Cathy746Books bought back 20 Books of Summer!

I looked back and found this was my 7th year joining in!

I said I’d read 20 books but wasn’t going to name them!

So did I do it?!

I DID!!!!!!

I just managed to scrape in with 20 books even though summer has been a washout for reading but the amount of books I read in June saved me!!!!

Here are my 20!

1) Zodiac Academy 9 by Caroline Peckham
2) A Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott 
3) Dead Happy by Josh Silver
4) Caged Wolf by Caroline Peckham
5) Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham
6) Feral Wolf by Caroline Peckham
7) City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
8) Queen of Shadows by SJM
9) Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
10) Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm by Ash Bond
11) Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
12) A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
13) The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
14) The Blackbird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
15) Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen
16) The Hunters Gambit by Ciel Pierlot
17) Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
18) Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
19) Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
20) Wild Wolf by Caroline Peckham

Friday 56 is a book meme – I can see who originally hosted but the site looks to have been taken over so don’t really want to share the link!

The Rules:

1. Grab a book
2. Turn to Page 56 in a physical book or 56% in your eReader of choice.
3. Find a line or paragraph that jumps out at you and share!

Her blood was singularly useless in activating spells and magic had no effect on her whatsoever. As a kid she’d been fascinated by her families work- what kid wouldn’t be?-but as the years had passed, she’d turned decisively away from books and blood and spellwork, and towards the tangibles: things she could touch, see, manipulate, fix.

~ A book about magical books!
~ A magical library,
~ An utterly fab magic system,
~The dastardly villain,
~ The unassuming heroes,
~ Characters who were relatable and loveable.

Title: Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Author: Emma Torzs

For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements–books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.

All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process, they’ll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries, continents, and even other libraries . . .

This tag was created by My Book World – go take a look and join in!

How did you come up with your blog name?

Years ago, I used to Facebook blog with my friend in America, and she came up with the blog name, A Brit and a Yank! As I wanted to tie this in with the Facebook page so it was more recognisable, I called my WordPress blog CJR (me) The Brit (to tie in with FB)!!!!

If your blog was a person (fiction or real), who would it be?

Someone slightly crazy, slightly lazy with a love of books. Got to be my one and only bbf (or one of a few anyway!), Will Herondale!

What helps you create new content if you feel like you need some inspiration?

To be honest, I don’t create much new content, I tend to stick with what I know. Time is an issue with me, but sometimes I sit and have a little brainstorm and try new stuff out! I’m a planner so I need to have stuff done in advance!

Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with?

I think I’d love a collab! Over the years I’ve done stuff with Sophie aka Beware of the Reader and Trisy at Bobo’s Book Bank but nothing lately!

Is there anything more you wish you had or would like to learn as a blogger?

~ I wish I had more time to come up with new ideas.
~ I wish more people were interested in website blogs now.
~ I wish bloggers who are here would engage more with the community. I comment on people’s blogs daily and then crickets!

Do you have a specific style of blogging?

I’d say I’m a hobby/lazy book blogger with a love for Christmas!!!

Fairyloot YA – August 2024

Reflected Realms!

A dark and romantic retelling of a princess who must discover the truth behind the royal family that she has recently married into. Faced with a mysterious mirror realm, she must fulfil the prophecy in order to save the empire.

The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow

🖤 An EXCLUSIVE REDESIGNED COVER by @micaelaalcainodesign
🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET by @gukkhwa
🖤 A DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGE by @micaelaalcainodesign with a solid top and bottom edge
🖤 A FOIL DESIGN ON THE HARDCOVER by @micaelaalcainodesign
🖤 CHARACTER ARTWORK ON THE ENDPAPERS by @gracezhuart (different front and back)
🖤 EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT: an exclusive epilogue and author letter with a digital signature bound into the book.

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: Posts I’ve Written That Give You the Best Glimpse of Me

This was hard because I mostly just post book stuff like reviews and books I’m looking forward to!

But there are a few things I love, my son, reading and Christmas!

So I present….3 posts for the above! 

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A post dedicated to my son: here

A Christmas Outing: here

One of my fave series – The Three Series by Kristen Ashley: here

What are yours?

Fairyloot Adult – August 2024

Villains Assemble

This book is apparently perfect for readers that love:
🗡️ Swoon-worthy Spymasters
👑 Axe Wielding Wickedness
😈 Villainous Adventures

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

🖤 EXCLUSIVE FOIL on the cover
🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET with artwork by @monolimeart
🖤 FOILED CHARACTER ARTWORK ON THE ENDPAPERS by @monolimeart
🖤 FOIL ON THE HARDCOVER by @bluelyboo
🖤 DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGES on all three edges by @blanca.design
🖤 BONUS CONTENT: A collection of character letters and a bound author letter with a digital signature.

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!

All in all a normal week! Work and school holidays! My son had a hospital appointment and also went out with his friends a few times incl swimming (but I have to drive him as they live in a different area with no direct bus routes!)

I have next week off work and cannot wait!

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New Arrivals

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

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What I’ve Read

Wild Wolf by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my review soon!

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You might have missed…..

Review – Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Feature – Friday 56

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What have you read lately?

Friday 56 is a book meme – I can see who originally hosted but the site looks to have been taken over so don’t really want to share the link!

The Rules:

1. Grab a book
2. Turn to Page 56 in a physical book or 56% in your eReader of choice.
3. Find a line or paragraph that jumps out at you and share!

He was about to marry a stranger. A girl who looked at him with disdain.

He deserved this, though. It was his fault that he was his father’s sole heir. He deserved to be miserable.

This book was absolutely magical!

Title: Divine Rivals

Series: Letters of Enchantment #1

Author: Rebecca Ross

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.

After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish―into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love.

Title: Voyage of the Damned

Author: Frances White

For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor’s ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess’s Mountain. Aboard are the twelve heirs of the provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing.

All except one: Ganymedes Piscero—class clown, slacker and all-around disappointment.

When a beloved heir is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Stuck at sea and surrounded by powerful people and without a Blessing to protect him, Ganymedes’s odds of survival are slim.

But as the bodies pile higher, Ganymedes must become the hero he was not born to be. Can he unmask the killer and their secret Blessing before this bloody crusade reaches the shores of Concordia?

Or will the empire as he knows it fall?

A murder mystery read…..me? Me, reading a murder mystery??!

Oh it was such fun! Ganymedes aka pissfish aka Dee is an absolute joy!

Anyway 12 of the blessed are sailing to the Goddesses Mountain in Concordia but suddenly they start to be murdered, one by one.

Whodunit?! We have here:

~ Fantasy characters that were varied and unique
~ A magical ship
~ An all powerful emperor
~ Dee, a true, pure soul
~ Grasshopper 10/10 adorable
~ Humour and snark was top notch
~ Secrets and politics
~ A beautiful romance
~ A twist I never saw coming for a minute!

A really, really fun read!!!