On Friday's I take part in three 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 current Trope-ical Readathon books, Necropolis by Michael Dempsey . I don't know about you, but this cyberpunk noir sounds like it's going to be exactly my kind of thing. Beginning: Ten minutes before I died, I realized I was out of cigarettes. 56: I h
Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to my second 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge update with mini reviews! I completed 7 books this month for a grand total of 14 of 50 books finished for the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge . I'd say I've made great progress and have read some pretty good books already. Without further ado, here are my thoughts on the books I completed in February for this challenge in the order I read them in: ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ Anno Dracula by Kim Newman was a pretty cool read. The style of the alternate history, the classic characters Newman integrates into the story even those that aren't from Bram Stoker's Dracula made a great combination. Honestly, though, I did wish that Newman's own characters got a little more attention. Either way, I'm going to have to try the sequel soon. My review is also on Goodreads . ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ Concrete Rose ( The Hate U Give #0) by Angie Thomas was one of my most anticipated releases of 2021, so needless t