Becca's BookoplAthon Update 20

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was My Best Friend's Exorcism which is for the prompt Grady Hendrix, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 480

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Prompt Fulfilled: Present

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:37 PM

Pages Read: 348

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison

Prompt Fulfilled: Jason Voorhees

Started On: October 15th

Finished On: October 15th, 9:51 PM

Pages Read: 495 

When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

Prompt Fulfilled: Feed Scroll

Started On: October 16th

Finished On: October 16th, 11:08 PM

Pages Read: 736

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Prompt Fulfilled: Grady Hendrix

Started On: October 17th

Finished On: October 17th, 11:48 AM

Pages Read: 337

All Fall Down by Ally Carter

Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card

Started On: October 17th

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Books Read: 20
Pages Read: 8203

Random Reads #674, October 17th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 4924 which turned out to be The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons! It's been on my TBR pile since October 24th, 2020, and I added it because I love her writing and it sounded really great! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Third Sentence Thursday #688, October 17th

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!

1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)

4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

"So you’re the rude one." -My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, page 16.

Well, that isn't great, that it has to be said! Must read more now! What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Will the Time Come #698, October 17th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!

Want to Join?

-Pick a book you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book    

-Link the post up in the linky  

-Visit the other blogs

From Goodreads:

In this delightful dark comedy debut, when the members of an LGBTQ+ club find themselves accidentally framed for attempted murder, it's up to them to clear their names before it's too late.

It’s kind of hard to graduate high school when you’re the prime suspect in an attempted murder.

Seventeen-year-old Eleanora Finkel just wants to finish her senior year and get the hell out of Texas. But when her club meeting inconveniently coincides with an attack on the school’s head cheerleader, she and her friends find themselves in the hot seat.

In order to clear their names and ensure the survival of their club for future queer teens, they’ll have to track down the real culprit themselves. But Eleanora is far from a professional detective; she’s riddled with anxiety, annoyingly attracted to the case’s cute victim, and her trusty crochet hook feels insufficient for fighting off a murderer. Can this ragtag group of unlikely sleuths find their way out of an entire freaking murder mystery before one of them is next?

Why the time hasn't come yet...

This book is coming out in April, and I have an ARC of it, so I hope to read it soon! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 19

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was When the Moon Hatched which is for the prompt Feed Scroll, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 480

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Prompt Fulfilled: Present

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:37 PM

Pages Read: 348

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison

Prompt Fulfilled: Jason Voorhees

Started On: October 15th

Finished On: October 15th, 9:51 PM

Pages Read: 495 

When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

Prompt Fulfilled: Feed Scroll

Started On: October 16th

Finished On: October 16th, 11:08 PM

Pages Read: 736

Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 7866

Day 17, Roll 20:

A 2, which gets me to Chance Card. The random item list selector picked All Fall Down by Ally Carter, so that's what I'll be reading! But that's doubles, so I have to do another roll.

Day 17th, Roll 21:

A 5, which gets me to Grady Hendrix. I went with My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, again, the prompt is named after him and his writing, so it fits the prompt!

Waiting on Wednesday #701, October 16th

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

Stranger Skies by Pascale Lacelle

Expected Publication: November 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:

Ninth House meets The Hazel Wood in this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling dark academia fantasy Curious Tides, following Emory, Baz, Romie, and Kai on their desperate quests through space and time!

Opening locked doors has a price—even for those who hold a key.

After going through the door that called to them both in dreams, Emory and Romie find themselves in the the same verdant world written of in Song of the Drowned Gods, albeit a twisted, rotting version of it. A sinister force has awoken with their arrival, intent on destruction as it spills across realms, and now Emory and Romie must stop it before it reaches their own shores.

Meanwhile, Baz and Kai are desperate to follow their friends through the door to other worlds, but a mishap pulls them back in time instead—where they come face to face with Cornus Clover himself, famed author of Song of the Drowned Gods. Stuck together in the past, they must navigate a very different Aldryn as they unravel the school’s darkest secrets.

