Here I am again keeping myself accountable for my challenges…the shame if I don’t reach the challenge….

Side note: Oh I do miss Game of Thrones

Anyway…you can see my original post here where I said I would try for 30 books but I bested that by April so I upped it to New Release Pro! (31-60 books)! You can see my April update post here.

So here we go with the next quarter! I’ve only listed books as I didnt have much time (forgive me!!!)

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May

• Pretty Reckless by LJ Shen
• Romanov by Nadine Brandes
• Deadline to Damnation by Anne Malcom
• Trouble at Brayshaw by Meagan Brandy
• The Fallen: Genesis by Tillie Cole
• Forever Immortal by Amelia Hutchins
• Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Total = 7

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June

• Finale by Stephanie Garber

• Malum part 2 by Amo Jones
• Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff
• Luca Vitello by Cora Reilly
• If She’s Wicked by Amelia Hutchins

• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
• Jedson by Cora Brent

Total = 7

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July

• Trapping Her by Aurora Rose Reynolds
• Lies by Kylie Scott
• Quiet Man by Kristen Ashley
• War by Laura Thalassa

Total = 4

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August

• Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
• Twisted Bonds by Cora Reilly
• Broken Knight by LJ Shen
• Rage by Cora Carmack

Total = 4

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Total so far = 47/60

Not too shabby….and I’m not worried if I don’t hit 60, it was just a best reach!

Top 5 Tuesday is brought to you by Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm – you can find her July topic post here.

August 20th theme = Dystopian

Ok, so I love books but I have to admit I didnt even know if I’d read any dystopian so I needed to look up some Goodreads lists!!!! I have no idea whether these are dystopian or not but Goodreads says they are so that’s good enough for me!

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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

 

 

Secondborn by Amy A Bartol

 

 

The Selection by Keira Cass

 

 

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

 

 

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

 

 

 

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This got me thinking about what other dystopian books I’d like to read so whilst I was scouring the list I picked these:

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

I’m always up for a bit of forward planning, especially when it comes to books so I thought to brighten up Mondays I’d tell you about some books I am looking forward to in 2020!!

After falling head over heels for Aurora Rising, I am making it my mission to read all this authors work….and when I saw a vamp book was coming, I was overjoyed!

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Title: Empire of the Vampire

Series: Empire of the Vampire #1

Author: Jay Kristoff

Release Date: 3 September 2020

How much are you looking forward to this?

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you

• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)

• Nominate 3 new bloggers each day

Firstly I must apologise as I didn’t get the name of who posted this….but THANK YOU!

I thought for this time around I would do a book quotes, a quote from a book and a quote for my fave thing in the whole world = my son!

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Day 3

My son is my heart. He is my absolute everything. He is 9. He has the best smile in the whole world, it lights up a room. He is cheeky. He is funny. He is compassionate. He is my world.

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you

• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)

• Nominate 3 new bloggers each day

Firstly I must apologise as I didn’t get the name of who posted this….but THANK YOU!

I thought for this time around I would do a book quotes, a quote from a book and a quote for my fave thing in the whole world = my son!

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Day 2

This is a quote from A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer. I read this book and loved every word but this really resonated with me. Look for the light even in the dark.

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you

• Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)

• Nominate 3 new bloggers each day

Firstly I must apologise as I didn’t get the name of who posted this….but THANK YOU!

I thought for this time around I would do a book quotes, a quote from a book and a quote for my fave thing in the whole world = my son!

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Day 1

How true this is!

My books are my constant companion, they are there whenever I need them.

I’m not going to tag anyone but feel free to use!

I could simply not resist to see what these were like, and I wasnt disappointed! There are lots of negative reviews on Goodreads but I did enjoy it……but I did get it free on Prime Reading.

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The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.

This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic – inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name.

How to become invisible, to make someone fall in love with you, to transform into another creature: these are all things that people have believed in, yearned for, or feared, throughout history. Spells and charms have captured the imagination for hundreds of years. Warding off evil is also something that has concerned people throughout history. From werewolves to all manner of snakes in the wizarding world, you’d learn how to face a number of strange and frightening forces in Defence Against the Dark Arts classes.

This eBook short examines the colourful characters and curious incidents of the real history of magic, and how they relate to the Hogwarts lesson subjects of Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts from the Harry Potter stories.

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I couldn’t resist! (And it was on Prime reading!)

CHARMS
DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS

Discussing charms, summoning demons like its an everyday occurrence, witches and the making of the sorting hat!

I didnt realise the research that JK put into these books. I thought they were stories out of her head but omg this opened my eyes! And she planned for FIVE years!

Now I want the others!

I’m always up for a bit of forward planning, especially when it comes to books so I thought to brighten up Mondays I’d tell you about some books I am looking forward to in 2020!!

I couldn’t not want this after my love of the A Court of series and Throne of Glass. I feel like I need to eat up every word this author writes!

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Title: House of Earth and Blood

Series: Crescent City #1

Author: Sarah J Maas

Release date: 3 March 2020

What body part would you give for an early copy?!!!