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Friday, November 4, 2022

Monthly ARC's Update 27

So I read my next book for Monthly ARC's and it was Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell, Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria, and Leopard's Scar by Christine Feehan from the November list!

Here's the link to this month's post with my journey.

How it Works:

This is my monthly ARC accountability challenge, to list out the books that I have as ARC's that are being published in the coming month, rounding them up at the start of the month, and seeing how well I did at the end, as well as rounding up the next month's books.

Monday, October 31, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #595, October 31st

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 #594
Teaser Tuesday #602
WWW Wednesday #602
WOW #598
Will the Time Come #595
Third Sentence Thursday #585
Random Reads #571
First Lines Friday #598
Book Blogger Hop #264

Monthly ARC's Update 26
The Reward Challenge Update #580
Wheel of TBR #127
How Well I Stuck to It #432
Wrote that Review Update #429

Week 43 Reviews:
Where Dreams Descend

Meddling Kids

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate

Pimiko and the Uncharted Island

Ivory

Temptress

A Darkness at the Door

Reader, I Murdered Him

Silver in the Mist

Becca's BookoplAthon:

ARCtober:

Random:

We Have the Cover of A Rip Through Time #2!!!!

OK, so I got 40 posts in 7 days, and yeah, read some really great books. Personally in the week wasn't great, I hurt my finger, and the pain caused me to faint, and I hit my head, and had to go to urgent car to make sure I didn't have a concussion. I didn't, and my finger is fine, and the goosebump on my head has gone away, but yeah, that wasn't fun. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Awakening, The Witch King, and The Fae Keeper.

Set in alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, MONSTRESS tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, a teenage survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and their hated enemies, the Arcanics. In the face of oppression and terrible danger, Maika is both hunter and hunted, searching for answers about her mysterious past as those who seek to use her remain just one step behind… and all the while, the monster within begins to awaken…

Collects MONSTRESS #1-6.

To save a fae kingdom, a trans witch must face his traumatic past and the royal fiancé he left behind. This debut YA fantasy will leave you spellbound.

Wyatt would give anything to forget where he came from—but a kingdom demands its king.

In Asalin, fae rule and witches like Wyatt Croft…don't. Wyatt's betrothal to his best friend, fae prince Emyr North, was supposed to change that. But when Wyatt lost control of his magic one devastating night, he fled to the human world.

Now a coldly distant Emyr has hunted him down. Despite transgender Wyatt's newfound identity and troubling past, Emyr has no intention of dissolving their engagement. In fact, he claims they must marry now or risk losing the throne. Jaded, Wyatt strikes a deal with the enemy, hoping to escape Asalin forever. But as he gets to know Emyr, Wyatt realizes the boy he once loved may still exist. And as the witches face worsening conditions, he must decide once and for all what's more important—his people or his freedom.

In the heart-stopping sequel to The Witch King, Wyatt and Emyr attempt to rebuild Asalin despite unexpected new enemies within their kingdom.

Two weeks after the door to Faery closed once more, Asalin is still in turmoil. Emyr and Wyatt are hunting Derek and Clarke themselves after having abolished the corrupt Guard, and are trying to convince the other kingdoms to follow their lead. But when they uncover the hidden truth about the witches' real place in fae society, it becomes clear the problems run much deeper than anyone knew. And this may be more than the two of them can fix.

As Wyatt struggles to learn control of his magic and balance his own needs with the needs of a kingdom, he must finally decide on the future he wants—before he loses the future he and Emyr are building…

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Week 43 Review: Silver in the Mist

From Goodreads:

Eight years ago, everything changed for Devlin: Her country was attacked. Her father was killed. And her mother became the Whisperer of Aris, the head of the spies, retreating into her position away from everyone… even her daughter.

Joining the spy ranks herself, Dev sees her mother only when receiving assignments. She wants more, but she understands the peril their country, Aris, is in. The malevolent magic force of The Mists is swallowing Aris's edges, their country is vulnerable to another attack from their wealthier neighbor, and the magic casters who protect them from both are burning out.

