I found that cover I was coveting! Turns out it‘s the stepback for the paperback!
@Nessavamusic

I love this series on WEBTOONS and I was beyond ecstatic when I found out it was going to be physically published! You can read everything that‘s available on WEBTOONS, but it‘s definitely worth owning physically if it‘s something you can afford. Plus you get a previously unpublished chapter that was cut for pacing purposes but makes for a great Easter Egg! Definitely check CWs - but it's all very thoughtfully and well done, and worth the read.

1. Started Lore Olympus this morning! The rest of my Current Reads I started in December.
2. I‘m going to Disney World for the first time next week! (I think I‘m looking forward to and fearing this in equal measures - fingers crossed that all my vaccinations and precautions do their jobs!)
3. Trying to get more comfy with bailing on a book I‘m not enjoying. I really need to get over my DNF shame - life‘s too short!
@ozma.of.oz #SundayFunday

The Miscellaneous categories for #NoShameReadathon were harder than the rest for me, they really aren‘t in my wheelhouse.

Western - A Longer Fall (Gunnie Rose #2)
Inspirational - ???

While I think of the Gunnie Rose series as Paranormal Alt History, it‘s totally a Western. As for the Inspirational Fiction genre, I find myself at a loss - I‘ve got nothing. I might just let it be, but if you have any suggestions, I‘m all ears!

#NSR22 #Readathons

Horror, my sweet friend, I ♥️ you so much my V-Day, Birthday, and Anniversary traditions all feature you! (And I try to sneak a Christmas Horror during the holidays.)

Thriller - The Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1)
Gothic - Mexican Gothic*
Slasher - My Heart is a Chainsaw (Indian Lake Trilogy #1)
Supernatural - The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina

#NoShameReadathon22 #NSR22 #Readathons
* IDK where to get this cover. If you do, please tell!

Mystery has always been a favorite of mine, right up there with Fantasy and Romance. I grew up on a steady diet of Nancy Drew, Phyllis A Whitney, and Mary Higgins Clark!

Detective Novel - Shadows & Surrender (Jezebel Files #1)
*Cozy Mystery - Arsenic & Adobo (Tita Rosie‘s Kitchen #1)
Noir - The Vigilante Game (The Golden Arrow #3)
Historical - The Missing Page (Page & Sommers #2)

#NSR22 #Readathons *a Current Read

I always have a hard time actually reading Sci Fi. Which is silly. I always enjoy it. Most of these have been on Mt. TBR for years! #NoShameReadathon22 is helping me get excited to read this genre more!

Space Opera - Lady Doctor Wyre
Hard Sci-Fi - Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3)
Steampunk - The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Speculative Fiction - The City We Became (Great Cities #1)
Cyberpunk - Warcross (Warcross #1)

#NSR22 #Readathons

Fantasy is my next TBR for #NoShameReadathon22 and Bloodmarked is also my most anticipated read of the year - I‘m so very excited to see where this series goes next!!!

High Fantasy - Fevered Star (Between Earth & Sky #1)
Urban Fantasy - Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson #13)
Sword & Sorcery Fantasy - Booldmarked (Legendborn #2)
Grimdark Fantasy - The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3)
YA Fantasy - Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1)

#NSR22 #Readathons

My TBR for #NoShameReadathon22 is ready! This has been a fun way to plan some upcoming reads! It‘s definitely helped me prioritize a few of my longer term TBR residents, lol.

Starting with Romance:

Contemporary Romance - It Happened One Summer
*Historical Romance - Rake I‘d Like to F…
Self Published/KU - The Price of Possession
Dark Romance - The Risk
YA Romance - Any Way the Wind Blows

*a Current Read

#NSR22 #Readathons

Yay! I beat my goal to read 100 books this year by half as much! So many good books read! And so many good books to be read next year! Happy reading Littens!

Ness's #NoShameReadathon22 is officailly my first spreadsheet for 2022!

Now for the fun part - filling it in!

@Nessavamusic #NSR22

I‘ve been wanting to get back into my bookish social media game, namely, on Litsy, and this #NoShameReadathon22 that @Nessavamusic is hosting sounds like a great way to get that ball rolling! #NSR22 I‘m looking forward to exploring these sub genres!

So, I‘ve continued #MyBigGayHolidayTBR this year and it was a lovely romp through a bunch of fantastic queer holiday romances. It definitely made my month and is a nice cozy way to wrap up the year! The Geek Who Saved Christmas 🎄 was very solidly my favorite holiday read of the year. If you‘re still looking for those seasonal feels or if you‘re keeping a list for next year, read this one!

Happy holidays, Littens!

So I reread this on audio and it‘s fantastic! Also, for any Ted Lasso fans - the narrator‘s version of Kit‘s voice is a slightly less gravely version of Roy Kent‘s voice…😚 Also, I remember this being a great book, but it is even more glorious than I remembered! Absolutely delicious! 10 out of 10 would recommend!!!

Aand I found a pile of #bookmail when I got home!!! At least half of it is Christmas gifts 😁I‘m totally going to add all of these to my shelves and count on my hunny‘s general disregard for books to keep him speaking to me 😶

No YOU should be buying Christmas rather than adding to your personal bookhoard! Stahp judgin‘ me! #BookHaul

I love this series!!! And look what came out November 1st! I‘m so excited! Now I know what I‘m kicking off my Holiday readathon with!

AHHH!!! Looky what I came home to tonight!!! A signed #ARC of #EXTASIA I‘m so beyond thrilled! I can‘t wait to dig into this book! It came with bookmarks, stickers, and a letter! And just in time for spoopy season! In case you‘re wondering, this book is set to release 2.22.22.
#BookMailIsBestMail #AdvancedRedersCopy #SpookyReads #SpookySeason #HalloweenRead

#ThoughfulThursday
Pumpkins
Halloween
Apple Cider
Bonfires
October

In her September newsletter, KJ Charles released a 23 page title that ties up Think of England, Proper English, and the Will Darling Adventures - all in a single epilogue. It‘s not on Litsy yet, though I have suggested it, but it was a nice look into the lives of the older couples and a neat bow on Will and Kim‘s partnership in life and work. An enjoyable read, that happens to be my 100th read of the year! Yay for that too! Read ‘em if ya got ‘em!

This was an instant favorite, and even better on the reread. I‘ll never get over how much I love this book!

Stayed up late to finish this delicious book. I received an uncorrected proof a couple days before it‘s release date, but with an actual wildfire threatening my neighborhood it‘s been a crazy week. A couple grumpy, prickly, soft boys were a very welcome distraction. These two snark and snipe and moon - as they wrestle with each other (literally), the feelings they elicit in one another, and the roles they want play in the bigger scheme of things.

I just got in this early copy in the mail yesterday and I started reading it today! This beautiful romance comes out on Tuesday, and I‘m hoping to have it read and reviewed in time for release day. Maybe I‘ll make it, maybe not. Either way, I just had to share how much I love the cover and how much I‘m enjoying reading this book so far! It‘s already a delicious way to celebrate Pride month and I can‘t wait to see how these two make things work!

Look what finally came in the mail today!!! I‘m so excited! #BookMailIsBestMail

I absolutely loved this book! I‘m so so SO happy I picked it up! I feel like this book has been seriously under hyped. I haven‘t seen any reviews from anyone I follow on bookish social media and I hope to see that remedied soon! This is the queer, teen, witch story, I have been longing for since the movie, The Craft, hit theaters in 1996. It‘s raw, unapologetic, and dangerous. I couldn‘t hit the preorder button for The Scratch Daughters harder.

“He knew it was bot his job to make her smaller, safer. It was his job to lift her up as high as she wanted to soar — and to kill anything that tried to interfere.”

And this is one of the many reasons I adore Charles so very much. This is my favorite book so far in the Alpha & Omega series. Finishing up my reread of this in anticipation of tomorrow‘s release of Wild Sign! I am so very excited for this next installment of Charles and Anna‘s story.

