Showing posts with label Nicola Griffith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicola Griffith. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #573, May 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 #572
Teaser Tuesday #580
WWW Wednesday #580
WOW #576
Will the Time Come #573
Third Sentence Thursday #563
Random Reads #549
First Lines Friday #576
Book Blogger Hop #242
Monthly ARC's Update 11
The Reward Challenge Update #558
Wheel of TBR #105
How Well I Stuck to It #410
Wrote that Review Update #408

Week 21 Reviews:
Far from the Tree

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge: 

Random:
We Have the Cover of Wax and Wayne #4!!!!

OK, so I got 47 posts in 7 days, and yeah, I read a lot of books it seemed like, but it just might be that I didn't read any books in the same series, so it created a lot of review posts. But yeah, I had a good week, my birthday was pretty decent besides a headache. Otherwise, it was a pretty good week, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 
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Saturday, May 28, 2022

Week 21 Review: Spear

From Goodreads:
The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court.

And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate.

My Review:
Man, this was a really fantastic read! I love King Arthur retellings but a feminist one sounded really great! I had a great time reading the story of a girl who goes on this adventure, and it was just a really great read!

In the author notes, it talks about how this book is set in the Early Middle Ages, and in Wales, and draws from a variety of the retellings of King Arthur, and how Percival, or the older, old Welsh name, Peretur, which goes with the setting. And while it's information that I know little about, it was an interesting setting, with the historical details! 

This is a gender-bent story, Peretur is a girl, and is attracted to other girls. But she's able to pass as a guy, which given she wants to be a warrior, a Companion for Artos's court, is a good thing. She was determined and fair and I loved reading her story! 

But there's secrets-and truths-in her past, that make things complicated for her at the court. Artos is being driven mad by the sword-and wants an heir, and the cup that she grew up with, could help. I loved the mix of legends and myths and magic! 

I had a really great time listening to this story, and I'm glad that I did so! 

Author: Nicola Griffith
Read: May 25th, 2022
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a 2022 Retelling Reading Challenge Book and a SAC 2022 Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: April 19th 2022
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 32

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was Spear and I'll be reading The Kindred next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Life She Had by K.L. Armstrong
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 8:55 PM
Pages Read: 320

A Curse of Queens by Amanda Bouchet 
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 9:20 PM
Pages Read: 496

Heroic Hearts Anthology 
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:21 PM
Pages Read: 368

Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 400

Claws for Suspicion by Deborah Blake
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 4:02 PM
Pages Read: 288

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 8:40 PM
Pages Read: 368

Game Changer by Neal Shusterman
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 9:45 PM
Pages Read: 400

Wolf in the Shadows by Maria Vale
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:10 PM
Pages Read: 360

The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill
Started On: May 9th
Finished On: May 9th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 400

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Started On: May 11th
Finished On: May 11th, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 384

Blue Hearts of Mars by Nicole Grotepas
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 368

'Till the World Ends Anthology
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 10:30 PM
Pages Read: 448

The Hunt by Megan Shepard 
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 7:30 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Gauntlet by Megan Shepard 
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 9:32 PM
Pages Read: 400

Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 11:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia 
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 11:06 AM
Pages Read: 304

Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Loveboat Reunion by Abigail Hing Wen
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 3:30 PM
Pages Read: 400

Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison 
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 9:54 PM
Pages Read: 464

Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg 
Started On: May 20th
Finished On: May 20th, 9:15 PM
Pages Read: 276

Star Father by Charlie N. Holmberg
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 20th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 329

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 1:48 PM
Pages Read: 520

Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 6:30 PM
Pages Read: 384

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 11:45 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 22nd, 11:52 AM
Pages Read: 312

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 5:23 PM
Pages Read: 368

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 304

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 8:44 PM
Pages Read: 640

Red on the River by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 1:14 PM
Pages Read: 448 

Angel of the Overpass by Seanan McGuire
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 9:09 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scream All Night by Derek Milman 
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 2:37 PM
Pages Read: 400

Spear by Nicola Griffith 
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 8:29 PM
Pages Read: 192

The Kindred by Alechia Dow
Started On: May 26th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Books Read: 32
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 12393
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Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 31

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was Scream All Night and I'll be reading Spear next! 

My Reading Journey:

The Life She Had by K.L. Armstrong
Started On: May 1st
Finished On: May 1st, 8:55 PM
Pages Read: 320

A Curse of Queens by Amanda Bouchet 
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 9:20 PM
Pages Read: 496

Heroic Hearts Anthology 
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:21 PM
Pages Read: 368

Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 400

Claws for Suspicion by Deborah Blake
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 4:02 PM
Pages Read: 288

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 8:40 PM
Pages Read: 368

Game Changer by Neal Shusterman
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 9:45 PM
Pages Read: 400

Wolf in the Shadows by Maria Vale
Started On: May 8th
Finished On: May 8th, 9:10 PM
Pages Read: 360

The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill
Started On: May 9th
Finished On: May 9th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 400

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Started On: May 11th
Finished On: May 11th, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 384

Blue Hearts of Mars by Nicole Grotepas
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 368

'Till the World Ends Anthology
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 10:30 PM
Pages Read: 448

The Hunt by Megan Shepard 
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 7:30 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Gauntlet by Megan Shepard 
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 9:32 PM
Pages Read: 400

Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 11:34 PM
Pages Read: 416

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia 
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 11:06 AM
Pages Read: 304

Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
Started On: May 18th
Finished On: May 18th, 10:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

Loveboat Reunion by Abigail Hing Wen
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 3:30 PM
Pages Read: 400

Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison 
Started On: May 19th
Finished On: May 19th, 9:54 PM
Pages Read: 464

Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg 
Started On: May 20th
Finished On: May 20th, 9:15 PM
Pages Read: 276

Star Father by Charlie N. Holmberg
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 20th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 329

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 1:48 PM
Pages Read: 520

Gideon Green in Black and White by Katie Henry
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 6:30 PM
Pages Read: 384

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 21st, 11:45 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre
Started On: May 21st
Finished On: May 22nd, 11:52 AM
Pages Read: 312

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez
Started On: May 22nd
Finished On: May 22nd, 5:23 PM
Pages Read: 368

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 304

A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Started On: May 23rd
Finished On: May 23rd, 8:44 PM
Pages Read: 640

Red on the River by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 1:14 PM
Pages Read: 448 

Angel of the Overpass by Seanan McGuire
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 9:09 PM
Pages Read: 320

Scream All Night by Derek Milman 
Started On: May 25th
Finished On: May 25th, 2:37 PM
Pages Read: 400

Spear by Nicola Griffith 
Started On: May 25th
Currently On: Page 0 of 192

Books Read: 31
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 12201
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