Welcome to The Weekly Epilogue!

Hope everyone had a great time ringing in 2019……I actually fell asleep at 11.30pm….my life is so rock and roll 😂

I wasn’t even sure I was going to do weekly updates in 2019….but for now, here I am!

I set my Goodreads goal to 96 for this year and I started on my January arcs, I have 7 for Jan and I still don’t know how it happened……..!

The Kiss Thief by LJ Shen

Everless by Sara Holland (ok totally not an arc but I HAD to read!)

Untouchable by Sam Mariano

I know, again not an arc…..but apparently this is really dark and questionable ……so I had to read!

Drawn Into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds

How was your reading week?

What did you read?

Fairyloot December box

Theme = Dragons

I was so excited as I love dragons and I couldn’t be happier with this box! There is an item missing (Mother of Dragons magnetic bookmarks) but Fairyloot have said it will follow soon.

Reading Journal – oh yes, love, love this! It’s so pretty and I will defo use! Designed by FictionTea and features artwork by Blanca Montiel.

Pin Flag – another great item. I can add all my pins and badges to this!

Glow in the dark Dragon necklace – it’s actual wings glow in the dark!!! I doubt I’ll ever wear it but it’s so pretty!

Book sleeve – yes, yes, 100 times yes! Designed by Sweet Sequels and inspired by Harry Potter.

Double sided Dragon print – Toothless on 1 side and Abraxos on another! Omg I love, love love! Artwork by Diana Worak.

An arc, yes an arc! Storm Crows by Kalyn Josephine. It’s not out until July 2019 so it’s super advanced! Can’t wait to dive in!

Fire and Heist by Sarah Beth Durst and it’s signed! I have actually read this already but nice to have a physical copy.

Here we are with another year!
I didn’t want to be so regimented with my reading this year so thought I would sign up for less arcs…..well that hasn’t quite worked out for January as I have 8 arcs! I’m still not sure how it happened!!!
So, January will be an arc read month!

Twisted Emotions by Cora Reilly
Deal with the Devil by Meghan March
Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry
The Kiss Thief by LJ Shen
Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan
Drawn into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds
Darkness Embraced by Tillie Cole
Drago by Sarah Brianne

I don’t have all these yet and as some are limited I might not get them all….but we shall see!!

What are you reading in January?

I know it’s a tad early but I’m sure everyone is busy so wanted to get in there with this……HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Here is to a great bookish 2019 🥂

And here is something for you to do!!

Sending warm wishes to you and your family during this Christmas Season. May your home be blessed with love and happiness.

Happy Christmas everyone!

It’s no secret that I love The Throne of Glass series so when I finished Kingdom of Ash, I went straight and bought The Assasins Blade…..

I don’t plan on putting each of the short stories up, well I might….but wanted to share The Assasin and the Healer as this friendship really struck a chord with me.

Yrene and Celaena the one I was waiting for!

I’m not even sure, out of all the short stories, why this was the one I wanted to read the most. It endeared me. A girl helping a girl, girl power, call it what you will…to come back and be victorious in the future.

And it was just what I wanted!

‘If you want something, then take it.

This girl wasn’t like wildfire—she was wildfire. Deadly and uncontrollable.’

Delightful.

You know when you have an author that is hit or miss for you?  Well this author (or authors!) is that for me……but I really loved the sound of the premise for this book and I LOVED IT, ITS ONE OF MY BEST READS FOR 2018!

You can see my original post here.

Blurb

Hazel Camille Bradford knows she’s a lot to take – and frankly, most men aren’t up to the challenge. If her army of pets and taste for the absurd don’t send them running, her lack of filter and tendency to say exactly the wrong thing will. Their loss. Not everyone can handle a Hazel.

Josh Im has known Hazel since college. From the first night they met – when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes – to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air.

Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there’s nothing between them . . . right?

The blurb really made me smile so I knew I needed this and to simply put it, this is hilarious. Genius. Beautiful.

Hazel is just a scream! She actually made me out of breath reading her!!! In her words,
‘I tend to be too chatty, too silly, too exuberant, too random, too eager.Too Hazel-y.” I was worried she might grate on me but she didn’t, she was just so genuine that I loved her.

And Josh, his dry wit had me smirking. Their friendship, their love, just them! ‘We have nowhere to go but up.’

I picked it up to read a few chapters before bed and I nearly finished in 1 sitting (a girl’s got to sleep!) But I had a smile on my face from start to finish.

You need this book in your life. It is one hell of a pick me up!