Across time and worlds, Emory, Romie, Baz, and Kai find their fates eerily interwoven with the heroes from Clover’s book. But when stories can’t be trusted, friendships are put to the test, and deadly enemies are not always as they seem, they must decide who gets to be a hero—and who is desperate enough to see themselves become a villain.

Hexed by Emily McIntire

Expected Publication: November 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:

He's the prince of La Cosa Nostra. She's the witch who steals his heart.

From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a dark and delicious fractured fairytale of The Little Mermaid.

Venesa Andersen has never been good. She wasn’t good enough for her parents, and she isn’t good enough for the gangster uncle who took her in after they died. But she’s cunning. Beautiful. Dutiful to her uncle’s demands. And she doesn’t have time for a moral compass, anyway. When her runaway cousin returns to their coastal southern town, she brings a man with her…and Venesa soon realizes he’s the only one who’s ever seen her for her.

There’s just one problem: she can never have him.

Enzo “Loverboy” Marino is a wealthy businessman by day and prince of the underworld by night. Underboss to a notorious mafia syndicate, he answers to no one except his father, the strongest don in the Northeast. When he’s tasked with marriage, Enzo doesn’t think twice.

Until he meets his fiancée’s cousin.

Venesa is everything he never knew he wanted, bewitching him with her sultry voice and supple curves. But Enzo learned long ago that for a man like him, life is better without the things you want.

When plans unravel and temptation sings its siren song, they’ll both have to choose what’s more important: duty to their families, or a forbidden love that was never supposed to be.

Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

Expected Publication: November 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:

The stunning conclusion to the story that started in What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other!

1885, Egypt

Inez Olivera is left reeling from her cousin Elvira’s murder, and her mother’s betrayal, and when Tío Ricardo issues an ultimatum about her inheritance, she’s left with only one option to consider.

Marriage to Whitford Hayes.

Former British soldier, her uncle’s aide de camp, and one time nemesis, Whit has his own mysterious reasons for staying in Egypt. With her heart on the line, Inez might have to bind her fate to the one person whose secret plans could ruin her.

Getting Away With Murder by Kathryn Foxfield

Expected Publication: November 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:

The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller.

Walking disaster Saffron and her perfectionist twin sister Georgia have only one thing in common-they are both obsessed with battle royale video game Sole Survivor.

While working at a brand new, high tech escape room complex, Saffron poses a question to the resident which high school stereotype would survive the longest in a real life version of Sole Survivor? She is convinced a rebel like her would beat a know-it-all like Georgia. Unbeknown to her, the AI decides to determine the answer to her question by testing it out for real. It invites Saffron and Georgia's gamer friends to a preview of the escape rooms, but then it locks the doors and turns the rooms into a life-or-death battle to be the last player standing.

The rebel, the know-it-all, the princess, the jock, the geek, the weirdo, the star, the artist and the criminal. Just like in Sole Survivor, only one can survive the night...

It's Cabin in the Woods meets Squid GamePerfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. Knife-edge tension and twists you won't see coming.

4 books that I'm so excited for, I love these authors, and the series are really great, and the stand alones sound really great, too! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

WWW Wednesday #705, October 16th

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 When the Moon Hatched, and I'm loving it!

I read A Very Bad Thing, and I loved reading it so much! 

I'm going to be reading What You Made You Do, and I can't wait, it sounds really good! 

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Stephen Graham Jones Author Page

The Story:I saw his books around, like on Katee Robert's TikTok, and they sounded good, and I was prompted, and I read the first 2 books in the Indian Lake Trilogy and they were so good and I can't wait to read more by Stephen Graham Jones! 

Website

Series: The Indian Lake Trilogy.

The Indian Lake Trilogy: My Heart is a Chainsaw and his site, my review, Don't Fear the Reaper and his site, my review, The Angel of Indian Lake and his site, my review.

