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 PopCulture Readathon books, A Kiss Before the Apocalypse ( Remy Chandler #1) by Thomas Sniegoski . I've read some of this author's YA fantasy and I'm looking forward to trying his adult urban fantasy. Beginning: It was an unusually warm mi
Book Riot's 2023 Read Harder Challenge - January Update: The Silence of Bones & The Squirrel on the Train
Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope everyone's been doing well. How is January already nearly over? Anyway, I've now competed the first two tasks of Book Riot's 2023 Read Harder Challenge . The tasks I completed this month required me to r ead a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country and a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat ( 2021's prompt to read a book featuring a beloved pet where that pet doesn't die) and I selected The Silence of Bones by June Hur and The Squirrel on the Train ( Oberon's Meaty Mysteries #2) by Kevin Hearne respectively. Read on to see my mini reviews and keep your eyes out soon for my tbr for next month: ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ The Silence of Bones by June Hur was one of my most anticipated reads after reading and loving The Red Palace . Luckily, I absolutely loved this one as well! The world-building is outstanding and the inclusion of real life historical figures is pretty cool. The atmosph