Showing posts with label Karen Chance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karen Chance. Show all posts
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Random Reads #612, August 10th
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Random Reads #594, April 6th
Monday, September 27, 2021
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #538, September 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 #537
Teaser Tuesday #545
WWW Wednesday #545
WOW #541
Will the Time Come #538
Third Sentence Thursday #528
Random Reads #514
First Lines Friday #541
Book Blogger Hop #207
The Reward Challenge Update #523
Wheel of TBR #70
How Well I Stuck to It #375
Wrote that Review Update #373
Week 38 Reviews:
American Street
Desperate Measures
Learn My Lesson
A Worthy Opponent
The Beast
The Sea Witch
Queen Takes Rose
Wicked Villains Shorts
Learn My Lesson
A Worthy Opponent
The Beast
The Sea Witch
Queen Takes Rose
Wicked Villains Shorts
Becca's BookoplAthon:
Magical Readathon: Orilium:
Random:
So this week I want to read Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Power Study, Ice Study, The Last Graduate, and Mile High with a Vampire.
A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik's groundbreaking crossover series.
At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year—and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules . .
In the latest Argeneau novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands, an immortal and her mortal pilot are on the run from hungry vampires...and discover they're life mates along the way.
Jet Lassiter likes being a pilot for Argeneau Inc. Perks included travelling to exotic locations and meeting interesting people, even if they are the blood-sucking kind. He's living the good life, until his plane goes down in the mountains and four of his passengers are gravely injured. They need blood to heal... and Jet is the only source.
Quinn Peters never wanted to be immortal. Once a renowned heart surgeon, she was turned against her will and now she has to drink blood to survive. Before she can ask how her "life" can get any worse, she's in a plane crash. One of the few survivors, Quinn is desperate to get the mortal pilot to safety before her fellow immortals succumb to their blood lust and drain Jet dry.
But hungry vampires are the least of their worries—the crash wasn't an accident, and someone is trying to kill Quinn. Will she and Jet find their happily ever after as life mates, or will her assassin find her first?
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Week 38 Review: Queen's Gambit
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—the feared and hated cross between a vampire and a human—or so she has always believed. She spent most of her life on the fringes of her two worlds, yearning to belong to one or the other, but despised and distrusted by both. Recently, a war in the supernatural community allowed her to get a foothold into her vampire father's world, one of danger, intrigue, glitz and glamour, where she found not only a home, but a lover, too.
For the first time in centuries, life seemed to be going her way. But now, a freak accident with a dangerous magical device has left her two natures separated into duplicate bodies, both fighting to survive while they search for the truth about her past, and the key to her future.
My Review:
This book was so fantastic! I loved spending more time with these characters, and I loved seeing all that was happening in their eventful, crazy lives! This is the first full lneght Dory book that was self published, and honestly, there wasn't anything different about it, and there hasn't been since the change with
Sometimes in this world, it's hard to know what exactly is going on, what the developments that are happening right in front of our eyes mean, because it's so chaotic, with some non-stop action sometimes. But given the way this book is arranged, it's a little out of sync in a good way, giving more a breather.
Because of the duplicate bodies, we got narration from both Dory and Dorina, who aren't in the same place, who have wildly different adventures going on. And in the beginning we focused on Dory, maybe get a chapter or two from Dorina, before more of Dory. And then it switched, giving more focus on the Dorina, with check ins again with Dory. And I loved this so much, part of it with the fact that it slowed down everything, but also how that affected the pacing!
This was such a fantastic read, and I can't wait to pick up Ignite the Fire: Incendiary, as well as the next Dory book!
Author: Karen Chance
Series: Dorina Basarab #5, Cassandra Palmer World #15
Read: September 23rd, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book, RR Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Karen Chance
Published: July 16th 2020
Author: Karen Chance
Series: Dorina Basarab #5, Cassandra Palmer World #15
Read: September 23rd, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book, RR Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Karen Chance
Published: July 16th 2020
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Thursday, September 23, 2021
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 38
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Queen's Gambit which was for the prompt Character 4 Province, and I'll be reading Unseen next!
