Friday, January 3, 2025
Monthly ARC's Update 103
So I read my next book for Monthly ARC's and it was The Afterdark by E. Latimer from the January list, Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi from the February list, and Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells from the November list.
Here's the link to this month's post with my journey.
How it Works:
Here's the link to this month's post with my journey.
How it Works:
This is my monthly ARC accountability challenge, to list out the books that I have as ARC's that are being published in the coming month, rounding them up at the start of the month, and seeing how well I did at the end, as well as rounding up the next month's books.
Book Blogger Hop #378, January 3rd
Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
The Question of the week is: It's 2025; are you looking forward to any highly anticipated book releases or reading events in January or the following months? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
Of course I'm looking forward to Onyx Storm, that's the big one. There's a few others, but that's the big one. What about you guys? Happy reading!
First Lines Friday #712, January 3rd
First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
-Grab your current read(s)-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!
That sounds pretty ominous! I need to read more, to understand what is going on! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Random Reads #685, January 2nd
Third Sentence Thursday #699, January 2nd
Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!
1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.
2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)
3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)
4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!
"I haven't been with the Adversary for seven years, but It does take care of Its own." -Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells, page 26.
Well, that could be good or bad, because 7 years is a long time. Must read omre now! What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!
"I haven't been with the Adversary for seven years, but It does take care of Its own." -Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells, page 26.
Well, that could be good or bad, because 7 years is a long time. Must read omre now! What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!
Will the Time Come #709, January 2nd
Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book
-Link the post up in the linky
-Visit the other blogs
In this Egyptian-inspired debut fantasy, a fugitive queen strikes a deadly bargain with her greatest enemy and finds herself embroiled in a complex game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever.
Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic outlawed; its royal family murdered down to the last child. At least, that’s what Sylvia wants people to believe.
The lost Heir of Jasad, Sylvia never wants to be found. She can’t think about how Nizahl’s armies laid waste to her kingdom and continue to hunt its people—not if she wants to stay alive. But when Arin, the Nizahl Heir, tracks a group of Jasadi rebels to her village, staying one step ahead of death gets trickier.
In a moment of anger Sylvia’s magic is exposed, capturing Arin’s attention. Now, to save her life, Sylvia will have to make a deal with her greatest enemy. If she helps him lure the rebels, she’ll escape persecution.
A deadly game begins. Sylvia can’t let Arin discover her identity even as hatred shifts into something more. Soon, Sylvia will have to choose between the life she wants and the one she left behind. The scorched kingdom is rising, and it needs a queen.
Why the time hasn't come yet...
It's a debut that is getting it's sequel this year, so there's not much to remind me of it's existence, and there's just so many to read! But it sounds really good and I want to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Waiting on Wednesday #712, January 1st
Expected Publication: January 21st, 2025
From Goodreads:
From Goodreads:
THE STORM IS COMING . . .
Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons.
No more time for uncertainty.
Because the battle has truly begun; and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre.
The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves - her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.
They need an army.
They need power.
They need magic.
And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth.
But a storm is coming... and not everyone can survive its wrath.
Expected Publication: January 21st, 2025
From Goodreads:
Fans of Jessica Goodman and Maureen Johnson will love this dark academia thriller with a romantic twist!
From Goodreads:
From the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect.
Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials. In the two weeks leading up to graduation from Wilde Academy, a dozen seniors are chosen to compete in a series of seven ultimate physical and mental tests, and the winner will take home over half a million dollars—money that Chloe needs to help her sick sister.
But the competition is fierce, and includes her brooding ex-boyfriend, Hayes Stratford, whose brother was the only student to die during the Trials a few years ago. When someone starts blackmailing Chloe during the competition, she’s forced to strike a deal with Hayes—if he helps her discover who is sabotaging her, she’ll help him solve the mystery his brother left behind.
Following clues from Hayes’s brother, the unlikely allies discover that something isn’t right about the Wilde Trials. With a lifechanging prize looming over her head and her buried feelings for Hayes rising to the surface, Chloe will have to decide what’s really worth fighting for, and if the cost of competing outweighs the potential consequences, even if that includes ending up like Hayes’s brother—dead.
Expected Publication: January 21st, 2025
From Goodreads:
With the end of the tournament looming and Eala’s threat growing, Fia must decide just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to defeat her sister.
From Goodreads:
On a mysterious snowy island ruled by a trickster king where magic comes at a price, a deadly trial commences. The a chance for vengeance.
