I’m doing a swap for most of September as I didn’t like any of the Top Ten Tuesday topics…..so here is Top 5 Tuesday!
You can find details here on Meeghan Reads page.
Topic: Animal Companions
Animal companions do really make a story…and here’s some good ones!
Nevernight – Mr Kindly
Skyward – Doomslug
Fourth Wing – Tairn
Emily Wilde’s – Shadow and Orga the murder cat
So This is Ever After – a murder crow
Who would you choose?
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
I thought I would just pop on to say how rubbish I’ve been!
~ Not been here looking at posts and commenting
~ Only had scheduled posts
~ Not read a word
~ Not listened to a word (audiobooks of course!)
~ Not taken any pics for Booksta
~ Because of above, not posted on Booksta
~ Not looked at posts or commented on Booksta
Life is crazy, work is crazy and its put me in a proper funk!
I go on holiday on Friday, 25 of us in a massive lodge by the beach, so I know that no reading will be done there!
I so want to get back to ‘me’ and I will. Soon. Probably! Just bear with me!
Stacking the Shelves – August
Books I Bought
Witch in the Dead of Night by Charlotte Buckley (Fairyloot)
Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig
Advanced Reader Copies
Murmuration by TJ Klune
Night Tide by Lexi Ryan
What have you read lately?
I was thinking about what new post ideas I could do and thought of 5 Star Friday – basically, I’ll showcase a book I rated 5 stars so hopefully, people will see it and give it a whirl!
This was an arc I read in July 2023 – a huge 5 stars (and book 2, Dead Happy was also 5 stars!!!)
We are in an epidemic. An epidemic of unhappiness.
Friends, here is the good news: HappyHead has the answer.
When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it’s clear there may be no escape.
I’m doing a swap for most of September as I didn’t like any of the Top Ten Tuesday topics…..so here is Top 5 Tuesday!
You can find details here on Meeghan Reads page.
Topic: Favourite Secondary Characters
• Chauncey (The House in the Cerulean Sea) – love that green blob!
• Liam Mairi (Fourth Wing) – loyal, lovely – say no more 😭
• Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass) – ruthless and 100% compelling – I love her!
• Kip (Ashes/Legends of Thezmarr) – charming, humorous, cunning and loyal.
• Bartholomew (Knight and the Moth) – gargoyle, funny and utterly sweet.
• Sevro (Red Rising) – v strange, fierce and loyal friend.
Who would be your choices?
Fairyloot Romantasy – August 2026
Blood and Coven
Perfect for readers that love:
🥀 Witches and Vampires
🏫 Politicial Intrigue
💫 Arcane Magic
The Witch in the Dead of Night by Charlotte Buckley
🖤 Redesigned cover with artwork by @serif.and.somnia
🖤 Reversible trade cover jacket
🖤 Hardcover artwork @kalisamiii design by @amysharpillustration
🖤 Endpaper artwork @kalisamiii with foil detail by @blanca.design
🖤 Digitally sprayed edge by @serif.and.somnia
🖤 Author letter, digital signature and exclusive bonus content
Finn Erramun hides a perilous secret. One of the last witches in the kingdom, she was cast out from her village and now works as a maid in the opulent court of the vampire King Mordric, under the cover of shadows and secrets.
But when King Mordric uncovers Finn’s talents, he offers her a chance for redemption: master her magic by the summer solstice, and she may earn a coveted seat on his council. Assigned to train her is Prince Enhart, the king’s captivatingly arrogant younger brother…
As Finn is drawn into a whirlwind of courtly intrigue, power plays, and dangerous temptation, she finds herself at a crossroads. To secure her place among the king’s elite, she must navigate a labyrinth of treachery – and the vampires of Valen may not crave blood, but their thirst for power is no less consuming…
Sound like something you’d like?
I’m doing a swap for most of September as I didn’t like any of the Top Ten Tuesday topics…..so here is Top 5 Tuesday!
You can find details here on Meeghan Reads page.
Topic: Books Set in Schools/Colleges/Academies
(Note – after I’d made this I realised I was looking at the wrong months topics…but I didn’t want to waste it!!)
Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Plier by Jane Washington
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
Have you read any of these?
The ‘ber months are here!
Happy September!
“Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.” ―Mary Berry
“By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.”
― Helen Hunt Jackson
I try and take part every year…and this year is no exception…20 Books of Summer is back! This year its being hosted by AnnaBookBel
I did my usual:
📚 10 books
📖 Not picking titles
😉 Enjoying my summer reading!
If you want to see my original post – see it here
I DID IT!!!!
Here are my 10 books!
1 Princess of Blood by Sarah Hawley
2 Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas
3 Nightshade by Autumn Woods
4 Ravenous by Kresley Cole
5 From Blood and Ash by JLA
6 Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken
7 The Book Binder by Helen Scheuerer
8 Mate by Ali Hazelwood
9 Daybreak by Autumn Woods
10 A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Did you join? How did you do?
Title: Fruit Fly
Author: Josh Silver
Genre: Literary Fiction
Year of publication: 2026
GO GAY
It’s been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation. But after years of struggling with writer’s block, she’s desperate to resurrect her career before it spirals into obscurity. She needs inspiration to strike – and fast.
GO SAD
Enter Leo – a young struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for.
GO DARK
Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. Authenticity sells, and there’s nothing more authentic than real life. She’s the perfect person to tell Leo’s story. Gay, sad, dark – just what the world needs right now. But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide: just how far will she go to pen the perfect story?
Wow. Words fail me.
And it’s very good that this didn’t happen to the author in this book because it is SUPERB!!!!
I have read all the books from this author so I shouldn’t be surprised because they are all so good. They all feel so real and so raw.
Mallory – a writer with writers block
Leo – addict who can’t get out
Ronan – Mallory’s husband
Stacey – Mallory’s Mum
Mallory meets Leo and a book idea pops into her head. And what ensues is dark humour, devastation (mine!), anger (again mine!) and made me want to grab Mallory and Leo and crush them with a massive hug.
I don’t even know what more to say apart from please, please, please read this!
⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5
Sound like something you’d like?
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