Phase Out Your TBR Phase Six September 2024 Sign Up

So I'm signing up for Phase Out Your TBR, for Phase Six, hosted by Krys at Krys' Corner and you can find the announcement video here! 

This round is taking place in the month of September! 

I'm going to be playing this two ways, one to play the phase, and use what I got. The other is to make a phase out of the prompts I want to fill. But you start off with a hand of 10 cards and pick up one card, so I'm going to have 11, that I "discard" when I read, to complete the phase.

For the playing, I got Phase Five with a run of 2 to 10.

Yellow 2 - Food or Drink on the Cover - The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

Red 3 - Nature on the Cover - Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley

Blue 4 - Big Book - Crave by Tracy Wolff

Red Wild (Green 5) - LGBTIA+ Rep - Evocation by S T Gibson 

Red 6 - Short Book - Odd Spirits by S.T. Gibson

Blue 7 - Favourite Colour on the Cover - Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison

Green 8 - High Hopes - Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

Blue 9 - BIPOC Rep - The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Red 10 - Highest Rated - The Seven Year King by Kiki Hamilton

Yellow 1 - Air on the Cover - Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

Blue 12 - Odd Page Number - The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

For the prompts, I chose to make the phase a run of 2 to 10.

Green 2 - Animal on the Cover - The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel

Blue 3 - New to You Author - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

Yellow 4 - Big Book - Crush by Tracy Wolff

Yellow 5 - One Word Title - Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto

Yellow 6 - TBR Vet - This is Why We Lie by Gabriella Lapore

Green 7 - Hardcover - The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

Yellow 8 - Finish a Series - Cherish by Tracy Wolff

Yellow 9 - Multiple POV's - Tsumiku and the Enslaved Fox by Forthright

Blue 10 - Water on the Cover - The Cold Light of Day by Anna Lee Huber

Blue 11 - Favourite Genre - Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus 

Red 11 - Weapon on the Title - A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

Phase Out Your TBR Update 1

So I've read my first book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was The White Guy Dies First which is for the prompt Blue 9, and I'll be reading This is Why We Lie next! 

My Reading Journey:

The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 11:03 AM

Pages Read: 311

This is Why We Lie by Gabriella Lapore

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 6

Started On: September 

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Yellow 2, Red 3, Blue 4, Red Wild (Green 5), Red 6, Blue 7, Green 8, Red 10, Yellow 1, Blue 12, Green 2, Blue 3, Yellow 4, Yellow 5, Green 7, Yellow 8, Yellow 9, Blue 10, Blue 11, Red 11

Books Read: 1

Pages Read: 192

SeasonAthon Academy Update 4

So I read my next book for SeasonAthon Academy, and it was The White Guy Dies First which was for the prompt ANTH 1500, and I'll be reading Amari and the Despicable Wonders next! 

My Reading Journey:

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: ENGL 2130

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: BIOL 1050

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: MLNG 2400

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:39 PM

Pages Read: 384

The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: ANTH 1500

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 11:03 AM

Pages Read: 311

Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

Prompt Fulfilled: ENGL 3560

Started On: September 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: ENGL 2010, ASTR 1010, CHEM 1110, ESC 1500, GEOL 1110, PHYS 1030, GEOG 1030, HIST 2510, HIST 2820, HIST 2850, REL 2120, FLNG 3120

Read: 4

Pages Read: 1383

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 8

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was The White Guy Dies First which was for the prompt Restoration D, and I'll be reading Amari and the Despicable Wonders next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 9:48 PM

Pages Read: 384

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:39 PM

Pages Read: 384

The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 11:03 AM

Pages Read: 311

Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration Q, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 8

Pages Read: 2519

Waiting on Wednesday #695, September 4th

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

I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood...

Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they married, Anton died in a horrible car, but lived long enough to utter five words to her, “I’ll be waiting for you.”

That final private moment became public when someone from the crash scene took it to the press—the terminally ill woman holding her dying husband as he promised to wait for her on the other side. Worse, that person claimed it wasn’t Anton who said the words but his ghost, hovering over his body.

