and Brewed by Ann Willoughby

“When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find.” Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea

June is going to be a great month for reading, my TBR is ready! 📚❤️ This month is all about All Star reads in the @owlcrate reading challenge, free to join in the Nest app. These books look great with a colorful quilt.

Here is what I am reading this month:

Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes

Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas

The Princess Paradigm by Lindsey Buroker

Four Ruined Realms by Mai Corland

Saltswept by Katalina Watt

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

Platform Decay by Martha Wells

“From warm sunlight to swaying daffodils, the stripes of a bumblebee or even the shiny warning colors of a tropical frog, yellow grabs attention in nature.” The Colors of Nature by Catherine Barr and illustrator Chaaya Prabhat

We love adding color to our quilts! 📖💛 Especially when it is a colorful book. This book is a wonderful reminder of all the different ways color shows up in nature. Giving us a bit of fun inspiration every day.

What is your favorite color?

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Creature Comforts photo challenge is Under the Canopy: A book with a Jungle.

“People need beauty, too. They need dreams and possibility. They need magic, Willow. They believe because I believe. I hope someday you will, too.”

Mara Rutherford, A Curious Kind of Magic

It’s a bit rainy, but a magical day anyways. 📖☔️ With a magical book, and quilt of course! This lovely pony quilt looks great with the metallic shine of this hardcover book. Just a bit of country shine with wild flowers, and blue skies.

It is finally May, which means a new TBR stack! 📖📚 This month is all about creature companions in the @owlcrate Creature Comforts reading challenge. Free to join in the Owlcrate Nest app. I will be catching up on some of my anticipated reads this month.

Here is my TBR:

Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan

Her Hidden Fire by Clíodhna O’Sullivan

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews

The Bone Raiders by Jackson Ford

Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

“It was a test of a fragile trust. It was a test of our curiosity and fascination, which walked side by side with our fear. A test of whether we preferred to be ignorant or unsafe.”

Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! 📖🍓I always enjoy stopping by my local stores, and just browse. @bookferretnc recommended this recent read, and it is the best book of the month. It was also a great day for shopping at our local farmers market, and strawberry farm. We love strawberry season!

Today’s @owlcrate @OCthenest @words.and.whimsy Just One More Page photo challenge is The Best Book of the Month. There is something compelling about the mysteries of the natural world. When it acts in a contrary way than expected it can become uncanny, and horrifying.