After her sacrifice on the Ember Moon, Fia is flush with powerful magic and eager to rush into battle against her murderous sister, Eala. However, Fia’s new husband Irian suggests they bide their time and retreat to the Silver Isle, a snowy island at the edge of the fae world.
Ruled by the cunning smith-king, the Silver Isle proves far from a safe haven. Fia and Irian become embroiled in the Tournament of Kings competing for a magical forging of immense power. Their relationship will be put to the test as they navigate their conflicting motivations, shifting allegiances, and ancient magic.
3 really great books, ones I'm really looking forward to being out, and read most of them! I can't wait for these books! What about you guys? Happy reading!
WWW Wednesday #716, January 1st
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?
Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme! And thanks now to Taking on a World of Words for reviving it!
I'm going to be reading Those We Drown, and I can't wait, it sounds really good!
What about you guys? Happy reading!
Series Untouched Master List 2025
So this is going to be the yearly master list of the series I started prior to 2024, haven't touched since 2020, and haven't thought of picking up in 2024 to what's been currently published, that I can think of and find are:
Seers by Heather Frost
Katana by Cole Gibsen
Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer
The Violet Eden Chapters by Jessica Shirvington
The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe
BZRK by Michael Grant
Front Lines by Michael Grant
Dark Angels by Keri Arthur
At Somerton by Leila Rasheed
The Lost Souls by Tiffany Truitt
The Aquarathi by Amalie Howard
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
The Twixt by Dawn Metcalf
Splintered by A.G. Howard
Chronicles of a Reluctant Necromancer by Melanie Card
Hundred Oaks by Miranda Kenneally
Creative HeArts by Various
Demon Underground by Parker Blue
Black Knights Inc. by Julie Ann Walker
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
Darklyn by Lynn Viehl
13 to Life by Shannon Delany
Dragonfire by Deborah Cooke
Revivors by James Knapp
Edilean by Jude Deveraux
Dark Gothic by Eve Silver
Jack Reacher by Lee Child
Savage by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Galloway Trilogy by Amanda Scott
Fallen World by Megan Crewe
Sky Chasers by Amy Kathleen Ryan
OPUS by Elizabeth Bevarly
Fallen World by Megan Crewe
XVI by Julia Karr
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Dust Lands by Moira Young
Num8ers by Rachel Ward
Mercy by Rebecca Lim
Pure by Julianna Baggott
The Hunted by Jordan Dane
Dead Wrong by Jami Alden
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
The Demon Trappers by Jana Oliver
Shades of London by Maureen Johnson
Fairytale Retellings by Jackson Pearce
Fury by Elizabeth Miles
House of Night by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore
Angel by L.A. Weatherly
No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz
Woodcutter Sisters by Alethea Kontis
Revenants by Amy Plum
Gods & Monsters by Kelly Keaton
I started with the beginning of my blog reviews, and have currently made it to August 2012.
Monthly Series Master List 2025
In 2025, I going to continue to focus on continuing series. Each month, I'll chose a series that I was current on in a previous year, but has since been continued. A series that I started or continued, but didn't catch up with what was currently published. A series that I haven't touched since 2020. A series that I read from this year, but still need to continue. A series that I haven't started yet, but have been meaning to. Then each month, I'll do one more series from one of these types, so I have 2, it'll just depend on what I'm planning on reading that month. The goal is to finish out as many series as I can, and keep current on the series that are still ongoing.
I'll read at least 1 book for each series, and a max of 3. If that series still has more to read, then it'll go back to be selected in another month, but if I catch up with the series, I'll take it off.
Here on this post, I'll have the master list of what series I picked each month, and I'll also post the status on whether I finished the series, caught up, or still have more books to go, and how many books I read.
January:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
February:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
March:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
April:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
May:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
June:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
July:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
August:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
September:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
October:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
November:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
December:
Current in a Previous Year:
Unfinished in a Previous Year:
Untouched Since 2020:
Series from This Year:
Series to Start:
Monthly ARC's Master List 2025
This is my master list of monthly ARC accountability challenge, to list out the books that I have as ARC's that are being published in the coming year. Each month will have their post, but all the books will be listed here.
