Book Review – Legacy of the Brightwash

Hello, everyone! Today I’m reviewing Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar, which is available now wherever you buy your books. I’ve seen nothing but praise for this book on Book Twitter and in reviews, and I was excited when it was recommended for my 12 months, 12 friends, 12 books challenge. Did it live up to all the hype? I’ll go ahead and answer that here. Yes. It did. Read on to find out why! 🙂

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Top Ten Tuesday – Books On My Winter 2023-2024 To-Read List

Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books On My Winter 2023-2024 To-Read List, and I’ve chosen to focus on books I hope to read in early 2024 since my December TBR has already been set. There is a mix of upcoming releases and books from my shelves I’d really love to read soon.

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First Lines Fridays (82) – December 8, 2023

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!
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Monthly Wrap-Up: October & November 2023

I’ve been in a mood for the last month and a half or so, and it left me with no motivation for blogging. So, October’s wrap-up never got finished, which means this long overdue post will include stuff from October and November. I’m not sure if the gloomier weather has soured my mood or if the meh feelings are just a result of a mild depressive episode. Whatever the cause, it has made it so much harder to get things done. I’m feeling a bit better now and had a great Thanksgiving holiday with my family. Hopefully, things will continue to improve since I have a lot to do to get ready for Christmas.

The only stuff I’ve wanted to do over the last couple of months was sleep and read, and I did plenty of both of them. I managed to read some great books, which is one of the only things keeping me sane and feeling somewhat productive. I’ll stop my moody rambling now and get to the good stuff, all the things I’ve read since September…

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