Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #678, May 8th


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

Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City…

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears .

All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City—the heart of all creation—to keep it connected to reality.

And someone is killing them.

There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.

In the name of the moon, the lunar divinities must uncover the roots of the plot and thwart the true goal of those behind these attacks—control of the Impossible City itself.

The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world.

She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Where better to celebrate a marriage, a family, and a life together than at one of the most stunning places on earth?

But now she’s traveling solo.

To add insult to injury, there’s a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. Ellery remembers how it felt to be on the cusp of everything new and wonderful, with a loved and certain future glimmering just ahead. Now, she isn’t certain of anything except for her love for her kids and her growing realization that this place, though beautiful, is unsettling.

When Ellery discovers the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain, she realizes that she is not the only one whose future is no longer guaranteed. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide takes out the road to the resort, leaving the guests trapped. When another guest dies, it’s clear something horrible is brewing.

Everyone at Broken Point has a secret. And everyone has a shadow. Including Ellery.

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegmund-Broka
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's 11 in this thrilling YA adventure about a teenager determined to pull off the perfect heist in the midst of her father’s wedding.

Seventeen-year-old Olivia Owens isn't thrilled that her dad's getting remarried...again. She's especially not thrilled that he cheated on her mom, kicked them out of their Rhode Island home, and cut Olivia out of her rightful inheritance.

But this former heiress has a plan for revenge. While hundreds of guests gather on the grounds of the gorgeous estate where she grew up, everyone will be thinking romance—not robbery. She’ll play the part of dutiful daughter, but in reality she’ll be redistributing millions from her father’s online accounts. She only needs the handwritten pass code he keeps in the estate's safe.

With the help of an eclectic crew of high school students and one former teacher, Olivia has plotted her mid-nuptial heist down to the second. But she didn't plan for an obnoxiously nosy wedding guest, an interfering ex-boyfriend intent on winning her back, greedy European cousins with their own agenda, or a vengeful second wife. When everything seems like it's going wrong, Olivia has to keep her eyes on what really matters: getting rich. And when she’s done, “something borrowed” will be the understatement of the year.

Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley 
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical YA thriller following a group of young women as they face the stress of harsh elements, a mysterious monster, and an unraveling of secrets after their yacht is wrecked off the coast of North America.

Liv Whitlock knows she doesn’t belong there. But after years of stumbling between foster homes, often due to her own self-destructive tendencies, Liv desperately needs to change the trajectory of her life . . . so she steals her perfect sister’s identity.

Using her sister’s grades and clean record, Liv starts to rewrite her story, winning a prestigious internship on a movie set filming in Alaska. Then executive producer Vincent Bellegarde changes her travel plans. Instead of a commercial flight, Liv finds herself on a luxury yacht alongside pop star Paris Grace, actress sisters Effie and Miri Knight, Olympic gymnast Rosalind Torres, and social media influencer Celia Jones. Liv tries to find common ground with her famous companions, but just as the group starts to bond, a violent storm wrecks their vessel, stranding them on a slip of an island in the North Pacific Ocean.

Among the threats of starvation and exposure, they learn there is a predator lurking in the forest, unlike anything they’ve seen before—until they begin to see it in themselves. Every injury they suffer on the island causes inexplicable changes in their bodies, transforming them bit by inhuman bit. With little hope for rescue and only each other as their final tether to humanity, can the girls endure the ominous forces at work on the island? Or will they lose themselves to their darker natures?

Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
They fell for each other in just twenty-four hours. Now Rowan and Neil embark on a long-distance relationship during their first year of college in this romantic, dual points of view sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow .

When longtime rivals Rowan Roth and Neil McNair confessed their feelings on the last day of senior year, they knew they’d only have a couple months together before they left for college. Now summer is over, and they’re determined to make their relationship work as they begin school in different states.

In Boston, Rowan is eager to be among other aspiring novelists, learning from a creative writing professor she adores. She’s just not sure why she suddenly can’t seem to find her voice.

In New York, Neil embraces the chaos of the city, clicking with a new friend group more easily than he anticipated. But when his past refuses to leave him alone, he doesn’t know how to handle his rapidly changing mental health—or how to talk about it with the girl he loves.

