It's Monday! What Are You Reading #486, September 28th

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

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #485
Teaser Tuesday #493
WWW Wednesday #493
WOW #489
Will the Time Come #486
Third Sentence Thursday #476
Random Reads #462
First Lines Friday #489
Book Blogger Hop #155
A-Z Reading Challenge Update 58
The Reward Challenge Update #471
Wheel of TBR #18
How Well I Stuck to It #323
Wrote that Review Update #320

Week 39 Reviews:
The Aftermath
Kingdom of Souls
A Stranger in Town
Among the Beasts & Briars
The Road With No Return
The Last Wish
Good Girls Lie
A Darker Shade of Magic
Faith: Taking Flight
Night of the Dragon
The Glass Queen
Leopard's Wrath

Tours:
Sister of the Chosen One: Review and Giveaway

Becca's BookoplAthon:
Update 16
Update 17
Update 18
Update 19
Update 20
Update 21

Enthuse-a-Thon:
Update 11
Update 12 and Wrap Up

Random:
We Have the Cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses #4!!!!
We Have the Title of Hidden Legacy #6!!!!
Andrzej Sapkowski Author Page
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OK, so I got 38 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty fantastic week, I read a good number of books! And I only have a few more books left in my various TBR's! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Vignette, Blood Rites, A Deadly Education, Ill Wind, Pride and Premeditation, The Way of Kings.

A short story of the Dresden Files. Bob and Harry discuss the latter's Yellow Pages advert.

For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there is something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film's producer believes he's the target of a sinister entropy curse, but it's the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.

Harry is doubly frustrated because he got involved with this bizarre mystery only as a favor to Thomas, his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can't quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas' oversexed vampire family. Harry is about to discover that Thomas' family tree has been hiding a shocking secret; a revelation that will change Harry's life forever. 

From the New York Times bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.

I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.

Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I'm concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I'm not joining his pack of adoring fans.

I don't need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts. I'm probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I'll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.

At least, that's what the world expects me to do. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing that's crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn into the evil witch they assume I am. The school itself certainly does.

But the Scholomance isn't getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone's idea of the shining hero, but I’m going to make it out of this place alive, and I'm not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either.

Although I'm giving serious consideration to just one.

With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a heroine for the ages—a character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live on in hearts and minds for generations to come.

First in the new Weather Warden series...

Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden. Usually, all it takes is a wave of her hand to tame the most violent weather. But now, she's trying to outrun another kind of storm: accusations of corruption and murder. So, she's resorting to the very human tactic of running for her life...

Her only hope is Lewis, the most powerful warden known. Unfortunately, he's stolen not one but three bottles of Djinn-making him the most wanted man on earth. Still, she's racing hard to find him-before the bad weather closes in fast...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman who desires a law career must be in want of a case. So when seventeen-year-old Lizzie Bennet hears about a scandalous society murder, she sees an opportunity to prove herself as a solicitor by solving the case and ensuring justice is served.

Except the man accused of the crime already has a lawyer on his side: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the stern young heir to the prestigious Pemberley Associates law firm. Lizzie is determined to solve the murder before Darcy can so that she can show the world that a woman can be just as good as a man. (The fact that Darcy is an infuriating snob doesn't help.) But there's still a killer on the loose, and as the case gets more complicated, Lizzie and Darcy may have to start working together to avoid becoming the next victims themselves.

I long for the days before the Last Desolation. Before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. When there was still magic in Roshar and honor in the hearts of men.

In the end, not war but victory proved the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the world, yet lost it.

Now there are four whom we watch: the surgeon, forced to forsake healing and fight in the most brutal war of our time; the assassin, who weeps as he kills; the liar, who wears her scholar's mantle over a thief's heart; and the prince, whose eyes open to the ancient past as his thirst for battle wanes.

One of them may redeem us. One of them will destroy us.

Sister of the Chosen One: Review and Giveaway

From Goodreads:
Valora Rigmore understands pressure. As the Chosen One (resident telekinetic, superstar and model girlfriend) her life revolves around it. According to an ancient prophesy, Valora is destined to fight Erys, a terrifying individual with the power to control monsters. Valora is worshipped at school, in the press and by her parents, but as the battle with Erys looms near, the cracks in her perfect façade are beginning to show.

