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                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 ambient music videos from Moving Soundcloud .  I've been listening to this channel for quite a while and I love their videos.  Give a listen to a couple of my favorites of their  Luca Ambient Music and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Music : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Happy Sunday everyone and welcome to my seventh 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge update with mini reviews!  In July, I read 6 books for a total of 40 books completed out of 50 books.  for the  2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge . I've made some great progress!  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in July: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein  by Kiersten White   is easily my favorite Frankenstein retelling.  That's saying a lot since  Frankenstein  is one of my favorite classic books.  I loved just how darkly twisted and creepy this story is.  The character growth is pretty outstanding as well for Elizabeth herself.  Then actually get to meet Victor and his creation as well and they totally live up to my hopes.  It's cool to see them from another perspective.  I should have read this years ago.  I would love to see a movie adaptation of this one day. My review is also on Goodreads . ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ Wildwood Dancing  ( Wildwood  #1) by Juliet Ma

              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  Spell It Out Reading Challenge 2023  books,  Echoes of Sherlock Holmes  edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger .  I always enjoy a good Sherlock Holmes story, as you can probably tell from this challenge, and this book features 17. Beginning: 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing my plans for the August 2023 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 this round. Like previous rounds, 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: To Shape A Dragon's Breath ( Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose - I wasn't at all familiar with this new release until I this round of the challenge but it sounds excellent.

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish.  None of these were quite for me.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid Assassins From Tomorrow ( Mind Brothers #2) by Peter Heath Breakup From Hell by Ann Davila Cardinal   The Butcher by Laura Kat Young Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia A Kiss Before Dying ( Remy Chandler #1) by Thomas E. Sniegoski Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger The Wanderings of Wuntvor ( The Ballad of Wuntvor #1-3) by Craig Shaw Gardner Youngblood by Sasha Laurens What made your list this week?  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 and happy birthday to me!!  This week I'm sharing more music from one of my all time favorite artists, Hozier .  He has such a fantastic voice and all of his music is well worth listening to.  Give a listen to All Things End , Unknown / Nth , and Eat Your Young : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Happy Sunday everyone!  It's now that time to start my Autumn 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, and completed the Spring Equinox 2023 .  This Autum Equinox semester runs all of August (but if you want to get a bit of head start you can start as early as July 29th if you like).  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 four courses: Elemental Studies, Inscription, Restoration, and Lore.  To complete these courses I'll need to earn an O in Elemental Studies (1 book), a D in Inscription (3 books), an O in Restoration (1 book), a

            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  Spell It Out Reading Challenge 2023  books,  Everything That Burns  ( Enchantée  #2) by Gita Trelease .  I loved the first first book in this series and it's more than time I get to the sequel of this duology.  I still don't know if I'm sold