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            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 Devil's Diadem by Sara Douglass Published: January 1, 2011 Genre: Historical Fantasy My Copy:  Format: Hardback  Pages: 522  Where I Acquired It: That Friends of the Library Book Warehouse Summary (From Goodreads): A foolish monk stole the Devil′s favourite diadem, and the Devil wants it back. It is mid-twelfth century Europe and Evelyn Langtofte joins an aristocratic household to attend Adelie, the wife of the Earl of Pengraic, a powerful Lord of the Marches -- the dark Welsh borderlands. Then a plague that has swept Europe o...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Goals for 2025.  Instead, I've decided to feature 2025 movies releasing from January through May that I'm looking forward to seeing.  Without further ado, here we go in order by release date: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Release date: January 3rd, 2025 September 5 - Release Date: January 17th, 2025 Wolf Man - Release Date: January 17th, 2025 Companion - Release Date: January 31st, 2025 Love Hurts - Release Date: February 7th, 2025 Captain America: Brave New World    - Release Date: February 14th, 2025 The Monkey - Release Date: February 21st, 2025 Sinners - Release Date: March 7th, 2025 Mickey 17 - Release Date: April 18th, 2025 Thunderbolts* - Release Date: May 2nd, 2025 What movies are you looking forward to most next year?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting dow...

            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. It doesn't seem like it could already be Monday again!  Today, I'm featuring my favorite songs from the soundtrack of  The Wild Robot   (2024) which was one of my favorite movies of 2024.  I loved how this book was adapted into this animated movie and I can't recommend it enough if you haven't seen it.  I...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Over on BlueSky , I requested recommendations for the 12 Challenge 2025 and now I have 12 books recommended to me to try over the course of this year.  I took part in this last year after requesting recommendations on Twitter - you can see my final update for the 12 Books 12 Friends Challenge 2024 here .  Anyway, without further ado, keep reading to see more about what I'm hoping to read this year for this challenge. The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean - This standalone fantasy has been recommended for fans of T.J. Klune, Travis Baldree, Alice Oseman, and Casey McQuiston, so I understandably have high expectations for it. Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward - Ward has been hit or miss for me, but this horror thriller set in Maine does sound tempting. Les Normaux by Janine Janssen - This fantasy graphic novel will be released on February 11th and it sounds nice.  Alice Oseman has blurbed it, so that's very promising. The Spirit Bares Its Tee...

    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 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  Beat The Backlist 2025  books,  Murder Your Employer  by Rupert Holmes .  I've been told this is a good one - and it does sound fun. Beginning: So you've decided to commit a murder. 56: Hedge House might...

            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 Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip Published: January 8, 2002 Genre: YA Fantaasy My Copy:  Format: Paperback  Pages: 298 Where I Acquired It: A thrift store  Summary (From Goodreads): Ombria is a place heaped with history -- and secrets. There is a buried city beneath it inhabited by ghosts, accessible only through magical passages and long-forgotten doorways. When the Prince of Ombria dies suddenly, his wicked great-aunt Domina Pearl seizes power by becoming regent to the prince's young son, Kyel. Minutes after the prince's dea...