My Reading Journey:
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Province
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384
Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 320
Bright Burns the Night by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Heritage
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 307
Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 290
Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 207
The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 4:41 PM
Pages Read: 368
Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 304
Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 6:01 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 6:38 PM
Pages Read: 400
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Background
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 11:19 PM
Pages Read: 384
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:47 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Gravedigger's Son by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 10th
Finished On: September 10th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 103
The Operator by Kim Harrison
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 10th
Finished On: September 10th, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 468
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 224
Imagineer by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 2:29 PM
Pages Read: 313
Excantation by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 7:15 PM
Pages Read: 227
Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 268
When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Province
Started On: September 14th
Finished On: September 14th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 15th
Finished On: September 15th, 6:37 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Background
Started On: September 16th
Finished On: September 16th, 8:47 PM
Pages Read: 352
Unknown by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 17th
Finished On: September 17th, 9:39 PM
Pages Read: 305
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 8:44 AM
Pages Read: 352
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 368
The Bronzed Beast by Roshani Chokshi
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 11:34 PM
Pages Read: 400
Desperate Measures by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 10:44 AM
Pages Read: 230
Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 2:50 PM
Pages Read: 253
A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 6 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 5:06 PM
Pages Read: 302
The Beast by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 6 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 8:09 PM
Pages Read: 284
The Sea Witch by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 275
Queen Takes Rose by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Background
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 294
Wicked Villains Shorts by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 11:56 PM
Pages Read: 134
The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Orilium Academy Arc
Started On: September 21st
Finished On: September 21st, 4:04 PM
Pages Read: 416
Unequal Affections by Lara S. Ormiston
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 21st
Finished On: September 21st, 10:24 PM
Pages Read: 352
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 22nd
Finished On: September 22nd, 9:40 PM
Pages Read: 325
A Dance with the Fae Prince by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 23rd
Finished On: September 23rd, 3:20 PM
Pages Read: 344
Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Province
Started On: September 23rd
Finished On: September 23rd, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 648
Unseen by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 24th
Currently On: Page 0 of 304
Prompts Left: Character 1 Heritage, Character 2 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 3 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 3 Background, Character 3 Province, Character 3 Heritage, Character 4 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 4 Heritage, Character 5 The Novice Path Entrance, Character 5 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 5 Background, Character 5 Province, Character 5 Heritage, Character 6 The Novice Path Entrance, Character 6 The Mist of Solitude, Character 6 Ruin of the Skye, Character 6 Tower of Rumination, Character 6 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 6 Background, Character 6 Province, Character 6 Heritage
Read: 38
Pages Read: 12941
Becca's BookoplAthon Update 18
So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, and it was Queen's Gambit which was for the prompt People B, and I'll be reading A List of Cages next!
My Reading Journey:
Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book 1
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 129
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTIA+ Rep A
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384
Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: TBR Game
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 320
Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Who?
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 290
Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book 2
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 5th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 207
Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
Prompt Fulfilled: Last Colour
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 304
Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 6:01 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: People A
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 6:38 PM
Pages Read: 400
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card A
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 11:19 PM
Pages Read: 384
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Monster A
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:47 PM
Pages Read: 752
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Prompt Fulfilled: Monster B
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400
Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Cute
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 268
When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card B
Started On: September 14th
Finished On: September 14th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: New 1
Started On: September 15th
Finished On: September 15th, 6:37 PM
Pages Read: 384
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Prompt Fulfilled: Current Events
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 8:44 AM
Pages Read: 352
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTIA+ Rep B
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 368
Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Myth, Lore, Legend, Fairytale
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 2:50 PM
Pages Read: 253
Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance
Prompt Fulfilled: People B
Started On: September 23rd
Finished On: September 23rd, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 648
A List of Cages by Robin Roe
Prompt Fulfilled: Disability & Mental Health Rep
Started On: September 25th
Currently On: Page 0 of 310
Prompts Left: Gods, Highest Rated, Spooky, Lowest Rated, New 2, Feed Scroll, POC Rep
Read: 18
Pages Read: 6547
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 37
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was A Dance with the Fae Prince which was for the prompt Character 4 The Novice Path Entrance, and I'll be reading Queen's Gambit next!