Read some truly fantastic books this month! But Legendborn is definitely the one that beat out all the rest! It may even be my favorite read this year, if not, I‘ve got some amazing reads in my future! #BestOfFebruary

No, you stayed up past 3 AM when you work in the morning, to finish up Legendborn, because you couldn‘t stop and had to know what was happening!😅 The threads of this beautifully woven story build an awesome blend of myth, history, and magic, that absolutely enthralled me. I can‘t wait to see what more Tracy Deonn has to offer. She has the chops to be the next juggernaut in YA and Fantasy.

Got 15 hours and 15 minutes on the clock with the two best reading buddies a girl could ask for! Didn‘t make it to 24 hours of reading, but I‘m not mad at it! These were some fantastic reads, two of which I am still working on. I hope everyone had a great ‘thon!
@24in48 #24in48 #Readathon #DogsOfLitsy

Kicking of #24in48 with this beautiful book! I‘m so excited to have this #ReadAThon back in my life @24in48

I could write a ten page essay about this book and still feel like there was more to discuss and appreciate. An instant classic for me, I want to assign this book to every person on earth as required reading. Felix is a force and a delight. I wish I could have had this book when I was younger. I'm so glad that the younger generations have it now. If you haven't read this one yet. Get you hands on a copy and read this book, you won't regret it.

“make it a point
to love your self
as fiercely as you do other people

- commitment “

Finished my first read of the year! Figured that starting with a fluffy romance was a low stakes place to start! Plus it‘s #TheLetterE for my #LitsyAtoZ challenge! I got to enjoy a fluffy highland romp and meet a reading goal! Yay! Low stakes reading is the name of the game this week!
@BookishMarginalia

I haven‘t done the #LitsyAtoZ challenge in a couple of years, so I‘m giving it another go this year! I‘m all signed up! If you‘re interested, here‘s the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDunRLxIe6YF5LI-rk9QdjaV-ttmL-Kop87m4a...

Thanks for hosting this challenge @BookishMarginalia !
#ListyAtoZ2021

What a year! On so many levels! I know we‘ve got a lot of work ahead of us to make 2021 a better year. But, I‘m relieved to be able to post this wrap up. This year‘s reading has mostly been comfort reads. Romance is always a big chunk of my reading, but this year, it become the main theme! Even the books that aren‘t categorized as romance, have a romantic storyline. How did your reading change this year? #YearEndWrapUp

Ahh! This is such a great swap @AprilMae ! Thank you so much! I can‘t wait to dig into these books and gifts! Or to try your house cleansing spell! I bet it‘s going be wonderful and it‘s going to smell divine! This made my heart so happy!
👻🎃🧙🏽‍♀️✨
And thank you so much for putting together and hosting this #BasicWitchSwap! @sprainedbrain and @Meaw_catlady I had so much fun! This was just what I needed this Samhain! Blessed be! Happy Halloween!

My heart might recover by the time Cole publishes her next Thriller, which I WILL be picking up! With a few exceptions, I don‘t read Thrillers anymore. I used to devour them. But I over did it. And, some of the common elements of the genre, like gaslighting, became too real. It‘s something that makes me want to burn the world down. Definitely messes with me. And while the gaslighting in this book gave me fits, all I can say is “Worth it!”

I‘m sorry, my dear #TBR, but you are momentarily dead to me. I have received an #ARC and I only have eyes for it! Who could possibly resist a collection by these lovely ladies?!
#AdvancedReaderCopy #SorryNotSorry #MyPoorTBR #BookWormProblems #BookishLife

@AprilMae I got my package! Thank you! I‘m so excited! I can‘t wait for Saturday!!! HAPPY SAMHAIN!!!
#BasicWitchSwap #BWS #HappyHalloween #HappySamhain

Lol, guess the postman thought my skelly-dog would guard my front porch!