Her twin, Grier Rigmore understands disappointment. A curvy bookworm perpetually in the shadow of her sister's legacy, Grier's life is one long humiliation after another. However, as Valora's fandom reaches an unbearable fever pitch, an interesting new boy and a clever teacher spark Grier's curiosity about her own powerful gifts.

When Grier's star begins to rise, so do more questions, like: who is truly the Chosen One, and will two sisters at odds survive long enough to understand the answer?

Best described as Harry Potter meets Mindy Kaling, Sister of the Chosen One is a darkly funny, female empowered YA epic about siblings struggling to connect with each other, free themselves of labels and save the world in the process.

My Review:
I really enjoyed this book. I did like being in Grier's head more than Valora, because Grier wasn't cruel, and the misunderstanding from Valora's side wasn't interpreted correctly. I get that Valora has a lot on her plate, but that doesn't mean that I prefer to read that.

This world, with monsters and people with gifts-including one guy, saying that there's going to be a Chosen One to take down the big bad, Erys. In comes Valora, who has known she was the Chosen One basically since birth. So that's a lot of pressure on her shoulders.

I did for a while, think that Grier's interpretation of the prophecy was right. And the one line gave me pause, because who that bad guy would be from that line was pretty clear. But I didn't quite expect what happened there!

And man, that ending! It was amazing, I loved watching these sisters reconnect, to kick ass and to discover this big reveal. It was so entertaining to read, and I really enjoyed how those bits of story came together here in the end!

I really enjoyed this book, it was such a great read!

Authors: Colleen Oakes and Erin Armknecht
Read: September 22nd, 2020
Source: YA Bound Tour Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded good, I've enjoyed Colleen Oake's books before! And it's a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Curtis Brown Studios
Published: September 22nd 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Giveaway:

Here

Colleen Oakes Bio:
Colleen Oakes is the bestselling author of books for both teens and adults, including The Black
Coats, Queen of Hearts Series, and The Wendy Darling Saga. She lives in North Denver with her
husband and son. You can visit her at www.colleenoakes.org, on her Author Colleen Oakes Facebook page, on Instagram (@colleenoakes) or on Twitter (@ColleenOakes_).

Erin Armknecht Bio:
Erin Armknecht lives in St. Louis with her husband, son and rescue dog. Sister of the Chosen
One is her debut novel. You can find her Twitter @EisforErin, and on Instagram @erinarmknecht.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Colleen Oakes Website

Colleen Oakes Twitter

Colleen Oakes Instagram

Colleen Oakes Facebook

Colleen Oakes Goodreads

Erin Armknecht Twitter

Erin Armknecht Instagram

Erin Armknecht Goodreads

Amazon
Barnes and Noble

Waterstones 

WWW Wednesday #493, September 23rd

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!

I'm currently reading Good Girls Lie, and I'm really enjoying the mystery! 

I read Sister of the Chosen One, and it was such a great story of sisterhood! 

I'm going to be reading A Darker Shade of Magic, and I can't wait, it sounds really great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #477, July 27th

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 #476
Teaser Tuesday #484
WWW Wednesday #484
WOW #480
Will the Time Come #477
Third Sentence Thursday #467
Random Reads #453
First Lines Friday #480
Book Blogger Hop #146
The Reward Challenge Update #462
Wheel of TBR #9
How Well I Stuck to It #314
Wrote that Review Update #311

Week 30 Reviews:
The Black Coats
Six of Crows
Inside Out
Outside In
Nyxia
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Jurassic Park
Blood Countess
No Good Deed

Page-a-Thon:
Update 30
Update 31
Update 32
Update 33
Update 34
Update 35
Update 36
Update 37
Update 38
Update 39

Reading Rush:
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5
Update 6
Update 7 and Wrap Up

Random:
Am I Drowning In Books? 

OK, so I got 39 posts in 7 days, I read a good number of books, but like the Am I Drowning In Books? post, I have so many books to read before the end of the month, and I didn't read anything yesterday, so I'm a day behind. Eeek! But I have a light work week, so I hope to read a lot! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever books I have in my various TBR piles!

Week 30 Review: The Black Coats

From Goodreads:
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE. IF YOU HURT US, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU.

Moxie meets Female of the Species in this powerful, thrilling, and deeply resonant novel about a secret society of girls who plot revenge on the men who hurt them.

The enigmatic Black Coats have been exacting vengeance on men who have hurt girls and women for years. The killer of Thea's cousin went free, and Thea has just received an invitation to join the Black Coats' balancings—acts of revenge meant to teach a lesson. Justice for Natalie has never felt so close.

But as the balancings escalate in brutality, Thea's clear-cut mission begins to unravel and she must decide just how far she is willing to go for justice.

Because when the line between justice and revenge is paper thin, it's hard not to get cut.

My Review:
This was a really awesome book to read! The whole concept was pretty intriguing, and I just wanted to see how it all played out. The pacing was a little bit off, with the escalating balancings, realizing something was wrong, and doing something about it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but  I felt it.

Yeah, this whole concept, of female vigilantes getting back at those who harm women, it's dark and thrilling, because while we know it's wrong, we also know that we're unlikely to get justice from the justice system. Plus the teams with the different roles made so much sense!

I really enjoyed her relationship with Drew, because it was a point of conflict, because her time is being pulled in two different directions and she's caught in the middle. So that was fun to read, watching her deal with the repercussions on both sides!

Man, that ending! I'm so confused about Sahil, because did I miss something? Another review mentioned that he said he was adopted, but I don't remember reading that. Either way, his actions in the end were confusing! Though that epilogue was fantastic to read!

I enjoyed this book, it was a really entertaining read!

Author: Colleen Oakes
Read: July 19th, 2020
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really good and I've enjoyed her books, and it's a SAC 2020 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: February 12th 2019

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

Page-a-Thon Update 28

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was The Black Coats, and I'll be reading Six of Crows next!

My Reading Journey:

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Started On: July 1st
Finished On: July 1st, 1:31 PM
Pages Read: 452

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn
Started On: July 1st
Finished On: July 1st, 11:39 PM
Pages Read: 432

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton
Started On: July 2nd
Finished On: July 2nd, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 464

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
Started On: July 3rd
Finished On: July 3rd, 11:29 AM
Pages Read: 343

Havoc by Ann Aguirre
Started On: July 4th
Finished On: July 4th, 9:39 PM
Pages Read: 320

Breakout by Ann Aguirre
Started On: July 5th
Finished On: July 5th, 2:03 AM
Pages Read: 336

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Started On: July 5th
Finished On: July 5th, 9:51 PM
Pages Read: 485

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Started On: July 6th
Finished On: July 6th, 8:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
Started On: July 7th
Finished On: July 7th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 357

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 10:31 AM
Pages Read: 525

My Calamity Jane by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand and Brodie Ashton
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 544

Origin by Jessica Khoury
Started On: July 9th
Finished On: July 9th, 9:00 PM
Pages Read: 394

Hunt the Dark by S.A. Hunt
Started On: July 10th
Finished On: July 10th, 9:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

First of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Started On: July 10th
Finished On: July 10th, 11:45 PM
Pages Read: 260

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Prompt Fulfilled: Bargain
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 4:23 PM

Pages Read: 447

The Persuasion by Iris Johansen
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 11:54 PM
Pages Read: 464

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 1:15 PM
Pages Read: 225

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 8:49 PM
Pages Read: 560

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:21 PM
Pages Read: 443

The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 78

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part One by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 8:49 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Two by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Unseen by Thea Harrison
Started On: July 14th
Finished On: July 14th, 11:30 AM
Pages Read: 150

The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Started On: July 14th
Finished On: July 14th, 1:42 PM
Pages Read: 146

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Started On: July 15th
Finished On: July 15th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 466

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Started On: July 16th
Finished On: July 16th, 10:41 PM

Pages Read: 528

The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

Started On: July 19th
Finished On: July 19th, 2:05 PM

Pages Read: 416

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Started On: July 19th

Currently On: Page 0 of 465

Read: 28
Pages Read: 9262

Make Your Myth-Taker Readathon Update 36

So I read my next book of this readathon, and it was The Black Coats, which is for 5 Star Prediction. I'll be reading Six of Crows next! Yeah, I took a few days off, so what with the Reading Rush, I'm going to give myself until the end of the month to finish reading these books! I am getting close though!

My Reading Journey:

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Prompt Fulfilled: Friend Pick

Started On: June 10th

Finished On: June 10th, 6:00 AM

Pages Read: 464

The Last Hope by Krista & Becca Ritchie

Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 8:21 PM

Pages Read: 371

Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones

Prompt Fulfilled: Secret

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 10:23 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Quick Read

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 11:49 PM

Pages Read: 153

Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall

Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 8:04 PM

Pages Read: 511

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Cristo

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Water

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 11:20 AM

Pages Read: 344

Without a Trace by Amanda Stevens

Prompt Fulfilled: Outside Comfort Zone

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 7:58 PM

Pages Read: 256

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Themes

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 8:58 PM

Pages Read: 356

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Prompt Fulfilled: Anticipated Read

Started On: June 15th

Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM

Pages Read: 540

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

Prompt Fulfilled: Fun Book

Started On: June 16th

Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM

Pages Read: 352

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari

Prompt Fulfilled: Royal Colours

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 12:00 PM

Pages Read: 269

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Prompt Fulfilled: Banned Book

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 4:58 PM

Pages Read: 221

Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder

Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Author

Started On: June 19th

Finished On: June 19th, 11:08 PM

Pages Read: 488

Shadows & Surrender by Deborah Wilde

Prompt Fulfilled: Continue the Series

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 11:41 AM

Pages Read: 342

Spindle by E.K. Johnson

Prompt Fulfilled: Foiled Cover

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 8:56 PM

Pages Read: 355

Perdition by Ann Aguirre

Prompt Fulfilled: Queen Main Character

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 23rd, 1:13 AM

Pages Read: 352

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr

Prompt Fulfilled: Set in a Cold Place

Started On: June 23rd

Finished On: June 23rd, 6:28 PM

Pages Read: 291

The Beckoning Shadow by Katharyn Blair

Prompt Fulfilled: Outsourced Book

Started On: June 23rd

Finished On: June 23rd, 11:32 PM

Pages Read: 480

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Prompt Fulfilled: Over 500 Pages

Started On: June 24th

Finished On: June 24th, 11:41 PM

Pages Read: 632

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Has a Weapon

Started On: June 27th

Finished On: June 27th, 11:58 PM 

Pages Read: 392

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Training/Fighting

Started On: June 28th

Finished On: June 28th, 4:32

Pages Read: 464

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

Prompt Fulfilled: Magical Battle

Started On: June 29th

Finished On: June 29th, 3:23 PM

Pages Read: 384

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle PaigePrompt Fulfilled: Featuring an AnimalStarted On: July 1stFinished On: July 1st, 1:31 PMPages Read: 452

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring a Journey

Started On: July 1st

Finished On: July 1st, 11:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

Prompt Fulfilled: Randomize TBR

Started On: July 2nd

Finished On: July 2nd, 11:42 PM

Pages Read: 464

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Woodland
Started On: July 3rd
Finished On: July 3rd, 11:29 AM

Pages Read: 343

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Prompt Fulfilled: A Book About Books
Started On: July 6th
Finished On: July 6th, 8:44 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Into a Book Blind
Started On: July 7th
Finished On: July 7th, 1:24 PM

Pages Read: 357

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Prompt Fulfilled: Overhyped Book
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 10:31 AM

Pages Read: 525

My Calamity Jane by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand and Brodie Ashton
Prompt Fulfilled: Inspired by History
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 11:01 PM

Pages Read: 544

Origin by Jessica Khoury
Prompt Fulfilled: Reread a Favourite
Started On: July 9th
Finished On: July 9th, 9:00 PM

Pages Read: 394

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Human Main
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 4:23 PM

Pages Read: 447

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa

Prompt Fulfilled: Bargain
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:21 PM

Pages Read: 443

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Prompt Fulfilled: Read a Host Favourite
Started On: July 15th
Finished On: July 15th, 11:57 PM

Pages Read: 466

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Cast of Characters
Started On: July 16th
Finished On: July 16th, 10:41 PM

Pages Read: 528

The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

Prompt Fulfilled: 5 Star Prediction
Started On: July 19th
Finished On: July 19th, 2:05 PM

Pages Read: 416

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Prompt Fulfilled: A Quest to Save
Started On: July 19th

Currently On: Page 0 of 465

Prompts Left: Steal a Book, Myth-Take Book, Disliked Book, Heard Great Things, Underhyped, Performance Elements, Featuring Fae

Read: 36
Pages Read: 14432

First Lines Friday #479, July 17th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"Robin Peterson always knew when there were football games. Her parents' brick house stood across from the school, where only a field of wildflowers separated her front yard from the lights and the noise of Grapeland High. On Friday nights, she could hear the chants of the cheerleaders from her bedroom window." -The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

As someone who doesn't like sports, that sounds really annoying. To a regular person, that sounds very loud! Now to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Page-a-Thon Update 27

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Blood & Honey, and I'll be reading The Black Coats next!

My Reading Journey:

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Started On: July 1st
Finished On: July 1st, 1:31 PM
Pages Read: 452

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn
Started On: July 1st
Finished On: July 1st, 11:39 PM
Pages Read: 432

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton
Started On: July 2nd
Finished On: July 2nd, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 464

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
Started On: July 3rd
Finished On: July 3rd, 11:29 AM
Pages Read: 343

Havoc by Ann Aguirre
Started On: July 4th
Finished On: July 4th, 9:39 PM
Pages Read: 320

Breakout by Ann Aguirre
Started On: July 5th
Finished On: July 5th, 2:03 AM
Pages Read: 336

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Started On: July 5th
Finished On: July 5th, 9:51 PM
Pages Read: 485

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Started On: July 6th
Finished On: July 6th, 8:44 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
Started On: July 7th
Finished On: July 7th, 1:24 PM
Pages Read: 357

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 10:31 AM
Pages Read: 525

My Calamity Jane by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand and Brodie Ashton
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 544

Origin by Jessica Khoury
Started On: July 9th
Finished On: July 9th, 9:00 PM
Pages Read: 394

Hunt the Dark by S.A. Hunt
Started On: July 10th
Finished On: July 10th, 9:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

First of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Started On: July 10th
Finished On: July 10th, 11:45 PM
Pages Read: 260

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Prompt Fulfilled: Bargain
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 4:23 PM

Pages Read: 447

The Persuasion by Iris Johansen
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 11:54 PM
Pages Read: 464

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 1:15 PM
Pages Read: 225

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 8:49 PM
Pages Read: 560

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:21 PM
Pages Read: 443

The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 78

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part One by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 8:49 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Two by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 9:26 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino and Irene Koh
Started On: July 13th
Finished On: July 13th, 10:11 PM
Pages Read: 76

The Unseen by Thea Harrison
Started On: July 14th
Finished On: July 14th, 11:30 AM
Pages Read: 150

The Queen by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Started On: July 14th
Finished On: July 14th, 1:42 PM
Pages Read: 146

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Started On: July 15th
Finished On: July 15th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 466

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Started On: July 16th
Finished On: July 16th, 10:41 PM

Pages Read: 528

The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

Started On: July 17th

Currently On: Page 0 of 416

Read: 27
Pages Read: 8846

Make Your Myth-Taker Readathon Update 35

So I read my next book of this readathon, and it was Blood & Honey, which is for Big Cast of Characters. I'll be reading The Black Coats next!

