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On Friday's I take part in two 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 my current  Trope-ical Readathon  books,  Only Ashes Remain  ( Market of Monsters  #2) by Rebecca Schaeffer .  I was pretty impressed by the first book in this series and it's about time I finally get around to the sequel. Beginning:  "Nita, mee...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Spring 2022 TBR.  Without further, here we go: March : Memoirs of a Geisha  by Arthur Golden  - I'll be reading this for Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge . It will fulfill the prompt for me to read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. Howl and Other Poems  by Allen Ginsberg  - I'll be reading this for Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge .  It will fulfill the prompt for me to read an entire poetry collection. Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson - I managed to get approved for this novel via NetGalley and it sounds like it will be great.  It will be released on March 29th. April: An Artificial Night  ( October Daye  #3) by Seanan McGuire  - I'll be reading this for  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge .  It will fulfill the prompt for me to read a book by a disabled author....

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!  This week I'm sharing a couple of my favorite songs by Secret Garden , an Irish-Norwegian new age instrumental duo.  There music is so relaxing and I love listening to it. Check out Adagio and Song From A Secret Garden : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

 Happy Sunday everyone!  Since September I've been preparing to attend Orilium  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast .  I've followed the Novice Path and I've  completed the Traveller's Key (to build my character).  By the way, my character is a dwarf who lives in an urban setting in the province of Daerune.  Now, it's time to gear up for next month's main readathon when we begin our studies.  For the week of Monday, March 14th through Sunday, March 20th, I'm taking part in a short readathon of only 2 books to get ready to begin our studies by choosing my Conduit and my Legacy Gift available to me through my Guild's Conclave.  By the way, I've decided to be a member The Archivists guild which sounds right up my alley.   Conduit: Bone - Bone/ skull on the cover or the word in the title/ series title My choice: Kingdom of the Cursed ( Kingdom of the Wicked #2) by Kerri Maniscalco - I've really enjoyed t...

On Friday's I take part in two 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 my current  Trope-ical Readathon  books,  The Final Girl Support Group  by Grady Hendrix .  This author has quickly become one of my favorites and I'm so excited to finally get to start in on it. Beginning:  I wake up, get out of bed, say good mornin...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books With Your Favorite Trope/Theme (Submitted by Raincheckandread.com) and I've decided to go share books with some of my favorite badass bookworms.  Here we go, in alphabetical order by title: Carved in the Flesh ( Supernatural #12) by Tim Waggoner The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Furies of Calderon ( Codex Alera #1) Jim Butcher Dracula by Bram Stoker The Fellowship of the Ring ( The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ( Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Storm Front ( The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher Have you read any of these books?  What are some of your favorite bookish tropes?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even comm...

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!  This week I'm sharing a couple of my favorite songs from Disney's Encanto (2021).  I finally got around to seeing this movie at the end of February and I absolutely loved it.  All of the songs are pretty great, but my two favorites are "Surface Pressure" and "We Don't Talk About Bruno".  I'm glad the music is getting the recog...