It's Monday! What Are You Reading #712, January 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 #711
Teaser Tuesday #719
WWW Wednesday #719
WOW #715
Will the Time Come #712
Third Sentence Thursday #702
Random Reads #688
First Lines Friday #715
Book Blogger Hop #381

23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 16

Monthly ARC's Update 105
The Reward Challenge Update #697
Wheel of TBR #244
How Well I Stuck to It #549
Wrote that Review Update #546

Week 4 Reviews:

Death at a Highland Wedding

The Stepsister's Tale

Sofi and the Bone Song 

Of Mountains and Seas

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Onyx Storm 

Memories of Ash

Voice of the Ocean

The Secret War

Don't Let Me Go

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10

Update 11

Update 12

Update 13

Update 14

Update 15

Phase Out Your Seriesathon: 

Update 2

Update 3

Update 4

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

OK, so I got 38 posts in 7 days, and it was sa pretty decent week, I took it slowly, I've had Jax with me, and I'm working on building my new bookshelves, and reorganizing things, and it's taking a minute to move all these books around. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Dryad Storm!

Who can survive the Shadow storm?

Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her powers and embraced her legacy as a Dryad and guardian of the Forest. But the losses — of life, of love — have been almost too great to withstand as the Shadow continues to devour the world. With only a tattered shred of hope remaining, the Bearers of the Wand of Myth must battle their way back to each other to mount a final stand.

But Elloren and her allies are not only facing Mage Vogel’s advancing forces, the armies of the Eastern Realm will stop at nothing to see the Black Witch struck down.

With Elloren’s bonded mate prophesied to kill her, Shadow demons rising, and the ties between allies unravelling, can this fracturing world unite to face down the coming storm?

Week 4 Review: Voice of the Ocean

From Goodreads:

From popular content creator Kelsey Impicciche, Voice of the Ocean follows a daring young siren who defies her people to save a human prince, unearthing ancient magic and igniting a dangerous romance amid treacherous waters.

As the youngest daughter of the siren queen, Celeste's life is tightly controlled. Desperate to prove her worth and escape her destiny—trapped in the palace as a royal figurehead—she intends to join the Chorus, an elite group of siren warriors. With the final test on the horizon, Celeste feels the pressure to finally gain control over her temperamental Song—a magic gifted by the Goddess herself. But when Celeste encounters a seemingly harmless ship in Staria's waters, helmed by the intriguing Prince Raiden Sharp, her path veers toward forbidden waters.

Believing the handsome sailor to be innocent of any wrongdoing, Celeste defies siren law to save Raiden's life—despite knowing he is the son of a king who has murdered many of her kindred. The penalty for Celeste's betrayal should be death, but the queen offers her an right her wrong by assassinating the prince. Determined to first discover the truth behind the prince's clandestine mission, Celeste agrees to become human.

But the human world is nothing like she expected, nor is the prince the charming and noble man she assumed him to be. Disguised among Raiden's ragtag crew, she searches for the truth. But as Celeste finds her place aboard the ship, friendships—and attraction—begin to grow. Will Celeste be able to do what must be done? Or will her choices unravel a kingdom, devastating sirens and humans alike?

My Review:


Author: Kelsey Impicciche
Read: January 23rd, 2025 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2025 Book  and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Expected Publication: April 22nd 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Phase Out Your TBR Update 9

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Voice of the Ocean which is for the prompt Blue 3 and I'll be reading The Secret War next! 

My Reading Journey:

Archangel's Ascension by Nalini Singh

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 12

Started On: January 14th, 

Finished On: January 14th, 7:28 PM 

Pages Read: 416

The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 7

Started On: January 15th

Finished On: January 15th, 11:38 AM

Pages Read: 496

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 4

Started On: January 16th

Finished On: January 16th, 8:41 PM

Pages Read: 368

The Warrior God by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6

Started On: January 17th

Finished On: January 17th, 2:51 PM

Pages Read: 306

The Golden God by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 8

Started On: January 17th

Finished On: January 17th, 9:18 PM

Pages Read: 270

Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10

Started On: January 18th

Finished On: January 18th, 2:28 PM

Pages Read: 441

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 7

Started On: January 19th

Finished On: January 19th, 4:29 PM

Pages Read: 416

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 12

Started On: January 21st 

Finished On: January 21st, 9:41 PM

Pages Read: 554

Voice of the Ocean by Kelsey Impicciche

Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 3

Started On: January 23rd

Finished On: January 23rd, 7:37 PM

Pages Read: 432

The Secret War by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Hinako Hishinuma and Madaug Hishinuma

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 6

Started On: January 24th

Currently On: Page 0 of 208

Prompts Left: Green 2, Green Wild (Green 4), Green 5, Green 9, Red 12, Red 12, Yellow 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 9, Blue 7, Green 7, Blue 11

Books Read: 9

Pages Read: 5203

Third Sentence Thursday #702, January 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!

"The initiation was supposed to be phases away." -Voice of the Ocean by Kelsey Impicciche, page 27.

Hopefully that's a good thing, that it isn't going to be, given that it says supposed to! Must read more! What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

WWW Wednesday #719, January 22nd

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 Memories of Ash, and I'm loving it!

I read Onyx Storm, and it was such a great read! 

I'm going to be reading Voice of the Ocean, and I can't wait, it sounds fantastic! 

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Phase Out Your TBR Update 8

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Onyx Storm which is for the prompt Green 12 and I'll be reading Voice of the Ocean next! 

My Reading Journey:

Archangel's Ascension by Nalini Singh

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 12

Started On: January 14th, 

Finished On: January 14th, 7:28 PM 

Pages Read: 416

The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 7

Started On: January 15th

Finished On: January 15th, 11:38 AM

Pages Read: 496

Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 4

Started On: January 16th

Finished On: January 16th, 8:41 PM

Pages Read: 368

The Warrior God by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6

Started On: January 17th

Finished On: January 17th, 2:51 PM

Pages Read: 306

The Golden God by Eliza Raine and Rose Wilson

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 8

Started On: January 17th

Finished On: January 17th, 9:18 PM

Pages Read: 270

Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10

Started On: January 18th

Finished On: January 18th, 2:28 PM

Pages Read: 441

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 7

Started On: January 19th

Finished On: January 19th, 4:29 PM

Pages Read: 416

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 12

Started On: January 21st 

Finished On: January 21st, 9:41 PM

Pages Read: 554

Voice of the Ocean by Kelsey Impicciche

Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 3

Started On: January 

Currently On: Page 0 of 432

Prompts Left: Green 2, Green Wild (Green 4), Green 5, Green 9, Red 6, Red 12, Red 12, Yellow 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 9, Blue 7, Green 7, Blue 11

Books Read: 8

Pages Read: 4771