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:
Weโre back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is Books On My Winter 2023-2024 To-Read List.
It’s that time of the year when we start wrapping things up again and to kick things off this year I’ll be doing the End of Year Book Tag! I’ve been seeing more people do it lately which reminded me of its existence and since I’ve loved doing it in previous years, I thought why not? It’s been a minute since I did a tag, too. If you’re curious to see how my previous years went check out my 2019, 2020, and 2022 editions.
This tag was originally created by booktuber Ariel Bissett.
There are a couple of books I started this year and still want to finish. At the top of that list are Rival Radio by Kathryn Nolan and Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean.
I’m not much of a seasonal reader so I don’t have a “go-to” book that I read to transition into the end of the year. I read a couple of fun ones this year though including:
I actually have paid so little attention to releases this year because I just didn’t have the headspace. ๐ญ But these are a few of the December 2023 releases that came out last week that I’m looking forward to reading!
It’s been a tough reading year for me with a handful of books that have stood out but only one or two that really made it onto my new all-time faves list. I think A River Enchanted and Before I Let Go have the potential to be new favourites… Whether they become the favourite of the year? Well, we’ll see! ๐
I was lucky to get my hands on a couple of ARCs for 2024 releases by BIPOC authors and I’m so looking forward to reading all of them! I’m also obsessed with all of these covers. Like, can we just sit here and appreciate them? ๐
I’m not tagging anyone this time but if you feel like doing it, feel free to link back so I can check out your answers! How was your reading in 2023? Discover any new all-time faves? Have you read any of these or are they also on your TBR?
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!
This Sunday I’ve spent my time in bed with Trade Me by Courtney Milan. This author has been on my TBR for a while now but this is my first book by her and so far, it’s a really strong start and I’m so glad to be enjoying this. ๐ I just hope that the feeling endures, lol!
I usually have these community posts as part of my monthly wrap-ups but the end of November was a tiny bit overwhelming so I didn’t have time to sort through my bookmarks for the posts. So I’ve decided to dedicate a separate post this month so I can still share the posts I read in November! โจ๐
Read More » Weโre back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is a Freebie.
I don’t even know where November went because it passed in a literal blink. How are we already in the last month of 2023 and can someone tell me how I can make time slow down a little? It’s been a stressful month with my anxiety skyrocketing thanks to work activities and I know the feelings won’t let up until at least mid-December when projects end and accounts close. ๐ฎโ๐จ Wish it was here already! The highlights for November include:
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!
It’s another Sunday in bed not knowing what I want to be reading. I finished my last read this morning and I think I might continue my cautious progress on Song of Silver, Flame Like Night. But I also have a script that I need to memorize by tomorrow when I am starring in a video shoot for my office so I’ll likely be obsessing over that. ๐
Roses of May (The Collector #2)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Pub Date: 23 May 2017
Genre: Horror Thriller Mystery
Panda Rating:
(3.5 pandas)
Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer days of healing ahead. But for the agents, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country, another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers.
Priya Sravastiโs sister fell victim to the killer years ago. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning. But when she ends up in the madmanโs crosshairs, the hunt takes on new urgency. Only with Priyaโs help can the killer be foundโbut will her desperate hope for closure compel her to put her very life on the line?
Paedophilia, incest, rape & sexual assault, eating disorder, PTSD, suicide, blood & gore depiction, murder, stalking
TL;DR: The second book in The Collector series was engaging and horrifying and I was hooked from the first page. It’s not very fast-paced but I loved the characters and their relationships, and I appreciated how the author explored all their trauma, grief, loss and means of coping. I loved the Sravasti women and rooted for these badasses the whole way through. Recommended for those who enjoy thrillers featuring serial killers and likeable but flawed characters.
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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:
First lines:
“The Last Kingdom had been brought to its knees, but the view was mighty fine from here.”
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