4.5 ⭐️

This was such a surprise for how much I enjoyed this. I spend through this like crazy and was heavily invested in the dungeon situation. The statues were so interesting and creepy. I just kept turning page after page wanting to know what would happen. I can‘t wait to continue the series.

3⭐️

This had all the Christmas vibes I was hoping for. That being said, this ended up not being a winner for me. I used to really enjoy all the overly cheesy plot lines but I think my reading preferences have changed since I was hoping for more stakes in the story but everything from the mystery to the relationship were way too easily resolved.

5.0 ⭐️

This brought me so much joy and had the weird quirkiness that I was hoping from books like HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy. The dolphins were freaking hilarious and honestly were a highlight for me in the book. I loved the weird turn of events with the ending and even shed a tear on the last page. I‘m becoming more and more impressed with this author and look forward to exploring more of their work.

#librarybook

4.0 ⭐️

This was action packed and I loved the magic system we‘ve seen so far. The symbols and writing that glow in the air make for a beautiful depiction of magic in this manga. The dynamics between the characters are fun too. I‘m intrigued to see where this will go and whether there will eventually be a conclusion to the hunt for witches.

#manga

3.0 ⭐️

This was honestly rather disappointing for me. I love a good mafia romance and love it even more when it‘s set in Chicago. Sadly, this was just boring for me. I didn‘t connect with the characters at all and some of phrasing the author used just got annoying and pulled me out of the story.

Idk, I really just lost interest in this story. I appreciated the perspective changes and honestly enjoyed Devin‘s chapters but I couldn‘t fully get behind a lot of it. It‘s insta love with fated mates and the tension in the relationship quickly went away after about a third or so into the book. I also can‘t get over how easily she accepted a lot of the situations she was put in and then also expected other characters to do the same.

#dnf

3.5⭐️

This was exactly what I thought it was going to be and not. The Dark Lord and slime are great characters. The banter between the two definitely has me wanting to continue in the series. I like that we‘re traveling from village to village and having the dark lord reflect on his actions. The exercise bit was kind of weird but I went along with it because I want to see what would happen next.

#manga

4.25 ⭐️

I‘m really surprised by how much I loved this. I enjoyed the characters but I found that I just fell into the lore of this world and desperately wanted to know everything about it. The concept of the Gone Before and it being set across a futuristic Virginia just grabbed me and didn‘t let go. I love an alternate future and stories that reflect on what future generations think about our current time.

Highly recommend the #audiobook

3.75 ⭐️

I had a good feeling about this series and I‘m happy that I enjoyed the first volume. I love our MFC and the male lead is psychotic in an entertaining way. I do wish they aged the characters up just a little bit for the dynamics of the story but that might just be a cultural difference. This has definitely caught my attention enough to want to keep reading the rest of the series.

#manga #librarybook

3.75⭐️

Though I wasn‘t in love with, I absolutely wish I had someone to talk about this book with. Highly recommend for any #bookclub. It‘s been a while that a sci-fi has really made me think. It‘s truly what I love about the genre. Never thought I‘d read such an interesting approach to discussing the ivory trade and poaching issue.

#bookhaul #bookmail

I‘m so excited!!! I‘m currently on a mini book ban until I read more of my physical tbr. That being said, I can still buy books for certain things that I‘ve been looking for for a while. This is a perfect example. I‘ve read this twice now and have given it 5 stars each time. I love this book so much and desperately wanted the original cover. I was finally able to find a copy last week and it arrived a few days ago!

I‘m bummed. I really wanted to enjoy this one but I think I‘m finding that I don‘t get one with angelic/biblical retellings. There were some things that I really enjoyed like the spin on the four horsemen and the languages and symbology but it didn‘t hold my attention. I felt no connection with the character and I didn‘t like how easy the magic came for some people. Sadly, I didn‘t get what the blurb made me feel I would be reading. #dnf

Picked up one of these Choose Your Own Adventure books a few weeks back and me and my boyfriend had a mini date night going through it. We had to switch our choices one or twice to prevent from dying but we had a lot of fun. We‘re going to go with the alternate first choice later to see where the story would go. #cyoa #datenight

4.0 ⭐️

This was a great conclusion to the book installments of this series. It surprised me how much darker this was than the other books and even the series. I loved the amount of #Irish #folklore in this and even the tie in to Chicago‘s St Patty‘s celebrations. I wish there were more in their series but I‘m really happy with how this ended.

3.75⭐️

A friends to lovers romance that starts from a childhood pen pal assignment definitely caught my attention. I really enjoyed the letters element of this story and how obsessed the MMC was. I feel like the discussion on mental health was rather realistic though some of the elements frustrated me at times.

#librarybook #petpig

4.5⭐️

This one was a bit different from the first book. Focused a lot more on the world building and plot which I appreciated. At the same type, there are a lot of major similarities to Throne of Glass/ACOTAR which can make it predictable. I‘m intrigued enough though to still want to learn about what happens next. Plus, the relationship in this one is great!

#ArcaneSociety

4.75⭐️

So I got the first two books in this series in my #ArcaneSociety subscription and instantly had to start the first book after seeing the covers. I absolutely loved it and devoured it in a day. The banter is amazing and the magic system and gods are intriguing. Immediately started the next one.

3.25⭐️

I always appreciate a good #truecrime on something that isn‘t murder. This one touched on book theft which was interesting to learn about. My favorite part was probably talking about initiatives the professional organization took to crack down on theft.

So it‘s been a while since I‘ve been on here but I‘m really hoping to get back to using this app. Here‘s a stack of some of the books I‘m currently reading. I think I‘ll be able to get the nonfiction finished today or tomorrow 🤞

October is a true struggle for me apparently. I was able to finish Blood Rites for 15p for the inclusion of wizards and vampires.

After that my reading has been all over the place. As you can see, I‘ve started 4 books and can‘t stick to one. I did manage to read a bit for 100p.

Hopefully this week comes with a lot of reading!

#teamhendrix @StayCurious

Though some personal stuff has been keeping me off of Litsy lately, I still wanted to make sure my team gets all its points! Currently reading Blood Rites!

25p for reading Truth or Beard since it opens with the main character going to a Halloween party

30p for reading The Beautiful which featured vampires and Weep, Woman, Weep featuring a witch for #TeamHendrix

10p for reading another volume of Animosity

24 hours read for 240p

@StayCurious

5⭐️

This is my 3rd Stephen King book and second hard cases book by him. Other than his uncomfortable need to include sexual thoughts and situations at times in his stories, I‘m truly coming to really loving his writing style. I never thought I‘d say King wrote one of the most wholesome scenes I‘ve read in a long time!

Check out my goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4112400607

Since yesterday was Monday, we got another round of prompts from our local library to try and fill. I decided to go with find a book that is in a language other than English. This ended up being pretty easy for me since my manga is pretty much all translated to English. I went with the first volume of Fairy Tail since it‘s one of my favorite series!

5⭐️

Hurricane Katrina brought devastation to the Gulf Coast that took years recover from. A.D. tells the story of 7 people in New Orleans and the experiences they had while living through this historic storm.

I absolutely loved this. Check out my Goodreads review for more: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4207875530

2.5⭐️

Dating can be hard no matter who you are but when you‘re a werewolf or a vampire, that gets even trickier. When these two get together, they realize they finally have the chance to be themselves around each other and a budding romance forms.

I‘m really disappointed in not liking this. I think what bothered me the most was how much the author just laid into the stereotypes of vampires and werewolves.

One of our local libraries is having a competition this month where you get entered into a raffle when you find books that follow their prompts. The first one I went with was a book with a first sentence that has 5 or less words in it. The sentence for this book is “Hoisin sauce is not paint.”

4.25⭐️

Lumi has been following her dreams of owning her own restaurant and cooking her Dominican fusion food the way she wants. When finances get the better of her though, she is forced to close the doors on her place and take up a sous chef position at a very unoriginal French restaurant. What's worse is that her new boss is the same man that made fun of her cooking at a recent catering event. This can‘t possibly go well…

3.75⭐️

Happy I‘m making progress in my reread and continuation of the series. Didn‘t love this as much as the first time around but still enjoying the ride.

Check out my Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2618986445

3⭐️

A hard sci-fi focused on building the infrastructure needed for long distance space travel where we see what living on a ship for one‘s entire life can do to you. I‘m happy I read it because it‘s a different type of sub genre that I haven‘t experienced before and even though it wasn‘t my favorite I‘m happy I‘m starting to understand what sci-fi I like.

Check out my Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4182619002

This is a graphic novel about the suffragettes‘ movement in England. I absolutely loved the art style and the small pops of color through out. Sadly I couldn‘t finish this because the actually set up was extremely hard to follow and the constant jumping around in timeline without any indication made me have to continuously flip back and forth to figure out what was happening. Made it about half way through before giving up.

3.75⭐️

We all know the basics about vampires. They drink blood, they‘re creatures of the night, and they have fangs. This is all true until evolution plays its role in nature and creatures the American vampire.

I wasn‘t sure how I would feel about this going into the first volume but then I became extremely intrigued by the concepts in this volume and had to quickly grab the next one from the library. Hoping to pick it up soon!

Slowly making my way through this tome. Not loving every one of the POVs but overall still enjoying where this story is going.

4⭐️

I‘m still having such an amazing time with my read of the Dresden Files. It‘s definitely turned in a comfort read series and I can‘t get enough. Already dived into the short story I need to read before moving on to book 6!

Check out my Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4070210314

3.5⭐️

Shadow has been on the road for two years since he left behind everything that happened with Wednesday. Now, while visiting Scotland, he accepts an offer that seems too good to be true but he needs the money. As the “bodyguard” to help keep out the locals, Shadow quickly realizes there‘s a lot more to this job than first meets the eye. Quick thinking and his past experiences are going to help get him out of this situation.