Dev has known strength and survival her whole life, but with a dangerous new assignment of infiltrating the royal court of their neighbor country Cerena to steal the magic they need, she learns that not all that glitters is weak. And not all stories are true.

My Review:
Man, this was a really great book! I really enjoyed Emily Victoria's first book, and that this was another stand alone, in a new world, I had to know what it was going to be like, who these characters were and their stories! And I was just swept in!

This is another own voices ace representation, just like her first book, which was really great! I think there's less than 10 books that I've read where there's been ace representation, and to have it as the main character is even less. So I absolutely loved that! Plus her best friend was non-binary, so that was more great representation!

The world that they're in, I really enjoyed getting to know these countries and their histories, and how they've been in conflict, and are pretty close to it again. Dev is a spy, and this mission to recruit a powerful magic user to get rid of the mist to help her country, is a pretty important to her.

Watching Dev learn more about this country that is in opposition to hers, was really great. She saw that things were more complicated than they seemed, which is a really good lesson to learn. I really enjoyed how that all worked out!

This was another really great read, and I can't wait to read more by Emily Victoria!

Author: Emily Victoria
Read: October 28th, 2022
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loved her other book, and it's a SAC 2022 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Expected Publication: November 1st 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Friday, October 28, 2022

ARCtober Update 21

So I've read my next book for the ARCtober, and it was Silver in the Mist which is for the prompt LGBTQ+ Representation, and I'll be reading Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun next!

My Reading Journey:

Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis

Prompt Fulfilled: Author of Colour

Started On: October 1st

Finished On: October 1st, 4:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

Prompt Fulfilled: October Release

Started On: October 2nd

Finished On: October 2nd, 3:56 PM

Pages Read: 512

I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin

Prompt Fulfilled: Already Released

Started On: October 3rd

Finished On: October 3rd, 5:15 PM

Pages Read: 336

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: A Highly Anticipated ARC

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 1:25 PM

Pages Read: 416

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC You Forgot You Had

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 6:52 PM

Pages Read: 368

The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand

Prompt Fulfilled: An Ugly Cover

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 9:38 PM

Pages Read: 266

A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre

Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice

Started On: October 10th

Finished On: October 10th, 1:04 PM

Pages Read: 290

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Prompt Fulfilled: 1st in a Series

Started On: October 10th

Finished On: October 10th, 8:00 PM

Pages Read: 384

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix

Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Colour on the Cover

Started On: October 11th

Finished On: October 14th, 7:45 PM

Pages Read: 416

Wizard's Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin

Prompt Fulfilled: Debut Author

Started On: October 14th

Finished On: October 14th, 10:11 PM

Pages Read: 550

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso

Prompt Fulfilled: Newest ARC

Started On: October 20th

Finished On: October 20th, 6:06 PM

Pages Read: 544

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean

Prompt Fulfilled: Underhyped/Nobody is Talking About It

Started On: October 21st

Finished On: October 21st, 5:41 PM

Pages Read: 336

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis

Prompt Fulfilled: Fits the Season

Started On: October 21st

Finished On: October 21st, 11:20 PM

Pages Read: 368

Ivory by Lola Dodge

Prompt Fulfilled: Indie Published

Started On: October 23rd

Finished On: October 23rd, 9:35 PM

Pages Read: 135

Temptress by Lola Dodge

Prompt Fulfilled: Shortest ARC

Started On: October 23rd

Finished On: October 23rd, 11:02 PM

Pages Read: 126

Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven

Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC from Your Favourite Publisher

Started On: October 26th

Finished On: October 26th, 4:56 PM

Pages Read: 350

Whiteout Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Own Voices Rep/Marginalized Community

Started On: October 26th

Finished On: October 26th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 304