Over a year of late-night phone calls, weekend visits, and East Coast adventures, Rowan and Neil fall for each other again and again as they grapple with the uncertainty of their new lives. They’ve spent so many years at odds with each other—now that they’re finally on the same team, what does the future hold for them?

Dead Tired by Kate Ailes
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
The second in a charming and hilarious mystery series by Kat Ailes, Dead Tired follows a group of new moms who didn’t think their maternity leave would involve so much murder.

"Full of charming characters, including Alice’s goofy dog, this fast-paced, original cozy is great fun."—Publishers Weekly

Being a new mom is murder.

Alice didn’t think her maternity leave would involve so much, well, murder. Before becoming proud new moms, she and her friends bonded more than members of a prenatal group usually would, as they became accidental amateur sleuths and solved a crime together. Now, with all this behind them and Alice’s son Jack somehow already a year old, Alice is keen to finally catch up on some sleep. So when an opportunity presents itself in the unlikely form of an eco-protest, Alice and her friends willingly chain themselves to trees and settle in as an excuse to get some overdue rest. Not the most comfortable arrangement ever, but at this point, they’ll take what they can get.

However, the next morning one of their fellow protesters is found strangled, and any hope of a peaceful interlude is suddenly swept away. Soon Alice and her friends become entangled in a plot involving rogue artists, an enigmatic local entrepreneur, and nude (optional) protesting, offering an unexpected—but not necessarily unwelcome—break from changing diapers and wrestling baby toys away from Helen the dog.

Alice, whose success rate in solving countryside murder is at an all-time high (one out of one), cannot resist the chance to demonstrate her detective skills once more, and assembles her gang of new moms to investigate this latest mystery in their not-so-sleepy English countryside village.

Follow Her Down by Victoria Helen Stone
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
Decades of doubt, fear, and suspicion won’t let a woman overcome her trauma in a riveting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook.

The murder of Elise Rockwood’s sister shattered her family. Their mother’s anxiety kept her housebound. Elise’s paranoid brother, Kyle, saw conspiracies everywhere. Elise numbed her grief in an aimless lifestyle that left her emotionally broken. All of them victims. A local boy eventually confessed, but the damage was already done.

Years later, Elise is reinventing herself. She’s bought a mountain lodge to be close to home again and to find stability. Not even an email from her ex tempts her into revisiting the past. But Kyle won’t let it go. He still believes there’s more to their sister’s murder—and the confession—than meets the eye. When Elise’s ex is found dead in the same forest where her sister went missing decades before, Elise is finally willing to listen.

The traumas of the past are reemerging. So is the truth. Elise’s greatest fear now is who will survive it.

Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
Expected Publication: June 6th, 2024
Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. 
 
And they can’t stand each other. 
 
Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be. 

As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them. 
There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep. 

And this one has come for blood.

Yeah, some really great books to start off the month, there's some books that I'm really excited for and I can't wait to read! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

WWW Wednesday #682, May 8th

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 The Upper World and I'm really enjoying it! 

I read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, and it was so much fun to read! 

I'm going to be reading The Return of Ellie Black and I can't wait, it sounds really good! 

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Phase Out Your TBR Update 10

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was One Killer Problem which is for the prompt Red 10, and I'll be reading A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM
Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 2
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 8
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 10
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 4:31 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 12
Started On: May 8th
Currently On: Page 0 of  432

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Yellow 9, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Yellow 5, Green 6, Red 7, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3753

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 8

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was One Killer Problem and I'll be reading The Return of Ellie Black next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 4:31 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Started On: May 8th
Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Books Read: 8
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 3182

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 25

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Heiress Takes All  which was for the prompt Extra Credit in Lore, and I'll be reading One Killer Problem next! 

