It's Monday! What Are You Reading #752, November 3rd

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 #751
Teaser Tuesday #759
WWW Wednesday #759
WOW #755
Will the Time Come #752
Third Sentence Thursday #742
Random Reads #728
First Lines Friday #755
Book Blogger Hop #421

Monthly ARC's December Round Up

Monthly Series November Round Up

Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge Update 96

The Reward Challenge Update #737
Wheel of TBR #284
How Well I Stuck to It #589
Wrote that Review Update #586

Week 44 Reviews:

The Intruder 

The Split 

A Most Agreeable Murder

Lore Olympus: Volume 9 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 1 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 2 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 3 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 4 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 5

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 6 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 7

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 8

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 9

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 10

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 11

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 12 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 13 

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Vol. 14 

Phase Out Your Seriesathon: 

Update 51

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 75

Clear Your S**t Readathon: 

6.0 2025 Sign Up

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

Next to be Published: 

November 2025 Sign Up

Update 1

Update 2

Random:

The Bookworm Revolution November 2025 TBR

Angeline Boulley Author Page

Jess Armstrong Author Page

OK, so I got 33 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, I found a new series to be obsessed about, and I devoured it, though I might need to reread it soon! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 44 Review: Lore Olympus: Volume 9

From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

"The Underworld has a queen!”

Persephone and Hades are finally reunited when the banished goddess of spring returns to the Underworld to claim her rightful place as queen. Now that Hades and Persephone have defeated and imprisoned the power-hungry Kronos once more, nothing can keep them apart, and years of being separated have only made their desire for each other grow. But the other Olympians can't help but meddle, pushing the pair to make things official with a coronation—and a wedding.

Ignoring the others who try to define their relationship, Hades and Persephone choose to take things at their own pace and focus on rebuilding the Underworld. They begin by investigating how Kronos was first able to escape, and they learn the horrifying truth that he has captured a powerful young god whose abilities help Kronos project his thoughts outside of Tartarus—thoughts he uses to plague Hera's every waking moment. Though Kronos's physical form is locked away, Olympus will never be free until they can rescue the child from the furious Titan's grasp.

To save the realms, Persephone must figure out her fertility goddess powers and embrace her role as Queen of the Underworld—even as it takes her further from her mother's expectations and her former place in the Mortal Realm.

This edition of Smythe's original Eisner Award–winning webcomic Lore Olympus features a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 207–233 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

My Review:


Author: Rachel Smythe 
Series: Lore Olympus #9
Read: October 27th, 2025 
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2025 Retelling Reading Challenge 2025 Book, Historical Fiction 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Inklore
Published: October 7th 2025 

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #737, July 21st

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 #736
Teaser Tuesday #744
WWW Wednesday #744
WOW #740
Will the Time Come #737
Third Sentence Thursday #727
Random Reads #713
First Lines Friday #740
Book Blogger Hop #406

24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 10
The Reward Challenge Update #722
Wheel of TBR #269
How Well I Stuck to It #574
Wrote that Review Update #571

Week 29 Reviews:

Lore Olympus: Volume 8

Fury From the Tomb

Not Quite Dead Yet

Savage Lands

Spy×Family, Volume 14

Volatile Memory

Three Shattered Souls

The Last Magician 

Among Ghosts 

Cinders & Sapphires

Phase Out Your Seriesathon:

Update 49

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Random:

Mai Corland Author Page

Sav R. Miller Author Page

Stacey Marie Brown Author Page

Tatsuya Endo Author Page

OK, so I got 32 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty quiet week, getting used to going back to my old schedule, which means getting up at 5 AM, but once I am, I'll definitely be reading more, since I'll be up more of the day. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 29 Review: Lore Olympus: Volume 8

From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

"You have no authority here."

Revelations rock Olympus as Persephone's trial ends, threatening to throw the gods into a new war.

Though Persephone and Hades become closer than ever after she opens up to him about all she has endured, their peace is shattered when another truth is revealed: Apollo is Zeus's son. The announcement shocks the pantheon, and the king of the gods realizes that the would-be usurper wants Persephone's power to take the throne.

Zeus banishes Persephone to the Mortal Realm and, out of fear, cuts it off entirely from the rest of the gods. This decree succeeds in undercutting Apollo's plan, but also inadvertently begins a decade-long divine cold war when Hades strikes back by shuttering the Underworld. With the gods scattered and weakened, Kronos uses the ensuing bedlam to finally escape his imprisonment and begin staging his own coup.

Persephone has only one choice when she discovers all the realms on the verge of collapse: Descend into the Underworld to try to defeat the power-hungry Titan, claim her rightful place as queen, and reunite with her one true love.

This edition of Smythe's original Eisner Award–winning webcomic Lore Olympus features a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 180–206 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

My Review:
I had a great time reading these episodes again! 

Author: Rachel Smythe 
Series: Lore Olympus #8
Read: July 12th, 2025  
Source: Library  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2025 Retelling Reading Challenge 2025 Book, Historical Fiction 2025 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Inklore 
Published: May 6th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Waiting on Wednesday #728, April 23rd

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

Overgrowth by Mira Grant

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Annihilation meets Day of the Triffids in this full-on body horror/alien invasion apocalypse.

This is just a story. It can't hurt you anymore.

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has been willing to listen.

Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child.

What happens when you know what’s coming, and just refuse to listen?

Thunder Game by Christine Feehan

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Diego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn’t followed by something bad. But as he makes his way to his family’s homestead in the Appalachian Mountains, his plans are interrupted by a violent ambush that sets his life on a new course.

In between fighting off a small army of assailants, Diego is struck by a beautiful, brutal warrior woman unlike anyone he’s encountered before. Compelled to rescue her, Diego uses his psychic gifts to make Leila’s broken body whole again and save her from certain death. With each new breath she regains her strength, showcasing her humor, intelligence and courage as she reveals the truths of her past and inspires feelings Diego never thought his heart could experience.

After a lifetime alone, in the middle of firefight, Diego has finally found a light to guide him through the darkness—and one brief touch is enough to set them both aflame.

Archangels Ascension by Nalini Singh

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown.

Finally reunited in New York, they must now learn to navigate the monumental shift in their relationship. But for these two members of Archangel Raphael’s legendary Seven, there is no time to rest. As they investigate a case for the Tower that echoes the darkness from Aodhan’s past, they will be forced to confront not only the scars that mark them both, but the promise of a vast power that flickers in Illium.

The threat of ascension has haunted and troubled Aodhan’s Blue for too long, the forces of change immutable and without mercy...and uncaring of Illium’s fierce wish to remain part of the Seven. Change is a constant in an immortal’s life, and this new horizon will bring with it both terrible heartbreak and a joy extraordinary enough to reverberate through time…

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.

To most of Regency high society, forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook, or Gus, and her twin sister, Julia, are just unmarried ladies of a certain age—hardly worth a second glance. But the Colebrook twins are far from useless old maids. They are secretly protecting women and children ignored by society and the law.

When Lord Evan—a charming escaped convict who has won Gus’s heart—needs to hide his sister and her lover from their vindictive brother, Gus and Julia take the two women into their home. They know what it is like to have a powerful and overbearing brother. But Lord Evan’s complicated past puts them all in danger. Gus knows they must clear his name of murder if he is to survive the thieftakers who hunt him. But it is no easy task—the fatal duel was twenty years ago and a key witness is nowhere to be found.                    

In a deadly cat-and-mouse game, Gus, Julia, and Lord Evan must dodge their pursuers and investigate Lord Evan’s past. They will be thrust into the ugly underworld of Georgian gentlemen’s clubs, spies, and ruthless bounty hunters, not to mention the everyday threat of narrow-minded brothers. Will the truth be found in time, or will the dangerous secrets from the past destroy family bonds and rip new love and lives apart?

Lore Olympus: Volume Eight by Rachel Smythe

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

“You have no authority here.”

Revelations rock Olympus as Persephone’s trial ends, threatening to throw the gods into a new war.

Though Persephone and Hades become closer than ever after she opens up to him about all she has endured, their peace is shattered when another truth is revealed: Apollo is Zeus’s son. The announcement shocks the pantheon, and the king of the gods realizes that the would-be usurper wants Persephone’s power to take the throne.

