Month: October 2024

Creatures of the Night Book Tag

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Happy Halloween! I was tagged earlier today by Dini to complete the Creatures of the Night Book Tag. So, of course, I had to jump on it before the holiday was over. The tag was initially created by Kat from Katytastic over on Booktube.

🧛‍♂️Vampire🧛‍♂️

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

This was such a unique take on vampires, and the zombie vampire creatures were absolutely vicious. The story had so much great action, as well as some steamy poly moments.

Check out my full review!

🐺Werewolf🐺

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

I had trouble picking out a book for this one. There are quite a few books about werewolves on my TBR, but only a few came to mind that I’ve read. I landed on Fool Moon because I read it this year and thought it was a good second installment to this series. I also found the information on different types of werewolves to be really interesting.

🧟‍♂️Zombie🧟‍♂️

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

I had to copy Dini on this one because this is my favorite book with zombies, by far. The romance and humor in this book were top notch, and the world-building and zombie action were great, too.

Check out my full review!

👻Ghost👻

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

This book is about a boy who becomes possessed by the dybbuk of his friend. The two of them must work together to solve the friend’s murder. I ate this book up! I cannot recommend it enough.

🪄Witch/Warlock/Spellcaster🪄

The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell

I finally got around to listening to this book recently, and it was a lot of fun. It had plenty of humor, and I always love getting to see a story play out from the perspective of the “villains.”

🧚‍♂️Fairy/Fae🧚‍♂️

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

I loved the depiction of fae in this book. It illustrated their mysterious, whimsical, and duplicitous nature so well. The writing in this book was just absolutely stunning, as well.

😈Demon😈

Fraternity by Andy Mientus

I loved this dark academia story set in an all-boys boarding school in the 1990s. It explored homophobia, the AIDS crisis, and racism in gut-punching ways. The found family was so good, and I came to care about the boys so much.

Check out my full review!

👽Alien👽

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

This book has been on my mind a lot recently, and I’ve been toying with the idea of re-reading it. So, I was excited to see I’d be able to include it in this post.

🦸‍♂️Superpowered Human🦸‍♂️

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

This entire series is so special to me. So, the pick for this prompt was a no-brainer. I loved the ADHD rep. The main character was so EXTRA, and the bi rep was great, too. The friend group at the heart of the story was so fantastic and had such a wonderful dynamic.

Check out my full review!

There you have it! My choices for the Creatures of the Night Book Tag. I’m not going to tag anyone specific in this one since it is so late in the day on Halloween, but if you feel inspired to participate, please link back to this post so I can see your answers. Happy Halloween! 🎃

Top Ten Tuesday – Perfect Reads for Spooky Season

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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 a Halloween freebie. So, I’ve chosen to share 10 books that seem like perfect reads for spooky season. The first five books are ones I’ve read this year, and I think they fit the spooky season vibe. The other five books are on my TBR. I probably won’t get to them before Halloween, but who says spooky season has to end on October 31st? 😊The titles link to my reviews, if available. The covers link to Goodreads in case any of them catch your eye!

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Most Anticipated November 2024 Book Releases

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It is nearly the end of the month, which means it is time to look forward to the upcoming November 2024 book releases. The number of titles this month is actually somewhat manageable, which is a nice change of pace after having so many anticipated releases last month that I had to split the list into two parts. There are some very exciting titles releasing in November, though, including several sequels and series finales. New books from Pascalle Lacelle, Tasha Suri, Ed McDonald, Melissa Caruso, and Susan Dennard are among the ones I’m most excited to pick up. If you’d like to check out last month’s anticipated releases, you can find them here and here. The covers of these November 2024 book releases all link to Goodreads in case you want to add any of them to your TBR! 🙂

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Imperfect Illusions – BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight

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The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details

Title: Imperfect Illusions

Author: Vanora Lawless

Length: 318 Pages

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: October 4, 2022

Goodreads | Storygraph | Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | Amazon (Canada)

Book Blurb

A drafted empath. A dreamwalking poet. A world at war.

Chicago, 1917.