NetGalley:
January:
Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars - January 14th, 2025
My Funny Demon Valentine by Aurora Ascher - January 21st, 2025
So I Lied by Chelsea Ichaso - January 28th, 2025
February:
On Screen & Off Again by Caitlin Cross - February 4th, 2025
A Beauty Queen's Guide to Murder and Mayhem by Kristen Bird - February 11th, 2025
The Mortal Queen by Ashley Metzler - February 14th, 2025
A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher - February 25th, 2025
The Wildest Things by Andrea Hannah - February 25th, 2025
March:
April:
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Edelweiss:
January:
A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson - January 7th, 2025
After Life by Gayle Forman - January 7th, 2025
I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang - January 28th, 2025
Order of Swans by Jude Deveraux - January 28th, 2025
February:
Capitana by Cassandra James - February 4th, 2025
March:
Igniting Fate by Jean Louise - March 11th, 2025
April:
Meet Me at Blue Hour by Sarah Suk - April 1st, 2025
Their Monstrous Hearts by Yigit Turhan - April 8th, 2025
If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal - April 22nd, 2025
The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum - April 22nd, 2025
The Murder Machine by Heather Graham - April 29th, 2025
May:
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
25 Books to Read in 2025
So time to make 2025's list. Again, I didn't read a decent chunk of last year (and I still haven't finished any list) but I still continue to soldier on!
This is my version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I have 2 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, and as ARC's, half NetGalley ARCs, and half Edelweiss ARCs.
So here they are:
Physical:
ARC's:
NetGalley:
Edelweiss:
A-Z Reading Challenge 2025
Yeah, still not much progress with this, but I ever have hope to get through the alphabet and start over again!
How it Works:
Read 27 books this year (easy right) One for each letter of the alphabet and one starting with an Arabic number. If there aren't any unread books for the difficult letters, then a book that has a title with that letter in it counts.
Once all the letters and the number have been read, it's time to start again!
My Journey:
O: Oceanborn by Amalie Howard-review.
Read 27 books this year (easy right) One for each letter of the alphabet and one starting with an Arabic number. If there aren't any unread books for the difficult letters, then a book that has a title with that letter in it counts.
Once all the letters and the number have been read, it's time to start again!
My Journey:
O: Oceanborn by Amalie Howard-review.
Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge 2025
Again, only a couple of books were read, with books still from the beginning, I really need to read these books!
What it is:
You pick a book, read it. Then you look at the last letter of the title, for example, "The Adventures of Tom Saywer." Then you take that last letter, and search you TBR piles for a book starting with the last letter, so continuing the example, someone could read "Rotters" next, and then a title that starts with "s."
Rules:
1. Have fun!
2. Read!
3. The last letter of the book you read must be the first letter of the next book you read.
4. Words like "the," "a," "and," and those such don't count as the first letter.
Some other details:
Sounds like fun? Hopefully! This way, well, there's always going to be a last letter of a title, even if you have to spell out a number. And our TBR piles should hopefully go down a bit!
And if anyone would like to participate (hopefully you do!) leave a link or something? And a plea is going out: if people like this reading challenge (and I hope I'm not copying someone else's meme) would they please create a banner/picture thing for it since I'm helpless at that sort of thing? Thanks!
For me, I'll start with Perfect Lies, and go on from there, though probably not going to go in order!
Yep. Happy reading!
My Full Journey:
1. Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller (Read November 27th, 2024)
2. Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
3. Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakeley-Cartwright
4. Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie
5. In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan
6. Game for Trouble by Karen Erickson
7. Elemental by Antony John
8. Nantucket Red by Leila Howland
9. Dire by Alyssa Ivy Rose
10. Earthquake by Aprilynne Pike
11. Echoes of Us by Kat Zhang
12. Seers by Heather Frost
13. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
14. Raging Star by Moira Young
15. The Ring and the Crown by Melissa De La Cruz
16. Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
17. The Devil Inside by Jenna Black
18. Eight Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
19. Soar by Alyssa Ivy Rose
20. Rumors by Anna Godbersen
21. Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott
22. Embers in a Dark Frost by Kelly Keaton
23. Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard
24. The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
25. Never Enough by Denise Jaden
26. Hot Mama by Jennifer Estep
27. The Apocalypse Gene by Suki Micheal
28. Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman (cycle e for j)
29. The Liar Society by Lisa Roecker
30. You're Next by Kylie Schachte
31. Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter
32. The Princess & the Pauper by Kate Brian
33. Ruins by Dan Wells
34. Soulprint by Megan Miranda
35. The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
36. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovitch
37. Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
38. Eternity by Elizabeth Miles
39. Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige
