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        Happy Saturday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in May for  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia, The Boardgame , 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: ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  I found  Elizabethan Life in Town and Country  by M. St. Clare Byrne  at a local thrift shop for 50¢ and it was money well spent. It's a real gem. I've never read anything quite like this that covers such a wide variety of topics about all facets of life in this time period. I'm so glad they covered details about children too. I wonder what the original edition from the 1920s would have looked like? My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . Next Month: June  - 6D Sketch Sundancer (you stay hidden, observing and sketching the sequences of the Sundancer, this will be ...

Happy Saturday and welcome to my fourth and final weekly update of 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 ). Today is the final day of May, so instead of waiting until tomorrow, I thought I'd share my final update for this event.   It was a fun month!  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since this monthly since my last update: My Wyrd & Wonder Posts Since: Sunday Funday: Week 3 Update Music Monday: Lofi Girl Top Ten Tuesday: Upcoming Fantasy Books I'm Looking Forward To Books From The Backlog: Five Broken Blades ( The Broken Blades #1) by Mai Corland The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Saint City Sinners ( Dante Valentine #4) by Lilith S...

    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...

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: Five Broken Blades ( The Broken Blades #1) by Mai Corland Published: 2024 Genre: Epic Fantasy  My Copy:  Format: Hardback with fancy sprayed edges  Pages: 474 Where ...

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 Animal Companions (These animals can be real or fantasy!) (submitted by P.S. I Love Books). but in honor of the final week of Wyrd & Wonder I'm featuring some Upcoming Fantasy Books I'm Looking Forward To.  Without further ado, here we go in order by release date: Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner - Release date: June 3rd, 2025 - These two authors make a great team and I like the sound of A Knight's Tale meets the Lady Jane...

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...

Happy Sunday Funday  and welcome to my third 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 ).  Now, since I've got a full week to work with we're back to a regular schedule here.  I can't believe we're getting close to the end of the month already - it doesn't seem right!  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since this monthly since my last update: My Wyrd & Wonder Posts So Far: Sunday Funday: Week 2 Update Music Monday: Ansuz Studios Top Ten Tuesday: Tall Ships Books From The Backlog: Dust City by Robert Paul Weston The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro What I've Watched  So Far : ❋ ...

    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...

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: Dust City by Robert Paul Weston Published: 2010 Genre: YA Fairytale Retelling Urban Fantasy  My Copy:  Format: Hardback  Pages: 299 Where I acquired it: Last year's Hi...

Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well this month.  I've now completed 11 total tasks for  Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge .  I ended up completing three tasks in May (the  book  that I was hoping to read back in April which didn't come in on time so I switched my original tbr around and hoped to get it by July actually came in even though I was still so far down the library waitlist.  I figured I'd better just go ahead an check it off now while I actually had it!) required me to read a   2025 release by a BIPOC author,  read a  book   based solely on its setting, and literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author.    I selected  Immortal  by Sue Lynn Tan ,  Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit  ( Moribito  #1) by Nahoko Uehashi , and  James  by Percival Everett  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next m...