Weekly Wrap-Up: May 9, 2026

In this video, I discuss several buddy-reads, small group reads, and events that I am participating in. Events and Buddy-Reads: Horror Mayhem is a reading event that was created by Scott and Becky ‪@thebookishbryants‬. The event is continuing in memory of Scott and is hosted by his lovely wife, Becky ‪@thebookishbryants‬. In addition to Becky, the following people are co-hosting: Jim‪@JimReadsTooSlow‬ Dave and Olive ‪@BookBlather‬ Gareth ‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬ Greg ‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬ Michael ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬ MJ ‪@M-J‬ Randy Ray ‪@LiterateTexan‬ Le Guin Group created by Gareth ‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬ and including: ‪@hardbooks770‬ ‪@genteelblackhole‬ ‪@BookBlather‬ ‪@GenreBooks23‬ ‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬ ‪@MargaretPinard‬ ‪@books_and_bocadillos‬ ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬ ‪@RiffRaffReads‬ ‪@LiterateTexan‬ ‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬ Arianne F. Pig and Whistle Clifford D. Simak Reading Group created by Shawn ‪@ShawnDStandfast‬ and continued in his memory and now led by Scott ‪@ScottDanielson‬, including: ‪@GenreBooks23‬ ‪@sfwordsofwonder‬ ‪@sciencefictionreads‬ ‪@Bryan-the-Crustic‬ ‪@richardsonreads573‬ ‪@sciencefictionreads‬ ‪@TheBookclectic‬ ‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬ Arianne F. Meany in May: ‪@hardbooks770‬ ‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬ ‪@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH‬ ‪@nymeria941‬ ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬ ‪@books_and_bocadillos‬ ‪@LiterateTexan‬ ‪@SamShooksBooks‬ Joanna Kelly Michele Marcia Buddy-Reads with Booktubers: ‪@AlansReads‬ ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬ ‪@arockinsamsara‬ Ali Avid-Reader Women of Words, Episode 5, on Angelia's channel ‪@readandre-read‬: https://www.youtube.com/live/FJr20QHJ... Books Mentioned: Thompson, Flora. Lark Rise to Candleford. DuMaurier, Daphne. Three Romantic Novels: Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn. Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. Jones, Tayari. Kin. Kingfisher, T. Wolf Worm. Simak, Clifford D. They Walked Like Men. Le Guin, Ursula K. The Word for World Is Forest in Hainish Novels & Stories Volume Two. Library of America. Ellison, Harlan, ed. Again, Dangerous Visions: 46 Original Stories. Cole-Dai, Phyllis and Ruby R. Wilson. Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems. #readingupdate #readingplans #horrorfiction #poetrycommunity #booktubecommunity