Always Me

        Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: The Outcast ( Summoner #0) by Taran Matharu Published: May 3, 2018 Genre: YA Fantasy My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 384 Where I Acquired It: Ollie's Bargain Outlet Summary (From Goodreads): When stable boy Arcturus accidentally summons a demon and becomes Hominum's first common summoner, he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful overlords would do anything to keep hidden. Whisked away to Vocans Academy so he can be kept watch over, Arcturus finds himself surrounded by enemies. But he has little time to settle in before his life is turned upside down ...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in April for  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia 2026, The Boardgame , an additional challenge to  G. @ Book Roast 's  Magical Readathon .  You can see my full tbr  here .  Without further ado, check out my mini review below: April  - April's   book can be part of your Spring Equinox TBR if you’re participating and it fits both prompts. 4B Find your winter cloak (as the terrain changes you realise the clothes you left with just won't do - you need something much warmer!) -  book by an author with a W in their name ❋  ❋ Ashes in the Sun  ( Burningblade & Silvereye  #1) by Django Wexler  has such an interesting premise. I've been putting it off for awhile because I haven't had the best experience with this author, and unfortunately I didn't particularly care for this story either. I wish the story wasn't so long and drawn out, had more focu...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is April Showers and I'm featuring books with rain on the cover.  I think I've found a pretty good mix of them.  Keep reading to see my picks in alphabetical order by title, divided by books I've read and books on my tbr: On My TBR: First & Then by Emma Mills Made You Up by Francesca Zappia Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang The Rains ( Rains #1) by Greg Hurwitz Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward For Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time ( Very British Problems #1) by Rob Temple Read: Crescendo ( Hush, Hush #1) by Becca Fitzpatrick The Guest List by Lucy Foley The Woman in Cabin 10 ( Lo Blacklock #1) by Ruth Ware Have you read any of the ones on my tbr?  How did you in did you interpret the today's theme?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps...

  Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday!  Let's share some songs we've been enjoying!  If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Hello everyone! Today, I'm featuring my favorite songs from Psych: The Musical (2013). I watched this special episode for the first time earlier this month and I absolutely loved it.  I didn't know how much I needed that in my life because it was so much fun and everyone is so talented.  All of the songs were awesome, but give a listen to my favorites (in order of when they a...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today, I'm featuring my wrap up and mini reviews of Orilium's Spring Equinox 2026  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast .  For the Spring Equinox I picked a new Calling for myself.  My new goal is going to become a Moon Warden.  This semester my five courses five courses: Elemental Studies, Astronomy, Art of Illusion, Restoration, and Spells & Incantations.  If you would like to check out my original tbr, you can do that here .  Keep reading to see my thoughts on what I read for this challenge: Elemental Studies - Course Focus: Temperature Controls - Temperature word in the title ❋  ❋  ❋ The Burn Zone  ( Haan  #1) by James K. Decker  is a sci-fi dystopian thriller I've had on my shelf for several years.  I'm glad I finally decided to try it and it was fine, but overall it was a little underwhelming given how much potential the summary had.  I appreciated that it...

      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Anne's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Beat The Backlist 2026  books,  Fire Arrow  ( The Songs of Eirren  #2)  by Edith Pattou .  The first book of this duology was solid, but I've heard this one is better. Beginning: On a smal...

        Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Dead Iron ( Age of Steam #1) by Devon Monk Published: July 5, 2011 Genre: Steampunk Western My Copy: Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 337 Where I Acquired It: Thrift shop Summary (From Goodreads): In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy and carrying the guilt of his brother's death. Then he's offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find the Holder: a powerful device created by mad devisers-and now in the han...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life.  I've decided to feature Books I Need To Read That Inspired Movie & TV Shows I Love.  I usually like to read the book before I see the adaptation, but that's not always the case.  The movie and tv shows link back to their title pages on  Letterboxd  and  Serialized .  Anyway, all of these movies and shows are adaptations that I've really loved and would like to try the source material to see how it compares (for better or worse).  Without further ado, here we go by book title: Broken by Don Winslow - I saw Crime 101    with Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry at the movie theater and was a lot more invested than I was expecting to be.  I'll have to check out the novella that inspired it in this collection of shorts. The Devil's Advocate by A...

  Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday!  Let's share some songs we've been enjoying!  If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Hello everyone! Today, I'm featuring five of my favorite tracks from  Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004).  I prefer the Netflix tv series overall, but I do enjoy the 2004 film as well.  Thomas Newman's score for the movie is amazing and really suits the story.  Give a listen to The Bad Beginning , The Reptile Room , An Unpleasant Incident Involving A ...

Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope everyone's had a good April so far.  I've now completed 6 tasks for  Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed in April required me to read a   nonfiction book about resistance   and a  nonfiction comic .   I selected  Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler  by Lynne Olson  and  Hyperbole and a Half  by Allie Brosh  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler  by Lynne Olson  is a book I'd been eyeing at the library for a few years now and I'm glad Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge finally got me to check it out.  Honestly, I should have learned about Marie-Madeleine Fourcade earlier.  She ...

      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Anne's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Beat The Backlist 2026  books,  A Language of Dragons  (A  Language of Dragons  #1) by S.F. Williamson .  This sounds really cool to me. I haven't heard a whole lot about it though. Beginn...