Showing posts with label Kathryn Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kathryn Moon. Show all posts

Monday, March 17, 2025

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #719, March 17th

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 #718
Teaser Tuesday #726
WWW Wednesday #726
WOW #722
Will the Time Come #719
Third Sentence Thursday #709
Random Reads #695
First Lines Friday #722
Book Blogger Hop #388
Monthly ARC's Update 110
The Reward Challenge Update #704
Wheel of TBR #251
How Well I Stuck to It #556
Wrote that Review Update #553

Phase Out Your Seriesathon: 

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Spring Into Reading-A-Thon: 

Roll of Reads Readathon: 

OK, so I got 40 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty decent week, I read some really good books, andI can't wait for this coming week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Sunrise of the Reaping!

When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town.

As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Week 11 Review: Lessons With the Mothman

From Goodreads:
Elias - freelance consultant to Monster Smash Agency, and prestigiously rare moth fae - has never been in love. Granted, he's never been interested in the emotion, but with his friends mating with their clients, the new curiosity is keeping him up at night. If only the act of loving made any logical sense. And if only he could find someone to draw him in like the moth to the flame.

Victoria is looking for facts not feelings. She wants to understand why the monster species are so much more satisfied than humans, than her. But the handsome mothman who volunteers to aid her study wants to stimulate more than her intelligence. She's willing to explore their physical chemistry, but she wants no part of his designs on her heart.

Some lessons can't be taught, and love is certainly one of them.

My Review:
I had such a blast reading this book! I've really enjoyed her books and the other books in this series, and I was excited to see what Elias and Victoria's relationship would be. I really enjoyed their story, her looking into the science of monsters and satisfaction, and Elias wanting to fall in love. 

This is the first book that hardly had anything to do with the agency, the first book was almost fully during appointment, the second, was a series of appointments that was the start of their relationship. Here, the agency is just how they connected because she wanted to gather data, and things progressed from there. But it did bring up the fact that a lot of the workers have been making love matches, and leaving the profession, which from the author's note about the next book, starring our favourite matchmaker.

Victoria was interesting to read about, from the fact that her ex is now engaged to her sister-with Victoria's full blessings-to the particulars of her sex life. Which of course he takes as a bit of a challenge, which I really enjoyed. 

I really enjoyed watching their relationship bloom. He wanted love, and she wanted to learn, and the scenarios that he came up, with all the exacting details was a lot of fun to read. One thing that I loved, was that instead of a 3rd act break up, that while they had an argument and had to take some space, it wasn't a dead stop, it was just a bit of a roadblock. 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Kathryn Moon! 

Author: Kathryn Moon
Series: Monster Smash Agency #3
Read: March 12th, 2025 
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book! 
Publisher: Kathryn Moon
Published: January 14th 2025
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Phase Out Your Seriesathon Update 18

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your Seriesathon, and it was Lessons With the Mothman which is for the prompt 6 Or More Colors, and I'll be reading The Battle Drum next! 

My Reading Journey:
Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
Prompt Fulfilled: Features Major Event
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 441

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Prompt Fulfilled: Title has J, Q, X, Z-X
Started On: January 21st 
Finished On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 554

Memories of Ash by Intisar Khanani 
Prompt Fulfilled:  Last Letter First
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 355

Surrender of the Brutal King by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 1 Book 1
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 4:31 PM
Pages Read: 205

Sacrifice of the Brave King by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 1 Book 2
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 8:26 PM
Pages Read: 289

The Dryad Storm by Laurie Forest
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 752

Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine 
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish
Started On: January 30th
Finished On: January 30th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 400

I Am the Dark that Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
Prompt Fulfilled: All 5 Vowels In Title
Started On: January 31st
Finished On: January 31st, 2:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Bond That Burns by Briar Boleyn
Prompt Fulfilled: 75% Cover Must Be Fav Color
Started On: February 13th
Finished On: February 13th, 4:27 PM
Pages Read: 583

Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Exactly 2 POVS
Started On: February 13th
Finished On: February 13th, 8:42 PM
Pages Read: 336

