Always Me

❋  ❋  ❋  ❋ I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I'm so glad I decided to stick with the Once & Future duology from Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy because it just gets better from where it left off. While the first book was a fun adventure, it didn't quite blow me away like I was hoping it would but Sword in the Stars picks up the slack. It's so much fun and quite a unique retelling at that. The characters have grown quite a bit throughout the course of the story and series. The pacing has also pretty drastically improved from book one, or at least it worked for me more in this case. I particularly loved that we got to see the medieval King Arthur and Camelot and how Merlin, Ari and company interact with them and their world. Plus, there's a heist - a time heist. I knew this was going to go well with that opening quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail . If you enjoy that classic comedy along with the tv series Merlin , t...

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  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. Happy Monday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting only one song - The Man by Taylor Swift .  Her music isn't normally quite my style, but I really like the sound of this one.  Plus, that music video is really impressive.  You need to watch all the way to the end to see her transformation.  I almost didn't realize that was her for a ...

It's official! This year I'm taking the plunge and taking part in the Magical Readathon , hosted by G. @ Book Roast.  It looked like a lot of fun last year, but unfortunately I missed out.  Anyway, this year's O.W.L.S. run the entire month of April and I've decided to follow the Magizoologist career path in honor of one of my favorite characters, Newt Scamander.  It requires four O.W.L.S. - Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Herbology, and Potions.  I'm also going to take part in the bonus course of learning to operate locomotive trains which requires two O.W.L.S. - Defense Against the Dark Arts and Muggle Studies - because who doesn't love the Hogwarts Express.  Without further ado, here is my TBR for this readathon: Care of Magical Creatures - Hippogriffs: Creature with a beak on the cover My choice - Godblind ( Godblind #1) by Anna Stephens - I just happened to discover this at Ollie's Bargain Outlet (they always have an interesting selectio...

Today I'm sharing three mini ARC reviews with you:  Crush the King ( Crown of Shards #3) by Jennifer Estep  (available March 17, 2020),  The Last Human by Zack Jordan  (available March 24, 2020), and  The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel  (available March 31, 2020).  I received all of these ARCs from NetGalley in exchange for honest reviews.  Read on to see my thoughts on them: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋  Crush the King ( Crown of Shards #3) by Jennifer Estep is the most recent installment of one of my current favorite adult epic fantasy series. I was thrilled to have been approved to have the chance to read this early for review since I've loved both previous installments. Needless to say, my expectations were sky high and luckily for me I loved every second of this too. I don't know how Estep does it, but this series just keeps getting better. It's great to be back in this world and see Everleigh and Sullivan again. ...

On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader , and 50/50 Friday is a new weekly link up and it is hosted by  Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader  and  Laura @ Blue Eye Books . 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 Freda'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. Then, for 50/50 Friday, every week there's a new topic featuring two sides of the same coin - you share a book that suits each category and link up on the hosts blogs. Happy Friday everyone!...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday now hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Authors Who Have a Fun Social Media Presence.  This was difficult to choose only ten but here are my favorite authors on Twitter - go check out there accounts: Adam Silvera Daniel Jose Older Leigh Bardugo Maggie Stiefvater Mara Wilson N.K. Jemisin Neil Gaiman Rebecca Roanhorse Sabaa Tahir V.E. Schwab What are you favorite authors to follow online - whether you've read their books or not?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  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. Happy Monday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting a couple of my all time favorite Donald O'Connor dances.  I love Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, but Donald O'Connor is so underrated.  He was a brilliant dancer and it's always a treat to see him in action.  My two favorites from him (not counting his work in Singin' in the Rain )...