It's Monday! What Are You Reading #466, May 11th

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 #465
Teaser Tuesday #473
WWW Wednesday #473
WOW #469
Will the Time Come #466
Third Sentence Thursday #456
Random Reads #442
First Lines Friday #469
Book Blogger Hop #135
The Reward Challenge Update #451
How Well I Stuck to It #303
Wrote that Review Update #300

Week 19 Reviews:
Sea Witch
Sea Witch Rising
If These Wings Could Fly
The Fiery Kingdom
Aurora Rising
Aurora Burning
Network Effect
Rosemarked
Umbertouched
The Lost City
The Morning Flower
Beyond a Darkened Shore
Corpse & Crown

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:
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Update 9
Update 10
Update 11

24 Hour Reading Challenge:
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Update 4 and Wrap Up
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OK, so I got 40 posts in 7 days, I read a good deal, which meant review posts and reading challenge posts, so lots this week! So I'm happy with that! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want, it's a free week, and I'm going to read a lot of ARC's!

Week 19 Review: Corpse & Crown

From Goodreads:
From Alisa Kwitney comes a connected novel set in the same alternative Victorian England of Cadaver & Queen. Corpse & Crown follows the story of Agatha DeLacey, an Ingold nursing student who travels to London and uncovers a devastating secret about the country's Bio-Mechanicals. Inspired by the classic story of Oliver Twist and complete with a dashing Artful Dodger-inspired male lead, this retelling is a satisfying follow-up to Kwitney's clever and critically acclaimed young adult debut. 

My Review:
Reading this book was really fantastic! It's been a while since I read the first one, and I wasn't sure how this book connected, but yeah, Lizzie and Victor are both in this book, and it was great to see them, and also get to know Agatha and Dodger. Well, we got hints of Dodger, but only little tidbits.

This was a really great story, of a young relationship complicated by an accident, and furthermore by one big horrible situation that had them all mixed up. Watching these two deal with some pretty terrible circumstances, it was fantastic to read!

So I'm a bit curious about something. Dodger was murdered to become a Bio-Mechanical. And the one participant is going to have some consequences. But the other, he's not mentioned. And it's a little unfair, that.

While it has been a year since this was published, I'm really hoping that we'll get a sequel, because I really think it would be great if Justine could have her own book. After all, she's been in both books, and after what happened in this one, well, she could have a story, and I would really enjoy getting to explore her character more!

Really enjoyed reading this book, it was such a quick and delightful read!

Author: Alisa Kwitney
Series: Cadaver & Crown #2
Read: May 8th, 2020
Source: Bought/Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Historical Fiction 2020 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: February 1st 2019

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 4 and Wrap Up

I read my last book, Corpse & Crown. I didn't read quite as much as I would like, given that I only read for 14 hours, but I did read a good deal, so I'm happy with that!

My Reading Journey:

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 9th, 12:07 AM
Pages Read: 314

Goals: 6-8
Read: 4
Pages Read: 1471

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 10

Ok, so I read Corpse & Crown and now to read my next book, No Parking At the End Times! 

My Reading Journey:

Goldilocks Laura Lam
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 11:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 4:13 PM
Pages Read: 348

Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 10:07 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Fiery Kingdom by Jeffe Kennedy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 400

Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 1:22 PM
Pages Read: 382

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 9th, 12:07 AM
Pages Read: 314

No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss
Started On: May 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 267

Desolation Road by Christine Feehan
Started On: May
Finished On: May 
Pages Read: 480

Books Read: 10

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 3769

Reading Next: Desolation Road, Dark Shore, Dark Skies, Though the White Wood

24 Hour Reading Challenge Update 3

I read my next book, Beyond a Darkened Shore, and I'm going to be reading Corpse & Crown next! Didn't take me too long, so I'm happy with that! Now to read more! I think I can get 2 more in, though I'll go into Saturday, well, I only had about 14 hours this time, so that's Ok.

My Reading Journey:

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Currently On: Page 0 of 314

Goals: 6-8
Read: 3
Pages Read: 1157

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 9

Ok, so I read Beyond a Darkened Shore and now to read my next book, Corpse & Crown! 

My Reading Journey:

Goldilocks Laura Lam
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 11:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 4:13 PM
Pages Read: 348

Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 10:07 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Fiery Kingdom by Jeffe Kennedy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 400

Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 1:22 PM
Pages Read: 382

The Lost City by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 12:01 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Morning Flower by Amanda Hocking
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 6:04 PM
Pages Read: 352

Beyond a Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 421

Corpse & Crown by Alisa Kwitney
Started On: May 8th
Currently On: Page 0 of 314

Books Read: 9

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 3455

Reading Next: No Parking At the End Times, Desolation Road, Dark Shore, Dark Skies 

Week 41 Review: Cadaver & Queen

From Goodreads:
When Lizzie Lavenza enrolled at Ingold as its first female medical student, she knew she wouldn't have an easy time. From class demands to being an outsider among her male cohorts, she'll have to go above and beyond to prove herself. So when she stumbles across what appears to be a faulty Bio-mechanical--one of the mechanized cadavers created to service the school--she jumps at the chance to fix it and get ahead in the program.

Only this Bio-mechanical isn't like the others. Where they are usually empty-minded and perfectly obedient, this one seems to have thoughts, feelings...and self-awareness.

Soon Lizzie realizes that it is Victor Frankenstein--a former student who died under mysterious circumstances. Victor, it seems, still has a spark of human intelligence inside him, along with memories of things he discovered before his untimely death...and a suspicion that he was murdered to keep that information from getting out.

Suddenly Lizzie finds herself intertwined in dark secrets and sabotage that put her life, and the lives of Victor and their friends, in danger. But Lizzie's determined to succeed--even if that means fighting an enemy who threatens the entire British Empire. 

My Review:
Oh, this book was really fantastic! I loved reading about this world and these characters! The mystery was so interesting, as well! I just had to keep reading this book! The idea of Bio-mechanicals is very interesting, and I enjoyed learning more!

Lizzie is a female breaking into the world of medicine. From the instructors to the fellow students, she has a lot of obstacles in her path. But she proves them wrong time and time again, which was really great to read! It sucked that she had to do double the work for half the credit, if that, though.

Being in Victor's head was kinda hard. I mean, he'd been killed to protect some secret, and then brought back as a Bio-mechanical. Who is treated rather poorly. And that he's different from the others, he's aware of his situation. Not fun!

That ending had a lot going on! Like, there was the reveal of the secret, of the Queen being a bio-mechanical. There was the secret that one of the instructor's was hiding. Then there was the outrage of the local town's inhabitants. Yeah. So much going on and so great to read!

Loved reading this book, it was so great, and I can't wait to read more!

Author: Alisa Kwitney
Series: Cadaver & Queen
Read: October 10th, 2018
Source: Library
Reason Why: It sounded really good, and it's a Historical Fiction 2018 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: February 27th 2018

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars