Category: Wrap Ups

Heartbeat Monthly [37]: August 2023

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 10, 2023 | 0 Comments

August haul Bought Books Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (German edition) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (extra copy for annotating) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Light Bringer by Pierce Brown Broken by Jenny Lawson Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törz (Waterstones edition) From subs The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem (Illumicrate, July) Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun (Fairyloot Adult, August) Bonesmith […]

Heartbeat Monthly (33): February & March 2023 + Riven Launch

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

Riven launch This was actually in January, but it happened after my last Heartbeat Monthly so I didn’t get to talk about it! I live about an hour from the Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cinci. The event was on a Monday, which kinda sucked for me because it’s such a long drive and I work Tuesday mornings, but I went anyway! And I’m glad I did. It was great to go to an event at JB again! I haven’t been to […]

Heartbeat Monthly (32): January 2023

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 29, 2023 | 0 Comments

January haul Bought The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Fairyloot edition (eBay) To the Bitter End Illumicrate box (eBay), sans sword replica Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff (sprayed edges) EotV enamel pin Manon & Abraxos pouch Wild & improbable shoe charms These Violent Delights pin Always Victorious magnets Gifted I got an awesome care package from Christy (@cbookaddiction), THANK YOU CHRISTY! You’re the best!! Warriors 1-3 boxed set A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher, ARC […]

5 Star Books of 2022 + Predictions for 2023

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

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 […]

2022 End of Year Book Survey + Reading Stats

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 7, 2023 | 0 Comments

The end of year survey was created by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner Past surveys 2011 end of year survey 2012 end of year survey 2013 end of year survey 2014 end of year survey 2015 end of year survey 2016 end of year survey 2017 end of year survey 2018 end of year survey 2019 end of year survey 2020 end of year survey 2021 end of year survey (Wow, I didn’t realize I’d been doing it every year for […]

Top Ten Tuesday + 2022 Novel Heartbeat Awards

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 3, 2023 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl As always, I’m combining my Novel Heartbeat Awards with Top Ten Tuesday! Top ten books of 2022 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 5 science fiction Top 5 high fantasy Top 5 urban fantasy Top 3 horror Top 3 out of my comfort zone Best 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 count […]