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Magical Readathon: Orilium - Autumn Equinox 2025 - Announcement & TBR

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's now that time to start my Autumn Equinox 2025 classes at Orilium for the Magical Readathon , hosted by G. @ Book Roast . I've followed the Novice Path , completed the Traveller's Key , have Geared Up , completed the Spring Equinox 2022 and August Equinox 2022 , visited Old Favour Pass in 2022 , completed the Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia 2023 , completed the Spring Equinox 2023 and Autumn Equinox 2023 , and visited Old Favour Pass in 2023 . I completed the Spring Equinox 2024 , Autumn Equinox 2024 , Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia 2024 , and Old Favour Pass 2024 . This year I've completed the Spring Equinox 2025 and I'm currently working my way through Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia 2025, The Boardgame . Anyway, this time around the Autumn Equinox semester runs all ...

Top Ten Tuesday: Books With A High Page Count On My TBR

Happy Tuesday everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's topic is Books With A High Page Count and I'm going to specifically focus to those On My TBR. Without further ado, here we go by page number: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Pages: 1,463 - I swear, one of these days I'm going to read this classic. I've watched a lot of different adaptations and I need to finally try the source material. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - Pages: 1,152 - I've really liked what I've read from this author and I need to get caught up. Readme by Neal Stephenson - Pages: 1,044 - Please, see my above comment. The Way of Kings ( The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson - Pages: 1,007 - I've really enjoyed what I've read from this author so far and I've been told I can't miss this. Swan Song by Robert McCammon - Pages: 956 - After reading The Wolf's Hour , I decided I need to try more from th...

Music Monday: books of azwei

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. Welcome back again! Today, I'm featuring a couple of bookish playlists from books of azwei . I pretty recently stumbled on this channel and got hooked on checking these out. They're all pretty great, but I'd say these two are my favorites. Give a listen to piranesi (a playlist) and n o mouners, no funerals (a playlist) : You ...

Birthstone Book Covers - August 2025

Happy Saturday everyone! Today, I'm back for my August post of Birthstone Book Covers, which I spotted over on Foxes and Fairy Tales . If you're new to it, here are the rules - they're pretty simple: 1. Mention the creator ( Leslie @ Books Are The New Black ). 2. Pick 5+ book covers that match the current month’s Birthstone. 3. HAVE FUN! 4. Nominate people if you want - if you'd like to do this, consider yourself nominated! August's birthstone is peridot which is a yellow-green/ olive green color. In alphabetical order, here are some covers that fit this that I've really enjoyed that I haven't talked about much recently. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Linger ( The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2) by Maggie Stiefvater Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Shades of Earth ( Across the Universe #3) by Beth Revis Splintered ( Splintered #1) by A.G. Howard Have your read any of these books? What are your favorite peridot colored book covers? ...

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

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 Nevermore-athon books, The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy . This is my first book by this author and I'll have to admit this YA horror thriller sounds awfully tempting. Beginning: Sunday, Ju...

Books From The Backlog: Omnitopia: Dawn (Omnitopia #1) Diane Duane

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: Omnitopia: Dawn ( Omnitopia #1) Diane Duane Published: August 3, 2010 Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 368 Where I Acquired It: Friends of the Library Book Warehouse Summary (From Goodreads): Created by Dev Logan, Omnitopia is the most popular and successful massive multiplayer online game ever. But now as Dev is about to roll out a major new expansion to Omnitopia, there are people preparing to play a different game-one that is meant to strike at the heart of Omnitopia and bring the entire system crashing down. Why Did I Add It? I love this author...