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      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , 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 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.  Happy Friday everyone! This week I'm spotlighting one of my Magical Readathon: Orilium - Spring Equinox 2023   books,  The Spare Man  by Mary Robinette Kowal .  This sounds exactly like it's going to be right up my alley and just look at that cover! Beginning:  Kneeling on the floor of the ...

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to my third 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge update with mini reviews!  In March I completed 5 books for a total of 21 out of 50 books for the  2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge . I've made some great progress!  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read in March: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋  ❋   Hell Bent  ( Alex Stern  #2) by Leigh Bardugo  was easily one of my most anticipated reads of 2023 and luckily I can say that it's currently one of my favorite reads of the year so far.  It's a fantastic sequel.  I loved getting to know the cast more, seeing the team come together, and especially seeing Alex finally start to open up a little bit more with her friends.  Overall, it's quite a ride with lots of twists to keep you guessing and hanging on to the edge of your seat.  I don't want to spoil anything, but I highly recommend this and dying to see what's coming up next for these charac...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I'm sharing my Wrap Up & Mini Reviews for the  Marvelathon , hosted by  Lisa Does Life , which lasted all of March.  I was on Team New Gen in honor of Moon Knight where I earned a grand total of 675 points.  You can check out my original TBR here .  Without further ado, let's get to my thoughts on what I read: Team Prompt: Newly Acquired (150 points) ❋   ❋  ❋ How to Survive Your Murder  by Danielle Valentine  is a solid stand alone YA horror mystery thriller.  I think though my expectations might have been slightly too high, or this is just trying a little too hard to be something it really isn't. I definitely appreciated the main character's love of horror movies.  I do wish the ending wasn't so abrupt though. My review is also on Goodreads . General Prompts (100 points each for the following New Gen prompts): Groot: Book With A Tree/ Wood On The Cover ❋   ❋  Malorie  ( Bird Box...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Indie/Self-Published Books (submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits).  All of these were four or five star reads from me and I feel like I don't talk about these books nearly as much as I ought to.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title: Aaru ( The Aaru Cycle #1) by David Meredith The Alchemists of Loom ( Loom Saga #1) by Elise Kova Alex McKenna & The Academy of Souls ( Alex McKenna #2) by Vicki-Ann Bush Cara Mia ( Immortyl Revolution #1) by Denise Verrico The Elect ( Allison's Story #1) by Elle Todd Fire Country ( Country Saga #1) by David Estes The Iron Crown ( Dragon Spirits #1) by L.L. MacRae Moonlighter ( Pulse #2) by R.A. Crawford The Red Sky ( The Perseverantia Trilogy #2) by Timothy D. Minneci What Branches Grow by T.S. Beier What are some of your favorite indie/ self-published books?  Have you read any of these books?...

            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 sharing two of my favorite songs from Pinecastle Record 's album Bluegrass 2022 which is an album consisting of 10 great instrumental recordings released by the label from last year.  Give a listen to EMD and Blackberry Blossom : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for the March 2023 round of the  Trope-ical Readathon  which is hosted by  @jenjenreviews  and  @bookrob13 .  It ran the entire month of March and I was on Team  Mystery/ Horror/ Thriller. There were fifteen total challenges to complete plus the team book, I managed to complete 9 books for a grand total of 3,803 points.  You can check out my original TBR  here .  Without further ado, let's get to my thoughts on the book I completed:  Team Book: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋ If you're looking for a slow burn atmospheric gothic haunted house story,  She Is A Haunting  by Trang Thanh Tran  is well worth your time. I will definitely be looking into whatever this author cares to write in the future because this is quite a promising debut. I just wish I knew a little more about how the Vietnamese language sounds as I was reading the novel. My review is a...

    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , 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 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.  Happy Friday everyone! This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Marvelathon  books,  Suburban Hell  by Maureen Kilmer .  I think this is going to be right up my alley. Beginning:  None of this would have happened if it weren't for the She Shed. 56: I exhaled and shook my head.  "No, it was ...