Idealistic, aspiring poet, Elliot Stone can make people feel euphoria or horror with a simple touch. But that’s only part of his magical abilities. He can also wake in the dreams of people he cares deeply for.

Stubborn, fiercely independent Warren “Sully” Sullivan is an illusionist with a secret: he feels the emotions of others as visceral sensations. A lifetime of fending for himself and parsing feelings that aren’t his own has left him guarded.

An intoxicating, intense connection on their last night of freedom should be nothing more than a one-night stand. And it is. Until Elliot awakens in Sully’s nightmare with an overpowering urge to save him, regardless of his carefully crafted moral code.

As tragedy draws them together in real life to battle enemies with twisted magic, weakness is a disastrous liability. When keeping safe means revealing his to Elliot, can Sully take the risk?

About the Author

Vanora Lawless is a genderfluid disaster bi with ADHD and a passion for telling love stories set in magical or niche historical worlds. In spare time between crafting new worlds and stories, Vanora can be found poorly practicing guitar, curled up in a blanket burrito with a good book, or currently, marathoning Teen Wolf like it’s 2013.

WWW Wednesday (109) – October 16, 2024

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Hello, everyone! It’s Wednesday (actually Thursday)! That means it is (past) time for another WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words. I’ll be answering the following questions:

  1. What did you read last?
  2. What are you currently reading?
  3. What will you read next?

I’m a bit late on participating in this meme this week. I missed last week completely, though, and didn’t want to miss two weeks in a row. So, here’s my late entry detailing what I’ve been reading the last two weeks.

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Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2024

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Welcome to this incredibly late monthly wrap-up post! Where did September and the first half of October go? So much has happened in such a short period of time. My wife accepted a new job in the Midwest, and she starts at the beginning of January. So, that means I’ve been getting everything ready for our move from Louisiana to Illinois. We’ve toured homes virtually and had an offer accepted on a house. Now we’re navigating inspections and mortgage applications, not to mention getting our current house ready to go on the market. The packing has been a full-time endeavor, and I’m only just getting started. It is all a bit overwhelming, but I know we’ll manage it.

On the blogging front, my blog hopping has still been extremely limited. Unfortunately, that is unlikely to change until sometime next year. With our impending move, I’m just extremely busy with the house buying/selling process and packing up all of our stuff. I’m honestly struggling to even read at this point. I just don’t have nearly as much free time as I used to.

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Black Stone Heart – BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight

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The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details

Title: Black Stone Heart

Author: Michael R. Fletcher

Length: 380 Pages

Genre: Fantasy

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: March 29, 2020

Goodreads | Storygraph | Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | Amazon (Canada)

Book Blurb

A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across the world. With each piece, he regains some small shard of the man he once was.

He follows the trail, fragment by fragment, remembering his terrible past.

There was a woman.

There was a sword.

There was an end to sorrow.

Khraen walks the obsidian path.

About the Author

Michael R. Fletcher is a science fiction and fantasy author, a grilled cheese aficionado, and a whiskey-swilling reprobate. He spends his days choreographing his forklift musical (titled “Get Forked”), and using caffeine as a substitute for sanity. Any suggestions that he is actually Dyrk Ashton in disguise are all lies.

Blog (kinda): http://michaelrfletcher.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelRFlet…

Twitter: @FletcherMR

Instagram: fletcher_michael_r

Anathema & Tidbit – BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight

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The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details

Length: 269 Pages

Genre: Fantasy

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: October 17, 2023

Goodreads | Storygraph | Amazon (US) | Amazon (UK) | Amazon (Canada)

Book Blurb

Rejected even by her own kind, Anathema, the albino dragon, always thought she’d live her centuries alone until, on a whim—on a compulsion—she rescued a tiny black kitten from certain death.

She could never have guessed what his companionship would mean for her. More, she could never have predicted the impact sharing her life with him would have on her and so many others.

Or the powerful persona lurking in that tiny feline morsel she called Tidbit.

About the Author

Stephanie Barr is a part-time novelist, full-time rocket scientist, mother of three children and slave to many cats. Anything else even vaguely interesting about her can be found in her writing since she puts a little bit of herself in everything she writes … just not the same piece.