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Happy Saturday everyone!  It's finally that time to start my Spring Equinox 2026 classes at Orilium  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast .  For the Autumn Equinox 2025, I was able to finally complete my course of study for the Calling of a Scribe.  This equinox G has created an option for post graduate studies in your callings which is really impressive, but I've decided to just pick a whole new Calling to study for this go around. I don't know about you, but the Calling of a Moon Warden sounds pretty cool.  Anyway, as usual, this Spring Equinox runs all of April.  This semester I'll be taking five courses: Elemental Studies, Astronomy, Art of Illusion, Restoration, and Spells & Incantations.  To complete each course I'll need to read one book to fulfill a specific prompt.  Keep reading to see what I plan on reading to complete my course of study for this semester: Elemental Studies - Course Focus: Temperature Con...

      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 Anne'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  Beat The Backlist 2026  books,  Kagen the Damned  ( Kagen the Damned  #1) by Jonathan Maberry .  This author has become one of my favorites so I'm looking forward to this.  I don't know wh...

        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 hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Half a King ( Shattered Sea #1) by Joe Abercrombie Published: July 3, 2014 Genre: YA epic fantasy My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 336 Where I Acquired It: Library book sale Summary (From Goodreads): Betrayed by his family and left for dead, Prince Yarvi, reluctant heir to a divided kingdom, has vowed to reclaim a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself - all with only one good hand. Born a weakling in the eyes of a hard, cold world, he cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he has ...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Green Book Covers.  It is St. Patrick's Day after all!  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear ( Wayward Children #10) by Seanan McGuire The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers A Drop of Corruption ( Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett Frog and Toad Are Friends ( Frog and Toad #1) by Arnold Lobel Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune Jade Shards ( The Green Bone Saga #0.75) by Fonda Lee My Man Godfrey ( Jeeves #1) by P.G. Wodehouse The Shamer's Daughter ( The Shamer's Chronicles #1) by Lene Kaaberol Have you read any of these books?  What are some of your favorite books with green covers?  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!  If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying.  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.  Hello everyone! Today, I'm featuring a few of my favorite pieces from the soundtrack of Send Help (2026) which was composed by Danny Elfman.  I love how much it sounds like his style and even kind of reminded me of Edward Scissorhands and even Spider-Man .  Give a listen to Linda at Home , Building Shelter , Jungle Fight , Saving Yourself : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! ...

Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope everyone's had a good March so far.  I've now completed 6 tasks for  Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed in March required me to read a  book recently adapted for film, TV, or musical  and a book  featured on a ‘best book covers’ list.   I selected  Killing Floor  ( Jack Reacher  #1) by Lee Child  and  Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng  by Kylie Lee Baker  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ Killing Floor  ( Jack Reacher  #1) by Lee Child  is a book that has been recommended to me for years and I finally decided to give it a try.  I've already seen both the Tom Cruise movies and the first season of tv series on Prime Video.  I ended up liking those quite a bit, especially the tv show so far.  It turns out the show adapted ...

      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 Anne'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  2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge  books,  Katabasis  by R.F. Kuang .  I've heard amazing things about this one and I can't wait to read it for myself. Beginning: Cambridge, Michaelmas Term, October. ...

        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 hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Managing Death ( Death Works Trilogy #2) by Trent Jamieson Published: 2010 Genre: Urban fantasy My Copy: Format: Mass market paperback Pages: 327 Where I Acquired It: Library book sale Summary (From Goodreads): It's not easy being Death. For starters, people keep dying. And then, they keep getting up again. Steven de Selby got promoted. This makes the increasing number of stirrers (and the disturbing rumors of a zombie god rising sometime soon) his problem. That time management seminar he keeps meaning to take would also remind him that he's got a Death Moot ...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in March for  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia 2026, 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: March -  Off to Adventure! 3B - Enjoy solitude (keep to yourself and your own tent, you want to focus and not be disturbed) -  book from your own priority TBR ❋  ❋  ❋ Gods & Comics  by Kat Cho  is a lot of fun and I enjoyed getting to know the characters very much. That said I think I was just hoping for a little more in terms of mythology since I'm not all that familiar with Korean mythology already.  I was hoping for more with the magic at the heart of the story as well although I did like the power of storytelling aspect of this. I was also hoping for the story to continue for just a bit more after the epilogue sc...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers.  The first six are ones I've read and the next four are ones on my tbr.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order: Books I've Read Alana: The First Adventure ( Song of the Lioness #1) by Tamora Pierce Fifth Grave Past the Light ( Charley Davidson #5) by Darynda Jones First Flight ( Nicole Shea #1) by Chris Claremont Super Powereds: Year 2 ( Super Powereds #2) by Drew Hayes The Third Horror ( 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil #3) by R.L. Stine The Thirteenth Witch ( The King's Watch #1) by Mark Hayden Books On My TBR First Test ( Protector of the Small #1) by Tamora Pierce First Year ( The Black Mage #1) by Rachel E. Carter One Second After ( After #1) by William R. Forstchen Sense & Second-Degree Murder ( Jane Austen Murder Mystery #2) by Tirzah Price Have you read any of these books? ...

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday!  Let's share some songs we've been enjoying!  If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying.  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.  Hello everyone! Today, I'm featuring some of my favorite songs featured in Fallout , Season 2.  I loved season 2 even more than I did season 1.  I don't know how I'm going to withstand the wait until Season 3's release!  Anyway, I get a kick out of the variety of classic songs featured in the episodes.  Give a listen to Uranium Fever by Elton Britt , Cocaine Blues by Roy Hogsed ...