Showing posts with label Benjamin Stevenson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Benjamin Stevenson. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Waiting on Wednesday #771, February 18th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
Life hasn’t been easy for Finlay Donovan lately, but it just got a whole lot harder. Her nanny and partner-in-crime, Vero, has been extradited from Virginia to Maryland, where she’s facing criminal charges for a theft she swears she didn’t commit. A prisoner to an ankle bracelet as she awaits her trial, Vero is forced to live with her overbearing mother and nosy aunt. Threatening messages keep arriving on her mother’s door, demanding Vero “turn over the money . . . or else.” And if she doesn’t figure out who really stole her former sorority’s treasury funds, her next home might be a prison cell.

But proving her innocence might be an impossible feat. Vero was the treasurer of her sorority when the money went missing—one of the only people who had access to the cash. And her alibi is a date who ghosted her. With her court date quickly approaching, and her mysterious stalker on her tail, Vero needs to clear her name fast.

Finlay decides a trip to Maryland is in order. After all, Vero stood by her through her darkest moments, and Finlay will be damned if she lets her best friend and children’s nanny be convicted for something she didn’t do. She sets off on a mission to sus out the real thief and bring Vero home.

Love Song by Elle Kennedy
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:
New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy returns with her signature heat and humor for a Briar universe standalone romance featuring the next generation Off-Campus characters―where one unforgettable summer changes everything.

After a brutal breakup, college junior Blake Logan escapes to her family’s lake house in Tahoe, determined to shut out the world. Her plan is simple: no men, no drama. Until Wyatt Graham shows up. Four years older and far too good at getting under her skin, Wyatt is the living embodiment of a “bad idea,” and the guy who shattered her pride when she confessed her crush at sixteen.

With his music career stalled, Wyatt has come to Tahoe for inspiration. The last thing he expects is to find it with Blake. He’s spent years keeping his distance, convinced he’s all wrong for her, but she’s no longer the innocent girl he once knew. She’s confident, captivating, and impossible to ignore. And the slow-burning tension between them? It’s catching fire fast.

They both know this can’t last, but one reckless kiss turns into another, and soon they’re tangled in something that feels dangerously like more. Just as they finally give in to the pull, tragedy tears them apart, leaving their hearts in pieces.

But forgetting that one, nearly perfect summer? Not a chance. And when fate brings them together again, Blake and Wyatt must decide if this is a second chance…or the final verse.

Everyone in This Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Nothing is quite what it seems in this spin on the classic bank heist, with more suspects, more puzzles, and more danger than Ernest's ever faced before.

I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before.

The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, everyone is a suspect.

The Bank Robber

The Manager

The Security Guard

The Kid

The Film Producer

The Priest

The Receptionist

The Patient

The Caregiver

Me

Turns out, more than one person planned to rob the bank today. You can steal more from a bank than just money.

Who is stealing what? Are they willing to kill for it? And can I solve the crime before the police kick down the door and rescue us?

Innamorata by Ava Reid
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.

A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.

But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.

Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.

Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart, but so do stranger passions – and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.

For Agnes’s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.

The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale by C.M. Waggoner
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:
A practical witch must sabotage her beloved son's ascension to the throne in order to keep the kingdom from ruin, in this delightful cozy fantasy from the author of The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry.

Once upon a time, a somewhat wicked witch named Gretsella lived in a cozy little cottage in the Dark Forest of Brigandale. She dispensed herbs and tinctures at reasonable prices, met with her slightly oddball coven on a regular basis, and had absolutely no need of any further company whatsoever, thank you very much. But then one afternoon, Gretsella came home to find a screaming infant on her doorstep.

Against all her better judgement, she took the baby in. She named him Bradley.

