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When the Moon Hits Your Eye | John Scalzi

Opened my #NetGalley account to check the pub day of a different #ARC and finding this new addition to #MountARC ???

"One day, suddenly and without explanation, the moon turns into a ball of cheese.
For some, it‘s an opportunity. For others, it‘s time to question their life choices. How can the world stay the same in the face of such absurdity and uncertainty?"

Pub Day for UK is 27 March 2025

Bookwomble 🌕🎯👁️🍕👉❤️ 😁 1d

julesG @Bookwomble I had/have the earworm too 1d

DogMomIrene I was just thinking of Scalzi and how he must have another book close to publication. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this one.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1d

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The Courting of Bristol Keats | Mary E. Pearson

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Bristol Keats is the ordinary middle child. Her parents used to travel all over the country with her and her two sisters. The family only settled down recently and then tragedy struck, first her mother died, then her father. To keep her family afloat, Bristol strikes a bargain with one of the fae kings. She follows the fae into their realm and becomes one of only a few new recruits training for one specific purpose,

julesG closing a magical portal, but she seems to be the one recruit with the least chances of making the cut.

The two main characters both have trust issues. Bristol who hasn't been able to form roots, whose family history is a web of lies and secrets, who doesn't trust easily; and Tyghan, who is equally reluctant to trust, he was betrayed by his best friend and forced to ascend to the throne because his brother was abducted. By day the two of them 3d

julesG can't stand each other, by night things look different. There's attraction, but they have trust issues. Their animosity by day turns into long talks and exchanging of views on life at night. And we know where it is headed.

For an avid reader of SFF this book didn't have many new ideas. I liked the world-building and tolerated the epic aspect of the story (I'm allergic to epic fantasy, so not a fault of the author), I didn't like that 3d

julesG the book ends in the middle of a scene. I liked the relationship the three sisters had with each other. 3d

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kspenmoll What a gorgeous book! 3d

Sace It‘s a gorgeous edition though! 3d

MidnightBookGirl Love this edition! 3d

ShelleyBooksie Beautiful book! I would not like that it ends in the middle of a scene! 3d

julesG @ShelleyBooksie it's annoying 3d

PaperbackPirate That‘s one of my pet peeves @ShelleyBooksie & @julesG ! A book should be complete in itself. I stopped reading a series I really liked because every book would build up to a big event but would end right before it happened. But your book sure is pretty! 😍 3d

julesG @PaperbackPirate I knew it was the first book in a duology but didn't expect a cliffhanger ending. Books in a series used to have a satisfying ending and hinted at more to come, now I often feel cheated when I get to the end and then have to wait for the second half of the story fir ages. 3d

julesG @kspenmoll @Sace @MidnightBookGirl @ShelleyBooksie - it's the UK special edition. Not signed, but lovely sprayed edges. 3d

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The Teller of Small Fortunes | Julie Leong

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Pub Day was 05 November

Tao travels the country in a mule-drawn wagon and tells fortunes. She is a teller of small fortunes, larger fortunes come with consequences and so she sticks to the small ones. On her journey she makes friends with a former mercenary and a reformed thief, who are looking for a lost child, as well as an apprentice baker and her slightly magical cat.

The story is like being on a low stakes ⬇️

julesG D&D campaign. Four heroes travelling together on the quest to find the small girl that was lost. On the way they are telling each other their stories, they talk about the small and big things in life (love, culture, roots,...) and try to be better every day.

I truly enjoyed this story and would recommend it to anyone who wants to escape into a low stakes cosy fantasy world where life is good when you're making tea, baking and ⬇️ 3d

julesG try being better every day. 3d

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Vipers | Katy Hays

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Requested solely based on the cover and was approved 🤩🤩

UK pub day is in March 2025

Lindy That cover most certainly is eye-catching! 1w

DGRachel I read an arc of the US version. Your cover is much cooler.

Saltwater: A Novel

julesG @DGRachel Looks like a different book. 1w

Captivatedbybooks This cover is beautiful 1w

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Strange Beasts: A Thrilling Gaslamp Fantasy Full of Stabby Heroines, Slow-burn Romance and Mortal Peril | Susan J. Morris

so-so

Set mainly in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century, this alternate history murder mystery fantasy novel packs a lot into it's nearly 400 pages.

Working for the Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena Samantha Harker (yes, the daughter of Dracula's killer) and Dr Helena Moriarty (yes, her father is the Moriarty) are teamed up to solve why werewolf-like beasts attack men in Paris, France. ⬇️

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julesG Shadowed by Van Helsing (the younger, a childhood friend of Sam's) the two soon find a promising lead that involves chasing through the Paris catacombs, placating ghosts and not getting murdered, or incarcerated themselves.