Since their story went public, Nicola has been hounded by spiritualists promising closure. In the hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends and family find a reputable medium—a professor of parapsychology. For the séance, they rent the Lake Erie beach house that Anton’s family once owned.

The medium barely has time to begin his work before things start happening. Locked doors mysteriously open. Clouds of insects engulf the house. Nicola hears footsteps and voices and the creak of an old dumbwaiter…in an empty shaft. Throughout it all she’s haunted by nightmares of her past. Because, unbeknownst to the others, this isn’t her first time contacting the dead. And Nicola isn’t her real name.

That’s when she finds the first body....

In this atmospheric, thrilling new ghost story, Kelley Armstrong's full talents are on display to thrill, chill and leave the reader guessing how Nicola escapes with her life--if she can.

Schemes & Scandals by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

It’s Mallory Atkinson’s first Christmas in Scotland. Victorian Scotland, that is. Also, as the twenty-first-century detective learns, Christmas really isn’t a thing in Victorian Scotland. It’s all about Hogmanay. But her boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, treats her to an early gift of tickets to the event of the season: a Charles Dickens reading. There, they bump into Lady Inglis—the lovely widow who has sent Gray sexy letters trying to entice him back to her bed.

Lady Inglis introduces Mallory to Dickens—the meeting of a lifetime—but in return she wants their help. She’s being blackmailed. Someone stole letters she wrote to another lover and is threatening to publish them.

Mallory isn’t sure what to make of Lady Inglis, but no woman deserves that, so she insists on taking the case with or without Gray’s help. Growing tension between them soon tells Mallory that Gray is hiding a secret of his own. She has until Hogmanay to uncover the blackmailer…and, hopefully, to put things right with Gray so they can enjoy the holiday together.

Vault of Souls by Josephine Angelini

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Bestselling author Josephine Angelini makes her adult fantasy debut with an epic tale about a world on the brink of destruction, and the Saints, assassins, and warriors who will risk everything to save it. Perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Naomi Novick.

The Peaceful People will suffer bondage no longer…

A former slave spearheads a ruthless rebellion against the kingdom that keeps her people in chains. Where Tabin-Af goes, the ground shakes and the air glows yellow. There are whispers that she is one of the mythical Widows, a harbinger of the end.

Every death adds another soul to the Vault…

Wielding unchecked elemental power, Tabin-Af’s Avenging Army is on a mission to lay waste to anyone who gets in their way, filling the Vault with every life they take. When the Vault can no longer hold, it will trigger a Reaping, a cataclysmic event where the dead are unleashed to reap the living.

The Vault of Souls is full…

Champions are chosen in secret, some to kill the Widow, and others to leverage her power against their enemies. Kings, queens, Saints, and cabals maneuver their pawns, scheming to use the uprising to their advantage, as destinies become intertwined and the line between heroism and villainy blurs, with the fate of an entire world hanging in the balance.

The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...

Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.

Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.

Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…

What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.

Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone. Follow the propulsive love story of two Greek gods, told with lavish artwork and contemporary sensibilities.

This full-color edition of Smythe’s original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 153-179 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Dive into a lush, standalone fantasy, set in the same world as The Drowned Woods and The Bone Houses, about a deadly competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig.

Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate—all vying for the Hunt’s life-changing prize: a magical wish granted by the Otherking.

BRANWEN possesses a gift no other human has: the ability to see and slay monsters. She’s desperate to cure her mother’s sickness, and the Wild Hunt is her only option.

GWYDION is the least impressive of his magically-talented family, but with his ability to control plants and his sleight of hand, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his cruel older brother from becoming a tyrant.

PRYDERI is prince-born and monster-raised. Deep down, the royal crown doesn’t interest him—all he wants is to know is where he belongs.

If they band together against the monstrous creatures within the woods, they have a chance to win. But, then again, nothing is guaranteed when all is fair in love and the Hunt.

A Song to Drown Riviers by Ann Liang

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds.

Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.

Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.

Trained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods.