Zeus banishes Persephone to the Mortal Realm and, out of fear, cuts it off entirely from the rest of the gods. This decree succeeds in undercutting Apollo’s plan, but also inadvertently begins a decade-long divine cold war when Hades strikes back by shuttering the Underworld. With the gods scattered and weakened, Kronos uses the ensuing bedlam to finally escape his imprisonment and begin staging his own coup.

Persephone has only one choice when she discovers all the realms on the verge of collapse: Descend into the Underworld to try to defeat the power-hungry Titan, claim her rightful place as queen, and reunite with her one true love.

This edition of Smythe’s original Eisner Award–winning webcomic Lore Olympus features a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 180–206 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Soloman

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Falling in love with your husband is anything but convenient in this steamy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Business or Pleasure.

Dani Dorfman has somehow made it to her thirties without knowing what she wants to do with her life. So when an office romance ends poorly and gets her fired, she applies for a job in Amsterdam, idly dreaming of escaping the mess she’s created, but never imagining she'll actually get it.

Except she does. By the end of her first week in Amsterdam, she’s never felt more adrift or alone. Then she crashes her bike into her high school ex-boyfriend—and suddenly life is blooming with new opportunities.

Wouter van Leeuwen was a Dutch exchange student Dani’s family hosted, a forbidden love that ended in a painful breakup. Years later, there’s still sizzling chemistry between them, and okay, maybe a little animosity. More importantly, Wouter needs to be married to inherit a gorgeous family home on a canal—and when Dani's job falls apart, she needs a visa. As the marriage of convenience pushes them together in unexpected ways, Dani must decide whether her new life is yet another mistake—or if it's worth taking a risk on a second chance.

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera 

Expected Publication: May 6th, 2025
From Goodreads:

In this third book of the USA Today and #1 New York Times mega-bestselling They Both Die at the End series, two strangers—each with their own complicated relationship to Death-Cast—help each other learn to live.

Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.

Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a violent organization called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. It’s time to live.

Fate brings Paz and Alano together, but it’s now up to the boys to survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.

This book contains themes that some readers may find difficult.

The start of May has some pretty fantastic books coming out, I've read about half of them and they've all been fantastic, and I can't wait to for these to be released! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #704, December 2nd

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 #703
Teaser Tuesday #711
WWW Wednesday #711
WOW #707
Will the Time Come #704
Third Sentence Thursday #694
Random Reads #680
First Lines Friday #707
Book Blogger Hop #373

Monthly ARC's January Round Up

Monthly Series December Round Up

Monthly ARC's Update 99

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 43

Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge Update 94
The Reward Challenge Update #689
Wheel of TBR #236
How Well I Stuck to It #541
Wrote that Review Update #538

Week 48 Reviews:
Lore Olympus, Volume 7

Extraction

Rebellion

Evolution 

Fable for the End of the World

Spy×Family: The Official Guide―Eyes Only

Crossed

Crossed Extended Epilogue

Daydream

We Did Nothing Wrong

The Library of Shadows

Warrior of Legend

Storm of Ink and Blood

Destroy All Monsters

The Study of Fire

The Deathly Grimm

The Queen's Spade

Magical Readathon: Orilium:

Lightfall at Old Favour Pass Sign Up 2024 Sign Up

Update 64

Clear Your S**t Readathon: 

Update 22

Update 23

Update 24

Update 25

Next to be Published November: 

Update 34

Update 35

Update 36

Update 37

Update 38

Update 39

Update 40

Update 41

Update 42 and Wrap Up

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Update 20

Update 21 

Update 22 and Wrap Up

Merry Bookmas Readathon: 

2024 Sign Up

Update 1

Reindeer Readathon: 

2024 Sign Up

Update 1

Random:

The Bookworm Revolution December 2024 TBR

Book Battle December 2024 TBR

OK, so I got 56 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, if quiet again. Last week I started making my meme posts for 2025, doing a meme a day, so I've done Monday through Thursday, and 2 of Sundays, so I just have Friday's 3, and 2 more for Sunday, and I'll have those posts ready for the next year, just having to put the details of that specific post, which is good! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 48 Review: Lore Olympus: Volume 7

From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone. Follow the propulsive love story of two Greek gods, told with lavish artwork and contemporary sensibilities.

