Shannon Kay's Blog

I love to find a local coffee shop, especially a local roaster while traveling. We had our afternoon coffee break at Succulent Coffee Roasters. I bought some beans to take home.

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I got my new bookcase assembled and started lining up my Book of the Month books in month order.

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I loved all the different locations. I had also recently been to Palm Springs in July(for my daughter’s dance competition) and really enjoyed all the jokes about how hot and ridiculous it is. A fun summery “rom-com”.

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It was nostalgic, with depth. I appreciate the themes of video games and theatre, and the friendship love story.

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Wonderful! Different than what I expected from the description. This book felt modern and relevant to the times, but was also fantastic with sci-fi and fantasy elements. Fun and weird, but dealt with serious issues as well.

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I’ve read a quarter of my July Book of the Month. I married a game developer, so I was excited to try a book about game developers, and I love the different time periods and locations so far.

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Book and coffee pairing! Book Lovers was an ideal summer read.

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I’m delighted by the embossing on my Book of the Month. It’s the last day of June! Where did the month go? 📖📖📖

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The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle was a lovely book. It was told from the point of view of three different women in England during World War II. I loved getting to know each character and easing into the village. This book was filled with women helping each other, and included some sweet romance. I also enjoyed the detail about clothes rationing, “make do and mend”, and wartime “utility” design for clothes.

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I’m really enjoying The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle, my Book of the Month book for June! It’s been a while since I’ve read a first-time book in paper format that wasn’t for my kids, and it’s been really fun.

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My birthday was earlier this month, and as part of my celebration I finally ordered a Book of the Month box. I selected The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle as my book of the month. I added on The Sound of Stars as well, a book which I’ve already read and enjoyed in ebook format.

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I was planning to space out my re-read of Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron when I was expecting a November release of the final book in The Last Hours trilogy. Since the release date for Chain of Thorns has been moved to January 2023, I decided to just read the first two books now and enjoy them!

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This was a wonderfully presented graphic novel that told George Takei’s personal story of his experiences at Japanese internment camps during WWII. It was also a memoir of George Takei’s life after the war. The story from young George’s perspective was really affective. As a parent with young children, it was especially impactful to read about how the children viewed the experiences with innocence, many times thinking things were fun adventures. And how much the parents worked to keep it that way.

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The No-Show was different and wonderful. The book is told from the perspectives of three different women; Siobhan, Miranda, and Jane. At the beginning of the The No-Show, I was most interested in the stories and backgrounds of the three women. Even when I wasn’t sure what to think about each woman’s interactions with “No-Show” Joseph Carter, I was invested in finding out more about the female characters.

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Coffee pictured with my gorgeous 10th Anniversary edition of Clockwork Angel. Unfortunately, I’ve completed my chronological-ish reread of shadow hunter books and I’m trying not to start re-reading The Last Hours yet, since the final book in that series is not coming out until November January.

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Rainy day reading and coffee! It doesn’t rain much here, so when it does rain I’m excited. Until I have to go somewhere. I’m now reading Queen of Air and Darkness as part of my chronological-ish Shadowhunter reread. 🌧🌧🌧

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