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Ox doesn‘t fit in well anywhere except at his dad‘s old mechanics shop and with the new neighbors, the Bennetts, who just happen to be werewolves. And to his friends, coworkers, his mother, and the Bennetts he‘s fiercely loyal and his life is transformed. In the world of werewolves, Ox—a human—is unusual, with a unique relationship with them. This is his story, and how he transforms from a “nobody” to a hero among the werewolves. A satisfying ⬇️

I‘ve discovered a coloring app for audio coloring. This image reminded me of this book I‘m still reading for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

This author is so freaking fluffy. And I'm here for it. I loved all of the Twilight mocking.

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Was this super angsty and a touch overlong? Yes. Was it also nearly impossible to put down? Also yes. I have already put the sequel on hold at the library. I loved these characters and can‘t wait to see what happens to the pack next. #authoramonth

#5joysFriday

1) reading #authoramonth book with my kitty
2) successful #fortheloveofbooks readathon
3) making rum cake for #foodandlit #Jamaica
4) watching Littens start up the Halloween readathons
5) signing up for a Litsy swap

Bonus: a big haul of books from the HPB sale including one for #whimsicalreadsbookclub

Thanks @DebinHawaii & @TheSpineView for the tag! Lots of Litsy joy this week!

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Perfect Friday night with my reading buddy.

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

TJ Klune brings a slow burn super spicy romantasy with this werewolf story. It‘s the first in a series, and I liked it enough that I ordered a used copy of book 2.

It‘s got some great shapeshifting scenes, bloody fight scenes, wonderful found family, and characters with compassion in the way he does so well.

Plus look at these lovely endpapers 🐺🤍

This should come with a warning label. May cause eye leakage. Refrain from using in public spaces.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

This book is dangerous. I stayed up a couple hours past my bedtime to read it. It‘s good. Well fortunately today was a holiday so I slept in. I‘d better be careful tonight though!! I redacted the spoiler above.

#authoramonth @Soubhiville

#5joysFriday

1) Mom and Dad celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary this week!
2) Son called first week of school for advice—“Mom, my math class is too easy. Should I drop it and take a harder class?” Yay! I got to talk to him and give him important parental advice. Btw, the answer is yes because he placed out with the highest score in two advanced levels of calculus
3) Book haul, 3 I blame on #authoramonth
4) Jamaican food for #foodandlit ⬇️

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#authoramonth @Soubhiville

I‘m starting this book for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

This is a slow-paced, lengthy book but it was worth getting through to the end. I enjoyed seeing how neurodiverse Ox fit in and found companionship with a family of werewolves, as well as with a vehicle repair shop full of delightful side characters (who I 100% adore). Everything with Ox and Joe took so long that by the end I wasn‘t really rooting for them. I would be happy either way. I‘ll definitely read the next book eventually. #lgbtqia

Page one hooked me. Amazing book - ALL the stars. Found family, adventure, love and werewolves - who could ask for more.

This is an amazing beginning of a series I can't wait to read the rest of. Wolves, humans, alphas. I laughed and I cried. Such a great book!

TJ Klune (the greatest gay werewolf romance novelist EVER!) would love this 🏳️‍🌈🐺. Pretty sure Chuck Tingle would, too!

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Book delivery day is THE BEST DAY! #WolfSong#TJKlune#TheWarmHandsOfGhosts#KatherineArden#TheTaintedCup#RobertJacksonBennett

When a family of werewolves move in next door, Ox finds himself drawn into their pack.

Overall, I really liked the story but I had some issues with it: age gap - a 10 year old imprinting on a 16 year old and everybody being ok with it is weird, uncomfortable amount of touching, lots of phrases were repeated excessively.

This is Klune‘s older novels. Werewolf imprinting on human to be a mate. To me this felt borderline obsessive and controlling. Yet the love is mutual between the two guys. So, they figured it out. This relationship of through thick and thin was well portrayed. It hurt when one hurt the other, and as they hated what the other did, they still loved each other. It just dragged a lot to me. Totally not expecting the mating ritual.
#lgbtq

Like so many others, I discovered TJ Klune in the Cerulean Sea. I preordered his next 2 books bad hadn‘t read any of his backlog until now. For me the angst in the love story between Joe and Oz took up too much of an otherwise really good story. It gives off Twilight vibes and I thought it hilarious the author even acknowledged this within the story. ↓

October‘23 #DoubleSin Category : Author‘s Canon @TheAromaofBooks

#IdiomInsight #ThruThickAndThin

The idiom “through thick and thin” means that true friendship, love & loyalty can withstand any challenge. It is a phrase that has been used in literature for centuries & it continues to be a popular expression today.

Just finished the 2nd book in the Green Creek series & #ThruThick&Thin is an apt description for the Bennet pack. They are wolves, humans, family & found family & always there for each other.💚

This book has been on my wishlist for a very long time and I was very happy to finally being able to read it. And I loved it at the beginning. A true TJ Klune, including all the Awwws and Ohhs. I didn't even mind the Twilight-ness of the whole thing 😄
But I guess it was a bit too much for me. I usually don't read romance novels (TJ Klune is BIG exception) and as Joe grew older it somehow lost it's magic for me. Too much of the drama for my taste.

“If you can take another breath, if you can take another step, then you're not broken. Battered, maybe. Bruised. Cracked. But never broken.“

A little more used book browsing at Bagatelle Books in West Asheville NC and I found these two. 🙂📚

I think this has to be, hands down, my favorite bookish pre-order incentive! How cute is this keychain?! 🥹🐾🐺

#SeriesLove2023 #rRead during #Rushathon

Was it longer than it needed to be? Yes. Is it Kline‘s best? No, but it is his earlier work published in 2015/2016. Still, I really enjoyed the story in this werewolf romance. Klune has the ability to write endearing characters who make me smile & laugh when his isn‘t making me cry. I liked Ox & Joe (yes, the age gap is a bit 🤔🫣 at first but think imprinting ala Twilight), the whole Bennet pack & ⬇️

3.5/5

This chronicles Ox's journey to becoming part of the Bennett pack over 11 years. It starts slow, when Ox is a teenager and Joe is a child. The book makes fun of itself referencing twilight and imprinting, but I found it a little weird that the connection between Ox and Joe, even if it wasn't romantic yet, started so young. Once I got to about the 40% point of the book, everything really picked up and it was an enjoyable paranormal story.

Should you read Wolfsong by T.J. Klune? 🤔 The short answer is a resounding YES! 🐺💙 But I did also make a book recommendation video about it, if you're not totally convinced! 😂 Give it a watch if you have the time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5hLXKalnE

#bookspin: Wolfsong by T.J. Klunr
#doublebookspin: Tall, Duke, and Scandalous by Amy Rose Bennett

I already started Wolfsong a few days ago, and I always love when the bookspin and double bookspin line up for a #bookspinbingo.

@TheAromaofBooks

audiobook: The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay
e-book: Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Look at these lovely endpapers in the Barnes and Noble edition! 🥹💕📚

How many copies of Wolfsong do I need? 🤔 This many, apparently! 🙈 I can't help it! I love it so much! From left to right we have: special Waterstones edition (signed and has spray painted edges), regular Waterstones edition, B&N special edition, and original paperback edition. If they keep releasing more editions I'm afraid my wallet may revolt! 😱📚

So this was originally published in 2016 and this author has seriously grown with their craft as a writer. This one was wordy and seriously 100+ pages too long. As a result this one plodded along instead of flying by like his recent stories. Solid 🌟🌟🌟 read #ARC

Thanks to Tor Books and NetGalley for this copy. I am surprised that this was actually a reprint, first published on 20/6/2016. It was enjoyable but it was too lengthy (400+ pages!!!) for my liking. Also got my thinking of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. I find the plot reveal too slow and dragging. If you are into para-normal romance, this series would be up your alley. FYI this series is infused with LGBT elements and not for the faint hearted. 3/5

I‘m never sure how I feel about Klune. There‘s a part of me that finds his books over the top…and then, every now and then, he‘ll do something like describe somebody who was gravely injured asking “is this a dream” and I remember waking up in the ambulance asking the same thing. So points for making me surprise cry, Klune.

4.5/5⭐ I received an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book progressed with a slow-burn, lyrical intensity that sank its claws into me, pulled me in, and still hasn't released me.

It's not a book you describe; it's one you experience.

full review: https://hissingpotatoes.com/2023/03/04/review-wolfsong-by-tj-klune/

#doublespin

Ox, a human, and Joe Bennett, a werewolf, become friends at a time when the pack is under threat from a sworn enemy of the Bennetts.

Despite feeling it was overlong at times, I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more about the Green Creek pack.

I was twelve when my daddy put a suitcase by the door.

#FirstLineFridays
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#coffeeandabook

I tried it. No porn, no recipes. 🤷‍♂️

#12BooksOf2022
This book was devastating in a great way. Need to get to the rest of the series this year
@Andrew65

Have to admit I was a Twilight fan- read all the books - saw all the movies- etc. So I‘m a sucker for the fated mates trope. And this is all about that : the author even takes a couple of swipes at glittery vampires. Ox is a steady sure presence he reminds me of Odd Thomas. He‘s going to discover that werewolves are real and pack is everything 💚🐉

Very excited about my #AuldLangSpine list from @peanutnine - I haven‘t read any of these! Some have definitely been on my radar (especially 6, 8, and 18), while there are some new titles, too. Love how much LGBTQIA+ rep there is! What I read first will likely depend on what I can get through my library. Thanks @monalyisha for running this awesome event!

Ok, so I'm gonna go ahead and blame #pop23 for this one!

Demon Copperhead - a modern retelling AND Oprah's current pick
True Biz - features 2 languages AND a Reese Witherspoon pick

Wolfsong - LOOK. AT. THOSE. EDGES. What can I say? I am weak.

And the synopses for Peaces and Diary of a Void piqued my curiosity!!

@BarbaraBB @Megabooks @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain @Laughterhp @Cortg @KarenUK @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @alisiakae

I‘m used to this author‘s shorter books. I have no idea what this is about! It‘s signed by the author.

I‘m really intrigued!!

Book mail from Goldsboro‘s last big sale. ♥️

Happy Friday, littens! 💕📚💕 We made it through another week! I hope everyone has some great bookish plans for their weekend!

I know this is like my 100th post about this book, but I just can't help myself! 😂 I love this series so much and I'm absolutely obsessed with the new edition! 🐾🐺🐾