Once inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. But the higher Xishi climbs in the Wu court, the farther she and Fanli have to fall—and if she is unmasked as a traitor, she will bring both kingdoms down.

The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Perfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran: a sinister tale of the supernatural, sisterhood, and the shadows that rule our darkest desires, New York Times best-selling author Judy I. Lin takes her first foray into horror with Rick Riordan Presents

Ruby Chen has always played the part of the dutiful eldest daughter: excelling in school; excelling in piano lessons; excelling at keeping her younger sister, Tina, focused on extracurriculars meant to impress college admissions officers.

But when a ghost from the spirit world attacks the sisters in the middle of Vancouver’s Chinatown neighborhood, Ruby’s life is plunged into a darkness that no amount of duty can free her from. Overnight, Ruby’s sister seems to change. There are strange noises coming from her bedroom at all hours; and the once sweet, funny Tina has been replaced by something dark and unnatural.

As Ruby races to save her sister from demonic possession, she is thrown into an ancient battle over the gateway to the underworld. On one side, an evil traveling temple known for making dark wishes come true has returned to Chinatown after many years—intent on breaking down the gateway and unleashing the evil within. On the other side, the guardians who must stop them.

And in order to survive, Ruby must not only face the horror taking over her community, but must also confront the horror within herself.

Chinese and Taiwanese mythology get the Junji Ito treatment in this bone-chilling, propulsive story that takes the horrors of the Asian diaspora experience to a whole new level.

The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer 

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.

Seventeen years have gone by since the Coordinated Endeavor crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.

More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. 

Separated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.

A demon. An angel. A city that burns at the heart of the world.

The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, married, and maddened the city and its people for generations, and built it into a place of joy and desire, revelry and riot.

And then the angels come, and the city falls.

Vitrine is left with nothing but memories and a book containing the names of those she has lost—and an angel, now bound by her mad, grief-stricken curse to haunt the city he burned.

She mourns her dead and rages against the angel she longs to destroy. Made to be each other’s devastation, angel and demon are destined for eternal battle. Instead, they find themselves locked in a devouring fascination that will change them both forever.

Together, they unearth the past of the lost city and begin to shape its future. But when war threatens Azril and everything they have built, Vitrine and her angel must decide whether they will let the city fall again.

The City in Glass is both a brilliantly constructed history and an epic love story, of death and resurrection, memory and transformation, redemption and desire strong enough to burn a world to ashes and build it anew.

Class Act by Kelsey Rodkey

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Katie Cotugno, this fake-dating YA rom-com from Kelsey Rodkey set at a high school election shows that in matters of the heart, you have to elect to be yourself.

Ella knew transferring to a new school wouldn’t be easy. The first day, while defending her sister, Ella makes an enemy out of the student council president and lands in detention. Swearing revenge on him, Ella will stop at nothing to unseat him—even calling for a redo election in which she’s the only one brave enough to run against him.

As a new student, Ella isn’t sure she can secure the votes until she meets unfailingly flirtatious Patrick and hears his wild idea to help her. He’ll pretend to be her boyfriend and show their classmates that she and her ideas for the school aren’t so bad. It’s like something out of her sister’s fan fiction.

But when their fake romance starts feeling too real, and Patrick’s true motives for their arrangement come to light, Ella has to decide what’s more Patrick or the polls.

Wow, October is kicking it off with a bang! There's some excellent books here, and I'm so excited for these books, I've read a few, and they've been so good! They need to be out in the world! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

WWW Wednesday #699, September 4th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• 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 currently reading Amari and the Despicable Wonders, and it's so great!

I read One of the Good Ones, and itw as really great!

I'm going to be reading This Poison Heart, and Ic an't wait, ti sounds really great! 

What about you guys? Happy reading!

SeasonAthon Academy Update 3

So I read my next book for SeasonAthon Academy, and it was One of the Good Ones which was for the prompt MLNG 2400, and I'll be reading The White Guy Dies First next! 

