A Plague of Giants | 
Doing a reread this weekend in preparation of the third and final book in this trilogy releasing on Tuesday. Very excited to see how it all ends.
#ACurseOfKrakens #TheSevenKenningsTrilogy
#BookNerd 🤓📚💙
Making good progress - still epic, though.
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pickFinished this during a lazy Saturday! Can‘t wait to read the sequel which I picked up a few weeks ago. Counting this towards #favoriteauthor in #BBRC #GrowUp challenge since I have read Hearne before and he IS a fave (I have met him in person twice now!). Also going to count this as #ArmchairTravel #summer #Booked2020 since all the locations are fantastical and the world building is great!
Several weeks ago I found out an author I enjoyed in the past was coming to promote a second book in a series I hadn‘t heard about. I tried catching up, but didn‘t quite finish reading — but I still went cause I wanted that sweet, sweet autograph book! Kevin Hearne was so cool in person and I am glad I went! #booksigning #meettheauthor
What do you do when things are on a downswing and your feeling bummed? Go on a Thriftbooks bender. Of course, it helps when they were offering extra points on purchases for a while.
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Kevin Hearne put this up on his instagram today. 🤸♂️
I loved the first book (the tagged book) and although I had a bit of a go getting into it at first I was soon after completely obsessed with it and ended up really really liking it.
If you're into hardcore worldbuilding fantasy this is definitely a series you might wanna check out. It's a challenging read but so worth it IMO. 🖤
Part 6/10 of today‘s home-library tour! ☺️
Do you own, or have you read, any of these?
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pickHell yes. Read the book. Strap in for an adventure that will make you laugh, make you gasp, make you cry, break your heart, and question your own morals. Get ready to fall in love with some characters while actively hating others and just screaming this is all a huge misunderstanding! I will have a book hangover for sure but this book was incredible! Bless you Kevin Hearne for keeping me a devoted reader of your books!
pickExcellent high fantasy, the first in the Seven Kennings series. I'm not sure how many books are planned for this series but this was a strong start. The narration style is unique and the magic system is really cool. Had I not listened to this on audio I might have had more issues with it because it takes a bit for the various story lines to come together. The audio narration did a great job of bringing characters to life. That cover though!
pickSolid four star. New fantasy world but relatable. I enjoyed the bard‘s tale which wove the story together with multiple points of view without being confusing.
No picture at the moment so enjoy this picture of my town in Eastern Washington.
First person perspectives by chapter threaded through the bard‘s telling if the story is well done. Kevin Hearne is a favorite author. This was his first new world outside of the Iron Druid Chronicles. Luke Daniels is a wonderful audiobook narrator. I‘m reading and audiobooking while working out.
Finished my 45 minute trail hike and now time to relax. I made sugar scrub. Yay! #fitnessoverfatness
1. 20 times ????
2. 5,015 mi/ 8071 km (Spokane, WA, USA to Würzburg, Germany)
3. Last move had four boxes because I had to slim the collection down.
4. I hope not again anytime soon. Maybe in ten years?
5. No more movers because I‘ve had too much stuff broken without them admitting fault!
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Giving this one a try. I‘ve seen mixed reviews. I have ebook and audio on hand and I‘m optimistic! 📖🎧
so-soPlots within plots, both in the past and in the present. To be fair there was so much to love with this story, the writing is amazing, the world building, the cultures, the characters are all so well developed. There was so much good with A Plague of Giants and if it had not felt like such a struggle to read I would have rated it higher but it was a struggle & there you have it. Full review at www.thegenreminx.com #TheGenreMinxBookReviews
Yay! Book haul from the book shopping spree today. Was able to use a 50% coupon for all of them and they were already 20% to begin with. #justifications. 😀
Almost done and so glad that my hubby convinced me to try it again. Don't love The female narrator and some of the way they do the narration switches bother me, but Luke Daniels as always is amazing
pickWell...finally got through this one. It's not actually an easy read, so it took longer then I wanted. It also took a while to get going but once it did I found myself really enjoying it.
3.5⭐'s but I rounded it up to 4.
Longer review can be found on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2219196613
Haaaaalp! Somebody get an adult! I'm on the last few pages of my book and I swear to all the gods if somebody doesn't stop me I'ma eat this entire bag of cookies! 😲🤤😂
Meat Squirrels? Jesus. The wildlife in this book are f***ed! 😲
There are also these animals that live on the plains that hide in the tall grass called flesh eels. They wait until your sleeping and burrow into you and lay eggs and...uuugh. 🤤
There's a whole state where people can only live in walled cities because the wildlife makes the rest of the territory uninhabitable.
I'm more of a Hobbit/Shire kinda dude, myself. 😥
Fiiiiiinally back to normalcy. The holiday weirdness is over and I'm back at my favorite coffee shop downtown between Shifts eating a soup/sandwich, listening to some tunes on the headphones, and reading my book. 🤗
Thank the Gods for routine.
You had me at bacon bar... 🥓🙌😍🙌🥓
All good fantasy books should have a map - and Plague of Giants has a pretty rad one. 👍
I love studying these - the depth an author delves with their world building is always such a pleasure to be a part of.
And the great part is - if the story sucks...well...you still have a cool map to look at. 😅
This story doesn't suck though - so the map is an added bonus! ❤️
Finally! Me time. What a long ass day. 😝
#BookBedTea.
pickIt took a while to get settled in this book since all I've ever read of Kevin Hearne is the Iron Druid series. Once you get going though it's very immersive. The story is told in a very creative way with intriguing characters.
Whelp, I'm climbing under the blankets and starting a new book. This is a brand new author for me and I'm really excited to begin another epic fantasy.
Best part is, I have tomorrow off so I can read the hours away tonight, sleep in, and read all day when I wake up. 🤗
pickI have to be honest, I bailed on this book on my first try. I feel like the author didn‘t give enough background in the beginning to explain the world he had created and how people got blessed with powers. If you slog through the first 100 pages or so, it gets better. I enjoyed the characters he created once I understood what was happening and how things worked. I‘m looking forward to the continuation of this story.
My choice for the plural noun in the 2018 Eclectic Readers Mad Libs Reading Challenge ended up a lot harder to pick than I expected. There are just way too many great choices. In the end, I‘ve gone with Kevin Hearne‘s latest novel and the first in his new series. Heard a lot of great buzz about A Plague of Giants. #Fantasy #APlagueOfGiants #KevinHearne #ERMadLibs
Day off from work, so I‘m audiobooking while starting a new stocking 👩🏻🎨 #Audiobooking #FeltApplique #BookNerd 📚💙
"The mourning of a loved one never ends at the funeral. It comes back every so often like a stage performer eager for a curtain call and expects you to be loud about it."
My book haul for November. Yes there are 2 copies of Plague of Giants, funny thing subscription services giving you surprise books, I had already purchased a copy. Doh! A book that I am jazzed to read is The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty! What is there not to love? 18th century Cairo, a con woman, a mysterious djinn warrior, and magic, can‘t wait!! See the rest of this post and more at www.thegenreminx.com #bookhaul #TheGenreMinxBookReviews
"'Do you wish to talk or simply be warm and welcome? I will give what comfort I can.'"
This is such a beautiful line.
#TBRtemptation post 9! Recently released. This is the first installment in the Seven Kennings series. A fantasy world of warring giants and elemental magic. Fintan the bard recounts what happened when the giants came. The Bone Giants from the east, the fire-wielding Hathrim from the south, and Teldwen's six nations, went to war. Teldwen's hope: to find the magic that can call the fantastical beasts to humankind's side. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
So I'm about 1/4 of the way through and I'll be honest, it was a slow start. The style takes some getting used to. At the point I feel like I have a good sense of the characters and the story is starting to pick up. I'm super curious where it's gonna take me.
pickI love the ideas of these book: The story within a story, the viewpoints of heroes who also are mothers and that not everything will work out at the end.
Need more, please 😄
Somewhere in this book, 2 full pages are dedicated to someone choking on a duck. (This does not spoil anything else)
Beware of eating ducks, though. It is quite dangerous!
#duckquotes 🦆
There are so many strange animals in this fantasy epic, but apparently, there are also ducks!
#duckquotes 🦆
It's an audiobook and appliqué day ?? I have to finish this before I start my new job on 11/27 ?? #Audiobook #FeltApplique #APlagueOfGiants #KevinHearne #TuesdayCrafts ???✂️ #BookNerd ??
pick500+ pages but I flew throught it. Excellent world-building and characters with originality and diversity without ever feeling forced. Epic story with large POV cast that works perfectly. Read this now and get ready to fall in love with a new world.
Honestly, and I've never dared to even think this was possible, but this series could be my Fitz and Fool replacement. It's that good. Hope that Hearne stays in this world for a long time.
"The future always waits until the present to reveal its plans. But the past can clarify our goals for us sometimes, help us say goodbye to those we haven't let go, even realize we need to change. That is the magic of stories."
