JUNE WRAP UP & JULY TBR 📖☕️✨📔 

It sounds like you had a great reading month and have a great reading month planned for July! Ella Minnow Pea sounds like it is the perfect discussion book, though I can see where one can find it as "okay." I would have to be the judge if I ever got around to reading that book. Julia Quinn appeared on The Weakest Link back in the day. I remember her from that and she was writing then, too. I know that I spoke about Remarkably Bright Creatures with someone. Perhaps it was with you. It sounds like such a beautiful, poignant piece. The read the entire Hunger Games trilogy back in 2012. I loved the first book, but did not like Catching Fire or Mockingjay. I did not really like Peeta, but plenty of readers did. I preferred Gale, but felt that Katniss was perfectly okay on her own, despite the fact that she did need a partner to compete with in The Hunger Games. I did not read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, nor am I sure that I plan to do so. Sunrise on the Reaping, the next book, sounds like it is a prequel to the trilogy, but a sequel to Songbirds and Snakes. There is already a film adaptation planned for 2026. It feels like Suzanne Collins is merely boiling the pot, though her background is in television work. Ari from our channel did a video on Nancy Drew and he has said that it is better than The Hardy Boys because of its attention to story rather than the sheer adventure. I have yet to read either, but it is interesting how timeless the series truly is. Thank you for sharing and I hope you have a great reading month in July! -Josh

Anne’s House of Dreams is my favorite in the AOGG series!🥹 Also, I’m so happy you’re finally starting The Hunger Games series!