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Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well.  I don't know about you, but it seemed like January really just dragged on and on to me.  Anyway, that means I've completed two tasks for  Book Riot's 20243 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed this month required me to read a book  by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event and to read a book based solely on the title.   I selected  Fevered Star  ( Between Earth and Sky  #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse  and  The Dead Take the A Train  ( Carrion City  #1) by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ Fevered Star  ( Between Earth and Sky  #2) by Rebecca Roanhorse  was such a great return to this world and characters.  I'm just happy to have more to read from this author, honestly.  I'm glad I decided to listen to the audiobook because now I know what everything should sound like

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Favorite New To Me Authors I Discovered In 2023.  I found some great new authors in 2023 and here are the best of them in my opinion: Angeline Boulley Darcy Coates Isabel Canas Jenny Torres Sanchez Kousuke Oono Moniquill Blackgoose Nghi Vo Rochelle Hassan Tatsuya Endo Travis Baldree Have you read any of these authors?  Who were some of your favorite new to you authors?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

          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!  Today, I'm featuring music from the soundtrack of one of my favorite book adaptations, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015).  I love the book and the 7 episode miniseries does a brilliant job of adapting the novel.  Give a listen to Horse Sands , Strange Waltz , Jonathan Strange Theme , and The Waltz : You are invite

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my plans for the For the Culture Readathon: Fave Characters Edition which will run the entire month of February!  You can check out the Twitter page for the challenge here and it was created by @TyBooks .  You can also visit the challenge on The StoryGraph here (I've recently decided I'm going to get back into The StoryGraph again and you can visit my profile here ).  I've been wanting to take part in this challenge since it started, but it never quite worked out until now.  Anyway, this particular round features favorite Black characters from shows and movies that aren't predominately Black and each book you select to read must be written by Black authors.  There are twelve prompts and two bonus group books.  You can use one book for as many prompts as you like, and also apply the bonus group books to any of the twelve regular prompts.  I'm applying the bonus group books to the regular prompts and I'm selecting

              On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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 one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024 books,  The Haunting of Leigh Harker  by Darcy Coates .  I read this earlier this month and really enjoyed it.  I'm so glad I decided to try

              Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books I Meant To Read In 2023 But Didn't Get To.  As always, I want to read a lot of books, but sometimes there's just not enough time to get to them all.  Without further ado, here we go with in alphabetical order by title: Divine Rivals ( Letters of Enchantment #1)   by Rebecca Ross Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo He Who Drowned the World  ( The Radiant Emperor #2)   by Shelley Parker-Chan In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh The Spirit Bares Its Teeth  by Andrew Joseph White  Sword Catcher ( Sword Catcher #1) by Cassandra Clare Warrior Girl by Angeline Boulley Have you read any of these?  Which one of these should I get to first?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

        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!  Today, I'm featuring my two favorite songs from the soundtrack of Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island  (1998). I just recently rewatched this movie and I loved it just as much as I did back when it was new.  If you haven't seen it, this is easily the best Scooby-Doo movie!  Give a listen to The Ghost Is Here and It's Terror T

              On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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 one of my  2024 Popsugar Reading Challenge books,  Her Majesty's Royal Coven  ( Her Majesty's Royal Coven  #1) by Juno Dawson .  I've heard so many great things about