Charming Devil by Rebecca Kenney
Prompt Fulfilled: Excited For
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 2:17 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Dragon King by Penelope Barsetti
Prompt Fulfilled: Favorite Color
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 436

Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard
Prompt Fulfilled: No If, Of, And, An, But, Or, The
Started On: February 16th
Finished On: February 16th, 11:46 AM
Pages Read: 449

Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 3 Book 1
Started On: February 19th
Finished On: February 19th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 416

Chaos King by Kacen Callender
Prompt Fulfilled: BIPOC Rep
Started On: February 19th
Finished On: February 19th, 9:31 PM
Pages Read: 400

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Prompt Fulfilled: Building
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 7:17 PM
Pages Read: 384

Shadow's Heart by Kresley Cole
Prompt Fulfilled: Pub In Last 3 Months
Started On: March 8th
Finished On: March 8st, 6:41 PM
Pages Read: 386

Lessons With the Mothman by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: 6 Or More Colors
Started On: March 12th
Finished On: March 12th, 7:58 PM
Pages Read: 295

The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 2 Book 1
Started On: March 
Currently On: Page 0 of 560

Prompts Left: Want To Visit, Single POV, Rep, Nature, Backlist, Animal, New, Random Number, In Progress, Adapted, Colour Cover, Complete, Free, People, Trilogy, 5 Or More Books, Multi POV, Small Book, Cozy, TBR Vet, LGBTQIA+ Rep, Title has J, Q, X, Z-J, Title has J, Q, X, Z-Q, Title has J, Q, X, Z-Z, Starts & Ends With Same Letter, 3 Or More POVS, Translate, In Progress, Wheel Spin 1, Wheel Spin 2, Series You Avoid 1, Series You Avoid 2, Finish A Series, Poll Pick, Disability Rep, TBR Vet By Pub Date, 5 Or More Books 1, 5 Or More Books 2, 5 Or More Books 3, 5 Or More Books 4, 5 Or More Books 5, Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 2 Book 2, Birthday Month, Black & White Cover
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 7401
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WWW Wednesday #726, March 12th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme! And thanks now to Taking on a World of Words for reviving it! 

I'm currently reading Lessons With the Mothman, and I'm loving it! 

I read Go Luck Yourself, and it was a delightful read! 

I'm going to be reading Pride or Die, and I can't wait, it sounds great! 


What about you guys? Happy reading!
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Saturday, March 8, 2025

Phase Out Your Seriesathon Update 17

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your Seriesathon, and it was Shadow's Heart which is for the prompt Pub In Last 3 Months, and I'll be reading Lessons With the Mothman next! 

My Reading Journey:
Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
Prompt Fulfilled: Features Major Event
Started On: January 18th
Finished On: January 18th, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 441

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Prompt Fulfilled: Title has J, Q, X, Z-X
Started On: January 21st 
Finished On: January 21st, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 554

Memories of Ash by Intisar Khanani 
Prompt Fulfilled:  Last Letter First
Started On: January 22nd
Finished On: January 22nd, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 355

Surrender of the Brutal King by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 1 Book 1
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 4:31 PM
Pages Read: 205

Sacrifice of the Brave King by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 1 Book 2
Started On: January 27th
Finished On: January 27th, 8:26 PM
Pages Read: 289

The Dryad Storm by Laurie Forest
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book
Started On: January 28th
Finished On: January 28th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 752

Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine 
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish
Started On: January 30th
Finished On: January 30th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 400

I Am the Dark that Answers When You Call by Jamison Shea
Prompt Fulfilled: All 5 Vowels In Title
Started On: January 31st
Finished On: January 31st, 2:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Bond That Burns by Briar Boleyn
Prompt Fulfilled: 75% Cover Must Be Fav Color
Started On: February 13th
Finished On: February 13th, 4:27 PM
Pages Read: 583

Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Exactly 2 POVS
Started On: February 13th
Finished On: February 13th, 8:42 PM
Pages Read: 336

Charming Devil by Rebecca Kenney
Prompt Fulfilled: Excited For
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 2:17 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Dragon King by Penelope Barsetti
Prompt Fulfilled: Favorite Color
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 436

Gabriel's Rapture by Sylvain Reynard
Prompt Fulfilled: No If, Of, And, An, But, Or, The
Started On: February 16th
Finished On: February 16th, 11:46 AM
Pages Read: 449

Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver
Prompt Fulfilled: Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 3 Book 1
Started On: February 19th
Finished On: February 19th, 2:41 PM
Pages Read: 416

Chaos King by Kacen Callender
Prompt Fulfilled: BIPOC Rep
Started On: February 19th
Finished On: February 19th, 9:31 PM
Pages Read: 400

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Prompt Fulfilled: Building
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 7:17 PM
Pages Read: 384

Shadow's Heart by Kresley Cole
Prompt Fulfilled: Pub In Last 3 Months
Started On: March 8th
Finished On: March 8st, 6:41 PM
Pages Read: 386

Lessons With the Mothman by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: 6 Or More Colors
Started On: March 
Currently On: Page 0 of 295

Prompts Left: Want To Visit, Single POV, Rep, Nature, Backlist, Animal, New, Random Number, In Progress, Adapted, Colour Cover, Complete, Free, People, Trilogy, 5 Or More Books, Multi POV, Small Book, Cozy, TBR Vet, LGBTQIA+ Rep, Title has J, Q, X, Z-J, Title has J, Q, X, Z-Q, Title has J, Q, X, Z-Z, Starts & Ends With Same Letter, 3 Or More POVS, Translate, In Progress, Wheel Spin 1, Wheel Spin 2, Series You Avoid 1, Series You Avoid 2, Finish A Series, Poll Pick, Disability Rep, TBR Vet By Pub Date, 5 Or More Books 1, 5 Or More Books 2, 5 Or More Books 3, 5 Or More Books 4, 5 Or More Books 5, Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 2 Book 1, Trio Of Trilogies Trilogy 2 Book 2, Birthday Month, Black & White Cover
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 7106
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Monday, November 4, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #700, November 4th

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 #699
Teaser Tuesday #707
WWW Wednesday #707
WOW #703
Will the Time Come #700
Third Sentence Thursday #690
Random Reads #676
First Lines Friday #703
Book Blogger Hop #369
Monthly Series November Round Up
24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 8
The Reward Challenge Update #685
Wheel of TBR #232
How Well I Stuck to It #537
Wrote that Review Update #534

Week 44 Reviews:

Becca's BookoplAthon: 

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Clear Your S**t Readathon: 

Next to be Published November: 

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Random:
Alex Aster Author Page

OK, so I got 67 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, I read some great books, and I'm so excited for this coming week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Bonded in Death and Installment Immortality!

The #1 New York Times bestselling author spins an epic tale of loyalty, treachery, murder, and the long shadow of war…

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes…

Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She’s got an elderly victim who’d just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he’d left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she thinks Summerset―fiercely loyal, if somewhat grouchy, major-domo and the man who’d rescued her husband from the Dublin streets―may know something from his stint as a medic in Europe back then.

When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear―because, as he eventually reveals, he himself was one of The Twelve. It’s not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must―not only to assist Eve’s investigation, but because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain―and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished…
Seanan McGuire's New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with a whirlwind adventure....

After four generations of caring for the Price family, Mary Dunlavy has more than earned a break from the ongoing war with the Covenant of St. George. Instead, what she's getting is a new employer, in the form of the anima mundi, Earth's living soul made manifest, and a new assignment: to hunt down the Covenant agents on the East Coast and make them stop imprisoning America's ghosts.

All in a day's work for a phantom nanny, even one who'd really rather be teaching her youngest charges how to read.

One ghost can't take on the entire Covenant without backup, which is how she winds up on a road trip with the still-mourning Elsie and the slowly collapsing Arthur, both of whom are reeling in their own way from the loss of their mother. New allies and new enemies await in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the path of the haunting leads.

With the anima mundi demanding results and Mary's newfound freedom at stake, it's down to Mary to make sure that everyone gets out of this adventure alive.

