Top Ten Tuesdays – My Ten Most Recent Reads

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 26 Comments

There you go, for all my Star Wars fans. It’s a fitting day to get a post up again. It’s also Asian (American) and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and I’m so happy for it. I rep my Asian and Pacific Islander heritage all day every day, and I love being able to see AAPI pride all over the place. It may not be the same here as it is in Hawaii, but I’m still happy to be able to dedicate this month (honestly all the time tbh) to celebrate and read novels about, written by, and for our AAPI family. I’ll share some of my favorite books and most anticipated reads on my bookstagram, and hopefully I’ll also update my library with the books I still haven’t purchased yet.

Goodreads Monday – Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad

February 22, 2021 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 5 Comments

My father in law passed away last week. The funeral is next week. Things have been pretty melancholy in the house of course, and it’s hard to not be able to do anything for my husband but just be there. I know he’s trying to be strong, but I hope he knows that it’s okay to be in pain right now, and nobody would fault him for it.

So after this post, I’ll be on another hiatus for a bit until the funeral is over, and we talk about what may need to get done. I couldn’t imagine losing a parent, and I just hurt so much for my husband.

Thanks to Dini @ Dini Panda Reads, I’m adding Goodreads Monday to my weekly meme schedule, and I’m excited to do this one. This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners and it invites you to pick a book from your TBR and explain why you want to read it.

First Line Fridays: 02/11/21

February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads ♥ 0 Leave a Comment

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!