My March #WrapUp

I'm pleasantly surprised with the Cainsville series.

3½✨

While I guessed at the goings-on in Cainsville while reading Omens, I was still totally wrapped up and lost in Olivia's world.

It started with me wanting to know more about her parents, and it ends with me desperately needing to find the next book, because I realised it's all about Cainsville.

This is just the exact right combination of mystery, intrigue and myth to hit my sweet spot of enjoyment.

4✨
I am not a fan of Nesta.
But I also wasn't a fan of Chaol, and didn't want to read Tower of Dawn - It ended up as one of my favourites in the Throne of Glass series.
I'm still not a fan of Nesta, but I do appreciate what Maas did with her character. I love the message that no matter what you are loved, and you are worthy of love.
And even though this book didn't find its way to my favourites, I still shed a few tears there at the end.
Cont👇🏼

I couldn't find a physical book for Visions on such short notice, but I did find the Audio book 🤩

Hoping to finish aCoSF this week.

#CurrentlyReading

3½✨
I honestly don't even know how I got this book, but it's been on my shelf forever.
I started it without even knowing genre. But the initial start drew me in, and I just had to know if her parents were guilty by the 40% mark, so today I sat down and finished it.
I was pleasantly surprised with this one, I'll be on the lookout for the rest of the books in the series.

Not a fan of Nesta, but I've heard that I need to read this one before I continue with House of Flame & Shadow.
#CurrentlyReading

My February #WrapUp

I think my reading slump is over 🎊🎉
Took long enough (October 23 to mid February 24) 😱
Think this was the longest time I've ever gone without reading.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday
Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🔖

🦸🏼‍♀️All the Percy Jackson's (even as an adult 😉)
🧙🏼‍♀️The Kingkiller Chronicles ( how awesome would a final book be?)
👩🏼‍💻 And a new one: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Want to play? @TheLudicReader @JessClark78 @SamAnne @Kristy_K

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

💮 Jasmine - My first house had a big Jasmine growing at the front door, the smell is home.
⛈️ The smell after a thunderstorm - Nothing beats that clean smell
🌲 The smell of pine needles - It reminds me of my grandparents farm and all the fun we had there

Want to play? @dabbe @bthegood @Yuki_Onna @hes7

4½✨

Such a strange, unique, brilliant little story.
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I sent with Piranesi.

Will be on the lookout for Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

I have a little staycation, and decided it's time to reorganize my bookshelves 🤦🏼‍♀️

Why does it always seem to be more work putting everything back? 😕

3½✨
This might be my least favourite book so far.
I really loved Tiggy's story, but I detested every second I had to spend with the self absorbed Lucía. Se drove me nuts, and sadly the majority of the book focused on her.

I'm very curious about the basement in Atlantis....

4½✨

This was different.
I enjoyed this backwards time travel, slowly revealing more and more of the truth.
Even when I thought I figured it out, I was still quite taken by the ending and how it changed the whole feeling of the book.

My current reads

After months of the worst reading slump of my life....
Today I just felt like reading again, picked up The Moon Sister and at 100 pages in I realised I'm really reading again.

🎉 Yeah for me 🎉

4✨

I love how weirdly different Pessl works are. I'm always amazed with the worlds and stories she dreams up.

Neverworld Wake was no different, from the get go I was intrigued and captured by the whole idea of a space between life and death where you have to make the decision you never would want to in life.
Even the unlikable characters didn't deter me from wanting to know. And as I sit here thinking it all through, I know I'll read it again.

November #WrapUp

4 Books Completed:
2 part of #SeriesLove2023
#NonFiction
All contribute to #Pantone2023 as well

🏆 Favourite: The Mountain is You
🥇Honorable mention: The Ruby Circle

3✨

As I was looking through my alphabet challenge I realised that I haven't read any books with a K. So I got on a mission to find something cute and short to fill the void.
My reading slump is still ongoing so I knew not to do something over the top.

And when I realised I had the Baby-sitters club on Audio it was like a sign.

👇🏻

5✨

This was truly inspiring.
I learned so much about myself and how to change myself. And how I am my biggest problem, but also how I don't need to be.
I can honestly say that from starting this book to date, I've already identified some issues and changed my life for the better.

Will be re-reading/listen to this often.