Stand Alone's: The Only Good Indian and his site, my review, The Last Final Girl and his site, my review, I Was a Teenager Slasher and his site, my review. 

Kathryn Foxfield Author Page

The Story: I saw her books on NetGalley, and I've enjoyed them as they've been listed, and I've loved them and I can't wait to read more! 

Website

Stand Alone's: Good Girls Die First and my review, Tag, You're Dead and my review, Getting Away With Murder and my review.

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 18

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was A Very Bad Thing which is for the prompt Jason Voorhees, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 480

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Prompt Fulfilled: Present

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:37 PM

Pages Read: 348

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison

Prompt Fulfilled: Jason Voorhees

Started On: October 15th

Finished On: October 15th, 9:51 PM

Pages Read: 495 

Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 7130

Day 16, Roll 19:

A 7, which gets me to Feed Scroll. What came up was When The Moon Hatched by Sarah Parker, which I saw here.

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 17

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was First Lie Wins which is for the prompt Present, and I'll be reading A Very Bad Thing next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 480

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Prompt Fulfilled: Present

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:37 PM

Pages Read: 348

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison

Prompt Fulfilled: Jason Voorhees

Started On: October 15th

Currently On: Page 0 of 495 

Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 6635

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 16

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Januaries which is for the prompt Community Shelf, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf

Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 480

Books Read: 16
Pages Read: 6155

Day 15, Roll 17:

A 6, which gets me to Present. I chose First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, I want to read it! But that's doubles, so I have to do another roll.

Day 15, Roll 18:

A 5, which gets me to Jason Voorhees. I chose A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison, that's 13 letters in the title! 

Teaser Tuesday #705, October 15th

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 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, page 29.

"Yeah, definitely getting on my last nerve. The other women are nudging one another, each one wanting one of the wothers to stop this train wreck."

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

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 15

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Don't Fear the Reaper which is for the prompt Seance, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Seance

Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 480

Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 5675

Day 15, Roll 16:

A 7, which gets me to Community Shelf. Using a random list generator, I got Read a book with a one-word title, I chose Januaries by Olivie Blake! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #697, October 14th

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 #696
Teaser Tuesday #704
WWW Wednesday #704
WOW #700
Will the Time Come #697
Third Sentence Thursday #687
Random Reads #673
First Lines Friday #700
Book Blogger Hop #366
The Reward Challenge Update #682
Wheel of TBR #229
How Well I Stuck to It #534
Wrote that Review Update #531

Week 41 Reviews:
The Glass Casket

Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up?

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate

Pimiko and the Uncharted Island

Rhomiko and the Confirmed Bachelor

There's Someone Inside Your House

Serial Killer Games

A Pirate's Life for Tea

A Dark and Hollow Star

A Cruel and Fated Light

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man)

The Wilderness of Wild Girls

Shameless Game

Whispers Most Foul

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 53

Becca's Spookoplathon: 

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10

Update 11

Update 12

Update 13

Update 14

Random:

J. Elle Author Page

Rebecca Thorne Author Page

Judy I. Lin Author Page

OK, so I got 35 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty nice week, I read a good pace and some fantastic reads! Plus today's a holiday-Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Tea You at the Altar!

The Princess Bride meets Bookshops and Bonedust in the third book of the Tomes & Tea series, where our favorite lesbian pirates must navigate the ultimate maelstrom—their own wedding!

Kianthe and Reyna are ready to finally walk down the aisle—in just seven days, their wedding of a wifetime will be a reality. There's loads to do—but like all best laid plans, everything seems to be going awry.

Between their baby dragons causing mayhem in Tawney, Kianthe's uptight parents inviting themselves to the wedding, and Reyna becoming embroiled in a secret plot to overthrow Queen Tilaine, the world seems against them—how are they going to live long enough to say "I do"?

