When my mother was alive, I was a different person. That little girl wore simple clothes and wildflowers in her hair and could sing any aria or tavern song known in the Northern Kingdoms.
#OfIceAndShadows #AudreyCoulthurst #OfFireAndStars #Fantasy #LGBT #YoungAdult #Lesbian #Queer #Romance #Audiobook #Fiction #HighFantasy #YoungAdultFantasy
pickThis is a story where everything revolves around game play, and players must continue to win to remain an active part of the society. Of course, the overall game is never truly fair but biased towards those with wealth and power. This misfit team of teenagers is determined to make it into the game that could change it all. As an adult reader, the plot was a bit predictable but it was a fun premise.
#MiddleGrade #audiobook #TRS2025
pickThis was an interesting little tale describing an island where pirates arrive seeking gems and ban all items and item names using the letter named in the title. Yet, in this tale, that letter is used many, many times, including in a few very necessary ideas.
#1001books #audiobook
pickI had to go ahead and finish this one ahead of schedule when my library audio was about to auto return. It was a completely wild and entertaining ride that frequently made it hard to only listen to a chapter or so at a time. I am intrigued by this as the beginning of a series that goes on to focus on Campion, but I‘m not sure I‘ll make time to continue it.
#HashtagBrigade #audiobook
Is it really so difficult to look up the pronunciation of a word/name, dear #audiobook narrator?
It's not "Chai-Chester"!
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I'm not tagging the book, because I'm actually enjoying it. This mispronunciation though was like nails on a chalkboard.
pickThis was a very good read. It didn‘t have as much suspense as I originally expected. Overall it was an enjoyable read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#TheObsession #NatashaPreston #Thriller #YoungAdult #Mystery #MysteryThriller #Audiobook #Horror #Suspense #Contemporary
Today I finished an audio reread of The Tale of Genji. I did not listen nearly as carefully as I read the first time a few years ago, but I found it interesting how some scenes were so familiar from the previous read. It is still a beautifully written but infuriating story.
#1001books #Reading1001 #audiobook #Translated
Four years.
48 months.
1,461 days.
35,064 hours.
2,103,840 minutes.
126,230,400 seconds.
That‘s how long I‘d waited for the new book by my favorite author, Lukas Gerbhardt: Don‘t Tread on Me.
To put it in perspective, I was graduating middle school when I read Lukas‘s last book, A House of Wooden Windows.
#SuggestedReading #DavidConnis #YoungAdult #Contemporary #Fiction #BooksAboutBooks #RealisticFiction #Audiobook #YoungAdult #Contemporary 💘💘
pickThis has been on my TBR for a while, so I listened to it today. It‘s a fun origin story for Santa Claus including how he started using a sleigh pulled by reindeer, getting in houses through the chimney, filling stockings, and his immortality, all with with no Christian connections.
#MiddleGrade #Christmas #audiobook
📷: Giving the pets a little extra attention after a busy week at school.
