‘Far up in the deep blue sky, Great white clouds are floating by; All the world is dressed in green; Many happy birds are seen, Roses bright and sunshine clear Show that lovely June is here.’ ~ F. G. Sanders
‘In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.’ ~ John Steinbeck
Have a great month!
Fairyloot Adult – May 2024
Cottagecore
Marigold is training to become the next honey witch. A heartwarming romance with a beautiful cottage apparently!
The Honey Witch by Sydney J Shields
🖤 An EXCLUSIVE COVER
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🖤 FOIL ON THE HARDCOVER by @blanca.design
🖤 CHARACTER ART ON THE ENDPAPERS with foil designed by @niallcgrant
🖤 DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGE with a solid sprayed top and bottom edge
🖤 BONUS CONTENT and digital signature.
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: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le
Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
Check and Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Destroy series by Brigid Kemmerer
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
A Fire in the Flesh by JLA
This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt
Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
What’s on your list?
Cathy746Books has bought back 20 Books of Summer! I’m so in!
Here’s what Cathy has said:
• Starts Saturday 1 June and finishes on Sunday 1 September.
• Deciding to drop your goal from 20 to 15 (or even 10)? Got for it!
• Want to swap a book? Go for it.
• Fancy changing your list half way through? No problem.
I had to look back and see how many years I’ve joined in and it’s been 6 years so this will be my 7th!
So if you fancy getting 20 books off your TBR in three months, join in!
I’m going to pledge to read 20 books but, as I’m a mood reader, I won’t be naming my books. If I do name some it all falls apart and then I feel so guilty!!!!
Are you joining? What books would you go for?
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?
I got my car back with the ac fixed and it has been colder weather ever since!!!!!!!
I also went to the office this week for the first time since October!
I swept the guilt of my tbr and arcs under the table and did end up doing a series reread in prep for the next book in Ironside Academy that releases TOMORROW!!!
The Honey Witch by Sydney J Shields
The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott
🎧 The Last Phi Hunter by Salinee Goldenberg
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
Ironside Academy (reread)
Plier/Tourner/Sauter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Look out for my review soon!
Review – Burning Crowns by Catherine Doyle
Mini Review – Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: May 2024
What have you read lately?
Fairyloot Romantasy – May 2024
Written in Red
Ruby finds herself being tracked by the eyes of a stranger in the woods. But instead of fear, she finds herself yearning for the mysterious stranger lurking in the darkness.
A Curse of Blood and Wolves by Melissa McTernan
🖤 An exclusive redesigned cover @giannyfili
🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET with an alternative colour-way of the trade cover
🖤 A FULL COLOUR FOILED DESIGN on the hardcover by @blanca.design
🖤 CHARACTER ART ON THE ENDPAPERS with foil designed by @giannyfili (different front and back)
🖤 DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGE with a solid sprayed top and bottom edge
🖤 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Title: Chalice of the Gods
Series: Percy Jackson #6
Author: Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson, modern-day son of Poseidon, is just trying to get through high school. After saving the world multiple times by battling monsters, Titans, and giants, Percy is now settling in at Alternative High School in New York, where he hopes to finally have a normal senior year.
Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet. Poseidon breaks the bad news that if Percy expects to get into New Rome University, he will have to fulfill three quests in order to earn the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus.
The first task is to help Ganymede, Zeus’s cupbearer, retrieve his golden goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. You see, one sip from it can turn a mortal into a god, and Zeus would not be pleased with that result. Can Percy and his friends Grover and Annabeth find the precious cup in time? And if they do, will they be able to resist its special power?
I was so glad to be back in this world with Percy!
There is no danger to the world in this book but to Percy’s education there is!
Percy, Annabel and Grover have to solve the issue of Ganymeade, cupbearer to Zeus….who has lost the chalice!
This was shorter than the other PJ books but entertaining nonetheless and like a trip down memory lane!
I might be wrong but Percy needs to get 3 letters so does that mean there will be 2 more books?! I hope so!
Title: Burning Crowns
Series: Twin Crowns #3
Author: Katherine Webber/Catherine Doyle
Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their kingdom. But danger lurks in Eana’s shadows.
Wren is troubled. Ever since she performed the blood spell on Prince Ansel, her magic has become unruly. Worse, the spell created a link between Wren and the very man she’s trying to forget: Icy King Alarik of Gevra. A curse is eating away at both of them. To fix it they must journey to the northern mountains—under the watchful guard of Captain Tor Iversen—to consult with the Healer on High.
Rose is haunted. Waking one night to find her undead ancestor Oonagh Starcrest by her bed, she receives a warning: surrender the throne—or face a war that will destroy Eana. With nowhere to turn and desperate to find a weapon to defeat Oonagh, Rose seeks help from Shen-Lo in the Sunkissed Kingdom, but what she finds there may break her heart.
As Oonagh threatens all Rose and Wren hold dear, it will take everything they have to save Eana–including a sacrifice they may not be prepared to make.
Here we are with the conclusion of the Twin Crowns series and Oonagh Starcrest is back and plans to play havoc on our twins, Rose and Wren.
I’m not going to say a word about the plot because, if you’ve read the first 2 books, you need to read this! Instead I’m going to talk about my character highlights!
Oh and….I dont think this is a spoiler but….I hate love triangles but I grinned and beared it and my wishes came out on top….for once!!!!
So….
~ Rose and Shen-Lo made my heart sing
~ Wren and Shen-Lo’s friendship made me smile
~ Kai and his redemption (I wasn’t really going to mention him but then I saw some fan art and my jaw dropped so now I have forgiven him!)
I am wondering if we’ll hear more about Alarik and also Marino and his…..maybe mermaid, like a little mermaid situation maybe? I really hope so!
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: Authors I’d Love a New Book From
Oh this is a pathetic effort from me!!!
Nora Sakavic (more from the Foxes!)
Cora Carmack
Kalynn Flanders
Joanna Wylde
Belle Aurora
Who’s on your list?
CJRTB Books 