It's been a long afterlife, but Mary Dunlavy's not ready to be exorcised quite yet.
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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Week 44 Review: Getting Down on the Farm, Vol. 1

From Goodreads:
Sometimes I discuss SA in fiction very consciously and with real care, and sometimes (like in these farm shorts) I go sideways and it's part of erotic content. I know this is not for everyone, and I respect anyone's need to protect their peace and avoid this content, the same way I respect the right to read it and write it. As adults, we get to make decisions about the content we enjoy.

These stories include dub con and non con treated irresponsibly. They all include an HEA.

HOOF:
Bad sex, rough sex, minor sexual shame, fingering, cock cuddling, copious cum, size difference, pocket portal pussy expansions for the sake of the size difference, trying on different cocks until you find your favorite. Centaur fantasies, excessive dirty talking.

HORN:
Primal play elements, noncon to dubcon to enthusiastic consent, double penetration, oral sex, poor communication skills, poor choices of nicknames. Three minotaurs in a rut.

BARK:
Non con, stuck fuck trope, hidden identity of sexual partner, anal, fingering, oral, knotting. The disregard for the FMC's consent is against the policy of the farm, but these two are absurd and this series is absurd. A werewolf doing what he wants.

Featuring three monster erotica shorts with a dash of romance! Centaurs to try on for size, minotaurs running wild, and a werewolf who can't resist a cute ass regardless of what trouble it finds itself in. These stories include dub-con and non-con written in an irresponsible, playful manner. There are complete content warnings available for each story in the "Note to Readers" as well as in the ebook, so please mind them and protect your peace before reading.

My Review:


Author: Kathryn Moon 
Read: October 26th, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Kathryn Moon
Published: May 22nd 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 32

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Getting Down on the Farm Vol. 1 which is for the prompt Seance, and I'll be reading One House Left next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Wrong Bride by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 2:01 PM
Pages Read: 344

Scribbled in Margins by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:58 PM
Pages Read: 101

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Prompt Fulfilled: Ghost Tour
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 9:54 PM
Pages Read: 368

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn
Prompt Fulfilled:  Stabby
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 10:59 PM
Pages Read: 368

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
Prompt Fulfilled: Go
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 320

Fumiko and the Finicky Nestmate by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Past
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 426

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Prompt Fulfilled: Poll
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:56 PM
Pages Read: 320

Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 8:30 PM
Pages Read: 384

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 5:31 PM
Pages Read: 444

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Prompt Fulfilled: Big Book
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 11:50 PM
Pages Read: 640

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 6:39 PM
Pages Read: 352

Whispers Most Foul by Emma MacDonald
Prompt Fulfilled: Ghostface
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:25 PM
Pages Read: 380

Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne
Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 7:24 PM
Pages Read: 336

Halloween for Six by Kelly Finley
Prompt Fulfilled: Dice Roll
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 11:30 PM
Pages Read: 412

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Seance
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 9:24 PM
Pages Read: 480

Januaries by Olivie Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 1:05 PM
Pages Read: 480

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Prompt Fulfilled: Present
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:37 PM
Pages Read: 348

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison
Prompt Fulfilled: Jason Voorhees
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 9:51 PM
Pages Read: 495 

When The Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker
Prompt Fulfilled: Feed Scroll
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 736

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Prompt Fulfilled: Grady Hendrix
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 11:48 AM
Pages Read: 337

All Fall Down by Ally Carter
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 320

Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban
Prompt Fulfilled: Stabby
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 10:38 PM
Pages Read: 400

The Beyond by Chloe Neill
Prompt Fulfilled: Pumpkin Carving
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19h, 7:15 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Present 
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20h, 6:47 PM
Pages Read: 290

Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
Prompt Fulfilled: Blood
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 10:05 PM
Pages Read: 464

The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling
Prompt Fulfilled: Mood Read
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 2:05 PM
Pages Read: 352

A Wild and Ruined Song by Ashley Shuttleworth
Prompt Fulfilled: Spoopy
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 9:55 PM
Pages Read: 432 

Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 252

Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark
Prompt Fulfilled: Leatherface
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 5:01 PM
Pages Read: 414

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Black
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 10:39 PM
Pages Read: 528

The Demon's Queen by Katee Robert
Prompt Fulfilled: Pentacle
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 11:28 PM
Pages Read: 166

Getting Down on the Farm Vol. 1 by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: Seance
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 144

One House Left by Vincent Ralph
Prompt Fulfilled: Shirley Jackson
Started On: October 26th
Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Books Read: 32
Pages Read: 12135
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Monday, July 29, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #686, July 29th

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 #685
Teaser Tuesday #693
WWW Wednesday #693
WOW #689
Will the Time Come #686
Third Sentence Thursday #676
Random Reads #662
First Lines Friday #689
Book Blogger Hop #355
Monthly ARC's Update 82
The Reward Challenge Update #671
Wheel of TBR #218
How Well I Stuck to It #523
Wrote that Review Update #520

Week 30 Reviews:
Apples Dipped in Gold

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Phase Out Your TBR: 

OK, so I got 39 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, though I did get a migraine on Sunday, so I pretty much lost that day. But this coming week has some really great releases that I need to read now! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Grandest Game, The Mirror of Beasts, and Sanctuary!

Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1 bestselling Inheritance Games saga.

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits—physically, mentally, and emotionally—it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a brand-new series in the world of The Inheritance Games, where fan-favorite and new characters collide in a game you’ll never forget.

Do you have what it takes to play?
With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord Death's plans to unleash the horrors of Anwnn on the world of the living. As the Wild Hunt carves a bloody path across continents, Tamsin is mustering allies, tracking down powerful artifacts, and traversing into new otherlands in search of a way to stop him.

Legend tells of a "Mirror of Beasts," powerful enough to trap even Lord Death in its accursed glass, but the mirror is not all that it seems. Tamsin must confront her own darkest secrets if she hopes to tap the mirror's strength to defeat her enemies.

Arthurian legend bleeds into contemporary action, and scars of the past are torn open anew by a starcrossed love that refuses to go quietly. This riveting conclusion to the Silver in the Bone duology will hold you in its thrall until the very last page.
It's not easy serving the Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during the holidays; and especially when you're out of eggnog and one of your pesky, freeloading mythic creatures has eaten your last cookie.

Roman would like nothing more than to be left alone, but when a wounded boy stumbles into his yard and begs for sanctuary, Roman takes him in. Now elite mercenaries are camped out on his property, combat mages are dousing the house with fire, and strange priests are unleashing arcane magic. They thought Roman was easy pickings, just a hermit in the woods, but they chose the wrong dark priest to annoy. For while Roman might be patient, he is the Black Volhv, filled with the love of his terrible god. For his adversaries, it's a fight to the death, but for him, it's just another day in the neighborhood.
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Week 30 Review: The Alpha of Bleake Isle

From Goodreads:
He's waited half a century to choose an omega.

Lord Ronson Cadogan can stall no longer. He needs an omega and he needs an heir.

Settled on the obvious perfect choice, and determined to see his fate through, Ronson can't afford to wait for the next ceremony to claim what he is owed. If only he was more excited about the match.

They call her the mouse.

Mairwen Posy knows precisely who the Alpha of Bleake Isle will choose, and it certainly isn't her. In fact, it's so predictable it's almost boring.

Resigned to her fate of disappearing into the background, Mairwen takes the role of observer, distracting the ache of being left out with the entertainment of dragonkin society's unfolding stories.

All is as expected, until the sudden twist in a familiar plot sends Mairwen in the least likely direction, right into the arms of the alpha. The Alpha of Bleake Isle is book one in a new dragon shifter fantasy romance series, inspired by the historical and omegaverse genres. Each book in the series will focus on a different couple, and will include their in-book HEA.

My Review:
I had such a fun time reading this book! I really enjoy her books, and this one sounded really good! I've never read an Omegaverse novel that I'm aware of  before, so I had a great time learning the rules, getting to know these characters and the world!

