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Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well.  July went by fast!  How is it already August?  Anyway, I've now completed the 14 tasks of  Book Riot's 2022 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed this month required me to r ead a nonfiction YA comic  and  to pick  a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat   ( fits the 2021 task to read an LGBTQ History book)  and I selected  Almost American Girl  by Robin Ha  and  Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America  by Lillian Faderman  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and what's coming up for August: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋  Almost American Girl  by Robin Ha  is another great example of why graphic memoirs are quickly becoming one of my favorite things to read.  The author's story is incredibly moving and emotional.  I was really invested in her story and her experiences - the good and the bad.  To be honest, some of the things she we

  Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing three ARC mini reviews -  Locklands  ( The Founders Trilogy #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett   (released June 28th, 2022),  The Third Crossing  ( War of the Last Day  #0) by Karim Soliman  (to be released August 1st, 2022), and What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher (released July 12th, 2022).  I received the ARCs of  Locklands and What Moves The Dead from NetGalley in exchange for an honest honest review and The Third Crossing from the author in exchange for an hones review.  Read on to see my thoughts: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   Locklands  ( The Founders Trilogy  #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett   was hands down one of my most highly anticipated reads of this summer.  Somehow I was lucky enough to get approved on NetGalley for an ARC - I might have shrieked at my screen when I read that email!  It's tough knowing that it's the finale novel in the series because I just didn't want to say goodbye to this world or these characters yet.  I don&#

   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 TrekAThon  books,  In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeanette  by Hampton Sides .  This nonfiction book sounds so fascinating.  I'm also reading this for the  Popsugar Reading Challenge . Beginning: On a misty morning in la

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books From My Past Seasonal TBR Posts I STILL Haven't Read (Submitted by Dedra @ A Book Wanderer).  Let's just say there were quite a few for me to pick from.  In fact, three of the oldest on my list go back to November 2017.  It's weird to think that that's nearly 5 years now!  Anyway, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Blue Screen ( Mirador #1) by Dan Wells Crosstalk by Connie Willis Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland The Goldfinch by Donna Tart Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani Ship Breaker ( Ship Breaker #1)    by Paolo Bacigalupi The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Terminal Alliance ( Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #1)   by Jim C. Hines Have you read any of these books?  What one of these should I finally get around to first

                  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 few of my favorite tracks from the movie  Linda Linda Linda (2005) .  I just recently watched this delightful Japanese coming of age movie following an all girl band that has to recruit a new singer in the form of the new South Korean exchange student in order to get ready for the school festival.  This movie and the

  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,  The Naturals  ( The Naturals  #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes .  I've had this on my TBR for way too long and I'm glad I'm finally getting around to it. Beginning: You've chosen and you've chosen well.  Maybe this one

  Happy Thursday everyone!  Beginning in August it'll be time to start the Autumn Equinox at Orilium  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast .  I've followed the  Novice Path , completed the  Traveller's Key , have  Geared Up , and have completed the Spring Equinox 2022 , so I'm all prepared to start this new semester! This semester runs all of August.  As I'm studying to be a Scribe that means I'll be taking four courses: Elemental Studies, Inscription, Restoration, and Lore.  I'll need to earn an O (for Ordinary - 1 book/ prompt) in Elemental Studies, a D (for Distinguished - 3 books/ prompts) in Inscription, an O in Restoration, and a Q (for Qualified - 2 books/ prompts) in Lore.  You can check out G's video announcement  here  for this semester to get more details and check out all the options.  Without further ado, keep reading to see my TBR: Elemental Studies O - Element of Water: Start a book with a drink My choice: The Doomsayer

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a freebie and I've decided to feature upcoming Netflix movies I'm looking forward to.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order: All Quiet on the Western Front Day Shift Enola Holmes 2 Glass Onion Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Nimona The Old Guard 2 The School for Good and Evil Seoul Vibe  Wendell & Wild Are you looking forward to any of these movies?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

                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 few songs from the movie Labyrinth (1986) .  I just rewatched for the first time in years.  I loved it growing up - the babysitter I went to as a kid had it on VHS and we practically wore out the tape we watched it so often.  I was so glad that I loved it just as much now as an adult.  It is just delightful and the soun

  Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing my plans for the August 2022 round of the  Trope-ical Readathon  which is hosted by  @jenjenreviews  and  @bookrob13 .  It will run the entire month of August and I'm joining Team Fantasy again this time. Like before there are fifteen total challenges to complete - two team challenges and thirteen common challenges (you either read a book that fits the given trope or one that fits the alternate prompt).  Each team also has two choices for your Team Book read as well.  For each challenge you complete, team book you read, and each page you read, you earn points for your team  You can also follow the official Trope-ical Readathon on  Twitter  and with the hashtag  #TropeicalReadathon .  Without further ado, let's get to my tbr:  Team Book: My choice:  Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger  - I've heard so many great things about this, so when I saw this as a Team book I knew I had to read it.   Team Challenges: 1. Read a book with a pre-moder