How I'll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Request

Started On: October 27th

Finished On: October 27th, 4:30 PM

Pages Read: 352

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia

Prompt Fulfilled: Graphic Novel

Started On: October 27th

Finished On: October 27th, 6:59 PM

Pages Read: 336

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Fiction

Started On: October 28th

Finished On: October 28th 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 288

Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria

Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTQ+ Representation

Started On: October 28th

Finished On: October 28th, 7:24 PM

Pages Read: 368

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

Prompt Fulfilled: Heard About from Another BookTuber

Started On: October 29th

Currently On: Page 0 of 304

Prompts Left: Everyone Is Talking About It, Oldest ARC, A Sequel

Books Read: 21

Pages Read: 7381

ARCtober Update 20

So I've read my next book for the ARCtober, and it was Reader, I Killed Him which is for the prompt Non-Fiction, and I'll be reading Silver in the Mist next!

My Reading Journey:

Somebody That I Used to Know by Dana L. Davis

Prompt Fulfilled: Author of Colour

Started On: October 1st

Finished On: October 1st, 4:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

Prompt Fulfilled: October Release

Started On: October 2nd

Finished On: October 2nd, 3:56 PM

Pages Read: 512

I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin

Prompt Fulfilled: Already Released

Started On: October 3rd

Finished On: October 3rd, 5:15 PM

Pages Read: 336

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones

Prompt Fulfilled: A Highly Anticipated ARC

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 1:25 PM

Pages Read: 416

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC You Forgot You Had

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 6:52 PM

Pages Read: 368

The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand

Prompt Fulfilled: An Ugly Cover

Started On: October 9th

Finished On: October 9th, 9:38 PM

Pages Read: 266

A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre

Prompt Fulfilled: Free Choice

Started On: October 10th

Finished On: October 10th, 1:04 PM

Pages Read: 290

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Prompt Fulfilled: 1st in a Series

Started On: October 10th

Finished On: October 10th, 8:00 PM

Pages Read: 384

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix

Prompt Fulfilled: Favourite Colour on the Cover

Started On: October 11th

Finished On: October 14th, 7:45 PM

Pages Read: 416

Wizard's Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin

Prompt Fulfilled: Debut Author

Started On: October 14th

Finished On: October 14th, 10:11 PM

Pages Read: 550

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso

Prompt Fulfilled: Newest ARC

Started On: October 20th

Finished On: October 20th, 6:06 PM

Pages Read: 544

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean

Prompt Fulfilled: Underhyped/Nobody is Talking About It

Started On: October 21st

Finished On: October 21st, 5:41 PM

Pages Read: 336

A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis

Prompt Fulfilled: Fits the Season

Started On: October 21st

Finished On: October 21st, 11:20 PM

Pages Read: 368

Ivory by Lola Dodge

Prompt Fulfilled: Indie Published

Started On: October 23rd

Finished On: October 23rd, 9:35 PM

Pages Read: 135

Temptress by Lola Dodge

Prompt Fulfilled: Shortest ARC

Started On: October 23rd

Finished On: October 23rd, 11:02 PM

Pages Read: 126

Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven

Prompt Fulfilled: An ARC from Your Favourite Publisher

Started On: October 26th

Finished On: October 26th, 4:56 PM

Pages Read: 350

Whiteout Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Own Voices Rep/Marginalized Community

Started On: October 26th

Finished On: October 26th, 9:24 PM

Pages Read: 304

How I'll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

Prompt Fulfilled: Cover Request

Started On: October 27th

Finished On: October 27th, 4:30 PM

Pages Read: 352

Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia

Prompt Fulfilled: Graphic Novel

Started On: October 27th

Finished On: October 27th, 6:59 PM

Pages Read: 336

Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

Prompt Fulfilled: Non-Fiction

Started On: October 28th

Finished On: October 28th 1:05 PM

Pages Read: 288

Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria

Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTQ+ Representation

Started On: October 28th

Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Everyone Is Talking About It, Oldest ARC, A Sequel, Heard About from Another BookTuber

Books Read: 20

Pages Read: 7013

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Waiting on Wednesday #594, September 28th

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

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit.

Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe.

Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.

Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. So they lie: They fake a sync bond and plan Tennal's escape.

Their best chance arrives with a salvage-retrieval mission into chaotic space—to the very neuromodifcation lab that Surit's traitor mother destroyed twenty years ago. And among the rubble is a treasure both terrible and unimaginably powerful, one that upends a decades-old power struggle, and begins a war.

Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their unit or their world. The only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they've been faking.

Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?

Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
The fifth novel in the bestselling and award winning Graceling Realm series focuses on Hava, Queen Bitterblue's spy, and her harrowing journey back to Monsea after the events of 2021's Winterkeep.

In the immediate aftermath of the events of Winterkeep, Bitterblue and her entourage begin the journey back to Monsea with the only copies of the formulas for the zilphium weapon. Bitterblue must decide what she will do with her world-shaping power. But before they've even made it halfway home, storms drive their ship off course and then wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent. The survivors must make a harrowing trek across the ice in order to make it back to Monsea.

Seasparrow is told entirely from the point of view of Hava, Bitterblue's personal spy and secret half-sister. And while Bitterblue grapples with how to carry the responsibility of a weapon of mass destruction, Hava must decide what she will do with herself in the new world Bitterblue will make.

Bonds of Passion by Larissa Ione

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
He was an assassin. She was his lover.
And his victim.
Now, years later, she’s back from the dead and looking for vengeance.

Thanks to an unexpected and fortuitous disaster, Tavin’s contract with the underworld’s Assassin Guild was broken decades early. But instead of freedom, he’s suffocated by guilt and regret. In many ways, he’s more trapped than he was before. In an attempt to numb his pain, he works at Underworld General Hospital, saving people instead of killing them. But nothing can diminish the memory of assassinating the female he loved…not even the knowledge that he’d done it to spare her an even worse fate.

Deja remembers all of her dozens of former lives, and she knows that she only found love in one of them…until her lover murdered her. As a soul locked inside the nightmarish boundaries of demon hell, she stewed in hatred until a single, fateful event gave her one more shot at life.
And at revenge.

Now another specter from the past is threatening them both. Can two damaged people overcome their history to save not only themselves, but a second chance at love?

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
'Tis the season for a Bromance Book Club matchmaking mission! This time, they're pulling out the mistletoe for everyone's favorite country music star, Colton, and his second chance at love.

Country music’s golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren’t about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he’d be wallowing in self-pity.

It’s hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish about the excess of Christmas when her clients are scrambling to afford their rent. So when her estranged, wealthy family reaches out with an offer that will allow her to better serve the community, she’s unable to say no. She just needs to convince Colton to be the new face of her family’s whiskey brand. No big deal…

Colton agrees to consider Gretchen’s offer in exchange for three dates before Christmas. With the help of the Bromance Book Club, Colton throws himself into the task of proving to her there’s a spark between them. But Gretchen and Colton will both need to overcome the ghosts of Christmas past to build a future together.

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
From Susan Dennard, the New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands series, comes a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy, about the magic it takes to face your fears in a nightmare-filled forest, and the mettle required to face the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family.

Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you.

Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's town—and the rest of humanity—from the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night.

Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can take the deadly Luminary hunter trials and prove herself true and loyal—and restore her family's good name. Or die trying.

But in order to survive, Winnie enlists the help of the one person who can help her train: Jay Friday, resident bad boy and Winnie’s ex-best friend. While Jay might be the most promising new hunter in Hemlock Falls, he also seems to know more about the nightmares of the forest than he should. Together, he and Winnie will discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for.

Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.

Honor and Shadows by Jessie Mihalik

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
Captain Octavia Zarola needs an infusion of credits—fast—if she’s going to keep her close-knit bounty hunting crew paid and fed. Tracking down an escaped embezzler on a backwater planet should be a piece of cake, but bounties are rarely as easy as they seem.

As the crew closes in on their quarry, the hunt becomes entangled with a local criminal overlord, and Tavi will have to decide what’s more important: money or honor, and how much she’s willing to risk for either one.

Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
Eight years ago, everything changed for Devlin: Her country was attacked. Her father was killed. And her mother became the Whisperer of Aris, the head of the spies, retreating into her position away from everyone… even her daughter.

Joining the spy ranks herself, Dev sees her mother only when receiving assignments. She wants more, but she understands the peril their country, Aris, is in. The malevolent magic force of The Mists is swallowing Aris’s edges, their country is vulnerable to another attack from their wealthier neighbor, and the magic casters who protect them from both are burning out.

Dev has known strength and survival her whole life, but with a dangerous new assignment of infiltrating the royal court of their neighbor country Cerena to steal the magic they need, she learns that not all that glitters is weak. And not all stories are true.

The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
Love and duty collide in this richly imagined, atmospheric young adult debut about a witch whose dark powers put her at the center of a brewing war between the only family she’s ever known and the enemy who makes her question everything.

Monster. Butcher. Bloodwinn.

Ranka is tired of death. All she wants now is to be left alone, living out her days in Witchik’s wild north with the coven that raised her, attempting to forget the horrors of her past. But when she is named Bloodwinn, the next treaty bride to the human kingdom of Isodal, her coven sends her south with a single directive: kill him. Easy enough, for a blood-witch whose magic compels her to kill.

Except the prince is gentle, kind, and terrified of her. He doesn’t want to marry Ranka; he doesn’t want to be king at all. And it’s his sister—the wickedly smart, infuriatingly beautiful Princess Aramis—who seems to be the real threat.

But when witches start turning up dead, murdered by a mysterious, magical plague, Aramis makes Ranka an offer: help her develop a cure, and in return, she’ll help Ranka learn to contain her deadly magic. As the coup draws nearer and the plague spreads, Ranka is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her power, her past, and who she’s meant to fight for. Soon, she will have to decide between the coven that raised her and the princess who sees beyond the monster they shaped her to be.

But as the bodies pile up, a monster may be exactly what they need.

Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston

Expected Publication: November 1st, 2022
From Goodreads:
Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this deliciously dark young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother’s death.

Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home.

But it’s been ten years since anyone’s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she’ll ever find one…until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she’s hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can’t explain.

But they’ve been waiting for her.

The magicians reveal they’re part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there’s a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she’s worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.

Yeah, the start of November has some really great books, authors, and series coming out! Can't wait for them! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, July 5, 2021

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #526, July 5th

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #525
Teaser Tuesday #533
WWW Wednesday #533
WOW #529
Will the Time Come #526
Third Sentence Thursday #516

Random Reads #502
First Lines Friday #529
Book Blogger Hop #195
The Reward Challenge Update #511
Wheel of TBR #58
How Well I Stuck to It #363
Wrote that Review Update #361

Week 26 Reviews:
This Golden Flame

If We Were Villians

Blood and Chocolate

Our Last Echoes

The Moonshine Shack Murder

The Queen of Tearling

Bloodwitch

Witchshadow

Long May She Reign

The Wicked & the Dead

Under a Winter Sky

Whatever-You-Want-A-Thon:

Update 62 and Wrap Up

The Olympics Readathon:

Update 57 and Wrap Up

Page-a-Thon:

Path or Pantheon:

Random:

TBR Trail #2, July 2021

Book Battle July 2021 TBR

OK, so I got 81 posts in 7 days, and I read a good number of books, so I posted a bunch about them, so it was a pretty great week! Cant wait for next book! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Any Way the Wind Blows, Hex on the Beach, and The Kiss & The Killer.

In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong.

In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward.

For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages -- and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough.

Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet.

This book is a finale. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest.

Carry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories; Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.

Girls Night Out has never been so much fun–but what are they going to do with all these bodies?