This full-color edition of Smythe's original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 153-179 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

My Review:
I had a fantastic time reading this volume! I love this series so much, and events are really heating up in this volume, so much has been built, and it was phenomenal to see all that start to pay off. I had to keep reading and consuming this story again! The chicks are starting to come home to roost, and this is where the snowball starts rolling! 

We're finally at the episodes that I had to wait for, and oh, it was just a delight to read them again! From dealing with turning Minthe into a potted plant, dealing with Leto and Apollo being the worst again, as well as Persephone's first therapy season, yeah, these episodes pack a punch. Oh, and the moment when Hades called her his wife! I remember the speculation about what that meant, so it was great to read it again!

There were so many awesome moments in this volume, for when Persephone and Hades accept each other's differences, to when they were flirting with one another with a plant as Ares and Hephaestus were having a conversation, that was a nice, light moment that was really needed! Especially with what happened with the arrows and what happened next. Another funny moment was when Hermes was going on about how great his mom was and Zeus gave a very Zeus response and their faces afterwards. This really is it's own story based on myths, and brought to life with this take on these characters! 

I loved the bonus short story, to see them spend a little more time after the shopping just having fun, with no pressures, yeah, I'm really glad that they got that time, because boy, things are just heating up now, and it's a heck of a ride! 

Loved reading this volume, and I can't wait for the next!  

Author: Rachel Smythe 
Series: Lore Olympus Volumes #7 
Read: November 23rd, 2024
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Inklore
Published: October 1st 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Greek God-a-Thon Update 6

So I've read my next book for Greek God-a-Thon, and it was Lore Olympus, Volume 7 which is for the prompt Left-Read a Retelling, and I'll be reading Extraction next! 

My Reading Journey:

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Center-Read a Book You Recently Acquired

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 5:20 PM

Pages Read: 512

Aftershock by Gabrielle Prendergast

Prompt Fulfilled: Right-Read a Book That Starts With a Vowel

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 7:31 PM

Pages Read: 96

Skyshade by Alex Aster

Prompt Fulfilled: Right-Read a Fast-Paced Book

Started On: November 18th

Finished On: November 18th, 10:47 AM

Pages Read: 424

When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Read a Mystery Book of Any Kind

Started On: November 19th

Finished On: November 19th, 9:51 AM

Pages Read: 288

A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Wildcard

Started On: November 22nd

Finished On: November 22nd, 7:37 PM

Pages Read: 496

Lore Olympus, Volume 7 by Rachel Smythe

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Read a Retelling

Started On: November 23rd

Finished On: November 23rd, 1:37 PM

Pages Read: 416

Extraction by Stephanie Diaz

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Read a Book You've Had for Years

Started On: November 23rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 416

Prompts Left: Left-Read a Book With a Gorgeous Cover, Left-Read a Book You Got as a Gift, Right-Read a Book With Nature on the Cover

Books Read: 6

Pages Read: 1816

Greek God-a-Thon Update 5

So I've read my next book for Greek God-a-Thon, and it was A Crown So Silver which is for the prompt Left-Wildcard, and I'll be reading Lore Olympus, Volume 7 next! 

My Reading Journey:

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Center-Read a Book You Recently Acquired

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 5:20 PM

Pages Read: 512

Aftershock by Gabrielle Prendergast

Prompt Fulfilled: Right-Read a Book That Starts With a Vowel

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 7:31 PM

Pages Read: 96

Skyshade by Alex Aster

Prompt Fulfilled: Right-Read a Fast-Paced Book

Started On: November 18th

Finished On: November 18th, 10:47 AM

Pages Read: 424

When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Read a Mystery Book of Any Kind

Started On: November 19th

Finished On: November 19th, 9:51 AM

Pages Read: 288

A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Wildcard

Started On: November 22nd

Finished On: November 22nd, 7:37 PM

Pages Read: 496

Lore Olympus, Volume 7 by Rachel Smythe

Prompt Fulfilled: Left-Read a Retelling

Started On: November 23rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 416

Prompts Left: Left-Read a Book You've Had for Years, Left-Read a Book With a Gorgeous Cover, Left-Read a Book You Got as a Gift, Right-Read a Book With Nature on the Cover

Books Read: 6

Pages Read: 1816

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 20

I read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was Lore Olympus, Volume 7 which is for the prompt Book with a mother-like character, and I'll be reading Evolution next! 