Man, this was a let down. I was really hoping this book would be in the same light as the Feather Thief but I reached 100 pages and could not care for the life of me. Idk about you, but the story of a man who was a famous map sealer turned thief sounds so interesting to me. I will say that I did enjoy the little bits of history behind the maps but when we talked about his life, I really wasn‘t enjoying myself. Sad, this wasn‘t a win.

4⭐️

Finding and purchasing long forgotten items from society‘s past is a job that Katya loves. While trying to get back in time for her train, she finds herself stuck waiting for a herd of deer. This moment though costs her dearly and forces her off the grid, out of connection with society, and in the path of someone she desperately wishes she didn‘t encounter. Now she‘s typing up her story but she doesn‘t know how to get anyone to believe her.

This was a reread for me. I remember I really enjoyed it the first time I read it and I did enjoy this time around too. Though I wouldn‘t rate it as highly as I would have the first time, this was still a solid 3.75⭐️

Check out my Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2618986293

4⭐️

Science makes advancements everyday for good or bad at times. When one day, a doctor announces he has a new treatment to turn black men and women white, and people from all across the the country come to his doors. Some are there to seek treatment while others protest in support or against what‘s happening. Either way, people enter their doors black and come out white to completely reshape how society runs.

#blackclassic

4.5⭐️

A world of two warring futuristic companies send their agents through history and over multiple timelines to try and come out on top. The encounter of each company‘s leading agent causes the beginning of a rivalry and interesting line of unique letters.

This is something I read earlier this year and absolutely loved. It‘s stuck with me for such a long time and I find myself constantly coming back to it.

5⭐️

Skaa are not human. They‘re below the nobleman and are only valued as slaves to work the plantations, keep the refineries churning, and sweep away the never ending ash that falls from the sky. At least that‘s what has always been taught. This could change. But, the Lord Ruler is god, the mists rule the night, and he controls everything across the Final Empire.

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2669093376

3⭐️

Elaina has always wanted to be a witch and her hard work has paid off. She has her witch‘s brooch and she travels across the world to experience what‘s out there. Set up more as a travel journal, this volume follows along with Elaina as she moves from city to city and encounters a variety of different characters and interesting magic.

4⭐️

Similarly to Charles Darwin and Jane Goodall, Lady Trent change the field of natural sciences with her research into dragons. Now that she‘s reached the later years of her life, she has decided to write a series of memories describing her life and the adventures that accompanies her field work over the years. Filled with sketches, maps, and all sorts of details from her research, Lady Trent finally opens up about everything she experienced.

3.25⭐️

Not one of my favorites by Gaiman but I‘m happy that I read it. Slowly making my way through all his books and really enjoying what I‘m reading.

Check out my Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3031831653

4⭐️

I guess you could say this is my first “true” Stephen King that I‘ve read since my first was the Colorado Kid. I really enjoyed this a lot even though there were some parts that dragged. I‘m definitely looking forward to reading more from the author before I dive into the Dark Tower series.

Check out my Goodreads review for more: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3407147404

3⭐️

Amani has been working towards reaching a life outside of arranged marriages and a lower status as a girl. When she finally thinks she gets the chance to get out by disguising herself as a man in a shooting contest, she finds herself on a journey that‘ll take her all across the desert right outside her door. Filled with ghoul encounters, middle eastern myths, and more, Amani realizes that there‘s truth behind many of the stories.

This was my first real introduction to sci-fi romance and I had a blast reading this trilogy. My only complaint would be that I think I would have preferred following the romance in the original book throughout the whole trilogy but I enjoyed the others none the less.

Polaris Rising 4⭐️: goodreads.com/review/show/3968083594

Aurora Blazing 3.75⭐️: goodreads.com/review/show/3971780627

Chaos Reigning 4⭐️: goodreads.com/review/show/3974735179

3.5⭐️

Before modern technology, building infrastructure to get cities clean water could be a very dangerous job. The story of Fire on the Water explores one of these infrastructure projects and a fatal gas explosion that comes with its history. But, if it wasn‘t for the invention of one black man, the death toll would have been so much hire.

4⭐️

Research focused on space and now finally in space has taken off again thanks to funding of individuals across the world. With their support, four lucky astronauts are part of the 6th expedition to travel through space and study the biology, weather, and geology of new planets. Taking you through the travel report of their 4 planets they visited, Ariadne and the crew of Lawki 6 share their worries, joys, and adventure is this amazing novella.

3.75⭐️

Handry has spent his entire life part of the community of Aro. He‘s helped with hunting, gathering food, building, and anything else the village ghosts say is important. But one day when a childhood antic leads to an accident that forces him to be exiled, Handry learns that the world he once knew and loved is not what it seems and that the history of their society is a bit more interesting than what the ghosts have told mankind. #novella

2⭐️

It‘s said that one of the ways to love is through a person‘s stomach. That thought stuck with Giulia and she has used her skills in the kitchen and her love of cooking to try and help her find love. This memoir follows her through her dating life and the different recipes that‘s have played such a crucial role in her life.

I really enjoyed the beginning of this with all the incorporated recipes but it became so repetitive and became boring