Happy Easter! 🐰🐣
‘Easter egg hunts are proof that children can find things when they really want.’ – unknown
‘Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” — S.D. Gordon
‘Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket.’ – Evan Esar
I organised my own reading challenge for 2024, Tackle That TBR!
It’s not too late to join in! Let me know in the comments how many books you’ll go for!
Information:
* An annual challenge to read your tbr!
* THE GOLDEN RULE: The books you read must be published in the previous year or earlier, ie not in 2024.
* Set your goal and if you want, name your books, no pressure!
* Audiobooks, ebooks, paperbacks, hardbacks; they all count!
I set my goal at 20 and also added another rule for myself that these books must have been on my actual tbr with a date before 31 December 2023 and not bought/borrowed before this date.
So far I’ve read 8/20 – woohoo!
Here’s a few which I read!
Title: Brothersong
Series: Green Creek #4
Author: TJ Klune
In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it—he—was gone.
Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity. But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin. Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.
What Carter finds will change the course of the wolves forever. Because Gavin’s history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter’s father, Thomas Bennett.
And with this knowledge comes a the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.
OMG THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING!
I thought Heartsong was going to be my favorite of the series but Gavin has actually stolen my heart and I hope he never gives it back!
We know that Carter went off to find Gavin who basically sacrificed himself to go with that horrible Richard Livingstone and what follows made me feel every emotion there is!
There were some scenes that had me snorting with laughter, the mash potato, the fork and ‘The Book’!!! There was also all the faves from the previous books, loyalty, love, family….and pack.
‘You make me feel safe. Thump. Thump. Thump.’
‘And that’s that.’
I can’t believe it’s over…..
March theme – Fantasea
Journey under the sea, where the kelp grows tall and green, to find fantastical treasures unseen.
Fandoms this month include The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, In Deeper Waters, and the monthly book!
💛 Mythical Sea Creatures Book Pot designed by @chattynora
💛 Underwater Haven Plant Pot designed by @thistlemoon inspired by the botm!
💛 Kraken in the Deep Book Jacket designed by @pauhami inspired by Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
💛 Beneath the Waves Sticky Notes designed by @marigonasuliart inspired by In Deeper Waters.
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
Exclusive cover
Endpaper artwork @tropicalgloom
Hardcover printing @danlinz_art
Digitally printed fore-edge
Signed
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: Movies That Would Have Made Amazing Books
I’m not even sure that some of these don’t have books but these are the films that popped in my mind!
The Lost Boys
Stand By Me
The Santa Clause
The Shawshank Redemption
Edward Scissorhands
The Craft
Hot Fuzz
Napoleon Dynamite
Pacific Rim
The Day After Tomorrow
What’s on your list?
2024 Audiobook Challenge!!
Hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. It’s not too late to sign up – do that here!
For 2024 I lowered my goal because I can’t listen to audio at work anymore since I got my new job so set it at:
My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+
But I’m actually not doing too bad. At my next check in I will probably need to up my goal but shall see!
So for the first quarter of 2024 I’ve listened to 22 books, here are a few!
Did you join in? How are you getting on?
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?
Just a run of the mill week here really apart from that I had to have my dressings changed twice at the doctors for my burns. The nurse said that I should expect some scarring as I’m so pale which I really didn’t want to hear!
Quite a good book week too with 3 books read, well audiobooks!
Fathomfolk by Eliza Chen
🎧 Bride by Ali Hazelwood
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 The Prisoners Throne by Holly Black
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🎧 My Mother and I by Ingrid Seward
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Look out for my reviews soon!
Review – A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Review – The Prisoners Throne by Holly Black
What have you read lately?
Title: A Study in Drowning
Author: Ava Reid
Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny.
But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth may bring them both to ruin.
This was the book I didn’t know I needed!
A creepy, decaying, gothic house?
A creepy tale about a Fairy King?
Creepy old photos of a half nakey chick?
A dark academia, paranormal romance?
Yes please!
Architecture student, Effy, is invited to redesign her deceased fave authors manor. Before his death, author Emrys Myrddin wrote a book that Effy is a bit obsessed with!
Emry doesn’t appear that stable, she’s had visions of the Fairy King since childhood (and pops those pink pills like there’s no tomorrow!) so Hiraeth Manor is probably not the best place for her to go!!! There she meets Preston and it all kicks off!
This book had such an atmospheric, haunting feel, I was turning the pages like a mad woman!
The romance was really cute and that last sentence…..do I detect more?!
Title: The Prisoners Throne
Series: Elfhame #5
Author: Holly Black
An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.
Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.
With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.
Back with Oak and Wren…..but Oak is Wren’s prisoner.
I was really looking forward to this read, love being in Elfhame!
I must admit that I enjoyed the second half more than the first and also I wasn’t sure I liked Wren in this book.
In the first book it was mainly her pov, I guess that endeared me to her but in this book it’s Oaks and I fell in love with him!
~ I loved that Oak was totally in love with Wren,
~ Oak’s inner monologue made me smile,
~ I loved Tiernan and Hyacinthe and their love,
~ Maddoc – is that actual regret?!
~ Taryn – still not sure about her.
But….Cardan and Jude, I will literally read anything with them in!
‘You’re not sick, Jude tells him, you’re recovering from being stabbed – or rather, throwing yourself on a knife.
You would have done the same for me, he says airily.
I would not, Jude snaps.
Liar, Cardan says fondly.
But what about Ghost? Please tell me there’s more there?!
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