40. Rebel Spirits by Lois Ruby
41. The Shadow's Curse by Amy McCulloch
42. Eternal by Krisi Cook
43. Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott
44. Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
45. Dark Halo by Shannon Dittemore
46. Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin
47. Enhanced by Carrie Jones
48. Dream a Little Dream by Kerstin Gier
49. A Moonlit Knight by Jocelyn Kelley
50. Throat by R.A. Nelson
51. The Thing About the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt
52. Hunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
53. Take Me On by Katie McGarry
54. No Beauties or Monsters by Tara Goedjen
55. The Shack by William P. Young
56. Kiss of Night by Debbie Viguie
57. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
58. Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
59. Nightingale by Jennifer Estep
60. Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
61. Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett
62. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
63. Search by Alyssa Ivy Rose
64. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
65. Emergent by Rachel Cohn
66. This Wicked Game by Michelle Zink
67. Eve of Destruction by Patrick Carman
68. The Notorious Pagan Jones by Nina Berry
69. Split Second by Alex Kava
70. Dawn by Alyssa Rose Ivy
71. The New Order by Chris Weitz
72. Relax, I'm a Ninja by Natalie Whipple
73. Also Known As by Robin Benway
74. Atlantia by Ally Condie
75. Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
76. After Eden by Helen Douglas
77. The New Order by Chris Weitz
78. Renegades by Marissa Meyer (Read June 30th, 2024)
79. The Savior's Champion by Jenna (Read July 6th, 2024)
80. Night Veil by Yasmine Galenorn
Wheel of TBR Books to Pull From 2025
So I have a few prompts like Restart the Series, and 2nd Chance, where it's not quite as easy to fill the prompts like ARC-NetGalley. So I decided to make a list of books that fill those prompts, and looking ahead, I'll do this every year, so I can update the lists as I read these books!
Restart the Series:
Rebel Belle Series by Rachel Hawkins
Burn for Burn Series by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Creekwood Series by Becky Albertalli
Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard
The Wired Series by Donna Freitas
Becoming Jinn Series by Lori Goldstein
The Glass Spare Series by Lauren DeStefano
Beautiful Idols Series by Alyson Noel
Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes
Ruined Series by Amy Tintera
Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
Gone Series by Michael Grant
No Safety in Numbers Series by Dayna Lorentz
So Close to You Series by Rachel Carter
The Dispossessed Series by Page Morgan
Mystic City Series by Theo Lawerence
Partials Sequence Series by Dan Wells
Mirador Series by Dan Wells
Lies I Told Series by Michelle Zink
Quarantine Series by Lex Thomas
Denazen Series by Jus Accardo
2nd Chance:
The Chosen by J.R. Ward
Come Back to Me by Mila Gray
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith
Fireborn by by Katie Macalister
Thief of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest
The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley
Blood Bounds by Yasmine Galenorn
Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke
Bleeding Love by Harper Sloane
Sworn to Justice by Terah Edun
Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt
All About Me by Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Nowhere but Here by Katie McGarry
Sex, Lies and Vampires by Katie MacAlister
Restart the Series:
Rebel Belle Series by Rachel Hawkins
Burn for Burn Series by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Creekwood Series by Becky Albertalli
Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard
The Wired Series by Donna Freitas
Becoming Jinn Series by Lori Goldstein
The Glass Spare Series by Lauren DeStefano
Beautiful Idols Series by Alyson Noel
Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes
Ruined Series by Amy Tintera
Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
Gone Series by Michael Grant
No Safety in Numbers Series by Dayna Lorentz
So Close to You Series by Rachel Carter
The Dispossessed Series by Page Morgan
Mystic City Series by Theo Lawerence
Partials Sequence Series by Dan Wells
Mirador Series by Dan Wells
Lies I Told Series by Michelle Zink
Quarantine Series by Lex Thomas
Denazen Series by Jus Accardo
2nd Chance:
The Chosen by J.R. Ward
Come Back to Me by Mila Gray
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith
Fireborn by by Katie Macalister
Thief of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest
The Perfectly Imperfect Match by Kendra C. Highley
Blood Bounds by Yasmine Galenorn
Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke
Bleeding Love by Harper Sloane
Sworn to Justice by Terah Edun
Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt
All About Me by Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Nowhere but Here by Katie McGarry
Sex, Lies and Vampires by Katie MacAlister
For Fans Of:
The Murder Game by Carrie Doyle
Best Books Read in 2024
I read a good number of books this year, only just under what I read last year, which isn't taking it easy, but I had to keep reading!
I read books from January to December, and of those, were the ones that I absolutely loved, be it writing, thinking about it after, how much I'm anticipating any sequels or other books by the author, or the emotions it evoked, like "I hate that villain, they're so bad! HATEHATEHATE!!!! Yep.
So here's those books in alphabetical order so there's no strangeness among them!
So here's those books in alphabetical order so there's no strangeness among them!
So first off is the Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
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