I usually combine my awards post with Top Ten Tuesday, but I missed it this time, oops. Top ten books of 2024 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 3 science fiction Top 5 high fantasy/Romantasy Top 5 urban/gothic 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! I did […]
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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 Empire of the Damned – ★★★★★ Heavenly Tyrant – ★★★★ Map of the Otherlands – ★★★★½ Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White – still haven’t read Heartless Hunter – ★★★★½ Faebound – ★★★ The Invocations – ★★★★★ The Stricken – still haven’t read Into the Sunken City – still haven’t read A Tempest of Tea – […]
YALLfest haul Signed books Books I brought These are the books I already owned and brought with me to the festival to get signed! Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (B&N) Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (ARC) Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (B&N) The Darkest Minds (paperback) Never Fade (paperback) Into the Afterlight (paperback) Through the Dark (paperback) Silver in the Bone (ARC) Sea Witch Sea Witch Rising Bought at the festival The Lies We Conjure by Sarah […]
Oh look, yet another wildly popular book that I didn’t enjoy. Baa. Not to say it was all terrible. There were some things I liked: namely, Father/Samson and the Wildfolk. I thought the magic/lore side of the story was really cool, and I enjoyed those parts. However, I wasn’t a huge fan of Abitha’s parts. Or Abitha’s character. Actually, I found all the characters to be rather flat, and didn’t connect with any of them. Not to mention there were […]
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3 month haul Bought Red Rising by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized Golden Son by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized Morning Star by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized RR “I would have lived in peace” tote RR bookmarks Empire of the Vampire/Damned page overlays (I don’t even remember ordering these lol) Kamigoroshi candle (Flick the Wick, from Owlcrate) Dinar coin (Owlcrate) Atomic Habits by James Clear Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (Fairyloot) When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker […]