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Music Monday: Sean Smith

  Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Happy Monday everyone!  Today, I'm featuring a couple songs from Sean Smith that I loved listening to when I heard them on Pandora.  I had to look up a lot of his music right away.  Give a listen to What Once Was Will Be and The Augur of Deviation : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter
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The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): The Testament of Loki (Loki #2) by Joanne M. Harris

            On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  The Testament of Loki  ( Loki  #2) by Joanne M. Harris .  Book one was so much fun so I'm hoping this one will be too! Beginning:  Asga

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books I've Read For Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around, but since I don't often reread I thought I would do something different.  Like last week, I'm featuring some of my favorite challenge reads.  This time I'm featuring Favorite Books I've Read For Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge.  I've been taking part in this year long challenge since 2017, so I'm picking my favorite book from each challenge year from 2017-2023, along with 3 honorable mentions to round out my list of ten books.  Without further ado, here we go: 2023  -  Scythe  ( Arc of a Scythe  #1) by Neal Shusterman 2022  -  Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley  by Charlotte Gordon 2021 -  I Wish You All the Best  ( I Wish You All the Best  #1)   by Mason Deaver   2020 -  Daisy Jones & The Six  by Taylor

Music Monday: Karen Biehl

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Happy Monday everyone!  Today, I'm featuring a few favorites from Karen Biehl .  I just happened to be listening to Pandora radio one day and heard her music there.  It really caught my attention and I decided to look up more of her music and was so glad I did.  Give a listen to The Mummy Waltz , Mesmerismo , and  Skeleton Waltz : You are invited to the I

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #1) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

          On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my one of my  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Assistant to the Villain  ( Assistant to the Villain  #1) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer .  This sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Beg

12 Books 12 Friends Reading Challenge 2024 - January & February Update

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I just realized I haven't mentioned this around here, but over on Twitter I took recommendations at the end of last year for the 12 Books 12 Friends Challenge 2024.  Since the beginning of the year, I've completed 5 of the 12 books so far and I thought I would share my thoughts on the books I've read all based on recommendations.  Some of these weren't on my radar at all if not for the recommendations, so thanks very much for everyone who made recs to me!  Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the 5 books I've read for this challenge so far: ❋   ❋  ❋  I really liked how  For Your Own Good  by Samantha Downing  started out and it's a solid read throughout but I think I would have preferred it if Teddy were the only perspective character in the long run.  I think I was expecting something a little different going in to it in terms of style.  Despite all this, I think I will still need to try more of this author in the

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books I Read For The Popsugar Reading Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Weird or Funny Things I’ve Googled Thanks to a Book, but I decided to do something completely different instead.  I guess, I blanked on the exciting things I've Googled thanks to read.  The majority of it is probably defining words, I suppose.  Anyway, I thought I'd feature 5 favorites from each my 2022 and 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge (although I've been doing it since 2020).  I'm currently working on the 2024 challenge and so far I've tackled some pretty great books for it. 2022 Alanna: The First Adventure  ( Song of the Lioness  #1) by Tamora Pierce A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  ( A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  #1) by Holly Jackson Little Thieves  ( Little Thieves  #1) by Margaret Owen   Piranesi  by Susanna Clarke Rule of Wolves  ( King of Scars  #2) by Leigh Bardugo 2023 Bella Poldark  ( The Poldark Saga  #12) by Winston Graha