Eighteen years later, Bradley has grown into a bafflingly likable young man under Gretsella’s extremely tolerant—one might even say doting—eye. But the witch’s hopes for an unremarkable yet fulfilling life for her son are shattered when small woodland animals start prophesying that he is the lost prince and should ascend to the throne. Bradley ignores Gretsella’s advice that prophecies and talking chipmunks are to be avoided at all costs, and sets off for the capital. But soon confusion and chaos are reigning, and scheming courtiers are using Bradley for their own ends. Sometimes a witch has to roll up her sleeves and take matters into her own cauldron. So Gretsella resolves to bring about the downfall of her darling son…

Two Perfect Lies by Natalie D. Richards
Expected Publication: March 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:
The first lie made Lily a savior. The second framed Clara for murder.

If it weren't for Lily, Clara would still be a total outcast, shunned for her role in an incident that gave her a criminal record and ruined another girl's life. She's spent the past two years trying to escape that night, and ever since Lily Dalton befriended her, she's almost succeeded. After all, Lily's the golden girl of the high school—smart, popular, beloved by all—and as her best friend, Clara's now the bright, hard-working chemistry whiz.

But is Lily really just the good-hearted friend who saved Clara from the past? Because lately Lily has been talking about certain classmates and teachers—about wanting revenge. Do you ever think about making them pay? she asks. How would you do it? Lily has to be joking. At least that's what Clara thinks, until she finds a folder that outlines a deadly plan, including detailed steps and a list of targets in their school.

Shockingly, there's even more to Lily's plan, and it has everything to do with Clara. After all, everyone already knows what she did two years ago. Suddenly all the evidence has been turned against her, and there's no way she can prove her innocence. And the people on that list of targets? One after the next, they're meeting terrible fates, and Clara's looking guiltier by the second. It's up to Clara to find the truth and clear her name, before it's too late.

There's some really fantastic books coming out, I love these authors and I'm really looking forward to all these books! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, October 28, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #699, October 28th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #698
Teaser Tuesday #706
WWW Wednesday #706
WOW #702
Will the Time Come #699
Third Sentence Thursday #689
Random Reads #675
First Lines Friday #702
Book Blogger Hop #368
24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 7
The Reward Challenge Update #684
Wheel of TBR #231
How Well I Stuck to It #536
Wrote that Review Update #533

Week 43 Reviews:
The Hunt

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Becca's Spookoplathon: 

Random:

OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, which is a pretty good week, I read some really great books, so I'm happy with this week and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want that's left from my TBR's! 

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Week 43 Review: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

From Goodreads:
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, "deviously good fun" (Nita Prose), Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar of clues. If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe.

My name's Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I'd hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional masters of the art of misdirection.

THE MAGICIAN

THE ASSISTANT

THE EXECUTIVE

THE HYPNOTIST

THE IDENTICAL TWIN

THE COUNSELLOR

 THE TECH

My clues are even more A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it's Christmas.

If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.

After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn't it?

My Review:
Oh, this was a fantastic read! I've really enjoyed this series, and having a Christmas special book, yeah, that was just a delight to read! The mystery was so good, and I really enjoyed following Ernest on solving this case!

This case is personal for him, that his ex-wife is the main suspect, and yeah, it looks pretty bad for her, she woke up with blood on her hands, so it was a difficult challenge to figure out what was going on. I really felt badly for Erin, that she looked so guilty.

The investigation, with the Christmas theme, and the clues with each chapter acting like the chocolates in those advent calenders was a lot of fun to read! With all these potential suspects, and with the magic show, just made things all the more complicated and so fantastic, to see all the various motives and opportunities! 

In this one, like Ernest says, the training wheels came off, so he didn't fully explain how he got to his conclusions until the big reveal, which was interesting, but I totally did not get it, so I was on the edge of my seat, and boy, was that ending shocking! I loved how all the pieces came together! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait for more! 

Author: Benjamin Stevenson 
Series: Ernest Cunningham #3
Read: October 24th, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love his writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: October 22nd 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Benjamin Stevenson Author Page

The Story: I saw Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone around and it looked really great, and I got it and read it and loved it, and all the books I've read from him, and I can't wait to read more by Benjamin Stevenson! 

Website

Series: Ernest Cunningham, Jack Quick.


