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Erica Robyn Reads

a horror book review blog

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May 2023 | Recap

June 1, 2023      Erica Robyn      5 Comments

May 2023 Recap - Erica Robyn Reads

May absolutely flew by!

One of my focuses was to continue to do the social media purge that I began in April. I started out by continuing to review my connections on all social platforms keeping connections with those that I actively engage with or care to see in my feeds, though I’m sure I still have some more work to do. I deleted my accounts on a few phone apps that I wasn’t enjoying being part of. Then I ended up taking the Twitter and Facebook apps off my phone.

Let me tell you… this was SO refreshing and I can tell that it’s been AMAZING for my mental health. As a bonus, it has freed up loads of time where I can read and cope with pregnancy.

Speaking of, we hit 20 weeks this month and celebrated with a little half-baked photoshoot! I am equally shocked that we’re already but also only halfway…

Let’s dive in!

My May Recap

Reading:

  • Dark Thoughts by Kevin J. Kennedy
  • Every Woman Knows This by Laurel Hightower
  • House Of Rot by Danger Slater
  • It Looks Like Dad by J. Krawczyk
  • Linghun by Ai Jiang
  • Old Tales Reborn by J. C. Michael
  • Table for 3 Anthology edited by Holly Rae Garcia
  • Tales from the Southern Fried Crypt by Ronald Kelly
  • The After-Death of Caroline Rand by Catherine Cavendish
  • The Circus of Hungry Clowns by Caesar Ruell
  • The Horror Collection: Gold Edition by KJK Publishing
  • The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca
  • You Only Get One Shot by Kevin J. Kennedy & J.C. Michael
  • Vampiro by Kevin J. Kennedy

Other Posts:

  • Little Ghosts Unboxing | April 2023
  • [Feature] Little Free Library Visit – #17
  • Worst Laid Plans | Film Adaptation
  • Visiting Hello Hello Books in Rockland, Maine
  • Little Ghosts Unboxing | May 2023

Monthly bookish-haul:

My favorite book photo this month:

The After-Death of Caroline Rand by Catherine Cavendish book photo by Erica Robyn Reads

Thanks for reading!

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Megan says

    June 2, 2023 at 4:16 pm

    I didn’t know you were pregnant! Congratulations! That’s so exciting. I’ve been doing a social media cleanse too recently.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      June 3, 2023 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you! <3 Ugh, isn't is SO refreshing?!

      Reply
  2. Laurie | Bark says

    June 2, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    Congrats again on your pregnancy. I am so happy for you! I’m about to remove Twitter from my phone and use it online to post bookish things. No more scrolling. I’ve wasted so many hours of my life on that app and it has caused me so much stress it’s ridiculous.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      June 3, 2023 at 8:29 pm

      Thank you!! <3 And same. I couldn't help but doom scroll alllll the time. There's just too much darn drama all the time! Someone reamed me out a couple months ago for unfollowing them, and that was my breaking point with social media. I'm there for friends, books, and fun. I don't want to feel obligated to follow people because they follow me. That's so toxic! Now, I just pop on when I'm on my computer now to post about books and scroll for a minute or two to see what's up, looking for positive things. Then I make myself log off. My private list of accounts I care about has been really nice to have! I mainly just go check in on that 🙂 You're on there of course!!

      Reply

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