It’s time for a weekly check-in!

I’ve been doing “WWW Wednesday” posts for a while, but posting it on a specific day every week doesn’t always work for me, and I wanted to switch things up a little, so I’m changing these over to a “weekly check-in” where I’ll talk about what I’m reading, what I’ve finished reading lately, a little life update, and maybe some other non-bookish stuff like movies I’ve watched or games I’m playing a lot of! (It also gave me a good excuse to play around with a new graphic art pack I bought!)

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It’s been a busy, good week! First, we had an Unexpected Readathon round last weekend, and it was the most successful round of the readathon that I personally have had in a while! Then, Monday was my spouse’s birthday, so we had some fun birthday celebration stuff here at home that kept us going.

On top of all of that, life with the kittens is never boring (especially since, Monday night, we decided to start letting them sleep in bed with us instead of putting them in their playpen at bedtime, which means we’ve had 2 nights in a row of rambunctious kittens waking us up to play lol).

Oh, and the latter half of last week was REALLY hot and sunny here, which meant lots of pool time in the backyard. Needless to say, this past week kind of flew past me. 😂

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I may not have had anything for this section in last week’s update, but I definitely do this week!

• Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology // edited by Nico Bell & Sonora Taylor (REVIEW)
  • I didn’t love this as much as I hoped I would, but it was still fun!
• Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead // Elle Cosimano
  • I loved this so much and I’m SO sad that book 3 is still half a year away 😭 I had a blast buddy reading this with Leslie!
• An Arrow to the Moon // Emily X.R. Pan (DNF)
  • I’m majorly sad that this was an early DNF after how hyped I was for it, but as many other reviewers have said before me… it’s boring as hell.
• Ten Count, Vol. 1 // Rihito Takarai (re-read)
  • A re-read before finally reading Volume 2 for one of my monthly TBR jar picks!
• Ten Count, Vol. 2 // Rihito Takarai
  • I wish I’d loved this as much as Volume 1, but it had some SERIOUS consent issues that need addressing. I honestly wish I hadn’t ordered a copy of Volume 3 before reading this, because I probably wouldn’t be continuing the series if not for that.
• In Darkness, Delight: Fear the Future // edited by Andrew Lennon & Evans Light
  • I love sci-fi horror and this anthology was an AMAZING collection of examples of some of the best sci-fi horror I’ve read!

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Hey, I made a little bit of progress! I mean… I knocked 2 books off of this list, though I did add another one on to the list… Anyways. 👀

• The Shadow of the Gods // John Gwynne → 14%, last updated May 3
• Vespertine // Margaret Rogerson → 20%, last updated Feb 12
• A Court of Silver Flames // Sarah J. Maas → 6%, last updated March 2
• Delilah Green Doesn’t Care // Ashley Herring Blake → 15%, last updated May 1
• Queen of Teeth // Hailey Piper → 8%, last updated May 2
• Furiously Happy // Jenny Lawson → 46%, last updated May 20
• Hide // Kiersten White → 5%, last updated May 9
• Her Soul for Revenge // Harley Laroux → 18%, last updated May 14
• Summer’s Edge // Dana Mele → 22%, last updated May 24

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Other than a lot of reading and family stuff this week, I’ve been playing a lot of Fortnite! The current season ends in a little over a week, and I’ve already finished the battle pass, but now I’m just grinding out levels to try to get the silver Dr. Strange skin style. 😂 (I feel like everyone who doesn’t play/like Fortnite is reading this like, wha?)

There was also a new PowerWash Simulator accessibility update that added a new aim option to fight motion sickness, and since I love the game but it does give me serious motion sickness, I’ve been spending a little time adjusting to the new options to see if it helps! So far, it hasn’t made much of a difference, but I’m crossing my fingers because it sucks to love a game so much but to have to play it in such small doses due to the nausea it gives me. 😬

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What are you reading right now, or what did you recently finish? Is anything exciting happening in your life? Let me know in the comments!

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— destiny ♥

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