Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
Oh, the Horror
Suggested by: Snapdragon @ Snapdragon Alcove Prompts:Do you read horror? What do you think of when you hear the word horror? Are there any books you read that are not practically horror but have some horror element in them?
Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing my possibility pile for the The Life of a Showgirl Taylor Swift Inspired Reading Challenge. Isn’t that a mouthful?! 🤭 Anyway, we’re halfway through the month now, and I’m just posting about this for the first time, so I guess you can probably tell how well this is going, lol. I have been able to tick off two of the prompts, but I’m hoping to complete a few more soon!
This is a reading challenge created by four hosts @katscreations614 (Kristin), @bookish.ciara (Ciara), @wander.through.books (Ruby), and @challengecoven (Nicole) on Instagram. I believe it was created before the album came out, so some of the prompts don’t really match the song well, but I thought it’d be fun to do anyway! 😂
Okay, I’m not waffling on anymore! Let’s get straight to the prompts and bookish possibilities, but I’ll include a full list of the prompts at the end in case anyone wants to be a chaos monster with me and join halfway through the month! I’m marking the books that I’ll likely read with a ☀︎ symbol.
The Fate of Ophelia — Retelling
The Earl That Got Away — Persuasion, James — Huck Finn, Blood of Hercules — Hercules, The Gilded Heiress — Anastasia, A Forgery of Fate — Beauty and the Beast
This was the first prompt I finished! This was definitely a strange little book that was a step outside my comfort zone with its eerie/chilling vibes. I really enjoyed it though 🙂
Father Figure — Strong male figure
I’m not gonna lie, friends. I had a really hard time coming up with any options but the first that popped into my mind was the book that I’ll be counting for this prompt. I’d love to know what you’d recommend for this!
It was also hard for me to come up with more options for this but these were the only ones I could think of (and one would be a re-read if I go for it, lol). I’d love to know what you’d recommend for this!
This merman fell hard, fast, and first! Sure, the “fated mates” trope came into play a little bit, but it was wonderful to see Arges be so absolutely taken by Mira (even despite being simultaneously disgusted by humans, lol)!
Wi$h Li$t — Got for free (gifted, ARC, library, borrowed)
I’m currently reading this ARC by Yardley. It’s an absolute hoot and romp in Hell and I’m enjoying it immensely! There are hints that this will possibly be an instalove romance, but I’m crossing all my fingers and toes that it’s not (or at least, that it’s more believable, lol).
Opalite — Makes you nervous or outside your comfort zone
Father Figure — Strong male figure
Eldest Daughter — First in the series
Ruin the Friendship — Featuring betrayal
Actually Romantic — “He falls first” romance
Wi$h Li$t — Got for free (gifted, ARC, library, borrowed)
Wood — Trees on the cover
CANCELLED! — Title with all uppercase
Honey — Yellow or gold cover
Life of A Showgirl — Two authors
And that’s it for my possibility pile for The Life of a Showgirl reading challenge! Are you also joining this challenge? What books would you recommend for some of these prompts? If you are joining, I hope you’re having fun!
Leslie and I are planning a group read for Dungeon Crawler Carl starting in January 2026! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
This week’s topic is:Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time (This week was originally scheduled to be a non-bookish freebie, but I realized how close it was to the last non-bookish freebie we did. If you’re super on top of it and already wrote your post for this week, post it anyway! If you’d rather do a non-bookish freebie, go for it!)
Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces.
Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury’s heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn’t impressed by good looks or fooled by false charm. He’s sure Robin is a liar, a fortune hunter, and a heartless, greedy fraud – and he’ll protect his niece, whatever it takes.
Then, just when Hart thinks he has Robin at his mercy, things take a sharp left turn. And as the grumpy baronet and the glib fortune hunter start to understand each other, they also find themselves starting to care – more than either of them thought possible.
But Robin’s cheated and lied and let people down for money. Can a professional rogue earn an honest happy ever after?
⚠️CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS
Previously enslaved character and mention of enslavement, references to emotional and financial abuse of spouses and children, vomiting
TL;DR: The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting is a great historical queer romance! I forgot how much I enjoy KJ Charles’ books, but I’m glad that this one reminded me. If you enjoy historical romances with great social commentary, explorations of what it means to be family, snarky swoony banter, and delightfully charged yet playfully sensual moments, I would recommend checking this out. Robin and Hart were wonderful MCs and I highly enjoyed their POVs. These two quickly wormed their way into my heart and I rooted so hard for them to get their HEA because they’re so deserving of the good things! I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
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’ll be spending the rest of my Sunday night in bed with The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan. This is the second book in The Memoirs of Lady Trent series and I’m buddy reading it with Charlotte, Veros, and Leslie! 💜 SO excited to be joining their group read because I loved the first book so much and I’m sure I’ll need people to gush to about it as the series goes on, haha. 😂
What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
TBR Roulette
Prompts:What makes you keep a book on your TBR? Find a random number generator and put in the number of books on your TBR. Roll 5 times and note down the book each number corresponds to on your list and tell us: what made you add the book to your shelf—was it a cover add? Does it have your favourite tropes? How long has it been on your TBR? If it has been on your TBR for a long time, do you still want to read it or have you lost interest?
Whispers of the Deep Pub Date: 7 January 2024 Genre: Adult Paranormal/Monster Romance
Panda Rating: (4 pandas!)
📖SYNOPSIS
One of the many engineers that keeps Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it’s her dream to help it flourish.
But then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend. An undine. A dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten.
Arges has fought his entire life for his people. With deadly creatures under his control, he plans to eradicate Beta once and for all to protect his kind and their peaceful way of life. But when a human woman saves him, she unknowingly creates a bond between them, one he can’t ignore. Even though her flaming red hair haunts his dreams, he needs her for information on the undine’s enemies.
So he steals her. Keeps her. Feeds her. Only to realize their bond is far deeper than captor and captive. He cannot let her go—but he cannot keep her under the sea. In a battle to determine if love can survive a war beneath the waves, it will be their decision that changes the tides.
⚠️CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS
Xenophobia, attempted murder, gun violence, knife violence, stabbing, blood, death
TL;DR: Am I kicking off the 2025 spooky season with a monster romance? I sure am and I’m 100% here for it! 🤭 While it did take me longer than expected to finish due to some pacing issues, I overall really enjoyed it and I’m keen to continue the series. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a (very) slow-burn, enemies to lovers, mainly character driven monster romance set in a futuristic world where humans live in underwater cities.
Leslie and I are planning a group read for Dungeon Crawler Carl starting in January 2026! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
This week’s topic is:Satisfying Book Series (Maybe all the books were amazing or there wasn’t any second book syndrome or the final book wrapped everything up soooo perfectly.)
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