My Reading Journey:

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: ENGL 2130

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: BIOL 1050

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: MLNG 2400

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:39 PM

Pages Read: 384

The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: ANTH 1500

Started On: September 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 311

Prompts Left: ENGL 2010, ASTR 1010, CHEM 1110, ESC 1500, GEOL 1110, PHYS 1030, ENGL 3560, GEOG 1030, HIST 2510, HIST 2820, HIST 2850, REL 2120, FLNG 3120

Read: 3

Pages Read: 1072

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 7

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was One of the Good Ones which was for the prompt Alchemy O, and I'll be reading The White Guy Dies First next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 9:48 PM

Pages Read: 384

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:39 PM

Pages Read: 384

The White Guy Dies First Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 4th

Currently On: Page 0 of 311

Prompts Left: Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 7

Pages Read: 2208

SeasonAthon Academy Update 2

So I read my next book for SeasonAthon Academy, and it was The Debutantes which was for the prompt BIOL 1050, and I'll be reading One of the Good Ones next! 

My Reading Journey:

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: ENGL 2130

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: BIOL 1050

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: MLNG 2400

Started On: September 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: ENGL 2010, ASTR 1010, CHEM 1110, ESC 1500, GEOL 1110, PHYS 1030, ANTH 1500, ENGL 3560, GEOG 1030, HIST 2510, HIST 2820, HIST 2850, REL 2120, FLNG 3120

Read: 2

Pages Read: 688

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 6

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was The Debutantes which was for the prompt Shapeshifting O, and I'll be reading One of the Good Ones next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 9:48 PM

Pages Read: 384

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 4:18 PM

Pages Read: 352

One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 6

Pages Read: 2208

SeasonAthon Academy Update 1

So I read my first book for SeasonAthon Academy, and it was Eleanor & Park which was for the prompt ENGL 2130, and I'll be reading The Debutantes next! 

My Reading Journey:

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: ENGL 2130

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: BIOL 1050

Started On: September 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 352

Prompts Left: ENGL 2010, ASTR 1010, CHEM 1110, ESC 1500, GEOL 1110, PHYS 1030, ANTH 1500, ENGL 3560, GEOG 1030, HIST 2510, HIST 2820, HIST 2850, MLNG 2400, REL 2120, FLNG 3120

Read: 1

Pages Read: 336

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 5

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Eleanor & Park which was for the prompt Alchemy O, and I'll be reading The Debutantes next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 9:48 PM

Pages Read: 384

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 10:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 352

Prompts Left: Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 5

Pages Read: 1856

Teaser Tuesday #699, September 3rd

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from The Debutantes by by Olivia Worley, page 14.

"Now, even though Mardi Gras clubs like Deus are technically open to anyone—as long as you've got money to pay the dues and another member to vouch for your worthiness—I still can't get past the rotten, gnarled roots of it. And looking around at the other Maids onstage, this ball doesn't look any less rich or white than they all did a century ago."

Yeah, that doesn't sound great! Must read more now! What about you guys? Happy reading!

SeasonAthon Academy Fall 2024 Sign Up

So I'm signing up for SeasonAthon Academy, which is now in a school set up, and it's hosted by Melanie at Completely Melanie, Amy at astarreads, and Drew at Drew's Ambitious Reading! Here's an announcement video and it takes place through the month of September.

1. 

ENGL 2010 – Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune and post a review

2. 

ENGL 2130 - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

3.

ASTR 1010 - The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei and write review

BIOL 1050 - Life on Earth - The Debutantes by Olivia Worley and post a review

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I - The Highlander's Return by Lynsay Sands and post a review

ESC 1500 - Introduction to Environmental Science I - Dark Hope by Christine Feehan and post a review

GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology - Marked by Stars by Forthright and post a review

PHYS 1030 - General Physics - Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh and post a review

4. 

ANTH 1500 - Anthropology Today: The Arc of Humanity - The White Guy Dies First Anthology

ENGL 3560 - African Literature - Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

GEOG 1030 - The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois by Ryan Graudin

HIST 2510 – History of Epidemics – Extreme Makeover by Dan Wells

HIST 2820 – Modern East Asia – Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho

HIST 2850 – Colonial Latin America – Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore

MLNG 2400 - Caribbean Voices - One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

REL 2120 Introduction to Philosophy of India - The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

5. 

