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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Waiting on Wednesday #732, May 21st

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

I'll Pretend You're Mine by Tashie Bhuiyan
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
Summer Ali has been making a name for herself in the music industry for years, slowly but surely climbing the charts—but the world doesn’t know her stage parents are the ones who molded her entire public persona. Finally eighteen, Summer breaks free of their control and focuses on creating her own path.

Upon running into writer’s block, Summer grows eager to take any opportunity to shake things up—even if it means agreeing to a PR stunt with child-actor-turned-playboy, Jules Moradi, famous for his tabloid escapades.

At first, Jules keeps his distance, maintaining professional boundaries. But as time passes, his walls come down, and Summer uncovers who he is beyond his reputation, and it’s someone more like her than she ever realized. As the lines blur between fake and real, Summer begins questioning who she is and what she wants—and if her dreams are worth sacrificing her heart.

Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
An undeniably fierce, unforgettably funny, unapologetically queer feminist romp through the England of medieval legend. Bestselling and acclaimed authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner bring readers along on an epic quest for valor, freedom, and, above all, love. A Knight’s Tale meets the Lady Jane series, with a dash of The Great!

Gwen is sick of hiding—hiding the fact that she’s taken over her father’s blacksmithing duties, hiding her attraction to girls, hiding her yearning for glory as a knight.

Meanwhile, Lady Isobelle of Avington, queen bee of the castle, has never once considered hiding who she is—until now. She’s been chosen as the grand prize in the Tournament of Dragonslayers, to be given to whichever knight can claim her hand. And for the first time in her life, she can’t talk her way out of trouble.

When Isobelle discovers Gwen’s knightly ambitions, they hatch a scheme together—Gwen will joust in the tournament, disguised as Sir Gawain. Winning means freedom for Isobelle, and glory for Gwen. Losing means… well, let’s not go there.

One thing’s for sure: falling in love was never the plan.

But the best laid plans…are often trampled all over by dragons.

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
As the U.S. joins World War II, the manager of a luxury hotel set in the remote West Virginia mountains finds herself charged with the care of detained Nazi diplomats—and the FBI agent looking for a spy among them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater.

JANUARY 1942. THE AVALLON HOTEL AND SPA offers elegance and sophistication in an increasingly ugly world. Run with precision by June Hudson, the hotel's West Virginia born-and-bred general manager, the Avallon is where high society goes to see and be seen, and where the mountain sweetwater in the fountains and spas can wash away all your troubles.

June was trained by the Gilfoyles, the hotel's aristocratic owners, and she has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. Now, though, the Gilfoyle family heir has made a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats. June must convince her staff—many of whom have sons and husbands heading to the frontlines—to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.

She also must reckon with Tucker Minnick, the FBI agent whose coal tattoo hints at their shared past in the mountains, and whose search for the diplomats’ secrets disrupts the peace June is fighting so hard to maintain. Hers is a balancing act with dangerous consequences; the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal, and only June can manage the springs. As dark alliances and unexpected attractions crack the polished veneer of the Avallon, June must calculate the true cost of luxury.

THE LISTENERS is a mesmerizing portrait of an irresistible heroine, an unlikely romance, and a hotel—and a world—in peril.

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim 
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes!

Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art forger, Tru has the unique ability to paint the future, but even such magic is not enough to put her family back together again, or stave off the gangsters demanding payment in blood for her mother’s gambling debts.

Left with few options, Tru agrees to a marriage contract with a mysterious dragon lord. He offers a fresh start for her mother and sisters and elusive answers about her father's disappearance, but in exchange, she must join him in his desolate undersea palace. And she must assist him in a plot to infiltrate the tyrannical Dragon King's inner circle, painting a future so treasonous, it could upend both the mortal and immortal realms. . . .

Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
Laugh and swoon with the next book in Disney’s Meant to Be collection by bestselling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto, whose novel Dial A For Aunties Emily Henry called “Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming.”

Mulan is reimagined as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high stakes mergers—of both business and the heart.

As the right hand of her father’s hedge fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man’s work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros she works with. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There’s just one the family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it—lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang—will only trust Mulan’s father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business.

Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she’s Fa Zhou. Since they’ve only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?

But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a week long retreat at Shang’s family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang’s dubious family that this young woman is the powerful hedge fund CEO they’ve been negotiating with? Not so much—especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang.

Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love with Shang?

Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
Young Royals meets The Prince and Me when a disgraced princess falls for a new student at their all-girls boarding school, but the two must hide their forbidden love at all costs.

Princess Rosemary of Henland can’t afford distractions. She’s working tirelessly to repair her image following a scandal that lost the trust of both her country and her best friend. Unfortunately, when a beautiful and funny new student joins her boarding school, Rose finds herself quite distracted indeed.

Attending Bramppath College on a music scholarship, talented pianist Danni expects to be an outcast amongst the wealthy children of the elite, but she is pleasantly surprised to be taken in by the ex-best friend of the princess. The more Danni gets to know her new classmates, the more intrigued she becomes by Rose.

When somebody sees something they shouldn’t and rumors circulate throughout Henland, Rose and Danni must either find a way to deflect the ever-increasing eyes on their relationship, or end it altogether. Because one thing is clear: if Rose’s fragile reputation takes any more hits, the palace will do whatever they must to separate Rose and Danni. Forever.

The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw comes a haunting romantic contemporary fantasy about a teen navigating her family’s love curse that blooms with their enchanted tulips every year.

Seventeen year-old Lark Goode wants only one to escape her small town of Cutwater and the history of her family name. It’s a history that began during the Dutch tulip mania of 1636, when Lark’s ancestor stole the last remaining tulip bulbs and fled to America. But when the tulips bloomed on American soil, madness sprouted from their snowy white petals.

The madness was love.

Now, generations later, the Goodes remain cursed—the unnatural flowers outside their home causing locals to fall helplessly in love with anyone carrying Goode blood in their veins. While her brother embraces the strange power, Lark wants nothing more than to be free from it.

But when she meets a boy who seems unaffected by the family curse, Lark finds herself falling headlong into a feeling she’s spent her whole life trying to avoid. Yet, all curses and magic come with a price, and the town of Cutwater soon sinks into a dangerous sickness tied to Lark and the ill-fated tulips.

To save the town, Lark will need to sacrifice everything—even true love—to break the spell. Because in the Goode family, love has a way of destroying everything.

Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
It's going to be a summer Leah will never forget... Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA - it's all she's ever known. That is until her parents grow tired of her broken Mandarin and zero regard for etiquette, and send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China.

There's a competition running throughout the program where the winning duo will receive a glowing letter of recommendation to the college of their dreams. Leah is forced to partner up with her former classmate and least favourite person cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome.

But the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she thought she despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.

From the author of This Time It's Real and I Hope This Doesn't Find You comes another swoony, enemies-to-lovers rom com For fans of Jenny Han and Crazy Rich Asians Perfect for BookTok, Never Thought I'd End Up Here explores the power of choosing your own path and embracing your authentic self.  

That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
From Lambda Literary Award finalist Linsey Miller comes this thrilling stand-alone fantasy about the lengths we'll go to get ahead—an incredibly fresh, twisty love letter to dark academia...with a body count.

Perfect for fans of A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, Gallant by V. E. Schwab, and All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman. 

There is only one school worth graduating from, and it creates as many magicians as it does graves…

First in his class and last in his noble line, Fabian Galloway’s only hope of a good future is passing his elite school's honors class. It’s only offered to the best thirteen students, and those students have a single assignment: kill their professor.

If they succeed, their student debt is forgiven. However, if an assassination attempt fails or the professor is alive at the end of the year, the students’ lives are forfeit.

And dealing with the professor, a devil summoned solely to kill or be killed, is no easy task.

Fabian isn't worried, though. He trusts his best friends—softhearted math genius Credence and absent-minded but insightful Euphemia—to help. After all, that’s why he befriended them.

As the months pass and their professor remains impossibly alive, the trio must use every asset they have to survive. Or else failure will be on their academic records—and their tombstones—forever.

Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
#1 NYT-bestselling YA author Renee Ahdieh's adult debut novel, about a young lawyer who gets pulled in to manage a crisis with her firm's biggest client, a family whose Korean beauty brand is worth a billion dollars, pitched as CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets SUCCESSION

Jia Song was always destined for greatness. As the daughter of Korean bodega owners, she promised herself that she would have every Fifth Avenue luxury when she grew up, and it is all within reach. She has just made junior partner at her prestigious Manhattan law firm, she has two best friends who are always there for her, and she is even about to score the ultra-luxe Birkin bag of her dreams. Sure, maybe her love life is in shambles and she’s spending too much time at the office. But she is set up to become the firm’s next star. So when her boss asks her for a Friday morning favor, sitting in on the hush-hush family implosion of a high-level client, she accepts without hesitation—only to find out that the client in question is one of the most famous Korean families in the world.

The Park family’s net worth is estimated at a billion dollars, and their mega-successful Korean beauty brand has shaped the culture for the past two decades. But the patriarch is filing for divorce while his wife is dying, and their three children can’t stop snapping at each other. With both the family fortune and legacy under threat from the worst kind of scandal, it’s up to Jia to set things right—and she only has a month to do it. Suddenly, Jia is thrust into the three Park siblings’ back-stabbing family politics and embroiled in a drama that feels straight out of a Korean soap opera. As Jia sorts through the lies and subterfuge, chasing the truth across the globe on private jets, she finds herself falling for this broken, badly-behaving family in ways she can’t quite explain. But it is also becoming all too clear that the Parks are hiding dark secrets, from themselves and from Jia. Can she separate the truth from the lies in time to protect the Parks’ fortune and secure her success at the firm? And can she hold on to what’s most important, even if it means admitting that what she always wanted isn’t what she actually needs?

Tell Me Something Good by Court Stevens
Expected Publication: June 3rd, 2025
"This is a writer that understands people down to the bones. Her characters are fallible and hopeful, flawed and loving, and so real they have stayed with me." --Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

This is a story of the rich and the very poor. This is a story of an illegal auction with dire consequences. This is a story of murders past and present. This is a story of intertwined relationships and the silent ripples they leave behind, where love becomes a guiding force, revealing the lengths one will go to protect those they cherish.

Over twenty years ago, a young hunting guide in rural Kentucky was driving his boat in the early morning mist when his peaceful cruise was cut short by a scene so disturbing, he packed up and moved away. Nine women died early that morning, but it was linked to a similar crime in Texas, so the locals quickly wrote it off as having nothing to do with them.

Now, all these years later, when everyone has nearly forgotten about that grisly part of their past, one man's accidental death will bring everything back up to the surface. The locals who knew better can no longer claim it had nothing to do with them, and one woman, desperate to do whatever it takes to save her mother's life, will learn that nearly everyone in her life has been lying to her.

In Court Stevens's adult debut, she delves deep into the heart of a community, where some will learn that we don't always live to see the ripples we make, but we must make them all the same.

Yeah, June is starting off with a ton of books, I've read some of them and they were fantastic, and I can't wait for all of these to be released, I love these authors! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, December 23, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #707, December 23rd

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 #706
Teaser Tuesday #714
WWW Wednesday #714
WOW #710
Will the Time Come #707
Third Sentence Thursday #697
Random Reads #683
First Lines Friday #710
Book Blogger Hop #376
Monthly ARC's Update 101
23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 15
The Reward Challenge Update #692
Wheel of TBR #239
How Well I Stuck to It #544
Wrote that Review Update #541

Week 51 Reviews:
We Were Kings


OK, so I got 90 posts in 7 days, and yeah, it was a crazy week, I really read a lot, and boy, I'm tired, and I'm very behind on blogging-I still have Wednesday posts to link. Opps! But I read some amazing books, and it's so weird that Christmas is this week, it feels like it should still be a month away! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Heavenly Tyrant!

After suffering devastating loss and making drastic decisions, Zetian finds herself at the seat of power in Huaxia. But she has also learned that her world is not as it seems, and revelations about an enemy more daunting than Zetian imagined forces her to share power with a dangerous man she cannot simply depose. Despite having vastly different ideas about how they must deconstruct the corrupt and misogynist system that plagues their country, Zetian must join this man in a dance of truth and lies and perform their roles to perfection in order to take down their common enemy, who seeks to control them as puppets while dangling one of Zetian's loved ones as a hostage.

With political unrest and perilous forces aiming to undermine Zetian at every turn, can she enact positive changes as a fair and just ruler? Or will she be forced to rely on fear and violence and succumb to her darker instincts in her quest for vengeance?

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Week 51 Review: We Were Kings

From Goodreads:
Twenty years ago, eighteen-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend Cora King and sentenced to death. Now the highly debated Accelerated Death Penalty Act passes and gives Frankie thirty final days to live. From the Kings' own family rises up the one who will challenge the woefully inadequate evidence and potential innocence of Francis Quick.

The at-first reluctant and soon-fiery Nyla and her sidekick (and handsome country island boy), Sam Stack, bring Frankie's case to the international stage through her YouTube channel Death Daze. They step into fame and a hometown battle that someone's still willing to kill over. The senator? The philanthropist? The pawn shop owner? Nyla's own mother?

Best advice: Don't go to family dinner with the Kings. More people will leave the dining room in body bags than on their own two feet. And as for Francis Quick, she's a gem . . . even if she's guilty.

My Review:


Author: Court Stevens 
Read: December 14th, 2024 
Source: Bought 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Thomas Mercier 
Published: November 8th 2022
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 1

So I read my first book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was We Were Kings which was for the prompt Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, and I'll be reading The Arrival of Someday next! 

My Reading Journey:

We Were Kings by Court Stevens
Prompt Fulfilled: Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer
Started On: December 14th
Finished On: December 14th, 1:48 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Arrival of Someday by Jen Malone
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 14th
Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate RetailerOwlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub,The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions, The Rich Pigeon Pub
Read: 1
Pages Read: 400

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Courtney Stevens Author Page

The Story: So this is kinda a two-parter, I first saw Courtney Stevens books on Edelweiss, and they sounded really good, so I got them. For Court Stevens, I saw them on NetGalley, and I've loved the ones I've read, and I can't wait to read more by Court/Courtney Stevens! 

Website

Series: Faking Normal.

Monday, November 13, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #649, November 13th

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 #648
Teaser Tuesday #656
WWW Wednesday #656
WOW #652
Will the Time Come #649
Third Sentence Thursday #639
Random Reads #625
First Lines Friday #652
Book Blogger Hop #318
Wheel of TBR #181
How Well I Stuck to It #486
Wrote that Review Update #483

Week 45 Reviews:
Tragedy Girl
Iron Flame

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Clear Your S**t Readathon: 

Next to be Published November: 

Phase Out Your TBR: 


OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, I had a decent week, I read an OK amount, I'm taking November a bit slow, but there's plenty to read still! Can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dark Heir! 

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but at a terrible cost.

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.

But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own—his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?

Dark Heir is the explosive and highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dark Rise, from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Week 45 Review: Last Girl Breathing

From Goodreads:
When the answers to a present-day murder lie in the past, one teen girl must examine a tragic event to prevent more lives from being lost. No one expected it to rain that much. But the rain kept coming, the dam broke, and lives were lost. One was Lucy Michaels's little brother. She was there and while she saved the lives of many young boy scouts, despite being a child herself, she couldn't save him.

Now eight years later, Lucy is preparing to graduate from high school and compete in the air rifle competition at the Olympics when her stepbrother goes missing right before his most important football game. The search is focused on the same plot of land where her younger brother died, and she can't help but draw parallels.

When the search for a missing person becomes a murder investigation, Lucy knows the secrets she holds about what her stepbrother was up to that day could help find the murderer. The clues quickly connect Lucy's ex-boyfriend to the murders, but he couldn't be guilty... could he?

Everyone involved has their own secrets and revealing hers to the wrong person could put her life—and her whole town—at risk. Last Girl Breathing is a page-turning hunt for the truth as Court Stevens once again creates nonstop suspense with characters who will break your heart.

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I've read her first published book, but now I need to go back and read We Were Kings, because this was so good, I loved the mystery, and I need to read more by her! This story was so fantastic, I had to know where the mystery would go from here! 

One thing that I loved even as it hurt me, was that we slowly were told of what happened 8 years ago when Lucy's brother died. We knew it happened, but not the details-at first I thought that he was with the scouts, which just made what happened all the worse.

Another thing that I really enjoyed was the time jump. Just over half of this book takes place in the immediate happenings of when her stepbrother is killed. The other part takes place a few years later, and I really enjoyed that contrast! 

This was a really fantastic mystery, I loved all the twists and turns, like the fact that someone was bribed to compromise the dam, but it wasn't clear who was bribed-just who'd done the bribing. This story dealt with so much with the politics of a small and tight knit town, and it was so satisfying when it came to a close. 

Loved this book so much, it was so good, and I can't wait to read more by Court Stevens! 

Author: Court Stevens
Read: November 10th, 2023 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: November 7th, 2023
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, November 10, 2023

Next to be Published November Update 10

So I've read my next book for the Next to be Published November, and it was Last Girl Breathing, and I'll be reading Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord next! 