There was a note about Omegaverse, and the rules as the world is aware of at the start of the book, because yeah, those rules are a part of the plot, which  was really satisfying to read. Because they gave power to one group by taking it away from another, which is just so aggravating, I'm glad the truth came out!

Honestly, I felt so badly for Mairwen, she's the wallflower, and she her future looks pretty bleak, being shackled to a horrid older dragon. But through a series of encounters, leads the alpha to pick her, which was both shocking and delightful, though a bit dangerous, given that she has now been placed in a position of power.

Watching as they got to know one another, to fall in love, while dealing with the politics of his position, and their mating, was so great! To see her bloom, and her confidence grow, like, this was pretty perfect for her. And when the truth about the rules comes out, yeah, that was really satisfying to read! 

Loved reading this book, and I can't wait to see where the series goes from here! 

Author: Kathryn Moon
Series: Dragonkin #1
Read: July 25th, 2024 
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Sounded really good and I really enjoy her writing, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Kathryn Moon
Published: March 26th 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Monday, December 18, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #654, December 18th

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 #653
Teaser Tuesday #661
WWW Wednesday #661
WOW #657
Will the Time Come #654
Third Sentence Thursday #644
Random Reads #630
First Lines Friday #657
Book Blogger Hop #323
21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 38
The Reward Challenge Update #639
Wheel of TBR #186
How Well I Stuck to It #491
Wrote that Review Update #488

Week 50 Reviews:
Howl for the Gargoyle


OK, so I got 75 posts in 7 days, and yeah, I pushed to get all the prompts I wanted to in the readathon, and I did, and I read a lot of great and fantastic read, so I'm happy with that! And glad to take this week slow! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read A Matter of Secrets and Spies!

How many ways can a marriage proposal go wrong?

the ring gets stolen
a storm destroys the beach
a dead body, seriously?
A THEFT RING?!

Come hell or highwater, he WILL propose before leaving this benighted island.
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Saturday, December 16, 2023

Week 50 Review: Howl for the Gargoyle

From Goodreads:
Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour. Desperate for a way to slake the cravings and soothe the restless anger that arrives every month like clockwork, Hannah takes the advice of a friend and books a night with the Monster Smash Agency. 

In spite of being made of stone, Rafe is losing his touch. After years of rough work, he's starting to feel the grind. Sturdy and nearly indestructible, gargoyles can take a lot, but Rafe is pretty sure he can't take losing any more of his clients. Not if he wants to keep his job with MSA. Hannah and Rafe's partnership ought to be practical, but their chemistry carves a new path. This werewolf is unlike any client Rafe has worked with yet, and he's determined to make her howl his name.

My Review:
I had such a fantastic time reading this book! I loved the first, and I love her writing, and I was looking forward to this book. It didn't disappoint, I loved these two and their romance, as they dealt with everything going on in their lives!

The fact that Hannah was made into a werewolf without her consent is pretty awful. It's brought about changes in her life that she's not coping well with, and it's made it difficult for her to be a part of her band, which is what she really wants to do.

Rafe is a gargoyle, which means, working for the MSA, that he gets the clients who are more dangerous, who aren't gentle, who, while they don't cause damage, they do cause pain. Then comes along Hannah who doesn't want to be that way, and gives him a different experience, one that her understandably wants to continue.

I loved watching them fall in love, while the case of the guy who assault and turned her, gets more intense, as her band and record label put pressure on something to happen, as Rafe figures out that he wants something different, and discovers what it is and how he's going to do it. Yeah, there was a lot going on besides the smut! 

Loved this book and I can't wait to read more by Kathryn Moon! 

Author: Kathryn Moon
Series: Monster Smash #2
Read: December 9th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Kathryn Moon
Published: December 5th 2023
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 1

So I read my first book for Magical Readathon: Orilium Lightfall at Old Favour Pass, and it was Howl for the Gargoyle which was for the prompt The Old Tails Bookstore, and I'll be reading Don't Hang Up next! 

