Hi all!
I hope everyone’s staying safe at the moment!
How is everything going with you? I live in the state of Victoria in Australia, and we are the one state who can’t seem to get control of the virus. All other states have closed their borders to us and 36 suburbs have been forced back into lockdown — thankfully, my suburb hasn’t, but I live in between many suburbs that have … one of which is where I work. Basically, no one is allowed in or out of these suburbs except for work and that’s it. It’s kind of terrifying 😅. But we’ll get through it!

Books read

10 reads: 5 audiobooks, 3 books, 1 novella, 1 graphic novel
Book of the month

I loved the final book in the Daevabad series! It ended perfectly in my opinion, with the potential for a romance between two of my favourite characters to develop after the series. Everything was tied up perfectly, and I hope Chakraborty writes a short story/novella about Jamshid and Muntadhir!
Best posts
ARCs received/books bought
ARCs
Bought
Non-bookish Stuff
This month, I rewatched Avatar: The Last Airbender which is the fifth (?) time I’ve watched the entire series from start to finish. I rewatched it again because I saw so many people on twitter watching it for the first time after it was put on the American Netflix, and I got FOMO … even though I’ve already watched it haha.
I also just recently bought a Nintendo Switch and I love it! I’ve been playing Animal Crossing and Lego: Harry Potter non-stop. I’ve also bought Oxenfree which I plan to play soon! Please give me any game recommendations!

I also started re-listening to the Witch, Please podcast, which is one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to. It’s about two professors who read the Harry Potter books and watch the movies and then analyse them and discuss! As they’re professors, they go deep into the analysis and its so fascinating. And don’t worry, they are not hardcore J.K. Rowling fans, and criticise her many times.
And lastly, I’ve been LOVING Blackpink’s new song How You Like That? And the video clip is awesome, I love these girls so much

Great posts from the community
- My amazing friend Steffy @ Little Booky Nook wrote some amazing posts this month, but my favourites are A Review: Tian Guan Ci Fu (which is one of my favourite books), and My Favourite Characters and Their Theme Songs
- Rach from @ Anxious Nachos posted an LGBTQ+ post every day this month for Pride Month and it was great! My favourite posts are Retellings but make it gay, and 2 Fast 2 Tropey
- Anna and Charlotte @ Reads Rainbow wrote up an amazing post of book recommendations based on Gilbert Baker’s pride flag
- In this awesome post, Nadwa @ Painfully Fictional lists her favourite KDramas (which I’ve really wanted to get into!)
- Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads lists her top 5 favourite F/F relationships
- Aria @ Book Nook Bits reread the entire Heroes of Olympus series in a week and recorded her thoughts in a post
- Kay @ Hammock of Books discussed reclaiming Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling

Looking forward: July
The fact that it’s July today disgusts me. How?!?! It still feels like April!
Reviews to come:
- The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
- The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Tentative TBR:

HOW WAS YOUR JUNE? WHAT BOOKS DID YOU READ? WHAT SHOWS ARE YOU WATCHING? LET ME KNOW!

Thank you so much for mentioning my post 🥰 I also want to read Felix Ever After next month; it looks amazing!!
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I can’t wait to see what you think of The Luminous Dead! I adored that book (the audio is great too!)
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Aaaaah thank you so much for mentioning my post!!!! Omg I looooooved The Empire of Gold, and I am wondering if there is going to be a spin-off for another character (I don’t want to say who in case someone reads this and then I spoil something for them).
And omg, I have listened to How You Like That SO MANY TIMES!!! I love Blackpink so much!!!!! Great wrap-up and Happy July!
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You’re welcome bb! Yesss Empire of Gold was fantastic! I have a lot of characters I would love Chakraborty to write novellas about haha
YES BLACKPINK’S NEW SONG IS AMAZING!
Thank you lovely ❤
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Thanks so much for mentioning my post ❤ hopefully you get the virus under control and open up again 🙂 (either way at least you're not in the united states of complete idiots like me lol)
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I heard that BLACKPINK’s latest MV went viral! I need to check them out, could you recommend me your favorite songs? Also, thank you so so much for mentioning my post Laura!! 😍💕
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Omg yes! So: DDU-DU-DDU (my absolute favourite), Kill This Love, Boombayah, Forever Young, Sour Candy (with Lady Gaga), Playing with Fire, and Solo (which is just Jennie singing).
You’re welcome bb 💕
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I checked them out just now and I really like them!! Especially Solo, I think I heard the song before as BGM for some instagram edits but I didn’t know it was BLACKPINK’s 😂
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Laura!! Thank you so much for sharing my post!! 💕 My pingbacks haven’t been working since I went self-hosted (and I have no idea how to fix this), so it was so lovely to see this while blog-hopping!! *cries*
I am so keen for another re-watch of ATLA!! Zuko is just the greatest character of all time, forever and ever, always. 😂
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You’re welcome! Yes Zuko is just amazing 😭
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