Monthly Wrap Up - and what I didn't do, rather than what I did do!

So this is my Monthly Wrap Up for June - a month that gave us some shocking and heartbreaking news on here, and therefore, a slow reading month for me.
In this video I mention the Historathon, created by Vin at ‪@revenantreads‬
with the following co-hosts:
Peg ‪@TheHistoryShelf‬ ‪@TheHistoryShelf‬
John ‪@NicholasOfAutrecourt‬ ‪@NicholasOfAutrecourt‬
Mark ‪@BookTimewithElvis‬ ‪@BookTimewithElvis‬
Bill ‪@billruttenberg‬ ‪@billruttenberg‬
Debs ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬ ‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬
Erica ‪@passageoftime8561‬ ‪@passageoftime8561‬
Me ‪@ReadbyFred‬ ‪@ReadbyFred‬
I definitely recommend The Black Death as a great subject to read about, but I failed to to it in time this month.
I also mentioned June on the range, hosted by ‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬ and co-hosted by:
‪@unlimitedreads‬
‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬
‪@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn‬
‪@M-J‬
‪@BookTimewithElvis‬
‪@LiterateTexan‬
‪@ShawnDStandfast‬
‪@saintdonoghue‬
I also mention the Book Trek event, again hosted by Vin and co-hosted by:
‪@TheBookclectic‬
‪@ReadbyFred‬
‪@saintdonoghue‬
‪@michaelk.vaughan8617‬
‪@LiterateTexan‬
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[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

Very tough times

[@bookboundweirdo]

I'm so sorry to see how rough life has been for you lately Gareth! I'm sending all my support your way!

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Thanks Celeste - it will all feel different in a few weeks. xx

[@DianeSLoftis]

Goodness, Gareth.. all things considered you’ve accomplished a lot really. So, chin up buttercup! 🤘🏼 Your beach videos are so cool. It’s neat to see a different sorta beach. I’m in Florida- all white sand with shells closest to the water. 🐚 Haha! Great find on your Orwell book. I recently started reading a few of his essays (and other works) online via the Orwell Foundation. Prayers and good vibes to you and your family.

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

I'd like to visit Florida one day! Thanks for the nice words Diane.

[@CliffsDarkGems]

I am so sorry for your loss my friend, I wish I had known their channels. Sending love and positive vibes Mate! Best wishes to your mum as well, hope all is ok. Reach out to me if you need support my friend. I might be a Saffa on the other side of the world, but I am there for you if you need me.

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Thanks Cliff. We all have rough months, and it was good to address it when it's affected my down time and my reading. I might waffle to you about it all one day.

[@revenantreads]

Sorry to hear how tough things have been, Gareth.

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Thanks Vin - it will be a nicer, calmer Summer. Big hugs back mate.

[@davebrzeski]

You shouldn't worry. I started a very thin romance digest for the first Garbaugust, and I still haven't finished it!

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

hahaha love it

[@passageoftime8561]

I hope you're doing okay, Gareth. ❤

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Thanks Erica - hope you're ok too.

[@heidi6281]

Gareth are you the theater teacher as well as a music teacher too?

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

I was this year - I've done it three separate years because the timetabling needed it - and this year was the year I enjoyed it the most for various reasons. I might get to teach it again, but next year it's falling to other people in the department for now. This year I did three units with them - a history of the theatre unit, a children's theatre unit where they ended up devising a piece and performed it in front of primary school kids, and the Beckett study at the end.

[@heidi6281]

@@bookssongsandothermagic Teaching theater sounds like “Other Magic” to me!

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

@@heidi6281 yeah absolutely!