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!