pickMy little sister‘s latest YA is available on NetGalley for request! Check it out friends! It‘s a sweet teen romance with mental health rep, small town cuteness and beekeeping! 🐝💕 https://www.ameliadianecoombs.com/links
so-so3.5/5 ⭐️ Enjoyed the premise of the book for sure and found myself caring about the main character more than I thought I would. Picked it up hoping to feel more of the Magic universe, but found it was a tighter exploration of the characters and their relationships. Have some small complaints, and was surprised by the abrupt ending, but overall enjoyed it.
so-so3.5 / 5 ⭐️ I LOVED the first book and think ultimately, I‘d prefer it not being a series. This second adventure, though endlessly creative, repeats too many themes and concepts from the first book for me. It ultimately felt like it almost cheapens how rare and exciting the events of the first book are, if this story occurred basically along the same lines. Still very happy it exists though, but don‘t think I‘ll likely read more in this series.
Hey friends, I came up with this cheap and easy remote candy delivery system in hopes that I can still celebrate Halloween to the fullest this year. Candy just slides down the tube!! Wanted to share in case anyone else is feeling crafty! 🎃🤩🎉
Littens! If you‘re like me and did not get a black edged Harrow the first time around 😢 I found a store who still has a couple on their shelf!! Mine ships tomorrow and I couldn‘t be more jazzed. Call Mostly Books in Tucson Arizona to snag yours if you‘re still looking!!!
So excited to start!!! Really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy and am very curious where this one will take the narrative. Gideon the Ninth was at times confusing, but in sort of a mysterious good way, and this latest addition I feel like might get even crazier :D
panI really wanted to like this one. A book club pick and the universe sounded really interesting, but I had a hard time finding any characters likable :/ Kate‘s character felt super one sided (“I‘m a hardass who‘s never afraid and always joking”) and then the second half of the book pretty much centered exclusively around tactless sexual violence against women. Nothing felt nuanced, or subtle. Bummer since it‘s a series I thought I could get into!
Such an amazing week!! I got to see my sister's debut novel out physically in the real world you guys! So many of the stores in town have it 😍 If you're into YA give it a read, I of course love it!
Friends. I recently switched away from my Amazon Kindle and started using an Onyx Boox Nova 2. I'm kind of in love with it? It runs Android 9 OS which means I can run Libby, Overdrive, Comixology and Kindle apps directly on the Eink screen. It also has a built in reader for all kinds of doc formats (EPUB, MOBI, etc). It's not perfect out of the box, and a little complex, but I'm really enjoying it. Does anyone else use an Onyx device out there? 🤓
pan⭐️⭐️ 2 stars for me I think. I was quite excited about this novel, but really had a hard time getting a sense of Snow's true character, I kept waiting for a clear turn, or a sign of his character shifts, but it all seemed so...muddled to me. The ending pivot also struck me as abrupt and hard to imagine. Can't really recommend. Curious if others had a better read of it than I did though!
pickJust finished the first Sherlock Holmes novel and found it to be quite enjoyable. I have such an impression of who “Sherlock Holmes“ is without ever picking up one of the books or short stories. I was slightly thrown by Part 2 of the novel, which jumps somewhat remarkably in narration style and setting, but still enjoyed it quite a lot.
pickFun, absorbing and completely delightful. You'll find yourself deeply rooting for Chuck and also wishing that you could find your very own underground action bowling league. Made me miss a San Francisco that I never even really knew. Awesome debut, can't wait to read what's next!!!. *Full Disclosure: A.D. Coombs is my sister, but regardless (!) this book is great and worth a read 🎳💕
pickOMG this book. This was one of the most interesting and amazing books I think I have ever read. I was surprised like 4 different times at the shifts of narrative and was overwhelmed with such a fresh Sci-fi take. It reminded me a lot of Game of Thrones, not in the story/writing, but that it's of a genre (sci-fi) but also feels outside of it and quite broad. Like GOT, I feel like I could recommend this to almost anyone, not just sci-fi readers.
Hi Littens! This book is my little sister's DEBUT NOVEL! She's a YA author at Simon Pulse and this amazing book is coming into the world on July 14th. I loved it and I hope that other YA fans out there might love it too! If teen romance, action bowling, mental health representation, or the cloudy streets of San Francisco tickle your heart strings, consider adding this to your TBR, requesting at your library or pick up a preorder. I'm so proud 🤩💕
pick⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 3/5 @Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #ImpulseRead just randomly picked this up from Audible since it was free and had fun with it. Not too many twists that you couldn‘t see coming, but I found myself rooting for Angel the whole time. I also enjoyed the southern accented audio performance quiet a bit.
This is one of my favorite Seattle libraries. It‘s two doors down from my office (yay) and is such a cute little building and it even has a small park next door where I can catch a little sun on the rare occasion it‘s out, like earlier today! Selfie at the library @Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames #SelfieScavengerHunt
pick@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames Enjoyed this quite a bit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5. A dark blood-magic universe driven by power greed and death all wrapped up in an Ivy League college setting. Wished some of the action was spread out a little more (last third was the most interesting). This was a #TBRRead from October when I jealously saw everyone reading it! Yay Winter Games points!
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames #SelfieScavengerHunt the one with a snowman ☃️! I might find myself near a real one next year if I make it up to the mountains, but for now this will have to do!
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames 🍔🎄🍔🎄🍔☃️❄️! This one featured hilarious ice-dancing. Go treat yourself and give it a watch!