#BasicWitchSwap #BWS #BookMail
Pictured: Thor sulking because I‘m about to leave him to mail my package. Lol, poor pupper. I barely made it in 5 minutes before the post office closed! I still can‘t believe they close at noon on Saturdays! But now I get to say “Package Sent!!!” And wait for my swap to come in. I‘m not sure what I‘m more excited for, to receive my package or for my swap buddy to get theirs! I‘m so glad I decided to do this Swap!

“I know you probably worry about the number of undead out here in the East, but Baltimore County is the safest in all the country. They say so in the newspaper, and you know the paper would never lie.”

Nah, our government would never lie about public safety!

“The aching in Yadriel threatened to swallow him whole. Julian was still there, but Yadriel‘s body was already mourning the loss.

But he knew this wasn‘t sustainable. No one was meant to last as a spirit floating between two worlds, but especially not Julian. He was a boy made of fire who‘d been turned to frost. He was meant to burn.”

One of the dangers of falling in love with a ghost — heartbreak is guaranteed!

🍂 Outline my #NaNoWriMo2020 #WiP
🍁 Complete this #PhotoChallenge
🍂 Get my #BasicWitchSwap for #LitsySwaps mailed out on time.
🍁 Read #CemeteryBoys for 2 book clubs!
🍂 Celebrate #AllHallowsEve — in witchy style!
#Preptober #OctoberGoals #WitchyWriter #WordWitch #BookishWitch #50kOrBust #AmWriting #ParanormalRomance #UrbanFantasy #WitchyMC #GrumpySunshineTrope #ElsewhereUtah #NaNoWriMo2020 #NationalNovelWritingMonth

Happy #Preptober! Is anyone else participating in the #Preptober #PhotoChallenge over on Instagram? I‘m doing it on my account, bell.book_n_candle
It‘s going to be my fourth #NaNoWriMo but it‘s the first time I‘m really participating in Preptober! Fingers crossed 🤞🏼 that it works out well for me! I‘ve pretty much been a #pantser up ‘til now! And let‘s just say, it‘s been a bit of a hot mess each year! Good luck to all the #NaNoLittens!

#3rdQuarterWrapUp When I finished reading, Take a Hint , Dani Brown, I just started reading it again! I am completely gone for both Dani and Zaf! I ship #DrRugBae and I ship ‘em hard! Dani may be my favorite Talia Hibbert heroine! And that‘s saying a lot! I mean, have you read her books? *Takes a moment to fan self* Do yourself a favor and read this book. Not a romance fan? Perfect place to start, Dani isn‘t either, but Zaf sure is!

At first blush El seems like your basic angry teen girl, but by the end of the 1st chapter, the truth of her situation is sinking in and her surly attitude seems down right cheery. By the end of the second chapter I was hooked. I‘m invested in seeing how El develops as she strives to not only survive a sentient school that literally takes it‘s pound of flesh out of the student body and is crawling with flesh and shadow monsters, but to thrive.

#ThoughtfulThursday
🎃Definitely for Halloween, as in starting in September, there are fall leaves, pumpkins, and skulls EVERYWHERE.
🍏 I‘m a Caramel Apple sort of girl. No shade on pumpkin spice - it‘s just that it‘s the hot caramel apple cider that I‘m impatiently awaiting all year long.
📚10 so far.

Fellow writing community Littens, what are some of your favorite ways to ramp up to a writing session? Favorite books to have on hand, drinks/foods to help fuel your creativity, fuzzy companions, music, silence, incense, candles, whatever it is that you do to get in that headspace and maintain creative productivity?

This book is definitely the best in the series and therefore a great series ender. There is a lot of material from Angel‘s interactions with our favorite FBI agent that lays out groundwork and hints at possibilities for a spin off series - possibly featuring different “monsters” hiding in plain sight? I would love to encounter future Angel as a cameo in another series! Suffice it to say this whole series is definitely #RereadWorthy

#BasicWitchSwap
Just signed up! So glad I saw this before sign ups closed! I was wondering if it was happening this year and I‘m super excited to participate!

If you‘re interested in signing up too, here‘s the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiuJ9ecMO_HZmQBdRH_DE1Uve19Fg7YxTj52Gc...