Random Reads #731, November 20th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 5618 which turned out to be Dead Lands by Stacey Marie Brown! It's been on my TBR pile since July 19th, 2025, and I added it because the series sounds really good! What about you guys? Happy reading!

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! 

Stacey Marie Brown Author Page

The Story: I saw Becca and the Books read this series, and it sounded really good, so I had to pick it up and I really enjoyed the first book and I can't wait to continue the series! 

Website

Series: Darkness, Collector, Lightness, Savage Lands.

Darkness: Darkness of Light and her site, my review, Fire in the Darkness and her site, my review, Beast in the Darkness and her site, my review, Dwellers of Darkness and her site, my review, Blood Beyond Darkness and her site, my review, West and her site, my review.

Collector (Spin Off Series of *Darkness*): City in Embers and her site, my review, The Barrier Between and her site, my review, Across the Divide and her site, my review, From Burning Ashes and her site, my review.

Lightness (Spin Off Series of *Darkness*): The Crown of Light and her site, my review, Lightness Falling and her site, my review, The Fall of the King and her site, my review, Rise From the Embers and her site, my review.

Savage Lands (Spin Off Series of *Darkness*): Savage Lands and her site, my review, Wild Lands and her site, my review, Dead Lands and her site, my review, Bad Lands and her site, my review, Blood Lands and her site, my review, Shadow Lands and her site, my review, Land of Ashes and her site, my review, Land of Monsters and her site, my review. 

Week 29 Review: Savage Lands

From Goodreads:

Almost 20 years after the barrier between Earth and the Otherworld fell in the Fae Wars, Budapest is balancing on the precipice.

A battle for dominance is brewing between the elite fae and the privileged humans in Eastern Europe. The prejudice between the sides is bubbling with hate and violence.

Nineteen-year-old human, Brexley, has grown up in privilege, but not without heartbreak. After being orphaned, she is taken in by General Markos, living in a walled city rife with power grabs and ruthless political games. Then, one night, the course of her life changes, and Brexley is thrown into the most feared prison in the east. Halalhaz, the House of Death - where you go in but don't come out. She must learn to live with the worst of fae and human criminals. The rule of hierarchy puts humans on the bottom, where the only way to survive each day is to make alliances with the fae.

Here, she meets the sexy, vicious legend, Warwick Farkas; a myth among man and fae. He is as brutal, cruel, arrogant, and as lethal as the lore says he is. He rules the prison with unchallenged authority. Brexley can't deny an intense draw to him, one that might cost her life...if The Games - a fight to the death where only one survives - don't take her out first.

Savage Lands is set in the same world as the Darkness, Collector and Lightness Saga series, but can be listened to as a stand-alone.

My Review:


Author: Stacey Marie Brown 
Series: Savage Lands #1
Read: July 15t, 2025 
Source: Audible 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a 2025 Dystopia Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book!
Publisher: Podium Audio
Published: October 20th 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Teaser Tuesday #744, July 15th

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown, page 13.

"Having a gun pulled out was bad, but recognizing the guard as someone you’ve seen around HDF was another level of awkward. And he would definitely know us."

Yeah, that doesn't sound good! Must read more now! What about you guys? Happy reading!