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 14

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Halloween for Six which is for the prompt Dice Roll, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well W9ith Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley

Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 11:30 PM

Pages Read: 412

Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 5195

Day 14, Roll 15:

A 5, which gets me to Seance. The letter that I got was D. I chose Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones, Don't starts with D, so that works! 

Wrote that Review Update #531, October 13th

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 The Glass Casket, Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up?, Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate, Pimiko and the Uncharted Island, Rhomiko and the Confirmed Bachelor, There's Someone Inside Your House, Serial Killer Games, A Pirate's Life for Tea, A Dark and Hollow Star and A Cruel and Fated Light, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man), The Wilderness of Wild Girls, Shameless Game, Whispers Most Foul, so I have 11 of 11 reviews written!

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

What about you guys? Happy reading!

How Well I Stuck to It #534, October 13th

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

Week 42:

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

NetGalley: 1. Check.

Edelweiss: NAk.

New Books: NA.

One new book, that I just have to read, I love this series, and I've already read it and loved it! 

Week 41:

Nothing Planned!

vs.

The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman, Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up? by Sara Hantz, Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright, Pimiko and the Uncharted Island by Forthright, Rhomiko and the Confirmed Bachelor by Forthright, There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins, Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey, A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne, A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth, A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Wilderness of Wild Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin, Shameless Game by Kelly Finley, Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

A free week,,and I read what I wanted, and I'm happy with it, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wheel of TBR #229, October 13th

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

Rules:

1. For each week of the month, I'll do 3 spins each week to read each week though I do have the rest of the month to read them. Once a prompt is used, I'll randomly choose one from the list, keeping track of how often a colour comes up. If colour comes up 3 or more times in month, I'll do another spin once it comes up 3 times.

2. If I don't read a book that week or at least start it before the end of the month, then for my next week of spins, I have to add a punishment for each book unread. I'll roll for each unread book, and have to apply each and every punishment chosen to the week.

3. Each month I'll get a prompt from my Binge Read Wheel (either specifically picking the prompt, or spinning the wheel) and I have to read at least 9 books, though I can read more!

Of the books from the last week, I read Pimiko and the Uncharted Island by Forthright, Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti, and I started A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth.

Binge Read Wheel:

For this month, the wheel picked Yearly Goals. I read Rhomiko and the Confirmed Bachelor by Forthright, Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey, A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Wilderness of Wild Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin, Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald, so I've read 9/9+.

Prompts Used This Week:

2022 Purchase, Goodreads Choice Book, Travel, Series Continued and Unfinished 2024.

2022 Purchase-Cyan-All Fall Down by Ally Carter-I bought this book in 2022, so I'll read that! 

Goodreads Choice Book-Violet-My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones-This was a nominee in Horror 2021, so that works! 

Travel-Violet-What You Made Me Do by Barbara Gayle Austin-This book mentioned a Dutch family, so I'm pretty sure that it takes place somewhere in Europe! 

Bonus Spin for Violet-Series Continued and Unfinished 2024-Rose-The Hunt by Chloe Neill-I continued this series, but I still have 1 book plus this one left in the series, so if I don't read this one, or the next, the series will be unfinished.

Colour Totals:
Red: 1
Orange: 0
Yellow: 1
Chartreuse: 0
Green: 0
Spring Green: 1
Cyan: 2
Azure: 0
Blue: 0
Violet: 3
Magenta: 0
Rose: 2

Prompts for Next Week:

Read a Book in One Sitting-Red
YA Oldie-Orange

Physical Book-Yellow
Reading Challenge Prompt-Chartreuse

Word-Green
Catch Up With Author-Spring Green
Louisa Pick-Cyan
Series Not Touched in 2024-Azure
Series Continued and Unfinished/Current 2022-Blue

Shelf-Violet

More Than 1000 Reviews-Magenta

Review Post-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 #682, October 13th

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

OK, so I read The Glass Casket which counts 4 times as a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2024 Book, SAC 2024 Book and a Sophomore Challenge Book, Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up? which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a SAC 2024 Book, Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Pimiko and the Uncharted Island which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Rhomiko and the Confirmed Bachelor which counts 3 times as a End of Series 2024 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, There's Someone Inside Your House which counts twice as a SAC 2024 Book, Serial Killer Games which counts 5 times as a DAC Book, NetGalley Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, A Pirate's Life for Tea which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, A Dark and Hollow Star which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, A Cruel and Fated Light which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book, The Wilderness of Wild Girls which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a SAC 2024 Book, Shameless Game counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Whispers Most Foul which counts 4 times as a DAC Book, Edelweiss Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book.

So I have 40 counts which translates to $20 this week! I'll use it to buy books!

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 13

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Tea You at the Altar which is for the prompt Pentacle, and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM

Pages Read: 368

Kills Well W9ith Others by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby

Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM

Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

Prompt Fulfilled: Go

Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright

Prompt Fulfilled: Past

Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Prompt Fulfilled: Poll

Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM

Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM

Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read

Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM

Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book

Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM

Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving

Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM

Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald

Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface

Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM

Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle

Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 336

Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 4783

Day 13, Roll 14:

A 7, which gets me to Dice Roll. Here's what I rolled:

A 8. I chose Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley, it's 412 pages, so that's in the range.

Week 41 Review: Whispers Most Foul

From Goodreads:

Be wary of dark magic and the evil it carries. For when the hand of death enters Dunhollow Academy, no one is safe.Rose is a student at the prestigious and cutthroat institution of magical learning, Dunhollow Academy. The only problem is that she can't cast a single spell––something her chancellor mother and pretentious peers won't let her forget. Worst among them is Sylvie, the school's top caster, and Rose's academic rival.

At the start of her third year, Rose must deal with not only the Academy's expectations of her, but the presence of a vicious ghost, Aveline—a first year student whose sudden and mysterious disappearance was covered up last term.

Rose is the only person who can see Aveline's ghost, a secret she is keeping from everyone, even her best friend, Fen. When Sylvie's ghost appears, Rose realizes that death is following the students at Dunhollow.

Forced to team up, Rose and Sylvie find themselves tangled up in a web of old, dark magic and a dangerous secret Order. The deeper Rose and Sylvie search for answers, the darker the lies become. The clock is ticking, and Rose and Sylvie need to act fast before another student is claimed.

My Review:


Author: Emma MacDonald 

Series: Dunhollow Academy #1
Read: October 11th, 2024
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book!
Publisher: Caezik SF & Fantasy
Published: October 15th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 41 Review: Shameless Game

From Goodreads:

I'm the number one pro quarterback in love with two people. Talk about a double team. One romance is my sexy, shameless frenemy from college, Blair Monroe, and the other is my hot, ink-covered teammate, Colton Hawke.

And here's the kicker—we're stuck on a secluded island in Belize while Blair pretends to be my girlfriend, and Colton's still pissed we lost the Super Bowl. How the hell did we get in this steamy, tempting mess?

In high school, Colton was irrestible. On the field and in stolen moments, our connection was powerful. We still play the game. We’re still pros at hiding our intense match.

In college, I fell in love with Blair, too. She hated football, and I loved that about her. That and our passion for fantasy books and hilarious pranks. But her roommate was my girlfriend, so Blair was off-limits… until this past Valentine's night when we reunited in an adult store. We shared one bed and a shameless bet—who could out-tempt the other? Yeah, Blair's a struggling romance author. She won the bet and my heart.

Back then, I couldn't have either one. But now, I want them both.

The catch?

Name an out pro football player. Tell me obsessed press and fans will love me, my team, and my throuple, too. That's what I thought.

But this isn't college. This is everything on the line because Colton loves me, too. And Blair is the one I've been searching for.

We have ten days to get our pounding hearts, our tip-toeing secrets, our grumpy moods, our flirting bets, and our hot urges under control. Because I have a Super Bowl to win.

The question is, can I score two hearts forever, too.