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames this one had caroling, gingerbread houses and weapons 😝
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames more Bobs 🍔s holiday episodes! I ended up watching 3 today while resting and trying not to get sick!
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames #SelfieScavengerHunt! The one with hot cocoa (and dramatic cats) ☕️ Hair is still green from my Deku costume!
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames 94 points! The old texts I think were the most horrifying. I also have over 9000 photos on my phone...but doesn‘t everyone now!? 😱
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames One of the best ones!!! So much awesome music too 🤩🤪
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames Can‘t help digging into some holiday Friends episodes. My lil man Lync is getting some good cuddle time in too! 🐶☃️🎄😍
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames. I haven't read this yet, but it feels perfect for the #FestivePhotoChallenge prompt for Dec 2 “Sappy Holiday Romance“! It appears that there is a mountain town and a handsome cowboy involved :D
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames #HolidayTradition! Every year my mom would buy us coordinated PJs for Xmas. Here is me (left) and my two sisters each wearing delightful snowflake patterned jammies—Christmas Eve 1994 😂
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames My This or That! My mom would pick out matching PJs for me and both my sisters every year for Xmas, so that one runs deep :D !
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames Getting started on a much anticipated TBR! Recommend by my little sis. Also drifting towards some of the Barnes and Nobel Black Friday deals....
@Clwojick @StayCurious #MerryReaders #WinterGames 1. Books Read: I have not been keeping track! Perhaps 30-ish! 2. I‘ve actually never set a yearly reading goal 😳 3. First TBR on my list is Ninth House! 4. Fav thing about winter? Fantasy Football playoffs or snowboarding maybe? Honestly I‘m a summer bae all day—winter is much too cold!
pick⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫 I‘d give this one a 3.5/5 I think. Really fun concept and universe! It felt a little slow in the middle perhaps, and I really wanted to see the main character Nita move to a new physical environment for some of the story (the world felt a little small) but at the end the plot started to pick up a bunch and ended with a cliffhanger that left me curious. Dark, complicated, bloody YA (hangover for Halloween reads!)
Totally forgot to post about finishing this one! I enjoyed it, but not really my normal reading choice (too much creepy). Not on team theme for the #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick BUT this does complete my #ScaryScavengerHunt, with “Bone in the title” and “that scares me”! 13/13 woot!
What a nice long weekend visiting my parents, the new Russian River Brewery location in my home town and a reading this creepy-a** book! Almost done you guys, probably finishing tonight!! PS: yes that is a tiny skull shot glass full of Beer 🍻 #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
pickReally enjoyed this book! There is a ton about the universe that I still want to know (and wish was explained a little more) but really enjoyed the ride, thanks primarily to Gideon‘s sense of humor. Definitely ramped up the horror in the last third which creeped me out :P Wrapped it up on the plane, great on theme read for the #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick Also! Has a “number in the title” for #ScaryScavengerHunt
A vary famous #monster for today‘s #chillingphotochallenge #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
The book I‘m reading is a perfect pick for today‘s #ChillingPhotoChallenge prompt #Blood, it‘s basically dripping in the stuff. I‘m on the last third and it just took a much scarier turn than I expected 😱 #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick @Clwojick
Me as Screenslaver from The Incredibles 2 last year! This was a fun project. Can‘t wait to show you all my costume for this year...wonder if there are any My Hero fans on Litsy ;) #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
@Kryd0s and I a couple Halloween‘s back, it was a mad night :D #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
Ok. I filled this game out Mad-Lib style. So it's not making a ton of sense :P #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick :P
One of the all time darkest and creepiest fairy tales IMO, but #Candy is certainly featured heavily! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ChillingPhotoChallenge @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
“The space beyond that door is profoundly haunted in ways I cannot say, and by means you won‘t understand and you may die by violence, or you may simply lose your soul.” Said by a young woman who literally commands skeletons and was just napping inside a bone. This book is so RAD. Despite the quote it‘s also quite funny so far too! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick
These are some of my favorite books, hands down. I'm not really a fan of the show, but truly love this series. So of course, when presented with #Black as my prompt for today, I couldn't shake #CastleBlack from my mind :) #Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ChillingPhotoChallenge @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (106 Total)
If I recall, there is quite a bit of #poison to go around in this one. #ChillingPhotoChallenge #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (105 Total)
Looks adorable and super on point for today's #ChillingPhotoChallenge #13! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (98 Total)
Haven't read it--b/c of course I am too scared, but it is definitely one of the books that comes to mind when I think of bad things happening because of #Graveyards!
#Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ChillingPhotoChallenge @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (95 Total)
Hoping to get to this spooky read soon, set in #October! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ChillingPhotoChallenge @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (94 Total)
BEWARE THE TERROR AT GAYLORD MANOR! A Halloween delight. Local Seattle play I saw tonight put on by some of our most talented humans including Seattle‘s best Drag Queens. @Kryd0s treated me to a surprise date!! The Plot: It‘s Halloween night and after a car wreck our virginal heroine Patsy stumbles into an empty manor...or so she thinks!! 💀 🎃 👻 #Scarathlon #TeamStoker @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (93 Total)
This looks adorable and a great choice for today‘s prompt #Grim! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ChillingPhotoChallenge @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (93 Total)
#Scarathlon #TeamStoker #ScaryScavengerHunt @TheReadingMermaid @Clwojick +1 (66 Total) brings me to 10/13 prompts!