My Reading Journey:

King of None by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that has a monarchy of some kind

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 5:36 PM

Pages Read: 296

Queen of All by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Prompt Fulfilled: Book that finishes or starts a series

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 10:01 PM

Pages Read: 332

Desperate Measures by Katee Robert 

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book with a red or brown cover

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 5:03 PM

Pages Read: 330

The Tinker's Daughter by Josephine Angelini

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where one goes on a quest or to a different world

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 288

Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that is set in the future or an obscure time

Started On: November 3rd

Finished On: November 3rd, 9:36 PM

Pages Read: 368

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where there is a bad guy/villain of some kind

Started On: November 4th

Finished On: November 4th, 9:30 PM

Pages Read: 464

Installment Immortality by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: **Side quest**

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 7:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

The Stepping Off Place by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that was gifted, purchased second hand, or borrowed

Started On: November 6th

Finished On: November 6th, 6:27 PM

Pages Read: 480

Born Into the Night by Emily Bisbach

Prompt Fulfilled: Free Space

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 8:10 PM

Pages Read: 432

A Drop of Fortune by Danielle Garrett

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that was purchased locally, or, mentions shopping

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 11:38 AM

Pages Read: 420

The Great and Terrible by Gena Showalter

Prompt Fulfilled: Book that has a character you think or know you'll love/be obsessed with

Started On: November 9th

Finished On: November 9th, 5:04 PM

Pages Read: 278

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book with a long book title

Started On: November 11th

Finished On: November 11th, 3:38 PM

Pages Read: 336

The Death King by Penelope Barsetti

Prompt Fulfilled: Book with a character you want to fight personally

Started On: November 12th

Finished On: November 12th, 11:07 AM

Pages Read: 418

Games Untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book you purchased urgently, or have been anticipating highly

Started On: November 12th

Finished On: November 12th, 6:46 PM

Pages Read: 448

The Possessed by Marjorie M. Liu, Illustrated by Sana Takeda

Prompt Fulfilled: Read your smallest book

Started On: November 14th

Finished On: November 14th, 2:05 PM

Pages Read: 176

Spy×Family, Volume 13 by Tatsuya Endo

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book outside of your normal intended audience picks

Started On: November 14th

Finished On: November 14th, 10:05 PM

Pages Read: 200

Family Portrait by Aya Yajima and Tatsuya Endo

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book outside of your normal genre picks

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 1:06 PM

Pages Read: 208

Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where the font on the cover is aesthetically pleasing to you

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 5:20 PM

Pages Read: 512

A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene

Prompt Fulfilled: Free space

Started On: November 22nd

Finished On: November 22nd, 7:37 PM

Pages Read: 496

Lore Olympus, Volume 7 by Rachel Smythe

Prompt Fulfilled: Book with a mother-like character

Started On: November 23rd

Finished On: November 23rd, 1:37 PM

Pages Read: 416

Evolution by Stephanie Diaz

Prompt Fulfilled: Have someone pick a book for you to read

Started On: November 24th

Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Read a book that either is old, or feels old, or is set in an older time, Mini Boss, Weaknesses surprise prompts, Read a book that you almost didn't get, but decided to get anyway, Mini boss, Strengths surprise prompts, Free Space, Boss Battle, Weapons surprise prompts

Books Read: 20

Pages Read: 7960

Clear Your S**t Readathon Update 19

I read my next book for the Clear Your S**t Readathon, and it was A Crown So Silver which is for the prompt Free space, and I'll be reading Lore Olympus, Volume 7 next! 

My Reading Journey:

King of None by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that has a monarchy of some kind

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 5:36 PM

Pages Read: 296

Queen of All by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Prompt Fulfilled: Book that finishes or starts a series

Started On: November 1st

Finished On: November 1st, 10:01 PM

Pages Read: 332

Desperate Measures by Katee Robert 

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book with a red or brown cover

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 5:03 PM

Pages Read: 330

The Tinker's Daughter by Josephine Angelini

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where one goes on a quest or to a different world

Started On: November 2nd

Finished On: November 2nd, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 288

Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that is set in the future or an obscure time

Started On: November 3rd

Finished On: November 3rd, 9:36 PM

Pages Read: 368

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where there is a bad guy/villain of some kind

Started On: November 4th

Finished On: November 4th, 9:30 PM

Pages Read: 464

Installment Immortality by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: **Side quest**

Started On: November 5th

Finished On: November 5th, 7:39 PM

Pages Read: 432

The Stepping Off Place by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that was gifted, purchased second hand, or borrowed

Started On: November 6th

Finished On: November 6th, 6:27 PM

Pages Read: 480

Born Into the Night by Emily Bisbach

Prompt Fulfilled: Free Space

Started On: November 7th

Finished On: November 7th, 8:10 PM

Pages Read: 432

A Drop of Fortune by Danielle Garrett

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book that was purchased locally, or, mentions shopping

Started On: November 8th

Finished On: November 8th, 11:38 AM

Pages Read: 420

The Great and Terrible by Gena Showalter

Prompt Fulfilled: Book that has a character you think or know you'll love/be obsessed with

Started On: November 9th

Finished On: November 9th, 5:04 PM

Pages Read: 278

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book with a long book title

Started On: November 11th

Finished On: November 11th, 3:38 PM

Pages Read: 336

The Death King by Penelope Barsetti

Prompt Fulfilled: Book with a character you want to fight personally

Started On: November 12th

Finished On: November 12th, 11:07 AM

Pages Read: 418

Games Untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book you purchased urgently, or have been anticipating highly

Started On: November 12th

Finished On: November 12th, 6:46 PM

Pages Read: 448

The Possessed by Marjorie M. Liu, Illustrated by Sana Takeda

Prompt Fulfilled: Read your smallest book

Started On: November 14th

Finished On: November 14th, 2:05 PM

Pages Read: 176

Spy×Family, Volume 13 by Tatsuya Endo

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book outside of your normal intended audience picks

Started On: November 14th

Finished On: November 14th, 10:05 PM

Pages Read: 200

Family Portrait by Aya Yajima and Tatsuya Endo

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book outside of your normal genre picks

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 1:06 PM

Pages Read: 208

Gifted and Talented by Olivie Blake

Prompt Fulfilled: Read a book where the font on the cover is aesthetically pleasing to you

Started On: November 17th

Finished On: November 17th, 5:20 PM

Pages Read: 512

A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene

Prompt Fulfilled: Free space

Started On: November 22nd

Finished On: November 22nd, 7:37 PM

Pages Read: 496

Lore Olympus, Volume 7 by Rachel Smythe

Prompt Fulfilled: Book with a mother-like character

Started On: November 23rd

Currently On: Page 0 of 416

Prompts Left: Read a book that either is old, or feels old, or is set in an older time, Mini Boss, Weaknesses surprise prompts, Read a book that you almost didn't get, but decided to get anyway, Mini boss, Strengths surprise prompts, Have someone pick a book for you to read, Free Space, Boss Battle, Weapons surprise prompts

Books Read: 19

Pages Read: 7544

Rachel Smythe Author Page

The Story: I was recommended the Lore Olympus Webtoon, and I read it, and became obsessed, I love this world, and these characters, and I've read it multiple times now, between the webtoons, and the volumes, and I can't wait to continue on with the volumes now that the webtoon has concluded! 

Website

Series: Lore Olympus, Lore Olympus Volumes.

Lore Olympus (Webtoon): Lore Olympus, Season 1 and my review, Lore Olympus, Season 2 and my review.

Lore Olympus Volumes: Lore Olympus: Volume 1 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 2 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 3 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 4 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 5 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 6 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 7 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 8 and her site, my review, Lore Olympus: Volume 9 and her site, my review.

Waiting on Wednesday #695, September 4th

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

I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood...

Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they married, Anton died in a horrible car, but lived long enough to utter five words to her, “I’ll be waiting for you.”

That final private moment became public when someone from the crash scene took it to the press—the terminally ill woman holding her dying husband as he promised to wait for her on the other side. Worse, that person claimed it wasn’t Anton who said the words but his ghost, hovering over his body.

Since their story went public, Nicola has been hounded by spiritualists promising closure. In the hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends and family find a reputable medium—a professor of parapsychology. For the séance, they rent the Lake Erie beach house that Anton’s family once owned.

The medium barely has time to begin his work before things start happening. Locked doors mysteriously open. Clouds of insects engulf the house. Nicola hears footsteps and voices and the creak of an old dumbwaiter…in an empty shaft. Throughout it all she’s haunted by nightmares of her past. Because, unbeknownst to the others, this isn’t her first time contacting the dead. And Nicola isn’t her real name.

That’s when she finds the first body....

In this atmospheric, thrilling new ghost story, Kelley Armstrong's full talents are on display to thrill, chill and leave the reader guessing how Nicola escapes with her life--if she can.

Schemes & Scandals by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

It’s Mallory Atkinson’s first Christmas in Scotland. Victorian Scotland, that is. Also, as the twenty-first-century detective learns, Christmas really isn’t a thing in Victorian Scotland. It’s all about Hogmanay. But her boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, treats her to an early gift of tickets to the event of the season: a Charles Dickens reading. There, they bump into Lady Inglis—the lovely widow who has sent Gray sexy letters trying to entice him back to her bed.

Lady Inglis introduces Mallory to Dickens—the meeting of a lifetime—but in return she wants their help. She’s being blackmailed. Someone stole letters she wrote to another lover and is threatening to publish them.

Mallory isn’t sure what to make of Lady Inglis, but no woman deserves that, so she insists on taking the case with or without Gray’s help. Growing tension between them soon tells Mallory that Gray is hiding a secret of his own. She has until Hogmanay to uncover the blackmailer…and, hopefully, to put things right with Gray so they can enjoy the holiday together.

Vault of Souls by Josephine Angelini

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Bestselling author Josephine Angelini makes her adult fantasy debut with an epic tale about a world on the brink of destruction, and the Saints, assassins, and warriors who will risk everything to save it. Perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Naomi Novick.

The Peaceful People will suffer bondage no longer…

A former slave spearheads a ruthless rebellion against the kingdom that keeps her people in chains. Where Tabin-Af goes, the ground shakes and the air glows yellow. There are whispers that she is one of the mythical Widows, a harbinger of the end.

Every death adds another soul to the Vault…

Wielding unchecked elemental power, Tabin-Af’s Avenging Army is on a mission to lay waste to anyone who gets in their way, filling the Vault with every life they take. When the Vault can no longer hold, it will trigger a Reaping, a cataclysmic event where the dead are unleashed to reap the living.

The Vault of Souls is full…

Champions are chosen in secret, some to kill the Widow, and others to leverage her power against their enemies. Kings, queens, Saints, and cabals maneuver their pawns, scheming to use the uprising to their advantage, as destinies become intertwined and the line between heroism and villainy blurs, with the fate of an entire world hanging in the balance.

The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...

Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.

Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.

Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…

What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.

Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love—the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!

An ingenious take on the Greek Pantheon, Lore Olympus is a modern update on the story of Hades and Persephone. Follow the propulsive love story of two Greek gods, told with lavish artwork and contemporary sensibilities.

This full-color edition of Smythe’s original Eisner Award-winning webcomic Lore Olympus features exclusive behind-the-scenes content and brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This volume collects episodes 153-179 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Dive into a lush, standalone fantasy, set in the same world as The Drowned Woods and The Bone Houses, about a deadly competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig.

Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate—all vying for the Hunt’s life-changing prize: a magical wish granted by the Otherking.

BRANWEN possesses a gift no other human has: the ability to see and slay monsters. She’s desperate to cure her mother’s sickness, and the Wild Hunt is her only option.

GWYDION is the least impressive of his magically-talented family, but with his ability to control plants and his sleight of hand, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his cruel older brother from becoming a tyrant.

