Welcome back! I mentioned in my last post that I would be expanding this blog to include more of my interests, not just the fandoms. So, today let’s talk about some of the books I read last month. Of the thirty books I read in June, I rated eight as five star reads. I typically give five stars if I emotionally connect with a book or find it so interesting I am unable to put it down. Those aren’t the only reasons, just the usual ones.

Here are a few of my five star reads from June:

Once More With Feeling by Elissa Sussman – This is a second chance romance, which is a favorite trope of mine. She is a theater nerd, he is a musician turned director. When they reconnect, it’s as enemies who still have feelings for each other. The bumpy ride as they work through their history makes for a good read.

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks – I listened to this audiobook read by Hanks and a cast of characters. The movie that is the subject of the book is a superhero movie and therefore right in my wheelhouse. The book, told through three different timelines, weaves an interesting story between seemingly unconnected events. While those in the book may not see how everything connects, the reader does. It’s like finding all of the Easter eggs in a movie – a lot of fun.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston – I loved this book. It gives very strong The Lake House vibes, which is a favorite movie of mine. An apartment with a history of slipping through time. Residents who run into each other in that apartment at times. “Love is never a matter of time, but a matter of timing” (from the book blurb). This book really touched me.

The rest of my June five star reads are:

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Crimson River by Devney Perry

How to Say I Do by Tal Bauer

Broadway Butchery by C.S. Poe

What I’m watching now: Smallville, season 1

What I’m reading now: Made for Romeo by Natasha Madison

What I’m listening to now: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead

What I’m knitting now: 2023 Temperature Blanket for my daughter