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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Wrote that Review Update #557, April 13th

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If you want to participate, set a certain amount of reviews to write, and once you make that goal, you can get a reward!

My reviews to reward is writing all of the reviews of the week, and I motivated myself to write my review for Of Mice and Murder, Pride and Premeditation, How Heathcliff Stole Christmas, Memoirs of a Garroter, Prose and Cons, A Novel Way to Die, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, XOXO and ASAP, Fearless, She Is Not Invisible, Dead River, Memory is Murder, The Stolen Bride, Nightingale, Alchemy and a Cup of Tea, Pretty Girls Make Graves and Brutal Boys Cry Blood, so I have 11 of 11 reviews written!

And as always, I want to review this week's reviews!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

How Well I Stuck to It #560, April 13th

So I decided that I should have accountability on sticking to what should be in a week, so I'm doing How Well I Stuck to It every Sunday, because my schedule should be fixed in by now!

Week 16:
Nothing Planned!

Just a free week, I have plenty of books to read, but no new ones, so I'm going to focus on my various TBRs. 

Week 15:
Fearless by Lauren Roberts

vs.

Of Mice and Murder by Steffanie Holmes, Pride and Premeditation by Steffanie Holmes, How Heathcliff Stole Christmas by Steffanie Holmes, Memoirs of a Garroter by Steffanie Holmes, Prose and Cons by Steffanie Holmes, A Novel Way to Die by Steffanie Holmes, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, XOXO by Axie Oh, ASAP by Axie Oh, Fearless by Lauren Roberts, She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick, Dead River by Cyn Balog, Memory is Murder by Olivia Waite, The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe, Nightingale by Amy Lukavics, Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes, Brutal Boys Cry Blood by Steffane Holmes 

I've read what I wanted to, and more, so I'm happy with this week, and I can't wait for this coming week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wheel of TBR #255, April 13th

I saw Codie's Book Corner doing the Wheel of TBR, and I thought that sounded like a great way to pick what to read from your TBR. So thanks to her! I'll only do 3 spins, because I'm doing this every week, and so it won't make up my total TBR of the week, but it'll be a start!

Rules:
1. For each week of the month, I'll do 3 spins each week to read each week though I do have the rest of the month to read them. Once a prompt is used, I'll randomly choose one from the list, keeping track of how often a colour comes up. If colour comes up 3 or more times in month, I'll do another spin once it comes up 3 times.
2. If I don't read a book that week or at least start it before the end of the month, then for my next week of spins, I have to add a punishment for each book unread. I'll roll for each unread book, and have to apply each and every punishment chosen to the week.
3. Each month I'll get a prompt from my Binge Read Wheel (either specifically picking the prompt, or spinning the wheel) and I have to read at least 9 books, though I can read more!

Of the books from the last week, I read She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick, Nightingale by Amy Lukavics, What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon.

Binge Read Wheel:
For this coming month, the wheel picked Series. I read Memoirs of a Garroter by Steffanie Holmes, Prose and Cons by Steffanie Holmes, A Novel Way to Die by Steffanie Holmes, XOXO by Axie Oh, ASAP by Axie Oh, Fearless by Lauren Roberts,The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe, Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes, Brutal Boys Cry Blood by Steffane Holmes, so I've read 18/9+.

Prompts Used This Week:
No Article Words Title, Page Count, ARC Book to Read in 2023.

No Article Words Title-Orange-My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner-This title doesn't have an article word, so I'll read it! 

Page Count-Azure-370-The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta-This book is 384 pages, which works. 

ARC Book to Read in 2023-Violet-Fireworks by Katie Cotugno-This is on the Edelweiss book, so I'll read it! 

Colour Totals:
Red: 1
Orange: 1
Yellow: 0
Chartreuse: 0
Green: 1
Spring Green: 1
Cyan: 0
Azure: 2
Blue: 1
Violet: 1
Magenta: 0
Rose: 1

Prompts for Next Week:
A-Z In Title-Red
YA Oldie-Orange
Number-Yellow
Death Roll-Green
Review Week-Spring Green
2024 Purchase-Cyan
Series Not Touched in 2025-Azure
Month As Last Read-Blue
Ugly Cover-Violet
Series Started and Unfinished/Current 2023-Magenta
Fulfills a Goal-Rose

So those are some of the books I'm going to try to read this week. What about you guys? Happy reading!

The Reward Challenge Update #708, April 13th

The Reward Challenge is almost the complete opposite to a book buying ban as you'll end up buying lots of new books throughout the challenge but only after you've completed a certain amount of reading. It was hosted by Good Golly Miss Holly, so thanks to her for starting it!

OK, so I read Of Mice and Murder which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Pride and Premeditation which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, How Heathcliff Stole Christmas which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Memoirs of a Garroter which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Prose and Cons which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, A Novel Way to Die which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing which counts 3 times as a DAC Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, XOXO which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, ASAP which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Fearless which counts 4 times as a End of Series 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book, She Is Not Invisible which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a SAC 2025 Book, Dead River which counts twice as a SAC 2025 Book, Memory is Murder which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, The Wrong Bride which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Nightingale which counts 4 times as a Edelweiss Book, Historical Fiction 2025 Book and a SAC 2025 Book, Alchemy and a Cup of Tea which counts 5 times as a End of Series 2025 Book, NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book, Pretty Girls Make Graves which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book, Brutal Boys Cry Blood which counts 3 times as a End of Series 2025 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book.

So I have 46 counts which translates to $23 this week! I'll use it to buy books!

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Phase Out Your TBR Update 13

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was What Happens in Amsterdam which is for the prompt Red 12, and I'll be reading The Scorpion and the Night Blossom next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 5
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 7:29 PM
Pages Read: 496

My Stolen Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 2:04 PM 
Pages Read: 384

My Savage Empire by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 8
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 3:04 PM
Pages Read: 398

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 9
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 8:34 PM
Pages Read: 336

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 7
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 264

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 12
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 480

XOXO by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 7
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 352

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 7
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 8:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Fearless by Lauren Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 5
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 12:28 PM
Pages Read: 608

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 6
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 354

The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 282

Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 3:03 PM
Pages Read: 560

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 12
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 7
Started On: April 13th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: Red Wild (Red 5), Green 5, Green 5, Blue 2, Green 4, Yellow 4, Blue 7, Blue 9
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 5202

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 28

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was What Happens in Amsterdam which was for the prompt Apothecary Keeper 1, and I'll be reading The Scorpion and the Night Blossom next!

My Reading Journey:

The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 10:28 AM
Pages Read: 400

The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 7:29 PM
Pages Read: 496

My Stolen Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 2:04 PM 
Pages Read: 384

My Secret Heart by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 6:27 PM
Page Read: 386

My Broken Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 376

My Savage Empire by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 3:04 PM
Pages Read: 398

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina 
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 8:34 PM
Pages Read: 336

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 1
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 264

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 480

Of Mice and Murder by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 1:47 PM
Pages Read: 266

Pride and Premeditation by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 7:17 PM
Pages Read: 308

Memoirs of a Garroter by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 278

Prose and Cons by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 6:19 PM
Pages Read: 288

A Novel Way to Die by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 10:35 PM
Pages Read: 286

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 351

XOXO by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 352

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 8:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Fearless by Lauren Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 2
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 12:28 PM
Pages Read: 608

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick 
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 354

Dead River by Cyn Balog
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 256

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 8:03 AM
Pages Read: 112

The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 282

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 9:36 PM
Pages Read: 352

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 10:49 AM
Pages Read: 320

Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 370

Brutal Boys Cry Blood by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 11:47 PM
Pages Read: 424

Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Bog Cataloger
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 3:03 PM
Pages Read: 560

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 1
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting
Started On: April 13th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: Artificery, Spells & Incantations, Astronomy, Elemental Studies, Elemental Studies, Animal Studies, Astronomy, Conjuration, Spells & Incantations, Astronomy, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Animal Studies, Animal Studies, Demonology, Spells & Incantations, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Alchemy, Spells & Incantation, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Restoration, Shapeshifting, Art of Illusion, Psionics & Divination, Restoration
Read: 28
Pages Read: 9971

Phase Out Your TBR Update 12

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Petals on the River which is for the prompt Yellow 4, and I'll be reading What Happens in Amsterdam next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 5
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 7:29 PM
Pages Read: 496

My Stolen Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 2:04 PM 
Pages Read: 384

My Savage Empire by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 8
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 3:04 PM
Pages Read: 398

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 9
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 8:34 PM
Pages Read: 336

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 7
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 264

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 12
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 480

XOXO by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 7
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 352

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 7
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 8:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Fearless by Lauren Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 5
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 12:28 PM
Pages Read: 608

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 6
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 354

The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 282

Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 3:03 PM
Pages Read: 560

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 12
Started On: April 12th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Red Wild (Red 5), Green 5, Green 5, Blue 2, Green 4, Yellow 4, Red 7, Blue 7, Blue 9
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 4818

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 27

 So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Brutal Boys Cry Blood which was for the prompt Bog Cataloger, and I'll be reading What Happens in Amsterdam next!


