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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 three of my favorites from Gangstagrass .  I feel like I don't talk about how much I love them, but they are brilliant.  You wouldn't think this combination of bluegrass, rap, and hip hop would work but it so does and they sound fantastic doing it.  Give a listen to Barnburning , You Ca...

Welcome to the Mid-Year Book Freak Out of 2020 everyone!  I've been taking part in this since 2015 - if you like you can check out my previous posts from  2015 ,  2016 ,  2017 ,  2018 , and 2019 .  It's always great to see what everyone else has been reading and enjoying via this tag and I know I'll be adding a lot of books to my already out of control TBR.  By the way, this tag was originally created by  ReadLikeWildFire  and  Earl Grey Books . Without further ado, let's get to it: 1. Best book you've read so far in 2020. Sword and Pen ( The Great Library #5) by Rachel Caine  - I've read a lot of great books so far this year, but I adored this.  The whole series has been amazing and I couldn't have asked for anything better with this finale. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2020. The Iron Will of Genie Lo  ( The Epic Crush of Genie Lo #2) by F.C. Yee  - This was also a marvelous finale....

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!...

❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋ I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange from an honest review. With the future of the Great Library in doubt, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone must decide if it's worth saving in this thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble. Sword of Pen by Rachel Caine is an outstanding finale to The Great Library series, which quickly became an all time favorite series. I devoured each and every installment before this, but I just wasn't ready to say goodbye to so many favorite characters so I kept putting book five off. I shouldn't have been worried, though, because ...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday now hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Summer TBR, but I'm doing something completely different again this week.  Instead I'm featuring some of New and Recent Releases From African-American Authors On My TBR.  Given everything that's been going on around the world and in our own backyards, I thought I could try to spread some positivity - it's the least I can do to be a good ally to try to amplify voices that should be heard.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title: Children of Virtue and Vengeance  ( Legacy of Orisha #2 ) by Tomi Adeyemi The City We Became  ( Great Cities  #1) by N.K. Jemisin Clap When You Land  by Elizabeth Acevedo Deathless Divide  ( Dread Nation  #2) by Justina Ireland The Rage of Dragons  ( The Burning  #1) by Evan Winter A River of Royal Blood...

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 medieval covers of popular songs from  Cornelius Link .  I'm so glad stumbled upon these on YouTube because they are gems and exactly the kind of content I didn't know I needed.  Check out Pumped Up Kicks (Medieval Style) and What Is Love (Medieval Style) .  Even more de...

Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope everyone's staying safe and healthy.  Today, I thought I'd share the books I've bought since January and a couple of other goodies.  I got lucky and caught some great online deals, bargain outlet specials, and local friends of the library book sales since the first half of this year.  Without further ado, here we go:  Enclave by Thomas Locke - I just stumbled upon this 2018 dystopian post-apocalyptic novel and it really caught my attention. Mortal Heart ( His Fair Assassin #3) by Robin LaFevers - I've enjoyed what I've read of this series so far and I'm looking forward to seeing how the series wraps up. The Smoke Thieves ( The Smoke Thieves #1) by Sally Green - I really liked The Half Bad Trilogy and I've been looking forward to trying her new fantasy trilogy.  I jumped at the chance to pick this up when I saw it on sale for $2. Untamed ( Splintered #3.5) by A.G. Howard - I enjoyed this Alice in Wonderland re...