FLNG 3120 - Intermediate Foreign Language III - Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 4

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was The Exalted which was for the prompt Art of Illusion O, and I'll be reading Eleanor & Park next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 9:48 PM

Pages Read: 384

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 3rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Prompts Left: Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Shapeshifting O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 4

Pages Read: 1520

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 3

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was A Scandal in Mayfair which was for the prompt Elemental Studies D, and I'll be reading The Exalted next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:17 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Exalted by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 2nd

Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Elemental Studies O, Shapeshifting O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 3

Pages Read: 1136

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #691, September 2nd

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 #690
Teaser Tuesday #698
WWW Wednesday #698
WOW #694
Will the Time Come #691
Third Sentence Thursday #681
Random Reads #667
First Lines Friday #694
Book Blogger Hop #360

Monthly ARC's October Round Up

Monthly Series September Round Up

Monthly ARC's Update 87

23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 13

A-Z Reading Challenge Update 67
The Reward Challenge Update #676
Wheel of TBR #223
How Well I Stuck to It #528
Wrote that Review Update #525

Week 35 Reviews:
A Song of Ash and Moonlight

The Rose Bargain

Lady MacBeth

Unlock the Dark

The Night of Knives

The Rebel Army

Never Fall for a Dragon

The Lies We Conjure

Between You, Me, and the Honeybees

Bull Moon Rising

The Night in the Library

Nightbirds

The Love of My Afterlife

Neighbourhood Girls 

A Phantom Enchantment 

The Irish Goodbye 

Forbidden Games

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 1

Update 2

2024 ARC August: 

Update 34

Update 35

Update 36

Update 37

Update 38

Update 39

Update 40

Update 41

Update 42 and Wrap Up

Random:

The Bookworm Revolution September 2024 TBR

Book Battle September 2024 TBR

OK, so I got 47 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, I read some pretty fantastic books, and it's nice, we have today off, so I'm enjoying that! It's a good start to a month of heavy reading for the Magical Readathon! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 2

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Fly With Me which was for the prompt Art of Illusion O, and I'll be reading A Scandal in Mayfair next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 2nd

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Art of Illusion O, Elemental Studies O, Shapeshifting O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 2

Pages Read: 816

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 1

So I read my first book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was After That Night which was for the prompt Elemental Studies Q, and I'll be reading Fly With Me next!

My Reading Journey:

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 3:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Fly with Me by Andie Burke

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 1st

Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Alchemy D, Inscription O, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Spells & Incantations D, Art of Illusion O, Elemental Studies O, Elemental Studies D, Shapeshifting O, Animal Studies O, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration, Inscription O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Conjuration O, Conjuration Q, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore Q, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies Q, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting Q, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Art of Illusion D, Psionics & Divination O

Read: 1

Pages Read: 432

Book Battle September 2024 TBR

Well it's time to choose my September TBR for Book Battle. So here are the books that I've picked this month: 

5pts-Book that made you shake like a leaf-After the Night by Karin Slaughter

5pts-Character that you can root for in it-Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

5pts-Book about growth-So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

5pts-Plant in the title-Poison Ivy by Steffanie Holmes

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 1-Flowers on the cover-A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 2-Green cover-Evocation by S T Gibson

10pts-CLUB READ 1-This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

10pts-CLUB READ 2-A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell

10pts-Book that's set in nature-Dark Hope by Christine Feehan

15pts-Gardener main character-This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

20pts-Book with your team in it*-Fresh as a Daisy-Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

So this month, the theme is plant books, which is too narrow to make a list that fit that theme.

How did I do last month?

5pts-Book with a lot of buzz (if you consider it popular it works)-Born of Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout-Read!

5pts-Sweet story-Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak-Read!

5pts-Book that was on your "to bee read"-A Cursed Son by Day Leitao-Read!

5pts-"Honey" in the title-A Court of Honey and Ash by Shannon Mayer and Kelly St. Clare-Read!

