Fairyloot Blood & Honey Collector’s Edition Box – I did it!

07/08/202007/13/2020 | CJRTB Books

Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin was a book I completely and utterly devoured and loved so when I saw this was coming I knew I needed to get it!

I must admit the ordering process is frustrating. It took me over an hour to actually order it due to all the website errors I was getting…..but I got there after AN HOUR!!!

WHAT IS IN THE BOX?

The box features an EXCLUSIVE EDITION of Blood & Honey with 5 items.

The edition of Blood & Honey will have

SHIMMERY SPRAYED EDGES,
SIGNED ENDPAPERS,
ARTWORK ON THE REVERSE OF THE DUST JACKET

We know that there will be a blanket and a tarot deck of the 22 major arcana featuring artwork by @oblivionsdream.

You could’ve also ordered a copy of Serpent and Dove to match but I already have it (my bank account thanks me!)

Did you get any Blood and Honey book boxes?

Not Top 5 Tuesday: Books I’d slay a lion to get early

07/07/202007/06/2020 | CJRTB Books

With Shanah being super busy and taking a well deserved blog break, there is no Top 5 Tuesday for July so I thought I’d have a go at doing my own (not all the time, I struggled to come up with this!!!)

I saw this prompt on another post (sorry I forgot to note down who!) and decided it was a great subject! These are the future releases that I would literally kill for!

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by Victoria Schwab

Dream Chaser by Kristen Ashley

What books would you give your right arm for?!

I won a giveaway!!!!

07/05/202007/04/2020 | CJRTB Books

I am one of those people that reads all genres.

Sometimes I need YA fantasy, sometimes middle grade and sometimes romance, sometimes dark romance, whatever takes my fancy, I will read.

I’m on a few review teams for romance authors and LJ Shen is one of them. She is a lovely, kind hearted person and I find her books to be superb. I am honoured to be part of her team. I won a giveaway and received this…..I squealed and wanted to show it off!

You can find all about Leigh and her books here.

Happy 4th of July to my US friends!

07/04/202007/04/2020 | CJRTB Books

I’m English and we don’t have Independence Day here (although we might after Brexit!) but wanted to wish all my American friends a happy day.

I hear you celebrate with fireworks, food, and family and I can’t think of anything better but are you having to have different plans this year due to COVID?

Whatever you are doing, have a great day.

Keeping up with my 2020 book resolutions?????

07/03/202007/03/2020 | CJRTB Books

I made some 2020 goals at the end of 2019 so thought I would check back in to see how I am doing and where I need to improve. You can see my original post here.

To be honest I was a bit scared to do this as I know I haven’t stuck to them but the good news is that I have 6 months to improve!

A) No arcs (only review teams I am on)

June 2020: Failed. I cant talk about it without welling up! ❌

B) No Netgalley requests

June 2020: Failed! But I didn’t request many so maybe a half fail! ❌

C) No reading lists

June 2020: Passed! *does happy dance* ✔

D) No challenges

June 2020: Well……I signed up for the Audiobook Challenge but I don’t count that as an actual challenge as I listen to audiobooks at work so would do it anyway! ✔

E) Try and read 1 book a week.

June 2020: I’ve read 54 books so far so passed! ✔

F) Get the joy of reading back!

June 2020: Yes and no! I’ve loved the books I’ve read but because I’ve totally failed at A and B its meant ive felt pressured again. When will I ever learn? ❌✔

So to sum up I need to lay off arcs and netgalley and keep on keeping on!!!

Did you make any goals?

How are you doing?

Books I want in August

07/01/202007/01/2020 | CJRTB Books

Super early this month but I was excited so couldn’t wait!!!

It appears that I am back to buying more than I read! (Story of my life!)

I seem to be in a pattern at the moment of bingeing 4 or 5 books and then my mojo goes and for a couple of weeks I dont read anything. Anyone else?

Anyway, these are the books that took my fancy for August…..

Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer

Reign by Cora Carmack
(I have no idea why the cover won’t come up when the hardcover has been revealed!)

What books are you looking forward to in August?

Not T5T – My Best Books of 2020: half year update!

06/30/202006/07/2020 | CJRTB Books

With Shanah being super busy and taking a well deserved blog break, there is no Top 5 Tuesday for June so I thought I’d have a go at doing my own (not all the time, I struggled to come up with 5 weeks worth!!!)

I was toying with idea of a half year book-ish reflection and to set me up for the next half year – very loosely!

For the last week of June I thought it would be good to share my best books for the first half of 2020

Here are my ‘best books’ so far for 2020 (not necessarily released then, I read then!)