My Reading Journey:

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Prompt Fulfilled: Friend Pick

Started On: June 10th

Finished On: June 10th, 6:00 AM

Pages Read: 464

The Last Hope by Krista & Becca Ritchie

Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 8:21 PM

Pages Read: 371

Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones

Prompt Fulfilled: Secret

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 10:23 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: Quick Read

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 11:49 PM

Pages Read: 153

Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall

Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 8:04 PM

Pages Read: 511

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Cristo

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Water

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 11:20 AM

Pages Read: 344

Without a Trace by Amanda Stevens

Prompt Fulfilled: Outside Comfort Zone

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 7:58 PM

Pages Read: 256

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Prompt Fulfilled: Occult Themes

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 8:58 PM

Pages Read: 356

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Prompt Fulfilled: Anticipated Read

Started On: June 15th

Finished On: June 15th, 8:35 PM

Pages Read: 540

Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

Prompt Fulfilled: Fun Book

Started On: June 16th

Finished On: June 16th, 10:28 PM

Pages Read: 352

Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari

Prompt Fulfilled: Royal Colours

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 12:00 PM

Pages Read: 269

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Prompt Fulfilled: Banned Book

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 4:58 PM

Pages Read: 221

Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder

Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Author

Started On: June 19th

Finished On: June 19th, 11:08 PM

Pages Read: 488

Shadows & Surrender by Deborah Wilde

Prompt Fulfilled: Continue the Series

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 11:41 AM

Pages Read: 342

Spindle by E.K. Johnson

Prompt Fulfilled: Foiled Cover

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 8:56 PM

Pages Read: 355

Perdition by Ann Aguirre

Prompt Fulfilled: Queen Main Character

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 23rd, 1:13 AM

Pages Read: 352

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr

Prompt Fulfilled: Set in a Cold Place

Started On: June 23rd

Finished On: June 23rd, 6:28 PM

Pages Read: 291

The Beckoning Shadow by Katharyn Blair

Prompt Fulfilled: Outsourced Book

Started On: June 23rd

Finished On: June 23rd, 11:32 PM

Pages Read: 480

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

Prompt Fulfilled: Over 500 Pages

Started On: June 24th

Finished On: June 24th, 11:41 PM

Pages Read: 632

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Has a Weapon

Started On: June 27th

Finished On: June 27th, 11:58 PM 

Pages Read: 392

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Training/Fighting

Started On: June 28th

Finished On: June 28th, 4:32

Pages Read: 464

Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

Prompt Fulfilled: Magical Battle

Started On: June 29th

Finished On: June 29th, 3:23 PM

Pages Read: 384

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle PaigePrompt Fulfilled: Featuring an AnimalStarted On: July 1stFinished On: July 1st, 1:31 PMPages Read: 452

Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn

Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring a Journey

Started On: July 1st

Finished On: July 1st, 11:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

Prompt Fulfilled: Randomize TBR

Started On: July 2nd

Finished On: July 2nd, 11:42 PM

Pages Read: 464

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
Prompt Fulfilled: Featuring Woodland
Started On: July 3rd
Finished On: July 3rd, 11:29 AM

Pages Read: 343

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Prompt Fulfilled: A Book About Books
Started On: July 6th
Finished On: July 6th, 8:44 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Antidote by Shelley Sackier
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Into a Book Blind
Started On: July 7th
Finished On: July 7th, 1:24 PM

Pages Read: 357

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Prompt Fulfilled: Overhyped Book
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 10:31 AM

Pages Read: 525

My Calamity Jane by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand and Brodie Ashton
Prompt Fulfilled: Inspired by History
Started On: July 8th
Finished On: July 8th, 11:01 PM

Pages Read: 544

Origin by Jessica Khoury
Prompt Fulfilled: Reread a Favourite
Started On: July 9th
Finished On: July 9th, 9:00 PM

Pages Read: 394

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Human Main
Started On: July 11th
Finished On: July 11th, 4:23 PM

Pages Read: 447

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa

Prompt Fulfilled: Bargain
Started On: July 12th
Finished On: July 12th, 11:21 PM

Pages Read: 443

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Prompt Fulfilled: Read a Host Favourite
Started On: July 15th
Finished On: July 15th, 11:57 PM

Pages Read: 466

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Cast of Characters
Started On: July 16th
Finished On: July 16th, 10:41 PM

Pages Read: 528

The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

Prompt Fulfilled: 5 Star Prediction
Started On: July

Currently On: Page 0 of 416

Prompts Left: Steal a Book, Myth-Take Book, Disliked Book, Heard Great Things, Underhyped, Performance Elements, Featuring Fae, A Quest to Save

Read: 35
Pages Read: 14016

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #293, January 16th

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 #292
Teaser Tuesday #300
WWW Wednesday #300
WOW #297
Will the Time Come #291
Third Sentence Thursday #281
Random Reads #268
First Lines Friday #287
The Reward Challenge Update #278
Follow Friday #270
How Well I Stuck to It #122
Wrote that Review Update #127

Week 2 Reviews:
Three Truths and a Lie       
Fury on Fire
I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Tempting Evil
Dangerous Games
The Girl from Everywhere
Blood of Wonderland
The Release
Unplugged
No Easy Target

Random:
We Have the Cover of The Girl at Midnight #3!!!!
We Have the Cover of Nemesis #2!!!!
Donna Fretias Author Page

OK, so I got 24 posts in 7 days, and yeah, I had a pretty great time! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Beast Is an Animal, The Body Market, Dead Little Mean Girl, The Great Pursuit, Hunted, and The Ship Beyond Time.

A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this haunting and deeply satisfying tale.

Alys was seven when the soul eaters came to her village.

These soul eaters, twin sisters who were abandoned by their father and slowly morphed into something not quite human, devour human souls. Alys, and all the other children, were spared—and they were sent to live in a neighboring village. There the devout people created a strict world where good and evil are as fundamental as the nursery rhymes children sing. Fear of the soul eaters—and of the Beast they believe guides them—rule village life. But the Beast is not what they think it is. And neither is Alys.

Inside, Alys feels connected to the soul eaters, and maybe even to the Beast itself. As she grows from a child to a teenager, she longs for the freedom of the forest. And she has a gift she can tell no one, for fear they will call her a witch. When disaster strikes, Alys finds herself on a journey to heal herself and her world. A journey that will take her through the darkest parts of the forest, where danger threatens her from the outside—and from within her own heart and soul.

In the tradition of M. T. Andersons Feed and Scott Westerfelds Uglies, this heart-pounding sequel to Unplugged continues the series that Kass Morgan, New York Times bestselling author of The 100, called chilling and addictive.

Skylar Cruz found her sister in the Real World—only to learn that her sister has betrayed her and put everyone in the App World in danger. The Body Market is now open for business and everyone still plugged into the App World is for sale.

Shaken by the betrayal of everyone she trusted, Skylar is through being a pawn. She may be the only one who can stop what her family started. And she has to do it before the App World runs out of time.

Quinn Littleton was a mean girl—a skinny blonde social terrorist in stilettos. She was everything Emma MacLaren hated. Until she died. 

A proud geek girl, Emma loves her quiet life on the outskirts, playing video games and staying off the radar. When her nightmare of a new stepsister moves into the bedroom next door, her world is turned upside down. Quinn is a queen bee with a nasty streak who destroys anyone who gets in her way. Teachers, football players, her fellow cheerleaders—no one is safe. 

Emma wants nothing more than to get this girl out of her life, but when Quinn dies suddenly, Emma realizes there was more to her stepsister than anyone ever realized. 

A meaningful and humorous exploration of teen stereotypes and grief, Dead Little Mean Girl examines the labels we put on people and what lies beyond if we're only willing to look closer.

In The Great Pursuit, the dramatic sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins delivers another thrilling fantasy filled with dangerous enemies, political intrigue, searing romance, and a princess who is willing to do everything to protect her kingdom.

One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continues.

The kingdom of Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm of Eurona for something far more dangerous: the ire of powerful Lashed woman Rosaria Rocato. Rosaria demands that Eurona overturn the laws prohibiting magic, or an innocent will be killed each day.

Despite the king's resistance, Princess Aerity believes they must make peace with the Lashed, and though she's accepted a betrothal to the man who took down the beast, she cannot help thinking about Paxton, the Lashed man who stole her heart and disappeared.

Aerity soon discovers that Paxton has joined Rosaria's army in the war against her family. Though her feelings for him are still strong, her duty to her kingdom and her family is stronger—especially when her parents are kidnapped and she has to step up to the throne and once again put aside what's best for her in order to do what's best for her people. Paxton and Princess Aerity must fight to see what is more powerful: their love or the impending war between the magical Lashed and the non-magic humans.

New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner spins a thoroughly thrilling Beauty and the Beast story for the modern age, expertly woven with spellbinding romance, intrigue, and suspense that readers won’t soon be able to forget.

Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones—and in her blood. After all, her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering its secrets. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters out of their comfortable home among the aristocracy and back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. The Beast.

Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange creature back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of magical creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin, or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?

Nix has spent her whole life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling father's ship. And now it's finally time for her to take the helm. Her future lies bright before her—until she learns that she is destined to lose the one she loves.

Desperate to change her fate, Nix sails her crew to a mythical utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what it seems. Not even her relationship with Kash: best friend, thief, charmer extraordinaire.

Heidi Heilig weaves fantasy, history, and romance together to tackle questions of free will, fate, and what it means to love another person. At the center of this adventure are extraordinary, complicated, and multicultural characters who leap off the page, and an intricate, recognizable world that has no bounds.

Week 2 Review: Blood of Wonderland

From Goodreads:
Dinah has been exiled from Wonderland. The vicious father she always feared has framed her for the brutal murder of her brother and turned the kingdom against her. 

Now hiding in the lush and mysterious Twisted Wood with only her war steed at her side, Dinah is faced with a choice: leave Wonderland forever or stay and fight her father for the throne. 

When a chance encounter with one of her father's long-lost enemies brings Dinah more allies than she ever could have imagined, war starts to feel inevitable. But before Dinah can lead her people into combat, she must confront certain truths about her heart and her destiny—no matter how dark those truths may be.

Revolution is rising in Wonderland. Dinah's battle has begun.

My Review:
Yeah, this was a fantastic book! It picks up quickly after the ending of Queen of Wonderland, and yeah, it was awesome to watch Dinah surviving basically all by herself, though that changes pretty quickly! This was a pretty amazing middle book!

Personally, I don't like the word "chance" there in the synopsis. There was nothing chancy about her meetings-it was all orchestrated by someone with vested interest in Dinah's survival. So it's the guy that woke up up in the end of Queen of Wonderland, but in this book, we find out more about him and why he's doing what he's doing! Though I guess you could argue that Dinah didn't know that when it happened, so only found out later!

This is the book where we get answers. We find out more about her mom, and her dad, as well as her world and the other characters that inhabit it. She might have been Princess of Wonderland, but she was sheltered for a lot!

The ending was pretty evil! Dinah's heart was broken, they're heading into war, and Harris is in the Black Towers. So yeah, there's a lot to happen, and I wonder how close to the world that Alice came into, this book will be! I can't wait to see!

Absolutely loved this book, and I can't wait to read more!

Author: Colleen Oakes
Series: Queen of Hearts Saga #2
Read: January 12th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a 2017 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Expected Publication: January 31st 2017

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #292, January 9th

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 #291
Teaser Tuesday #299
WWW Wednesday #299
WOW #296
Will the Time Come #290
Third Sentence Thursday #280
Random Reads #267
First Lines Friday #286
The Reward Challenge Update #277
Follow Friday #269
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 64
How Well I Stuck to It #121
Wrote that Review Update #126

Week 1 Reviews:
Alien Collective
Universal Alien
Alien Separation
Alien in Chief
Camp Alien
Alien Nation
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
Silence Fallen
Blade Bound
Queen of Hearts
The Awakening

Random:
Driven, Frozen, Hidden: Book Blast
We Have the Cover of Hidden Legacy #3!!!!
Colleen Oakes Author Page
Heidi Heilig Author Page

OK, so I got 23 posts in 7 days, so yeah, I had a pretty great week! Can't wait to have another one! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want!