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On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , 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 upcoming Mythothon readathon books, A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery (The Risen Kingdoms #2) by Curtis Craddock .  The first book of this series was one of my favorites and for some reason I put this off until now.  This is going to be marvelous. Beginning:...

❋   ❋  ❋ Vampires of Portlandia by Jason Tanamor was one of my highly anticipated releases of September. It's not often you get to see the aswang of Filipino mythology in fiction of any kind so I jumped at the chance when I saw it on NetGalley. For the most part, I liked Tanamor's story and getting to know the characters and urban fantasy world he's created here. There's so much potential for this to great, but it never quite manages to hit and hold its stride. It certainly has its moments and it's definitely a solid fantasy, but that said it can really drag. When it drags, it was very easy to lose interest. There were several scenes where I wished the cast and world was a little more fleshed out, particularly the secondary characters. In the long run, though, I'd say it's still worth your time even it never quite fulfills its promise. I have a feeling you'll want to give this a try if you also enjoy the tv shows Grimm and Supernatural . My review is a...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday now hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a cover freebie, so I'm featuring my favorite covers of 2020 releases so far.  I've read all of these except for the last two.  Here we go, in no particular order: A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History by Paul Koudounaris Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu The Shadows by Alex North The Empire Gold ( The Daevabad Trilogy  #3) by S.A. Chraborty Aurora Burning ( The Aurora Cycle #2) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Sword in the Stars ( Once & Future #2) by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy Titan's Day ( The Carter Archives  #2) by Dan Stout The Iron Will of Genie Lo ( The Epic Crush of Genie Lo #2) by F.C. Yee Harrow the Ninth ( The Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir House of Earth and Blood ( Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas Have you read any of these books?  What are your favorite covers of 2020?  As always, t...

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 and welcome to Music Monday everyone!  This week I'm featuring two of my recent favorites from The Killers .  They've put out some great new music this year and I can't resist their sound.  Give a listen to Caution  and My Own Soul's Warning : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my ninth and final progress update and set of mini reviews for the books I've completed since my  last update  for the  2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge .  I read two books this month and I can officially say that I've now completed all 50 books of this challenge! Without further ado, here we go in the order I read them in: ❋ DNF'd @ p. 100 The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer ( Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin reminded me far too much of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick so I decided to quit while I was still ahead.  I just don't get the appeal. My review is also on Goodreads . ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ Doomsday Book ( Oxford Time Travel #1) by Connie Willis had everything I could have wanted in a time travel novel.  It's easily one of my favorite reads of 2020.  I can't believe I've been putting this series opener (and the author) off for so long.  Then again, it also felt like pretty good tim...

On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , 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 Stranger Things Readathon books,  Home Before Dark by Riley Sager .  I've loved everything I've read so far from Sager and his newest release was no exception!  I'm pretty sure this is his best yet.  His brand of mystery thriller with a dash of...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday now hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books for My Younger Self.  I'm in my 30s and I read quite a bit of YA and every so often I'll come across one that I desperately wish I had read back when I was actually in high school.  Most all of the books on my list have been released since then, but a few here I wish I had known about back then.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title: Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Dairy Queen ( Dairy Queen #1) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Inkheart ( Inkworld #1) by Cornelia Funke Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Sabriel ( Abhorsen #1) by Garth Nix Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Have you read any of these books?  What books do you wish you co...