5pts-Book about a "honey"-King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley-Read!

5pts-Main character that can fly-Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong-Read!

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 1-Book you read while outside-Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire-Read!

5pts-CRITERIA CHOICE 2-Published in your birth month-May-Stay Dead by April Henry-Read!

10pts-CLUB READ 1-Hive Heart by FastPuck, 11-20-Read!

10pts-CLUB READ 2-A Dawn With the Wolf Knight by Elise Kova-Read!

10pts-Book with a queen bee-The Wren in the Holly Library by K A Lindle-Read!

10pts-Birthday in it-Worst in Show by Anna E. Collins-Read!

10pts-Book about bees-Hive Heart by FastPuck, 1-10-Read!

15pts-Beekeeper in the story-Between You, Me, and the Honeybees by Amelia Diane Coombs-Read!

20pts-Book with a team in it*-Book Haul from the Hive-Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney-Read!

The Bookworm Revolution September 2024 TBR

Well it's time to choose my September TBR for The Bookworm Revolution. So here are the books that I've picked this month: 

5pts - Dark Book-This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter

5pts - Plot Twist!-The White Guy Dies First Anthology

5pts - Book You Read One Handed-The Highlander's Return by Lynsay Sands

5pts - Book You Are Pumped To Read-Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

5pts - Book You Are Scared To Read-This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

5pts - Pick & Choose 1-ARC-Fly with Me by Andie Burke

5pts - Pick & Choose 2-Audiobook-Crush by Tracy Wolff

10pts - Revolution Read 1-Stagtown by Punko, 1-10

10pts - Revolution Read 2-Evocation by S T Gibson

10pts - Book With "Blood" or "Heart" on the Cover-Crave by Tracy Wolff

10pts - Book with a Dangerous Character-Covet by Tracy Wolff

15pts - Book That Takes You Out of Your Comfort Zone-Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

15pts - Book With An Unreliable Narrator-The Cruel Dark by Bea Northwick

20pts - Book That Matches a Team (Horror/Thriller/Spice/Mystery)-After the Night by Karin Slaughter

30pts - Book That Makes Your Blood Pump-Mystery-A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman

So this month, the theme is F*ck, Marry, Kill, the genre bonus is Thriller/Mystery/Spice/Horror and the inclusivity bonus is Indigenous Rep. So I'll try and make a list:

How did I do last month?

5pts - Queer or Genderbent Retelling-Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa-Read!

5pts - Dark Retelling-Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney-Read!

5pts - Book with a Character You Wished Was Real-Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong-Read!

5pts - Pick & Choose 1-ARC-A Cursed Son by Day Leitao-Read!

5pts - Pick & Choose 2-New Release-Arkangel by James Rollins-Read!

10pts - Revolution Read 1-The Wren in the Holly Library by K A Lindle-Read!

10pts - Revolution Read 2-The Will of the Many by James Islington-Read!

10pts - Book Set in an Alternative Reality or Fantastical World-Secrets of the Starcrossed by Clara O'Connor-Read!

15pts - Book with a Happily Ever After-Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak-Read!

20pts - Villain POV-Mythology-Scarred by Emily McIntire-Read!

Wrote that Review Update #525, September 1st

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 A Song of Ash and Moonlight, The Rose Bargain, Lady MacBeth, Unlock the Dark, The Night of Knives and The Rebel Army, Never Fall for a Dragon, The Lies We Conjure, Between You, Me, and the Honeybees, Bull Moon Rising, The Night in the Library, Nightbirds, The Love of My Afterlife, Neighbourhood Girls, A Phantom Enchantment, The Irish Goodbye, Forbidden Games, so I have 16 of 16 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 #528, September 1st

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 36:

Nothing Planned! 

A free week to kick off the month, with all the readathons and huge TBR's, I need to have clean slate to pick which books to read this week! 

Week 35:

A Song of Ash and Moonlight by Claire Legrand

vs.