Jack Quick: Trust Me When I Lie and his site, my review, Either Side of Midnight and her site, my review.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #698, September 25th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Rachel Morgan must go on a deadly journey—into the past—in the next thrilling Hollows novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time.

Caught between self-exile and an Alcatraz cell, Rachel must find an Atlantean mirror to reverse the curse and prove to Cincinnati’s brand-new witch coven that, no, she does not practice illicit magic. Unfortunately, the only mirror of its kind in existence belonged to the insane demon Newt, forcing Rachel to go to the past to bargain with her for it.

But the time-travel spell goes awry, dragging Elyse, the young leader of the coven, into the past with Rachel. They expect to land five years in the past but instead arrive two days before Rachel’s long-lost love, Kisten, dies. Heartbroken and torn, Rachel knows she can't change the past.

Even with no allies, Rachel still has one thing going for her: Cincinnati is her city, now and forever. If she can find a way to work with Newt and prevent Elyse from becoming the demon’s next familiar, they might all get home.

The Blood Orchid by Kylie Lee Baker
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost loved ones in her search for broader justice against the evil Empress and all she wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.

In search of the myth of Penglai Island, where it’s rumored life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But when old threats come back to haunt her and the path to Penglai Island means facing down unpredictable, sometimes dangerous, alchemists, she wonders just how high of a price she may be willing to pay.


Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita Prose), Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar of clues. If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe.

My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional masters of the art of misdirection.

THE MAGICIAN

THE ASSISTANT

THE EXECUTIVE

THE HYPNOTIST

THE IDENTICAL TWIN

THE COUNSELLOR

 THE TECH

My clues are even more A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.

If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.

After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?

Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Dive into the breakneck conclusion to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch's Compendium of Monsters series, which began with Foul Days

With her magic reclaimed and her role in the community of Chernograd restored, Kosara’s life should finally be back to normal—but, of course, things can’t possibly be that simple.

She is now in possession of twelve witch’s shadows, which belonged to a series of young, magically powerful women lured into the deadly marriage with the Zmey that Kosara only narrowly escaped as a young woman. Holding them may grant her unprecedented power, but that doesn’t mean they’re always willing to do her bidding.

Across the wall in Belograd, Asen chases the only lead on his latest case, one of several unsolved witch murders, even against the orders of his direct superior and the mayor. He’s convinced the smuggling kingpin Konstantin Karaivanov is behind them, and follows his trail to an underground monster auction—which leads him right back to Chernograd.

There, sinister events follow one after snow falls in midsummer, a witch with two shadows is found dead, monsters that should only appear during the Foul Days have been sighted, and cracks appear in the sky that only Kosara seems able to see. The barrier between worlds thins... and Kosara can’t help but feel her actions are the cause.

Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Madeleine Roux’s next season in Regency England follows a rebellious writer and the man who risks everything to publish her.

Margaret Arden yearns to live like the passionate and daring women in her novel. The idyllic life at Mosely Cottage with her two younger sisters and mother is fine, but Margaret wants more than the demure and dainty existence she’s known. After a particularly brutal rejection from an annoyingly attractive publisher, Margaret fears being forced into marriage to protect her family if their financial situation doesn’t improve—until her cousin’s glamorous wedding masquerade brings her onto a collision course with scandal, notoriety, and even love. 

Captain Bridger Darrow is starting over after fighting for his country. Now home, he is struggling to save his family from destitution and succeed in a new venture of book publishing. It’s all going rather poorly, until he stumbles upon loose pages of an astonishing novel while in attendance at his dearest friend’s wedding. Bridger knows he must publish it. But upon meeting the author, Bridger is stunned to discover that he—she—is a woman, and he has already told her off in grand fashion.

While Bridger is keen to gain her trust and rescind the initial rejection, Margaret can’t help but be skeptical of his intentions. Sparks fly between the two, just as the wedding of the season starts to descend into chaos when a masked dance leads to a case of mistaken identities.

