There are so many different lies: lies of omission, denial, fabrication and exaggeration. But what about the white lies that are told on a daily basis, whether to our selves or to others?
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Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
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Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy for My Personal Library
Absolutely love this topic! Honestly my list could go on and on!
My book buying MO is this: 📚 Am interested in a book 📚 Read on kindle 📚 If I love = physical copy MUST be mine!!!!
All for the Game Trilogy by Nora Sakavic Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Angelfall by Susan Ee The Extraordinaires by TJ Klune
Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham For the Throne by Hannah Whitten Book Lovers by Emily Henry Nevernight by Jay Kristoff Anything Shadowhunters
The Alexandrian Society is a secret society of magical academicians, the best in the world. Their members are caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity. And those who earn a place among their number will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams. Each decade, the world’s six most uniquely talented magicians are selected for initiation – and here are the chosen few…
– Libby Rhodes and Nicolás Ferrer de Varona: inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. – Reina Mori: a naturalist who can speak the language of life itself. – Parisa Kamali: a mind reader whose powers of seduction are unmatched. – Tristan Caine: the son of a crime kingpin who can see the secrets of the universe. – Callum Nova: an insanely rich pretty boy who could bring about the end of the world. He need only ask.
When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they must spend one year together to qualify for initiation. During this time, they will be permitted access to the Society’s archives and judged on their contributions to arcane areas of knowledge. Five, they are told, will be initiated. One will be eliminated. If they can prove themselves to be the best, they will survive. Most of them.
I listened to the audio and can confirm that it was fab!
Six people recruited into the Alexandrian Society because of their gifts, they each have to compete for a place and one has to be eliminated.
This is the only dark academia book that I’ve actually enjoyed!
Told in different points of view, we get a glimpse of each characters personality, gift and morals. Although it was a bit slow in places, I really enjoyed the plot, I love a book with a competition and there was only one character I didn’t like….Callum!
~ That little twist at the end! ~ Libby and Nico must happen! ~ Now I’m excited for the next book!
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.
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?
September has arrived and I’m half thankful as it means summer is coming to an end! I’m half not thankful as my son is back to school Tuesday so rushing about madly in the morning begins!!!!
I’ve read 3 books this week, well 2 and a bit really as I didn’t quite finish Zodiac Academy 4 for my last update!
What I’ve Read
Zodiac Academy 4 by Caroline Peckham (reread) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ See my review here
Zodiac Academy 5 by Caroline Peckham (reread) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ See my review here
🎧 Sabriel by Garth Nix ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 See my review here
New arrivals
My Fairyloot adult book arrived but don’t want to put it here as some might not have received but will do an unboxing soon!
You might have missed…..
Review – Reckless by Aurora Rose Reynolds Challenge – 20 Books of Summer: close Review – The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Feature – New-to-me authors: August 22
I grabbed this idea from Lucy (with permission!) from Bookworm Blogger! Go check out her blog!
I always hope that I read new-to-me authors every month and getting book box subscriptions, access to library borrows, Netgalley and also KU really helps with that so thought it would be nice to look back and see what new authors I’d read this month.
By the end of July I’d read 29 new-to-me authors and now I’ve read 34 so far this year!
Alek L Cristea – Cornucopia Kate Dylan – Mindwalker Jessica Thorne – Water Witch Sophie Kim – Last of the Talons Olivie Blake – The Atlas Six
Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?
I didn’t read the blurb for this before I started so when it did start I thought ooh what a cheery book!!!!!!
But although it was a bit morbid, I actually really enjoyed this!
The narrator reminded me of Emma Thompson so much and I had to look it up to see if it was her (it wasn’t!!!)
Nora is depressed, unhappy and her life is falling apart so she does what she thinks is the right thing to do.
Inbetween life and death the midnight library exists and has portals to lives Nora could have lived, an opportunity to see what could have been and she tries a lot of them and comes to a realisation.
I won’t say anymore than this as you probably need to experience it for yourself!
I’m a terrible mood reader so I said I wanted to read 20 books for the challenge but only 9 from a named list and the rest mood reads……and……
I did it! Well sort of!
I read 34 books over summer so well over the 20 but I didn’t read 1 of my named books (mood reader brain couldn’t cope!!)
So I guess I’ll take that as a win!
📚Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi ✔️ 📚Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel ✔️ 📚Belladonna by Adalyn Grace ✔️ 📚Dragons Promise by Elizabeth Lim ✔️ 📚The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna ✔️ 📚Book of Night by Holly Black ✔️ 📚The Wolf and Woodsman by Ava Reid✔️ 📚Glow by Raven Kennedy ❌️ 📚Heat Wave by TJ Klune ✔️
1 Tall Dark and Evil by Alexi Blake 2 The Never King by Nikki St Crowe 3 Lizzie and Belle Mysteries by JT Williams 4 This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede 5 Krie Captivity by Kora Knight 6 A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab 7 The Darkening by Sunya Mara 8 Longshadow by Olivia Atwater 9 By Virtue I Fall by Cora Reilly 10 Longshadow by Olivia Atwater 11 Air Awakens by Elise Kova 12 Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 13 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 14 Tragic Bonds by J Bree 15 What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L Woods 16 Her Majesties Royal Coven by Juno Dawson 17 Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 18 Indecent Demands by Marlee Wray 19 Midnight Library by Matt Haig 20 By Virtue I Fall by Cora Reilly 21 A Restless Truth by Freya Marske 22 Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater 23 Cornucopia by Alek L Cristea 24 Mindwalker by Kate Dylan 25 Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim 26 The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
I did also reread the first 4 books of Zodiac Academy and Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley but haven’t included them here as they were rereads!
Did you do 20 Books of Summer? How did you get on?
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: School Freebie – books set in a school/education.
📚 Crave by Tracy Wolff – Katmere Academy 📚 Harry Potter – Hogwarts 📚 Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham- same name! 📚 Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac by Caroline Peckham – Aurora Academy 📚 Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel – Gray Wolf Academy 📚 Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead -St Vladimirs
📚 Percy Jackson – Camp Half Blood 📚 The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic – Palmetto State University 📚 Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Foster – Verpax University 📚 Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston – Bureau of Supernatural Affairs
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