I would love to give this debut novel more than 3 stars, but there were a few too many things that I struggled with. While the main characters are fleshed out with warts and all, most of the secondary characters ⬇️ 2w

julesG lacked depth, which made it easy to determine which characters mattered for the murder mystery and which didn't; so, not enough red herrings. I was fairly certain I knew who was behind the murders early on, which might be the reason why I thought the plot was a bit convoluted.

All in all, a good start to a new series. I'm looking forward to reading the next instalment. 2w

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A Lady\'s Lesson in Scandal: (The Queen\'s Deadly Damsels Book 2) | Darcy McGuire

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Not sure how to review this book. I was annoyed by the historical inaccuracies and anachronistic dialogue. I didn't care for the over-the-top brutality of some plot elements and absolutely didn't understand why some of the culprits weren't held accountable for their actions. Why add it to the plot in the first place? Shock-value? What really brought this novel down to just one star was the show-down and its aftermath at the end of the book. ⬇️

julesG Why, after all that has happened to the protagonists is having a sex scene more important than properly processing what brutal event had just happened? They could have had sex afterwards. 2w

julesG #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC 2w

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Spitting Gold: A Novel | Carmella Lowkis

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Paris, 1866, two sisters, mediums, work together to do one more job to raise enough money for their father's medical bills. Sylvie, meanwhile married to a baron, cannot ask her husband for financial aid, since he doesn't know about her family. Charlotte begrudges her sister getting out of the family business and out of the circumstances they lived in, and is happy to rope her sister into this new con.
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julesG This was a very long book. Not based on the page-count, but all of the events of the book are told first from Sylvie's POV and then again from Charlotte's. Especially Charlotte's POV could have been whittled down to fill the gaps and/or give the reader the backstage view on what happened. I was bored and quite frankly annoyed with Charlotte's destructive pettiness when the story finally picked up speed during the last fifth of the book.
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julesG Not only the pacing of the novel is off, the characterisation is off too. Charlotte is full of hatred for her sister's success in life, she gaslights her sister while 'on the job' and lets Sylvie take the fall for her own actions. Sylvie, who managed to get herself out of the life of con-artists and who I expected to have some backbone, is supposed to be this doormat who doesn't stand up for herself at all. This all felt very off. 2w

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Sorcery and Small Magics | Maiga Doocy

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Rivals Leo and Grimm have to work together, which wouldn't be ideal on a normal day, but due to an accidental curse Leo now has to obey his rival's every command. And as if using forbidden magic wasn't enough to undo the curse they have to go into the Unquiet Wood, a forbidden forest full of monsters and lethal flora. There they might find a legendary sorcerer who can undo the curse with a counterspell, or they ⬇️

julesG might die trying. And no, they cannot ask their teachers, because that would get them expelled.

I really enjoyed this first book in a new series. The writing and pacing of this debut novel were good and kept my attention throughout the story.

I'm looking forward to the next book in this series. 3w

julesG #SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 3w

TheSpineView Awesome! 3w

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wanderinglynn I‘m checking in on #HHS. Have you sent your box? 3w

julesG @wanderinglynn not yet, for reasons. I'll email you. 3w

wanderinglynn 👍🏻👍🏻 3w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Stacked! 3w

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A Pirate's Life for Tea: A Heart-Warming Cosy Fantasy for Those Who Love Adventure with Their Tea . . . | Rebecca Thorne

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2nd book in Tomes & Tea series

Reyna and Kianthe are still looking for the dragon eggs. Their search gets backburnered though, when they arrive at Diarn Arlon's estate just as the pirate who's been stealing food by the boatloads strikes again. They agree to help Arlon's constable to catch the pirate and soon find out that constable Bobbie and pirate Serina used to be childhood friends now turned enemies. ⬇️

julesG Can Reyna and Kianthe turn the story of the pirate and the constable into an enemies-to-lovers romance?

Puns abound in this novel and I loved each and every one of them. I'm here for the next adventure! 3w

julesG #SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 3w

TheSpineView Great job! 3w

AnnCrystal 📚💝💝💝. 3w

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Pirate's Life for Tea | Rebecca Thorne

"To the people who gave me one-star reviews because the first book 'had lesbians.' I doubled the lesbians in this one. Just for you."

Fireplace ✔️ Tea can be arranged

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TheSpineView 🌞📖📚 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏Book one was incredibly good...yikes! 📚💝. Hope the next book has more dragons scenes 🐲💝. 1mo

rwmg If the author doubles the number of lesbians each time she gets a 1-star review, your mission is clear 😜 1mo

julesG @rwmg good idea! Thanks will keep it in mind for my review 1mo

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