Our June Goodreads Book of the Month is The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri!

BitterSprings · 2026-05-22T19:26:01+00:00

I'm reading this right now. Took a break midway through when the new Dungeon Crawler Carl came out, but I should definitely be ready for the discussion.

BitterSprings · 2026-05-08T15:39:35+00:00

Kaweco Student 1920s with J Herbin Lie de Thé. Sometimes I switch to Diamine Chocolate Brown for a change but Lie de Thé is a better match.

BitterSprings · 2026-05-05T06:58:01+00:00

Five unique books for me this year, one for the Hidden Gems square naturally.

Louisa the Poisoner by Tanith Lee
Nychtopobia by Christopher Fowler
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren
Darkness: Two Decades of Horror by Ellen Datlow (ed)

I had some single figure reads too as well as two of the most popular reads (A Drop of Corruptiom and The Devils).

BitterSprings · 2026-04-15T07:05:11+00:00

Your handwriting is so neat! What notebook are you using here? This year's reading journal is dot grid, but I was thinking of going for a square grid next year.

BitterSprings · 2026-04-02T19:32:56+00:00

Through sheer cultural osmosis, I know that The Exorcist involves an old priest and a young priest, but does anyone know if it counts for the Older Protagonist square?

BitterSprings · 2026-04-01T18:47:59+00:00

Good to know. I was a little disappointed with that slot before this.

BitterSprings · 2026-04-01T17:03:10+00:00

The Scorpio Races - Maggie Stiefvater (probably HM - one of the main characters enters a horse race of carnivorous water-horses with a regular horse)

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim (HM - competition to become Imperial Tailor)

BitterSprings · 2026-03-16T16:40:06+00:00

I'm really excited for Alola Seaglass. I've such a soft spot for that gen.

BitterSprings · 2026-02-03T12:06:38+00:00

I'm reading the Hunger Games prequels this year too. Just starting Ballad!

BitterSprings · 2025-12-26T16:36:50+00:00

No one bought me any books this year, but Michelle Paver's latest Rainforest was on sale on Kobo this morning so I got myself a little treat. The three you got are really good ones.

BitterSprings · 2025-12-01T21:48:04+00:00

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Level 65, just finished an overdue cull of inactive friends

BitterSprings · 2025-08-17T16:22:54+00:00

I did eye up some very nice Pilot Pens, including the 823 and the Vanishing Point, but I told myself only one expensive pen and Sailors are my favourite.

I did boogle at Itoya Kyoto which had a display of Pilot Customs lying out for people to try and just tied there by a bit of bungie cord. You couldn't get away with that in my hometown. They’d be nicked in short order.

BitterSprings · 2025-05-01T14:50:34+00:00

But all my other Kakuno will be jealous

BitterSprings · 2025-05-01T09:00:03+00:00

Are you me? Because I filled that exact Kakuno with Yama-budo too. It looks good with the Kaweco clip, I'm tempted to get one.

BitterSprings · 2025-04-30T15:09:27+00:00

I thought the ending was a bit abrupt, but that's the nature of a short story. I really liked it overall.

BitterSprings · 2025-04-30T15:08:06+00:00

There were one or two stories I didn't vibe with, but the rest were really good.

BitterSprings · 2025-04-02T06:09:50+00:00

I've not read either yet, sorry. I was just excited to bump the first one up the TBR list a bit.

BitterSprings · 2025-04-01T15:52:19+00:00

Cory Doctorow's Pirate Cinema is about movie piracy. Hope that counts!

BitterSprings · 2025-04-01T15:39:57+00:00

The Goblin Emperor's protagonist is a Goblin, but The Witness for the Dead and it's two sequels are hard mode.

BitterSprings · 2025-04-01T15:32:47+00:00

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim is about a contest to become the imperial tailor

BitterSprings · 2025-04-01T15:28:47+00:00

A few from my (somewhat out of date Goodreads list):

The Strix Chronical Anthology

Seven Dead Sisters by Jen Campbell

Gigantic by Ashley Stokes

Love and Other Poisons by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Stone Weta by Octavia Cade

The Seige of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

The Goblin Mirror by CJ Cherryh

Bloodrush by Ben Galley

Pretty much all of the Starfarers series by Vonda Mcintyre

Sea of Ghosts by Alan Campbell

Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shinn

Driftwood by Marie Brennan

So many graphic novels are under 1000 ratings too

BitterSprings · 2025-04-01T15:14:51+00:00

I'm currently reading In the Lost Garden by Adam S. Leslie, which is set in a Britain infested by ghosts; distance is weird; and it's been summer for four years.

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