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“there are two kinds of guilt. the kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. let your guilt be your fuel. let it remind you of who you want to be. draw a line in your mind. never cross it again. you have a soul. it's damaged but it's there. don't let them take it from you.”

I absolutely loved this book. I listened to it on audio and both narrators were fantastic. My original reason for reading this was for #Booked2019 Muslim author but I am definitely planning to read the next two.
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Also my last book for #BFCr3 #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn
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My big brother reaches home in the dark hours before dawn, when even ghosts take their rest.
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An Ember In The Ashes by: Sabaa Thair 📚
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Couldn‘t put it down. Love the different narrators. While the voices sound the same, the stories are so different and point of view does come across well so I didn‘t have to keep checking the chapter title to tell whose stories was being told. Plot is fast paced and exciting.

I don‘t know why it took me so long to read this book because it lived up to all the amazing things I‘ve heard about it! I‘m so glad that I found all three books at my library because I can‘t wait a second more to start the second book. 5/5🌟

I wanted to like this book but I didn't care about the characters at all. I only made it 71 pages through this book

I have two weeks off from work so I'll be reading this series.
I GOT THIS!

According to her own twitter post, the author asked for this cover change at book three and as the series continues. As an AoC she felt it important that her books represent her in image as well as words. She wanted the diversity in the pages seen on the cover as well.

YA
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#Coverchanges

Just had a day in a half off work and scared my fiancee because I finished 12 books...sometimes a girls just gotta read her books!

Wow this was good! I can't wait to continue the series.

I switched between audiobook and e-book for this and both were amazing.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Well this took a surprise turn. I was struggling with this a bit when I first started it because it's definitely different and a bit confusing on the world building. However, it got better through the second half and then I couldn't stop reading it.

I'm a total idiot, this book has been on my TBR shelf for years (literally like 3 years) and I had convinced myself that it wouldn't be any good so I didn't even give it a chance. Cut to the present: me ordering (with 2 day shipping) the 2nd and 3rd book to An Ember in the Ashes the minute I finished it.

Thank you so so much @GrilledCheeseSamurai! Your package arrived perfectly some says ago and your present was very much appreciated! Any book with a map instantly hooks me 😍

@Avanders #sfmbc

When they tell you it‘ll be an hour wait to check in your trades ins, you have plenty of time to fill a basket. I have zero self control.

Picked the audio based on a friend's recommendation of the book. Ms. Tahir is a gifted writer, and I quickly finished the book, only to get to the end and realize it was the first in a series. (At the time I finished the other two had not been released yet)

Good world building

Promising start to another series

Hells is my child and I will protect her with my life

I wasn't so sure when I picked this book up, but I loved it! The characters are very dynamic, you watch them grow and change throughout the book. Definitely a pick. #ya #teen

Finished this last week. 3.5 Stars. I will have to get book 2 soon.

Not to bad. That week off really help.

Great plot, believable characters, creative races and languages. Fantasy. This is book 1 of 3.

Started this yesterday So far so good

SO pumped I was able to find the out-of-print UK hardback edition for this wonderful book 🥰

This book has compelled and engaged me and I'm only 50 pages in. It's set in a world different from any other fantasy world I've read about, yet everything is explained so cleverly and masterfully. Really enjoying it so far! 🦉

Just started a new book today! #youngadult #ya #teen

https://youtu.be/VG58S5Y_XhE. Check out my book tube channel where I post vlogs, hauls, collabs & other bookish things! This book was a 5 star read! Amazingly captivating!

Finished all the reads for Winter for #Booked2019

1. Female detective ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Reminds me of my Happy Place - Block Island ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Fairytale retelling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. New to you Author⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Related to a podcast - book pick for Sword&Laser podcast⭐️⭐️
6. Set in Ireland/Irish Author⭐️⭐️⭐️

Now onto Spring!

I want to start rereading this book to know what happens in A Reaper at the Gates, but I also want to start season 2 of How to Get Away with Murder. 🤯 😩

1. The Keweenaw peninsula in the UP of Michigan is my home. The image on the left is during the summer and on the right is now when we are buried in snow!
2. I love how beautiful it is, but sometimes it feels pretty isolating up here.
3. Tagged. After I read it I immediately purchased all the available books in the series thus far.
4. Night time, usually in bed 🛏
5. We had scallops with lemon spinach pasta 🍋

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February Reads: 📚
Elvish ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Kings of the Wyld ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An Ember in the Ashes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spinning Silver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
A Court of Thorns and Roses ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Court of Mist and Fury ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
A Court of Wings and Ruin ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 I loved everything about this book! The only thing I wish is that I would have read it sooner. I loved how each chapter alternated between Elias and Laia. More often then not the chapters ended with a cliffhanger pushing me to read more and more.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 /5 stars!! I ravenously devoured this book!! I loved how Tahir started the book by dropping us right into the action and then never let us go! I'm totally team Laia and Elias! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy the series because I need this in my personal library!

Getting some kitty cuddles while reading #catsoflitsy

First order from ThriftBooks. Most were in good condition. “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” – Louisa May Alcott #thriftbooks #anemberintheashes #louisamayalcott #thedeadtossedwaves

Zeke and I are starting the next Reading Rivalry Buddy Read! #catsoflitsy

#readingrivalry #rrsweetbutpsycho

Enjoyable first book of this series. Memorable and likeable characters. Definitely a pick for me with a few eye rolls for the double love triangle, (love square?). That being said, you will definitely root for Elias as well as Laia. Already borrowed the next in the series, trying to wait until tomorrow to start it...

Sabaa Tahir is a goddess among mortal men, a true Kehanni. She weaves tales of death and destruction like they are barbed lullabies, agonizing yet hypnotic. I read through this story with such frantic fervor, I almost forgot to breathe. From page one, I found my heart in my throat and a weighted pit in my stomach. I traded sleep in search of a remedy between the pages to ease my endless worry. Alas, Sabaa left me gasping on the edge of a cliff.

I‘m feeling quite Belle-like this morning. Got my rose nails and my “nose stuck in a book”. ;) Thoroughly enjoying this read.

“I understand now. [She] is singing me to death... And it‘s a sweet death. If I‘d known it was this kind, I‘d have never been so afraid... The intensity of the song swells... A flash of pure fire burns into me from crown to heel, snatching me from the peace of the seashore. I open my eyes wide, gasping. Death is here...”

I don‘t know how I‘ve managed it, but every book I‘ve read this year has become “my favorite book in the world”. An Ember in the Ashes is packing one powerful punch. Holy moly, it‘s such a dark and wickedly intense story. Ooh, I just got shivers thinking about it. I‘ve been reading with my heart in my throat. Between this and Assassin‘s Apprentice, I‘ve given up all hope for sleep the next few days.

Relaxing evening 🛀

The first half of my Thriftbooks haul has arrived! The last half of the books are MIA. Let‘s hope they make it “home” soon. An Ember in the Ashes is next in queue. 😊

Ahh this book was so good! Once I started, I could not put it down! A great start to a fantasy series. I‘ve been really into fantasy lately and this does not disappoint. It‘s definitely a world I want to continue being in, even though it‘s tragic and awful. I really liked Laia and Elias!

#Booked2019 - New to you Author
#ReadingUSA2019 - Author from CA

Well, I did it! My 3rd time doing #24in48 but my first time hitting the goal!

25:31:42 Total Time
1 EBook
1PB
2 Audiobooks
2 Books in progress

Not bad for a weekend. Hope everyone enjoyed it 🎉
@24in48

Officially calling it for #24B4Monday - I‘m going to bed.

Read a total of 13 hours and 20 mins. Didn‘t have to do any socializing, but had to hang out with my husband.

Finished 1 book and read parts of a few other books. I‘ve really been in the mood for fantasy lately, I spent most of my day reading the tagged book.

Fan-fucking-tastic. Treat yourself to this taut rendition of the "seeds of a revolution" story. Tahir tells the story through the eyes of both the oppressed and the oppressors with believable characters. It's hard to resist wanting to know more. I will definitely be reading further in the series.