My Reading Journey:

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 9th 
Finished On: January 9th, 10:45 AM
Pages Read: 512

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:31 PM
Pages Read: 693

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 688

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:31 PM
Pages Read: 416

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 5th
Finished On: February 5th, 10:20 PM
Pages Read: 816

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 6th
Finished On: February 6th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 848

The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Right: Embrace the Mist of Solitude Once More
Started On: February 7th
Finished On: February 7th, 2:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 320

Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin
Prompt Fulfilled: Remove a Complex Lock Enchantment Cast on the Exit Door
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 348

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 3rd
Finished On: March 3rd, 9:06 PM
Pages Read: 430

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 4th
Finished On: March 4th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 511

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 23rd
Finished On: March 23rd, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 756

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 624

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 22nd 
Finished On: January 22nd, 2:36 PM
Pages Read: 496

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 4th 
Finished On: February 4th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 823

Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 304

Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 640

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 5th
Finished On: March 5th, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 528

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 6th
Finished On: March 6th, 7:25 PM
Pages Read: 514

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 18th
Finished On: March 18th, 10:57 AM
Pages Read: 366

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Alchemy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Restoration
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Lore
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Lore
Started On: May 7th
Finished On: May 7th, 4:31 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Alchemy
Started On: May 
Currently On: Page 0 of 665

Prompts Left: Extra Credit in Animal Studies, Extra Credit in Restoration
Read: 24
Pages Read: 12249

Teaser Tuesday #682, May 7th

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 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, page 30.

"You need it. It will clear your mind and improve your memory."

That sounds nice! Must read more now! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, May 6, 2024

Phase Out Your TBR Update 9

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Heiress Takes All which is for the prompt Red 8, and I'll be reading One Killer Problem next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM
Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 2
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 8
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 10
Started On: May 
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Yellow 9, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Red 12 Yellow 5, Green 6, Red 7, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 3417

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 7

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was Heiress Takes All and I'll be reading One Killer Problem next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Started On: May 
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Books Read: 7
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 2846

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 24

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Heiress Takes All  which was for the prompt Extra Credit in Lore, and I'll be reading One Killer Problem next! 

My Reading Journey:

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 9th 
Finished On: January 9th, 10:45 AM
Pages Read: 512

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:31 PM
Pages Read: 693

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 688

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:31 PM
Pages Read: 416

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 5th
Finished On: February 5th, 10:20 PM
Pages Read: 816

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 6th
Finished On: February 6th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 848

The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Right: Embrace the Mist of Solitude Once More
Started On: February 7th
Finished On: February 7th, 2:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 320

Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin
Prompt Fulfilled: Remove a Complex Lock Enchantment Cast on the Exit Door
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 348

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 3rd
Finished On: March 3rd, 9:06 PM
Pages Read: 430

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 4th
Finished On: March 4th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 511

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 23rd
Finished On: March 23rd, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 756

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 624

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 22nd 
Finished On: January 22nd, 2:36 PM
Pages Read: 496

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 4th 
Finished On: February 4th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 823

Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 304

Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 640

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 5th
Finished On: March 5th, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 528

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 6th
Finished On: March 6th, 7:25 PM
Pages Read: 514

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 18th
Finished On: March 18th, 10:57 AM
Pages Read: 366

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Alchemy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Restoration
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Lore
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Lore
Started On: May 
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Prompts Left: Extra Credit in Animal Studies, Extra Credit in Restoration, Extra Credit in Alchemy
Read: 24
Pages Read: 12249

Phase Out Your TBR Update 8

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Blood and Wrath which is for the prompt Green 2, and I'll be reading Heiress Takes All next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM
Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 2
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 8
Started On: May 6th
Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Yellow 9, Red 10, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Red 12 Yellow 5, Green 6, Red 7, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 3049

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 6

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was Blood and Wrath and I'll be reading Heiress Takes All next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 6th
Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM
Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Started On: May 6th
Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Books Read: 6
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 2478

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #674, May 6th

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 #673
Teaser Tuesday #681
WWW Wednesday #681
WOW #677
Will the Time Come #674
Third Sentence Thursday #664
Random Reads #650
First Lines Friday #677
Book Blogger Hop #343
Monthly Series May Round Up
The Reward Challenge Update #659
Wheel of TBR #206
How Well I Stuck to It #511
Wrote that Review Update #508

Week 18 Reviews:
Game of Secrets 
Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Random:

OK, so I got 74 posts in 7 days, I had a really great time, I read a lot of books, but boy, I'm tired, and I can't wait for 2 weeks, when I have my 2 week vacation! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Phase Out Your TBR Update 7

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was The Undermining of Twyla and Frank which is for the prompt Green 8, and I'll be reading Blood and Wrath next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM
Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 2
Started On: May 6th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Red 8, Yellow 9, Red 10, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Red 12 Yellow 5, Green 6, Red 7, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2665

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 5

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was The Undermining of Twyla and Frank and I'll be reading Blood and Wrath next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 6th
Currently On: Page 0 of 384

Books Read: 5
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 2094

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 23

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was The Undermining of Twyla and Frank which was for the prompt Extra Credit in Restoration, and I'll be reading Heiress Takes All next! 

My Reading Journey:

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 9th 
Finished On: January 9th, 10:45 AM
Pages Read: 512

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:31 PM
Pages Read: 693

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 688

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:31 PM
Pages Read: 416

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 5th
Finished On: February 5th, 10:20 PM
Pages Read: 816

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 6th
Finished On: February 6th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 848

The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Right: Embrace the Mist of Solitude Once More
Started On: February 7th
Finished On: February 7th, 2:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 320

Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin
Prompt Fulfilled: Remove a Complex Lock Enchantment Cast on the Exit Door
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 348

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 3rd
Finished On: March 3rd, 9:06 PM
Pages Read: 430

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 4th
Finished On: March 4th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 511

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 23rd
Finished On: March 23rd, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 756

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 624

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 22nd 
Finished On: January 22nd, 2:36 PM
Pages Read: 496

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 4th 
Finished On: February 4th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 823

Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 304

Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 640

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 5th
Finished On: March 5th, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 528

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 6th
Finished On: March 6th, 7:25 PM
Pages Read: 514

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 18th
Finished On: March 18th, 10:57 AM
Pages Read: 366

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Alchemy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Restoration
Started On: May 5th
Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM
Pages Read: 464

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Lore
Started On: May 6th
Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Extra Credit in Animal Studies, Extra Credit in Restoration, Extra Credit in Alchemy, Extra Credit in Lore
Read: 23
Pages Read: 11981

Wrote that Review Update #508, May 5th

Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!
If you want to participate, set a certain amount of reviews to write, and once you make that goal, you can get a reward!

My reviews to reward is writing all of the reviews of the week, and I motivated myself to write my review for Game of Secrets, Holiday for Six, Shameless Play, The Dragon's Promise, That's Not My Name, The Hollow Places, A Door in the Dark, Under the Whispering Door, The Emperor of Evening Stars and Dark Harmony, The Invisible Library, The Study of Magic, The House That Horror Built, Remedial Magic, Twin Crowns, Nightbane, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, People Like Us, Panic: Ghosts and Legends and Panic, Sheine Lende, Sound the Gong, Blood and Ruin, The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Godly Heathens, so I have 23 of 23 reviews written!

And as always, I want to review this week's reviews!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

How Well I Stuck to It #511, May 5th

So I decided that I should have accountability on sticking to what should be in a week, so I'm doing How Well I Stuck to It every Sunday, because my schedule should be fixed in by now!

Week 19:
Nothing Planned! 

Another free week, it's the start of the month, and there's no new books that I'm dying to read, so I'll fill with books that I want to read.

Week 18:
Nothing Planned! 

vs.

Game of Secrets by Kim Foster, Holiday for Six by Kelly Finley, Shameless Play by Kelly Finley, The Dragon's Promise by Elizabeth Lim, That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher, A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen, Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune, The Emperor of Evening Stars by Laura Thalassa, Dark Harmony by Laura Thalassa, The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman, The Study of Magic by Maria V. Snyder, The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry, Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr, Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, Nightbane by Alex Aster, The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson, People Like Us by Dana Mele,  Panic: Ghosts and Legends by Lauren Oliver, Panic by Lauren Oliver, Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger, Sound the Gong by Joan He, Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale, The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon.

Yeah, I read a good number of books, so I'm happy with that and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wheel of TBR #206, May 5th

I saw Codie's Book Corner doing the Wheel of TBR, and I thought that sounded like a great way to pick what to read from your TBR. So thanks to her! I'll only do 3 spins, because I'm doing this every week, and so it won't make up my total TBR of the week, but it'll be a start!