____________________

Pro Football Romance

Why Choose

Enemies-to-Lovers vibes

Forced Proximity

Spicy Bets

Opposites Attract

HEA worth fighting for

____________________

SHAMELESS GAME is a spicy 'why choose' football romance. For the best reader experience, start with the prequel novella, SHAMELESS PLAY. Both are part of the author's interconnected spicy world where MCs share love and much more. For a full list of tropes and CWs, see the author's website.

My Review:


Author: Kelly Finley 
Series: Shameless Sports #1
Read: October 11th, 2024 
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first story in the series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Kelly Finley Publishing
Published: July 1st 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 41 Review: The Wilderness of Girls

From Goodreads:

After being placed in foster care, Rhi is hungry for a fresh start and begins working at the Happy Valley Wildlife Preserve. While in the woods, she stumbles upon a surreal a pack of wolves guarding four feral and majestic girls. After Rhi gains their trust, they reveal that they're princesses from another land, raised by a magical prophet they call Mother—and they're convinced Rhi is their lost fifth sister.

Unsure what to believe, Rhi ushers the girls to civilization, where they're met with societal uproar and scrutiny, dubbed by the ravenous media and true crime junkies as "The Wild Girls of Happy Valley." Desperate to return to their kingdom, the girls look to Rhi for help. Rhi knows the girls are deluded, but at the same time she's drawn in by their boldness and authenticity—traits she is afraid she has lost within herself. And when Rhi witnesses strange phenomena she can't quite explain, the line between fantasy and reality grows blurry.

As the hunt for answers intensifies, Rhi must make a decision that will change the course of her life and the lives of her Wild Girls forever.

My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! The synopsis sounded really intriguing, were these girls actually these princesses, or was the guy they called Mother crazy? Set in a backdrop of these wild girls now in society, and all the rules, written and unwritten, the social mores, and the misogyny, yeah, I loved it! 

I didn't realize right away, but this book is narrated by all of these girls, and a few others, plus a few transcripts, and book excerpts that came together to furnish the full picture. To see how each girl was struggling with their new life, loved it! 

We know something happened with Rhi, and her stepbrother. We knew she didn't want to go back to her dad and stepmother. Adding in the trigger warnings, and I had a good idea of what had happened, but it still hurt, finding out all the details, that she'd been through that. 

There are some unanswered questions at the end of this book, about if it was really real, who Mother was, and how they ended up with him. But that just added to the atmosphere of this book, where those questions had been lingering since the beginning! So I really enjoyed where we left these characters.  

Loved reading this book and I'd love to read more by Madeline Claire Franklin! 

Author: Madeline Claire Franklin
Read: October 11th, 2024 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Dreamscape Select
Published: June 11th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 41 Review: Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On A Dead Man)

From Goodreads:

Vera Wong is back and as meddling as ever in this follow-up to the hit Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.…

Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has a girlfriend! All thanks to Vera, because Tilly's girlfriend is none other than Officer Selena Gray. The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder. Still, Vera wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop, but one mustn't be ungrateful, even if one is slightly...bored.

Then Vera comes across a distressed young woman who is obviously in need of her kindly guidance. The young woman is looking for a missing friend. Fortunately, while cat-sitting at Tilly and Selena's, Vera finds a treasure Selena's briefcase. Inside is a file about the death of an enigmatic influencer—who also happens to be the friend that the young woman was looking for. 

Online, Xander had it a parade of private jets, fabulous parties with socialites, and a burgeoning career as a social media influencer. The only problem is, after his body is fished out of Mission Bay, the police can't seem to actually identify him. Who is Xander Lin? Nobody knows. Every contact is a dead end. Everybody claims not to know him, not even his parents.

Vera is determined to solve Xander's murder. After all, doing so would surely be a big favor to Selena, and there is nothing she wouldn't do for her future daughter-in-law.

My Review:


Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Series: Vera Wong #2
Read: October 10th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Expected Publication: April 1st 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars