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    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.   In honor of  SciFi Month 2025  (Image credit: Artwork by Yuriy Nedopekin ) , all this November I'm featuring sci-fi books. This Week's Neglected Book: Terms of Enlistment ( Frontlines #1) by Marko Kloos Published: March 14, 2013 Genre: Military sci-fi space opera My Copy: Format: Trade Paperback Where I Acquired It: I picked this up at a local thrift shop.  I've only been there once so far, but it really made an impression.  You know the tv show Hoarders ?  Well, it looks just like one of those houses on the inside.  I literally have no idea how the place is a...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  In honor of  SciFi Month 2025 , a celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , Imyril @  There's Always Room For One More , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Mayri @  Book Forager  (Image credit: Artwork by Yuriy Nedopekin ), all of my Top Ten Tuesday posts will be sci-fi themed.   This week's topic is Modern Books You Think Will Be Classics In The Future and this month's prompt challenge which puts a sci-fi spin on it.  Today's is Future Classics and the ten books I'm featuring will all be considered classics in the future (if they aren't already).  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: 11/22/63  by Stephen King Dark Matter by Blake Crouch The Fifth Season ( The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin Illuminae ( The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kauf...

    Happy Music Monday everyone!  In honor of  SciFi Month 2025  (Image credit: Artwork by Yuriy Nedopekin ) , all this November  I'm sharing some sci-fi inspired music.  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.  In honor of Music Monday of Sci-Fi Month 2025, I'm sharing music from the tv series Dark Matter .  I absolutely loved Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and the tv series adaptation does a great job of bringing it to life.  Joel Edgerton is pretty great as Jason and the visuals for the box and some of the worlds we get to visit are something else.  I...

Happy Sunday everyone and welcome to my second weekly update for  SciFi Month 2025 !  SciFi Month is a month long celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @  Dear Geek Place , Imyril @  There's Always Room For One More , Annemieke @  A Dance With Books , and Mayri @  Book Forager  (Image credit:  Artwork by Yuriy Nedopekin) .  I've checked some more things off my tbr and watchlist.  Keep reading to see what I've been up to since this time last week: My SciFi Month Posts This Week: Sunday Funday: Week 1 Update Music Monday: Murderbot Top Ten Tuesday: Wavelengths Books From The Backlog: Blade Dancer by S.L. Viehl The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): The Pirate Loop ( Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #20) by Simon Guerrier What I Watched This Week : ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is one of my favorite classic novels, so I was very nervous but hopeful for Guillermo del Toro's adaptat...

Happy Saturday everyone!  I've now completed 22 total tasks for  Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge .  I completed two tasks for November which required me to reread a  childhood favorite book and a  book about little-known history and   I selected  Frog and Toad Are Friends  ( Frog and Toad  #1) by Arnold Lobel   and  The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History  by Nathalia Holt .  Read on to see my mini review and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋  Frog and Toad Are Friends  ( Frog and Toad  #1) by Arnold Lobel  was a book that I absolutely loved when I was a little kid.  I'm thrilled that I love it just as much now as I did then.  This was just nice.  I would read about Frog and Toad going on any and all kinds of adventures. My review is also on Goodreads and Th...

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm back for my November post of Birthstone Book Covers, hosted by  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! November has two birthstones which are citrine (golden yellow) and topaz (colorless or white, or a variety of colors due to impurities).  In alphabetical order, here are some covers that fit these that I've really enjoyed that I haven't talked about much recently. Beastly Bones ( Jackaby #2) by William Ritter Crown of Glass ( Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters The Priory of the Orange Tree ( The Roots of Chaos  #1) by Samantha Shannon Skin Game ( The Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher Have your read any...

      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  SciFi Month 2025  books,  The Pirate Loop  ( Doctor Who: New Series Adventures  #20) by Simon Guerrier .  By the way, SciFi Month is a month long celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by ...