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#WWWWednesday: 01 January!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, BOOK LOVERS AND FRIENDS!!!
The last decade has been a helluva journey that’s been full of both high-highs and low-lows. I still can’t believe that we’re already starting a new decade, but I hope that it’s brilliant for all of you. I hope the year ahead is full of light, love, happiness and peace. And of course, all the very bookish things!

So it’s time for December’s last WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:

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

What did you read last?

With all the family time and holiday festivities fully under way over the last week, it’s not surprising that I haven’t been able to read much. I think I ended the year on a pretty good note though. I finished The Folk of the Air series and I surprisingly enjoyed The Queen of Nothing the most in the whole series.

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black ★★★½
I continued to struggle with connecting to the characters in this series. I don’t feel any attachment or fondness for them and it honestly made the read a little … Meh? Although I did enjoy the story itself. The world building continued to wow me–the politics, the customs, and really all of faerieland in general is pretty amazing! My interest was fully piqued by the end though and I quickly wanted to know what happened (hence why I picked up QoN right away)! Read my full review here.

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ★★★★☆
I knew that I would enjoy this but I didn’t think I’d enjoy it so much that I’d hate to put it down for even a second. This was a fast-paced fantasy that was a little light on the horror aspect despite being about zombies; it was just the right touch of creepy but I was still able to read it alone at night, which says something as I’m a certified chicken. I loved the characters (and the goat!) and the Welsh inspired story. It was fairly predictable but it was still highly enjoyable! I would highly recommend it if you’re looking for something a little different! Read my full review here.

The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air #3) by Holly Black ★★★★☆
Well, this series ending had me feeling surprisingly emotional towards characters that I didn’t give a second thought to in the previous books. The world building continued to stay strong even in this final book. Since I was able to form more of a connection to the characters in QoN, it was definitely a more enjoyable read. It was fast paced but the ending did feel a little too neatly wrapped up and rushed. Still, it’s a pretty satisfying ending to this series! Review coming soon.

What are you currently reading?

The fast approaching end to the holiday festivities and season has put me in a bit of a funky mood lately and I’ve started three vastly different books but I’m not so sure that I’m in the right mood for any of them. I may be feeling a little cynical and jaded and that could be contributing to my weird mood, but mostly I think I’m just tired of all the gatherings and social interactions that I’ve been throwing myself into for the last two-three weeks! I’m hoping that I’ll be able to stick these three out to the end. I’m actually doing a buddy read for The Most Fun We Ever Had so it’s gonna happen!

What will you read next?

Again, since I have no idea what kind of mood I’m in, I’m not really sure what I want to read next. I actually started The Perfect Date last week but … Oh man, it’s SUCH a struggle to get into, especially since the male characters love to objectify women and how it’s written is just gross. Like, really? Is it attractive to make your characters sound like that? I’m sure this is the part where I should just DNF the book but … It’s an backdated eARC and I’d feel even worse DNFing it (…if I miraculously decided to start DNFing this year)! What do y’all think I should do?

Are you currently reading anything this busy week?
Happy New Year, friends! May you have a fabulously bookish year 🙂

19 thoughts on “#WWWWednesday: 01 January!”

  5. It’s been a slow week for me. Haven’t read much mostly working on setting up the new blog. You look like you had a great week. I need to finish The Cruel Prince series. Probably try to fit it in in February.

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  6. Oooh, I’m glad to see you liked The Bone Houses so much! I still need to get that. The fact that you liked QoN so much gives me hope! I still can’t wait to read it.

    If you end up liking Ink and Bone, we should buddy read the whole series! I’ve been meaning to finish it, and I just haven’t had a chance yet.

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    • It’s a satisfying ending though I think if I loved the series more (like everyone else seems to) I might’ve been a little disappointed. BUT it was still worth finishing the series! I hope you enjoy it, Sammie 🙂 And The Bone Houses! The goat is awesome 😀

      I just saw your message about buddy reading the series. I’m on the third book now 😂 Do you still need to read the second? Was thinking of taking a break after the third one, so we could probably buddy read the last if you’re up for it? Haha

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      • Well, Dini, now that gives me *less* hope about QoN. What are you doing to me?! xD

        The … goat? Well, now I’m even more curious lol.

        Ooops haha. I still need to read the second one. I just grabbed it from Overdrive, though. There’s five books, so we can buddy read the last two, unless you don’t have access to the fifth one just yet? It came out at the end of last year.

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    • What do you think of it so far? I’m a little scared to pick it up because I’m a little chicken lol is it really creepy? I kinda regret not picking it up when my sister was visiting and staying with me 😂

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