Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I'm bubbling (or maybe burbling) about books I plan to read in June.

Booktube events mentioned including a host or link so you can find out more:
Reading the Globe @PageTurnersWithKatja join us on Discord discord.gg/Bc5Hrkn2BV
Joyreading June with @CharlieBrookReads @GemofBooks and @spreadbookjoy youtu.be/H2m83EqILbE?si=_uaE238FLCEQPdwi
June on the Range multiple hosts, an announcement by @royreadsanything youtu.be/YUfu0g4ypNE?si=UMYWDttI4srigPIs
Summer of Sport hosts include @BookTimewithElvis and @RaynorReadsStuff youtu.be/c2wTqELn4Gs?si=XsP9ICRlh5Kni1kE
Katie's anniversary readathon @katiejlumsden youtu.be/XGbcVziFwd0?si=xfvuZjDMdx3EeLP_ and favourite historical fiction youtu.be/RtBDEJ9Gg9M?si=6aXZyx4ouTOw8Aj7
Historical Fiction Readathon 2025 @CoynieReads youtu.be/1mJoErQKekM?si=hpnNUQ9pow7z78OL
Big Book Summer @awebofstories youtu.be/I7vUaVSng6k?si=YZalxZvmUkpSfhmi
@JentheLibrarianreads Thomas Hardy readalong youtu.be/FVRuE8hjBFI?si=UYkHqANiDOfaV7zL
@shawnbreathesbooks book club for patreons

Books mentioned:
The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami translated by Ted Goossen
Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono translated by Emily Balastrieri
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Mare by Angharad Hampshire - thanks @benreadsgood for the recommendation and the copy
Days of Light by Megan Hunter
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Lorne Kenny and Olive Kenny
Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce