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  Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well.  April just seemed to fly by, didn't it?  I got in some good reading this month which means that I've now completed the 8 tasks of  Book Riot's 2022 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed this month required me to r ead a book by a disabled author  and  a book  set in a bookstore   and I selected  An Artificial Night  ( October Daye  #3) by Seanan McGuire  and  A Scandal in Scarlet  ( A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery  #4) by Vicki Delany  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and what's coming up for May: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋   ❋ An Artificial Night  ( October Daye  #3) by Seanan McGuire  is easily my new favorite installment of this series.  I had been enjoying getting to know Toby, her work, and her world before, but this took the events of this installment took the ser...

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 current  Mythothon  reads,  The Whisper Man  by Alex North .  I've really liked what I've read so far by this author and I'm really looking forward to this one. Beginning: The abduction of a child by a stranger is every parent's worst nightmare....

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books With __ On The Cover, so I decided to go with Books With Snakes On The Cover.  Remember when it seemed like every other book had a snake on the cover?  Well, these books are some of the ones I've actually read and liked.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ( The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins Dark Age ( Red Rising Saga  #5) by Pierce Brown Forest of a Thousand Lanterns ( Rise of the Empress #1) by Julie C. Dao Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust Kingdom of the Wicked ( Kingdom of the Wicked #1) by Kerri Maniscalco The Last Serpent ( The Last Magician #1) by Lisa Maxwell Ninth House ( Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo The Queen of Nothing ( The Folk of the Air #3) by Holly Black Serpent & Dove ( Serpent & Dove #1) by Shelby Mahurin The Se...

            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 sharing a couple of unexpected radio favorites (part 3).  Somehow I'd missed these until just recently, but now they're stuck in my head.  Give a listen to Remi Wolf - Sexy Villain and Sea Girls - Lonely : 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 , 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 Magical Readathon  reads,  Anansi Boys  ( American Gods  #2) by Neil Gaiman .  I loved American Gods and I have no idea why I've been putting this off for so long. Beginning: It begins, as most things begin, with a song.  56: "I'll w...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Merchandise I'd Love To Own, but I decided to do something completely different - Favorite Space Set Books To Read For Global Astronomy Month.  If you don't already know, this month is Global Astronomy Month and this also lets me share some of my favorite sci-fi novels while I'm at it.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Cinder ( The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer Exo ( Exo #1) by Fonda Lee The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I( Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams Illuminae ( The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Leviathan Wakes ( The Expanse #1) by James S.A. Corey LIFEL1K3 ( LIFEL1K3  #1) by Jay Kristoff The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet ( Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Mirage ( Mirage #1) by Somaiya Daud   Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir...

Happy Monday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing three ARC mini reviews -  The Quarter Storm  ( Mambo Reina  #1) by Veronica Henry   (released March1st, 2022), Scorpica ( The Five Queendoms #1) by G.R. Macallister  (released February 22nd, 2021), and  You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo   (released November 16th, 2021).  I received these ARCs in exchange for an honest honest review from Wunderkind PR.  Read on to see my thoughts: ❋   ❋  ❋ The Quarter Storm  ( Mambo Reina  #1) by Veronica Henry  is a decent urban fantasy mystery series opener.  It didn't quite hit all the right notes for me but for the most part it was an engaging read.  My favorite aspect was easily the world-building of the New Orleans itself.  I felt really absorbed in the location.  It almost felt like a character on its own.  I didn't find myself nearly as invested in any of the cast members though.  The murder myst...

          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 sharing a couple of songs from Cannons .  I've just recently started hearing them on the radio and I like their style.  Give a listen to Bad Dreams , Purple Sun , and Hurricane : 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 , 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  Mythothon  reads,  American Panda  by Gloria Chao .  This has been on my radar for awhile and it's refreshing for a YA book to feature a college student as the lead. Beginning: The stench of the restaurant's specialty walloped my senses...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Authors I Haven't Read Yet But Want To.  Without further ado, here are authors I'd like to try in the future and the book I want to tackle first: Kristin Cashore - Graceling Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner   Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Ken Liu - The Grace of Kings Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight Ruta Septys - Between Shades of Gray Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad Have you read these authors before?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!