#TopTenTuesday: 10 Favourite Books from 10 Series

We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is actually Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series (We all have a favorite book in our favorite series, right?) (submitted by A Hot Cup of Pleasure)

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June & July 2024 Community Posts!

Happy Monday, friends! I thought I’d kick this week off on a high note and share some community posts I loved reading in June and July. Since I posted my June wrap-up ridiculously late, I decided to combine the monthly posts and because of that, this might be a bit longer than usual. Still, I hope you enjoy checking these posts out and spreading the love to the community! On that note, I’m gonna jump straight to the posts.

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Sundays in Bed With… #MyWeeklyWrapUp [244]

We’re back with another Sundays in Bed With… meme! This meme dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you’ve spent your time reading in bed or wish you had time to read today!

I’m spending Sunday night in bed with The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence. I’m taking my time with this one as there’s a lot of information to process at the start (it’s also a chonkster with tiny text). However, I’m enjoying it a lot! I’m listening along with the audiobook at times and I love the narrator—she captures characters so well!

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#FirstLinesFriday: 2 August 2024

Happy Friday book lovers! We’re back with another First Lines Friday, 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? Here are the rules:

  • 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!

First lines:

“Peter suspected the project was doomed.
It had not been a good idea to begin with. Surely he could have found another way to satisfy his half sister’s desire for a rapier—one that did not involve dressing her in boy’s clothes and smuggling her into a fencing parlor on Bond Street.”

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Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2024

I just got around to posting my June wrap-up and it’s now time for July’s! This month had more going on than June but the latter half slowed down considerably. My brother’s wedding reception took place at the start of the month and that was lovely. I wrote a bit about it in this post if you want to see some pictures from the day! 🌻 Unfortunately, after that I got knocked out by a severe throat infection for a week. I couldn’t swallow for days and it took much longer than anticipated for me to bounce back. I’m doing okay now though and for the rest of the month, I’ve just been focusing on getting through the work days and restarting my Animal Crossing game play! 💜

On the gaming front, I’ve also been loving Potion Permit, an open-ended cosy fantasy RPG where you play a chemist from the big city stationed in a small countryside town. There are tons of quests, ingredients to collect, areas to explore, potions to brew, and friends to make. It’s got Stardew Valley style pixel graphics and a similar game play (also to Harvest Moon/SoS). I’ve been playing it on Switch and taking my sweet time with it cos I don’t want it to end! 😂

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