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors Kelley Armstrong, Jeaniene Frost, and Melissa Marr deliver a sexy summer read with this novel-length anthology containing three all-new stories from their Cursed Luck, Night Huntress, and Faery Bargains worlds. Kennedy, Cat, and Gen are just trying to enjoy their respective getaways, but when immortals, vampires, and witches come out to play, things are bound to go awry. Let the supernatural hijinks begin!

A GRAVE GIRLS’ GETAWAY by Jeaniene Frost

Vampire Cat Crawfield Russell is looking forward to a little down time with her best friend, Denise. But when witches crash the party, a fun getaway turns into a paranormal showdown.

GODDESS OF SUMMER LOVE by Kelley Armstrong

The goddess of love sets her sights on the Bennett sisters for a little Memorial Day matchmaking. The plan is to resurrect a local unsolved mystery for the sisters–and their love interests–to solve. But, of course, nothing goes according to plan.

DAQUIRIS AND DAGGERS by Melissa Marr

A fun spa weekend away with friends in a city free of monsters, what could be better? Gen’s necromancy had been on the fritz, so a recharge sounds perfect–until she arrives in San Diego to discover that either the spa is too steps beyond weird or there’s magic afoot.

"It’s not all blood and magic in my business, despite what people wanted to believe. Sometimes it was blood, magic, and cartoon bandages."

Half witch, half killer, wholly unsuccessful at every Faery Bargain so far...Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading or resurrecting the dead in near-future New Orleans. After entering an accidental engagement, overcoming attempted murder, and discovering a family secret, Geneviève is ready for things to settle down, but carnival season in New Orleans is not the best time of year for "normal."

When Eli Stonecroft, the faery who has claimed her heart despite her best attempts, offers her a new faery bargain--she's smart enough to say no . . . right up to the point when she has to decide between dealing with the consequence of this faery bargain or facing the killer alone.

As the draugar mix with the locals and tourists, and bodies start to pile up, Geneviève is enlisted by the faery king and the draugar queen to find the killer amidst the swirl of parades and parties of carnival season.

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Week 26 Review: This Golden Flame

From Goodreads:

Orphaned and forced to serve her country's ruling group of scribes, Karis wants nothing more than to find her brother, long ago shipped away. But family bonds don't matter to the Scriptorium, whose sole focus is unlocking the magic of an ancient automaton army.

In her search for her brother, Karis does the seemingly impossible―she awakens a hidden automaton. Intelligent, with a conscience of his own, Alix has no idea why he was made. Or why his father―their nation's greatest traitor―once tried to destroy the automatons.

Suddenly, the Scriptorium isn't just trying to control Karis; it's hunting her. Together with Alix, Karis must find her brother…and the secret that's held her country in its power for centuries.

My Review:
Oh wow, this was such a fantastic read! The synopsis really intrigued me, and those first few chapters just sucked me in! I couldn't put this book down! This world was so interesting and so terrible to people like Karis. And I had to know what was going to happen next!

One thing right off the bat that I love, is that Karis is Ace, like I almost certainly am. In this book, she's about the only one who doesn't get a love interest, and that representation was really great to read! I've only read one or two other books with a main character who is ace, that I know of, so I'm glad to add another to the list!

This world was pretty brutal. I hated it on behalf of these characters who were just treated so horribly by it. And fighting back against it was so satisfying! Though it was a pretty interesting world with the automatons and Alix's father.

I was really invested in these characters, as they dodged those the Scriptorium sent after them, as they searched for Karis's brother. And I was really interested in that secret mentioned in the synopsis. I had such a great time with their adventure!

This was an amazing read, and I can't wait to read more by Emily Victoria!

Author: Emily Victoria
Read: June 26th, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Published: February 2nd 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Saturday, June 26, 2021

The Olympics Readathon Update 41

I read my next book for The Olympics Readathon, and it was The Golden Flame which is for the prompt None and I'll be reading If We Were Villians next!