My Reading Journey:

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: The Old Tails Bookstore
Started On: December 9th
Finished On: December 9th, 1:38 PM
Pages Read: 291

Don't Hang Up by Benjamin Stevenson
Prompt Fulfilled: Owlcat Craft Cafe
Started On: December 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 101

Prompts Left: The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, The Old Tails Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Wallice's Wonderful Winter Wanimals, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore, Smith & Friends & Sons Arcane Goods and Such, Shank & Shawl Legitimate Retailer, Owlcat Craft Cafe, Occult Premonitions Bookstore      
Read: 1
Pages Read: 291
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Waiting on Wednesday #652, November 8th

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

The World's End by Rin Chupeco
Expected Publication: December 5th, 2023
From Goodreads:
It's been three months since the Snow Queen and OzCorp infiltrated Maidenkeep and nearly seized the Nine Maidens. Ryker is still unconscious after the Snow Queen attacked him and is being monitored at the hospital. Abigail Fey's curse has far-reaching consequences, and many in the Royal States has been using it to stir unrest and hostilities against Avalon.  When the Adarna, a firebird-like creature appears in Avalon, the gang discovers it is one of seven magical artifacts that the Snow Queen has been searching for, in her bid to open a portal to Buyan. Determined to find the artifacts first the Bandersnatchers find information about the other five the Lotus Lantern in China, the tamatabeko in Japan, the Pied Piper's Flute and the Singing Bone in Germany, and the raskovnik at World's End, the site where Peter Pan and Captain Hook had fought and had destroyed. The final relic is a portal somewhere inside Wonderland. But the Snow Queen will stop at nothing to get to the relics first. And when one of their own is killed in the fight it takes everything they have to continue the fight to save Avalon once and for all. 

The Ruined by Renee Ahdieh
Expected Publication: December 5th, 2023
From Goodreads:
The stunning conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful.

The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid.

Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust. She cannot get word to Bastien, and does not understand why he has not returned. When she realizes war between the fey courts is imminent, she journeys with Ali in an effort to find the time traveling mirror and change their fate.

But when Celine's rivals realize Bastien has rallied his allies in the mortal world, they decide to take the fight to him. 

Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Expected Publication: December 5th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Hannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour. Desperate for a way to slake the cravings and soothe the restless anger that arrives every month like clockwork, Hannah takes the advice of a friend and books a night with the Monster Smash Agency. In spite of being made of stone, Rafe is losing his touch. After years of rough work, he's starting to feel the grind. Sturdy and nearly indestructible, gargoyles can take a lot, but Rafe is pretty sure he can't take losing any more of his clients. Not if he wants to keep his job with MSA. Hannah and Rafe's partnership ought to be practical, but their chemistry carves a new path. This werewolf is unlike any client Rafe has worked with yet, and he's determined to make her howl his name.

This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede 
Expected Publication: December 5th, 2023
From Goodreads:
The highly-anticipated sequel to the epic romance hailed as one of the best fantasies of the year!

When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: Sacrifice their love to save the world, or choose love and let it burn?

Six months after saving their island from destruction and almost losing Dante, Alessa is ready to live happily ever after with her former bodyguard. But Dante can't rest, haunted by a conviction that the gods aren't finished with them yet. And without his powers, the next kiss from Alessa could kill him.

In This Cursed LightDesperate for answers, Dante enlists Alessa and their friends to find the exiled ghiotte in hopes of restoring his powers and combining forces with them to create the only army powerful enough to save them all. But Alessa is hiding a deadly consequence of their last fight—a growing darkness that's consuming her mind—and their destination holds more dangers than anyone bargained for. In the mysterious city of the banished, Dante will uncover secrets, lies, and ghosts from his past that force him to ask himself: Which side is he on?

When the gods reveal their final test, Dante and Alessa will be the world's last defense. But if they are the keys to saving the world, will their love be the price of victory?

In This Cursed Light, Dante and Alessa face their most daunting challenge yet when the Gods demand they prove their worth by choosing the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity, once and for all.

A good collection of books, I love these authors and these series, and I can't wait for these books to come out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 
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