PRYDERI is prince-born and monster-raised. Deep down, the royal crown doesn’t interest him—all he wants is to know is where he belongs.

If they band together against the monstrous creatures within the woods, they have a chance to win. But, then again, nothing is guaranteed when all is fair in love and the Hunt.

A Song to Drown Riviers by Ann Liang

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds.

Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.

Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.

Trained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect blade. But she knows Fanli can see through every deception she masters, the attraction between them burning away any falsehoods.

Once inside the enemy palace, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors while the king himself shows her great affection. Despite his gentleness, a brutality lurks and Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. But the higher Xishi climbs in the Wu court, the farther she and Fanli have to fall—and if she is unmasked as a traitor, she will bring both kingdoms down.

The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Perfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran: a sinister tale of the supernatural, sisterhood, and the shadows that rule our darkest desires, New York Times best-selling author Judy I. Lin takes her first foray into horror with Rick Riordan Presents

Ruby Chen has always played the part of the dutiful eldest daughter: excelling in school; excelling in piano lessons; excelling at keeping her younger sister, Tina, focused on extracurriculars meant to impress college admissions officers.

But when a ghost from the spirit world attacks the sisters in the middle of Vancouver’s Chinatown neighborhood, Ruby’s life is plunged into a darkness that no amount of duty can free her from. Overnight, Ruby’s sister seems to change. There are strange noises coming from her bedroom at all hours; and the once sweet, funny Tina has been replaced by something dark and unnatural.

As Ruby races to save her sister from demonic possession, she is thrown into an ancient battle over the gateway to the underworld. On one side, an evil traveling temple known for making dark wishes come true has returned to Chinatown after many years—intent on breaking down the gateway and unleashing the evil within. On the other side, the guardians who must stop them.

And in order to survive, Ruby must not only face the horror taking over her community, but must also confront the horror within herself.

Chinese and Taiwanese mythology get the Junji Ito treatment in this bone-chilling, propulsive story that takes the horrors of the Asian diaspora experience to a whole new level.

The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer 

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.

Seventeen years have gone by since the Coordinated Endeavor crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.

More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. 

Separated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.

A demon. An angel. A city that burns at the heart of the world.

The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, married, and maddened the city and its people for generations, and built it into a place of joy and desire, revelry and riot.

And then the angels come, and the city falls.

Vitrine is left with nothing but memories and a book containing the names of those she has lost—and an angel, now bound by her mad, grief-stricken curse to haunt the city he burned.

She mourns her dead and rages against the angel she longs to destroy. Made to be each other’s devastation, angel and demon are destined for eternal battle. Instead, they find themselves locked in a devouring fascination that will change them both forever.

Together, they unearth the past of the lost city and begin to shape its future. But when war threatens Azril and everything they have built, Vitrine and her angel must decide whether they will let the city fall again.

The City in Glass is both a brilliantly constructed history and an epic love story, of death and resurrection, memory and transformation, redemption and desire strong enough to burn a world to ashes and build it anew.

Class Act by Kelsey Rodkey

Expected Publication: October 1st, 2024
From Goodreads:

Perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Katie Cotugno, this fake-dating YA rom-com from Kelsey Rodkey set at a high school election shows that in matters of the heart, you have to elect to be yourself.

Ella knew transferring to a new school wouldn’t be easy. The first day, while defending her sister, Ella makes an enemy out of the student council president and lands in detention. Swearing revenge on him, Ella will stop at nothing to unseat him—even calling for a redo election in which she’s the only one brave enough to run against him.

As a new student, Ella isn’t sure she can secure the votes until she meets unfailingly flirtatious Patrick and hears his wild idea to help her. He’ll pretend to be her boyfriend and show their classmates that she and her ideas for the school aren’t so bad. It’s like something out of her sister’s fan fiction.

But when their fake romance starts feeling too real, and Patrick’s true motives for their arrangement come to light, Ella has to decide what’s more Patrick or the polls.

Wow, October is kicking it off with a bang! There's some excellent books here, and I'm so excited for these books, I've read a few, and they've been so good! They need to be out in the world! What about you guys? Happy reading!