My Reading Journey:

The Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V. Sndyer

Prompt Fulfilled: Eos

Started On: June 1st

Finished On: June 1st, 10:02 PM

Pages Read: 480

The City of Zirdai by Maria V. Sndyer

Prompt Fulfilled: Athena

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 1:04 PM

Pages Read: 434

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 4:31 PM

Pages Read: 514

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 9:52 PM

Pages Read: 532

Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: Poseidon

Started On: June 3rd

Finished On: June 3rd, 3:29 PM

Pages Read: 579

Grey by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 3rd

Finished On: June 3rd, 9:27 PM

Pages Read: 563

Darker by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 2:47 PM

Pages Read: 546

Freed by E.L. James

Prompt Fulfilled: Hermes

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 8:12 PM

Pages Read: 768

Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer

Prompt Fulfilled: Apollo

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 9:15 PM

Pages Read: 240

Gale Force by Rachel Caine

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 320

Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: Dionysus

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 2:27 PM

Pages Read: 512

Made to be Broken by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 5:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 9:02 PM

Pages Read: 392

Double Play by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 10:15 PM

Pages Read: 130

Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 11:54 PM

Pages Read: 180

Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita

Prompt Fulfilled: Zeus

Started On: June 6th

Finished On: June 8th, 7:23 PM

Pages Read: 368

Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 9:40 PM

Pages Read: 352

Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 9th

Finished On: June 9th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 336

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 7:56 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 10:46 PM

Pages Read: 416

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 6:03 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 10:30 PM

Pages Read: 336

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 14th

Finished On: June 14th, 1:02 PM

Pages Read: 528

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 14th

Finished On: June 14th, 10:03 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Song Rising by Samantha Shanon

Prompt Fulfilled: Hephaestus

Started On: June 15th

Finished On: June 15th, 9:21 PM

Pages Read: 384

Bottle Demon by Stephen Blackmoore

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 16th

Finished On: June 16th, 9:22 PM

Pages Read: 304

Questland by Carrie Vaughn

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 17th

Finished On: June 17th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 304

Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 6:02 PM

Pages Read: 201

Undone by Rachel Caine

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 11:05 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 19th

Finished On: June 19th, 8:05 PM

Pages Read: 404

The Rose & the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 20th

Finished On: June 20th, 3:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Tomb of Ancients by Madeleine Roux

Prompt Fulfilled: Nyx

Started On: June 20th

Finished On: June 20th, 10:51 PM

Pages Read: 384

Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 21st

Finished On: June 21st, 7:12 PM

Pages Read: 234

Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 21st

Finished On: June 21st, 10:31 PM

Pages Read: 314

One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 1:31 PM

Pages Read: 338

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 8:51 PM

Pages Read: 320

Sweep With Me by Ilona Andrews

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 22nd

Finished On: June 22nd, 10:11 PM

Pages Read: 144

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Prompt Fulfilled: Hestia

Started On: June 23rd

Finished On: June 23rd, 9:35 PM

Pages Read: 432

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Prompt Fulfilled: Aphrodite

Started On: June 24th

Finished On: June 24th, 11:01 PM

Pages Read: 368

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 25th

Finished On: June 25th, 11:10 PM

Pages Read: 384

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 26th

Finished On: June 26th, 6:25 PM

Pages Read: 384

If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio

Prompt Fulfilled: None

Started On: June 26th

Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Books Read: 41

Pages Read: 14529

Prompts Left: Demeter, Ares, Hades, Artemis, Hera

Whatever-You-Want-A-Thon Update 46

I read my next book for Whatever-You-Want-A-Thon, and it was This Golden Flame which got me 375 points, and I'll be reading If We Were Villians next!