#NonFiction
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #EmpireYellow

4½✨

I can't say I'm a Britney fan, but I have a few songs I love. Funny thing, those are the songs she mentions that really means something to her.
This was such a raw, open, and honest account of what Britney had to endure. My heart bleeds for her turmoil and pain.

I hope she finds all her healing and the Woman she needs to be for herself.

#NonFiction
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #OysterMushroom #CrystalRose

4✨

Me actually finishing this book in my current reading slump, speaks of my love for these characters.

I absolutely loved this series. Even with the slow start of the first book.
I was a big fan of Vampire Academy, but Sydney and Adrian are definitely my favourites. All the obstacles they had to overcome to be them....
I'm hoping for a future series catching up with all my favourite characters.

My NOVEMBER #BookSpinBingo Board!

#BookSpin - The Moon Sister (Lucinda Riley)
#DoubleSpin - Dracula (Bram Stoker)

@TheAromaofBooks

October #WrapUp

2 Books Completed:
1 part of #SeriesLove2023
#NonFiction
All contribute to #Pantone2023 as well

My reading slump is really showing...

I'm still pretty stuck in my reading slump.
But maybe if I place the challenge before me, I might rise to the occasion.

My #BookSpin List for November

@TheAromaofBooks

4✨

I'm currently really struggling to read, but I found listening to this very interesting book did help somewhat to get me out of my slump.

This was really so informative and fascinating. I didn't realise how easy our eating habits are influenced by our environment. I truly believed myself above this, but was so shocked at how many things I thought was my choice only to realise that it was really the things around me.

4✨

Due to a very bad reading slump this one took me way too long to finish.
This was an interesting twist. I didn't expect us to see so much of Sidney in captivity.
I do enjoy Adrian's pov, he's such a misunderstood character.
Love them together 😍

Can't believe I'm almost done with the series.

@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #OysterMushroom #GrayLilac

I'm in the worst reading slump!
Not even my old favourites seem to be able to pull me out of this one!

🥴

Only 5 squares filled for September #BookSpinBingo

It was a tough month.
I've finished my #BookSpin [Oathbringer Part 1], but I'm still working on my #DoubleSpin [Oathbringer Part 3]

@TheAromaofBooks

September #WrapUp

4 Books Completed:
2 part of #SeriesLove2023
#NonFiction
All contribute to #Pantone2023 as well

🏆 Favourite: Hannibal Rising
🥇Honorable mention: The Fiery Heart
🫤 Least favourite: Unmasked

4✨

That ending....
I really love where this series is going.
The double POV was a delightful change. Adrian's voice is definitely what was missing in the previous books.

Can't wait to start the next book.
@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #MochaMousse #IcedMango #Macchiato #Tangelo

My October #BookSpin List

@TheAromaofBooks

2✨

Most of my favourite musicals have the name Webber somewhere in them. So I thought why not try this audiobook.
But this was not quite as interesting as I thought it would be. At some points I actually found it boring. And the parts where he talks about music composition I was totally lost.

#NonFiction
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #OysterMushroom #EmpireYellow

3✨

This was an interesting set-up.
Making all the narratives unrealibe isn't something I came across before. And while I found it frustrating most of the time, I got why Feeney chose to do it that way.
I got most of the twists figured out way before they happened, but still had to see if I got it right...
Not my favourite by Feeney.

@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #FieryRed #OysterMushroom

4✨

I don't know exactly what I was expecting when I started this book, but it definitely wasn't this.
I've read this series in publication order, so I knew Hannibal. But knowing the why behind Hannibal gives this whole series a different feel.
I'll have to go back and read it chronologically.

@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023 Another series completed
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #FieryRed #MochaMousse #IcedMango

My SEPTEMBER #BookSpinBingo Board!

#BookSpin - Oathbringer Part 1 (Brandon Sanderson)
#DoubleSpin - Oathbringer Part 3 (Brandon Sanderson)

@TheAromaofBooks

My Goal for the #RushAThon was to read 100 pages and listen to 30min of audio a day.
I quickly realised that it wasn't quite possible to accomplish this, so I changed my goal to read 3100 pages and listened to 15h30m for the month.

And that I've accomplished!
I read a total of 3123 pages
And listen to 22h19m

I'm very happy with myself!

