pickWhat a monster of a book! Thoroughly enjoyed Gabriel‘s journey and the shifting narration. Some parts were a little contrived, but I was still very eager to crawl into bed every night to read another chapter or two! Vampires, Silversaints, and mysterious prophecies! What‘s not to love?!? Oh, and the illustrations were fantastic! I give it a solid 4.5/5 ⭐️ and I can‘t wait for the next in the series!! I‘m a fan!!
Not gonna lie, I'm so excited to see our Aussie author #JayKristoff made the list! 😱 Cannot wait to finish the tagged book, along with all the others on that list. Including some of the Crime& Thrillers from the list as well.
How many of the books from the list have you read? What do you think about them?
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I'm only 41% in but I'm loving the idea of Vampires being the monster once again, like the old classic Dracula or Interview With The Vampire, instead of some love interests we have seen in some books these past few years.
Reading this 800pages monster along with other books, so might take me awhile to finish. In the mean time...
Do you prefer reading Vampires as horrific monster? Or some kind of romantic love interest?
#currentread #bookworm
Happy Wednesday to you all! Thank you @Eggs for another wonderful idea for this #Wondrouswednesday
1. Here's one of the bookshelves I share with my kid
2. I'm not sure if it's the most important book I've read, but it's definitely one of my favorites so far : #HowToStopTime by #MattHaig
3. I haven't bailed on any book this year yet. Last year I DNF #OneLastStop , I really wish I could love it more.
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so-soIt made me think of Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (which I liked) and a bit of Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. With that said, wasn‘t really crazy about it. What I did like was that instead of dating material, vampires were back to being dark and scary creatures no human would want to run into. So basically a captive telling his story, with lots of violence tossed in, and a search for the Holy Grail sprinkled on top.
No sympathy for the vampires 🧛🏼♂️ we need to start taking their feelings into account…🤪🤣🤣🤣
The current leader for my #readingbracket. Thanks to @chasjjlee for the idea and the template.
While I loved “The Secret Diaries of Mis Miranda Cheever,” “Empire of The Vampire” was a bigger hit for me. So here‘s my results so far 🤗
Have lots of Castlevania vibes with this one. Like the sexy vampires, not a super big fan of the narrative framing device but still really good and entertaining.
pickThis was a beautifully written and gorgeusly illustrated book! It was a rollarcoaster of emotions and would definitely make a beautiful anime or tv show. While it could be somewhat slow in some parts, that could also be because I was trying to tandem read with another book. For the beautiful and emotionally charged story, this is one that I definitely loved!
A day late but whatever 😅
1. Tagged for sure
2. Yes. I absolutely love the idea of these bricks and I always buy them but I have way too many squirrel moments once I hit about 500 pages and once I out it down I have a hard time getting back into the story.
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Looking forward to this 🤩
2022 Reads #1
EOTV went from a So-So to a Pick with Reservations. My first experience of this author. Loved the narration by Gabriel, the plot, the action, and plenty more kept back for the next novels.....but BOY! it was soooooooo long. Took me 3 weeks to get through it. A great winter read if you have the time!
Just ordered my books for the #swoonathon swap and since I was using my husband's Amazon account, I couldn't help but add a little something for myself... ???? It's a good thing he loves me! I'm justifying it by telling myself it's an author he also likes so its "for both of us."
pickA light and cheerful read to start the year. .
This book is like the last witcher x French Arthurian x ruthless bloody vampires taking over the world
pickI would give this a 4.5 stars. not quite a 5 star book. It is over long, and leaves you hanging at the end. I know this is a planned trilogy but after reading 739 pages, I wanted a conclusion. I enjoy the world building. The sun never rises and vampires are taking over the world. The story was interesting. It is at its best when the vampires are in the scene. I am intrigued by the vampire we meet at the end. I would love to get more of her story.
pickSo another hit from Mr. Kristoff what an amazing journey he sends you on. I fell in love with his writing reading Nevernight. This book provides all the smarta** intelligence as his previous books with a little extra artwork beautiful written and enjoyable 🤗📖
It was the twenty-seventh year of daysdeath in the realm of the Forever King, and his murderer was waiting to die. 🤨📖
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@ShyBookOwl … thanks for the activity… those tagged if you have play along 🤗
I completely agree wouldn‘t that be a real vacation 📖🤨
So… my goals for this year is to become as active here as I was prior to my mom passing… along with reading more fun books as I got into more psychology, mind, and science books.
My words for 2022 is perseverance, persistence, and health 🤗🤨
I‘m reading the above book and loving it 😊
Thank you @MoonWitch94 for this post those tagged play if you haven‘t 🤗📖
So not only an adventure but beautiful artistry‘s as well 🥰📖 love Jay Kristoff‘s books 🤨
Starting this now … can‘t wait 🤨📖
pickThis is my first Kristoff book and I am impressed! I usually shy away from high fantasy stuff (I have a hard time trusting authors to world/character/plot build all at once), but figured I‘d give it a try since I love vampires and wow. This book has it all, and with pictures! Now to wait (impatiently) for the sequel, lol.
Any Kristoff fans out there? What should I read next while I wait?
@TheAromaofBooks this was my November #bookspin pick
I have set a resolution for myself to not purchase any new books next year beyond my monthly botm boxes. So, I may have made a last minute purchase or three to get these in under the wire. In my defense, the bottom two were daily kindle deals at just $2.99 each, which is less than a cup of coffee, so it's almost like free. Right? 😁
So many great reads this year though the tagged book was definitely the standout. #2021
pickNew and interesting take on vampires, placing them firmly back in the scary and horrible camp. In this world the sun inexplicably stopped rising 27 years ago; vampires and other nasties began to take over as they could now walk abroad anytime. Gabriel (MC) is a member of a holy brotherhood that hunts all monsters but especially the vampires. Very dark and violent but with beautiful lyrical prose, it was tough to get through in spots. (cont.)
Bought the US signed First Edition. Not quite sure what to make of this. Only 100 pages in. Seems to be a lot of words just for the sake of it , could be 200 pages shorter just because of that. Loving that the Vamps are just evil though and quite liking Gabriel as the narrator of his life. I'm giving it an above so-so so far.
“A life without books is a life not lived.”
Even in a high fantasy, vampires vs vampire hunters epic, we get a shoutout to the power of books!
pickI just finished this beauty and I‘m just a bit shook. I think I might just start this again because it was glorious!
'Poets are wankers,‘ Gabriel sighed. And minstrels are just poets who‘re allowed to strum themselves in public. It‘s a self-important prat who believes his thoughts are worth putting to parchment, let alone writing a fucking ballad about.‘
I think I‘m in love.
@FantasyChick I am so stoked about the book you chose from my #jolabokaflodswap. Thank you so much. Hope you have a fabulous Christmas. @MaleficentBookDragon
pickI beat the beast! This gave me Interview with the Vampire mixed with something ancient and war like vibes. Oddly, I didn't get bored with it. Considering my relationship with Kristoff I'd call it a win
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#Top21of21 My favourite book of the year was the tagged book. There were so many 5 star reads for me and I made a decent dent in reading the books on my shelves!
#UnpopularOpinion
Might Bail. Might have outgrown Jay Kristoff.
Flowery language.
Tacky jokes (disguised as wit).
YA for adults.
Where are the scary vampires?
Not sure I want to read more (explicit) sex scenes between underaged characters.
#buddyread @DuckOfDoom @Maike
#AVeryMerryReadathon @TheSpineView
Morning reading, before I have to be brave and make some phone calls.
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Decided on this one.
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PS: grabbed the bookmark and it has the "For the night is dark and full of terrors." quote by George RR Martin on. Fitting, I suppose.
Ok Littens I need a bit of advise because I'm not sure what I'm doing about this. One of the books I ordered for a gift came in today and the tip in is upside down 🤔 It happens but my question is: Would it bother you if you got a book like this? I figure it would cost me more to send it back than it's worth so do I keep it and order a new one or send it along anyway and hope the person receiving doesn't mind? Anyone deal with this before?
"Do you know what irony is, de León?" ~Jean-François
"They make swords out of it, don't they? Mix it with coally and hit it with a hammery?" ~ Gabriel de León
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"A life without books is a life not lived."
"Put a man in a room for a hundred years with a thousand books and he will know a million truths. Put him in a room for a year with silence, and he'll know himself"
~ Gabriel de León
so-soThis took me quite a while to read. I took a break as I wasn't really enjoying it, only wanting to get through it. That actually helped me as I felt a bit more into it. But on the whole this series isn't for me and more than likely won't read the next one.
Get a couple chapters in while I can 😉
At this rate, I might have this beast complete by the end of the year. Might.
Happy Friday!!
1) Reading the tagged book, and listening to The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks.
2) Goodreads.
3) The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd- trying to find an audio version.
#Weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickBk40 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk3 of #20in4 & Bk21 & last of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #Necronomathon #LittenListenBingo #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #BooksAndTeaChallenge #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #VampathonBingo cont👇 is done. And what a book it was! A different take on vampires,if you loved Nevernight you‘ll love this.Profanity warning 10🤭 5,535pts #TeamSlaughter
Finished this late last night. It makes another #BookSpinBingo. #Scarathlon #TeamHendrix #Wickedathon #Screamathon #SpookOWeen #ReadWithUs #20in4
“A life without books is a life not lived”
Truer words have never been spoken.
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Spending Halloween and the last day of #Scarathlon2021 and all the other October ‘thons #audioknitting to the new Jay Kristoff book. I‘ve been switching between book & audio as it‘s over 26hrs & I read much quicker. Trying to decide which colour is next in Jaxon‘s blanket, I‘m not happy with the green next to the mustard(Hubbys choice🙄)and I‘m leaning towards the navy blue or silver🤔 1pt #TeamSlaughter
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