Rules:
1. For each week of the month, I'll do 3 spins each week to read each week though I do have the rest of the month to read them. Once a prompt is used, I'll randomly choose one from the list, keeping track of how often a colour comes up. If colour comes up 3 or more times in month, I'll do another spin once it comes up 3 times.
2. If I don't read a book that week or at least start it before the end of the month, then for my next week of spins, I have to add a punishment for each book unread. I'll roll for each unread book, and have to apply each and every punishment chosen to the week.
3. Each month I'll get a prompt from my Binge Read Wheel (either specifically picking the prompt, or spinning the wheel) and I have to read at least 9 books, though I can read more!

Of the books from the last week, I read Panic by Lauren Oliver, Sound the Gong by Joan He, and The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent.

Binge Read Wheel:
For this month I picked ARC. I read Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger, Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale, Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon, My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, so I've read 4/9+.

For this past month, the wheel picked ARC. I read  That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry, Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr, so I've read 23/9+.

Prompts Used This Week:
Physical Collection, Multi-Word Title, Review Post.

Physical Collection-Spring Green-Adult Paperback Collection-Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto-This is an adult book that I own in paperback, so it's in the adult paperback collection

Multi-Word Title-Orange-A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley-This book has 4 big words and 4 short words, so that's definitely a multi-word title! 

Review Post-Green-The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent-I have a review post of this book so that works

Colour Totals:
Red: 1
Orange: 1
Yellow: 0
Chartreuse: 0
Green: 1
Spring Green: 2
Cyan: 1
Azure: 0
Blue: 0 
Violet: 0
Magenta: 0
Rose: 0

Prompts for Next Week:
Word-Red
RR Book-Orange
TBR Cart-Yellow
Booktuber Read-Chartreuse
Hardcover-Green
Reading Challenge Prompt-Spring Green
Page Count-Cyan
Colour As Last Read-Azure
Reread-Blue
Title-Violet
Series Continued and Unfinished/Current 2022-Magenta
WTC Book-Rose

So those are some of the books I'm going to try to read this week. What about you guys? Happy reading!

The Reward Challenge Update #659, May 5th

The Reward Challenge is almost the complete opposite to a book buying ban as you'll end up buying lots of new books throughout the challenge but only after you've completed a certain amount of reading. It was hosted by Good Golly Miss Holly, so thanks to her for starting it!

OK, so I read Game of Secrets which counts 5 times as a Edelweiss Book, Historical Fiction 2024 Book, SAC 2024 Book and WTC Book, Holiday for Six which counts twice as a SAC 2024 Book, Shameless Play which counts twice as a SAC 2024 Book, The Dragon's Promise which counts 5 times as a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, End of Series 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and WoW Book, That's Not My Name which counts 4 times as a DAC Book, NetGalley Book and a SAC 2024 Book, The Hollow Places which counts twice as a SAC 2024 Book, A Door in the Dark which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Under the Whispering Door which counts twice as a SAC 2024 Book, The Emperor of Evening Stars which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Dark Harmony which counts 3 times as a End of Series 2024 Book and Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Invisible Library which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Study of Magic which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The House That Horror Built which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Remedial Magic which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Twin Crowns which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Nightbane which counts 5 times as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book, WoW Book and WTC Book, The Reappearance of Rachel Price which counts 3 times as a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book, People Like Us which counts 3 times as a DAC Book and a SAC 2024 Book, Panic: Ghosts and Legends which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Panic which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Sheine Lende which counts 3 times as a NetGalley Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Sound the Gong which counts 6 times as a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge 2024 Book, End of Series 2024 Book, Historical Fiction 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book, Blood and Ruin which counts 4 times as a DAC Book, NetGalley Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, The Serpent and the Wings of Night which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book, Godly Heathens which counts 4 times as a NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book.

So I have 76 counts which translates to $38 this week! I'll use it to buy books!

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 4

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was My Salt Mary and I'll be reading The Undermining of Twyla and Frank next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Started On: May 5th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Books Read: 4
Goal: 25 Books
Pages Read: 1630

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 22

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was My Salty Mary which was for the prompt Extra Credit in Alchemy, and I'll be reading The Undermining of Twyla and Frank next! 