@DieAReader
@Andrew65
@GHABI4ROSES
#RushAThon

August #WrapUp

12 Books Completed:
9 part of #SeriesLove2023
3 part of #ChunksterChallenge2023
#BookSpin & #DoubleSpin
#NonFiction
All contribute to #Pantone2023 as well

🏆 Favourite: Words of Raidiance
🥇Honorable mention: Mindhunter
🫤 Least favourite: The Collide

13 squares filled for my August #BookSpinBingo

Unfortunately no, BINGO this time.

I did however finish both my #BookSpin [The Pearl Sister] and my #DoubleSpin [The Collide]

@TheAromaofBooks

4✨

When I added this one to my TBR, I thought it was a memoir by Maggie Smith (Actress)
But on closer inspection I found that it was in fact not her, but Poet Maggie Smith. So I had to change my mindset before I started listening. I've never read any of her work, but as soon as I hit play I was drawn in by her lyrical writing.
This is a deep, sad story of love, loss, and how to keep on keeping on. How to turn a Hurt into something Beautiful.

1✨

So disappointing!
This series started out fantastic, I was so glad to find a YA that wasn't all Love and Butterflies. But it just went down hill from there; concluding with this disjointed story.
It's almost as if what happened in the first book and the conclusion of the series have nothing to do with one another.

#DoubleSpin
@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #BlazingYellow #EmpireYellow #Tangelo

My September #BookSpin List.

@TheAromaofBooks

4✨

I'm so glad I stuck with this series. While I didn't enjoyed the first two books as much as VA the last part of book 2 really made me want to read the next one. And I'm glad to report that it's back to VA standards.
This have everything I loved in VA. Quick paced, action pack and a sprinkle of love.

I love Sage's character growth. And I was surprised to learn some of her trades I found annoying, might not be her at all.

2½✨

This is the second book by Virginia Woolf that I've tried. And I'm sorry to say I just don't like her writing energy. At points it felt frantic and chaotic and I had to put all my mind-power to work to stay with the story.
I just feel that I've worked way too hard for this little book.

#NonFiction
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #BlazingYellow #Macchiato #LeekGreen #Titanite

4½✨

I was a bit sceptical about CeCe. Out of all the sisters she's the one I didn't like, nor cared for. But in the end she's redeemed in my eyes. My heart went out to her and in the end she grew and changed so much, I couldn't help but love her.
That combined with Kitty's totally submersive story (I absolutely loved her from the get go) this was another excellent edition to the Seven Sisters.

#BookSpin

#WonderousWednesday

1. Red Notice
2. Barbie
3. Currently just giving thanks 🙏 So blessed!

Thanks for the tag @Eggs @hannah-leeloo

Want to play? @HeyT @Kristy_K @Ruthiella

4✨

After finishing the Mortal Instruments earlier this year, I decided to continue with the Shadowhunter books. But realised I didn't read these 4 short stories yet. So I worked these short stories in, between my reading so that I can start The Eldest Cures next.

I enjoyed most of the stories in this compilation.

@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #AiryBlue #SummerSong #ElecticBlueLemonade #BluePerennial #Skylight

5✨

I really enjoyed this one!
Serial Killers and Profiling are my favourite genres in fiction, so I thought, this, being the birth of behavioural analysis would either kill that love or amplify it. Glad to report the latter.
Going through all the different cases and scenarios, seeing the behind the scenes of what was put into creating a department in the FBI solely focusing on criminal behaviour and background. Fascinating from start to finish.

3✨

For the majority of this book I couldn't stand Lift. She kinda drives me crazy with all her awesomeness and her inability to listen or be responsible.
But in the end I get why those things were punctuated and I see the birth of a fantastic character.

This one is also packed with additional info that will no doubt play a big part in the whole of the Stormlight Archives.

My streak crashed over the weekend. 😞
But I have all intentions to catch up on my missing pages and still reach my 3100 pages and 15 hours by the end of the month.

@DieAReader
@Andrew65
@GHABI4ROSES
#RushAThon

2½✨

This one dragged on and on with back story information that I really didn't care about.
The only thing I enjoyed was Lisbeth's trail and the conclusion of the series.
The suspense and mystery was what got me into these books, but it was totally lacking in this book.

@TheSpineView @Andrew65 #SeriesLove2023
@Amiable #ChunksterChallenge2023 #AlmostAChunkster
@Clwojick #Pantone2023 #GrayedJade #OysterMushroom