I unlocked the Fantasy avatar bundle!

I chose my favorite look and got my avatar ready for adventure. I am going to show off the new look on social media with #maricopacountyreads

Review: Blackwood Farm

Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I finished reading this book for the second time in my life on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 4:29 p.m. My last reading session was 1 hour and 18 minutes or 78 minutes.

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🏠 Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice

My Favorite Digital Badges From 2025!

You've won a prize! Come to any Glendale Public Library to claim it!

Thank you for watching our reels! 

Thank you for watching our reels! Enjoy 5 bonus points!

Beanstack Prizes from MLCC [Maricopa Library and Cultural Center (AZ)] Summer 2025: CSLP Color Our World (Adults)

I love what this horse says! "The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library." 💙 It is in front of the MLCC.

This is the same one that's in front of my library.

I drove all the way to Maricopa to pick up my prizes! Most of the coupons are to be used in Maricopa only, so those are useless... but the books are more than worth it! I got a free book (IWTV) and bought a book from their book sale for $1 (Anne Rice Ramses)! One of the best prizes was that cool bookmark that is also a timer and clock, so you can track your reading easily. I let my Mom borrow it until she finishes "Confessions". This will be the first and last time I do this again.

Beanstack Badges from MLCC [Maricopa Library and Cultural Center (AZ)] Summer 2025: CSLP Color Our World (Adults)

Violin 1,000 Points Final Prize

Painting 900 Points

Artist 500 Points Half Way Prize

Bookcart 800 Points

Braille 400 Points

Walking Together 700 Points Level 3 Prize

Knitting 300 Points

Librarian 100 Points

Movie Camera 600 Points

Paint Palette Tubes

Beanstack Certificate of Achievement: 1000 Minutes Goal Certificate

MLCC [Maricopa Library and Cultural Center (AZ)] Summer 2025: CSLP Color Our World (Adults) on Beanstack

Looks like this is from the city of Maricopa in Arizona. It's their own Summer Reading Game. I would have to drive an hour to and from to pick up my prizes. 🤷

Amazing! 2,000 points!

I unlocked the Creatures avatar bundle!

I updated my avatar with the latest animal attire. I am going to share my avatar’s new wild look on social media with #maricopacountyreads.

Cute Summer Reading Pics.!

Here are some cute pictures I found on the Phoenix Public Library website!

Review: Confessions

Confessions by Kanae Minato
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I finished reading this book on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

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🪑 Confessions by Kanae Minato

So this is the first book selection in the first ever Mother Daughters Audiobook Club. This book club consists of Mom, Yesenia, Denise, and Ale. We are all going to listen to an audiobook together and have a discussion about it when we all finish it. We chose this book because Yesenia liked that it had murder in the story. Mom and Ale also liked it, so this is the book choice. Everyone has access to the audiobook files and this will be a lenient style book club. The actual book is quite short, so I predict that we’ll finish before August lolz. I just googled mystery, thriller books under 250 pages because that’s what Mom wanted. This book I found in a reddit post where someone recommended this. They said most Japanese thrillers are this length. Mom will have a physical copy of the book from the Glendale library. I will use a free Ebook I found online. I think that this book will be thrilling. As of writing this I switched to a physical copy of the book towards the end of almost finishing the book. All of the libraries didn’t have a copy available, so I looked on the MAX library sharing service and got one all the way from Scottsdale! 😃

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Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and found it to be a page turner, really. It was interesting to see the same story from different perspectives. It was very disturbing as well. Young kids committing such crimes.