My Reading Journey:

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 9th 
Finished On: January 9th, 10:45 AM
Pages Read: 512

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 13th
Finished On: January 13th, 7:31 PM
Pages Read: 693

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 14th
Finished On: January 14th, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 688

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 21st
Finished On: January 21st, 2:31 PM
Pages Read: 416

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 5th
Finished On: February 5th, 10:20 PM
Pages Read: 816

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 6th
Finished On: February 6th, 9:34 PM
Pages Read: 848

The Keeper of the Mist by Rachel Neumeier
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Right: Embrace the Mist of Solitude Once More
Started On: February 7th
Finished On: February 7th, 2:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 14th
Finished On: February 14th, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 320

Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin
Prompt Fulfilled: Remove a Complex Lock Enchantment Cast on the Exit Door
Started On: March 1st
Finished On: March 1st, 1:58 PM
Pages Read: 348

Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 3rd
Finished On: March 3rd, 9:06 PM
Pages Read: 430

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 4th
Finished On: March 4th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 511

Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 23rd
Finished On: March 23rd, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 756

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 2:52 PM
Pages Read: 432

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Strength
Started On: January 11th 
Finished On: January 11th, 8:21 PM
Pages Read: 624

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Rely on Your Wits
Started On: January 22nd 
Finished On: January 22nd, 2:36 PM
Pages Read: 496

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards and Fight an Animated Gargoyle
Started On: February 4th 
Finished On: February 4th, 6:51 PM
Pages Read: 823

Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly
Prompt Fulfilled: Go Towards the Maze
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 4:58 PM
Pages Read: 304

Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
Prompt Fulfilled: Turn Left: Manipulate a Boulder to Crash Through a Wall
Started On: February 17th
Finished On: February 17th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 640

Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 5th
Finished On: March 5th, 11:02 PM
Pages Read: 528

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 6th
Finished On: March 6th, 7:25 PM
Pages Read: 514

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Prompt Fulfilled: Cut Your Way Through Wild Vines Blocking an Ancient Exit
Started On: March 18th
Finished On: March 18th, 10:57 AM
Pages Read: 366

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Alchemy
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Extra Credit in Restoration
Started On: May 5th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Prompts Left: Extra Credit in Animal Studies, Extra Credit in Restoration, Extra Credit in Alchemy, Extra Credit in Lore, Extra Credit in Lore
Read: 22
Pages Read: 11517

Phase Out Your TBR Update 6

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was Grave New World which is for the prompt Yellow 10, and I'll be reading The Undermining of Twyla and Frank next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM
Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He
Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4
Started On: May 1st 
Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6
Started On: May 2nd
Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM
Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM
Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5
Started On: May 3rd
Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM
Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10
Started On: May 4th
Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM
Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8
Started On: May 5th
Currently On: Page 0 of 464

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Red 8, Yellow 9, Red 10, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Red 12 Yellow 5, Green 6, Red 7, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7, Green 2
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2201

Week 18 Review: Godly Heathens

From Goodreads:
Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation.

Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tiny town of Gracie, Georgia. Known for being their peers' queer awakening, Gem leans hard on charm to disguise the anxious mess they are beneath. The only person privy to their authentic self is another trans kid, Enzo, who's a thousand long, painful miles away in Brooklyn.

But even Enzo doesn’t know about Gem's dreams, haunting visions of magic and violence that have always felt too real. So how the hell does Willa Mae Hardy? The strange new girl in town acts like she and Gem are old companions, and seems to know things about them they've never told anyone else.

When Gem is attacked by a stranger claiming to be the Goddess of Death, Willa Mae saves their life and finally offers some answers. She and Gem are reincarnated gods who've known and loved each other across lifetimes. But Gem – or at least who Gem used to be - hasn't always been the most benevolent deity. They've made a lot of enemies in the pantheon—enemies who, like the Goddess of Death, will keep coming.

It's a good thing they've still got Enzo. But as worlds collide and the past catches up with the present, Gem will discover that everyone has something to hide.

My Review:


Author: H.E. Edgmon
Series: The Ouroboros #1
Read:  May 3rd, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Loved H.E. Edgmon's other books, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: November 28th 2023
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars