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Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Top Ten Tuesday: Beneath The Waves

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  Al l this month I'm featuring fantasy in  honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  with artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Photography ).  This week's topic is Ways in Which My Blogging/Review Style Has Changed Over Time (submitted by Susan @ Bloggin’ ’bout Books). but in honor of Wyrd & Wonder's prompts challenge I'm featuring some covers that fit the theme Beneath The Waves.  Some of these are books I've enjoyed and others are one on my tbr. Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Books I've Enjoyed The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi ( Amina Al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakr...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Music Monday: Faun, Pt. 3

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!  In honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  with artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Ph...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Sunday Funday: Week 1 Update

Happy Sunday Funday  and welcome to my first weekly update for Wyrd & Wonder!  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  is a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  (artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Photography ).  Normally, I'd post this update on the first Sunday of the challenge, but since the first of the month was a Thursday I figured I'd wait until now to really get into this portion of things.  Anyway, this is always such a fun monthly challenge to take part in and I think I've made some great progress so far.  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since this monthly event began: My Wyrd & Wonder Posts So Far: Announcement & TBR Books From The Backlog: King's Dragon ( Crown of Stars #1) by Kate Elliott The Friday 56 (With Book Beginni...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Sword Catcher (The Chronicles of Castellane #1) by Cassandra Clare

    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!  In honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , an...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Books From The Backlog: Stone Blind by Natalie Hayes

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the 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 soon.  By the way, all this month I'm featuring fantasy books in  honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  with artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Photography ). This Week's Neglected Book: Stone Blind by Natalie Hayes Published: 2022 Genre: Greek Mythology Fantasy Retelling  My Copy:  Format: Hardback  Pages: 371 Where I Acquired It: Won it in an online...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Fantasy Books I've Read Since Last May

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  Al l this month I'm featuring fantasy in  honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  with artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Photography ).  This week's topic is Authors (or books by authors) Who Live In My State/Country (submitted by Jennifer @ Funk-N-Fiction). but in honor of Wyrd & Wonder I'm featuring some of my Favorite Fantasy Books I've Read Since Last May.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Alloy of Law ( Mistborn #4) by Brandon Sanderson - I really enjoyed the first three books, but I absolutely loved the style of this one. And All The Seas Beheld by...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Music Monday: Agatha All Along (2024)

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!  In honor of  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story  with artwork by  Yuri Arcurs Ph...

Wyrd & Wonder 2025 - Movies and TV Shows I Want To Watch This Month

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my potential watchlist for  Wyrd & Wonder 2025  (a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , imyril @  There’s Always Room For One More , Ariana @  The Book Nook , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Jorie @  Jorie Loves A Story ) (artwork by Yuri Arcurs Photography ).  I've got quite a few fantasy movies and tv shows on my watchlist and I think I've got some great watching ahead of me.  I can't say that I'll make much of a dent in them, but I'll give it my best try!  If you like, you can check out my announcement and tbr post  here .  You can check out  my list on Letterboxd as well, if you like. Movies: The Age of Adeline (2015) - So all of the movies I've picked out for this month are fantasy movies I've got on various Letterboxd challenges I'm doing.  This one is on my  Honey, I Shrunk the Watchli...