My Reading Journey:

The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 10:28 AM
Pages Read: 400

The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 7:29 PM
Pages Read: 496

My Stolen Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 2:04 PM 
Pages Read: 384

My Secret Heart by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 6:27 PM
Page Read: 386

My Broken Crown by Steffanie Holmes 
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 376

My Savage Empire by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 3:04 PM
Pages Read: 398

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina 
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 8:34 PM
Pages Read: 336

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 1
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 264

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 480

Of Mice and Murder by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 1:47 PM
Pages Read: 266

Pride and Premeditation by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 7:17 PM
Pages Read: 308

Memoirs of a Garroter by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 278

Prose and Cons by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 6:19 PM
Pages Read: 288

A Novel Way to Die by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 10:35 PM
Pages Read: 286

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 351

XOXO by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 352

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 8:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Fearless by Lauren Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 2
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 12:28 PM
Pages Read: 608

She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick 
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 354

Dead River by Cyn Balog
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 256

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 8:03 AM
Pages Read: 112

The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 282

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 9:36 PM
Pages Read: 352

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 10:49 AM
Pages Read: 320

Pretty Girls Make Graves by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 370

Brutal Boys Cry Blood by Steffanie Holmes
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 11:47 PM
Pages Read: 424

Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Bog Cataloger
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 3:03 PM
Pages Read: 560

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Apothecary Keeper 1
Started On: April 12th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Artificery, Spells & Incantations, Astronomy, Elemental Studies, Elemental Studies, Shapeshifting, Animal Studies, Astronomy, Conjuration, Spells & Incantations, Astronomy, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Animal Studies, Animal Studies, Demonology, Spells & Incantations, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Alchemy, Spells & Incantation, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Elemental Studies, Alchemy, Restoration, Shapeshifting, Art of Illusion, Psionics & Divination, Restoration
Read: 27
Pages Read: 9577

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 27

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Petals on the River which was for the prompt 4A Cross River, and I'll be reading I Don't Know next! 

My Reading Journey:

Memories of Ash by Intisar Khanani 
Prompt Fulfilled: 1C
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 355

Hearts that Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou
Prompt Fulfilled: 1B
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 11:31 AM
Pages Read: 336

The Crimson Crown by Heather Walter
Prompt Fulfilled: 1D
Started On: January 25th
Finished On: January 25th, 3:45 PM
Pages Read: 544

The Party by Natasha Preston
Prompt Fulfilled: 1C
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 10:53 AM
Pages Read: 352

Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine 
Prompt Fulfilled: 1E
Started On: January 30th
Finished On: January 30th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 400

I Am the Dark that Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
Prompt Fulfilled: 1B
Started On: January 31st
Finished On: January 31st, 2:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

Vilest Things by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: 1A
Started On: January 31st
Finished On: January 31st, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Half King by Melissa Landers
Prompt Fulfilled: 2A North
Started On: February 8th
Finished On: February 8th, 7:28 PM
Pages Read: 512

Tell Me No Lies by A.V. Geiger
Prompt Fulfilled: 2C South
Started On: February 9th
Finished On: February 9th, 6:48 PM
Pages Read: 330

Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Prompt Fulfilled: 2B West
Started On: February 15th
Finished On: February 15th, 9:18 PM
Pages Read: 545

Gabriel's Redemption by Sylvain Reynard 
Prompt Fulfilled: 2B West
Started On: February 16th
Finished On: February 16th, 3:26 PM
Pages Read: 496

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
Prompt Fulfilled: 2E South East
Started On: February 20th
Finished On: February 20th, 6:47 PM
Pages Read: 496

Shutter by Courtney Alameda
Prompt Fulfilled: 2D North East
Started On: February 21st
Finished On: February 21st, 9:15 PM
Pages Read: 384

Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli
Prompt Fulfilled: 2C South 
Started On: February 23rd
Finished On: February 23rd, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 514

Steel by Carrie Vaughn
Prompt Fulfilled: 3B Bring Sword
Started On: March 2nd
Finished On: March 2nd, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 309

Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: 3C Bring Wand
Started On: March 6th
Finished On: March 6th, 7:13 AM
Pages Read: 147

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
Prompt Fulfilled: 3A Find New Friends
Started On: March 7th
Finished On: March 7th, 11:48 AM
Pages Read: 640

His Mortal Demise by Vanessa Le
Prompt Fulfilled: 3B Enjoy Solitude
Started On: March 10th
Finished On: March 10th, 10:52 AM
Pages Read: 400

On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass
Prompt Fulfilled: 3D Inspect Well
Started On: March 14th
Finished On: March 14th, 9:18 PM
Pages Read: 320

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: 3C Try New Food
Started On: March 29th
Finished On: March 29th, 1:57 PM
Pages Read: 368

What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch
Prompt Fulfilled: 3D Match Sundial
Started On: March 30th
Finished On: March 30th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Prompt Fulfilled: 4D Wait for Morning
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 10:28 AM
Pages Read: 400

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally
Prompt Fulfilled: 4D Wait for Morning
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 264

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten
Prompt Fulfilled: 4B Find Winter Cloak
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 480

Dead River by Cyn Balog
Prompt Fulfilled: 4C Cross River
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 8:38 PM
Pages Read: 256

The Stolen Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Prompt Fulfilled: 4B Find Winter Cloak
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 282

Petals on the River by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Prompt Fulfilled: 4A Cross River
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 3:03 PM
Pages Read: 560

Prompts Left: 4C Cross River
Read: 27
Pages Read: 10778

Week 15 Reviews: Pretty Girls Make Graves, Brutal Boys Cry Blood


From Goodreads:
Don't go outside on Devil's Night.

I'm always the good girl. I never stand out. I follow the rules.

At Blackfriars University, there's one whispered rule: Stay inside the night before Halloween. Hide under your blankets and hope the Orpheus Society isn't the monster outside your window.

If they get you, you won't just be humiliated. They'll put you six feet under.

But I've screwed up.

I found bones in a shallow grave. Another good girl, just like me.

Now I'll do whatever it takes to get to the truth.
I'll catch the eye of the cruel aristocrat with a haunted gaze.
I'll tempt the dark priest with forbidden tastes.
I'll be their shameful little secret. Their plaything. Their sacrifice.

Maybe I don't want to be a good girl anymore.

Maybe it's time to break all the rules.

Pretty Girls Make Graves is a dark romantic suspense and part one of the Dark Academia duet. If you enjoy tales of clever heroines, ancient rites, secret societies, cruel princes and wicked priests, dusty libraries and decadent parties, twisted relationships and buried secrets, then prepare to enter the halls of Blackfriars University. You may not return.

Don't get killed on Devil's Night.

I thought I was close to figuring out the truth about the mysterious death of my roommate. But Blackfriars University still holds her secrets close.

In the name of the Father…

Father Sebastian Pearce – my priest, my teacher, my friend. The man who tempted my into sin with that rich, commanding voice. The man who had me over an altar...in the biblical sense. The one man in the world I'm forbidden to love.

...the Son…

William Windsor-Forsyth – the dark prince who shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. He's as cruel as he is beautiful, and he's back to make sure I don't forget that he's royalty and I'm the freak.

...and the Holy Spirit…

In a moonlit ceremony of obscenity and excess, the Orpheus Society made me one of their own. But that doesn't mean I'll keep their secrets. I'm here to expose a killer, even if the price of justice is betraying the two men I love.

I've said my prayers,
and poured my libations.

The old gods are listening.
They demand sacrifice.

Amen.

Brutal Boys Cry Blood is a dark bully romance and part two of the Dark Academia series. If you enjoy tales of clever heroines, ancient rites, secret societies, cruel princes and wicked priests, dusty libraries and decadent parties, twisted relationships and buried secrets, then prepare to enter the halls of Blackfriars University. You may never return.

