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      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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 one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Notorious Sorcerer  ( The Burnished City  #1) by Davinia Evans .  I've heard great things abou...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Superpowers I Wish I Had - and all I could think to do was feature Books I Wish I Could Read Early which sounds good to me.  Here we go in order by release date: Middle of the Night by Riley Sager - 6/18/24 How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie - 6/18/24 A Ruse of Shadows ( Lady Sherlock #8) by Sherry Thomas - 6/25/24 A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman - 7/2/24 Medici Heist by Caitlin Schneiderhan - 8/6/24 The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow - 8/6 The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee - 8/13/24 The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 7/16/24 My Salty Mary ( Mary #3) by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - 8/20/24 Celestial Monsters ( The Sunbearer Duology #2) by Aiden Thomas - 9/3/24 What bookish superpower to you wish you had?  Are you looking forward to any of these b...

                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!  Today, I'm featuring a couple of my favorites from Gregorian .  Their music is inspired by Gregorian chants and they've covered a lot of modern rock and pop music.  I just stumbled on these guys on YouTube and I love it and the two songs I'm featuring by them will give you a gr...

    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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 one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Blackheart Knights  ( Blackheart Knights  #1) by Laure Eve .  I have been meaning to read this one fo...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a Love Freebie in honor of Valentine's Day - and I decided to do something a bit different by featuring YA Books Without Romance.  I loved all of these and I highly recommend these books.  Here we go in alphabetical order by title: Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis Dear Martin ( Dear Martin #1) by Nic Stone Elatsoe ( Elatsoe #1) by Darcie Little Badger Jackaby ( Jackaby #1) by William Ritter The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy ( Montague Siblings #2) by Mackenzi Lee A Long Stretch of Bad Days by Mindy McGinnis Loveless by Alice Oseman The Monstrumologist ( The Monstrumologist #1) by Rick Yancey Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson White Cat ( Curse Workers #1) by Holly Black Have you read any of these books?  What are some of your favorite books without romance?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even com...

              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!  Today, I'm featuring the song  Luna de Xelajú as performed by Gaby Moreno & Oscar Isaac .  I just happened to catch them performing this on The Tonight Show at the end of January.  Gaby Moreno has such a beautiful voice and Oscar Isaac does as well.  Check out their...

                 On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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 one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Blood For Blood  ( Wolf By Wolf  #2) by Ryan Graudin ....