My Reading Journey:
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Province
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384
Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 320
Bright Burns the Night by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Heritage
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 9:12 PM
Pages Read: 307
Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 290
Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 207
The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 4:41 PM
Pages Read: 368
Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 304
Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 6:01 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 6:38 PM
Pages Read: 400
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Background
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 11:19 PM
Pages Read: 384
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:47 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Gravedigger's Son by Darynda Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 10th
Finished On: September 10th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 103
The Operator by Kim Harrison
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 10th
Finished On: September 10th, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 468
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 224
Imagineer by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 2:29 PM
Pages Read: 313
Excantation by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 7:15 PM
Pages Read: 227
Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 268
When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Province
Started On: September 14th
Finished On: September 14th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 15th
Finished On: September 15th, 6:37 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 2 Background
Started On: September 16th
Finished On: September 16th, 8:47 PM
Pages Read: 352
Unknown by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 17th
Finished On: September 17th, 9:39 PM
Pages Read: 305
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 3 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 8:44 AM
Pages Read: 352
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Ruin of the Skye
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 368
The Bronzed Beast by Roshani Chokshi
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 11:34 PM
Pages Read: 400
Desperate Measures by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 10:44 AM
Pages Read: 230
Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 2:50 PM
Pages Read: 253
A Worthy Opponent by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 6 Obsidian Falls
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 5:06 PM
Pages Read: 302
The Beast by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 6 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 8:09 PM
Pages Read: 284
The Sea Witch by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Ashtorn Tree
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 10:01 PM
Pages Read: 275
Queen Takes Rose by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Background
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 294
Wicked Villains Shorts by Katee Roberts
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 Tower of Rumination
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 11:56 PM
Pages Read: 134
The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 1 Orilium Academy Arc
Started On: September 21st
Finished On: September 21st, 4:04 PM
Pages Read: 416
Unequal Affections by Lara S. Ormiston
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 21st
Finished On: September 21st, 10:24 PM
Pages Read: 352
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 5 The Mist of Solitude
Started On: September 22nd
Finished On: September 22nd, 9:40 PM
Pages Read: 325
A Dance with the Fae Prince by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 The Novice Path Entrance
Started On: September 23rd
Finished On: September 23rd, 3:20 PM
Pages Read: 344
Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance
Prompt Fulfilled: Character 4 Province
Started On: September 23rd
Currently On: Page 0 of 648
Prompts Left: Character 1 Heritage, Character 2 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 3 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 3 Background, Character 3 Province, Character 3 Heritage, Character 4 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 4 Heritage, Character 5 The Novice Path Entrance, Character 5 Ruin of the Skye, Character 5 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 5 Background, Character 5 Province, Character 5 Heritage, Character 6 The Novice Path Entrance, Character 6 The Mist of Solitude, Character 6 Ruin of the Skye, Character 6 Tower of Rumination, Character 6 Orilium Academy Arc, Character 6 Background, Character 6 Province, Character 6 Heritage
Read: 37
Pages Read: 12293
Third Sentence Thursday #528, September 23rd
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!
"At least, that’s what I was told." -Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance, page 9.
Oooh, told what? Must read more now!
What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!
"At least, that’s what I was told." -Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance, page 9.
Oooh, told what? Must read more now!
What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Becca's BookoplAthon Update 17
So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, and it was Learn My Lesson which was for the prompt Myth, Lore, Legend, Fairytale, and I'll be reading Queen's Gambit next!
My Reading Journey:
Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book 1
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 129
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTIA+ Rep A
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 9:21 PM
Pages Read: 384
Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson
Prompt Fulfilled: TBR Game
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 5:28 PM
Pages Read: 320
Cliff's Descent by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Who?
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 4:38 PM
Pages Read: 290
Bond of Destiny by Larissa Ione
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book 2
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 5th, 10:48 AM
Pages Read: 207
Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
Prompt Fulfilled: Last Colour
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 8:52 PM
Pages Read: 304
Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 6:01 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt Fulfilled: People A
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 6:38 PM
Pages Read: 400
Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card A
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 11:19 PM
Pages Read: 384
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Monster A
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:47 PM
Pages Read: 752
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Prompt Fulfilled: Monster B
Started On: September 11th
Finished On: September 11th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400
Master of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Cute
Started On: September 12th
Finished On: September 12th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 268
When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card B
Started On: September 14th
Finished On: September 14th, 5:27 PM
Pages Read: 384
The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis
Prompt Fulfilled: New 1
Started On: September 15th
Finished On: September 15th, 6:37 PM
Pages Read: 384
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Prompt Fulfilled: Current Events
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 8:44 AM
Pages Read: 352
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Prompt Fulfilled: LGBTIA+ Rep B
Started On: September 18th
Finished On: September 18th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 368
Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Myth, Lore, Legend, Fairytale
Started On: September 19th
Finished On: September 19th, 2:50 PM
Pages Read: 253
Queen's Gambit by Karen Chance
Prompt Fulfilled: People B
Started On: September
Currently On: Page 0 of 648
Prompts Left: Gods, Disability & Mental Health Rep, Highest Rated, Spooky, Lowest Rated, New 2, Feed Scroll, POC Rep
Read: 17
Pages Read: 5899
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Random Reads #496, May 20th
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Waiting on Wednesday #496, November 11th
Expected Publication: December 2020
From Goodreads:
That comes in handy considering that the old gods are exactly what the supernatural community is currently fighting. But now, one member of their triumvirate is missing. Mircea Basarab has left Earth for Faerie, alone and unaccompanied, on a personal mission five hundred years in the making. If Cassie and Pritkin cannot retrieve their third, their only real advantage in the war is gone, and Earth is likely lost. Yet Faerie holds unimaginable dangers, and the last time they were there, they almost died. This time, there might be something even worse than death lying in wait.
From Goodreads:
Cassie Palmer is the Pythia, chief seer of the supernatural world. John Pritkin is a half demon and a legendary war mage. Mircea Basarab is a first-level master vampire and the general of the World Vampire Senate. Each is formidable enough alone. But they discovered recently that, together, they are far more than the sum of their parts. With their power combined through a perilous spell, they are the closest thing left on Earth to one of the ancient gods.
I'm so excited for this book! I love her writing, and while this doesn't have a set publication date, well, I can't wait to read this book! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Waiting on Wednesday #461, March 11th
Expected Publication: Spring 2020-July 15th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—the feared and hated cross between a vampire and a human—or so she has always believed. She spent most of her life on the fringes of her two worlds, yearning to belong to one or the other, but despised and distrusted by both. Recently, a war in the supernatural community allowed her to get a foothold into her vampire father’s world, one of danger, intrigue, glitz and glamour, where she found not only a home, but a lover, too.
For the first time in centuries, life seemed to be going her way. But now, a freak accident with a dangerous magical device has left her two natures separated into duplicate bodies, both fighting to survive while they search for the truth about her past, and the key to her future.
We don't know much about this book yet, but it's coming out this Spring, and I can't wait to read it, I love her writing and this world! Can't wait for more! What about you guys? Happy reading!
*edited to add, we have a date and a synopsis now! Really excited for this book!
Monday, February 24, 2020
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #455, February 24th
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 #454
Teaser Tuesday #462
WWW Wednesday #462
WOW #458
Will the Time Come #455
Third Sentence Thursday #445
Random Reads #431
First Lines Friday #458
Book Blogger Hop #124
The Reward Challenge Update #440
How Well I Stuck to It #292
Wrote that Review Update #289
Week 8 Reviews:
Crazy Rich Asians
China Rich Girlfriend
Rich People Problems
Shatter the Earth
Race the Sands
Prince of Stone
The Life Below
Tomes Apprentice
Dreaming Darkly
Random:
My 2x Reward Points Book Outlet Order
We Have the Cover of Camelot Rising #2!!!!
So this week I want to read Magic and the Shinigami Detective, Charms and Death and Explosions (oh my!), Magic Outside the Box, The Darkest King, The Earl Not Taken, Fantastic Hope Anthology, The Final Deception, Imaginary Numbers, and The Shadows Between Us.
A merciless prince feared by all...
Cursed by a vengeful witch, William of the Dark will die if he ever falls in love – murdered by the woman who steals his heart. His lone shot at redemption is a book filled with indecipherable code. Break the code, break the curse. Now, centuries later, he's condemned to a string of one-night stands...until he finds the only woman in the worlds able to set him free.
