A few years ago I saw Cristina @ Girl in the Pages post about her 5 star reading drought (which was originally inspired by Lauren @ Bookmark Lit’s post here), and I thought it was such a great post, so I did one of my own! It was really interesting to see what me 5 star reads looked like for last year, so I’ve been doing it ever since! Past 5 star books posts 5 star books of 2018 5 […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Anticipated releases I’ve already got my hands on Last year’s most anticipated releases Compendium of Lost Tales – ★★★★ Rebel Witch – ★★★★ Fateless – ★★★★★ The Beasts We Bury – DNF The Last Bookstore on Earth – ★★½ A Language of Dragons – haven’t read yet When the Bones Sing – ★★★ Onyx Storm – ★★★★★ Water Moon – haven’t read yet Cold Eternity – ★★★★
Looking back at last year’s resolutions Here’s my post from last year! Reading/blogging resolutions Hit at least 100 books again. Welp, I didn’t do that. I ended up having to lower my Goodreads challenge goal to 50, and I ended the year at 55 books. Branch out and read different genres. I was shit at this, lol. Almost everything I read was some branch of SFF. Hit 100% ratio on both Netgalley and Edelweiss. I went higher on NG again, oops. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I’m back to combining my Novel Heartbeat Awards with Top Ten Tuesday! Top ten books of 2025 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 5 science fiction Top dystopian Top 5 high fantasy/Romantasy Top urban fantasy Top horror Top 3 out of my comfort zone Top 3 mystery/thriller Top 5 standalones Top 5 audiobooks Here’s my picks for the books with the best narration that I listened to this year! […]
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Haul Bought Red Rising by Pierce Brown (anniversary edition) Sorcery Rising by Jude Fisher Wild Magic by Jude Fisher Magician Apprentice by Raymond Feist Light Bringer by Pierce Brown (Sub Press edition) Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff (deluxe UK edition) Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff (Waterstones) Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff (Goldsboro) Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff (Illumicrate) Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (US edition) Empire of the Damned by […]