A Song of Ash and Moonlight by Claire Legrand, The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith, Lady MacBeth by Ava Reid, Unlock the Dark by Sasa Hawk, The Night of Knives by V.E. Schwab, The Rebel Army by V.E. Schwab, Never Fall for a Dragon by Lola Glass, The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning, Between You, Me, and the Honeybees by Amelia Diane Coombs, Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon, The Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk, Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong, The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood, Neighbourhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley, A Phantom Enchantment by Eve Marie Mont, The Irish Goodbye by Amy Ewing, Forbidden Games by Katee Robert

I read what I wanted, and I did, and a bunch more other books, and I loved them, they were really great, and I can't wait for this coming week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wheel of TBR #223, September 1st

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 Night of Knives by Victoria Schwab, Between You, Me, and the Honeybees by Amelia Diane Coombs, and I started After That Night by Karin Slaughter.

Binge Read Wheel:

For this month, the wheel picked Series. 

For this past month, I chose ARC. I read Unlock the Dark by Sasa Hawk, Never Fall for a Dragon by Lola Glass, The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning, Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon, The Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk, Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong, The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood, Neighbourhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley, The Irish Goodbye by Amy Ewing, Forbidden Games by Katee Robert, If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun, so I've read 34/9+.

Prompts Used This Week:

Title, No Common Letter, ARC-NetGalley.

Title-Violet-13-The Debutantes by by Olivia Worley-This title has 13 letters and I'll read it! 

No Common Letter-Violet-E-Odd Spirits by S.T. Gibson-This title doesn't have E in the title (or the author) So I'll use that! 

ARC-NetGalley-Magenta-A Scandal in Mayfair by Katharine Schellerman-I have this ARC from NetGalley so that fits! 

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

Prompts for Next Week:

PDF Book-Red
Most Anticipated-Orange

Series As Last Read-Yellow
A-Z End Author-Chartreuse

Start the Series-Green
Genre Most Read-Spring Green
Physical Book to Read in 2021-Cyan
Series Not Touched since before 2020-Azure
Year-Blue

NetGalley Book to Read in 2021-Violet

More Than 1000 Reviews-Magenta

Series Started and Unfinished/Current 2023-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 #676, September 1st

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 A Song of Ash and Moonlight which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book, The Rose Bargain which counts 4 times as a Edelweiss Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Lady MacBeth which counts 4 times as a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2024 Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Unlock the Dark which counts 5 times as a DAC Book, Edelweiss Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, The Night of Knives which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Rebel Army which counts 3 times as a End of Series 2024 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Never Fall for a Dragon which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Lies We Conjure which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Between You, Me, and the Honeybees which counts times as a SAC 2024 Book, Bull Moon Rising which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book, The Night in the Library which counts 4 times as a Edelweiss, SAC 2024 Book and a Sophore Challenge Book, Nightbirds which counts 4 times as a DAC Book, NetGalley Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Love of My Afterlife which counts 3 times as a NetGalley and a SAC 2024 Book, Neighbourhood Girls which counts 4 times as a Edelweiss Book, SAC 2024 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book, A Phantom Enchantment which counts 4 times as a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, End of Series 2024 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Irish Goodbye which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a SAC 2024 Book, Forbidden Games which counts 4 times as a End of Series 2024 Book, NetGalley Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book.

So I have 61 counts which translates to $30.50 this week! I'll use it to buy books!

ARC August Update 42 and Wrap Up

So I read my final book for ARC August, and it was If I Have to Be Haunted and I had a pretty great  time, read some really great books and I can't wait for the next ARC month reading month! 

