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 Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Debut Novels I Enjoyed, but I decided to do a bit of a throwback and feature Favorite Debut Novels Released Before I Started Blogging.  And, I started blogging here back in 2014 so we're going back in time!  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title:  Angelfall ( Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee All of Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill Cinder  ( The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer Daughter of Smoke & Bone ( Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor The False Prince ( Ascendance #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen The Hunger Games ( The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The School for Good and Evil ( The School for Good and Evil #1) by Soman Chainani Splintered ( Splintered #1) by A.G. Howard These Broken Stars ( Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Have you read any

                            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 featuring  Elijah Nang - Gaijin 外人 - [ Full LP ] .  I just stumbled upon this on YouTube and I like the sound.  Plus, the little story in the description does a great job of setting it up. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

              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,  Bring Me Your Midnight  by Rachel Griffin . This has been blurbed by several favorites on the back cover including Kerri Maniscalco and i

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Ten Things I Love About X.  I've decided to feature a series I don't talk about enough around here - the Enola Holmes series  by Nancy Springer.  I started reading this nine book series (and one novella) after watching the  first movie adaptation on Netflix which I got a real kick out of.  They're a bit different from each other, but both the book series and the movie series has been a ton of fun.  I'm really looking forward to the third movie and I wouldn't say no to more of the novels either.          1. Fun and engaging stories  2. Charming characters with growth 3. Attitude and rebelliousness 4. Refreshing voice 5. Classic retelling of a favorite 6. World-building style  7. Victorian era setting  8. Historical mysteries 9. Surprising twists 10. Clever and empowering for the reader Have you read the book series or watched the movie ser

                          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 videos from Visual Melodies .  I love watching and listening to their stuff.  All of it is great, but these two are my favorites.  Give a listen to  Irish Celtic Fiddle Music | Beautiful Views of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Nordic Viking Music with Beautiful Scandi

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my Mid-Year Movie Freak Out 2024!  You can check out my  202 1,  2022 , and 2023 list, if you feel so inclined.  If anyone would like to link up with me and share their Mid-Year Movie Freak Out, I'd love to see your answers to the questions.  By the way, the titles are linked to my  Letterboxd  review or their Letterboxd page.  Without further ado, here we go: 1. Best movie you've watched so far in 2024. Oppenheimer (2023) - I can officially say I understand why it was nominated for so many awards. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were absolutely brilliant in this. 2. Best sequel you've watched so far in 2024. Dune: Part Two (2024) - I was really surprised that I definitely preferred this to the first film.  Rebecca Ferguson's performance as Lady Jessica is the real standout. 3. New release you haven't seen yet, but want to. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) - I missed this one at the theater and I'm