My Review
:


Author: Steffanie Holmes 
Series: Dark Academia #1, 2
Read: April 11th, 11th, 2025 
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books, and Brutal Boys Cry Blood is a End of Series 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Bacchanalia House
Published: November 10th 2021, December 10th 2021

Pretty Girls Make Graves:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








Brutal Boys Cry Blood:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: Alchemy and a Cup of Tea

From Goodreads:
USA Today, Sunday Times, and Indie bestselling author Rebecca Thorne brings the Tomes & Tea series to a delightful, cozy close for our beloved lesbian book- and tea- sellers.

Reyna and Kianthe have no trouble ruling the Queendom, battling evil alchemists, and rescuing adorable baby dragons, but can they save their town from the ravening influx of.... tourists?!?

On the night of her kidnapping, all Reyna wanted was a relaxing cup of tea. She didn't expect to be dropped in a hidden cell, but what the hells. She's flexible.

When Kianthe "rescues" her wife, she expects they'll be back at New Leaf having tea by noon. But there's a problem: an alchemy circle marred Reyna's cell. What does a radical group of alchemists want with the Queendom's newest sovereign… and why did they think they could get away with this?

To make matters worse, Kianthe and Reyna's hometown is having its own problems. Word of New Leaf Tomes and Tea―and its celebrity owners―has finally spread, and tourists are flooding into Tawney. As their friends struggle with the sudden influx, Kianthe and Reyna have to face a bigger conundrum than rogue alchemists: the fact that closing their bookshop might be the only way to save their town.

Things can't just be simple, can they?

My Review:


Author: Rebecca Thorne
Series: Tomes & Tea #4
Read: April 11th, 2025
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a End of Series 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: August 12th 2025
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: Nightingale

From Goodreads:
At seventeen, June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn’t be—independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. But her parents only care about making June a better young woman. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner's domineering son. When June resists, her whole world is shattered—suburbia isn't the only prison for different women…

June's parents commit her to Burrow Place Asylum, aka the Institution. With its sickening conditions, terrifying staff and brutal "medical treatments," the Institution preys on June's darkest secrets and deepest fears. And she's not alone. The Institution terrorizes June's fragile roommate, Eleanor, and the other women locked away within its crumbling walls. Those who dare speak up disappear…or worse. Trapped between a gruesome reality and increasingly sinister hallucinations, June isn't sure where her nightmares end and real life begins. But she does know one thing: in order to survive, she must destroy the Institution before it finally claims them all.

My Review:


Author: Amy Lukavics
Read: April 10th, 2025
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Historical Fiction 2025 Book and a SAC 2025 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: September 25th 2018
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: The Stolen Bride

From Goodreads:
Clover Deering is living her best life. Kind of. Maybe. Okay, so, not at all. The owner of Fur-Ever Pet Spa is deeply in debt and battling a temper that scares even herself. Things go from bad to catastrophe when a terrifying man claiming to be a berserker king demands an impossible force a rival royal to welcome evil into his heart. In exchange, he'll gift her with a prize she cannot resist-meeting the twin she never knew existed. The problem? King Viktor Endris isn't just scary, he's downright feral.

When captured by Viktor, Clover enacts her own plan. Tame the unhinged warrior, turn him into an ally, and use him to rescue her sister. Not an easy task as Viktor is at war with ferocious turul-shifters, talks to an invisible friend and flips from controlled to chaos in an instant. As their undeniable connection deepens, she discovers a heartbreaking truth. Falling for her is Viktor's only path to ruin. Yet without his downfall, her twin's fate is sealed. The worst part? Clover just might be falling for him, too. But in the end, only one can survive. Her man, or her sister.

My Review:


Authors: Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe 
Series: Kings of Fury #2
Read: April 10th, 2025
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love their writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Author Talk Media
Published: March 31st 2025
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: Murder by Memory

From Goodreads:
A Memory Called Empire meets Miss Marple in this cozy, spaceborne mystery, helmed by a no-nonsense formidable auntie of a detective.

Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty's most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should you desire a rest between lifetimes, your mind shall be most carefully preserved in glass in the Library, shielded from every danger.

Near the topmost deck of an interstellar generation ship, Dorothy Gentleman wakes up in a body that isn't hers—just as someone else is found murdered. As one of the ship's detectives, Dorothy usually delights in unraveling the schemes on board the Fairweather, but when she finds that someone is not only killing bodies but purposefully deleting minds from the Library, she realizes something even more sinister is afoot.