Oh, these are really fantastic reads, authors that I love, series that are so good, and of the ones I've read, have been fantastic, and I can't wait for them to come out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #660, January 3rd

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 
  
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Expected Publication: January 30th, 2024
From Goodreads:
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.

Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.

Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.

Everyone On this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Expected Publication: January 30th, 2024
From Goodreads:
For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of the indie darling Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone —this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans.

Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery.

When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out.

The program is a who’s who of crime writing royalty:

the debut writer (me!)

the forensic science writer

the blockbuster writer

the legal thriller writer

the literary writer

the psychological suspense writer

But when one of us is murdered, the remaining authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime.

Of course, we should also know how to commit one.

How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?

A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen
Expected Publication: January 30th, 2024
From Goodreads:
The only thing harder than finding someone in a time loop is losing them.

Grieving her best friend's recent death, neuroscientist Mariana Pineda’s ready to give up everything to start anew. Even her career—after one last week consulting at a top secret particle accelerator.

Except the strangest thing happens: a man stops her…and claims they've met before. Carter Cho knows who she is, why she's mourning, why she's there. And he needs Mariana to remember everything he’s saying.

Because time is about to loop.

In a flash of energy, it’s Monday morning. Again. Together, Mariana and Carter enter an inevitable life, four days at a time, over and over, without permanence except for what they share. With everything resetting—even bank accounts—joy comes in the little moments: a delicious (and expensive) meal, a tennis match, giving a dog his favorite treat.

In some ways, those are all that matter.

But just as they figure out this new life, everything changes. Because Carter's memories of the time loop are slowly disappearing. And their only chance at happiness is breaking out of the loop—forever.

3 really great books to wrap up January, and I'm so excited to read House of Flame and Shadow, and for them all to be out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, December 25, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #655, December 25th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #654
Teaser Tuesday #662
WWW Wednesday #662
WOW #658
Will the Time Come #655
Third Sentence Thursday #645
Random Reads #631
First Lines Friday #658
Book Blogger Hop #324
Monthly ARC's Update 57
The Reward Challenge Update #640
Wheel of TBR #187
How Well I Stuck to It #492
Wrote that Review Update #489

Week 51 Reviews:

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Merry Bookmas Readathon: 

Reindeer Readathon: 

Bookgammon Readathon: 

OK, so I got 36 posts in 7 days, and yeah, it was a pretty good week, some great books were read, and yeah, it's Christmas, so I have it off, so yeah! Though it's going to be hard, the first Christmas without Dobby. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Week 51 Review: Last One to Leave

From Goodreads:
Seven strangers are invited to compete to win a clifftop mansion. The rules are simple: each contestant must have at least one hand in contact with one part of the house at all times. The last one to take their hand off, wins the house.

After 36 hours, a contestant is murdered. Soon they start to realise that it may not be the last person to leave the house that wins it, it may be the last person alive.

From the bestselling author of Find Us and Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone comes a locked room mystery where the door is open, but no-one wants to walk through it.

My Review:


Author: Benjamin Stevenson
Read: December 16th, 2023 
Source: Audible 
Reason Why: Love his writing and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Audible Originals
Published: June 7th 2023
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 36

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was The Last One to Leave which was for the prompt Owlcat Craft Cafe, and I'll be reading Copper Moon next! 

My Reading Journey:

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 1:38 PM
Pages Read: 291

Don't Hang Up by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 2:51 PM
Pages Read: 101

The House on the Water by Margot Hunt
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 4:02 PM
Pages Read: 87

No Kindness Too Soon by Sylvain Neuvel
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 150

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 144

Drowned by Cyn Balog
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 9:48 PM
Pages Read: 304

Random in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 368

Cold Water Veins by Amy Lutavics
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 2:47 PM
Pages Read: 68

The Werewolf's 15 Minutes by Jonathan Maberry
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 3:21 PM
Pages Read: 50

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 6:40 PM
Pages Read: 386

No Exit by Taylor Adams
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 10:35 PM
Pages Read: 352

Tempting the Bodyguard by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 9:23 PM
Pages Read: 272

Look What You Made Me Do by Katherine A. Olson
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 2:11 PM
Pages Read: 314

Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfhart
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 5:49 PM
Pages Read: 394

All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 11:46 AM
Pages Read: 656

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 419

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 4:53 PM
Pages Re ad: 481

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 416

Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 11:13 PM
Pages Read: 378

Twisted Fates by Danielle Rollins
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 10:32 AM
Pages Read: 368

Dark Stars by Danielle Rollins
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 2:21 PM
Pages Read: 320

Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Fiona Staples
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 3:31 PM
Pages Read: 168

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 384

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 368

Wicked Fox by by Kat Cho
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 448

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 11:57 AM
Pages Read: 209

Love Reborn by Yvonne Woon
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 402

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 384

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 448

Water's Wrath by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 10:49 AM
Pages Read: 382

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coldhurst
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 3:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 6:10 PM
Pages Read: 464

Living Dead Girl by Rachel Vincent
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 10:24 PM
Pages Read: 419

Tell Her Story by Margot Hunt
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 16th
Finished On: December 16th, 12:49 PM
Pages Read: 175

The Last One to Leave by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 16th
Finished On: December 16th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 200

Copper Moon by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions
Started On: December 16th
Currently On: Page 0 of 352

Prompts Left: The Old Tails Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Occult Premonitions     
Read: 36
Pages Read: 11261

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 35

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was Tell Her Story which was for the prompt Owlcat Craft Cafe, and I'll be reading The Last One to Leave next! 

My Reading Journey:

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 1:38 PM
Pages Read: 291

Don't Hang Up by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 2:51 PM
Pages Read: 101

The House on the Water by Margot Hunt
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 4:02 PM
Pages Read: 87

No Kindness Too Soon by Sylvain Neuvel
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 150

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 144

Drowned by Cyn Balog
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 9:48 PM
Pages Read: 304

Random in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 2:03 PM
Pages Read: 368

Cold Water Veins by Amy Lutavics
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 2:47 PM
Pages Read: 68

The Werewolf's 15 Minutes by Jonathan Maberry
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 3:21 PM
Pages Read: 50

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 6:40 PM
Pages Read: 386

No Exit by Taylor Adams
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 10th
Finished On: December 10th, 10:35 PM
Pages Read: 352

Tempting the Bodyguard by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 9:23 PM
Pages Read: 272

Look What You Made Me Do by Katherine A. Olson
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 2:11 PM
Pages Read: 314

Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfhart
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 5:49 PM
Pages Read: 394

All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 11th
Finished On: December 11th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 11:46 AM
Pages Read: 656

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 419

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 4:53 PM
Pages Re ad: 481

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 416

Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 12th
Finished On: December 12th, 11:13 PM
Pages Read: 378

Twisted Fates by Danielle Rollins
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 10:32 AM
Pages Read: 368

Dark Stars by Danielle Rollins
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 2:21 PM
Pages Read: 320

Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan, Illustrated by Fiona Staples
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 3:31 PM
Pages Read: 168

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 384

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 13th
Finished On: December 13th, 10:40 PM
Pages Read: 368

Wicked Fox by by Kat Cho
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 10:46 AM
Pages Read: 448

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 11:57 AM
Pages Read: 209

Love Reborn by Yvonne Woon
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 402

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 384

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 448

Water's Wrath by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 10:49 AM
Pages Read: 382

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coldhurst
Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Premonitions 
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 3:26 PM
Pages Read: 416

Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst
Prompt Fulfilled: Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 6:10 PM
Pages Read: 464

Living Dead Girl by Rachel Vincent
Prompt Fulfilled: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such
Started On: December 15th
Finished On: December 15th, 10:24 PM
Pages Read: 419

Tell Her Story by Margot Hunt
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 16th
Finished On: December 16th, 12:49 PM
Pages Read: 175

The Last One to Leave by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 16th
Currently On: Page 0 of 200

Prompts Left: The Old Tails Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Occult Premonitions, The Old Tails Bookstore, Occult Premonitions     
Read: 35
Pages Read: 11061

Week 50 Review: Don't Hang Up

From Goodreads:
'You and I are going to have a chat. If you hang up, this girl dies.'

Adam Turner works the mid-dawn shift at his local radio station. From 12am to 6am, it's his job to fill the airtime with old songs, inane chatter, and the occasional talkback caller. It's a long way from his prime-time slot from over a decade ago, when he was a star in the making. Now there's no producers, no billboards, no stakes, and, crucially, not many listeners. His frequent callers are drunk college students headed home from a night out, or long-range truck drivers. He is completely alone in the studio from midnight until dawn every night.

And then one night at 12:45am, he gets a different kind of call, with higher stakes than he could ever have wanted. The caller’s rules are simple – stay on the line, live on air, until dawn, or the woman they are holding captive will die.

The night wears on and Adam is tormented by his caller, forced to answer increasingly personal questions, exposing his fall from grace for all to hear. He must try to figure out just who is calling him, what they really want, and how he can stop them. All while staying live on air, and keeping the psycho talking.

But as the conversation gets deeper, is Adam willing to broadcast his darkest secrets to the world in order to keep a stranger safe?


My Review:


Author: Benjamin Stevenson
Read: December 9th, 2023 
Source: Audible 
Reason Why: Love his writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Audible Originals
Published: July 6th 2023
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 2

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was Don't Hang Up which was for the prompt Owlcat Craft Cafe, and I'll be reading The House on the Hill next! 

My Reading Journey:

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 1:38 PM
Pages Read: 291

Don't Hang Up by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 2:51 PM
Pages Read: 101

The House on the Water by Margot Hunt
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 87

Prompts Left: The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore      
Read: 2
Pages Read: 392

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 1

So I read my first book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was Howl for the Gargoyle which was for the prompt The Old Tails Bookstore, and I'll be reading Don't Hang Up next! 

My Reading Journey:

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 1:38 PM
Pages Read: 291

Don't Hang Up by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 101

Prompts Left: The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore      
Read: 1
Pages Read: 291

Monday, October 30, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #647, October 30th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #646
Teaser Tuesday #654
WWW Wednesday #654
WOW #650
Will the Time Come #647
Third Sentence Thursday #637
Random Reads #623
First Lines Friday #650
Book Blogger Hop #316
22 Books to Read in 2022 Update 15
The Reward Challenge Update #632
Wheel of TBR #179
How Well I Stuck to It #484
Wrote that Review Update #481

Week 43 Reviews:

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Becca's BookoplAthon: 

OK, so I got 45 posts in 7 days, and it was an OK week, I'm getting back into the swing of things again, but reviews are still suffering. But I'll catch up, even if it takes years again, though I hope to catch up again this year. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read A Fire in the Flesh!
From #1  New York Times  bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her Flesh and Fire series…

The only thing that can save the realms now is the one thing more powerful than the Fates.

After a startling betrayal ends with both Sera and the dangerously seductive ruler of the Shadowlands she has fallen madly in love with being held captive by the false King of the Gods, there is only one thing that can free Nyktos and prevent the forces of the Shadowlands from invading Dalos and igniting a War of Primals.

Convincing Kolis won’t be easy, though – not even with a lifetime of training. While his most favored Revenant is insistent that she is nothing more than a lie, Kolis’s erratic nature and twisted sense of honor leave her shaken to the core, and nothing could’ve prepared her for the cruelty of his Court or the shocking truths revealed. The revelations not only upend what she has understood about her duty and the very creation of the realms but also draw into question exactly what the true threat is. However, surviving Kolis is only one part of the battle. The Ascension is upon her, and Sera is out of time.

But Nyktos will do anything to keep Sera alive and give her the life she deserves. He’ll even risk the utter destruction of the realms, and that’s exactly what will happen if he doesn’t Ascend as the Primal of Life. Yet despite his desperate determination, their destinies may be out of their hands.

But there is that foreseen unexpected thread—the unpredictable, unknown, and unwritten. The only thing more powerful than the Fates…Update 40