A rare creature of myth and power...
One of the last living unicorn shifters, Sunday 'Sunny' Lane works from the shadows as a cryptanalyst, on the run from assassins and poachers. Then the darkly seductive William abducts her, holding her captive in Hell. The closer they get, the more she hungers for his touch...and the stronger a mystical desire to kill him becomes...
Both forever doomed?
At war with his brother, Lucifer, and determined to become a king of the underworld at long last, William must resist the irreverent beauty who threatens his future. But every day Sunny tempts him more, his hunger for her unmatched. Will he risk his heart – and his life – or will the curse ensure his end?
Finishing school failed to make a proper lady of Penelope Arrington. But as a Wallflower of West Lane, Poppy has a far more vital role—she and her three best friends have made a pact to protect each other from the clutches of dangerous, disreputable men. So when one of them is about to be married off to a duke sight unseen, Poppy makes it her mission to divine the prospective husband's true character. If only she didn't require the aid of London's most unsuitable rake.
Rhys Draper, Earl of Marsden, has known the headstrong Poppy since she was a young girl naïve to the ways of men. To her eternal chagrin—and to his vague amusement—they have been at odds over the memory of their embarrassing first encounter all these years. Now, with his services in need, Rhys sees a chance to finally clear the air between them. Instead, he is surprised by the heat of their feelings. If the two do not tread carefully, they may end up in a most agreeably compromising position...
A child's wish for her father comes true. The end of the world has never been so much fun. Conquering personal demons becomes all too real. It's not always about winning; sometimes it's about showing up for the fight. It's about loving your life's work, and jobs that make you question everything.
In this anthology, seventeen authors have woven together brand-new stories that speak to the darkness and despair that life brings while reminding us that good deeds, humor, love, sacrifice, dedication, and following our joy can ignite a light that burns so bright the darkness cannot last.
Laurell K. Hamilton and William McCaskey are joined by Kevin J. Anderson, Griffin Barber, Patricia Briggs, Larry Correia, Kacey Ezell, Monalisa Foster, Robert E. Hampson, John G. Hartness, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Jessica Schlenker, Sharon Shinn, M. C. Sumner, Patrick M. Tracy, and Michael Z. Williamson in this collection.
It was one of Kieran's most chilling cases: her assessment of a murderer known as the Fireman. There was no doubt that the man needed to be locked away. Now Craig is called to a gruesome crime scene that matches the killer's methods, and news breaks that the Fireman has escaped prison.
Amid a citywide manhunt, Kieran and Craig need to untangle a web of deceit, privilege and greed. They suspect that those closest to the killer have been drawn into his evil, or else someone is using another man's madness and cruelty to disguise their crimes.
When their investigation brings the danger right to the doorstep of Finnegan's Pub, Kieran and Craig will have to be smarter and bolder than ever before, because this time it's personal, and they have everything to lose.
1) Woo the Shadow King.
2) Marry him.
3) Kill him and take his kingdom for herself.
No one knows the extent of the freshly crowned Shadow King's power. Some say he can command the shadows that swirl around him to do his bidding. Others say they speak to him, whispering the thoughts of his enemies. Regardless, Alessandra knows what she deserves, and she's going to do everything within her power to get it.
But Alessandra's not the only one trying to kill the king. As attempts on his life are made, she finds herself trying to keep him alive long enough for him to make her his queen—all while struggling not to lose her heart. After all, who better for a Shadow King than a cunning, villainous queen?
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Week 8 Review: Shatter the Earth
Ironically for the time traveling, chief seer of the supernatural world, time has never been on Cassie Palmer's side. There has always seemed to be too much to learn, too much to master, and never enough hours in a day. But the tables have now turned, and the fluctuating timelines of earth and faerie are diverging, slowing time in faerie relative to earth, and giving humans an advantage for the first time in their war with the fey. It is one they desperately need, for a literal war of the worlds is about to take place.
To win, or even to survive, Cassie and her allies, the powerful vampire senator Mircea Basarab and the formidable war mage John Pritkin, will have to pull off their greatest feat yet. And find a way to become more than the sum of their parts.