My Reading Journey:

A Cursed Son by Day Leitao

Started On: August 1st

Finished On: August 1st, 3:30 PM

Pages Read: 462

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong

Started On: August 1st

Finished On: August 1st, 8:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

Started On: August 2nd

Finished On: August 2nd, 11:03 PM

Pages Read: 160

Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak

Started On: August 3rd

Finished On: August 3rd, 8:27 PM

Pages Read: 400

Stay Dead by April Henry

Started On: August 4th

Finished On: August 4th, 5:19 PM

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King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Started On: August 5th

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Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

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Finished On: August 6th, 2:39 PM

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Wordless by AdriAnne Strickland 

Started On: August 6th

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Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 

Started On: August 7th

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Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova 

Started On: August 7th

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The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong

Started On: August 8th

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Illicit Temptations by Katee Robert

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She Waits for You Beyond the Dark by Kristen Simmons

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Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey

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Worst in Show by Anna E. Collins

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Medici Heist by Caitlin Schneiderhan

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The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs

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Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney

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Curse of the Celts by Clara O'Connor

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Lifeless by AdriAnne Strickland

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A Touch of Scarlet by Eve Marie Mont

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The Lightness of Hands by Jeff Garvin

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Bitter Is the Heart by Mina Hardy

Started On: August 20th

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Meet Me Here by Bryan Bliss

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Legend of the Lakes by Clara O'Connor

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This Book Kills by Ravena Kaur Guron

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Phantasm by Kaylie Smith

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The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

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The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard

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A Song of Ash and Moonlight by Claire Legrand

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The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

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Unlock the Dark by Sasa Hawk

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Never Fall for a Dragon by Lola Glass

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The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

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Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

Started On: August 26th

Finished On: August 26th, 11:17 PM

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The Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk

Started On: August 27th

Finished On: August 27th, 10:36 AM

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Nightbirds by Kate J. Armstrong

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Finished On: August 27th, 8:02 PM

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The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

Started On: August 28th

Finished On: August 28th, 7:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley

Started On: August 29th

Finished On: August 29th, 6:04 PM

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The Irish Goodbye by Amy Ewing

Started On: August 30th

Finished On: August 30th, 10:38 AM

Pages Read: 336

Forbidden Games by Katee Robert

Started On: August 30th

Finished On: August 30th, 10:18 PM

Pages Read: 336

If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun

Started On: August 31st

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Week 35 Review: Forbidden Games

From Goodreads:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Neon Gods comes two spicy romances, here in one volume.

When you are drawn to someone you can't have, do you run away from the danger or toward it?

Make Me Want

Lucy Baudin's ex did a number on her self-esteem, but she's about to make partner at her law firm and it's time to get her groove back. So she hires Gideon Novak, cutthroat headhunter and her ex's best friend, to give her confidence lessons in the bedroom. Gideon has pined for her for years, and now, teaching her about touch, trust and letting go is opening up a world of risks. Is this a mistake for them both? Or will they each find something they never knew they wanted?

Make Me Crave

Of all the private islands in all the world, he kayaked into hers. Allie Landers just enjoyed the best vacation sex with an irresistible stranger—only to find out he's no stranger. Dealmaker Roman Bassani has been pressuring Allie into taking on investors for her women-focused fitness company. After that accidental encounter, they agree to put business aside for one week. Then it's back to the real world—and their real rivalry. What happens to their opposing interests when they return from paradise?

Previously published as Make Me Want and Make Me Crave.  

My Review:
I had such a blast reading this collection! I really love Katee Robert's writing, and I'm glad that these books are being republished, because honestly I don't think I would've read them otherwise, because I'm not much of a contemporary romance reader, but I love her stories, so this is the best!

I really enjoyed the first collection in this series, but I knew going in that the events in this collection happened first, since in Make Me Yours, it started with one of these couple's wedding. So while I read them out of order, I still really enjoyed these stories! 

The thing that Katee Roberts does really well, is making characters and romances that you just had to read more of! Lucy who wants to make partner, but has the understanding that it won't happen unless she's married, and Gideon, who's so very attracted to her and hates that his friend hurt her, yeah, it was complicated, and delicious to read! 

Allie and Roman's story, where they have a chance encounter, when it turns out they're clashing in their work lives? That was such a delight, and I was so excited to see how their personal dynamics would affect their work lives, I couldn't get enough! 

Loved reading these books and I can't wait to read more by Katee Robert! 

Author: Katee Robert 
Series: Make Me #1, 2
Read: August 30th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2024 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Harlequin
Expected Publication: January 14th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars