Journey under the sea, where the kelp grows tall and green, to find fantastical treasures unseen.
Fandoms this month include The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, In Deeper Waters, and the monthly book!
💛 Mythical Sea Creatures Book Pot designed by @chattynora 💛 Underwater Haven Plant Pot designed by @thistlemoon inspired by the botm! 💛 Kraken in the Deep Book Jacket designed by @pauhami inspired by Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi 💛 Beneath the Waves Sticky Notes designed by @marigonasuliart inspired by In Deeper Waters.
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: Movies That Would Have Made Amazing Books
I’m not even sure that some of these don’t have books but these are the films that popped in my mind!
The Lost Boys Stand By Me The Santa Clause The Shawshank Redemption Edward Scissorhands The Craft Hot Fuzz Napoleon Dynamite Pacific Rim The Day After Tomorrow
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?
Just a run of the mill week here really apart from that I had to have my dressings changed twice at the doctors for my burns. The nurse said that I should expect some scarring as I’m so pale which I really didn’t want to hear!
Quite a good book week too with 3 books read, well audiobooks!
Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny.
But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth may bring them both to ruin.
This was the book I didn’t know I needed!
A creepy, decaying, gothic house? A creepy tale about a Fairy King? Creepy old photos of a half nakey chick? A dark academia, paranormal romance?
Yes please!
Architecture student, Effy, is invited to redesign her deceased fave authors manor. Before his death, author Emrys Myrddin wrote a book that Effy is a bit obsessed with!
Emry doesn’t appear that stable, she’s had visions of the Fairy King since childhood (and pops those pink pills like there’s no tomorrow!) so Hiraeth Manor is probably not the best place for her to go!!! There she meets Preston and it all kicks off!
This book had such an atmospheric, haunting feel, I was turning the pages like a mad woman!
The romance was really cute and that last sentence…..do I detect more?!
An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.
Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.
With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.
Back with Oak and Wren…..but Oak is Wren’s prisoner.
I was really looking forward to this read, love being in Elfhame!
I must admit that I enjoyed the second half more than the first and also I wasn’t sure I liked Wren in this book.
In the first book it was mainly her pov, I guess that endeared me to her but in this book it’s Oaks and I fell in love with him!
~ I loved that Oak was totally in love with Wren, ~ Oak’s inner monologue made me smile, ~ I loved Tiernan and Hyacinthe and their love, ~ Maddoc – is that actual regret?! ~ Taryn – still not sure about her.
But….Cardan and Jude, I will literally read anything with them in!
‘You’re not sick, Jude tells him, you’re recovering from being stabbed – or rather, throwing yourself on a knife. You would have done the same for me, he says airily. I would not, Jude snaps. Liar, Cardan says fondly.
But what about Ghost? Please tell me there’s more there?!
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 on my Spring 2024 TBR
These are hard posts for me because I’m mostly a mood reader so I’ve added 3 arcs that I need to read and also soke books I really want to read…..but no promises!
Evocation by ST Gibson The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Funny Story by Emily Henry A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
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?
Well I’ve had a hell of a week! A 2 day migraine to start off and then I had a fight with a hot water bottle and lost, dramatically!
I have second degree burns all over my chest, had to have the blisters drained and am now in dressings for 3 weeks which have to be changed every 3 days!! To look at all the burns you’d think they’d be really painful but they don’t hurt at all which is weird!
To top that off, my son was ill again, the same as he had 2 weeks ago, a fever and a sore throat but he was worse this time.
Glad to see the back of this week!!!!
New Arrivals
Nothing this week!
What I’ve Read
🎧 The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Look out for my reviews soon!
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