Dorothy suspects her misfortune is partly the fault of her feckless nephew Ruthie who, despite his brilliance as a programmer, leaves chaos in his cheerful wake. Or perhaps the sultry yarn store proprietor—and ex-girlfriend of the body Dorothy is currently inhabiting—knows more than she's letting on. Whatever it is, Dorothy intends to solve this case. Because someone has done the impossible and found a way to make murder on the Fairweather a very permanent state indeed. A mastermind may be at work—and if so, they've had three hundred years to perfect their schemes…

My Review:


Author: Olivia Write
Series: Dorothy Gentleman #1
Read: April 10th, 2025 
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: March 18th 2025
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: Dead River

From Goodreads:
My friends and I are spending prom weekend at a remote wooded cabin on the Dead. The Dead River. 

I thought it was going to be just us.

I was wrong. 

Nothing is what it seems in this creepy paranormal thriller by Cyn Balog.

My Review:


Author: Cyn Balog
Read: April 9th, 2025
Source: Ebook.bke
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: April 9th 2013
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: She Is Not Invisible

From Goodreads:
Laureth Peak's father is a writer. For years he's been trying, and failing, to write a novel about coincidence. His wife thinks he's obsessed, Laureth thinks he's on the verge of a breakdown. He's supposed to be doing research in Austria, so when his notebook shows up in New York, Laureth knows something is wrong.

On impulse she steals her mother's credit card and heads for the States, taking her strange little brother Benjamin with her. Reunited with the notebook, they begin to follow clues inside, trying to find their wayward father. Ahead lie challenges and threats, all of which are that much tougher for Laureth than they would be for any other 16-year old. Because Laureth Peak is blind.

My Review:


Author: Marcus Sedgwick
Read: April 9th, 2025
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's SAC 2025 Book!
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: April 22nd 2014
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: Fearless

From Goodreads:
Paedyn and Kai are reunited but face a terrible decision in this thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling romantic fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and The Red Queen.

Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya…

And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate—and the fate of those around her—forever.

In the ultimate battle of love and loyalty, who wins?

My Review:


Author: Lauren Roberts 
Series: The Powerless Trilogy #3
Read: April 9th, 2025
Source: Bought 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: April 8th 2025
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Reviews: XOXO, ASAP


From Goodreads:
Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets mysterious, handsome Jaewoo in her uncle's Los Angeles karaoke bar, it's clear he's the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. But in a moment of spontaneity, she allows him to pull her out of her comfort zone for one unforgettable night of adventure…before he disappears without a word.

Three months later, when Jenny and her mother arrive in South Korea to take care of her ailing grandmother, she's shocked to discover that Jaewoo is a student at the same elite arts academy where she's enrolled for the semester. And he's not just any student. He's a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world—and he's strictly forbidden from dating.

When a relationship means throwing Jenny's life off the path she's spent years mapping out, she'll have to decide once and for all just how much she's willing to risk for love.

From Goodreads:
New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.

Sori has worked her whole life to become a K-pop idol, until she realizes she doesn’t want a life forever in the spotlight. But that's not actually up to Sori—she’s caught between her exacting mother's entertainment company and her father's presidential aspirations. And as the pressure to keep her flawless public image grows, the last person she should be thinking about is her ex-boyfriend.

Nathaniel is off limits—she knows this. A member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world and forbidden from dating, he isn't any more of an option now than he was two years ago. Still, she can't forget that their whirlwind romance was the last time she remembers being really happy. Or that his family welcomed her into their home when she needed it most. . . .

So when Nathaniel finds himself rocked by scandal, Sori offers him a hideaway with her. And back in close quarters, it's hard to deny their old feelings. But when Sori gets an opportunity to break free from her parent's expectations, she will have to decide: Is her future worth sacrificing for a second chance at love?

My first review of XOXO, ASAP
My second review of XOXO
My Review:


Author: Axie Oh
First Read: October 2nd, 2021, August 12th, 2023
Second Read: June 9th, 2023
Read: April 7th, 8th, 2025
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading and they're a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: July 13th 2021, February 6th 2024

XOXO:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








ASAP:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Week 15 Review: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

From Goodreads:
Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world—from Beijing to Buenos Aires—and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.

Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.

My Review:


Author: Hank Green
Series: The Carls #1
Read: April 7th, 2025
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Published: September 25th 2018
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars