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Topic: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune Emily Wildes Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros Carving Shadows into Gold by Brigid Kemmerer Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna The Knight and Moth by Rachel Gillig Princess of Blood by Sarah Hawley
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.
Happy New Year!
The Ember months have ended and here we are in 25!
And I haven’t got off to a great reading start!
I haven’t actually read any books this week.
I am struggling to read.
I don’t know whether it’s the come down from Christmas or the fact I am half a zombie having to get up at 6am again for work, I’m tired!
I’ve just got no inclination to read. I’ve tried. I’ve tried reading 1 chapter, 1 page, changing books, listening to an audiobook. But I don’t want to do any of it!
I am 30% into When the Moon Hatched but it’s been torture getting that far. No reflection on the book whatsoever. It’s me! I’m broken!
What I’ve Read
Absolutely nothing! And that’s the twist!
You might have missed…..
Challenge – Beat the Backlist 2025 Calendar – Happy New Year! Review – Eternal Reign by Caroline Peckham
The vampire prince has never claimed a human. Until now.
My whole life I’ve been nothing but a means to an end; livestock kept caged for the production of blood. I’ve stared through fences at the promise of freedom countless times, but the only way anyone escapes this hell is in the hands of a bloodsucker.
The annual testing is about to begin, and those who pass are never seen again. So fu*k that. My twin and I decided to risk it all. To run before the royals could claim us.
Turns out, that dream expired fast. Because when an original vampire decides to own you, there’s nowhere in this ruined world left to escape to.
I’m at his mercy now, trapped in his castle, destined to become his creature, and forced into a dangerous game of rivalry between the seductive vampire princes.
His beauty is a weapon I wasn’t prepared for, his cruelty a bane that strikes fear in the hearts of all, and his company a sin I’m going to spend my life repenting.
I need to get back to my sister, but she’s caught in a trap of her own, tangled up with the last slayer to walk this earth and following his path towards vengeance. She’s at his mercy too, the man with violence tattooed across his skin, death trailing his footsteps as he stalks his prey – who just so happen to be the royal vampires who hold me captive.
The gods are toying with us all, placing my twin and I on opposite sides of an ancient war. And in the end, I fear there won’t be any victors left standing.
So I’m going to play a game of my own, let my captor use me as his puppet until I find my moment to strike.
Let this hell-born ritual of lust, lies and blood begin.
‘Even the blackest of nights hold a glimmer of starlight.’
Callie and Montana are prisoners to the vamps who took over when humans basically annihilated each other. They live in squallor in a realm controlled by vamps who use them for blood.
That is until the twins blood is tested and they find ‘something’ in it so they’re to be given to the Royals but they run with their Dad…are caught…Carrie gets found by a slayer and Montana is taken to the Royals.
I admit I was a bit bored in the beginning with the build-up, but then once it got going, I was hooked!
I do believe Prince Erik is my fave so far….whether that will change I do not know so on I go with the next in the series!
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.
I hope you had a great Christmas!
We had a lovely day – we ate, laughed, played games and watched Christmas films! Then, on Boxing Day, we met with extended family and swapped presents and ate more!
I didn’t really read anything but did manage to finish off a book I’d started about 2 weeks ago! Better than nothing, I guess!
I’ve also thought and planned my 2025 book goals, so now I just need to make sure I complete them!
It’s time to sign up for the 2025 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About.
Grab your earbuds, decide on your goals, and sign up to the page! #2025AudiobookChallenge
Challenge Details • Runs January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025. You can join at any time. • The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2025 than you did in 2024. • Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.) • All genres count. • Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
Achievement Levels What level will you choose? • Newbie (I’ll give it a try) 1-5 • Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10 • Stenographer (can listen while multitasking) 10-15 • Socially Awkward (Don’t talk to me) 15-20 • Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30 • My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+ • Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+ • Over-Achiever (Power Listener) 75+ • The 100 Club (Audiobook Addict) 100+ • I Can’t Hear You (earbuds always in) 125-150 • Audibly Addicted (listening to all the books 24/7) 150+
Me!!!!
As my job has changed and I can’t really listen at work anymore, I’m reducing to 20-30, Binge Listener. I am (secretly) hoping to increase that to My Precious, but I don’t want the pressure to start off with!
Will you be joining in? Come on, you know you want to!
I tend to do posts like this every Twixmas, aka Crimbo Limbo, and I have updated it a bit this year with X posts instead of the normal ‘I dont know what day it is’ memes!
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!!!!
And if anyone has any recipes for leftover ham, I’d be most grateful 🤣
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