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Music Monday: Moon Duo

          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 tracks I really like from Moon Duo , who are a psychedelic rock band.  I just happened to be out doing some shopping when I heard what happened to be Lost Heads from the album Stars Are The Light playing.  I looked up the band and I'm hooked.  Give a listen to Lost Heads and Stars Are The Light : You are invi

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints #1) by Daniel Jose Older

    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  Marvelathon  books,  Ballad & Dagger  ( Outlaw Saints  #1) by Daniel Jose Older .  I've really enjoyed everything else I've read from this author and I can't wait to start in on this series. Beginning:  Do you remember San Madrigal? 56: Tams feels

Magical Readathon: Orilium - Spring Equinox 2023 - Announcement & TBR

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's now that time to start my Spring Equinox 2023 classes 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 , completed the  Spring Equinox 2022 ,  completed the  August Equinox 2022 , visited Old Favour Pass , and I've also been working on the  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia challenge this year as well.  This Spring Equinox semester runs all of April.  Like before I've decided to continue studying for the Calling of a Scribe which sounds like a great fit for me.  That means I'll be taking five courses: Elemental Studies, Inscription, Spells & Incantations, Restoration, and Lore.  To complete each course I'll need to read one book to fulfill a specific prompt.  Keep reading to see what I plan on reading to complete my course of study for this semester: Elemental Studies - Botanic Controls: Flower On The Cover My c

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I've Loved Recently With Less Than 2,000 Goodreads Ratings

          Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a TTT Rewind to redo or update a previous topic and I've decided to feature Books I've Loved Recently With Less Than 2,000 Goodreads Ratings which I originally posted on February 19, 2019 .  Without further ado, here we go in order by the number of ratings (as of March 7th): The Third Crossing ( War of the Last Day #0) by Karim Soliman - Ratings: 13 - Honestly, this whole epic fantasy deserves a lot more love and especially this prequel. What Child Is This? ( A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #5) by Bonnie MacBird - Ratings: 396 - I love this series so much and it deserves all the attention it can get.  They feel like the original Conan Doyle stories, yet still feel fresh.  If you like Jeremy Brett and David Burke as Holmes and Watson, I have a feeling this would be right up your alley. Lucas on the Line ( Stranger Things #5) by Suyi Davies - Ratings: 528

Music Monday: RRR (2022)

        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 the soundtrack of RRR (2022) .  I just recently watched this movie on Netflix and I can't recommend it enough - it's an epic action movie set in the 1920s and it has a really cool soundtrack as well.  The movie's originally in Telugu, but since I watched it on Netflix I only had the opportunity to see the Hindi langua

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Wrath of N'Kai (Arkham Horror #10) by Joshua Reynolds

    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  Trope-ical Readathon  books,  Wrath of N'Kai  ( Arkham Horror  #10) by Joshua Reynolds .  I've really enjoyed the books I've read in this series and this sounds really cool. Beginning:  It slept. 56: "I am merely cautious.  Now, let us go see thi

Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2023 TBR

          Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Spring 2023 TBR.  Without further ado, let's get to the books I'm hoping to get to this Spring.   March My Dear Henry by Kaylynn Bayron - I've been approved for this on NetGalley and it sounds like a really cool retelling of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Wolfsong  ( Green Creek  #1) by T.J. Klune  - I'm reading this for the  Magical Readathon: Orilium - Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia  for March and I'm just excited to read more from this author. April For You and Only You ( You #4) by Carolyn Kepnes - I've really liked this series and I'm really excited that I've been approved for this on NetGalley! In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune - I've loved every book I've read from this author and I'm thrilled to have been approved for an ARC on NetGalley. The Scourge Between Stars  by Ness Brown  - T

Music Monday: Catherine Called Birdy (2022)

        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 four of my favorite songs from the soundtrack of Catherine Called Birdy (2022) .  This Prime Video movie is based on the 1994 YA book which I haven't had the chance to read yet, but I absolutely loved this movie adaptation.  Bella Ramsey is fantastic as the title character, but Andrew Scott steals the show as her father! If

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

    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  Marvelathon  books,  How to Survive Your Murder  by Danielle Valentine .  The title alone makes me want to read this one! Beginning:  Mark Evans was practically cradling the chain saw.  You'd think it was his baby.  "I don't know, Chloe; that doesn&#

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Characters I’d Like To Meet

        Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish People I'd Like To Meet and I decided to narrow this down to Book Characters I'd Like To Meet.  Without further ado, let's get to the characters:  Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from A Sherlock Holmes Adventure series by Bonnie MacBird Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Linus and Arthur from The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Fred from the Fred, the Vampire Accountant series by Drew Hayes Goldie Vance from the Goldie Vance series by Hope Larson Donna and The Doctor from the Doctor Who: New Series Adventures What bookish people or characters would you love to meet?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

Music Monday: Blue Turtle

      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 my favorite inspirational fantasy music compilations from Blue Turtle .  I love all of their stuff, but these two are at the top of my list are Otlak's Market and An Epic Ride : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter