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        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 four of my favorite songs from the soundtrack of Catherine Called Birdy (2022) .  This Prime Video movie is based on the 1994 YA book which I haven't had the chance to read yet, but I absolutely loved this movie adaptation.  Bella Ramsey is fantastic as the title character, but Andrew Scott steals the show a...

    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 one of my  Marvelathon  books,  How to Survive Your Murder  by Danielle Valentine .  The title alone makes me want to read this one! Beginning:  Mark Evans was practically cradling the chain saw.  You'd think it was his baby.  "I don...

        Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish People I'd Like To Meet and I decided to narrow this down to Book Characters I'd Like To Meet.  Without further ado, let's get to the characters:  Sherlock Holmes and John Watson from A Sherlock Holmes Adventure series by Bonnie MacBird Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Linus and Arthur from The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Fred from the Fred, the Vampire Accountant series by Drew Hayes Goldie Vance from the Goldie Vance series by Hope Larson Donna and The Doctor from the Doctor Who: New Series Adventures What bookish people or characters would you love to meet?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

      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 inspirational fantasy music compilations from Blue Turtle .  I love all of their stuff, but these two are at the top of my list are Otlak's Market and An Epic Ride : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

    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 one of my Trope-ical Readathon and  2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge  books,  Hell Bent  ( Alex Stern  #2) by Leigh Bardugo .  I loved the first book in this series and I can't wait to see what's next! Beginning:  Alex approached Black El...

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to my second 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge update with mini reviews!  In February I completed 7 books for a total of 16 out of 50 books for the  2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge . I've made some great progress!  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read in February: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ I'm glad I decided to finally try  Assassin's Apprentice  ( Farseer Trilogy  #1) by Robin Hobb .  I've been sitting on this series for way too long and I really enjoyed it.  It took me a bit to get into the style of the story, but by the end I was hanging onto every word. I need to catch up on the rest of this series asap because I have a feeling that it's going to become an all time favorite.  I can't wait to see what happens next! My review is also on Goodreads . ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  Legends & Lattes  by Travis Baldree  was absolutely delightful. I need more cozy fanta...

      Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a Genre Freebie and I've decided to focus on a genre I don't talk about all that often: nonfiction.  Without further ado, read on to see some of the Nonfiction Books On My TBR: And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian of the American West by Dee Brown Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies  ( Civilizations Rise and Fall #1) by Jared Diamond In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex  by Nathaniel Philbrick The Men with the Pink Triangle: ...