My Reading Journey:

The Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V. Sndyer

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year - 175

Started On: June 1st

Finished On: June 1st, 10:02 PM

Pages Read: 528

The City of Zirdai by Maria V. Sndyer

Points: Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year - 175

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 1:04 PM

Pages Read: 512

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Points: Author's Debut, Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction - 175

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 4:31 PM

Pages Read: 514

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

Points: Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 2nd

Finished On: June 2nd, 9:52 PM

Pages Read: 532

Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James

Points: Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 3rd

Finished On: June 3rd, 3:29 PM

Pages Read: 579

Grey by E.L. James

Points: Fit a TBR Game Prompt, Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction, Youngling - 675

Started On: June 3rd

Finished On: June 3rd, 9:27 PM

Pages Read: 563

Darker by E.L. James

Points: Fit a TBR Game Prompt, Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 2:47 PM

Pages Read: 546

Freed by E.L. James

Points: Out of Your Comfort Zone, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 8:12 PM

Pages Read: 768

Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer

Points: 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year - 150

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 9:15 PM

Pages Read: 240

Gale Force by Rachel Caine

Points: Team Genre, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 4th

Finished On: June 4th, 11:58 PM

Pages Read: 320

Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction, Last Letter, First Letter - 175

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 2: 27 PM

Pages Read: 480

Made to be Broken by Kelley Armstrong

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction, Acolyte - 1150

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 5:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 9:02 PM

Pages Read: 392

Double Play by Kelley Armstrong

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 10:15 PM

Pages Read: 130

Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong

Points: Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction - 150

Started On: June 5th

Finished On: June 5th, 11:54 PM

Pages Read: 180

Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita

Points: Team Genre, 5 Star Prediction, Last Letter, First Letter - 175

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 7:23 PM

Pages Read: 352

Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer

Points: Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year - 175

Started On: June 8th

Finished On: June 8th, 9:40 PM

Pages Read: 352

Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau

Points: Cover Features Team Colour, 5 Star Prediction, Mage - 1650

Started On: June 9th

Finished On: June 9th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 310

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Points: Team Genre, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction - 175

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 7:56 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Points: LGBT, Host Favourite, Out of Your Comfort Zone, POC Rep, 5 Star Prediction - 315

Started On: June 11th

Finished On: June 11th, 10:46 PM

Pages Read: 416

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

Points: LGBT, Buddy Read, 5 Star Prediction - 250

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 6:03 PM

Pages Read: 408

The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

Points: LGBT, Team Genre, Host Favourite, 5 Star Prediction, Disability/MH Rep - 325

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 10:30 PM

Pages Read: 305

The Legend of the Golden Raven by K. Ancrum

Points: LGBT, Team Genre, Host Favourite, 5 Star Prediction, Disability/MH Rep - 325

Started On: June 12th

Finished On: June 12th, 11:32 PM

Pages Read: 71

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Points: LGBT, Team Genre, Reread a Comfort Read, 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year, Deity - 2300

Started On: June 14th

Finished On: June 14th, 1:02 PM

Pages Read: 522

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Points: LGBT, Team Genre, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction, Poll - 375

Started On: June 14th

Finished On: June 14th, 10:03 PM

Pages Read: 304

The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon

Points: Team Genre, Host Fav, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction, Hauled in the Last Year - 350

Started On: June 15th

Finished On: June 15th, 9:21 PM

Pages Read: 384

The Dawn Chorus by Samantha Shannon

Points: Team Genre, Host Fav, 5 Star Prediction - 300

Started On: June 15th

Finished On: June 15th, 10:24 PM

Pages Read: 78

Bottle Demon by Stephen Blackmoore

Points: Team Genre, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, Cover Features Team Colour, 5 Star Prediction - 300

Started On: June 16th

Finished On: June 16th, 9:22 PM

Pages Read: 304

Questland by Carrie Vaughn

Points: Team Genre, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, Cover Features Team Colour, 5 Star Prediction - 300

Started On: June 17th

Finished On: June 17th, 10:34 PM

Pages Read: 304

Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston

Points: Team Genre, 5 Star Prediction - 250

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 6:02 PM

Pages Read: 201

Undone by Rachel Caine

Points: Team Genre, Fit a TBR Game Prompt, 5 Star Prediction - 275

Started On: June 18th

Finished On: June 18th, 11:05 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Moth & the Flame by Renée Ahdieh