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Happy Monday everyone and 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 featuring the full soundtrack of  The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) .  I loved this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from Mike Flanagan and it had a great score.  I was really surprised to see that the whole thing is available in one video on YouTube right now!  Anyway, the music is from the Newton Brothers who also did

    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , 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  Halloween Reads  and  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Reviver  ( Reviver Trilogy  #1) by Seth Patrick .  I've been meaning to get to this for so long! Beginning: Sometimes Jonah Miller hated talking to the dead. 56: I'm one corner

    Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the newer weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book The Kingdom of Slender-Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives Published: 1910 Genre: Historical Fiction My Copy:  Format: Hardback Pages: 435 Where I Acquired It: A local craft/ antique mall Beginning (Since no official summary is available that I can find): Chapter 1 Where the Day Begins Barbara leaned against the palpitant rail, the light air fanning her breeze-cool cheek, her arteries beating like tiny drums, atune with the throb, throb, throb, of the steel deck as the black ocean leviathan swept on towards its harbor resting-place. Why Did I Add It? I've never heard of this author at

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books I Was Assigned To Read In School, but I decided to feature YA Books Released When I Was In High School.  Most of these I came to after high school and some quite recently.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Crank ( Crank #1) by Ellen Hopkins Dairy Queen  ( Dairy Queen #1) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp ( Alfred Kropp #1) by Rick Yancey Inkheart ( Inkworld  #1) by Cornelia Funke The Lightning Thief ( Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan Looking for Alaska by John Green The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen Uglies ( Uglies #1) by Scott Westerfeld What are your favorite books that were released when you were in high school?  Have you read any of these books?  As always, thanks for visiting

Happy Monday everyone and 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 featuring a three songs from Saleka as Lady Raven from the new M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap   (2024).  I really got a kick out of this movie and I'm glad I got to see it on the big screen.  It's good to see Josh Hartnett again and I hope we'll get to see him in more thriller and horror projects in the futu

            Happy Sunday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read for October for the  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia , an additional challenge to  G. @ Book Roast 's  Magical Readathon .  You can see my full tbr  here .  Without further ado, check out my mini review below. ❋   DNF'd @ p. 76 I just couldn't get into  Sword and Verse  ( Sword and Verse  #1) by Kathy MacMillan  which is very disappointing because it sounded like it would be right up my alley.  I wasn't interested in the characters or their world enough to stick with it.  I was more bored than anything.  Oh, well.  Time to move on to something else. My review is also on Goodreads . Are you participating in this challenge?  Have you read this book?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , 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  Halloween Reads  and  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Fevre Dream  by George R.R. Martin .  This historical fantasy horror featuring vampires sounds like it could be intriguing.   Beginning: St. Louis, April 1857 Abner Marsh rapped the he

  Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the newer weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book The Kingdom Beyond the Waves  ( Jackelian  #2) by Stephen Hunt Published: January 1, 2008 (This Edition: May 25, 2010) Genre: Steampunk Adventure My Copy:  Format: Mass Market Paperback Pages: 560 Where I Acquired It: A local Friends of the Library Book Warehouse sale Summary Per Goodreads: Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilization of Camlantis, a legendary city from pre-history that is said to have conquered hunger, war, and disease with the creation of the perfect pacifist society. Without official funding, Amelia is forced to accept an offer of patronage fr

  Happy Wednesday everyone! Today, I'm also sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for  Mythothon , hosted by  Louise @ Foxes and Fairy Tales , which was based on the Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology.  You can see my original tbr here .  For this challenge, I managed to complete all 7 books on my tbr.  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I completed for this challenge: 1. Add Freebie Book ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   Divine Rivals  ( Letters of Enchantment  #1) by Rebecca Ross  has really been hyped up and I've heard a lot of good things about it, so I was a little nervous going in.  As it turned out though, I really enjoyed it.  I don't know why I let this fantasy sit on my shelf for so long.  I hope I'll get to the second part in this duology soon and even read more from the author in the future. My review is also on Goodreads . 2. Add Freebie Book ❋   ❋  ❋ Monster  by Christopher Pike  is just one of those book that just perfectly fits the time period in which

  Happy Wednesday everyone!  Autumn Equinox 2024 classes at Orilium  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast  is now completed.  It lasted all of September and I completed four of my four courses with the seven books from my original tbr .  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read this semester: Elemental Studies O - Gust of Longing: Your favorite scent in the title/ cover/ author name   ❋   ❋  ❋ The Library of the Dead  ( Edinburgh Nights  #1) by T.L. Huchu   is an enjoyable atmospheric fantasy novel.  I was hoping that the library element would have played a larger part in this story, but I still liked getting into this Edinburgh and meeting the characters.  I'm haven't decided whether or not I want to continue the series or not though. My review is also on Goodreads . Inscription  O - Art of Decipher: Title has all the letters of your first name ❋   ❋  ❋ Can't Spell Treason Without Tea  ( Tomes & Tea  #1) by Rebecca Thorne  was a nice littl

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Brags (or Confessions!) (what are you proud of or… not-so proud of in your bookish life?) (submitted by Lydia @ https://lydiaschoch.com), but I decided to continue my letter series with my Favorite Books Beginning With The Letter G.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Galaxy and the Ground Within ( Wayfarers #4) by Becky Chambers   A Gathering of Shadows ( Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. Schwab The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue ( Montague Siblings #1) by Mackenzi Lee Ghostly Echoes ( Jackaby #3) by William Ritter   The Girl From Everywhere ( The Girl From Everywhere  #1) by Heidi Heilig The Girl with Ghost Eyes ( The Daoshi Chronicles #1) by M.H. Boroson   The God of Lost Words ( Hell's Library #3) by A.J. Hackwith Going Postal ( Discworld #33) by Terry Pratchett A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ( A Good G