My Reading Journey:

Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry 
Started On: November 1st
Finished On: November 1st, 10:26 PM
Pages Read: 337

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen
Started On: November 2nd
Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 400

They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso
Started On: November 3rd
Finished On: November 3rd, 7:19 PM
Pages Read: 352

Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Deriso
Started On: November 4th
Finished On: November 4th, 6:47 PM
Pages Read: 240

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Started On: November 5th
Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM
Pages Read: 176

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Started On: November 6th
Finished On: November 6th, 7:51 PM
Pages Read: 452

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Started On: November 7th
Finished On: November 7th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 370

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager
Started On: November 8th
Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 
Started On: November 9th
Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
Started On: November 10th
Finished On: November 10th, 9:53 AM
Pages Read: 400

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally 
Started On: November 11th
Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Books Read: 10
Goal: 30 Books
Pages Read: 3383

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 6

So I've read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was Last Girl Breathing which is for the prompt Water Element, and I'll be reading Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord next! 

My Reading Journey:

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen
Prompt Fulfilled: Virgo
Started On: November 2nd
Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: Air Element
Started On: November 5th
Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM
Pages Read: 176

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Signs
Started On: November 7th
Finished On: November 7th, 11:13 PM
Pages Read: 878

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager
Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Element
Started On: November 8th
Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 
Prompt Fulfilled: Leo
Started On: November 9th
Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
Prompt Fulfilled: Water Element
Started On: November 10th
Finished On: November 10th, 9:53 AM
Pages Read: 400

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally 
Prompt Fulfilled: Scorpio
Started On: November 11th
Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Prompts Left: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Air Signs, Free Space, Mini Boss, Taurus, Capricorn, Earth Element, Earth Signs, Side Quest, Aries, Sagittarius, Mini Boss, Free space, Cancer, Pisces, Water signs, Free Space, Boss Battle
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2200

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Next to be Published November Update 9

So I've read my next book for the Next to be Published November, and it was Every Duke Has His Day, and I'll be reading Last Girl Breathing next! 

My Reading Journey:

Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry 
Started On: November 1st
Finished On: November 1st, 10:26 PM
Pages Read: 337

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen
Started On: November 2nd
Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 400

They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso
Started On: November 3rd
Finished On: November 3rd, 7:19 PM
Pages Read: 352

Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Deriso
Started On: November 4th
Finished On: November 4th, 6:47 PM
Pages Read: 240

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Started On: November 5th
Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM
Pages Read: 176

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Started On: November 6th
Finished On: November 6th, 7:51 PM
Pages Read: 452

The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Started On: November 7th
Finished On: November 7th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 370

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager
Started On: November 8th
Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 
Started On: November 9th
Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
Started On: November 10th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Books Read: 9
Goal: 30 Books
Pages Read: 2983

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 5

So I've read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was Every Duke Has His Day which is for the prompt Leo, and I'll be reading Last Girl Breathing next! 

My Reading Journey:

Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen
Prompt Fulfilled: Virgo
Started On: November 2nd
Finished On: November 2nd, 8:03 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: Air Element
Started On: November 5th
Finished On: November 5th, 8:23 PM
Pages Read: 176

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Signs
Started On: November 7th
Finished On: November 7th, 11:13 PM
Pages Read: 878

Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by by Chloe Seager
Prompt Fulfilled: Fire Element
Started On: November 8th
Finished On: November 8th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 336

Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 
Prompt Fulfilled: Leo
Started On: November 9th
Finished On: November 9th, 10:35 AM
Pages Read: 320

Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
Prompt Fulfilled: Water Element
Started On: November 10th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Air Signs, Free Space, Mini Boss, Taurus, Capricorn, Earth Element, Earth Signs, Side Quest, Aries, Sagittarius, Mini Boss, Free space, Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Water signs, Free Space, Boss Battle
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1800

Monday, March 30, 2020

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #460, March 30th

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

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #459
Teaser Tuesday #467
WWW Wednesday #467
WOW #463
Will the Time Come #460
Third Sentence Thursday #450
Random Reads #436
First Lines Friday #463
Book Blogger Hop #129
The Reward Challenge Update #445
How Well I Stuck to It #297
Wrote that Review Update #294

Week 13 Reviews:
Wolf's Curse
The June Boys
How to Love Your Elf
The Earl Not Taken
Thorn
The Bone Knife
Rage and Ruin

OK, so I got 18 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty good week, I just slept a lot, so I didn't read quite as much during the week, but it's made up for with all the books I read during the weekend. Can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Imagine Me, Ruthless Gods, The Silvered Serpents, and Spells for the Dead.

The explosive finale to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shatter Me series.

Juliette Ferrars.

Ella Sommers.

Which is the truth and which is the lie?

Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong—between Ella and Juliette—blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control.

The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But she may not get to choose what side she fights on. 
They are each other's fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope.

Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost ― one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumoured to grant its possessor the power of God.

Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all.

As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.

A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job.
Nell Ingram faces a dark craft known as death magic in the newest pulse-pounding paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.

Nell Ingram is a rookie PsyLed agent, using the powers she can channel from deep within the earth to solve paranormal crimes. Together with her team, she's taken on the darkest magic and the direst foes. But she'll need to tap into every ounce of power she has for her newest case.

Nell is called to the Tennessee mansion of a country music star and finds a disturbing scene--dead bodies rapidly decaying before everyone's eyes. The witch on her team, T. Laine, knows this can only be one thing: death magic, a rare type of craft used to steal life forces. PsyLed needs to find this lethal killer fast. But when a paranormal-hating FBI agent tries to derail the investigation, they find themselves under attack from all sides.

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Week 13 Review: The June Boys

From Goodreads:
From award-winning and highly acclaimed author Court Stevens comes a heart-wrenching story of small towns, rumors, and thirteen missing boys.

The Gemini Thief could be anyone. Your father, your mother, your best friend's crazy uncle. Some country music star's deranged sister. Anyone. Someone is stealing Tennessee's boys. Report suspicious behavior. The Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper, who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade and taken at least twelve boys.

Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief took a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen.

But the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Together with her boyfriend Nick and her best friends, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before it's too late. Only she's beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible:

What if her father is the Gemini Thief? 

My Review:
Yeah, I enjoyed reading this book so much! The idea that your parent could be a serial thief of boys-who is holding your cousin captive, that's pretty scary. Then there's the back and forth between Thea and Aul's perspective, which confused me a bit until I realized that they were on different timelines. Yeah.

So the idea that her dad is the Gemini Thief was a bit one in this book. I kinda thought that it'd just be her and her friend group investigating him, but nope, law enforcement gets involved. But since Nick's sister is with the law, well, it gets complicated! Given that he hid he was building a castle from her, well, there is some trust issues there!

So Aul was writing notes to an Elizabeth, which puzzled me, since I had no idea who she was and how he knew her. At the end, there was a note that the Elizabeth was Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted as a child, and later came home. I did a little search, and it turns out that this was a real life case. And it makes sense that he was writing to her.

When we find out who the killer is, well, that's a pretty tense moment, given all the factors. It brought all the clues together quite nicely, and it made sense. I felt a bit bad, because it's just one hit after another, for everyone involved.

This book was an enjoyable read, I enjoyed the mystery and the characters, and all around great read!

Author: Court Stevens
Read: March 21st, 2020
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: I've enjoyed her writing, and it's a SAC 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: March 3rd 2020
5/5 Hearts
4.5/5 Books
4.5/5 Stars

Friday, March 20, 2020

First Lines Friday #462, March 20th

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!


"You don't owe your truths to everyone. Those were my father's exact words. There were upside down spoons in our mouths, ice cream thawing on our tongues. The hard rock maple table held our elbows. It was midnight and I smelled like Johnson and Johnson. Dad tapped his watch face and gave me the inevitable you-should-have-been-asleep-hours-ago-I'm-probably-a-terrible-father grimace." -The June Boys by Court Stevens

Well, that sounds a little creepy, and eerie. Must read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Third Sentence Thursday #449, March 19th

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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!

"He keeps spinning the flint wheel backward, and I take the cigarette and grind it deep into the mud." -The June Boys by Court Stevens, page 92.

Well, that sounds annoying! Must read more!

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

WWW Wednesday #466, March 18th

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 reading All Your Twisted Secrets, and I'm enjoying this mystery so much!
I read A Forgotten Murder, and it was such a great read, such a great sequel! Loved it!
I'm going to be reading The June Boys and I can't wait because it sounds fantastic!

What about you guys? Happy reading!