june-a-ling-a book-ding!!

here come all of june’s monday morning weekly reading book reviews! appearing as they happen all month: complete with links to bookshop.org where you can learn more about each title— or shop + support the indie bookstore of your choice while you’re at it! :D

many happy, colourful reads to you, my page*sniffers! :)

xo,

*hallie :)


✨📖 weekly reading book review june 2025: episode one!! 📖✨

📚 this week i read:

😭 THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by lisa see 

💖 THE ROMANCE RIVALRY by susan lee

🎨 in picture books & faerie tales:

🌟 hilary knight’s THE OWL & THE PUSSY CAT

(you’ll have to find a used copy somewhere!)

🌟 LON PO PO written & illustrated by ed young

🌟 YEH-SHEN a cinderella story from china retold by ai-ling louie & illustrated by ed young 

📺 watched:

💃🏽 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES season two

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8510382/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

🧵 PROJECT RUNWAY season 19 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437741/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

📖 currently reading:

🔎 THE STOLEN QUEEN by fiona davis

my copy from book of the month: https://www.bookofthemonth.com/refer/4fk6zo9eig4

📚 miiiiiiight read next:

💜 A WIZARD’S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING by t. kingfisher 

💙 THE BIG BAZOOHLEY by peter carey

(a weekly reader book!)

🩵 EGO IS THE ENEMY by ryan holiday

💛 DEEP WORK by cal newport 

👉🏽 don’t forget all of my faves are organized by genre on my bookshop.org page for you to explore: https://bookshop.org/shop/halthegal

👉🏽 new timelapse illustration video is up in the crayon box + happy mail (with june’s sticker!!!) ships this week!! https://www.patreon.com/halthegal

with a glorious mess in the studio to wade through,

💖xo,

*hallie 🤓


next episode coming next monday, june 9!