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\u2665 Hush My Darling<\/a> by Leigh Kenny (5\u2605)\n\u2665 Natural Beauty<\/a> by Ling Ling Huang (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Crane Husband<\/a> by Kelly Barnhill (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
Film Reviews<\/strong> Graphic Novel Reviews<\/strong> Game Reviews<\/strong> Manga Reviews<\/strong> Other Posts<\/strong> I managed to read a few things, but not much.<\/p>\n Books<\/strong> Graphic Novels<\/strong> \u2665 Morimens This month has not been a great month for me. I had leg surgery at the end of April and I have been in recovery ever since. Let me tell you, I have never appreciated being able to just hop upstairs to take a shower more in my life than now. I managed to read a few things but admittedly I have spent most of my time on the touch exhausted with my leg elevated, trying to sleep off the pain and swelling. I have a long road ahead of me, but my husband has been supportive. It’s been a stressful time for both of us, but we’re managing.<\/p>\n Book Boxes<\/strong> Ebook Purchases<\/strong> HumbleBundle Ebooks<\/strong> Amazon First<\/strong> We’ll see how my recovery goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posts Book Reviews \u2665 Hush My Darling by Leigh Kenny (5\u2605) \u2665 Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (5\u2605) \u2665 The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (4\u2605) Film Reviews \u2665…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3217],"tags":[],"book-author":[],"book-illustrator":[],"book-series":[],"book-publisher":[],"book-genre":[],"book-source":[],"book-format":[],"class_list":["post-30095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-blog-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogreview_may2026-header.png?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30095"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32855,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30095\/revisions\/32855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-illustrator?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-publisher?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-genre?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-source?post=30095"},{"taxonomy":"book-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-format?post=30095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2665 Joy Ride<\/a> (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 George Orwell\u2019s Animal Farm<\/a> by Christina Dumalasova, Katerina Horakova, & Michael Purmensky (2.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Game of Thrones<\/a> (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Plague Inc.: Evolved<\/a> (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Touhou Mystia\u2019s Izakaya<\/a> (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Shiver<\/a> by Junji Ito (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 10 Great Horror Cover Artists \u2013 Part 4<\/a>
\n\u2665 10 Great Horror Cover Artists \u2013 Part 5<\/a>
\n\u2665 June 2026 New Release Horror Books<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBooks Read<\/h2>\n
\n\u2665 Spread Me by Sarah Gailey (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Cry Room by Kathe Koja (2\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 George Orwell’s Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel by Christina Dumalasova, Katerina Horakova, & Michael Purmensky (2.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
\nGames Played<\/h2>\n
\n\u2665 Plague Inc: Evolved
\n\u2665 Whiskerwood<\/p>\n
\nLife and Other Things<\/h2>\n
\nBooks Hauled<\/h2>\n
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I ended up picking up a bunch of ebooks thanks to HumbleBundle. I have been wanting to check out some older fantasy works and Mercedes Lackey seems interesting! I hope to get to a few of her books later this year.<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud (Twisted Retreat)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 In the Dollhouse We All Wait by Amanda M. Blake
\n\u2665 The Hunt by Amanda Ruzsa<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Arrows Fall by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Arrows Flight by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Bastion by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Changes by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Closer to the Heart by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Exile’s Honor by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Exile’s Valor by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Foundation by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Magic’s Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Magic’s Price by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Magic’s Promise by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Oathblood by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Oathbreaker by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Owlsight by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Redoubt by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Spy, Spy Again by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 The Hills Have Spies by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 The Silver Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey
\n\u2665 Winds of Fury by Mercedes Lackey<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 The Confession Artist by Christine Carbo
\n\u2665 The Replacement by Liv Constantine<\/p>\n
\nNext Month<\/h2>\n