My Review:
Author: Karen Chance
Series: Cassie Palmer #10
Read: February 16th, 2020
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Karen Chance
Published: January 30th 2020
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Friday, February 14, 2020
First Lines Friday #457, February 14th
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!
"I smelled our destination before I saw it. The stench was as bad as a battlefield, all raw viscera, blood and excrement, but the sounds were worse. Far worse. I stopped at the bottom of a hill to pull the end of my headscarf over my nose. I was dressed as a Romanian peasant woman, because noble ladies didn't go running around the countryside in this era." -Shatter the Earth by Karen Chance
Well, that's kinda an intense opening! I have to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!
-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!
Well, that's kinda an intense opening! I have to read more! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Waiting on Wednesday #438, October 2nd
Expected Publication: December 2019
From Goodreads:
Ironically for the time traveling, chief seer of the supernatural world, time has never been on Cassie Palmer’s side. There has always seemed to be too much to learn, too much to master, and never enough hours in a day. But the tables have now turned, and the fluctuating timelines of earth and faerie are diverging, slowing time in faerie relative to earth, and giving humans an advantage for the first time in their war with the fey. It is one they desperately need, for a literal war of the worlds is about to take place.
To win, or even to survive, Cassie and her allies, the powerful vampire senator Mircea Basarab and the formidable war mage John Pritkin, will have to pull off their greatest feat yet. And find a way to become more than the sum of their parts.
Yeah, I can't wait to read this book! I love this series and her writing so much! So excited for this book! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Monday, September 30, 2019
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #434, September 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 #433
Teaser Tuesday #441
WWW Wednesday #441
WOW #437
Will the Time Come #434
Third Sentence Thursday #424
Random Reads #410
First Lines Friday #437
The Reward Challenge Update #419
Book Blogger Hop #103
How Well I Stuck to It #271
Wrote that Review Update #268
Week 39 Reviews:
Siren's Song
Dragon's Claw
Immortal Born
Wayward Son
Cast in Oblivion
Before She Ignites
The Girl in 6E
24 Hour Reading Challenge:
2nd September Sign Up
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5
Update 6 and Wrap Up
Random:
We Have the Cover of The Harbinger #2!!!!
Honor Raconteur Author Page
So this week I want to read All the Things We Do in the Dark, As She Ascends, When She Reigns, The Athena Protocol, The Babysitters Coven, Be Not Far from Me, The Bone Houses, Clique Bait, There Will Come a Darkness, 99 Days, and 9 Days and 9 Nights.
Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. Ava would rather keep that something hidden—buried deep in her heart and her soul.
But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else's secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava's discovery—and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully constructed wall of normalcy that she's spent years building around her.
Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is not your own—do you ignore the truth and walk away? Or do you uncover it from its shallow grave and let it reopen old wounds—wounds that have finally begun to heal?
Mira Minkoba is on the run with her friends after a fiery escape from the Pit, where she'd been imprisoned for defending the dragons she loves. And she wants answers. Where have all the dragons been taken? Why are powerful noorestones being shipped to the mainland? And did the treaty she's been defending her whole life truly sell out the Fallen Isles to their enemies?
Mira, the Dragonhearted
As her connection to the dragons—and their power—grows stronger, so does Mira's fear that she might lose control and hurt someone she loves. But the only way to find the truth is to go home again, to Damina, to face the people who betrayed her and the parents she's not sure she can trust.
Home, where she must rise above her fears. Or be consumed.
The Great Abandonment has begun. Panic has seized the Fallen Isles, where no one knows which god will rise next. Mira Minkoba believes her dreams hold the secret to bringing an end to the destruction, but in order to save her people, she'll have to find a legendary treasure: the bones of the first dragon.
The Last Hope
Mira's desperate search leads the Hopebearer and her friends on a dangerous journey into the heart of enemy territory: the Algotti Empire itself. The empress is more than willing to help—for an impossible price. And as tensions escalate beneath the shadows of the risen gods, Mira grapples with a terrifying question: What will she have to sacrifice to preserve what she loves?
The explosive finale to Jodi Meadows's Fallen Isles trilogy is ablaze with sizzling romance and fiery magic as Mira's fight to save dragons from extinction evolves into a mission to save her world from annihilation.
Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill—so when Jessie can't stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization, right before a huge mission to take down a human trafficker in Belgrade.
Jessie needs to right her wrong and prove herself, so she starts her own investigation into the trafficking. But going rogue means she has no one to watch her back as she delves into the horrors she uncovers. Meanwhile, her former teammates have been ordered to bring her down. Jessie must face danger from all sides if she's to complete her mission—and survive.
Seventeen-year-old Esme Pearl has a babysitters club. She knows it's kinda lame, but what else is she supposed to do? Get a job? Gross. Besides, Esme likes babysitting, and she's good at it.
And lately Esme needs all the cash she can get, because it seems like destruction follows her wherever she goes. Let's just say she owes some people a new tree.
Enter Cassandra Heaven. She's Instagram-model hot, dresses like she found her clothes in a dumpster, and has a rebellious streak as gnarly as the cafeteria food. So why is Cassandra willing to do anything, even take on a potty-training two-year-old, to join Esme's babysitters club?
The answer lies in a mysterious note Cassandra's mother left her: "Find the babysitters. Love, Mom."
Turns out, Esme and Cassandra have more in common than they think, and they're about to discover what being a babysitter really means: a heroic lineage of superpowers, magic rituals, and saving the innocent from seriously terrifying evil. And all before the parents get home.
The world is not tame.
Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof. So when she goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she's alone - and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest and with nothing but the clothes on her back, Ashley must figure out how to survive despite the red streak of infection creeping up her leg.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sky in the Deep in this bewitching, historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Holly Black and V.E. Schwab.
Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead.
The risen corpses are known as "bone houses," and legend says that they're the result of a decades-old curse. When Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker with a mysterious past, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with new ferocity. What is it that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they be stopped for good?
Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a journey that will take them into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and the deeply-buried truths about themselves.
Chloe Whittaker is out for revenge. Last year her best friend Monica's life was unceremoniously ruined by the most popular students at their high school, so this year Chloe plans to take each and every one of them down. She traded her jeans and T-shirts for the latest designer clothes, deleted everything on social media that would tie her to Monica (and blow her cover), and carefully devised a way to befriend the members of the popular clique. Now all that's left to do is uncover their deepest, darkest secrets and reveal them to the world.
Chloe has the perfect plan…that is, until she begins to fall for one of the people she's determined to destroy.
The Age of Darkness approaches.
Five lives stand in its way.
Who will stop it... or unleash it?
For generations, the Seven Prophets guided humanity. Using their visions of the future, they ended wars and united nations―until the day, one hundred years ago, when the Prophets disappeared.
All they left behind was one final, secret prophecy, foretelling an Age of Darkness and the birth of a new Prophet who could be the world's salvation . . . or the cause of its destruction. As chaos takes hold, five souls are set on a collision course:
A prince exiled from his kingdom.
A ruthless killer known as the Pale Hand.
A once-faithful leader torn between his duty and his heart.
A reckless gambler with the power to find anything or anyone.
And a dying girl on the verge of giving up.
One of them―or all of them―could break the world. Will they be savior or destroyer? Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Children of Blood and Bone, and An Ember in the Ashes.
Molly Barlow isn't that girl anymore. A business major at her college in Boston, she's reinvented herself after everything that went down a year ago . . . after all the people she hurt and the family she tore apart.
Slowly, life is getting back to normal. Molly has just said "I love you" to her new boyfriend, Ian, and they are off on a romantic European vacation together, starting with scenic London. But there on a Tube platform, the past catches up to her in the form of Gabe, her ex, traveling on his own parallel vacation with new girlfriend Sadie.
After comparing itineraries, Ian ends up extending an invite for Gabe and Sadie to join them on the next leg of their trip, to Ireland. Sadie, who's dying to go there, jumps at the prospect. And Molly and Gabe can't bring themselves to tell the truth about who they once were to each other to their new significant others.
Now Molly has to spend nine days and nine nights with the boy she once loved, the boy whose heart she shredded, without Ian knowing. Will she make it through as new, improved Molly, or will everything that happened between her and Gabe come rushing back?
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